Chapter 379: Zhao'an

Zheng Zhilong walked in the hands of the emperor, and the little luck he carried on his body was almost gone.

The pressure on him from the emperor was too heavy, and there was a natural fear of imperial power; There is a fear that the emperor will spend a huge amount of money to build a large warship, the sea is his foundation, if he can't get a bargain at sea, he can't fiddle with his little thoughts; However, what scares Zheng Zhilong the most is the emperor's eyes that see through his past and future, as if he is a transparent person, he can't let go of a little secret at all, this kind of gaze that can make people feel fear from the heart, Zheng Zhilong has never encountered it.

After showing loyalty to the emperor, Zheng Zhilong felt a little better, it seemed that the emperor put a lot less pressure on him, and Zheng Zhilong felt that he could breathe.

"Yiguan, have you heard of my immigration project?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

Immigration Engineering? Zheng Zhilong didn't have to think about it to know what it was, the emperor spent tens of millions of taels of silver to help the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi, and now it has already spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and has become a topic of conversation for the common people after tea and dinner, even those people in the old mountain realm also know, because this matter "has to be said".

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people have long heard it, Your Majesty is kind-hearted, benevolent, and saves millions of victims in fire and water, which is really the blessing of our people, Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, a benevolent monarch, after hearing it, the grass people can only feel Your Majesty's courage, can only feel Your Majesty's determination, Your Majesty's actions, the grass people admire, and the grass people respect ......" Zheng Zhilong's words are not sycophants, more or less some of his own deep hearts, he is also a person who lives a hard life, and knows the hardships of the people's lives, Knowing how the common people suffered when they suffered from natural disasters, and seeing an emperor who sincerely opened a way for the people to live, I really admired it from the bottom of my heart.

"Hehe, I've heard a lot of good things, so don't say any more, I don't say this to listen to your flattery, I heard that you are in Fujian, and you have organized a large number of disaster victims to go to Taiwan, oh, it is the Great Ryukyu Island to open up the wasteland, but is there such a thing?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong began to sweat again, his head was lowered and he didn't dare to look at the emperor, this kind of thing is actually no different from rebellion, attacking the city and grabbing the land to rebel, and it is worse than that, pulling the people over, that is, winning the hearts of the people, there is a tendency to establish himself as the king, in ancient times, the dynasties strictly guarded against winning the hearts of the people, this kind of thing is more serious than ordinary rebellion, and it is definitely the target of the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong struggled for a while before he said, "...... Back to Your Majesty, the grass people did migrate some disaster victims in the past, that was still last year, Fujian was hit by a disaster, too many people couldn't eat, the grass people thought, there are many wastelands on Ryukyu Island, the land is also very fertile, and there is no lack of rain, as long as a little reclamation, it is a rare good land, so the grass people also recklessly took some disaster victims over...... "Zheng Zhilong struggled for a while, knowing that he is currently a piece of meat on someone else's chopping board, since it is meat, then you must have the consciousness of making meat, after thinking for a long time, or tell the truth, The emperor wants to kill him, wants to kill him, what else can he do in this imperial city

Yang Gai looked at Zheng Zhilong, who was so scared, and said with a smile: "Yiguan, actually, I didn't say this to punish you for your crimes, I was just curious, you also know that I immigrated to Shaanxi Province, costing tens of millions of silver, and it was only a million scale, hehe, I heard that you emigrated tens of thousands of people in just a few months, right?" So, I want to talk to you about this immigration, do you know what I mean? Yang Reform said with a smile. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, how important immigration was to solve the problem of peasant rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty, this Yang Reform naturally knew that meeting this "guy" who immigrated earlier than himself also gave birth to some "acquaintance" meaning, however, Yang Reform also knew that Zheng Zhilong immigrated to Taiwan not to reduce the pressure of the imperial court, but to expand his own strength, develop Taiwan, and gain a firm foothold in Taiwan.

Zheng Zhilong's heart is only now at ease, it turns out that it is the emperor who sees that he has done immigration, so he is interested in this, and after thinking about the emperor's words, he understands the emperor's thoughts.

Zheng Zhilong gradually let go, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if you want to talk about immigration, the grass people still have some experience, every time they suffer from natural disasters, there will be countless disaster victims who can't eat, as long as they are willing to give them a way to live, let them do whatever they want, let alone go to Ryukyu, even if they let them go to Guawa, they are willing to go......" Zheng Zhilong immediately communicated with the emperor about the experience of immigration. ,

"I understand that if it weren't for the disaster, the people would not be willing to run away from home, that is, they would be affected by the disaster and have no way to live, so they would be willing to travel thousands of miles and go to a strange place to start life again...... just like the immigrants in Shaanxi, from the Yellow River in Shaanxi Prefectures and counties, to the Yangtze River, to Dongting Lake, thousands of miles, although I am on the road to respond, but the victims are not so easy, or death or injury, it is always inevitable......" Yang Gai sighed.

"That's, Your Majesty, it's not the grass people who compliment Your Majesty, Your Majesty's method of transporting the victims is indeed a stroke of genius, the grass people walk on the sea all the year round, and they still know a lot about carrying people by boat, which is far less labor-saving than the disaster people migrating on their own, which is also the reason why the grass people can immigrate tens of thousands within a year, if it weren't for Your Majesty to come up with this magic pen, Your Majesty, to say something unpleasant, I'm afraid that those disaster victims will have to fall on the road in ten ......" Zheng Zhilong and the emperor talked about the topic of immigration, and gradually let go, I don't feel so nervous and scared anymore.

"Huh, huh? Yiguan, then tell me how you immigrated, I can learn some experience from you......" Yang Gai said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong suddenly found that the emperor also had this approachable side, and the topic he said was also so relaxed, he would actually ask himself, this ......, Zheng Zhilong felt that he had heard it wrong, his ears were always rumbling? Looking at the emperor looking at himself with a smile on his face, as if he was waiting for his answer, Zheng Zhilong's brain was hot and he was very moved.

"The grass people don't dare, the grass people don't dare, the grass people only hope that the grass people's method can be of some help to His Majesty, and they will be satisfied......" Zheng Zhilong said, looking at the emperor. Seeing that the emperor smiled and gestured to himself, Zheng Zhilong continued to speak.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the immigration of the grass people is far from being as big as Your Majesty's, the grass people immigration, that is, transporting people to Ryukyu Island, Ryukyu Island is like spring all year round, basically not afraid of the cold, and can be three crops a year, so compared to Your Majesty's immigration from Shaanxi, the difficulty can be described as a world of difference, and the grass people can only look up to Your Majesty in terms of immigration,...... In addition to the Ryukyus, which are three crops a year, the main thing is that there are still fish to catch in the sea, and we who walk the sea, which one can't fish? Therefore, relatively, it is easy to get food, so it is much simpler to immigrate, that is, to transport people to the Ryukyus, and then divide them into various villages, and then give farm tools, give some rations, and organize them to work...... or in two or three months, the food will be ripe, and we don't have to worry about it, but we can take some draws from it to supplement our own food......" Zheng Zhilong moved the emperor and poured out his own family wealth.

Yang Gengai nodded again and again when he heard this, it seems that this Zheng Zhilong still has some brains.

"Yes, the way to solve the problem of fishing for food, I am also doing it now, but I have built a lot of boats, ready to go to sea for large-scale fishing, I didn't expect that Yiguan has been doing it for a long time, it is really good, it is really good......" Yang Gai praised, asking for food from the sea, this is also more fashionable in the 21st century, in the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely a big way out to solve the problem of disaster victims.

"The grass people are terrified...... Zheng Zhilong hurriedly excused himself.

"Alas......, Ryukyu, it's really a blessed land, immigrants used to only need two or three months to have food, and I organized the disaster victims in Shaanxi to immigrate, I have to care about their food for almost a year, hehe,......, an official, how old are you? I'm afraid it's only twenty-five or six, right? can actually break into such a big family business, it is a talent, it is a talent" Yang Reform praised with a smile, this Zheng Zhilong is indeed a talent.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment......" Zheng Zhilong found that chatting with the emperor seemed to be good, and the emperor was still very approachable.

"By the way, Yiguan, after talking about such things about immigration, what are the things that Yiguan can encounter in the process of immigration?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, if you want to say that you want to emigrate to the Ryukyus, in fact, what you are most afraid of is the miasma everywhere, and the most afraid is to get sick and get dysentery, once you get sick, you can die in a few days, there is no cure, there is no cure, so immigration is also quite hard......" Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong also had a solemn face, and there was also a trace of melancholy between his eyebrows.

"Oh, this is not bad, it has always been difficult to deal with dysentery and miasma, not only is the official who is afraid of miasma, but also afraid of dysentery, in fact, my Shaanxi immigrants are also afraid of the plague, but now the immigrants are doing it according to the method of the Tai Hospital, trying not to make the plague break out, hehe, as soon as the official said this, I thought about it, and I had to order the Tai Hospital to think of some way to see how to deal with the miasma, how to deal with dysentery...... "Yang Gai said with a smile. ,

"Your Majesty is merciful...... Zheng Zhilong said.

After talking for a while, Yang Gai and Zheng Zhilong chatted happily.

Yang Gengai decided to try Zheng Zhilong.

"Yiguan, I saw what you said when you were recruiting An, cutting off the Yi people, exterminating the pirates, and serving the imperial court, is this true?" After Yang Reform finished speaking, he stared at Zheng Zhilong to observe.

Zheng Zhilong was caught off guard by this question, swallowed his saliva, and said: "If Your Majesty can trust the grass people, the grass people are willing to cut off the Yi people for Your Majesty, exterminate all the thieves, and transfer the ...... of the victims, and the grass people are at the mercy of Your Majesty to drive ......" Zheng Zhilong chatted with the emperor, and found that the emperor seemed to have a great interest in the Ryukyus, and seemed to have a great interest in transporting the disaster victims, since the emperor was interested in these, then, he would add another one, in addition to cutting off the Yi people and exterminating the pirates, he also added a transfer of the disaster victims, as long as the emperor liked it.

"Hahahaha......" Yang Gengai burst out laughing.

Zheng Zhilong lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor.

"It's rare that you have this heart, the Yi people are to be cut off, the pirates are also to be suppressed, and the disaster victims are even more to be transferred,...... Let's put it this way, Yiguan, have you thought about what you plan to do in the future? Yang asked solemnly. Zheng Zhilong's problem is a big problem, not to mention anything else, just Zheng Zhilong's family property in the future must be in his own hands, which requires finding a way to completely settle Zheng Zhilong, so that Zheng Zhilong is willing to give himself his life.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people have been recruited, since only Your Majesty is the head of the horse, since you are loyal to Your Majesty, do things for the court, what Your Majesty wants, how the grass people are, dare not have the slightest objection...... with Your Majesty's orders, it is ......" Zheng Zhilong originally prepared a lot of rhetoric and prepared many ways, such as sending money to some powerful people in the court, trying to find an official body for himself, and then letting himself go back to continue to do pirate business as an official, this is the most beautiful, however, after Zheng Zhilong learned the emperor's power, There has been a change in thinking, and the ministers are afraid that they have no say in the matter of recruiting him, and it seems that their future is all in the emperor's words. What's more important is that the emperor seems to know a lot about things at sea, and he is afraid that his little abacus is not so easy to beat, and he wants to get an official body to go back to be a pirate and be the sea overlord of the Ming Dynasty, afraid that the emperor will not let himself be happy, the emperor's words still linger above Zheng Zhilong's head, warning Zheng Zhilong at all times.

Yang Reform had a solemn face and thought carefully, this was Zheng Zhilong bargaining with himself.

"Yiguan, I heard that you have tens of thousands of subordinates and thousands of ships? Is it? You said that you want to cut off the Yi people, exterminate the pirates, and help me transport the victims, hehe, I want to ask you, do you mean that you want to do it alone, don't you interfere? If, as you say, let me tell you and take my will as the direction, if you do this, I will definitely break up your subordinates and arrange for people to go in, so that the family business you broke into will no longer be surnamed Zheng......" Yang Reform was solemn for a while, and smiled and picked out the most important thing.

From a historical point of view, Zheng Zhilong's idea was to approve a layer of official clothes, which was conducive to his development, but he did not want anyone to interfere in his "family business". They are all extremely independent, which is also the reason for the creation of the Zheng dynasty in the future, if Zheng Zhilong is like other people who accept Zhao'an, give an official position, and his subordinates are scattered, or in less than two years, the power of the Zheng family will collapse, and it will be impossible to create the Zheng dynasty in the future.

Zheng Zhilong suddenly heard the emperor make this matter clear, and thoroughly understood that the emperor had already understood all his thoughts, and his original wishful thinking would not work at all in the emperor's place, and the last "fortress" in his heart was completely broken by the emperor.

Zheng Zhilong struggled for a long time, what should he do? It can be said that he has nowhere to hide in front of the emperor, and the secrets and thoughts in his heart have been exposed, do you follow the emperor, promise the emperor, or refuse? Or did he deceive the emperor first?

Zheng Zhilong raised his head, and suddenly saw the emperor's deep, perceptive gaze, and his heart jumped violently. After fighting fiercely for a long time, a certain decision seems to have the upper hand.

“…… The grass people, the grass people are willing to listen to Your Majesty, let Your Majesty tell you......" Zheng Zhilong let out a big sigh, this decision was different from when he decided to recruit An, and it was different from when he came to the capital.

Although Zheng Zhilong said such things, Yang Gai did not feel that everything would be fine. ,

"Yiguan, since you listen to my orders, then, I promise you, as long as you sincerely do things for me, I will never treat you badly, and I will never disappoint you, and I will be added to the rank of knight in the future, but it is a piece ......of cake, and it is not difficult to leave a name in history.

"Caomin Xie Your Majesty Longen......" Zheng Zhilong made a difficult decision, I don't know if this decision is good or bad, but now that it has been decided, then, let's take a look first, in this imperial city, can he still say a word?

"Hehe...... didn't the first official say that the warships of our dynasty are not as good as the Yiren? The first official vowed to cut off the Yiren, hehe, I am willing to build a big warship, when the time comes, the first official can lead several times the Yiren big warship to cut off the Yiren and exterminate the pirates, in this regard, I am not stingy, I will support your ......"

"The grass people have thanked Your Majesty......" Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say, what was it to cut off the Yi people and exterminate the pirates, but it was just a few words specially made up to deceive the official body, if the Yi people were cut off, if the pirate head was wiped out, then what use did he Zheng Zhilong have? I'm afraid that it will be a cunning rabbit to death, and the end of the lackey cooking, the premise of doing these things is that you can be the master of your own house, so that the world can enjoy it.

"Actually, I pay more attention to the ability of an official to immigrate, immigrating 30,000 or 40,000 people can become a county, immigrating 100,000 can become a state, immigrating a million, can become a few prefectures, this is a real expansion of territory, hehe, an official, the work of expanding territory, have you ever thought about it? So I said, adding an official to a knighthood, sealing a wife and a son is not a problem at all, with the ability of an official, the marquis is just around the corner, if you can immigrate millions out of China and open up another territory, hehe, this is also considered my opening up of the territory, and it can be regarded as my merit, an official, you calculate, how much is this credit? That's why I said, the glory of your Zheng family will start from you......" Yang Reform began to fool Zheng Zhilong.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong's mind came alive again, although he Zheng Zhilong wanted to "go it alone", but he just wanted to live a better life; Although he Zheng Zhilong wanted to "go it alone", he never thought about overthrowing the Ming Dynasty and becoming self-reliant. [According to Zheng Zhilong's history, when the Qing Dynasty came, he accepted Zhao'an, and he wanted to be a peaceful man, and he didn't have any idea of taking advantage of the situation, let alone fighting for the world, and he belonged to people who were easier to "satisfy". 】