As a country governed by the rule of law, Ming Dynasty will certainly guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of every criminal suspect.
But everyone knows what the final result will be, and the original verdict will definitely be upheld. After all, the law is the law. The law is absolutely impersonal.
Besides, sometimes the law needs to look at politics. Just like what Sassoon said.
Ming Dynasty needs to kill the chicken to show the monkey.
If the chicken is not killed, the monkeys will never be obedient. Therefore, for the daimyo, the chicken must be killed to scare the monkeys.
Although Sassoon was arrested in the Ming Dynasty from the British Concession in Haizhou, and the British response was extremely angry. But so what?
Although at the request of Edward Sassoon, the Rothschild family also tried to exert pressure on Ming Dynasty through their official connections, this did not have any effect.
It is true that their attempts and efforts in the end further contributed to the death of Jacob Sassoon. Just as Jacob Sassoon said before - they were killing the chicken to show the monkey.
I finally caught a big sand grouse, so of course I had to kill it and warn the world. Otherwise, wouldn’t I have missed such a perfect opportunity?
In this way, Sassoon's fate was doomed from the beginning. His head was used to kill chickens and scare monkeys, whether he wanted to or not.
After all, it is Britain, and no matter how angry it is, it will not help. Even to a certain extent, the anger of the British is just symbolic. After all, Sassoon is just a British Indian, not an Englishman at all.
But one thing is certain, the trial of Sassoon frightened the opium dealers from India to Hong Kong, and from Hong Kong to Haizhou. They almost immediately warned everyone - don't be like the Ming Dynasty.
opium.
Otherwise, the price will be too heavy for them to bear.
Sometimes people are always like this. Only when the knife is put to the neck and there is no chance, will they know how to be afraid.
For a long time to come, Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty's overseas territories were forbidden areas for opium merchants. They all knew the cost of selling opium to Ming Dynasty. This also allowed Ming Dynasty to become a land of opium when opium was rampant in its homeland of China.
Pure land.
However, "Sassoon Eucalyptus" still caused a political turmoil in the UK. Although he was a British Indian, he was arrested in the British concession. This directly led to the British people thinking that this was the Ming Dynasty's attack on British dignity.
The relationship between Mingying and Ying became further tense.
"We must show our attitude to the world!"
In the Prime Minister's residence at No. 11 Downing Street, Benjamin, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, almost roared there after learning that Sassoon was sentenced to death.
"The people of the Ming Dynasty are challenging our bottom line again and again. They are not challenging, they are testing, and they are testing where our bottom line is!"
Benjamin, who had just become prime minister again in February this year, had repeatedly attacked William Ewart Gladstone's Liberal cabinet for having no vision and ignoring the interests of the empire.
"All this was facilitated by the Liberal cabinet. When they annexed Argentina, we were silent. When they teamed up with Brazil to carve up Uruguay and Paraguay, we remained silent. It seems that for Britain, South America is too far away from Europe.
It is our silence that has caused the Ming Dynasty's desire for expansion to continue to expand, and now they have even begun to challenge the British! Damn it, God can testify, I must completely cut off their claws!"
After becoming Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli took active aggression and expansion and the establishment of a powerful British colonial empire to dominate the world as his program of struggle.
For this typical imperialist who tried to build the glory of the British Empire, the Ming Dynasty's expansion had seriously damaged British interests, and this trial of Sassoon was more like a loud slap in the face.
Snapping sound.
"This is simply the biggest diplomatic failure in British history!"
The Foreign Secretary, Lord Derby Jr., said directly.
"Many observers believe that since Britain cannot protect a British Indian, how can it possibly protect the interests of the British?"
India in 1874... was just India. Even the Queen of England had not yet worn the crown of the Emperor of India. In another world, two years later, in 1876, on the advice of Disraeli, Parliament passed a decision to grant Victoria the title
The queen took the title of "Queen of India" and held a grand coronation ceremony in Delhi, the capital of India, on New Year's Day in 1877. Victoria's dream of being queen for many years finally became a reality.
As a result, the title "British Empire", which was originally only used verbally, has since become one of the official names of the United Kingdom and has been included in official documents.
Because of this, strictly speaking, British India was just a colony, and Sassoon was just an "Indian".
"Everyone is angry, but we must realize that he is just an Indian. The reason why people are angry is not because we cannot save him. After all, no one in London cares about the life or death of an Indian. But they
What matters is that the Ming Dynasty rejected us. Not only did they refuse to release Sassoon, but they also sentenced him to death! Even that damn guy was arrested in the British concession!"
Even when he mentioned this matter now, Benjamin's tone was full of anger.
But what's the point of being filled with anger?
It was impossible for him to send a fleet to the Ming Dynasty because of an Indian. If a conflict occurred, he would have no way to explain to the parliament why a war was caused because of an Indian.
No one in Britain cares about the life or death of an Indian, even if he is a Jew.
But this does not mean that everyone does not care about the British Empire. What is the reason for their anger now?
Isn’t it because Daming didn’t lose face?
"If he is British, we can do it at any cost, but he is Indian..."
Benjamin said rather helplessly.
"It is impossible for us to start a war for an Indian. No country would do that. Even this incident makes all of us feel unprecedentedly angry."
Benjamin was also helpless. This time the Ming Empire put Britain in an extremely embarrassing situation - they could neither ignore it nor use a tough attitude to threaten war.
Because no Englishman is willing to go to war over an Indian!
But this does not prevent them from feeling that Britain has lost face. The British Empire has lost face by the Ming Dynasty.
How could Benjamin, as Prime Minister, not be angry?
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, just as you said before. We must express our attitude in some ways and cut off the claws that Ming Dynasty is eager to extend to all parties."
The Foreign Secretary, Lord Derby Jr., certainly noticed where Ming's hands had been extended in the past few years, so he immediately spoke.
"We have reason to believe that in the "Four-Nation Alliance", they may have reached some secret agreement with the Russians regarding Japan. They have been sending troops to Ryukyu since the beginning of the year, and Russia's ambitions for Japan are also well known. We must
To prevent their expansion in East Asia may affect our interests in the Qing Dynasty."
A secret treaty aroused all kinds of suspicions in the British. They did not know the specific content of the treaty at all, nor did they know who the treaty was aimed at. They must have guessed that it had a lot to do with Turkey, but they
It cannot be denied that they will reach some kind of consensus elsewhere.
Faced with the Foreign Secretary's suggestion, Benjamin thought for a moment and then said.
"Japan, what are your suggestions about Japan?"
Faced with the Prime Minister's question, Lord Derby Jr. answered directly and straightforwardly.
"If we allow the Ming Dynasty to reach into Japan, they will inevitably affect our sphere of influence in the Qing Dynasty, and they must also have ambitions for the Qing Dynasty. Now our task is to completely cut off his influence on Japan.
Ambition to expand.”
Regarding Little Lord Derby's answer, Benjamin nodded in agreement, and then he said.
"In that case, let's make a plan. We must stop further expansion there. We failed to stop them last time in the Americas, but now - we must stop their ambition to join forces with Russia to expand!"