Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 167 The King of Pirates

"I don't know who the Marquis is talking about?" Shi Bangzhao, the censor of Zuodu of Dongge University's Inspectorate, asked the question in everyone's mind.

"If I remember correctly, there should be a man named Zheng Zhilong on the southeast coast..." Liu Hongjian was not good at history, and he didn't have time to read books, so he just knew from his impression that there was such a number one person.

"What Aiqing said was Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Aiqing, a fellow-in-chief of the post-military governor's mansion!" Chongzhen saw Liu Hongjian's secretiveness, and he began to play tricks again.

The so-called trickery, pretending to be a bad fart, will be pretending to be C in future generations!
But who knows that this C is not pretending, Chongzhen has long known that there is such a person, and he was the one who recruited the pirate Zheng Zhilong back then.

Although Zheng Zhilong has not had close contact with the imperial court in recent years, he himself has never met Chongzhen in the future court.

But Zheng Zhilong relied on his ruthlessness and ruthlessness to beat up the pirate brothers who he had worshiped back then, and he also relied on these credits to gradually rise from a guerrilla to the commander-in-chief of the post-military governor's mansion, from a first-rank military officer.

You must know that all the ministers are the second grade.

But a military officer is a military officer, so what if he is first rank, in the eyes of the courtiers, he is still just a bandit.

Therefore, as long as there are no pirates disturbing the people in the southeast coast, the imperial court rarely interferes with Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong is also happy to be at ease, never causing trouble for the imperial court.

"Then it's easy to handle. Since he is my courtier, the emperor only needs to issue an order to ask him for food, and ask for a lot of it. Well, you don't even need to pay money. This is simply not worth it!"

Liu Hongjian pondered for a while, pirates?He must be very rich, but he doesn't believe that this guy can keep himself safe and guard the coastal defense for Daming without doing anything behind the scenes.

No, I have to ask Lao Liang to check it later!The next time you travel, you must learn history well. Alas, Liu Hongjian suddenly regretted not studying hard at the beginning.

However, what Chongzhen and the elders didn't expect was that in their eyes, a vulgar person was the real boss of the East.

Historical records: "Any ship that does not have the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go. Each ship receives three thousand gold, and the annual income is tens of millions. This is used to enrich the enemy's country and build the city of Anping Town. From then on, the sea atmosphere is quite peaceful. Both foreign and foreign merchants use Zheng's banner, and there is no warning, and the merchants have twenty times the benefits."

With Fujian as the base, it connects to the East and Southeast Asia, and Bamin uses the Zheng family as the Great Wall. The strength of the Zheng family's fleet can be seen so clearly.

"I am the king of a country, how can I act like this?" Chongzhen glared at Liu Hongjian.

The meaning is obvious, he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the son of heaven, how can he ask a courtier for food and still not give him money?Where should I put this face?

Moreover, to support 50 new troops, the military rations, salaries, and equipment expenditures will be astronomical. How can Zheng Zhilong, a mere governor, afford it?
As far as Emperor Chongzhen is concerned, he is really a good emperor who understands the suffering of his subjects, but people who only think about others usually have a hard time themselves.

Because you don't know what kind of guy you are thinking about.

If Chongzhen and Liu Hongjian knew that their annual income was several times higher than that of the entire Ming Dynasty, they wondered whether Chongzhen would vomit blood, let alone whether An Guohou would be so excited that he thought it was just another walking purse.

"Your Majesty, I remember the past two years..." Liu Hongjian was always outspoken. He remembered that the Chongzhen Emperor had asked his subjects to collect donations two years ago. Did he gain face then?

"An Guohou, let's discuss this matter later!" Chief Assistant Zheng Sanjun probably knew what An Guohou wanted to say, and hurriedly interrupted An Guohou. This guy's mouth is too owed. If it is an ordinary person, I don't know how many times he has been chopped off. head.

The Lord worries about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord humiliates his ministers to death.

The rest of the elders looked at each other, and they were also thankful. If these words were to go on, they would be the old officials who would have to bear the blame.

Everyone was silent, Chongzhen probably remembered the past, and the atmosphere was suddenly a little awkward.

"Hehe~ What I mean is that two years ago, I was still eating cornbread at home! I have today, and it's all because of the emperor's grace!" Liu Hongjian also knew that he had gone too far, so he hurriedly took a fart.

Thanks to his thick skin, and Chongzhen knew what kind of guy he was, otherwise, if an ordinary person exposed the emperor's scar so shamelessly, he would definitely be impatient.

Such a person, that is, in Daming, would only have two episodes of unique skills in later Qing palace dramas.

"Let me think about this matter, let's discuss it after the year! Now it's the Chinese New Year, and the families of all the ministers are doing well!"

Such a public exposure of scars, Chongzhen just shook his head, and did not speak out to reprimand.

This made Liu Hongjian feel that he had been bouncing around in front of the emperor all this time, and kept asking him new questions like a child.

Entering the cabinet as a marquis broke the ancestral system, and serving as a supervisor as a military officer broke the ancestral system.

The middle-aged uncle in front of him has endured so much abuse and pressure from his ministers for these bad ideas of his.

As for him, regardless of the ardent hope of the people in front of him, he just thought about how to escape the burden on him.

Perhaps in the eyes of this middle-aged man, he was just a child who hadn't grown up yet, and Liu Hongjian couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. The humble minister's family is doing well!" Several veteran ministers hurriedly handed over their hands to thank him.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. After a year of tossing, I can finally take a day off. Oh no, I have two days off.

To say that this Ming Dynasty holiday is another wonderful flower.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, officials basically had [-] days off a year. In the Tang Dynasty, officials had a rest day once every ten days, which was called a ten-day holiday. Counting traditional festivals and religious festivals, they still made up for it.

In the Song Dynasty, it was even more miserable. There were only 36 days of public holidays, and the remaining [-] holidays had to attend various celebrations and ceremonies.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was simply hell mode.

Zhu Chongba, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was an out-and-out workaholic, often working to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.

Mr. Zhu Chongba doesn't take vacations himself, and of course he doesn't give vacations to his subordinates. Therefore, the entire court works almost endlessly throughout the year.

It doesn't matter what Lao Tzu's birthday or Buddha's birthday is, they all work for Lao Tzu!

Later, not only the courtiers couldn't bear it, Zhu Chongba's descendants probably didn't inherit the gene of Lao Zhu's sleepless nights and food, so they had to change the system.

There are three days off a year, Spring Festival, Winter Solstice and the Emperor's Birthday.

This year, the north was pacified, and the treasury of Taicang was full of silver. Chongzhen was happy and granted a two-day holiday, one day more than in previous years.

This was enough to make the courtiers very happy.

But just like later generations, they still have to go to work on New Year's Eve, and there will be important events in the court tomorrow.

"Well, that's good, all lovers must take good care of your body." Chongzhen said with concern.

"Oh, by the way, how is the Ministry of Rites handling tomorrow's matter?"

"Report to the emperor, Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, reported that everything is ready, and the emperor does not need to worry about it!" Zheng Sanjun, the chief assistant, replied.

"So, all the elders, let's go back to rest earlier!"

"Resignation!" After sitting for a long while, Liu Hongjian finally followed the elders out of the warm pavilion as if he had been pardoned.

(End of this chapter)