People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 502 Those who do not cooperate will die! !
If Bayas had said this, it would not have been like throwing a bomb in the meeting place. Everyone had previously believed that Bayas was a mature and steady man who was trustworthy.

After all, all his contemporaries have passed away, and he is the one who has lived the longest.

Everyone is willing to ask him any questions they have, as he believes that Baasi's experience is sufficient to guide everyone's production and life.

But unexpectedly, he failed in the most important link.

At the beginning, everyone wanted him to come up with some ideas on how to fight back against the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps he expected that everyone would be shocked as soon as he opened his mouth, so he actually advised everyone to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and not to do anything weird.

That means giving up Sanfuqi and giving up the opportunity for everyone to be the master of their own destiny.

This shocked many family representatives present. What nonsense was this?

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone below started to talk, like a buzzing of bees exploding their hive.

There were no less than a hundred people in the entire venue, and even though everyone was talking in a low voice, the sounds of their discussions together created a buzzing sound.

Few of the family representatives present here are true patriots. If they were truly patriotic, they would not engage in smuggling or even collude with pirates.

These people have achieved their current success mainly by smuggling and selling out their country, but even if they are smuggling, it does not mean that they are willing to give up their power.

They joined forces to save the entire Sanfuqi, not to allow Sanfuqi to continue to abuse its power, but to use Sanfuqi as a cover so that they could continue to exploit the people.

So someone said, "Old man, are you too old and confused? What are you talking about?"

"Yes, if you are really old and confused, we will leave now and not disturb you anymore. You can just enjoy your old age at home and enjoy the happiness of your family. Why come out to disturb the morale of the army?"

"You told us to calm down and wait and see what the Ming Dynasty would do. Then we would come together to cut off the fire. Now that we are together, you tell us to obey the Ming Dynasty and even send all our family members to study the Four Books and Five Classics. Which of your words is true?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people below started discussing it.

"I'm talking about how we gave you, the Bolu family, face before and asked you to bring us along, but now you've asked us to come over and you've changed your mind. You don't change your mind like that."

"If you guys are going to do this, then we'll leave right away. We can go our separate ways on the broad road."

Everyone expressed their dissatisfaction one after another, because a few days ago everyone was still discussing how to drive out the Ming Dynasty, and now only a few days have passed, the old man has changed his mind.

The most important thing is that it was he who had previously suggested that everyone calm down, and now it is also he who is asking everyone to obey. Which of his words is true?

In fact, everything the old man said is true, it’s just that the time and position are different.

He had never thought that his grandson would be a member of the Imperial Guard before, and after his grandson said those words, he also felt that they made sense. What did he get for working so hard for the family?
When he was young, he always thought that he was not the material for big things, so he took advantage of his family's money to do whatever he wanted and acted arrogantly. He had thought about his own fate a long time ago, but he would just live a peaceful life by guarding the land given by his family and collecting rent.

But he didn't expect that his peaceful life would become a nightmare because of a decision made by his family at that time. Not only did he have to represent his family to enter the court as a puppet, but he was also not allowed to do anything against etiquette for the sake of his family's face.

But you can imagine how painful this is for a playboy.

What was most difficult for him to accept was, as his grandson said, that his family had sacrificed so much for the family, but the rewards were not satisfactory. Every time the family distributed dividends, they would use the excuse that he was just a signboard of the family, and he often got the least.

There are still some people in his family who say some sarcastic things, saying that your family will bear the least risk anyway, and you only need to stand in the court like a puppet every day to tell the king that your family will not rebel against other families. Just be willing to hand over the hostages to the king.

This is the kind of work that doesn't require you to be exposed to the rain or the sun, and as long as I can give you a little dividend every year, you should be content.

And over the past few decades, Bayas's edges and corners have gradually been smoothed out.

In the end, he actually accepted such a humiliating arrangement, but Bayas's grandson obviously didn't want to continue on his grandfather's old path, so he forced his grandfather to make a choice in the carriage. If you don't want to become a member of the Jinyiwei with me, you will die. The old man was half intimidated and half persuaded by his grandson to agree to his grandson's request.

Since he agreed to the request, he must appear at the meeting and inform other families not to mess around and to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty.

This is the mission of the Bayas family street. Of course, this is also the attitude that Bayas wants to express. What he expresses is not the attitude of the entire family, but the attitude of their family.

There must be many secret agents of the Imperial Guard nearby. As long as he makes his attitude clear at this meeting, their family can at least guarantee peace.

As for the entire Bolu family, the old man doesn't care even if it is destroyed.

Anyway, I have devoted more than sixty years to the entire family, and I have done my best for the family.

You guys are enjoying a good life, but I, the one who was really at the forefront, have not received the proper compensation. So don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless now.

So facing so many opposing voices, the old man didn't care at all. To be frank, he didn't come here today to convince all the families below. He just wanted to show an attitude, to show that our family is willing to stand on the side of Jinyiwei and be the spy of the Ming Dynasty in Sanfuqi. As for other families, it's none of our business.

So after listening to the discussions of the families below, the old man immediately raised his voice and said, "If you are unwilling, then don't follow your action plan. It's just that our Bolu family... No, it should be said that I am too old to bear the responsibility of resisting the Ming Dynasty.

I am even worried that my dim eyesight may mislead you."

After saying this, the old man bowed and clasped his fists towards the family representatives below, bent his waist and coughed forcefully a few times, indicating that his health was indeed not as good as before.

None of the people who came here were fools. Seeing the old man's look, they knew that something must have happened that forced him to leave.

However, seeing how frightened he was, many people were secretly wondering if someone from the Ming Dynasty was pressuring him to say this in front of them.

But then I thought that shouldn’t be the case. After all, if Sanfuqi remained independent, their family would be the one that benefited the most.

Normally, it was their family, that is, this old man, who represented many families in Sanfuzi to negotiate with the pirates. Every time, the pirates would give priority to their family in offering attractive rewards, and then reduce the rewards to other families in turn.

Judging from this trend, their family should be the one that most wants to restore order and drive out the Ming Dynasty. But now he is here advising everyone to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty. This is too much of a reversal.

Finally, a family representative couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to ask loudly: "Since you said you can't represent the entire Bolu family, why can't you speak out? To put it bluntly, if you only represent yourself, how can you gain the trust of others? To put it bluntly, if you only represent yourself, why should we respect you?"

These words are indeed harsh to hear. In fact, they are just a slap in the face to tell the old man that the reason we respect you on a daily basis is not because of you personally, but because you have the entire Bolu family behind you. If you put aside the family element, what are you?
This was really the last straw that broke the camel's back. The old man was almost eighty years old, and he had lived under the shadow of this sentence for the past sixty years.

The respect that everyone shows him is entirely because of the family behind him, so what does he personally mean?

To be frank, Ba Asi is not a good-for-nothing, even though he was a playboy when he was young and was indeed not valued by his family.

But after living for so many years, he has learned a lot even if he was just copying others, especially when dealing with pirates, he has a lot of experience.

Every time he was able to secure enough profits for the family, and every time when the entire Sanfuqi betrayed the pirates he stood up and eased the relationship.

But even so, no one would respect his personal achievements. Every time he made a contribution, there would still be people who thought that he was relying on the power of his family.

The old man must have been used to it before. He had heard people say this so many times over the past few decades that he didn't take it seriously anymore. But when his grandson said such things in front of him,

And when he told himself that he didn't want to live like this, he suddenly woke up.

It turned out that those words were really hurtful. He was just acting like a coward, trying to cover his ears and steal the bell, thinking that if he didn't listen to such words, they would disappear.

But now he is standing on such a stage. He is the only survivor of his generation, and there are still young people standing up and accusing him.

You cannot represent your family, and no one will respect you if you are separated from the family.

The old man was disappointed.

For many years, as the representative of the Sanfuqi family, he led the way and risked being shot by pirates to negotiate terms with the pirates and fight for their interests.

This is why the pirates have been cooperating with the big families of Sanfuzi, and the smuggling trade can proceed smoothly. The reason why the group of people below are dressed in fine clothes is the product of his hard work, but no one will remember his contribution, and all the credit is attributed to the Bolu family.

Seeing the performance of this group of people today, he finally understood why his grandson was unwilling to give such people a chance. It was because of the existence of such people that their sacrifices and their actions seemed so ridiculous.

Obviously, our people worked so hard for these people, but in the end, these people didn't take our people's achievements seriously at all.

They worked so hard to protect the family, but the family members did not take their achievements seriously.

So when his grandson saw the Ming Dynasty coming and knew that there was a chance for a new life, he immediately turned his guns against his own family.

This was not a betrayal, but a venting of the anger that had been suppressed for a long time. His grandson saw his fate, so he did not continue to be pedantic for the family.

At this moment, he truly understood what his grandson was doing. It was right to fight for these people, but it was stupid to risk his life for such ungrateful people.

He even turned around to look at his grandson standing below, and after seeing the mocking smile on his face, he also smiled back. Perhaps at this moment the old man realized that his previous decades of hard work were simply a joke, because seeing the actions of these people in front of him, he knew that those people simply regarded all their actions as a joke.

The people below were still talking.

"If we had known you were this kind of person, we should have reminded the elders of the family not to pin their hopes on you."

"Who says he isn't? Before we came here, our family elders told us that he is a mature and prudent person. We should listen to his opinions and then go back to the family and implement them properly."

"He also said that if the city can be restored to its former glory in the future, it will be entirely due to his efforts."

"It seems so ironic now. Before, they advised us to be patient, but now they are talking about cooperating with Ming Dynasty. Does cooperation mean waiting for others to swallow us up?"

"Let's go, let's go. There is no hope for this kind of people. If we had known this earlier, we should have listened to the Prime Minister's advice and united to deal with the Ming army. It's too late to say anything now."

While they were saying these words, the dandies from the Jinyiwei who had joined them were recording their words one by one. There were even a few real Jinyiwei who mixed in with them and were using wooden boards to record their words.

Gradually, they drew the words and actions of many people present. This is the most basic skill of their human camera.

The grandfather and grandson just watched the Jinyiwei recording the words and actions of the people present, and they didn't care anymore. Anyway, their goal had been achieved, which was to let all the Jinyiwei present know that we have demonstrated our loyalty.

As for the life and death of these people, it is none of his business. Especially since he saw that these people had just treated him so badly, they deserved to die.

When the grandfather and grandson saw them like this for the first time, they actually wanted to save them, after all, they had fought side by side before.

But now seeing them like this, I just want them to die one by one quickly.

After seeing the behavior of the grandfather and grandson, the Jinyiwei did not blame them. Instead, they felt a little sad in their hearts. It turned out that they were just such a group of people. No wonder the grandfather and grandson were so easy to rebel.

If I were to encounter such a thing, I would also quickly get angry.

The meeting ended so hastily. The reason for holding this meeting was the request of the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei just wanted to see how many people in these families still had the so-called idea of ​​restoring the country.

Those who have the idea of ​​restoring their country must be cleared out regularly, and at the same time, we must also see how many of them can be turned against us.

This shows that some of these people actually thought about cooperating with the Ming Dynasty, but seeing that many people present were indignant, they had no choice but to give up.

As soon as this group of people went out, the Jinyiwei had secretly arranged to follow them.

Those who have been very active and proactive in the past must be eliminated in advance.

The existence of such people is very detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's rule in Srivijaya.

Coincidentally, after this group of people came out of the meeting venue, they gathered in another small teahouse, probably to hold a small meeting. A few Jinyiwei looked at each other and followed them, sitting down next to this group of people.

These people asked for a private room and conspired in it, but the wall of the room was very thin, so the Jinyiwei was able to listen to what they were saying by sticking to the thin wall next door.

One of them was quite excited and said loudly: "Who would have thought that the so-called respected Baas is just a person who changes his mind according to the situation? Is there no future for our Sanfuqi?"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people sighed.

"Although it's a bit discouraging to say this, judging from the current situation, our strength is still too weak. Have you noticed that even within our own family, we don't seem to support our talk of restoring our country?"

This is natural, because many family leaders have been controlled by the Jinyiwei. The reason why they went to attend the meeting this time and the patriarchs of those families did not come is that after the patriarchs of these families were controlled, they could only send some young representatives.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard wanted to see how many of these young people were dissatisfied.

In fact, most of the older people are not very radical and have never thought about restoring Srivijaya's rule. The only ones who have this idea are the younger people.

What the Ming Dynasty needs to guard against now are these young people, so they must be eradicated. However, these young people may not even know that they have been betrayed by the patriarch of their family.

Now he has even become the target of elimination by the Daming Jinyiwei.

When the man just said this, many people immediately felt the same way. “You know what, I also feel this way in my family. It seems that the elders in the family have lost their previous vigor.

Even though they knew that their profits would be divided up after they became Ming's loyal dogs, they still did not think of resisting.

On the contrary, we young people were extremely excited, but they remained unmoved, which I found particularly abnormal. "

When this was said, everyone's expressions became very solemn again, and it was a long while before someone finally spoke.

"Do you think that our family elders have already been controlled by the Royal Guards?

At that time, many people said that the Ming Dynasty’s Jinyiwei were very powerful and they could infiltrate each of our families inadvertently.

Although we don't know exactly how they act, seeing the abnormal reactions of the family elders, I feel that our family seems to have been infiltrated by the Jinyiwei.

After the elders in our family were controlled, no one dared to openly say they wanted to oppose the Ming Dynasty. "

As soon as these words came out, the whole private room fell silent. If this was true, then it would be really troublesome.

"If our family is controlled, then how can we talk about restoring our country and restoring our rule of Srivijaya?"

These young people sighed and drank some tea in the private room of the teahouse before leaving one after another.

It was already midnight, and each of them came on foot. They were probably in a bad mood and didn't want to ride in a sedan chair.

After separating one by one, most of them walked slowly along a river.

They are probably all worried about the future of the entire Srivijaya. They sigh as they walk, showing their concern for the country and the people.

When the last ray of sunlight finally disappeared in the west, they sighed and prepared to walk back to the main road and go home.

However, at this moment, a young man suddenly felt a shadow swaying behind him.

Just as he was about to turn around to see who the figure behind him was, he felt his mouth and nose being covered.

Before he could shout for help, the man behind him suddenly twisted his hands, and then with a loud clacking sound, his neck bones were instantly broken.

Unable to breathe, he struggled a few times and then fell limply to the ground. His vision went completely black and his consciousness became blurred.

The person behind him waited until he stopped breathing, then took out a black sack, put it around him, and threw him into the nearby river.

Several other people suffered the same fate.

They didn't even have time to see clearly who was following them, and were killed silently.

After this incident happened, only the younger generation began to spread the news.

Because seven or eight young people disappeared last night. If only seven or eight young people disappeared, it would not cause a big shock.

What made them very worried was that these people, without exception, all attended the so-called family representative conference convened by Bayas.

Moreover, at the meeting they all showed their contempt for Bayas, thinking that Bayas was a coward and a timid person who was not qualified to serve as their representative.

He was not even qualified to say such things to his family members outside the court.

Even though other families also sighed and expressed their dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty, the old man said that they had to wait and be patient.

Everyone originally wanted to be patient and wait, but after he convened such a meeting and announced the cooperation with the Ming Dynasty, several young people disappeared.

Isn’t this just murder to silence the witness?

Therefore, for a while, everyone could only curse the Eighth Asi in secret, but they did not dare to oppose him openly, fearing that they would be killed...

(End of this chapter)