Yinzhen widened his eyes and looked at Yinreng in surprise.
He thought that his second brother wanted to control these foreign nobles and let those who committed the most serious crimes taste the punishment of the Qing Dynasty in order to achieve the purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkey. He didn't expect that it was for money.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
After being stared at for a long time, Yinreng frowned.
"Second brother, did you arrest them just for the money?"
Yinzhen felt a little complicated.
If the people who oppressed the people were the sons of officials in the capital, his second brother would arrest them and ask them to compensate the wronged people, and he would not say a word.
But they are now facing foreigners, and their words and actions must have the bearing of a great power. So... arresting people and demanding compensation is no different from extortion.
"What else?"
Yinreng answered with confidence.
If this happened in the future, the bullied party would lie down on the ground on the spot, and no one would dare to get him up without a hundred thousand dollars.
Now, the common people are being bullied by these foreigners at their doorstep. After reporting to the police, the government is helping the foreigners bully them.
Just thinking about it, Yinreng felt aggrieved for the common people.
Of course, asking for some money is not enough. These guys have to apologize to the people in person.
"Can……"
Yinzhen hesitated to speak.
Yinreng had been looking at the foreigners, but when he heard the word "yes", he turned his head to look at Yinzhen.
"Just say what you want to say, don't hesitate!"
Yinzhen hesitated for a moment, but finally expressed his thoughts.
Yinreng: “…”
"Have you read too many sage books and become stupid?"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen's desire to gain recognition was like being poured with a bucket of cold water, and it chilled him completely.
"I ask you, am I the victim? Are you? Is it the imperial court? Or are they those parasites who only take their salaries and don't serve the people?"
Yinzhen pursed his lips, he seemed to understand what his second brother meant.
"It's the people."
"That's it, then. Since the victims aren't you and me, what right do we have to forgive them on behalf of the people?"
"I'm arresting them now to punish them for disturbing public order. As for whether the people will forgive them after they pay compensation and apologize, that's up to them!"
Yinzhen understood, but then felt a little ashamed.
He had indeed only considered the court's face and ignored the people who were directly oppressed.
Based on the behavior of the imperial guards who would break arms and whip calves at the slightest disagreement, most foreigners realized that Yinreng and Yinzhen, who came to cause trouble today, were not easy to deal with. So after the translator said that they could pay money to settle the matter, many people hurriedly agreed.
As long as they don't suffer physical pain, everything will be fine.
Yinreng got the result he wanted, and the expression on his face instantly softened.
He called the two inspectors to his side and asked,
"That's all? Nothing else?"
Fashishan replied,
"Except for those who have already left Kyoto, the rest are here."
The Crown Prince was standing here in person, and he, a minor official of the fifth rank, did not dare to lie.
Yinreng's face darkened when he heard this.
“Someone actually ran away?”
"……yes."
The Dharma Master has a kind heart but suffers from pain.
Why did he become so bewildered as to help these foreigners?
The outer city is inhabited by Han people, while the Manchu people are all in the inner city. Fashishan has no good feelings towards the Han people, so how could he stand up for them?
But he didn't expect that even though he didn't help the Han people, the prince came.
Now he wanted to slap himself hard twice.
"You two better pray that those people come back one day, otherwise I will raid your homes and use your money to compensate the people!"
Huang Jinmin moved his mouth, wanting to say something, but was afraid of the intimidation from Fashishan next to him, so he finally closed his mouth with a grim expression.
At first, he also wanted to support the people, but Fashishan rejected his proposal.
In this officialdom, it is really difficult for people without connections and background to survive.
Yinreng over there had already started counting people.
The nobles pointed out by Fashishan and the other two, except for the two stubborn ones who said that the Qing people robbed their property, the rest and their followers totaled seventy-three people. On average, there were seven guards around each noble.
There were also the five Sulu people who were stopped by Yinreng, a total of seventy-eight people.
After counting the money, Yinreng smiled and gave his own price. Each of these people had to pay one hundred taels of gold per head.
When the price was announced, the translators were stunned.
One hundred taels of gold per person!
The prince had just counted seventy-eight people, each paying one hundred taels of gold. The compensation paid for these people alone amounted to seven thousand eight hundred taels of gold, which was equivalent to nearly eighty thousand taels of silver.
The pupils of the translators shrank into the size of ingots, and they wished they could be the people who were oppressed by these foreigners.
Since the prince said it was compensation, he would definitely compensate the people.
As for the amount of compensation, that is up to the prince.
The translators were full of complicated thoughts and went to negotiate with the foreigners.
Yinreng had been paying attention to their movements. After he found that most people had agreed to the price after the translators finished speaking, Yinreng cursed fiercely.
"*! It's too little!"
Yinzhen, who watched the whole process from the side, said: "..."
He was still a little uncomfortable with the way his second brother would swear when they disagreed with each other.
The people watching on the side were confused.
Yinreng's conversation with Fashishan and others was not loud just now, and they did not dare to get too close. They only saw the young man who was dressed very noblely, and without saying a word, they slapped each of the two officials.
Then he saw the imperial guards escorting all the foreign merchants out of the post station.
Probably he committed some crime.
This is a good thing for them!
They had long been fed up with the arrogant and domineering attitude of these foreigners, and it would be even better if this young man could put them all in jail.
If there is really no other option, just beat them up to vent your anger!
With this mentality, the people stood by and watched.
But they didn't hold on for long before they saw the foreign barbarians starting to take out gold.
Although the distance was not close, the people could recognize the yellow object at a glance.
What?
Gold!
The people were instantly excited.
Yinreng looked back and signaled to the commander of the imperial guards to ask the people to keep their voices down.
If left unattended, the noise will eventually cause trouble.
Nowadays, a hundred-liang gold brick only weighs seven or eight jin and is not very large in size, so it didn't take long for those foreigners to take out seven thousand eight hundred liang of gold.
They came here to do business and had a lot of valuables with them. Even if they had to pay for their followers' belongings, they didn't feel much pain in their hearts.
Some people just want to get rid of the plague gods in front of them as soon as possible.
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