Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 352 Li Ge always sees Zheng Zhilong

In Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, where the chief envoy's yamen is located, Xiong Wencan, the left chief envoy, sat in the backyard hall of the chief envoy's yamen, panting for breath.

And in front of him is the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong sitting with his legs crossed.

Xiong Wencan attaches great importance to the recruitment of Zheng Zhilong this time. It has been almost two years since the governor of Fujian was appointed. Can become the next governor of Fujian in one fell swoop.

Although he is also a big official in Fengjiang, the governor of Fujian is a Beijing official. He also holds the titles of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of War. He was constrained, and sometimes he had to be controlled by the patrol censor.

So Xiong Wencan always dreamed of becoming Futai, waving the flag of the king's order, and showing off his might.

And although he is a literati with a Jinshi background, he is very good at dealing with all kinds of religions and nine streams. Otherwise, he would not have contacted Zheng Zhilong, and he did not take a hostile attitude towards these pirates like other paranoid literati.

He even became friends with Zheng Zhilong who talked about everything, and became the guru of Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zheng Zhilong.

Remarks: According to the original historical trajectory, Qian Qianyi was supposed to become Zheng Chenggong's master, but now Qian Qianyi has gone to Beijing in advance and castrated himself to become the chief minister of the cabinet, but this is not Jin Yong's martial arts world, so He couldn't master the evil sword manual or the sunflower book.

But what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that this Zheng Zhilong would send his own brother Zheng Zhihu to attack the fleet of the imperial court's envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom while negotiating with him.

Although Xiong Wencan is only a local political envoy, he has served in Fujian for a long time and has his own news channel. When he heard the news, he was shocked and very angry, so he hurriedly invited Zheng Zhilong.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong's casual movements, what Xiong Wencan felt at the moment was arrogance and arrogance, not the kind of chivalry and heroism that he thought in the past.

"Teacher, please use tea!"

However, seeing this young man named Zheng Chenggong who had been staying in the yamen of his chief envoy to receive his teaching made him a cup of tea first, Xiong Wencan's face softened a little, and he couldn't help suppressing the anger in his heart. The letter was handed to Zheng Zhilong, and he asked Zheng Zhilong: "Fei Huang, tell me what's going on, why did your people suddenly attack my fleet of the Ming Dynasty, this is not the duty of a courtier!"

Hearing what Xiong Wencan said, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help feeling horrified, and hurriedly looked at Zheng Zhilong: "Father!"

"It's none of your business here, go down first!" Zheng Zhilong knew that his son was very simple-minded and full of loyalty, and it would be difficult to say some things if he was left here, so he scolded Zheng Chenggong first, without the slightest hint. Regardless of the fact that this is the chief envoy's yamen, Xiong Wencan, the left chief envoy, is still sitting here, making it feel like he is in his own home.

Xiong Wencan was also secretly unhappy because of this, but he really felt that Zheng Chenggong was not suitable here, so he put down the teacup and said, "Ming Yan, you go down first, and have a few words with your father alone as a teacher."

Zheng Chenggong can also retreat.

And here, as soon as Zheng Chenggong left, Zheng Zhilong laughed first: "Look at what brother Yunjin said, Xiaomin is just a person who lives and eats at sea, how could he have the courage to fight against the imperial court, but Xiaomin is just a person who lives along the coast. The people entrusted them not to let some young people disturb the tranquility of this sea area. Recently, I heard that there are Japanese pirates making trouble at sea, so Xiaomin asked my brother Yu to lead a fleet to encircle and suppress them. It really can be regarded as a misunderstanding, which is not what Xiaomin wants."

Although Zheng Zhilong's words seem to be afraid of going against the court, the meaning behind his words is obvious. He does not deny that he will offend the court, but your court can't do anything to me except treat it as a misunderstanding.

Although Xiong Wencan has a good temper, he suddenly became a bit angry about this: "Then do you still want to accept the imperial court's offer?"

"Yes I do!"

Zheng Zhilong replied without thinking: "To be honest, Xiaomin is getting old, and I have long wanted to go back to my hometown and go back to my roots as soon as possible. Now I can only rely on you, the boss, to make Xiaomin perfect."

"Then you still dare to do something to the imperial court's fleet, not to mention whether it's a misunderstanding or not, even if you misunderstand, you can't afford it!"

Xiong Wencan saw that he still intends to surrender, his face softened a little, but his tone did not soften a little. He couldn't let the pirate leader make further progress, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to the court.

Seeing that Xiong Wencan was so excited, Zheng Zhilong naturally knew that he was deliberately performing for himself. In fact, he really wanted to use him to join the court. This would only benefit him and not harm him, so Zheng Zhilong was not angry at all, and was still proud and unscrupulous Authentic: "Brother Yunjin, it may be said that a group of robbers suddenly broke into your backyard. If it were you, wouldn't you fight them out? It doesn't make sense!"

"False reasoning, purely false reasoning!"

An exasperated Xiong Wencan slammed the table a few times, stood up and shouted angrily: "When did this sea area become your Zheng family's backyard, and the imperial fleet turned into robbers?"

"Brother Yunjin, this is the truth. Go and ask the entire Nanyang countries, including the shogunate of the Japanese pirates, whether they know about the imperial court or about our Zheng family. To be honest, as long as Brother Yunjin is willing, I can let you marry me right now." An orchid princess, the taste is definitely good," Zheng Zhilong laughed out loud as he spoke.

On the contrary, Xiong Wencan's face was even more purple with anger, he didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be so domineering, and he said that the sea area is his Zheng family's world!This is obviously because the court didn't take it seriously. Xiong Wencan wanted to covet the credit for recruiting Zheng Zhilong, but he didn't dare to sell the interests of the court to cater to the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong, otherwise he would die ugly.

Zheng Zhilong, on the other hand, was very complacent. Seeing Xiong Wencan's deflated and angry look, he felt a particularly comfortable feeling in his heart.

In order to be able to belong to the imperial court and become a vassal recognized by the imperial court, just like the Guanning army of the Wu family in Liaodong before, Zheng Zhilong bent a lot in front of Xiong Wencan and said a lot of good things in a low voice, otherwise he would not Let his son still recognize him as a teacher, even he himself deliberately called Xiong Wencan his elder brother, and even gave Xiong Wencan his favorite concubine.

But what Zheng Zhilong didn't expect was that this Xiong Wencan's ass finally sat on the side of the court, and actually attracted the attention of his own fleet, and even wanted to cut off his way of making a fortune at sea, but only gave himself a false name!
Zheng Zhilong felt that he was not so stupid, and watched helplessly as the court sent a fleet to challenge his bottom line.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong took action decisively, and looked directly at Xiong Wencan to get angry, the meaning is obvious, I just want to see how your court wants to eat me but is helpless against me.

Xiong Wencan really has nothing to do with Zheng Zhilong now. Although he is the Zuobu political envoy of Fujian, he has no military power, so he has no way to deter the arrogant Zheng Zhilong.

However, just when Zheng Zhilong was proud, Shaoxing Hou, Xiong Wencan's aide, came over.

Seeing this, Xiong Wencan, who was in a state of embarrassment and remained silent all this time, turned his attention to Master Hou: "What's the matter, didn't I tell you not to come in unless it's urgent?"

"Forgive me, master. It's not that there is something urgent. The fourth master of the Zheng family is in a hurry to see his elder brother. Please come over." When Master Hou said this, Xiong Wencan couldn't help snorting, thinking: "Come on, my master also Being bought by others, one mouthful of the fourth master, he is a good slave."

Qi to Qi, Xiong Wencan has no confidence to rely on now, so he can only endure it, and graciously let Zheng Zhilong go out to meet his fourth brother.

The so-called fourth master of the Zheng family was Zheng Hongkui, who was the fourth eldest among Zheng Zhilong's brothers, so he was called the fourth master of the Zheng family.

Compared with the other brothers, Zheng Zhilong doesn't have a very good relationship with his fourth brother, but his fourth brother is very strategic and gets along very well with his son Zheng Chenggong, so he has to pay attention to his own. fourth brother.

Seeing Zheng Hongkui pacing anxiously outside the door, he couldn't help asking: "Fourth, what's the matter?"

"Oh, big brother, you finally came out, the second brother brought news, we lost!"

Zheng Hongkui hurriedly walked towards Zheng Zhilong, then pulled Zheng Zhilong forward and said: "Our people came back and said that the strength of the fleet of the Ryukyu Kingdom this time is not as weak as we imagined, but stronger than we imagined. It must be strong, especially there is an iron-clad ship that can sail on the sea, which is simply unimaginable! The fleet we went this time has returned less than ten ships, and they said that it seems that the second brother has been arrested by the court!"

"What! The second brother was arrested by the court!"

Zheng Zhilong suddenly felt as if a Jiao Lei had sprung up on his head. The news made him completely stupefied. He was just now in Fujian Zuobu Zhengshi Xiong Wencan was very proud, and he even deliberately got angry with Xiong Wencan, all he relied on was himself The powerful sea strength of the Zheng family could not fear any opponents; but he did not expect that his fleet was actually defeated by the imperial court, and it was still a fleet sent to envoy the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he even sent his Zheng family to fight the last battle. The powerful second brother Zheng Zhihu!

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect this kind of result, and even if he really lost, he still has room to turn around. At worst, he will fight that fleet again with more strength, but now his second brother Zheng Zhihu is still being given by the court. Captured alive, this is simply the greatest shame since the Zheng family pirates dominated the sea!

Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to send people to continue to investigate the facts, and he did not dare to act rashly again, and was even ashamed to come to Fujian Zuobu Zhengshi Xiong Wencan again.

And Xiong Wencan didn't want to talk to Zheng Zhilong recently. He was really disappointed with Zheng Zhilong. He didn't expect this kind of person to be so arrogant and domineering. He had lost confidence in recruiting Zheng Zhilong.

In addition, he also received an urgent report that the imperial court wanted to send Li Mingrui, the second assistant to the cabinet, Li Ge Lao, to come to Fujian to preside over the recruitment. Xingshi asked the crime.

Xiong Wencan was also very anxious at this time, and had to draw a clear line with Zheng Zhilong first, so as not to make the court mistakenly think that he was on Zheng Zhilong's side.

At the same time, he also had to start preparing for the reception of Li Mingrui and Li Gelao. Sometimes what the superiors thought was what the imperial envoy would say.

Xiong Wencan didn't dare to be sloppy, not to mention that Li Mingrui was a celebrity beside His Majesty!
Later, Zheng Zhilong also learned that Li Mingrui was coming, and his mood was also complicated. He guessed that after he attacked the imperial fleet, the Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Ming Dynasty would no longer trust Fujian Zuobu Zhengshi Xiong Wencan, And sent the court officials he trusted to investigate in Fujian as imperial envoys.

He, Zheng Zhilong, originally wanted to take advantage of the victory of the attack on the imperial fleet to give a lesson to the Fujian Zuobu political envoy before putting pressure on the imperial envoys who came, and because of this, he revealed himself in front of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The real strength of the family.

But what Zheng Zhilong didn't expect now was that his second brother failed to attack the court's fleet, but ended up in jail instead, which meant that the initiative was in the hands of the court.

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Li Mingrui is in a very good mood now. Once he arrived in Lingnan, he felt much refreshed. Of course, the main reason was that the court's Beihai First Fleet defeated the Zheng's pirates, which gave him confidence.

The so-called money in hand, don't panic is the truth.

As soon as Li Mingrui arrived in Fuzhou City, he had the air of a cabinet scholar, supercilious, showing the prestige of Tianxian, and asked Xiong Wencan: "Brother Yun Jin, where is Zheng Zhilong, is it possible that I should invite him personally? "

There was a hint of anger in Li Mingrui's words, and he had no sense of fear of Zheng Zhilong. It seemed that as long as Zheng Zhilong delayed, he would kill Zheng Zhilong directly.

But not long after Li Mingrui asked, there was a report from the front, saying that Zheng Zhilong, a sea merchant, asked to see him.

Naturally, Li Mingrui didn't stop him, so he asked Zheng Zhilong to be called in, instead of inviting Zheng Zhilong like Xiong Wencan did before.

This time, Zheng Zhilong became very polite. He knew that although he was rich in the world, he was only dressed in white clothes, so he didn't expect to see Xiong Wencan wearing the brocade clothes that only scholars, officials or princes and nobles were qualified to wear. Just wearing a half-worn cotton clothes, he walked in in a hurry, and as soon as he came in, he bowed his head to Li Mingrui: "Zheng Zhilong, a grassroots man, has seen Mr. Li Ge, please greet Mr. Li Ge!"

"Get up, just stand on the side, I want to wait for His Majesty to ask you a few words in a while?"

Li Mingrui said something.

But this surprised others, why Zheng Zhilong was not asked to sit down, but made him stand, this old Li Ge seems to be quite airy.

But at this time, Xiong Wencan on the other side felt very uncomfortable and puzzled. He clearly remembered Zheng Zhilong's bravado in front of him that day, but why he was so humble in front of Li Mingrui today? Could it be because of Li Mingrui's official competition? Are you big?
However, what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that Li Mingrui suddenly slapped the gavel here, and changed his tone, saying very sternly: "Come here! Take Zheng Zhilong down for me!"

It's not just Xiong Wencan, other people are also very surprised by this. Although Li Ge is a high-ranking official from the capital, he is too courageous. He wants to take Zheng Zhilong down immediately. Suppress the bandits.

(End of this chapter)