Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 174 Trial Results
It was agreed that on the morning of the third day, British businessmen came to the yamen. Yinzhen first asked them to sit down for a meeting, and then asked them to invite well-known wealthy businessmen and local officials from Guangzhou.

Gathering together, most of them know each other, some don't know why, and they inquire about each other, so the whole room is chattering.

"Lord Zhizhou sent us to come here, but I don't know why, it's so motivating."

"I don't think it's a trivial matter. All the famous people in Guangzhou have come here. How can such a trivial matter be like this!"

"That's right, I just hope there won't be any trouble, otherwise..."

……

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Yinzhen plans to start the trial.

Because there were a lot of people, the officials and wealthy businessmen were directly asked to stand in the courtyard, and the few British businessmen kneeling above the nave were those who smoked drugs and participated in the use of drugs to harm people.

The people standing in the courtyard looked at this scene, a little confused, and their hearts were pounding.

They are more or less familiar with the people kneeling in the middle hall, and they have been in contact with each other on weekdays. Now where they are kneeling, they are very embarrassed. Some of them are not only unkempt, but even runny noses, looking like beggars.

Several British businessmen looked at the missing companions and saw them kneeling on the ground, really surprised.

At the same time, I also had a bad feeling in my heart.

Liang Jiugong: "The emperor is here."

As soon as the voice came out, before Yinzhen appeared, the courtyard in the hall immediately fell silent, and no one spoke.

Xu Zhen didn't know much about his visit to Guangzhou this time, only a few local officials, so most people didn't know that the emperor came to Guangzhou.

Yinzhen appeared, sat at the head, and everyone bowed and kowtowed, and then Yinzhen directly asked the criminal evidence to be read.

"...(a list of people's names) and others sold drugs in private in the Qing Dynasty, making...(a list of people's names) these people addicted. After verification, drugs can not only make people addicted, but long-term use will make people dull. Shorten the lifespan, that is to say, the drug is a chronic and fatal poison, so the following punishment is hereby imposed..."

Yinzhen, a British businessman who sold drugs, didn't kill them either. He was a foreigner after all. He directly made them drink drugs and treated them in the same way.

Half of the property of other drug addicts was confiscated, and when did they get rid of the drug addiction and when would they be able to go back? But both the "nephew" and the "stepmother" gave severe punishment.

Yinzhen glanced at the stunned crowd: "I have any objections."

Nobody spoke, they didn't understand anything and didn't know what to say.

Yinzhen said again: "Since that's the case, then it's decided. Come and bring him here."

What followed was the main event that Yinzhen was going to show them.

It's an iron cage, inside is a person, I can't see what he looks like, he looks very sloppy, he should say: "Give it to me, I'll give it to you soon, please, give me the drug..."

Everyone was confused by this posture.

Yinzhen then said, "This is the third master of the Xie family, Xie Zhengzhang."

Hearing Yinzhen's words, the first reaction of those who knew Xie Zhengzhang was not to believe it, how could it be possible, this Xie Zhengzhang looks like a dog when he goes out on weekdays, and he has the best face, how could he be worse than a beggar.

"I asked you to come here today to make people vigilant. This is the end of drug addiction. If you can't quit, it is a chronic suicide and your dignity will be demolished. I have made it clear now. If anyone is contaminated with this drug in the future The three generations of his family are not allowed to join the army, the fourth generation are not allowed to take the imperial examinations, and if they are found to be selling Fushou Gao or similar drugs to the Qing Dynasty in the future, they will all be sentenced to death.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone could tell that the emperor attached great importance to this matter. Seeing Xie Zhengzhang's dignity in the cage, they also understood the danger of this drug.

Originally, the British businessmen wanted to make a theory, but when they saw the people in the cage, they were speechless. Some of the British businessmen who came here knew the effect of this drug and the consequences of smoking it, and some People don't know.

So this scene also made many British businessmen a little scared.

Charlie and Carl are not very old, and they have gone to sea this time. They really don't know such things as drugs.

Carl is usually more sociable than Charlie. After hearing this, Charlie turned to look at Carl and asked in a low voice, "Do you know about drugs?"

Carl thought about it, he had never heard of such things as drugs.

"No, I don't know, but this kind of thing is really harmful."

The two were talking about the novel, and Yinzhen, who was at the top, said again: "A total of 560 catties of drugs were searched from the merchant ships from England. Except for some of the 560 catties that were used to punish people, the rest were all destroyed."

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he asked people to prepare things. He asked people to vacate a space in the courtyard, and threw those things into the fire in public.

Yinzhen felt that this was not enough, so he asked people to feed the British businessmen who were selling drugs, and then planned to let them start a unique national "parade" in the Qing Dynasty.

Newspaper reports and publicity, live demonstrations of the dangers of drugs, although the means may seem excessive, but they can indeed play a role in publicity, and can also teach people that drugs are not a good thing.

The interrogation in the lobby went very smoothly this time, no one dared to say anything, mainly because they were fooled by the drugs, and the emperor appeared suddenly, the biggest officials they had ever seen were the local magistrates and chief ministers, the emperor said, They really didn't have the guts to refute.

Yinzhen said everything he needed to say, and then he left behind a shock, patted his ass and left.

When Charlie saw the emperor, he thought he looked familiar, but he didn't think much about it. After Yinzhen left, he suddenly thought why the emperor looked so familiar. It turned out that it was someone who "snatched" him to buy things.

After Charlie knew he understood, his mind wandered a little. Carl saw that he started to wander again, and said, "Charlie, we should go back, and you have been distracted recently. What are you thinking?"

Charlie shook his head, he didn't want to tell the fact that he once had a relationship with the emperor of Qing Dynasty.

"Nothing, let's go back too!"

Carl said as he walked, "Wait, it won't stop for the past two days."

Charlie: "How?"

Carl is a little keen on this aspect, and whispered: "Although this is something we did here, but there are only a few people, how could it be possible to let it be manipulated like this, I guess we will find a way to make a fuss."

Charlie didn't understand, what's the fuss about it, he saw the harm of drugs with his own eyes, and he heard that drugs can make people addicted, and they can also make people physically ruined, it's normal for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to punish them like this.

"Why are they making trouble?"

Although Karl is not very capable, he is very transparent: "You still don't understand, you didn't feel familiar when you saw that drug product just now?"

Charlie shook his head, he didn't find anything familiar.

Carl thought again: "That's right, you've been thinking about your building all day long, and you probably won't notice the movement on the ship. The slaves on the merchant ship we're on are all eating drugs."

Charlie was not stupid, and immediately understood.

He didn't expect that the slaves on the ship were all controlled with drugs.

Charlie wanted to say something more, but Carl said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back and talk about it."

Charlie saw that there were people around, and knew it was not the place to talk, so he nodded in response.

After Yinzhen went back, Yunrong looked at him and said, "It's all settled."

Yinzhen: "That's right! But you also know that the addictiveness of fushou pills is not so addictive and can be controlled. I'm afraid that one day fushou pills will reach the level of opium. Also, there are always some people who want to take shortcuts. Ointment can control people, and there are always people who have ideas in the dark."

(End of this chapter)