Chapter 56: A Long Grudge

Xu Huan said: "In 1554, Hu Zongxian served as the governor of Zhejiang to supervise the imperial history, and the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fu and other places. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

He said it lightly, but Xie Qin was taken aback, and all of you have a long family history.

Xu Huan said again: "Hu Zongxian adopted Xu Wei's strategy and decided to recruit An Wang Zhi. He released Wang Zhi's family in prison, and he also sent people to Japan to negotiate with Wang Zhi, and the two sides hit it off, and Wang Zhi ordered his adopted son Mao Haifeng to escort the envoy back to Ming to meet Hu Zongxian in person, and specifically discussed the matter of appeasement and trade and mutual market. Hu Zongxian treated Mao Haifeng favorably and dispelled Wang Zhi's doubts.

In the past few years, the two sides have been eyebrows, Wang Zhi helped Hu Zongxian to exterminate Xu Hai, and Hu Zongxian tried to break the barrier of the sea ban, which can be said to be a happy cooperation, but things went wrong later: in 1558, Wang Zhi was invited by Hu Zongxian to go to Hangzhou, and was ensnared and imprisoned by Wang Bengu, the governor of Zhejiang. In order to protect himself, Hu Zongxian had to draw a line with Wang Zhi, and Wang Zhi was beheaded by the Ming court.

"Wang Zhi prophesied before his death: 'If I die alone, I am afraid that the people of Zhejiang will suffer!' -- he was indeed right. ”

"Why?" Tang Ruoruo asked puzzled, "He is the head of the Japanese Bandits, and if he dies, the Wolves should be leaderless." ”

Xu Huan said: "It's true that the dragons have no leader, and then what?"

"Then?" Tang Ruoruo was stunned, "and then ......"

"And then there's going to be a lot of chaos. Sechin continued.

"Brother Qin is right. Xu Huan nodded, "As soon as Wang Zhi died, the Japanese invaders were no longer restrained, and since then, they have been flooding and causing trouble in the southeast for more than ten years, just like Wang Zhi's prediction." ”

Tang Ruoruo gasped.

Xu Huan said: "Hu Zongxian has no choice, only a battle. Fortunately, there are two heroes under his command, one is the ancestor of the second brother, Wu Yi Gong Qi Jiguang, and the other is the governor Yu Dayou, under their activity, the Ming army captured Cen Gang, which was divided by the Japanese and the Japanese, and Wang Zhi's righteous son Mao Haifeng died. But that's not all, more pirates are still to come, and there is an even bigger black hand behind them.

"And the black hand?" Xie Qin was stunned.

Xu Huan said leisurely: "That black hand is the descendant of Wang Zhi. ”

The crowd fell silent.

Xu Huan said again: "It is recorded in the history books that Wang Zhi's family is all in the territory, and there is only one adopted son Mao Haifeng who fights the world together, which is not the case, he has many heirs overseas, these people inherited Wang Zhi's great career, and made a poisonous oath to share the sky with the Zhu Ming Dynasty." The seemingly leaderless chaos of the Japanese was exactly their revenge against the Ming Dynasty.

Although Hu Zongxian still quelled the Japanese rebellion in the end, the southeast coast also paid a heavy price, and for Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other generals, the worst thing is that they got on the Wang family's blacklist because they blocked the Wang family's road to revenge.

In fact, the flood of Japanese pirates was only one of the steps in the Wang family's revenge plan, they had a lot of money, their influence spread overseas, and they could once influence the political situation of the small Fanyi country, they even instigated the Japanese expedition to the Ming Dynasty, and later infiltrated the territory, and went around to fund rebel forces, including the Jurchens, Mongols, and peasant armies, in a word, whoever wanted to work against the Ming Dynasty, they would fund whomever they wanted. In this way, after many years, the Wang family succeeded - under the impact of various forces, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, deteriorated, and finally perished.

Xie Qin was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and muttered: "It turns out that the Ming Dynasty fell because of the Wang family, and this is the first time I have heard of it." ”

Xu Huan said: "There are always many inside things hidden behind history. ”

Xie Qin nodded and sighed, "You're right. ”

Xu Huan said: "After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the world was in turmoil, a branch of Hu Zongxian's descendants, in response to the Southern Ming Dynasty, organized a righteous army with the descendants of the Xu family, who had been friends for generations, at that time the descendants of the Qi family fled to Jiangnan to avoid military disasters, heard the news, and immediately joined the righteous army, and later, even the descendants of the Yu family also joined in, Hu Zongxian's old team, more than a hundred years later, actually got together with the descendants as a medium, it was really an amazing coincidence. ”

Xie Qin nodded, yes, it was like a hand in the darkness that pushed them together again.

However, the small courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty did not unanimously deal with each other, but leaned into each other, and were extremely poor and luxurious, so that the situation changed, the world changed hands, the Manchu Qing Dynasty took half of the country, and the rebel army was forced to disband. At that time, the chaotic situation helped a lot, and the Qing soldiers were busy attacking the city and did not look for it.

On the other hand, the Wang family chased and killed the Zhu Ming royal family everywhere, and after the Zhu family became the heir, they still wanted to kill Hu Zongxian's old department, but the Manchu court refused to let the Wang family act recklessly, the reason is very simple, the Aixin Jueluo family rose with the support of the Wang family, and they were naturally worried about losing the country by people. Therefore, they were very jealous of the Wang family, and after the country was stabilized, the Manchu court expelled the Wang family's power and made it impossible to enter the country forever.

However, the Wang family did not give up, they compromised on the surface, and secretly sent people to infiltrate the territory, because the Qing Dynasty continued the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy, this action was extremely difficult, but not impossible. These spies came to Jiangnan and searched everywhere for the traces of Hu Zongxian's old department, and it was difficult for such a huge group of people to hide. The eyes and ears of the Wang family quickly discovered them, hired killers, and launched several raids.

"At first, everyone was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties, but the Hu family reacted the fastest and organized a counterattack. In all the raids, the Hu family rushed to the front, and every retreat was carried out by the Hu family, although the tribe was saved, but they suffered heavy casualties.

"The former rebel army is now a mess, and it has no chance of winning against the rich and talented Wang family. At this time, the descendants of the Xu family proposed to integrate the entire rebel army into one big tribe, and this proposal was responded to by the three big families of Hu, Qi, and Yu, and it was passed.

"But they still can't beat it. ”

They can't be defeated when they are integrated, so you can imagine how powerful the Wang family was at that time. Xie Qin said in his heart.

Xu Huan said: "Later, the tribe became more and more disadvantaged in the fire and merger, and the Xu family proposed: the tribe hid its tracks and escaped into the rivers and lakes.

His strategy was successful, and the Wang family's actions in Jiangnan at that time attracted the attention of the Qing court, and sent people to investigate, and the Wang family was forced to disappear, which gave the tribe full preparation and time to transfer, and when the eyes and ears of the Wang family went to Jiangnan again, the original residence of the tribe had been emptied.

"The tribe escaped into the rivers and lakes and moved to Fujian, the Hu family took root in Zhangzhou, it is the Zhangzhou Hu family, the Qi family stays in Fuzhou, it is the Fuzhou Qi family, the Yu family in Quanzhou, it is the Quanzhou Yu family, and our Xu family is in Longyan, it is for the Longyan Xu family. After a long time, the other families withered, and only the four of us remained.

"The division of labor of the clan is very clear, because the Hu family has stepped forward to protect everyone, so they were elected as the leader of the clan, and the three of us swore to defend the Hu family, the Qi family is good at the knife technique, the Yu family is good at the formation, and plays the role of a guard, and our Xu family is a military advisor. ”

As soon as Xu Huan's words fell, everyone showed expressions of sudden realization, I see, no wonder you are so smart.

But... Generations of arch guards...... Xie Qin was a little confused.

When the old man saw his expression, he seemed to expect what he was thinking, so he said to him: "In the rivers and lakes, there is a saying of 'two retributions', that is, repaying kindness and revenge, which are the top priorities, and they will not be rested until death. ”

Their situation should be the extermination of the clan Fang Xiu, Xie Qin thought to himself, but the old man's words fully helped him understand the behavior of the Wang family and the tribe, just now he had been feeling where the discord was violated, and now he realized that it would not work to consider the behavior logic of the people in the rivers and lakes with the thinking of "ordinary civilians".

Thinking about this layer of joints, Xie Qin suddenly became enlightened, he nodded, and asked Xu Huan, "What about later?"

Xu Huan said: "After the tribe escaped into the rivers and lakes, it was never found by the eyes and ears of the Wang family, and the tribe took this opportunity to recuperate, and later heard that the movements of the Wang family were from the rumors of the rivers and lakes, some said that they were doing business with the West, and the family business was getting bigger and bigger, and it was also said that they were inextricably linked with the establishment of the revolutionary party...... There are many theories, but one thing is certain. ”

"What is it?" asked Sechin.

Xu Huan said: "The Wang family did not give up. Rumor has it that the ultimate goal of what they do is revenge. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Wang family made a comeback, they took advantage of the loss of power in the Manchu court, moved into Liaodong in a big way, and took root in Tailian.

After Tailian gained a firm foothold, the Wang family went to the south to find the whereabouts of the tribe, and this time they invested a lot of money and really found it. At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, no moon and no war, no invincibility, and the Wang family could have no scruples. They launched a fierce war with the tribe, and the Wang family was rich and wealthy, and they once had an advantage in the fire and merger. As the conflict escalated, both the clan and the Wang family suffered heavy casualties, and their mutual hatred deepened.

"This fire has been growing for a long time, and it has been fought and stopped, and it has been fought from the Republic of China to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Later, the head of the Wudang faction, Su Yongdaoren, was elected as the leader of the Wulin League and issued an order for nothing to happen in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Jianghu Nothing Order?" Xie Qin heard this word for the first time, and asked curiously, "What is that?"

Old man Zu said: "The Jianghu Nothing Order is the means of the Martial Arts League to calm the sect disputes, once the sect is on fire and has reached the time when it is irreconcilable, the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance will use the Nothing Order, and the Nothing Order will be issued, all the sects must unconditionally stop the conflict, otherwise the sects in the world will be punished." ”

"And this kind of ......," Xie Qin exclaimed, "The Martial Arts League is so good." ”

"Well, it used to be awesome. Old Man Zu bowed slightly, and then asked Xu Huan, "That was five or three years, right?"