In Fuzhou Mansion, Fujian, where the political envoy's yamen is located, Xiong Wencan, the political envoy of Zuobu, sat in the backyard hall of the political envoy's yamen and panted heavily. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In front of him was Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader sitting cross-legged.

Xiong Wencan attaches great importance to Zheng Zhilong's recruitment this time, and now the governor of Fujian has not been set up for almost two years, if he Xiong Wencan can do this, he will solve the matter of Haijiang in one fell swoop, and in the future, he can become the next governor of Fujian in one fell swoop in terms of his merits and the political qualifications of Zuo Bu's political envoy.

Although he is also a feudal official, the governor of Fujian is a Beijing official, with the official titles of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of War, with great authority and military power, while the political envoy is only a local official in charge of civil affairs, and there is a right political envoy who is constrained, and sometimes he has to be subject to the control of the imperial history.

Therefore, Xiong Wencan dreamed of becoming a Futai, playing the banner of the king's life, and showing off his might.

Although he was a literati from a scholar's background, he was very good at dealing with the three sects and nine streams, otherwise he would not have contacted Zheng Zhilong, and he would not have been hostile to these pirates like other paranoid literati.

Even, he and Zheng Zhilong almost became friends who talked about everything, and also became the master of Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zheng Zhilong.

Note: According to the original historical trajectory, it was supposed that Qian Qianyi would become Zheng Chenggong's master, but now Qian Qianyi has entered Beijing in advance and become the first assistant of the cabinet by castrating himself, but this is not Jin Yong's martial arts world, so he can't practice the sword book or the sunflower treasure book.

But what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that Zheng Zhilong would actually send his younger brother Zheng Zhihu to attack the fleet of the imperial court envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom while negotiating with him.

Although Xiong Wencan is just a local political envoy, he has been in Fujian for a long time and has his own news channels, and he was extremely shocked and angry when he learned the news, so he invited Zheng Zhilong very anxiously.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong's casual movements, Xiong Wencan felt arrogance and arrogance at the moment, rather than the chivalrous and heroic spirit he thought in the past.

"Teacher, please use tea!"

However, seeing that this young man named Zheng Chenggong who had been staying in his own political envoy yamen and was taught by himself made himself a cup of tea first, Xiong Wencan's face softened slightly, and he couldn't help suppressing the anger in his heart, handed an unsealed letter to Zheng Zhilong, and asked Zheng Zhilong: "Feihuang, tell me what's going on, why did your people suddenly attack the fleet of my Ming court, this is not the duty of a courtier!" ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard Xiong Wencan say this, he couldn't help but feel horrified, and hurriedly looked at Zheng Zhilong: "Father! ”

"It's none of your business here, go down first!" Zheng Zhilong knew that his son was very simple-minded and full of loyalty, and if he left him here, some things would be difficult to say, so he first drank a few words from Zheng Chenggong, without taking into account that this was in the Yamen, and Xiong Wencan, the political envoy of Zuo, was still sitting here, making it feel like he was in his own home.

Xiong Wencan was also a little secretly unhappy because of this, but he did feel that Zheng Chenggong was not suitable here, so he also put down the teacup and said: "Mingyan, you go down first, and say a few words to your father alone for the teacher." ”

Zheng Chenggong can also retreat.

And here, as soon as Zheng Chenggong left, Zheng Zhilong laughed first: "Look at what Brother Yunjin said, Xiaomin is just a person who eats at sea, how can he have the courage to go against the imperial court, but Xiaomin is entrusted by the coastal people, and he can't let some small people disturb the tranquility of this sea area. ”

Although Zheng Zhilong did not dare to oppose the court on the surface, the meaning of his words was obvious, he did not deny that he would offend the court, but your court can't do anything to me except regard this as a misunderstanding.

Although Xiong Wencan has a good temper, he suddenly became a little angry about this: "Then do you still want to accept the court's recruitment?" ”

"Yes!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't think about answering a sentence: "Don't hide it, Xiaomin, I'm old, and I have long wanted to return to my hometown to retreat, so that the sunset and the leaves will return to my roots as soon as possible, and now I can only rely on you, the boss, to fulfill Xiaomin." ”

"Then you still dare to do something to the imperial court's fleet, don't say whether this is a misunderstanding or not, even if you misunderstand, you can't afford to be guilty!"

Xiong Wencan saw that he still intended to belong, his face softened slightly, but his tone did not decrease slightly, he couldn't let this pirate leader gain any more inches, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong saw Xiong Wencan so excited, and naturally knew that he was deliberately performing for himself, in fact, he also wanted to join the imperial court through him, so that it would only be good for him and not bad, so Zheng Zhilong was not angry at all, and still said very proudly and unscrupulously: "Brother Yunjin, it may be said that a group of robbers suddenly broke into your backyard, if it were you, wouldn't you fight out, this doesn't make sense!" ”

"Fallacy, pure fallacy!"

The angry Xiong Wencan slapped the table a few times, got up and shouted angrily: "When did this sea become your Zheng family's backyard, and the imperial court's fleet became a robber?" ”

"Brother Yunjin, that's the case, you go and ask the entire Nanyang countries, including the shogunate of the Japanese Kou, do you know the imperial court or our Zheng family, don't hide it, as long as Brother Yunjin is willing, I can let you marry a princess orchid now, it tastes absolutely good", Zheng Zhilong laughed as he spoke.

However, Xiong Wencan was even more angry and purple, he didn't expect this Zheng Zhilong to be so domineering, and unabashedly said that the sea area was the world of his Zheng family! This is obviously not in the eyes of the imperial court, Xiong Wencanrao wants to covet this part of the merit of recruiting Zheng Zhilong, and he does not dare to betray the interests of the imperial court to cater to Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader, so that he will die an ugly death.

Zheng Zhilong was very proud, and when he saw Xiong Wencan's deflated and angry appearance, he had a particularly comfortable feeling in his heart.

In order to be able to belong to the imperial court and become a prince who is truly recognized by the imperial court, just like the Guan Ningjun of the Wu clan in Liaodong before, he Zheng Zhilong bent a lot in front of Xiong Wencan, and said a lot of good things in a low voice, otherwise he would not let his son still recognize him as a teacher, and even he deliberately called this Xiong Wencan his brother, and even gave his favorite concubine to Xiong Wencan.

But what he Zheng Zhilong didn't expect was that this Xiong Wencan's ass finally sat on the side of the imperial court, and actually attracted the attention of his own fleet, and even wanted to cut off his way to make a fortune at sea, but he only gave himself a false name!

Zheng Zhilong felt that he was not so stupid, and watched the imperial court send a fleet to challenge his bottom line.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong took action very decisively, and looked at Xiong Wencan angrily very directly, the meaning is obvious, I just want to see how your court wants to eat me but has nothing to do with me.

Xiong Wencan really can't do anything with Zheng Zhilong now, although he is the political envoy of Zuobu in Fujian, he has no military power, so he can't deter this arrogant Zheng Zhilong.

However, just when Zheng Zhilong was proud, Xiong Wencan's staff member Shaoxing Hou came over.

Xiong Wencan, who was in an embarrassing state and had been silent, saw this, so he moved his attention to this Master Hou: "What's the matter, didn't you tell you that you can't come in if it's not an emergency?" ”

"Forgive me, master, it's not an urgent matter, it's the fourth master of the Zheng family who is anxious to see his eldest brother, please ask the uncle to come over", Master Hou said this, Xiong Wencan couldn't help but snort angrily, and thought: "Come on, my own master has also been bought by others, and the fourth master is a good slave." ”

Angry, Xiong Wencan has no confidence to rely on now, so he can only endure it, and generously let Zheng Zhilong go out to see his fourth brother.

The so-called fourth master of the Zheng family is Zheng Hongkui, who is the fourth oldest among Zheng Zhilong's brothers, so he is called the fourth master of the Zheng family.

Compared with several other brothers, Zheng Zhilong does not have a very good relationship with his fourth brother, but his fourth brother is a strategic one, and he gets along well with his son Zheng Chenggong, so he has to pay attention to his fourth brother.

As soon as he saw Zheng Hongkui pacing anxiously outside the door, he couldn't help asking, "Fourth, what's wrong?" ”

"Ouch, eldest brother, you finally came out, the second brother brought the news, we are defeated!"

Zheng Hongkui hurriedly walked towards Zheng Zhilong, and then pulled Zheng Zhilong and said as he walked forward: "Our people came back and said that the strength of the fleet of the imperial court envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom this time was not as weak as we imagined, it was stronger than we imagined, especially that there was an ironclad ship that could travel on the sea, which was simply incredible!" The fleet we went to this time came back less than ten ships, and they said that it seems that the second brother has been arrested by the imperial court! ”

"What! The second brother was caught by the imperial court! ”

Zheng Zhilong suddenly seemed to have a scorching thunder on his head, this news blew up so that he was stunned, he was still in Fujian Zuobu just now Xiong Wencan was proud, and even deliberately angry Xiong Wencan, relying on his Zheng family's strong sea strength, he can be afraid of any opponent; But he didn't expect that his fleet was actually defeated in the hands of the imperial court, and it was still a fleet of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he also sent Zheng Zhihu, the second brother of his Zheng family, who was the most powerful in battle!

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect this kind of result, and even if he really lost, he still had room to turn around, and it was a big deal to add strength to fight that fleet again, but now his second brother Zheng Zhihu was captured alive by the imperial court, which is simply the biggest shame since his Zheng family pirates dominated the sea!

Zheng Zhilong had to send people to continue to investigate the truth, and he didn't dare to act rashly, and he was even embarrassed to come to see Xiong Wencan, the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu.

And Xiong Wencan didn't want to pay attention to this Zheng Zhilong recently, he was really disappointed in Zheng Zhilong, he didn't expect this kind of person to be so arrogant and domineering, he had lost confidence in appeasing Zheng Zhilong.

In addition, he also got an urgent report that the imperial court was going to send Li Mingrui, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, and Li Ge Lao to Fujian to preside over the recruitment of security, which made it clear that the imperial court also learned the news of Zheng Zhilong's rash attack on the imperial fleet, and asked Li Mingrui to ask him Xiong Wencanxingshi to ask him for the crime.

Xiong Wencan was also very anxious at this time, and he had to draw a line with Zheng Zhilong first, so as not to make the court mistakenly think that he had fallen to Zheng Zhilong's side.

At the same time, he also had to start preparing to prepare for Li Mingrui and Li Ge Lao, and sometimes what was the above opinion, just how did this Qin Cha play.

Xiong Wencan didn't dare to be sloppy, not to mention that this Li Mingrui was a celebrity next to His Majesty!

Later, Zheng Zhilong also learned the news that Li Mingrui was coming, and his mood was also complicated, he guessed that after he attacked the imperial fleet, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, would definitely no longer trust Xiong Wencan, the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu, and sent his trusted imperial court officials to Fujian to investigate.

He Zheng Zhilong originally wanted to take advantage of the victory of this attack on the imperial fleet to put pressure on the ministers of the Qin Mission, and on the basis of teaching a lesson to the political envoys of Fujian Zuobu, and thus show the true strength of his Zheng family in front of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But now what he Zheng Zhilong didn't expect was that his second brother did not succeed in attacking the court's fleet, but ended up in prison, which is equivalent to the initiative in the hands of the imperial court.

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Li Mingrui is in a good mood now, as soon as he arrived in Lingnan, there was no trace of chill, which made him really refreshed, of course, more because the first fleet of the imperial court in the North Sea defeated the Zheng pirates, which gave him confidence.

The so-called money in hand, not panicked is such a truth.

As soon as Li Mingrui arrived in Fuzhou City, he was very much like a cabinet scholar, his eyes were empty, and he took out the prestige of Tianxian, and asked Xiong Wencan: "Brother Yunjin, what about Zheng Zhilong, is it possible to let the official personally invite him?" ”

Li Mingrui's words carried a trace of anger, without any fear of Zheng Zhilong, as if as long as Zheng Zhilong dragged on for another half a moment, he would directly kill Zheng Zhilong.

But not long after Li Mingrui asked, a report came from the front, saying that the maritime merchant Zheng Zhilong asked to see him.

Li Mingrui naturally didn't stop him, so he asked people to summon Zheng Zhilong in, instead of Xiong Wencan's previous intention to invite Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong became very knowledgeable about the rules this time, knowing that although he was rich in the world, he was only a white coat at present, so he didn't want to see Xiong Wencan wearing brocade clothes that only scholars, officials or princes and nobles were qualified to wear, but just wore a half-old cotton dress and hurriedly walked in, and as soon as he came in, he bowed to Li Mingrui: "Grass man Zheng Zhilong has seen Li Ge Lao, please give Li Ge Lao goodbye!" ”

"Get up, just stand on the side, this official will wait for His Majesty to ask you a few words?"

Li Mingrui said.

But this surprised the others, why didn't they let Zheng Zhilong sit down, but let him stand, this old Li Ge seemed to be quite big.

At this time, Xiong Wencan on the side was quite unhappy and puzzled, he clearly remembered Zheng Zhilong's bravado in front of him that day, but why was he so low in front of Li Mingrui today, is it because Li Mingrui's official is bigger than himself?

However, what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that Li Mingrui was suddenly shocked here, and changed his tone, and said very sternly: "Someone!" Take Zheng Zhilong down for me! ”

It's not just Xiong Wencan, others are also very surprised by this, although this Li Ge Lao is a big official from the capital, he is too bold, he wants to take down Zheng Zhilong directly, is this to recruit peace or suppress bandits.