Chapter 354: Gathering at the Golden Gate

Wang Cuiqiao said: "I also know what will happen to Wang Zhi. He is too entrusted. At that time, the imperial court's security documents and amnesty edicts did not come down, so he dared to go ashore, thinking that the imperial court would not kill him, but he miscalculated. "

Xu Hai said: "This time it is Hu Zongxian who is going to recruit security. If I remember correctly, it was Hu who recruited Wang Zhi last time. Why, want to do the same trick twice? Only fools will be fooled. "

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Governor Hu also answered the cause of Wang Zhi's death in the letter. The arrest of Wang Zhi was not Governor Hu's original intention, but the governor Wang Bengu acted recklessly. , and strongly advocated the death penalty, but the government and the public discussed it fiercely, and the emperor didn't know what to do, so he ordered Wang Zhi to be killed."

Should Wang Zhi be killed?

In terms of guilt, even if Wang Zhi had ten heads, it would not be enough to chop him off. Violating the ban on sea smuggling, establishing oneself as a king, burning, killing and looting...

But under the circumstances at that time, from the perspective of interests, Wang Zhi should not be killed.

Before his death, Wang Zhi said: If I die alone, I fear the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang will suffer. Although he said this not to sympathize with the people, but just to save himself, but this sentence is correct. After Wang Zhi's death, the Japanese pirates under his unified control had no leaders, and a group of "heroes" rose up together. Soon, "the new Japanese came back to the top", and Fujian and Guangxi became the hardest hit areas for Japanese pirates to wreak havoc.

Therefore, after Wang Zhi's death, some people once said that if Wang Zhi's life was spared so that he could control the Japanese pirates at sea, the imperial court would not need to spend a huge amount of military force to defend the southeast coast, but might get a powerful navy instead.

Some people also analyzed that there was a deep-seated reason for killing Wang Zhi. Those scholar-bureaucrats from the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, and wealthy families who colluded with smuggling maritime merchants and pirates, did not necessarily want to see a powerful navy in the hands of the emperor, so they agreed with Wang Ben. To put it bluntly, please put Wang Zhi to death, this is the essence of "the raging discussions between the government and the public".

Emperor Jiajing was not stupid, but he believed in Taoism and had no intention of governing. He was temporarily blinded by Wang Bengu's seemingly upright and awe-inspiring memorial, which killed Wang Zhi. After reacting, he did not promote Wang Bengu...

In short, it is an indisputable fact that the execution of Wang Zhi caused the Japanese pirates to intensify the disaster, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Xu Hai said: "Even if it wasn't Hu Zongxian's original intention, Wang Zhi is still dead after all. How do you know that if I accept the offer, I won't become the second Wang Zhi?"

Wang Cuiqiao said: "So when I contacted Governor Hu, I emphasized that the emperor needs to issue an edict of amnesty. Mingshan, the emperor's golden words, will not fool ordinary people like us. As long as we have an edict of amnesty, we will definitely be able to return to the country. In my hometown in Jiaxing, I will live the rest of my life in peace."

Xu Hai sneered and said, "How can it be so easy to ask for the pardon edict from the imperial court? Mr. Hu has always been wise to protect himself, so he is willing to take on such a big relationship?"

Wang Cuiqiao thought for a while, took out Hu Zongxian's secret letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Xu Hai.

Xu Hai paused for a moment, then flipped through the letter.

"He wants me to kill Chen Dong Yema?"

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Mingshan, this is a good opportunity. Pirates are frequent now, and Governor Hu can't bear the pressure. He probably really wants to recruit you, and then use your strength to assist the government and army to wipe out other pirate forces."

If the victory of the anti-Japanese Ming army is a foregone conclusion, and there are only a few small groups of Japanese pirates left in the southeast coast, then there is a great risk in accepting the recruitment. Whether to kill or not is all at the discretion of the court.

But now, the anti-Japanese Ming army is weak, and the Japanese pirates are strong, so the danger of the Japanese pirates accepting recruitment is much smaller, and the imperial court still wants to keep Xu Hai's useful body to fight against other Japanese pirates.

This was Wang Cuiqiao's thinking, and she couldn't be wrong.

Thinking of this, Xu Hai's face softened a little, and he paced around the room meditating.

Wang Cuiqiao persuaded with soft words, such as missing his hometown, returning to his roots when leaves fall, murdering people is ominous and harming the peace, and so on.

In the end, Xu Hai let out a long breath: "Okay, I promise you. I will strike at the rally on Kinmen Island and wipe out both Chen Dong and Ye Ma!"

Wang Cuiqiao said happily: "Mingshan is willing to accept the recruitment?"

Xu Hai shook his head: "Recruiting or not,

I'm still in between right and wrong! However, I must get rid of Chen Dong and Ye Ma as soon as possible. Killing them and annexing their followers will make my reputation even bigger. Compared with Wang Wufeng back then, it's not much worse! "

Xu Hai said with a smug smile on his face: "Even if I accept the recruitment, I will have more capital to negotiate with the imperial court!" Wouldn't it be majestic and happy to learn from Wang Zhicrack the earth to seal the king and control all kinds of pirates?

Wang Cuiqiao finally heard the meaning of accepting the recruitment from Xu Hai's words, and was really overjoyed.

...

Jinmen Island is located in the southwest of Quanzhou Prefecture. Among the numerous islands and reefs along the southeast coast, it can be regarded as a relatively large island. According to the unit of the earth plane, it is 150 square kilometers.

On this day, three Japanese pirate camps ravaging all over the world gathered on Jinmen Island. On the surface, it was a green forest gathering initiated by Japanese pirate Chen Dong, but in fact it was a mediation of the recent conflict between the two pirate forces, Ye Mazi and Xu Hai.

A total of hundreds of warships and nearly 10,000 elite Japanese pirates from the three families gathered in Jinmen Bay. Most of the Japanese pirates stayed on the boat, and the head of the family led a part of his entourage, and held a banquet on an earthen mountain.

The banquets held by the Japanese pirates are of course not as elegant and elegant as the banquets held by dignitaries. In fact, most of the leaders of these three "fake Japanese" families are reckless from the market. How can they understand those red tapes? Drinking in big bowls, eating meat in large pieces, and singing and dancing with some captured female slaves, no matter whether they dance well or not, it's enough to look like that.

After a dance, a white and slender Japanese pirate leader with a mustache stood up, held up a big bowl and said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Ye and Mr. Xu for giving me this thin noodle. Let's eat this bowl of rice. The most important thing is the knife-edge business, haven't we seen each other for many years? It's a rare opportunity to meet this time, and I don't know that the next meeting will be the Year of the Monkey. Everyone open up and drink. If anyone is not drunk, he will not give Chen Dong face! drink!"

As soon as the white-skinned mustache Japanese pirate, the peacemaker this time, Chen Dong finished speaking, there was a burst of applause from behind him.

Not far away, a Japanese pirate leader with pockmarks on his face stood up, he was the Japanese pirate leader Ye Ma who was opposing Xu Hai, and said in a hoarse voice: "The words of Mr. Chen are really generous and heroic. My surname is Ye's admiration. I will accompany Mr. Chen to finish this bowl of wine!" He raised his neck and swallowed a bowl of strong wine.

Many people looked at the last group of pirates, to be precise, at the leader of the pirates, Xu Hai.