Chapter 181: Mrs. Zheng
As Zheng Sen's wife, Dong Xian's existence has an immeasurable impact on the military and civilians of Jinxia and the current situation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, it was precisely because of Dong Xian's support that Zheng Jing was able to confront his father Zheng Sen according to Jinxia. And it was Dong Xian's opposition that Zheng Jing gave up his plan to go to Japan and finally surrendered to the Taiping army.
In the eyes of most Zheng families, Dong Xian seems to be the head of the family, and when Zheng Sen is here, Dong Xian is taking care of her husband's affairs. Now Zheng Sen is gone, but she is still the head of the Zheng family.
Before meeting Dong Xian, Zhou Shi did not have a good impression of this Mrs. Zheng. This is mainly because in his previous life, there was a novelist who portrayed Dong Xian as a bad grandmother who was eccentric and disregarded the overall situation. In fact, Dong Xian is a very virtuous and knowledgeable woman. Whether it was the people of the Military Intelligence Department or the obedient generals of Zheng Jun, in their mouths, Zhou Shixiang heard all the good words of Dong Xian, and there was not a bad word. Even if Dong Xian supported her son and husband to turn against her, causing her husband to die of depression, the Jinxia military and civilians never blamed her, but understood this lady.
Zhou Shixiang will not accuse Dong Xian of protecting her son, and even be grateful to her. Thinking about the darkest aspect, if Dong Xian hadn't stood up to protect her son, maybe the national surname would not have died, Zheng Jing and Zheng Xi would not have fought hard, and then there would be no next Zhou Shixiang "fisherman profit".
Judging from the final result alone, Dong Xian is undoubtedly Zhou Shixiang's "lucky star".
Taking 10,000 steps back, Zhou Shixiang is unwilling to fight with the living country-surnamed master, so what Mrs. Zheng and her son did helped Zhou Shixiang solve a big trouble.
As a father, Zhou Shixiang can also understand Dong Xian's protection of his son.
The behavior of the surname of the country insisting on killing the son is unreasonable in the eyes of Zhou Shixiang, and he does not care about the overall situation. After all, this matter is not a heinous crime, and it can be gently let go, rather than causing such a big change. If it was not him who plotted against Jinxia, but the Manchus, the situation would definitely have worsened.
The national surname is too good for face, or too much for reputation.
This is the most admirable point of his life, and perhaps the most regrettable point.
Back then, in Zhenjiang and under the city of Nanjing, Zheng Jun's fiasco was largely due to the importance of false names in the national surname.
When he first came to Jinxia, Zhou Shixiang had an opinion when he saw this Mrs. Zheng, but he didn't care about it, and he couldn't spare time. Now that he is going back to Zhenjiang, he has to meet this Mrs. Zheng no matter what.
Regarding the resettlement of the Zheng family and the Jinxia military and civilians, it is necessary for Zhou Shixiang to listen to Dong Xian's opinions. In the matter of going north to Liaodong, he also has to listen to Dong Xian's opinion, and it is best to get the full support of the other party. After all, although this lady with the surname of the country has no power, she has a lot of influence on the Zheng family. If the other party can support him, it will be conducive to his integration of the Zheng family. Strictly speaking, the Zheng army's sailors are mainly the Zheng family's sailors, so if you want these Zheng family members to play a huge role in the upcoming battle of Liaodong in the north, Dong Xian, the "head of the family" of the Zheng family, must have a very important attitude.
After doing a lot of homework, Zhou Shixiang met this lady with a national surname who was six years older than himself.
In the past, the Yanping Palaces and the Min Prince's Mansion have now been replaced with the plaques of the national surname mansion.
When he saw the plaque of the national surname mansion, Zhou Shixiang deliberately stopped, and he thought of the three words of the national surname. If there is no him, the surname of the country will do the next great deed in the last moment of his life that will be remembered by future generations. Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to do this, but now he can't do it.
It was not Zheng Jing, who was robbed, who received Zhou Shixiang, but Zheng Cong, Zheng Sen's second son.
Zheng Jing was now imprisoned in the barracks of the Taiping Army. This is a gesture and a kind of protection for him, because some of Zheng Xi's subordinates are eager to kill Zheng Jing at this moment. Zhou Shixiang had no intention of killing Zheng Jing, nor did he want Zheng Jing to be killed by others, so the black pot was on his back. It is very safe to keep people under house arrest in the barracks.
Zheng Cong did not have a knighthood on his body, and welcomed Zhou Shixiang into his father's mourning hall in filial piety clothes. Because of his young age and such a big change in his family, Zheng Cong was a little afraid of Zhou Shixiang and cautious, lest he did something wrong and cause the other party to be unhappy.
After Zhou Shixiang entered the mourning hall, he saw Zheng Sen's huge coffin at first sight. He couldn't hold back his emotion, respectfully put three pillars of incense on this hero, and then subconsciously bent his knees and kowtowed three times for Zheng Sen.
This move shocked Zheng Cong and the Zheng family in the mourning hall, because Zhou Shixiang was also a prince, and now he was a conqueror, so he didn't have to do it at all. But His Royal Highness the King of Qi knelt down three times in front of the spirit, and this action released a lot of meaning to the outside world. is enough to make the Zheng family reverie.
After coming out of the mourning hall, Zhou Shixiang met 41-year-old Dong Xian.
Dong Xian had no discomfort or panic about Zhou Shixiang's arrival, and she had no doubts about His Royal Highness the King of Qi kneeling and kowtowing in front of the dead husband's spirit. She looked indifferently at this figure who jumped into the Prince of Daming with the body of Xiucai, there was no expression on her face, and her eyes were very clear, as if what was in front of her was not the King of Qi, not a handsome man who could decide the life and death of her son, just an ordinary person.
Dong Xian's calmness made Zhou Shixiang a little admired, and the other party was much stronger than her second son. He expressed his deep sadness over the death of his surname to Dong Xian as usual, and hoped that the other party would mourn smoothly. After that, I didn't know how to speak. Dong Xian broke the silence with her words, and she made a request to Zhou Shixiang, that is, she hoped that her deceased husband could be buried in Anping. Anping is the ancestral home of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong built a city in Anping after his career, and this place has always been the ancestral place in the hearts of the Zheng family.
"Of course, this king will personally arrange for someone to repair the tomb in Anping for the national surname, but you can rest assured."
Zhou Shixiang naturally would not refuse Dong Xian's request, he was also going to build a mausoleum for Zheng Sen, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to commend this great hero who always insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Dong Xian nodded, and then proposed that she would also lead the Zheng family to move to Anping, Zhou Shixiang groaned slightly, and they were all accurate. During the conversation, Dong Xian did not mention her eldest son who was under house arrest in the Taiping Army, nor did she say anything about her brother-in-law Zheng Zheng, she did not mention it, nor did Zhou Shixiang mention it, and the two sides tacitly agreed. Because there is nothing negotiable about this matter so far. It was impossible for Zheng Jing to replace his second uncle as his father's heir.
Zhou Shixiang told Dong Xian bluntly about going north to Liaodong, hoping that the other party could help him in this matter, and recommended some Zheng family talents to serve the imperial court. Dong Xian agreed, saying that a list would be drawn up later for His Royal Highness King Qi to pick up.
When I came out of the country's mansion, it was already noon, the sun was shining on my body, and the sea breeze was blowing on my hair, which made people very relaxed. The meeting with Dong Xian was quite successful, and Zhou Shixiang had a rare appetite, so he asked the blind Li to get some seafood. When the blind man Li was about to go, Gan Hui came to ask for a meeting, saying that Zheng Xi wanted to invite His Royal Highness the King of Qi to his mansion to eat some Jinxia specialties.