Chapter 40: The Ambition of the Lord of the Thick Water Hall
Hall Master Huang smiled mysteriously and said, "Elder Jiao, don't worry, since Huang told him frankly, he naturally had a plan in his heart. ”
Elder Jiao nodded, waiting for him to continue.
Hall Master Huang walked to the middle of the congregation, pointed to the Wei brothers and turned to look at Elder Jiao and said: "The Wei family originally had four brothers, the so-called brothers worked together, Qi Li broke the gold, the four brothers since they joined the association, for the heaven and earth will be born and died several times, the traitor Peng Hai rebelled against the association, it was their four brothers in the encirclement and suppression of nearly a thousand Qing soldiers desperately to regain the guild book, to avoid greater losses in the meeting, in this battle, the third brother of the Wei family died tragically under the knife of the Tartar cavalry, martyrdom. ”
Few people in the congregation knew about the Wei brothers, and they were all moved. The eldest and second eldest of the Wei family had red eyes, got up and said, "Hall Master......" The Huang Hall Master stretched out his hand and patted the two on the shoulder, nodded and motioned for the two to sit down, and then said to everyone: "One of the Wei brothers agrees to go back, but the other disagrees, but I am afraid that some brothers have some misunderstandings and think that his brothers are not aligned." Everyone burst into laughter, and the Wei brothers just bowed their heads, but didn't say a word.
The master of the Huang Hall waited for the crowd to be quiet for a while, and continued: "The fourth elder of the Wei family, died in the hands of a group of lackeys of the Qing court in Qinjia Village, Meiling a year ago, all the brothers in the hall know it, but they don't know that the person who betrayed the fourth elder of the Wei family is not someone else, it is Hongtong who was instructed by Zhou Chengbang!" The congregation was in an uproar.
Elder Jiao's face was ashamed, and he said embarrassedly: "Although this matter is controversial, there is no real evidence, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth. ”
The master of the Huang hall did not argue with him, and said: "The boss of the Wei family agrees to return to China, has loyalty, is willing to let go of family hatred, shakes hands with the enemy and fights against the Qing court, this chivalrous courage is really the work of a strong man who stands up to the sky!" Everyone listened in awe, and the master of the Huang Hall said: "However, the so-called lesson from the previous car, the overthrow of the rear car, the second brother of the Wei family does not agree to return to China, and the Wei family brothers shed blood in order to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but they were stabbed in the back by their own people, and a brother was separated, separated by yin and yang, who can guarantee that similar things will not happen again?" This is knowing what you can't do but not doing, and it is also the true character of a husband! ”
A person in the crowd suddenly stood up and arched his hand towards the Wei family brothers: "Wei family brothers! I, Xiong Er, used to be disrespectful to you, but today I know that you are real heroes and heroes! Xiong Er was willing to be punished and asked the two brothers to forgive. After that, "Papa" started work left and right, and he slapped more than a dozen big mouths. Wei Shangli got up and said with tears in his eyes: "They are all their own brothers, why is this ...... old bear?"
Everyone respected Xiong Er's daring and dared to act, and applauded him one after another, praising him as a good man.
Elder Jiao frowned, among the five halls inside and outside the Heaven and Earth Society, Houshui Hall is unique, it can both fight and cause trouble, it is well-known in the main hall, so it is not valued by the main hall, and because of the power struggle of the five halls, the vested interests of the main hall broke up the original team and sent them to this southern island to develop the power of the Heaven and Earth Society. I don't want the Heaven and Earth Society to lose a lot of money in the battle of Yungui this time, and they urgently need to replenish the backbone, so they moved the idea of Houshui Hall's manpower, as long as the people and horses of Houshui Hall are willing to go back, there is naturally a way to gradually dismantle and supplement each hall in various names. After he arrived in Bacheng, he had already had some contact with the Wei brothers and others, in fact, he also wanted to directly understand the minds of these congregations, so as to find an opportunity to divide the people, but the situation in the past few days was not ideal, and the congregations in the Houshui Hall were extremely united with the Lord of the Yellow Hall. Elder Jiao couldn't, so he had to force the Huang Hall Master to convene the congregation to discuss the meeting, insisting that all the members of the Houshui Hall attend the meeting, and the discussion has reached the present, the situation is getting clearer, although there are differences within the Houshui Hall, they are all willing to obey the decision of the Hall Master, and only look at the decision of the Huang Hall Master, he is eager to force the Huang Hall Master to express his position, and asked in a deep voice: "The old man has always known that the Houshui Hall is full of heroes, but the Huang Hall Master has said so much, but I don't know, what is the purpose?" ”
The master of the Huang Hall turned back and sat down on the upper right, and said: "My Houshui Hall originally had 1,361 brothers, and now there are only 247 people left in front of me. ”
Everyone was in high spirits when they heard this, and the unsafe color of arguing with each other was swept away, Elder Jiao was slightly surprised, he originally thought that the Huang Hall Master would oppose it, but this is fine, nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "This is very good!" So much better! Houshuitang understands the righteousness and is worthy of a heroic ......"
Zhu Junyi didn't think so, when he heard this, he wondered if this Yellow Hall Master had pulled so many eggs, could it be that he finally raised his hand and surrendered? He didn't believe it. Sure enough, the master of the Huang Hall changed his words and said: "However, the brothers of Houshui Hall are also raised by their parents, they are flesh and blood, affectionate and righteous, they have kindness to repay, and they will not be good people in vain if they have revenge." Since Huang has become the master of Houshui Hall, he is responsible for the safety of all the brothers, in order to avoid being secretly calculated by some people after returning to China, he also asks the main hall to avoid this worry, and promise me a few other requests, and the brothers of Houshui Hall should work hard to serve. ”
Elder Jiao's color changed, and he said in a deep voice: "I just don't know, what is the worry of the Yellow Hall Master? What are the requirements for the main hall? ”
The hall master said solemnly: "It's very simple, Zhou Chengbang and I really can't believe it, in the main hall, he can't be a deacon, let alone run for the next leading brother, in addition, the main hall wants to punish Hong Tong, the accomplice of the Qinjiacun case!" Give me justice to the hundreds of brothers in Houshuitang. ”
"That's right!" "That's it!" "What the hall master said is reasonable!" "You must say yes, or you will never go back!"
The morale of everyone was immediately boosted, and everyone was in high spirits and raised their eyebrows.
Zhu Junyi secretly laughed in his heart: "This hand surnamed Huang played beautifully, not only slapped the other party's face, forced the other party to tear his face first, but also had righteousness in his hand, and also won the hearts of his subordinates, this trick can be learned and useful in the future." ”
Elder Jiao's face darkened, and his complexion changed slightly: "There is no evidence, just based on one-sided words, the main hall will be exempted from a hall master, and Hall Master Huang's request is really excessive!" Is Houshuitang going to force the palace? ”
The master of the Huang Hall said: "What I said in Houshui Hall, how can it be unfounded, at that time, what Brother Wang Qianfeng had in his hands was evidence, but he was killed and killed, isn't the person who started it the person from Jiamutang?" It's a pity that the Diocese would rather trust the vile and filthy people than trust us and other loyal and courageous men, and send us to this archipelago. ”
Elder Jiao blushed and defended: "At that time, there was indeed no evidence, and the perpetrators of Jiamutang had already been dealt with in accordance with the gang rules, and the matter had already been decided. ”
The master of the Huang Hall said: "In this case, please forgive Huang for being rude, it is difficult for Houshui Hall to obey!" ”
Elder Jiao said angrily, "Is this the final decision made by Hall Master Huang on behalf of everyone in Houshui Hall? ”
Hall Master Huang didn't speak, turned his head to look at everyone, everyone got up and clasped their fists, and said in unison: "I'll wait for the hall master to take the head of the horse!" ”
Elder Jiao threatened, "Even if you are completely removed from the main hall, you won't regret it?" ”
Everyone was suffocated, looking at each other, all of them were embarrassed, and suddenly heard Cai Jiaquan say loudly: "I am waiting to join the association, just to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and help the Han people, there is no difference anywhere, if heaven and earth will not want us to wait, we will stand on our own, and it is okay." ”
The crowd was enthusiastic and agreed: "Yes, the Heaven and Earth Society don't want us, let's form our own Earth and Heaven Society, and we will be anti-Qing!" "Exactly! When has the main hall ignored us in the past year? When I was starving, I didn't see a few big brothers in the main hall pull ......" "The main hall has long since stopped us, otherwise how could you send us here in the first place?" ”
Zhu Junyi saw clearly, the Huang Hall Master didn't say a word on the surface, but his eyes communicated with Cai Jiaquan and other major people a few times, I was afraid that he had already thought about setting up his own door, just taking this opportunity today to make a statement and see everyone's reaction.
Elder Jiao hated it, gritted his teeth and said, "Houshui Hall's intentions, the old man will definitely report to the main hall truthfully!" As for the decision-making of the main hall, it is not for the old man to discuss, the master of the Yellow Hall can do it himself! ”
Hall Master Huang smiled and said, "Elder Jiao, Houshui Hall has other confidential matters, and I would like to ask you to report it to the main hall." ”
Elder Jiao raised his eyes to look at the two or three hundred people sitting at the head of the group, and sneered, "You can't talk about it here, right?" Everyone looked embarrassed and went to look at the hall master together.
Master Huang said: "The people around Huang are brothers who share my weal and woe, and in front of them, there is nothing to say, not to mention, even if it is my Houshui Hall's matter, they also have the right to know." ”
Elder Jiao sneered, "Then listen to it!" ”
Huang Tang said: "Huang has been sending people to look for the descendants of Emperor Hongwu in many ways, and he actually found the queen of Huizong back then!" On the eighteenth day of the next month, the descendants of Huizong will come to identify with the tokens of Hong Wuye, once it is confirmed, I Houshuitang will support the descendants of Huizong as Zhengshuo, and will do my best to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty and revive the Han family in the future! ”
Everyone was silent, this news is undoubtedly shocking, Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants were all over the world, but they were all killed by the Qing court, and none of the children of the clan remained, and now the master of the Huang Hall actually said that he had found a Huizong, and everyone didn't know which emperor Huizong was, and they were all shocked for a while, and it took a while for someone to react, and the crowd suddenly shouted deafeningly, cheering and cheering.
Elder Jiao was also stunned, and said in a lost voice: "Huizong actually has a descendant? Didn't the master of the Huang Hall deceive the old man? He naturally knew who this Huizong was. The second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and the second son of Zhu Biao, the prince of Yiwen. Zhu Biao is unlucky, he has been the prince for twenty-four years and died early without waiting for a day before the emperor is addicted, leaving only one son, this Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yuanzhang likes Zhu Biao very much, but he is average to this grandson, but for the sake of his son, he was still made the emperor's grandson by Zhu Yuanzhang. Ming Hongwu 31 years (AD 1398) successfully succeeded to the throne as the emperor, but the reign was very short, only four years, the year name Jianwen, later generations called Jianwen Emperor. Zhu Yunwen still did a lot of good things during his reign, such as enhancing the role of civil officials in national politics, leniency and imprisonment, severe punishment of eunuchs, etc., and at the same time changed some of the malpractices of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. It's a pity that this benevolent brother is okay in other aspects, that is, he was taught to be a pedantic filial son, Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Di wanted to seize power, and raised troops in Yanjing, and actually made a ridiculous holy decree to his army, no one was allowed to hurt the rebellious uncle, otherwise he would kill the whole family, so Zhu Di was like no one in the army, and after several times, even the emperor's position was taken away by this uncle, which is known as the Battle of Jingjing. The Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen was missing after the Battle of Jingyan, when the horse commander Mei Yin was in the army, obeyed Huang Yanqing's strategy, mourned for Zhu Yunwen, pursued the filial piety of the emperor, the temple number Shenzong, to the first year of the Southern Ming Dynasty Hongguang in July, because of the duplication of the temple number of Emperor Xian, the temple number was changed to Huizong, and the name was the heir Tianzhang Dao Cheng Yi Yuan Gongguan Wen Yang Wu Ke Ren Du Xiao let the emperor, later generations called Ming Huizong, the first year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty was called Gong Min Hui Emperor, referred to as Emperor Hui. However, the Heaven and Earth Society naturally did not recognize the nickname of the Qing court, and still called it Huizong.
Huang Tang Master smiled slightly, and continued to release another bomb and said: "Huang said that the Qing court is powerful, and the fact that the army is raised in the country is not a good strategy for my heaven and earth society at the moment, and the failure of the leading brother this time is a clear proof. This Batavia, lonely overseas, although the weapons of the Western Ocean are good, but the strength is lonely, the small countries of the Quartet have many grievances, and the situation is available. My brothers in Houshuitang plan to seize Batavia within a year, as a base for us to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty and revive the Han family. ”
Zhu Junyi was thundered by this bomb outside! I can't imagine that these two or three hundred people would think of taking Batavia with arms and armed forces! Are these people crazy?
Elder Jiao was also anxious, the current Heaven and Earth Association was just like the three points that the Huang Hall Master said, the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty slogan shouted earth-shattering, but there was no Ming Dynasty clan, it was like there was no spiritual pillar, without this big banner, the slogan would be just a slogan. If the Houshui Hall really possessed this righteousness, then their influence would inevitably override the authority of the main hall, causing a great impact on the existing power class within the Heaven and Earth Society. That's a big deal! We must send the news back to China as soon as possible, and we must arrange for someone to board the ship tonight!
Thinking of this, Elder Jiao couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and walked away quickly under the mocking gaze of these two or three hundred people.
Zhu Junyi was surprised by the ambition of this Huang Tang Master, in his memory of his previous life, there seemed to be no Chinese city-state or country in Southeast Asia except for Singapore later, but after all, he did not study history, and he did not study the history of Southeast Asia in depth. Suddenly, when he looked up, he saw that Elder Jiao had already arrived in front of him quickly, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and he had no time to dodge......