Chapter 429: Wang Wei
Kill Zheng to thank the world!
Almost after the news of Zheng Zhilong's return to Daming came out, there was a storm for a while. For a time, Zheng Zhilong's limelight even overshadowed the Northern Expedition and became the thing that people were most concerned about, and the issue of how to treat Zheng Zhilong in Nananbo was even more divided.
To kill, or not to kill?
Killing, according to their crimes, should be killed, not only should be killed, even if it is tens of thousands of dollars, it is also a matter of course.
If you don't kill, it's not enough to be angry!
Not only is it not enough to be indignant, but it is also impossible to correct the law!
After all, the sins he has committed cannot be atonemented even by death.
But can this person be killed?
Everyone knows that it is not so easy to kill Zheng Zhilong, after all, he is Zheng Chenggong's father, after all, he is the father of King Min.
Although the King of Min was in the Southern Capital at this time, the Southern Capital was the base camp of the King of Min, and the news of Zheng Zhilong's safe return still caused an uproar here, and almost everyone was there to discuss the matter, but people were probably discussing this matter in private, after all, as an official of the King of Min, it was a taboo for those who were to discuss the Venerable in vain. They don't discuss it, but that doesn't mean others don't discuss it, almost every day, these articles are published in newspapers, and although those articles either shout for Zheng Zhilong to kill or pardon, no one thinks of banning these articles in newspapers. After all, they all understand that for these officials who uphold the principle of "the sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, and the concern of family affairs, state affairs, and the world's affairs", it is even more impossible for them to act as a mouth to defend the people, and it is precisely because of this that the atmosphere in the southern capital seems to be getting more and more strange day by day.
And in this increasingly strange atmosphere, everyone's eyes are on the Shizifu - when Zheng Chenggong conquered Fujian, he left his eldest son Zheng Jing to guard the southern capital. As the prince of King Min, he has been in charge of all things in the palace of King Min since Zheng Chenggong set out on the expedition.
Zheng Jing, who was the guardian of the Southern Capital, naturally felt the strange atmosphere of the Southern Capital at this time.
"These individuals, they are really full, the affairs of our Zheng family, where it is their turn to point fingers, besides, the emperor didn't say anything, they are good, one by one, all of them look like they are loyal to the country, who ...... this"
Pointing to the name on the newspaper, Zheng Jing's brows tightened.
"Didn't this person shave his head in the first place? Grandfather was just confused for a while, and he did a foolish thing, and when they got good, they all dragged on one by one, as if they were all loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty......"
When he said this, the corners of Zheng Jing's lips lifted, for those people, he completely looked down on them, and even in his opinion, if it weren't for the Zheng family, it was estimated that they would still be in front of the "Eastern Slaves".
"They don't want to think about it, without the Zheng family, how can they talk about state affairs like now, when they were under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they didn't all look like thousands of horses, how could they ever fight for righteous state affairs?"
"The prince, that is, the king is tolerant, if it is replaced by the Manchu Qing, they will not dare!"
As Zheng Jing's bodyguard, Feng Xifan has always won Zheng Jing's trust, he naturally knows what to say, and he can always speak to Zheng Jing's heart.
However, of course, he also knew Zheng Jing's temper, unlike the King of Fujian, who valued military generals and despised Wenchen, although Zheng Jing looked down on those literati who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but he was extremely bold in appointing Wenchen. Under its governance, Jiangnan and Zhejiang are now all thriving.
Of course, this is not just the credit of Zheng Jing alone, this is also the efforts of a group of Wenchen, and the trust and use of Wenchen has contributed to all this. It is precisely because of this that Feng Xifan knew the importance that the prince valued Wenchen, and naturally knew that he couldn't kill everyone with a stick.
However, the people who talk nonsense are a group of shameless people who try to use this to exonerate, but how can anyone who cares about the country meddle in this matter? After all, everyone in the world knows about this, and in the end, I'm afraid it still depends on the emperor's attitude! ”
Feng Xifan Zhizhi will mention the emperor because he knows very well that no one can say anything about Zheng Zhilong's life and death - the emperor's attitude is the most important!
"The Emperor's ......"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Zheng Jing said.
"With my good uncle here, I'm afraid the emperor won't say anything in the end!"
When mentioning "good uncle", there was a hint of ridicule in his tone, after all, all along, in Zheng Jing's eyes, Zhu Mingzhong was a fame-seeker, and he was not even worthy of his aunt, even if he was now the respect of King Huai, when he mentioned him, his tone was full of contempt.
"It doesn't matter what you don't say, the key is what the emperor's attitude will be!"
Feng Xifan looked at Shizi and continued/
"After all, the uncle is the father of the king, and the king has done miraculous feats for the country, if he can't save the uncle's life, the king can be the son of man......"
When he said this, Feng Xifan had another thought in his heart - if the emperor ordered Zheng Zhilong to be killed, how would the king respond at that time?
If he obeys the order, with the temper of the king, will he be extremely angry...... Die!
Die...... If the king dies, then it is natural that the son in front of him will inherit the throne of the king of Fujian, and as a close minister of the king of Fujian, why can't he be in power?
Feng Xifan may be a guard, and he is a martial artist, but he is also a scholar, as a scholar, he naturally has his desire, his desire is to have power under one person and above ten thousand people, but this kind of power is impossible to get from Zheng Chenggong, and only one person can let him get such power-that is Zheng Jing in front of him.
But now Zheng Jing can't do it, unless...... Zheng Chenggong died.
But now that King Min is in the prime of life, how can it be...... If the emperor kills Zheng Zhilong, will Zheng Chenggong die of depression? Of course, this thought was just a fleeting thought, and he really didn't believe that the king would die of depression because of this, but it was certain that if the emperor killed Nan Anbo, when the time came, the king's attitude would ......
"So ......"
After pondering for a moment, Zheng Jing looked at Feng Xifan and said.
"Can Lone go to the emperor and ask the emperor to be extrajudicial to protect his grandfather?"
The reason why Zheng Jing thinks this way is that his idea is very simple, it is nothing more than to relieve his father and let this turmoil pass.
"This must not happen!"
Without waiting for Zheng Jing's words to fall, Feng Xifan said.
"Your Royal Highness, anyone can say this matter now, but the people of the Zheng family can't have any attitude, after all, no matter what attitude they have, they may be disadvantaged by the Zheng family!"
As the prince's guard and cronies, how could Feng Xifan let Zheng Jing make a big mistake, personally write a book, and ask the emperor to be gracious, maybe in this way, the emperor will naturally get off the donkey and pardon Nan Anbo, but the news of Zheng Jing's intercession will only make the world think that Zheng Jing is a favoritist person, such a person is naturally useless, and even when the time comes, the king of Min will push the prince out and abolish the prince to calm the anger of the people in the world.
"That's true......"
Zheng Jing doesn't know the stakes, in public and private, now the Zheng family can't meddle in this matter, the more they meddle in this matter, the more likely they are to be handled, after all, the whole world knows that my grandfather's sin is serious, and not killing is not enough to make the people angry, but ...... After all, he is the father of King Min!
Can't be killed!
Even if it was the emperor, he didn't dare to say anything about killing. However, if no one writes to the emperor, how can the emperor directly "show favoritism".
"So, what now?"
Zheng Jing's brows furrowed.
"If it is the king of Huai......"
As soon as the words came out, he shook his head and said.
"He is also half of the Zheng family......"
When mentioning King Huai, Zheng Jing even asked again.
"What has Jiangbei been busy with lately?"
"In the deployment of troops, it seems that a large army is being assembled to prepare for the Northern Expedition."
Feng Xifan replied truthfully, Jiangbei is going to go on a northern expedition, this is a matter known to the world, and it is hardly a secret, after all, everyone knows that Jiangbei will never sit back and watch Li Ziyuan take Shenjing.
"I'm afraid that King Huai is not interfering in this matter now, and with King Huai's shrewdness, he will naturally not interfere in this matter......"
Feng Xifan, who was nominally a guard, but was actually in charge of intelligence affairs, naturally knew very well that since Nan Anbo fled back to Daming, Zhu Mingzhong had not reacted, as if he had not heard of it, and continued to plan the Northern Expedition, continue to dispatch troops, and prepare for the Northern Expedition.
Of course, as everyone knows, this is just an excuse. It's like a king...... After the king learned about this, what was his attitude?
Referring to the news that he was depressed and sick after hearing about the king's news of this, Feng Xifan thought that if at this time, there was a person with a prominent enough status to mediate this matter, wouldn't it be tantamount to showing favor to the king?
But who is right to do this?
Zhu Mingzhong, he is half of the Zheng family, he will never defile himself.
So who is left?
Zhang Huangyan, Li Dingguo, Li Ziyuan, I'm afraid that in this world, only the three of them can come forward to the court and ask the court to be extrajudicial and forgiving, but why, the three of them have not reacted at all now, as if they had never heard of this matter at all?
It stands to reason that they should have already written to the court.
Just when Feng Xifan was thinking like this, I saw someone over there hurrying in to report.
"Your Royal Highness, the princess is in a hurry!"
After the recovery of Fujian, Mrs. Dong, the princess of Fujian, went to Fujian with several ladies, so that all the affairs of the southern capital were handled by Zheng Jing. Now when Zheng Jing heard that it was his mother's urgent letter, he hurriedly took the letter.
The letter was not an ordinary letter, but an eight-hundred-mile expedited.
Eight hundred miles expedited!
Princess......
When the prince took the letter, Feng Xifan's heart suddenly sank, and he vaguely realized that maybe the king was probably ......
Just when this thought popped up in his heart, he saw Zheng Jing's face change suddenly, and even said in a lost voice.
"Quickly, quickly pass on the order, let the famous doctor of the southern capital go to Fujian, for, for the diagnosis and treatment of the father......"
Leaving the Shizi Mansion, Feng Xifan's brows were tightly locked, and he was even a little absent-minded when he was riding on the horse, and countless thoughts were tumbling in his mind.
The king is seriously ill!
This is completely different from the news I learned a few days ago, a few days ago, the king ordered someone to send a secret letter in an urgent manner for 800 li, so that the prince could stay in the southern capital and not be disturbed by the news of his grandfather's return.
But now, the princess ordered the prince to send the famous doctor from Nanjing to Fujian, the reason why this is so is because the king's illness is getting worse day by day - this is entirely because of Zheng Zhilong, after all, the king who is now the son of man is in a dilemma of loyalty and filial piety, and he is depressed and sick, because the problem has not been solved, resulting in the worsening of his illness. That's why the princess ordered people to expedite 800 miles, so that the prince could recruit famous doctors in Nanjing.
"Huai Wang ......"
Thinking that the princess would actually mention in the letter that she asked King Huai to treat the king, although she didn't know the king's current condition, Feng Xifan was sure that the king's condition must be extremely serious, otherwise, the princess would never say such a thing, after all, the king of Huai was no longer the medical officer in the Zheng family's army back then.
"How is the King's condition now?"
Riding on the horse, Feng Xifan muttered there, he didn't even worry about Zheng Chenggong's life and death, he was thinking about another question altogether - if the king died, how much benefit he could get from it!
Advantage!
This is what he Feng Xifan cares about.
"If the king dies, it will be the prince who will inherit the throne, and then ......"
In this way, he can rely on the trust of the prince to take power......
When all kinds of thoughts appeared in his heart, for Feng Xifan, he didn't think about the future of the Ming Dynasty at all, or even the future of the Zheng family, for him, nothing was more important than personal power.
As for the Ming ...... Even if there is no king, Daming will still be Daming!
Whether the king dies or not, it will not have any impact on the Ming Dynasty!
Feng Xifan, who was riding on a horse, was completely lost in thought at this time, and he had repeatedly weighed the pros and cons in his heart.
But what next?
First of all, it is necessary to summon a famous doctor, this doctor must be called, after all, heart disease still needs heart medicine, even if there are those famous doctors, how can they cure the king's heart disease, but if they can't cure the king's heart disease, how can the king's illness be alleviated.
Famous doctors, even if you find all the famous doctors in the world, what can you do?
But, that's not enough!
Do you have to think of other ways, what other ways are there?
Of course, he didn't dare to think of any methods such as poisoning, not because he didn't have the guts, but because for Feng Xifan, who was a self-proclaimed scholar, ninth-rate methods such as poisoning were not done by scholars at all, and scholars killed people...... Do you need a sword?
No knives!
And how to kill?
Scholars never need to use a knife to kill people, they only need to ...... Just when he was frowning and thinking, but he couldn't find a suitable way for a while, suddenly, when Feng Xifan's eyes fell on the passers-by on the side of the road, the light in his eyes flashed, and his expression suddenly became excited, maybe......
That's right, that's right, exactly! Exactly......