It was not too early to come out of Mrs. Huang's house, Zheng Chenggong went home and put all the matters that needed to be disposed of the next day.

After returning home, maybe he was still worried about what had just happened, or he was treating others with himself, and he didn't think that his son was almost ten years old and still needed his comfort, but just praised their mother and son for not choosing to take refuge by boat when Chen Kai returned to the city to hold on, but returned to the city to help Chen Kai maintain the morale in the city, so he skimmed over the matter.

That night, Zheng Chenggong summoned Hong Xu and discussed secretly in the study for more than an hour before the latter took his leave. Staying until the early morning of the next day, from the generals who recruited the people, as well as Hong Xu, Chen Kai, Lang Deng and others who insisted on and supported the Zhongzuo Institute, and even the generals of Qianchong Town and Youchong Town, who were recalled for Hong Xu, also gathered in the festival hall, waiting for Zheng Chenggong's final disposition of the attack on the Zhongzuo Institute.

"At the end of the first month, our army was ordered to set up troops to serve the king, all the way without avoiding dangers and obstacles, facing the wind and rain, after several twists and turns, to March has arrived at the Daxing Institute, to Qiongzhou, the road has been more than half. In the first battle of the Great Star Institute, thousands of enemies were annihilated and a lot of captures were taken. However, when Xiamen was attacked, our army had no choice but to return to the division. Fortunately, the left side was unharmed, and the soldier's family was preserved, and the captive was not allowed to return with a piece of armor. ”

When the tone was set, Zheng Chenggong did not look at Chen Kai, the undoubted first contributor, but cast his eyes on Lan Deng, Zhou Quanbin and other generals who guarded the city.

"The center left city guarded, Lan Deng, the chief military officer of Houzhen, Zhou Quanbin, the deputy general of the Central Army in Houzhen, Lin Dezhong, the general of the Zhangquan sub-patrol road standard battalion, etc., fought bloodily, fearless of strong fronts, and ensured the peace of the people on the left side of the center. Specially, Lan Deng was rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver, Zhou Quanbin and Lin Dezhong were rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver. ”

announced the rewards of the defenders, although the generals were a little strange why they were them in the first place, but there were not only their rewards, but also the soldiers under their command, plus aside from the rewards promised by Chen Kai, if they did not accept it, it was easy to cause the boss to be dissatisfied, but they did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly saluted and accepted the reward.

Next, Zheng Chenggong motioned for them to get up, praised and appeased a few words, and then turned his attention to Hong Xu and the others who came to help the generals, including Chen Bao, who had returned to Nanao Island, all the soldiers were rewarded, and they were all happy. Later, he praised Shi Lang for leading a small number of retinues, regardless of the overall situation of the enemy's strength and weakness, to seize the Gaoqi wharf, and once defended this place, cutting off the path of the Qing army's escape from there. Immediately, Shi Lang was rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, plus two grades, and one hundred taels of his entourage as a reward.

However, as strange as Lang Deng and the other generals, Shi Lang also seemed a little hesitant. However, Zheng Chenggong did not leave him time to refuse, and simply said, "The captives crossed the sea first, the water and land were lost, the town faked the idle staff, witnessed the captive atmosphere, led dozens of people to fight against the captives, recaptured Gaoqi, so that the people who rushed forward and rushed right on the water and land were like this, and the captives could land." If there is no reward for merit, what will be the punishment? He directly blocked Shi Lang sturdily.

Speaking of this, in the festival hall, many generals have already looked at Chen Kai. From Lang Deng, Zhou Quanbin and Lin Dezhong, the defending generals, to reinforcements such as Hong Xu and Shi Lang, Zheng Chenggong rewarded the generals who fought bravely in this battle, but did not mention Chen Kai, and even did not mention Chen Kai in the opening scene that set the tone at the beginning, only said that God blessed and the soldiers used their lives, that's all.

Speaking of which, Chen Kai killed Zheng Chenggong's third uncle after all, and that was his own uncle. Perhaps, from the beginning of the generous reward of Lang Deng and other generals, Zheng Chenggong has been ready to use this to minimize the impact. Especially the sentence just now, "If the merit is not rewarded, the punishment will be punished", isn't it just that the reward has been understood, and then entered the topic of punishment?

Thinking about it, there is a lot of possibility that the generals are biased towards this. Most of them have a good impression of Chen Kai, especially those who have lived and died with Chen Kai, and their hearts are already full of resentment. Even now, even Shi Lang has a little sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox, not to mention, after today, the status of the Zheng family's children will be above them, what is the use of the position he has tried his best to compete with Chen Kai in the past few years, is it not a dog raised by the Zheng family, a watchdog that can be slaughtered at any time?

"Perhaps, it's time for a change of place. The Qing court has occupied almost all of China, but the Zheng family is just surviving on the coast, since they are all dogs, so why not find a more reliable master? ”

At this moment, Shi Lang thought about it, and the afterglow swept over the generals, and it seemed that he was not the only one who had such thoughts. Secretly wrote down the names of these people, and they will all be his potential resources in the future. Speaking of which, even if you change places to be dogs, you always need a few more gangs to avoid being bullied too badly by other dogs.

Looking closely, only Chen Kai was calm, as if he was an outsider, as if his mind was not here at all. Come to think of it, maybe I have expected it, and I have probably given up on myself.

"What a fool, wouldn't it be over if you ran away early, and you need to be reduced to such a predicament of being slaughtered now?"

Thinking of this, Shi Langmeng thought of Hong Xu again, since March 18, Hong Xu took over the military and political affairs of the Central Left Institute so abruptly, and at the same time, Chen Kai was still sick. In this, will there be a possibility that Hong Xu will put him under house arrest?

Thinking about it, the more Shi Lang thought about it, the more terrible he felt, and in the end, he didn't want to think about it at all, just raised some vigilance about a character like Hong Xu.

At the same time, after commending Shi Lang, by picking up the tea cup, clearing the tea entrance, and deliberately pausing, Zheng Chenggong glanced at the generals and understood the following situation at a glance. Sad, indignant, incredulous, all thoughts in the eyes. Putting down the teacup again, he had already regained his appearance, and then, as they thought, he cast his eyes on Chen Kai, who seemed to be a little absent-minded.

"Just now, Ben Shuai said that this battle depends on the blessing of God, and the soldiers use their lives, but in fact, it is not necessarily the case. If it weren't for the heroes who rose up and turned the tide, how could there be today's victory? ”

"Recruit the general to join the army, manage the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, Fujian according to the inspection of the Zhangquan sub-patrol road and the governor of Zhangzhou Prefecture Chen Kai, when the water division was defeated and the land division fled, Zheng Zhiguan, the commander of the center left office, absconded with gold, and urged the commander to change his mind. If it fails, he will be killed, and lead the army to defend the city of Zhongzuo. Later, when his father-in-law released the captives and fled, he and Zhong Yonghou and Zhong Zhenbo intercepted the water division, and finally killed the captives Ma Degong and Huang Shu of Xingquan Dao, and annihilated all the captives. ”

"These days, there are many speculations that Ben Shuai will kill Chen to join the army to avenge the killing of his uncle. This time, the marshal here explains that at an extraordinary time, he does extraordinary things, and Zheng Zhiguan has a military order, and Chen joins the army and has the right to respond to the aid given by the marshal. Kill them, there is no merit! ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong stood up as an exception, strode in front of Chen Kai, and bowed to the end in front of the generals, but shocked Chen Kai, who was still wandering in the world.

"The surname of the country, this, absolutely not."

"What I did was not to defend this city, but to be the people of the center and left, and to block the families of the soldiers."

Standing up again, Zheng Chenggong patted Chen Kai's arm heavily to show his trust. Immediately, Chen Kai was rewarded with 4,000 taels of silver, and he was invited to be promoted to the political envoy of Fujian, and the Zhangquan branch was a reward for guarding the road and the prefect of Zhangzhou Prefecture.

Senate and participate in politics, the difference is one word, but it is from the fourth rank to the third grade, and it is a full rise to the rank of one grade. This reward was announced, and looking at it again, the indignation or the sadness of the rabbit and the fox that the generals had just revealed in their expressions had disappeared without a trace. From Zheng Chenggong's attitude and the fact that Chen Kai has received a higher reward for his courage to take responsibility, they saw their future in this military and political group - the so-called Zheng group is just a military and political group with the commander surnamed Zheng, and it is not a place where the children of the Ishii Zheng family can ride on their heads and be more precious than their lives!

The Zheng family's sailors couldn't defeat those landlubbers of Ma Degong's naval battle, it was impossible to happen. The sailor was defeated after a small setback, and Ruan Yin and He De's two generals fled without a fight, all because they did not trust Zheng Zhiguan, who had no merit and no prestige, and only Zheng Chenggong's uncle could become the commander of the place, and they did not believe that he could defend this center and left.

At this moment, everything in front of him was exactly what Zheng Chenggong needed, because just counting on those clansmen, he asked himself if it was possible to complete the cause he had been insisting on. The performance of the three uncles this time shows that those clansmen have no national righteousness in their hearts at all, some are only family interests, and even more are just personal power struggles. Expecting them to succeed is better than sending their heads to the captive's sword.

"Zheng Zhiguan, the local affairs of the left place in the tube, the sailor has not collapsed, he has moved things first, and he is already on the boat. The former commander went on the expedition, and his person asked for full authority to manage the defense of the Central Left Institute, and set up a military order, saying that he was willing to be a military lawyer. Although Chen Senjun has been killed now, Ben Shuai thinks that Chen Senjun's only one shot is not enough to affirm the law. Come on, open Zheng Zhiguan's coffin, and the corpse will be violent for three days, in order to set an example! ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals were immediately shocked. No matter how you say it, it is Zheng Chenggong's own uncle, is this a bit too much, but they don't know that in history, Zheng Chenggong pushed Zheng Zhiguan out to behead the public in front of the generals, and under the strong plea of the generals, the head was hung for three days, not less than an hour, before the burial was allowed.

Unlike beheading in public, it takes time to open the coffin. Zheng Chenggong did not intend to waste time, so he immediately issued an order to behead Ruan Yin, the chief military officer of Qianchong Town, who fled first, and Yang Sheng, the deputy general of the Central Army of Youchong Town, who persuaded the general military officer of the town to flee, to behead the public, and He De, the chief military officer of Youchong Town, was punished with a cane of 120 and dismissed from his post for investigation, which further showed his determination to strictly enforce military law to the generals under his command.

"This commander is ruthless with an iron face, and all the lords and ministers of the town should work hard, and if they don't move forward, they will not be cowardly, and this domain has its own law!"