Lin Xiao turned his head to look at the starboard side, and at the end of the endless sea with the same sea and sky, it was Qiongzhou (now Hainan Island).

"Elder Ge, Qiongzhou Mansion, is it still in our hands?"

Lin Xiao tilted his head slightly, looked at Qu Shiyun, who was also standing on the side of the ship, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, the whole island of Qiongzhou Mansion is still in the hands of my Daming, and the current guard will be...... Jiangning Bodu Jitai. Qu Shiyun stroked his short beard under his chin and nodded in response.

Du Jitai ...... Du Yonghe? Lin Xiao said thoughtfully.

I remember that in Lao Chen's book on China's maritime history, he saw a record about Hainan Island, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there was a guard named Du Yonghe in Hainan who surrendered to the Qing army, could it be this person?

"Exactly, Du Yonghe, the word Jitai, was originally Li Chengdong's deputy general, and after Li Chengdong went anyway, he served as the secretary of the military department before the old man, and was also awarded the governor of Liangguang...... At that time, the old man was still a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he also served as a guard in Guilin. ”

As soon as he heard that Lin Xiao actually knew this person, Qu Shiyun turned his head, glanced at him with a little surprise, and said in a deep voice, "This duke is brave and strategic, a few months before the fall of Guilin last year, the emperor patrolled Wuzhou from Duanzhou (now Zhaoqing City, author's note) (in fact, it is to escape, author's note), and finally stranded in Nanning, he once resisted the siege of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's Tartars in Guangzhou for ten months, until the city was broken, he crossed the sea and retreated to Qiongzhou, and since then he has had little contact with the imperial court......

Speaking of this, Qu Shiyun paused, his beard trembled slightly, and said gloomily: "After that, the thief is happy to enter the city, just when you went to Guilin to rescue the old man...... In order to retaliate against our army and civilians not surrendering, that is, slaughtering the city in Guangzhou, the victims ...... It is rumored to reach more than 100,000. ”

"......" Lin Xiao heard this, looked at the sea, and was silent.

The atrocities of the Tartars slaughtering the city, I heard too much, Lin Xiao was a little numb, especially Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, Wu Sangui and others, slaughtering the city at every turn, killing their compatriots is even more vicious than the real Tartars, it is really a great crime!

Fortunately, now, two of these four traitors have been punished, and he Lin Xiao personally killed them, and the remaining two are like lost dogs, and sooner or later they will have to pay for their blood debts!

Lin Xiao settled down and said slowly: "So, this Du Jitai is still loyal and brave?" ”

"Exactly, if it is handled properly, it should be a usable person......" Qu Shiyun squinted at Lin Xiao and said meaningfully.

Of course, Qu Shiyun didn't know that in the real history, in the near future, about a year away, Du Yonghe, the loyal and brave man in his mouth, still led the army to surrender.

Lin Xiao also looked at Qu Shiyun, the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

He knows very well that in the real history, the situation has developed to this point, Qu Shiqi, Zhang Tongchang, Li Yuanyin, Jiao Lian and others have already died in Huangquan, and the Yongli small court is completely at the end of the road, neither the ability to restore the Central Plains, nor the strategy of partiality in a corner, let alone the ability to control the ministers, the party struggle above the court is continuous, and Sun Kewang, the Great Western Army of the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, is keen to fight with Li Dingguo, and repeatedly hindered it......

In such a rotten and hopeless situation, no matter how loyal the courtiers are, they will inevitably lose their fighting spirit, and there are very few real lonely heroes like Li Dingguo.

……

After being silent for a long time, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered something and hesitated: "Elder Ge, if you send someone to contact Du Jitai and ask him to help plant rubber in Qiongzhou...... Is it feasible? ”

Rubber is a tropical crop, if rubber can be planted in a large area in Hainan, then it is more suitable than in Guangxi and Yunnan, both in terms of growth and yield, it will be much better.

"This ...... Unless the emperor issues a holy decree, or the army directly lands and forcibly orders it to be executed...... After all, this time General Shuangmu waved his army to counterattack, and the military power was so strong that the world shook ......" Qu Shiyun hesitated.

When Lin Xiao heard this, his heart moved slightly, and he was a little unsure of the meaning of Qu Shiyun's words.

What is Qu Shiyun implying repeatedly? Could it be that he has also lost confidence in the small court?

At this stage, for these civil and military courtiers who either divided one side or resisted the Qing Dynasty alone behind enemy lines, the orders of the central court were actually not very effective.

Unless the emperor himself issued a holy decree to show the emperor's grace, he might be able to impress them with his personal feelings; Or simply to capture the military might of the captive army, forcibly annex it, or recruit it to his command?

However, this second way, which came from Qu Shiyun's mouth, surprised Lin Xiao, what does this mean?

Could it be that he also dares to bear the suspicion of trespassing and even rebellion?

Isn't this likely?

Didn't Emperor Yongli stand up to him single-handedly?

"Pavilion ......"

"Alas......"

Qu Shiyun sighed lightly, looked at the sea with his eyes, and said gloomily, "The old man is old, he will live in a few days, drive out the Tartars, and return me to Lang Lang, such a heavy responsibility can only rely on you......"

"Ge Lao, repair my spear, and have the same enmity as my son......"

"Shuangmu doesn't need to say much," Lin Xiaozheng didn't know what to say, Qu Shiyun stretched out his hand to interrupt him, and then his eyes were dark, and he said slowly:

"What you did in Qinzhou, the old man saw it...... The general trend can only be like this...... Don't worry, the old man will help you one day when he is alive. ”

"Ge Lao...... Rest assured, we will work hard to make the country prosperous, legislate, reassure the people, and will not give up if we do not achieve the goal of ZTE! ”

"Don't forget your original intention, that's it,"

Qu Shiyun turned his head and nodded, "All beings in the court, the old man is powerless, as for the anti-Qing forces scattered all over the place, although the strength is no longer strong, but the leaders are not simple, this is the people's heart...... How to deal with it, the old man will send you four words......"

"But the elder Wen Ge gave advice."

"Strong and weak branches!"

"Strong and weak branches...... What do you mean by that? ”

"The old man can see it, hundreds of thousands of Manchurian Tartars, in fact, they are not in your eyes at all, you are ...... Aim high! ”

Qu Shiyun turned around and said in a deep voice, "That is the case, now that you are powerful, you are just integrating various forces for my use, however, none of these people are vegetarians, once they indulge, they will inevitably fall into the predicament of separating the feudal towns and driving the tiger and the wolf......"

Qu Shiyun paused, and sighed again:

Therefore, taking history as a mirror, the old man thought that it was ...... Only with me as the master, grace and power are given, and they are not indulgent...... This is the most appropriate strategy at present. ”

"Elder Ge, Lin Xiao has been taught......"

Lin Xiao froze for a long time after hearing this, and then hugged his fists and saluted, so far, Lin Xiao finally understood the old man's thoughts.

The ancients, although their scientific and technological knowledge is backward, and their thinking may be relatively rigid, but if you think they are stupid, then you are really stupid!

Not to mention the touch on him from what he saw and heard in Qinzhou several times, that is, Lin Xiao's words and deeds, he saw them all in his eyes, if he didn't have a little feeling and thoughts, how could it be possible?

It seems that today, this old man is going to have a showdown with Lin Xiao......

However, depending on the situation, it is a good thing!

Lin Xiao's heart was relieved, but his face was righteous and awe-inspiring, and he hugged his fists and said: "Rest assured, Lin Xiao will not forget his original intention, devote himself to the country, save the people of Li, and will never do anything that defies the world's disapproval!" ”

"That's fine,"

Qu Shiyun squinted his eyes, arched his hand, and said with a slight smile: "The only request of the old man is to hope that you and others will treat the current emperor well...... After all, my Ming royal family is orthodox in China...... In addition, Shuangmu thinks that what should be done, just do it, the old man will never say much. ”

"Lin Xiao understands!" Lin Xiao's face was straight, and he replied in a deep voice.

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