Chapter 7 The homeland is difficult to relocate
Letting go of his feelings for Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Xinguo finished the inventory of Zheng Mansion's property and called his soldiers to call Lin Xishan.
When Lin Xishan arrived, Zheng Xinguo said: "Jian Chu, although we have repelled the Qing army. But there are still 50,000 or 60,000 Qing soldiers in Fuzhou, and we can't hold Anping. You go and call the Zheng family sailor, let's go to Kinmen!" ”
When Lin Xishan heard that the Metropolitan Governor was going to Kinmen, he hurriedly said: "Metropolitan Governor, we are leaving, what about the people of Anping?" ”
Zheng Xinguo said: "You don't have to worry, I will escort the people of Anping to Kinmen together." ”
Lin Xishan heard that the Metropolitan Governor would escort the people to Kinmen, and hurriedly said, "The last general will go!" ”
Zheng Xinguo sent Zhang Dashan and several other people to post notices in various places in Anping.
The slogan of slaughtering the city shouted during the previous siege, coupled with the consistent atrocities, the people of Anping were already terrified of the Qing army.
Hearing that the Metropolitan Governor was willing to send ships to escort the people to Kinmen, except for a very small number of nostalgic people, most of the people were willing to go to Kinmen for refuge.
Zheng Xinguo arranged for the soldiers to be counted, and there were more than 14,000 people.
I heard that so many people went to Kinmen. Zheng Xinguo had a headache while rejoicing.
I am glad that so many people went to Kinmen, and when they raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, they were able to recruit a little more soldiers, and some people made weapons by hand.
But with so many people, how many ships are needed, and how long can it take to escort them to Kinmen!
Zheng Xinguo was worried about this for a day, and the next morning Lin Xishan reported the situation to Zheng Xinguo with red eyes.
As soon as Lin Xishan saw Zheng Xinguo, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "Metropolitan Governor, Wu Yibo Shifu and Cheng Jibo Zheng Zhibao have taken their men to join the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai said that he did not have a military order from the Taishi and refused to come. The chief soldier Lin Hu took his subordinates and escorted the king of Tang to Guangdong. There were only one hundred and twenty-three ships, and two thousand sailors were willing to obey orders. The last general is incompetent, and please atone for the sins! ”
When Zheng Xinguo heard that only one hundred and twenty-three ships were willing to obey his orders, he felt a little lost in his heart.
Without Zheng Zhilong's military orders, not many people would be willing to obey their orders at all. The Zheng family's sailors, who once crisscrossed the East China Sea and had thousands of ships, were split in this way.
But you should be content with these, at least with these ships, your life can be guaranteed.
It's just that these more than 100 ships alone escort the people, and they don't know how many times they will have to be transported. If the Qing army takes the opportunity to attack, the people of Anping will definitely suffer.
Zheng Xinguo saw that Lin Xishan was still kneeling on the ground, hurriedly helped him up, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, they have already had two hearts, my father is here, and he can still suppress them." Now that he is gone, he naturally refuses to listen to me, a weak scholar. General Lin, if you want to leave, I won't embarrass you. ”
When Lin Xishan heard this, he immediately knelt down and drank: "The Taishi is as kind to me as a mountain, and the last general has already decided to swear allegiance to the death. In the absence of the Grand Master, the Metropolitan Governor is the lord of the last general. The last general swore that he would never betray the Zheng family, and if he violated it, he was willing to die under ten thousand swords! ”
Hearing Lin Xishan's poisonous oath, Zheng Xinguo hurriedly helped him up and said, "General Lin, hurry up, I naturally believe in your loyalty." Don't kneel down at every turn in the future, you and I are close in age, so let's call each other brothers! ”
Lin Xishan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, respect and humility are shared, and the last general will never dare to overstep!" ”
Zheng Xinguo pretended to be unhappy and said: "General Mo Feilin looks down on me, a weak scholar, and refuses to make friends with me? ”
Lin Xishan hurriedly explained: "No, it's the last general who doesn't dare to climb high. ”
Zheng Xinguo waved his hand and said: "What is high and not high, my Zheng family was not also from Haikou before." Okay, that's it. Jian Chu, I have to bother you to bring 20,000 silver and go to Xiamen again. I consulted with my cousin Zheng Cai, and I said that I wanted to borrow a ship from them to escort the people to Kinmen. 20,000 silver is considered a gratuity, and when it is over, the ship will be returned! ”
"Yes, the last general will go!"
When Lin Xishan took the silver and went to Xiamen again, Zheng Xinguo arranged for the Zheng family's family members and the soldiers' families to go to Kinmen first.
Two days later, when the people of Anping were hitchhiking to Kinmen one after another, a piece of news suddenly disrupted Zheng Xinguo's steps.
Li Chengdong saw that Dutong was killed by Ordotai, and was afraid that Dorobellebolo would hold himself accountable for the death of the Manchurians, so after discussing with his subordinate Chen Jia, he plundered the people all the way.
Back in Fuzhou, Li Chengdong dedicated all the gold, silver and jewelry he had snatched to Bolo, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Lord Belle, Anping has been broken by my Qing Dynasty." During the siege of the city, the capital was killed by random arrows, and unfortunately died a heroic death. The thief Zheng Sen escaped under the escort of his own soldiers, and the servants confiscated all the treasures of the Zheng family here, and asked Lord Belle to count them. The slave is incompetent, and please atone for your sins! ”
Seeing that there were so many treasures, Bolo did not suspect that Li Chengdong was lying.
Although the death of the Manchu made him a little annoyed. However, after Emperor Longwu was killed, Zhu Youlang of the Gui Domain, with the support of Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, and Qu Shiqi, the governor of Guangxi, proclaimed himself emperor in Zhaoqing, Guangdong.
The Manchu army was attacking Hunan with all its might, and it was not possible to attack Guangdong for a while.
Now it is still necessary to borrow Li Chengdong, Dorobellebolo helped Li Chengdong up and said: "If the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle." Tingzhen doesn't have to blame himself, Tingzhen pacified Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, captured and killed Longwu, he is a hero of the Qing Dynasty, hurry up! ”
Seeing that Bolo was not to blame, Li Chengdong breathed a sigh of relief and stood aside respectfully.
Bo Luo continued: "Tingzhen, now the anti-thief Ren will not give up, and he has established a puppet emperor in Zhaoqing. Are you willing to lead your troops to the crusade? ”
When Li Chengdong heard this, he immediately knelt down and drank: "The slave is willing to serve the master, and he will definitely completely exterminate those thieves." ”
Bolo heard a loud shout, "Good. If Tingzhen is really a loyal man of the Qing Dynasty, you can go to Guangdong to exterminate the rebels. After this is done, I will definitely ask the Holy Grace to make you the governor of Liangguang. ”
When Li Chengdong heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, master, the slave will definitely do his best to serve the Qing Dynasty." ”
Bolo nodded and said, "Well, go ahead!" ”
After Li Chengdong kowtowed again, he got up and prepared to attack Guangdong.
Bolo saw that Anping had been "breached", and the foundation of the Zheng family had been eradicated. He felt that Fujian was pacified, so he decided to take the army to take Zheng Zhilong back to the capital.
Part of the Qing army returned to Beijing, and part of it went south to attack Guangdong, and Anping was not noticed by the Qing army for a while, and it was temporarily safe.
When the people with a strong local sentiment heard that the Qing army was no longer attacking Anping, they didn't want to leave and go to the poor and unfamiliar Kinmen.
Ren Zheng Xinguo tried every means to persuade and told the people of Anping that Anping was only temporarily safe, and sooner or later it would be broken by the Qing army.
But the people of Anping just didn't listen, and would rather sit and wait for death than move to another country;
Without the people, even if they go to Kinmen, it will be difficult to develop, and we must find a way to let the people of Anping go to Kinmen.