"The king of the land?" Wu Sangui was taken aback, and then he thought of something again, and said, "Just like Grandpa Mu in Yunnan?" ”

"Grandpa Mu" refers to Mu Ying, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Mu Ying was the adopted son of Emperor Hongwu, and later pacified Yunnan with Fu Youde and Lan Yu. Since then, their family has guarded Yunnan for generations until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be the same as the country.

Such a promise, if it can be done, Wu Sangui is also very moved. To be honest, at least for now, Wu Sangui's ambitions are still limited, and the goal he has set for himself in life is to be a rich warlord like his uncle Zu Dashou. Even more distant, his big goal in life is to become the second Li Chengliang. Mu Ying's role model has even exceeded his big goal.

But Kong Zhang shook his head and said, "No, Grandpa Mu is not crowned king." And I'm talking about dividing feudal states like the Zhou Dynasty. Within the feudal country, the government has its own army, its own bureaucracy, and its own finances and taxes. In addition to continuing to serve the Son of Heaven as the king, it is an independent country. Or rather, it's a bit like North Korea. ”

"Is King Fu willing to agree to such conditions?" Wu Sangui said. But he immediately figured it out: "I heard that Zheng Zongbing has laid a big foundation overseas, and it turns out that he wants to be king overseas." Congratulations. ”

"It's not just overseas kings." Kong Zhang said, "If Zheng Zongbing just wants to be the king overseas, where is the need for the Son of Heaven to agree?" Can't you set yourself up as a king? His Royal Highness King Fu has already agreed, if he can recover the capital division and let His Royal Highness King Fu ascend the throne, not only can he establish a system overseas and claim the throne, but also agree to strengthen the Ming Dynasty's forbidden sea and lock the country, and only allow the merchants of my Zheng family to trade with the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the country established by Zheng Zongbing, its citizens are also counted as the citizens of the Ming Dynasty, they can study in the Ming Dynasty, they can participate in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, they can buy fields and farm land in the Ming Dynasty to do business, everything is no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. And the people of the Ming Dynasty can also move freely to our country, when the time comes, I will not be allowed to go to the sea in the Ming Dynasty, all trade, all through us, the interests in this are the real exciting place. ”

"So what good can I get by following you?" Wu Sangui asked again.

"You can also list the land as a king." Kong Zhang said, "After recovering the capital division and King Fu ascending the throne, General Wu can also be crowned king, but this prince only has a title, not a real feudal country." If General Wu can recover Liaodong, Liaodong can be regarded as the feudal state of General Wu. It's just that Liaodong was originally the homeland of China, and Wu Zongbing's military resources also had to be supplied by the imperial court, so Wu Zongbing did not have the right to establish his own system in Liaodong, but the land in Liaodong could be occupied by Wu Zongbing at will, and it could be regarded as Yongzhen Liaodong. If Wu Zongbing can raise money by himself and lay down more places, those places can be convenient for Wu Zongbing to really be crowned king. Of course, if Wu Zongbing is willing to leave Liaodong in the future, he can also be crowned king in other places. ”

Wu Sangui listened, but shook his head and said, "Where is it so easy in Liaodong?" It's just a pie. ”

"If you can keep your salary, it's a good benefit." Kong Zhang said, "Besides, General Wu really thinks that Jian Yan is really invincible in the world, and no one can beat him?" ”

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui shook his head. Wu Sangui and my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty have not fought once or twice, and he still knows how deep the water of the Eight Banners is. Generally speaking, the smaller the scale of the battle, the more the two sides will win and lose each other. If Wu Sangui's family members faced the Eight Banners, if the number was about the same, Wu Sangui would even have a little upper hand. It was only a large-scale decisive battle, but the Ming army almost never won once.

"The world is invincible, no one can beat it, and it is not certain." Wu Sangui said, "It's just that it's not easy to win against them." I am against them, and I really have fewer wins and more losses. Moreover, now that the Jingshi has fallen and the saint has died, it would be strange if these Tartars didn't take the opportunity to do something. It's too late to recover Liaodong now, but I'm worried all day about whether Jianxuan will rush over and stab me. ”

"Didn't Jianxuan ask Zu Shuai to write a letter to General Wu?" Kong Zhang asked.

"This one is." Wu Sangui did not hide it, "Huang Taiji, the chief of the gnein, also said that if I surrender to the past, as their precursor, and follow them to seize the world, he will crown me as the king, and the king who promised Zheng Zongbing is about the same as the king of Fu." And the thieves, who said that if I was willing to surrender to them, they would let me be the 'king of the word', which was really funny. ”

"Why didn't General Wu take this opportunity to contact Jianji, come to Yi to control the buckle, and let Huang Taiji and Li Chuang fight first?" Kong Zhang said again.

"Huang Taiji is not so easy to deceive. He probably wanted to let me fight the thief first. Wu Sangui shook his head again. If Kong Zhang hadn't brought a batch of food and weapons, and he had a certain understanding of the Zheng family's strength, I am afraid that he would have really been hooked up with Jian Xuan by now.

"Huang Taiji is indeed not easy to deceive, but there is one thing that Huang Taiji should not expect. That is, we can throw tens of thousands of troops thousands of miles away at once through the sea. Moreover, the strength of our army, although Huang Taiji cannot be said to be ignorant, after all, we are under the banner of 'Dutch', and it is not the first time that we have fought with them. It's just that he roughly estimates that the number of us is only a few hundred or thousand, and when the time comes, we can give him a big surprise. Kong Zhang said with a smile.

Wu Sangui thought about it and nodded, indeed, the strength of the Zheng family was indeed beyond his expectations. In fact, because of business dealings, he should know far more about the situation of the Zheng family than ordinary people, but even so, when Zheng Zhihu appeared near Shanhaiguan with Kong Zhang and dozens of boats of food, weapons, and supplies, the strength they showed still surprised Wu Sangui. After that, Zheng Zhihu mentioned that an army of tens of thousands of people was sent directly to Jinghai by sea and put into battle. Wu Sangui almost thought that this person was joking with himself. Even to this day, Wu Sangui has a hard time believing that he can use the sea to carry out such a combat mission across thousands of miles.

"Mr. Kong, to tell you the truth, I still don't know the bottom of my heart until I see your troops. After all, the sea is changing. Let's wait for the arrival of Zheng Zongbing's army, and then talk in detail about how to recover the Beijing Division. ”

……

"It's almost there, isn't it? See the land? Zheng Sen stood at the bow of a cruiser, holding the bow mast in his hand, raising his head, looking into the distance, while speaking to the captain Zhang Haisheng who was standing on the side. At this time, the sea breeze blowing from the side was blowing the triangular sail on the bow mast to the sound of hunting, which made them have to raise their voices, and if a foreigner who did not know Chinese heard it, they would think that they were arguing if they did not listen to the sound alone.

"It's coming." Zhang Haisheng said, "Young General, look over there, there are seagulls, and Jinghai should be in front." ”