438. Zhexi

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The Chinese New Year's Eve of the second year of Ming Taishun and the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was one of the most deserted New Years that Zheng Kezang had spent in his life. Speaking of which, on this day, following the practice of previous years, Zheng Cong, Zheng Ming, Zheng Keshuang, Zheng Keju and other clan relatives who arrived in Taiwan accompanied Zheng Kezhang to attend the reunion banquet in Anping City.

It's not that Zheng Kezhang is a lonely person living a life of pure heart and few desires, but the clothes are not as good as the newcomers, and the beauties presented from all over the country along the way cannot bring Zheng Kezhang the warmth of the family. Fortunately, this kind of day ended quickly, and on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, Zheng Kezhang personally led the civil and military forces in Taiwan to worship the Zheng family's temple and the tombs of the two generations of ancestors, and announced the fact that he was about to be revealed, thus completing the main purpose of his visit to Taiwan.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Zheng Kezhang went north alone and arrived at the Sanduao Military Port in Funing Zhili Prefecture on the same day; On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Kezhang went out of Sanduao again and drove into Shujiang at night that day.

Zheng Kezang, who abandoned the boat and boarded the 6th, immediately inspected the Taizhou Xinfu City under construction at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. The capital city of Taizhou was originally located in Linhai, and the county seat of Linhai County was located in the same place. Earlier, according to Zheng Kezang's order to "attach Guo to leave the city", Linhai County was moved to the north of Shujiang, but the county seat was not built.

After Zheng Kezhang decided to replace the Ming Dynasty, he redivided the province and divided Zhejiang Province into two, of which the western Zhejiang Province with Hangzhou as the capital was composed of the four prefectures of Hangzhou, Yanzhou, Quzhou, and Huzhou in the original Zhejiang Province, plus the three prefectures of Chizhou, Huizhou, and Xuanzhou in the former Anhui Province; The eastern province of Zhejiang, with Taizhou as its capital, is composed of Taizhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Jinhua, Chuzhou, Wenzhou and other six prefectures of Zhejiang Province, plus Funing Zhili Prefecture, which was formerly under Fujian.

The reason why eastern Zhejiang Province does not take the famous city of Shaoxing and the sea trade port Ningbo as its government is because of the reason for the comprehensive exhibition of the whole province. There are many mountains in western Zhejiang, there is a lot of water, only the plains are scarce, and agriculture alone can not meet the people's lives and government revenues and expenditures, so it is necessary to vigorously develop sea trade and industrial and agricultural production related to sea trade, and the location of Shaoxing and Ningbo is too far north is not conducive to radiating the southern provinces, but Taizhou is located in the coastal center of the entire western Zhejiang and is adjacent to Jinhua, Chuzhou and other six prefectures and counties, which is more conducive to the formation of the economic circle in western Zhejiang. It was based on this consideration that Zheng Kezhang finally decided to choose Taizhou as the capital of the new province.

As the provincial capital, Taizhou capital city naturally has to consider its future capacity and exhibition prospects, so that the old city is no longer suitable for the relative 6 inside, so Zheng Kezhang moved Linhai County back to the old site with a stroke of the pen, and rebuilt the new Taizhou capital city and the provincial capital of western Zhejiang under the Baiyun Mountain on the south bank of the Shujiang River.

Of course, as a future provincial capital, it is not as simple as building a city and enclosing the city wall, but also as a supporting defense project, such as the garrison forts of Juntian Mountain, Xiaoyuan Mountain, Lao Ye Mountain, and Taihe Mountain at the mouth of the Shujiang River, and the Yuhuan Military Port in Taiping County (Wenling) and so on.

Because Zheng Fan's financial resources have always been in a tight state, the construction progress of the provincial capital in western Zhejiang is lagging behind, and when Zheng Kezang arrived, the new city in front of him was only a little rudimentary, and it was still very short of official delivery.

However, the delay in the progress of the project did not affect the use of some of the buildings, such as the governor of western Zhejiang, and the yamen of the western branch of Zhejiang, which doubled as the treasury of western Zhejiang, so Zheng Kezhang did not lack a place to stay.

"The construction of Xinchang Mansion City is worthy of emulation in western Zhejiang." Zheng Kezhang said this to Ke Dingkai, the governor of western Zhejiang, although he couldn't hear any dissatisfaction from his tone, Ke Dingkai, who was familiar with Zheng Kezang's temper, knew that a crisis had appeared. "Urban construction, the government can't be busy, it can be handed over to businessmen."

Zheng Kezang's meaning is very clear, the central Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry in western Zhejiang Province in charge of construction can concentrate their efforts on planning out the size of the city's roads first, and as for the buildings on both sides of the road, except for government land, they can be sold to businessmen to operate, referring to the successful experience of the construction of Xinchang City, the government can not only obtain sufficient benefits from it, but also save manpower and material resources for more important city wall construction, there is no need to do everything personally.

"The minister understands, and the minister will arrange it." Ke Dingkai responded, but he was still a little worried. "It's just that the minister thinks that the financial resources of western Zhejiang have been attracted to the opening of Shujiang Port, and I am afraid that the people will no longer be able to undertake the construction of Taizhou Xinfu City."

"Ke Qing, you underestimated the power of Zhejiang businessmen." Zheng Kezhang sneered. "Even if the pockets of the merchants in western Zhejiang are empty, aren't they still merchants in eastern Zhejiang and Fujian, the world is bustling, all for profit, a new provincial city will have a lot of benefits in the future, I don't believe they can't see it." Looking at Ke Dingkai, who was still a little hesitant, Zheng Kezhang promised. "That's it, Lone and the others will arrange for the Internal Affairs Department to squeeze out a little money to set an example for the businessmen and people in the world, but Qing can't fool the widow, the daughter is the backbone, and the lonely spends the money, so the best place to leave to the Internal Affairs Department is"

"The prince is not good, Zheng Zhi has done it." Although it is now the first month, since Zheng Kezhang has arrived in Taizhou, the garrison in western Zhejiang who got the news naturally no longer cares about taking any annual leave. "The old slave is hiding a boat in Houao, the prince should quickly take the prince and them away, the old slave will drag them down."

"Run, where to flee?" Zhu He, the king of Gaotang County, who was holding his newborn son and watching the princess paint, smiled miserably and sat on the chair. "Come to think of it, the sea is already dense with the Zheng family's boats at this moment." Zhu Hewei shook his head at the loyal old servant in front of him. "If you can't escape, the Zheng family started as a sailor, and who can escape their pursuit when they get to the sea."

The loyal servant knelt on the ground and persuaded bitterly: "Lord, you can't sit still, Daming Jiangshan"

"Daming Jiangshan died early." Zhu Heyu interrupted the other party's unfinished words. "As early as Yongli Ye died in Burma, the Ming Dynasty was over, and what was left after that was just the plaything of the Zheng family." Zhu Heyu straightened up. "Since my father and grandfather passed away one after another, Lone has already understood the final outcome, how Taizu treated King Xiao Ming back then, and today it will be retributed to my generation, but there is nothing to say, is it a king or a loser." Zhu Heyu patted the shoulder of the old slave who was crying bitterly. "Okay, don't cry, Li Banban, you go and get that thing, it's time to go on the road."

"Lord Wang, you can't!" The eunuch surnamed Li, who hugged Zhu and his legs and didn't let go, cried and cried. "The prince can't!"

"Get up and let go." Zhu Heyu, whose freedom was restricted, was a little anxious. "Zheng Jun is about to rush in, does Li Banban want to watch Lone die without dignity after being tortured by grievances, what, don't want to, then why are you stunned, don't hurry up and go to the medicine, it's too late."

The eunuch surnamed Li cried and ran into the apse to get water and medicine, while there was still time, Zhu Heyu looked at his wife in front of him and the boy in his hand with reluctant eyes, and said in a decadent voice: "It's all lonely that has dragged you down."

"What are these words, prince?" Princess Gaotang is also the daughter of a loyal minister of the Ming family, otherwise she would not have married into the Gaotang Palace, which was in a dangerous situation, since she was a loyal minister and martyr, she naturally had integrity, so the princess said calmly. "You can't live together, but you can die together, this is the blessing of the concubine." Having said that, looking at the child in Zhu Heyu's hand, the little woman's face still showed a trace of reluctance. "It's just that poor Yu'er, she is not yet old, and she is going to go to Huangquan with you and me."

Tearful eunuch Li walked out holding a wooden plate with three cups of tea, at this time there was chaos in the Gaotang Palace, many palace maids who thought they were going to be insulted had committed suicide by hanging beams, and some loyal eunuchs also chose to throw themselves into the lake, only those eunuchs who were sent by Zheng Fan to monitor Zhu Hewei were alive and sound at the moment to maintain order, but the prestige of the former emperor's grandson was still there, and no one dared to rush directly into this small hall.

Seeing Li Banban take the medicine out, Zhu Heyu reached out and grabbed the tray, and handed one of the cups to his wife with a heavy weight. Princess Gaotang smiled miserably, and then dropped a few drops in her son's mouth. The baby who was still asleep smashed his mouth, and the tea was swallowed into his stomach, and then he saw a green breath emerge. The child who was awakened by the severe pain began to cry bitterly, but soon the crying gradually stopped as the power of the medicine dissipated.

The princess, who wept bitterly, looked at the stiff child and let out a terrible scream, and then raised her head and drank the poisoned tea, but her legs and feet trembled for a while and then passed. Holding the corpses of his wife and children, Zhu Hewei's face was miserable, but he did not hesitate, picked up the teacup and drank it all, under the double pain of his spirit, he almost twisted into a ball. Eunuch Li, who repeatedly kowtowed to the corpses of the three people in the room, picked up the rest of the tea and drank it, at this time the door of the temple finally crashed open, and Eunuch Li grinned at the visitor, and then fell to the ground

Judging from the secret documents declassified hundreds of years later, Zheng Kezang, who decided to grant the status of state guest of the Ming family, did not issue an order to exterminate the Ming clan at that time, and some of the Ming clans who were enshrined in Zhoushan and other places who were greedy for life and afraid of death and unwilling to die were finally safe and sound, but in the process of implementing the order to invite the Ming clan to Nanjing to observe the ceremony and receive Zen, many Zheng army officers promised to eradicate the thoughts of the previous dynasty, and deliberately made a big move and bluffed to force most of the descendants of the Zhu family who did not know the truth to finally choose to die with the country. And the family of Zhu Hewei, the king of Gaotang County, is one of the victims

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Kezhang arrived in Ningbo, and then he went to Hangzhou along the 6th Road, and at this moment, there were less than 20 Ming Sect members left, with a nervous mood, with his family and dependents, and sailed all the way to Nanjing by sea boat.

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