After Zhu Cihong heard that the envoy he sent was beaten by the Zheng family, he couldn't help but be furious and immediately summoned several important ministers.

After listening to the intelligence officer's description of the Zheng family, Li Yan looked at Zhu Cihong, took the lead in speaking, and said, "I don't know if His Highness is ready to use troops against Fujian, and if so, for what reason?" ”

Gao Bang, the representative of the military, shouted: "Needless to say, the Zheng family beat the crown prince's envoy, and blatantly committed it, the crime is unforgivable, and the extermination of his family is light!" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said: "It's just that the envoy was beaten, and the Zheng family was rude, so he only needed to issue an edict and severely punish him. ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Yan with a pair of blazing eyes, and said, "Then how do you think you should become famous?" ”

Li Yan seemed to realize something, so he said: "In the final analysis, this is a big gamble by the Zheng family, His Royal Highness can summon Zheng Zhilong and his son to Nanjing to explain the beating of the envoy, if Zheng Zhilong personally comes to explain, it will naturally be easy to say." ”

"If he doesn't come, it means that his Zheng family is really ready to confront the imperial court, and he ignores and provokes the imperial court one after another, and no one will say a good word for the Zheng family."

Zhang Guowei stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Once his Zheng family is separated from the support of the imperial court, how can he feed the Zheng family's many people on land and water with the strength of Fujian Province alone?" The old man believes that he will not do such an unwise act! ”

Cheng Guoxiang also said: "Yes, in the past, the civil officials in Fuzhou turned a blind eye to what the Zheng family did, but now as long as the Zheng family's wind direction is slightly wrong, those people will definitely attack it!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, he sent Huang Daozhou, who was very strong in verbal warfare, as the governor of Fujian, it was with this intention that Huang Daozhou served as a young Zhan Shi in the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace, and also gave Zhu Cihong a lecture for a period of time, the most important thing is that this person is very straight.

At a pre-imperial meeting a few years ago, Huang Daozhou angrily reprimanded Yang Sichang and Emperor Chongzhen, and was demoted by six levels in a row and transferred to Jiangxi to be the judge of Zhaomo.

Zhu Cihong misses the old, and in the past few years, he has been promoted step by step from Zhengjipin.

Huang Daozhou has a lot of energy in the civil official system, and he is a native of Zhangzhou Prefecture in Fujian, and he has won the support of local officials and gentry in Fujian, and can well restrain the Zheng family in Fujian.

The most important thing is to grasp the coastal areas around Fuzhou, so as to facilitate the landing of the Jinghai Fleet's troop carriers on the north shore of Fujian; once a war with the Zheng family begins, Huang Degong's Jingwu army can directly land in Fuzhou and go by land to reach the Anping City of the Zheng family in Quanzhou, which is 300 miles away.

Zhu Cihong thought for a moment and decided: "Okay, just send Zheng Zhilong and his eldest son Zheng Fusong to Nanjing, and limit them to come as soon as they arrive, and it is limited to five days!" ”

Zheng Fusong is also the historical Zheng Chenggong, formerly known as Zheng Fusong, in the history of Zheng Fusong in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen into Nanjing Guozijian, worship Donglin Party leader Qian Qianyi as a teacher, Qian Qianyi gave him a name Zheng Sen, and gave him a corresponding table, Damu.

Now that Qian Qianyi has been cool for almost a year, he naturally will not climb out from under the Xiaoling vegetable garden to name Zheng Fusong.

Zhu Cihong said again: "Instead of waiting, it is better to prepare and let the Jinghai Fleet prepare for war!" ”

"Then order Huang Degong, let the Jingwu army prepare for battle, and order the Anwu army in Jiangxi to assemble at Xianxia Pass and enter Fujian at any time!"

After Li Yan heard this, he said secretly: "The situation of the Zheng family is not optimistic, it depends on whether they can calm down and whether the next actions are wise." ”

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Five days have passed, and Zhu Cihong not only did not wait for the news of Zheng Zhilong's father and son, but waited for the news of the fire in Zhoushan Shipyard.

An inexplicable fire broke out in the shipyard, causing several British warships that were about to be built to be burned, but fortunately, they were extinguished quickly and did not cause further damage.

Zhu Cihong was furious, and strictly ordered Jinyiwei to thoroughly investigate the shipyard fire case, and dispatched men and horses to strictly guard the three shipyards, and formulated a strict access and supply system.

As Jin Yiwei investigated deeply, he targeted the merchant surnamed Liu, a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, who specialized in shipbuilding timber business, and only his ships entered the dock of the Zhoushan Shipyard during this period.

However, when Jinyiwei broke down the door and arrested people, the businessman surnamed Liu had already committed suicide by swallowing gold at home.

Jinyiwei interrogated his servants, and in just half a day, a detailed confession was sent to Zhu Cihong's desk.

Looking at the confession on the case, Zhu Cihong frowned, according to the confession of the servants of the Liu family, his appearance was indeed a little abnormal, he was often in a daze, and he secretly met with a mysterious person many times, the mysterious person was not a local, but spoke a dialect that he didn't know where.

Zhu Cihong threw the confession on the dragon case, and said unhappily: "Li Tingbiao, just show me this?" Do you want me to guess where he's from? ”

Seeing that the prince was not satisfied, Li Tingbiao sweated faintly on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "The minister will retry it immediately, and find someone to speak the dialect that can be targeted......"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Sure enough, Zhu Cihong waited for a long time to receive the news, and after Li Tingbiao's verification, the mysterious man who instructed the timber merchant to set fire spoke a Fujian Quanzhou dialect.

Zhu Cihong has a sense of sudden enlightenment, Quanzhou is the nest of Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, Zheng Zhilong built a wall in Anping, Quanzhou Prefecture, and built a city nearby, which is almost unknown to everyone in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xu Sheng said in disbelief: "Your Highness, could this be a coincidence, or someone is trying to frame the Zheng family behind their backs?" ”

The idea is somewhat incredible, and even sensational to say.

The Fujian general army of the Ming Dynasty set fire to the shipyard of the Ming Royal Navy fleet, what is this going to do, rebellion?

Zhu Cihong looked at him and said, "First of all, you have to believe in the intelligence of our intelligence officers, and second, it doesn't matter if the Zheng family did it, the important thing is that I think it is!" ”

In fact, Zhu Cihong has confirmed that Zheng Zhilong can go from a mere pirate to a provincial commander in a complex environment, and it is definitely not a simple role for an independent kingdom operated along the coast of Fujian.

With such an obvious transfer of officials, it must be difficult to escape the eyes of this person, and it is logical to take the initiative to attack in response.

"It's a bit bold, but you chose the wrong opponent!"

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Cihong suddenly felt a little relieved, he was not afraid of a powerful enemy, he was afraid that the enemy would pretend to be attached and stab him in the back.

He has always felt that only the enemy who has been intimidated by force can become peaceful and obedient, and there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him!

Xu Sheng suddenly noticed a smile in Zhu Cihong's eyes, but this smile was fleeting, and he knew very well that the Zheng family was going to be unlucky!

Sure enough, I only heard Zhu Cihong say in a deep voice: "Order the Jingwu Army in Zhejiang, the Anwu Army in Jiangxi, and the Tianxiong Army in Liangguang to march on three routes and encircle Quanzhou, Fujian!" ”

Zhu Cihong said again: "Order the Jinghai Fleet to march from the sea, not to fight to the death, but to fight a beautiful naval battle, to show those foreign devils who are still watching, I have the strength to control and defend my coastal defense!" ”

The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and other countries have long received the notice of the opening of commercial ports in the Ming Dynasty, but they are still waiting.

They were struggling with whether to do business with the Ming Court or continue to do business with the Zheng family, after all, the Ming Court was at war with the thieves and had already become a pot of porridge.

Zhu Cihong knew the importance of solving the Zheng family, and took the opportunity to train the new sailors on the ship, so that these newcomers could also experience the vastness of the sea and the cruelty of naval battles.

Even if the naval battle is lost, it will take a few more months to drive the Zheng family into the sea with the army, blockade the coastal areas of Zhejiang, build giant batteries around the three shipyards, and wait a few years to pull out a huge ship to fight again.

The conditions can be discussed, but the state's tax power will never allow any family to monopolize, no matter how the Zheng family is arranged in the future, it will be beaten first and then then it will be conquered.