Almost at the same time, both the Zheng family and the Yangzhou Zhenshui Division concentrated the fleets they could mobilize to prepare for an unprecedented Armageddon.

As for the negotiations in Nanjing, in fact, neither side took it seriously.

As a matter of fact, under the current circumstances, the balance of forces between the two sides is five to five, and it is impossible to talk about it at all. Only by first striking a balance of power in one side can we arrive at a treaty that both sides can compromise.

But Zheng Chenggong didn't understand that during this period, the future head of the Zheng family was in the second year of middle school and was still in the training stage. I don't understand my father and the third uncle's behavior of shaking hands with Sun Yuan on the table, but punching and kicking under the table.

"Third uncle, aren't we negotiating peace with Sun Taichu, but now we are concentrating so many troops to fight a decisive battle with the Yangzhou Naval Division, isn't it too ......?"

"Too what?"

Zheng Hongkui had a rare serious face in front of Zheng Chenggong.

The young Zheng Chenggong couldn't help lowering his eyelids when he was looked at by the third uncle's stern gaze, and said, "I'm just ...... I just feel that if I do this, I can't win people's trust and make others laugh. ”

"Shame?" Zheng Hongkui shook his head: "Fusong, Fusong, you call the third uncle, what do I say about you?" ”

"My nephew listens to my third uncle's teaching."

Zheng Hongkui: "Fusong, you raise your head and look at me with your eyes, yes, that's it, don't flicker your eyes, don't run away." There are many things that you can't just run away from. ”

He stretched out his hand and touched the shoulder of the young Zheng Chenggong, and sighed: "Fusong, I also know that you have also been on the battlefield. He took the lead on the battlefield, fought bravely, and made many achievements. Supposedly, people like you have long since been embraced. But when it comes to prestige in the navy, you can't compare to your brother. ”

Zheng Chenggong's face flushed slightly: "The second brother is all over the world, but I can't compare to him." ”

"No, no, no, don't underestimate yourself." Zheng Hongkui said: "There is a difference between handsome and general, your brother's talent is in the war, and your talent lies in the commander." To be a qualified commander, in addition to having a generous heart, you must also have a resolute character and far-sighted vision. And you don't have either of these things at the moment. Among them, especially character, can determine a person's future achievements. ”

He continued: "Fuson, you have probably read too many books, and you have a somewhat gentle temperament, and you like to look at people in good things in everything, and you don't like to have head-on conflicts with people. "+ Chess + Chess + Piece + Small + Say + Net .More and More Complete" I know that you admire Sun Taichu very much in your heart, do you admit this or not? ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded: "Third uncle, Sun Taichu can pull up a strong army at the age of a weak crown, retire from the construction of slaves, suppress thieves, and please Liu Chao, and he can make great achievements at a young age, and he is the real champion of this world!" I think I'm just twenty this year, and compared with him, I can't achieve anything. Now that the country is in turmoil, my family and Yangzhou Town should abandon their past suspicions, go to the national disaster together, and serve the imperial court. How can you fight first, so that the relatives are painful and the enemies are fast? According to my nephew, Sun Yuan wants to live in harmony with my family on the Japanese route in the Yellow Sea, and he just agrees to him. Our family's sea trade is very profitable, even if it is given to Yangzhou Town. If the Ningxiang Army grows stronger, the country will have more power to fight rebellion in the future. ”

"Confused, confused!" Zheng Hongkui didn't get angry this time, but smiled bitterly: "Fusong, you have a pure heart and the ambition to serve the country, and I am very pleased to be my uncle." If this is said by others, Uncle Wei may be greatly rewarded and say a good man. But you are the future head of the Zheng family, and you are the one who is in charge, but you can't do things that are happy. ”

"Fusong, have you ever thought about it, once you inherit the position of the eldest brother in the future, you will have to bear the burden of hundreds of thousands of people's livelihood. That's right, the profits of my Zheng family sea trade are huge. On the surface, there is nothing to share with Sun Yuan on the Japanese side, but this is only the surface. Don't forget, there are red-haired ones here in Fujian, and they occupy the chicken coop. The same is true on the South Seas side, and the Dutch are not so easy to mess with. Over the years, we have had repeated frictions with the red hair, but in fact, the benefits are not as beautiful as they seem on the surface. The entire water division is actually in a state of struggling to support. If Japan is backlogged by Yangzhou Town's water division again, I am afraid that life will be sad. ”

The wry smile on his face was even stronger: "It's okay to have a sad life, but we are different from the Ningxiang Army." Sun Taichu, it is nothing that they have a hard time, but we can't do it. ”

Zheng Chenggong asked curiously: "I also ask the third uncle." ”

Zheng Hongkui said: "The predecessor of the Ningxiang Army was the military household of Dahewei, and the soldiers in the army were all military registration, and their bodies and land were firmly attached to Sun Taichu, and they were displaced people when they left the Ningxiang Army, so even if the life was hard, the troops would still not be chaotic; As for the Tianxiong Army and the Jiubian Elite in the Ningxiang Army, they are the essence of my Ming Dynasty border army, and they will obey him Sun Taichu, no matter how poor they are, it is impossible to leave. Moreover, Sun Yuan led them to be able to continuously achieve victories and obtain meritorious deeds. It can be said that the Ningxiang army is monolithic. But we can't do it, although the people of my Zheng family are all from homeless people and pirates. Many people are only interested in profit, once my Zheng family can't support them, I'm afraid that they will disperse immediately, and start another stove to do pirates, maybe they will turn around and give us a knife. ”

"Our water army is a monster fed by money. Once they can't be fed, the problem is big. Therefore, we can't just throw out the Japanese route, we have to hold it firmly in our hands. Otherwise, once the people's hearts are scattered and the troops are in chaos, Fusong, what are you talking about serving the country? ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed: "The third uncle is reasonable, but when he fought with the Ningxiang army, his nephew felt a little sad in his heart. ”

"You, you still don't think of yourself as the future commander of the Zheng family! After two more years of training, you will understand. Zheng Hongkui comforted him and said: "The Ningxiang Army and my Fujian Navy Division both have the ambition to serve the country, but this does not prevent us from competing for power in the four seas. ”

"Well, it's the third uncle." Zheng Chenggong didn't understand and didn't want to think about it anymore, so he asked: "This time our peace talks have collapsed, and it seems that we have to stay in Nanjing for a while." ”

"Not for a while, it's for a long time. Perhaps, in the next few years, Fusong will not be able to return to your hometown in Quanzhou. ”

"Huh?"

Zheng Hongkui said: "I forgot what you said to Fusong, the eldest brother just flew the pigeon and passed the book, saying that my Zheng family has gone through the door and found a Nanjing Guozi supervisor for you, so that you can study hard in the school." ”

Zheng Chenggong was a little stunned: "I want to study?" ”

"Yes, Fusong, you are the future head of my Zheng family, and you will have to shoulder the entire water army in the future. A little earlier to enter the Guozijian to study, and an early day to contact the upper echelons of Nanjing, it will be good for you and the future of the Zheng family. Besides, don't you like to read? Speaking of this, Zheng Hongkui showed a smile on his face: "By the way, I have already negotiated with the old man and asked you to worship under the door." ”

"I'm a protégé of the shepherd!" Zheng Chenggong was surprised, but also a burst of joy in his heart. Qian Qianyi is a benchmark figure from Tanhua, the leader of Donglin, and the leader of Jiangnan Shiling. Being able to be his student, Zheng Chenggong was extremely excited.

Seeing Zheng Chenggong's overjoyed appearance, Zheng Hongkui smiled and asked, "Fusong, are you happy?" ”

Zheng Chenggong: "Third uncle, the old man is a university scholar, and my nephew is naturally happy to be able to worship under his disciple." ”

Zheng Hongkui was happy in his heart, and secretly thought: Fusong, Fusong, my eldest brother and I asked you to be a student of Qian Muzhai, but I didn't let you learn some Bagu Wen, Zi Shiyun, and I didn't think that I would let you take the Jinshi exam and become a Qipin Zhixian County. If you want to learn, you must learn the true ability to command thousands of troops and manage hundreds of thousands of people.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui let Zheng Sen worship under Qian Qianyi this time was mainly based on two considerations.

First of all, Zheng Chenggong was cultivated by his family as a future head of the family since he was a child, and from the age of six, he hired his husband to go home to enlighten and familiarize himself with Confucian classics. This Zheng Chenggong is indeed a reading material, he can write poetry at the age of seven and write at the age of ten, he is simply a prodigy. In the eleventh year, he won the fame of Xiucai and became a student of Nan'an County.

If this development continues, in the future, maybe you will really have to be a lifter, or even a jinshi.

However, because he has read a lot of books, Zheng Chenggong's temperament is a little soft, not as strong as the Zheng family from Haikou. This kind of temperament is obviously unacceptable, and it has to be changed.

But no matter what the family said, Zheng Chenggong always couldn't listen to it. As soon as he talked about it, he quoted scriptures, and none of the Zheng family could say anything about him.

It seems that if you want to reverse his temperament, you have to find a great Confucian who can make Zheng Chenggong bow down to his ears, and this great Confucian can't be a nerd, he has to be well-trained and knows the current affairs, which can have a positive impact on Zheng Sen.

So, the Zheng family set their sights on Qian Qianyi.

On the surface, the shepherd seems to be a famous person, the leader of the Donglin Party. But this person is not pedantic at all, not only is he not pedantic, but his heart is also tight. I have read the books of sages all my life, and I have even entered the Hanlin Academy. But it's extremely flexible. And as soon as he sees the benefits, he will try to get them, which is exactly what Zheng Chenggong lacks at this moment. Approaching Zhu Zhechi, it is just right for him to be the teacher of the eldest son.

Secondly, at the most important time, Zheng Hongkui felt that since the Central Plains and Huguang fell into the hands of the peasant army, and the northern Jiannu provinces fell into the realm of no one, the Ming Dynasty was only afraid that it would really be over, and the fall of Beijing was only in the morning.

In this way, we can't help but make more plans for the future of the Zheng family.

After the fall of the north and the Central Plains, it does not mean that Nanjing will be finished. In fact, the Zheng family can also understand that the main reason why the Ming Dynasty has eroded into what it is now is because of the bankruptcy of the country's finances. If the north is lost, it may be a big burden to get rid of it. Relying on its abundant material and manpower resources, Nanjing may not be unable to hold on. At that time, I am afraid that it will become the situation when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, and the thief army and Jiannu in the north will divide the river and rule, and accumulate strength to change.

At that time, with a strong naval force, it will inevitably be valued by Nanjing. Now, if Zheng Sen can be the protégé of Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, he will also seek considerable benefits for the Zheng family in the future.

Why not?

--over-->(国士.. /2/2080/)--(Guoshi/)