Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 136 So the Prime Minister Means That
In the next two days, Zheng Kezang went to Jackie Chan's house eighteen times.

It's really eighteen times, an average of nine times a day, all of them are here to give gifts.

There are five famous kiln porcelains from the Song Dynasty, Zhang Zeduan's paintings, Zhang Xu's books, the top suet jade lion, and the blue and white general jar of Yuan Dynasty.

Even at noon, he took a walk after Jackie Chan's meal and found a small river to catch some fish. Zheng Kezang could squat upstream and throw gold leaves into it along the river.

What you can see is that the golden scales are rolling, floating along the river, and the thousands of gold are scattered just to make you and Jackie Chan smile.

Although Yu Jackie didn't confiscate the eighteen gifts, Zheng Kezang clearly felt that Yu Jackie treated him better every time.

Zheng Kezang thought in his heart, if he took out the iron pestle and ground it into a needle, he couldn't believe that he couldn't impress the old man.

As for Yu Chenglong, the so-called person who stretches out his hand without hitting a smiling face, Zheng Kezang, with such a high status, is always polite, giving himself gifts like a grandson, and the things he brings out become more precious every time.

Of course he thought this was what Liu Dapao meant.

Gradually, even a hard-hearted person like him felt Liu Dapao's good intentions, and gradually, he naturally gave Zheng Kezang a little smile.

After all, in his understanding, Zheng Kezang giving him gifts is different from the bribes others gave him when he was an official.

In the past few days, Yu Chenglong has also carefully thought about what Liu Dapao said to himself, especially he also got in touch with some Dutch people, and learned in detail about West Pacific Corporation and their cross-shareholding status with San Francisco and Four Towns The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Liu Dapao was really powerful, and at the same time, I gradually realized the terrible tension inside the company's system under its vulgar appearance.

So after Zheng Kezang took the trouble, No. 19 came to the door and took out a pair of Song Huizong's plum blossom embroidered eyes, and finally he was somewhat moved by Liu Dapao's sincerity.

Sighing: "Forget it, I will accept this painting. This matter is also in line with my position."

"Also please enlighten me sir"

"The prince thinks, what is the prime minister thinking about this matter in his heart?"

"It should be... I don't want to stay, but I don't want to slaughter the former Ming clan with my own hands."

"Yes, so if we want to solve this matter, we can't get around the word "borrowing a knife to kill someone."

"Dare to ask the elder, whose knife should I borrow? Could it be borrowed from the Qing court?"

"Why not? Prime Minister, hasn't he formally raised troops yet? At least in the eyes of the Qing court, isn't he still the governor of Chaozhou?"

"Could the elders be joking? Not to mention, if these clans were escorted to Beijing, Kangxi would definitely behead them, but before beheading, they would definitely be interrogated. In this way, the identity of the prime minister Isn't it exposed?"

"Furthermore, the reason why the prime minister didn't want to kill people with his own hands is to preserve the reputation of the Ming Dynasty's loyalty. If all the last clans of the former Ming Dynasty were sent to the capital, wouldn't he become Wu Sangui? What will your majesty think of him?" , what will the San Francisco think of him, and how will the people of the world think of him?"

Yu Chenglong smiled and said, "My son, this is a fan of the authorities. Let me ask you why the Prime Minister wants to recover Penghu now, even though it is only a few months after the prime minister's rebellion."

"It's to support the bandits' self-respect, and to delay the time for Geng and Shang to withdraw their feudal domains, especially Shang Fan. They asked themselves to withdraw their feudal domains too early. If there is no war in the southeast, I'm afraid he won't be able to delay it." .”

"Then let me ask you, why did he only capture Penghu, but he has been refusing to enter Chengtian Mansion and Anping City?"

"This……"

"Raising bandits to be self-respecting is to raise bandits for Geng Shang's second vassal. If he, the general manager of Chaozhou, has finished everything and done it, what will Geng and Shang's two vassals do?"

Zheng Kezang thought for a while, and said: "Next, the prime minister must report to the Qing court, saying that after the capture of Penghu, the Chengtian Mansion fought back fiercely, and even though his navy had a slight upper hand, they still failed to complete the beach landing. "

"In this way, the trousers are taken off and the body is in. It is only a matter of the last trembling. Kangxi must not be able to bear it. It is only natural to ask the Geng and Shang feudal clans to send troops to support them."

"I understand what you mean. You want to use the hands of Geng and Shang to kill these former Ming clans. At that time, they can break Chengtian Mansion and stay in Anping City. Naturally, these clans will be killed by them." The captives are just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that these two people will kill the former Ming clan? If they kill them, won't they go back to Wu Sangui's old path? Besides, if they kill them but don't kill them cleanly, wouldn't it be more difficult to leave one or two of them behind?" Is it?"

Yu Chenglong smiled bitterly when he heard the words, and said: "My son, the authorities have lost their minds. In this new Ming Dynasty, how many ministers of first rank and super rank are there?"

"It's nothing more than the prime minister, Marshal Wu Sangui, the Dutchman with a special name, and Sun Yanling Shangzhi, who is loyal, loyal, and just five people."

"That's right, then tell me why this Youzhu Kingdom is Shang Zhixin, not Shang Kexi."

Zheng Kezang was taken aback when he heard this.

After a while, he replied: "Shang Kexi is seventy years old after all, old and feeble, maybe...maybe he can't handle such a big job anymore, so..."

"Shang Kexi, a 50-year old warlord, he is so old that he is paralyzed on the bed, isn't he still the Pingnan King in name, Shang Zhixin, isn't he just a prince."

"Yeah, that's... that's... please enlighten me, sir."

"You, you are still too young to understand such a simple truth. Their Shang family is betting on both ends. As you said, Shang Kexi, a seventy-year-old man, has long been unable to get on the horse. Opening the bow, raising troops and rebelling, he is meddling, so he can only meddle in a name, and the matter must be left to Shang Zhixin."

"It's gratifying for people to grow old and mature. This is a two-way bet. When the time comes, one of them will be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and the other will be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. If they play a random scene, it will be said that Shang Zhixin launched a mutiny and imprisoned Shang. Kexi seized the military power, so what? More than half of his soldiers are from Cantonese, is it possible that they are really willing to follow Shang Kexi back to the bitter cold land of Liaodong?"

"In this way, if Shang Zhixin wins and the anti-Qing matter is completed, it is impossible to pursue his own father. He is rare in seventy years old, and he is happy that he will not live for a few years. If the anti-Qing karma fails, With such a loyal and loyal person like Shang Kexi, there are more than two hundred people in the Shang family, and there is always a way to survive."

"Ah~, so that's the case. To put it bluntly, with a little guidance and a little trick, these clans will naturally fall into Shang Kexi's hands smoothly. Isn't this the same as when the boat reaches the bridge?"

"Tell me, is there any better way to show loyalty than killing more than 1000 former Ming clans in one go? Shang Kexi not only showed his loyalty to the Tartars, but also gave Shang Zhixin to turn against his father and son." The best reason is that loyalty and filial piety can’t be both, you say, can he disagree with such a great thing?”

Saying that, Yu Chenglong himself couldn't help sighing and said: "Prime Minister not only has a far-sighted view on the overall situation, but also the way of strategy can be so intertwined, what a genius."

(End of this chapter)