I am the king of the dead

The Xuanwei Division of the Old Port was surrounded by the Ming Army. The terrain here is highlands from north to south, and smooth roads from east to west. According to the general practice, it should be encircled with three gaps and one gap, so as to prevent the enemy from acting desperately. When chasing, constantly consuming the enemy's vitality, completing the final finishing touch, and winning the final victory.

For the sake of this battle, it is to consider how to win the most.

But Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng did not leave this gap, but chose to encircle them on all sides, set up forts on the high grounds on both banks, and set up camps at the east and west exits. Hengjiang, a person in the old port, is hard to fly.

At this time, the Patriarch of the Chen family, Chen Shouyan, finally panicked, and found a few eloquent Han people, and brought gold and silver belongings to the barracks of the Daming Navy. Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng met the envoys, and after a long After a friendly and in-depth exchange, these envoys returned to the Old Port City with their gold and silver treasures.

"There is a saying that a fierce dragon can't cross a river, and a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake. His Daming navy is so tyrannical, rude, and domineering. Can you treat us as vegetarians?" Chen Shouyan is over fifty, with a ferocious face, He slammed the table and yelled angrily.

When the raptors crossed the river, they became insects. At this time, Da Ming showed the attitude of a strong dragon pressing down on the local snake, which made Chen Shouyan very angry.

That's why Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng didn't encircle the three and lack one. This time the battle of Old Port is the battle of Liwei, not only to fight, but also to show the strength of Ming Dynasty, whether it is the aggressive Liu Yongcheng or the steady and steady one. Tang Xing, behind the rapid advancement of the front line, showed the strength and confidence of Daming.

Li Chengwu, the head of the Li family in Meizhou, picked up the teacup, took a sip of Mengding nectar, and said with emotion: "Don't be so angry, the old man. I remember that the Tang Guozhang sent someone to talk to Mr. Chen. I have always heard that Well, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very particular about things. When he talked to you for the first time, he was very polite, well-reasoned, and well-spoken. At that time, the conditions were still passable, and everyone had face."

Chen Shouyan said with lingering anger: "What about the third time?"

"There is no third time." Li Chengwu looked at Chen Shouyan and said quite sincerely.

"No third time?" Chen Shouyan's eyes widened, full of surprise.

Li Chengwu nodded solemnly again and said: "There is no third time. Although the conditions proposed by Daming at this moment seem harsh, they still leave a way out."

Chen Shouyan slapped the table again, walked back and forth in front of the hall, and said, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? What kind of nonsense are you talking about! Then Tang Guozhang asked me to surrender and go to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with the boat. With the whole family, I will never return to the Old Port."

"My grandparents of the Chen family have lived here for generations. If he told me to leave, I will leave? Why?"

Li Chengwu spread his hands and said: "The land under our feet originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty. During the Yongle period when the Ming king entered the dynasty, this place became the boundary of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor wants to take back his own land. Is there anything wrong with it?" ? After five years of orthodoxy, the Boyi Kingdom raised its troops, and in the ninth year of orthodoxy, the old port returned to Mr. Chen."

"Mr. Chen, there are no outsiders here. Let's talk, so we might as well explain it clearly. The words "ancestral and ancestors" can't be talked about."

It was only 11 years since the Xuanwei Department of Jiugang broke away from the rule of Ming Dynasty from the fifth year of Zhengtong to the 21th year of Jingtai. However, it had been 24 years since Li Li rebelled against the Ming Annan National Government, and when the Emperor of Ming conquered Annan again.

Li Chengwu's father came to Jiugang from Meizhou, and he took refuge in Liang Daoming. The local people all called Liang Daoming the King of Ming. This measure is still there, and after Li Chengwu became the head of the family, he has always regarded himself as the Li family of Meizhou. In Li Chengwu's view, this Chen Shouyan hanged himself by eating arsenic and rushing to reincarnate.

When the Angel of Heaven was in Java, he sent people to communicate, and he was very polite and courteous. If Chen Shouyan agreed at that time, how could he go to Tianjin Wei to be the King of Sanfoqi, deal with the old port affairs in the court, and return it to him? Chen Shouyan said hello and gave him the face of the Three Buddhas.

How did Chen Shouyan do it?I expelled the Ming envoy, refused to communicate, and acted like I am a local snake, what kind of attitude can you take me.

Li Chengwu drank another cup of Mengding nectar. After tasting the nectar, he had to admire that it was indeed a Daming tribute tea. He continued: "Our place is connected to the West Ocean in the west and Wanli Haitang in the south. How important is this place? If you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty , such a confidential place is in the hands of others, can you rest assured?"

"Emperor Daming wants to open the sea. If you don't take this place back, how will you go forward with the opening of the sea? When Daming was in Annan, the county, I told you that the Ming Dynasty will definitely go south, and the dragon will surely overwhelm the river and the sea. You just don't listen. Besieging the city, and complaining about Daming's arrogance and rudeness, what is the reason for being overbearing?"

"Where the hell are you!" Chen Shouyan was extremely angry.

Li Chengwu was quite surprised and said: "Mr. Chen, I have always been the boss of Daming. You didn't just know it today. There is no need to make such a big fuss. When you robbed the merchant ships of Daming, I, Mrs. Li, refused to join forces." , you occupied Daming to set up an official factory in the old port, I, Li Shi, never participated in half a point. When you abused and plundered the Han people, I, Li Shi, blessed countless people. Daming sent people to communicate. If you expel them, I will treat them with courtesy. The tea was given to me by Tang Guozhang and Liu Dadang, you ask me now, where is it?"

"Isn't this asking knowingly?"

The Ming army is just outside the city, Li Chengwu just stopped pretending, and the showdown is over, sir, it's clear!
Li Chengwu's words made Chen Shouyan's lungs explode, but Chen Shouyan couldn't do anything to Li Chengwu. In this old port city, Chen Shouyan's Chen family was indeed strong, but Li's family was not weak. Jumping back, Chen Shouyan wants to stick to the "fortified city" and seek surrender treatment has become a delusion.

"Mr. Chen, if you want me to tell you, then you agree to come down. It's very imminent. The Daming Navy gave a three-day deadline to attack the city in three days. At that time, Mr. Chen will be a pirate like Chen Zuyi." Li Chengwu persuaded Chen again. Shouyan surrendered, and this Chen Zuyi was the pirate that Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, pacified in the old port.

Chen Zuyi was flattened by Ming Dynasty and became a pirate. Before that, when Chen Zuyi ruled the Strait of Malacca, no one said he was a pirate.

The Sanbao eunuch is no longer there, but the angel Liu Yongcheng in the Daming Navy, but the eunuch who fought from the Jianwen period to the Jingtai period, is equally difficult to deal with, and I don’t know why there are so many eunuchs in the Yongle period, this man without a bell fierce man.

Li Chengwu said earnestly: "Mr. Chen, we have the same culture and the same race. We all came from it. The Central Plains is sparsely populated. What do you ask the Emperor of Ming to do? If you are the Emperor of Ming, there is only one person in the current situation of Ming." The choice is to open the sea, if you don’t open the sea, you can only turn the Central Plains into a millstone of flesh and blood, throw the common people into the millstone, and suck out the marrow.”

"But if you do this, the old Zhu's family will be able to sit for hundreds of years? Hungry rascals, can you talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, the Four Books and the Five Classics?"

"Then since the sea is going to be opened, this old port is a place that cannot be bypassed. No matter whether it is forcible or plundered, the emperor of Ming Dynasty has to take it back before he can deal with the inside and outside of Daming."

Patriarch Lin asked suspiciously, "Is there any difference between taking by force and taking by force?"

"Eh..." Li Chengwu shook his head with a smile on his face.

The other Patriarch of the Huang family smiled and said, "There is no difference."

After this interruption, Chen Shouyan finally calmed down, and after thinking about it, he said, "Then why don't you agree?"

Li Chengwu and the other two patriarchs breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Shouyan agreed, the matter would be much simpler. He would send the king and grandson of the Manjaboyi kingdom to the Daming military camp, and then staged a scene where the people cried out against the Manchus. The atrocities committed by the Boyi Kingdom pushed the plundering of merchant ships and the cruelty of the Han people to the prince and grandson in the past, and the old account was settled.

Then Li Chengwu came forward and told the people of Old Port that all their past sufferings were because of the prince and grandson of Manjaboyi, who invited the Ming Dynasty army to come to uphold justice.

What?Were we still calling each other yesterday?Who is this prince and grandson?I'm so unfamiliar.

Li Chengwu has already written the script, and is waiting for Chen Shouyan to play the leading role to finish the drama. Everyone is happy. Although Ceylon is not as rich as the old port, Ceylon is rich in gemstones. One of the best in the Western Seas is powerful.

This is Daming's second negotiation. The conditions he gave have taken care of his face and face. Let's put the dispute aside and let everyone look forward.

From Li Chengwu's point of view, Daming is too good at being a man. He is so strong that he can be crushed to death with one finger. He has to talk twice. Although the conditions of the two times are different, they can be described as rich. .

Li Chengwu's script did not go as planned, because Chen Shouyan had been hesitating. After three days of hesitation, the Ming army began to attack the city.

It was the first time that the Xuanwei Division of the Old Port saw the attacking method of the New Daming Navy. In a nutshell, it was bombing for Lao Tzu!
Since the siege of the city, I have never heard the sound of this cannon. The rumbling sound is like thunder rolling, resounding all the time over the old port. , not really for siege.

Daming didn't accept him all night in the old port. After finding out that Chen Shouyan's attitude was loose, Tang Xing planned to give Chen Shouyan some time to hesitate, and let Chen Shouyan figure it out amidst the bursts of gunfire.

Cities are always built in places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there will be casualties if they attack the city. Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng have the responsibility of firearms experiments, so they just want to deter them first. Political victory will be a bit more difficult. After all, a sword has no eyes, and if there is a blood feud, there will be revenge.

The sound of gunfire really scared Li Chengwu enough. Li Chengwu found Chen Shouyan's nephew overnight and picked him up. If Chen Shouyan refused to agree, this nephew would force Chen Shouyan to agree.

Li Chengwu's provocation didn't work, because the next morning, Chen Shouyan tied the king and grandson of Majaboyi to the Ming army, and Chen Shouyan also went to the Ming army, where he met Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng.

"It's been two days since the agreed day, and this is the fifth day. Mr. Chen came to surrender again, isn't it too late?" Liu Yongcheng said bluntly, and ordered to stop today's bombardment, and there was nothing to complain about. Yes, the earthen city walls of the old port have been bombed down, and the bombing can only bomb the houses.

Chen Shouyan had long lost the arrogance of a local snake, and said in a humble manner: "The Angel of the Great Tomorrow asked my Chen family to move to Ceylon. My Chen family has multiplied and it is inconvenient to count. It was a delay of two days. Please Tang Guozhang and Liu Angel be tolerant."

"For the sake of everyone being away from home, let's have a two-day grace period." Tang Xing saw that Liu Yongcheng was silent, so he came out to smooth things over.

The Ming army did what it said, and there was no joke in the army. They said that they would attack the city if they did not surrender for three days.

But Liu Yongcheng couldn't do the flexible job, so Tang Xing had to be the flexible person.

Chen Shouyan never expected that the grace period of two days would be passed so easily, just the four words of going out.

Tang Xing said with a smile: "Da Ming wants to restore the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department, and then restore the official factory, but this trip, I didn't bring so much money, I, Tang, gave Mr. Chen a two-day grace period, and Mr. Chen didn't want it." That's what makes it difficult for me.

Chen Shouyan understood as soon as he heard it. If he loses a battle, he will have to pay compensation. It doesn't matter whether the name is to help the army or to restore the Xuanwei Department. , this Nanyang merchant can seek help from the Shibo Department, and his sons can return to Ming Dynasty to study. I don’t know if the Chen family can seek the help of the Shibo Department’s Propaganda and Consolation Department when they arrive at the western border of Ceylon, so that their children can return to Ming Dynasty to study. "

"When your Chen family arrived in Ceylon, aren't you an expatriate from the Central Plains? Of course you can." Tang Xing replied plainly. This is the promise in His Majesty's decree to seek the roots and ancestors of expatriates from Nanyang and Western countries. Of course, Tang Xing has to interpret the policy. clear.

Chen Shouyan hesitated for a while and then asked: "This is to help the army, no, how much money does it cost to restore the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department?"

"50 silver goods, 45% of the silver price will be exempted, which is [-] silver." Tang Xing reported the number, and when it comes to bargaining, Liu Yongcheng is even less good at it. The chair is Li Binyan, and this memorial has been sent to Songjiang Shipbuilding Department, and Li Binyan will also sign it.

"Then I will hand over as soon as possible, and thank Tang Guozhang and Liu Dang for not killing me." Chen Shouyan hesitated because he was afraid of surrendering in the barracks. Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng chopped him down. Chen Shouyan was simply afraid of death. If he had known Tang Guozhang was so It's easy to talk, and it won't be delayed for two days. Seeing that the city wall is gone, and there are deaths on the left and right, Chen Shouyan came to the Daming barracks with a heart.

Seeing that Chen Shouyan agreed so readily, Tang Xing immediately felt that what he wanted was less. The 45 silver was set based on the information of Ye Bu Shou. Find out exactly how much the Chen family's wealth is. In fact, it is very clear that the night does not close. Chen Shouyan came to surrender because he had made a plan for his own death in exchange for the continuity of the clan.

Looking at Chen Shouyan's back, Tang Xing said with regret, "It's still going to be less."

Liu Yongcheng flicked his sleeves, moved a little further away from Tang Xing and said, "Dignified relatives of the country, such a villain in the market, I am ashamed to be with him."

"You are lofty! You are amazing!" Tang Xing gave Liu Yongcheng a thumbs up gesture before continuing: "I am a villain in the market, what's wrong with my behavior? The 45 silver was saved to reward the army Isn’t it good? Give each of us sailors two taels of beef, which is only a thousand silver, and the 45 silver can be cut 450 times. A sailor can eat two taels of beef a day for more than a year. What’s wrong with the villain?”

"If you don't like me, don't look at me, just close your eyes!"

Liu Yongcheng really closed his eyes, thought for a while before opening them, and said calmly: "What should Li Chengwu do? In such a remote place, where baboons bark their teeth, there is such a person who can see the situation so clearly." Character, this ability to sit on the wall is much better than Wuliangha Sanbu, if Sha Bhutan has Li Chengwu's ability, it won't be beaten every day."

The restoration of the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department in the Ming Dynasty was only the first step, and there were counties and counties in the future. Li Chengwu understood this too clearly. Now it is the help of the Ming Army, and it will be the resistance of the Ming Army in the future.

"Send it to Tianjin Wei?" Tang Xing was also a little hesitant. The Old Port Propaganda Envoy was still pending. Li Chengwu was a good choice at first, but this person is very clear. Both Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng hesitated. Whether to use it or not is a question. .

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