In August of the seventh year of Yongli, the Qing court accepted all the peace conditions hinted by Zheng Chenggong as ordered, and sent the edict to Zheng Chenggong's case as quickly as possible.

In this regard, Zheng Chenggong decided to send a fleet to Xinghua, Fuzhou, Funing Prefecture and other state capitals to collect food and salaries to restore the strength of the army. However, the front foot of the fleet was sent out, and Zheng Chenggong hurriedly sent someone to chase after receiving a letter, and only set off again after a new round of arrangements.

On the third day of September, a Ming fleet rested on Haitan Island and landed in Fuqing County, across the sea. Subsequently, this Ming army did not pay attention to the Zhendong Acropolis near the left, and directly approached the city of Fuqing County, and began to camp without fear.

Fuqing County is the southernmost county seat of Fuzhou Prefecture, located on the banks of the Longjiang River, not far from Xinghua Prefecture in the southwest and the sea in the east. Even, including Haitan Island, where the Ming army took a short rest, was actually subordinate to Fuqing County in the Ming Dynasty, but in this year, the Ming army's sailors were strong, and the Qing court was powerless about it, so it could only let Haitan Island continue to maintain a threat to the county not far away.

This county was established very early, but in the past 700 years, it has always been like Yiwu in Zhejiang, where there are only city gates and no city walls. Until the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese were raging, in order to protect the safety of the people on this side, the Ming court built a city wall here. However, like other cities built in the southeast coastal area during this period, efforts were still made in military defense.

The Ming army arrived at the city, the green battalion guarding the city trembled and looked at the camp in the distance and the Ming army approaching the city, the county magistrate of the county after getting the news, he hurriedly handed over the matter of mobilizing the people to the officials and the wardens, and he took on a greater responsibility, that is, sincerely kneeling in the Buddhist hall, praying to Guanyin Bodhisattva, praying that the Qing army could hold the city under the fierce offensive of the Ming army, at least until the arrival of Fuzhou reinforcements.

The camp was built, and the envoys of the Ming army came directly to the city and asked to enter the city to speak. The Qing army at the head of the city consulted the officer, and the officer understood the rule that the two countries would not kill the envoys, so they asked them to put down the hanging basket and pull the Ming army envoy up. Then, after hearing the purpose of the Ming army's coming, he hurriedly sent someone to invite the county magistrate who was burdened with a heavy responsibility, and the latter reluctantly came, and after listening to the Ming army's request, he was refreshed as if he had seen the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

"Your envoy's words are wrong, the imperial court for the sake of Haicheng Gong, allocated military salaries, but it is limited to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou, Qiongzhou, and Xinghua and Huizhou mentioned in the decree that Haicheng Gong now controls. This county is subordinate to Fuzhou Prefecture, and it is not within this scope, so it is unreasonable for your ministry to come here to ask this official for food and wages. ”

The matter of Qing Zheng Yihe, this is not a secret in Fujian officialdom. The magistrate had heard about this for a long time, and originally joked about the strange words of the officials of Xinghua Mansion and Huizhou Mansion about another mother-in-law. Unexpectedly, it was only a few days before someone else's new mother-in-law came to pick and choose from him, which is simply unreasonable.

However, the strength of the Ming army was strong, and Rao was so, and the magistrate also tried to be reasonable, trying to convince the envoy and the commander of the Ming army behind the envoy. However, this envoy had already been prepared, and directly broke out to him the new progress of the Qing Zheng Peace.

"The edict of the imperial court, we have seen it on the side of Haicheng Gong. For the understanding of the emperor, the princes of the court, Liu Zhijun and Tong Fujun, the old man Haicheng is also grateful to Dade. However, not to mention Huizhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture only has two counties, which is really not enough to meet the needs of the army. Therefore, our Haicheng Gong has already revised a letter to ask the emperor, the imperial court, and the two elders Liu Zhijun and Tong Fujun to increase the number of prefectures and counties to support the soldiers. In this matter, the county can send someone to Fuzhou to inquire, and my Huang Dudu said that he can wait for the county to confirm the news before receiving it, but at that time, the consumption deficit of the army stationed outside the city must also be made up. ”

The envoy was very respectful to the Qing court and the Qing court's monarchs and ministers, but this had some meaning of peace. But without a word, he didn't forget to threaten him, which really made the magistrate angry.

However, the negotiation of peace is a major matter, and now the governors of Fujian are all the main and faction, and the magistrate knows the position of the officials, understands the severity, and does not dare to make a mistake, so he has to send someone to send the envoy out of the city, and at the same time send someone to Fuzhou Fucheng to report to Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi, the top bosses of the two top bosses.

Xinghua Mansion was just south of Fuzhou Prefecture, and the messenger from the county magistrate hurriedly arrived, who knew that Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, who was temporarily stationed in Fuzhou to preside over the peace talks, had already received more than one report.

Changle County, Lianjiang County, and Luoyuan County in Fuzhou Prefecture, Putian County and Xianyou County in Xinghua Prefecture, and Ningde County under Funing Prefecture and Funing Prefecture all reported to Fuzhou that the Ming army had come to collect food and wages. If you count the current Fuqing County, it can simply be described as covering the coast of Fujian.

In this regard, although there are only two counties in Xinghua Prefecture, which is indeed a little too small, but the matter of peace has not yet been realized, Zheng Chenggong took the lead in running to the county seat of each county under the banner of the Qing court to ask for food and salary supplies, which is really a bit too much.

"You must not let him come like this, you must first finalize the matter of appeasement."

"But we can't give it at all, especially in Xinghua County, we can't completely block the door, which is not conducive to the development of peace."

Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi, you say a word, but there is nothing to do, so I have to order the prefectures and counties not to issue them for the time being, and wait for the future.

"I have to write a letter to the Duke of Haicheng." With that, Liu Qingtai picked up the pen and began to write, but he didn't write two words, he paused for a moment and said, "I have to write a letter to Zheng Hongkui" and continued to write.

"The husband has always done things, and he will make his deeds return, and his name will not be burdened, and then he will go forward with his arms, so as to be in vain in the world."

"Today, let the honorable prince rely on the sun and the moon, and let the grandmother force the scenery of mulberry elm, and think about the money of the imposter since there was an incident at sea? Where is the anointing of the blood of the charcoal-inflicted one? The posture of a hero, the nature of loyalty and filial piety, is it willing to be stubborn for a while and risk the ridicule of history, and the fluctuation of the close range and cause the disaster of the Red Clan? If you are afraid of surrendering to the enemy, why not join his children to return? If you suspect that going to Que is a daunting way, why not ask for your life to be guarded?! ”

"Not to be loyal and simple in life, to forgive the saint for a long time, can be a foot one by one to appeal to the heart. If there is anything that should not be said, not only is it not a man, but there is no way to hold the ghosts and gods, and it is fortunate that the prison will be judged."

Liu Qingtai's letter was full of persuasion to Zheng Chenggong, and the letter was delivered to Zheng Chenggong's hand, and after a general look, it was handed to Zheng Hongkui, who took the letter with a smile, and also handed over a letter written by Liu Qingtai to him to Zheng Chenggong.

"Da Mu, look at this letter again."

Zheng Chenggong took the letter and read it carefully, during which it was nothing more than relying on the current general trend of the Qing court, and relying on Zheng Zhilong, who was under house arrest in Beijing, to persuade Zheng Hongkui to persuade Zheng Chenggong to persuade Zheng Chenggong with kind words and to deal with the matter of peace as soon as possible. In addition, he also said that if Zheng Chenggong is still a little hesitant, then it is better to let Zheng Hongkui take the lead and have an example, maybe it is still beneficial to this.

Looking at the two letters, it is nothing more than Liu Qingtai's eagerness to deal with the matter of appeasement. Because it involved Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew, the Qing court's repeated efforts gradually reduced the estrangement between them.

"Next, it's time to see the performance."

"Haha, but before that, I'd better write a reply letter first, so as not to cool this hot one."

After that, Zheng Hongkui wrote a reply in Zheng Chenggong's study. Since it was the first time he and Liu Qingtai exchanged letters, Liu Qingtai's words were very polite, and Zheng Hongkui's reply was naturally the same.

"Yang Heming's life, far humiliation of the Great Religion, the mighty grace of the new dynasty and the generous love of the husband and ancestor, how can it be said! The first is not sick and has accumulated a lot of trouble, and after years of bedriding, I have seen and forgiven him for a long time. Fishing rods and axes, Shang Fuke loads, the glory of the crown? If it is indiscriminate, it is reckless. Xiang Zhi Chen, and the detailed envoy, want to be in Wang Han. ”

"As for the nephew, he is in the prime of life and is quite promising. The monarch's father has a heavy life, and he dares not to obey. With hundreds of thousands of people, they were given to the two provinces, and it was not easy to settle down, and they were worried. At that time, who will be to blame? And between the system and power, the old precedent and the new grace are not without a slight hindrance. With the use of the sloppy, I thought that the new dynasty was open and honest, and it seemed to be in the heart. He did not dare to worship his fate, out of his heart, and the situation of the situation was also unavoidable. Does my husband have a special teaching? ”

Replying to the letter, Liu Qingtai quickly received it. Many of them defended Zheng Chenggong, whether it was his hesitation to appease him, or his dissatisfaction with only adding two prefectures to raise troops, but he did not say anything to death, and his implication was nothing more than asking the Qing court to continue to show sincerity.

This Zheng Hongkui talked to the messenger in private, saying that the old incident of Zheng Zhilong being plundered into Beijing made the heart of Hai Chenggong have a pimple in the face of the imperial court. After all, after so many years of fighting, the puppet dynasty first made Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong make trouble, and then the old thief and the famous king, but it is not like this until now. It's nothing more than that he still wants to see the sincerity of the imperial court. ”

Liu Qingtai said this, flicked the letter, and immediately smiled. However, Tong Guoqi frowned, and after a little thought, he said to the former: "Controlling the army, will this be the red and white face of this pair of uncles and nephews." ”

In this way, Liu Qingtai recalled Zheng Chenggong's letters, and there was also a hesitant and distrustful attitude in them. Looking at Zheng Hongkui's reply now, it seems that he is more defending his nephew, although he also said in private that he would persuade again, but what Tong Guoqi said is not impossible.

Tong Guoqi said such speculations, Liu Qingtai thought about it carefully, and then said to him: "Siyuan, the matter of appeasement is not only about our political achievements and future, but more importantly, whether we can eliminate the largest bandit force in the southeast for the imperial court. This is a matter of the overall situation, let's try our best to get things done, in order to live up to the emperor's grace. ”

"The army is reasonable."

Hearing this, Tong Guoqi nodded heavily, and soon the two of them discussed the decision, which was nothing more than to let the Xinghua Mansion send some money and grain to show their sincerity, and at the same time send Zheng Chenggong's request to fill in the conditions used by the state government to raise troops to the capital, and the high-level of the Qing court would make the decision.

This is the safest, but it's a pity that there are a few major events in this world that can be done without danger or danger, and within a few days, Zheng Chenggong sent a sternly worded question, expressing greater distrust of Liu Qingtai. The reason for this is not Liu Qingtai or the bad things in Fujian officialdom, but a military conflict broke out in Guangdong.

At the end of August, the Green Camp of Huizhou Prefecture received a report of a pirate attack on a thousand households in Pinghai. Pinghai Thousand Households is located east of Daya Bay, on a peninsula jutting out of the coast. It was located between the Ming army's occupation of Hong Kong and Haifeng, and the greatest threat was the Ming army's sailors.

However, the Ming navy had an unwritten habit of making every voyage with great fanfare and showing the flag to act on the sea, which was conducive to their demonstration of their authority at sea. And this time, the report from the Pinghai Qianhu Office was a pirate, obviously not a Ming army.

Since this is the case, the green battalion of Huizhou Prefecture hurriedly sent a force to help in the battle. However, after this army entered the Nipping Peninsula, it quickly disappeared without a trace, until a few days later, when the siege of Pinghai Qianhusuo was lifted, and the Qianhusuo side reported to the Huizhou government that it was found that the original Qing army had been killed in a mountain forest.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Chenggong's anger came from the Zhongzuo Institute, and in the letter, Zheng Chenggong tried his best to say that Liu Qingtai was deceiving him, but secretly doing things to attack the Ming army.

Liu Qingtai didn't know anything about this, and only saw some words about Huizhou in the letters. So Liu Qingtai reported to the Qing court, and at the same time sent someone to Huizhou Mansion to inquire, and at the same time sent someone to see Zheng Hongkui, and the latter quickly gave a statement that made him speechless.

Zheng Hongkui said that Zheng Sen handed over the matter of going to Huizhou Mansion to collect grain and salary to Chen Bao of Nanao Island, and Chen Bao sent his subordinate Lu Wei to Pinghai with an edict from the imperial court to collect grain and salary. Pinghai not only refused to give it, but also attracted the Huizhou Green Battalion to attack them. As a result, Lü Wei was wounded, but the officers and troops who launched the attack were quickly annihilated by the Ming army. Suppress the army, something is wrong! ”

Of course something is wrong, this doesn't require Tong Guoqi to open his mouth at all, Liu Qingtai can also see it. Not to mention, the side that was attacked actually killed the sneak attacker, or wiped it out, which is not a normal person who can't see the weirdness.

However, at the end of August, the Qing court's edict to Zheng Chenggong had not been sent to the center for a long time, and Zheng Chenggong did reply to the Qing court for further bargaining. During this period, the Guangdong side should not have known that Zheng Chenggong was preparing to be appeased, so the Qing army "sneak attacked" the defenseless Ming army without knowing it, and as a result, the Ming army, which had a better advantage, rose up to fight back, and the possibility of annihilating the Qing army also existed.

Guangdong and Fujian are bordered by areas controlled by the Ming army, and the civilian trade between the two provinces can be passed, but the military information, official documents, and so on cannot pass at all, which also leads to the lag of intelligence. Liu Qingtai didn't know that the cat in this was planned by Zheng Chenggong, or it was said that Shang Kexi, who was dissatisfied with the appeasement, but the Qing army was completely annihilated, and only the Ming army was left in the party, especially one of the generals was injured.

Zheng Sen's men were said to be angry, and it is said that Chen Kai of Chaozhou and Chen Bao of Nanao also wrote letters, demanding that Zheng Chenggong immediately stop negotiating peace with the Qing court and wave their armies to launch a retaliatory battle for innocent soldiers. Zheng Hongkui is still inclined to be caress personally, but even he is questioning the intentions of the imperial court now. ”

secretly scolded the Qing army in Guangdong for many things, Liu Qingtai re-examined this matter, there are many doubts, but the lack of human and material evidence makes him dare not draw conclusions about it. Moreover, the truth is no longer important, the important thing is that the overall situation of the appeasement has been destroyed, which is likely to destroy the layout of the Qing court. Not to mention, once Li Zheng joins forces, Guangdong will be in danger!

Liu Qingtai doesn't care about it at all, but the overall situation of appeasement cannot be destroyed, this is the principle of these lords and faction officials.

Seeing this, Liu Qingtai hurriedly replied, saying that the Qing court knew nothing about it, and it was likely an unnecessary conflict caused by the lag in news. For this reason, Liu Qingtai said that he could draw some food and salary from various prefectures and counties in Fujian to make up for the losses of Zheng Chenggong's subordinates, and it was also to show the sincerity of the Qing court in the matter of appeasement, hoping that this unexpected incident would not affect the relations between the two sides.

Liu Qingtai is the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and he still has some authority. As a result, the Ming fleet, which was preparing or had already withdrawn its camp and returned, quickly received the approval of the counties for the collection of grain and wages, but the place of delivery was no longer outside the county seat, but to the seaside, close to the place of the Ming fleet, otherwise the Ming army felt that it was not safe.

It was still Fuqing County, and the magistrate received instructions from Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi, so he had to move a total of about 10,000 taels of silver and grain from the county's treasury and send them to the Longjiang estuary for unloading.

The Zhendong Acropolis is on the north bank of the Longjiang estuary, so the place of delivery between the two sides is determined on the south bank. Naturally, the magistrate of the county will not come in person, and it is a warden from the county who comes. The warden stubbornly escorted the goods to arrive, and the receiver of the Ming army was Huang Kai, the governor of Zheng Chenggong's command, who sent someone to count the food and wages, ordered the shipment, and at the same time took out an official document that had been written in advance with a seal, but left a blank space, and wrote the counted numbers on it, and handed it to the warden.

"This, give it to your county honor, it is stamped with the private seal of Haicheng Gong, you can take this to the governor's yamen to report the account."

This is the process that should be, because it is the first time to deal with it, the warden is still a little nervous, lest this Huang Dudu take the things and leave, and don't leave them a certificate or something, but now it seems that he has thought too much.

"Thank you Huang Dudu for your understanding, thank you Haicheng Gong for your understanding."

The warden saluted with a smirk on his face, and the pig's tail at the back of his head followed the bowing motion, which hung down behind his left ear for a while, and then behind his right ear, but no matter where he was, it made people feel ugly.

When the salute was finished, the warden prepared to leave for his return so that he could complete the resignation. Unexpectedly, Huang Kai didn't plan to let him go like this, and with a wave of his hand, several Ming soldiers came up with boxes and placed them between the two.

"This thousand taels of silver is a kickback from our Haicheng Gong to your magistrate, you have made it clear, if you say less afterwards, the governor of Bendu will not make up for it."