Going south to Xinzhou to make an alliance with the kings of the Nanyang Kingdoms was Zheng Zhilong's next major event.

is not purely to save face for Emperor Chongzhen, but also the beginning of the integration of Nanyang indigenous forces - it is not two hundred years later, and all the indigenous princes have become European dogs.

At present, the indigenous kingdoms of Nanyang still maintain their independence. But in the face of a huge threat from Europeans, being recruited by Zheng Zhilong, the hearts of those in power may also be full of wariness of him, and they are suspicious of the goodwill and promise he released, but no one will refuse.

There are two main reasons: first, Zheng Zhilong is the signboard of the Ming Dynasty, and the 'benevolence and morality' of the Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang region is completely explosive to Europeans. There is a certain credibility.

The second is that the Europeans are too threatening. Even if Zheng Zhilong is suspicious, he can always use it as a reference to deal with the Europeans, right?

Even if Zheng Zhilong wants to be arrogant and domineering, they will hook up with Europeans again.

This trick of luring the wolf and rejecting the tiger is not very clever and very dangerous, but it is always remembered by the parties at critical moments.

In the final analysis, it is better to "drink to quench your thirst" than to die of thirst immediately.

So much so that in September and October, a family of envoys of the king of the land or the king of the land arrived in Xinzhou one after another, including the envoys of the female Sudan of Aceh and the new king of the kingdom of Mataran Suldan, Armand Gulat I.

This surprised Shi Daxuan, Ma Dalan and Yaqi are both the least influential places of the Zheng family in Nanyang - there is almost no contact with the official, and they are each a first-class power, I don't want these two families to send people too.

The one that surprised him the most was the envoy of Armand Goulart I. The old Sudan (Surtan Agung), who passed away just last year, was a prominent figure in the South Seas region in recent years, and after more than 30 years in charge of the country, the newborn Madhalan rose strongly in his hands, first unifying Central Java and East Java step by step, conquering the Java coastal areas of Swimwater, Madura and Cirebon, and extending his power to eastern Sumatra and southern Borneo.

He personally led a large army to besiege Batavia twice (Battle of Batavia), although unsuccessful, but also shocked the Dutch, and for more than ten years after that, the well water of both sides did not interfere with the river water, which greatly limited the expansion of the Dutch power on the island of Jawa, which still only occupies two territories in Batavia and Banten.

But as with the kingdom of Aceh, with the death of the old king and the accession of the new king, there was some internal tremor in Mataran. Although at the moment it is still very strong.

More and more forces are converging in one place, bringing the already prosperous market of NSW to a higher level.

These people are not bad at money, and they have strong spending power. They brought a lot of people with them, and the economic growth of NSW entered a kind of abnormal high speed.

But Zheng Zhilong did not rush to Xinzhou immediately, but decided to finish the matter in hand and then get up and go to Nanyang. Although he has somehow felt a rush lately.

The things in Zheng Zhilong's hands, in addition to the marriage contract between Zheng Ping and Zhu Ming's royal family, are also some "uncomfortable words that don't come out".

"Your Majesty has moved south for many years, and now the country has been decided, the army and the people are at ease, and the ministers are Daming. Ranchen came from the north to the south, and looked at the Li Rebellion and the puppet Qing Dynasty in the north, and there was a word in his heart that could not be reached. ”

In the Jinling Imperial Camp Army, it was just a private banquet, Emperor Chongzhen was at the top, Zhou Yanru, Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Ping were also on the left hand, Zhang Shize, Huang Degong and Huang Fei, who had been incorporated into the imperial camp, sat in the right column. Wang Chengen and Lu Jiude, the two great eunuchs, served around Emperor Chongzhen.

Eating is very simple, just a small copper pot for one person, and then prepare some fresh meat, vegetables and vegetables, brush the pot to eat, steaming also warm.

At the table, Zheng Zhilong pursed his lips and decided to let himself have a good time. The marriage has been finalized, so there is no need to worry about the waste snacks in the court.

wiped his mouth and spoke through the stall of toasting to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen naturally let him speak freely.

"Li Reyi and the puppet Qing Dynasty who are subordinate to the north and view the north are all demoted to high positions, and those who are dead set on the ground are not extraordinary. Hateful Li rebelled against the world, the pseudo-Qing slaughtered hundreds of millions, this is my Ming Dynasty does not share the hatred of the sky, the officials of their generation do not fight to die and have already lost the emperor's grace, they also bend their knees to the thieves, such as the old Han Shengshi Jinmeng, still high-ranking officials do, Houlu enjoys, such disloyal and unrighteous people vote, hateful, hateful. ”

"I am a Ming monk for three hundred years, but I have to return like this, if I don't settle them one by one, how can I warn the world and inform the world?"

Zheng Zhilong already had the answer in his heart, but such an answer was not acceptable and recognized by Emperor Chongzhen, so he followed the trend of the times and used the methods of the current era to solve this matter. He thought about it, but felt that it was more enjoyable.

Emperor Chongzhen's happy face immediately turned cold, but this anger was not born to Zheng Zhilong, but to the courtiers under him, and to those shameless traitors in the north.

"Your Majesty, when you go to the Tartar captives to enter the customs, you will be summoned to those who have meritorious fame, even if they are only a lifetime member, and those who enter Beijing can be awarded officials. For a time, it caused the north ground to shake. If it weren't for the fact that the other generation killed too heavily in Gyeonggi, I'm afraid that the Gyeonggi scholars would have flocked to it.

In the spring of this year, the pseudo-Qing imperial examination, there were many scholars rushed to the field, and their generation was favored by my Ming Emperor, but now they are turned around and are thieves, so the conscience has been fed to the dog? ”

There is no need to mention the names of Chen Yan, Wang Aoyong and others, so it is enough to make Emperor Chongzhen angry.

Because he came to Jinling with the vast majority of his important ministers, the kind of thing of raiding the house and beheading anyone who surrendered to the enemy has not happened a few times in the past year. All the people in the court with names and surnames were in front of them. And now those who are angry by Emperor Chongzhen, such as Chen Yan, such as Wang Aoyong, such as Feng Quan, Sun Zhiqi, etc., their hometowns are not under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult for Chongzhen to kill people even if he wants to.

But he was still provoked by Zheng Zhilong's words.

"The minister thought that if this generation is not punished, it will inevitably corrupt the atmosphere of Shilin and disturb the hearts of the people in the world. Your Majesty should be dealt with severely today. ”

But Emperor Chongzhen's anger came and went quickly, and all that was left was a wry smile, "Zheng Qing's words are reasonable, and every time I think about it, I hate it to the bone." But everyone in their generation is in the hands of the enemy, even if they have to deal with it severely, they can't do it? ”

"As the saying goes, those who don't plan for a time are not enough for a lifetime. At present, the overall situation, although it is difficult for our dynasty to have the power of the north to restore the Central Plains, but the south of the Yangtze River is rich, accumulating over time, and ten years later, it will gather millions of elite soldiers. ”

"At that time, the army went north, all the way like a bamboo, and the officials and gentry of Guangfu County along the way, didn't they want to keep them all for the sake of a stable situation, even if they were shameless people who groveled and surrendered to thieves and prisoners?"

If so, the price of this betrayal is really too little to mention. After the Tartars are coming, don't let everyone surrender. Whoever sits in the world, I have officials to do.

"Yes, the minister thinks that His Majesty should let everyone in the world know that there is a price to be paid for subjugating and surrendering."

Then Zheng Zhilong expressed his thoughts, in addition to liquidating the shameless people who surrendered to the thieves and their families, relatives and friends, he would also liquidate the gentry who came out of Li Shun and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and liquidate those gentry and merchants who made great contributions to the Second Dynasty.

Isn't this 'liquidation' immediately shouting and shouting at them, because many people are from the north, and the south can't reach it. Zheng Zhilong is now making a suggestion, those gentry and rich families who are out of reach of the Southern Ming court, and the Southern Ming Dynasty can compile "Records of Rebels", "Records of Traitors and Thieves" and so on.

At the same time, some outstanding performers can also be named, such as Wu Sangui, a traitor and a traitor, and everyone will be punished.

Then he announced that the punishment of the scholars who participated in Li Shun's puppet Qing imperial examination would not only remove his own fame and not recognize the fame of the puppet dynasty, but also that he and three generations of his family should not be allowed to enter the office.

In a small room, the voices of the upper and lower people all changed color.

Zhou Yanru looked at him like a fool, and Zhang Shize's face was incredible, wondering if Zheng Zhilong was blown stupid by the cold wind in the past few days. Only Huang Degong looked at Zheng Zhilong with admiration, this proposal is bright and happy.

"Zheng Qing's words......" Emperor Chongzhen's face first showed a look of surprise, "Records of Rebels" and "Records of Traitors and Thieves", good idea. But soon his face was gloomy again. As an emperor, he had to think more about it, and he couldn't just think about it.

If this law is implemented, although the people of the world will not dare to easily help and abuse, not to mention the reaction of the northern gentry after hearing this, there may be a lot of resistance within the Southern Dynasties.

It's still a reader.

The latter may not always say yes.

Many of the important ministers of the court who were dragged to Jinling by Emperor Chongzhen are people from the north, and they are all branches or relatives and friends at home, and now they may be Li Shun's puppet officials of the Qing Dynasty, so will this involve them in the end?

It will even attract the approval of the southern ministers, but the northern ministers will not approve, and in the end it will cause a party struggle between the north and the south!

And not to mention the victory or defeat of this north-south party struggle, not to mention the infamy won by Zheng Zhilong as the initiator, and his reputation as Emperor Chongzhen is afraid that it will plummet. Moreover, the party of the north and the south fought together, and Yu Guochao was also deeply hurt.

"This matter is very important, Zheng Qing is not afraid of attracting countless people to scold him when he makes such remarks?" Looking directly at Zheng Zhilong, Chongzhen said with some curiosity. Did Zheng Zhilong feel that his reputation was already bad, so he broke the jar and broke it?

"I would like to write publicly."

Zheng Zhilong put on a posture of not worrying about having more debts, and he was still waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to give an order to make a wave of the Kong family.

To engage in Confucianism is to engage in Confucianism.

Although this Confucian family has long been unable to represent Confucianism, as a symbol of Confucianism, it is natural to make Confucianism disgraced if it is damaged. And if you want to corrupt the foundation of Confucianism, you must also take your time.

Emperor Chongzhen can't deny it, Zheng Zhilong is not in a hurry, he has other preparations for this matter, and when he left, he glanced at Zhou Yanru.

The old minister thought that this was feasible. As Zheng Hou said, if you don't punish you severely, you can't be upright. Zhou Yanru didn't look at Emperor Chongzhen's reaction, but continued: "But the old minister thinks that Zheng Hou is a little too harsh and overkill. Then how to punish the other generation of ministers, Your Majesty should still be arbitrary. ”

A smile appeared on Emperor Chongzhen's face, "Well, what Shoufu said is very true. "This Zhou Yanru is still loyal.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong, who returned to his residence, also recruited Yang Weiyuan. This person is a native of Wendeng, Dengzhou, Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, official and imperial history, the first to turn over the case, and the Donglin party, which is deeply hated by Qingliu. Chongzhen ascended the throne, worried that he was burdened by the eunuch party, so he attacked Cui Chengxiu first to get rid of himself, and added the servant Shaoqing. can avoid the first day of the first day of the fifteenth, and turn for the imperial history Mao Yujian and other Jiaozhang to attack, cut the nationality into the reverse case, and send Huai'an. Later, he has been settling down in Huai'an, if it weren't for Ruan Dacheng's recommendation, Zheng Zhilong wouldn't have known that there was such a person.

"Then you can start preparing for the newspaper." Zheng Zhilong will hand the fold to Emperor Chongzhen tomorrow.

As for the newspaper, of course, Zheng Zhilong did not get up and down on the official side, but with his protection, as long as he did not directly poke the lungs of the Jiangnan gentry, there would be nothing in the short term.

He didn't expect the newspaper to last long, but as long as it could make a start, it would be influential. Can you even run an underground newspaper in the future?

It is always a good thing to open up the way and inspire the wisdom of the people.