Wang Cuiqiao said: "I also know what happened to Wang Zhi, he is too big. At that time, the imperial court's edict and pardon edict had not come down, so he dared to go ashore, thinking that the imperial court would not kill him, but he miscalculated. ”

Xu Hai said: "It's Hu Zongxian who wants to recruit An this time, if I'm not mistaken, it was him Hu who recruited Wang Zhi last time." Why, do you want to do the same trick twice? Only fools and fools fall for it. ”

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Governor Hu also answered the cause of Wang Zhi's death in the letter. It was not Governor Hu's intention to trap Wang Zhi, but the governor Wang Bengu acted arbitrarily, in order to seize the merit, he preemptively reported Wang Zhi's arrest to the emperor, and advocated the death penalty. ”

Should Wang Zhi be killed?

If it comes to guilt, even if Wang Zhi has ten heads, it is not enough to cut off. smuggling in violation of the sea ban, establishing himself as a king, burning, killing and looting......

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

Before his death, Wang Zhi said: If I die, I am afraid that the people of Zhejiang will suffer. Although he said this not to sympathize with the people, but to keep himself alive, this sentence is right. After Wang Zhi's death, the Japanese who were originally under his unified control had no leader, and a group of "males" rose together, and soon "the new Japanese were restored", and Fujian and Guangzhou became the hardest hit areas of the Japanese invaders.

Therefore, after Wang Zhi's death, some people once said that if Wang Zhi's life was left to control the Japanese at sea, the imperial court would not need to spend huge military resources to defend the southeast coast, but it would be possible to get a strong naval division.

Some people also analyzed that there was a deep-seated reason for killing Wang Zhi, and those scholars and doctors who were born in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, and the wealthy families who colluded with smugglers and pirates, may not want to see a powerful navy in the hands of the emperor, so they echoed Wang Bengu's words and urged Wang Zhi to be executed, which is the essence of "the government and the opposition are talking about it".

Emperor Jiajing was not stupid, but he believed in Taoism and had no intention of ruling the government, and was blinded by Wang Bengu's seemingly righteous and awe-inspiring argument for a while, so he killed Wang Zhi. After reacting, he did not promote Wang Bengu......

In short, the execution of Wang Zhi led to the intensification of the woe trouble, which is an indisputable fact that anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

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

Wang Cuiqiao said: "So when the concubine contacted Governor Hu, she emphasized that the emperor needed to issue an edict of pardon. Mingshan, Emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, will not fool small people like us, as long as there is a pardon edict, we will definitely be able to return to our hometown in Jiaxing and live the rest of our lives in peace and stability. ”

Xu Hai sneered: "How can the imperial court's pardon edict be so easy to get, Hu has always been wise to protect his life, and he is willing to take on such a big stake?"

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

Xu Hai paused slightly, and then flipped through the letters.

"He wants me to kill Chen Dong Yema?"

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Mingshan, this is a good opportunity. Now that piracy activities are frequent, Governor Hu can't bear the pressure, he should really want to recruit you, and then borrow your power to assist the officers and soldiers to exterminate other pirate forces. ”

If the victory of the anti-Japanese Ming army is a foregone conclusion, and there are only a few small Japanese bandits left on the southeast coast, then there is a great risk in accepting Zhao'an, and whether to kill or not to kill is all in the thought of the imperial court.

But now, the anti-Japanese army is weak, and the Japanese are strong, and the danger of the Japanese accepting Zhao'an is much smaller, and the imperial court still has to keep Xu Hai's useful body to fight other Japanese invaders.

This is Wang Cuiqiao's idea, and it can't be wrong.

Xu Hai thought of this, his face softened slightly, and he paced indoors and groaned.

Wang Cuiqiao persuaded softly and gently, and exhortations such as missing his hometown, returning to his roots, and killing people ominously hurt the heavens and harmony were told eloquently.

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

Wang Cui Qiaoqiao said happily: "Mingshan is willing to accept Zhao'an?"

Xu Hai shook his head: "Whether you recruit or not, it's still between what I am allowed or not! However, Chen Dong and Ye Ma, I will get rid of them as soon as possible." Kill them and annex their subordinates, and my momentum will be even greater, and it will be no worse than Wang Wufeng back then!"

Xu Hai said, with a smug smile on his face: "Even if I accept Zhao'an at that time, I will have more capital to negotiate with the imperial court!" He still didn't say a word, as long as the power is strong, occupy a good port in Japan, learn from Wang Zhi to split the land and seal the king, and control all kinds of pirates, wouldn't it be majestic and happy?

Wang Cuiqiao finally heard the meaning of accepting Zhao'an in Xu Hai's words, and was really overjoyed.

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Kinmen Island, located in the southwest of Quanzhou Prefecture, is a relatively large island among the numerous islands and reefs along the southeast coast, with 150 square kilometers according to the unit of the earth's plane.

On this day, the three Japanese camps that swept across all directions gathered on Kinmen Island, and on the surface, it was a green forest gathering initiated by Chen Dong, which was actually a mediation and reconciliation 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 soldiers were concentrated in Kinmen Bay. Most of the Japanese remained on the ship, and the head of the house led a part of his entourage to set up a banquet on a dirt mountain.

In fact, most of the heads of these three "fake widows" were reckless people from the market, and where did they understand the red tape? They drank wine in large bowls, ate meat in large pieces, and some of the slave girls they were caught singing and dancing to cheer up, and it didn't matter whether they danced well or not, in short, it was enough to do something like that.

After a dance, a fair-skinned and slender Japanese leader with a beard stood up, raised a big bowl and said with a smile: "Chen, thank you Brother Ye and Brother Xu for giving me this thin noodles." We have not seen each other for many years when we eat this bowl of rice, and we have not seen each other for many years, right? This time we have a rare opportunity to meet, and we don't know if the next meeting will be the Year of the Monkey. Everyone drink openly, if anyone is not drunk, they will not give me Chen Dong face!

As soon as the fair-skinned eight-character Hu Wakou, that is, the peacemaker Chen Dong finished speaking, a funny cheer suddenly sounded behind him.

Not far away, a leader of the Japanese Bandits with pockmarks on his face stood up, he was Ye Ma, the leader of the Bandits who was opposed to Xu Hai, and said in a hoarse voice: "The words of the great master Chen are really generous and heroic, and my surname is Ye's admiration." This bowl of wine, I accompanied Chen Da to do it!" he tilted his neck and swallowed a bowl of spirits into his stomach.

Many people's eyes were on the last group of pirates, to be exact, at the leader of the pirates, Xu Hai.