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

Chapter 213
Chapter 212

In any case, the imperial decree came, and Emperor Chongzhen authorized Cheng Shijie to start a war against Zheng Zhilong this time, which is also a famous example.

For the people of Liaodong, it is normal for the Ning Navy to fight, and it would be strange if they did not fight.When Cheng Shijie was training Ning Navy officers and men, he asked them that, as soldiers of Ning Navy, they should only do two things in their lives, fighting or preparing for war.

With the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie wanted to fight this battle, even without this imperial decree, in fact he still wanted to fight.

Emperor Chongzhen gave Cheng Shijie two imperial decrees, one was to transfer the Ning Navy to the south to destroy pirates, and the other was to change Princess Zhu Weiti of Le'an to Princess Chongming, change Chongming County to Zhu Weiti's fiefdom, and other imperial edicts. Unlike a princess or a vassal king, Zhu Weiti was specially allowed to open a mansion and build a government office, and manage the fief Chongming on his own.

Now it's fun, Zhu Weiti, who was originally a nominal princess, now has the power like a vassal king. This is a reward from Emperor Chongzhen, and it is also to support the struggle between Cheng Shijie and his wife in an open and honest manner.

The official title of Kaifu Jianya is Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Kaifu Yitong Sansi refers to the act of setting up the shogunate and staff subordinates in their own name.Those who have been awarded with the plus sign of Sansi can get the same treatment as Sangong.Kaifu Yitong Sansi is generally a great gift from the court to meritorious ministers during the Wei, Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

In the Ming Dynasty, this was the casual rank of Wen Sanguan from the first rank, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie didn't have this power yet, but Zhu Weiti had it. This approach is simply to show off the chariots and let Zhu Weiti, the princess of Ming Dynasty, have a man The same power, forming a double giant within the Ning Navy.

No matter how Cheng Shijie manages his Ning Haijun, within the Ning Haijun, there will always be people who are depressed.For example, Zhou Yandong, the number two figure in the Ning Navy, has a very weak sense of presence in Liaodong.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, Zhou Yandong, who was depressed and frustrated, would naturally take refuge in Zhu Weiti, so the internal division of Ning Haijun was split.

But the problem is, what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that after receiving the imperial decree, Zhu Weiti went straight to Cheng Shijie: "Husband, the emperor has no good intentions!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiti and said with a faint smile: "Conferring a county in Chongming County to you as a fiefdom, this is a reward that the princes of the world have not enjoyed. Don't let people say that you are ungrateful!"

"Husband, stop testing me, I don't believe you can't see what the emperor means!"

Zhu Weiti smiled coquettishly: "Although I belong to the Zhu family, but I married my husband, I am the Cheng family, and we are the husband, the family!"

"What are you going to do?"

"You know my ability. I feel powerless to manage our family!"

Zhu Weiti seemed to be thinking of something important, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "My husband chooses a good day, and take Yunniang, Jin Qiaoer, Yang Wan and others! They are all capable people, if you marry someone else, you Don't worry about using it!"

Cheng Shijie smiled wryly: "You know about my husband's body, isn't this harmful?"

"Give them a title, this is what they want most!"

Zhu Weiti said: "Duke, you can have one wife and four concubines, I will make the decision and let Gu Ziyi, Yang Yunniang, Jin Qiaoer and Yang Wan be the four concubines!"

A concubine is a concubine with a formal status, usually a dowry of her natal family.The higher standard refers to this kind of sisters marrying together; the middle standard refers to a woman with a higher status and one or several clan women marrying together; the lowest standard is the dowry of maids.The former who married in this way is a wife, and the latter is a concubine.

The status of a concubine is much higher than that of a concubine. She has a formal status and can attend formal banquets and so on.Such a system was very popular among the nobles from the Warring States Period to the Three Kingdoms period.

For example, Sun Quan's mother married her father Sun Jian together with her younger sister.From a political point of view, this system maximizes the interests of the married woman.If the woman who is the main wife dies or has no children, then the concubine will take her place. The close relationship between the concubine and the "natal family" can still guarantee the interests of the "natal family".

Of course, from the perspective of Zhu Weiti's interests, there is nothing wrong with making Gu Ziyi a concubine. Gu Ziyi was originally Zhu Weiti's personal maid. It is normal to become Cheng Shijie's concubine.

And they are concubines with relatively high status, but the problem is that Yang Yunniang, Jin Qiaoer, and Yang Wan, all three of them are Cheng Shijie's original team. When Zhu Weiti was not married, they stayed in Cheng's mansion. Fame, but in fact, whether it is Jin Qiaoer, Yang Yunniang, including Yang Wan, or even Wang Wei who has never met Cheng Shijie.

In the eyes of others, they are all Cheng Shijie's women.

Cheng Shijie didn't discuss this issue with Zhu Weiti, he couldn't get past his inner hurdle now, he couldn't let Xiang Hui, his wife, be sorry.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiti nervously: "Princess, let's discuss this matter when we get back!"

"No, I feel that this matter should be settled first!"

Zhu Weiti held Cheng Shijie's hand, most likely not to let go if Cheng Shijie disagreed.

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "I'm just beating up a bunch of pirates, don't worry! Don't worry, it's okay, Jianu is so fierce that I can't do anything to me, let alone a bunch of little thieves!"

"You can't say that...you and Jianu are fighting hard on land, whoever is ruthless will win, but this naval battle is different. When a strong wind comes, all the ships capsize. no use..."

Cheng Shijie couldn't laugh or cry: "My lady, there is going to be a war, can you think of something better?"

"Anyway, I'm not at ease in my heart... You must take care of yourself, don't be too desperate, don't be greedy for merit, and don't underestimate the enemy! Promise me, even if you are facing a group of vulnerable little thieves, you have to treat them as your own. Jiannu's two yellow flags are here to fight! I... I don't care, but my child can't be without a father as soon as he comes out!"

"Okay, I promise you!"

Cheng Shijie should actually be grateful to Emperor Chongzhen, because with Chongming Island in his hands, Cheng Shijie has a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, even though Chongming Island is very small, only more than 300 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a small county.

But this site is already good for Cheng Shijie.

What made Cheng Shijie more satisfied was that this territory was not unfamiliar to Cheng Shijie. The Shachuan Gang was the local snake in Chongming, and now the Shachuan Gang no longer existed. This was one of the conditions for joining Cheng Shijie.

As compensation, Shen Boyun, the leader of the gang, was one of the No. 19 members of the Liaodong Management Committee, and Shen Yong, the number two member of the Shachuan Gang, was also a national hero and the father of Shen Tingyang, a righteous man who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and was a member of the [-] members.

Although Shen's ancestors were also shipwrights, in the era of Shen Boyun and Shen Yong, shipping made their business develop amazingly.The Shen family has accumulated millions of dollars of wealth, hundreds of sand ships under his command, and thousands of hectares of land land. He is the most wealthy man in Chongming and one of the largest maritime merchants in the southeast.Because the Shen family has huge wealth and a large number of sand ships, it is also the sea power second only to the Zheng family.

The taciturn Ning navy officer Xiong Jiu, who was dressed in a black military uniform, boarded the big ship with high spirits, holding the shiny knife and gun tightly in his hand, and the blade of the gun shone with a frightening edge.

"Soldiers, when you arrive in Chongming, stand on your feet first. If the Zheng family comes, beat them hard, let Zheng Zhilong know how powerful our Ning Haijun is!"

In fact, Zheng Zhilong's intentions and purposes are just as Cheng Shijie guessed. It is indeed instigated by the imperial court bosses and Jiangnan maritime merchants, and to maintain his monopoly on Daming's maritime trade. But the deeper reason is that there can only be one sea in this sea. king!

Sea supremacy means unlimited wealth.In order to monopolize the maritime trade in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, Zheng Zhilong can brazenly fight against the Guangdong and Fujian navy forces, beating them to the brink of death, or he can kill all his former sworn brothers after joining Daming. In order to preserve his own status, he Dare to do anything.

He started killing the Shachuan Gang because Cheng Shijie set out to Jinzhou Shipyard and Lushun Shipyard to try to build warships with larger tonnage and stronger firepower in Liaodong. status, he must nip all dangers in the bud!
On November 3000th of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the vanguard of the Ning Navy, which had been trained on Jeju Island, an infantry force of about 24 arrived in Chongming. Then, five days later, on November [-]th, Liaodong Lushun set off The second echelon, more than [-] people and a large amount of supplies arrived in Chongming.

On November 28, the sixth year of Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie went to Chongming with the third echelon of the Ning Navy, which is the main force of the whole army. A total of more than [-] people went to Chongming.

When going to Chongming Island, all the officers and men of the Ning Navy and the members of the Liaodong Management Committee collectively opposed Cheng Shijie's going to Chongming. At this time, Cheng Shijie compromised with everyone.

The Liaodong Management Committee did not object to the decision to take Zhu Weiti's Eight Princesses to Chongming, because the Eight Princesses did not carry artillery, which meant that it was a ship without force. In this way, Cheng Shijie There is no way to directly participate in the battle. If Cheng Shijie commanded the Eight Princesses to rush up, it would definitely be a gift for others.

Zhu Weiti also accompanied him.

Cheng Shijie said to Zhu Weiti: "Grandma, don't make trouble, I am fighting, not traveling, I can assure you, I will never go to the Qinhuai River, and I will never go to see Qinhuai Bayan who is doing nothing! "

"Qinhuai Bayan?"

Zhu Weiti said: "If your husband likes it, you can redeem them. Our family has a great career, and we can still afford to have more mouths to eat!"

Hearing Zhu Weiti's words, Cheng Shijie was so moved that he wanted to cry, it's better in the Ming Dynasty.

If he dared to tell Xiang Hui about it, don't talk about it, even if he watched a sexy dance, he would have to sleep on the sofa for a few days.

Zhu Weiti's reason is very strong, Chongming is her fiefdom, she will go to Chongming to see, besides, the Ning Navy may lose to the Zheng's pirates in sea battles, but on land, the Ning Navy is invincible.

Hearing Zhu Weiti say that Ning Haijun is invincible, Cheng Shijie suddenly thought of a key question, maybe he could use his identity to attract Zheng Zhilong to attack Chongming, and then he could wait for work and attack Zheng Zhilong in an ambush.

With Zhu Weiti on the boat, Cheng Shijie enjoyed a blessing, because she brought dozens of maids and a dozen cooks with her, not only did she eat well, but her life would not be boring.

The palace women thrown to Zhu Weiti in Chongzhen were definitely old enough in the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that they are only 28, 30, or 36 years old, and even women who are [-] and [-] years old will call themselves little fairies , they are definitely still young.

On the Eight Princesses, Cheng Shijie and Zhu Weiti were preparing to barbecue, Gao Qi sneaked over and said, "General Cheng, can Zheng Zhilong really make more than 1000 million taels of silver a year?"

"Hey, is more than 1000 million taels unusual?"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said, "Do you know how many boats there are in the sea?"

"There should be several hundred ships, right?"

"Hundreds of ships, not just hundreds of ships, Zheng himself has more than 3000 ships, our Ning Navy also has four to five hundred ships, and the Shachuan Gang has more than 800 ships. If you count them all, there are still seven or eight thousand ships, large and small. of!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Zheng Zhilong is actually very dark. He collects protection fees according to the value of each ship's cargo. If a ship is worth 1 taels, they will charge 2000 taels. If you have money, you will pay the money. Just use the goods to pay off the debt, Eunuch Gao, do the math yourself, how much money Zheng Zhilong can make this year?"

Gao Qiqian calculated with his fingers, and soon he gave up. He is really not good at calculating accounts, but he handed this problem over to his godson. Zhang Muzhi calculated for a while, and gave Gao Qigong a positive look.

Gao Qiqian smiled and said, "General Cheng, there is one thing that you probably don't know yet!"

"what's up?"

"When the imperial court issued an imperial edict to you, it also sent someone to issue an imperial edict to Zheng Zhilong!"

"What decree?"

"It's exactly the same as your imperial decree!"

"interesting!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "So, neither His Majesty nor the Ministry of War has listed clear targets for me and Zheng Zhilong?"

"is this necessary?"

"It's really not necessary. We know exactly who we want to hit."

Because the development of the Ning Navy exceeded the expectations of the court officials, even the Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that the Ning Navy would be too big to lose. In this battle, the Emperor Chongzhen was greedy for money on the surface, and he came for Zheng Zhilong's marine protection fee. I hope that this battle will cause Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun and Zheng's Haijun to fight for both sides.

As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman benefits.

Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to be a fisherman.

Ning's navy, sea and land forces are all on the move, and the coastal areas are covered with clouds of war, and the war is imminent. As Minister of the Ministry of War, Fu Zonglong is worried about this.

Fu Zonglong has been promoted. He has been promoted from the governor of Tianjin to the Minister of the Ministry of War, but the problem is that he is very big-headed now. He has no doubt that Ning Haijun can defeat Zheng Zhilong on land, because he has seen the scene of Ning Haijun beating Jiannu and using Jiannu In front of Ning Haijun's combat effectiveness, he can only be abused.

Zheng Zhilong was not good at land warfare, but he was not at all optimistic about the prospects of Ninghai naval warfare.The Zheng family has ruled the sea for nearly ten years, and has grown into a behemoth with 30 million troops and [-] warships. Zheng Zhilong was defeated by the Guangdong and Fujian naval forces for many times. With a nose, Zheng Zhilong was named the admiral of the Fujian Navy.

Use Zheng Zhilong to fight the Dutch.And Zheng Zhilong did it. He defeated the Dutch many times at sea, which made the Dutch lose their temper in front of him.How could such a giant sea beast be easy to deal with?
No matter how powerful Cheng Shijie's Ning Navy is on land, they can't kill this behemoth at sea, I'm afraid they won't be able to please!
Worried Minister of the Ministry of War, Fu Zonglong, Mr. Fu went to the cabinet and put forward his opinion tactfully: "Hai Guogong and Zheng Zhilong are two fierce tigers. Once they meet, they will fight to the death. If we start a war, the flames of war will continue for several years, I am afraid that the people along the coast will suffer disaster! According to this old man, the imperial court should still intervene to avoid this military disaster!"

Originally, if Xu Guangqi spoke for Cheng Shijie in the cabinet, there would be no reaction at all, but the problem is that after winter, Xu Guangqi and Xu Ge fell ill again, and it was very serious. It seems that whether he can survive it is still an unknown. number.

Wen Tiren was very happy. As Cheng Shijie became stronger, Xu Guangqi's right to speak became more and more important. Fortunately, Xu Guangqi's health was not good, otherwise, Wen Tiren would really not be able to sleep well.

Wen Tiren smiled and shook his head again and again: "No, no, Mr. Fu's words are wrong! The Zheng family is entrenched in the sea, and the merchants and fishermen in Guangdong, Fujian, and even Jiangnan have been exploited by him. He really acted helplessly... Now that the world is in peace, and Hai Guogong has such intentions, why not let Hai Guogong solve the Zheng family and get rid of this serious trouble for the court?"

Fu Zonglong smiled wryly and said: "I also hope that Hai Guogong can solve the serious troubles for the court. The problem is that the Ning Navy Navy has only a few dozen warships, while the Zheng family has three thousand warships, and the strength is very different!"

Wu Zongda said: "Master Fu, you are worrying about the sky. Lord Hai is a genius and invincible. It is not difficult for him to defeat the strong with the weak...Master Fu, don't worry too much, just wait. Let's watch a good show!"

In short, the cabinet also hoped that Zheng Zhilong could teach Cheng Shijie a lesson, because Cheng Shijie never took his cabinet seriously, and when other ministers came to the capital, they would send a big gift to the cabinet, whether it was overtly or secretly.

But Cheng Shijie is good, he will give the Emperor Chongzhen any good things, and don't bother them.

It's really unbearable, and my aunt can't bear it anymore.

In fact, Wen Tiren didn't want Cheng Shijie to be killed by Zheng Zhilong. He also hoped that Cheng Shijie would deal with Jiannu. The best result would be that Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong would fight to the death so that they could reap the benefits.

Fu Zonglong's mouth was dry, but Wen Tiren still talked about him, which made him annoyed and helpless, so he could only give up resentfully.

Fu Zonglong knew that Cheng Shijie was too arrogant and domineering, and offended the Wenchen Group and even the entire scholar-official class. Everyone wanted him to die, and everyone was too happy, so how could he try to persuade him?
There was nothing he could do about it, he could only let out a long sigh: "Haijiang has been troubled since then!"

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Almost at the same time as Cheng Shijie received the imperial edict, Zheng Zhilong, who was in Xiamen, also received the imperial edict. The person Zheng Zhilong used most conveniently was actually his second brother Zheng Zhihu. Unfortunately, Zheng Zhihu was in front of Zheng Zhilong by Liu Xiang last year. Wrap it in a fishing net and throw Zheng Zhihu into the sea.

Now Zheng Zhilong decided to use the chamber pot first, and try Cheng Shijie's fineness.

The so-called night pot is Zheng Zhilong's little day warrior. Although Wen Tiren promised Zheng Zhilong many benefits, including being knighted and living in Fujian, the problem is that Zheng Zhilong is not a flower in a greenhouse. He started from scratch, starting from a small translator. Step by step to grow into a Neptune.

Zheng Zhilong has seen too many intrigues and too many stabbings in the back. He can't trust the big bosses of the court. If the big bosses of the court turn their backs and refuse to admit it, he can only be forced to leave Xiamen and live at sea .

Once Ning Haijun can attack Xiamen and Quanzhou from land, he really has no bottom.

It would be best to use his chamber pot, no matter whether these big shots in the court are planning to bully him or not, he can push the problem to the Japanese pirates. It would be best if he can kill Cheng Shijie, but if he can't, he won't lose much.

This time the troops were led by Zheng Zhibao, and a third of Zheng's elite troops were mobilized, including more than 280 main warships, more than [-] small ships, and nearly [-] ships, including [-] cavalry and more than [-] troops. Small day samurai as the main force.

Zheng Zhilong also knows very well that in a war on his own territory, no matter whether he wins or loses, the loss is his own.

Therefore, after receiving this edict, Zheng Zhilong was going to take Wusongkou as the frontier of Zheng's strategy. With this frontier base, Zheng's fleet not only had a foothold, but could also threaten the Jiangnan Maritime Group.

It is Zheng Zhilong's intention and determination to fight abroad. There are nearly a thousand ships and more than [-] sailors. This is a powerful force. In addition, Zheng Zhilong has prepared a big gift for Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie will definitely not be able to eat it. Walk.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong’s thoughts are the same as Cheng Shijie’s. They both have their eyes on the Yangtze River Estuary, which is the most important strategic location. With the Yangtze River Estuary, both Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong can force the Jiangnan Maritime Group to stand in line , In this war, no one can stay out of it.

If both Zheng Zhilong and Cheng Shijie were injured, wouldn't it mean that the imperial court benefited, and the Jiangnan Maritime Group benefited the most, and they could take the opportunity to rise.

The Jiangnan Maritime Merchant Group has its own supply of goods, and they have a large number of silk households, which can increase the most popular export goods, that is, silk and tea. This is a very profitable business.

They also have shipbuilding technicians who can build countless large ships.

If the Jiangnan Maritime Business Group wants to sit on the fence, they should fight the fence first, so as to save them from fighting back at critical moments.In this era, the area of ​​​​merchant ships and warships is really not big.

ps: No need to wash your hair upside down, just write it out.

(End of this chapter)