Xiong Wencan was imprisoned in the edict prison of Fusi in Beizhen, and Liu Qiao personally accompanied Liu Jun to the prison. This prison is full of criminal officials, and when Liu Jun arrived in front of Xiong Wencan's prison, he found that Xiong Wencan was sitting well in prison.

It's not a gloomy prison, rats scurrying, moldy straw or something, and there are no torture instruments of all kinds.

Although it is still underground, Xiong Wencan's cell is very large, except for the iron railing outside, which makes Liu Jun feel a little like a cell, but the cell is completely invisible in the cell.

Pear blossom wood shelf bed, official hat chair, screen, cabinet, desk, bookcase are all available.

Xiong Wencan was wearing a clean robe, sitting there watching with a book in his hand, and there was a birdcage hanging next to him, in which several beautiful birds jumped around, and there was even a delicate little guy beating his legs inside.

This is like being in prison, but like being in seclusion.

Liu Qiao saw Liu Jun's surprise and said, "Although Xiong Wencan is a prisoner who was interrogated and imprisoned by the emperor's imperial decree, he was originally a high-ranking official of the governor of the five provinces, and his in-laws are still the elders of the court, and Liu Qiao and Yao Minggong are still fellow villagers, so Xiong Wencan is also taken care of, and the most important thing is that Xiong Wencan is very rich." Someone has money, so naturally he is given special care in prison.

"Lord Xiong, you are not surprised by the changes, you are so calm." Liu Jun stood outside the iron railing and said with a smile.

Xiong Wencan heard the voice, put down the book, turned his head, and saw that it was Liu Jun, and was a little surprised. Then he was even more surprised when he saw the five-clawed python red robe on Liu Jun's body.

He stood up and looked at Liu Jun, "Are you?" ”

Liu Qiao waved his hand to unlock the cell, and said, "Lord Xiong, let me introduce you to you." This is a nephew. ”

"Zhennan Hou Liu Jiye!" Xiong Wencan suddenly shouted, "I didn't expect that we would meet on such an occasion." When he spoke, Xiong Wencan was full of emotion, he was the governor of the five provinces back then, and Liu Jun was just a small practitioner. Or did he exceptionally promote Liu Jun to be a garrison. At the beginning, he was bent on transferring Liu Jun to his own mark, and even pulled 50,000 taels of silver from his pocket.

Unfortunately, Zuo Liangyu was defeated, so he was deposed and arrested and imprisoned in Beijing.

Although he was in prison, Xiong Wencan was also very clear about what was going on outside, he knew that after he was ousted, Mei Zhihuan took over the post of prime minister, and then took Liu Jun into Sichuan, and fought many big victories one after another. captured Zhang Xianzhong, defeated Luo Rucai, and finally Yang Sichang was forced to resign, on the contrary, Mei Zhihuan was promoted again and again because of his merits, and now he has become the first assistant of the cabinet, and even Li Changgeng has entered the cabinet as the second assistant.

According to his understanding of the suppression of bandits, the success of Mei and Li is due to Liu Jun's ability to fight. Every time he thought of this, he sighed endlessly. If Zuo Liangyu had not been defeated at the beginning, if Liu Jun had led his troops to Xiangyang and become his standard camp. Then he led Liu Junsheng to capture Zhang Xianzhong and defeat Luo Rucai, and the thief's work was his. Not only will he not be imprisoned, but he may also be able to enter the cabinet and become a university scholar.

"Why did Master Hou remember to come to see the old man?" Xiong Wencan asked.

Liu Jun smiled, "Liu has not forgotten that the boss promoted a certain person to be a garrison, nor has he forgotten the 50,000 taels of silver that the old man gave to Liu's department at the beginning. ”

"It's all in the past, it's the old man who doesn't have that blessing."

Liu Qiao said with a smile at this time. "Elder Xiong, I have great news for you today. Today, Jiye entered the palace to face the saint, and said a lot of good things for you in front of Your Majesty, and even interceded for you and asked Your Majesty for pardon for your release from prison. It's not. Your Majesty has decided to pardon your guilt and let you do something. ”

"Really?" Xiong Wencan asked in surprise, a little incredulous.

Liu Jun nodded, "Your Majesty has pardoned the old man's guilt and given you the important position of Governor Caojiang." ”

"Admiral Caojiang?" Xiong Wencan was a little surprised, Admiral Caojiang is generally in Nanjing, and the management of the upper and lower rivers is a more important position, and the specific management of the water division is generally filled by the imperial history of the capital, so it is also called the imperial history of the admiral Caojiang, which is equivalent to the grade of the governors of various places.

Xiong Wencan was still a little incredulous, and he asked Liu Jun again, "Really?" ”

"It's true, there will be a decree later."

Xiong Wencan's heart was inexplicably excited, but he was also quickly thinking about why Liu Jun wanted to help him, and why he had such a big face, especially why the emperor let him take the position of commander of Jiang.

He thought about it, and it seemed that there was a clue. Admiral Cao Jiang, Sailor, is it related to Zheng Zhilong? Xiong Wencan has been an official for many years, and his greatest achievement is not the prime minister of the five provinces, but when he was the governor of Fujian, he recruited Zheng Zhilong, and later when he was the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, he exterminated Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang and other pirate groups.

"Can Master Hou tell me about the specific situation?" Xiong Wencan asked.

Liu Jun smiled, Xiong Wencan is a very smart person, when the imperial court asked him to be the prime minister of the five provinces to suppress bandits, he already knew himself, so he put forward five difficulties and four indispensables, but in the end he was forcibly driven by Chongzhen to put the duck on the shelf. After he became the prime minister, his subordinates were all domineering generals who did not listen to his mobilization, and they couldn't even stand up a standard battalion, and finally Xiong Wencan wanted to appease him.

"Is there any contact between the boss and Fujian Deputy General Zheng Yiguan now?"

When Xiong Wencan heard Liu Jun mention Zheng Zhilong, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and sure enough, he guessed. At the moment, he said, "Xiong has always been in contact with Zheng Yiguan, and Hou Ye has something to do with Zheng Yiguan?" ”

"It's the imperial court that has something to do with Zheng Yiguan." Liu Jun said, "Liu Jun wants to ask the boss to help contact General Zheng and have a meeting." Oh yes, the emperor has just crowned General Zheng as the chief soldier. ”

"Xiong will contact Zheng Yiguan immediately." Xiong Wencan didn't deliberately take care of it.

Liu Jun and Liu Qiao personally took Xiong Wencan out of prison and sent him back to his mansion in the capital. Then that night, Xiong Wencan sent someone to invite Liu Jun, "Someone from the Zheng family wants to see Master Hou." ”

Liu Jun rode to Xiong Mansion, Xiong Wencan had received a holy decree during the day, and officially appointed the post of Admiral Caojiang, he heard that Liu Jun was coming, and personally rushed to the gate to greet him.

"Is there anyone in the Zheng family in Beijing?" Liu Jun asked.

Xiong Wencan greeted Liu Jun into the mansion and said, "It also happens that Zheng Zhilong's brother Zheng Zhifeng happened to be in Beijing, and he took the Wuju test this year, and now he is here to take the Wujinshi exam." When he heard that the old man was released, he came to visit, which was not just right. ”

Zheng Zhifeng is only twenty-six or seventeen years old this year, a young man with a somewhat dark complexion, not too tall, and the fourth in the family. As soon as he saw Liu Jun, he immediately bowed down and behaved impeccably. However, this kind of performance made Liu Jun look up to Zheng Zhifeng more and more.

He knew the Zheng clan's status in the Southeast Sea better than others, and he was the king of the sea. The Zheng family owns thousands of ships, which are unmatched at sea. Especially when Zheng Yiguan was quite clever and recruited by the imperial court, he intended to borrow the identity of the imperial court official to sweep away dissident forces at sea and monopolize the foreign trade of Fujian, Guangdong and other places, and Zheng Zhilong did this.

He not only eliminated Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang and other pirates.

Especially in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, invested more than 150 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, and allied forces with the Dutch East India Company and Liu Xiang pirates to fight a fierce battle in Liaoluo Bay on the east coast of Kinmen, Fujian, and finally won a complete victory.

This year, the Dutch once again sent Lang Bi and Ricco to lead 9 large warships to harass the Chinese coast, and defeated the small fleets of the Ming Dynasty sailors several times, but in the end Zheng Zhilong sent people to carry bamboo tubes full of gunpowder to swim in the water and attack, burning 5 ships in a row, and Lang Bi was defeated and returned to Ricco.

Today, the Zheng group controls all the sea control from Japan to the South China Sea, and Zheng Zhilong is known as the King of the Min Sea. All ships trading at sea had to spend money to buy the Ming and Zheng flags, without which the probability of being intercepted in the East Asian seas was more than 50 percent, and 100 percent off the coast of Fujian. In the end, even the Dutch in Taiwan had to secretly buy the Lingqi in the name of the Japanese ship.

The Dutch were also forced to abandon the use of force and switch to full-scale trade cooperation with the Zheng family.

The Zheng clan controlled the maritime trade and earned tens of millions of taels of silver every year.

From the first year of Chongzhen to the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the expansion of the Zheng group is quite rapid, they not only defeated and eliminated other pirates on the sea, but even defeated the powerful Dutch, and truly became the dragon of the sea.

The Zheng family has such a strong strength, but Zheng Zhifeng actually came to take the Jinshi examination, and even in the face of a young marquis like Liu Jun, he was not a little arrogant, this is the scheming of the city government.

Liu Jun pulled Zheng Zhifeng up, "Brother Zheng, hurry up, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be so polite, let's just be casual." ”

"Master Hou just calls me Hongkui."

"Isn't Brother Zheng's name Zhifeng?"

"Hongkui is my new name after the Chinese martial arts this year." Zheng Zhifeng said.

"Hongkui, good name." Liu Jun praised.

A few people made a noise and entered the study, "I heard Lord Xiong say that Master Hou has something to find my eldest brother?" ”

"That's right, there are business and private matters. The emperor is very satisfied with the Zheng family's coastal defense for the country over the years, and has officially ordered Brother Ling to be crowned as the chief military officer. ”

Zheng Zhifeng was a little excited, "Is it the chief soldier of Fujian?" ”

"No, Taiwan Chief Officer." Liu Jun said.

Zheng Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, and Taiwan's general army ...... When did the imperial court have a Taiwanese general army, Taiwan was still a deserted island at this time, with only some coastal ports, some Yi people established some strongholds, and some merchants planted sugar cane on the island.

"Taiwan's chief military officer is also a general soldier, isn't he promoted to the governor of Fujian?" Liu Jun said with a smile, "Brother Zheng, there are official and private matters here and I want to cooperate with the Zheng family, I don't know if you want to listen to private affairs or business affairs first?" ”

"What is a private matter, and what is a public matter?"

"Whether it's a business or a private matter, it's a good thing to get rich." (To be continued......)

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