Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 253

"Your Highness, battles have never been fought like this since ancient times." He Tengjiao sighed.

Zhu Yihai didn’t take it seriously, “Da Ming has fought against the Tartars for almost 30 years. In the year I was born, Nurhachi swore an oath of seven great hatreds to rebel against me. The court and the Tartars also exhausted all strategies, but which one worked? Now We have only half of the world left, the old path is no longer feasible, we must take a new path, even if the future is uncertain, we must bravely try it out, otherwise, what's the point of taking that dead end again?"

"Old He Ge, Gu admires your loyalty very much, but in the current situation, in addition to being loyal, you also need to be flexible. Everything is for ZTE's recovery!" Zhu Yihai also took his heart out, "Gu called the old man to the court before, also because Knowing Elder Ge's true attitude towards the Loyalty Camp, recruiting them is only due to the situation, but Elder Ge has never really trusted them, so Huguang wants to open up the situation, or even maintain it, but Elder Ge can't do it."

He Tengjiao blushed and wanted to refute, but Zhu Yihai continued, "Elder Ge knows what Gu said is right, there is no need to fight for it."

"Actually, I didn't ask Mr. Ge to talk about these things today. It's too boring to talk about these things if I don't sleep in the middle of the night. I called Mr. Ge to come here because I value the loyalty of Mr. Ge, so I want to entrust him with a heavy responsibility. Fujian and Guangxi are the grand masters of the imperial court. The rear area, but since the martyrdom of Emperor Lie, the rear area is not peaceful anymore.

Especially Zheng Zhilong from Fujian, you also know that he was born as a pirate in Fujian, he was also a merchant and a thief. In the early years of Chongzhen, he was recruited, and the court used him to cut off other pirates in the southeast, but he also became a tiger. The Zheng family Dominate, dominate the southeast sea.

The two capitals of the Ming Dynasty fell, and the ambitions of this Zheng family continued to expand. Now he only respects me, the prison country, but in fact he regards Fujian as his independent kingdom.

Do you know that Zheng Zhilong is good at being a prestige, although he is the governor of Fujian awarded by Gu, but he regards himself as the king of Fujian. In the past few months, he has appointed and dismissed local civil and military officials in Fujian at will, from the general to the prefect, from guerrilla to guerrilla The county magistrate, officials of all sizes in Fujian, he can grant them as he wants, and he can do whatever he wants.

The taxes, money and food in Fujian are all in his hands now, he can ship as much as he wants to the imperial court, he is completely free to do whatever he wants, there is no account book.

Gu passed orders several times to the Zheng family, asking them to build a customs office there to collect lijin, clear up taxes, and even open up ports for trade with Fan people, but the Zheng family ignored Gu's orders.

Gu asked the Zheng family to rectify the army and horses, compile books and register, but there was no answer.

Now in Fujian, Zheng's rules are more effective than the royal court's laws.

If it goes on like this, is it okay?

He Tengjiao also heard about the actions of the Zheng family in Fujian, "His Royal Highness made him a marquis and gave him a governor, and also treated the Zheng family so favorably. They are really greedy."

Zhu Yihai sighed, "At the end of the day, it is because the imperial court lacks the means of checks and balances and the power to suppress, which is why the Zheng family is so arrogant and domineering. Although they are still superficially humble now, this kind of humility is just a pretense. It's just because of loneliness. It can still hold on in the north, but if it cannot intervene in time to check and balance, Fujian will inevitably lose control eventually.

Mr. He Ge, I know that you are loyal and capable.So after much deliberation, I want to invite you to go to Guangzhou and supervise Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and the three provinces. I only hope that you can represent the imperial court, restore the majesty of the imperial court there, clean up taxes, rectify the government and the army, attract business and trade, and make it an imperial court. A truly reliable rear, not what it is like today, where we fought bloody battles with the Tartars on the front line, while Zheng and others stood on their own in the rear.Gu doesn't want to fight the Tartars in the front, and he has to be on guard against someone stabbing him in the rear. "

"Now that the front line is tense, Gu Ye can only assign you a Beijing camp to make a pavilion for you to go south. In addition, I will transfer ship personnel from the four-town navy. Ruan Mei will lead the south and listen to your restraint."

The situation in eastern Zhejiang is now stable, and in-depth reforms have even begun. The results are not bad, but it is impossible to support the great cause of the Northern Expedition with only a few prefectures in eastern Zhejiang.

It is necessary to integrate the entire southern provinces and use half of the country's manpower and material resources to be able to compete with the Tartars.Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Yihai to give up the three rear provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.

In the past, it was impossible to intervene, and even the few prefectures in eastern Zhejiang had not been fully grasped, so for other provinces that were farther away, they could only rely on officials to promise to win them over in every possible way.

As long as he is willing to read the edict and support it, Zhu Yihai will be very polite to these people.

If the Zheng family is powerful, Zhu Yihai not only granted Zheng Zhilong the first marquis, but also conferred three earls on his family, a governor plus an admiral and three general officers.

This kind of treatment is the only one for Scorpion Shit, and even hinted that he would marry his daughter to Zheng Sen in the future, and finally gave him the national surname.

In the end, his overtures were merely regarded by the Zheng family as weak, as out of reach, and unable to control them.

Now he acts more and more arrogantly, even more unscrupulously than in the Hongguang Dynasty.

Privately appoint and remove officials, collect money and food at will, withhold taxes and taxes, and even monopolize the benefits of maritime trade. If the court is willing, it will give two to three hundred thousand taels of silver, and if it is not, it will not give it away. It completely treats Fujian as its own.Even the previous governor Zhang Kentang was dissatisfied with Zheng Zhilong's behavior and said a few words to him, but Zheng Zhilong actually sent troops to force Zhang Kentang to Zhejiang.

There was also a supervisory censor who was sent to accuse Mrs. Zheng of being domineering, and then was stopped by a group of people on the street, pulled out of the sedan chair and beaten violently, knocking out all his teeth, and finally cut off his tongue cruelly.

The censor who was seriously injured died of his injuries that day, but Zheng Zhilong actually just gave a memorial to the court, saying that the censor extorted bribes from merchants and forced them too much, which made some people angry and bribed bandits to take revenge on the street.

This is a complete reversal of black and white, referring to a deer as a horse.

These things forced Zhu Yihai to face up to the Zheng family, and even freed up his hands to deal with Zheng Zhilong in this chaotic battle on the front line.

Although he wanted to send Jin Yiwei directly to Fujian to arrest people, he also knew that Zheng Zhilong dared to be so arrogant because he had the capital.

The imperial court really sent Jin Yiwei to arrest people, Zheng Zhilong would definitely kill them all without saying a word, and finally find any excuse to deal with it, such as encountering bandits halfway and so on.

In desperation, they might even directly rebel.

Zhu Yihai really doesn't have the ability to conquer Fujian by himself now, so he can only find another way.At least someone has to be sent to balance it.

After thinking about it, although Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was still loyal to the imperial court, he was unable to suppress Zheng Zhilong.

In the end, he still planned to let He Tengjiao go to Guangzhou to sit in the township with the title of a bachelor, and supervise the three provinces.

Use the power of Guangdong and Guangxi to check and balance the Zheng family in Fujian, without asking for anything else, but to let the Zheng family be honest first, as long as they don't go too far, or even stab the gun in the back, that's enough.

I want to say that it is impossible to make the Zheng family obedient by relying on a supervisor. For the Zheng family, it still depends on hard power in the end.He believes that as long as he maintains his strength in the north, is not defeated by the Qing army, and still has a base, then the Zheng family will not dare to take that step lightly after all.

But Zhu Yihai was not satisfied that the Zheng family did not openly rebel. He still needed money, food and material resources from Fujian, and he also needed Fujian to be truly reliable, so he had to send an important minister there.

Although He Tengjiao has many faults, his loyalty is guaranteed. In addition, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, is actually the same type of person as He Tengjiao, but he is not as good as Tengjiao in terms of ability.

"Ge Lao's mission to the south this time is very clear. According to the current rectification in eastern Zhejiang, reforms will be carried out there, the guards and military settlements will be abolished, taxes will be reorganized, Guangzhou Ship Division, Fuzhou Ship Division, etc. will be opened, and Lijin Bureau will be opened. Reorganize and train a new type of Guangdong and Guangxi battalions capable of fighting, and provide a steady stream of food and salaries for the court."

With these words, He Tengjiao, who spoke of this trust, was very excited.

"Elder Ge is the third supervisor sent out alone, and I have high hopes."

"I am deeply honored!"

He Tengjiao originally thought that Jian Guo would not reuse him because he was not a confidant, so he called him from Huguang to sit on the bench in court. During this time, he did say a lot of complaints, but Unexpectedly, Jian Guo was not like that.

"Your Highness, the deployment of troops on the front line is tight. It is enough for me to go south alone. It is enough to have the seal of the supervisor and the flag of the king's order given by His Highness."

"The soldiers are still on the front line."

Zhu Yihai said, "In such a troubled world, just a title of supervisor is useless. Just like me, if I don't have the ten towns' imperial battalion in hand, how many people will really respect and trust me? If it weren't for the ten towns alone Yuying, I still don’t know how many people in this world are called orphans or widowed.”

"In troubled times, even Fang Guo'an and his ilk know very well that only people can be respected if they have soldiers and horses and swords and guns. Especially in Fujian, there is such a powerful Zheng family. Even Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has soldiers and horses in his hands. Ge Laoruo Without soldiers and horses to protect him, I'm afraid he may not be ordered to move him."

Ding Kuichu was made an earl by Zhu Yihai last time because of the pacification of King Jingjiang's rebellion, and the general was also made an earl. He Tengjiao went to the post alone, and he dared to say that Ding Kuichu would definitely take him out.

"Don't worry, the solitary is not fighting alone. Except for the eastern part of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Huguang and even Sichuan are all fighting back. There are also many troops in western Zhejiang, Susong and other places. Therefore, a Beijing camp was dispatched It’s still possible for the town to go south with you.”

"Besides, I have high hopes for Mr. Ge's trip. The focus of this capital is also to expect more returns. The taxes, money and grains of the three provinces in the rear, and even the benefits of sea trade, are very urgently needed by Gu. Yes. If Mr. Ge can rectify the three provinces as soon as possible, not to mention other things, there will be several million taels of silver alone, and if he can open the sea to open mines and collect likin, the salt tax will also be collected, and there will be another A few million is fine. If there are tens of millions of silver to enrich the national treasury, wouldn’t Gu be afraid of protracted confrontation with the Tartars?”

"Start with Guangdong and Guangxi. The governor of Guangxi, Qu Shixuan, has met Gu before. He has had a long talk with him. He is a loyal and capable person. After you arrive in Guangzhou, you must rely on him. In addition, I will appoint Zhang Mingyang as the governor of Guangdong, and also serve as you. The chief soldier of the cabinet."

"Step by step, Guangdong and Guangxi first, and then Fujian. We must pay attention to the methods and methods of the Zheng family. There is a premise that we must not force the Zheng family back. At this stage, we cannot withstand the Fujian rebellion."

He Tengjiao knew it would be difficult, but with this town of Jingying as his pavilion mark to go south, he also became more confident. Besides, there was a supporting governor in Guangxi, Qu Shixu.

"Zhang Kentang will go south with you, and he will still serve as the governor of Fujian and the Minister of the Ministry of War, Youqiandu Censor. I will send Xiong Rulin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who was an official in Fujian, and the admiral of Qianniu Town, as the governor of Guangdong."

One governor and three governors, to deal with two governors, let them fight.

　Thanks to Feng Yu Wu Fei and others for their support, thank you

　　
　
(End of this chapter)