Heavenly Wolf replied with a smile: "Lord Wang, I know that the brothers are worried that the imperial court will settle accounts after the autumn, so this time I came and specially held the gold medal given by the emperor, which is to convey the emperor's will to everyone. ”

Wang Zhi's face changed: "Heavenly wolf, there is no basis for empty words, can you count what you say?" You must know that even the heroes of Liangshan accepted the imperial court's recruitment, and they also had an official identity and held the edict of the imperial court to announce it, how could it be like you, a brocade guard took a gold medal, and what he said was what? ”

At this time, it has become popular, even if most of these Japanese are illiterate, when they were young, they also heard the loyalty and righteousness of the storytellers in the village head township, and they are all familiar with the stories and episodes inside.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, many of the leaders who had been quiet shouted again, and everyone did not want to end up with the final death of the heroes of Liangshan, and the end of the scattered, at this moment, the realism benefits of drinking in a big bowl, eating meat, and dividing the gold in a big way overshadowed the empty promise of returning to the hometown in a beautiful way, and some people shouted. At the same time, he began to think about killing the wolf in front of him, and he planned to go against his mother.

Sky Wolf smiled slightly, he had expected Wang Zhi's reaction. And Wang Zhi's strategy of inciting the leaders to exert pressure on him collectively was also well understood, and he said: "Ship Master Wang, to be honest, the imperial court is willing to send me to the peace conference to discuss the matter of recruiting peace, which is already very sincere, and the heroes of Liangshan can receive the official canonization of the imperial court." It is because their military strength is so strong that they can attack states and plunder counties and eliminate the crusading armies of the imperial court. can even subdue many court generals, and the most important point is that Song Jiang and others are loyal, and even venture into the capital to meet the king. Express your desire to serve the imperial court. ”

"But what about you? Not to mention that you are not yet able to compete with the army of the imperial court on the battlefield. The heroes of Liangshan have captured dozens of state capitals, and you have only plundered some villages and towns so far, the largest of which is to enter two county seats, and not even a state capital city. ”

"Even now, I don't dare to fight the court on land. In this southeast, you're just a piece of psoriasis. As long as the imperial court withdraws the coastal residents to the interior, you will have nothing to rob, if you really have the strength to attack the state and seize the capital, and enter Hangzhou, do you still need to take the initiative to negotiate peace with the imperial court? ”

Kamizumi Nobuyuki said coldly: "Heavenly wolf, you don't have to reverse black and white, everyone knows that even the dignified general soldiers of the imperial court have also wiped out the whole army for us, and the soldiers have been defeated and died, who has the upper hand on this battlefield, everyone knows that it is not something that you can change with a few words." ”

The group of thieves were originally overwhelmed by the wolf, but they all became excited and echoed one after another.

The corners of the wolf's mouth hooked: "Leader Shangquan, if I remember correctly, back then, you took dozens of Oriental swordsmen, and wanted to reconnoiter the reality of my Ming Dynasty by force, so that you were lucky enough to jump to the city of Nanjing, what happened in the end, I Daming does not need to use the official army, as long as hundreds of brocade guards are dispatched, plus some knights who spontaneously come to help the war, let your small army be wiped out, and only you were injured and captured, if it weren't for Governor Hu wanting to negotiate peace with the owner of the ship, in order to show his sincerity to put you back, I am afraid that you will become a ghost under the knife, The so-called generals of the defeated army cannot speak bravely, and the ministers of the fallen country cannot conspire, don't you know this truth? ”

Shangquan Xinzhi was ashamed and his face was flushed, although he was finally sent back last time, but he was also tortured by Jinyiwei, and half of his life was gone, and finally he shaved his hair, pulled out his beard, put on a woman's clothes, and sent him back to Wang Zhi with ink on his face, this time he was captured and made him feel a great shame in his life, whoever mentioned him turned his face with whom, today the wolf shook it out again in front of everyone, and the pirates looked at him with a bit of ridicule, which made Shangquan Xinzhi tremble with anger, and screamed, The body is violent, and the hand is pressed on the hilt of the knife, and he wants to draw the knife and cut people!

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "What's the matter, Leader Shangquan, do you want to do it?" You've figured out the consequences. ”

Kamiizumi Nobuyuki's eyes widened like a copper bell, after experiencing the impulse just now, his brain began to calm down, he knew very well that the wolf's martial arts were above him, not to mention this peace occasion, Wang Zhi could not allow himself to hurt the wolf, even if it was a one-on-one battle, he could only take it again, but as a man, he had already reached this point, and going back would only make people laugh at it more, and he was in a dilemma all of a sudden, and he pressed the handle of the knife with his hand angrily, but he still didn't know whether to pull it out.

Xu Hai laughed: "Shangquan-kun, don't listen to this person's instigation, Tianlu, your ability to avoid the important is not small, what Shangquan-jun said is the truth, the guerrilla general Zongli of the imperial court was wiped out by us, this is the elite soldiers and strong generals you transferred from the north, isn't it a fact?" Even Zongli was defeated and died, what else are we talking about when we can't defeat the Ming army head-on? ”

The wolf had already prepared for this, and replied coldly: "Leader Xu, I know that you fought that battle, but you know that General Zong had only a few hundred subordinates at that time, and you had more than 10,000 Japanese robbers, in the face of these hundreds of troops, but they were defeated in three battles, and they called General Zong's troops gods, and almost all of them would have to get on the boat and escape, if it weren't for the traitor who reported that General Zong only had a day's food, you would have the courage to turn back and fight, General Zong was outnumbered, and he spilled his blood on the battlefield, but after you won by luck, you didn't dare to stay longer, Instead, he sped up and fled with the spoils of war and the people, is this the work of a force that has the confidence to confront the imperial army head-on? ”

Xu Hai was also speechless, the first battle of the year. Although he was lucky to win, he was also shocked by General Zong's bloody battle, and the losses of his elite soldiers were several times that of the official army. From his point of view, this battle had nothing to gain except for the reputation of killing the imperial general, but instead discounted thousands of loyal subordinates, and the director had to rely on the Shimazu family's troops to rob for the next few years. It's really more than worth the loss.

Seeing that Xu Hai was silent, the heavenly wolf said loudly: "What's more, General Zong sacrificed his life for the country, and his heroic spirit lasts forever. Tongxiang County, where he died in battle, has built a Zongyang Temple for him, and the incense continues every year, and the imperial court also posthumously named him the chief soldier. Yin Qi's son is an official. All the soldiers who died in the battle were promoted to the third rank and given bereavement pensions. It's because people are protecting the country and protecting the people, and if they die, they will be famous for eternity, but what about you? If you die, I am afraid that even your relatives will not shed tears and sacrifice for you, without a father or a king, and abandon the country and family. Is this the life you want to pursue? ”

Heavenly Wolf's words were righteous and stern, and many Han and Japanese leaders were red-faced. Bowed his head and said nothing, and Wang Zhi's face changed, he realized that if he continued like this, he was afraid that his subordinates would be convinced by the great truth of the wolf, Wang Zhi sneered, and said: "The wolf, you don't have to put on a big reason like this, everyone is not a fool, just like the heroes of Liangshan, they are all loyal and righteous men in essence, but the court has no way, tigers and wolves are everywhere, our brothers are mostly coastal fishermen, and they have been fishing and doing business for generations. And we were oppressed by corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the mainland, and we had no way out, so we went to the sea to beg for food.

Sky Wolf laughed: "The owner of the Wang ship said it well, there is a wrong, there is a debt, you want to find someone who makes you have no food, shouldn't you just look for those Japanese?" Why do you turn the wolf into your house and recruit your enemies, but oppose your motherland? ”

The muscles on Wang Zhi's face jumped, and he couldn't think of what words to use to fight back for a while, and many of the Japanese leaders present did not know the source of the Ningbo tribute incident, and began to shout and scold: "Heavenly wolf, what nonsense are you talking about, the imperial court does not let us do business, what does it have to do with the Japanese?" ”

"Ship Master Wang, this kid is talking nonsense, the Japanese are helping us and are our friends."

"Sky Wolf, if you don't explain this matter clearly today, don't want to leave alive!"

The Heavenly Wolf looked around, his face was fearless, and he said coldly, "The leaders must not know how this sea ban came about. Although since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu has issued a ban on the sea, but he has never really implemented it, on the contrary, Zheng He has gone to the West seven times to promote the prestige of my Ming Dynasty overseas. ”

The group of thieves nodded yes one after another, and some people even shouted: "You don't need to say more about these, it's the current emperor's ban on the sea, so I can't wait to go to the sea." ”

The sky wolf nodded, and his voice was steady and powerful: "Yes, that's exactly the case, but why does the emperor want to give such an order today?" This is because in the second year of Jiajing, the Japanese fleet that came to Ningbo every year to pay tribute, because of the Japanese Civil War, as a result, there was a daimyo who came to Ningbo to pay tribute with a survey document that had expired a few years ago, that is, a business license, and the two fleets were mortal enemies in Japan, and finally a fire in Ningbo City, killing and injuring my Ming officials and people, and also hijacking the officials of the imperial court to flee to Japan, all the leaders, if someone makes trouble when you have a guest at your house, you will smash your house to pieces, and you will also be killed and injured your family. Will you still associate with this man? Ship Owner Wang, am I telling the truth? ”

The eyes of the thieves all looked at Wang Zhi, these old things are related to state affairs, and the leaders of ordinary fishermen and ordinary people rarely know about it, Wang Zhi took a deep breath and nodded: "There is such a thing, but the emperor banned the entire maritime trade for this little thing, isn't it a big fuss?" These Japanese ships that survey and trade only come once in a few years, so wouldn't it be okay for them to hand over the murderers and compensate for the losses? ”

Sky Wolf laughed: "Ship Master Wang, if I also committed murder on Shuangyu Island today, looted and left, and then apologized afterwards, and continued to come to the door next time, would you be willing?" How can our emperor care about the internal war in a small country like Japan, he will only think that the Japanese are rude and barbaric and untrustworthy, so it is natural to cut off trade with them, but I have not cut off overseas trade with the Francos and Arabs, and if you do business well, you will not be affected by the interruption of trade with Japan. ”

"But you Wang Ship Owner, your former fellow countryman Xu Dong. But you have embarked on a crooked road that no one has ever walked, and you have lost money when you go to the sea to do business, and you don't think about returning to your roots. But to collude with the Japanese, lead the Japanese to rob the coastal towns of our Ming Dynasty, and afterwards distribute the looted money and the people to the Japanese, stimulating their further ambitions, the imperial court issued an internal relocation order, and moved the coastal fishermen to the interior, and you even took advantage of this to attract a large number of good people who lost their livelihoods to go to the sea to become thieves. Of the leaders here, eight out of ten must have gone to the sea like this. ”

The experience of the bandit leaders going to sea was broken by the words of the heavenly wolf, and they were speechless one by one. Originally, they thought that they were at most just the officials forcing the people to rebel, but today they realized that they had mistakenly boarded the thief ship, and for many years they had been just pawns for Wang Zhi's gang to use, and many people began to regret it. There are even people with tears in their eyes. I want to cry.

Wang Zhi gritted his teeth, stood up, waved his robe sleeves, and said sharply: "Sky wolf, you don't beg for a living at sea, don't say such cool words, I and Brother Xu have been going to the sea to do business back then, and we have long been regarded as outcasts by the imperial court." The money earned from hard work in business will be exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials after returning to their hometowns. Since Da Ming regards me as a mustard, I can naturally take revenge on it in turn, since ancient times, the thief of the hook is punished, the thief of the country, if I hadn't found a Japanese friend, let Da Ming realize my strength, I am afraid that I would have been arrested and killed as a thief by Da Ming, and the brothers can only be oppressed in the interior of Da Ming. ”

"Isn't it a testament to my strength and success that you came to my island today and talked to me, the bandit leader you call you, don't you prove my strength and success? Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was also a common man of the Yuan Dynasty, didn't he take advantage of the chaos in the world to rise up, and finally won the world and established the foundation of future generations? He can do it, why can't I do it? ”

The wolf said coldly: "Emperor Taizu Hongwu is to raise troops to eliminate violence, expel the Tartars, and restore my Han family, but you, the owner of the ship, Wang, are doing the opposite, luring wolves into the house, and ruining the lives of the people. ”

Wang Zhi was so angry that his beard fluttered without wind, but he had nothing to refute.

Sky Wolf saw that he had the absolute upper hand in terms of momentum, and his voice was even more sonorous: "Ship Master Wang, in fact, our emperor also knew that the sea ban order of the year was a little hasty, no matter what, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, and the sea disasters in the southeast have not been calmed down over the years, but have intensified, which is also worth reflecting on, since Governor Hu took office, he has had several big battles with you, and there are victories and defeats for each other, but it is difficult to completely eliminate you militarily, because you have an advantage at sea, and even if I can train elite soldiers, It is also time-consuming, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"Therefore, the emperor and Governor Hu intend to change their ways, pardon the owner of the Wang ship and the brothers first, and then recruit An as an official and army, in order to ensure that the channels of maritime trade are open, and when the time comes, the matter of trade can be discussed again, but in any case, you have already gone far, if you want to turn back, let the imperial court, let the fathers and people of the Ming Dynasty accept you again, and admit guilt and recruit peace, it is the first step to do."

Yan Shifan suddenly laughed strangely: "Hahahaha, Sky Wolf, your eloquence is really good, I didn't know you had this ability before, no wonder Lu Bing values you so much, and he doesn't even change his face when he tells lies, oh, wrong, you are wearing a mask." ”

Heavenly Wolf has been paying attention to Yan Shifan, and today, in fact, from beginning to end, he knows that the real rival is only Yan Shifan, he is the only one who does not want to succeed in the peace negotiation, even Wang Zhi also hopes to succeed in the peace negotiation in his heart.

So the heavenly wolf said lightly: "Yan Shilang has any high opinions, but it doesn't matter, I don't know what insider information you have about you, an uninvited guest who was not sent by the imperial court." ”

Yan Shifan stood up and saluted Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi raised his hand and signaled Yan Shifan to speak, he was being suppressed by the Heavenly Wolf, and now Yan Shifan is willing to come out to help you block the Heavenly Wolf, I can't ask for it.

Yan Shifan stood three feet in front of the wolf, and the evil single eye flashed coldly: "I am the son of Yan Song, the first assistant of the court, and all the major policies of the imperial court need to go through the hands of my father and son, it can be said that my father and son represent the Ming Dynasty, and the things you just said about recruiting peace and pardon, I have not heard of the actual cabinet chief, let alone agreed, you have taken a gold medal of the imperial court here, and you have left a secret decree of the emperor, and another decree of the imperial court, may I ask where is the emperor's edict, and where is the official document of the cabinet?" ”

Heavenly Wolf replied coldly: "Yan Shilang, before I answer your question, let me ask you, are you now an official of the imperial court, the son of the first assistant of the imperial court?" Then what is the purpose of you standing on this Shuangyu Island? What will and official documents did the emperor give you? Let you come here to negotiate with the owner of the ship? ”

The corners of Yan Shifan's mouth hooked: "Heavenly wolf, Yan Mou came here, it is a personal act, and it has nothing to do with anyone, it's just that Yan Mou has always admired the owner of Wang, and he can't bear to see the lives in the southeast, so he does not hesitate to risk his life to go to the island and make some transactions with the owner of the Wang boat that are beneficial to both parties." ”

The wolf laughed: "Since you said that you came to the island as a person, I don't need to call your official position, Yan Shifan, whether you are an official of the Ming Dynasty or a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you should know the laws of my Ming Dynasty, all the leaders just now said that the people who are going to destroy the clan, as a high-ranking official of the imperial court, without the approval of the emperor, you appear here, as the guest of the leader of the Japanese Bandits, do you dare to go to the emperor and explain this matter to me?" (To be continued......)