The sound of anchoring was accompanied by the noise of gongs and drums on the pier, and the singing of "Praise of the Ming King" sounded. At this time, the shore was already crowded with people who came to pick up the driver, including members of the Li family and the Yang family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, high-ranking civil and military officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Daoist people of the Heavenly Taoism, and wealthy businessmen of the Xianglin Port Chamber of Commerce - most of them were gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also protected by the Ming court in the Southern Tang Dynasty!

There are also some strangely dressed natives, they are all characters of the Tusi family near Xianglin Harbor, and now they are all looking at the warships that are lowering their huge sails with sincere fear, so many warships, all full of artillery and soldiers, just these servants of the Ming Sage can probably destroy the entire Southern Tang Dynasty, right? Not to mention these insignificant savage toasts of them.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Nantang, as well as a team of officers and soldiers of the Ming Army Marine Corps who served as guards, arrived at the dock early. At this time, they were all in good spirits, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

The Xianglin Harbor stationed in the Southern Tang Dynasty was of course a very comfortable errand, and there was no danger, and the domestic war in the Southern Tang Dynasty (and between the natives) had nothing to do with them, they just held the Xianglin Harbor Naval Fortress. However, there are few opportunities for promotion, and this time it is a rare opportunity to see the sky. As long as the saint leaves safely, they will have a lot of credit......

In addition to these people, there are many onlookers of the people of Xianglin Port, all of whom are dressed as Han Chinese, and most of them are also Han people, only a small number of women are short and dark, following the tall Han men, stretching their necks and looking curiously.

At this time, Chen Dexing had already gone on deck with the accompanying civil and military forces, concubines, and Tang King Li Yanguo. Looking at the scene in front of him, he suddenly turned around and asked Li Yanguo: "Nanshan." Who are those? ”

He raised his hand and pointed to the onlookers on the shore who were isolated by the Southern Tang Army.

Li Yanguo raised his eyes and looked at him, and replied, "Sage." Most of those were Han Chinese, who had migrated from Shandong with their vassals. They are now the countrymen of the Tang Kingdom. ”

Chinese, this is a title that has disappeared in China for a long time. This "Chinese people" does not mean "Chinese people", but symbolizes a kind of status - lower than doctors, higher than savages. Roughly equivalent to the citizens of ancient Greece and ancient Rome.

In ancient Greece and Rome, not everyone could be a citizen. This citizenship also symbolizes a certain privilege and superiority.

Of course, superiority is not for nothing. Whether it is a citizen or a countryman, it is all linked to military service. And in China, after the Spring and Autumn Period. Because the scale of the war is expanding day by day, the Chinese people are soldiers, and the rules of the game for savages to watch the drama are no longer applicable. All the nations will register all the people, regardless of the country or field, and mobilize them first in the event of war. In this way, the force of the state no longer depends on the people, and the corresponding rights of the people will gradually disappear.

But now, the level of the Chinese people, which has long disappeared for thousands of years, has appeared again in the Chinese expansion led by the Ming Dynasty.

"What's the benefit of being a countryman of the Tang Kingdom?" Chen Dexing was not in a hurry to get off the ship, but inquired with Li Yanguo with great interest about the privileges of the Tang people.

Of course, there are benefits to being a countryman. There is no benefit, who follows a warlord like Li Yanguo all the way to the south to come to the country? Can't you farm well in Shandong?

"In fact, the benefits are not much, that is, every Ding can get a piece of homestead land in any of the four cities of Xinluo, Angkor, Xianglin, and Suchenla, and can also get a hundred acres of land outside the city. Both homesteads and land are exempt from tax. ”

A piece of residential land in the city plus 100 acres of land outside the city is free and tax-free! Such a thing is unthinkable in the Ming Dynasty. But for the "Chinese people" who go out. It's nothing at all, it's the most basic treatment.

"In addition, the men of the country can be soldiers, officials, and officials. Men and women of the country. Anyone who has attained the age of seven but is under the age of thirteen. You can enter the country to study and practice martial arts, and you don't need to pay tuition. There are also 2 meals a day and it is also free ......"

It is naturally the privilege of the Chinese people to be a soldier and an official, and a savage can only be a toast officer. As for free education, it is a good treatment, not to mention the common people in the Ming Dynasty, even the children of the nobles and nobles have to pay tuition fees to go to school. There are many local people in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 20 million children and teenagers of school age. The cost of providing free and compulsory education is too high to be achieved for the time being. The people of the Southern Tang Dynasty are less than 300,000, and the school-age children are only 10,000 or 20,000, so they can naturally be free.

Li Yanguo went on to say: "Moreover, all Chinese people can hold swords, spears, armor, bows, crossbows, muskets and other weapons. Savages, on the other hand, are not allowed to hold swords more than half a foot in length, spears and spears more than three feet in length, no armor, no bows of more than five fighting power, crossbows and muskets. Moreover, wildlings are not allowed to hold any weapons in the city. In addition, savages must not be rude to the people, otherwise the people can kill them on the spot, which is not a violation of the king's law! ”

What the? Cutting down savages doesn't break the king's law!? Is this really a Chinese person? Isn't it the Heavenly Dao warrior under Xiao Ai's girl?

"Kill on the spot? That's too fierce, isn't it? At this time, Yang Po'er, who was following Chen Dexing, interjected - she has the qualifications to interject, and she has now been promoted to the female county prince of Yidu, and she is also the patriarch of the Yang family in Yidu.

Li Yanguo smiled bitterly and said: "Cousin, don't you know, this Nanfan native has always been fierce, disobedient to Wanghua, likes to fight bravely, and doesn't like to produce, all of them are Diao people, and there are many of them!" If the people of the country did not have the power to kill them, these Diao people would definitely fight fiercely, and they were not afraid of us! ”

Yes, dignified conqueror, how can you not be afraid? If people are not afraid, 300,000 people can rule over 3 million? There seems to be nothing wrong with cutting human rights!

Moreover, the temper of the Han people is relatively mild after all. It can't be compared with the Japanese samurai, in the eyes of these natives, maybe being reasonable is easy to bully, and mildness is weakness! If you draw a knife and cut someone at every turn, that is not to be offended......

Chen Dexing thought about it in his heart, and he also felt that what Li Yanguo did made sense. The Southern Tang Dynasty was a vassal state, not a province of the Ming Dynasty. Whether the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty can cut down the savages or not, there is no need for Chen Dexing to worry about this.

Thinking of this, Chen Dexing nodded and said softly: "The Chinese people should have the prestige of the Chinese people!" They leave their home country. Traveled across the ocean to come here, and the place of life is unfamiliar. It is surrounded by natives. If you are not fierce, how to subdue the savages. Keeping your home and country? This splendid country in the Southern Tang Dynasty has to rely on these 300,000 people to protect themselves, how can it be done if it is not fierce? ”

Listening to his words, Li Yanguo's face was relieved. There was silence for a moment, and then he said: "In addition to these tangible interests, the people of the Tang Kingdom also have the right to discuss politics. The government of a country can be heard by all the people, and there is no presumptuous discussion, and all men have the right to elect city councilors. ”

People are scarce! When Li Yanguo was in Shandong, he didn't think that the Han people were worth much. After running to the founding of the country, I felt that the people were too noble. There are only 300,000 in the country, of which only 1230,000 are men. Moreover, these 300,000 Chinese people still "don't keep their masters here, they have their own places to stay here". There are many Chinese countries like the Southern Tang Dynasty around, and they have opened their doors to attract "Chinese people" to settle there!

Li Yanguo said: "Sage, in fact, the power of this country is not unique to the Southern Tang Dynasty. Nanxia (the kingdom of the Xia Gui family) to the south, Luzon and Nanjing (the feudal kingdom of the Gouda family) to the east. ...... in the west Li Song, it's all this rule. ”

There are still many unreasonable people! Among them, there are actually two remnants of the Great Song Dynasty - whether it is the Li Song Dynasty or the Luzon, they are now the "Wudang faction", and they are all in charge of the martial arts! They all treat a small number of people as treasures. All allow the countrymen to kill the impudent savages...... Savages are guilty of offending the countrymen, there is nothing to say, just slash and kill! Don't dare to cut people? I don't even dare to cut people and be a countryman. Go back to Daming and go to farming honestly!

Li Yanguo also seemed to feel that it was a bit bad to rule with such high pressure, and sighed softly: "Sage. There is no way for our countries to do this...... We are all outnumbered, and we want to be cultureless. Break people's inheritance, destroy people's religion, and change people's customs. None of the government done can be called good. If it is not strictly suppressed, I am afraid that the disaster of destroying the country is just around the corner. ”

His words are a bit heavy, on the one hand, he is explaining, and on the other hand, he also has the meaning of complaining. Overseas openings are of course good in the long run. However, it is good for the descendants of the Li family, but it is endless troubles for Li Yanguo. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is like walking on thin ice, as if it is on the edge of the abyss.

Chen Dexing didn't seem to hear his words, just looked at the bustling port of Xianglin: "This is very good, you can start a country and build a government outside of China, such a thing has not happened for almost a thousand years." Moreover, your overseas opening this time has not lost its true Chinese character. There is no way to follow the customs, but to change the customs, and to educate the barbarians with the rites of China. What's the point of cutting down a few savages? As long as such a large area of land as Nanfan can be turned into a part of the Chinese world, it is to cut down millions of savages, and there is nothing.

Nanshan, let your people rest assured to cut boldly! If those savages can really make a big deal, I'll send an army to help! ”

He paused, turned his head and looked at Li Yanguo seriously, "Don't be soft with your hands!" In the lifetime of you and me, cut down all the people who should be cut! Our generation is all from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and we are not afraid of cutting people at all! So, don't leave this to our children and grandchildren, let's do it all. ”

Li Yanguo arched his hand to Chen Dexing: "With the words of the saint, the minister will rest assured!" In his lifetime, he always wanted to let the Southern Tang Dynasty enter China for thousands of miles, and he would never let the savages have a chance to turn over...... Never! ”

In the end, the characters who have seen countless killings, whether it is Chen Dexing or Li Yanguo, do not care too much about human life. When the people of Nanfan met them, they were considered to have fallen into bad luck!

"It's really Sage Chen!"

At this moment, it was less than three miles away from the military dock of the Nanyang Fleet where Chen Dexing disembarked. Next to the window on the second floor of a restaurant, Wen Tianxiang put down the binoculars in his hand and muttered softly.

Looking at his current dress, you can probably know how the "Li Song" doctor is reasonable. As a scholar, a Confucian dress is indispensable, and there is also a head on his head. It seems to be similar to when he was a genius in Lin'an in the past, but there is a three-foot long sword hanging from his belt! Seeing the degree of wear and tear of the handle and scabbard, you can see that this sword is often pulled out and played with - the champion of Wenda is now not "a pen like a knife" but a "sword". In addition to his sword, he also had an arquebus, a powder canister, and a cartridge box pinned to his belt...... The sword and pistol are the necessary things for the "Li Song" scholar to travel at the moment.

This is also a matter of no choice, and the Han people on the territory of "Li Song" are also outnumbered. Moreover, the means of "Li Song" to open up the territory were quite violent, not only killing countless people, but also cutting off people's culture and inheritance. The matter of burning books and killing monks to occupy the land of savages has not stopped since moving westward to Dali!

Not to mention the savages under the rule of "Li Song", even Wen Tianxiang, a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, seems to be a bit excessive. For this reason, he also had a dispute with his teacher Jiang Wanli, but Jiang Wanli could not listen to Wen Tianxiang's "scholar's opinion". In Jiang Wanli's view, today's "Li Song" is no different from the Jurchens and Mongolians in the past, they are all robbing other people's rivers and mountains, and they are all about taking away the country's country with a few people, so don't think about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and it is right to use swords and muskets to educate barbarians.

There is no need to be delusional about things that are convincing, and it is more realistic to let the barbarians fear the people of the kingdom. Another route that allows "Li Song" to survive safely is to correct his position and adjust his relationship with the Ming Empire.

Since the "Li Song" must focus on suppressing the savages inside, then the country has no strength to fight against the behemoth of the Ming Empire.

It is an inevitable choice to ask for peace with the Ming Dynasty! This is also the purpose of Wen Tianxiang's visit to Xianglin Port. Jiang Wanli wanted Wen Tianxiang to be a lobbyist to persuade Chen Dexing to let "Li Song" have a way out.

"Brother Wenshan, are you sure?" Wen Tianxiang didn't come alone, Jiang Wanli's son Jiang Hao also dressed up as a businessman with him, and came to Xianglin Port in microclothes.

"How not?" Wen Tianxiang looked back at Jiang Hao, who was shaking the paper fan, and didn't know whether to dispel the stuffiness around him or relieve his irritability, "It's just an imitation of the old example of the Jizi country, Chen Dexing has so many countries that have been sealed, where would he care about a 'Li Song'?" ”

"But our Great Song Dynasty is the orthodox ...... the world after all"

"As long as you are a minister, it won't be," Wen Tianxiang shook his head and sighed, "In the Western Zhou Dynasty, someone would regard the Song State and Jizi Korea as orthodoxy?" Yi Zhai (Jiang Hao's number), let's go, let's go and ask to see Chen Dexing! If you get things done earlier, your younger brother will be able to travel around the world again. (To be continued.) )