Tao Zengguang left, leaving no multiple-choice question.
Hu Yuancheng sat in the corner of the prison, and the dim light flickered and went out.
Darkness swallowed up the space in an instant. Hu Yuancheng lowered his head and hugged his legs tightly. Did he really want to betray his father and brothers?
Although they have abandoned themselves, they are their family members after all, and their inseparable relatives in this life. They would rather die than be a traitor and be treated as a laughing stock by history and ridiculed by future generations.
But……
What should the people of Annan do?
Tao Zengguang's words were not unreasonable. With the Ming Dynasty's powerful firearms and mighty sergeants, Annan's most elite combat forces were like dolls in front of them, vulnerable to a blow and unable to fight back!
Once the people of Annan rebel again and try to divide Annan and rebuild the country, the fate left to the people of Annan will be a hundred times more tragic than that of Dobang City! At present, the Ming Dynasty has grasped the firearms to destroy Annan. If they think they cannot control Annan, they are likely to completely exterminate Annan!
By then, countless Annan people will die. Is this the result you expect to see?
Should he bear the infamy and bear the fate of countless people and live on, or should he be upright to the point of death and throw everything away to face death?
Hu Yuancheng was caught in a contradiction. He struggled once on the left and once on the right, but what was torn in the middle was his soul.
The day of execution has arrived.
Hu Jiya was trembling, Hu Hancang was wailing, and Zhu Di came over with a gloomy face, took out the edict, and said expressionlessly: "The execution is postponed, and you will have to live for a few more days. However, the fire made by Hu Yuancheng seriously injured the Ming army, so go ahead. Cut it off!"
Hu Yuancheng's cell door opened, and he looked at Hu Jiya with tears streaming down his face. He grabbed the cell door and slowly knelt down without saying a word.
Hu Jisao looked at his son with sadness in his heart.
In order to ensure the rule of the Hu family, Hu Jiya could only support his second son Hu Hancang. After all, he only had the blood of the Chen family and could make some Chen family officials obedient. Considering that Hu Yuancheng might be dissatisfied and cause trouble to Xiao Qiang, Hu Jiya could only He reluctantly left Hu Yuancheng aside. When Ming Dynasty proposed a proton exchange for Chen Tianping, he completely abandoned Hu Yuancheng.
When everything was settled, Hu Jima finally realized that he regretted it and shouted to his son who was about to step onto the execution ground: "I was wrong as a father, wrong."
The corner of Hu Yuancheng's mouth moved, and he said sadly: "My father gave up his child for the Dayu Kingdom. The child is also willing to give up everything for the people of Annan. He leaves today and will see you in hell someday. Please don't be sad..."
Hu Jisha didn't know what Hu Yuancheng meant. He just thought he was explaining the funeral affairs. But the problem is that the funeral affairs are left to a living person. He himself doesn't live long, so what's the use of saying this...
Hu Yuancheng followed Zhu Di out of the cell, looked at the bright sunshine, squinted his eyes slightly, and asked: "Ming Ting won't go back on what he promised, right?"
Zhu Di snorted, was too lazy to speak, rolled up his sleeves and walked away.
Zhu Di had no objections to Zhu Yunwen's release of Hu Yuancheng and allowed him to join the Second Artillery Bureau, but what he did have was that in order to make Hu Yuancheng willing to work for the Second Artillery Bureau, Zhu Yunwen agreed to release the three Hus.
Hu Yuancheng's son Li Shulin, grandson Li Shulin (PS: Hu Jiya's real name is Li Jiya, his descendants' surname is Li Fei is a typo), and Hu Hancang's grandson Hu Wulang.
Li Shulin is about the same age as Hu Wulang, one is three and a half years old, and the other is two and a half years old. It doesn't matter if they live, after all, they don't remember things, but Li Shulin is already in his twenties, and Zhu Di is not satisfied with letting him live.
We can use Hu Yuancheng, but we can't kill his family as well.
Tao Zengguang came and took out a document: "This is a document from the emperor to the Security Bureau. Your son, grandson and Hu Hancang's grandson were all placed on an isolated island in the Second Artillery Bureau. The court hired someone to take care of it. .”
Hu Yuancheng took the document and looked at it carefully. Zhu Yunwen was honest and wrote everything he promised clearly. But what really convinced Hu Yuancheng was this:
Annan would not rebel, and the Ming Dynasty would not kill innocent people in Annan.
In order that the people of Annan would not be massacred and that they would not bear the Ming Dynasty firearms for the second time, Hu Yuancheng agreed to hand over the rest of his life.
Whether it was noble behavior or hypocrisy to survive, Hu Yuancheng entered the Second Artillery Bureau.
Zhu Yunwen used some clauses that seemed to be restrictive, but in fact were not restrictive at all, in exchange for Hu Yuancheng's support. "Don't kill Annan's innocent people" is a very flawed statement. After all, if Ming Dynasty really wanted to kill someone, he had to first Just give him a crime...
Hu Yuancheng is a true firearms genius. His joining will have a great impact on the Second Artillery Bureau and even the future of Ming Dynasty firearms. This is a story later.
Zhu Yunwen's delay in executing Hu Jiya was not the result of a deal with Hu Yuancheng, but because he was waiting for a more suitable time.
In mid-April, envoys from various Southeast Asian countries arrived in the capital one after another. The cunning envoys of the Canglan Kingdom directly expressed the hope that the Ming Dynasty could set up a Lao Xuanwei Department in Canglan.
Diao Xianjie's request was not the result of excessive fear.
In fact, during the Yuan Dynasty, the Lao Gao Military and Civilian General Administration Office was set up in Laos. After Zhu Yuanzhang drove away the Yuan Dynasty, he naturally took over these lands. The old official did pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty twice in the early Ming Dynasty. In the 16th year of Hongwu, Luchuan, Burma, Che, Laos, and Babai surrendered. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Xuanwei Department.
However, the Xuanwei Division established by Zhu Yuanzhang was just a form, a title, nothing more. Ming Dynasty's control over local officials was extremely limited.
Later, the Luchuan Xuanwei Department rebelled and was dealt with by Mu Ying, Mu Sheng and others. However, the Myanmar Xuanwei Department did not obey the management of the Ming Dynasty and was abolished. When Laos saw this, they also lost the hat given by the Ming Dynasty. , became the Canglan Kingdom.
In other words, there were some Xuanwei Divisions in the past, but within a few years, they no longer even had a false name. Even the current Xuanwei Division in the car is said to be ready to take action. Mu Sheng cannot return to Beijing to receive the reward. A big reason is that there is dishonesty here.
Now there is no other choice for the sword line of the Canglan Kingdom. Before, the Ming Dynasty was just a neighbor to the north of Canglan. It was difficult to get there across the mountain. Now the Ming Dynasty has the territory of Annan. After climbing over the mountain, you will reach the hinterland of Canglan. You don’t know it anymore. At any rate, it is likely to be taken care of by the Ming Dynasty.
If you can't beat it, join...
Dao Xiangui then sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, hoping to become the Xuanwei Division of the Ming Dynasty in order to seek immunity from the battlefield.
Zhu Yunwen entertained many envoys with the heads of Hu Jiya, Hu Hancang and a number of Hu's ministers. Then, next to the bloody vegetable market, he instructed Tie Xuan, the Minister of War, Xu Huizu, the Governor of the Chinese Army, and the envoys of the Nanyang countries to initial the signatures. A copy of the Book of Trade of the Republic.
Ming Dynasty made a guarantee that as long as the Nanyang countries did not invade Ming Dynasty's territory, did not provoke each other's war without authorization, and jointly maintained peaceful trade in Nanyang and the sea, Ming Dynasty would never attack other countries.
The content of this clause is somewhat broad, that is, it requires the Nanyang countries not to invade the Ming Dynasty, and it also requires them not to fight among themselves. If someone ignores it and messes up Nanyang and blocks maritime trade, then I'm sorry, Ming Dynasty will take care of it...
The Ming Dynasty reiterated that Annan was renamed Jiaozhi County because the people of Annan were eager to surrender, not because the Ming Dynasty invaded and occupied it. The other countries were not the Ming Dynasty's homeland, nor were they the Ming Dynasty's old people. The Ming Dynasty had no intention of going south.
The initials and declarations of the "Republican Trade Book" gave the Southeast Asian countries a reassurance that they would take these documents back to their kings. Only after the kings agree can formal documents be generated.
Zhu Yunwen believes that no Nanyang country will reject this agreement. Those who refuse are naturally outside the agreement. If something goes wrong, they will bear the consequences at their own risk.
The Ming Dynasty needed a stable Nanyang, which was an indispensable condition for maritime trade.
The follow-up impact of Jiaozhi County's income in the Ming Dynasty was huge. The Xuanwei Department of Laos was established, and Myanmar also surrendered. Siam was very obedient and said that it would no longer bully other small countries, Majapahit, Boni, Luzon, Java, and Chenla. After they all stopped, the Three Kingdoms of Zhongshan respected the Ming Dynasty even more, and took the opportunity to propose sending more people to study in the Ming Dynasty...
At this point, Nanyang entered a period of peace, laying a solid foundation for Zheng He's subsequent voyages to the West and the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade. However, behind the peace, there are always dangerous undercurrents hidden.
Sakai Port, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Groups of samurai came running and lined up on the pier, wearing blue clothes on the upper body and black skirts on the lower body, with belts on their chests and Japanese swords on their waists. In his prime, Yoshitaka Shiba stepped on his wooden clogs and walked on the pier.
More than thirty ships slowly docked, Chen Zuyi stared at the dock with a serious look on his face.
Chen Shiliang glanced at his father with some worry and whispered: "The Japanese are ferocious. Coming here may not be our best choice."
Chen Zuyi stared ahead and replied softly: "We have a common enemy with the Japanese, which is enough for us to join forces. Besides, there is no place for us in Nanyang anymore. The Ming Navy is too tyrannical, and now Annan is being conquered by the Ming Dynasty again." Occupied, there is also a Ming army in the old port, if we continue to stay in Nanyang, we will be caught sooner or later, and the only way out now is to cooperate with the Japanese."
Chen Shiliang was nervous and looked a little pale: "But father, do the Japanese really dare to fight against the Ming Dynasty? If they still want to be friends with the Ming Dynasty and use our heads in exchange, isn't it dangerous?"
Chen Zuyi chuckled: "The Ming Dynasty killed countless Japanese pirates, and even made a rule that the Japanese could not enter the Ming Dynasty. If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a person, he would never succumb to the Ming Dynasty and beg for trade. After all, he is the ruler here. , he wants face."
Chen Shiliang was a little unsure. Does face really matter?
As a pirate, you are always shameless. People who are shameless cannot do the things of pirates.
Chen Zuyi turned around and shouted to everyone: "Act as planned!"
"yes!"
The pirates agreed.
Chen Zuyi looked at Chen Shiliang and said with a smile: "You wait here, I will take Chen Sancai and Lu Daobao to visit Beishan brothers! If you don't return at the appointed time, you know what to do."
Chen Shiliang nodded solemnly, glanced at the approaching dock, and said, "Father, be careful."
