Daming Military Empire

Chapter 394 Daming Zheng Style
On the evening of the evening when Zhu Cijiong led the army to Xingcheng Port, Zhennan Wang Zheng Zhilong organized a family banquet in a side hall of the Nanyang Governor's Mansion. He said that since he became the Nanyang Governor, the emperor seemed to want him to develop in Nanyang. The provinces he was originally in charge of in Southern Zhili were gradually taken over by the relevant government offices of the court, and the power of the two provinces and four vassal states in the southeast peninsula was gradually handed over to him.

Naturally, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to have any opinions. As far as his personal hobbies are concerned, he still prefers the life by the sea. It's better to sail a boat out to sea to cast a few nets of fish than to sit there and watch a movie, so he simply He took all his family members to the Nanyang Governor's Mansion and became a full-time Nanyang Governor.

It was not easy for Zheng Chenggong to follow the emperor to Nanyang, so he naturally wanted to call his family together for a good get-together.

This is a real family banquet. There are not many people in the huge side hall, and there are only five people dining in the middle. Sitting on his left are brothers Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, and on his right is Princess Tian Chuan He and his son Zheng Chenggong, mother and son, and the two beautiful young women serving on the side are not outsiders, they are the regular wives of Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, Wang Shi and Zhang Shi.

After the servants finished serving the dishes, Zheng Zhilong immediately said to Wang Shi and Zhang Shi who were beside him: "Sister and sister, come, fill us up with wine."

Upon hearing this, Wang and Zhang obediently picked up the jugs and filled them up one by one for everyone. Immediately, the aroma of the wine filled the entire side hall. Naturally, what the family drank was aged tribute wine.

Zheng Zhilong stood up enthusiastically, raised his glass and said, "It's rare for our family to reunite. Come, let's have a toast."

Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Tian Chuanshi, and Zheng Chenggong quickly stood up, raised their glasses, touched them lightly, and drank them all in one gulp.

After drinking the wine, Tian Chuan didn't care about the burning in his mouth, he directly picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, put it in Zheng Chenggong's bowl, and said lovingly: "Sen'er, this is your favorite steamed sea bass. You can try it." How about a taste?"

Zheng Chenggong looked at the fish in the bowl in embarrassment, and then looked up at his father and two uncles. This dinner is very particular about moving chopsticks. According to etiquette, the oldest person present should move first. Chopsticks, in terms of etiquette Xu Guangqi taught the thinnest, Zheng Chenggong naturally remembered it very clearly.

Zheng Zhilong didn't care much. Although he was born in an official family, he went out to wander around as soon as he was an adult, and later he was a pirate for a while, so he never cared much about etiquette. Knowing how to pretend, there is nothing polite to talk about when the family is together, he also picked up a piece of perch and put it in Zheng Chenggong's bowl, and said lovingly: "Sen'er, try it quickly, this is the real seven-star fish brought from Dongying. Perch, the ones are specially prepared for you, and your mother cooked them by herself."

Zheng Chenggong is a veritable treasure in the Zheng family. He is not only the younger brother of the current emperor, the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, but also he has been very cute since he was a child. It's strange not to regard him as a treasure.

Seeing that all the elders were staring eagerly at him and not moving his chopsticks, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to pick up two pieces of fish in the bowl, stuff them into his mouth, and nod while chewing. stand up.

Before eating two bites, Zheng Zhilong asked curiously: "Sen'er, why didn't the emperor call everyone to deploy the next strategy today, but told us to take a good rest?"

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong put down his chopsticks and replied seriously: "Back to my father, the emperor said before disembarking that everything haste makes waste. The strategy for the Mughal Empire cannot be deployed in a short while. A few hours, so he asked everyone to take a good rest, so as not to lose energy during the meeting and cause trouble."

Zheng Zhihu heard the words and thought, "Haste makes waste? Is the war with the Mughal Empire going to be postponed?"

The emperor didn't mean that. Zheng Chenggong quickly explained: "Second uncle, no, the emperor told me on the road that the day when the Mughal Empire attacked Goa was the time for war."

Zheng Zhihu was puzzled, but Zheng Zhibao said with a shy face: "Sen'er, look, the emperor treats you so favorably, can you say something nice in front of the emperor, and ask third uncle to be a fleet commander or something, Third Uncle also wants to serve the country and make contributions!"

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he didn't answer, but looked at Zheng Zhilong in embarrassment.

Zheng Zhilong pointed at Zheng Zhibao with his chopsticks, and said with a stern face: "Third son, how many times have I told you, honestly, just let me take care of the Ming Royal Western business, and don't think about leading troops to fight anymore. Don't tell Sen'er about this anymore, I didn't let him talk to Huangshangguan."

Zheng Zhibao used to be the youngest of the Zheng family anyway, and when he was a child, he was also the master who was loved by thousands of people. He was not very afraid of Zheng Zhilong. Seeing Zheng Zhilong's posture, he was directly dissatisfied and said: "Brother, you are already a prince. Don’t point your chopsticks at others all the time, Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming can be fleet commanders, why can’t I be?”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong put down his chopsticks in embarrassment, and sighed: "Third brother, it's not that the eldest brother looks down on you, it's that our Zheng family has received too much favor from the emperor, do you understand the master of high merit? Too much power is more powerful than merit." The Lord is even more dangerous, even if the emperor doesn't want to deal with us, there will be people who will go forward and slander the emperor, if the emperor listens to the slander, our Zheng family will be finished, do you know?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhibao said rather dissatisfied: "What does it mean to be too powerful? Our Zheng family only controls 30 horses in total, but the Qin family controls 40 horses. They are more powerful than us. Why haven't we seen anyone?" into their slander?"

This pig brain, Zheng Zhilong is so angry, he hates iron and steel and said: "Don't you know that I am still in charge of the military and political power of two provinces and four vassal states? There is also Xiao Qizaemon, my father-in-law The matter is too high, and it is estimated that the throne will be passed on to Xiaoqi Zuoemon in a few years, and Yang Geng and Chen Hui used to be my personal guards. Calculated in this way, our Zheng family is in charge of a total of 50 troops , five vassal states, and two provinces, you still think the power is not big enough! Also, is the Qin family comparable to us? They are relatives of the emperor. If the queen gives birth to a prince, it will be even more serious , do you think our Zheng family kissed the emperor or the Qin family kissed the emperor?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhibao thought about it carefully, and it was really the case. He couldn't help being frightened, his expression changed, cold sweat broke out, and even Zheng Zhihu's face showed a look of worry.

When Tian Chuan saw this, he quickly smoothed things over and said: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this when the family eats, come on, eat the vegetables quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold."

Zheng Chenggong also followed with a very face: "Yes, yes, second uncle, third uncle, this sea bass is delicious, you should try it too."

The mother and son's smoothing seems to have no effect, even Zheng Zhilong put down his chopsticks worriedly and sighed.

Seeing them like this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help frowning and thinking, and soon he pretended to be innocent and said: "Father, second uncle, third uncle, you don't have to worry, the emperor is very nostalgic, and he especially values ​​loyalty and patriotism. As long as our Zheng family is always loyal to the emperor and Daming, nothing will happen."

Sure enough, when the three of them heard the words, their complexions gradually eased, and Zheng Chenggong changed the topic again: "Father, you said that Xiao Qizaemon will inherit the throne, so has his princess been chosen? And concubines?" Waiter, how many did you choose?"

Speaking of his youngest son, Zheng Zhilong regained his spirit immediately, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "Do you still need to worry about this? The princess and your grandfather have already chosen him for him, and he has chosen more than ten concubines. It's you, Which girl do you like, when are you going to get married?"

Zheng Chenggong didn't expect that this carelessness would bring fire to himself, and he couldn't help but blushed when he heard the words, "Uh, uh, uh", after a long time, he felt embarrassed to speak.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help bursting into laughter, and the atmosphere of the family banquet finally returned to normal.

(End of this chapter)