The son was praised, and it was also honorable to be Lao Tzu, Zheng Zhilong stroked his beard and smiled, pressed his hand, and everyone stopped praising and waited for the eldest brother to speak. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Zhilong then told everyone about the rest of the matter, and when they heard that as long as they cooperated with the imperial court to collect taxes on sea trade, the Zheng family would be able to conquer Fujian, and they all gasped in surprise, and their eyes shot a hot light, obviously very moved.

"Shizhen" means feudal, which means that you can inherit the highest military position in Fujian and govern the place with the governor and officials, and the governor is a liuguan, and the generals of Shizhen are indigenous.

One hundred and ten years later, the Zheng clan will spread its power all over Fujian, and slowly Fujian will become the private territory of the Zheng clan and become a veritable prince of the country! And it is also legal, recognized by the imperial court, and under normal circumstances, there is no need to worry about being exterminated as a rebel and thief!

What a great honor and temptation "Shizhen" is for a military minister! It's not much different from the feudal princes! To tell the truth, the price offered by the imperial court is really high!

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to speak, and in the end, Zheng Hongkui took the lead, and whispered tentatively: "This matter is not trivial, I don't know what the eldest brother means?" ”

Zheng Zhilong coughed.

The guards standing on the side understood the school, slowly exited the lobby, and shouted an order: "Everyone take ten steps back, keep the highest vigilance, no one is allowed to approach, and violators will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" After a sound of the collision of armor leaves and weapons, the family members retreated, and formed a fan-shaped warning area ten steps away from the lobby.

The pro-soldier general was still a little uneasy, strode to the outside of the hall, and after looking around, he turned around and closed the door of the hall, and waited at the door.

In the lobby, everyone was short of breath, quietly waiting for Boss Zheng's decision.

Zheng Zhilong looked directly at everyone and said, "To put it mildly, big brother I am in Fujian now, and there is no difference between me and Shizhen, but I am just missing a name!" ”

After listening to this, everyone nodded unconsciously, Zheng Zhilong said the same thing in Fujian, all the gentry and businessmen have to look at Zheng Zhilong's face to act, and the power has already surpassed the nominal Wenchen governor, and there is indeed not much difference from the "Shizhen" in essence. The price offered by the imperial court seems to be extremely high, but it is suspected of being a white wolf with empty gloves!

"There is some truth in what the eldest brother said. However, the younger brother thinks that it is good for the imperial court to make the eldest brother worthy of the name after all. Zheng Hongkui grinned and continued: "People say that wealth and nobility do not return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes at night, the eldest brother is now rich and powerful, so he lacks a position!" With the Marquis of Annan and the name of "Shizhen", even if the eldest brother rules Fujian, no one dares to say irresponsible remarks, and the governor of Fujian can also be hereditary descendants, and there is no need to worry about being rich for three generations.

As for cooperating with the imperial court to collect taxes on maritime trade, this is not easy? When the time comes, the imperial court will send officials over, and it will be enough for us to pay a hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and the city department used to collect only forty thousand taels of taxes every year, so we will give the imperial court one million! That's interesting!

The profits of sea trade are tens of millions, one million a year, and it is just a drop in the bucket for the eldest brother. ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't interject during the whole process, and listened carefully until the second brother Hongkui finished speaking, then nodded undeniably, and then fell into deep thought, and the scene suddenly became very silent, just when everyone was so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks.

Zheng Zhilong spoke, at this time his face was calm, not impatient or impatient, he obviously had made a decision in his heart, he looked around at everyone, and said majestically: "At present, the eastern captives are in the north, and there is a plough court sweeping the holes, sweeping the world, and it is unknown whether the imperial court in the south of the Yangtze River can keep the southeast half of the wall."

The situation is unclear at the moment, I can't make a rash decision, in case the small court in Jiangnan can't fight the Tartars and collapses, how much is the title of Marquis of Nan'an worth at that time? The so-called "Shizhen" is nothing more than a joke.

In these years, there are soldiers and guns to be the king of grass, I have thousands of warships under my command, tens of thousands of strong soldiers, no matter who sits in the Dragon Court in the Central Plains at the end, I can't underestimate the 100,000 troops under my command, and I will try my best to flatter and entrap me. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong shook his shoulders, touched the thick beard on the corner of his mouth, smiled, and said: "So, the eldest brother thinks that this deal doesn't need to be done in a hurry, but now the situation is unclear, so let's put it off for the time being, and when the situation is clear in the future, it's not too late to make a decision!" ”

"It's worthy of being a big brother, in a word, incisive!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone couldn't help but praise in unison, and they were all impressed by Zheng Zhilong's old scheming.

"Big brother is far-sighted, which is beyond the reach of crude people like us."

"There is a big brother sitting in Fujian Province, we are not afraid of whoever comes!"

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Zheng Zhilong was very useful for a sycophant, stroking his beard with his hand and smiling.

On the second day, when Zhu Chenggong was full of hope that his father would agree, Zheng Zhilong gave him a Mo Ling reply, which made Zhu Chenggong very regretful and distressed, and had the heart to persuade again, but his father looked at him angrily.

Zhu Chenggong saw that his father was angry, and he didn't dare to say anything to him, so he could only hide his grievances and words in his heart.

At the beginning of October, Zhu Chenggong reluctantly said goodbye to his parents, and when he took the fleet and sailors to Nanjing to resume his life, his heart was full of self-blame, and he felt that he had a negative grace, and he kowtowed more than a dozen times in front of the emperor, and had the heart to apologize for his father, until Zhu Youhua personally helped him up.

Zhu Youhua didn't expect Zheng Zhilong's old lord to be so treacherous, as long as he didn't nod, the matter of sea trade taxation could only be stranded without restrictions, fortunately, Zhu Chenggong's trip was not without gain, at least brought three thousand elite sailors who were familiar with water warfare, as well as hundreds of large and small warships, hundreds of Furlong machines, and Hongyi cannons. Lao Zheng's corner has been dug up some. These equipment and manpower greatly enhanced the strength of the Yangtze River Naval Division.

Together with Zhang Mingzhen's old Taizhou Navy Division Battalion and newly recruited sailors, the Yangtze River Navy Division has a total of about 12,000 soldiers.

There are more than 300 large and small warships, and the main warships are still the dozens of large warships of more than 500 materials sent by Zheng Zhilong, plus more than 200 guns of various types (most of them are tiger squat guns), and the training is enough to dominate the Yangtze River for a few months.

In the more than a month that Zheng Chenggong went south, there was still an endless battle in the court, and Ruan Dacheng repeatedly instructed his cronies and younger brother Emperor Shangshu to rebuild the "Three Dynasties Huidian", trying to overturn the reverse case of Emperor Chongzhen, and overturn the case to the eunuch colleagues, but they were all desperately stopped by the Donglin Party.

Zhu Youhua was not yet successful, and he was unwilling to intensify the party struggle for the time being, forcing the Donglin Party to jump over the wall, so he temporarily favored Donglin politically and did not agree to the request of the Ruan Party. The matter of rebuilding the "Three Dynasties Canon" was put on hold without restrictions.