The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"The imperial court has not set up a governor in Fujian for many years, and now it has suddenly set up this position in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, I don't know what it means?

The new Governor's Young Hero, who rose into the army, was still known in his heart, and for the sake of safety, the relocation plan was suspended. ”

Zheng Zhilong contemplated the key to it, but he never understood the essentials.

Of course, he had considered whether this move was something that the imperial court wanted to deal with him, but after analyzing the situation, he felt that it was completely impossible.

During the Apocalypse, the imperial court was powerless to deal with itself, let alone now?

It's just that southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong are the Zheng family's sphere of influence, so he can't help but think more.

"It's okay, this matter is not in a hurry.

However, I heard that the new governor has a good impression of our Zheng family, I wonder if it is true? It's a pity that Yun Niang's people didn't hear it with their own ears. ”

Zheng Zhihu has always been unconditionally obedient to the decision of his eldest brother, which is not only based on family affection, but also Zheng Zhilong's long-term calculation of the last resort, so that the Zheng family dominates the sea today.

"It's not easy, after so many years, these hypocritical adults in Fujian officialdom have finally been fed, and now they can speak for the Zheng family."

Thinking of the contempt of the Fujian civil officials for the Zheng family, Zheng Zhibao was very emotional.

Although the Zheng family is rich and rivals the country and dominates the ocean, the arrogance of the Ming civil officials has penetrated into the bones. For this reason, the eldest brother Zheng Zhilong does not know how much manpower and material resources have been spent to get to where he is today.

"Second brother, you have someone to prepare a heavy gift, and tomorrow the four brothers will meet the Governor together."

Zheng Zhilong spared no effort to win over Fujian officials, let alone the governors of the two provinces.

Zheng Zhihu nodded and went to arrange it by himself, and didn't ask how much he would send. In the Zheng family, they have already formed a routine for heavy gifts and generous gifts, they don't care about money, what they want is stability and convenience.

On the second day, the four Zheng brothers took hundreds of soldiers and horses, escorted some special products, and rushed to Fuzhou.

At this time, Qin Haoming was also very busy.

As the newly appointed governor, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, if Qin Haoming did not ask his subordinates to discuss matters in the first three days, they would generally not have official business to harass the governor.

After all, there are many things to arrange in the house when you first arrive. Only by solving daily life can we deal with government affairs.

However, as a subordinate, the life of a leader is a big thing.

In the morning, Li Mingyi, the prefect of Fuzhou, personally led the secretary office, staff, and messengers to help the governor's office deal with some trivial matters of life.

For example, the recruitment of cooks, gardeners, servants and maids, etc., all of which require the local white families in Fuzhou, and the Fuzhou government has their household registration, which is naturally more convenient.

At three o'clock, he commanded Chen Yishan to personally come to the door and sent 10,000 pieces of silver and 10,000 catties of grain and his armor to the guards, which was known as the labor army.

But everyone knows that the guards are private soldiers, and the commander is responsible for them, and they do not receive state salaries.

Later, Li Yiping, the political envoy of the left cloth, asked the staff to send a few paintings, and Wu Zhiping, the political envoy of the right cloth, sent a few vases, saying that it was to decorate the governor's palace and make a little bit of friendship.

But looking at the appearance of their staff members holding it carefully, Qin Haoming knew that these things were worth a lot of money, and they were no less than what Chen Yishan gave them.

There were other unknown officials at all levels and local squires, holding a greeting note to write the name of the gift, and using various ways and excuses to congratulate the Qin Governor on his new appointment.

This is still asking people who are qualified or capable to dare to send things to the Governor's Palace.

For half a day, there was an endless stream of visitors, and even had to wait in line. Qin Haoming brought out the clansmen from Qinjia Village, looked at the three houses that were full, and was dumbfounded and speechless.

At a moment in the afternoon, Zheng Zhilong's motorcade finally arrived at the gate of the Governor's Palace.

"Hurry up, please!"

Hearing the proclamation of the guards, Qin Haoming, who was greeting him, did not slack off in the slightest, and commanded loudly.

"Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla in Quanzhou coastal defense, and his younger brothers Zhihu, Zhibao, and Hongkui saw the governor of Qin, prepared a little courtesy, and congratulated the governor of Qin on his new appointment and benefited the people of the two provinces."

It can be seen that the Zheng Zhilong brothers must have repaired and taken care of it on the way. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so neat and tidy after a journey of two hundred miles.

"You're welcome, General Zheng has worked hard all the way, please sit down, it's just a little shabby."

In the hall, Qin Haoming asked people to serve tea, raised his hands falsely, and the two sides sat down together.

The four brothers of the Zheng family are all good-looking, especially Zheng Zhilong, who has three long wisps and good manners.

Qin Haoming's friendly attitude made Zheng Zhilong's hanging heart fall to the ground slightly, in the past, in front of Zhang Kentang and Wu Zhiping, he did not eat much closed-door soup.

It seems that it is better to bring the troops to the rescue. Or, as the intelligence said, Qin Du had a good impression of the Zheng family.

Asked the fourth brother Zheng Hongkui to go out and direct the gifts to be moved into the mansion, Zheng Zhilong took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, held them in both hands and respectfully handed them to Qin Haoming and said:

"When the Qin Governor opened the government and built the government, he must use money everywhere. It's only 500,000, it's not a tribute, it can be regarded as the Zheng family's support for Qin Du, please smile! ”

What is a local tyrant? This one in front of you is.

What is Atmosphere? It's still the one in front of you.

Even though Qin Haoming was a little prepared in his heart, knowing that the Zheng family was rich and rivaling the country, he was still shocked by Zheng Zhilong's generosity.

The gifts sent by the Zheng family outside the house, seeing that Haozi dispatched dozens of personal guards to help, it was inevitable that the goods worth at least tens of thousands of dollars would come to them.

Who knows, Zheng Zhilong's real killer is here?

The goods outside were just stones he threw and asked for directions. This is the rhythm of directly shooting yourself to death, and getting it done at once!

In fact, Qin Haoming was very strange in his heart, is Zheng Zhilong a hero?

The answer is yes!

Throughout his rise, it was not all smooth sailing.

Not to mention the process of fighting in the early stage, after his rise, the Dutch united with other pirates, took advantage of his unpreparedness to yin him once, and almost wiped out his main fleet.

The Dutch thought that they could control the sea route in this way, but they didn't expect Zheng Zhilong's speed of adjustment to be amazing, and it didn't take long for him to make a comeback.

He fought a tough battle with the Dutch East India Company, which was rampant in the world at that time, and knocked out the flagship of the Dutch in East Asia, and the Dutch were forced to sign an alliance under the city.

promised that all the transactions in East Asia in the future could only be done with him.

Then he turned his head and exterminated the pirate brothers one by one, becoming the most powerful water force not only on the coast of China, but also in the whole of East Asia.

After removing all obstacles, he built his own city in Anping, and used the navigation and business base of Anping Town, Quanzhou, to break the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty and prosper the sea market.

Its armed fleet is clear-fledged and sharp, sailing along the coast of China. Between Taiwan, Macau and Japan, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia.

He made full use of his power and financial resources to expand maritime trade, and almost monopolized China's trade with overseas countries.

After Zheng Zhilong was appeased, those who were not allowed to order the flag of the Zheng family could not come and go.

At that time, all cargo ships in East Asia had to do business under the banner of Zheng Zhilong, and the protection fee of 3,000 taels of silver for each large ship was not on credit, and Zheng Zhilong was now the richest man in the world.

But such a character has no shortage of courage, but why did he whisper to curry favor with the local officials who bribed the Ming Dynasty, is it just to strive for the stability of the Zheng family?

Because as far as Qin Haoming knew, since Zheng Zhilong was recruited by Xiong Wencan, he almost responded to Daming's requests, and basically did not refuse or have other dissenting intentions.

It can even be said that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a burden of endurance and humiliation.