The old port, also known as Palembang in later generations, is located at the southeast end of Jinzhou, which originally belonged to the territory of the ancient Srivijaya in Southeast Asia, but later the Srivijaya was wiped out by the Majapahit, and the result of the domestic turmoil, the Han people living in the area of the old port in order to protect themselves, jointly recommended the Han leader Liang Daoming as the leader, established the new Three Buddhas Kingdom, and got in touch with the Ming Dynasty, and got in touch with the Ming Dynasty, and got the Zhao'an of the Chengzu Emperor, Liang Daoming returned to the Ming with his family, and passed the king of the new Srivijaya to his subordinates Shi Jinqing, Later, the Ming Dynasty named Shi Jinqing as the consolation envoy of the old port, marking the official recognition of the new Three Buddhas Kingdom by the Ming Empire.

Shi Jinqing became the Ming Dynasty's ambassador to the Ming Dynasty, so his new Srivijaya Kingdom became the Ming Dynasty's reserve territory, and its status was higher than that of the subject countries, such as the Southwest and other places, which became the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty in later generations.

But the old port is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, although Shi Jinqing was rewarded by the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty has no way to actually control here, among which the Ming Chengzu period is better, Zheng He's fleet will occasionally go to the old port to dock, and can also provide him with some practical support, but with the ban on the sea in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's treasure ships can slowly decay in the Ming port, and the old port can completely cut off contact with the Ming Dynasty at other times in addition to being able to get in touch with the Ming Dynasty during the tribute.

Shi Jinqing was the first generation of the old port ambassador, after his death, in accordance with the local custom to hand over the power in his hands to his daughter, later generations called his daughter Shi Da Niangzi, and Shi father and daughter are Muslims, they were during the reign of the old port. He spared no effort to promote the Muslim religion. In particular, Mrs. Shi adopted an adopted son. It has made a great contribution to the promotion of Muslims in Southeast Asia, and is known as one of the nine sages by Muslims in Southeast Asia, and is also the greatest one among them.

Shi's father and daughter are both Muslims, which is one of the reasons why they received Zheng He's support at the beginning, when Zheng He made seven trips to the South Seas, and also made a great contribution to the promotion of Muslims in Southeast Asia. For example, the old port was the religious center of the spread of Muslims to the outside world at that time, and even most of the Han people living in the area became Muslims, and they also established many special Muslim communities for this purpose, and it is said that the number of Han people living there once exceeded 100,000 at one time at the highest number.

However, although Shi Da Niang gathered a considerable amount of Han manpower in the old port, but at that time Majapahit was in the strong period of the kingdom, Shi Da Niang was unwilling to fight with them, so she surrendered in 1440 and moved to Java to live, and the new Sriwijaya Kingdom in the old port officially perished.

However, Shi's rule perished. But the Han Chinese of the Old Port are still there, and the Muslim religion here is still very strong. Even the Majapahit at that time, the last could only recognize the Muslim autonomy here, until the end of the 15th century, after the fall of the Majapahit, the island of Jinzhou and Java rose up several small states, many of these small countries were Muslims, the old port belonged to the Kingdom of Banten at this time, this country is a Muslim country.

Although the Kingdom of Banten is a Muslim country, they are constantly in conflict with the Danmu Kingdom on the island of Java, which is also a Muslim country, and wars often break out between the two countries. But just some time ago, the strength of the Danmu Kingdom suddenly increased greatly, and there were a lot of muskets and artillery in the army, and as a result, the Banten Kingdom was defeated, and the army retreated again and again, and the army of the Danmu Kingdom was about to hit the area of the old port.

The Old Port is home to nearly 100,000 Han Chinese, although they also believe in Islam, but they also know that in the face of war, those armies of Muslim countries do not have the slightest mercy, and if the Old Port is also breached, they may face a massacre, after all, the native armies of Southeast Asian countries are notoriously cruel.

It is also in this situation that the Han leader of the old port, that is, the Muslim imam convened the patriarchs of the old port to discuss, and finally decided to ask for help from the Ming army stationed in Malacca, after all, they are also Han people, at this moment of life and death, naturally the first thing to think of their home country, not to mention that they were still the Ming Dynasty's consolation envoys, although there has been no tribute for many years, but this title can be used for a purpose.

When Zhou Zhong left the port of Malacca, he left half of the sailors, and the Beijing camp led by Shen Ying all stayed as the local defenders, among which Shen Ying had succeeded Zhou Zhong as the governor of the four seas, managing the defense of the port of Malacca, because he was not proficient in water warfare, so he left Qu Lie as his deputy to assist.

In addition to the army, the port of Malacca has now been officially incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Four Seas, in other words, it has become the official territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Zhong divided it into a separate prefecture, so it naturally has its own administrative team, all of which are the old men of the original city division, among which Tang Bohu has grown up and succeeded Yang Tong as the second governor of Malacca, but his prefect is more miserable, and the area under his jurisdiction is only the city of Malacca, and there is not even a decent county around.

The Han Muslim Grand Imam of the Old Port personally ran to Malacca for help, which immediately attracted the attention of Shen Ying and Tang Bohu, and personally received each other, but after listening to the situation faced by the Old Port, the two of them had a disagreement on whether to ask for help from the Old Port, and it was very strange that Tang Bohu, as a civil official, insisted that he should go to the Old Port for help, but Shen Ying, who was a military general, thought that he could not be rescued.

Originally, Tang Bohu was a civil official, he should not like to fight, but the reason why this time he insisted that the old port should be rescued, in fact, he also had his own plans, the most important reason is that he is the prefect of a place, but he can only govern the city of Malacca Port, which is really a bit unworthy of the name, so he is eager to expand his jurisdiction, the old port is not far from Malacca, and it is also a good port, what is even more rare is that there are nearly 100,000 Han people there, if they occupy there, For him, not only can he double the scope of his jurisdiction, but it is also a great achievement.

Tang Bohu wanted to expand his jurisdiction, so he insisted on sending troops to rescue, but Shen Ying also had his own reasons for not wanting to rescue.

First of all, there are not many troops in Malacca, only more than 3,000 people in full battle, these people not only have to guard against the return of the Portuguese, but also to guard against the remnants of the Kingdom of Malacca who have fled to the north to harass them, so these forces cannot be moved lightly.

The second reason is a bit complicated, mainly because the original Han people living in Malacca, that is, the Lu family, the Zhao family and other Nanyang Han people who have lived in the port of Malacca for a long time, they are very disgusted with the Han people in the old port, especially some Han families actually moved from the old port, or were driven out.

As we all know, Islam is a very xenophobic religion, and the Han Muslims on the other side of the old port also used some tough means when they preached, which made many Han people very disgusted, some Han people were forced to give in and convert to Islam, while some hard-line Han people were unwilling to give in, so they were treated unfairly, and many people were forced to move out of the old port, and many Han families in the city of Malacca moved over under this situation.

It is precisely because of this that the Han people in Malacca have always regarded themselves as Han orthodoxy, and they are very exclusive to those Han people who convert to Islam, even if the former Kingdom of Malacca is a Muslim country, but none of the Han people in the city of Malacca believe in this religion, when Zhou Zhong learned about this, he also felt very strange, and later Lu Lao told him that the Kingdom of Malacca did not force them to convert to Islam, but they were all rejected, and the Han people controlled part of the port trade, The Kingdom of Malacca did not dare to persecute too much, which made it impossible for any Muslim among the local Han Chinese.

The Han Chinese in Malacca were originally very repulsive to Muslims, and they were influenced by those Han Chinese who were forced out of the old port, so they were even more disgusted with the Han Muslims in the old port. Although Zhou Zhong has relocated nearly 100,000 people to fill Malacca, the local Han families still control a considerable part of the trade in the port of Malacca, so if they go to the aid of the old port at this time, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among those Han families.

Of course, in addition to the above two reasons, Shen Ying also has a third reason not to say, this reason is his personal problem, when he led the troops in the border army of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, he had encountered many rebellions of the local Hui people, and many of his comrades died in the hands of those Hui people, so he was also very disgusted with Islam, and did not want to help those overseas Muslims.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, so Shen Ying insisted on not agreeing to save the old port, originally if the two of them had been arguing, they could only ask Zhou Chong to adjudicate, but Zhou Chong was far away in Daming, and it would take at least two months for the person who reported the news to come and go, and when Zhou Chong's decision came down, I am afraid that the old port would have been burned to the ground by the Danmu Kingdom, so Zhou Chong had told them before that if there was an emergency, Shen Ying and Tang Bohu could make a decision without his consent, but unfortunately I didn't expect that now the two would have a disagreement, And no one can convince anyone.

Seeing that the army of the Danmu Kingdom was getting closer and closer to the old port, Shen Ying and Tang Bohu were still arguing, which made the great imam from the old port extremely anxious, and finally he made an amazing move after getting some news from Tang Bohu. (To be continued......)