People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 499: My grandson is actually a traitor! !
It was because they foresaw such an outcome that each of their faces was filled with solemnity.

Despite their previous dissatisfaction with the country, they resented the new policies implemented by the king, believing that it deprived them of some of their interests.

But if you think about it carefully, the loss is only a small part of the profit, and you are the one who benefits more in the end.

However, as the Ming Empire gradually approached, they realized that not only could they no longer maintain the advantages as before, but they might also face changes that were more severe than the King's New Deal, which was difficult for them to accept.

At this moment, they felt as if they were shooting themselves in the foot, especially those who had tried to contact the Ming Navy, who were filled with regret.

They regretted not seizing the opportunity to cooperate with the pirates. Instead, the pirates' whereabouts were exposed to the Ming Navy, which led to the pirates being wiped out. They were also implicated, and the entire Sanfuqi fell into crisis.

At this time, Majapahit took advantage of the situation and tried to annex Srivijaya. Srivijaya was attacked from all sides and had no choice but to cooperate with the Ming navy in order to protect itself.

Looking back, they joined forces with the general and controlled 30,000 elite troops, making it difficult for the king to mobilize the army easily, which led to the border being quickly captured by the Majapahit army.

In the end, Sanfuqi had to ask for help from the Ming Navy.

But the Ming Navy's intention went far beyond that. What they wanted was not just a port in Srivijaya, but the entire Srivijaya.

Now, their goal has been achieved. With only 5,000 navy troops, they have successfully occupied the entire Sanfuqi, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Originally, the rapid occupation by the Ming Navy was not easy. In fact, it was because Sanfuqi reaped the fruits of his own labor and weakened his own army to the point where it was vulnerable.

In the war with Majapahit, Srivijaya not only lost a large number of elite soldiers, but also because of the lack of war for many years, the soldiers became weak. They were afraid to charge even though they had weapons in their hands. The elite army of the past was gone and even became a laughing stock.

In contrast, although the Majapahit army did not have an advantage in numbers, they had accumulated rich combat experience in fighting pirates for a long time, and their morale was high and they were not afraid of life and death.

In contrast, the Srivijaya army had long been "protected" by pirates, had neglected training, and had developed bad habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Such an army was naturally unable to fight back.

Faced with a small country like Majapahit, the Srivijaya army was defeated miserably. Not only did it lose face, but the Ming Navy also saw its weak nature, and thus launched an occupation operation without hesitation.

Sanfuqi's strength was exposed, but it still fantasized about gaining respect, which was undoubtedly a fantasy. When the Ming navy successfully occupied Sanfuqi, no one dared to obstruct it. This scene made Sanfuqi's old ministers discouraged.

On the return carriage, these old ministers looked ashen, and even without words, they could feel the heaviness in each other's hearts. The "national restoration movement" they had planned had already failed before it even started.

It turned out that the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei had already infiltrated among them, and any plan could not escape the other side's eyes.

This invisible threat was like a mountain, pressing them down to the point of suffocation and strangling all their ideas in the cradle.

When he thought of this, the old man who was in the lead felt deeply regretful and thought to himself, "If I had known the situation today, why would I have stopped the king's reforms?"

They had carefully considered that even if the king implemented reforms to reduce the burden on the people and let the rich and big families bear more taxes, it would not be a big deal for them.

After all, their legitimate businesses were few and far between, and what really made them rich was the huge profits from smuggling. Even if they had to pay more taxes for decades, these huge profits would only be a drop in the bucket for them.

What's more, the trade with pirates back then was a very profitable business.

They did not know how to cherish the gold, silver and treasures looted by pirates. Doing business with these pirates was like getting something for nothing.

Piles of gold, silver and jewelry can be easily exchanged for a little food. You can imagine how huge the profit is.

Therefore, in those years, those who cooperated with the pirates all made a lot of money, and every participant benefited greatly.

And those pirates, especially Chen Zuyi's gang based in Southeast Asia, were extremely wealthy.

They are tyrannical and have made a lot of money from robbery, but they don't know how to save. If the Sanfuqi Territory can cooperate with such pirates, it will definitely make more money.

Back then, all the upper-class nobles became wealthy because of this, with their mansions decorated magnificently and their homes filled with mountains of gold, silver and jewels.

However, looking back now, the old man can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

He was well aware that the close relationship with pirates had been the cornerstone of Sanfuji's prosperity.

Unfortunately, times have changed, the pirates are gone, and they themselves have fallen into today's predicament due to their past shortsightedness and stubbornness.

To put it bluntly, most of the gold, silver and jewelry looted by pirates like Chen Zuyi eventually fell into the hands of those families in the Sanfuqi territory who monopolized smuggling and made huge profits.

Although these families did not directly participate in piracy, the pirates' wealth indirectly enriched their pockets.

Whenever he thought of this, the old man was filled with emotion: "Thinking back to the past, we were so glorious, every household had gold and silver in the house, and lived a rich life.

At that time, we were always on guard against pirates, fearing that they would harm us, so we set up defenses everywhere.

But now that the pirates no longer exist, I suddenly realized that the people who have the closest relationship with us are actually those pirates. "

At this time, the young man sitting outside, the old man’s grandson, heard his grandfather’s sigh and responded softly: “Grandpa, we have reminded you long ago that if you want to maintain long-term wealth, you must make good use of these pirates, let them become our helpers, gallop freely on the sea, and earn more wealth for us.

But you and the elders in your tribe are always worried that the pirates will betray us, so you make things difficult for them and even restrict their food supply, causing their fighting power to drop significantly.

Now facing the powerful attack of the Ming Navy, the pirates did not even have the strength to resist and were easily defeated.

Now the situation is clear. What the Ming Dynasty wants is not just one of our small ports, but the entire Sanfuqi.

What's the point of regretting it now?
I can only say that sometimes the elderly are too stubborn and should listen more to the opinions of young people.

But you didn't listen, and ended up like this.

Of course, it’s too late to say this now. We have become someone else’s territory, so we can only cooperate with them and not think crookedly.

We are still young and don’t want to be held back by you.”

There was a hint of sarcasm in the young man's words.

The old man became unhappy when he heard this. He could tell that his grandson was full of complaints and was putting all the blame on them, the old men.

The old man was a little unhappy: Didn’t we consider you back then?
He immediately replied: "Do you think those pirates really want to cooperate with us? Don't think that our considerations back then were unreasonable.

Now the pirates have been defeated by the Lord's navy, so you think that our considerations at that time were not good.

But think about it carefully, if we had really allowed those pirates to continue to grow so powerful, wouldn't the young people in Sanfuzi want to become pirates?
Those pirates are so powerful, do you think any young people can resist such temptation?

You have said several times that you want to be a pirate, but is it really that easy to be a pirate?
How many people were killed or injured as they fought each other on the sea?
Can other Southeast Asian countries agree to let them continue like this?
Sooner or later we will be implicated by them.

I am feeling emotional here now, but I am just saying that if I had really cooperated with them more back then, I could have gotten more benefits from them instead of having to maintain such a close relationship with them.

On the contrary, the ideas of you young people are very dangerous. After all, pirates are heartless and only care about interests.

But one day, as other South Sea countries grow stronger, they will unite to fight against these pirates.

At that time, these pirates would still be eliminated. Now they are just facing the Ming Navy and being eliminated first. It is not that simple, young man. "

When he said this, the old man's confidence returned all of a sudden. Just now he was just expressing his feelings, but he had never thought about having long-term cooperation with those pirates. He felt that it was right to prevent these pirates from expanding blindly.

After hearing what he said, the young man didn't say anything else. After thinking about it carefully, he even felt that what his old man said seemed to be right.

These pirates will not really cooperate with you forever. What they need now is food and fresh water from Sanfuzi. What if they no longer need it?
Or if they got supplies from other places, it would also be a huge damage to Sanfuzi.

Therefore, the considerations of these old men are correct. Moreover, allowing these pirates to maintain such combat effectiveness will not only make it easier to control them, but also prevent them from becoming bigger and stronger.

What Srivijaya will eventually do is to make them always be a knife in Srivijaya's hand and make them offend other Southeast Asian countries everywhere.

But it’s too late to say this now. The pirates have been killed by the Ming Navy, and at an extremely fast speed.

It is said that at that time these pirates were in Guangdong, and countless ships were destroyed by the warships of the Ming Navy. Even Chen Zuyi died there.

From this we can see how big a gap there is between the combat effectiveness of pirates and that of the Ming Dynasty Navy.

You have to know that the combat effectiveness of the pirates at that time was stronger than that of Majapahit, and Majapahit could only stand back when facing the pirates.

If the pirate army had not been destroyed by the Ming navy, Majapahit would never have dared to easily start a war with Srivijaya.

But it was too late to think about all this now. Not only were the pirates destroyed by the Ming Navy, but his Sanfuqi was also occupied by the Ming Navy.

After the grandfather and grandson chatted for a while in the carriage, the grandson finally said, "Anyway, old man, no matter how our Sanfuqi will develop in the future, it can be seen now that the Ming Dynasty wants to vigorously develop our Sanfuqi.

The thinking of you old men is outdated. Stop getting involved in these matters and leave them to us young people. Don't interfere anymore, otherwise we will be killed by you.

As for your so-called national restoration movement, stop it now. Judging from the means of the Ming Navy and the new Grand Admiral, you will never have such an opportunity.

Don't let the time come when you old guys cause trouble in front and we are the ones who get implicated. We won't take the blame for you.

If you really care about the entire family, you shouldn't be the big shot in the front under the instigation of those people.

You have to remember that you still have many children and grandchildren, and you still have many families to protect. You are now very old, and of course it doesn't matter if you want to fight for the whole country, but we are still young, and our lives are still in the hands of others.

We have seen the power of the Ming navy, and even the power of the Ming. We feel that the combined power of Srivijaya and even Majapahit is not enough to resist the power of a navy.

Please don't think like this, you and your colleagues."

When his grandson said this, the old man felt angry and helpless for a moment.

These old men are certainly determined to restore the country, but the entire Sanfuqi and these young people seem to have given up hope, and even want to see if there is any possibility of taking another step forward under the leadership of the Ming Dynasty.

The old man thought for a moment, then opened the carriage curtain, looked at his grandson sitting on the shaft, and asked, "Do all of you young people think the same way?"

As soon as the question came out, the grandson looked back at the old man and smiled helplessly, "It's actually redundant for you to ask this. I've already said this, can't you hear it?
You have the most intuitive feeling of how powerful the Ming Dynasty is now.

I just listened to what their Grand Admiral said, and then I saw the appearance of the Ming Navy.

To put it bluntly, even if we work hard for another hundred or a thousand years, can we ever compare with them?
That firearm can knock someone down from hundreds of meters away, can't you see that?
You really want our generation to sacrifice our lives for your so-called ideal of national restoration.

To put it bluntly, even if we use our hundred pounds of flesh and blood to resist their firearms, can we win?
Is there any other ending besides death?
You've already messed up once, so please don't drag us down with you."

Although he had already prepared himself to be ridiculed by his grandson, the old man felt very disappointed when he heard his grandson say that he had become an obstacle in their eyes and was to be thrown away like garbage.

If his grandson said this about him, what value did he have? Thinking of this, he gently patted his grandson's shoulder.

"Although I don't want to admit it, what you are doing now seems to be right. We old men should step down and let you young people take over."

"If you think so, old man, then you are right. It is worth it for me to reveal your plan to the Grand Commander."

As soon as he said this, the old man's eyes widened.

The old man couldn't believe his ears, and then looked at his grandson, "What did you say just now? Say it again."

He had a bad feeling in his heart and even felt his blood starting to run cold.

Because he heard his grandson actually say that it was he who told Xia Yuanji about his and others' so-called plan to restore the country.

That means that his grandson is most likely the Jinyiwei developed by Xia Yuanji and his group in Sanfuqi.

The young man did not feel guilty because of his words. Instead, he grinned at him and said, "Grandpa, you should be happy that your grandson has awakened earlier than others.

Even before others tried to curry favor with the Ming Dynasty, your grandson had already become one of them.

You will see from now on that our family will definitely cooperate with the Ming Dynasty faster than other families and will be able to get more help from the Ming Dynasty."

The old man couldn't believe what he heard. He grabbed the young man's shoulders and shook him hard.

"Say it again, you are already a Jinyiwei?"

The young man shook off the old man's hand and said, "Please don't look at your grandson like this. Your grandson is for the sake of our family.

Don't be fooled by the way those guys worship you one by one, as if they respect you very much.

In fact, they just treat you as a scapegoat to fight for them.

You are almost eighty years old now, and you are still working with them to restore the country. Have you ever thought about our family?

You only have Sanfuqi in your eyes, but do you have us, your descendants, in your eyes?

You have many children and grandchildren now. You are not alone. You have five generations living together. There are hundreds of people in your family. Do you want to sacrifice yourself for your so-called ideals?"

The old man has already suffered a lot of setbacks today.

Especially when people like Xia Yuanji were carried to the stands to watch the Ming Navy in such great glory, their faith was truly broken and they felt that there was no hope of restoring their country.

But he didn't expect that his own grandson would secretly hand over his plan to Xia Yuanji and others.

In other words, the reason why he was able to survive this time was probably because Xia Yuanji took into consideration that his grandson had become a member of the Imperial Guard.

Moreover, his grandson took the initiative to tell him his secret, otherwise he would never have given him this opportunity.

But he didn't want to thank his grandson at all.

This grandson of his is really a good grandson. He hid by his side, heard his plan, and then turned around and told Xia Yuanji and the others.

No wonder I didn't know who reported him at the beginning.

He never dreamed that it was his own grandson who reported him.

This bastard looks young, but he is almost thirty years old now. He is his youngest grandson and the one he focuses the most on training.

Although his father was not his eldest son, because he was the most clever, the old man focused on training him to take over his business.

But who could have thought that a member of the family whom he valued so much would be the one who betrayed him.

The old man almost vomited blood when he thought of this. He grabbed his grandson's shoulders, shook him vigorously, and asked forcefully: "How can you be worthy of me?

Do you know that I have always treated you as my most trusted son and daughter? Do you know that I am entrusting the entire family to you? Are you doing this to me?
I am your grandfather, your grandfather. If you treat me like this, how can you treat other members of your tribe in the future?"

But the grandson still looked compassionate and opened his hand.

"Grandpa, why else would you say that you guys are all old? Why can't you see that I'm thinking about our entire family?

Have you ever thought about what would happen to you if you go against the Ming Dynasty?
What will become of our entire family?
It was because I joined the Jinyiwei that I finally understood why the Ming Dynasty Navy was so powerful?

Do you really think that you can annex the entire Sanfuqi just by relying on the Ming Navy?

No.

Let me tell you, before the Ming navy reached our Sanfuqi, their Jinyiwei had already infiltrated Sanfuqi.

Do you know why your grandson was able to join the Jinyiwei?
They saw that people like me were indulged in alcohol and sex, so they quickly developed people like us into their own people.

And I am willing.

Why?

It is because of the Ming Dynasty that people like us can truly become useful people.

In Sanfuqi, under the protection of you and others, the rest of us are just like you, following the steps.

In fact, people like us will never have a say.

They worship us like they worship Buddha, burning incense and praying to us every day. What they rely on is not our abilities, but the families behind us.

I don't want to follow your old path. I don't want to be scolded by these people every day, saying, look at this guy, he was a dandy boy when he was young, but now he has become a high and mighty person.

He doesn't rely on his ability, but on his family. If I had a family like theirs, I could also become a high-ranking person."

The old man was heartbroken after hearing his grandson's words, "Can't you hear that they are just jealous of you?
They are jealous that you have such a family and that we have such power.

This is something that many people would never be able to obtain in their lifetimes, why can't you see through it?"

The grandson still shook his head, "Grandpa, have you really not seen what they are thinking?
You have to think about it: the reason why our family has been able to rise so high is because of the pirates, not us.

You also said that the pirate will one day look for the next family. He has been treated so unfairly in our Sanfuzi, can't he look for another family to replace him?
When the pirates find other families to replace them, what will become of us? We will become fish on the chopping board.

I don't want to go on like this. At the same time, after seeing the strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I don't want to confront the Ming Dynasty.

I have only one goal now. Just like what the Grand Commander said, as long as we do a good job, we will have the opportunity to go to Ming Dynasty.

We will have the opportunity to go to the real center - Yingtianfu.

That is the center of the Jinyiwei, that is the center of the whole world.

I want to go there. I don’t want to be like you and spend my whole life sinking in such a small place.”

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(End of this chapter)