In late April of this year, Zhang Huangyan rushed to Zhoushan, met Zhu Yihai, the leader of the Zhoushan Anti-Qing Righteous Army, and Zhang Mingzhen, the leader of the Zhoushan Anti-Qing Righteous Army.

After hearing the news that the Loyal and Righteous Army had recovered Huguang and Guang (the West), everyone was eager to try and applauded, but after hearing that Emperor Yongli gave Yang Xuan the throne, the atmosphere in the whole hall fell into an embarrassment.

For a long time, Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, patted the case and said: "Yang Xuan's wolf heart and dog lungs are no different from the barbarian Qing.

Unexpectedly deposed Zhu Youlang and brazenly proclaimed himself emperor, I, Zhu Yihai, swore that I would be inseparable from Yang Xuan'er. ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said: "Prison country, there has been no dynasty that will not perish since ancient times.

Prison country, we can't look at the problem forward, we have to look backward. Yang Xuan is the guest of honor of the Shu Palace, and the world says that he shares weal and woe with the county lord, and his prince has the blood of two dynasties.

Looking at the edict, Yang Xuan is still kind to the Ming royal family, and he is sure of his merits.

That Zhu Youlang was named the Duke of Neijiang, with more than 3,000 taels of silver per year, and in his fiefdom he could worship the Ming Dynasty as the Zhengshuo, and he could sacrifice to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Xuan has not forgotten the prison country, you are Lu Hou, 1,000 households, you can also serve the Ming Dynasty at home, and you can pay tribute to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Yihai shook his head and said, "Zhang Huangyan, are you a Ming courtier?"

Don't say this kind of thing anymore, Yang Xuan snatched my Ming Dynasty, as if he had sealed a prince, and a marquis would be fine, what is the reason?

Everyone, Yang Xuan forced Emperor Yongli to give him the throne, how can he bear such a deep hatred and hatred for this king, this king swears to be inseparable from that Yang Xuan. ”

Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dinghai, admonished: "Prison country, having said that, we also have to expand our territory and expand our strength, Zhang Huangyan suggested that now the main force of the loyal and righteous army must go all out to the east.

You see, this is the lyrics written by Yang Xuan "East to the East", in this case, we can attack Songjiang Mansion and occupy the four provinces in Jiangnan to fight Yang Xuan when the time comes. ”

Zhu Yihai shook his head again and again and said, "Dinghai Hou, this, isn't this cooperating with Yang Xuan to advance eastward?"

Think about it, do you have a way for us to live after Yang Xuan goes east? ”

Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dinghai, shook his head and said: "Jianguo, think about it, we have less than 10,000 troops now, if we don't expand our territory, how can we compete with Yang Xuan at that time?" ”

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, thought about it, Yang Xuan now controls the Yunguichuan Lake Guangguang (Western Province and Shaanxi, Gansu and Guangzhou, it can be said that the strength is strong, on the other hand, he only has a small territory like the Zhoushan Islands, with only tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of ships.

Although the righteousness is on his side, how can he compete with Yang Xuan when the time comes?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yihai immediately planned with Zhang Mingzhen and others to jointly capture Ningbo in order to expand the territory and compete with the loyal and righteous army when the time came.

Zheng Chenggong wanted to cry without tears in Xiamen, and felt grief-stricken for his trip to Guangdong by the edict of Emperor Yongli this time.

In 1650 A.D. (the fifth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, the year 2201 of Confucius), Zheng Chenggong was ordered by Emperor Yongli to go south to Guang (East) to support Du Yonghe's ministry to lift the siege of Guang (East).

In the past, Zheng Chenggong had never been edicted, and this time he was willing to obey the edict, some people said that it was mainly because there was no Liang in the army and was greedy for food in Chaozhou.

Anyway, after Zheng Chenggong arrived in Guangzhou (East Chaozhou, he clashed with Hao Shangjiu, the general soldier of Chaozhou who had just been corrected, because of the food problem.

To say that Zheng Chenggong lived a very depressed life, although it can be said that there is enough money every year by collecting millions of silver taels for the protection of coastal sea vessels, but he only controls a few coastal cities such as Xiamen and Kinmen, and there is an abnormal shortage of food.

This time when he arrived in Chaozhou, he originally wanted to find a main grain-producing area to supplement the grain and grass of the 100,000 army, but this undoubtedly clashed with Hao Shangjiu, who was worried about seizing his own territory.

Although Zheng Chenggong relied on silver taels and relied on strength to collect tens of thousands of loads of grain and grass, after all, it was difficult for a strong dragon to suppress the head snake, and in desperation, Zheng Chenggong was forced to lead the army to retreat to his old land in the first month of 1651 A.D. (Kong Birthday 2202).

During the march, Zheng's fleet encountered a storm, and Zheng Chenggong's main ship almost disintegrated and capsized, and almost all the equipment on board, including the Dingzao, was lost;

At that time, even the food on the ship was lost, and Zheng Chenggong himself was hungry for two meals, and it was not until the next afternoon that the wind and rain subsided, and the main and auxiliary ships were able to return to the shore to meet the fleet.

This is also the biggest danger that Zheng Chenggong himself has encountered at sea, and Zheng Chenggong also rewarded the two pilots of the main and deputy Chinese military ships afterwards.

But on the other hand, Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Qingfu (Jian), learned that Zheng Chenggong's main army had gone to Guangdong and Xiamen, and the defense was loose, and it seemed that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he ordered Ma Degong, Wang Bangjun and others to take advantage of the situation to attack Xiamen.

Ma Degong took Zheng Zhibao, who was in Nan'an, hostage, and ordered him to hand over the ship and ferry the Qing army to Xiamen, and successfully defeated the Zheng army on the sea. In the face of the Qing army's attack, Zheng Zhiguan, who was in charge of the defense of Xiamen, was timid before the battle, and only cared about carrying his belongings to a private ship and fleeing;

The Qing army easily broke through the Xiamen Gate and plundered the Zheng family's savings and equipment.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Mrs. Dong and Zheng Chenggong's eldest son, Zheng Jing, only had time to carry the ancestral tablet to escape from the sea.

After the Qing army succeeded in the sneak attack, it did not intend to stay in Xiamen (Gate to fight a decisive battle with the Zheng army, so it returned inland with loot, and at this time Zheng Hongkui, who rushed to Xiamen (Gate) to support, was besieged by it.

In this case, Ma Degong threatened to kill his mother and brother (Zheng Zhilong), and Zheng Hongkui had no choice but to let Ma Degong go.

Hearing that the Xiamen Gate was attacked, Zheng Chenggong had to return to the Xiamen Gate to recover the Xiamen Gate that had been abandoned by the Barbarian Qing.

After recovering Xiamen, Zheng Chenggong decided to rectify military discipline, beheaded his uncle Zheng Zhiguan, who was cowardly and fled, and ordered Zheng Hongkui, who let go of Ma Degong, hand over his military power and no longer care about political affairs.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and in May of this year, Zheng Hongkui's general Shi Lang executed the general Zeng De without authorization, and Zheng Chenggong used this as an excuse to close Shi Lang and prepare to be killed.

Shi Lang is a well-known wise and brave man in the army, and when he saw Shi Lang's innocent involvement, the guards couldn't bear to let him go secretly.

After seeing Shi Lang escape, Zheng Chenggong was furious and ordered Shi Lang's father and brother to be executed, so that the two sides formed a great enmity, and at this time Zheng Chenggong decided to hook up with the Manchus again.

Zheng Chenggong, who was sulking, heard a letter from his mentor Qian Qianyi, and didn't want to see it, but when he heard that there was a top-secret plan, he waited for three days before summoning the envoy.

After hearing the news from the messenger that Yang Xuan occupied Huguang and Guangxi and forced Emperor Yongli to take the Zen position, he was first shocked, and then said to everyone with a smile: "Yang Xuan wants the Zen position, this is his business, what does it have to do with me Zheng Chenggong?" Tell the envoy that our Zheng Jiajun still respects the Yongli as Zhengshuo. ”

The envoy was puzzled: "King of Yanping County, Lord Qian suggested that the three-way army should join the Yangtze River to jointly expel the Tartars, what do you think of this plan?" ”

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "My army is newly defeated, how can I return to the Yangtze River?" You tell the teacher, I only have to advocate this. ”

Immediately serve tea to the guests and send away the messenger.

He was about to summon the generals to discuss the matter, when he suddenly heard that Yang Xuan had sent a messenger to Jinmen, and hurriedly ordered him to enter the meeting.

Meng Zhengfa, the secretary of the Privy Council, who was sent to Kinmen, said after seeing the ceremony: "Lord Wang, now that the Tartars have invaded China, slaughtered the people of our Han Dynasty, and kidnapped Ling Zun, this god and man are indignant.

Now to expel the Tartars and restore China, only our lord Yang Xuan and the king of Yanping and others will work together, as long as the Tartars are expelled and restored to China, then our lord will definitely tear the earth and seal the king to repay the general's merits. ”

Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed in his heart, shook his head and said: "Although Yang Xuan is a big hero, but the act of forcing Emperor Yongli to take the throne is a bit unfair, this king is now the king of Yanping County, can Yang Xuan be able to give greater benefits to the lonely king?" ”

Meng Zheng laughed and said: "Lord Wang, the Holy Lord is the Emperor of the Ages, if your request is reasonable, I think the Holy Lord will consider it." ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "Although the Lone King's infantry army is not as good as the Manqing, the Lone King has hundreds of thousands of sailors (exaggerated), and the Lone King's navy can be said to be unique in the world, invincible across the ocean."

You go and tell Yang Xuan that now the rebel army from all walks of life is surging, and his persecution of the Yongli Emperor's Zen throne is a move of common anger of people and gods, unless Gu is crowned as the prince and the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, otherwise the Gu Wang will raise troops to denounce his crimes. ”

Meng Zhengfa was shocked in his heart, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, isn't it rumored that he wants to become the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, and wants to divide one side?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhengfa laughed and said: "King of Yanping County, it is really helpless for the Holy Lord to persecute the Zen position of Emperor Yongli."

Emperor Yongli trusted the traitor, compared to Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong at that time, it was really difficult to be a big position.

King of Yanping County, the Holy Lord knows that you are loyal and righteous, can you bear to be harmed by traitors like Grandpa Yue that day, do you bear to see the great cause of the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition interrupted again, and can you bear to see my Han compatriots become slaves of the Tartars again? ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "This is a quibble, the monarch is the monarch and the minister is the minister, that day, Grandpa Yue knew that there were traitors in the court, and he was very likely to be victimized by the traitors, but he resolutely begged for death for the righteousness of the monarch and the minister." ”

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong didn't want to talk about it at all, Meng Zhengfa arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, the Holy Lord has always respected the prince, and I don't think there will be much problem for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty."

The lower official went back to ask the Holy Lord for an edict, telling the Holy Lord that if he wanted to expel the Tartars, he had to use the prince's water master. ”

Zheng Chenggong laughed when he heard it, even foreigners are afraid of their powerful water army, not to mention Yang Xuan in the mainland?

In order to force Yang Xuan to appoint himself as the prince, Zheng Chenggong ordered the ministry to take Meng Zhengfa to visit his hundreds of building ships.

Of course, Meng Zhengfa knew that Zheng Chenggong was half-hearted, and he only thought about his own one-third of an acre of land, and he had no intention of forming an alliance to crusade against the Tartars, let alone surrender.

Thinking of the task of this trip, Meng Zhengfa did not deliberately force it, and said goodbye to Zheng Chenggong and walked out of Xiamen (walked for two days after the door, Meng Zhengfa stayed in a hotel on this day, and the shopkeeper said the code after being led to a clean upper room by a small two.

There was a man in his thirties who was sitting inside, and when he saw this man, Meng Zheng laughed and said: "General Shi, don't come unharmed, General Shi killed that despicable villain in order to clean up military discipline, which was originally a heroic act, who would have expected that it would be misunderstood, not only was he imprisoned, but his father and young brother were killed because of this."

General Shi, don't you feel wronged? ”

The man was Shi Lang, glared at the other party and shook his head and said: "Wa Guo'er, if you don't take revenge, I Shi Lang swears not to be a person." May I ask who are you, I have no power and no power now, and you want to save me, a wasted person? ”

Meng Zhengfa sat down, picked up the coffee table in his hand and said: "General Shi, my name is Meng Zhengfa, I used to be a minister of the Yongli Imperial Court, and now I am a member of the Privy Council of the Chinese Empire.

You may have also heard that the King of Shu has accepted the throne of Emperor Yongli, officially called the emperor, and changed the name of the country to the Chinese Empire, referred to as China. ”

Shi Lang looked at Meng Zhengfa in disbelief and said, "You, since you are the minister of the Chinese Empire, why did you appear here?" What are you doing here? ”

Meng Zhengfa sighed and said: "Hey, go to Xiamen with the holy decree to persuade Zheng Chenggong to attack the Guang (Eastern Qing army, but in vain, I heard that the general is here, and I came to see him." ”

Shi Lang sighed and said: "Discussing with the Zheng family father and son to flank the Qing army is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, the Zheng family relies on their own strong navy, and has always regarded Fu (Jian) as their own private property, unless the emperor divides Fu (Jian) to them, otherwise everything is not to be discussed."

Zheng Zhilong surrendered to Manqing for this back then, and now Zheng Chenggong and Manqing still maintain an inextricable relationship, and they have been talking secretly in private for this. ”

Meng Zhengfa nodded and said, "General Gaojian, Zheng Chenggong publicly mentioned this condition in this interview. Dare to ask the general what are his plans for the future? ”

Shi Lang shook his head and said, "After escaping, I have been thinking and meditating, the Zheng Clan's naval army is too powerful.

originally had the intention to defect to the Loyal Army, but the Loyal Army did not rely on the sea, and the Navy was too weak. ”

Meng Zhengfa sighed and said: "General, I don't know if the Loyal and Righteous Army is a weak old man, but I heard that the Holy Lord led the Navy's army to defeat the Tartar Navy's army at Tiger Beach, and it is not too bad to think so."

General, the Loyal and Righteous Army is weak, and there is a shortage of naval generals, if the general really defects to the Loyal and Righteous Army, wouldn't it have a good future for development?

Let's tell you the truth, this time I went to Zheng Jun, and the saint held the old man's hand and asked the old man to pay more attention to you. ”

Shi Lang was shocked, straightened his waist and looked at Meng Zhengfa in disbelief: "You say, you said that the Holy Lord really mentioned my name?" ”

Meng Zhengfa nodded, Shi Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately hoped that Meng Zhengfa would introduce him to join the Loyal and Righteous Army.