Chapter 513: When the cicada escaped, no one knew about it
"General Wang, He's subordinates don't know the real dragon, and they are ignorant!"
"The villain deserves to die! The villain deserves to die!"
At the entrance of the "Jiu Le Hall" of the Hue Palace, He Xiwen, who was sweating profusely, and the men who held Zhao Xin with knives were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to plead guilty.
Wang Yuanfang, who didn't know whether to laugh or cry, was about to speak when he heard someone behind him say: "It's not surprising if you don't know. Please get up, both of you."
Zhao Xin, who had just changed into the summer uniform of the Bei Navy, strode out from behind the screen, came to the door and laughed, then stepped forward to help He Xiwen and the guy who asked him to "hand over the gun and not kill" from the ground.
"What do you call it?"
He Xiwen's subordinate was so frightened that he was stunned. Sweat was dripping down his face, and his legs were shaking. If Zhao Xin hadn't pulled out a gun just now, he would have killed him directly.
While the two were fighting each other with swords and guns, the soldiers from the special operations battalion who heard the sound immediately recognized Zhao Xin and tied up the guy with a backhand.
"Xiao, my surname is Lu and my given name is Sandian."
"Show three o'clock?" Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, thinking that the name was quite philosophical.
He Xiwen hurriedly said: "This is a distant relative of Jian Nei. He used to be a fisherman. If he hadn't been bullied by the officials and had no way of living, he would not have lived a life of licking blood with a knife."
Zhao Xin patted Lu Sandian's shoulder, and Lu Sandian almost collapsed on the ground.
"Brother He, there is no rule about kneeling in Beihai Town. Let's just kneel to the sky and kneel to our parents. When superiors and subordinates meet, just salute."
"Yes! Yes!" He Xiwen then bowed and raised his hands in the Beihai Navy salute, which looked awkward.
After He Xiwen took Lu Sandian away, Zhao Xin frowned and asked in a low voice: "How did you collect these people?"
"Hey, don't mention it..."
After listening to Wang Yuanfang's general narrative, Zhao Xin lit a cigarette and waited until he finished smoking before asking: "Where are He Xiwen's family members now?"
"They are all on Conlun Island. Ruan Fuying asked him to move his family to Jiading before, but he thought Jiading was too shabby and didn't go."
"Since he wants to join us," Zhao Xin threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out with his foot, and continued: "Just in time, after the defeat of Annan, let He Xiwen take people to Ryukyu to deal with the Shimadzu family."
"Huh?" Wang Yuanfang said in surprise: "No, this man is very familiar with the waters of Southeast Asia. We also want him to be our guide to Java."
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "There are so many Chinese in Hoi An, and the guide can find them no matter what. You don't know about Nguyen Phuc Anh. I only found out after checking on the way here that this King of Quang Nam is not a simple person!"
"How to say?"
"From the age of 15 to 40, it took 25 years to restore the country. Let alone his ability, his perseverance alone cannot be underestimated. Did you know? In order to exchange for the support of the French, Nguyen Phuc Anh would rather sign a contract to cede territory.
Fuguo. Think about it, what can't such a person do?"
"Hey!" Wang Yuanfang said in his heart. He was more daring than the Manchus. "What did he cede?"
"Hoi An and Con Dao, they are talking empty words. He hasn't even conquered Quy Nhon yet!"
Zhao Xin continued with a smile on his lips: "Louis XVI is about to lose his head. The French have too much time to take care of themselves. That Peter just hired a group of mercenaries. Ask He Xiwen to pick up the family members and tell him what to do.
Nguyen Phuc Anh, we can work together to take down Binh Thuan Province. Since he can sign a treaty with the French, he might as well sign it with us. Take this opportunity to put the issues of Dong Dang and Lang Son on paper."
Wang Yuanfang sounded familiar with these two place names, but couldn't remember them for a while, so he asked: "Where are you talking about?"
"Old squad leader, have you forgotten about the self-defense counterattack? Before the Northern Song Dynasty, that was our territory. Lang Son is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Thang Long Province, and it is the barrier to the entire north of Annan. With Dong Dang and Lang Son
, Annan will not be a problem in the future."
After hearing this, Wang Yuanfang suddenly understood and said with a smile: "You still have a long-term vision. By the way, what should we do here in Hue?"
"It's useless. Even if I give it to Ruan Fuying, he can't hold it. His fleet won't be able to come up in the winter." Zhao Xin turned around and looked around, jokingly said: "Forget it, I'll just pick up some golden nan and Qi.
Nan, let’s go back to carving beads. Then everyone will have a bunch of them and treat them as souvenirs.”
Qinan was also called "agar" in ancient times and was the best among agarwood. Since the time of the Kingdom of Champa, Qinan has been a valuable spice that has been thirsty for knowledge in the Central Plains. Due to long-term mining, the resources have been exhausted. In another time and space,
The top quality Qinnan incense is already expensive but not available in the market.
Although the Hue Royal Palace is not large in scale, a lot of rare wood is used. Many of the furnishings in the palace are made by top-notch Qinan. In the collapsed Jinhua Palace, there is even a pair of two
The large screen, which is more than one meter high and four meters wide, is entirely carved from a single piece of Qinnan incense.
In addition, the gold products and large pieces of jade ornaments placed in various palaces are also very good. Speaking of jade from this era, they are definitely old scams!
Come here, Zhao Xin has to search for it, otherwise he will not be able to afford the fuel and ammunition expenses of the Thor. Then there is He Xiwen and his gang, who have to share some benefits.
So Zhao Xin, accompanied by Wang Yuanfang, first walked around the palace, and then came to He Xiwen and said, "I'll give you two days, you can take whatever you want, it's all yours."
Although He Xiwen said he didn't dare, with Zhao Xin's permission, he immediately led hundreds of his men to plunder the palace, collecting all the jade, silver, bronze and even silk and satin that Zhao Xin didn't like.
After looting, the pirates were delighted with the large and small packages of loot, which almost filled all the warships.
After the fleet returned to the sea, he sent 60% of the supplies he had collected to the Thor. He Xiwen still knew how much he weighed. Without the North Navy, he would not even be able to see the shadow of the Hue Palace.
Afterwards, when Ruan Guangping learned of the tragic situation in the palace, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and shouted, "If I don't avenge this, I will be ashamed of my ancestors."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! That evening, Zhao Xin returned to the Thor in the assault boat. After discussing the follow-up arrangements with Deng Fei, he took the time to meet with the person he had always wanted to see.
Ye Zhanrong and his son asked to see him.
When Ye Zhanrong first revealed his identity and then opened the wooden box containing the gold hairpin, revealing the phoenix hairpin inside, Zhao Xin was a little surprised.
"Are you a descendant of Ye Mengxiong? What's the matter with this hairpin?"
"Xiaomin, let me tell you something from the past..." As Ye Zhanrong told, an old event that happened 140 years ago appeared in front of Zhao Xin, and he also learned about the last king of Zhao in the former Ming Dynasty.
A family's unknown secret.
During the Yongli period at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the royal relatives and nobles of the former Ming Dynasty fled south to various parts of Guangdong. Among them, the last king of Zhao, Zhu Youfen, and several princes from Ziyang, Xinghua, and Zhongxin came to Huizhou and set up palaces in Fucheng.
There are Biyuan and Jianyuan inside. In fact, these two houses are properties of the Ye family in Huizhou.
The owner of Biyuan is named Ye Weicheng, given the courtesy name Zongyi and nicknamed Youlong. He is the grandson of Ye Mengxiong, Minister of War in the late Ming Dynasty, a hereditary Jinyiwei, and a cousin of Hongyang Hou, the former Ming Dynasty clan. Ye Zhanrong's grandfather is Ye Weicheng's concubine.
In the winter of the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Huizhou Town general Li Shilian, the commander of the 13th Battalion, and the general soldier of the 4th Battalion welcomed the last Zhao King Zhu Youyi to Xingning and served as the supervisor of the country. Li Shilian called himself the cabinet. In February of the fourth year of Shunzhi,
Tong Yangjia, the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangdong in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Li Chengdong, the admiral of the Qing Dynasty, sent people to recruit him to surrender. Zhu Youfeng knew that he was outmatched, so he became a monk with his hair and robes. In June, Li Shilian took Zhu Youfeng to Guangzhou and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Youfeng and his son were escorted to the West Meditation Hall of Guangxiao Temple in Guangzhou and imprisoned. In July, because Chen Zizhuang and Chen Bangyan pretended to surrender, Tong Yangjia ordered people to take Zhu Youfeng and his son Zhu Cishe to Xuanmiao Temple and ordered them to commit suicide.
Later, due to the discord between Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia, he led the crowd to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and killed Tong Yangjia. Guangdong returned to the Ming Dynasty again. So Li Shilian changed his identity and became the Grand Servant of the Southern Ming Dynasty, guarding Huizhou.
In the fourth year of Yongli Dynasty (1650), the Qing army once again besieged Guangzhou. Li Shilian knew that he was outmatched, so he discussed with Huizhou's general Huang Yingjie and the prefect Lin Zongjing to surrender the city to the Qing Dynasty again.
Li Shilian, Huang Yingjie and others then began to unscrupulously kill the princes of the former Ming Dynasty and their families. Because they coveted the beauty of the princesses, Princess Pang of Xinghua was occupied by the camp general Wang Shihuai. She hanged her four-year-old daughter and made her husband
He set up a memorial tablet and then hanged himself with his clothes; Princess Zheng of Zhongxin was possessed by Li Shilian, so she preferred to die and waited for an opportunity to hang herself; Princess Ziyang was snatched away by the commander-in-chief Huang Yingjie and refused to obey. Huang Yingjie was afraid that she would escape, so he took off her shirt.
Imprisoned in a secret room, the princess finally took advantage of Huang Yingjie's unpreparedness, torn her clothes into strands and pulled her neck to commit suicide. Among the princesses, only Princess Zhao was nowhere to be seen, and her whereabouts were completely missing.
"Then what?" Zhao Xin had found what Ye Zhanrong said in official history and ancient people's notes. He was actually more concerned about what happened next.
He had seen an article in another time and space, saying that some scholars had recently discovered archaeological findings that the mysteriously missing Princess Zhao probably fled to Zhunti Pavilion on Chongdao Mountain and committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. However, the article also said
After the well was opened, only a pool of clear water was found, so the scholars' opinions are only speculations.
"...According to the villain's father, Princess Zhao was rescued by her great-grandfather Youlong Gong with a three-year-old child and hid in the cellar of the inner house for more than half a year. The child was actually King Zhao's.
The youngest son Zhu Cigui."
At this point, Ye Zhanrong raised his eyes to look at Zhao Xin. Seeing his expressionless face, he gritted his teeth and continued: "After the fall of Guangzhou, Li Shilian died of illness, Huang Yingjie led his army to leave Huizhou, and his great-grandfather Youlong Gong saw that the situation had eased a little, so he let him go.
Grandfather Nangong’s family went to Annam with his princess and settled in Hoi An. More than ten years later, when the prince grew up, my grandfather invited scholars in Hoi An who had also fled here to teach him. "
"In the sixteenth year of Yongli (1662), the news that Duke Guoxing had regained Taiwan reached Hoi'an, and the crown prince and his wife asked Duke Suo Nan to take them to Taiwan. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the sea outside Anping on the third day of May, waves suddenly surged into the sky, and thunder struck
The lightning flashed like a mountain collapsing and the ground cracked, and the boat capsized at that time. It was later learned that Duke Guoxing was about to die at that time, and the storm was a celestial warning. So Nangong finally found a wooden board and hugged him tightly.
Only then did he survive the disaster. After being washed ashore the next day, the princess's body was found, but the prince had no trace of her. This phoenix hairpin was the only thing left on the princess at that time..."
When Ye Zhanrong said this, tears were already streaming down his face. He slid forward from the chair and immediately fell to his knees. Zhao Xin quickly asked Ye Chengxiang on the side to help his father up. He waited until Ye Zhanrong had finished crying before listening.
He went on.
What happened next was that Ye Zhanrong's grandfather wanted to report to the government, but he didn't know that Zheng Chenggong was dead until he arrived in Anping Town. Then Zheng Jing launched a coup, calling himself King Yanping, and led his army to attack Taiwan from Kinmen. For a time, there was chaos all over Taiwan.
, Ye Zhanrong’s grandfather had no choice but to give up the idea of asking Zheng for help.
He first found a secluded place on the beach to bury Princess Zhao. After finally returning to Hoi'an by boat, he took people to Anping, Taiwan, took out the remains and brought them back to Hoi'an for burial. Ye Zhanrong's grandfather did not
He buried the phoenix hairpin with him because he thought it would be a good idea if he found the eldest son Zhu Cigui.
After Zhao Xin heard the whole story, he thought to himself, good guy, it turns out that the last king of Zhao in the Ming Dynasty really had descendants! On a whim, he put up a "Ming" flag at the foot of Ninggu Pagoda City, and it actually caused so much trouble.
!If I had known, I wouldn't have done this even if I had beaten him to death.
Thinking of this, he hesitated and asked: "What is your grandfather's name?"
"The upper character is taboo Ji, the lower character is tabsi, and the name is Suonan. The little man's residence in Hoi An was named after his grandfather, and it was called 'Soonantang'."
"Where is the princess buried?"
"Ten miles west of Hoi An City, my grandfather specially found a land with good Feng Shui, bought all the surrounding 20 acres of land, and arranged for tenant farmers to live nearby to take care of it."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Xin nodded, he thought for a moment, then looked at Ye Zhanrong and his son and said solemnly: "This matter comes out of your mouth and into mine.
Don't mention it to outsiders anymore."
Ye Zhanrong said with a puzzled face: "Where do you start talking about this? Now that your highness has conquered Hue in successive campaigns, it is time to spread your reputation widely. You must know that there is Ming Huong Society both in Hoi An and outside Hue City.
Many of them are descendants of the former ministers!"
"Mingxiang Society? What is that?"
Ye Chengxiang could already tell that his father's voice was a little hoarse and knew that he was tired, so he quickly helped explain.
It turns out that at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Ming Dynasty survivors who fled the war or were unwilling to work moved to the Hoi An and Hue areas, including Zhu Shunshui who later went to the island country.
The Nguyen regime at that time centrally resettled these Chinese who fled south and allowed them to establish a special administrative organization - Minh Huong Society.
In Ye Chengxiang's words, the current "Mingxiang Society" is no longer simply a remnant of the Ming Dynasty. Over the past 100 years, the villages where Chinese and mixed-race descendants who were born in Annan lived together are also called "Mingxiang Society".
He had heard from Chinese merchants from Java that such village communities also existed in Java and Luzon.
The earliest Minh Huong Society in Annam was built in Hoi An. The founders were called the "Ten Elders" and the "Six Surnames". They were respected as the predecessors of Minh Hsiang. Among them, the "Ten Elders" came from Zhejiang and Fujian, and belonged to Confucius and Yan.
, Yu, Xu, Zhou, Huang, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Liu and other families; the "six surnames" include Wei, Wu, Xu, Wu, Shao, Zhuang, etc.
When the early Mingxiang people were naturalized in Annan, they attached great importance to their identity as "Chinese" and "residents of the Ming Dynasty". In order to maintain their group characteristics and avoid being quickly assimilated by the local ethnic groups, they established corresponding ancestral halls and temples.
To enhance group cohesion and identity.
For example, the Jiasheng Mingxiang Guild Hall, which was newly built in Chaigun last year, enshrines the shrines from Zhu Yuanzhang to Chongzhen. There are couplets inside that read, "It is a shame to be a minister in the north and be solemn, but it is better to be a guest in the south."
The ancestral hall in Hoi An is the Cheng Han Palace on Datang Street - also known as the Guandi Temple. However, although the "Ming Huong Society" and "Datang Street" in Hoi An are connected together, in fact the two
The nature of the two is completely different. The former is a gathering area for merchants, and merchants under the Manchu Qing Dynasty all worshiped Mazu around the "Foreign Merchants Guild Hall"; while the latter is an immigrant group, with merchants and other industries, and has become a
Household registration; this is the case for Ye Zhanrong's family.
Zhao Xin had never thought that there was such a group in Annan, and he had to think again as to whether it could be used by Beihai Town. So he pondered for a moment, and said to Ye Zhanrong and his son: "You two, it has been a hundred and fifty years since the Ming Dynasty fell.
I am so overwhelmed..."
Ye Chengxiang said in surprise: "But your highness, didn't you raise an army to resist the Qing Dynasty?"
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "In fact, I first resisted the Qing Dynasty, and later I learned about my family background from my father. You two must know that even my surname has been changed since my grandfather's time, just to avoid disaster. Now
Beihai Town has defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the pass many times, and there is no need to raise the banner of the Qianming Dynasty. What's more, Beihai Town has its own system, which is different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty."
Seeing Zhao Xin's resolute expression, Ye Zhanrong and his son couldn't talk anymore. After talking for so long, the three of them were a little tired, so the father and son left immediately, leaving the phoenix hairpin and wooden box behind.
However, when the Ye family and his son returned to their ship and entered the cabin, Ye Zhanrong whispered to Ye Chengxiang: "This King Zhao... is fake."
Ye Chengxiang was shocked and hurriedly whispered: "Why did father say that?"
Ye Zhanrong turned his head and stared at the flickering flames of the oil lamp, but the voices and smiles of his eldest son's family of four appeared in front of his eyes. He said quietly: "But he is also real, he must be real!"