I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 105 Cheng Shijie's ambition is clearly revealed
Chapter 104

The fear of surrender, like the plague, will spread rapidly. Starting with the No. 1 pirate who surrendered, hundreds of pirates surrendered one after another, and many pirates surrendered and hung white flags.

According to Ning Haijun's military regulations, the pirates captured are treated the same as the bandits, and they can be rewarded with fifteen acres of land. This is more beneficial than killing these pirates, and it can be regarded as a happy event.

The pirates who surrendered were very cooperative, throwing away the weapons in their hands, kneeling on the deck, and putting the weapons in the most conspicuous position.

"Hold your head with your hands, and throw your weapon in a conspicuous place. Whoever dares to move rashly will be killed!"

Taking advantage of the large number of people, the Navy Navy of Ning continued to bombard the pirates frantically while accepting captives. When the number reached a certain level, even if the artillery was inaccurate, blind cats could still catch dead mice. A pirate ship was hit.

In less than half an hour since the start of the battle, two thousand or three hundred of the pirates under Meng Xianhan's command were killed, and seven or eight hundred surrendered.

Even Meng Xianhan's flagship was hit by six six-pound shells. It's just a pity. Compared with a large battleship with more than 1000 pieces, the six-pound shells can only scratch the surface.

"Did you all take the wrong medicine?"

Meng Xianhan and the pirates under his command were now dumbfounded. The familiar officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy in front of them became very strange.The original Dengzhou Wei Navy Division was very poor in combat effectiveness, even the pirates could not beat them.

"Today, the officers and soldiers of the navy are too evil, they are in charge, and the wind is blowing!"

In all fairness, the resistance of these pirates is very tenacious, but the problem is that the officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy Navy are also more tenacious. Some Ning Navy soldiers were stabbed into a big hole, and blood spurted out. The injured Ning Navy soldier didn’t cover the wound , Instead of retreating, he rushed up, hugged the pirate, and jumped into the sea.

"Marshal, I didn't embarrass you..."

Looking at the soldiers of the Ning Navy Navy like a herd of tigers, wolves and sheep, Meng Xianhan seemed to be stabbed into a chrysanthemum by a popsicle, Meng Xianhan's heart was half cold.

The navy of the Ning Navy is already outnumbered, and the number is more than five times that of the pirates. How brave is it now, and let people live?
Meng Xianhan shouted: "Retreat, retreat..."

At this moment, Meng Xianhan felt as if he was in an ice cellar. He knew that he was doomed, so what if he could retreat back successfully?As pirates, their combat effectiveness was secondary. What really made them invincible was the backstage behind them.

That's right, it's his backstage. They are under the nose of the Dengzhou Navy, and they haven't been exposed for more than four years. It's not that they are clean and efficient.Instead, the backstage played a huge role, using their official status and energy to suppress their existence.

Because Meng Xianhan has a backer, this can not be discovered by the Dengzhou navy, and at the same time, he can exchange the looted goods with the backer for food, silver, fine wine, and various supplies for repairing the ship.The Dengzhou Navy is so strong, he must not have time to return to Xiaonan Island.

Without the wealth accumulated over the years, where else could he escape?
In fact, these pirates didn't need Meng Xianhan's orders anymore. Seeing so many Ming warships rushing towards them, they made a quick decision and turned back collectively.

It's just a pity that although they run fast, the artillery of the Ning Navy is the fastest. As the number of pirate ships decreases, more than 300 warships and more than 4000 artillery can fire a salvo. In Huimeng, one after another was blown up by Ning Haijun's navy.

At this time, the South Island became an undefended South Island. Part of the Ning Navy soldiers went to pursue Meng Xianhan, and some directly landed on the South Island.

Xiaonan Island is small in size, but it is divided into thirteen residential settlements. Except for more than [-] pirates in the entire South Island, the rest are almost all old, weak, sick and disabled. Facing a mighty army of thousands, these pirate families Very wisely chose to surrender.

Li Fang was naturally the first to rush to the South Island. He strode like the wind. Li Fang, who was covered in blood, had already changed his sixth knife. After this battle, Li Fang used his own strength to make him Ning Haijun The name of the first fierce general of the navy.

According to the information provided by the captives, Li Fang went all the way to the cave where Peng was detained.

Li Fang saw that there were no guards outside the cave, thinking that the information was wrong, he was very anxious, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Wu Niang, Wu Niang!"

Peng Sanxi had four sons, and Mrs. Peng was the fifth eldest. According to the characteristics of the times, she was Peng Wuniang. Of course, Mrs. Peng also had a maiden name, Peng Rou.

Boudoir name, boudoir name, a name that can only be called in the boudoir, Li Fang can call her, but it needs to be in the boudoir.

Li Fang rushed into the cave, he didn't care whether there was an ambush inside at this time, but when Li Fang rushed in, he found that two well-behaved maids were dressing Peng Wuniang and dressing up.

With Peng's original appearance, if Li Fang saw it, there would probably not be many people left on the entire South Island. Now Li Fang looked at Peng with a dull look.

"What are you looking at, haven't you seen it?"

"No... haven't... read it!"

Li Fang and Mrs. Peng have known each other for more than three years. Usually Mrs. Peng is bare-faced, but she can look even more beautiful with makeup, especially when looking at beauties under the lamp, even ugly women will be three points more beautiful.

What's more, Mrs. Peng is not ugly.

"Li Lang, you are here!"

Peng's face looked a little pale. This paleness was caused by excessive blood loss. She used a lot of gouache, but it still couldn't cover it.

The problem is that Li Fang is a straight man, but he didn't notice any difference in Peng Shi. He only found that Peng Shi was more beautiful than before.

"I am coming!"

Li Fang said incoherently: "It's great to see that you are fine!"

"Where's Meng Xianhan?"

"I didn't see it, I was worried about you...so..."

Mrs. Peng got up: "He can't escape, I know his dens outside, now I want to get back what belongs to me!"

When Peng Sanxi married her daughter to Meng Xianhan as his successor, although she didn't have ten miles of red makeup, she still had a thousand loads of red makeup. This was Peng's dowry and her private property.

Under the guidance of Mrs. Peng, Li Fang came to the house where Meng Xianhan lived. He is a small landlord, and his house is as large as a few acres of land, more than ten acres of land.

It's not surprising that a house with the size of four or five acres of land is really not surprising.

Looking at the ordinary house on the outside, there is something strange inside. This house is built against a not-so-high hill, and most of the warehouses and silver treasury are actually hidden in the cave, including Peng's previous dowry. .

"General Li!"

Li Fang looked at Li Zhixiang who came next, and hurriedly bowed to salute.

Peng's face was calm: "General Li, does the slave's dowry still belong to the slave?"

"What evidence do you have to prove that the property inside is your dowry?"

Mrs. Peng went to the bedroom of Meng Xianhan's main house, and took out the marriage certificate and the dowry gift list from the hidden compartment next to the bed: "Can this be proved?"

Peng thought secretly, if Li Zhixiang wanted to swallow her dowry, she would have no way to resist, but Li Zhixiang's loss would definitely be more than getting the dowry.

"The ugly words are up front. Our Ning Haijun has no such precedent. This general cannot deal with your dowry issue. This general can only ask the commander for instructions!"

Li Zhixiang stared at Li Fang: "You did a good deed, hurry up and apologize to the commander."

"Sorry?"

"Do you think you've done a good job? Which of these things you have done can stand the investigation?"

Peng's face became serious: "Li Lang, what's going on?"

"nothing!"

As a veteran of the army, Li Fang naturally knew the crime of deceiving the commander in chief.Although his goal was the same as Cheng Shijie's, he should have confessed directly at the time, instead of being smart.

Seeing Li Zhixiang's expression, Peng also guessed that Li Fang had done something wrong for him.Could it be that he privately dispatched troops to save himself?

Thinking of this, Peng was even more moved.

In order to lighten Li Fang's charges, Mrs. Peng confided all of Meng Xianhan's private possessions...

At this moment, a Ning Navy soldier said: "General Li, General Li, look what good things we got!"

In a naturally formed bay on Xiaonan Island, five Galen-style armed transport ships were docked here. The smallest of these five Galen ships was about [-] tons, and the largest was [-] to [-] tons.

This is also the luck of the Ning Navy Navy. Meng Xianhan made a big profit half a month ago and hijacked five Europa armed merchant ships that were going to Dengzhou for business.

Although most of the sea area of ​​Ming Dynasty is undefended, the problem is that Dengzhou is an important military town in the north of Ming Dynasty, and there are also a large number of sailors. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the five Europa armed merchant ships put away their artillery. Put it in the cabin, but at this time, Meng Xianhan led all the pirates to rush out suddenly.

When these Europa armed merchant ships wanted to take out their artillery to resist, it was too late.The 18 Dutch horse sword silver coins carried by these five armed merchant ships weigh about 33 grams, which is almost equivalent to more than 17 taels of silver, and there are also some ivory, precious stones, various spices, sulfur, and saltpeter. , asphalt, these are the goods that Sun Yuanhua needs most.

It's just a pity that Meng Xianhan hadn't had time to make a move, except that these five precious cargoes became the spoils of war for the Ning Navy.

……

Cheng Shijie looked at the investigation report in front of him with a look of surprise.

This is the information obtained by the supervisor, Chen Guodong. The information is very detailed, even more detailed than Baobao's investigation of Ma Rong's house opening records.

It clearly records the process of Li Fang and Peng's acquaintance, the process of each private meeting, and the process of Li Fang's attack on the uninhabited island.

"Is that all?"

Chen Guodong thought that Cheng Shijie was dissatisfied, so he hurriedly said: "Time is limited, I only found these under the door, if I have more time, I can dig deeper!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the content of the information and said, "This shouldn't be the information that military law enforcement officers can get. Where did you get it?"

Chen Guodong breathed a sigh of relief: "This... the commander-in-chief handed over the right to recommend officers to officers at all levels, and handed over the right to review to his subordinates, and the subordinates began to think about a problem. If that kid Liu Qingsong promoted a hundred-president, This post commander is brave in battle, and his command skills are not bad. He has fought for the commander and shed blood, but this post commander has a wife who used to be a servant in the home of Mr. Futai... This guy has something to do with Mr. Futai Personal friendship, if the sect disagrees with this appointment, it will cause dissatisfaction among the brothers, and it will also have a bad influence on the commander-in-chief."

"Oh, what are you going to do if you encounter the situation you assumed?"

"The subordinates will agree to this appointment, but the humble official will place an eyeliner or several eyeliners around this person to prevent him from secretly mobilizing troops to do things that are not good for the commander in chief!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Chen Guodong in surprise: "How did you think of this?"

"Yes, handsome Mao!"

Chen Guodong said with a wry smile: "Shuai Mao has adopted many adopted sons and grandchildren in the army, and the imperial court has never regarded the Dongjiang Army as human beings. The military rations and salaries have never been paid on time, but when Mao Shuai was here, the Dongjiang Army's Brothers, think about one thing and put energy into one place, relying on Mao Shuai's fairness of rewards and punishments."

"Not bad!"

"Because of fairness, the brothers in the Dongjiang Army obey Mao Shuai, because the commander is also fair, even if there is only one woman left in the family of some brothers who are useless, the commander will give out the money that should be rewarded, and give the money that should be given to everyone." This is the commander-in-chief's justice, because the commander-in-chief is fair, and our brothers in Ning Haijun will obey the commander-in-chief!"

Chen Guodong said: "The commander-in-chief's management of the army is almost the same as that of the commander-in-chief Mao. Some people are talented and capable, but such people may often refuse to obey them. When the commander-in-chief handles these things, he should use them as usual. A heavy lesson. Although such people are not caring, they are indeed capable, and it is unfair to not use them. Whether it is an official or an army, the word "fairness" must be spoken, otherwise the brothers will not accept it. "

Cheng Shijie also didn't realize that Chen Guodong followed him and was greatly influenced by him.Every move of Cheng Shijie affected Chen Guodong.

Cheng Shijie knew that Ma Shilin, Lu Conglong, Sun Benju, and Qin Bocheng came to Cheng Shijie through bribery, and these people were all from wealthy gentry families. Their goal was to become officials and use Cheng Shijie's power to achieve their goals.

In the face of these people with low loyalty, Cheng Shijie will still use them, but when he uses them, he will restrict them. Ma Shilin is just one person, and the person he is in charge of is Zhang Ruyi's former department.

If Ma Shilin wanted to betray Cheng Shijie, he didn't need Cheng Shijie's order at all. The people in his hands would probably tip off the news, and some would tie up Ma Shijie and send him to Cheng Shijie.

It is precisely because Ning Haijun soldiers are willing to serve Cheng Shijie. When Chen Guodong needs to place an eyeliner, he only needs to simply tell someone who is not loyal to Cheng Shijie, unstable, and may betray or threaten Cheng Shijie. Many Ning Haijun soldiers will voluntarily serve as Ning Haijun. The eyeliner of the military surveillance system.

Just like Li Fang, Chen Guodong has a total of six eyeliners around Li Fang. These six people are Li Fang's old subordinates when he was in the Dongjiang Army. Everyone has a life-threatening friendship with Li Fang. The soldiers are very clearly divided. What Li Fang can give them is only a small temporary benefit, while what Cheng Shijie can give them is the long-term benefit.

To give a very simple example, this is like lions and tigers in the zoo. They are all beasts that eat people, but they don’t know how to eat the breeders, because they know that being full for a while and being full forever are two concepts.

Just when the Ning Navy sailors were besieging and annihilating the pirates under Meng Xianhan, an angel from the capital arrived with the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen. The decree was very simple, asking Cheng Shijie to return to Beijing to report his duties.

Cheng Shijie had already evaded it once, and this time he was a little embarrassed when facing the imperial decree.

Song Xiance hesitated for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if I should say something, I don't know if I should say it...".

"When did Mr. Song have such a bad relationship with me?"

It was still snowing in southern Liaoning, the windows were tightly covered, and the light in the room was a bit dim. Cheng Shijie looked at Song Xiance's solemn face and knew that what he said was not trivial, otherwise, given the relationship between them, there was no need to take it seriously. These words came to the bottom, and he waved his hand, causing all the guards in the room to retreat.

"That's what the sect said. If the lord doesn't like it after hearing this, just pretend that the sect is talking nonsense..."

Song Xiance lit the candles with a fire sickle. The bright candlelight made the entire warm pavilion brighter. Song Xiance was about to speak when his eyes fell on the table.

This is the secret report Chen Guodong sent to Cheng Shijie. It was the cause and effect of investigating Li Fang. After a quick glance, Song Xiance finally breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Shijie was able to guard against his subordinates, which showed that he was a qualified leader.

In Song Xiance's view, anyone's loyalty is limited, and as a host, one should be prepared for anyone's rebellion in case of accidents.

Song Xiance narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking of something to say.During the time he was following Cheng Shijie, as Cheng Shijie's status improved, he also developed a bad habit of thinking carefully when speaking and doing things, and seemed a little slow. Cheng Shijie ignored him, took an official document, and read it while reading it Wait for him to speak.

"My lord, do you know Ning Haijun's hidden worries?"

"What worries?"

Cheng Shijie felt a little inexplicable.

"Back then, General Mao of the Dongjiang Army was killed by Yuan Chonghuan's coercion, and the Dongjiang Army immediately scattered like sand."

Song Xiance said: "Why did the Dongjiang army end up in this field?"

Cheng Shijie was also thinking. When Li Chengliang died, the Li family hadn't fallen, but when Mao Wendong died, the Dongjiang Army collapsed in an instant. He tried to say: "Chen Jisheng's prestige is not enough to convince the public?"

"How can a mere deputy general, Chen Jisheng, be able to convince the public?"

Song Xiance said: "My lord, now that the situation of Ning's navy is getting bigger and bigger. In the future, my lord will fight everywhere like Emperor Hongwu. There must be someone inside to calm people down!"

In Song Xiance's view, Cheng Shijie's biggest problem is that he has no family members. The key is that he has no son. If something happens to Cheng Shijie, the big guy still has someone to be loyal to, and the great cause can continue.

If Mao Chenglu was not Mao Wenlong's adopted son, but Mao Wenlong's biological son, would other generals of the Dongjiang Army disobey Mao Chenglu?
Some people may be dissatisfied, but the majority will submit. It is a pity that Mao Chenglu is not Mao Wenlong's biological son. His identity is like Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu now. The generals in Ning Haijun will not be given the surname Cheng , but will look at him high, or surrender to him.

If Cheng Shi is Cheng Shijie's own son, the generals of Ning Haijun must submit to him, and whoever dares to disobey will be killed.

Although Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the later Zhou Dynasty, had no sons, he deliberately cultivated Chai Rong, and Chai Rong was also a dragon and phoenix among men, able to control the situation. In front of him, Zhao Kuangyin also behaved extremely docile.

Cheng Shijie was still silent, thinking...

"Then the door speaks bluntly."

Song Xiance said, "It is natural for the court to call the lord to Beijing to report his achievements. However, the lord is alone, and your marriage must be a public discussion. It is not up to you to decide. Does the lord want to marry a daughter of the clan, or the daughter of a minister?" ?”

Xiang Hui's image appeared in Cheng Shijie's mind, and then he thought of Cheng Jialong again.

Cheng Jialong said in front of Cheng Shijie more than once that if he was a rich second generation, he would be able to lie flat and learn something.

Of course, Cheng Jialong was still young, so he didn't know that the rich second generation was not as easy as it seemed on the surface, but Cheng Shijie knew a rich second generation, no, it was the third generation of officials, his father was at the office level, and his grandfather was retired from the deputy province.Due to the great disparity in physical condition and the lack of close contacts, they can barely be regarded as acquaintances.

Cheng Shijie couldn't tell the other party's other abilities, but the other party was proficient in six foreign languages, and he was impeccable in handling affairs. He was less than thirty years old and was far more mature and stable than his peers.

Cheng Shijie's training for Cheng Jialong has always been based on ordinary people's training. He went to elementary school and junior high school step by step. If Cheng Jialong's junior high school could not be admitted to a key high school, he would find a relationship for him and go to a junior college appointed by Hangang Group, or an undergraduate.

Although this is the result of the college entrance examination, it is the lowest score for college admissions. It is much easier than one book and two books, and it can be regarded as the internal employee benefits of Hansteel Group.

At least in Cheng Shijie's opinion, being able to work in Hangang Group is much better than any job that can be found in 985.211. You must know that Wei Peisheng is counted as seniority during school. After three years of college, after half a year of internship, he can get Treatment of senior workers.To avoid many detours.

The meaning of Song Xiance's words is very clear, although Cheng Shijie can shirk entering Beijing once or twice, but he can't pass the hurdle of entering Beijing, and the fact that he is not married will definitely become a public opinion.

Whether it is the Emperor Chongzhen, the Empress, or the cabinet boss, or even Sun Yuanhua whom he offended, Xu Guangqi will suppress his conflict with Sun Yuanhua, tie Ning Haijun firmly to the chariot of the West Fa Party, and charge for the West Fa Party.

Whether it is promotion or reward to win over, it is far less reliable and intimate than in-laws.

Whether it is Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua or the daughters of other important officials and ministers of the Western Han Dynasty, Xu Guangqi, a Wenyuange student, is capable enough to pass through the mouth of Emperor Chongzhen to arrange Cheng Shijie's marriage. What excuse do you have for refusing?

I am afraid that the moment of refusal is the moment of breaking with the West Fa Party.

If he agrees to the marriage, whether it is the Ning Haijun, the Xifa Party, or the public opinion in the ruling and opposition parties, he will be more firmly regarded as a core member of the Xifa Party.

Cheng Shijie felt a headache when he thought of this, he rubbed Sun Hall, looked at Song Xiance and asked, "You are probably not the only one who wants to tell me this, right?"

"Ming Yu and the others all felt that the subordinates were closer to you, so they rushed the ducks to the shelves and asked the subordinates to tell the lord about it."

Song Xiance said, "This matter can't be delayed until after entering Beijing to think about how to solve it!"

"What can I do?"

Cheng Shijie sighed in his heart. His wife and children are enough in his heart, but the problem is that if Xiang Hui and his children can come over, then he will be happy. Marriage is not his business alone.

Every team has its own core interests, and Cheng Shijie can only cut off this problem from the source.

He got up, walked to the bookshelf of the Nuan Pavilion, and took out a scroll. This is a painting, a family photo in ancient costume. It was a while ago. He took Xiang Hui, Cheng Jialong, and Cheng Jiayue to the art photo studio. More than 5000 shots.

This excuse is that Cheng Shijie wanted to make up for Xiang Hui. When he married Xiang Hui, he just found a photo studio and spent more than 100 yuan to take pictures. It's cold, renting a wedding dress is not only expensive, but also freezing.

Cheng Shijie had just started working at that time, and his savings were limited.Instead of letting Xiang Hui wear a wedding dress, she wore a red sweater and a red down jacket.

This matter is very regrettable to Xiang Hui. As the business situation of the waste collection station is getting better and better, Xiang Hui also agreed to Cheng Shijie's proposal to take a new set of wedding photos and artistic photos.

Cheng Shijie took such a set of wedding photos, which was actually used to reject Yang Yuniang, so that Yang Yuniang would stop working hard in front of him.

Although Yang Yunniang herself no longer has strange thoughts about Cheng Shijie, she seduces Jin Qiaoer, Xueer, An Jing, An Ning and other women from time to time, letting them seduce Cheng Shijie from time to time.

Cheng Shijie endured the pain very much. This is like a meat-eating movement. Facing the meat full, it is really uncomfortable to eat or not.

Therefore, Cheng Shijie took a set of artistic photos in later generations, and printed them out in the form of scrolls.

Song Xiance also stared at this photo, and there were four people in the photo, besides the Cheng Shijie he was familiar with, there was also a noble lady in a gold embroidered dress, her coat was white, and her underwear was green, showing her elegance and urbane.

Song Xiance scanned it in a hurry, so he didn't dare to look directly at it, and hurriedly bowed and said, "I'll pay my respects to Mistress!"

Song Xiance looked at Cheng Jialong. Although Cheng Jialong was only 12 years old, but because of his nutrition, he was already 1.4 meters and 1.5 meters faster. He was very gratifying.

A sickly Cheng Jiayue was wearing a fine attire, a diadem crown, a big shirt, and a scarf...

This is actually a princess outfit...

The clothes on Xiang Hui obviously have phoenix patterns and cloud patterns, as well as the princess outfit on Cheng Jiayue,
Song Xiance immediately understood Cheng Shijie's ambition, he bowed and said, "My lord, this painting, my lord, don't take people lightly!"

PS: In the evening of the next chapter, try to finish it before twelve o'clock. The old man's operation was successful and his condition is stable. If Lao Cheng has time, he will write more.

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