"The child meets his father!" Zheng Zhilong came to Annanbo's Mansion, and Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui were already waiting to greet him.

"Sen'er, hurry up." Seeing his eldest son, Zheng Zhilong laughed and helped him up: "Let my father see, Sen'er is a lot stronger!" ”

Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui welcomed Zheng Zhilong into the inner hall with a smile, and at this time, the entire Annan Bo Mansion had already been dressed up in joy because they were going to have a happy event.

Looking at the handsome and extraordinary eldest son Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong secretly relieved himself as he walked, and the eldest son was finally about to get married. Although he has a total of three sons, only the eldest son Zheng Sen is the best, and the other two are not successful, and everything in the Zheng family will inevitably depend on the eldest son Zheng Sen to inherit in the future, so Zheng Zhilong has always had high hopes for this Zheng Sen's eldest son, and of course, the eldest son has never let him down.

"Sen'er, in the last battle of Xuzhou, the news that you were seriously injured reached the family, and both your father and your mother were extremely worried, and now the injury has healed." Zheng Zhilong asked with concern.

If he hadn't known that Zheng Sen's life was not in danger, Zheng Zhilong would have been unable to help but come to visit.

"Thank you for your concern, the child is fine!" Zheng Sen replied while leading Zheng Zhilong to the main seat to sit.

Zheng Sen has always been in awe of his father and proud of it.

Zheng Sen and his father Zheng Zhilong and uncle Zheng Hongkui have not seen each other for several months, so naturally they have to talk in detail.

Zheng Hongkui had already told Zheng Sen a lot of things about the Zheng family, and Zheng Sen told his father Zheng Zhilong about his war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the emperor all the way, and Zheng Sen did not hide his reverence for the current emperor Zhu Cihong and said a lot of words of admiration.

"Hey, father, I heard from the second uncle that you are going to sign a contract with the Dutch and let them enter and leave Taiwan freely?" Zheng Sen suddenly changed the topic and asked, this is what Zheng Hongkui told him just now.

"Well, yes, but for the sake of the father, I have this intention!" Zheng Zhilong nodded and did not hide it.

In recent years, the Zheng family and the Dutch have fought several times, although each time ended in the victory of the Zheng family, but also caused huge losses to the Zheng family's fleet, if you can sign a contract with the Dutch, it is also extremely beneficial to the Zheng family, not only can avoid another big war, the most important thing is that the Dutch are willing to pay a certain amount of gold and silver to the Zheng family every time they enter and exit a ship, the Dutch can do this, the Zheng family does not need to be aggressive.

"Father, the child thinks this is inappropriate." Zheng Sen frowned and objected.

"Why?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Taiwan is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, originally because the Ming Dynasty had no time to take care of the Dutch had an opportunity, a few days ago when the emperor talked to the child, he has paid attention to Taiwan, see the emperor's intentions, and will send troops to expel the Dutch in the future!" Zheng Sen explained.

"Oh? Is this really the case? Zheng Zhilong was a little skeptical.

In fact, since the Yongle period, although Taiwan is nominally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact the Ming Dynasty has only set up a county in Taipei, and has been very little managed, sometimes even more than ten years do not send officials to change, Taiwan has always been on the edge of the Ming rule, almost in name only, Zheng Zhilong and many other pirates in the early days had been based on Taiwan, when the Dutch occupied Taiwan, it was in the early years of Chongzhen Shaanxi and other provinces of the drought, displaced people everywhere, Chongzhen Emperor had no time to take care of, has been allowed to be occupied by the Dutch until now, even Zhu Cihong Jiangnan has not expressed his position until now, and the people even think that the imperial court has forgotten Taiwan.

"Yes, father, the emperor did show this intention!" Zheng Sen nodded in confirmation.

"If that's the case, then the father really has to think about it." After all, the Zheng family will have to rely on the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty to develop in the future, and Zheng Zhilong has to take into account the feelings of the Ming Dynasty.

"Father is wise!" Zheng Sen smiled, and then said with reverence: "The child has always thought that the emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, and he will inevitably prosper the Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui both frowned, each with a little different color in their eyes, and they were not very comfortable in their hearts.

In the conversation just now, they heard Zheng Sen's reverence for the emperor, and now they have expressed their position again, it seems that Zheng Sen's mentality towards the Ming Dynasty and his reverence for the emperor are beyond their expectations, which is terrible, you must know that although their Zheng family has taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but the development of the Zheng family is still based on the development of the Zheng family.

Although they felt a little uncomfortable, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui did not show it directly in front of Zheng Sen at this time.

After being silent for a while, Zheng Zhilong suddenly said to Zheng Sen: "Sen'er, you will get married in two more years, and after you get married, you will go to the emperor to say goodbye to the emperor and take the bride and father back to Quanzhou together." ”

No matter what, Zheng Zhilong wants to bring Zheng Sen back to Quanzhou first, and when the time comes, he must find a way to slowly change Zheng Sen's concept.

Zheng Sen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and refused without hesitation: "No, father, the child wants not to return to Quanzhou first, and plans to continue to serve the emperor in the capital." ”

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui glanced at each other, Zheng Zhilong changed his tone that seemed to be discussing just now, became slightly heavy, and said with a commanding flavor: "Sen'er, don't be rash, let's listen to the father, after getting married, I will take the bride back to Quanzhou, and the father is for your good, you must know!" ”

Zheng Sen was faintly aware of his father's thoughts, and after being silent for a while, he said firmly: "Father, please forgive the child for not obeying his fate, the emperor attaches great importance to the child, this time the child can marry Chu Yao as his wife, it is also because of the emperor's grace, the emperor is the emperor of the world, the lord of Zhongxing, the so-called loyal monarch and patriotism, my father does not often say that the Zheng family should be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the child can follow the emperor to serve, it is the child's honor, and I hope the father understands!" ”

Zheng Zhilong was so blocked that he couldn't speak, and then he was angry, he often said that the Zheng family should be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but this is only verbal, the Zheng family only wants a fair and honest name, as for whether it is really completely loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is another matter!

"Sen'er, you serve the emperor, don't care for your father, but you also have to distinguish priorities, Quanzhou is the foundation of our Zheng family, and everything is based on the foundation of the Zheng family!" Zheng Zhilong said sternly.

"No, father, the child thinks it's not like this, although our Zheng family was born as a bandit before, but since accepting the recruitment of the imperial court, it has been deeply favored by the emperor, so that our Zheng family will have today, my father is already An Nanbo, and the child was also named the commander of the Ninth Army by the emperor a few days ago, our father and son are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they should take the Ming Dynasty as the most important thing, and only this can live up to the emperor's grace!" Zheng Senzhongjun's patriotic thoughts are extremely firm, and he even wants to convince his father Zheng Zhilong in turn.

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