After bidding farewell to Yan Siqi, the envoys headed for Fujian under the escort of Wang Mengxiong's sailors, and the fleet finally returned to Fuzhou after sailing on the sea for five days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The first thing he did after returning to the governor's yamen was to report the entire mission to the governor Zhu Qinxiang. Sun Yueling recounted to Zhu Qinxiang in detail the before and after of this mission to Taiwan, until Zhu Qinxiang's face changed several times, his brows were deeply furrowed, and finally he heard that they had escaped from Fort Geranza, united with the local Han forces to counterattack and win, and forced the Dutch to compromise. ”

Sun Yueling took a heavy breath and said in a deep voice: "Zhongcheng, the subordinates' envoy to Taiwan this time was originally smooth sailing, if it wasn't for Xu Xinsu's instigation of discord, how could he have suffered from such a lot of trouble?" Although Xu Xinsu escaped, the main messenger behind it was the chief soldier Yu Zhigao, who was unforgivable for the crime of misleading the country and monopolizing the sea trade, and asked Zhongcheng to uphold justice for me, and not let the blood of those strong men who sacrificed for the country be shed in vain! ”

Zhu Qinxiang tightened his eyebrows when he heard this, and he didn't say a word. Although the envoy mission to Taiwan this time achieved its goal, it also paid a heavy price, and he was well aware of all these circumstances, but the question that Sun Yueling said was too serious for him to answer for a while.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Sun Yueling continued: "My lord, the Fujian military is so erosive, and Yu Zhigao is sitting on one side, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and there are signs of separating one side. I also hope that for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, you must not indulge this situation. ”

These words were very serious, and Zhu Qinxiang's face was even more heavy after hearing this, and he couldn't help but think. Sun Yueling's words are not unreasonable, Yu Shigao has indeed been in charge of one party over the years, and has responded perfunctorily to the decrees of the imperial court, and even ignored several instructions issued by the governor's yamen. However, he thought about it again, Yu Zhigao has deep roots, and he has recently attached Wei Zhongxian, a powerful eunuch, and it may be difficult to deal with him, and it may be difficult to do it with his current strength.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to deal with Yu Zhigao, it's just that the other party's strength is too strong, and I'm afraid that you and I won't be able to defeat him." ”

Sun Yueling hurriedly said: "Zhongcheng, as long as you and I jointly write a letter to impeach together, and the matter of Yu Zhigao misleading the country and harboring pirates will be repeated, I don't believe that Jinshang will not punish him, let alone Jinshang, I am afraid that even any minister of the imperial court will find it difficult to tolerate the military generals sitting on the big side and ignoring the imperial court." After a pause, he said, "The Yu family has been operating in Fujian for many years, and the water cannot be dialed in, and the needle cannot be inserted, which has long aroused the dissatisfaction of many people in the DPRK and China. ”

Zhu Qinxiang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Sun Zhentai, now that Yu Zhigao has been attached to the eunuch party, as long as Wei Zhongxian protects him, let alone a single bullet, it is difficult to convict him even if the evidence of his crime is conclusive." Besides, your and my accusations are mostly speculative and have no real evidence, and I am afraid that this move will lead to burning, which is not good for ourselves. ”

Speaking of which, Sun Yueling knew that Zhu Qinxiang was unwilling to impeach Yu Zhigao with him after all, and said angrily: "Since the adults refuse to fold up, then the next person will fold up, even if he can't participate in him Yu Zhigao, he must plant this seed in the emperor's heart, so that the courtiers in the court know where Yu Zhigao's power has expanded, and he can influence the law of the court at will, and dare to send people to attack and kill the court officials!" ”

Zhu Qinxiang said: "Sun Zhentai can't be rash, you will only cause disaster to yourself by doing this, and it is definitely not the best policy." After a pause, he continued, "Do you know what happened in the imperial court recently?" ”

Sun Yueling was shocked in his heart and said, "What do you mean by Yang Lian and others?" ”

Zhu Qinxiang nodded and sighed: "Donglin lost power, the eunuch party sat big, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other six people were arrested by Wei Gelding and returned to Beijing and sent to prison, and now all six people have been killed, and none of them have survived." Looking at Sun Yueling, he continued, "The eunuch party has begun to purge me Donglin, but I am afraid that even if you and I are thousands of miles away from Beijing, we will not be able to avoid this disaster." Therefore, it is not wise for you to write a letter of impeachment at this time. After that, he sighed again, and the sorrow between his eyebrows was even worse.

Sun Yueling was speechless when he heard this, with the loss of power in Donglin, there were "six gentlemen" in front and "seven gentlemen" in prison, all of which were revenge measures launched by the eunuch party against Donglin, and he probably still knew about these things. However, if he had to take a breath of patience and make no action at all against the old guy Yu Zhigao, he would never be able to do it. Although the eunuch party is powerful, he believes that the apocalypse must still trust him, otherwise he would not have used him more heavily when Donglin was reprimanded.

Moreover, after the last pirate turmoil, it can be seen that Tianqi is still on his side, otherwise he should be taken away from his post when he kills Zhang Ruzhen without authorization. Sun Yueling came down with a heart at this time, even if the way of heaven is obscure and the world is unscrupulous, he must impeach him Yu Shigao for this time, otherwise he will not be sorry for his conscience, sorry for the many subordinates who died with him, and sorry for the well-dressed people of the Ming Dynasty.

After making up his mind, the whole person became relaxed, and Sun Yueling said to Zhu Qinxiang with a straight face: "Since this is the case, then the subordinates of this matter have their own sense of proportion and know how to do it." Don't worry, your subordinates won't implicate you! With that, he made a salute and strode away, leaving Zhu Qinxiang, who was looking at him stunned, there alone.

After returning to his residence, he wrote a summary of his mission to Taiwan overnight, and emphatically explained that the difficulties encountered by the envoy did not come from the outside, but from within, especially from the constraints of the military. In this recital, although Yu Zhigao is not explicitly stated, everything he says between the lines is directed to him, the head of the party. This is not enough, Sun Yueling also deliberately described in detail Yu Zhigao's attempt to win him over to run the sea trade together, and pointed out that the relationship between Yu Zhigao and Xu Xinsu is extraordinary, and the reason why Xu Xinsu was able to monopolize the lawlessness of the sea trade was that Yu Zhigao was supporting.

When this letter was sent to Beijing by the official messenger, Sun Yueling breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know what kind of impact this letter would bring, but what he should have done had been done, he was loyal to the apocalypse and the Ming Dynasty, without two hearts, and had a clear conscience.

In addition, he also wrote a letter to Zhu Qinxiang entitled "Maritime Trade Public and Private Negligence", in which he pointed out the shortcomings of the government's monopoly on maritime trade, and combined with the specific situation of the current maritime trade, he elaborated on the necessity of opening the sea and prohibiting trade, and the government only needs to strengthen supervision and guidance, and there is no need to restrain traders, let alone stipulate the number of ships, everything must be left to its own devices, and the people are encouraged to participate more in maritime trade.

After this document was submitted, Zhu Qinxiang did not say anything, Sun Yueling knew that things could not be forced, so he could only slowly persuade and explain, maybe after a little while, Zhu Qinxiang would be able to see the disadvantages of controlling the sea trade, so that he could adjust the strategy.

In the following period, Sun Yueling continued to deal with the matter of "opening Taiwan across the sea" with Lu Wenheng, recruited the second group of soldiers to Beigang, and sent them on a sea ship bound for Taiwan.

Half a month later, Zheng Zhilong sent back the news from Beigang that Yan Siqi finally died in Zhuluo Cottage, Taiwan, but before he died, he brokered the marriage between Zheng Zhilong and Yan Ke, and passed the position of leader to Yan Ke. Fortunately, this personnel change did not cause any other changes, and Li Kuiqi, Chen Xinji and others all expressed their loyalty to Yan Ke.

Under the strategy of Yan Ke and Zheng Zhilong, Yan Siqi's original 28 forces were integrated into 18 forces, stationed in Beigang and Gerancha Town respectively, and united the local Da Belly Kingdom, played the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and completely took root and consolidated in Taiwan.

This is also the only thing he feels happy about at this time, although history is still running along the inherent track, but there has been some deviation, although Zheng Zhilong is in charge of the armed forces, but in Beigang and Gerancha Town, the Ming government has also sent officials and set up a temporary yamen to govern. With the Ming officials exercising jurisdiction over the people in Taiwan, they can play a supervisory role in Zheng Zhilong and others, so that they will not break away from the Ming Dynasty and become a separatist force.

On this day, Sun Yueling was sitting upright and handling important affairs according to the judge's yamen, Dongfang Shengping suddenly broke in from outside, holding a manuscript in his hand, and said to him: "My lord, look at this? ”

Sun Yueling put down the pen in his hand, took the scroll and looked at it, only to see a few big characters written on the cover, "Donglin Point General", and couldn't help but be surprised: "What is this, how can I have my Donglin name?" When I opened it, I saw a few lines of reprimands for the Donglin Party written on the homepage, and when I turned it back, the content was shocking, and the marks were all the cadres and important members of the Donglin Party.

I saw that it read:

The two leaders of the general army: Tiankui Xing and Shi Yu University scholar Ye Xianggao, Tiangang Xing, Yu Qilin Minister, Shangshu Zhao Nanxing;

A member of the vanguard: the Heavenly Killing Star Black Whirlwind Officials are all given to Wei Dazhong in the matter;

In charge of the two confidential military divisions: Tianxian Xing into the clouds, the dragon Zuodu, the imperial history, Gao Panlong, the Tianji Xingzhi, the multi-star Zuoyu, the Miaochang period;

Five Tiger Generals of the Ma Army: Tianyongxing Broadsword Left Deputy Yushi Yang Lian, Tianxiongxing Leopard Head Left Yushi Zuo Guangdou......

The more he turned back, the more he was angry, what was this doing, completely spelling the Donglin Party into a pot of simmering and making a big summary.

turned to the back, and saw that the name of his Sun Yueling was also impressive:

Guarding the twelve generals of the Chinese army: Han Kuang, a scholar of Tianweixing Nine-Pattern Dragon University, Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Linlong University, Li Ruobing, the smiling face of the Dizang Star, the son of the Tiger Country, Li Ruobing, the main Zhong of the Jinling Association of the Heavenly Crazy Star, Fang Yichen, a member of the Tai Sui Soldier Department of the Heavenly Sword Star, Sun Yueling, the envoy of the Nine-headed Insect of the Heavenly Hidden Star, Zuo Chunfang, the prodigal son of Tianqiaoxing, Zuo Yude, Qian Qianyi, and Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Dimanxing Jade Banner Pole Department......

Sun Yueling was furious and said, "Where did this book come from? ”

Dongfang Shengping said cautiously: "This is a book printed and distributed by the imperial court, and now it has been widely circulated among the neighborhoods......

"Too much deception!" Sun Yueling is extremely bright, even if Donglin is declining and being reprimanded, the eunuchs don't need to hurt people like this, not only printing the names of all Donglin courtiers into a book, but also spreading them everywhere and spreading them widely, completely ignoring them, the Donglin officials who are still serving in the court.

"We're not dead yet, the eunuchs are so arrogant!" Sun Yueling pointed to the hand of "Donglin Point General Record" and trembled spontaneously, "The eunuch party compiled us into a volume, do you want to follow the map and catch them all?" ”

Dongfang Shengping saw that he was angry, and hung his head and didn't dare to interject.

"Celestial Submarine Hydra?" Sun Yueling was still roaring at himself, and said, "I hate this kind of indiscriminate nickname in my life, and I am so embarrassed to write about me. This is completely wanton slander, even if I usually forbearance and retreat, I only focus on the overall situation, how can I bear the word 'latinary'? Hydra? Am I not as good as a worm in their eyes? ”

Sun Yueling slapped the table and shouted, "Find out who wrote this book for me, and when I return to Beijing in the future, I will be the first to settle accounts with him." ”

End of Volume VII.