Chapter 128: The Son of Rebellion

But if he didn't go, Zhou Fuchen rejected the possibility of final peace.

Zhou Fuchen also received Zhang Xuan's order at this moment, understood the cause and effect, and also knew that this matter was Zheng Jing's own opinion.

Not necessarily Zheng Chenggong's original intention.

To go or not to go?

Zhou Fuchen was entangled.

At this moment, the atmosphere in Zheng Chenggong's signing room is also quite depressing.

"Lord Wang, is this the only way to go?" Zhou Quanbin said: "Now that the matter is over, why don't the prince rebel against the imperial court, as long as he takes down the headquarters of Zhou Fuchen, I will be left to dominate the Nanyang." At that time, it is by no means impossible to seize the South Seas. ”

Zheng Chenggong seemed to have exhausted all his sharpness, and said: "Bang Xian, do you think that the strength of the imperial court on the water surface is only Zhou Fuchen?" No, the most terrible strength of the imperial court was not the Ministry of Zhou Fuchen, but the shipyards of Longjiang, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Qingjiangpu, Tianjin, and Liaodong. ”

"In the fourth year of Zhaowu, the imperial court could go to the sea, and the sailors were actually my Zheng family, so the imperial court had to entrust me with the war of Korea. But now, in just ten years, the sailors of the imperial court who can go to the sea have already rivaled my Zheng family. ”

"In the past few years, have there been fewer ships for my Zheng family? No, there is no less, although a large number of ships are classified as civil ships, but the ships on the sea with the flag of my Zheng family are about 10,000, and even there are hundreds of warships. ”

"But the imperial court? In the past ten years, the imperial court has created the department of Zhou Fuchen, and these seven shipyards have about 10,000 ships launched every year, although most of them are civilian ships. But if you want to turn into a battleship, it's just a little troublesome. ”

"Why does the imperial court have to take Nanyang, isn't it because there are too many people running to the sea, and from the government and the opposition, they don't want Hongmaoyi to take advantage of this."

"Even if we take Zhou Fuchen today, no, let Zhou Fuchen surrender, get these hundreds of warships in vain, and within a year, sink all the sailors of the imperial court, and take down the shipyard that can be sunk."

"But at least Qingjiangpu and Longjiang Shipyard are what we can't take."

Longjiang Shipyard, in Nanjing, even if Zheng Chenggong is confident, he does not dare to say that he can break through Jiangyin. As for Qingjiangpu in Huai'an, although the waters of the Huai River in the imperial court have undergone major changes, Qingjiangpu is not as convenient as before, but after all, it inherited the largest shipyard in the Ming Dynasty.

Although many small boats are built, the strength is not to be seen.

These two places, no matter what, cannot be destroyed by the power of the water division alone.

In fact, shipyards in other places have paid attention to defense when selecting sites. The Lushun Shipyard in Liaodong was selected by Zheng Chenggong, and it was also easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Even if we can take it down, what about the artillery? Cannons though

The power is infinite, but the gunpowder used is ten thousand catties at every turn, and among all kinds of gunpowder, only the gunpowder made by the manufacturing bureau is the best. ”

"Even if the gunpowder can be solved, but the artillery has been used for a long time and will always be scrapped, so how to replenish the loss?"

"With the manpower and material resources in the South Seas, can we establish a manufacturing bureau?"

"Probably the only way is to ask the Westerners for help and buy it from the Dutch Indian Gun Factory."

"Where does the money come from?"

"It's my Zheng family, and the most important thing to lack now is silver, but once the war starts, do you really think that the imperial court will allow us to continue to run to the sea?"

"If you don't run to the sea, where does the money come from?"

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said: "I have thought about this matter for a long time, and there is no chance of winning. Even if we completely annihilate Zhou Fuchen, between one or two, a fleet of the same size will appear on the sea again, and the imperial court is not without sailor generals, Shi Lang, you all know, don't talk about it, just talk about Lin Cha. ”

"In the tenth year of Zhaowu, Annan was classified as an internal domain, and it can be seen that Lin Cha is a talented general who can do both land and water."

Lin Cha went down to Annam, and the scale of the war was not large, and it could even be said that it was defeated by the imperial court.

After all, the Hongji Coal Mine has become the lifeblood of the Guangdong Manufacturing Bureau, and without Zhang Xuan's order, some bigwigs in the military are very concerned about the coal mine in Annam.

Zhang Xuan also sent people to arrange a lot of things in Annan.

When Lord Zheng died of illness, Zhang Xuan sent Lin Cha to attack Thang Long from the waterway, and after defeating Thang Long, he ordered the Zheng clan to return to power.

Feng Li is the king of Yue. He also ordered the Li clan to live in Nanjing, and then divided Annam into four divisions, which were controlled by the Wu clan, the Mo clan, the Ruan clan, and the Zheng clan.

The area controlled by the imperial court in Annam was not large, that is, the area from Thang Long Province to the mouth of the Red River. There is also the Hongji Coal Mine.

This Annan still has the name of the country and the lord of the country, but in fact, the military and political power are in the hands of Lin Cha.

Rincha sat in Thang Long as the governor.

Zhang Xuan didn't want to make a big move.

did not go further, but prepared to boil frogs in warm water, cut a little today, occupy a place tomorrow, and eat away at Annam little by little.

He is very patient, but his son did not, after Zhang An ascended the throne, the first battle was to fight Annan, but in March, Annan County will be the county, of course, this is also a ripe melon.

Zheng Chenggong said all the words in his heart in one breath, and said: "If you fight with the imperial court, it will take three years at most, or one year at the least, and you will definitely lose." I don't want to flee to the ends of the earth with the Zheng family. Let future generations not be able to raise their heads and be human beings from now on. ”

Zhou Quanbin and Liu Guoxuan glanced at each other, they still had a little courage before, but when Zheng Chenggong said this, the courage in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

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It is clear that in the First Battle of the South Seas, there were not many losses, but there were also more than a dozen warships.

However, the sailors of the imperial court were much stronger than those of the Westerners. It is not much different from the Zheng family water master.

After all, the imperial court sailor has actually been learning from the Zheng family again. Even some members of the Zheng family were co-opted by the imperial court, and the representative of them was Shi Lang.

Shi Lang's ability may not be as good as Zheng Chenggong's, but it is not difficult to achieve consumption.

Because Yu Dayou has said a long time ago, there is nothing else to do in naval warfare, a big ship is better than a small ship, and a big cannon is better than a small cannon.

"And what about the son?" Liu Guoxuan couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Chenggong said: "He killed himself, what can I do?" Zheng Chenggong's tone was empty.

Zhou Quanbin said: "If Zhou Fuchen doesn't dare to come to see the prince, then what should I do?" ”

Zheng Chenggong sneered and said, "What should I do? Take him down, and then ask Zhang Xuan for guilt. I will never bow my head to Zhou Fuchen. Even so, at this time, Zheng Chenggong's pride was as good as ever, even if he knew that now he had a fight with Zhou Fuchen would only make things worse.

But he still had to do it.

But fortunately, Zhou Fuchen still has courage.

Zhou Fuchen only brought a few guards to see Zheng Chenggong.

He calmly entered the governor's palace, bowed to Zheng Chenggong, and said, "Meet the prince." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "I didn't expect General Zhou to dare to come? ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "The prince is a hero in the world, even if he wants to kill me, he will not use such means, and besides, although Zhou is not the opponent of the prince, he has also arranged things, even if the prince kills me, he will knock out a tooth if he takes my Zhou's fleet first." ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhou Fuchen, the two looked at each other for a while, Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly, and said: "I always thought that you were just from Long Zao, with deep qualifications, but now it seems that you are still a little heroic." ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "The prince is a hero in the world, how dare the last general be heroic in front of the prince." ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled lightly and said, "There is only one hero today, and that is Your Majesty. How dare I call a hero? ”

As soon as Zheng Chenggong's words came out, Zhou Fuchen was puzzled. However, Zheng Chenggong did not let Zhou Fuchen wait longer, and then said: "I know that Your Majesty wishes, you are the second governor of Nanyang, but after a few years, now this governor of Nanyang will be handed over to you in advance." ”

Zhou Fuchen's heart was relieved, but he still asked, "Then what is the prince going to do?" ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed, looked out the window with his negative hands, as if he didn't want anyone to see the change in the expression on his face, he said lightly: "The family is unfortunate, I will go back and punish a rebel." ”

It's just that the current situation can be calmed down by simply punishing a rebel.