Chapter 328: A Difficult Choice
d With the advance of the Fourth Army, it swooped down on Quanzhou, and the two holy decrees were also escorted by the guards to Quanzhou.
"The decree is >
"Annanbo Zheng Zhilong takes the order!"
"Mighty Uncle Zheng Sen takes the order!"
With two holy decrees in a row, the people of the Zheng family were shocked.
Although with the power of the Zheng family, as soon as the eunuchs and guards approached Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong received the news, but they never expected that there would be two holy decrees.
The people of the Zheng family didn't have time to wonder, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen immediately came out to receive the order.
Naturally, the holy decree was read out one after another, and the first one was read about Zheng Zhilong.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the introduction of new species, the blessing of the people of the world, Zheng Zhilong >
When they heard that the imperial court had named Zheng Zhilong as the Duke of Anguo, the people of the Zheng family were stunned by this pie that fell from the sky, but when they heard that the Zheng family was going to move to Nanjing City, their faces immediately sank again.
The second decree is read.
More shocked Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng family than the first one, the imperial court actually wanted to cut off Zheng Zhilong's power and merge the Zheng family's naval division into the newly established navy of the Ming Dynasty, although half of them would still be the Zheng Sen commander of the Zheng family, but Zheng Zhilong, who was at the helm of the Zheng family, was completely cut, except for the position of an An Guogong, there was nothing left.
When the people of the Zheng family left with the gloomy eunuch who sent the decree, Zheng Hongkui couldn't help jumping out first.
"Big brother, the emperor is going to deal with our Zheng family."
"An Guogong? To put it nicely, I'm afraid that our Zheng family has just moved into Nanjing City, and we will soon be on the ground. The eldest brother has worked hard for more than 20 years to create, but it is not for this! ”
"The Imperial Court? Hmph, our Zheng family thinks he is the court, he is the court, it's a big deal against him! ”
Zheng Hongkui's attitude was the most fierce and resolutely opposed, and the rest of the Zheng family was the same, gathering around Zheng Zhilong one by one, shouting to rebel, Zheng Zhilong obviously had some changes.
Zheng Sen watched all this from the side, and stepped forward to persuade him: "Father, please listen to the child's words, the emperor is now sage, the power of the Ming Dynasty is growing, and it is inevitable to reunify the world, the emperor will not allow a force like our Zheng family to exist no matter what, this time the emperor promised to take the position of the Duke of Anguo, my father might as well agree, and confront the emperor, it is not good for the Zheng family!" The emperor once promised the child that he would treat our Zheng family well, and the child was willing to guarantee that the emperor would definitely not break his word, please believe in the child! ”
As soon as he heard Zheng Sen say such words, Zheng Zhilong's face trembled, these days, Zheng Sen has been persuaded more than once, and he was scolded by him that time, but this time, Zheng Zhilong hesitated a little, he also knew that the Zheng family seemed to be not weak, but it was difficult to get good fruits to eat when they really confronted the emperor.
However, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but think that if he really accepted it, then he would have nothing but the position of An Guogong, and then he was extremely unwilling.
After hesitating left and right for a while, Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Sen with a firm attitude: "What do you know, although the position of An Guogong is respected, it is just a vacant position, and a force like my Zheng family has always fallen into such a situation, what good end can it be, I will not agree!" ”
"Father" Zheng Sen was about to open his mouth to continue persuasion.
"Shut up!" Zheng Zhilong raised his hand violently to stop Zheng Sen from talking further, afraid that he would be shaken again.
"Report >
At this moment, a soldier quickly ran in.
"Governor, no! Outside Quanzhou City, a Ying Long army is rushing in, and now it is only a dozen miles away from Quanzhou City. ”
"What! Ying Longjun is here! Zheng Zhilong's face changed greatly.
"Big brother, it should be the fourth army of the Yinglong Army in Fuzhou, Fuzhou is the closest to Quanzhou, presumably they have already started marching before the holy decree arrives in Quanzhou, otherwise it will definitely not be so fast!" Zheng Hongkui analyzed.
"Ying Longjun!" Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth, and deep in his heart, there was a faint trace of trepidation.
Zheng Sen caught a trace of panic in the depths of Zheng Zhilong's eyes very sharply, and took the opportunity to step forward again and persuade: "Father, the Yinglong army is well-armed and powerful, one army can defeat 300,000 rebels, and our Quanzhou army is not an opponent even if it is many times larger, if you really want to resist forcefully, you will definitely be defeated!" ”
"Father, you should still accept the emperor's proposal, the emperor is the holy monarch of the world, and he will never break his promise and do that kind of thing that he regrets afterwards, besides, even if my father merges our Zheng family's sailors into the navy, half of them will also be in the hands of the child, and my Zheng family will only lose half of the sailors."
"In addition, why don't you think about it, Chu Yao, the only daughter of Lord Qian of the dynasty, is the wife of the child, which was personally decreed by the emperor to give marriage, it can be seen that the emperor's trust in the child is not false, and our Zheng family has not lost much!"
Zheng Sen tried his best to persuade him.
Zheng Zhilong's face was unpredictable, indeed, although he has always been very dissatisfied with his son who is too loyal to Daming, but he cannot deny that this son is indeed a smart man, he has been anxious to see things since he was a child, and he also knows that the emperor does value his son, not only let his son marry the only daughter of the first assistant of the dynasty, but recently named his son 'Mighty Uncle', as long as the emperor is really sincere, then his son's future is unlimited.
The reason why Zheng Zhilong hesitated any longer, in addition to a trace of doubt about whether the emperor was sincere, more importantly, if he compromised, he would only be able to bear the false position of an An Guogong in the future and retire for life.
This is a difficult decision, UU reading books (.com) Zheng Zhilong is unwilling, half of the Zheng family's sailors are not as good as the entire Zheng family's sailors, and it is better to control them in his own hands than in his own hands, as a hero who has been crisscrossing the South Seas for more than 20 years, how can he be dull, how can he be willing to be dull.
Zheng Zhilong is not without ambition, and it is not easy to make him compromise without being forced to a corner.
"Father!" Zheng Sen looked at Zheng Zhilong's constantly changing expression, and said with some concern, he was really afraid that his father would be careless and choose the wrong path, which would really ruin the Zheng family.
"Big brother, decide quickly!" Zheng Hongkui and some other high-ranking officials of the Zheng family couldn't help but look at Zheng Zhilong, they hoped that Zheng Zhilong would resist. The Zheng family's sailors crisscrossed the South Seas, and even the Dutch had to avoid their edge, so it was a big deal that they could return to the sea.
Zheng Zhilong also had the same consideration, they couldn't fight Da Ming on the road anyway, but whether to take the Zheng family back to the sea, he had to think about it clearly!
"Needless to say, Ying Longjun shouldn't do it immediately, let me think about it first!" Zheng Zhilong made a difficult decision, and the sweat on his head broke out slightly.
Such a thing is too difficult, he has to be cautious! c