Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"The current situation is too big and not good for this fan." Not long after the Shangyuan Festival, it was reported that the Qing army had invaded Haitan, and Lin Sheng and others retreated to Chongwu (Note: Between Quanzhou Bay and Meizhou Bay, The news about the southern tip of the Chongwu Peninsula, also known as Liandao, 24 kilometers southeast of Hui'an County, made all the Ming and Zheng officials in Qiongzhou anxious. For this reason, Chen Tingzhang, the Qiongzhou salt transport envoy, paid a visit to the mansion early in the morning. "Boss, we should have made preparations earlier."

"Yes, yes, the situation is not good," Zheng Xingying sighed, touching his foot-long beard. "But the military affairs still need to be handled by Mr. Chen Qing. If Yu waits to intervene too much, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to the management of the government." Speaking of this, Zheng Xingying suddenly sensed something from Chen Tingzhang's face, and smiled. "Master Chen, why don't you take the salt transport and make the people in the yamen go first."

Chen Tingzhang couldn't help laughing embarrassingly when he was told the truth, but then he agreed without hesitation: "My lord, I am so grateful for your care, and I happen to have more than [-] taels of salt tax from last year. , the next officer will escort Siming together."

"It happened to transport the [-] shi of rice that Qiongshan, Wenchang, Chengmai, Lingao and other places owed last year to the front of the army." Zheng Shengying was also completely disappointed with the situation in front of him, so he was able to move some before the collapse. Just move as much as possible. "There are also [-] catties of iron materials and [-] bolts of cloth collected, all of which are also transported away."

Chen Tingzhang nodded repeatedly and offered to send the 450 shi of refined salt held by the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy back to Dongning as military expenses.

The two were discussing secretly, when the servant outside the door suddenly came in with a name card and reported: "Fu Zun, there is an old gentleman outside the hall who said that he is an old friend of Fu Zun, and he traveled to Qiongzhou today, please meet Fu Zun."

"Old friend?" Zheng Xingying was taken aback for a moment, took the name card and opened it, and couldn't help crying out. "It's him!" Seeing the terrified look on Zheng Xingying's face, Chen Tingzhang resigned knowingly, Zheng Xingying sent him out of the inner hall, and then repeated. "And ask him to come in and talk."

The visitor quickly appeared in front of Zheng Xingying, and as soon as they met, the person said to the ground: "Xiu Qiangong, you are all right here."

"Chen Zanhua, aren't you traveling in the South China Sea? When did you come back?" Since Zhu Jin did not revoke Chen Shengwu's position, Zheng Xingying still used his original official position to commensurately. "Come, come, sit inside." After Chen Shengwu settled down, the waiter brought tea, Zheng Xingying said. "It's just in time for you to come. Chen Yawu is going to escort the money back to Siming, so you just go all the way back."

"Chen Yawu is afraid that he wants to escape?" Chen Shengwu's face turned serious, and then he pointed out the purpose of Chen Tingzhang, who had the same surname. "It's fortunate that the king still uses him so much." Chen Shengwu hummed. "If Yu can still speak in front of the king, he must be involved in the crime of running away from battle."

"When disaster strikes, fly separately." Zheng Xingying shook her head indifferently. "Chen Yawu and the others didn't take refuge in the Tartars, so they are considered to be upright, so don't be picky."

Chen Shengwu narrowed his eyes when he heard the words: "So Chen Qing and Xiu Qiangong have already made preparations to withdraw their troops?"

"What can we do if we don't withdraw our troops? Now, except for Qiongshan and Wenchang, it is not easy for all counties to hold the county seat," Zheng Shengying complained. "Chen Qinglan's biggest miss now is to bring this team back to Dongning in its entirety. Since the general has no fighting spirit, how can he fight this battle and defend Qiongzhou? That is, Shang Kexi doesn't want to fight us desperately, otherwise, "Zheng Xingying was silent for a few breaths before continuing. "Otherwise, I'm afraid that losing Qiongzhou will be in sight."

After listening to Zheng Xingying's words, Chen Shengwu also had a solemn expression: "In this way, Qiongzhou must not be able to hold on?"

Re-confirmed by Zheng Xingying, Chen Shengwu asked: "Even if we want to withdraw from Qiongzhou, we must coerce some people to return to Taiwan. If not, how can we explain to the king and grandchildren?"

Although Zheng Xingying had a very high seniority in the Zheng regime of the Ming Dynasty, he was not a fool. When he heard Chen Shengwu say that Zheng Kezang and Zhu Jin were side by side, his heart was moved: "Shicai and Yawu were talking about escorting the materials back to Siming. I forgot about the coercion of the common people, but it is not too late to make amends, so I invited Chen Qinglan here to discuss this matter."

"This matter needs to be kept secret." Chen Shengwu reminded in this way, Zheng Xingying nodded in agreement, at this time Chen Shengwu vaguely revealed his true purpose. "Yu Kan kept on doing the same thing, and transported all the fish scale books and yellow books from Qiongzhou Prefecture, Qiongshan, Wenchang, Lingao, and Chengmai to Dongning."

"What's the use of such things?" Zheng Xingying is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he knew there must be a mystery in it as soon as he heard it. He thought about it carefully, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind, so he suppressed his agitated mood and pretended to be Asked in a nonchalant manner. "Praise the painting needs to be clarified."

"I knew I couldn't hide it from Mr. Xiu Qian!" Chen Shengwu took out two letters from his pocket and handed them over. "The answer is all there."

Zheng Xingying took it over and saw that there was no signature on the envelope, so he took out one of the envelopes, glanced at it, and immediately recognized that it was Chen Yonghua's handwriting, but Chen Yonghua's letter was very simple, and he just hoped that Zheng Xingying could cooperate with Chen Shengwu.

Zheng Xingying, who still didn't get the correct answer after reading the few text messages, opened another one, and before reading the specific content, he was startled by the big seal at the end of the letter: "This, this is the chapter of the superintendent of the country? "

"That's right, it's the grandson's own handwriting," Chen Sheng muttered. "Please take a closer look, my lord."

Zheng Xingying read the letter through carefully, and his brows immediately froze into Sichuan characters. Seeing that he was lost in thought, Chen Shengwu didn't rush him, but just held the tea bowl quietly, as if he was savoring the mellowness of the tea.

After a long time, Zheng Xingying slowly raised his head: "Qin She is also ambitious, and my brother was like this back then."

Chen Shengwu naturally knew that Zheng Xingying was referring to Zhu Chenggong, but he didn't know whether the other party's sentimental post at the moment was aimed at him or just talking to himself, so he kept silent and listened to Zheng Xingying continue to say: "Since playing Jinshe Since he succeeded to the throne, the five mountains and the five seas have rebelled, and the old brothers in Hanliu have also lost contact. It is not easy to comment on right and wrong. It’s just that things have changed over the years, and people have changed. If we want to recover, there is a long way to go to praise paintings. Woolen cloth."

"Your Majesty is kind to his ministers, and his descendants are Chen's in-laws. I dare not not do my best."

"Just praise the painting." Zheng Xingying ordered someone to bring the brazier, and then threw the two letters into the brazier, and he let out a sigh of relief when he saw the flames engulfing the last bit of residue. "It will definitely take a lot of money to do such a big thing. If Zan Hua wants anything, just ask. As long as I can do it, I will definitely be fine."

"The first thing is to keep the secrets. After today, Yu will not come to the door anymore. For all contacts, someone will come with a token." Chen Shengwu talked eloquently. "It's the same with my lord, everything can only be done in the name of my lord, and I must not be involved." Chen Shengwu continued to extend. "Since you want to hide in the wild, you must have the identity of Qiongzhou, so you have to ask the boss to arrange it. It is best to have a family with a hundred acres of land and one or two shops in the city. As for the distant relatives and neighbors, all should be moved to Taiwan. , so as not to let things out." Zheng Xingying agreed one by one, but Chen Shengwu's words were not finished yet. "It takes money to do big things, silver is indispensable, and please prepare at least 5000 taels, sir."

"5000 taels?" Zheng Xingying smiled wryly. "I don't even have that much money even if I demolish the servant." But Chen Shengwu's attitude was firm, so Zheng Xingying had no choice but to compromise. "Originally, there were hundreds of stones of refined salt in the yamen of the salt transportation department to be transported back to Siming. How about giving it to Zanhua at a discount? In addition, there are about a hundred or so copper coins in the warehouses of the counties, and they will not be transported this time."

"After the people are taken away, there must be silk and linen and other things, and as much as they can be left, try to keep them." Chen Shengwu also took half a step back. "In addition, leave more food and the like, I will need it here." After Zheng Xingying confirmed it, Chen Shengwu added. "Yu needs manpower here. I don't want local soldiers from Qiongzhou. People can tell at a glance that Dongning, Fujian Province doesn't want them."

I don’t want this one, I don’t want that one, Zheng Xingying couldn’t help but feel troubled, it’s not that Zheng’s army doesn’t have Cantonese soldiers, but this needs to be coordinated with the military, but Chen Shengwu doesn’t want Chen Qing to know, so it’s tricky, but Zheng Xingying’s previous The ticket has already been booked, so after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Man, I can find a way to transfer it for you, but only one more NO.20, no more."

"Yes! But I still need a boat." Chen Shengwu seemed to be making progress, but there were problems. After all, Qiongzhou was a springboard, and it was absolutely impossible to extend its tentacles to the mainland without a contact boat. "Don't need a big boat, just three or four hundred materials will do."

"Okay, I'll give you the boat too, what else do you want, all in all, so that you won't have anywhere to turn to after the troops are withdrawn."

"I also want to ask Mr. Xiu Qian to write a few letters to the old part of the clan in Han Liuzhong." Naturally, Chen Shengwu couldn't be insatiable, so he quickly made a final request. "Of course Yu knows that he may have made useless efforts. But it is better to have a little hope than to start from nothing. After all, no matter how much money you have, everyone still insists on fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty."

Zheng Xingying agreed without hesitation, and even wrote letters to several old acquaintances in front of Chen Shengwu. After these letters were carefully hidden by Chen Shengwu, Chen Shengwu, who was about to resign, suddenly thought of something: "My lord!" In case Chen Tingzhang notices something from the transfer of money, food and materials by the boss, how should he deal with it."

"Zan Hua is not worried about Chen Tingzhang." Zheng Xingying stroked his beard and assured the embarrassed Chen Shengwu. "Feng Xihan, the servant will arrange for him to leave with Chen Tingzhang, so don't worry about Zan Hua."