The sixth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

Su Tiancheng has returned to Dengzhou, Chunping arranged for the next people, specially made a reunion dinner, although the time has passed for several days, but the reunion dinner is a must eat, the news from everywhere, also let Chunping and others know that Su Tiancheng originally led the Jiangning Battalion Sailor out of the army to fight, thinking of these things, Chunping and others shuddered, and attached more importance to this reunion dinner, they want to pray for Su Tiancheng, hoping that God will always bless their husband.

When the family had a New Year's dinner, Su Tiancheng thought of Zhu Xianxin in the capital, he must be very lonely at this time, he also knew that the sea battle and the affairs of Quanzhou must not be hidden from the imperial court, and he was afraid that he would have to return to the capital soon, explain the relevant situation, and also take the opportunity to comfort Zhu Xianxin.

As soon as he finished eating, Su Pingyang walked to Su Tiancheng's side.

"Young master, Xiong Zijian has sent someone to report the situation."

Su Tiancheng nodded, he knew that the family had a New Year's dinner just now, and Su Pingyang must have asked the sergeant who came to report to wait for a while.

When Su Tiancheng arrived at the wing, the sergeant quickly came in and knelt on one knee.

"My lord, my subordinates are ordered by Lord Xiong to report the situation in Quanzhou."

The sergeant took out the letter from his chest, and Wang Dazhi on the side took the letter and handed it to Su Tiancheng.

Su Tiancheng did not open the letter in a hurry.

"Tell me first, what is the situation in Quanzhou?"

"Yes, on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, Lord Xiong led us to attack Zheng Zhilong's mansion, and it took more than an hour to capture Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong, Tian Chuansong and others, exterminate more than 2,700 Zheng Zhilong's personal soldiers, and 770 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were killed and 260 were seriously injured. Lord Xiong confiscated 2 million taels of gold and 3.6 million taels of silver from Zheng Zhilong's mansion, and on the second day of the first lunar month, Lord Xiong led the soldiers to escort Zheng Zhilong and his family back to Dengzhou. It is expected to return to Dengzhou on the 14th of the first month. ”

Qu Qingze, Deng Hui and others on the side were all smiling, and they couldn't imagine that Quanzhou had achieved such a great success.

Su Tiancheng nodded and told the soldiers to go down and rest.

After opening the letter, Su Tiancheng looked carefully, and there was not much smile on his face during this process.

After half an hour passed, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Lao Qu, Deng Hui. Things are not as simple as we imagined, the Jiangning battalion rushed to Quanzhou and uprooted the Zheng family, but the power controlled by the Zheng family is still in Quanzhou, including more than 2,000 warships, merchant ships, and 100,000 soldiers. Once it gets out of control, it will cause huge fluctuations. Now it is the Spring Festival, the problem is not very big, but to maintain these ships and troops, it is necessary to silver, if Zheng Zhilong and others are escorted to Dengzhou, how to solve the problem of warships, merchant ships and troops. is the most pressing issue. ”

"The Jiangning battalion rushed to Quanzhou, the purpose was to eradicate Zheng Zhilong's power in Quanzhou, but it must not leave sequelae, Zheng Zhilong's leading sailors, many people have followed Zheng Zhilong to be pirates before. If it was because Zheng Zhilong left Fujian and went to be a pirate again, Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang would not be at peace, and there were still 100,000 soldiers, if there was no military salary, there would also be huge trouble. ”

After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, he looked at Qu Qingze and Deng Hui.

Su Tiancheng did not talk about the seized gold and silver, nor did he say that he had achieved such a big victory, considering the stability of Fujian, which made the two of them not expect that in their opinion, as long as Zheng Zhilong's power was eradicated, the problem would be solved, as for the stability of Fujian, it was a matter for the local government, and the government must have to take action.

It was Qu Qingze who spoke first.

"My lord, the lower officials think that after these things are played to the imperial court, they will ask the governor of Fujian to deal with them, and it will be fine, Dengzhou is far away from Fujian, even if you want to manage it, it is beyond the reach of the whip."

Deng Hui nodded, although he didn't speak, he also agreed with Qu Qingze's point of view.

Su Tiancheng looked serious, shook his head and spoke.

"The affairs of the army can be handed over to the local government to deal with, timely intervention, the problem is not very big, but the fleet is not good, these people have followed Zheng Zhilong for a long time, and the rest of the people are obviously not in command, if they can't deal with it in time, there will definitely be trouble, Dengzhou is located in the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea, if the sailor wants to sail to the South China Sea, the distance is far away, the gains outweigh the losses, besides, the South China Sea must be controlled, otherwise Weihaiwei Wharf will also be affected, we don't think those overseas businessmen, think so well, If the South China Sea gets out of control, I don't know how many overseas merchant ships will pass through there and secretly trade. ”

"What do you mean, do you still want Zheng Zhilong to control those warships and merchant ships?"

"No, Zheng Zhilong definitely can't, this person has different ideas, he has experienced so many things, he will never easily change his previous understanding, letting go of Zheng Zhilong is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, but Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong can be considered."

Qu Qingze and Deng Hui's faces changed, and this time it was Deng Hui who spoke.

"My lord, no, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, no matter what, they are all members of the Zheng family, if they continue to be placed in Fujian, they don't obey the command, and the sailors and soldiers still have to go thousands of miles to suppress it, the lower officials know the thoughts of these people, what they see in their eyes is interests, and they won't think of other things at all."

Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"Deng Hui, in fact, everyone needs to take into account the interests when doing things, if they can't feed their families, or even if they can't eat enough, and they still talk about what ideals, it must be unrealistic, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong are very different from Zheng Zhilong, especially Zheng Chenggong, who has the identity of a student, and his thoughts are different, at least the first thing he thinks of is to serve the court, and he also wants to be able to revitalize the family, with such an appeal, we can control, of course, we still need to take some measures, That is, to install personnel to go to Fujian and stay by Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's side. ”

On the one hand, Zheng Zhilong stabilized the situation in Fujian and other places, on the other hand, Zheng Zhilong has the action of occupying the mountain as the king, so the court needs to rely on Zheng Zhilong, but I am afraid that Zheng Zhilong's strength is too inflated, in this case, we make a suggestion that it is not in the interests of the court to place personnel in Fujian, of course, to stabilize the situation in Fujian, it is still necessary to hand over some silver to the court, If the household department can get some taxes from Fujian, it will definitely be in favor, so that the imperial court controls the sea area of Fujian and gets the silver, why not do it. ”

Qu Qingze and Deng Hui nodded again and again.

"Your Excellency's move has solved all the problems, and the lower officials agree."

Deng Hui thought more.

"My lord, I don't know how the Imperial Court will view Zheng Zhilong's attack this time, the lower official estimates that in the imperial court, there must be news of the Emperor, if the emperor wants to issue an order to punish Zheng Zhilong, what should it do."

"Well, this matter, I have also thought about it, the emperor must have asked me to go to Beijing to report, this matter, I will deal with it, the problem is not very big, as long as Zheng Zhilong does what I ask, not only will he not be punished, but he will also be rewarded, this time so much gold and silver have been seized, we are not willing to monopolize it, we need to hand over a part of the court, these gold and silver, in the name of Zheng Zhilong, I will work hard from the side, there will be no problem."

After saying this, Su Tiancheng stood up.

"I think about recommending Zheng Zhilong to be the imperial envoy of Zuo Zhidu, the governor of the Governor's Mansion Tongzhi, nominally leading the sailor of Fujian, staying in Dengzhou, as for Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, because of the lack of fame, don't recommend it, but they can represent Zheng Zhilong, the actual leader of Fujian's sailor, Fujian's sailor, renamed the Daming sailor, under the control of the Jiangning camp sailor, you say, who to send to Fujian, in fact, to lead this huge sailor and merchant ship."

Su Tiancheng's subordinates are full of talents, but because of the suspicion of the imperial court, there are not many high-ranking officers promoted, and the officers above the Wei Command are basically those who used to solve such problems, and if they want to solve such a problem, they can only wait until their own strength grows before they can put forward the requirements.

Qu Qingze and Deng Hui did not speak immediately, this problem is serious, they can't speak casually, Sun Chuanting is the head coach of the water division, it is definitely inappropriate to go to Fujian, Wu Sangui doesn't have to think about it, he already has a pimple in his heart, after arriving in Fujian, he doesn't know what trouble will happen in Lu Dao, the rest of the people are in their respective posts, it is impossible to leave, besides, those who go to Fujian must have a steady style and be able to control the situation.

Neither of them spoke, but Su Tiancheng spoke.

"I think Xiong Zijian is more suitable, this time to Quanzhou, Xiong Zijian can grasp the situation very well, plus Xiong Zijian is the left deputy imperial envoy, this identity to Fujian, Fujian governor and Quanzhou prefect, are not easy to intervene, can ensure that the opportunity is arbitrary, Xiong Zijian and Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and others, also familiar, I am afraid it is the best candidate, as for the chief military officer of Weihaiwei, I think there is He Renlong to serve, He Renlong went to Quanzhou this time, and he also made meritorious contributions."

After deciding everything, Su Tiancheng gave the order.

"Qu Qingze, immediately send someone to meet Xiong Zijian, ask them to speed up the march, day and night, time is urgent, can not be delayed for too long, lest the situation in Fujian change, in addition, Xiong Zijian, to absolutely ensure safety along the way, involving Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and Tian Chuansong's intelligence, report at any time, these situations, must not be negligent, involving our next move, we can clearly ask Xiong Zijian, around the tenth day of the first month, back to Dengzhou." (To be continued......)