Welcome back everyone, Lauslemont Gummary here with Part 3 and what's officially now a CHP series.

As they advertised at the conclusion of the last episode, we're going to look at Shurlong

and how he wrote himself into the history books. He was a chinchot-born,

seafaring man who actually got his start working for the Jungs as part of their pirate syndicate.

And he worked his way up to right-hand man to Junjure Long and was said so close.

Was Shurlong to Junjure Long? It created animosity between himself and Chengchenggong.

Junjure Long's eldest son, the famous Kushingga.

But in the 1640s, Shurlong defected to the Ming dynasty, which was in its death rose by that point.

And then in 1646, Shurlong defected again this time to the new Manchu Qing dynasty.

And it was his collective achievement serving the Kanshi emperor that he is most lauded for.

And I'm not sure if they carved this on his tomb, but part of the headline of his obituary

would certainly have to mention, he was the one who ultimately took down the Jungs.

As the off-told story went, after Shurlong defected to the Qing,

Chengchenggong went and rounded up his man's family and killed his father, brother, his son,

and a nephew. And from that day forward, Shurlong swore,

eternal revenge against Chengchenggong.

Shurlong's defection had quite a profound effect on the Jungs.

Shurlong had been a Jung insider and brought a lot of intel with him to the Qing regarding the

Jungs organization and fighting capabilities. He went on to become a major military figure and

politician for the Qing. So we ended last episode with the Dongning Kingdom, still under the rule

of Zheng Jing. You know, I didn't mention this last time, but Zheng Jing wasn't meant to succeed

his father, Zheng Chenggong, who saw his son as nothing but a waste role, which he was. Zheng Jing,

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