Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 572 Nanyang (2)

Wei Zhongxian held a thin iron bar and fiddled with the wick of the lamp in front of him, and the tent became brighter. Yu Zigao stood with a knife in his hand, staring at the man kneeling in front of him with his tiger eyes.

"what's your name?"

Wei Zhongxian looked calm and spoke to the kneeling man.

"I will not change my surname even if I am willing to do it! Li Zhiqi!!"

Li Zhiqi, whose hands and feet were shackled, was very excited and stared at Wei Zhongxian.

"presumptuous!!"

Seeing Li Zhiqi being so rude, Yu Zigao frowned and shouted, about to draw his knife and step forward as he spoke.

"General Yu."

Wei Zhongxian smiled and waved his hand, then put down the thin iron bar, lifted his robe and looked at Li Zhiqi, "From the accent, you are from Fujian? Why did you choose to become a bandit in Dongfan?"

"Then it's not like I was forced by the dog officer!"

Li Zhiqi was not afraid at all, and gritted his teeth and said: "Who would be willing to leave their hometown and come to this wilderness to live if there is some way to survive!"

"It's the same as our family thinks."

Wei Zhongxian was not angry. Under Li Zhiqi's gaze, he sat on the official hat chair, pointed at Li Zhiqi and said, "Are there many Ming people living in Dongfan?"

"Who am I to tell you!"

Li Zhiqi frowned and said: "Kill if you want, don't pretend to be here!"

"When did our family say we were going to kill you?"

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "General Yu, did our family just talk about it?"

"No."

Yu Zigao looked calm and said coldly.

Ok?
Now Li Zhiqi had doubts. Didn't the eunuch in front of him think of killing him?
"Our family is from the capital. Eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who oversees etiquette, and the admiral of the East Jishi Factory, it is still useful to speak."

Seeing Li Zhiqi like this, Wei Zhongxian leaned on the official hat chair and said, "If what you say satisfies our family, not only will our family not kill you, we will also make you eat well and drink spicy food."

"Is this true?"

Li Zhiqi, who thought he could not escape death, started breathing rapidly when he heard Wei Zhongxian say this. If he could live, who would want to die?

"Every spittle is a nail!"

Wei Zhongxian said in a sonorous tone.

"There are many! There are many Han people in Dongfan!"

Hearing this, Li Zhiqi hurriedly said: "Not only in Fujian, but also from Guangdong, Guangxi, and even Zhejiang and other places, there are people who escaped by boat... No, they came to Dongfan."

"However, the vast majority of people did not choose to settle in Dongfan, but went to Nanyang. There are more Han people living in Nanyang!"

"Where are the people in Dongfan gathered?"

Wei Zhongxian said thoughtfully: "Is there any connection between you two?"

Li Zhiqi said: "Going back to my father-in-law, people living in Dongfan are not only here in Bengang, but also in Jilong, Tamsui, Bali, Lukang and other places."

What's the name for this?

Wei Zhongxian frowned slightly.

"What about deeper in Dongfan?"

Wei Zhongxian continued: "Are there my Ming people there?"

"No...no." Li Zhiqi stammered a little, "Deeper in Dongfan is the territory of the indigenous tribes of this island. These tribes live in groups in the mountains and forests with no clothes on. Moreover, deeper in Dongfan, there are high mountains and dense forests. The place is surrounded by miasma, and generally no one goes to those places.”

It seems that there was a conflict between the guests here in Dongfan and Shengfan here.

"besides!"

Li Zhiqi seemed to have thought of something, and said with some excitement. When Yu Zigao saw this, he subconsciously put his hand on the handle of the knife, always vigilant.

"On the southern coast of Dongfan, there are many red-haired fans!"

Li Zhiqi said: "They have very close ties with maritime merchants from various places in Southeast Asia. At certain times every year, they will go out to sea to rob merchants returning from the Japanese islands. In addition, they will also rob merchants traveling from the southeast coast to Nanyang! "

People from Europa?
Which one is it?
Wei Zhongxian frowned. This news was very important to them. They were ordered to go to Dongfan. Their ultimate goal was not only to occupy Dongfan, but more importantly, to set foot in the Southeast Asian countries to show the mighty power of the Ming Dynasty! !

"How many exactly?"

Wei Zhongxian gathered his thoughts and looked at Li Zhiqidao.

"There are hundreds of them if they are many, and dozens of if they are few."

Li Zhiqi replied: "Of course, it is not necessarily true to say that they are all Hongmao Fans. Among their teams, there are also many Japanese, Nanyang natives, and even Han Chinese."

"Isn't this a pirate?"

Yu Zigao frowned.

"It's... it's a pirate."

Li Zhiqi said nervously.

"Then you can't explain clearly!"

Yu Zigao shouted with eyes wide open.

"All right."

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and then looked at Li Zhiqi, "Our family heard that you have a deep understanding of Nanyang. Have you ever left Dongfan and been to Nanyang?"

"No, no."

Li Zhiqi shook his head and said: "I am quite powerful in the Bengang area, so after staying for a long time, I know a lot about Dongfan and other places in Nanyang. Father-in-law, you have to believe that I , Xiao really knows!”

Seeing what Li Zhiqi said, Wei Zhongxian knew that this person had been involved in robbing homes and houses in the past, but for Wei Zhongxian, he didn't care about these things. He now wanted to know more about the situation in various places in Nanyang.

Although Wei Zhongxian also sent people to collect this information when he was in Fujian, the information collected was not very comprehensive, so he needed to know as much as possible, not only from the Southeast Asian countries, but also from the European countries. sea ​​power.

After serving in the imperial court for a long time, some of Zhu Youxiao's habits will inevitably affect the people around him.

"Then let's talk about Annan first."

Wei Zhongxian gathered his thoughts and looked at Li Zhiqidao.

"Annan."

Li Zhiqi thought for a while, then faced Wei Zhongxian's gaze and said: "Back to my father-in-law, that's what the imperial court calls him. Here in Nanyang, it's more customary to call him Can Mo, Bei Zheng, and Nan Ruan. Although the Li Dynasty still exists, it's not like the puppets." No difference."

"The person currently in power in the Li Dynasty is called Zheng Song. This old boy is very powerful there and controls the government. I heard that he has a close relationship with the people in Xiyi."

Wei Zhongxian frowned.

The following is the fault of the above, this kind of thing is treason in the Ming Dynasty! !

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty paid too little attention to Nanyang. Even when Ryukyu was invaded, the Ming Dynasty did not take many substantive actions. For the Ming Dynasty's vassal system, in a sense, it was close to collapse.

Even during this period, there were indeed many people who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but some of them were swindlers in order to get rewards from the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Ming Dynasty, even if they really found something, they still pretended not to know. After all, deep down in their hearts, many people despised these foreign lands. No matter how large the overseas area was, how could it be possible? How?
They stubbornly believed that the areas outside the Ming Dynasty were barren. It was precisely this trend of thought that indirectly caused the Ming Dynasty to be unable to launch great voyages to the outside world, at least at the official level!

(End of this chapter)