Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 35

Liu Dapao never imagined that he is a small prefect of Chaozhou, how many groups of people are trying to kill him now.

On the other side, another group of forces that also came from the Zheng Clan's Generals Group finally made their debut in this broken novel.

Zheng Mingjun, the younger brother of Zheng Tai, the former head of Zheng's money, food and foreign trade department, called his former colleagues in his home in the middle of the night, and was having a secret meeting.

These former colleagues are: Cai Minglei, who joined the army from the former Zheng family, Zhou Jiazheng from the former naval division, Wang Xiuqi from the Qingdu uncle from the former Zheng family, Chen Hui from Zhongjingbo, He Yi from Wuwei Zuozhen, Yang Fu from Youzhen, and others.

They were also generals who far surpassed Feng Xifan and Chen Yonghua in the Zheng Group.

These people surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but they were different from Zhou Quanbin and others. Zhou Quanbin and others surrendered because they had no hope of winning during the battle with the Qing army, which can also be regarded as surrendering in defeat.

However, this wave of them all voluntarily surrendered to the Qing court because of the civil war between the two Zhengs.

Although Zheng Chenggong was pissed off by Zheng Jing back then and avoided the tragedy of father and son fratricide, in fact the civil war broke out in the end. Zheng Xi, Zheng Chenggong's younger brother who stayed in Wanwan at that time, refused to recognize Zheng Chenggong on the pretext that Zheng Jing was mad at Zheng Chenggong. The legal inheritance right of the scriptures, I want my brother to end up with my brother.

As a result, Zheng Jing originally had relatively strong military strength. At that time, Zheng Jing also received the full support of Zhou Quanbin and Huang Ting, two powerful factions. After all, this Zheng Xi was not Zheng Chenggong himself, so naturally he had never fought. Later, he fled and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty Yes, because of his sensitive status, the Qing government made him a Ronglu doctor and cabinet minister in the capital.

That is the one who met Lagu Su Ma in the previous article.

To be honest, the scale of the civil war between the two Zhengs is not too large and the duration is not too long. The generals at the middle and lower levels are actually too lazy to meddle in the matter of the two relatives and nephews fighting for the right of inheritance, and there are quite a few who win who mean.

In the end, this Zheng Jing didn't know what was going on, he insisted on liquidating after the victory, but fortunately he killed Zheng Tai, the elder of Zheng's group, which made people panic all of a sudden.

Then, Zheng Tai's younger brother, Zheng Mingjun, took the lead in surrendering, and took away a group of faction generals, as well as some people who were disheartened by the Zheng family.

These people and their various old divisions naturally became the third largest faction in the Great Qingshui Division after Shi Lang's and Zhou Quanbin's divisions.

Seeing that everyone was here, Zheng Mingjun took the lead and said: "Everyone, you have received the imperial court's transfer orders. It seems that the imperial court's naval battle against Zheng Jing will eventually change the offense and defense. This Fujian Navy may be at least a few years away. It can't be rebuilt inside."

When everyone heard the words, they were naturally dejected and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"That bastard Shi Lang is so proud now, God, the thought of him coming to be our naval admiral makes my brain ache." (There are not a few people in the Zheng family who believe in Catholicism)

"Didn't it mean the Chaozhou navy? The imperial court may not let him take care of us. Isn't Liu Xun also from Chaozhou? He should be allowed to control us."

"It's useless to let him restrain himself. He is an official in Guangdong, and nine out of ten he still wants to go to Shi Lang. Besides, all of us are local local snakes in Fujian. Although Chenghai County is not far away, it is after all. Forget it, the customs and humanities are completely different, and you don’t know anyone with black eyes, and now you’re really a lackey of the Qing court.”

Everyone's emotional level is not very high. Obviously, such a transfer order is extremely repulsive in their hearts.

Seeing this, Zheng Mingjun clapped his hands lightly to signal everyone to be quiet, and said, "I called everyone here today for this purpose. We people are inferior to Zhou Quanbin and Shi Lang in terms of influence, strength, and seniority. In the near future, whether Zhou Quanbin is in charge or Shi Lang is in charge, I am afraid that we will all be the cannon fodder, and in this life, it will be very difficult to have any hope of turning around, everyone, are you willing?"

"So what if you are not willing? One of them is older than us, and the other is more powerful than us. What can we do?"

Zheng Mingjun smiled and said: "Seniority, fist, I said you, you are all officials of the imperial court of our Qing Dynasty, why are you still full of thoughts of this pirate? Is the official examination really about qualifications and fists?" Is it?"

As he spoke, he pointed upwards: "Whether it's qualifications or fists, nothing is as good as someone above."

"Then we can't talk about it anymore. Whether it's King Pingnan or King Jingnan, we can't talk. Could it be that Brother Zheng has a connection with you?"

"I don't have the connections of King Pingnan and King Jingnan, but for this higher connection, now I take the initiative to hand over a ladder, a real ladder to Qingyun, it depends on whether you brothers are willing to go stepped on."

"Oh, brother Zheng, which adult's thigh are you hugging? Don't be fooled. What kind of ladder is it that can be higher than the two kings of Pingnan, Jingnan?"

Zheng Mingjun smiled and made a gesture of cupping his hands towards the sky: "The empress dowager's Qingyun ladder, do you think it is high enough?"

"The Empress Dowager?!"

All the soldiers were amazed, but they never imagined how they, a group of surrendered generals, could get in touch with such a person who really stood at the top of power.

"In addition to the official order from the imperial court, I also have a superstitious letter written by Boss Zheng to us big guys. Brothers, do you still recognize Boss Zheng's handwriting? Take a look."

When everyone heard the words, they circulated the letter one after another, and then, dumbfounded, they were stunned by the content of the letter, and their faces were bewildered.

"The empress dowager... wants to frame a small Chaozhou magistrate? Why! If Liu Xun really offends the empress dowager, he can kill him directly with a decree."

"Unless it can't be killed, or is there someone to protect it?"

Wang Xiuqi couldn't help but said: "Who can keep the person whom the Empress Dowager wants to kill?"

After speaking, he was stunned.

Yeah, who else could it be?

Isn't it the current saint?
For a moment, all the soldiers were stunned, and there was no sound in the secret room.

Was this involved in the struggle for the highest power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty?
"Everyone, the Qingyun Ladder is right here. If you go up, you might be thrown to your death, but it's also possible to go up to the sky. If you don't go up, we may not be able to crawl safely on the ground. If the Empress Dowager crushes us to death, it will take less effort than crushing a bedbug."

"Brother Zheng is right. What kind of person is the Empress Dowager? Since the ladder has been handed down, it is giving us face. If we don't go up, should we be shameless? It's just Brother Zheng, what are we going to do? ?”

"It's easy to handle. I have a strategy that kills two birds with one stone. Not only can we complete the task entrusted to us by the Empress Dowager, but by the way, getting rid of Shi Lang and Zhou Quanbin's group is just like picking something out of a pocket. When the time comes, we will rely on the empress dowager." The empress dowager's helper, Master Qingshui, may not have the opportunity for us brothers to have the final say."

(End of this chapter)