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The troublemakers of the Ming Dynasty weren't only the barbarians to the north.
Starting a hundred years ago, a force known as the Eastern Pirates began plundering the southeastern seas.[1]
The scale of the Eastern Pirates was much larger than expected, to the point that even the Nine Water Gangs were reluctant to expand their power beyond the Yangtze River.
In addition, the Eastern Pirates weren't only made up of those of the Eastern Islands.[2] Of course, a majority were from the Eastern Islands, but there were also those who were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty or the Empire of the Morning Calm.[3]
The Eastern Pirates were a troublesome force beyond even the control of the Eastern Shorelands and Islands. Eventually, the pirates of the southeastern seas gathered together to form a single, powerful force.
“Ha ha ha!”
This was the world of Fang Jun, the youngest son of Fang Guozhen, a pirate and warlord of the previous Yuan Dynasty.
His father, Fang Guozhen, had once resisted the Ming Dynasty before ultimately surrendering to its founder, Emperor Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang.
For a time, he held great influence at sea and was even granted an official position.
However, he was eventually defeated by the Ming Dynasty and surrendered, and although he had obtained an official position, he was caught up in the Great Purge and lost his life.
At that time, Fang Jun fled to the sea with part of his forces and surrendered...
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