Chapter 424: Father's Sin and Son's Burden (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for Support)
The sea ban is reopened!
For the people on the southeast coast, if it is said that the greatest benefit of the successful recovery of Fujian by Zheng Chenggong, the king of Fujian, is that the sea ban will be reopened.
As the saying goes, "rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea", for the coastal people, all they can rely on is the sea, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Fujian, not only ordered the ban on the sea, but also feared that the coastal people would help Zheng Chenggong and other anti-Qing forces, and ordered the demolition of all ships above the brig, so that the southeast coast was naturally increasingly depressed. After the recovery of Fujian, the sea ban was naturally abolished immediately as the bad government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and because Zheng Chenggong had always advocated "trade and prosperity", so under his encouragement, several ports in Fujian were opened to trade at the same time, so that in just a few months, this once lifeless coastal port became lively, and there were merchant ships entering and leaving the ports every day, transporting goods from all over the world.
On this day, as in the past, when He Bin was collecting taxes on the ship, he was now in charge of issuing public inspection and public certificates for ships going to sea, inspecting ships going to sea and managing ships at ports under his jurisdiction, and collecting customs and other matters. Of course, more importantly, he is good at collecting ship taxes, and in just two months after he was in Xiamen, Xiamen's tariffs have more than doubled, and tax evasion has been greatly reduced.
Of course, for He Bin, his dream did not stop at Xiamen to raise the city, he had already learned from other people's mouths that the king of Min was likely to order him to preside over the southeast coastal ports and raise the port ships to increase the tariffs of each port. It is precisely because of this that he hopes to be able to achieve a career in Xiamen, of course, repaying the country surname is only secondary, the real purpose is to make the country surname Ye believe that he He Bin can be qualified to promote the position of Zhugang City, and can enrich the treasury for the government, in the past, he never thought that he would be able to be an official one day, and now that the black gauze hat has been worn on his head, such a glorious ancestor thing, naturally can not be missed.
People always have to have some dreams, for the current He Bin, his dream is no longer to take the city of Gelanza and take revenge on those "ungrateful" of the red hairy, now, his dream is to wear this black veil and become a dignitary step by step, only in this way can he glorify his ancestors and make him dare not look down on him.
“…… 175 taels, well, what a ship ,......"
Looking at the type of ship and the length and width of the ship written on the customs declaration form, He Bin's brows suddenly furrowed, staring at the name on the list, and then thinking.
"This Zhao Guoping must be a beneficiary, such a ship is not so small, it must be strictly investigated......"
As an "old customs", he has been a customs interpreter in Geranza City for more than ten years, and he has long known the specifications of various ships, and naturally knows how those ships evade taxes, and of course he also knows how the customs officers take bribes.
"Lift, a ship has entered the harbor in the city of Geranza, and the people on board have brought a piece of news."
The man who entered the door looked a little strange, and when He Bin didn't even ask, he only heard the man say.
"The people on the ship said that now the city of Geranza has been taken by the Ming army."
"What!"
With an exclamation, He Bin stood up, he looked at the man in surprise, and asked again.
"When did it happen? When did the country set off? ”
The reason why He Bin was so surprised was because he never thought that the country surnamed Ye would actually leave him here and go to fight Relansha City by himself, how could this? Doesn't the country surnamed Ye need him to lead the boat into Luermen?
Just as he was wondering, he only heard the man speak.
"Back to Tiju, the man on the boat said, "No, it's not the city that the country has taken, it's Nan Amber!"
What the!
South Amber!
South Amber has taken the city of Geranza!
Just when He Bin was shocked by the news, the news that the city of Relansha was captured by Nan Amber had already spread from the dock to the city, and the entire city of Xiamen was full of heated discussions.
The city of Geranza!
South Amber ......
Maybe people don't know much about the former, but they are no strangers to Nan Amber, after all, this Xiamen was also one of the old nests of Nan Amber.
"Who is Nanamber?"
In the restaurant, I only heard Dr. Tea talking there.
"Nan Anbo was sealed by Emperor Longwu of my Ming Dynasty, but this Nan Amber abandoned the danger and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the second year of Longwu, thanks to my Ming Dynasty's own loyal ministers, the country's surname is high and righteous and not disobedient, so after more than ten years of hard fighting, there is a ...... today under the big tomorrow."
Dr. Cha's words in the teahouse were like he didn't dare to say it, after all, everyone knew that in addition to the identity of Nan Anbo Zheng Zhilong, he was also the father of the king of Min.
In the past, Nan Anbo was in the hands of the Qing captives, so naturally no one would mention him. No one will mention how he descended to the Qing Dynasty back then, and how he destroyed the Longwu Dynasty in one fell swoop, but now, Nan Amber has returned. All the questions that have been deliberately avoided have been put in front of the eyes of the world.
Zheng Zhilong's identity is too special, he is Zheng Chenggong's father! And Zheng Chenggong is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, as his father, Zheng Zhilong's surrender was too neat, so that his surrender led to the collapse of the Longwu Dynasty, and indirectly killed the Longwu Emperor, in the past, he was in the hands of captivity, this responsibility will naturally not be pursued, and there is no way to pursue it, besides, no one will mention this matter, after all, this matter is equivalent to his reverse scale for the country's surname, but now, he is back!
Nan Anbo Zheng Zhilong is back!
Now what!
At this time, the news that the city of Gelanza had been recovered for Nan Amber was not being noticed, everyone was waiting, watching, they were looking at Zheng Chenggong, looking at him, waiting for his decision.
And for Zheng Chenggong, who was originally preparing to cross the sea into Taiwan and seize the city of Gelanza, his whole person was also in unprecedented trouble.
When he first got the news that his father, uncle and others had escaped alive and escaped safely from the hands of the Qing captives, he was also happy, and he also said "Mazu blessed" in his heart, but on the other hand, he had to face another fact - the fact that his father descended to the Qing Dynasty cannot be avoided no matter what, and it can even be said that his father is a sinner of the Ming Dynasty! If there was no father's surrender, how could the emperor have died back then? How can this be the case tomorrow?
Although I was angry with my father's surrender in my heart, after all, it was the king's father!
Again, Zheng Chenggong sat on the chair like this, his eyes staring ahead, the more serious his expression became, and even his breathing became a little depressed.
What to do?
Now, it didn't matter to him what the city of Geranza was, and he could not care about the city of Geranza, not about the Dutch, but not about his father.
Now, his father is in the city of Geranza!
Why did my father go to take the city of Reranza?
Although the reason is not known yet, Zheng Chenggong knows that his father must have returned to the mainland without shame.
"I think it must be so!"
Zheng Chenggong secretly sighed, shook his head and whispered.
"If you knew what it was, why bother in the first place?"
Thinking of how he tried to persuade him at the beginning, but he was stubborn and didn't listen to persuasion, and finally took all the elites of the Zheng family to the Qing Dynasty, and finally imprisoned him for the treachery of the Qing captive, although Zheng Chenggong was angry, but his heart still hurt his father's experience.
But heartache is always heartache, at that time, he was far away in Fujian, and he was powerless to rescue his father, so he could only watch his father fall into the hands of the Qing captives.
Now that his father is back, according to Zheng Chenggong's original intention, he naturally hopes to see his father, and then take his father back, and from then on, he will be filial to his knees and let him live for a long time.
But this was just Zheng Chenggong's idea, and he didn't even dare to say it, because he knew that his father's sins were too heavy. After all, he was a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, and it was he who indirectly killed the first emperor.
How can he, the king of Min, pacify these sins? If it were someone else, I am afraid that he Zheng Chenggong would have led his troops over a long time ago, captured him in front of the saddle, and then asked him why he had surrendered, and then beheaded him in front of the tomb of the first emperor to comfort the spirit of the first emperor.
But he is the father of this king!
Father and son cannibalize each other, and heaven cannot tolerate it!
Now what?.
Closed his eyes in pain, Zheng Chenggong didn't speak, the first time, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know, what he should do next, and he didn't know how to deal with this matter, after all, he knew how Da Ming treated traitors.
"Everyone who is a traitor will be punished!"
Is it really necessary to destroy relatives in righteousness to sue the world?
This thought just flashed in Zheng Chenggong's mind, and he immediately vetoed it, he couldn't do it, because it was his father.
Maybe he can support Zhu Mingzhong's proposal to severely punish traitors, perhaps, he can exile tens of thousands of traitors' families with a piece of paper, and kill thousands of traitors with one order, but those people are just ants to him, just traitors who are not worth mentioning.
However, Zheng Zhilong is no one else, he is his father!
If he kills his relatives in righteousness, how will the people of the world think of him?
However, if he does not kill his relatives righteously, how will the people of the world think of me?
For a while, in the face of such a contradiction, Zheng Chenggong didn't know how to deal with it at all.
Killing, father and son cannibalism, against human morality! Even if there is righteousness, what can it be?
If you don't kill, where is the righteousness! Where is the law of the imperial court!
Kill, no!
If you don't kill, you can't!
Faced with such a dilemma, Zheng Chenggong even wanted to choose to escape, for the first time, he moved this idea, he wanted to avoid this problem temporarily, but he could avoid it for a while, how could he avoid it for a lifetime.
If you don't kill, how can you convince the world!
The imperial court wants to severely punish the traitors, with Zheng Zhilong's crime, how can he not kill him to thank the world!
But he's the king's father!
Can this king ignore human morality and do things to kill his father?
You people, do you have to force this king to kill your father, and then kill yourself!
Maybe it was the depression in his heart, maybe it was because he had no choice, or maybe it was the accumulation of illness for many years, which made Zheng Chenggong only feel dizzy for a while, and then a mouthful of blood spit out of his mouth.
"The King's ......"
It was here that Mrs. Dong, who was wearing a palace dress, walked in, and when she saw Zheng Chenggong vomiting blood, she immediately shouted urgently.
"Quick, go and call the doctor!"
"No, no, don't alarm others......"
A wry smile appeared on Zheng Chenggong's face, and he coughed lightly, but large patches of blood poured out of the corners of his mouth.
"The King's ......"
Mrs. Dong wiped him with her sleeves one after another, but the sleeves were already stained with blood, but Zheng Chenggong still vomited blood. He raised his head, and his gaze fell from Mrs. Dong's body into the distance. The weakness of his body made his mind gradually blurred, so he hurriedly became weaker and weaker.
"Madam, when I first went to Nanjing to study...... He once secretly swore that he would never live up to the Ming in this life, and later, his father led the Zheng family, and the Zheng family surrendered...... I didn't know that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was powerful at that time, and I didn't want to use the mantis arm as a car, but because the husband was confident that the world was righteous...... This destiny is not clear...... The destiny of heaven is only me, in this life, but where Zheng still has a certain breath...... Conquer the storm...... Restore the Ming Dynasty to comfort the spirits of Emperor Gao and Emperor Gao in heaven, and if he dies now, he can also comfort Emperor Gao and Emperor Xian......"
Mrs. Dong, who was full of tears, looked at Zheng Chenggong's face that was becoming more and more pale, and said word by word:
"The oath made by the king is a great man in the world and will never be violated, but the king, now Shenjing has not been restored, and the world has not been peaceful...... King, how can you comfort the high emperor and the first emperor? ”
Now the reason why Mrs. Dong said this is so that Zheng Chenggong can cheer up again, not depressed, she knows why the king is so sad, not because he failed to recover the Ming Dynasty, but because his father's return made him unable to face this dilemma.
On the one hand, loyalty, on the other hand, filial piety.
Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been in a dilemma!
If you are loyal, you must kill your father to thank the world, and if you are filial, you must be filial to your father's knees, so that your father can spend his old age in peace!
However, he couldn't do both!
For Zheng Chenggong, who has believed in loyalty all his life, he naturally can't accept such a blow, and he will vomit blood when he is so depressed. And Mrs. Dong just wanted to remind him at this time that he had not fulfilled his promise to Emperor Gao and the world.
"Madame......"
Zheng Chenggong looked at his wife's face in a daze, and saw that she said slowly and firmly, and her eyes also became hard and cold, with tears in her eyes, but her tone was unquestionable.
She's right, the world is not peaceful!
The world is not at peace......
Zheng Chenggong let out a low inaudible sigh, if he could, he didn't want to die, he really didn't want to ...... Yes, father.
Again, Zheng Chenggong thought of his father, he thought of his cowardice when he first saw his father when he was a teenager, he thought of his father's teachings, he thought of his anxiety when he was in captivity, and he also thought of his father's deep sin......
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