The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 22 Three Hundred Years of Heroic Blood
The back hall that He Xiwen mentioned not only had a dining room but also a dark room.

After Ou Zibu swore a blood oath in the name of Mazu, the relationship between the two became much closer.

Even before the blood on Ou Zibu's fingers had dried, He Xiwen took the initiative to hold his hand, and the two walked forward arm in arm.

In fact, it was not only Ou Zibu who was observing and trying to figure out He Xiwen.

He Xiwen was also observing and trying to figure out Ou Zibu.

During the middle and early period of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, when the poor could barely get enough to eat, most people on the mainland had already forgotten their homeland.

Because from a personal perspective, the late Ming Dynasty was not friendly to ordinary people in these years.

In the chaotic war after Jiashen, six out of ten civilians were killed.

In the Ming Dynasty, they didn't get a big piece of the cake, so there is no reason for you to ask them to shed their last drop of blood for the Ming Dynasty.

Those who had eaten the cake had either bled dry or had already fallen to their knees.

Therefore, people who are still determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty instead of using this as a slogan to label themselves as heroes are extremely precious and rare.

He Xiwen is such a person, and he also hopes that Ou Zibu is such a person.

After all, the Hexian Ou family, especially Ou Zibu, whose maternal grandfather is Chen Shangchuan, is a representative of a good family background. It is also because the Hexian Ou family is a very good place for He Xiwen to settle down.

The reason why he kidnapped Wei Rikun was that he wanted to use the Wei family's goods to block the trade routes of Hoi An and force the Mingxiang people of Hoi An City to come forward.

He also wanted to become a Mingxiang person, or at least wanted the Mingxiang people to treat him as a fellow traveler.

In this way, the more than 1,000 pirates and 3,000 to 4,000 family members under He Xiwen would always have a final place to stay when they were surrounded and suppressed by the Qing Dynasty and had nowhere to go.

But He Xiwen miscalculated. The Minh Xiang people in Hoi An had long been integrated into the local community, and the internal system was a parliamentary presidential system, without a strong leader.

Uncle Luo cannot make this decision, and even if he can, he will not make it.

They could protect Ou Zibu, but would never accept He Xiwen.

This is the truth behind why He Xiwen has been making trouble on Champa Island for so many days, but Grandpa Luo has completely ignored it and remained motionless.

This is also the reason why Wei Rikun went to the island with full confidence, but ended up in prison with no way out.

But Ou Zibu is different. He is of the same type as He Xiwen. Their ancestors even have connections, and he has the support of the Hexian Ou family behind him.

More importantly, He Xiwen was already in a difficult situation, and he could use Ou Zibu as an excuse to save himself. He could take the Wei family's property, but release Wei Rikun and find another place to stay.

But this is a lose-lose situation.

He Xiwen looted two or three ships of supplies, but his goal was not achieved.

Just based on his "achievement" of killing a registered captain and a captain of the Guangdong Navy, he could not stay in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong for a long time, otherwise he would be betrayed sooner or later.

If Ou Zibu only rescued Wei Rikun, the subsequent mission of going to Burma to seize the French artillery regiment would be completely impossible to carry out.

Therefore, the two of them just tried to probe each other briefly and did not continue with the topic.

After a simple meal, He Xiwen took Ou Zibu into the dark room.

This is He Xiwen’s biggest secret, and also the biggest secret of He Xiwen’s secret group.

In his opinion, if Ou Zibu could not understand the secret, the best outcome would be that the two of them would be strangers from then on and nothing would be mentioned.

In the worst case scenario, they won't turn against each other and kill people, but Ou Zibu will stay on their ship as a small leader.

. . . .

What caught Ou Zibu's eyes was a pile of ancestral tablets, but except for the one at the bottom and in the middle, the rest were covered with silk cloth.

Thinking that this might be someone's family secret, Ou Zibu didn't take it seriously.

He didn't know yet that the final test was about to come, and only thought that this was a symbol that their relationship was good enough to open up to the family.

He bowed three times, lit three incense sticks, and then looked up. As if struck by lightning, he turned around abruptly and looked at He Xiwen in disbelief. Because the tablet on the ancestral tablet read:

'The shrine of the late fourth-generation royal father, Lord Li Laiheng'

"Little Li Wang on Maolu Mountain, this Brother He is, could it be that Brother He is the descendant of Little Li Wang!"

The name Li Laiheng is almost unknown in later generations except for those who love history.

He was the great-nephew of Li Zicheng, the adopted son of Li Guo, and the leader of the Thirteen Families of Kuidong.

The Thirteen Clans of Kuidong were the last anti-Qing rebels on the mainland, and they persisted until the third year of the Kangxi reign (1664) before being defeated.

These Shaanxi people, who originally belonged to Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, refused to surrender no matter how the Qing court threatened or lured them in the desperate situation and darkness like the abyss, and finally all died heroically.

I don't know how they were able to persevere in that poor mountain valley in Kuidong after hearing the news of the death of Emperor Yongli, Prince Li Jin, and Guoxing Chenggong.

According to historical records, Li Laiheng fought hard but still failed to repel the siege of the Qing army, so he calmly arranged for people to escort his old mother out of the dense forest. Afterwards, he and his wife and son set themselves on fire on Maolu Mountain in Xingshan County, Hubei Province, and the whole family died for their country.

He Xiwen's eyes lit up, as if tears were flashing. In that information-rich era of later generations, there were only a handful of people who knew Li Laiheng.

In this era, in such a terrifying society with rampant literary inquisition, there may not be one person in ten million who knows Li Laiheng.

But if Ou Zibu knew this, it would only prove that he was indeed the most determined anti-Qing person and the true successor to the hero's will!
Because only in this way would his maternal grandfather Chen Shangchuan and his fellow Shaanxi natives under Ma Bao tell him the name Li Laiheng.

So much so that a hundred years later, Ou Zibu was still able to know who Li Laiheng was so quickly.

This is really a beautiful misunderstanding.

"For a hundred years, I have traveled all over the country, but I never thought that in Southeast Asia, there are still people who remember my great-grandfather and know the name of Little Li King of Maolu Mountain."

Only then did Ou Zibu realize that this year was 1764, exactly the th anniversary of Li Laiheng's execution.

Of course, Ou Zibu could never have imagined that tomorrow, September 24th, would be the day when Li Laiheng and his family would burn themselves to death on Maolu Mountain to die for their country.

That was why He Xiwen lost his composure and brought Ou Zibu, a semi-stranger, to the shrine of Li Laiheng.

"One hundred years ago, my great-grandfather arranged for my then-fifteen-year-old grandfather to escort my great-great-grandmother to evacuate from the mountain behind. He himself would rather die in the fire than eat the grain of the Qing Dynasty."

He Xiwen wiped his eyes emotionally and said, "So that Brother Mo knows, my name is not He Xiwen. He is my great-grandmother's surname. My name is Li Xianwen.

He is the grandnephew of Emperor Yongchang of the Dashun Dynasty and the fourth-generation grandson of Li Laiheng, Duke of Linguo of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I am the Duke of Jingguo of the Ming Dynasty, the fourth-generation grandson of the Yuan clan, Yuan Kaidao!"

"We are all descendants of the generals under King Li!" Huang Zhongtong and Liang Wenying said at the same time, bowing.

Ou Zibu understood why He Xiwen could run all the way from Sichuan to Guangdong, because their ancestors had been doing this for generations.

We also understand why the Hongmen members in Guangdong supported He Xiwen, because when the names of Li Chuangwang and Xiao Li Wang are mentioned, everyone has to give him a lot of respect.

Then, it is easy to explain He Xiwen's talent in using troops. It is not only due to his family background. How could the descendants of Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Li Laiheng not have some military genes?

With a loud noise, the remaining ancestral tablets were unveiled, and Yuan Zongde, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun, Hao Yongzhong, Tan Wen and others were clearly visible. They were indeed the Thirteen Families of Kuidong.

Ou Zibu did not hesitate and immediately pulled Chen Guangyao to kneel down and performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.

Then he filled a bowl with wine and raised it high towards everyone in the dark room.

"The great river flows eastward, its waves fold a thousand times; for a hundred years, the blood of heroes has never ceased to flow."

This is the People's Daily's final verdict on Li Laiheng, and now Ou Zibu is using it.

“I respect your perseverance!

I also pay tribute to our ancestors, the heroes who followed King Li and persevered, sacrificing their lives for the cause!
If that day ever comes, I, Ou Zibu, will make sure everyone knows their heroic deeds. May they never be forgotten! "

(Thanks to Huang Han Tian Xia book friend for the 100-point reward. There may be only one update tomorrow, as Tiger is going to take his son out for a walk.)
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