Prince Kang's eyes went dark, and he no longer cared about his status as a prince, and kowtowed to the two elders.
The staff behind Prince Kang also realized that Gao Mo's words did not mean to let Prince Kang's heir go, but to kill all the members of Prince Kang's family!
It was not until then that they suddenly realized that too many people had died in Dingfu and that those people had gone too far.
You will never feel pain unless the knife cuts your body.
"I beg you, the elders, to show mercy and spare my descendants. Just spare one line, just spare one line, just spare one line..."
King Kang kowtowed madly.
He Qionghai said coldly: "Go to the underground and see those who were burned to death by the fire, and ask them if they want to stay! Come on, take them away and shut them up!"
The university scholars were like the strongest soldiers, personally escorting King Kang and sealing his mouth.
At the same time, shouts and screams were heard outside Prince Kang's Mansion, and then the entire outer wall of Prince Kang's Mansion was razed to the ground. People from the Punishment Hall and the War Hall rushed into Prince Kang's Mansion and began to arrest people. Anyone who had the intention of resisting would be regarded as a threat and killed on the spot.
A quarter of an hour later, the Criminal Court officially announced that someone in the Prince Kang's mansion had colluded with the rebels. There was clear evidence that Prince Kang had traded with the rebels and became their protector. Although Prince Kang did not directly join forces with the rebels, he indirectly allowed the rebels to participate in the Dingfu Rebellion. His crime was extremely serious and he was immediately escorted to the Holy Court Criminal Court for trial.
When the news came out, the ten countries were in an uproar.
Prince Kang is a member of the royal family and the most powerful prince in Jing State. The fact that the Criminal Court arrested him directly sent out two signals. One is that the Criminal Court will launch fierce revenge, and the other is that the Criminal Court will continue to push for reform with all its strength and resolve any obstacles at all costs.
Afterwards, the Criminal Palace announced that some officials of Qing State had been infiltrated by counter-species, and that the Criminal Palace might conduct a major review of Qing State. Tomorrow, the Criminal Palace elders will vote on the review.
When officials of Qing State learned the news, they cursed everywhere.
The big review seems to be just a review of these officials, but there are two most fatal points.
Once the Criminal Court conducts a major investigation, officials of the Qing Kingdom must honestly confess all their previous mistakes to the Criminal Court. If they conceal something and are suspected by the Criminal Court, they will most likely use other means, such as the punishment of cutting the heart, which could result in the loss of the official's literary talent at the mildest, or even death on the spot at the worst.
It can even be said that once the major investigation is launched, the officials of Qing State will be handing the evidence to the Criminal Court.
There is another point that has a huge impact on the entire Qing Kingdom. During the great review, Qing Kingdom will no longer be able to send people into the Holy Academy. Whether it is normal appointment, entering the Hanlin Hall for training or other activities, all will be terminated.
If the grand review uncovers something serious that endangers the human race, it may cause the Qing Kingdom's imperial examinations to be suspended for a whole year.
Not to mention Qing, even Kongcheng has been infiltrated by the anti-China forces. Once a major investigation is launched, Qing will inevitably fall into an unprecedented crisis. The entire bureaucracy will be out of control for at least a year. Coupled with the blockade by the Dragon Clan and Jing Kingdom, Qing's national strength will inevitably decline significantly.
As a last resort, Lord Qing led all the officials of Qing State to visit Dongsheng Pavilion, hoping that Dongsheng Pavilion could help Qing State.
That night, Dongsheng Pavilion helped Qing State and asked the Criminal Court to mediate.
The next day, the Criminal Court did not mention the major review again, but the top leaders of various countries received a piece of news. The night before, Jing State also sent a negotiation team with officials from the Left Prime Minister as the core to the Holy Court. In the end, Qing State signed a secret agreement with the Criminal Court and Jing State.
King Qing issued an edict to blame himself, but nominally it was because of a natural disaster and had nothing to do with the rebellion in Dingfu.
The Qing Kingdom must withdraw all its spies from the Jing Kingdom, and must not engage in any activities that are detrimental to the Jing Kingdom within five years. It must never obstruct any non-political exchanges such as trade, technology, etc., and it must not impose tariffs on the goods of the Jing Kingdom.
Qing State must provide raw materials to the workshops in Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou at cost price for ten years.
The Kingdom of Qing had to pay 450 million taels of silver as compensation to the victim Kingdom of Jing, including rebuilding Dingfu, compensating for the losses of Dingfu, and serving as pensions. The payment was to be made in 39 years at an annual interest rate of 4%. The actual amount of compensation was close to 1 billion.
In addition, there are many detailed rules and supplementary agreements.
This became the most humiliating agreement signed in the history of Qing Dynasty.
In addition to Qing State, Gu State, which was also involved in this matter, also signed a similar agreement.
After a few days, this agreement, known as the "Dingfu Treaty", spread throughout the ten countries.
The Dingfu Treaty became a hot topic among the Ten Nations. It was discussed almost everywhere, in the streets, restaurants and literary gatherings, not to mention the discussion lists.
Except for Qing and Gu, the scholars of other countries had roughly the same reaction. They all supported Jing and cursed Qing and Gu. They believed that the two countries had betrayed the beliefs of the human race in order to obstruct Fang Yun, and had even invited wolves into the house and colluded with the rebels. It was not an exaggeration to destroy the countries.
The scholars of Qing State did not dare to refute on the discussion board, because if they were slightly biased towards Qing State, they would be attacked by everyone.
Cursing the Qing Kingdom has become the correct value orientation of the discussion list. At this time, anyone who does not curse the Qing Kingdom seems to be a little sorry for the saints.
However, the situation inside Qing is different.
Countless scholars took to the streets to protest against Jing State's unequal treaty and demanded that King Qing go to war with Jing State.
While the Qing Kingdom was in chaos, Fang Yun convened a cabinet meeting in the Jing Kingdom. Only the Queen Mother, the King, the three cabinet ministers and the powerful cabinet councilors were allowed to attend.
Fang Yun didn't say much in this meeting, but everyone remembered what Fang Yun said.
"Which country can educate Qing's young people will reap huge rewards in the future."
"Following the spirit and assimilation deep into the mind is far more loyal than following iron, blood and power."
“Therefore, we will use part of the compensation to recruit students from Qing Country and let them study in Jing Country to learn our advanced concepts and technologies.”
"We must not only defeat them in terms of military strength, but also look down on them in terms of attitude, assimilate them spiritually, and make them instinctively feel inferior to us. Only in this way will they truly follow us. Once they return to Qing and become spiritual leaders, it means that we in Jing will become the spiritual parents and mentors of Qing."
"Of course, we must remember that we must make them look up to us, submit to us, and worship us, so that they know their own weakness, stupidity, and ignorance, instead of worshipping the students of Qing. We cannot let them have any privileges in Jing, and we cannot let any of the citizens of Jing think that they are better."
"Only in this way can we export our ideas, our culture, and everything we have. Only in this way can they follow us instead of riding on our heads and bullying us. There was once a tribe in the Ten Thousand Worlds that made a fatal mistake. In order to fight against another powerful tribe, they clearly wanted to gain more followers. However, due to the stupid slave mentality of some people, they not only failed to cultivate humble followers, but even had almost no equal followers. Instead, they worshipped a large number of high and mighty masters, resulting in the phenomenon of inferior tribes oppressing powerful tribes, inferior tribes despising powerful tribes, and inferior tribes squeezing out the resources of powerful tribes. This caused a huge disaster that cannot be made up for for many years. We must learn from this lesson."
"The interests of Jingguo are above all else. We don't need to care about how our enemies view us, we just need them to bow their heads; we don't need to care about how our followers view us, we just need them to obey."
"These words are very unfair, very unrighteous, and immoral. However, countless histories, countless eliminated tribes, and countless events have told us that morality and righteousness alone cannot gain a foothold in the universe. Only when you have absolutely powerful strength can you spread morality and righteousness!"
"In order to spread the correct morality, we must master powerful forces! In order to master powerful forces, we must sacrifice some followers, not our people!"
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P.S. Congratulations on the great and brilliant achievements of the Chinese archaeological exploration project. It has been confirmed that Chinese civilization has moved forward again. As early as 5,000 years ago, all parts of China entered the stage of ancient civilization. This means that from now on, the 5,000 years are no longer a virtual reference, but a real reference. In other words, the Xia Dynasty before the Shang Dynasty had its origins and were not fabricated by the ancient Chinese.
From now on, some people will no longer be able to deny Chinese civilization, insult their fellow countrymen and ancestors by questioning the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. If anyone denies the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization in the future, we can fight back with the Origin Exploration Project.
Finally, I would like to reiterate that Chinese civilization is the only civilization on Earth that is still being passed down despite its twists and turns. Apart from these, whether it is ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient India or other ancient civilizations, their inheritance has been completely cut off and they have become completely ancient. Only Chinese civilization is not an "ancient" Chinese civilization.