Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty had too little population and insufficient troops, they would give preferential treatment to the powerful warlords who surrendered, from Kong Youde and other Sanshun kings to Wu Sangui, and then to Jin Shenghuan, Xu Yong, Li Guoying and others, they would basically increase their officials and enter the knighthood, and use them according to their talents, thus encircling a large number of "loyal" traitor troops.

But Zheng Zhilong is an exception.

Zheng Zhilong's command was known as an army of 200,000, and more than 110,000 people surrendered with him, providing a powerful naval division for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and also made great contributions to the Qing army's occupation of Fujian, but he only got the empty title of a first-class Jingqi Nihafan, and was placed under house arrest in Beijing for many years.

The reason for this is that Bolo and others are making trouble.

In order to deceive the military exploits, Bolo lied about the military situation, counted the credit for the capture of Fujian on his own head, and fabricated more than 20 battles of various sizes, the object of the battle was of course Zheng Zhilong, in his report to the Qing court, Zheng Zhilong desperately resisted the Qing Dynasty's royal division, and was forced to surrender after being cornered by the Qing army.

Bolo's lying about his exploits is not a personal act, but a unified voice of the whole army, and has been tacitly approved by the Haoge faction in the DPRK, so Zheng Zhilong's surrender must be erased, no matter how Zheng Zhilong serves the Qing army, it is destined to end well.

There were too many Manchu nobles who personally participated in this scandal, Zheng Zhilong was tight-lipped after arriving in Beijing, and lived for more than ten years. As for the truth of this matter, Shunzhi was not ignorant of it as an adult, but in order to maintain the stability of the court situation, he was unwilling to turn over this bad debt more than ten years ago, so he sacrificed Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong's army is claimed to be 200,000 strong, most of whom were born from pirates. In addition to the Chinese, there are whites, blacks, Japanese, Southeast Asians, a standard "eight-nation coalition army", in addition to family members, there are many people who are crew members responsible for maritime trade, which cannot be considered a real army.

Among Zheng Zhilong's 200,000 troops, he can really take the stage. It was the troops under Shi Fu and others, Shi Fu was Shi Lang's uncle, Zheng Zhilong's general in his early years, and he belonged to hardcore cronies, and his troops later followed Li Chengdong into Guangdong. It did a lot of damage to Nanming.

Zheng Zhilong wanted to surrender to the Manchus, but was met by Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Hongkui. Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Cai and many generals opposed, but he still tried his best to complete the deployment of surrendering to the Manchu Qing because he firmly held the military power.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong's prestige in the army was already very high. Zheng Zhilong also gave him a certain amount of military power, but because Zheng Zhilong was going to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the contradiction between father and son deepened, and Zheng Zhilong took back his military power.

Since Zheng Zhilong's elite troops all surrendered to the Manchus. In the first two years when Zheng Chenggong had just raised the banner to resist the Qing Dynasty, his subordinates were a group of rabble, and they almost lost one battle and one battle.

But Zheng Chenggong showed his military talent at this time, concentrated on training troops in Gulangyu, Xiamen, spent three years to train an elite army, and obtained some of Shi Fu's elite soldiers by recruiting Shi Lang, and finally created a brilliant career.

Although Zheng Chenggong was born in a pirate family, he received a traditional Chinese education, and he was born as a showman, and he almost became a lifter, judging from Zheng Chenggong's life experience, he is not a heroic character, and his moral requirements are almost harsh, so sometimes he is not very flexible, and he has certain mistakes in dealing with Shi Lang and Zheng Jing (his eldest son).

But having said that, if Zheng Chenggong was a sleek person, he would not insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty, but would follow Zheng Zhilong to surrender in exchange for glory and wealth - character determines fate, which is beyond reproach.

When Zheng Zhilong was about to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong's break with him was an inevitable result, but in order to save Zheng Zhilong as much as possible, Zheng Chenggong made his greatest efforts and tried hard to persuade his father many times, Zuihou was arrested by Zheng Zhilong, if he was not secretly let go by Zheng Hongkui, nine times out of ten, he would be forcibly taken to Beijing.

Zheng Chenggong fled alone, did not change the result of Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, all the elite troops surrendered to the Manchu Qing, Zheng Chenggong raised the banner to resist the Qing Dynasty in the first few years, the situation in Fujian was very difficult, and the Qing army was not much contained.

Something could be changed......

"Bixia, what does Zheng Zhilong want for half his life?" Wang Kefan asked, what is Zheng Zhilong's biggest goal in life?

"This ......, the plan of Pingguo Gong, is nothing more than the governor of Fujian and Guangdong." Emperor Longwu and Zheng Zhilong have been dealing with each other for more than a year, and of course they know Zheng Zhilong's intentions.

"Yes, can Bixia make Zheng Zhilong the governor of Fujian and Guangdong? Even if Bixia named him the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, could he really control Guangdong and Fujian? ”

Zheng Zhilong, representing the ocean shili on the southeast coast of China, behind him, is a huge maritime group, when they cooperated with Emperor Longwu, there were fierce conflicts with the traditional civil official group, Zheng Hongkui retired, Zheng Cai was demoted, Longwu and Zheng Chenggong turned against each other, and the roots came from here.

Zheng Zhilong's strategy throughout his life was to cooperate with the imperial court and develop towards the sea, as for whether this imperial court was Ming or Manchu, it didn't matter to Zheng Zhilong.

If you consider it from Zheng Zhilong's standpoint, his enemy is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nor the Ming Dynasty, but the Dutch on the other side of the strait (Taiwan). If he wants to defeat the Dutch and dominate the seas of East Asia, he must have the support of the mainland...... With the successive victories of the Manchu Qing, Zheng Zhilong had long wanted to part ways with Emperor Longwu and cooperate with the powerful Manchu Qing.

The maritime merchant class he represented also hoped to obtain a stable and cheap supply of goods from the mainland to ensure the interests of maritime trade, and since the Manchus were about to seize the world, the maritime merchant class was unwilling to go to war with the Manchus.

Zheng Zhilong wanted to surrender to the Manchus, not because he was confused for a while, but because of a profound reason.

However, the Manchus did not understand the liliang of the sea and did not intend to accept Zheng Zhilong......

Because of geographical reasons, compared with Fujian, Guangdong has greater potential for maritime trade, and there is a maritime shili in Chaozhou and other places that confront Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong's dream is to serve as the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, and unify China's maritime shili...... This position, Emperor Longwu could not have given him.

Zheng Zhilong and Emperor Longwu have basically turned their faces, and there is an attempt to surrender to the Manchus, in order to appease him, and then give him the entire territory of Guangdong Province, that is a decision made by a political idiot.

Moreover, the Qing army has invaded Fujian, Guangdong is in danger, and Guangdong Province is the territory of Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, even if Emperor Longwu makes him an empty governor of Fujian and Guangdong, Zheng Zhilong cannot really control the two provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, Zheng Zhilong also knows this very clearly, so it is impossible to continue to cooperate with Emperor Longwu.

On the contrary, he had illusions about the Manchus, hoping to use the Qing army's Liliang to occupy Guangdong and become the maritime overlord controlling the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong.

Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Manchus was an inevitable result and irreversible! (To be continued......)