Smuggling Daming

The early morning in Sanbao Mountain is still as lively as ever. On the busiest Sanbao Street, vendors from all walks of life push their own cars out of the stalls. Most of them sell a variety of breakfast food, including soy milk and fried dough sticks in the north, and rice in the south. Congee buns, this year, with the management of the Malacca port by Ming Dynasty, more and more Han Chinese came to Malacca, which also drove the local economy. For example, the number of breakfast stalls on the street has tripled compared with a year ago , even so, sometimes when there are too many customers, there is still a queue.

However, today’s bustling Sanbao Street is a bit different, because early in the morning, an old man wearing a heavy Hanfu came to Sanbao Street, holding a statue of a Sanbao eunuch in his hands, and kowtowed in three steps, from the street to the street. At the end of the street, he kept mumbling something, and he didn't know what he was talking about?

People on the street are very curious about this old man, not only his strange behavior, but also the clothes on his body. Although most of the people on this street are Han people, few people wear Hanfu with high crown and long sleeves. After all The weather in Malacca is too hot. Generally, men wear a pair of trousers and a jacket on top. Some people don’t pay attention to it and simply go shirtless. But now this old man is wearing the Hanfu that he only wears during sacrifices, even if he is hot. Sweating like rain, but still walking steadily, walking forward with three steps and one kowtow, which made many people follow curiously.

The onlookers on the street didn't know that the old man in Hanfu in front of him was the great Muslim Grand Imam who came from the old port to ask Daming for help. They were preaching.Some Han people who were not willing to believe in religion were driven out of the Old Port, and they were left to fend for themselves in Nanyang, but a considerable number of Han families survived in Malacca. It was precisely because of these people that Ming had to worry about their families That's why they have scruples about whether to rescue the old port.

After learning about the above from Tang Bohu, the Grand Master quickly made a decision, so the scene this morning appeared, he was wearing a Hanfu.It is to express to the Han family in Malacca that I am also Han, and there are nearly [-] Han in the Old Port.As for the portrait of the Sanbao eunuch in his arms, he hopes that everyone will remember Zheng He's contribution to Nanyang, who is also a Muslim.As for the three-step-one-kneel, he repented for the wrong things he did when he was preaching, and hoped to be forgiven by those families.

The local Han families in Malacca are naturally very aware of these actions of the Grand Master. After all, after the Grand Master came to Malacca, they have been paying attention to each other's actions.And they didn't really want to make the nearly [-] Han Chinese in Old Port suffer from the flames of war, they just wanted to make these Muslims realize their mistakes.

It is precisely because of this.Therefore, after worshiping from the beginning to the end along Sanbao Street, the Great Master went to kneel and worship in several family ancestral halls that were expelled from the old port. If he does not agree to rescue Jiugang for a day, he will not get up for a day until he kneels and dies here.

No one will doubt the determination of the Grand Master.After all, there are nearly [-] Han people in Jiugang waiting for Da Ming's army to save them, if he can't persuade Da Ming to send troops.Then the Grand Master would have no face to go back, he might as well die in the Sanbao Temple in Malacca.

The great patriarch knelt in the Sanbao Temple and couldn't get up. Old Lu, who was standing in the Lu's Ancestral Hall, quickly received the news and knew the oath made by the other party, but his old face did not change much. .In addition, there are several other people in Lu's ancestral hall, all of whom are the patriarchs of several big families in Malacca. Take root here.

"Mr. Lu, the head teacher has been kneeling in the Sanbao Temple for so long, and the weather is still so hot, and he hasn't had a sip of water until now. If something happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the prefect Tang. !" A very young patriarch in the room couldn't hold back and said, although he heard the elders in the clan tell about the tragedy when the family was kicked out of the old port, but after all, he didn't experience it personally, so he didn't have a deep understanding of the pain , now seeing that great patriarch begging for their forgiveness so hard, his heart softened all of a sudden.

Hearing the young patriarch's words, Mr. Lu, who had his eyes closed, finally opened his eyes and glared at him, saying: "Boy, you are young, so I don't blame you for saying such things. Back then, our family was forced by the patriarch and the others." When you came out, the land and shops in the family were gone, and many people died on the road. Not to mention, your second grandfather, third grandfather, uncle, etc., all died on the road. Our enmity with those Muslims is It can’t be solved, and now it’s impossible to use this bitter trick to get our forgiveness!”

Mr. Lu had personally experienced what happened back then, so he also hated the Muslims in Old Port very much. The bitter plan of the great patriarch worked for others, but for him, it was useless at all.Regarding Lu Lao's words, several other elderly patriarchs also nodded in agreement. Although they were all young when they moved out of Jiugang, they also witnessed the death of the family elders one by one on the way of migration. This kind of bitterness is really not clear in one or two sentences.

The young patriarch married Lu Lao's granddaughter, so he naturally didn't dare to talk too much in front of Lu Lao, and seeing the expressions of the other patriarchs, he also knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly stepped back and stopped talking.After a long while like this, someone came to report again, saying that several deans brought by the great dean had collapsed on their knees in the Sanbao Temple, and only the dean was still struggling. Support, but it's a pity that Mr. Lu is still unmoved.

The atmosphere in the ancestral hall was very heavy, and everyone was silent. Although Mr. Lu and the others hated the Muslims in Jiugang, they did not really want to let the other party die in the flames of war, but wanted them to atone for the mistakes they made. Now Although the Grand Master and the others have shown some sincerity, Mr. Lu and the others still feel that it is not enough.

When everyone in the ancestral hall was silent, someone suddenly came to report that Tang Bohu brought someone to visit, which surprised Lu Lao and the others, and immediately brought people to greet them, and finally everyone came After sitting down in the hall, other unrelated people also retreated.

"Old Lu, the Muslims in Jiugang did do something to you, but after so many years, and they have realized their mistakes, in my opinion, this is enough. I wonder what Elder Lu thinks?" Tang Bohu said with a smile, he is in charge of the government affairs of Malacca, and most of the officials under him are from big families like the Lu family, so he dare not ignore the attitude of the big families like the Lu family, otherwise his future life will be different. But it's not easy.

Hearing Tang Bohu's words, Elder Lu sighed and said, "Master Tang, the little old man is already an octogenarian. To put it bluntly, he has already seen through this world. It's just that when our Lu family was in Jiugang It is also a well-known big family, but in the end, under the persecution of the Grand Master and others, they had to give up their house and land, and the whole family moved to Malacca. After decades of hard work, they finally settled down. Difficult, then I thought of asking for help from us in Malacca, and only sent a few old men to kneel in our ancestral hall, do you think we will forgive them so easily?"

Hearing Lu Lao's words, Tang Bohu heaved a sigh of relief. He was no longer the talented Yangzhou scholar who only knew poetry and songs. He has already heard some implication from Lu Lao's words.

"Mr. Lu, the Old Port is at stake right now, so we can't delay it any longer, so if you have any conditions, just ask for it. As long as it's not too much, I believe the head teacher will definitely agree!" Tang Bohu finally said very Frankly speaking, he really didn't want to go around in circles with people like Mr. Lu, because he knew that he would be the one who would suffer in the end.

Regarding Tang Bohu's straightforwardness, Mr. Lu looked up at him, smiled and said: "Master Tang is serious, we don't want to make any conditions, but our families owned a lot of land in Jiugang back then, and these were all Those Muslims took it by force, and what's even more hateful is that they converted our house into a mosque. This is something we can't tolerate, so now I don't have any other conditions, but we must return our original property. Those mosques must also be demolished and restored to the original appearance of our compound!"

"Hiss~" Hearing Lu Lao's words, Tang Bohu also took a deep breath. It is easy to return the land and so on, but demolishing the mosque is too troublesome. With his understanding of Muslims, it may be difficult for the other party to agree to this. thing.But speaking of which, those Muslims deserved what they deserved. If they hadn't done too much and didn't give themselves a little way out, maybe Daming's army had arrived at the Old Port by now.

Now that he got the request from Mr. Lu, Tang Bohu didn't waste any more time. He immediately left and went to the Sanbao Temple, and then personally told the head teacher about Mr. Lu's request, but it was beyond Tang Bohu's expectation. After listening to his request, the gray-haired patriarch thought for a moment and sighed: "Thank you, Mr. Prefect, for your help. On behalf of all the Muslims in Old Port, I would like to express my gratitude to you. You can make the decision and agree, and now I ask the magistrate to tell you that the old port has prepared military pay and food, and we are waiting for the arrival of the heavenly army!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it Tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)