I am the king of the dead

"It's here." Li Chengwen signaled Li Chengwu to stop the swivel chair, and then said in a low voice, "I'm not in Old Port. When you're working, brother, remember that we are from Ming Dynasty."

"As long as you remember this, our Li family will be invincible. No one can do anything to our Li family. As long as the Ming Dynasty lasts, our Li family will be able to prosper for as long. Daming is our Li family's biggest backer."

"This time the Ming Dynasty went to the West again, which is different from the Sanbao eunuch who went to the West during the Yongle period. This time, once the opening to the sea is opened, there is no possibility of stopping."

Li Chengwu asked suspiciously: "Why?"

Li Congwen said distressedly: "I'm not in Daming, so I don't know the inside story. From what I know, Daming's southward voyage to the West was the result of many compromises. This time, how many merchant ships went south with the official ships. During the Yongle Xuande period, there were merchants. The ship accompanied? The emperor gave up some benefits, but also exchanged some benefits. This is the result after the battle, and the result is recognized by everyone."

"If you want to stop doing Western affairs, it will involve too many interests. As far as our little old port is concerned, most carnivores don't like change. Change is variable, and variable is uncertainty. If it does not change, it will not be possible for generations to come. Maintaining the status quo is what most meat eaters want to see, and it is in the best interest of us meat eaters.”

"If you send my soft-footed plague to ordinary people, you will die of illness within a month or so. Once you get used to the extravagant life, you will no longer be able to suffer. This is the reason why it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality." .”

"It's the same with Daming, the sea trade is very profitable, he is used to delicacies from mountains and seas, and let Daming eat bran inside and out. Daming is not a sick cat, he is used to eating meat, and he would not be happy to let him drink soup."

After hearing this, Li Chengwu kept nodding his head and said, "I've made a note of Wen's thoughtfulness, we are from Daming."

The head of the Li family is indeed Li Chengwu, but Li Chengwen is Li Chengwu's military advisor. Over the years, it was Li Chengwen who advised Li Chengwu behind his back, including Tou Ming, which was the best solution Li Chengwen analyzed for Li Chengwu.

And Li Chengwen's suggestion to Li Chengwu is that in the future, as long as you think that you are a member of the Ming Dynasty, and make decisions based on this, you can ensure that everything will be safe.

Li Chengwen stood up with the support of his two family members, and was carried into the Chinese military tent. Compared with Li Chengwen's suave appearance, he looked extraordinarily embarrassed when he was carried away like this.

"Grassmen Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen pay homage to the Great Angel, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." Li Chengwu knelt on the ground, prostrating three times and five times, while Li Chengwen bowed on the ground. He couldn't stand up, let alone kneel, so he seemed Even more embarrassed.

"Your Majesty's decree, no courtesy." Liu Yongcheng announced the decree in frustration, and then sat down with Tang Xing. Although His Majesty was not there, this etiquette would not be unscrupulous just because the Emperor Tiangao was far away and no one was looking after him.

Li Chengwu didn't get up, but knelt on the ground and continued: "My stupid brother admires the culture and education of Daming, and the grassroots dare to ask the angel to show mercy and send my stupid brother to study in Daming."

Liu Yongcheng and Tang Xing glanced at each other, the two brothers Li Chengwu are very good!

At least one star and a half stronger than that Chen Shouyan.

"Commander, go and carry the swivel chair in, it's cold on the ground, get up quickly." Tang Xing's smile hasn't stopped since the two brothers entered the camp of the Chinese army. When Li Chengwu spoke, Tang Xing's The smile is stronger.

After Li Laoqi's death, the Li family became more and more prosperous. The two brothers of the Li family were not stupid. Li Chengwu saved a lot of trouble by opening his mouth, and made a good start for the old port that was about to usher in the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but this is a good start, and everyone is happy.

Tang Xing said with a smile to Li Chengwu who got up: "Your brother is an outstanding talent. I heard that his talent and learning are also well-known in this old port. The Li family is so many heroes, it really deserves its reputation."

Li Chengwu hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Wen Wu is the first and Wu is the second. In Jiugang and Nanyang, the grassroots dare to say that there is no one who is better than my brother in terms of talent and learning."

"Thanks to the angel's praise, the grassroots are terrified." Li Chengwen hurriedly thanked Tang Xing for his compliment.

The military depends on talent, and reading also requires talent. Obviously Li Chengwen is very talented in reading.

Li Chengwu's attitude was very humble, but his words were full of pride. It was a foregone conclusion for Li Congwen to go to Ming Dynasty, so the more talented Li Congwen was, the more Ming would value him, and life would be much easier.

Tang Xing was very surprised. This question and answer revealed a lot of details. As the saying goes, when adults talk, children don't interrupt. He didn't feel any dissatisfaction, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. He felt that it was a matter of course. It can be seen that the relationship between Li Chengwen and Li Chengwu is an equal relationship.

Liu Yongcheng, Tang Xing were talking to others, which little Huangmen dared to interrupt indiscriminately?

The information collected at night is not very complete for this younger brother. It is naturally difficult to find out such delicate matters as whether Li has any brothers.

Tang Xing said with a smile: "Oh? I am full of literati and scholars in Ming Dynasty. This is said in Nanyang, but it can never be said in Ming Dynasty. This scholar is the most difficult thing to deal with."

"Daming is a place where culture and education flourished, that's why I went to study." Seeing that his brother was silent, Li Chengwen had no choice but to reply.

Li Chengwu was a little nervous. The artillery roared a few days ago. After he came to the camp and saw the nobleman, he was a little restless, and his butt was only half a stool.

The younger brother who is neither humble nor overbearing, the elder brother who is a little nervous and slow to react, Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng are two smart people, but they can see a little bit tricky. The role played by Li Congwen in the Li family is obviously very important.

Then Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng had an in-depth exchange of views with the two brothers on the matter of re-establishing the Old Port Proclamation Department, and the unresolved Proclamation Department has finally confirmed the candidate.

When Liu Yongcheng and Tang Xing set off from the Shipping Department of Songjiang City, they brought a large number of blank edicts with seals. This was also the custom when Zheng He sailed to the West during the Yongle period. It was decided by the command of the admiral, the minister and Fandu, even if there is a pigeon road, it is still inconvenient to communicate.

The emperor is in the capital, and he doesn't know the details. Ge Lu can't understand it in a few words, and it is taboo for the emperor to make decisions without knowing the situation. Shaobao will also be of great importance in admonishing the emperor.

For example, Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong, ten years in Shaoxing, Song Gaozong did not understand the frontline battle situation, and within a day, twelve gold medals were sent to the frontline, so that Yue Fei's class could return to the court. Kaifeng Mansion had to retreat. Zhao Gou knew that the front line was winning the battle, and immediately regretted it. He ordered Yue Fei to continue to attack, but the opportunity was fleeting, and the Song Army had already retreated.

And Li Chengwu received the canonized imperial edict, and was appointed as the acting town of the Xuanwei Department of Jiugang, and all the tokens such as the printed ribbon fire plaque, etc., had to wait for the Ming court to hear the news and the emperor Zhu to approve before sending them to Jiugang. At that time, Li Chengwu Only then will he become a real consolation envoy from Daizhen.

After Li Chengwu took office as Daizhen, he became even busier.

When Li Chengwu first took office, he was very busy. Li Chengwen, who hadn't left for Ming Dynasty, had been helping his brother with official duties.

Li Chengwen picked up a book and said: "The stalls at the port of Songsang Port, the Han people's stalls in the back move forward, and the ones in the front don't move. The Ming army is coming, and people are panicked. There are rumors that this stall will be changed and given over to Liu Tian and those merchants, I don’t think it’s necessary.”

"Compared to their identities as abandoned overseas, we old Hong Kong Han people can be regarded as more than half of Ming people, which is better than their half of Ming people."

"Yeah." Li Chengwu thought for a while, and said with a smile: "That's true, we are the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department of the Ming Dynasty, and they are just expatriates. What is the Ming army busy with? The two angels didn't lecture, which made me feel confused. It’s down, and I don’t know if it’s right or wrong.”

Li Chengwen said with a complex expression: "The Daming Navy is suppressing bandits."

"The two angels are quite dissatisfied with the fact that there are pirates all over the old port and even the Straits of Malacca. My old port propaganda department has only yamen servants and no soldiers. Even if I want to suppress the bandits, it is also powerless. The two angels led the soldiers to suppress the bandits. Put down the pirates."

"According to Tang Guozhang's words, this bandit is right in front of our eyes, and it will be uncomfortable if we don't suppress it."

Li Chengwu frowned slightly and said: "Then, do we need to pay for the expenses for the military trip? How much will it cost? Let's prepare in advance."

Li Chengwen said uncertainly, "I don't know. The two angels didn't say anything. May I ask?"

Li Chengwen sent someone to inquire about the expenses of helping the army, but the answer he got was an angel's reprimand. The angel emphasized: The Daming Navy is suppressing bandits on the border of Daming!The Department of Propaganda and Consolation of the Old Port, pay taxes and taxes on time.

When the Ming army came, there would be a clear sky. This was originally the content of Li Chengwu's script. At first, Li Chengwu thought that everyone tacitly fooled the people. It's just a play.

Brothers Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen never expected that Daming is coming for real!

This blue sky, Daming really wants to do it!

The pirates who have been entrenched in the Strait of Malacca for more than 20 years have once again ushered in their natural enemy - the Daming Navy.

Clearing the needle path is the imperial order of Liu Yongcheng and Tang Xing, and suppressing bandits is the most important thing in clearing the needle path.

This means that Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen have been overseas for a long time, and they don't understand the style of the Ming army. In these major events during the Jingtai period, the Ming army more or less wanted to suppress bandits, which is an extremely important military operation for political victory.

It is a great irony that the land of Shandong, which is full of thieves, is the place where Yan Shenggong and the Kong family of Qufu are located.

Chapter 923 Death Sins Can Be Exempted, Living Sins Cannot Escape

After Li Chengwu successfully became the acting town, many changes visible to the naked eye have taken place in the old port.

Songsang Port has become extremely prosperous, and the original berths and trestles are completely insufficient. After the renaming, the Xuanwei Department began to post yellow lists to attract poor coolies to expand the capacity of Songsang Port. Berths, trestles, docks, warehouses, A series of changes in school dormitories, official factories, yamen, household registration, criminal names, etc., made the expatriates and Fans in Old Port feel that their eyes are not enough to see and they are overwhelmed.

The old Hong Kong diaspora and Fanren did not see the Ming army, but the old port was full of changes brought about by the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the overseas Chinese can’t see the Daming Navy is entirely because the Daming Navy is suppressing bandits, and the number of merchant ships in Songsang Port has increased not only with the Daming ships captured by the official ships, but also a lot of Da Ming ships. When merchants and ships arrived in Hong Kong, the Strait of Malacca finally became a thoroughfare under the strong penetration of the Daming Navy, instead of a bandit within three miles, a bandit within five miles, and an annexation within ten miles.

When the snowflakes fell in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Navy of the Daming finally returned to Songsang Port, which is located in the tropics. Even in November, the sun was still shining brightly and the heat was extremely hot. Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng made great efforts to the Li brothers' work. It was highly affirmed, but Chen Shouyan did not dare to break his promise, and he paid the fee for the re-establishment of the Xuanwei Department to the office of the Xuanwei Department.

When Chen Shouyan brought all the old and young members of the Chen family to Ceylon to start again, he got a message that the Angel of Heaven had sent a note to the King of Ceylon to treat the Chen family favorably. A seaport jointly built by Ming Dynasty and Ceylon, this seaport is called Chen Lunpo.

Chen Shouyan chose to be decent, and Daming gave the Chen family enough dignity, and this port named Chen Lunpo was the place Daming arranged for the Chen family.

At sea, a port is an inexhaustible gold mine.

The two brothers Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen went to the port to send Chen Shouyan to set sail. Li Chengwen also wanted to take a boat to Daming. Li Chengwen sat on the swivel chair and said to Chen Shouyan: "When you go out, you must work together so that you will not be caught. Don’t people bully you? The Chen family has been operating in Nanyang for a long time. After arriving in Chen Lunpo, the Chen family is still prosperous. Chen Zuyi rebelled against the king and turned into a thief. Don’t make mistakes.”

Chen Shouyan looked at Li Chengwen, and knew that he had been deceived by this soft-footed man for so many years. This Li Chengwen was full of ideas. The rise and fall of the Li family had played a big role in this kid.

"Da Ming treated the Chen family well." Chen Shouyan was quite emotional. He thought he was going to die. The Chen family trees in Jiugang fell and the monkeys scattered, but in the end, they just moved a nest, from Jiugang Chen family to Chen Lunpo Chen. That's all, the reason why Daming is so benevolent is just four words, and he is away from home.

Chen Shouyan is not stupid. The earth-shaking changes in the old port are not the change of the surname from Chen to Li, but the change from a barren land to a land of kings. The Ming Dynasty’s southward voyages are completely different from the Yongle and Xuande years. This time the Old Port Propaganda Department was re-established, and the boundary of the Old Port became the square of the Ming Dynasty, which has become a necessity.

It won't be long before the old port is full of Ming's expatriates, and Songsang Port will become the most prosperous port at the junction of the South Ocean and the West Ocean.

As for the local Fanmin?They will slowly disappear without a trace.The Ming men who went to sea to beg for a living would completely occupy the local reproductive resources. Within five generations, the Fan people would be extinct. There are too few Fan people in the old Hong Kong.

Li Chengwen said with a smile: "That's it, I wish Mr. Chen a smooth journey."

"See you again by fate." Chen Shouyan boarded the three-masted ship bound for Ceylon. Daming didn't catch all the fish and left Chen Shouyan with two three-masted ships.

Inside Guanhai Building, Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng were also looking at the port trestle, watching Chen Shouyan and Li Chengwen board the ship and set sail. The restoration of the Old Port Propaganda Department went very smoothly, and the emperor's edict was thoroughly and thoroughly implemented.

"Your Majesty doesn't like foreigners." Tang Xing's information was poor when he opened his mouth. Although Liu Yongcheng was Da Dang, Tang Xing, the father-in-law of the country, knew more about the relationship. Tang Xing knew more about the political differences between the emperor and Yu Shaobao than Liu Yongcheng when the main guiding strategy for going south to the west was being discussed.

The emperor Zhu Qiyu is not a saint, but an imperfect emperor. Zhu Qiyu's attitude towards the expats is probably only a little better than that of the natives. Zhu Qiyu doesn't care much about the theory of the Holy Son of Heaven and Tian Khan. Shaobao and the emperor have different political views, and in the end Yu Shaobao said to try it out, and the practice shall prevail.

If these overseas Chinese no longer have any sense of obedience, they will discard them like worn-out shoes, and if they are available, they will be used to the best of their ability.

Liu Yongcheng was a little surprised. Those rumors in the market were rumors after all, and they were not credible. The emperor didn't seem to be an arbitrary person.

The trade winds are picking up again, and the Daming Navy will continue to sail south to the West.

In the capital of Ming Dynasty, goose feathers and heavy snow covered the entire capital, covered in silver and covered with snow.

At this time, Zhu Qiyu was making the first reconsideration of a murder case in the meeting hall of the martial arts hall, and the death penalty was repeated three times. For this first reconsideration, Zhu Qiyu did not criticize Zhu, but called the three justices to the meeting Hall to sort out the whole case.

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, in the case of major, important and difficult cases, if the three judiciaries still cannot make a decision in the joint trial, they will jointly try the case with the five ministers of officials, households, rites, soldiers, and workers, and the general and political envoy. The emperor presides over the trial Handed over, the Sanfa Division will work with Jin Yiwei. In Daming, this is called Yuanshen, and it is also called Jiuqing Joint Trial.

Zhu Qiyu did not convene a round trial, but a joint trial by the three courts. He has different opinions on this case and the three courts.

"I have seen this case. It is not complicated. Yang Zhengming killed Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Army and Masi, on the street. The facts are clear. There are all witnesses, materials, and evidence. The evidence is solid. After the murder, Yang Zhengming did not escape but surrendered himself. There was no retraction in court." Zhu Qiyu said with a serious expression.

Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chai Zhen, Minister of Dali Temple, and Congratulatory Zhang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked at each other. In the past, death penalty cases were all reconsidered by the Secretary of the General Administration and Zhu Zhu of Wenyuan Pavilion, but in this case, the emperor actually called them all. Come over, even Lu Zhong is here, this case is extraordinary, His Majesty attaches great importance to it.

"Yang Zhengming, the son of Yang Xin, a hundred households in Kaipingwei, Yang Xin went to the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department in Yongle five years to recruit Sanfo Qiming King to Beijing. In the fourth year of Zhengtong, Yang Xin was sentenced to death for missing the opportunity. Looted to Chi Castle, Yang Xin guarded Chi Castle, went out of the castle and beheaded seven levels and returned to the castle with injuries. Unjust case." Zhu Qiyu spoke again about the prisoner's past.

According to the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Xin went out of the fort to kill the enemy, and then stuck to the inner fort to finally retreat. In any case, he could not reach the point of beheading. The hereditary military households of the households were also deprived.

Yu Shiyue thought about his words and said: "When this case happened, the minister was already in the Ministry of Punishment. Yang Xin was not guilty of death. History has said that the opening of the sea was to fund the country’s money, and there were a lot of discussions in the court, and the merchant shipping department was the most powerful, and after that, Yang Xin died.”

Zhu Qiyu set up a municipal bureau to collect taxes. He could have imagined that there are so many smart people in Daming, couldn't he have imagined it?Daming banned the sea, and the terrible consequences of official ships no longer sailing southward to the west, can Daming see clearly only Zhu Qiyu?

In fact, many people can see it clearly and understand it, and even put forward a compromise, implementable, and effective plan.

After Yu Shiyue said something, he almost said clearly that Yang Xin's death was entirely due to the power of the sea. Some people couldn't argue and started to attack. In order to kill the chicken as an example to the monkey, they killed Yang Xin as the chicken.

Is this person Yang Shiqi?It may be, or it may not be, because there is no evidence at all to prove who gave the order. Minggong in the court will never speak out when he wants to do dirty things, but these Minggong's secretary understands the meaning, The stewards do it.

And it is very possible that there was no one's instigation at all, but an act under tacit understanding.

An outright injustice case, Yang Xin passed away after three replays of the death penalty. When he died, his injuries from defending the Ming Dynasty at Chi Castle were not healed.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Yang Zhengming was called into the Daming Beijing camp on August 14, 23th year. At that time, Oara had already captured King Jili, and then he was elected as a sharp soldier in the third year of Jingtai. In the seventh year of Jingtai, he was old and weak. Returning to relatives, selling breakfast food as a business."

"His father died unjustly, beheaded to show the public, his son still entered the capital camp, bravely took the lead, full of loyalty and filial piety."

"On the third day of September in the 11th year of Jingtai, Yang Zhengming led a car vendor to eat breakfast. Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Bingma Division, wanted to confiscate Yang Zhengming's dining car on the grounds that he was obstructing the view and blocking traffic. There was a quarrel. Yang Zhengming knelt down and prayed. Chen Ming refused to confiscate it, Chen Ming forcibly dragged it, and Yang Zhengming killed him with a knife."

"The case itself is indeed not complicated. Yang Zhengming didn't run away after killing someone, but picked up the body and surrendered himself directly to the manor. Is there something I missed?"

Yang Zhengming murdered because Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Bingma Division, wanted to confiscate Yang Zhengming's dining car. The sharp soldiers in the capital camp, even though they are old and weak, still have strength, and Chen Ming is not an opponent.

Yu Shiyue bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty knows that, it is true."

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "When Chen Xun was alive, he told me: pawns and chariots, and chariots and oars, have existed since ancient times. In a world of Taoism, it must be based on welfare, and stop at perfection."

"In fact, I really don't like the old master Chen Xun nagging in my ears, but I still listened to what he said. After Yang Zhengming retired from the Beijing camp, he made a living on this dining car. Why should Chen Ming confiscate it? Is there an official document? Is it the official document from the Shuntian Mansion Hall, or the official document from the Dongcheng County Hall? If not, why would Chen Ming rob Yang Zhengming's dining car? Just because Chen Ming is the captain of the Wucheng Military Division?"

"If there is no official document, Chen Ming looted first, and Yang Zhengming murdered later, I think the crime does not warrant death, gentlemen, do you want me to recite a passage of "The Charcoal Seller" for you?"

Of course, He Zhang understood the meaning of His Majesty's words. Your Majesty is no longer secretly protecting Yang Zhengming, but is clearly forgiving Yang Zhengming. Your Majesty said that this case started from Yang Xin's old case. He bowed his head and said: " There is indeed an official document, and it is not allowed to lead cars and sell oars in the street trees, mainly because there are the most people entering and leaving the city in the morning, so there is this rule."

"Your Majesty, Yang Zhengming's murder is a violation of the ban by force. Therefore, the three courts believe that he should be punished."

Zhu Qiyu immediately said: "By using force to violate the ban, Yang Zhengming is indeed armed with force, and Chen Ming is indeed a member of the imperial court. It seems reasonable to use force to violate the ban, but does it say in the official document that the dining car can be confiscated? If there is a clear In other words, I will take care of the county magistrate of Dongcheng County, and I will take care of whoever issues this official document."

"Who are the two riders Pianpian? The yellow-clothed emissary and the white-clothed emissary. With the document in hand, he pronounced the edict, and returned to the cart to tell the bull to lead north. A cart of charcoal, more than a thousand catties, the imperial envoy will not regret it. Half a horse of red yarn is one foot. Ling, tie it to the bull's head and fill it with charcoal."

"In the charcoal seller, for the thousand catties of charcoal, the envoy in yellow and white shirt knows to give half a bolt of red gauze and one zhang of silk. What is he, Chen Ming? How can he grab it?!"

"If there is no clear statement that it can be confiscated, Mr. He violated the ban by force, whose ban was violated? My ban? The court's ban? Or the Dongcheng County Hall's ban?!"

"Forbidden by martial arts refers to the bandits who gather in the mountains and forests. No matter how Yang Zhengming looks at them, they are not bandits."

He Zhang hurriedly pleaded guilty and said, "Your Majesty is stupid. What your Majesty taught is that you used it wrongly. It is indeed not the way to use it to break the ban."

When He Zhang spoke, he was handing ammunition to the emperor. The reason why the Sanfa Division decided that Yang Zhengming should be punished was because of the military ban. Whose ban is this ban? It has to be clarified. The Ming Dynasty only has, and can only have, one piece of sky, and that is His Majesty.

"Did the official document say it could be confiscated?" Zhu Qiyu continued to ask.

He Zhang seemed to think about it seriously and said: "I didn't say that, I just said that you can't lead cars to sell pulp in the street trees, and the drive away shall prevail."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu put away his anger and said: "Chen Xun told me that I am the emperor, the son of heaven, and the father of the people in the world. Every move I make is followed by billions of trillions of people. The court is the same. Today If Yang Zhengming is really dead, the government servants in the sixteen provinces will dare to reach out to the common people."

"This one thing, two things are inconspicuous, but they can't hold back the accumulated public grievances over the years. When the fire ignites, the Oala people can't take my head away, and if the people of Ming Dynasty take my head away, I can't afford to lose that person. "

"I think that this case should not be beheaded, exiled to Liaodong official factory, and do hard labor."

It's only natural to kill people to pay for their lives, but if they encounter robbery, can't they resist?But Yang Zhengming did commit a crime. He killed someone, so he was punished by being exiled to the Liaodong official factory. Chen Ming was indeed overly enforcing the law. To kill with a knife.

Liaodong official factory is not Shijing factory, it is not a place to enjoy happiness, it is indeed painful for Xu Siqi to preside over Liaodong official factory.

Yu Shiyue's complexion was as usual, she just glanced at He Zhang, and knew that this Zongxian He was His Majesty's water monkey.