Chapter 7 Chapter 141

In the Battle of Bolingbang Old Port, the Ming army killed more than 5,000 pirates and captured more than 5,000. There were only a few fugitives, ten enemy ships were burned, and many were seriously damaged. The cavalry captured him alive, caught him in a fishing net and brought him back. In the afternoon of the same day, Shi Jinqing, who was stationed in Nangang, led the fleet to surrender. All the members of Chen Zuyi's party members on the ten ships that escaped from the old port were captured by Shi Jinqing, and all their leaders were tied up. Zheng He ordered that all of Chen Zuyi's confidantes be beheaded, leaving only Chen Zuyi, imprisoned on the big ship, waiting to be unbound and returned to the country in the future, and the emperor would punish him. The sad Chen Zuyi was doomed to live in a dark cell Last year or even two years.

Because Shi Jinqing exposed Chen Zuyi's treachery, Zheng He appointed him as the consolation envoy of Daming Old Port to preside over the government affairs of Old Port.The reason why he added a code word to his official position is because the appointment of officials of such a level must be appointed by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the name of the Bolin State was changed to Jiugang to declare that it belongs to Daming, not an independent one. country. Shi Jinqing was overjoyed. He knew very well that the so-called waiting for the appointment of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was just a formality. Now that he is the consolation envoy of the Ming Dynasty who is not called the king but is actually the emperor of the Tu, he is destined to be the side of the Ming Dynasty overseas. Princes, His Majesty the Emperor will not change appointments easily.

Shi Jinqing was born as a scholar, and the orthodoxy in his heart is still very heavy. Now that he has suddenly become a prince in the kingdom of heaven from a pirate, he has a kind of joy in his heart that he will finally achieve the right result, and he is a wholehearted surrender to Daming. Zheng He also summoned Shi Jinqing and his subordinate leaders and local tribe leaders, and explained to them Chen Zuyi's crimes and the reasons for changing the name of Bolin State to Old Port and subordinated to Ming Dynasty. Shi Jinqing and his group had no objection, and the local mountain people The patriarchs and chiefs of the fishermen and the fishermen were also alone, and there was no anger at the subjugation of the country at all, which made Zheng He, who was secretly nervous, heaved a sigh of relief.

The so-called country and king in this place are not comparable to Annan's kingdom that has absorbed a lot of Central Plains culture since the Qin and Han Dynasties and has formed a small feudal court. The king of this place is actually the most powerful person promoted by the mountain people. It represents the island's connection with the outside world.Therefore, its ruling system is very loose, and the tribes of the natives and mountain people have no concept of a country at all. If not, Chen Zuyi would not be able to easily replace Mana Zhe Wuli as the king of the country, and no one in the country would oppose him.Therefore, these local people, mountain people and fishermen only obeyed Zheng He's appointment and arrangement, and did not object at all.It doesn't make any difference to them whether the chieftain is called the king or the consolation envoy, and they are a little complacent to be able to climb up to Daming to be the general backstage.

Afterwards, Zheng He, on behalf of the Son of Heaven, read to them the imperial edict issued by Emperor Yongle to the overseas exiles: the good citizens of the Erben country, either poor in food and clothing, or suffering from the abuse of officials, had no choice but to flee to the islands and live by plunder.I like life and hate death, sympathize with people, the emperor follows the way of the sky, treats the people like children, and should wash away the past, so that he can renew himself.Therefore, those who have been rewarded will forgive their crimes.Just let me send the imperial edict to you and others, I have pardoned the world, and I can return to my business immediately, live happily in the land, and share peace

This edict was not drafted by Zheng He on behalf of Zheng He, but an imperial edict issued by Emperor Yongle for many Central Plains survivors in Nanyang before he set off. Needless to say, those who immigrated to Nanyang during the Tang and Song Dynasties, but there are still many immigrants. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, several losers who fought against Zhu Yuanzhang for the world escaped from the old Ministry of the Central Plains, and there were fugitives like Shi Jinqing who were forced to steal from food and clothing, or escaped from the Central Plains after committing a crime.

Zhu Di issued this imperial decree to them, pardoning all their previous sins, and those who are willing to return to the country can go back at ease. If there are those who have taken root in Nanyang and are unwilling to return to the country, the court will naturally not force them. After the imperial decree was announced, together with the official document exposing Chen Zuyi's crimes, several copies were copied by the secretary office, and Shi Jinqing sent someone to convey it to Nicobar (now a federal territory of India, located in the south of Myanmar, 800 kilometers away from the Indian mainland) ), Palawan (a province under the Minmaropa District of the Philippines), Manila, Java, Borneo and other island countries.

With this move, one is to publicize Chen Zuyi's crimes, so as not to make speculations in other countries; When Zheng He was busy advising the army and civilians, arranging government affairs, handling captives, and assisting several large timber merchants to settle down here, Xia Xun was not idle.He didn't go ashore, but stayed on the Xu Hu ship. In the cabin that he used as the living room at this time, Xia Xun sat on the chair with his legs crossed, drinking tea leisurely, and glanced at Fei Yinglun in front of him. Fei Yinglun didn't have the audacity he had when wielding an ax to kill people. He stood there with a sad face and a helpless expression on his face.Fei Yinglun was injured, one of his eyes was injured, and he wore a black blindfold. He was more like the image of a pirate in Xia Xun's mind, but he insisted that he was a kind navigator when faced with Xia Xun's questioning , A responsible businessman who is determined to pay off his debts, no matter how Xia Xun questioned him, he never changed his mind.

Xu Hu got impatient and said, "Grandma's, this guy won't eat or drink fines for toasting. The Duke will hand him over to me, and I will punish him. If you don't believe him, he won't recruit!" Because Fei Yinglun knew almost no Chinese, and Xu Hu's local Wu dialect was strong, so he was not afraid that he could understand what he called Xia Xun. Xia Xun waved her hands with a smile, looked straight at Fei Yinglun, and asked suddenly: "Do you dare to swear to your God that you didn't lie?" The interpreter repeated it in Arabic, and Fei Yinglun put his hands on his heart without hesitation, and solemnly swore the oath.

Xia Xun frowned slightly, and suddenly thought of another thing. It's probably true that this guy came from Venice. He didn't need to hide this point, but whether he changed his beliefs, did he really convert, or was it an expedient measure? ?Xia Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to the interpreter: You ask him again, this time don't translate God into Allah, but into God! Xia Xun didn't know what language the Venetians used, and he wouldn't speak it if he knew it, but he understood English. He believed that even if Fei Yinglun was not very proficient in English, with his knowledge of drifting at sea and traveling around the world, he would definitely be able to speak it. Know what God is referring to.

The interpreter really didn't know that God in Chinese could be translated into this pronunciation, and he didn't know which country's god this pronunciation was from, so he just said it to Fei Yinglun again according to Xia Xun's order, Fei Yinglun's expression changed, Sure enough, he hesitated and dared not answer.He was a pirate, he didn't mind lying, but in the name of God, he dared not. People who fear ghosts and gods always have a bottom line in their hearts that they dare not touch. Xia Xun looked directly at him, and suddenly said to the interpreter: You tell him again, if he is a pirate, I will use it again.If he says he's a businessman again, I'll tie him to an anchor, throw him into the sea, and go talk business with the Sea Dragon King! After hearing what the interpreter relayed, Fei Yinglun's face was uncertain, and he didn't answer for a long time. Xia Xun suddenly laughed again, and said with a slightly sly expression: Mr. Fei Yinglun, you should know that many people who go to sea in the name of businessmen actually have another identity. Don't mind getting a vote, you know what I mean? After hearing what the interpreter said, Fei Yinglun's one eye shone brightly, and his breath became a little heavy: Mr. Xia, you mean you too? Xia Xun nodded politely: Yes, can you speak to me now? Fei Yinglun laughed out loud. In this era, at least half of the merchants in the South China Sea had a pirate background, while more than half of them in the West were half merchants and half pirates. Even many dukes and earls pretended to be pirates and led the knights out of the sea to find sideways. The Queen of England dared to openly take a The great pirate was knighted, if it hadn't been a common practice for official personnel to play pirates before, how could she dare to risk the disgrace of the world. Because of this, Fei Yinglun didn't doubt Xia Xun's words at all. He has nothing now. What Xia Xun can do to him is the only thing he can use. . He eagerly said to Xia Xun as if he had met a confidant with similar tastes: I admit that, as Mr. Xia said, I am a pirate.Does Mr. Xia need my help? Xia Xun smiled but didn't answer, turned to the interpreter and said, "Give Mr. Fei Yinglun another room and move him to the second floor. In addition, the food standard will be raised by two levels." Behind the living room is a small room, which was originally used for taking a nap between receptions, but now the door is locked and the portholes are closed tightly. The light in the room is dim, and a person is shut inside.This person was crawling on the couch, with his ears pressed against the bulkhead, listening to the faint voices coming from ahead. Under the dim light, his body was slender, with slender limbs and smooth curves. There was no sound in the cabin, and the eavesdropper who was lying there like a puppy sat down, leaned against the bulkhead, grabbed the pillow and threw it on the opposite bulkhead, pouted his mouth, and said angrily: "Shut me up in confinement!"Words count! In the living room, Xia Xun was the only one left, quietly. A map was spread out on the table at some point. It was drawn by Zheng He during his last voyage to the West. The sea areas, geography, and country names on it were drawn in great detail. Xia Xun tapped the location of the old port with his finger, and then drew down in sequence: Alu, Sumatra, Nam Wuli.Then starting from Namuri, across the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean, to Mount Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).Bypassing the Indian peninsula from Ceylon, you will reach India's Little Gelan (now Kuilong), Kochi (now Cochin), and Guri (now Calicut, located at the southwestern tip of the Indian peninsula.). Here is the destination of Zheng He's fleet last time, and the news of Zhu Yunqi appeared and disappeared there.Therefore, the end point of the last time will become the starting point of this ocean trip, and they still have a long, long way to go.And the road to be taken is still blank on the map, waiting for them to explore and discover. Xia Xun murmured: There is still a long way to go!Emperor Jianwen, have you really been hidden so far away by Lord Luo?Master Luo hides you, one is to complete the righteousness of a monarch and minister, and the other is to make the Jinyi Guards prosper forever.Ten years after his death, he can still influence the political situation with such scheming!Such a strategy!I am not as good as him