As the name suggests, Yu Xian's guests have an extraordinary demeanor. This gentleman is about forty years old, wearing a scribe's robe, with long hair and a clear face, and he looks like a virtuous person.

In fact, as Liu Xiang's chief military advisor, Yu Xianke did not make much achievements in strategy, and it can even be said that he failed. Of course, he can't be blamed for this, after all, he was born as a Taoist priest in Youfang, and he hasn't read history books carefully.

In 1635, the seventh year after Zheng Zhilong was recruited, the prestige of the Liu Xiang group, which kept plundering the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, reached its peak, causing Chongzhen to be shocked, and the imperial court had to start the Zhao'an plan again, intending to have a second Zheng Zhilong.

Xiong Wencan, who was the governor of Liangguang at the time and also took care of Fujian, immediately ordered Hong Yunxuan, who was then the governor of Huizhou to guard the road, to preside over the matter, and together with Xia Zhilin, the general of Guangzhou, Huang Zong, Haiphong of Chaozhou, and Yao Xizhe, the judge of Huizhou, went to Haifeng to appease Liu Xiang.

And who is the representative of Liu Xiang to go to Haifeng to negotiate the appeasement? It was the military advisor Yu Xianke.

And then what about the outcome of the negotiations?

On April 4 of that year, the government erected five factory sheds on the bank of the Haifeng River and held a ceremony to appease them. Then Liu Xiang led forty or fifty wooden boats to the bottom of the mountain and landed to see Hong Yunsteam.

Just after the consolation, Liu Xiang suddenly accused Hong Yunxuan of hypocrisy, so he kidnapped Hong Yunzheng and a group of officials on the boat. There was chaos on the shore, and there were countless tramples. In the end, Liu Xiang imprisoned Hong Yunzheng and others in Mozixia in Huidong County.

The occurrence of this hijacking incident can be said to be a watershed that led to Liu Xiang's extreme decline: the government has since abandoned the idea of recruiting An, and began to mobilize troops and horses to exterminate Liu Xiang.

So after just one year, Liu Xiang was killed by Zheng Zhilong and the government coalition army in seven battles and seven victories, and died on the same day as Yu Xianke, the commander of Tianwei Yang's army.

In this matter, Yu Xianke, the military advisor who served as the negotiator at the beginning, was very responsible, and he did not play the role that a military advisor should have before and after: no matter whether the negotiation was successful or not, even if the government was a fake recruit, Liu Xiang should not have taken away a cadre of officials with his own cleverness. What is the most in the imperial court? The most officials! Grab a wagon today, and fill it tomorrow!

Of course, for a pirate group that has no great political ambitions and only knows how to plunder, it is normal for the staff to be low, because there will be no regular literati to join such gangs.

After Li Zicheng became big, he didn't get a bull until 1640, on the eve of entering Beijing, and he was still a labor prisoner who was reformed by the Ming Dynasty to make a name for himself. However, if Li Post obtained the treasure, he worshiped Niu Jinxing as a university scholar and prime minister in Xi'an, which can be seen that in ancient times, if the system did not collapse completely, the vast majority of literati would rather be poor than look for jobs outside the system.

Similarly, who will bird Zheng Zhilong before he recruits him? However, once he put on the official skin, even if he was a funny "Five Tiger Guerrilla General", a large number of literati came in this way, and all kinds of strategists, literati, Qingke masters, and masters filled the account, and the difference between inside and outside the system was too great.

Although Yu Xianke's level is not high, he is still the person Liu Xiang values more at the moment: because some things are only reasonable for him to do, and the rest of the illiterate pirates with rusty faces can't do it, such as talking about Zhao'an. Yes, after Liu Xiang thought about it, under heavy pressure, he remembered the night pot again, so he planned to talk to the lords of the government about Zhao'an.

"I don't know if the owner is calling, the students are late, atonement for sins, atonement for sins." After entering the door, Yu Xianke said that he was not a scholar, but he learned a lot about the scholar's sour words.

However, Liu Xiang just ate this set: "Mr. is not polite, there is a troublesome matter to discuss at the moment, and I can't say that Mr. has to go out." ”

"Well, I don't know what the owner is talking about?"

"Alas," Liu Xiang sighed at this time: "Zhao'an." ”

Speaking of Zhao'an, it's not so easy to recruit. If you can enter the system by kowtowing, why did so many pirates succeed with Zheng Zhilong?

First of all, Liu Xiang's motives are not pure, so he is the same as Li Kuiqi and others, that is, it is difficult for a small pirate leader like them to be really recruited.

Hurt the government, reconcile the government, and then give the government face, do things in a high-profile manner, be a low-key person, settle the big and small officials, and bear a large amount of upfront risk investment, including but not limited to silver and their own net worth

The real Zhao'an has quite high requirements for the implementer, there are many technical actions, and each link must be operated in place, and the difficulty is no less than that of the garbage company listed in later generations.

With Zheng Zhilong's dominance, pattern, sincerity, exquisite face and ability to bend and stretch, he was also at the beginning after twists and turns, and he risked his life many times, and he was able to recruit after gaining trust from the big guy. Therefore, an unruly and half-hearted person like Liu Xiang actually has a negligible probability of success.

Of course, Liu Xiang herself knows this very well, so Zhao'an is a night pot that only thinks of it when she is urgent.

Right now, he's urgent.

When Liu Xiang told Yu Xianke about the current situation of the gang, the latter first groaned for a while, and then he asked slowly: "I don't know who the owner wants to vote for?" ”

"Ugh." Liu Xiang sighed: "It's here that the move is undecided." ”

"It's a fictional story, so why care about the next family?" Yu Xianke didn't understand it at this time.

"Mr. doesn't know, this recruitment is a virtual reality, and it's not perfunctory." When Liu Xiang said this, he shook his head and sighed again, and then he explained his analysis of Zhao'an in detail.

In view of the current situation, for Liu Xiang, the ideal state is to wear an official skin, so that he can be a minister in the same palace as the Cao family and avoid future conflicts.

So he now has three options: find Cao to talk about Zhao'an to become a second-way marshal, talk to Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan to talk about Zhao'an, and find Wang Zunde, the governor of Liangguang, to talk about Zhao'an.

However, no matter which mountain he worshipped, it was obvious that under the huge strategic pressure of a certain force, he could no longer play with the government.

This awkward situation is extremely uncomfortable for Liu Xiang, who wants to wear official skin but also does not want to take responsibility. In other words, his ideal idea of being a pirate while being an official without conflict with the Cao clan is now impossible to realize.

Needless to say, the Cao clan, which has strong force, is that kind of half-hearted so-called Zhao'an, if it is not good, it is nothing to look for, attracting the other party's gunboats to the door.

As for Xiong Wencan, the reason is the same: if you come to the door to talk about Zhao'an, you will inevitably fall behind. Even a three-year-old child knows that murder and arson are recruited, you didn't beat the government, can people use you as a green onion?

You must know that the current situation is completely different from history.

First of all, the most important point is that Liu Xiang cannot threaten the coastal areas of Fujian at all.

Secondly, Xiong Wencan is not only a saint, but also has a certain gold medal fighter who is "completely different from Zheng Zhilong and seems to be quite obedient". Xiong Dada's sleeves were golden at this time, and the court praised him, it was the time when the spring breeze was swelling indiscriminately, so he could think with his feet, once Liu Xiang found the door, what kind of face Xiong Wencan was.

In other words, the bargaining power of the shopkeeper Liu has now decreased, and Xiong Wencan's conditions will definitely be very harsh.

However, Lao Liu didn't dare to walk away, because it was not uncommon to talk about the collapse of the old bear, maybe the old bear was still willing to talk about the collapse: let Liu Xiang go to Guangdong to slap Wang Zunde in the face, and it was also a good thing for him to watch the fun on the side, and he couldn't ask too much for the moral level of the official.

So on the surface, the best option is Lord Yuedu.

However, Liu Xiang personally is the least optimistic about Wang Zunde.

One of them: crazy robbery and doing things in Guangdong, and then fighting with the official army in a series of battles, and finally defeating the official army, getting the intention of the government to recruit peace, and then bringing the silver to personally come to the door to settle the officials, servile and charming, and bending the knee If you really want to copy Zheng Zhilong's difficult route, to tell the truth, Liu Xiang has no confidence in himself.

Second: Liu Xiang has no business base. Historically, Zheng Zhilong was a Japanese son-in-law and controlled the Japanese raw silk trade. Moreover, he occupies the old nest of Xiamen, and has a commercial base and channels, so businessman Zheng Zhilong urgently needs to recruit An.

And what about him Liu Xiang? He's just a rogue, with no business channels or a base. Now Xiamen has been occupied by the Cao family, and there are Portuguese people at the mouth of the Pearl River, so Liu Xiang lacks the motivation to recruit An.

This point is the most fundamental reason why Liu Xiang is half-hearted and repeatedly unwilling to recruit an in history: if Zheng Zhilong can't be even, if he can't grab Xiamen, what is the use of him even if he recruits An? The government will not give them a group of people, except for the name, a big son who raises soldiers.

There are no commercial channels and bases, even if he is given the title of Liu Laoxiang's chief soldier, he still has to take his brothers out to rob, otherwise, it won't take long for his subordinates to run out.

The current situation is actually the same as in history, so Liu Xiang is very confused now: even if he takes the path of Wang Zunde to recruit An, but if he wants to go out to loot soon, then why bother?

As for Liu Xiang's last concern, it was purely a premonition of his own: once he made things big in Guangdong, then the Cao soldiers and horses entrenched in Xiamen would come from behind to help the Guangdong officialdom.

The Cao family is different from the traditional military leaders who live behind closed doors, and there is no reason, Liu Xiang has this strange premonition.

After listening to the various concerns of the owner, Rao is a resource among Yu Xianke, and he also has a strong sense of crisis at this moment. Being able to force the owner who was always ruthless and straightforward like this, Yu Xianke couldn't help but ponder at this time.

After a tea hour, Yu Xianke's thoughts had been settled, and then he stroked his long beard and said to Liu Xiang: "I already know all about Dong Weng's worries. At present, it seems that it is still necessary to find out the virtual and real thoughts of several before making a decision. In this way, I will set off tomorrow and go to Xiamen and Fuzhou, and the owner will wait for my news. ”

Seeing Liu Xiang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Yu Xianke, who knew his concerns, smiled, raised his hand and pressed down: "Don't worry, Yu will be polite and courteous here, and he will not provoke the opponent and ruin the situation." ”

"Then I'm relieved." Liu Xiang saw that the military advisor understood what he meant, and immediately nodded: "See off the military advisor tomorrow!" ”11