Chapter Ninety-Four: The Righteous Men of Macao
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Along the way, Chen Zhong exchanged views with Governor Montini Road on the current international situation and some important issues, and made further discussions. He also made some bold assumptions about the future direction of Macao.
They had a very pleasant conversation, after visiting and paying homage to the A-Ma Pavilion. A VIP convoy from the Governor's Palace of Macau took Chen Zhong and the others to the Macau hotel where they were staying.
On the way forward, seven or eight assassins suddenly sprang out from both sides of the road, blocking the way of the VIP convoy.
Armed with muskets and knives in hand, these assassins immediately intercepted the three or two guard cars in front of the VIP convoy and wounded the drivers and passengers, because the road was so narrow that the entire convoy could not move forward for a while.
The guards of the Governor's Palace immediately surrounded the Governor of Montinni Road and the vehicle in which Chen Zhong, the king of Hainan, was riding.
The Assassin at the head immediately understood who he was looking for, and before the Guards could arrive, three Assassins armed with muskets and knives had already rushed to the vehicle.
The man at the head? About thirty years old, with a swarthy face and a strong body, he opened the car door with a long knife in his hand like lightning, grabbed Montinny Road, and put the long knife on his neck.
At this moment, the car door on Chen Zhong's side was also opened, and the other two grabbed Chen Zhong and looked up and asked, "What about Boss Shen?" ā
The middle-aged man they called Boss Shen said, "Tie him up and take him away!" Then he said to the governor of Montinilu: "Order your men to get out of the way, or else I will kill you now!" ā
Governor Montinillo said, "Even if you take me out, you will kill me, who are you so bold?!" ā
The one called Boss Shen shouted loudly: "Dead foreign devils, you will know in a while, less wordy, order them to get out of the way, otherwise I will kill you now!" ā
Montinilo smiled bitterly, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Chen Zhong say: "Promise them first." Montinilo looked at Chen Zhong and the Shen boss, and he hesitated.
Chen Zhong said: "It's okay, I ordered them to get out of the way first, maybe there was some misunderstanding." ā
So Montenilo ordered the soldiers of the Doge's Mansion to get out of the way, and Boss Shen and his men immediately covered the heads of Monttinilo and Chen Zhong with cloth bags, and the captors ran to the deep woods on the left side of the road, behind which was the largest cemetery in the area.
The guards of the Governor's Palace did not dare to get too close, so they could only follow from a distance. Yan Xia looked at the direction in which the group was running, and quietly went to the woods one step ahead of them, and found a hidden place to hide.
The gang took Montinilo and Chen Zhong to the depths of the woods and removed their hoods.
Chen Zhong saw a grave, in front of this tomb stood an eye-catching tombstone, the tombstone read: The tomb of the righteous Shen Zhiliang.
Oh, Chen Zhong understands that this group of people has something to do with Shen Zhiliang.
"Foreign devils, you know! Who is this, you open your eyes and see, he is Shen Zhiliang who was killed by you, you still remember! ā
"Who are you? Who is Shen Zhiliang? Montinillo asked in surprise.
"I am his son Shen Qiuyang! Today, I'm here to kill you brutes! ā
It turned out that this Shen Qiuyang was Shen Zhiliang's youngest son, and when Shen Zhiliang surrendered and was killed, his wife wandered to Guangxi with several children.
Later, Shen Qiuyang grew up and participated in Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, participated in the Sino-French War with Liu Yongfu, and followed Liu Yongfu to Taiwan to resist Japan. Shen Qiuyang returned to Macao and secretly organized a group of people in Macao to kill the rich and help the poor, and to kill foreigners.
This Shen Zhiliang, of course, Monttinilo knows, is a righteous man who was killed by the Qing court forty or fifty years ago for killing the then governor of Macao, Yamal.
Speaking of this Shen Zhiliang righteous man, he likes to make friends since he was a child, is generous, and values righteousness.
It was in April 1846 when the Portuguese Navy Captain Amal was inaugurated as the 79th Governor of Macao.
This Yamal was a true thug who had participated in the Brazilian uprising, in which his right arm was blown off by a Brazilian rebel shell, earning him the nickname "The One-Armed General".
During his time in China, he was also full of crimes.
Yamal collects land tax, poll tax, and real estate tax from Chinese residents; The forcible registration of Chinese ships for taxation provoked the revolt of Chinese residents.
There were 40 civilian ships with about 1,500 people attacking the Portuguese market, but they were armed by Amal and more than 20 civilian ships caught fire and sank.
In 1849, Yamal issued an order ordering the Chinese customs to withdraw from Macao within eight days, and demanded the withdrawal of Taipa and Gongbei. These two places are close to Macao and are under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County.
While issuing a proclamation, he dispatched the military and police to expel the Chinese customs officers, tore down the flagpole with the Chinese flag hanging at the customs gate, smashed the Xiangshan County Governor's Office set up in Wangxia Village, and even destroyed the stone plaque that had been erected at the entrance of the city hall for 100 years.
Yamal's evil deeds aroused great indignation among the Chinese residents, and eventually provoked the violent resistance of the Chinese residents.
Because the Portuguese opened a road outside Longtian Village and destroyed the ancestral graves of many villagers, Shen Zhiliang and a group of hot-blooded young people Guo An, Li Bao, Zhang Guang, Guo Hong, Zhou You, and Chen Fa gathered together to conspire and determined to get rid of Yamal.
They scouted the habits of Amal's daily life, discussed strategies, and waited for an opportunity to act.
It is customary for Yamal to ride horses in the evening to the area around the border gates on the Macao Peninsula that connect with the mainland.
On the evening of August 22, 1849, Yamal was accompanied by an adjutant, walked his horse to the gate and returned, and Shen Zhiliang and others were ambushed 100 meters away from the gate.
When Amal arrived, they pretended to complain and shouted for justice. Amaal reached for the paper, and they swarmed up and slashed with their knives, cutting off Amaal's head and one of his arms. created a major assassination case that shocked Macao for a while, "the righteous man Shen Zhiliang killed Yamal Incident".
Afterwards, in order to protect others, Shen Zhiliang resolutely went to the government to surrender. Qing, under pressure from the Portuguese, killed Shen Zhiliang.
After Shen Zhiliang was killed, the Portuguese adopted a more repressive policy.
For the sake of safety and to give the child a quiet environment, Shen Zhiliang's wife wandered to Guangxi with the family.
The murder of his father left a deep imprint on Shen Qiuyang's psychology, and this name was changed later after joining Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army.
Shen Qiuyang hated foreigners to the core, and vowed to kill every successor governor of Macao.
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