The room goes through the late Ming Dynasty, and the back door leads to North America at the beginni

Chapter 372 Zheng Zhilong

After listening to Liu Sheng's inquiry, Ma Jinshui said: "The details of this matter have not been passed back, but according to the preliminary information sent back by Xunfengwei, it should be Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi's persuasion that worked."

Liu Sheng said: "It seems that Xiangyi still has a certain position in Shen Youlong's mind. Of course, given the current world situation, as long as Shen Youlong is not confused, he should know that surrendering to our country is his best choice."

While speaking, Ma Jinshui handed over the paper information passed back by Guangdong Xunfeng Guard to the guard.

Liu Sheng looked at it and found that this information mainly explained Shen Youlong's decision to lead Guangdong to surrender, and the date was set on September 28, which was thirteen days later.

As for Guangxi, although Shen Youlong has a certain influence as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he is not very sure that he can lead the rebellion together.

Even in Guangdong, after Shen Youlong publicly changed his banner and surrendered to Wei, there may be a very small number of county magistrates and even prefects who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty and refused to surrender to Wei.

Of course, as the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and the governor of Guangdong, Shen Youlong's descent will definitely have a major impact on the southern coastal provinces.

Coupled with the pressure brought by Li Dingguo's tens of thousands of troops heading south, most prefectures and counties in Guangdong should choose to change their flag.

After the Wei army captured Guangzhou, they could exert influence on Xiao Yifu, the governor of Fujian, and make him surrender to Wei with Fujian Yeyi.

Thinking of Fujian, Liu Sheng thought of another important force there, the Zheng family of Quanzhou!

Or the famous overseas maritime overlord, Zheng Zhilong!

Liu Sheng then asked: "How is the progress of inserting spies into the Zheng family?"

Ma Jinshui was a little nervous after hearing this, and said: "So far, our spies have only entered the outer reaches of the Zheng family."

Liu Sheng ordered this matter last year.

However, at that time, Fujian was too far away from the Henan and Huguang areas ruled by the Wei tribe. Even if Xunfengwei was very powerful, it might not be able to play a single role in Fujian.

Secondly, the Zheng family originally belonged to a pirate force and were wary of spies, so it was extremely difficult to break into their ranks.

So Xunfengwei worked hard for about a year and spent a lot of money, but they only succeeded in placing spies outside the Zheng family.

Ma Jinshui was worried that Liu Sheng would be dissatisfied, so he became a little nervous.

As Liu Sheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the territory of Da'ei expanded rapidly, although Liu Sheng did not feel that he had changed much, his subordinates such as Ma Jinshui felt that his majesty was growing, and they naturally became more and more shy in front of him. careful.

Liu Sheng was no exception to this result. He thought for a while and said: "Since it is difficult to plant spies secretly, we will send another group of people to contact the Zheng family openly and ask if Zheng Zhilong is willing to surrender to Dawei.

Tell him that if the Zheng family is willing to surrender to Wei, I will at least allow him the rank of lieutenant general. If you make meritorious deeds in the future, you can look forward to being a prince! "

Ma Jinshui was secretly shocked. He didn't expect Liu Sheng to pay such attention to the Zheng family.

It should be noted that this is the first time Liu Sheng has explicitly offered his military rank to recruit others to surrender.

Although with the power of the Zheng family, one would have been able to obtain at least the rank of general after voluntarily surrendering to Wei, Liu Sheng's promise in advance was definitely an exception.

This made Ma Jinshui feel even more pressured, and he immediately responded: "I understand, I will definitely send capable people to handle this matter!"

Liu Sheng nodded and signaled to Ma Jinshui that he could retreat.

After Ma Jinshui left, Liu Sheng couldn't help but sort out what he knew about Zheng Zhilong before traveling through time, as well as the relevant information obtained by Xunfengwei.

Zheng Zhilong, whose nickname is Yiguan and whose courtesy name is Feihuang, was born in Shijing Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. He was born in the 1604nd year of Wanli ().

After he went out to work at the age of seventeen, he learned various knowledge in Macau and Manila and grew up rapidly. Later, he met two noble men, Matsuura and Li Dan, in RB, and he quickly started his career.

Later, he engaged in maritime trade with Li Dan (also part-time as a pirate) and immigrated to develop Dongbo Island. Unfortunately, Li Dan died of illness before his career was completed. Zheng Zhilong was at odds with Li Guozhu, Li Dan's son, so he led some people who were willing to follow him to break away from the Li family and took away the property he and Li Dan had established on Dongfan Island to establish his own business.

In the 67th year of the Apocalypse, there was a severe drought in southern Fujian. Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to recruit tens of thousands of victims to reclaim wasteland on Dongfan Island, which aroused the fear of the Ming Dynasty officials.

In addition, Xu Xinsu, Li Dan's former collaborator, chose Li Guozhu and was jealous of Zheng Zhilong's business at sea, so he proposed to the Ming court a plan to unite with the Dutch East India Company (actually also a Dutch pirate) to destroy Zheng Zhilong.

Unfortunately, the Dutch did not agree to this due to various reasons.

Later, Zheng Zhilong defeated Yu Zigao (son of Yu Dayou), the then deputy commander-in-chief of Fujian, in a naval battle, and killed Xu Xinsu before he understood the matter.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong felt great pressure due to the expansion of the Dutch at sea. In addition, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian at the time, tried his best to appease him. Zheng Zhilong transformed into a coastal defense guerrilla in the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, Zheng Chenggong has been promoted by annihilating pirates along the coast of Fujian, including repelling the Dutch invasion several times, and is now the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the latest information collected by Xunfengwei, Zheng Zhilong now has more than 100,000 generals and more than 3,000 large and small ships!

The generals here refer to the sailors and soldiers under their command who can board ships and fight, and do not include those who officially live in Fujian and Dongbo Island.

If these people are included, the population under Zheng's influence is likely to be hundreds of thousands!

Even nearly a million!

These populations were second to none, and what Liu Sheng coveted most was the many naval combat talents that the Zheng family had trained over the past twenty years, as well as the many sea-going ships and experienced sailors.

Da'ei's current naval construction value is not to say zero, but only two or three at most.

If the Zheng family can be allowed to surrender, the construction value of Dawei's navy will jump to at least twenty or thirty!

Thinking about Zheng Zhilong's performance in later history, Liu Sheng felt that the possibility of Zheng's subjugation was quite high.

In the history of later generations, the Zheng family first supported Emperor Longwu and Emperor Shaowu to fight against the Qing Dynasty. In order to imitate Cao Cao, they used the emperor to control the princes.

As a result, they were defeated again and again by the Manchu Green Army (most of them were Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers). The Longwu regime lasted for less than half a year before the Qing army invaded Fujian and attacked Xinghua, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou prefectures. .

Although the situation was critical, Zheng Zhilong could still escape to the sea with his men at that time and use Dongfan Island as a base to plan his future affairs.

It's a pity that Zheng Zhilong may have been a Ming general for more than ten years and got used to it; or maybe he has reached middle age and has lost his enterprising spirit and no longer wants to live a life of wandering at sea.

At this time, the Qing court sent someone to recruit Zheng Zhilong to surrender. Zheng Zhilong surrendered and was incorporated into the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army.

As for Zheng Zhilong's subsequent results, many people also know about it.

Zheng Chenggong resisted the Qing Dynasty and caused a lot of trouble for the Qing army in the south. He even directed his troops to go north to attack Nanjing.

At that time, the Qing court threatened the lives of Zheng Zhilong and other Zheng family members to force Zheng Chenggong to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but Zheng Chenggong did not agree.

So Zheng Zhilong was beheaded by the Qing court.

It can be seen from this series of events that Zheng Zhilong today probably doesn't like taking risks and likes stability.

It can bring down the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and it is naturally possible that it can bring down the Qing Dynasty now.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but look to the south expectantly...

　Second update.

　　Good night~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)