Chapter 659: Capture Sassoon (Fourth update, please subscribe)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, like most of the Ming Dynasty official buildings, has a strong Chinese architectural style. According to another world, it has a large eaves. Of course, it is not just that. The current Ming Dynasty is gradually combining traditional architectural style with modern architectural science to form its own architectural characteristics, rather than just learning from the West. After all, as an influential civilization, it must have its own characteristics.
Although it was already late at night, there were still many rooms with lights on in this building with a strong Chinese architectural style.
"Have you found the evidence?"
Zhu Guozhong, the "top uncle" of the Ming Dynasty, was looking at Zhao Kai, who was sitting opposite the desk in front of him with his hands on his knees, a little stiffly.
Zhao Kai is the first generation of international students trained by Nanhua. He studied law in the UK. When he came to Nanhua, he felt that his future was bleak as he was from a scholarly family. So when he learned that he could take the exam to study abroad, he took the exam with a try-it attitude, and then became one of the first international students to study in Europe.
Although Zhao Kai studied law in the UK, he did not join the Ministry of Justice of the Ming Dynasty because he specialized in international law in the UK and was fully utilized in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
But.
In this world, international law is just something that big countries talk about. For weak countries, generally speaking, no one will abide by international law. Well, sometimes they will try every means to find loopholes in international law.
In this regard, Zhao Kai is also an expert. For example, in the international mediation of the "Los Angeles Incident", the Ming Dynasty relied on some provisions in international law regarding the protection of overseas Chinese and "holding the perpetrators legally accountable" and directly distorted the legal provisions - because the provisions did not specify which party would conduct the trial, and since there was no stipulation, then of course the Ming Dynasty could handle it.
In the end, the Americans could only swallow their anger and watch the Ming Dynasty bring their people from the United States to the Ming Dynasty for trial.
In the end, 57 people were sentenced to death and more than 150 were sentenced to life imprisonment. This is true fairness and justice!
The reason why Zhao Kai, an international law expert, was called here this time was to legalize the issue of "long-arm jurisdiction".
"Your Excellency..."
Zhao Kai spoke seriously.
"At present, there is no international public law that can legalize 'long-arm jurisdiction'! However, it is not impossible to use it flexibly."
His answer almost choked Zhu Guozhong, who had just picked up the teacup to drink water.
"Use it flexibly? Although I don't know how to use it flexibly, I think there will be no problem. However, how do you plan to implement it?"
After clearing his throat, Uncle Zhu regained his calm expression and said,
"If we want to do it legally, then we have to negotiate separately, that is, to get neighboring countries such as Peru to agree that we can enter their countries to enforce the law."
"Entering their country to enforce the law?"
"Yes,"
Zhao Kai nodded vigorously and then spoke.
"We need to sign a targeted anti-drug treaty with them and ask them to agree to our people going in to arrest drug traffickers. I think as long as we express our strong will, they will definitely agree."
What is a strong desire?
Of course... I'm talking to them with my strength. If they don't accept it, then I have to consider the consequences. Well, of course, this is also a friendly negotiation!
If they don't accept it, well...well, just put further pressure on them.
"Your suggestion is good, but distant water cannot quench immediate thirst,"
Uncle Zhu continued,
"Your Majesty is very angry now, so we need something to calm His Majesty's anger, don't you think? So, you have to think of a way for me?"
"It's not like there is no way..."
Zhao Kai said.
"Actually, I do have a rather crazy plan, but it doesn't seem very reliable..."
"How crazy is it? Tell me about it."
"If possible, we can just send people in to arrest him. Once he's caught, it's a fait accompli. As for international public law, we don't have to worry about it anymore."
Zhao Kai was really desperate. He was clearly breaking the law knowingly. But as long as he didn't violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty or other countries, what was the big deal?
Of course, this is not just a violation of the laws of other countries. It is an infringement on the sovereignty of other countries.
But this is the rule of the game in this world. If you are not as strong as others, you can only swallow your anger.
"Anyway, international public law is just like that. It is just used as a banner and used when needed. When a strong country bullies a weak country, it will not care about violating any public law."
"Not all countries are weak,"
Zhu Guozhong said,
"There are British people among those drug dealers. If we arrest them directly, it may cause diplomatic disputes. After all, we are not the only ones who can protect overseas Chinese."
Uh... even the "long-arm jurisdiction" of the United States only applies to weak countries! Of course, it is still a friendly negotiation with strong countries.
"There are always loopholes to be found, just think of a way!"
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"Sassoon!"
Opening the document on the desk, Zhu Xianhai spoke directly.
"Since the opium imported into Peru comes from his Sassoon Company, bring him here!"
Sassoon, this name is so familiar!
In another world, the Sassoon family is the most famous foreign family in Shanghai. Almost from the day Shanghai was opened as a port, they continued to sell opium in Shanghai, while selling their own cotton textiles, and began to expand their business into the real estate industry. They purchased opium from India, sold it in China, made profits, built textile factories in India, produced textiles and dumped them in China, and invested in Shanghai real estate after making profits, forming their own closed-loop economy.
In this business chain, the sale of opium was still the main source of funds. Between 1880 and 1911 alone, the Sassoon family made more than 700 million silver dollars in profits from opium.
Moreover, with the rapid prosperity of Shanghai, the prices of land and housing in Shanghai continued to rise. They used the huge profits from selling opium to buy large amounts of land and buildings, so that the number of properties under their names reached thousands.
Emperor Zhu couldn't say for sure how rich the Sassoon family was in the other world, but what was certain was that every penny they earned was stained with Chinese blood.
In this world, even after Shanghai was recaptured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and turned into a naval port, it was unable to stop Sassoon - they simply transferred their business from Shanghai to Haizhou. Haizhou in northern Jiangsu, which is Lianyungang in later generations, has implicitly become the Shanghai of this time and space.
As if in another world, they continued to make wealth in that adventurer's paradise and continued to exploit the blood and sweat of the Chinese people.
Perhaps decades later, faced with the anti-drug trend, they will no longer be legal businessmen, but this cannot change their nature as opium dealers.
And what is even more intolerable?
After transforming themselves into legitimate businessmen, they continue to enjoy the wealth and glory they gained by poisoning the Chinese people.
There was no way to change the Emperor Zhu of another world, but for the Sassoon family of this world, he at least had the ability to ensure that they would no longer be able to build their family's wealth and glory on the blood and tears of the Chinese people.
"Your Majesty, he is English!"
Justice Minister Zhang Zhaoyu reminded.
"What about the British?"
He is just a Jew in British India. His ancestors made their fortune by working as dogs for the Turks in Baghdad and taking bribes. Now he is an opium dealer.
"No matter who they are, as long as they dare to transport opium to Ming Dynasty, we will catch them and punish them with our laws, British..."
Emperor Zhu smiled coldly.
"What's the big deal?"
(End of this chapter)
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