Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

212. Fu Kui and Centipede Island

On March 26, the [-]th year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to redefine the personnel affairs in Fujian and Guangdong. Li Shizhen, who was responsible for the fire in Leizhou Bodi, was dismissed from the post of governor and acting governor because of his old age. The post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was taken over by Wu Xingzuo, governor of Fujian, and the post of governor of Guangdong was taken over by Fan Chengxun, governor of Guangxi.

On April 21, Wu Xingzuo arrived in Guangzhou from Fuzhou and completed the handover with Li Shizhen. After sending away the bleak Li Shizhen, he immediately felt that Baiyin Dali, Fan Chengxun, Hou Xijue and the new Guangdong Lushi Admiral Lang The military meeting attended by Yida decided to recover Qiongzhou immediately by repeating the old tune.However, Hou Xijue insisted that the Guangdong Navy was unable to fight against the Zheng Jun Navy alone, and asked Wu Xingzuo to come forward to restrain the Portuguese from cooperating.Wu Xingzuo agreed immediately. On the one hand, he sent someone to contact Macau, and on the other hand, he asked Kangxi to replace the Marquis Xijue.

Regarding Wu Xingzuo's appointment, Kangxi, who had long been dissatisfied with Hou Xijue because of Li Shizhen's report, immediately approved it.On May [-]th, Hou Xijue was ordered to serve as an official with the original product, and he was promoted to Fu Kui, the commander-in-chief of Haitan Town, Fujian Province, to act as the admiral of the Guangdong Navy.On the same day, Kangxi also established the post of commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Susong Navy based on reports from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and appointed Tang Fu, the deputy general of Yuanzhou Town, Jiangxi Province, to take the post of commander-in-chief, in an attempt to ease the Zhoushan Navy's efforts in the Eastern Ocean, The desperate situation in the Southern Ocean.

However, the decision of the city of Beijing, which is thousands of miles away, has been sent to Guangzhou, but the Portuguese who are close at hand have not given Wu Xingzuo a satisfactory answer for a long time. Reasons to decline.As the time was approaching the windy season, Wu Xingzuo did not want to procrastinate for a long time, so he resorted to the magic weapon of cutting off trade again. However, the port outside Macau was empty, and the Portuguese couldn't tell. In the end, the two sides agreed to restart the joint cover landing in early October. action.

"Master Taiwan, this may be good news." Fu Kui comforted the anxious Wu Xingzuo in this way. "The lower officials have just arrived, but it will take some time to understand the affairs of the Guangdong Navy. In addition, Lang Junmen has just been transferred from the first-class guard, and the guest troops from all over the country need to patrol and appease before they can go to battle."

Wu Xingzuo said in an anxious tone: "I'm afraid that the time will be delayed, Haini has already evacuated Qiongzhou."

Wu Xingzuo said viciously: "Zhu Qin's son is deliberately trying to shake the country's foundation, and the more Haini population is, the harder it is for the court to replicate. How can such a serious trouble allow him to continue to die."

"Building a platform," Fu Kui said hesitantly, as if moved by Wu Xingzuo's loyalty and courage. "Although the lower officials are new to Guangdong, they are old in the past. Listening to their tone, the whole Guangdong Province actually doesn't want to fight Haini." Looking at Wu Xingzuo, who was staring at him, Fu Kui's voice couldn't help but grow softer. go down. "When He Fu and He Junmen were still there, there was a consensus in Guangdong Province that Qiongzhou should be emptied while watching the sea inverse, so that the 10,000+ hectares of cultivated land would be vacated."

Wu Xingzuo was so angry that he slapped it on the solid wood coffee table: "Beetles, a group of beetles!"

Of course, Wu Xingzuo understands Fu Kui's unfinished intentions. The owner of the 10,000+ hectares of land is gone, so it will naturally fall into the hands of the government. At that time, as long as the pen in his hand is moved lightly, the wealth of the sky will fall into the hands of the government. It's in my pocket, so I naturally hope that Ming Zheng will take everyone away sooner.

"Make the platform calm down." Fu Kui, who had seen through all this, tried to persuade him at this time. "Zaotai, this is an official involved in the entire province. Zaotai has just come here to gain a foothold. You must not offend a bunch of villains with black eyes who only recognize silver."

"Then you mean to join forces with them?" Wu Xingzuo looked at Fu Kui with scrutiny. He somewhat understood why Fu Kui would take the initiative to reveal all this. . "Whose family's salary are you eating, and whose family do you work for?"

Fu Kui, who felt that he was not human inside and out, was sweating profusely: "Xiaguan, my lord, Xiaguan still wants to delete the word "acting."

Fu Kui almost burst into tears, and Wu Xingzuo's doubts about this subsided somewhat, but he still didn't look good to Fu Kui: "Fu Junmen, since you are the messenger, then send a message back for the old man."

Wu Xingzuo said in a deep voice: "I can't stop them from getting some profit from it, but I can't be too greedy. The emperor is still eyeing Guangdong Province, so Qiongzhou must be recovered as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Wu Xingzuo sneered: "It's been almost two years. Even if Haini transported 1 people a month, more than 20 people were transported to Dongning in two years. There is enough land left. Now, if anyone is still greedy and doesn't work hard when going to war, the old man ordered him to appease Guangdong and Guangxi, so he can't kill anyone."

Fu Kui escaped from the governor's office in a state of embarrassment and got into his eight-carrier sedan chair. He breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his head. After panting for a while, he opened the curtains and followed the Ghoshha, the attendant's confidant, ordered: "Tell those who came yesterday, let them prepare 10 taels to scare me, and if they ask, they will say that the old man has let go, just to let them stop pushing too hard and share the profit." The good thing is to bring Qiongzhou back first."

"Where is this place?" Gao Cheng got up from the deck in a daze and looked around. The tropical sun was hanging high above his head. There is a vague land, but there is no reference, Gao Cheng has no idea where he is. "This damn evil wind!"

Gao Cheng, who was muttering, untied the cable tied around his waist and looked around. There were already sailors lying there. He stood up unsteadily and inspected them one by one. Fortunately, most of the sailors just passed out. , and of course there was one who hit something on the head of the unlucky ghost and died long ago.

Gao Cheng woke up the living one by one, and then restrained the dead. After finishing this step, several sailors went down to the cabin to check the damage, while others tried to repair the broken mast and damaged sail, but there was not enough Most of their efforts are useless.

"My lord, there is no other loss, except that one of the bilges was broken, and all the fresh water in the ballast was drained."

This is the benefit of the watertight cabin equipped on Chinese-style sailboats, but that’s all. Without fresh water, everyone will have fun sooner or later.

"Don't bother," Gao Cheng ordered to a few unwilling sailors. "Look for something to paddle, isn't there land over there? Maybe you can find water and a replacement sail."

A group of sailors drove the bulky hull in a similar way. With the joint efforts of the current and the sailors, the ship headed towards the land. When it approached, everyone discovered that it was a small island composed of several small islands and a main island. islands.

When they got closer, suddenly a sailor shouted: "Look, it's cooking smoke. There are people on the island."

Unlike the ecstatic ordinary sailors, Gao Cheng ordered: "Get all the knives and guns ready, divide the remaining bird guns, and then check the gunpowder and lead. Who knows what's in this ghost place?" waiting for us."

The boat got closer and closer, Gao Cheng and the others seemed to be found on the island, and the smoke of the alarm was ignited, but this did not prevent Gao Cheng, the boat that lost its main power, from drifting to the seaside: "Get off the anchor, we want to go back after running aground. There is no other way."

Since the small boat on the ship was lost in the storm, the group of people could only jump directly into the sea after the ship disembarked. Fortunately, the sea was already very shallow, which did not affect the sailors holding the firecrackers to step ashore.

But what they found after landing on the shore surprised all the sailors: "This is the pattern of fishing villages in Guangdong. Could it be that we have been drifting back to the mainland? That's right, there is still a monument here, with Chinese characters on it that say centipede Diyu Island (Note: Great Natuna Island)."

"Centuary Island?" A sailor blinked his eyelids. "I know where it is. This place is really far away from the mouth of the Datian River."

"Isn't that nonsense?" quipped another sailor. "I also know that this place is far away from our Xiboni, but don't you know where it is, so don't say it's half hidden and half hidden."

"Guys, do you still remember what the name of the big picture is (Note: Datujiao)? This island should be called directly facing the big picture."

"That's really far away." Gao Cheng was still sighing, when suddenly a sharp arrow shot into the feet of several people, the sailors were terrified, and Gao Cheng also staggered. "Quick, there is an ambush, back, quick, back."

There was a lot of chaos here, and someone over there asked in Cantonese: "Where are you from? What do you want to do when you break into the island? You have put down your weapons. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."

"Put down your weapon?" Gao Cheng rolled his eyes. "You gang of traitors and lackeys are trying to trick us into putting down our weapons. It's a dream come true."

"Slow down!" Maybe it was because of Gao Cheng's response, or maybe because of seeing the buns of several people, the voice over there suddenly became high-pitched. "We are not lackeys of the Tartars. Who are you and how did you come to the island?"

"Us?" The other party's response obviously fit Gao Cheng's initial judgment, so he responded loudly. "We are the army of the Ming Dynasty. Now we are ordered to station in Xiboni. We just encountered strong winds and were sent here by the waves. It is you who hide your head and show your tail. It must not be a good way."

Gao Cheng immediately caused chattering, and soon a burly man came out: "Tell me, you Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, what proof do you have for this?"

"Certificate?" Gao Cheng put down the weapon in his hand and slowly walked up to him. "Is it necessary for me to lie to you?" As he spoke, he rolled his hand and threw an iron ring. "Look for yourself, it's on the back."

The man turned over the ring and saw that there were two rows of small characters inside, "The boy camp is at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The 35th year of the Yongli calendar of the Ming Dynasty". Ask the angel, has China ever been restored?"

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