Chapter Forty-Nine: A Pirate Family

"He Jianguo" is really thoughtful and knows what to ask for when.

When I heard him say that, I pretended to whistle out. The purpose of this is to prevent "He Jianguo" from committing a black hand on me. After the whistle, he said, "Okay, then go out with me to get the picture." ”

"He Jianguo" and his party are ready to go to the cave with me to get pictures. At this time, Edward pulled He Jianguo's arm and said, "Boss He, should we be cautious?" Hell, this kid is playing some tricks. ”

As soon as He Jianguo heard Edward say this, he also showed hesitation, feeling that what he said was reasonable. When I saw He Jianguo's reaction, I definitely couldn't let it go. He snorted and said, "Haha, it turns out that the king of pirates, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, is so cowardly as a mouse?" ”

As soon as He Jianguo heard me say this, his face immediately couldn't hold back. Forced to smile and say, "Joke! In my territory, you can't do anything to me. After that, he continued to follow me and walked out of the cave together.

If I want to talk about the most hated person at this time, then my answer must be "Edward". It was him every time, and he almost ruined my plan. Thankfully, I was able to remediate the situation in time and not let the project be terminated. "Villains are hard to prevent", that's true. It seems that in my plan in the future, there must be a part of preventing villains.

"Now, everyone doesn't have to hide it!" I turned to this fake "He Jianguo" and said, "Before we exchange, at least let me know who you are, right?" Otherwise, I don't even know who I'm trading with. ”

"Hahaha, what, is my name so important to you?" Fake He Jianguo asked.

I didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so I provoked him, "What? Don't you dare to say? ”

"Husband, if you don't change your name, you can't change your surname, my name is Chen Haotian." The fake He Jianguo in front of him said, "Chen Zuyi, who is famous in history, is my ancestors!" ”

"Chen Zuyi?" I repeated.

When I heard the name, it felt familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere, but for a while I couldn't remember where I had heard it. He repeated it again: "Chen Zuyi? ”

"That's right!" Chen Haotian said proudly, "Scared, right? ”

Chen Zuyi...... Go down in history......? "I silently thought to myself, is there such a number one person in Chinese history? Suddenly, I had a flash of inspiration and finally remembered! In Chinese history, there is indeed a man named Chen Zuyi. So he immediately laughed and said, "Hahahaha, are you talking about the pirate king Chen Zuyi?" The one who was arrested by Zheng He? ”

Hearing me say this, Chen Haotian's face immediately couldn't hold back: "It's wrong, it's true, but my ancestor is not a pirate, he is a hero!" It's just that...... If you are killed by a traitor, you will be plotted by the eunuch. ”

Listening to Chen Haotian's tone, he seemed to be a little anxious. It's as if his ancestors are really heroes.

Chen Zuyi was the leader of a pirate group in the Ming Dynasty. His ancestral home is Chaozhou, Guangdong, and during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the whole family went to the South Seas to enter the sea as a thief.

Chen Zuyi has been a pirate in Malacca for more than 10 years, and the members of the group exceeded 10,000 people and 100 warships at its peak. Dominating the seas of Japan, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Plundered 10,000 passing ships and attacked more than 50 coastal towns. Ming Taizu hung 500,000 taels of silver to arrest Chen Zuyi. In September of the fifth year of Yongle (1407), Zheng He escorted Chen Zuyi back to China and beheaded Chen Zuyi in public.

Here's what it looks like:

It happened in the old port, which is now Palembang, Indonesia, formerly known as Sriwijaya. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many Chinese came to settle here. During the Hongwu period, Chen Zuyi, a native of Guangdong, fled to Jiugang with his family because of a crime, and joined the subordinates of Wuli, a man in the Bolin State. After the king's death, he proclaimed himself chieftain, and according to the Yingya Shenglan Old Port Chronicle>, Chen Zuyi was "very arrogant, and plundered property whenever a guest ship passed."

In June of the third year of Yongle (July 1405), Zheng Hezhou's master made his first trip to the "Western Ocean". In the fifth year of Yongle (1407), he returned to China. On the way back, Zheng He sent someone to appease Chen Zuyi. Chen Zuyi deceived Zheng He by deceitful tactics, secretly plotted to attack Zheng He's boatman, and plundered the "treasure ship". Shi Jinqing, another leader of the old port, secretly reported the situation to Zheng He, and Zheng He immediately made preparations and arrangements for counter-sneak attacks. Soon Chen Zuyi really attacked at night, Zheng He commanded the warships to quickly surround the enemy ships from the standby point, and after fierce fighting, killed more than 5,000 enemies, burned 10 enemy ships, captured 7 ships, and captured 3 people including the leader Chen Zuyi.

In September of the fifth year of Yongle (1407), Zheng He returned to China and escorted Chen Zuyi back to the imperial court, and Zhu Di, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, ordered Chen Zuyi to be killed in front of envoys from various countries, and beheaded to warn others. Shi Jinqing was commended by the Ming Dynasty government for his meritorious work in exposing Chen Zuyi's conspiracy, and was sealed as the history of the old port propaganda.

Regarding Chen Zuyi, I have read many articles and historical documents before. For him as a person, it is mixed. Some say that he is a pirate, a robber, and heinous; Some people think that he is the master of one side, a rare talent, and also gives relief to the victims, and is a great and good person with the heart of a bodhisattva. In history, he is quite a controversial person.

It's hard to say whether such a person is good or bad. Depending on the position of the individual, the result of the judgment will naturally be different. As for the one in front of him, he said that his ancestors were heroes. However, those merchants, ship passengers, or their descendants who were intercepted and killed by Chen Zuyi must have said that he was a villain and a robber.

According to historical records, Chen Zuyi's family has been beheaded all over the house, and there are no descendants. Unexpectedly, in this Caribbean sea, there are still his children and grandchildren. And "inheriting the family business", he still became a pirate, which is really "a dragon gives birth to a dragon and a phoenix, and the son of a mouse will make a hole". Grandparents have a profound influence on future generations!

I originally thought that this Chen Haotian would tear off a layer of human skin mask from his face like my fake aunt. However, he didn't follow up on it, as if this face was extremely natural to him. There was not the slightest discomfort at all, as if it was his face in the first place. I looked at it again and suddenly realized that it was his own face!

It's just that...... It's just that this face is exactly the same as He Jianguo, almost no difference! I can't help but be amazed that there are two faces in the world that look so similar. But this is not the time to entangle him with He Jianguo or Chen Haotian. And most importantly, how do you get out next?

I was at the front, followed by Chan Ho-tin and Edward and a few of his men. Toto and Dickens, Tom them, at the end. Such an order was carefully arranged by Chen Haotian. In this way, he can control the situation at any time, so as not to lose his wife and lose his army.