October 18, the third year of the Great Song Dynasty, Palembang.

The turmoil, known in history as the "Palembang Rebellion," ended half a month ago. The turmoil, which is said to have caused the complete weakening of the kingdom of Srivijaya, lasted for five days. At first, it was a rebellion of the Celestial Sect, and the foreign Celestial Sect Bai Fan ransacked the noble district of Palembang, burned down dozens of splendid monasteries, and killed thousands of monks and nuns. However, what happened next was different from the Celestial Sect Sacred War that had taken place elsewhere in the world. The victorious Celestial Cultists neither declared Palembang a land under the rule of the true gods, nor did they convert the Buddhist monastery into a Celestial Temple. Instead, they boarded their spinnaker in a panic, abandoned their Heavenly Sect compatriots who had been living here, and fled with their tails between their legs!

And before they left, a huge fleet of dozens of large sailing ships sailed to Palembang, which was still in the midst of civil strife. This fleet flew the Sun and Moon flags of the Heavenly Daoist Sect and consisted of troop carriers and warships. The lucky boat transporting troops directly docked the wharf of the Han business district of Palembang, and thousands of heavily armed and murderous Ming soldiers poured down from above! Under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao disciples who had been waiting on the dock for a long time, they quickly launched a counterattack against the indigenous Tianfang Sect who were attacking the Han Shang District—the attack of heavily armed soldiers on a group of shirtless native thugs was naturally a one-sided massacre. And this massacre lasted for four days, and it was not only the indigenous Tianfang cultists who participated in the attack on the Han Shang District that were killed......

The riot and the massacre took five days. It took 10 days to clean up the site. It wasn't until October 18, when the Daming galleys aboard Tran Tak Hing sailed into the port of Palembang that the city was cleaned up.

Originally located in the middle of the city. Large slums have been reduced to ruins by this time. Apparently over-fired. The original inhabitants who lived here were not killed. They were imprisoned in a wooden fence near the dock, and only a few escaped into the forest outside the city. Now, the bodies of the deceased have been collected as much as possible. The head was cut off and built into a Jingguan, and it was piled up outside the Tianfang Sect settlement. The headless corpses were transported outside the city and buried haphazardly.

As for the Tianfang diocese in the south of the city and the aristocratic district in the north of the city, they are now under the siege and surveillance of the Ming soldiers. Especially the White Fans of the Heavenly Sect, who had always had a tense relationship with the Heavenly Dao Sect, were now being targeted by dozens of three-inch bronze cannons all the time. It seems that just one spark can turn the entire area into ruins!

Dozens of bearded men in white, black or green robes. Now they all stood at the entrance of their community with their eyebrows bowed, trays full of gold in their hands, quietly waiting for someone to arrive. Fang Yumen was draped all over, wearing shiny steel armor, and the iron tower generally walked around them with hundreds of soldiers, watching them to death. Everywhere in the surrounding tall buildings, soldiers with crossbows and bows and arrows swayed. At the first command, another massacre will begin immediately!

They are all waiting for the arrival of Tran Tak Heng, the people of Palembang. In any case, I didn't expect that Chen Dexing would follow his fleet to Palembang! Just when the war in the Central Plains was in the ascendant. It is clear that the king of the Eastern world has fully realized the value of the Strait of Malacca!

A group of trembling monks and three Buddha Qi white nobles also held glittering gifts. was brought here.,Standing by the side of the Heavenly Sect Bai Fan.。 They were all survivors of the riot a few days ago, and Mr. was killed by the rioting Heavenly Sect Baifan. Then it was controlled by a Han Chinese army that came out of nowhere. Overnight, they were the rulers of Palembang. Became a prisoner! Now they are even more terrified, waiting for the new owners of Palembang to announce their fate in person.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a group of people and horses galloped from far and near. Elected as a group of archers on foot. Everyone was dressed in shiny steel armor, carrying steel knives, and carrying bows and arrows, so that they looked like an elite and invincible. Thinking about the fact that these Han Chinese armies have gone on a killing spree in the past ten days, killing almost one-third of the natives in Palembang City, and enclosing the other third, as if they are also ready to kill, all these Bai Fan, who are dedicated to Buddhism or Tianfang, all bow their heads and dare not look at them. There was just one thought in everyone's mind.

Can't fight, absolutely can't fight, you must be well-behaved, and then behaved...... We are all kind, gentle, harmless Buddhists.

"His Royal Highness King Ming has arrived!"

I don't know who it is, but I shouted in Chinese with full of energy, and all the fans trembled and knelt down to salute. They didn't dare to glance at the tiger warriors who were driving towards them.

Chen Dexing rode on a tall horse, just glanced at these trembling people, as if they were about to be scared to death, and also found the plates of gold they were holding. It seems that Gu Dali and Fang Yumen are doing a good job!

It's good to let the Heavenly Fang Sect Bai Fan of Palembang know that it is powerful, and he didn't slaughter them all. The white fan here in Palembang is still very useful, but you can't slaughter them all.

Next, it depends on whether the nun can bring a few people from the Polo family or the Srivijaya family to meet her. Now is not the time to destroy the Three Buddhas, these white fans from India have used Buddhism and Brahmanism to drive the indigenous people of Nanfan for hundreds of years. Why not let them continue to play with their spare heat? Whether it is Palembang or Temasek, it needs Nanfan indigenous slaves who are not very afraid of malaria to build!

As for these Tianzhu Baifan monks, the idea of wanting to return to Tianzhu to preach the Dharma is very good...... Tianzhu is not suitable for Scientology, no matter how you look at it, so let the monks fight against the Brahmins and the Celestial Sects.

"Are you all followers of the Heavenly Sect?"

Several bearded Heavenly Fang Sect leaders kneeling on the ground had been waiting for Chen Dexing to speak in fear, but they didn't expect Chen Dexing to be out of the realm for a while, and they didn't know if they were having some spiritual communication with Taiyi God? Just when he was trembling and sweating, he heard him ask in a calm voice.

One of the old men, who could speak Chinese, hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty the Great Ming King, we are all Heavenly Sects, but we are different from the insidious apostate Pu Shougeng and Ma Shoushan. We are all devout believers, true Celestials who follow the teachings of the true God and the Prophets, who are gentle, kind, honest, peace-loving, and willing to live in peace with all people...... The crimes committed by Pu Shougeng and Ma Shoushan have nothing to do with us, nor do they represent the Heavenly Sect. After all, the Celestial Sect is known for its gentleness, kindness, tolerance, and love for peace. ”

Chen Dexing didn't get off the horse, but just looked at these gentle and kind Heavenly Sectists in front of him on horseback, as if they were harmless to humans and animals, and said coldly: "What kind of Heavenly Sectarians are you, the Lone King is not interested!" The Lone King has never been afraid of the cruelty and tyranny of others, and when it comes to cruelty, you Heavenly Sectarians are worse than the Mongols!

The Lone King came here today just to announce one thing, this Strait of Malacca is the gateway between East and West. Celestial religion and Christianity from the West are not allowed to spread east of Malacca! Palembang is the end of the world of your Heavenly Sect! ”

For the time being, this place in Malacca is the limit of the Ming Dynasty's expansion in the southern sea. If it weren't for the needs of maritime trade, Chen Dexing would not have attacked Malacca now, because the sacred battle launched by Pu Shougeng and Ma Shoushan in Quanzhou caused that any large seaport in Quanzhou and the Southern Song Dynasty could no longer serve as a meeting point for trade between the East and the West. In order to find a market for the industrial, commercial and maritime merchants of Quanzhou and Jiangnan, Chen Dexing had to find a new trade junction. A trade hub where Westerners can come, dare to come, and can reach themselves, and Chinese maritime merchants can also come.

And that hub is Malacca – now in Palembang and will be relocated to Temasek in the future. At the same time, Temasek Island will also become a major stronghold of the Ming Navy's Nanyang Fleet.

This Tianfang Sect, who is fluent in Chinese, shook his body, as if he had been pardoned. The end of the world of the Celestials is in Palembang, which means that they can continue to live, continue to do business, and continue to pray to the true God in Palembang. Not only can their lives be saved, they can continue their business, they can keep their communities, they can keep their beliefs. At a time when the Celestial Sect's strength was absolutely weak, wasn't that what they were asking for?

In an instant, the old man's tears were about to fall. Hurriedly choked up: "...... The kindness of the king, the Palembang Tianfang cultists will never forget, the king has a life, we go to the soup and the fire, and we will never give up! ”

This old man's idiom is not bad, it seems that he studied in China. Chen Dexing smiled coldly again: "Needless to say, don't say beautiful words, as long as you don't take the words of the lonely king as a deaf ear!" Also, make it clear who is the Lord and who is the guest, and whoever has the final say in Malacca......"

After that, he ignored these trembling Bai Fan, and rode his horse to the Tiandao Temple in the Han Shang District. There he would wait for a visitor from Jambi, perhaps a representative of the Polo royal family, or an envoy of the Srivijaya king.

The Strait of Malacca, the key point of trade between the East and the West, has been taken down by the Ming Dynasty! The significance of this event cannot be overemphasized. The question now is how to ensure the stability and prosperity of the Strait of Malacca region for a period of time to come, and this requires a new order, a new order in Malacca and even the Nanfan Islands led by the Ming Dynasty. This requires the cooperation of the local forces in Malacca, and if the local Baifan nobles are willing to cooperate, it will be the most ideal ending. (To be continued......)