"Father-in-law, this is the way to the palace, right? Who wants to see me, please let my father-in-law know, otherwise I won't go. Zheng Zhilong asked anxiously. Zheng Zhilong knew that the palace was not so easy to enter.

"The miscellaneous family was instructed by the emperor to invite Zheng Tongshi to enter the palace to see him." When the eunuch arrived here, he told him that Zhu Youxiao wanted to see Zheng Zhilong.

"Father-in-law, do you know why the emperor summoned the villain?" When Zheng Zhilong heard the emperor's summons, he still avoided the Dutch to see him, and he was inevitably a little apprehensive.

"The miscellaneous family doesn't know, Zheng Tongshi naturally knows when he sees His Majesty." The eunuch said. Of course he really didn't know.

Zheng Zhilong didn't ask much, everything could only be known when he saw the emperor. After all, if the emperor wants to see him, he can't hide.

……

Until Zheng Zhilong entered the palace, Zhu Youxiao had been in the palace recalling the deeds of Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Dan, and Yan Siqi, and conceiving his own plan to experience Japan. And the key to the whole plan lies in Yan Siqi.

"Zheng Yiguan, I heard that the relationship between you, Zheng Dan and Yan Siqi is extraordinary, but is there such a thing?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the villain doesn't know the two of them, but he has heard the names of the two of them." Zheng Zhilong replied calmly. Hearing Zhu Youxiao talk about these two people, he was secretly shocked in his heart, he did know both of these two people, but the reputation of these two people in Daming was not very good, so his answer was also false.

"But I heard that Zheng Dan is your father-in-law, and it was your father-in-law who recommended him to serve as the general secretary of the Dutch this time." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. Although Zhu Youxiao doesn't know much about Zheng Dan and Yan Siqi, Zhu Youxiao still knows very well about Zheng Zhilong, a man of the year in the late Ming Dynasty.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong gasped, he knew that the person who knew about this matter was definitely no more than one hand, he didn't know how Zhu Youxiao knew, but in this case, he knelt on the ground without hesitation and said: "The villain is a capital crime, the villain should not deceive the emperor, and please forgive Your Majesty!" Although the villain and that Zheng Dan have the name of father and son, the villain has always urged Zheng Dan to return to the imperial court......"

"Get up, although Zheng Dan is a pirate, he is also a person I admire, and few people can achieve such an achievement as he can do with the profession of pirate." Zhu Youxiao interrupted Zheng Zhilong's words and said.

"Your Majesty, if Your Majesty wants to appease the villain's father-in-law, and the villain is willing to go in person, the villain will definitely be able to convince the villain's father-in-law." Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Youxiao's tone and thought that Zhu Youxiao wanted to appease Zheng Dan.

"I didn't come to you this time to recruit An, although Zheng Dan has a strong power at sea, but he can't get into my eyes, I might as well tell you that I am building the empire's sailors in Fujian and Shandong, and the empire has spent 10 million taels of silver on these two sailors." Zhu Youxiao said very frankly.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong was also skeptical about Zhu Youxiao's words, of course, now is not the time to care about this, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly asked: "I don't know why Your Majesty summoned the villain this time?" ”

"I recruited you here this time for Yan Siqi." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The villain is indeed familiar with Yan Siqi, but how does Your Majesty know Yan Siqi?" Zheng Zhilong asked suspiciously. Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to hide it this time, he felt that Zhu Youxiao knew far more than he imagined.

When Yan Siqi fled to Japan, Zhu Youxiao was not born yet, not to mention that Yan Siqi was not a big person, except for pirates, few people knew him, but Yan Siqi himself was not a pirate, outsiders would not notice him at all, and today few people in Daming know about him at all. Zheng Zhilong was very strange, how did Zhu Youxiao know about Yan Siqi?

"I occasionally heard that this person was plotting a rebellion in the Japanese Kingdom, and I had the heart to support him and help him." Zhu Youxiao said.

Hearing this news, Zheng Zhilong was even more surprised, Yan Siqi is now holding the position of a snail in Nagasaki, although Yan Siqi often expresses dissatisfaction with the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, but he has never heard of the rebellion, "The villain has never heard of this matter, and he really doesn't know." ”

"Yan Siqi has been dissatisfied with the Tokugawa shogunate for a long time, and when you return to the Wa Kingdom this time, you can tell Yan Siqi: first, I allow him to borrow the Great and Small Ryukyus as a base, second, I allow him to recruit an army of no more than 10,000 people from the territory of the empire, and third, I can fund him a batch of arms and weapons for 50,000 people, and the place of delivery will be in Xiamen, and I will hand over the transaction to Dongchang." Zhu Youxiao said.

"I don't know what conditions Your Majesty has?" Zhu Youxiao's conditions are very favorable for Yan Siqi, and Zheng Zhilong feels that Zhu Youxiao must have a plan.

"Regarding the conditions, I didn't think of it for the time being, as for why I want to fund Yan Siqi? The Japanese have endangered my Ming Dynasty for a long time, and now it is time for the Japanese people to repay it. Zhu Youxiao thought about it and said.

"The villain must bring words to Yan Siqi." Zheng Zhilong said without hesitation. Zheng Zhilong felt that no matter whether Yan Siqi rebelled or not, this deal would not be a loss for Yan Siqi.

"Now that you are going to the Wa Kingdom, you will bring a secret decree to the Ryukyu King Shangfeng, and your actions will be supported by the King Shangfeng. There is also Xiaoliuqiu, I only allow Yan Siqi's people to operate in the area of Bengang, and the army is not allowed to leave Bengang, as for Zhongshan, I have no requirements, but I must also respect the king of Ryukyu. It's also important to be careful of leaking secrets before you get into trouble. Zhu Youxiao emphasized.

"The villain understands, but His Majesty's last sentence is meaningful?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, what you have to do is a major crime of killing your head, and you have to guard against it." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"The villain will remind Yan Siqi." Zheng Zhilong said.

In history, Yan Siqi was just about to rebel, the matter was leaked, and everyone had to flee Japan, this time Zhu Youxiao hoped that they could succeed in the uprising, and it was best to cause a heavy blow to Japan, so that his next plan could be implemented more smoothly.

……

Just when Zhu Youxiao was dealing with these things, Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan handed over another batch of silver, this time it was one million taels, and now there are more than ten people working under Zhang Hui Quan Yuan.

The money came too much and too quickly, and Zhu Youxiao didn't even have time to launder the money. The original money laundering method was too slow, and Zhu Youxiao had to find a faster money laundering method.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered the matter of hiding silver during the Wanli period. According to historical records, during the Wanli period, the emperor hid a batch of silver in the cellar of the Yangxin Palace, and later due to the sudden death of Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong, the whereabouts of this batch of silver became a mystery.