: East India Company, do you know the crime? (Please collect it, vote for me, recommend me, and read more)

Xianmen Palace, go to the study room.

"Your Majesty, I have reached an agreement with Lin Zexu. He promised to rent a large amount of weapons and ammunition to us, Daikin, and it doesn't matter if we can't pay back the money."

Those who are reporting to Daoguang on the progress of the negotiations on the "Loan Printing" project are, of course, the most important ministers of the Kingdom of Jin, the Grand Bachelor of Taiji Palace, and the foreman Minister of Tianji, Heshen and Dazhongtang.

"What? It doesn't matter if you don't do it yet?"

As soon as Fat Daoguang, who was sitting on the throne, heard "It doesn't matter if it's not enough", his spirits immediately rose. He sat upright, eyes widened, and looked at He Shen expectantly.

"Your Majesty," Heshen said with a smile, "Lin Zhongtang said that as long as we can agree to lay two railway tracks from Yining to Tugelsk in the Rakshasa Kingdom on the Kazakh grassland, the arms debt will not be repaid."

"What? Ming Dynasty wants to build a railway on our territory?" Daoguang shouted immediately, "Heshen, have you forgotten the ancestral family law passed down by Emperor Kangxi?"

"Your Majesty, this slave doesn't dare!" He Shen immediately lifted up his robe and knelt down before Emperor Daoguang. "This slave remembers the ancestral precept of Emperor Kangxi which says 'No roads should be built outside the Wuji Valley'."

"Then you still want me to agree to the people of the Ming Dynasty building the railway?"

"Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not say they wanted to build a railway, they just wanted to lay two tracks," Heshen said, "The tracks are not roads!"

"What? The railway track is not a road?" Daoguang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the ministers of secrets standing in the study room, "You guys tell me, do these railway tracks count as a road?"

Do railroad tracks count as roads?

Several military ministers were a little confused.

This question is obvious. Whether railway tracks count as roads depends on whether the emperor wants to take advantage of it.

"Your Majesty," Mu Zhang'a, a scholar from the Liangyi Palace who was second only to He Shen in front of Daoguang, understood his master's thoughts best. He immediately left the office and knelt down and said, "The ancestral precepts of the Emperor Xianzu (the name of the Kangxi Temple) said: '

"Road" rather than "rail", it can be seen that it does not include railway tracks."

Saishan'a, the Minister of Secrets who was ranked behind Mu Zhang'a, was also a good strategist. When he heard the two old foxes He Shen and Mu Zhang'a saying, "Railways are not roads," he immediately knew what to say, so he raised his eyebrows.

Paozi also knelt down in front of Daoguang: "Your Majesty, He Zhongtang, what Mu Zhongtang said is absolutely true. I also believe that the railway is not a road but a track, so what Ming Dynasty wants to build in our Dajin territory is a track, not a road. But even if

The track must not be controlled by Ming Dynasty, it must be in our own hands!"

Daoguang nodded slightly, seeming to be convinced.

At this time, several other secret ministers had "calculated", and each of them lifted up their robes and went out to kneel down, and then explained to Daoguang the difference between "track" and "road" - there is a big difference, the road is "sufficient"

The word next to the word "rail" is next to the word "car", which is completely different!

Moreover, there is the word "zu" next to the road, which means it is easy to walk with your feet. That is the road. The track is next to the word "car", which is for cars to move on. The rails that the train runs on are so narrow. It is easy to walk with your feet.

Walking up there is no more than juggling, and ordinary people can't do it at all.

After some explanations from his subordinates, Emperor Daoguang finally understood the difference between "road" and "rail".

So he nodded and said: "He Shen, it seems that the road and the track are completely different. The Immortal Ancestor's family law does not prohibit track repair. The track can be repaired."

"The Emperor's Holy Ming!"

The secret ministers below immediately shouted "Holy Ming" in unison.

Emperor Daoguang smiled, nodded, and asked: "Everyone, is there anything else you want to report?"

"Your Majesty, slave He Shen has another book to read!"

While He Shen was talking, he took out a memorial he had prepared a long time ago from his sleeve pocket and raised it high above his head: "Your Majesty, this slave must take part in a copy of the British East India Company!"

As soon as he said this, the other ministers of secrets present were stunned - the British East India Company was said to be a company, but in fact it was the governor's office of the British Empire that ruled India! Heshen, a wealthy minister of secrets, actually went to join a British company

Governor's Yamen, this thing sounds a bit ridiculous.

Fat Daoguang nodded and said seriously: "Heshen, what crime do you want to commit by participating in the British East India Company?"

"Your Majesty, this slave wants to join the British East India Company to make huge profits, manufacture large quantities of addictive Yapian wine, Yapian tea, Yapian balls, Yapian sugar and other poisonous substances, and also wantonly sell them into the territory of our country, the Golden Kingdom.

It also induces people in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places to take large amounts of YA tablets. In recent years, Bukhara, Samarkand and other places have seen the proliferation of YA tablets. Many people and nobles are addicted to YA tablets and have to buy large quantities to satisfy their cravings.

As for losing all their money, they even committed many crimes of male theft and female prostitution in order to raise money for girls. The folk customs in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places were also greatly damaged. A large amount of gold and silver flowed to India, and the market became depressed as a result. Even during the defense of the city,

The soldiers also took too much yapian, which not only exhausted their supplies, but also made their bodies corrupted, weak and difficult to use. If we don't stop it, I'm afraid that after a short period of time, a large amount of yapian will flow into the root of Wuji Valley.

At that time, our country will have no gold and silver to pay, and we will have no soldiers to use. If this continues, our country will no longer be able to survive!"

After hearing what Heshen said, Daoguang's expression immediately became serious: "So, this East India Company is really guilty of heinous crimes!"

"Your Majesty," He Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Although this thing can be used as medicine, once abused, it can become an addictive poison. If the poison is addictive, the person who takes it will have to go bankrupt to buy the poison that can kill him or herself!

This move by the East India Company is truly vicious to the extreme. I ask the Emperor to send out a massive force to go to India to defeat these vicious thieves in order to save the world!"

The poison of this yipian is certainly very vicious, but the current damage suffered by the Great Jin Kingdom is not as great as Heshen said - the great jin is poor! Where can you afford the yipian? Although Bukhara, Samarkand

There are some people there who like this, but most of those people are feudal lords who believe in Tianfang religion. After taking Ya Pian, they get high and don't even think about resisting the Kingdom of Jin.

As for a large amount of Yapian flowing into Wuji Valley, that is simply impossible to happen. Although all the Eight Banners disciples in Wuji Valley can have enough to eat, have houses and clothes, and can always read some books. But they don't.

What about cash - Wuji Valley is almost an isolated place. Although it can maintain communication with the outside world, there is no large amount of logistics, so it is basically self-sufficient. And anything that cannot be produced in Wuji Valley is basically

The price is astronomical and only a handful of wealthy people can enjoy it.

Fortunately, Wuji Valley is a valley with very developed agriculture, so food and clothing are not a problem. However, in recent years, because the population of the Eight Banners has increased several times compared to the Kangxi years, the land has become a bit tight, and the additional Eight Banners not only do not pay taxes,

They had to spend money from the Jin Dynasty to provide education for them and arrange some errands. However, the tribute paid by the affiliated cities and tribes outside Wuji Valley was extremely limited, so Emperor Daoguang's life became poorer and poorer.

But if you are poor, you want to change! If you can't change, then you can only rob!

Thinking of this, Daoguang finally made up his mind and said to the few secret ministers below: "The East India Company has indeed committed a heinous crime, but I am a benevolent king, so I am willing to show mercy outside the law and give them a chance to redeem themselves. As long as the East India Company agrees to stop

Of course, exporting Yapian and various Yapian products to Daikin, except for medicinal Yapian controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then after paying a fine of 10 million Ming Dynasty silver yuan, I will spare them."

At this point, he paused again, "Heshen!"

"I'm here!" He Shen immediately agreed.

Daoguang said: "Heshen, you should immediately draft a telegram to Qishan, the Consul General in Calcutta, and ask him to immediately negotiate with the Governor-General of India, Baron Amherst, and ask him to strictly control the East India Company's illegal smuggling of smuggling, and instruct the East India Company to

Pay the fine, otherwise the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers will go to India to investigate!"

"Hey, this slave takes the order!"
Chapter completed!