Zhu Youjian did not think that Tang Ruowang would harbor any evil intentions.
"What can a foreigner from the West do?"
"I think he just wants to befriend Master Gao so he can take the opportunity to curry favor with me."
However, Zhu Youjian still hesitated.
"Master Gao still believes that he was teaching in Dahe Village."
"This Dahe Village is a poor, remote place. If a foreigner suddenly appears, won't Master Gao become suspicious?"
"No, I must test the waters first."
In fact, he could have simply fired Johann Adam Schall von Bell and prevented Schall von Bell from having any contact with Gao Qingyun.
However, Zhu Youjian recalled that Gao Qingyun had always said that he lacked teaching materials and was unable to teach students English.
"This English is strange; it seems to be a Western language."
"Moreover, I noticed that the books and documents that Master Gao carries with him seem to contain a lot of Western text."
"If Johann Adam Schall von Bell can help Master Gao with these matters, then he might be of some use."
Thinking of this, Prosecutor Zhu stood up.
"Let's go, I'll go see Master Gao now and test him out."
The two soon arrived at Taiye Pond.
This time, however, they saw Gao Qingyun sitting directly by the lake.
Zhu Youjian smiled and approached.
"Master Gao, why didn't you teach your students today?"
Gao Qingyun turned around in an annoyed manner.
"Xiao Zhu, what you're saying is outrageous."
"Have you never had a summer or winter vacation?"
"It's only the New Year, and if I still have to drag my students to class, they'll curse me to death behind my back."
"By the way, did you make dumplings this year?"
Zhu Youjian was stunned.
"What kind of dumplings?"
Gao Qingyun turned her head: "Huh? You guys don't watch the Spring Festival Gala? Never mind, never mind."
He didn't pay much attention to it, but instead invited Zhu Youjian to sit down.
"Xiao Zhu, what brings you here today?"
Zhu Youjian chuckled awkwardly a few times: "Nothing can be hidden from Master Gao."
"Um……"
He organized his thoughts and then began to probe indirectly.
“Master Gao, it seems a Westerner has recently come to our village. What do you think about this…”
Sure enough, Gao Qingyun frowned as soon as he said that.
"What? Foreigners have come to your Dahe Village? This is a bit strange."
Did they bring gimbals and drones?
Zhu Youjian had never heard of either of these terms, but judging from Gao Qingyun's expression, he guessed they were not good things, and so he spoke:
"He didn't bring that, but he did bring a lot of books with him."
"Oh, by the way, that man also said he was a missionary."
Gao Qingyun snorted coldly after hearing this.
"I knew it."
"Alright, Xiao Zhu, just send someone to keep an eye on him, and then notify the town. Someone will take care of him."
Zhu Youjian couldn't understand what Gao Qingyun was saying at all, but he could tell that Gao Qingyun's attitude was a bit off.
He asked tentatively:
"Master Gao, would you like to talk to that person again for a bit?"
"Maybe he's not the kind of person you think he is?"
Gao Qingyun shook her head.
"Who cares who he is? Someone will find out for sure."
"Xiao Zhu, don't forget what the situation has been like outside these past few years."
"Coming to this remote and impoverished village of Dahe at this time... uh, I didn't mean to say anything bad about your village."
"Anyway, that person came to Dahe Village with ill intentions!"
Zhu Youjian was even more confused.
He always felt that Gao Qingyun's words had a hidden meaning.
"Master Gao, why are you so prejudiced against foreigners?"
In Zhu Youjian's mind, Gao Qingyun not only did not have any preference for sons over daughters, but was also very polite to the deaf-mute eunuch he sent to serve Gao Qingyun.
He could almost be described as a morally perfect person.
Moreover, Gao Qingyun usually held the Jurchens in utter contempt.
Speaking of other barbarian groups in history, such as the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, there was no particularly special hatred between them.
"Why is Master Gao so averse to foreigners?"
Gao Qingyun sneered a few times.
"It's not that I'm rejecting foreigners; it's that the foreigners are still harboring treacherous intentions!"
"Hmph, they seized so much of our land and took away so much gold and silver back then, and we've already let it go without settling accounts with them."
"You still dare to cause us trouble!"
Zhu Youjian's expression changed, as if he understood something.
He winked at Wang Chengen, then hurriedly left.
After a moment, Wang Chengen came over.
Zhu Youjian ordered him, "Go and pick a clever one from among Master Gao's students, and have that person go to Master Gao to get information out of him and find out exactly what happened!"
His tone was quite unpleasant.
Wang Chengen dared not delay and quickly found Gu Hengbo, then took her to extract information from her.
Before long, Wang Chengen approached with a grim expression, holding several pieces of paper in his hand.
The handwriting was very neat, it seems that Gu Hengbo was afraid that he would not remember it, so he wrote it on paper.
Wang Chengen dared not look up, but instead held the papers above his head.
"Your Majesty, you should see for yourself."
Upon seeing his expression, Zhu Youjian knew that the paper must contain nothing of value.
He found it rather strange.
What's wrong with you?
"Even the possibility of the Jurchens destroying the Ming Dynasty in the future is something I don't care about much now."
"Could this foreigner possibly do anything that I cannot tolerate?"
Then he picked up those few pieces of paper, and then he broke down.
"This is absolutely outrageous!"
"These Jurchens are simply..."
He suddenly threw the papers on the ground and stomped on them a few times.
"They gained the world, fine, but how could they do something so shameful?"
Wang Chengen was actually very unhappy, but seeing the emperor so angry, he quickly stood up and said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down! Don't let your anger harm your health!"
Zhu Youjian angrily said, "How can I not be angry?"
"These Jurchens deserve to die!"
He suddenly fell silent, and after a long while, he spoke coldly:
"Go and summon Li Ruolian and Qin Liangyu, and tell them that I have something to discuss with them."
"The reorganization of the Beijing Garrison must be accelerated."
"I must pacify Liaodong and destroy the Jurchens as soon as possible!"
"I can't wait even a day longer!"
Wang Chengen wanted to persuade the emperor, but seeing his anger, he dared not speak.
He could only say, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, I will be right back."
Thousands of miles away.
Huang Taiji suddenly sneezed.
Who's talking badly about me behind my back?
He turned around and glanced at the several princes beside him.
He thought to himself, "They're probably cursing me in their hearts!"
"Hmph, according to the latest news, I was indeed a bit rash in leading my troops to retreat last time."
"It turns out that Li Ruolian only has a few thousand soldiers under his command."
"But the result surprised me!"
In fact, Huang Taiji had only just taken over the power of the Jurchens, and his power base was not yet secure.
The fact that he was scared off by Li Ruolian also greatly damaged his prestige.
"No, I have to think of another way."
Huang Taiji's eyes darted around, then he said to the eldest prince, Daishan:
"I've heard that there's been a lot of internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty recently."
"Our Liaodong region also had a poor harvest last year. Do you think we should attack the Ming Dynasty again?"
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