Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Just as Zhu Jin was working hard to restore the strength of the Zheng army, another bad news hit him: Liu Jinzhong, the right admiral conferred by Zhu Jin and the prisoner Liu Jinzhong, who was always in trouble, saw the strength of the Qing army, so he changed his court again. .

Liu Jinzhong's rebellion led to the interruption of the land connection between Liu Guoxuan's department in Huizhou and the main force of Ming Zheng. What's more frightening is that Guangzhou Shang Zhixin also announced his return to the Qing court.

As a last resort, Zhu Jinsui ordered Liu Guoxuan's troops to withdraw from the sea route immediately.The Qing government was very worried about the withdrawal of troops from the Ming and Zheng forces, and once ordered the Shang and Liu ministries to intercept and encircle them.However, Shang Zhixin's Cantonese army had suffered a great loss from Zheng's army in the battle of Limulus Mountain, so they dared not act rashly. Although Liu Jinzhong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he did not want to completely tear his face with Ming and Zheng before the battle was settled, so The two sat and watched Zheng Jun's retreat.

Since the Shang and Liu departments did not dare to cross the threshold, Liu Guoxuan naturally arranged for leisure. Therefore, in June of the 30th year of the Yongli calendar, except for a group of more than [-] people who withdrew to Qiongzhou to strengthen Yang Xian's strength, the main force of the Liu department held tens of thousands of soldiers. Yu Huizhou people and all the supplies and grains were completely evacuated to Siming, and then diverted to Dongning.

The Qing court was extremely annoyed by Liu Jinzhong's insubordination. Although he was awarded the title of General Conqueror, he was immediately arrested and imprisoned after Pingnan General Laita's army took control of Chaozhou, and then escorted to Beijing Wenzhanqishi.Shang Zhixin was shocked and turned pale when he heard about it, so he mobilized troops and horses to cross the sea to conquer Qiongzhou to redeem himself.However, Sun Tzu said that "the king should not be angry but revive the teacher, and he will not be angry and go to war." As a result, Shang Zhixin, who did not listen to what the soldier said, was beaten by the old and strong Yang Xian with seven thousand to twenty thousand, and returned in a panic.

The disastrous defeat in the battle of Qionghai and the return of Liu Guoxuan, the main force of the Zheng army, made the Qing government realize that the remaining strength of Zheng in the Ming Dynasty was not something that could be easily dealt with. Therefore, in order to resolve the threat from Fujian and Guangdong as soon as possible, there was a dispute within the Qing army whether it should adopt a "suppression" attitude towards Zheng Jun or a "comfort" attitude.

"Prince Kang and Lang Zhijun, the lower officials think that now that the imperial court is using troops in Hunan Province, the strength of Central Fujian is already empty, and we should keep calm when dealing with Zheng Ni, or use consolation to slow down his will. If Zheng Ni meets Prime Minister, it will be natural Everyone is happy, if you don’t want to, it doesn’t hurt, as the imperial soldiers return to Fujian, it’s just a matter of time.”

"Lord Duan, it's a good way to slow down the army." Huang Fangshi, who was re-awarded the Duke of Haicheng by the Qing court, scoffed at Duan Yingju's proposal. "But I never thought that Zheng Ni would also use the opportunity of the imperial court to reorganize his strength and prepare for war. If the imperial army is still trapped in Hunan by then, and Zheng Ni recovers his strength and makes a comeback, how will I deal with it?"

Duan Yingju's face froze. During the Kangxi period, the admiral was not the only military minister in front of the governor and governor in the future. He also lived in eight seats, but he could be the enemy of the governor and governor. Humiliation, can he not be angry?But before he had time to refute, he listened to Huang Fangshi's suggestion with grinning teeth.

"This Lord thinks that the speed of the army is very important, and Liu Bu just returned from the sea and his foothold is not stable, so he immediately crossed the sea and attacked Xiamen, so as not to give Zheng Ni a chance to breathe."

"Mr. Haicheng and Zheng Ni have a sworn feud. Of course, I hope to send troops to Xiamen immediately to drive Zheng Ni back to Taiwan." Duan Yingju didn't have time to retort. , Hu Tu held up a face that looked like a smile but not a smile, and asked with murderous intent. "But what about the boat? Can Lord Haicheng conjure a boat? Even if he conjures a boat, Zheng Ni's navy has always been the best in the Fujian Sea. Could it be that Haicheng Gong is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han, and he is planning to ruin the imperial army in the sea?" Is it at sea?"

"Lord Hu!" Huang Fangshi clenched his fists angrily, but although Hu Tu's title is not as high as his, he is a child of the Eight Banners, and the Qing court is naturally nobler than him, a Han, and secondly, he is very serious The second-rank official Fuzhou Deputy Dutong is not comparable to his empty-shell duke who only has thousands of private soldiers. "you"

"That's all, that's all!" Seeing that Huang Fangshi was about to run away, Huang Lan, the chief soldier, hurriedly stood up and turned off the fire. "Naturally, Lord Haicheng did not mean to ruin the imperial army, but what Lord Hu said is true, Xiamen cannot pass without a ship. However, now that Miao Zhixiu has surrendered to the imperial court in Wenzhou, as long as Dinghai is recaptured, the imperial navy will You can drive here to compete with Zheng Ni, as long as the navy wins, isn't Xiamen like a big girl with all her clothes off?"

Several generals immediately laughed lasciviously when they heard the words, and General Ninghai Lahada ignored Huang Fangshi's livid face, nodded repeatedly, and echoed loudly: "That's right, it's the reason that Xiamen can Whether you can’t fight, whether you can fight or not, the key depends on the ability of the navy.”

Fujian governor Lang Tingxiang, who was born in the Han army with the yellow banner, listened for a long time, and saw that all the generals except Huang Fangshi agreed to temporarily cease fire, so he asked the general who was ordered to sit up, Prince He Shuokang Wang Jie: "My lord, look Woolen cloth?"

Speaking of the governor Lang Tingxianglang in front of me, his ancestors were also generals of the Ming army. After his father Lang Xizai surrendered to the Qing Dynasty outside the pass, the Lang family gradually began to prosper as the Qing court swept across China.In his generation, his elder brother Lang Tingfu served successively as the senior official, hereditary first-class Adahafan (Captain of Qingche) and Tuo Sarahafan (Captain of Yunqi), successively served as the leader of Guan Han Army with the Yellow Banner, Hubu Langzhong was finally promoted to Hubu Shilang, and his second brother Lang Tingzuo was even more famous. He successively served as governor of Jiangxi, governor of Fujian and Jiangnan, and Shang of the Ministry of War. It stabilized its country.

It is precisely because the two generations of the Lang family have made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty's entry into China, Jie also had to show some face to this traitor who was a feudal official: "Master Lang is the governor of Fujian appointed by imperial authority, and he wants to come to Xiamen and other places. I am more familiar with it, this king is the first to listen to Mr. Lang's meaning when he first arrives."

"The lord is the general who was ordered by the emperor to pacify the southeast, how dare the subordinate officials overstep." Lang Tingxiang signed his ass to curry favor, but Jie made up his mind to force him to speak first, so Lang Tingxiang had no choice but to express his attitude. "The lower officials think that what Lord Duan and Lord Huang said is very insightful, and now that they are going to float to sea to take Xiamen, they still have little strength, so it's better to appease them temporarily, or they can avoid swordsmen."

"Acquisition?" Jie stroked his beard. During Zheng Chenggong's era, the Qing court tried to appease him five times, and since Zheng Jing succeeded to the throne, he has surrendered four times. However, all of them have returned in vain. Now he still wants to appease?Jie was a little hesitant, but he finally nodded after seeing that the arrogant soldiers below were all in a posture of not wanting to fight anymore. "You might as well give it a try, but Zheng Nikuang is rebellious and needs to be prepared to fight again. Mr. Lang, you need to continue to pay attention to the ship. As for the navy, you need to supervise more."

Zheng Kezang walked out of Ci'an, where he had stayed for more than three months, and looked back at the tomb of Chen Zhaoniang behind Ci'an. The faint rain and mist floated in the air, as if it were tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, giving him a feeling of sadness and sorrow. .Zheng Kezang watched for a while, then turned around resolutely, and strode out.

Returning to the lotus courtyard where things had changed, Zheng Kezang had no time to rest, so he immediately sent someone to invite Zheng Cong and other Zheng clan relatives --- in the past three months, Wannian and Tianxing prefectures have honored Chen Yonghua. He was ordered to chase and intercept several uncle's houses, and the two sides fought several times. The smog caused Taiwan to look sideways---so even if the British, Guilian, and Li people's shops had just sent out the order, Zheng Kezang had to solve the problem immediately. Unstable factors.

"Qinshe, you just came back just in time. Uncle Wu is still looking for you. What is Chen Yonghua, who dares to let people attack the uncle's house? He is going to rebel." Before Zheng Zhiren entered the room, his carefree voice came passed it on. "If you don't care about this matter, Uncle Wu will go to Siming to look for it."

Before Zheng Zhi finished speaking, when he walked into the room, he saw Zheng Kezang looking at him with cold eyes. He felt guilty, and suddenly lost his voice. At this moment, Zheng Kezang signaled with his hand: "Uncle Wu, Let's sit down and wait for a while, Second Uncle and the others will all be there, and then I will talk to a few uncles about it."

As soon as he heard that Zheng Cong and others were coming, Zheng Zhi became more courageous and sat down swaggeringly: "Qinshe, is there any tea?"

"Give tea to Uncle Min Qing." Zheng Kezang ordered, and he served the tea in his own room. Zheng Zhi took a sip. At this time, Zheng Ming, Zheng Yu, Zheng Kuan, Zheng Cong, and Zheng Rou arrived one after another. Zheng Kezang They were invited to sit down one by one, and tea was also served. Everyone knew Zheng Kezang's purpose for inviting them here, and they all sat there quietly drinking tea on the surface, but after a while For a moment, Zheng Wen didn't arrive for a long time, obviously he was deliberately trying to give Zheng Kezang a bad blow.

"Eighth Uncle, if you don't want to come, whatever, please ask Sixth Uncle and Ninth Uncle to tell him what we said today." Zheng Kezang made the opening remarks. "The reason why the uncles were invited here today is because President Chen repeatedly complained to Yu, saying that the uncles first embezzled the official land and second forced immigrants into slavery. Green shoes cannot be banned."

"Chen Yonghua is hitting you hard!" Zheng Rou jumped up. "Why didn't he say that even if his subordinates injured the servants of the uncle's house?"

As soon as Zheng Rou fired the cannon, several Zheng family members nearby also began to join in, Zheng Kezang listened quietly until they automatically turned off the fire: "I don't care who hits whom, but the two things Mr. Chen said Is there anything wrong?"

Although Zheng Kezang's tone was connotative, but his words were firm and pointed to the point, several people hesitated for a long time, and Zheng Ming held back a sentence: "This land of Taiwan was originally owned by the Zheng family who waited for Yu to occupy several acres of official land. What's the big deal, Chen Yonghua is making a fuss out of a molehill, why bother to give up on you?"

Zheng Kezang cut off his words: "Could it be the kings of the world, so these uncles have taken a fancy to father's position?"

This accusation stunned Zheng Ming and the others. Zheng Kezang did not give him a chance to refute, and said very quickly: "Father was defeated in the mainland, and the seven counties fell. When they needed food to regroup, several uncles occupied the official land that should be used as military pay, and used the immigrants who could have provided taxes as their own domestic slaves. What is the intention of this? They want the father to be defeated again in the mainland. Can it be replaced?"

At this time, Zheng Cong couldn't sit still: "Qinshe, you also know that the third child and the others are just greedy, so how could they have such thoughts."

"Greedy?" Zheng Kezang shook his head. "Maybe, but the fundamentals have been shaken. Where will the last few uncles become relatives of the emperor?" The tone of these words has softened, and Zheng Ming let out a long sigh of relief. "Return all the occupied official land, and release all the forced slaves, and I will point out another way for the uncles to make money."

"Second brother, third brother, do we really want to listen to the little bastards?" After leaving the lotus courtyard, Zheng Rou invited a few people to his house, and as soon as he sat down, he asked the elders Zheng Cong and Zheng Ming Brother asked tentatively. "Although sailing at sea is beneficial, it is also risky. It is not as secure as directly planting sugar cane."

"He is the descendant of Yuan!" Zheng Ming glared at Zheng Rou and the brothers around Zheng Rou. "Brother Wang is not here, he is the biggest, if you don't give him face today, will he give you face in the future?"

"Then he dares to disregard the etiquette and attack the uncle?"

"Nonsense!" Zheng Cong pouted at Zheng Zhi. "He's not guarding against us, who is he guarding against?" Speaking of which, Zheng Kezang's idea is actually beneficial to him, but seeing people talking nonsense, in front of Zheng Zhi and others, Zheng Cong will naturally lean towards them look like. "Besides, he has a reason for this matter."

Zheng Ming sighed, and persuaded his unwilling younger brothers: "Qin She has already promised that after the land is retired, each person will send a lucky boat of [-] materials, send away the immigrants and then compensate the [-] black slaves in the house. It’s interesting enough, besides, transporting sugar from Annan and Siam during the sugar period, and rice from Annan in normal times are all beneficial, so take a step back and see the sea and the sky.”

"Yes!" Zheng Cong also persuaded. "Transporting brown sugar from the West, transporting snow sugar and rock sugar to Ryukyu and Japan, and then transporting Japanese copper, Japanese goods, and Korean ginseng back, at least one trip is more than three times as profitable. It only takes two trips a year. , isn’t it better than digging food in the soil?”

"Speaking of it, second brother, you are a land tiger, and you earn more." In Zheng Kezang's plan, Zheng Cong does not need to contribute capital, but just receives brown sugar for free and provides snow sugar and rock sugar for free, so he can still share [-]% of the profit However, the other six people have to send boats, sailors, and start-up funds, so they only get [-]% of the share. No wonder the rest of them are jealous.

As soon as Zheng Cong quit, he hurriedly defended: "Don't talk nonsense, there are some people in Yu's Tang Liao, and if you get a profit, you can only get eight points."

"This little bastard!"

"Stop scolding, is this going to be done?"

"Can you not do it? The land and people have to be returned. If you don't do it, you will suffer from the northwest wind."