Zheng Chenggong in the Yin'an Hall was watching Xin Zixiu's letter in detail, and the others were also waiting for Zheng Chenggong's decision.

Chen Yonghua, Zheng Xingying and other Wenchen are literate and are Zheng Chenggong's confidants, so they can naturally understand what is written in the letters. But Zheng Chenggong's pirate bosses didn't know what the letter meant, and they scratched their ears and cheeks one by one.

It's no wonder that these generals are in a hurry, these people are complex, there are Zheng Zhilong's old subordinates, there are talents collected by Zheng Chenggong, and there are generals who surrendered from the Qing army. In the past, for the goal of expelling the Tartars, coupled with Zheng Chenggong's means of treating everyone equally, these generals could still be obedient.

But now it's different, the Tartars have been eliminated by Zhu Hongsan, and the only way to unite the generals is legitimacy. But Zhu Youlang was arrested, and his legitimacy was gone, and the generals immediately lost their life goals and didn't know what to do next.

Zheng Chenggong's military generals in the army were headed by Yang Chaodong, whose real name was Cao Wenlong. was originally a subordinate general under Zheng Cai, but he was not on good terms with Zheng Cai so he switched to Zheng Chenggong, and because of his achievements, he was promoted to the government of the Fifth Army. When Yang Chaodong attacked Taiwan by Zheng Chenggong, he strongly rejected public opinion and was extremely in favor. After Zheng Chenggong conquered Taiwan, he appointed Yang Chaodong as the first governor of Taiwan's Chengtian Prefecture, and he was also the first local prefect in Taiwan.

Yang Chaodong saw that the generals gave him a look, and stood up and asked, "Lord Wang, what does the letter say?" ”

Zheng Chenggong had already finished reading the letter at this time, put the letter away without moving, and then asked: "It just says that they are all Chinese Miao descendants, and asks us if we would like to attach it." ”

At this time, one of the generals asked loudly, "Lord Wang, do you have any official positions for us?" ”

Everyone saw that the person who spoke was Zhongchong Town Guard Wanyi, and he was a big boss, but this sentence could ask some people's hearts.

Taiwan was not a good place in the late Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong was forced to recover Taiwan by Zhu Hongsan on the mainland. Many of these generals were fooled by Zheng Chenggong, and in the first few years, because of the war with the Dutch, they were able to unite people's hearts, but now that the war has stopped, life in Taiwan is not as comfortable as that on the mainland. Therefore, many of Zheng Chenggong's generals complained, but they didn't dare to say it under Zheng Chenggong's high pressure.

Now Wan Yi pierced this layer of window paper, and for a while many people in the hall asked: "Lord Wang, what conditions are you giving us!" ”

Zheng Chenggong saw that the formal negotiations had not yet begun, and his generals began to be unstable, and Zheng Chenggong's face was a little unsightly at this time.

Zheng Chenggong's generals were divided into three parts, among which his father Zheng Zhilong's old subordinates were the most loyal, and these people were headed by Hong Xu, the right army of the Navy Division and the governor of the Water Division. When he saw the general in the main hall, he couldn't help but stand up and scold: "What are you doing? Have you forgotten who is in charge? Let's discuss this now, do you have the prince in your eyes? ”

Hong Xu originally thought that his old qualifications could suppress these guys, but it was only the former Zheng Zhilong's generals who listened to him, and the new generals and the generals who surrendered from the Qing army did not like him.

The town general Huang Wu stood up and scolded: "Hong Xu, what are you? Don't think that when you're old, you can say everything, the prince didn't say anything, what did you open your mouth? ”

Huang Wu's scolding is a big basket, Hong Xu is the oldest general under Zheng Chenggong, and he has a very high status in the former Zheng Zhilong's old subordinates, at this time a general stood up and scolded: "Huang Wu, what are you?" A fisherman, don't let Lao Tzu go down! ”

Although Huang Wu scolded Hong Xu, this was due to the perennial conflict in the army. Zheng Chenggong's means are clever, and he can subdue the discontent voices of the generals. But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and among these generals, Zheng Zhilong's old department is the most loyal, because Zheng Chenggong is Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, and there is still a love for incense. The second is some talents recruited by Zheng Chenggong in Tong'an, these people turned to Zheng Chenggong with the mentality of protecting their families and defending the country, and they were quite loyal. At the lowest level were the generals who had surrendered to the Qing army.

Most of these former Qing army generals suffered some grievances on the side of the Qing army, or were surrounded by Zheng Chenggong and had no choice but to surrender, anyway, they were Zheng Chenggong who took refuge because he couldn't do anything. These people are from low backgrounds, have complicated backgrounds, and have the lowest status in the army, and it is impossible to have no ideas in their hearts. But when the Qing army occupied Fujian, there was no way, and if they had already taken refuge, could they still fight back?

But now it's different, the other side is also the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor is different. But not all of these surrendered generals have the lofty idea of defending the legitimacy of orthodoxy, most of these people just want their wives and children to be hot, as long as they give themselves silver and land, the fool doesn't want to attach it? Therefore, these people are the most curious about the letter, and they all want to know what official position they can give themselves in the letter.

These people are mainly Huang Wu, deputy general of the left battalion of Zhongquan Town, Wan Yi and Wan Lu brothers of Zhongchong Town, Liu Jun of Qianchong Town, and Yan Wangzhong of Zhiwu Town.

Wan Yi was originally a reckless man, and when he heard the general scolding him for being ignorant, he stood up angrily and scolded: "Wu Hao, let your mother's fart, who are you scolding fishermen?" Are you fucking still a pirate? ”

Wu Hao was a pirate back then, but now he is Yongjiabo, who is personally crowned by Emperor Yongli, and hates others to mention his disgraceful past. Now Wan Yi scolded himself for still enduring it, and he was about to fight with his waist knife. The generals on the opposite side saw that Zheng Zhilong's old department was about to make a move, and they also took out their waist knives and surrounded Wanyi.

Zheng Chenggong saw that it was not good to have a big event, but he didn't expect that the other side would make his internal people confused with just a letter, what should he do now?

At this time, Chen Yonghua, who was behind Zheng Chenggong, stood up and said, "What do you generals want to do?" Back then, you all volunteered to follow the prince, was there any coercion from the prince? General Wan, when your brother guarded Yongningwei for the Manchu Dynasty, and the Manchu governor Tong Guonai threatened you, who took you in? General Liu, who was defeated and besieged under the city of Nanjing, and who asked the prince to take him in? Have you forgotten the poisonous oath you made when you knelt in front of the prince? ”

Chen Yonghua's words were very powerful, these generals who surrendered back then were all forced to come, if Zheng Chenggong didn't take them in, it would really be a shame every day, so several people who were asked by Chen Yonghua took back their swords one after another, and then knelt on the ground to ask Zheng Chenggong for forgiveness.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong stood up and helped up a few generals, and then said: "Don't worry, everyone, you are all brothers of this king, how can this king forget his brother?" Let's go down first and think about what conditions are needed. This king heard that Emperor Shenwu is very rich, and the seven-rank official will give out 800 silver dollars every year, and he will definitely not treat everyone badly in the silver land! ”

The generals in the hall were all big and rough, and they didn't know that this was Zheng Chenggong's strategy to delay the army, so they laughed one by one, and retreated to prepare for what conditions they wanted.

After the generals retreated and all the ministers were left in the hall, Zheng Chenggong's gloomy face said, "Everyone has seen it!" A letter from Zhu Hongsan, a faint king, made Wang Jun's heart unstable, let's talk about what to do? ”

He Tingbin is now the chief of the palace and the nominal head of the civil officials, so he stood up and said: "Lord, that Zhu Hongsan has always had no faith, I heard that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, who were meritorious in the past, were just raised in Beijing by an idle prince, and Li Chengdong's 30,000 cavalry was taken away, and he was sent to Yunnan to die. So the subordinates think it's better not to be attached, isn't it good for us to occupy Taiwan and stand on our own? ”

Zheng Chenggong thought about it, the temptation of self-reliance is great, who doesn't want to be an independent emperor by himself? But in this way, he became Zhu Hongsan's mortal enemy. Although he has hundreds of thousands of subjects, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and hundreds of warships, it is not enough to compare with the behemoth Daming, and this self-reliance is really not desirable.

Zheng Chenggong looked at Chen Yonghua, Chen Yonghua stood up and said, "Lord Wang, this self-reliance is absolutely impossible!" The identity and strength of the prince come from the orthodoxy of Yongli, and if he stands on his own, his subordinates will immediately be scattered! In addition, Taiwan is isolated overseas, and now there are only more than 100,000 people on the island, and all daily necessities depend on the mainland. If the prince is self-reliant, there is no need to fight, as long as smuggling is strictly prohibited from Taiwan, then we will not be able to stand it in a few years! ”

Chen Yonghua is right, that is, in the original time and space, the Zheng clan still held the most powerful navy in the whole of Asia, and it was also helpless under the Manchu Qing Dynasty's policy of sealing the customs and forbidding the sea. In the end, Zheng Kexuan couldn't hold on anymore and had no choice but to surrender to the Manchus.

Zheng Chenggong thought about it, what Chen Yonghua said was right, but he surrendered like this, and he didn't give up in his heart.

"Fufu, you have an idea, what can you do to get the most benefit from this king?"

Chen Yonghua sighed in his heart, in fact, he very much hoped that Zheng Chenggong would be attached to it, after all, they were all Chinese, plus Chen Yonghua had been poisoned by Confucianism for a long time, and he still attached great importance to the great unification in his heart. But now that Chen Yonghua is Zheng Chenggong's strategist, he has to think of ideas for his master to solve problems.

Chen Yonghua continued: "Lord, we can learn from King Mu's Mansion in Yunnan, after all, the prince opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and this credit should not be bad for a county king!" ”

Zheng Chenggong heard that this was good, and it was not bad to maintain a small world of his own under the banner of Daming.

"Fufu, tell me in detail what should be done?"

"Lord Wang, if you want to become a Daming vassal you must have two points, the first is to enhance your own strength! Although the prince is now known as having 100,000 armor, most of the troops are in the hands of Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai, so the prince will solve Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai in these few months! The second point is internal stability! The scene in the hall just now was also seen by the prince, and if the internal instability is not good, it is easy for outsiders to take advantage of it! ”

Those generals just now were indeed a bit excessive, Zheng Chenggong thought about it and nodded, and asked: "Fufu, these are all easy to do, but this king lacks time!" How can we buy time for this king? ”

Chen Yonghua said: "This is simple, let Yang Chao send a letter to the prefect, saying that he wants to negotiate peace, but your prefect's level is too low, and a senior official will be sent from the central government." Fujian is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and it takes more than a month to communicate every time, so isn't there time? ”

Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed when he heard Chen Yonghua say this: "Okay, this matter will be entrusted to Mr. Chen!" ”