golden scales

After Li Zicheng was defeated by a piece of stone, the Wu family father and son returned to Guancheng. Just a moment later, the two came out again, with the top of their heads already bare, leaving only a ring of hair the size of a coin at the back of their head, the length of a tiger's mouth, and a black string tied at the end.

Not only did it fully comply with the requirements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in terms of regulations - money rat tail, even the color of the thread was carefully considered, neither red - which is Zhu Ming's national color - nor yellow - to express disapproval Dare to surpass the king.

This historical scene was naturally recorded and spread from Dorgon's tent.

The so-called rumors are like wind, the news seems to have grown legs, and the remnants of the retreating Dashun Army entered Yanjing City.After this rumor came the Manchurian iron cavalry of Azig and Duoduo, and Wu Sangui's troops from Liaozhen.

On May 17th of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng returned to Yanjing City. Under the instigation of Niu Jinxing and other civil servants, he hurriedly went to the Great Ceremony. Before leaving, he did not forget to set fire to the palace and gate towers.

At that time, there were a lot of gossip in Yanjing, and the most widely circulated one was that Wu Sangui welcomed Emperor Chongzhen back from Haidao and his clan.Even Song Hongye was a bit uncertain about the news, so he specially asked the spies to go to Shandong to find out if the crown prince really came from the east with Wu Sangui.

Because of this rumor, many officials who thought they hadn't committed the felony crime of throwing a thief prepared one after another the emperor's book of law, and went out of the city to greet him.

Unexpectedly, it was Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, who came proudly, not Emperor Chongzhen.Many officials slipped away quietly on the spot, but some of the remaining people made mistakes and welcomed Dorgon into the only remaining Martial Arts Hall after the catastrophe.

The capital changed hands again.

……

Bohai Sea, there is still three feet of waves without wind.

Under Zhu Cihong's feet is a lucky boat with a wide top, a wide tip and a wide tail, which can carry more than a hundred people. It sails on the Bohai Sea with the wind, very stable.This is the sea palace that Shen Tingyang specially prepared for Zhu Cihong. This is also because the big blessing boat is really not suitable for sailing in the Bohai Sea, so he took the second best blessing boat and used the second blessing boat.

Zhu Cihong also took a cruise ship in her previous life, but seeing this "little" blessing boat, she still couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the development of the shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty.

People in later generations often say that the Ming Dynasty also had sea bans, but they did not deeply analyze the difference between the Ming Dynasty's sea bans and the Manchu Qing sea bans.The Ming Dynasty only banned private maritime trade to prevent Japanese pirates from taking the opportunity to disrupt, but the coastal defenses have never been withdrawn, let alone such stupid and evil policies as "moving to the sea".Therefore, even if the great treasure ship that Zheng He sailed to the West cannot be built, it is no problem to build other large and small ships.

Shen Tingyang stood behind Zhu Cihong, secretly protecting the young crown prince, and cast his eyes on the vast sea.

"The Huayi defense is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people." Zhu Cihong suddenly sighed.

Shen Tingyang knew where the crown prince's feelings came from: On May 23, several ships went out to sea in Tianjin Port, carrying no less than a hundred people, and all of them capsized when encountering big waves.

If you know how the crown prince recruited sailors, boatmen, and ships when he was crossing south, you will not be surprised.Because the sea ships and skilled sailors that can be used have already been in Shandong.For the remaining small boats that are not suitable for going to sea, it is only natural for them to capsize when encountering big waves under the operation of unskilled boatmen.

It's just that these ships are full of officials who fled south.

There are still a small number of people who go by sea, more people choose to go south by land, and some choose to follow Li Chuang to the west.After all, there are still very few officials who really stay in the Qing Dynasty.

This can be regarded as giving Zhu Cihong some comfort.

"Is there more than seventy boats gone?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Shen Tingyang immediately said: "As of yesterday, there are 73 ships. The officials and their families rescued by our Shandong Navy have a total of 16 people."

Zhu Cihong nodded, and sighed again: "The captives from the east entered Yanjing, but they didn't plunder wantonly. It seems that this time they were determined and refused to leave. Some of the officials in the south of the Yangtze River even said that Wu Sangui had made great contributions to the suppression of the captives. The imperial court, to praise it, is so stupid that I can't even laugh."

Shen Tingyang has been following Zhu Cihong these few days, knowing that the crown prince has his own information channel, he looks like an official and a commoner, and he is not a royal guard, which is really hard for people to understand.However, he was very knowledgeable and didn't delve into it, but only tried to figure it out within the range of what Zhu Cihong gave him.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Donglu will definitely not be able to go out to sea." Shen Tingyang said firmly.

Zhu Cihong smiled lightly and said, "Shandong Navy's attacking the Donglu ships is no problem, but the task of transporting steel from Wuhu is more important. I have already sent people to Fujian to see if I can persuade Zheng Zhilong to send ships north. You first prepare a clean boy, as long as the Zheng family boat is willing to come, send it to study hard, and strive to build the Naval Academy as soon as possible."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was so confident, Shen Tingyang couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, a few years ago the emperor ordered Zheng Zhilong to go north, but he fooled him. Now... is he still willing to come?"

"This time I gave a big bargaining chip." Zhu Cihong smiled: "Zheng Zhilong himself was named Nan'an Bo, the admiral of the Fujian Navy Commander, so there is no need to come in person. His son Zheng Sennian is weak, but he is just a freshman. I also gave it to him." The title of prefect in Taiwan. Isn’t this price enough?”

Even though Shen is on the front line of Beihai, she is not ignorant of the South China Sea.

Taiwan was called Yizhou and Liuqiu in ancient times, and it was named Taiwan because there were Taiwanese Wowan people in the southwest.Zaichao belongs to Tong'an County, Quanzhou, Fujian, and is under the jurisdiction of Penghu Inspection Department.In order to attract Zheng Zhilong, he went so far as to study Licheng and appointed his son as the magistrate, which is simply a feudal state in disguise.

Remembering that Wu Sangui was also named King of Guangning, Shen Tingyang really admired the generosity of the crown prince.

Zhu Cihong felt that the sea breeze was getting stronger, so he turned around and walked to the cabin, while not forgetting to say to Shen Tingyang: "In the world, the land is only three-tenths, but the ocean is seven-tenths. I pushed the borders of the four directions to the extreme early in the morning. After the rogue bandits are quelled and the Eastern captives are driven away, if you want to make more contributions, you have to go deep into the sea to find them."

Shen Tingyang naturally knew that the sea trade was a huge profit, and he also knew that Zheng Zhilong was so rich that even the crown prince had to bow his head because of a huge fleet.Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Shen Tingyang thought of another possibility: If he exploited the territory from the sea, wouldn't the profit be more than a hundred times that of sea trade?Judging from the crown prince's attitude just now, it seems that he is not satisfied with the Zheng family. If he can really build a navy that can compete with the Zheng family, Hou Bo's position will definitely not be far away!

——Why not do something that is beneficial to both the family and the country!

Shen Tingyang followed Zhu Cihong into the cabin, and once again raised the priority of the Naval Academy in his heart, even putting it above the sea merchant tax.

……

"Doesn't the old man feel that there is any suspicion of disobedience in blocking China and foreign countries?" Jiang Riguang said calmly, his eyes were restrained, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Seeing that Jiang Yueguang was only a few years older than himself, but looked old-fashioned, Wu Tong held back his smile and asked, "Why did Mr. Jiang say that?"

"Jiang went to Laizhou for a few days and wanted to see His Majesty but couldn't. Could it be that there are people who are isolated from China and foreign countries?" Jiang Yueguang was full of resentment, and he happened to send it to Wu Zhen.

Wu Sheng smiled and said: "Sir. If you cut off China and foreign countries, then the entire outer court will not be able to see the Holy Majesty. Wu is not talented, but these days he is often recruited to ask for advice in the palace. Governors are like Sun Chuanting, Cai Maode, Zhou Yingqi And others, they are always right. As for the King Jin, King De, and King Heng in the vassal clan, they often walk around in front of the imperial court. Sir, why do you talk about isolation between China and foreign countries?"

Jiang Yueguang's eyes shot wide, and he turned angrily at Wu Tong: "Then dare to ask, why can't I see Your Majesty alone! Is it because Jiang is despicable, or someone wants to do Lu Wu's reckless thing!"

Wu Zhen's face turned, and his hand had already lightly touched the edge of the teacup: "Now that Shenjing has fallen, the Holy Son of Heaven has worked hard to restore it, and has worked tirelessly day and night! The people he sees are naturally important officials at the moment, with heavy responsibilities. Let Jiang Jun wait for a few days, how can it become someone who wants to usurp power?"

The attendant heard the two masters answering each other loudly, looked at Wu Sheng's hand nervously, and waited for the teacup to be picked up before sending off the guests loudly.

But Jiang Yueguang suddenly laughed: "Since we want to restore Chang'an, how can we not let the important ministers from the south come in? Jiang is here to shoulder the entrustment of Sima Shi Kefa, Fengdu Ma Shiying and other important officials from the south. Please return to the court as soon as possible." , was promoted to the palace to be in charge of politics! Hehehe, there is not enough news recently, and I don’t know that Mr. Wu has already rejoined the cabinet.”

——It really is old ginger!

Wu Xuan thought to himself, but withdrew the hand next to the saucer.