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He is also a sea hegemon, and now what does it mean for a pavilion elder from the capital to do this, could it be that he is not low-key enough and wants to give himself a dismount?

As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Zhilong also understood what Li Mingrui meant, and at the same time, when he thought that his own people dared to be defeated, and his younger brother Zheng Zhihu was also caught in the hands of others, it was not when he turned his face immediately, so he had to endure it, and asked with a little grievance: "Elder Li Ge, what are you doing?" ”

Xiong Wencan and the other officials were also dumbfounded, they didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be obediently allowed to be held by Li Mingrui's guards, and they didn't dare to resist at all!

"Elder Ge, will you do this too much, after all, this Zheng Zhilong is at sea", Xiong Wencan was afraid that Li Mingrui would not know the true strength of Zheng Zhilong, a sea hero, and make such a wrong move, and even anger Zheng Zhilong, so he whispered to Li Mingrui, which can be regarded as a reminder.

But what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that Li Mingrui just chuckled lightly and waved his hand to interrupt Xiong Wencan's kind prompt: "No need to say it, Yunjin, I know what you have to say, but you just need to remember one thing, under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister; This Zheng Zhilong is just a slightly stronger pirate ear, the court can caress it, and if it can, it can be suppressed, so why care about his feelings. ”

Xiong Wencan didn't know where this Li Ge Lao came from with such a big confidence, but he was deeply afraid that this Li Ge Lao would completely make the entire Zhao'an matter deadlock or even fail, so he had to risk that it would cause Li Mingrui's disgust and reminded again: "Li Ge Lao, please forgive Xia Guan for talking too much, I really don't hide it, just a few days ago, Xia Guan just got the news that the fleet of my Ming Dynasty was attacked by this Zheng pirate when it went to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and now I am afraid that it will be more than auspicious!" Xiaguan has already sent the news Pegasus to the capital, but Li Ge Lao, you have to know that once this Zheng Zhilong is forced to be in a hurry, he will really do anything! ”

Li Mingrui still smiled faintly, thinking that this Xiong Wencan probably didn't know that the imperial court had already learned the news of the Ryukyu naval battle before him, and he already knew the result.

But now Li Mingrui didn't have time to explain in detail to Xiong Wencan and his little political envoy, and when he saw that Zheng Zhilong had been caught, he slapped the table again, which really frightened the people on the side!

I only heard this Li Mingrui asked in a cold voice: "Zheng Zhilong!" This official also asks you, what is your intention in daring to attack the fleet of the Ryukyu Kingdom sent by my imperial court! The official can give you a chance to make a statement, and will truthfully hand your answer to Your Majesty, but if you have half a false sentence and half a big disrespectful place, watch your head! ”

"Watch your head!"

Li Mingrui suddenly roared again, and the domineering momentum made the officials stunned, but Zheng Zhilong was full of anger and clenched his fists in anger.

But when he thought that his side had just been defeated by the imperial court, and how strong the imperial court still had at sea, he still didn't know, so Zheng Zhilong had to hold back his anger, deliberately cried and mourned, and roared: "Wronged, Li Ge Lao, Xiao Min is just a civilian, where do you dare to blaspheme the angels, Xiao Min has just gotten the news, it seems that the people of the Satsuma Domain attacked the fleet of my Ming envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate, so that Xiao Min is innocent!" ”

"For the specific reason, the imperial court will send someone to investigate it carefully, and you don't need to remind you! This official only asks you one sentence now, have your Zheng family been involved in this matter? ”

Li Mingrui looked at Zheng Zhilong, who was slightly obese, with a serious face.

"Nope!"

Zheng Zhilong directly denied it without thinking about it, Satsuma Domain is a Japanese pirate group, and it is also quite powerful at sea, and it has always had some contradictions with the Zheng family, and there are also contradictions with the imperial court.

"Sophistry! According to the information that my Jinyi Wei has obtained, the person who commanded this attack was your own brother Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu! And now that he has been escorted to the capital, it will be known as long as the first trial is the time, so it is difficult for you to think that you can easily get through the test like this! ”

Li Mingrui said loudly.

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said: "Ge Lao Mingcha, this is a matter of nothing, the younger brother of the lower official is doing business in the area of Quanzhou chicken coop, how can he have dealings with the Satsuma Domain, presumably the people of the Satsuma Domain deliberately used the banner of my Zheng family, and attacked the angel in the name of my younger brother Zheng Zhihu, in order to provoke the relationship between the small people and the imperial court!" ”

Li Mingrui didn't expect this Zheng Zhilong to be able to explain like this, and secretly sighed in his heart that this person was worthy of being a hero on the sea, and his reaction was also in a hurry, but he was too ruthless, and even his own brother could be denied when necessary.

"Hmph, whether it was your Zheng family's doing, or the Satsuma clan deliberately wanted to frame your Zheng family under your banner, the court will investigate in detail, since you intend to belong to the court, you should understand the duty of a minister, don't think that your Zheng family has the final say on this sea, the court is really a paper tiger, let you run rampant, to tell you the truth, this time in the Ryukyu naval battle, the court just dispatched a warship, and they all won a big victory!"

As soon as Li Mingrui said this, Xiong Wencan and other local officials suddenly realized, and said in their hearts: "No wonder this Li Ge Lao wanted to arrest this Zheng Zhilong as he came, and he shouted at him without fear, it turned out that it was because he already knew the results of the Ryukyu Naval Battle, and he had to admit that the imperial court got the news much faster than himself." ”

A group of officials couldn't help but let out a long breath like Xiong Wencan, these days, they have been angry with Zheng Zhilong, and now they can be regarded as raising their eyebrows, when they look at Zheng Zhilong, their waists can't help but straighten up, and even with Li Mingrui in their eyes, they are no longer reckless and arrogant and ignorant, but the courage that a superior person should have.

But Zheng Zhilong's heart was extremely aggrieved, he had never been mentally prepared for the defeat of the Ryukyu Naval Battle and then he would be questioned by the imperial court, and now he suddenly responded to it, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

After Zheng Zhilong finally coped with Li Mingrui and was released back by Li Mingrui, his son Zheng Chenggong also ran over: "Father, I heard that you asked your second uncle to attack the fleet of the imperial court envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom?" ”

Zheng Chenggong saw that his father Zheng Zhilong didn't answer him, so he continued: "Father, you can't do this! In this case, will the court still accept our subordination? ”

"Sen'er!" Because of the anger of Li Mingrui, a cabinet scholar, Zheng Zhilong was already in a bad mood, and now that his most proud son actually taught himself a lesson in front of him, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but get angry, shouted at Zheng Chenggong, and reprimanded: "You shouldn't have been allowed to learn anything in the first place, full of loyalty, kindness and frugality, do you know that you can now become Xiong Wencan's student, and why can you be praised as a guest by this Fuzhou ordinary showman, do you think it is really you who are eight buckets?" ”

Note: At this time, Zheng Chenggong's name is Zheng Sen, which is familiar to readers, and Zheng Chenggong is written in the narration.

Zheng Zhilong said without waiting for Zheng Chenggong to answer, and continued to drink: "You are wrong to think so!" They are looking at your Lao Tzu's silver, looking at the hundreds of miles of sea is the world of our Zheng family, if we don't have these, we are thieves in their eyes, that is, thieves who everyone gets and is punished, don't you understand! Now that the imperial court wants us to disarm and return to the field, don't even think about it! ”

"But, father", Zheng Chenggong still wanted to persuade a few more words, such as going against the imperial court is not good after all, and even the Tartars and Guan Ningjun in the north have not benefited much; But before his words came out, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and stopped Zheng Chenggong's answer: "Okay, there is no need to say any more, there is no need for you to mention what to do for your father, you go and meet your teacher, contact these powerful people more, if something really happens in the future, maybe the court will not spare your father, but it will open up to you." ”

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People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Zhu Youxiao is in a very good mood now, he didn't expect that the First Fleet of the North Sea could perform so well, so that he thought it would be extremely difficult to get rid of the maritime trade dilemma that was abandoned by pirates, and he actually took the first step so easily.

It can be said that although the Battle of the Ryukyus was just a small-scale naval battle, it was not a big loss for the Zheng group, but it was a good proof that the imperial court could challenge the power of the Zheng group.

At least, there is no need to be too accommodating and compromise to appease Zheng Zhilong in the future.

And what surprised Zhu Youxiao even more was that this Ryukyu naval battle actually captured Zheng Zhihu, a fierce naval general, alive, and he was also Zheng Zhilong's younger brother.

Regardless of whether this Zheng Zhihu can be used for himself in the future, Zhu Youxiao plans to try.

It can be said that the current Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhilong are simply two different treatments, Zheng Zhilong was scolded by Li Mingrui in Fuzhou and did not dare to fight back, and Zheng Zhihu, who was originally a captured pirate leader, was escorted back to the capital by the Jinyi guard, although he was shackled and sat in a prisoner car, but because he received special instructions from His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao, he had to rest every twenty miles, and he needed to be treated as a seven-grade official at every post station.

This made Zheng Zhihu very surprised, and he was even more worried about how the imperial court was going to deal with him, it stands to reason that a thief like him would have to be cut in half if it wasn't Ling Chi.

As soon as he heard that Zheng Zhihu had entered the capital, Zhu Youxiao was busy asking Xu Xianchun to personally bring Zheng Zhihu to the Qianqing Palace.

Zheng Zhihu is the first time to enter the Forbidden City, the first time to face the saint in this way, frankly speaking, he is a little nervous, as a Ming Dynasty person, even if he used to be a thief who has killed countless people, the moment he stepped into the palace wall, he will instinctively feel afraid of this high imperial power.

"Your Majesty has a decree to remove Zheng Zhihu's shackles and allow him to walk to face the saint!" The little eunuch ran over at this time and shouted loudly.

"Yes!"

Qin Botong, the chief officer of the North Sea Fleet, who was responsible for escorting Zheng Zhihu into the palace to meet Zhu Youxiao, and Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, responded at the same time, and personally lifted the shackles for Zheng Zhihu.

Zheng Zhihu is not a sleek person like his brother Zheng Zhilong, nor is he a scheming person like his fourth brother Zheng Hongkui, he is more of a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, and his thinking is relatively simple, coupled with the influence of the traditional idea of loyalty, Zhu Youxiao's sudden removal of the shackles of his hands and feet made him inexplicably moved, and he had a sense of expectation for the emperor who had not yet met.

"Pile up the folds higher, all the palace maids who look good will go down, Wang Chengen, you will also go down, and then go and call Qian Qianyi on duty in Xinuan Pavilion to me!"

Zhu Youxiao deliberately wanted to pretend to be particularly diligent, so he deliberately piled up some folds that could have been handled by the cabinet and the celebrant in front of him, and he sat in the pile like a cold window and read hard, wearing a pair of reading glasses to review, and at the same time let the palace maids and eunuchs who represented absurd government affairs retreat, the purpose was to make a look of a diligent and loving king in front of pirates like Zheng Zhihu.

There is no way, if you want to impress a person, you can't just rely on money and beauty, benefits may only be useful for smooth people, but for people with simple thoughts, you need to be moved by great and righteous actions.

Zhu Youxiao is like this now, he wants to make this Zheng Zhihu realize that he, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is a lord of Zhongxing who can be loyal, and he cares about the people of the world, not like his brother who is selfish and only cares about the interests of his own small group.

If Zheng Zhihu not only has his brother Zheng Zhilong but also himself, the Ming Emperor, in his eyes, then this Zheng Zhihu should be moved by his actions, at least he can be moved.

"Your Majesty!"

Qian Qianyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, walked in at this time and saluted Zhu Youxiao very respectfully.

"Throne!"

Zhu Youxiao gave a direct order, and Wang Chengen, who was hiding behind the screen, hurriedly brought a pier to Qian Qianyi to sit down, and then Zhu Youxiao deliberately asked Qian Qianyi about some things.

Qian Qianyi's practical ability is not strong, but he is very good at talking, and he can pull out a lot of logical words, so in the eyes of outsiders, it is easy to see that His Majesty the Emperor and the first assistant of the cabinet have a tacit understanding, and they are very suitable for the monarch and the minister.

Zheng Zhihu didn't think that he would run directly into the front hall gate and kill Zhu Youxiao, not to mention the surveillance of the surrounding Jinyi guards, even he himself didn't have this idea.

And when he saw that the young man in the yellow robe was very humble and asked an old official for advice, he seemed to think that this might be what the emperor and his ministers should be.

Zheng Zhihu almost threw the defeat out of the clouds in an instant, and at this time, in his heart, there was only awe of the young king.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhihu has brought", as soon as Qin Botong shouted, Zhu Youxiao appropriately threw the pen in his hand on the ground, directly stained the gray-white carpet and the dragon robe was also stained with ink, and stood up very excitedly: "I didn't expect our Zheng Da Hero to arrive so soon!" ”

Zheng Zhihu was a little flattered, he was still thinking about what kind of reprimand he would face when he met the Ninety-Five Venerable, but he didn't expect it to be so touching, cordial and admirable.