Chapter 200: The Phoenix Society's Infighting (I)
An important reason why Huangfu Wujin led the army to fight the Baisha Society was also to obtain wealth from Li Baisha and seek financial resources for his future large-scale recruitment.
After decades of annexing each other, the Japanese pirates were defeated, and all the pirates gradually merged into two, one was the Phoenix Society on Ryukyu Island, and the other was the White Desert Society on Baekje Island, which roamed the northern seas for 20 years and accumulated an astonishing amount of wealth.
This time, under the pretext of training the navy, Huangfu Wujin wiped out the weaker Baisha Society in one fell swoop, and seized the wealth accumulated by the Baisha Society for 20 years.
The wealth obtained made Huangfu Wujin a little unexpected, only silver has five million taels, gold 500,000 taels, as well as a large number of jewels, jade and various property, this huge wealth made Wujin very happy, he immediately took out a million silver to reward the three armies, and returned all the grain and arable land on the island to the people, which immediately made the whole island cheer like thunder.
Zhou Yanbao was the main general, led 5,000 sailors and 300 warships to garrison the island, at the request of the soldiers, he happily renamed the island Ningdong Island, subordinate to Donghai County, established Jin'an County, after the navy rested for three days, loaded with booty, and returned to the sea in a mighty way.
....... At the same time when the Chuzhou naval army attacked the Baisha Society, Chen Qi of the Phoenix Society was also crowned on Ryukyu Island and officially became the king of the Ryukyus, although Chen Qi was supported by some of the generals on the grounds of not surrendering to the imperial court, but imprisoning his father and other Chen children was unpopular, and the generals were only against Chen Anbang's surrender to the imperial court, not against him, Chen Qi also knew this, so he promised to release his father and other Chen children after ascending the throne as king.
In the Ryukyu Palace, Chen Qizheng was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking worried, becoming the king of the Ryukyus, many of his ideas have changed, he has a lot to do, but the most urgent and important thing is two things, one is his legal surname, he wants to become the king of the Ryukyus If he wants to be legitimate, if he wants to be long-term peace and stability, he must be recognized and canonized by the Daning Dynasty, which is the most critical, and it is also the first thing to do after the successive Ryukyu kings ascended the throne.
Chen Qi also wanted to be recognized and canonized by Emperor Daning, but how could he explain to his subordinates, canonization meant surrender, meaning that the phoenix would disappear, and his generals were unwilling to surrender to Daning so they supported him to launch a coup.
Those people are rough people, they don't know how to understand the politics of canonization, they are all a bunch of dead brains, black and white, and they can't explain it, but they can't help but do it, so they can only secretly send people to the capital to hide from their generals.
The second thing is what about his father and brother? According to the promise, after he ascended the throne, he wanted to release his father and uncle and brothers, but Chen Qi knew very well that once he released them, they would definitely fight back, but if he killed them, how would he explain to his subordinates?
Chen Qi's wife was the princess of the former Ryukyu king, and she stood aside, she was well aware of her husband's anxiety, so she gave him an idea, "The husband can actually send them away, send them to a desert island, don't give them a boat, and send them some food and water every few months, without knowing it, which is the same as continuing to imprison them." ”
Chen Qi thought about it, this was indeed a good way, and he couldn't help laughing, "Thank you for the princess's teaching, tonight, I will send someone to carry it out." ”
Chen Qi was so anxious that he immediately went out of the palace to find someone to do something, the princess looked at him walking away, couldn't help sneering, beckoned her maid to come up, whispered a few words to her, the maid nodded, and left in a hurry.
Soon, the princess's maid came to a house, knocked on the door, and a crack opened in the door, and she went in.
This mansion was the residence of the former Ryukyu king Abbana, and after he was forced to give up the throne to Chen Qi, he lived in this mansion with several wives and concubines, becoming an ordinary person.
Abana is over fifty years old this year, he lost power as early as twenty years ago, and has been the nominal king, and the power of the Ryukyu Kingdom is in the hands of the Chen family, and he is helpless, but this does not mean that Abana is willing to be a puppet all his life, he has been waiting for an opportunity, like a crocodile that hunts patiently, lurking in the palace for twenty years.
It wasn't until this year that he finally discovered the weakness of the Chen family, that is, there was a disagreement within the Chen family, and it was said that Chen Zhiduo wanted his grandson to be the king of the Ryukyus, but his children and grandchildren did not do it.
This is his chance, Abana finally picked the ambitious Chen Qi, he found that Chen Qi's ambition and power ** are far greater than his father's, and he dreams of becoming the king of the Ryukyus, but he usually hides it well and is not discovered by his father.
This discovery reminded Abana of an ancient legend on the continent that cranes and mussels competed and fishermen profited, and he began to implement his plan step by step, the first step was to let Chen Qi marry his daughter.
His request was agreed to by the Chen family, and Chen Qi became his son-in-law, and the second was to sow discord with the Chen family, so that the Chen family would split and kill each other, and after the power of the Phoenix Society was greatly weakened, he would contact the Ning Dynasty and destroy the Phoenix Society in one fell swoop, and at that time, he would ascend the throne as the king of the Ryukyus again.
It should be said that Abbana's plan was very smooth, and his daughter, under his instruction, kept blowing the wind on Chen Qi's pillow, and finally prompted Chen Qi to launch a coup d'état and imprisoned his father and uncle and brother, although Abana was also forced to abdicate, it didn't matter, it was just his strategy to retreat.
Abana closed his eyes, listened to the maid's report, and a smug smile appeared on his face, he really didn't see the wrong person, Chen Qi is a man-eating wolf, he is finally going to attack his father and brother.
He pondered for a moment, then whispered to the capable maid, "I heard that you don't have a good relationship with the guard Zhang Siyi?" You just tell him the news. ”
"But he is Chen Qi's guard, and he is also very useless, I am afraid he does not have the guts."
"Then you don't know, this Zhang Siyi was rescued by Chen Anbang since he was a child, if he knew that Chen Qi was going to harm Chen Anbang, even if he was weak, he would come forward, you go and tell him, it must be right."
The maid nodded, turned around and left, and as soon as the maid left, Abana couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, called several of his wives and concubines, and told them, "Quickly pack some money and belongings, we must go and hide immediately, and there will be a great change in the capital tonight." ”
......... Although Chen Qi imprisoned his father, uncle, and brothers, his sister Chen Ying was in a better situation, and she was only under house arrest on a large ship.
The big ship was guarded by more than thirty of Chen Qi's henchmen, and Chen Ying was locked in the cabin of a large ship of 3,000 stones, unarmed, and the cabin was closed on all sides, without a window, making it difficult for her to escape from the sea.
But Chen Qi also assured his sister that he would not hurt his father, but he didn't want his father to prevent him from ascending the throne, as long as he ascended the throne, he would let his father go, and at the same time promised to send his sister to Chuzhou.
It was because of her brother's promise that Chen Ying did not have the idea of escaping from the ship, and deep down she did not want a conflict between her father and brother, she would rather her brother ascend the throne smoothly, and then let her father go, in her heart, there was never such an idea as a brother killing her father, so she patiently waited for the day when her brother ascended the throne.
Chen Ying sat in the cabin and took a nap, she was free inside the big ship, there were more than a dozen cabins for her to choose from, she finally chose a cabin with a small window, the small window was very small, but there was light shining in, so that she could see the situation in the cabin, every day, she could also go up to the deck for a walk for two hours, in addition to her, there was a maid who served her in the whole cabin.
It should be said that Chen Qi is not bad to his sister, except for restricting her freedom, other conditions are very good, what you want, of course, if you don't give weapons, Chen Ying is on this boat reading, walking, sleeping, and half a month has passed unconsciously.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the cabin, and her maid hurriedly shook her awake, "Miss, someone is coming." ”
Chen Ying turned over and sat up and asked, "Who is here?" ”
"I don't know, I just hear.... Footsteps. ”
The maid was a little scared, no one had ever come in the big boat, these guards didn't have bad intentions, she hid behind Chen Ying.
Chen Ying glanced back at the small window, it should be dusk, she smiled and patted the maid's hand, signaling that she didn't need to be afraid.
She also heard footsteps, so she got up and walked to the door of the cabin, and shouted, "Who is it! ”
"Heigu, it's me, Zhang Siyi."
Zhang Siyi is a guard next to her brother, originally an orphan fisherman, rescued by her father, Chen Ying has known him since she was a child, and she knew that this person was timid and useless, so she let go of her heart.
"What are you doing here?"
A man dressed as a guard appeared in the dark, it was Zhang Siyi, he looked like a roe deer and rat brain, and at first glance he was a useless person, holding a gold medal from Chen Qi in his hand.
"Heigu, I have an urgent report."
Zhang Siyi knelt down on one knee and said, "I heard a message in the palace...."
"Wait!"
Chen Ying interrupted him, "You mean, my brother has already ascended the throne?" ”
"Yes! The young master ascended the throne three days ago. ”
Chen Ying was stunned, since his brother ascended the Ryukyu throne three days ago, why didn't he fulfill his promise and release himself and his father? Does he want to imprison his father forever? This is not possible, and the brothers of the Phoenix Society will not agree.
"Say, what's the news?"
"I heard that the young master wants to exile all the leaders to a desert island, trapped in the desert island forever."
"What!"
Chen Ying was furious, she never expected her brother to be so vicious, she hurriedly said, "Then did you go and tell Second Uncle Zhao about them?" ”
Second Uncle Zhao is Zhao Fa, the third person in the Phoenix Society, who resolutely opposed the negotiations between Chen Anbang and the Chuzhou Water Army, and finally supported Chen Qi to launch a coup d'état, but at the same time he also guaranteed Chen Anbang's life.
"I... I didn't dare to go to General Zhao, I was worried that even if I found it, he wouldn't necessarily believe my words, and I was afraid that they would be sent away tonight, so I could only come to Heigu. ”
Chen Ying forced herself to calm down and think about countermeasures, she also suspected that Second Uncle Zhao had been bought by her eldest brother, and in the end he would still agree to her eldest brother's plan and send her father to a desert island, at this time, she suddenly thought of her grandfather, she heard her senior sister say that her grandfather was not actually dead, but he was under house arrest, if he could find his grandfather, with his grandfather's prestige, who would dare to be disobedient.
It's just that she needs a helper, she glanced at Zhang Siyi, and said to him slowly: "Your life was saved by my father, and now is the time for you to repay your kindness." ”
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(To be continued)