d "The current form must be clear to everyone, the Fourth Army of the Ying Long Army is stationed outside Quanzhou City, eyeing the tiger. The four warships of the Ming Navy have just defeated the Dutch fleet, and they are already rising, whether on land or at sea, they have already forced our Zheng family to a dead end, and my Zheng family is afraid that it will be difficult to confront the imperial court in both aspects! ”

"In this case, I have decided that from today onwards, there will be no more Zheng family sailors in the world, everyone prepare, merge into the Ming Navy, and truly become a member of the Ming Dynasty!" Zheng Zhilong announced on the spot that now he has nothing to choose.

The high-level officials of the Zheng family were all shocked, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, but they didn't know why, but no one immediately came out to persuade Zheng Zhilong not to do it.

In fact, these high-level officials of the Zheng family are not all members of the Zheng family, they are loyal to Zheng Zhilong, but they also have a family, all of them have lived and worked in Quanzhou, if Zheng Zhilong chooses to confront the imperial court, although they will also risk their lives to support Zheng Zhilong, but they can only take the family to drift at sea again and suffer.

Moreover, the formidable power of the newly established navy of the imperial court today is also one of the reasons for their worries and panic, after all, the Ming navy defeated the seventeen warships of the Dutch with only four warships, and also captured the Dutch such as Viscount Leicester, in time, the Ming navy will definitely be stronger, even if the Zheng family returns to the sea, it is unknown how long they can be free! Once the Zheng family is defeated in the future, then their lives and the lives of the family will not be guaranteed!

This is the last thing they want to see, and now it's okay, Zheng Zhilong's choice is faintly in line with what they hope in their hearts

"Father is wise!" Among them, there is no one happier than Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen had always been worried that his father Zheng Zhilong would make a wrong choice and take the Zheng family sailor to contend with the imperial court, which would harm everyone. He knew very well the strength of the imperial court, and it was definitely not something that the Zheng family could oppose.

The emperor treats the Zheng family well, and he treats him well. The emperor's promise of the hereditary position of An Guogong is to fulfill his promise to him and ensure that the Zheng family is rich and noble. He believes that the emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, and as long as the Zheng family keeps to himself, whether it is now or in the future, the emperor will no longer deal with the Zheng family.

The emperor can do this, it is already benevolent and righteous, he Zheng Sen is grateful, and he can only swear allegiance!

"The head of the family is wise!" The top officials of the Zheng family also stood up and said.

The corners of Zheng Zhilong's mouth twitched, looking at the reactions of these people, he was slightly disappointed in his heart, but he could understand it, after all, no one really wanted to return to the sea to drift, and it was the kind of drift that could not see the way forward, was bleak, and was worried about being capsized by the latecomers of the Ming Navy at any time.

"Alright, let's go down and prepare!" Zheng Zhilong took a deep breath and waved his hand a little weakly.

"Yes, Father!"

Zheng Sen and the high-ranking officials of the Zheng family retreated, and only Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui were left in the lobby.

Seeing that the eldest brother Zheng Zhilong seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, Zheng Hongkui couldn't bear it, and he was also a little unwilling to step forward.

"Big brother, are you really willing to do this!" Zheng Hongkui said: "Don't say whether the emperor will kill the eldest brother in the future to prevent future troubles, but he will definitely not let the eldest brother touch the water master again, and the eldest brother can only do nothing for a lifetime under the false name of An Guogong!" ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Unwilling? What can I do if I am not reconciled, this is already very good. ”

"Think about it, too. Since history, such a force as our Zheng family, there are a few that can exist for a long time, the Zheng family has dominated the South Seas for more than 20 years, and it has been 18 years since the Ming Dynasty accepted the imperial court's recruitment. Although the age of the emperor is not very old, he is strong, chasing the founding emperors such as Hongwu Yongle, first there is the collapse of the Donglin Party, and then there is the defeat of the Yanzheng and Shi clans, which is not the head of the people, such a strong current saint, how can we Zheng family continue to sleep on the side of its couch! ”

Zheng Hongkui was speechless, he is not a fool, and the reason can be understood, but he and his eldest brother have been running the Zheng family sailor for more than 20 years, this is their hard work for more than 20 years, so that the Zheng family sailor now dominates Nanyang and even the Dutch have to retreat, but now their hard work is about to be sent to the court in vain, you can imagine how unwilling his mood is.

"Big brother, I'm not reconciled!" Zheng Hongkui finally couldn't hold back and gritted his teeth and said.

Zheng Zhilong stepped forward with a smile and patted Zheng Hongkui's shoulder, comforting: "Forget it, second brother, you better look at it, although the Zheng family sailor was handed over to the imperial court and merged into the Ming Navy from then on, didn't the emperor's holy decree say, after the Zheng family sailor was merged, the Ming Navy will immediately be divided into two, and Sen'er will control half of it, in the end, half of the Zheng family's sailor is in the hands of our Zheng family, isn't it." ”

"But big brother, can this be the same, Sen'er is only in his twenties, and he doesn't understand a lot of things, so he just can't tell the pedantic thoughts of loyalty in his head, which is disappointing!"

Zheng Hongkui is not denying Zheng Sen's ability, in fact, he knows very well that Zheng Sen's talent is even more powerful than him and his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong, if the Zheng family sailor is really handed over to Zheng Sen, it is likely to go to the next level, but Zheng Sen's mind full of loyal monarch thoughts really makes him too sad and uncomfortable.

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said, "Second brother, so far, don't you understand why the emperor is willing to exchange the hereditary position of 'Duke Anguo' with our Zheng family?" Perhaps it is precisely because of Sen'er's mind full of loyalty to the monarch that the emperor appreciates, the emperor is undoubtedly very important to Sen'er, and he doesn't want to lose a talent like Sen'er, otherwise with the current power of the Ming Dynasty, we can destroy the Quanzhou foundation of our Zheng family, so that even if we escape to Nanyang, but within half a year, we will be defeated in the hands of the increasingly powerful Ming Navy, and then we will bring about our own destruction, and there is no room for turn! ”

Zheng Zhilong said well, Zhu Cicheng values Zheng Sen very much, if it weren't for Zheng Sen, he would not have promised the Zheng family such a heavy position, and it is hereditary, UU read books (&#.; Just one Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Jiashui Master are not enough.

Zheng Hongkui was silent for a long time.

The Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, new weapons are emerging in an endless stream, and the current emperor is also a rare lord of the Holy Ming, and in less than three years, the Ming Dynasty will rise strongly, and even the 800,000 Manchu army in the south has been defeated, what resistance does the Zheng family take!

In the end, Zheng Hongkui chose to compromise with Zheng Zhilong, and the Zheng family was unable to compete with the Ming Dynasty, so they accepted the conditions of the imperial court, and there was a position of Duke An Guo on the left and right, plus the wealth accumulated by the Zheng family over the years, it was enough for the children of the Zheng family to continue to be rich.

On November 8, the second year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, dozens of members of the Zheng family, under the leadership of Zheng Zhilong, left Quanzhou from Lulu and went north to live in Nanjing. Nearly 4,000 large and small ships and more than 140,000 sailors of the Zheng family naval division were also officially incorporated into the Ming Navy under the leadership of Zheng Sen.

With the compromise of Zheng Zhilong and others, the Zheng family sailors, who had dominated the South Seas for more than ten years, will disappear into the sea of the South Seas, and will be replaced by an even more powerful Ming naval fleet!