In the capital, when Kangxi got up from the bed to wash and change clothes, Liang Jiugong whispered,
"Your Majesty, there's news from the port."
"explain."
Kangxi tilted his face up and let the palace maid wipe his cheeks with a wet towel.
"The letter said that an English missionary's merchant ship docked at Tianjin Port the afternoon before yesterday. The Fourth Master sent people to intercept and inspect it early, and sure enough, they found hundreds of chests of opium on board, mixed in with lumber and ore in an attempt to pass through customs."
When Kangxi heard the amount of opium, he became furious.
The quota he set was only sixty boxes a year, but these bastards smuggled a hundred boxes at a time. They pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, deceived their superiors and concealed the truth from their subordinates. They really deserve to die!
“Who took over?”
Kangxi opened his eyes, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.
"..Customs Supervisor Ulanara Baoli."
Liang Jiugong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The Imperial Household Department is already in a mess. If someone released from the Imperial Household Department gets into trouble again, it means that the Imperial Household Department is rotten from top to bottom, inside and out. His Majesty initially intended to kill some and release others, but now...
Even though he was not implicated, Liang Jiugong felt terrified and couldn't eat or sleep well.
Kangxi's eyes, which had been somewhat hazy at first, became completely cold.
"Customs Supervision..."
The duties of customs supervisors are not much different from those of several weaving factories, except that they only have the power to supervise the port area. Outside the port, they have no power at all.
It was also placed there by Kangxi as a sign to deter corrupt officials.
However, the corrupt officials were not deterred, and his signboard was completely smashed by that bastard.
Damn it!
He wants to skin that bastard alive!
"Tell Lao Si to escort him back to Beijing!"
Seeing that Kangxi was so angry, Liang Jiugong didn't know whether he should tell him everything that the Fourth Master said in the letter.
Kangxi noticed his hesitation and looked over with a frown.
"What are you standing there for? Go!"
Liang Jiugong hesitated to speak.
Finally gritted my teeth,
"Your Majesty, not only did Paulie help the missionaries smuggle opium, he also deliberately exploited the drug's addictive nature to win over the people at the port and eliminate those who dissidents."
"What?!"
Kangxi was a little stunned when he heard this.
Could it be that the officials at the port have started smoking opium?
If you stick your head out, you will be hurt; if you hide your head, you will be hurt too. Now that I have said it, there is no reason to stop.
Then Liang Jiugong continued,
"According to the Fourth Master, Paulie probably knew the harmful effects of opium, so when he was trying to lure the port officials into smoking it, he never touched it himself. He even pretended every time that he had already tasted it."
"There are seven adults at the port who have become addicted to opium. The Fourth Master said they were all previously healthy and strong, but now they have difficulty even riding and shooting normally."
"Oh.."
Kangxi gritted his teeth so hard that they made a creaking sound. He was so angry that he was almost going crazy.
"Right now, immediately, go tell the fourth brother that I want to see that bastard tomorrow!"
"I'll go right away!"
After Liang Jiugong ran out of the bedroom on tiptoe, he heard the sound of porcelain breaking from inside. He couldn't help but touch his chest with lingering fear.
He had no doubt that if he stayed in there and made noise any longer, the broken porcelain would be his fate.
Because of his bad mood, Kangxi went crazy again at the morning court.
Yinreng didn't dare to add fuel to the fire.
After court dismissed, Kangxi called Yinsi into the Southern Study alone.
When Yinsi came out again, he directly mobilized two hundred imperial guards and headed straight for the residence of the English missionary Henry.
Malhun and others thought that the master they followed would finally be reused by the emperor. However, only an hour later, they heard that the Eighth Prince brought troops and captured a missionary in a menacing manner.
How excited these people were an hour ago, how speechless they are now.
There was no need for the Eighth Prince to lead so many troops to capture a barbarian missionary.
It's really outrageous!
In accordance with Kangxi's request, Yinsi sent the person directly to the Ministry of Punishment.
He stayed and searched Henry's house inside and out.
In addition to thousands of taels of gold, Henry's favorite thing was all kinds of gems and pearls, but he only had a small box.
What remains are hundreds of kilograms of tea, various kinds of silk, ceramics, iron products, and some exquisite handicrafts.
The total price of this batch of goods is only about 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver.
Including the several thousand taels of gold and jewels, the total amount of property he seized during this massive operation was only over 100,000 taels.
It was far from what he expected.
Yinsi suspected that the old man Henry had anticipated this day and had therefore transferred all his property back to England.
He was almost vomiting to death.
When Yinsi was searching with all the noise, Henry's neighbors were so scared that they didn't even dare to come out to watch.
They were afraid that Yinsi would arrest them and confiscate their property.
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