The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 749
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help clapping his hands and laughed loudly: "Brother Gan is really a wise and courageous general, and he sees problems to the point.

That’s right, General Zhenglu transferred me to wait for our attitude. If we choose to resist, we will definitely turn against the imperial court and become rebels and pirates.

The Longwu navy will then go to Fujian to suppress bandits, not only high-sounding, but also leaving us alone and helpless.

We chose to go to Liaohai according to the order, and saw the general Zhenglu respectfully, performing the mission to the letter.

It is said that General Zhenglu was strict in rewards and punishments and ruled the army rigorously. With his power and position, he should not make things difficult for us. "

Zheng Zhihu said: "Of course not. I have heard the reputation of the Great General Zhenglu for a long time, and I admire such a hero in my heart. Brother, why don't you just send me to lead fifty warships to the north. Don't worry, maybe I will be able to make meritorious service and be promoted back." Woolen cloth!"

Seeing Zheng Zhihu's optimism, Zheng Zhilong could only smile wryly. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. He took refuge in the general who conquered the captives. It is not a problem to save his life. It is foreseeable that he will be promoted to a noble, but his independence and autonomy will definitely be lost.

Everything else is false, only independence is the lifeline, Zheng Zhilong sighed in his heart, independence does not matter to other generals or even his brothers Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao and so on.

Therefore, these people have no such awareness at all, only Zheng Zhilong is worried about gain and loss, and can't let go of the pleasure of being in power and arbitrarily acting.

The result of the discussion made Zheng Zhilong discouraged and disappointed. His subordinates found that the Longwu navy was the strongest in Ming Dynasty, and they all made wise decisions. Please take the lead and send fifty warships to Liaohai according to the order.

Zheng Zhilong was not completely convinced yet, he did not let Zheng Zhihu go alone, but decided to personally lead the fleet to Liaohai with Zheng Zhihu and Gan Hui, just to see how powerful the world-famous General Zhenglu has.

The generals staying in Fujian include Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiwan, Zheng Zhifeng, Hong Xu and so on.

In early April, Zheng Zhilong's fleet set sail from Xiamen.

Contrary to Zheng Zhilong's preoccupation, Zheng Zhihui and Gan Hui were very excited. They thought it would be great to be able to participate in the Ping-Liao War as the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they all tried their best to make contributions.

Zheng Zhilong is also a hero with a rogue spirit, he either doesn't do it, and since he does it, he doesn't want to be self-defeating.

Therefore, he did not choose a ship, but chose [-] warships to take with him. The combat effectiveness of these ships was not lower than the average level of Zheng's group.

Zheng Zhilong's warships did not have additional manpower-driven paddles. Most of them were chasing boats, three-masted gunboats, and few of them were Xiyi Galen ships.

Junk ships are stronger and more resistant to sinking than Galen ships, but their speed is not as fast as Xiyi ships, which use a lot of horn sails to increase their wind resistance.

After Huang Han opened the golden finger, the old lock ships built in the system with hard sails and soft sails mixed with Chinese and Western styles are faster than Junk ships.

But half a knot to one knot slower than a Galen ship of the same tonnage.

The advantage of the "Red Banner Army" warship is that it is designed with wheel paddles, which can be more than two knots faster than the Galen ship when fully driven.

Since there are three-masted gunboats that are even slower in Zheng Zhilong's fleet, it is not bad for the entire fleet to maintain an average speed of three knots.It is estimated that it will take more than a month to reach Liaohai.

The news that General Zhenglu launched the Ping-Liao War and led the "Red Banner Army" to defeat the Qing army and seize the capital of the former Korean Kingdom was published in the "Red Flag Daily" and distributed nationwide.

All the Han people rejoice, and the newspaper readers in restaurants and teahouses are always surrounded by audiences. If there is no newspaper reading service in today's venues, it will not be possible to retain customers.

The income of the newspaper readers is not bad, not only the monthly money provided by the owner of the restaurant and tea shop, but also the rewards from the customers who listen to the news while drinking.

Some old customers have developed the habit of listening to news releases at a fixed time, similar to the audience who watch news broadcasts on time when the time comes.

The most popular is of course the "Red Flag Daily". Although some people can get handwritten copies of the Mansion Daily of the Ming Dynasty, no one likes that kind of writing.

Everyone likes to listen to the vernacular on "Red Flag Daily", and even more likes the published serial work "Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Newspaper readers read the content of the newspaper as a storytelling. They read aloud that Geng Zhongming, one of the Sanshun kings enshrined by the Manchu Qing, once again betrayed the Manchu Qing and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, killing three or four thousand Jiannu and Tartars, and then deliberately paused.

The audience was all angry, thinking about how many innocents that kid Geng Zhongming killed in Denglai?Later, he surrendered Jiannu and became the traitor king.

Now that so many Tartars have been killed, and Jiannu returned to the Ming Dynasty again, wouldn't he become a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty again, and there is also the possibility of being knighted!

God!O earth!Why are you so unfair, why don't people who do bad things get retribution?
Just when the people listening to the news were scolding their mothers, the newspaper reader spoke again slowly, "However, that guy Geng Zhongming suffered retribution for doing all the bad things, and died suddenly on the way to the Beijing Normal University."

The scolding became louder, but instead of cursing in anger, they laughed and scolded the newspaper readers for being too wicked, there was no reason to pause for such a long time at a critical point.

Then the newspaper readers continued to read the news they liked, telling everyone that the traitor Zhang Cunren was about to be hacked to pieces at the entrance of the vegetable market.

Everyone was excited, and the military and civilian officials in the capital wanted to see it quickly. Too many people prepared spirits and prepared to eat a bite of traitor meat.

The big traitor Zhang Cunren not only did not have the good luck to be the governor of the Qing Dynasty in later generations, but after being fooled by Wu Xiang, he had the hope of living and gave up the great opportunity of going on a hunger strike to commit suicide.

When he was sent away, he ate well and was nourished in vain. When the executioner cut him down, he was bloody.

Zhang Cunren, who had been mowed for a day, realized that sometimes sudden death can be regarded as good luck. He was a little envious of Geng Zhongming's end. That night Zhang Cunren wanted to die but couldn't, so he was dragged to Caishikou the next day to continue to be stabbed.

The executioner in charge of the knife came from Dongchang, and belonged to the master who had a unique job passed down from his family.

He took a fancy to Zhang Cunren's well-maintained skin and flesh, and decided to complete [-] knives, not a single knives less. If Zhang Cunren died before that, he would be sorry for his ancestral craftsmanship.

In history, more than 100 million Han people died indirectly and directly at the hands of Zhang Cunren. Now only a skeleton is left of this poor creature, and the meat is eaten raw by ordinary people in the capital with drunk liquor.

Huang Han was very happy to learn that Chongzhen did not exempt Zhang Cunren, but killed the traitor and traitor. Finally, he did not come to Daming for nothing, and finally vented his anger on behalf of tens of thousands of Han people.

After all the calculations, it is gratifying that he did not become a traitor and sacrificed his life for the country. Geng Zhongming died suddenly, Wu Sangui became a paraplegic disabled person, Zhang Cunren was hacked into pieces, and it seems that the fate of famous traitors is not very good!
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