Chapter 101: Rebellion in Old Port
When Mancajia ushered in the night of blood and fire. In Old Port, Liang Daoming and Chen Zuyi also completely fell out.
Ming Dynasty's southern expedition fleet is still being formed. But the influence has spread throughout Southeast Asia.
Among them, the Old Port has the greatest impact. It should be that Old Port is one of the gathering places for Chinese in Nanyang. Might as well be the biggest. Without him, this is the old capital of Sri Lanka, and it already has a certain foundation. Coupled with Java's conquest of Sriwijaya, it severely suppressed the local people of Sriwijaya. The officials, or nobles, sent by Java to Old Port could only rely on outsiders.
Over time. The host and guest change the situation. It became what it is today.
Although the number of Chinese in Old Port is not as high as that of the natives. There were quite a few at that time. Not to mention that the Chinese controlled trade routes. Have economic power and military power. Old Port was also dominated by the Chinese.
News about the Ming Dynasty going south.
Liang Daoming and Chen Zuyi have two different attitudes.
Even the two sides are completely opposite at 180 degrees.
originally. As Ming's collaborator in Nanyang. Chen Zuyi should support the Ming Dynasty in moving south, but in fact it was just the opposite. Chen Zuyi had the intention of establishing a country in Nanyang. Mainly, he saw the weakness of the Southeast Asian countries. For example, Malacca City. It is a port, and the number of people is not large. Chen Zuyi has tens of thousands of people. If he recruits more than 10,000 people, he may not be able to capture the city of Malacca, and then find a way to pacify the entire territory of Malacca. Become the master of a country.
Even in Old Port, Chen Zuyi only needed to get rid of Liang Daoming and appease the natives. It would be possible to form a country with Han Chinese and local nobles at the top.
In fact, there are many such examples. There are many Han founders in Nanyang, but the art of governing requires compromise. The best way is to unite with the locals, and the Han people are outsiders after all. They need it for domination. It’s more about blending in with the locals.
For example, the king of Brunei in later generations has Han ancestry.
Therefore, Chen Zuyi was very resistant to the Ming Dynasty going south. This will affect his plans.
This is actually true. A powerful Central Plains dynasty may be able to accommodate a foreign country, but it will definitely not be able to accommodate a Han country. Because it is difficult for a unified dynasty to accommodate heretics. When the Ming Dynasty went south, Chen Zuyi had to become a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty system. Otherwise, it is simply a dream to become a country of its own.
But Liang Daoming is different.
Liang Daoming is old. It hasn't been a few years. He just wants to pass on the power in his hands steadily. But the abilities of Liang Daoming's children are indeed limited. Historically, Liang Daoming's power was eventually annexed by Chen Zuyi.
Now Liang Daoming has also seen this trend.
Because of this, Liang Daoming has been worried about this. When he heard about Ming Dynasty going south, he suddenly became enlightened. If Ming Dynasty ran Nanyang, could he exchange the strength in his hands for the prosperity and wealth of future generations?
The answer is of course yes.
Although Liang Daoming may not be unwilling in his heart. This is his life's work. However, after thinking about it, future generations are still more important.
It's just that his situation is absolutely unacceptable to Chen Zuyi.
Chen Zuyi wanted to talk to Liang Daoming several times, but Liang Daoming refused. So, Chen Zuyi couldn't hold himself back anymore and took action directly. Liang Daoming is also a veteran. At this time, how can he not be wary of Chen Zuyi. So as soon as Chen Zuyi took action, the sneak attack evolved into a battle.
A great battle lasted for three days. The old port city was almost burned to the ground.
Chen Zuyi paid a heavy price. But he is still the winner.
When he stepped on the unburned ashes and walked into the Liang Mansion. Liang Daoming was in a state of embarrassment, guarding the Liang family ancestral hall with his last few dozen soldiers.
Hundreds of bows and crossbows were pointed at this place.
Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming face each other from a distance. Chen Zuyi saluted and said: "Liang Weng is old."
Liang Daoming coughed twice and blood was seen in his mouth. He wiped it off with a handkerchief without a care in the world. Said: "You don't need to remind me, I have known it for a long time. However, it is precisely because I am old and seek long-term solutions for my descendants that today's battle is possible. You are young, and you will not understand some of my ideas. However, I'm just curious about one thing. When you reach my age, how will you pass on your power?"
Chen Zuyi never thought about this problem.
However, Liang Daoming's problem is also very problematic in Nanyang. Because of the immaturity of the system, most countries in Nanyang are obviously grass-roots teams from China's perspective. Once the people above are incompetent, they will be overthrown in a matter of minutes. Even in order to prevent recurrence, killing them all is a basic operation.
Just like what Chen Zuyi did to Liang Daoming today.
Before Chen Zuyi, he was focused on building the country and establishing a foundation, and did not think about many things in detail. Now that he has finally become the Lord of the Old Port, he has a vague feeling in his heart that perhaps becoming the Lord of the Old Port is not the end of everything, but the beginning of everything.
Just didn't wait for Chen Zuyi to answer. Liang Daoming suddenly smiled and said: "Forget it, you are extremely reckless, but you are just a man of courage, how can you live to my age? You don't have to think about this problem."
Liang Daoming's implication is that it is impossible for Chen Zuyi to control the power in his hands until he is old. Before that, his head was already in a different place.
Chen Zuyi said: "I originally thought Liang Weng had some good words to say. If it was just some words, then there is no need to say it."
Liang Daoming said: "Yes, there is no point in talking cheaply. I just want to tell you one thing. My eldest grandson Liang Sizu is no longer in Old Port. Where is he now? Guess?" Liang Daoming laughed loudly and wildly. Laughing, blood spurted out from his mouth bit by bit, and said, "He will take revenge on me. He will take revenge on me."
In an instant, fire broke out on all sides.
It was obviously arranged by Liang Daoming. The fire was raging. The last remaining soldiers of the Liang family charged at Chen Zuyi, hoping to entangle Chen Zuyi here and perish together in the sea of fire.
Chen Zuyi spent a lot of effort to escape. Even so, more than a dozen soldiers died in the fire, and he himself was disgraced. Chen Zuyi tried hard to control his expression and said to Chen Zuxiao beside him: "Where is Liang Sizu?"
Chen Zuxiao said: "So many people have died in these three days? Who knows? However, if he were in Old Port, he would be dead at this moment."
Chen Zuyi's face was ashen.
Liang Sizu's ability was mediocre, so Chen Zuyi was not worried at all. When he was worried, the things in Liang Sizu's head were the topography, water system and other aspects of the old port. The biggest problem in Ming Dynasty's conquest of Nanyang has never been the combat effectiveness of the army. It's about mastering the terrain and climate.
Just like Vietnam, Vietnam's resistance to the Central Plains army did not rely on their combat effectiveness. But Baitengjiang natural danger. Saved the Vietnamese dynasty between life and death several times.
Once the terrain of Old Port is familiar to Ming Dynasty, there will be no place here that can threaten Ming Dynasty.
Chen Zuyi knew clearly that if Liang Daoming said this, then Liang Sizu must be in a safe place, even in Ming Dynasty. But he still couldn't help but said: "Go find it."
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Guangzhou.
At this moment, dozens of large ships have gathered on Hong Kong Island.
Hong Kong is a natural harbor. After discussing with Lu Zhongheng, He Xi decided to designate this place as the gathering place for the southern expedition fleet. The elite naval forces of the three provinces have been transferred from the Guangxi Guard Station to the most elite guard station. Elephant guard.
The reason why I chose this clinic. It's because this health center was sequenced from the Beijing Camp.
During the Battle of Yunnan, the Xiang Formation appeared. This made Zhu Yuanzhang very curious. Of course, even though I know that Xiangjun has flaws of one kind or another. But in this era, as a special force, the elephant army needs to be researched and established.
It's like even if the cavalry in later generations is no longer good, the cavalry has still existed in the Chinese army for a long time. Not to mention elephant soldiers, there are still some practical values.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to recruit capable soldiers and generals from the Beijing camp and set up elephant taming guards in Guangxi. Specifically responsible for this one thing. Therefore, the elephant guard is larger than the ordinary guard. It's considered super staff. There are more than 20,000 people. Moreover, many generals are from Beijing camp. One soldier is raging, and the general is raging in a nest.
The Beijing camp in this era was the absolute main force used by Zhu Yuanzhang to suppress the world. So the combat effectiveness of the elephant guard. Above other health centers in Guangxi, it is natural that he is favored by both He Xi and Lu Zhongheng.
