Zhang Zhang pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said to Kang Xing'an: "Anzi, the people have been suffering from natural disasters and man-made disasters for a long time, and now people are determined, if they can not use soldiers, they will not use soldiers!" Jiangnan is a prosperous place, and it is not a good thing if it is caught in the flames of war. ”

Kang Xing'an nodded, he also knew very well in his heart: since the end of Wanli, decades of continuous wars and natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty have already scarred the country, and now it is indeed in urgent need of recuperation.

Zhang Li's ten fingers lightly tapped on the case, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Wen Tiren is also a typical example, these are all high-ranking officials in the former Ming Dynasty, who used to squeeze the people's fat and ointment, and it is said that they are also people who cannot be punished. It is not difficult for our regimental mountain army to clean them up, but as I said earlier, the country can't withstand the toss, so leave them a way to live, so as not to jump over the wall in a hurry, and it is the ordinary people who will be hurt in the end. ”

Kang Xing'an frowned, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, what do you mean-"

Zhang Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly: "These high-ranking officials of the former Ming Dynasty, although their character is inferior, but all of them are from the two rankings, and their Chinese culture literacy is still very high. In the future, I will open various colleges in various places in Xinming, among which there will be Chinese disciplines, and these people will become professors of Chinese disciplines, which can be regarded as giving them a chance to change their past wrongs......"

Wen Tiren and others have two demands, not to mention saving their lives, which is the basis of all "conditions for surrendering". The other is to ensure that the family property is not violated, and the second is to obtain high-ranking officials in the Xinming regime.

When Kang Xing'an heard Zhang Li's words about letting these old bureaucrats represented by Wen Tiren teach in the academy, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he thought about the wording. raised a very realistic question: "My lord, Wen Tiren and others are of inferior character. The so-called teaching and educating people, I am afraid that there will be a loss in virtue! If the students he teaches are like him. Isn't that a misguided person's son? ”

Zhang Zhang smiled slightly, glanced at Kang Xingan appreciatively, and then said: "Indeed, as you said, teacher virtue is the most important one. But don't worry, in my plan, the college is taught and studied separately, and the Chinese subject is only one of them, and there will be more subjects for students to learn in the future, and the exam will not be only one subject. ”

Kang Xingan was stunned. I quickly understood that if this was the case, there was no need to worry. From ancient times to the present, education is all about one teacher teaching all knowledge, of course, mainly the Four Books and Five Classics. Now Mr. Zhang means that students have to learn many subjects, and Chinese subjects are just one of them, so that means that a student has to come into contact with many teachers......

Zhang Li straightened his throat and continued: "I will give them a chance to change their ways. Besides. If they don't want to teach, they can stop teaching, and it's also excellent to do some work in literature and history. But if you want to get high-ranking officials, it is absolutely impossible. Presumably, Wen Tiren and these people also know that when the dynasty changes. How did Li Zicheng treat the former Ming minister. I am willing to give them a way out, which is already extraordinarily gracious. Go and draw up a proclamation, and go back and show it to me—to the world. For all officials of the former Ming Dynasty, they will be handled in this way. ”

Kang Xingan promised: "Yes." My lord! The subordinates understood. Kang Xingan quickly took out a bamboo pipe from his arms and handed it to Zhang Li's hand: "My lord." This is a secret letter from the Fujian Department of our Intelligence Department......"

When Zhang Zhang heard the word "Fujian", he suddenly guessed in his heart - sure enough, when he opened the secret letter, it was about Zheng Zhilong's situation!

In the original history, after the Manchus went south, although the Manchus did not have any sailors, Zheng Zhilong still chose to surrender. Of course, Zheng Chenggong had grown up at that time, and gradually grasped the real power of the family. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, the greatest use value was to persuade Zheng Chenggong to surrender, but Zheng Chenggong did not bird the Manchus at all and insisted on resisting.

This Zheng Zhilong is also a master who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and now that the Xinming Dynasty has been established, everyone knows that the army will soon go south, so Zheng Zhilong is also thinking about a way out......

"The Grand Governor of the Jiangnan Water Division?" Zhang Li's brows furrowed, this was Zheng Zhilong's surrender condition.

When Kang Xingan heard what Zhang Zhang said, he immediately understood Zheng Zhilong's asking price. Kang Xing'an thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, you said that the sailor is the most important weapon of the country, and the future will be an era of great navigation, if possible-"

After a pause, Kang Xing'an continued: "If possible, it is better to avoid the sailors from playing in the same room." ”

Zhang Li nodded slightly, lost in thought.

The seventeenth century was the Age of Discovery, and in the original history, due to the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this piece of cake had nothing to do with the motherland. Now that I have come to this era, and after all these years of hard work, I am about to complete the great unification of the country, so the interests of navigation must have a share of my Chinese family, or even the largest share.

The strength of the Tuanshan Water Division is still not comparable to the Zheng family, but with the current situation, if the shipbuilding process is accelerated, it will not be long before the Zheng family water division will be invincible. After all, with the strength of the Zheng family, how can it compete with the "power of the whole country"?

However, if the Zheng family gives up the mainland and goes to Taiwan or even those bird countries in Southeast Asia to become the king of the mountains - ah, no, the king of the sea, there is no way for the Tuanshan Shui Division to take them in the short term.

The Tuanshan Army, which is relatively close, can land and fight, but with the current warships and supply capacity, it is obvious that they do not support the landing in Java, and it is also easy to fall into a vicious circle of reckless military force -- what Zhang Li wants to do now is not to fight, but to develop internal affairs.

"Agree to his terms." Zhang Li's eyes flashed, and he quickly made a decision.

There is no compromise on the tension of things on land, but the situation of the sailor is special and must be solved with wisdom. first stabilized Zheng Zhilong, cut off his idea of escaping, and then slowly figured it out.

To put it bluntly, for the time being, let Zheng Zhilong Group survive for a few days, and there are a hundred ways to clean him up in the future, but he can't be forced to jump off the wall in a hurry right now.

Zhang Zhang suddenly changed his words and said lightly: "But...... The position of the Grand Admiral of the Jiangnan Navy Division, I am going to confer it on Zheng Chenggong - uh, no, Zheng Jing! You feed back the message, and the focus is on the word 'ready'! Do you understand? ”

Kang Xing'an quickly understood the intention of tension, nodded yes again and again, and said with a smile: "My lord, this is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf!" ”

Zhang Zhang bowed his head slightly and touched his nose: "What is driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, it is obviously to sow discord." Let's take a look at whether there will be any trouble within the Zheng family......"

Kang Xing'an pondered carefully in his heart, and couldn't help but gasp, and said sneeringly: "My lord, all the forces within the Zheng family will definitely send people to Jingshi to operate - then they will be at our mercy!" (To be continued.) )