Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1132 Change of Attitude
Zheng Chenggong and Wang Yan had a good personal relationship, but with the passage of time and conflicts of interest, the two gradually came to opposite sides.

Wang Yan still admires Zheng Chenggong very much, but the Guangdong maritime merchant Huguang gentry behind him, to a large extent, robbed the Zheng family's job, and it is impossible for Wang Yan to suppress the Guangdong maritime merchant and give up any benefits to the Zheng family, so Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong cannot come together.

In the past, there was a bigger thing called the Anti-Qing Qing, and the two sides could form an alliance and become partners, but when the threat of the Qing Dynasty was lifted, the conflict of interests between the two sides emerged.

It may be human nature to share adversity but not wealth.

Originally, there was only one overlord in the East China Sea and Nanyang, and that was the Zheng family in Fujian. However, because Zheng Zhilong went the wrong way, the strength of the Zheng family was greatly damaged, and Wang Yan and Guangdong marine merchants took advantage of the momentum and divided up the interests of the Zheng family in Nanyang. .

The market is so big, the Nanyang trade is done by Guangdong merchants, and the income of the Zheng family in Fujian is naturally much worse than that of Fujian and Guangdong controlled by Zheng Zhilong.

This year, the Zheng family spent a lot of effort to occupy Luzon, which was targeted by Guangdong maritime merchants. Guangdong maritime merchants were dissatisfied with this, so they lobbied the officials of the Chu faction, suggesting that the imperial court take Luzon under the direct control of the governor, and this became the flashpoint of conflicts. .

In addition, Wang Yan wanted to cut down the vassal and bring the Zheng family's navy to the central government. How could the Zheng family, a maritime trade interest group that started out as pirates and was also a merchant and pirate, give up the navy? That is the family business accumulated by two generations of the Zheng family.

People's desires are gradually expanding. As a force, he also has his own characteristics, which must be exaggerated. Especially for groups with commercial interests, the desire to expand is even more obvious. The Zheng family's trade wants to expand, and Zheng Chenggong wants to expand Furthermore, if he wants to enter the central government and take control of power, then he cannot stay in Fujian.

Wang Yan occupied the central seat, so naturally he would not come down by himself. The Chu Party still had a group of bigwigs queuing up. If Zheng Chenggong wanted to go further, he had to support Tang Wang and overthrow the Chu Party.

Not to mention that Wang Yan prevented him from becoming the king, but because of the conflict of interests and his political ambitions, the Zheng family would choose to side with the Tang king in order to replace the Wang family and become one of the power holders of Ming Dynasty.

This time Zheng Chenggong led [-] sailors from Xiamen to help Tang Wang seize power, but he did not expect that the matter was doomed to fail from the very beginning.

The news at sea was cut off, and Zheng Chenggong arrived in Chongming, only to know that the world had changed greatly during his wandering days at sea.

King Tang was placed under house arrest by the imperial court, Jin Shenghuan died by slaying himself, and he was declared a rebel, and King Lu's side also failed completely.

In Wang Yan's position, Zheng Chenggong can naturally be determined to rebel, but Zheng Chenggong can also say that Wang Yan is a power traitor. Emperor Gaozong was going to pass the throne to Tang Wang, but Wang Yan made a little emperor. The king's seizure of the throne is justifiable and an act of loyalty.

If the coup succeeds, he is naturally a great loyal minister who clears out power traitors and restores the imperial family, but if it fails now, then Wang Yan says he is a rebellion, that is, a rebellion.

At this time, he not only got the news that the coup had failed, but also knew that 6 horses from Guangdong and Guangxi had already entered Fujian, his hometown.

Continuing to enter the Yangtze River, it is impossible for him to threaten Nanjing, move to Wang Yan, rescue Tang Wang, and now return to Fujian, he may only be able to separate Jinxia, ​​he is already in a dilemma.

When Zheng Chenggong arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the King of Lu sent someone to contact him, while abandoning Zhenjiang and preparing to lead the fleet eastward.

This sudden change made Wang Yan passive. The Donghai Navy might be able to stop King Lu, but they couldn't stop King Lu and Zheng Chenggong.

If these two navies were allowed to join forces, there would be no peace on the coastline of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan originally wanted to capture King Lu first, and then force Zheng Chenggong to give up his military power and take a post in Nanjing, forcing him to give up his control of the Zheng family's water army, but now that King Lu has not caught him, the situation will change again.

King Lu and Zheng Chenggong would not be willing to go to sea unless it was absolutely necessary. In fact, Wang Yan did not want them to go to sea even more, because the navy of King Lu and Zheng Chenggong accounted for at least [-]% of the water power of the Ming Dynasty. Once they went to sea, within a short time, The court has nothing to do with them.

Especially the Navy of the Zheng family used to be a pirate. Although Wang Yan decided that Zheng Chenggong was a traitor, he didn’t want Zheng Chenggong to be a traitor. If the Zheng family became a pirate and added a king of Lu, Wang Yan’s overseas trade would suffer greatly. Even the strategy of Kaihai will be affected.

Exterminating pirates is not as easy as dealing with bandits on land, not to mention that the naval forces controlled by the imperial court are weaker than King Lu and Zheng Chenggong.

Although in the long run, the imperial navy has the backing of a strong central government and will surpass them sooner or later, but Wang Yan cannot afford to exceed the previous losses.

Seeing that King Lu was about to lead the navy to join Zheng Chenggong, Wang Yan became anxious!

As an adult who looks at benefits and gains and losses, and the controller of a country, Wang Yan immediately put away his tough stance and became gentle.

People can be emotional and do things based on their likes and dislikes, but the country can't, so it is reasonable for Wang Yan to change his face.

Although he felt extremely regrettable and extremely annoyed in his heart, he still had to find a way to prevent the two parties from going out to sea as thieves.

Outside Zhenjiang City, Wang Ji stood in front of King Lu on a three-story gunboat.

The Zhejiang Navy originally did not have three-story gunships, but Zheng Chenggong had them, as did the Guangdong Navy and the Donghai Navy, and King Lu also built three ships.

On the deck, King Lu looked at Wang Ji who was coming, and said with a sneer, "Your Highness Chu, don't you want to capture the lonely king wholeheartedly and disagree with the lonely king's conditions? Why did His Highness Chu suddenly change his temper?"

Wang Yan's attitude was relatively tough before, that's because Man Dazhuang blocked King Lu from going out to sea, and King Lu was the turtle in the urn, so Wang Yan was very sure, so he was naturally very tough.

Now Man Dazhuang is sandwiched between Lu Wang and Zheng Chenggong, and he is shrinking in the water village. It is unlikely that he wants to stop Lu Wang from going to sea, so Wang Yan's attitude has changed.

Wang Ji bowed to King Lu, "Your Highness, today's matter is not what His Highness Chu wanted."

"It wasn't what he wanted. Was it all caused by the lonely king? Wang Yan stole the rights and interests of my Zhu family, so he was wronged?" King Lu narrowed his eyes and said angrily.

He proposed to Wang Yan the conditions of confiscating Taiwan Island, not holding his subordinates accountable, and guaranteeing the property of the Zhejiang Clan, but Wang Yan never agreed. It is shameless for the generals to betray him.

King Lu has already expressed despair at Wang Yan's character, since Wang Yan won't give him a way, then he can only fight Wang Yan to the end.

No matter how many people are willing to go to sea with him, as long as he goes out, even if there are only a few boats, he can still disturb Wang Yan's sleep and food.

When he was fighting against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was wandering at sea. At the worst time, he had only a thousand people around him. Now he still has more than 2 people, so it may not be impossible to create a career at sea.

Seeing that King Lu was angry, Wang Ji did not argue with him about it. His Highness the King of Chu was negotiating while poaching corners.

"Your Highness, it is not appropriate to pursue responsibility now. Man Qing took advantage of our civil strife, and Dorgon had already sent troops south. His Royal Highness Chu believed that since the victory and defeat are decided, both of us will stop, otherwise we will die." It will make foreigners take advantage of it." Wang Ji clasped his fists and said to King Lu: "His Royal Highness Chu sent a message to His Highness, hoping to have a frank and honest talk with His Highness and the surname Zheng Guo!"

Before Wang Yan was willing to use Jiang Xiang's pawn, he wanted to take down King Lu, but now that the situation changed, he immediately became righteous again.

After listening to Wang Ji's words, King Lu frowned and thought for a moment when he saw the sincerity on his face, but in the end he still didn't believe Wang Yan, "It's okay to talk, the lonely king must leave Chongming first, and he can't go ashore alone!"

(End of this chapter)