Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 808 Give You a Chance

After Yan Yingyuan inspected the city of Colombo, he confessed to Li Dingguo: "Bring them all here!"

When Li Dingguo went to ask for an interpreter, he already knew everything about the situation in the dungeon.

Li Dingguo took the order and went to the dungeon.

Yesterday, food was also delivered to the dungeon. The aborigines below did not riot. They saw the soldiers of the Ming army, and they all behaved well, either for a bite of food, or because they were afraid of the Ming army. Anyway, it's still the same as before, just do what you want.

This time, Li Dingguo went to the dungeon again.This movement made the aboriginal prisoners in the dungeon suddenly silent. They all looked at the entrance of the dungeon expectantly, wondering if they had something to eat again.

But in the end, of course there was nothing to eat. Seeing this, they couldn't help being a little disappointed.However, Li Dingguo stood still at the entrance and said: "Now we, Da Ming, have taken over all of this place. By the order of the Governor, you are ordered to wait up. Everyone should not neglect, and go up one by one. Injuries and illnesses are inconvenient to walk, and the companions will take care of them." If anyone can't hide, die!"

After the translator translated the words, Li Dingguo didn't stay, opened the door of the cell, and went back to the ground with his personal guards.

The aboriginal prisoners in the dungeon knew that it was time to decide their fate, and each of them became panicked.Even though it seemed that the Ming army treated them better than the Portuguese, in the words of the Ming army officials, it was always a dead word.

What will happen to your own destiny?

At this time, there was no Ming army in the prison.The crowd was agitated, but no one took the first step because they were all terrified.

At this moment, I heard Rabraka suddenly say loudly: "What are you doing in a daze? Go up, is it worse than staying here?"

After speaking, he was the first to walk out of the cell.Not only that, he also helped a companion with an injured leg and foot.

When other people saw what he was doing, they felt it made sense and followed suit.

Rablaka was the first to leave the dungeon door. When he saw the long-lost sunlight, he closed his eyes involuntarily. After he got used to the light, he was shocked to find that all the newcomers on the square and on the city wall were newcomers.And it gave him a very different feeling.

When the original Portuguese were there, he could see freedom, laxity, and even felt that these people were no different from robbers; Everyone held their heads high and held their chests high, with an air of grandeur.Those who are not supposed to walk, are motionless, and those who should be patrolling, are lined up and moving.And the military uniforms on them are all neat and consistent.

Seeing this, a thought flashed through Rablaka's mind: This is the real army!

The natives behind all rushed up, and were also stunned when they saw the situation on the ground at the door.

And Rabraka came back to his senses, and continued to walk forward.He didn't need to be told, because what he saw in front of him was enough for him to know that he was going straight along this road to the square in front of him.

On the top of the city, the Ming army official who had been underground before was there, but it seemed that he was not the biggest, and was surrounded by another person.So, Lablaka silently supported his companion and went to stand under the head of the city. This should be the nearest place.

On the top of the city, Yan Yingyuan couldn't help but praise in his heart when he saw that the first native to come out was actually supporting his companion.But on the surface, he didn't speak, just kept observing these natives.

To be honest, most of these natives don't have anything on their bodies except for a fig leaf.Their complexion, you can tell, is very tanned by the sun.If you just look at it from the outside, you can tell if it's a Daming person or not.

Of course, in today's Ming army, there are some soldiers from Dongwu, whose skin color is a bit similar to theirs, which is caused by years of exposure to the sun.No matter what, from the appearance point of view, there is still a big gap with Xiyi, and it will be more like an oriental.

After an unknown period of time, no one came up from the dungeon again.Some soldiers of the Ming army went down to check, and then came up to report that all the people had come up.

After Yan Yingyuan heard this, he glanced at the [-] or so aborigines below. Few of them were intact, and most of them had whip marks on their bodies. From this, it can be seen that those allies are really godly teammates, and they provided great support for Daming to stand firm here. necessary conditions.

After scanning it once, he said loudly: "I am the governor of Daming Dongwu, who is also in charge of Ceylon. From now on, it will be my Daming's, and it will all be under my jurisdiction. I want to ask you a question, in the future it will be Don't you want to have a good time?"

When several translators heard this, they shouted at the top of their lungs.Fortunately, there were three translators in total. Otherwise, with only one translator, it would be impossible to reach everyone's ears even if you shout at the top of your lungs.

Today, one of them is an interpreter beside Yan Yingyuan, and the other two are on the other side of the square. They are far enough apart from each other so that each of them can cover a large area.

After the natives in the square heard it, everyone's reaction was almost the same: they didn't care at all about where this high official was from.But Yan Yingyuan's last sentence was what they were very concerned about.However, because it was the first time they met, although they were concerned, they just looked at Yan Yingyuan curiously for a while, or whispered to each other.

Yan Yingyuan didn't care about this, but after waiting for a while, he said loudly: "Do you want to live and work in peace and contentment from now on, the home has its own house, the sick has its doctor! The industrious has its job! The laborer The young have their learning! Childhood has its fun! Readers have their school! The weak have their help! The old have their support! Car owners have their seats! Workers have their wages! Farmers have their land! Businessmen It's beneficial to be a real Daming person?"

What he said was the slogan put forward by Emperor Chongzhen, and it was to let the people of Ming Dynasty live a better life in the future.When you say it now, the meaning becomes very clear.If you are willing to be real Daming people, you will be able to have these happy days, let's see if you are willing to change your master?

That's right, Emperor Chongzhen's Ceylon strategy for Yan Yingyuan and others was to turn this place into a real territory of the Ming Dynasty.And the best way to do this is to overthrow the original rulers on the land of Ceylon and use their fields to unite the poor and lower-middle peasants.Only by overthrowing everything in Ceylon and rebuilding order, instead of relying on deterring those original rulers to occupy Ceylon.

Because if we do that, in fact, Daming's jurisdiction over Ceylon is separated from the original ruler.In this way, the control over Ceylon actually depends on whether the original ruler cooperates or not.And this is actually the reason why the Portuguese couldn't gain a firm foothold in Ceylon at all.

Even if Emperor Chongzhen did not come to Ceylon, he could deduce from the hundreds of years of war between Portugal and the natives of Ceylon that the local rulers would never treat ordinary people well.And this gave Daming a chance.In other words, by the standards of the common people of Ming Dynasty, they have the absolute power to attract the poor and lower-middle peasants of Ceylon and let them strive to become real Ming people.

At this time, when they heard the interpreter's message, all the natives were stunned.Imagine living that kind of life, what kind of fairy life would it be!

In their current days, not to mention being plundered by the Portuguese, looting, plundering and killing people, it is themselves alone, and they have to pay property to the tribal leaders and then hand it over to the Kandy Kingdom.

Anyway, I was busy until late every day, but I still couldn't eat enough, couldn't wear warm clothes, and had nowhere to live.And because of the war, the King of Kandy collected even more heavy taxes from them, and after the military order was issued, they had to go on expeditions.In short, they are the people living at the bottom, and no one cares about them.

Now, these newcomers are going to give them a new life, a new happy life that they can't even dream of. To be honest, it's unbelievable!

The same is true for Labraka. With a face full of shock, he glanced at the soldiers of the Ming army around him, feeling the elite spirit emanating from the soldiers of the Ming army. He had to admit that the soldiers of the Ming army were more powerful than he had seen Either side must be powerful.They are strong enough to protect them!
After being dazed for a long time, someone finally came back to his senses.But in the end, as long as the current situation can be improved a little, is there still a choice?

As a result, some people knelt down and kowtowed, chattering to show their submission.Among them, Labraka at the front spoke the loudest.

Yan Yingyuan looked down, and probably guessed what he was expressing.But in the end, he still pointed to the more eye-catching Labraka and asked, "What is he talking about?"

After hearing this, the interpreter asked about the situation, and then said back to Yan Yingyuan: "What did he say he needed them to do? What did he think they would definitely have to pay?"

Yan Yingyuan smiled slightly after hearing this and said: "As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to pay taxes to the imperial court. However, this is the newly occupied land of the Ming Dynasty, so the emperor has an order to exempt you from paying taxes for three years. As for how much land you can get, you will Let's see how much credit you can make in the process of the army capturing the entire Ceylon!"

When Rabulaka and the others heard that they wanted to change their master, and that this master was more powerful and might treat them better, why hesitate, they responded one after another, expressing that they must serve Daming and become a real Ming citizen!

Another point is that Li Dingguo expelled the insulted Portuguese in the dungeon, gave them food, and told them to respect the old and love the young. This has a subconscious impression of these natives, that is, these new Ming soldiers will treat them good!

(End of this chapter)