The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 904 Compromise
The Tianxin City Trial lasted for a whole week. On January 8, the twelfth year of Jingyan, Kingsning and his followers finally met their fate.

On January 8, the final arguments concluded the public hearing and the courtroom closed. After weighing the evidence on all sides, the judges began drafting their verdicts, which were then formally announced at a later date.

On the 321th, the Tianxin City International Military Tribunal read out a -page verdict, confirming that Kingsning and members of the "Save Tianxin City" organization he led had committed crimes against the citizens of Da Qi and other peace-loving people, including war crimes, arson, theft, endangering public safety in a dangerous manner, and terrorist activities.

After hearing the testimonies of more than 40 witnesses and receiving more than 300 pieces of evidence, the court finally made the following ruling:

Seventeen defendants including Kingsning were sentenced to death by hanging, 17 defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment, three defendants were sentenced to twenty years in prison, five defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison, and the case against another defendant was cancelled because he was found to be mentally ill.

The verdict caused an uproar as soon as it was announced.

Ambassadors from Britain, the Netherlands and other countries jointly protested and demanded the release of Kingsning.

Veterans organizations in various provinces expressed their dissatisfaction to Tianxin City.

In mid-January, more than ten riots broke out in Tianxin City, and a fanatical veteran set himself on fire in front of the imperial palace.

Within half a month, more than 20 terrorist activities such as arson and poisoning occurred in various provinces, killing more than 100 people.

To express his dissatisfaction with the trial results, King George announced a ban on the import of Baolu brand carriages and a total of 301 other Da Qi products.

In addition, people from Qi are prohibited from entering the UK, and all people from Qi engaged in production and services in the UK must return to Qi within 15 days.

In a private letter to his son-in-law, George Sr. demanded that Liu Fan must "give a fairer trial to Kingsning and others," otherwise, "the relationship between the two countries will face serious challenges."

The whole country was outraged. The people of Qi were very dissatisfied with this blatant interference in their internal affairs. The warmongers in the army took the opportunity to advocate an attack on the East India Company to teach these ignorant Europeans a lesson.

The "Organization to Rescue Tianxin City" has a wide range of influence in various places, and the garrisons in various places are divided into two irreconcilable factions. One faction advocates the execution of Kingsning by slow slicing and declaring war on Britain.

The other faction requested that Kingsning's crimes be pardoned and that the pioneer be given a chance to live.

The governors were happy to see this chaotic situation, especially since all the criticism was directed at Tianxin City.

Although the emperor had given up a lot of power and returned to the feudal era of "common ruler of the world" similar to the Zhou Dynasty, the local officials still wanted more power.

Internal and external troubles, wars and disasters continue.

The cabinet was unable to cope with the situation. At the end of February, Zhang Tingyu submitted his resignation, but Emperor Jingyan did not approve it.

Liu Fan summoned his ministers to the Qianqing Palace and pointed at Zhang Tingyu and Nian Gengyao and cursed:

"The situation is critical, and you want to just walk away? I've told you long ago that this Kingsning is not to be taken lightly! Did you listen?"

Zhang Tingyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and defended himself: "The late emperor ordered us to assist Your Majesty. How can we sit idly by and watch that traitor do whatever he wants?"

"Don't use the late emperor to pressure me! Killing these people will lead to disaster!" Emperor Jing Yan was so emotional that he couldn't breathe. "Do you want Da Qi to close its doors again?"

War with Britain was clearly a fantasy.

Liu Fan rested for a moment, then pointed at Nian Gengyao's nose and cursed:

"Who said we should go to war with Britain?"

Nian Gengyao quickly replied, "I absolutely do not say such things!"

"Fighting France resulted in such a huge loss of troops and generals, and anti-war demonstrations broke out in the rear! Even with this, you still want to fight Britain? Do you know how wide the English Channel is?"

Seeing the emperor's rage, Nian Gengyao had no choice but to bow and explain, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of National Defense has only drafted a battle plan for landing in Liverpool. It's just a plan..."

"It's just a plan!" Emperor Jing Yan said angrily, "All that's left is to send letters to all provinces to recruit soldiers!"

"Your servants dare not." The hall was silent as death.

"Warmocracy cannot save Great Qi. Exploiting citizens and seizing their power in the name of patriotism and heroism will only lead me astray and ultimately lead me to the same desperate situation as the eldest princess and the deposed crown prince."

"We must defeat Europe with commerce, not with ships and guns!"

After Liu Fan finished speaking, he turned away.

The emperor could not understand Zhang Tingyu, Nian Gengyao and other old ministers who were about to die, just as these old ministers could not understand this new era.

"I have the power to pardon death row prisoners. I will commute Kingsning's death sentence!"

Nian Gengyao said worriedly, "Letting a tiger go back into the mountains will only lead to endless trouble! Furthermore, he's a vicious traitor! Your Majesty, you'll regret this decision later!"

Emperor Jing Yan had already walked out of the hall when he suddenly stopped and said, "If you kill him, the empire will fall apart. The foundation laid by our ancestors will be destroyed in my hands! You will all experience blood and fire all over again!"

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With the intervention of Emperor Jingyan, Kingsning was granted amnesty as an exception and saved his life. He was eventually exiled to the North Sea (near Lake Baikal) for a twenty-year sentence and was not allowed to return to Tianxin City before his sentence was completed.

Considering the harsh living environment in the North Sea, the party leader is likely to freeze to death near the Arctic Circle in a cold winter.

The demands of the opposition were met, and the Europeans lifted their trade sanctions on Da Qi, but Emperor Jing Yan also lost a large number of staunch supporters.

When he first arrived in Beihai, Kingsning lived in a thatched house, which was a single room. Three months later, he gained weight here, and his condition was obviously much better than in Tianxin City.

According to records, in ordinary prisons in Qi State, prisoners were given 1 jin of white flour and 2 liang of meat every day when they were not working, and kilograms of white flour and liang of meat every day when they were working, which was barely enough to fill their stomachs.

However, with the arrival of large numbers of followers - who firmly believed that the "Rescue Tianxin City Organization" was the future direction - in the North Sea, Kingsing's living standards were significantly improved.

Here he enjoyed the support of his disciples, with wine and meat every day. He had so much money that he could not spend it all and could buy milk and snacks at will. Believers and family members could also come to deliver meals five times a week.

So what did Marshal Kingsning do in the North Sea?

First of all, due to the special attention of the prison warden (who dared not ignore it), Jin Shuai was not forced to do labor, but instead read books and wrote letters every day, as well as gave speeches to his believers.

Kingsning was not satisfied with the books in the prison library, but asked believers to send the latest editions of books and magazines from London, Tianxin City, Paris, Vienna and other places.

It is said that General Jin often studied late into the night to research "the future fate of the empire and the ultimate fate of the Liu family."

He often lamented that if he had been exiled to Beihai earlier, he would have been able to create more theoretical results.

Later, with the warden's permission, Kingsning was released from prison, rented a house, and went out every day. "Besides giving speeches, drinking, hunting, fishing, and swimming, I spent most of my time chatting." Because of the Arctic Circle, he "slept a lot" in the winter.

Later, Katyusha was sentenced to three years of exile for distributing banned publications, but she told the authorities that she was Kingsnin's fiancée and requested to be exiled to the North Sea. Finally, the cabinet agreed to her application.

Katyusha brought her mother to the North Sea.

When she arrived, Kingsning was out hunting. She saw that her husband's villa "had colorful homemade rugs on the floor, the walls were cleanly painted and decorated with silver pines, and the rooms were spacious like a palace and very clean."

Katyusha immediately fell in love with this place and married Marshal Jin in the presence of hundreds of believers.

Half a year later, the believers raised forty gold coins to expand the villa for the Marshal.

The courtyard is furnished with rockery ponds, hot spring baths, a football field, and a garden covering more than ten acres, which is planted with various cold-resistant flowers and vegetables.

Later, they hired a 14-year-old Japanese nanny and a -year-old Norwegian girl for the tutor. Although they had different skin colors, they were both stunningly beautiful...

(End of this chapter)