Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong looked at the messy and mournful neighborhood, the bodies lying in a pool of blood, the frightened children, and the half-clothed woman huddled in the corner. They couldn't stand it.
I couldn't help but clenched my fists.
"Luzon is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, how can we treat our Ming people like this~"
Someone's eyes were split open and he said in disbelief.
For a long time, in the concept of Ming people, Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state, and it had always been very good to these vassal states.
In the past, whether they were Koreans, Japanese or Luzon people, they would receive preferential treatment when they came to the Ming Dynasty. Every time they paid tribute, the Ming court would return it several times.
The Ming Dynasty treated these vassal countries sincerely, and naturally everyone also expected these vassal countries to treat the Ming Dynasty sincerely.
But now, who would have thought that these people in Luzon, thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, would treat me, the Ming Dynasty people, like this. Many of their ideas have completely changed, and they look unbelievable.
"My teacher is right. There are only eternal interests between countries, but there are no eternal friends. Except for me, the Ming Dynasty, these barbarians do not understand benevolence, justice, etiquette and wisdom. The only thing they know is fists. The only way to scare them is to beat them."
, until they cry and the pain reaches their bones, they will truly surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty."
"Treating them with benevolence, righteousness, and morality will only make them despise me, Ming Dynasty, and turn them into white-eyed wolves."
Looking at everything in front of him, Lin Shuhong couldn't help but think of Liu Jin's words.
In the past, he was somewhat skeptical of Liu Jin's words. After all, he had grown up reading the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust were deeply rooted in his bones. He always thought that if I treat others with kindness and righteousness, I will definitely be able to get others to treat me with kindness and righteousness.
But the reality is often the opposite. When you treat people with kindness and justice, you often get betrayal, contempt, and hurt.
This is what happened in Ming Dynasty.
The Japanese pirates from the Japanese Kingdom, Annan's attack on Yunnan and Guizhou, Guangxi, and now they see these people in Luzon killing wantonly and massacring our people of the Ming Dynasty, this is enough to explain all this.
At this moment, in his heart, he finally understood why his teacher Liu Jin emphasized that power is the truth in external affairs, because it is indeed the case. It will not work if you talk to them about benevolence, justice and morality. Only fists and cannons can make people win.
They understand that Ming Dynasty cannot be bullied.
"Your mentor is a disciple of an expert, and his words are not wrong~"
Du Mingen nodded. He was a businessman and had seen a lot of things in this area. Now he became the Marquis of Taiping and led the fleet south. Seeing the miserable scene in front of him, he understood more about people's hearts. In fact, they have always bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Although the Ming Dynasty was powerful, it always talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and had to be bound by these things. Externally, in their eyes, it was weak and could be bullied.
The grassland people in the north used to go south every year and plunder wantonly. It was not because the Ming Dynasty did not resist much every year. They hid in the city for defense and allowed the grassland people to loot.
Once you have it, you get it twice. The more you plunder, the more addictive you become, and the more absolute you become. People in Ming Dynasty are easy to bully, so is it useful to tell them about benevolence, justice and morality?
It's useless, they can easily rob you of the wealth you have worked so hard to accumulate, no matter who tells you about benevolence, justice and morality.
Last year, after the little prince was wiped out and the entire prairie army was left in the Central Plains, the prairie people became afraid. Not only did they not dare to go south to plunder, they did not even dare to approach the border within a hundred miles.
This is reality, this is truth.
Beat them until they hurt, make them cry, and beat them to scare them, then they will treat you with respect and submissiveness. Only then will you talk to them about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and they will listen.
"Give me the order to kill~"
Du Mingen's eyes flashed coldly, he thought about it and ordered.
"Yes~"
A messenger immediately rushed to convey Du Mingen's order.
Here in the neighborhood of Malays and black dwarves, the Ming army swept over in groups. Wherever they passed, the Malays and black dwarves were like sheep being driven by wolves.
They looked at the tall Ming army like tigers descending the mountain in horror. All the Malays and black dwarves who dared to resist the Ming army were killed.
"The Marquis has an order to kill without mercy~"
A messenger came hurriedly, shouting loudly as he walked.
After hearing the words of the messenger, everyone immediately knew what to do.
The Ming army killed people when they saw it, robbed things when they saw it, and burned houses when they saw it. Wherever they passed, they were like locusts, with no grass growing, and everything would be destroyed.
"Damn, I'm so poor~"
Soon, the Ming army discovered that these Malays and black dwarves were really poor, and the houses were extremely ugly. The key was that there was nothing in them, and they were all worthless things, so that no one even thought about looting.
But soon, they discovered the castle in Manila, the castle of Lagan, the ruler of the Luzon Kingdom. Immediately, the Ming army rushed towards the castle like a tide, and soon surrounded the entire castle.
"Please ask the general of the country to come out and speak~"
On the walls of the castle, the people of Luzon were trembling, and some people stood up fearfully and shouted in Ming dialect.
"What's up?"
Qianhu Ouyang Wu, who was in charge of commanding these Ming troops, looked at the city wall.
Although this city wall is not high, only a few feet high, it can be seen that these walls are very strong and are all made of strips of stone. Cannonballs hitting them may not cause much substantial damage. If you want to
It may not be easy to break this castle.
But if this castle can be captured, and the cement carried by the fleet can be used to expand the castle, a good small town can be built.
At that time, this castle can be used as a stronghold, and the cannons installed will be enough to deter the entire Manila Bay. Even if it encounters an attack that is ten times or dozens of times the defensive force, it can easily handle it.
"General, I am the peace envoy sent by King Lagan of Luzon. Our king hopes that the general can show his dignity. If there is any matter, we can discuss it carefully. There is no need to use force."
The other party replied tremblingly.
"Wait a moment, I'll go ask for instructions."
Ouyang Wu thought for a while and replied, and then asked someone to immediately ask Du Mingen, the Marquis of Taiping, for instructions.
"Seek peace?"
Soon, Du Mingen received the news and couldn't help laughing.
"This King of Luzon must have known that someone was massacring my people of the Ming Dynasty. They sat back and did nothing, and now they have the nerve to ask for peace."
"Let's go and have a look together. This country of Luzon is rich in gold. I don't know how much gold there is in this castle."
Du Mingen quickly brought Lin Shuhong to the gate of the castle.
"Let your king of Luzon speak out~"
Ouyang Wu received Du Mingen's signal and said to the people on the city wall.
Soon, Lagan, dressed in rich clothes, came to the city wall tremblingly.
"I am Du Mingen, the Taipinghou of the Ming Dynasty~"
Du Mingen shouted when he saw the other party.
"Master Hou, Xiao Wang is the King of Luzon, Lagan~"
"The Lord Marquis has come a long way, but he has missed his welcome, but he still hopes to atone for his sins~"
Lagan looked at Du Mingen, who was wearing a crimson robe, and said very politely.
"Have you missed the welcome?"
"Open the door now and I can give you a chance."
Du Mingen smiled and said sarcastically.
"Master Hou, it's not that Xiao Wang doesn't open the door, but you, the Ming Dynasty, are watching with eager eyes. Xiao Wang is afraid that his life will be in danger if he opens the door~"
"Please also ask the Marquis to retreat first. If there is anything we can talk about, talk about it~"
Lagan almost cried, sighing that he was unlucky.
Although he tacitly approved of the massacre of Ming people in the neighborhood, he has not yet received any benefits. Unfortunately, the Ming army has arrived. Now it is not so simple to be good.
"Speak well?"
"Then tell me carefully, why did you, the king, not send troops to stop someone who was massacring my people of the Ming Dynasty?"
Du Mingen smiled and asked.
"Well, Lord Marquis, I only found out about this now. I was about to send someone to stop the riot."
Lagan thought for a while and found a very lame reason.
"Just known?"
Du Mingen couldn't help laughing immediately.
Then he said to Ouyang Wu next to him: "I will blow up the city gate with explosives later and capture this Lagan alive. I will use his head to commemorate the dead Mingren."
"Yes~"
When Ouyang Wu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
For warriors like them, this is their favorite thing.
If anything is resolved directly with fists, in the past they were led by civil servants, who could only talk about so-called benevolence, justice and morality, but they were the least benevolent, righteous and moral people.
How good it is now that civil servants have withdrawn from the leadership system of military generals, and the generals who lead them are the generals and nobles group of the DPRK. Although Du Mingen is a businessman, he is now a marquis and can be regarded as a noble generals.
They are not bound by the so-called benevolence and morality. How the Luzon people treat the Ming people, they will pay back ten times or a hundred times, and even more cruelly, let them know the consequences of offending the Ming people.
"Lagan, I'll give you one last message. If you come out now, I can still let you live."
"As the king of Luzon, you watch helplessly as your mob slaughters me and remains indifferent. I seriously suspect that you were the instigator behind this."
Du Mingen looked at La Gan and warned sternly again.
"Master Hou, I misunderstood. Even if Xiao Wang had a hundred courages, he would not dare to do this."
"We, the Luzon Kingdom, have been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and have been attacking the Ming Dynasty repeatedly. Moreover, I am also from the Boni Kingdom, and our Boni Kingdom has been friendly with the Ming Dynasty for generations."
"How dare I allow these people under my command to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
Sweat broke out on Lagan's forehead, he knew this.
To be honest, in the past, he really didn't think that the Ming Dynasty was so powerful. Anyway, it was so far away and only some Ming people were killed. Could the Ming Dynasty really send a large army to attack their Luzon country?
A wise man is rich, and he knows it.
Of course, this is not the reason why he allowed these people to rob Akito. He is a king, he is still very rich and has everything, so naturally he will not care about Akito's wealth.
What he is really afraid of is that Ming people will continue to migrate to Luzon.
He is a Malay. Although the Malays have established a firm foothold in Luzon at this time, they have never been able to completely conquer the black dwarfs. They can only manage Luzon on an equal footing with the black dwarfs.
The black dwarves are very primitive and their civilization is very backward. The Malays are not afraid. As long as they have time, they can completely defeat these black dwarves.
But the Ming people are different. Although there are not many Ming people now, they are very smart and very diligent. The key is that the Ming people have mastered various advanced technologies, and their civilization is extremely developed and advanced.
This makes the Malays feel scared. Only a few Ming people are coming now, but who knows whether more Ming people will come in the future.
This is very similar to the Malays. They are not the aborigines of Luzon. They came here slowly and gradually established a foothold here with advanced technology and civilization.
If the people of Ming Dynasty were like this, they would not have the status of Malays by then.
Compared with the Ming people, the Malays were very backward, which made them very worried that the Ming people would replace them and become the rulers of Luzon.
Another reason is that the people of Ming Dynasty are very clinging to each other. People of Ming Dynasty neither marry nor marry outsiders. More importantly, people of Ming Dynasty do not believe in their religion. Even though they repeatedly ask Ming people to intermarry with them, they must intermarry with them.
You should believe in their teachings, but Ming people are very indifferent to them.
I don't even bother to pay attention to them. In the eyes of Ming people, these Malays are as ugly as the black dwarves, and they are also very backward and lazy. Who would be willing to intermarry with them.
As for the so-called religion, it is even more ridiculous. Since ancient times, the Han people have only believed in themselves, their ancestors, and only respected heaven and earth. This so-called religion cannot even worship their own ancestors, so naturally it has no credibility.
The combination of these three factors led to the robbery against Akito.
On the one hand, they felt that Akito would threaten their status, on the other hand, they felt that Akito was a heretic, and on top of that, they were jealous of Akito's wealth, so naturally this happened.
"Don't you dare?"
"Is there anything else you don't dare to do?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Are you going to come out on your own or wait for me to come in later? I'll tell you straight away."
"If you come out on your own now, I can still let you live. If I come in later and kill you, don't blame me for killing the chickens and dogs."
Du Mingen sneered and gave him an ultimatum.
"Master Hou, Xiao Wang really doesn't dare~"
"We, Luzon, are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. As the suzerain state, how can the Ming Dynasty treat me like this? The Ming Dynasty has always been benevolent and righteous, how can we kill and plunder my people of Luzon so wildly?"
When Lagan heard this, he was frightened to death and could only grit his teeth and say.
"It seems like you won't shed tears when you see the coffin."
"Kill~"
Du Mingen looked at La Gan, hoping that the other party would not come out. If he came out, it would be easier to kill him, but if he didn't come out, he would be killed, so he gave the order coldly.