Zheng Zhilong led the sailor to surrender, which was the worst result, and it was absolutely unacceptable to Zhu Ci.

Because this will completely reverse the strength of the sailors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, making the situation of the Ming Dynasty even more difficult.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ci immediately summoned Lu Zhenfei into the palace to discuss.

After Lu Zhenfei entered the palace to salute, Zhu Ci gave him a seat, and the two of them sat opposite each other and talked.

"Lu Qingjia, come and take a look at this note."

Zhu Ci smiled bitterly and handed the share of Zheng Zhilong's note to Lu Zhenfei.

Lu Zhenfei took the music with both hands and unfolded it very seriously.

At first, he looked as usual, but the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead.

Of course, he understands that Zheng Zhilong is domineering, and he also knows that Zheng Zhilong is a piece of heart disease today. But he didn't dare to imagine that Zheng Zhilong dared to act so wantonly and boldly.

It is extremely arrogant to kill the envoy and threaten the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong's recital seems to be asking for guilt, but in fact he is demonstrating to the imperial court! The old minister thought that he had to be severely punished! ”

Zhu Ci shook his head and said, "Why don't I want to punish him severely? But now the situation is very complicated, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything. Do you remember what I said to you when I was in Huai'an? ”

Lu Zhenfei was stunned when he heard this.

When he was in Huai'an, he met the prince who had fled here, and the two formed a deep relationship.

After the crown prince ascended the throne, Lu Zhenfei also soared to the sky, and he became the secretary of the military department all the way.

It can be said that everything started with the meeting of the two in Huai'an.

Of course, Lu Zhenfei can't forget that moment.

"His Royal Highness earnestly instructs, and the minister always remembers it."

"Those who achieve big things are not informal, Lu Qing's family is a person who wants to do big things, and I am also a person who wants to do big things."

Zhu Ci paused and said, "Zheng Zhilong has contempt for the ambitions of the wolf son of the imperial court, there is no doubt about it. But as long as Zheng Zhilong does not rebel, at most Fujian will be a situation of Liao Town and Chu Town. But if Zheng Zhilong is reversed, it will be difficult to recover. ”

Lu Zhenfei was silent.

Of course, he understood what the Son of Heaven meant, and now the Ming Dynasty was dealing with the three forces of Dongyu, Sha Dingzhou, and Zhang Xianzhong at the same time, which could be described as a three-front battle.

With Daming's financial resources, there is already a faint implication that he can't resist, and if he starts a war with Zheng Zhilong again, I'm afraid he will really be defeated on all fronts.

But the court is the court after all. Zheng Zhilong is so arrogant, if he is not punished, where is his prestige?

"Your Majesty is going to forget this?"

"Of course I'm not going to leave it at that."

A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhu Ci's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I will first restrict Huguang and Liangguang from selling grain to Fujian. ”

Hitting the snake and hitting seven inches, Zhu Ci's move is very aimed at Zheng Zhilong.

The matter of Zheng Zhilong transporting grain by sea to sell to the Manchus had been revealed, and Zhu Ci certainly could not watch Zheng Zhilong collaborate with the enemy.

Fujian itself is not a large grain-producing province, and it is still difficult to achieve self-sufficiency, and it is impossible to send grain to the outside world.

The grain that Zheng Zhilong sold to the Manchus was all bought by him from Liangguang and Huguang.

In this case, as long as Zhu Ci ordered the three provinces to ban the sale of grain to Fujian, he would be able to pinch Zheng Zhilong's life.

At that time, not only would it be difficult for the Manchus to obtain supplies through Zheng Zhilong's channels, but also the soldiers raised by Zheng Zhilong would starve.

Zheng Zhilong either compromised or rebelled.

But it would be better for him to rebel then than now.

Of course, Zhu Ci has to do more than that.

"I will also order Zheng Chenggong to join the Denglai Water Division."

Lu Zhenfei's eyes lit up when he heard this.

If His Majesty the Emperor said before that he would restrict Zheng Zhilong materially, then he would say that he would restrict Zheng Zhilong spiritually.

Zheng Chenggong is Zheng Zhilong's heart and wife, and he is his rightful successor.

And now Zheng Chenggong is a student of the Huangming Military Academy, with a strong background in the imperial court.

If the Son of Heaven orders Zheng Chenggong to join the Denglai Water Division, it is tantamount to beating Zheng Zhilong and telling him that you don't be arrogant, your son is in my hands.

This move was so wonderful that Lu Zhenfei was so worried that he didn't expect it. His Majesty the Emperor is really a step ahead.

As long as the court has Zheng Chenggong's trump card in his hands, Zheng Zhilong will not dare to act rashly.

And looking at Zheng Chenggong's appearance, he seems to be loyal to the imperial court.

If the imperial court really goes to war with Zheng Zhilong in the future, it can even send Zheng Chenggong as a vanguard. This can shake the military spirit of the Zheng family's sailors.

The tiger poison did not eat children, and Lu Zhenfei did not believe that Zheng Zhilong could really be ruthless enough to order his subordinates to fire at Zheng Chenggong's warship.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you give a decree to Governor Zhang Kentang of Denglai now, ordering him to deliberately take care of Zheng Chenggong."

There are too many words in this word of care.

There is both the meaning of promotion and the meaning of surveillance.

Lu Zhenfei's words are obviously more surveillance.

"That's what I mean."

However, Zhu Ci and Lu Zhenfei's views are not exactly the same. He has a lot of trust in Zheng Chenggong.

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Denglai is not too far from Nanjing.

Ten days later, the envoy arrived in Dengzhou City.

Denglai Governor Zhang Kentang set up an incense case to welcome the holy decree.

The envoy read out the decree in a frustrated manner, and Zhang Kentang listened very carefully.

The Son of Heaven first affirmed Zhang Kentang's work in the holy decree and praised him, and then said that Zhang Kentang should guard against arrogance and rashness and train Denglai sailors.

At the end of the holy decree, the Son of Heaven specifically mentioned Zheng Chenggong and asked Zhang Kentang to take more care of this young man.

Zhang Kentang was overjoyed in his heart.

He had previously intended to promote Zheng Chenggong and let Zheng Chenggong join the battle to exterminate the Haikou Bandits.

I didn't expect him to go with His Majesty the Emperor.

After receiving the order, Zhang Kentang ordered someone to take the envoy down to rest, and then ordered someone to find Yuan Weitai.

Now Zhang Kentang has regarded Yuan Weitai as a confidant, and his first reaction to discuss big and small things is to make a decision after discussing with him.

In Zhang Kentang's view, Yuan Weitai is very capable among middle-aged officials, and it is worth cultivating.

But he said that after Yuan Weitai came to the governor's yamen, Zhang Kentang immediately told him to come closer.

Zhang Kentang lowered his voice after retreating left and right: "Nanjing has come to the Holy Decree." ”

Although Yuan Weitai was slightly surprised, he didn't show too much discoloration.

After all, he has also seen the world.

In the past, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's traitor soldiers came to Dengzhou City, and he personally recruited people to defend the city, and climbed to the top of the city to cheer for the soldiers.

This kind of big scene has been seen, but a single holy decree can't make it change color.

"Let's take a look."

After that, Zhang Kentang handed the holy decree to Yuan Weitai.

Yuan Wei was very grateful.

This holy decree was obviously given to Zhang Kentang by the Son of Heaven, otherwise the envoy would not have come straight to the governor's yamen to read it.

But Zhang Kentang did not hesitate to show him the holy decree, which was to treat him as his own.

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