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"The current situation is not good for the Domain. biquge.info"Not long after the Shangyuan Festival, there was news that the Qing army had invaded Haitan, and Lin Sheng and others retreated to Chongwu (note: between Quanzhou Bay and Meizhou Bay, the southern end of the Chongwu Peninsula, 24 kilometers southeast of Hui'an County, also known as Lotus Island), how did this not make a group of Ming and Zheng officials in Qiongzhou anxious, so Qiongzhou salt transport envoy Chen Tingzhang came to visit the house early in the morning. "Boss, we should have prepared for it earlier."
"Yes, yes, the battle situation is unfavorable," Zheng Xingying sighed as he touched his beard. "But military affairs still need to be handled by Lord Chen Qingchen, and if the rest interferes too much, I'm afraid that having too many politics will not be conducive to scheduling." Speaking of this, Zheng Xingying suddenly sensed something from Chen Tingzhang's face, and smiled. "Lord Chen, otherwise, you will take the salt transport to make the people of the yamen take the first step."
Chen Tingzhang was told through his thoughts, and couldn't help laughing twice, but then he responded without hesitation: "The boss takes such care, the lower officials are grateful, and it just so happens that there are more than 8,000 taels of salt tax last year, so the lower officials will escort Siming together." ”
"Just transport the 10,000 stone rice that Qiongshan, Wenchang, Chengmai, Lingao and other places owed last year to the front of the army." Zheng Xingying was also completely disappointed with the situation in front of him, so he could move as much as he could before the big run. "The 48,000 catties of iron and 3,400 pieces of cloth that were collected were also taken away."
Chen Tingzhang nodded again and again and offered to send the 450 stone refined salt in the hands of the Yamen back to Dongning for military expenses, which Zheng Xingying agreed, and even further proposed to arrange for the local magistrates to retreat in batches in the name of escort.
The two were discussing secretly, and the messenger outside the door suddenly took a famous post and came in to report: "Fuzun, there is an old gentleman outside the hall who said that he is the old man of Fuzun, and he traveled to Qiongzhou today, please see Fuzun at a time." ”
"The deceased?" Zheng Xingying was stunned for a moment, took the famous post and opened it, and couldn't help but scream. "It's him!" Seeing that Zheng Xingying's eyebrows had a look of panic and incomprehension, Chen Tingzhang proposed to retire with interest, and Zheng Xingying sent him out of the inner hall, and then repeatedly. "Invite him in and talk."
The person who came soon appeared in front of Zheng Xingying, and as soon as they met, this person made a long series to the ground: "Xiu Qiangong, this is fine." ”
"Chen Zanhua, aren't you traveling in the South China Sea? When did you come back. "Since Zhu Jin did not revoke Chen Shenwu's position, Zheng Xingying still used his original official position to commensurate him." Come on, come on, sit inside. "When Chen Shenwu is settled, the waiter serves tea, Zheng Xingying said." It's just right to come, Chen Yawu wants to escort Yuyin back to Siming, you just go all the way back. ”
"Chen Yawu is afraid that he wants to escape, right?" Chen Shenwu's face turned grim, and then he pointed out the purpose of Chen Tingzhang's surname to the point. "It's a shame that the king still uses him so much." Chen Shenwu snorted. "If Yu can still speak in front of the king, he must not be guilty of escaping from the battle."
"When the calamity comes, they fly separately." Zheng Xingying shook her head disappreciatively. "Chen Yawu and they didn't take refuge in the Tartars, they can already be regarded as ethical, so don't find fault anymore."
Chen Shenwu narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "In this way, Chen Qing and Xiu Qiangong's side are also ready to withdraw their troops early?" ”
"What can you do if you don't withdraw your troops, now except for Qiongshan and Wenchang, it is not easy for the counties to hold the county seat," Zheng Xingying complained. "Chen Qinglan's biggest miss now is to bring this team back to Dongning completely, since the general has no fighting spirit, then how to fight this battle, how to defend Qiongzhou, that is, Shang Kexi doesn't want to fight with us, otherwise," Zheng Xingying was silent for a few breaths before continuing. "Otherwise, I'm afraid that the loss of Qiongzhou is just around the corner."
After listening to Zheng Xingying's words, Chen Shenwu also had a solemn expression: "In this way, Qiongzhou will definitely not be able to hold it?" ”
After receiving Zheng Xingying's reconfirmation, Chen Shenwu asked: "Even if you want to withdraw from Qiongzhou, you have to coerce some people to return to Taiwan, if not, how to explain to the king and the grandson." ”
Although Zheng Xingying has a very high rank in the Ming Zheng regime, he is not a fool, as soon as he heard that Chen Shenwu said that Zheng Kezhang and Zhu Jin were juxtaposed, his heart moved: "Shicai is talking with Ya Wu about escorting materials back to Siming, but he forgot about blackmailing the people, but it is not too late to make amends, so he invited Chen Qinglan to discuss this matter." ”
"This matter needs to be kept secret." Chen Shenwu reminded him so, Zheng Xingying nodded thoughtfully, and at this time, Chen Shenwu vaguely revealed his true purpose. "Yu Kan didn't stop doing two things, and transported the fish scale books and yellow books of Qiongzhou Mansion, Qiongshan, Wenchang, Lingao, and Chengmai to Dongning."
"What's the use of such things?" Zheng Xingying is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as soon as he heard it, he knew that there must be a mystery inside, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly a thought popped up in his heart, so he suppressed his agitated mood and pretended to ask as if nothing happened. "Praise the painting still needs to be explained."
"I know that I can't hide it from Xiu Qiangong!" Chen Shenwu took out two letters from his arms and handed them over. "There's the answer."
Zheng Xingying took it and saw that there was no signature on the letterbox, so he took out one of them, only to glance at it a few times, and immediately recognized that it was Chen Yonghua's handwriting, but Chen Yonghua's letter was very simple, just hoping that Zheng Xingying could cooperate with Chen Shenwu.
After reading this few words of text message, Zheng Xingying, who still didn't get the correct answer, opened another one, and before he could read the specific content, he was startled by the big seal at the end of the letter: "This, this is the chapter of the grandson of the prison country?" ”
"That's right, it's Shisun's handwriting," Chen Shenwu God muttered. "Please take a closer look."
Zheng Xingying read through the letter seriously, and his brows immediately condensed into Sichuan characters, Chen Shenwu saw that he was thinking about it, and he didn't urge him, but just quietly held the tea bowl, as if he was savoring the sweetness of the tea.
After a long time, Zheng Xingying slowly raised his head: "Qin She is also ambitious, and my brother was like this back then." ”
Chen Shengwu naturally knew that Zheng Xingying was talking about Zhu Chenggong, but he didn't know whether the other party's feelings at the moment were aimed at himself or just talking to himself, so he remained silent, and listened to Zheng Shengying continue: "Since the succession to the throne of Jinshe, the five mountains and five seas have rebelled, and the old brothers of Hanliu have also broken off contact. ”
"The king has the grace of knowing his subordinates, and the grandson is the in-law of the Chen family, so he doesn't dare not do his best."
"Just have a praise painting." Zheng Xingying ordered someone to bring the brazier, and then threw the two letters into the brazier, and only when he saw that the flames swallowed up the last bit of residue, he let Chang breathe a sigh of relief. "It must take a lot of money to do this great thing, and what do you want to praise the painting, just ask, as long as the servant can do it, there is no second word."
"The first thing is to keep secrets, after today, Yu will no longer come to the door, all contacts, when someone comes with a token." Chen Shenwu talked eloquently. "The same is true for the boss, Yi Qiē can only come forward in the name of the adult, and must not involve Yu." Chen Shenwu then extended. "Since you want to hide in the wilderness, the identity of Qiongzhou must be there, so you have to ask the boss to make arrangements, preferably the kind that has 100 acres of land at home and one or two shops in the city. Zheng Xingying agreed to come down one by one, but Chen Shenwu's words were not finished. "It costs money to do big things, and silver is indispensable, and please prepare at least five thousand taels."
"Five thousand taels?" Zheng Xingying smiled bitterly. "I don't have so much money for this old bone to dismantle the servant." But Chen Shenwu's attitude was resolute, so Zheng Xingying had to compromise. "Originally, the salt transportation made the yamen have hundreds of stones of refined salt to be transported back to Siming, so how about giving it to Zanhua at a discount? In addition, there are about 100 copper coins in the treasury of each county, and they will not be transported away. ”
"After coercing the people, there must be silk linen and other things, and you can leave as much as you can." Chen Shenwu also took half a step back. "In addition, there is more food and the like, and the rest can be used here." Waiting for Zheng Xingying to confirm, Chen Shenwu added. "Yu still needs manpower here, and the local soldiers in Qiongzhou don't want it, so people can see at a glance that it's Dongning, Fujian Province."
Don't do this, don't want that, Zheng Xingying couldn't help but be embarrassed, speaking of which, Zheng Jun is not without Cantonese soldiers, but this has to be coordinated with the military, but Chen Shengwu doesn't want Chen Qing to know, so it is tricky, but Zheng Xingying has already made a package ticket before, so he just hesitated for a moment, he still gritted his teeth and agreed: "People, the servant can find a way to help you transfer it, but only one or twenty more, no more." ”
"Yes! But the rest also needs a boat. "Chen Shenwu seems to have some inches, but the problem is to survive, after all, Qiongzhou is a springboard, to extend its tentacles to the mainland, it is absolutely impossible for a ship without contact." Don't want a big ship, three or four hundred ingredients will do. ”
"Okay, the ship will give you too, what else do you want, all in all, after you can withdraw the army, you have nowhere to ask for help."
"I also want to ask Xiu Qiangong to write a few letters to the old department of the main domain in Hanliuzhong." Chen Shenwu naturally couldn't be insatiable, so he quickly made a final request. Of course, Yu knew that he might have done useless work. But it's better to have a point of hope than to start from scratch, after all, no matter how much you give birth, the big guys still insist on opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring sight. ”
Zheng Shengying agreed without hesitation, and even wrote letters to several old acquaintances who did not know life and death in front of Chen Shenwu, and after these letters were carefully hidden by Chen Shenwu, Chen Shenwu, who was about to retire, suddenly thought of something: "Boss, in case Chen Tingzhang notices something from the boss's mobilization of money, food and materials, how to deal with it." ”
"It's not Chen Tingzhang who is worried about Zanhua." Zheng Xingying stroked his beard and assured the embarrassed Chen Shenwu. "Feng Xihan's side, the servant will arrange for him to withdraw with Chen Tingzhang, although Zanhua can rest assured"
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