Chapter 317: If karma is to be useful, then why do you need the yamen?
"Evil ghosts, you evil spirits, are you not afraid that the gods will punish you with the wrath of the gods? Sooner or later, you will be punished for your cruelty to living beings! ”
"O great gods, send down the grace of God and save your people!"
"Seagod Niangniang, your people are being slaughtered, please send down your thunder and punish these evil ghosts with beast hearts!"
Seeing that the clansmen were brutally killed, the patriarchs ignored the injuries on their legs, lay on the ground and looked at Xu Tianfu standing in front of them hatefully, and held Qi Yuan with their hands in their hands.
In the face of the curses and roars of these guys, Qi Yuan had no waves in his heart.
The curse worked in these years, and he would have died 800 times a long time ago.
As a general who leads troops to fight and conquer cities, he doesn't believe in the thing of reincarnation of cause and effect.
If there is really retribution in this world, then these people will not live to the day when they will be crowned marquis.
If there were really gods and spirits in the world, those bastards who corrupted the law, bullied men and women, and borrowed power to make trouble, would have been taken away a long time ago, so there was no need for the yamen to take action.
All in all, if karma or something is useful, then why did the imperial court build a yamen.
Besides, he couldn't understand what these people were scolding, and Qi Yuan regarded all the words he didn't understand as a compliment.
"You devils, don't think that if you kill a few people, we will compromise, even if you kill all my people, I will not write a word on this broken piece of paper, leaving a trace."
Qi Yuan couldn't understand what these patriarchs were saying, Xu Tianfu had grown up here, and although he couldn't speak the local dialect of various clans, he could probably still understand it.
This patriarch speaks a niche vernacular, but it happens that Xu Tianfu can understand it, so this little old man who shouts the loudest is about to be unlucky.
"What did he say?" Qi Yuan inadvertently glanced at Xu Tianfu's expression, and seeing the excitement in his eyes, he thought that this indigenous patriarch had agreed to sign the treaty, so he asked curiously.
"He said, don't think that we can force him to compromise by killing a few people, and he said at the end that even if he kills his entire clan, he will not write a word on the contract and leave a trace."
Qi Yuan glanced at the patriarch in astonishment, it was the first time he had heard such a request after he had lived so long.
"What should I do?"
Seeing Qi Yuan's stunned expression, Xu Tianfu muttered a little in his heart, could it be that this general was frightened? This is too timid, I can be a general here, so can I go to Daming to apply for the head coach of Yiming?
"What's wrong? Complied"
Qi Yuan glanced at him suspiciously, and then said something that made Xu Tianfu confused.
"Since everyone has put it forward, we must meet people's wishes, we are not good to say anything else, that is, we love to be helpful."
"Come on, come on, don't stand here, you go and see who his people are, let's help him fulfill this wish, oh, by the way, tell his people again, this is what their patriarch requested, saying that they are alive, he is embarrassed to surrender for fear of being scolded, so he can only borrow their heads to enjoy the glory and wealth."
Qi Yuan said with a smile as he pushed Xu Tianfu towards the captive.
Xu Tianfu, who looked confused, looked at the sky with a blank face.
Is that what the patriarch meant? Or is there a problem with my translation?
Although there was some self-doubt in his heart that he had made a mistake in translation, Xu Tianfu did not refuse Qi Yuan's request, and strode towards the group of captives with a group of soldiers, pointing out the location of the tribesmen of the patriarch.
Soon 2,000 young and old, old and young, were pressed out, and the soldiers who dragged their hair and feet ignored the captives' cries and begging for mercy, screaming and cursing, and brutally dragged them to the pile of headless corpses and handed them over to the soldiers of Luzon.
"What are you doing? Let go of my people! ”
The patriarch who "made the request" just now saw that his people had been arrested, and all the old and young were brought out, and he was so shocked that he staggered over and was about to rush over despite the injury on his right leg.
"Alas... Don't go! ”
Qi Yuan waved away the soldiers who were blocking, dragged the patriarch with a smile, stood on the steps, grabbed the opponent's head, and looked at the place of execution with a smile.
The Luzon soldiers, who had been prepared a long time ago, with the help of some Ming people next to them, tied up the captives one by one and pressed them to the ground.
Then he washed the big knife in his hand in the seawater, washed the blood on it, waved his arm, relaxed his muscles, and stood behind the captive with an excited face, waiting for the order.
Since there were not many Luzon soldiers, they could only cut down more than 1,000 people at a time, so the captives were divided into two batches, and the first group was the young and strong of the tribe.
Stretching out his hand to hug the struggling patriarch, Qi Yuan waved his hand casually after getting ready over there.
The Luzon soldiers, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that the general from the Ming Dynasty had given an order, and their faces were full of excitement under the patriarch's frightened and angry expression, and they swung their knives fiercely.
The dock fell silent again, and the patriarch who was let go by Qi Yuan, like rotten meat that had been drained of bones, collapsed on the ground, staring blankly at the beach full of headless corpses in the distance.
The other patriarchs who were detained by the soldiers did not have the angry yelling at the beginning, and there was no atmosphere and resentment in their eyes, and they looked at the execution place by the sea one by one in a daze.
"Next batch!"
Xu Tianfu on the side, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he deliberately amplified his voice when he gave the order, and shouted it out in the local dialect.
The Luzon soldiers were all natives, and they still knew a thing or two about the common language of the natives.
As soon as Xu Tianfu gave the order, they kicked the human head under their feet into the sea, and then reached out to grab the old and young women and children who were already trembling stupidly behind them, and brutally dragged them out.
"Don't, please, I'll sign me, let them go, let them go, they're just a group of old women, women and children, they are no threat to you, I'm willing to be a slave, I'm willing to be a dog for Daming, please, let them go, let them go!"
Seeing the old and young women and children being dragged out, the patriarch who was paralyzed on the ground finally collapsed, he cried and kowtowed frantically to Xu Tianfu and Qi Yuan, begging for mercy loudly in the non-standard Daming official language, and shouted that he was willing to sign a contract.
Qi Yuan had a smile on his face, but his eyes were still indifferent.
These damn earth monkeys can obviously speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, but they prefer to communicate in the local dialect, which is looking down on the Ming Dynasty.
Stretched out his hand and lifted the kowtowing patriarch up, Qi Yuan looked at the other party's pale old face who didn't know if he was frightened or what was going on, and said in an encouraging tone: "Why did you give up like this, what the manly husband said, the water that was spilled out, can't be recovered." ”
"When I was young, my father often told me that you can't give up halfway in life and work, not only will you not be able to get things done, but you will be looked down upon."
"So for the sake of your success, for you not to be looked down upon, I, the helpful General Ming, decided to help you fulfill your promise."
"Oh, by the way, don't thank me in your heart for this, let alone send any beautiful women, gold and silver treasures to my house to thank me, I am a person who does good deeds without asking for anything in return."
"Alas, no way, we're such enthusiastic people."
"Oh, yes!"
Qi Yuan, who had just turned around, seemed to have forgotten something, turned his head to the patriarch with a blank face, and said with a smile: "Don't thank me, go back and go below, if you want to make a contribution to me, remember to report my name, my name is Li Hu." ”
Qi Yuan's expression of seeing the ghost in Xu Tianfu waved his hand again into the distance.
Xu Tianfu looked dazed, if he remembered correctly, when he invited this general to drink yesterday, the other party said that their navy head was called Li Hu.
The sword flashed, the head flew, and this small tribe of more than 2,000 people was completely wiped out today in one day.
"There's no one in his tribe!"
Ignoring the little patriarch who was paralyzed on the ground and stared blankly at the corpses everywhere, Qi Yuan looked at Xu Tianfu, the head snake, and asked if there was anything missing from this tribe.
Xu Tianfu, who was a little afraid of the general in front of him, turned sideways slightly, avoided Qi Yuan's gaze, and replied with a dry smile: "This tribe was all at home at the time, and we were surrounded by operations, and we didn't run a single one, and now only he is left." ”
"Oh, that's it, then he should also go on the road, it is estimated that his group of people are already impatient to wait, we Daming people are all warm-hearted, we can't let so many people wait for him, don't you say!"
"Yes, yes, General Qi, oh no, General Li is right!" Xu Tianfu smiled dryly!
"Oh, so you agree with me, well, this glorious task will be handed over to you."
Pulling out the revolver on his body, Qi Yuan, who was just about to make a move, heard Xu Tianfu shout his surname for the first time, and Meng looked up with a surprised expression on his face, as if he had found a like-minded person, and enthusiastically handed the revolver in his hand to the other party.
Xu Tianfu's expression stiffened, he looked down at the revolver handed in front of him, looked at it again, and kept motioning to Qi Yuan, who took the gun.
"What? You won't dare! ”
The gun was stretched out for a long time, Xu Tianfu just didn't take over, Qi Yuan teased in a tone of whether you can't do it.
The man can't say no, Xu Tianfu grabbed the revolver in Qi Yuan's hand, "General Li said with a smile, although I am obese, I am also a person who has killed people on the battlefield." ”
After speaking, he recalled for a moment that he had seen the scene of the officer using the revolver in the past few days, and he moved the hammer away as if he had pointed the muzzle of the gun at the little patriarch who was limp on the ground with empty eyes.
"Bang!"
A crisp gunshot rang out, and the old little patriarch fell to the ground, ending this evil life.
The reason why it is said to be a sin is not a sin that is added to it.
These small indigenous tribes still retain their barbaric traditions, and whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster, or an important person dies, they will choose to sacrifice alive.
Children, the elderly, women, young and strong, each ceremony will choose a different person.
Even this patriarch may die at any time because of his age, so he personally selected the person to accompany the funeral early last year.
Handing the gun to Qi Yuan, Xu Tianfu held his trembling legs, picked up the scroll on the table next to him, and walked to the patriarchs who were sitting there paralyzed, staring blankly at the corpse of the little patriarch and the corpse of the execution place by the sea.
Looking at Xu Tianfu, who was a little trembling when he walked, Qi Yuan shook his head with a chuckle.
This fat man's mouth is so hard, obviously the first time he killed someone, when he cut off his head just now, he subconsciously turned his head to look to the side, and he actually pretended to be a veteran.
Reaching out and inserting the gun back into the holster, Qi Yuan found a chair and sat down, waiting for the result of the fat man's negotiation.
This is just a trick to kill chickens and show monkeys, there are many places in the Ming Dynasty to develop the right slaves, and now the imperial court has lifted the conscription, just rely on those small nests of melons to work, when can they be busy, so a large number of slaves are needed, if they are all killed here, who will work?
Although there are a large number of slaves in the West, the distance is too far after all, as the so-called far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, and it is best to find slaves nearby.
Half an hour later, Xu Tianfu held a large number of scrolls with a red face and came to Zhu Zhangui, who was fishing in the bright red water.
"Your Highness, they have all signed it, and now this is our land."
was staring at Zhu Zhangui, who was floating around with his hair, and when he heard this, he glanced back at him.
Xu Tianfu's body trembled at this glance, and he reached out and slapped his face.
"The minister is wrong, it's Your Majesty and your land."
Only then did Zhu Zhangui look at the large number of scrolls in his arms with satisfaction.
"Okay, Lone knows, you should have a ship, go to the Nanhai Naval Base in Qiongzhou to get Lone's warrant, inform the navy there, and they will send a ship over to assist you in transporting slaves."
How did these slaves arrange Zhu Zhangui didn't say, this was his father's business, and he, the prince, only needed to catch the slaves and open up the territory.
"Yes!"
Xu Tianfu hurriedly answered, turned around and was about to go to work.
"Wait a minute!"
Throwing the blood-stained fishing rod into the sea, Zhu Zhangui just got up, seemed to think of something, and greeted Xu Tianfu again.
Xu Tianfu hurriedly stopped, turned around and bowed slightly to wait for the order.
"We won't stay here for long, take advantage of our time here, you take Qi Yuan around to see if there's anything else you need to help deal with."
"Otherwise, when we leave, you will not be able to keep busy when you are short of manpower."
"Your Highness!"
Xu Tianfu immediately understood, Zhu Zhangui meant that while the army was here in the past few days, where there was an enemy who could not be handled, put it forward as soon as possible, and the army would help solve it, and after the provincial army left, they Luzon and the thousands of soldiers could not cope with it.
Glancing at the corpses that had been cleaned by Luzon soldiers on the beach, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Zhangui's mouth, and he didn't look at the patriarchs who had been crushed away again, and the captives of the indigenous tribes who were still under guard, turned over and took people back to the governor's palace.
"Did they sign it?"
Zhu Zhangui had just returned to the headquarters, and the old man, who was playing chess with Xu Chai, asked without raising his head.
"Signed, this place will be our Ming territory from today on."
"Congratulations to the Emperor, congratulations to the Emperor, I and other overseas people have finally returned to the embrace of the imperial court."
Xu Chai, who was opposite the old man, heard that the crown prince had done all this, and hurriedly stood up to congratulate the old man.
"Hahaha, rejoicing and rejoicing!"
The territory has been expanded again, and the old man is also in a particularly happy mood, facing the sycophants he used to hate to listen to, and today it is also very comfortable to listen to.
Besides, he is now the emperor, regardless of state affairs, listen to what's wrong with the sycophants, who doesn't like the nice words, he used to think too much, so he was tired of those sycophants.
But as he became the emperor, he no longer worried about state affairs, and after traveling in the mountains and rivers every day, he liked to listen to this sycophant more and more.
"There are too few of us here, if those earth monkeys are taken away again, then there will be no one in this territory, and if the surrounding enemy countries know about it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend it!"
After all, he has been the emperor for so long, although he has reminded himself more than once that he doesn't care about state affairs when he is older, but whenever he encounters something, the old man will think about it.
"I'm going to build a naval supply base here, as a transit point for the continent to the south, where the Fourth Marine Corps will be stationed, and I'll also be immigrants from Shandong."
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"That place in Shandong is full of disasters, the devil knows what bad weather will be encountered in the future, the people can't survive there, it is better to move here than to starve to death, and give them a place to continue to multiply."
With the help of Xu Ruoying, Zhu Zhangui, who took off the cloak on his body, said his thoughts.
The old man nodded slightly when he heard this, then frowned slightly, and said worriedly: "The solution is good, but I am afraid that the people of Shandong will not be able to leave their homeland, and they are unwilling to come overseas thousands of miles away." ”
Walking to the table, Zhu Zhangui, who was observing the chess game of the two, shook his head, helped Xu Chai Lao play, and then observed the entire chess game, while thinking about where to go next, he replied softly:
"People are going to starve to death, how can there be any homeland that is difficult to leave, if there is only a disaster in Shandong for a year or two, maybe there will be this phenomenon. But in the past few years, Shandong has been like a plague god, and there has hardly been a good life for a year, and the people there have only the complex of being inseparable from their homeland, and it is estimated that they have long been worn away by natural disasters in the past few years. ”
"As long as our welfare is relaxed a little more and they are guaranteed a few more years of tax exemption, your grandson can bet you that at least half of the people in Shandong will run here."
Zhu Zhangui never believed that his homeland was difficult to leave, the so-called homeland was difficult to leave, but the common people were not sure that they would live better than at home if they went outside.
If they can be sure that they can be fed and clothed outside, so that the whole family can live a good life, or even make a fortune, they will not even think about their homeland or anything.
The homeland is difficult to leave the homesick plot, that is because the homeland and hometown have people and things they care about.
This migration is all gone, which means that all the relatives and friends you know have gone out together to make a fortune.
There are only a little memories of childhood left in my hometown, relatives and friends are all together, happily living a rich life, and it is estimated that when I die, I will think about the matter of falling leaves and returning to my roots.
Moreover, with the development of the southern continent in the future, the maritime trade will be very prosperous, and these people who have migrated over can go back to their hometowns and spend some money at any time.
As for the issue of the sea ban, no one in the entire court has mentioned it now, as if there was no such thing as a sea ban in the Ming Dynasty.
When the people in the coastal areas went to the sea to fish, the local yamen pretended not to see that the private merchant ships transporting goods could pass through the whole country as long as they had paid taxes to the navy and had the certificates issued by the navy.
Therefore, the sea ban has now been regarded as a non-existent policy by the Ming Dynasty.
"Okay, your idea is good, go back and tell your father to give the people who migrated a little more welfare."
"By the way, this land belongs to our family!"
Zhu Zhangui nodded, "Why did you forget, I told you at the beginning, in order to prevent land annexation, the people were displaced, and there was a bright change." ”
"All nationalized or newly developed land is all under the name of the Ming royal family, and the people only have the right to use cultivation, not the right to sell leases."
"At that time, you thought this idea was not bad, so you agreed, and let me and my father deal with this matter, as early as a few years ago, the imperial court began to implement it, and those lands that exchanged dividends for the Chamber of Commerce were arranged like this!"
Hearing Zhu Zhangui's reminder, the old man suddenly patted his forehead.
In the past few years, he has been thinking about fighting, and he has considered giving up his position to Zhu Fatpang in a few years, but he almost didn't care about domestic government affairs, and threw it all to his big fat son.
So he only had a little impression of it, and he really couldn't remember when it was implemented.
What's more, he has such a capable son and an excellent grandson, as long as he can fight happily, he can ignore anything else.
"Your Highness, the minister wants to ask, how should agricultural taxes be collected in this way?"
Xu Chai, who was on the side, listened to the conversation between his grandfather and grandson, and subconsciously asked.
After all, he was the governor of Luzon, and the old man had a good impression of him, and planned to let him continue to be the number one here.
Now that the land is all under the royal name, he has to inquire about the taxes, so that he can save the future tax collection, and he doesn't know where to pay.
After all, the land here is all royal, and it would be a bit inappropriate to hand over the money and grain collected to the household department.
Xu Chai rashly interjected the two to speak, Zhu Zhangui didn't care, while playing chess with the old man, he replied with a smile: "The royal taxes are collected by the Chamber of Commerce, and then converted into silver money and deposited into the royal account, and they will send people when the time comes, and at the same time, there are also people from Jinyiwei, Yushitai and Hubu. ”
Xu Chai Lao nodded suddenly, he didn't expect the current royal family to be so trouble-free, he didn't even collect food, and directly sold it to the Chamber of Commerce to make money directly.
Originally, he still thought that if the people from the Chamber of Commerce came to collect taxes, wouldn't the royal family be afraid of these people stretching out their black hands.
But when he heard Zhu Zhangui say that he was accompanied by people from the Jinyi Guard's Imperial Shitai Household Department, he suddenly felt in his heart.
He said, what he can think of, the royal family can't think of it, there are three departments of supervision, and the royal people are staring at it, no matter how bold the people of those chambers of commerce are, they don't dare to stretch out their black hands in this regard.
Robbing the emperor's money, even if it is in hand, it is a life to spend it!
Ten days later, the fleet docked at the Manila dock set sail again after sending personnel from the West Sea Fleet naval base.
The next stop is Boni, a country that the old man plans to subdue in person, the country of Boni!
Zhu Zhangui also wanted to go there and visit Malacca and Java.
Find out where it is suitable to establish a military base, completely choke the sea communication arteries in the southwest region, and completely control the southern sea areas in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
ps: I don't know how to write about the brothers like this, anyway, I don't have a good impression of these white-eyed wolves in the south, so I will write according to my ideas, as for the problem of river crabs, it doesn't matter, anyway, I'm just happy, whatever, it's no big deal to reopen a new book.
Life and death depend on whether I accept it or not, as long as I am cool, how can I love it!