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The reason for this was that Hong Renhui, the representative of the British East India Company in Guangzhou, could not bear all kinds of blackmail from the Guangzhou government, and even forcibly broke into the sea to go to Beijing to sue the emperor, and as a result, Qianlong was angry and ordered to ban foreign trade at ports other than Guangzhou, that is, since then, foreign trade in Fuzhou, Ningbo and other places has been banned.

Now Zhou Lang is asking himself to obtain the right to trade in Fujian, which Changlin cannot agree, but on the surface he cannot agree, but he may not be able to break through in practice, and any rules have loopholes, and for the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, those rules seem to be formulated for people to exploit loopholes.

Changlin sent a master to privately express to Zhou Lang. As long as Zhou Lang accepts Zhao'an, the imperial court will grant official positions, since he is an officer and soldier of the Qing Dynasty, of course, there will be some convenience when he goes ashore to buy supplies, and as for buying more supplies other than supplies, it is understandable.

This suggestion made Zhou Lang's heart flutter, but he immediately thought of someone, Zheng Zhilong.

Since he felt that his current situation was somewhat similar to Zheng Zhilong in the late Ming Dynasty, he searched around for some Zheng Zhilong's records these days for research.

Zheng Zhilong is a generation of heroes, crisscrossing China and Japan, eliminating Liu Xiang and other sea giants, dominating the Eastern Seas, and angering the Dutch and other Western forces, so that he has to act according to Zheng Zhilong's rules.

But such a hero, the last move made Zhou Lang puzzled, that is, when the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty overturned, not only did he not find a way to maintain the small court, but instead put his hot face on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and under the recruitment of the Manchu Dynasty, he personally ran to Beiqian City.

As a result, he went to Beijing, and his son Zheng Chenggong refused to surrender at all in Fujian, putting Zheng Zhilong in a very embarrassing and dangerous situation, and finally died miserably.

Of course, it is impossible for this kind of moral outlook of a sea hero to be dead set on with the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but to run to Beijing recklessly, no matter how you look at it, it is a faint move, and it is hard to imagine that it will come from the hands of a hero like Zheng Zhilong.

As the collected information gradually became richer, Zhou Lang slowly began to understand Zheng Zhilong's choice. In fact, he was not wrong to choose the Manchu Dynasty, in terms of his position, he was not loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so it didn't matter if he betrayed, but he used each other, but he felt that it was more beneficial to cooperate with the Manchu Dynasty, so he decisively abandoned the Ming Dynasty.

As for going to Beijing, I'm afraid Zheng Zhilong is also reluctant. At that time, the Manchu Eight Banners went south, Zheng Zhilong's army could not stop the Eight Banners that had not yet decayed, so he decisively gave up the small court of Fujian and let the Eight Banners soldiers enter Fujian, and then he was attracted by the governor of Fujian and Guangdong promised by the commander of the Qing army at that time, Bolo, and went to the Boluo camp to meet in person, but he was deceived, ostensibly voluntarily went to Beijing to meet Dolgon, but in fact he was escorted to Beijing.

Zheng Zhilong made a mistake, but it was not a mistake, he just believed in the Manchu Qing. But who would have thought that a force determined to be the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains would deceive people.

With the experience of long-term cooperation with the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong is a little blind to this kind of official trust.

The most important thing is that Zheng Zhilong, a maritime force, understands the importance of a stable base for maritime strength, the Ming Dynasty is already in danger, he naturally wants to choose a more powerful force to take refuge, he has no ambition to win the world, he just wants to be a sea king, so cooperating with the Manchu Qing is actually the wisest choice.

As for the morality of national righteousness and Huayi defense, at that time, even Qian Qianyi, a famous Confucian like the world, joined the Manchu Qing Dynasty and harshly accused a pirate of having no sense of morality, which was actually very funny.

Zheng Zhilong's choice of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was entirely a judgment of interests. It is precisely because of the support of the government that Zheng Zhilong can walk step by step to the throne of the One Piece, because he accepted the Zhao'an of the Ming Dynasty and became the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, he can mobilize the power of the government to entangle with his competitors again and again, he failed again and again, but he can afford it, he can build a warship on land with confidence, and go to sea again and again to challenge strong enemies, so he finally succeeded.

Comparing this era, it can be understood that the Vietnamese Tay Son Dynasty supported the pirates off the coast of China, and it was unexpectedly possible for these pirates to suppress the Manchu Qingshui Division from leaving the port. Compared with the power of the Xishan Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, who was supported by the Ming Dynasty, obviously had a more obvious advantage, but the Ming Dynasty overturned, so Zheng Zhilong chose to cooperate with the Manchus to continue to maintain his maritime status, and at the same time help the Manchus maintain coastal defense, in exchange for the Manchus' support for him.

In fact, it was not Zheng Zhilong who made the wrong choice, but the Manchu court, a nomadic group that came out of the white mountains and black waters, did not understand the situation of the sea at that time, and secretly believed in their own force, which resulted in Zheng Chenggong's secession of Taiwan in the following decades.

If the Manchus chose to cooperate with Zheng Zhilong at that time, in fact, there was no need to promise any governor of Fujian and Guangdong, or just give a false title, so that Zheng Zhilong could continue to help the Manchus maintain coastal defense, in fact, this is the best choice, with the existence of Zheng Zhilong's maritime group, for the sake of trade interests, Zheng Zhilong would not let his own force be wasted, so the Manchu Qing's coastal defense force would not be as wasted as it is now.

Now the Manchu governor wants to Zhao'an Zhou Lang again, and also hints that Zhou Lang accepts Zhao'an, so that he can reasonably land on trade and bypass the court rules of trade.

This is very attractive to Zhou Lang, because as long as he agrees to the other party, he is equivalent to Zheng Zhilong accepting the Zhao'an of the Ming Dynasty, having the foundation of dominating the sea, and opening up land trade.

As for the issue of face, although Zhou Lang will also be entangled, he can pass this psychological hurdle. But for the sake of safety, Zhou Lang still wrote to ask Wang Fuqian's opinion, Wang Fuqian's opinion is very representative of ordinary readers in this era, if the other party supports it, then his behavior can also be supported by ordinary reading elites.

Zhou Lang originally thought that Wang Fuqian, a scholar, would definitely support him to accept Zhao'an, because he always felt that Wang Fuqian's worldview was more consistent with the civil officials of the Manchu government, and it was incompatible with the worldview organized by the Heaven and Earth Society.

Unexpectedly, Wang Fuqian criticized Zhou Lang's thoughts in a letter, and he told Zhou Lang that none of the three family slaves in Gulai would end well!

The three surnamed domestic slaves, with a vicious tone, understood from Zhou Lang that accepting Zhao'an could not be accepted by Wang Fuqian, and if Wang Fuqian could not accept it, then it would be impossible for most scholars to accept it.

Zhou Lang doesn't care about the reputation problem, and now he accepts the Manchu Zhao'an, the purpose is only to accumulate strength, not to be a loyal and filial son of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but if his behavior is not accepted by most scholars, it is very terrible, Li Zicheng is so powerful, without the support of intellectuals, it is not defeated.

It's just that Zhou Lang felt a feeling from Wang Fuqian's heart that this person didn't tell the truth.

In fact, the reason is very simple, in ancient times, there were pirates who rebelled against Zhao'an, but there were no scholars who rebelled against Zhao'an.

Wang Fuqian actually has no way out than Zhou Lang. Zhou Lang accepted Zhao'an, and he could also mix a military attache position, which was not valued by Manchu officials, but how should he deal with Wang Fuqian, he was a scholar, he couldn't afford this kind of stain, and when he entered the Manchu officialdom, his background would be constantly boosted, and then he would not be accepted, and he would never come out, and he would even be able to find a chance to get rid of it.

Although Zhou Lang felt suspicious, he still accepted Wang Fuqian's attitude, he could not accept the Manchu Zhao'an.

The name of the three family slaves is really too ugly, he is nominally the generalissimo of the South Road under the Heaven and Earth Society, and after accepting the Manchu Zhao'an, he will in turn conquer the Heaven and Earth Society for the Manchu Dynasty, which is not only a shameful betrayal, but also does not conform to Zhou Lang Taoguang's plan to cultivate obscurity and quietly develop in the cracks.

Therefore, Zhao'an is not Zhou Lang's most ideal behavior politically, but the Zhao'an of Changlin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, made Zhou Lang see the possibility of peaceful coexistence with Changlin for the time being.

He told Changlin's master that he didn't want to be an enemy of the imperial court, but his 100,000 brothers (exaggerating their strength) couldn't help but eat or drink, he was a maritime merchant, and he just wanted to do some trade for a living, if the imperial court didn't send someone to fight him, let him stay in Jin and Xia with peace of mind, and he wouldn't take the initiative to make trouble. If the Qing army dared to attack, Zhou Lang threatened to send troops to attack Zhang and Quan.

The master felt that if he couldn't Zhao'an Zhoulang, then it was also important to stabilize the other party for the time being, and he privately said that he could not interfere with the river water from the well water.

Zhou Lang continued to say that he could not send people to trade ashore, but if there were merchants who came to trade between the two islands of Jinxia, he hoped that the government would not interfere, otherwise it would be regarded as a hostile act of cutting off Jinxia's supplies, and Zhou Lang would still attack Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

This suggestion made the master hesitate, this is equivalent to making the government acquiesce in smuggling, but he thought about it, anyway, the officers and soldiers of the naval division along the coast of Fujian have been secretly colluding with the pirate group for a long time, and the smuggling has never stopped.

It's just that strategically, with Jinxia in the enemy's hands, it stands to reason that Penghu should not be attacked, and with Penghu in the enemy's hands, it is reasonable not to attack Taiwan.

But under the current situation, Jinxia was entrenched by Zhou Lang, but Penghu was recovered by Li Changgeng. It is a difficult decision whether to fight Taiwan or recover Jinxia next. But no matter how the plan can be said, Changlin decided to fight Taiwan first and then fight Jinxia, you can tell the emperor that it is to capture the thief and capture the king first, and first hit the bandit leader of the Tiandihui in Taiwan, and kill the little Kou Zhou Lang who is wandering in Jinxia. If Changlin decides to fight Jinxia first, he can also tell the emperor that Taiwan is lonely overseas, and Jinxia is in trouble, and Jinxia should be Jinxia first and then Taiwan.

In short, the Chinese language is broad and profound, and it makes sense to say it, it depends on how the governor judges.

As for Zhou Lang, he made up his mind that he would neither be Zheng Zhilong, nor Zheng Chenggong, and before the Heaven and Earth Society and the Manchu Qing Dynasty would separate the winners and losers, he would not be the first bird if he could not be the first bird.

Everything depends on how Changlin decides, if the other party does not accept it, it is not impossible to attack Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.