Chapter 523: Zheng Lai

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Jin Xiaoding's fleet arrived in Nanjing, and 10,000 soldiers disembarked and camped on the bank of the Yangtze River.

Within a year, he became the governor of Nanjing from a personal guard commander, and he seemed to be the third person in the Jiangnan Army after He Fengqin and Zuo Ruo. These are the things he paid for with his life, and they deserve it.

After meeting Zhai Zhe, Zhai Zhe introduced Xu Yiyang to him.

Xu Yiyang is now a garrison general in Nanjing, temporarily commanding the soldiers and horses of the western battalion, and is controlled by Jin Xiaoding.

The two of them are equally young, and Xu Yiyang is a little younger.

"Kim-sama"

"General Xu"

Xu Yiyang heard about Jin Xiaoding's experience and was impressed.

Before coming out, Jin Xiaoding had already done his homework and knew that although the person in front of him was young, he should not be underestimated. Xu Yiyang is Xiao Zhiyan's righteous son, and his father Xu Du was once Zhai Zhe's old acquaintance, and he and Chen Zilong were friends of life and death. Therefore, he had a smooth road in the army, and the Nanjing garrison was only his starting point.

The city of Nanjing returned to tranquility, and the busyness of the government had just begun.

The Cabinet was first established.

The first decree was promulgated -- the lifting of the sea ban.

The sea ban has long existed in name only, and the sea routes of Fujian have always been in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, and after Guangdong fell into the hands of Zheng Zhilong, the trade between Guangdong and Nanyang began to expand. In fact, the sea ban is just trapping the hands and feet of the Zhejiang people. Prior to this, Yang Zhigao had been doing maritime trade business in Zhoushan, but the imperial court openly lifted the maritime ban, which had a completely different meaning

On the face of it, this was part of a response to Mr. Zheng's involvement in the assassination. The route from Zhejiang to Japan is only half of the route from Quanzhou to Japan. During the Jiajing period, Shuangyu Island outside Ningbo was the center of the world's maritime trade, and the sea merchants Wang Zhi and Xu Dong were all from Huizhou, and the Fujian people did not have such a climate as they are now.

The imperial court did not just lift the sea ban.

At the same time, Shangmeng announced the establishment of Qianzhuang - Rishengchang.

The first major thing that Rishengchang did was to set up a branch in Ningbo, and all maritime merchants who were willing to build ships to enter the sea could borrow money from Rishengchang as long as they had land and property mortgages. This is not just about lifting the sea ban, but about encouraging maritime trade.

The imperial court set up a shipping department in Ningbo Prefecture, which was responsible for collecting taxes and coordinating shipbuilding and trade, and it was Yang Zhigao who served as the chief official of the shipping department.

Zhehai's trade has improved slightly recently, but if you want to compete with Zheng Zhilong on the water, it is not a day's work to build a boat to a tactical drill. However, the potential of Zhejiang is no less than that of Guangdong. Jiangnan is rich in products, and it is much more convenient to go to sea from Ningbo than to take 6 roads.

Zhai Zhe's move is to open the threshold, and let the people of Zhejiang and even Huizhou first go to the road of their ancestors competing for power on the sea. Maritime merchants and Haikou are just one word, he sits in Jiangnan, is he afraid that those people will not work for him in the future?

At the end of February, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River are tender and green, and the shallow grass has just run out of horseshoe.

Zheng Zhilong ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses from Fuzhou to leave Xianxia Pass and stopped at the border of Quzhou Prefecture. In front of Quzhou is Jinhua Mansion, which belongs to the territory of Jiangnan.

Zhang Huangyan, the new governor of Zhejiang, mobilized 30,000 soldiers to stand by in Jinhua City, and Meng Kang, the chief soldier of Ningshao, led 10,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed on the high ground outside Dongcheng for foreign aid.

In the big tent, Zheng Zhilong had a gloomy face, and Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai were accompanying him. These two fought with him for a year last year, but they didn't expect that they couldn't feel at ease for the Spring Festival in their hometown in Fujian. As soon as Zheng Sen's messenger arrived in Fuzhou, he immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses to go north.

How many men and horses to bring is a knowledge, and there are too many soldiers, as if they are asking for guilt, and they are too few soldiers, and they seem to lack confidence.

Zhang Huangyan had already ordered the messenger to come to warn him, as long as he entered Jinhua Mansion one step, it would mean war.

Zheng Zhilong scolded angrily: "That kid should have been transferred back a long time ago"

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai didn't dare to speak, especially Zheng Cai, Zheng Sen was in trouble, and he couldn't escape from the department.

"What now?"

Zheng Hongkui persuaded: "Lord, the holy decree of the imperial court has not mentioned Damu, maybe the shape is not as bad as imagined Zhai Zhe has been fighting with the Qing soldiers, throwing rats and traps, and he does not dare to establish with the Zheng clan again."

Zheng Zhilong hated that iron could not become steel, and said: "If it weren't for that, I would have received Damu's head a long time ago."

Zheng Cai was calmer than these two, and said: "Now Zhai Zhe has crowned the king of Jin, controlled the government, and opened the sea ban in Zhejiang, all kinds of goals have been achieved, but the court has not given the following to the prince for a long time" He paused, and he didn't dare to say the follow-up words, this is to let Zheng Zhilong take the initiative to bow his head.

Zhai Zhe is obviously pretending to be deaf and dumb, and it is not good for the Zheng family to continue such a stalemate.

"There are still 30,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Nanjing, does Zhai Zhe eat people and don't spit out bones" Zheng Zhilong's resentment is not only against Zheng Sen, but also against Zhai Zhe. The situation in Nanjing City was a hidden danger left by the recovery of Jiangnan last year, and it had to be resolved sooner or later, and he only hated that he was not resolute at the beginning of the year, and as a result, he folded his son in.

Zheng Cai took the initiative to ask: "It's better for me to go to Nanjing City"

"It's okay" Zheng Zhilong pondered for a moment and said: "Zhai Zhe has caught the handle, he won't let go so lightly, you go to the bottom first, as long as you can bring back 30,000 soldiers and horses, I can agree to any conditions."

Zheng Cai nodded.

He is very close to Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen, and knows that although Zheng Zhilong scolds fiercely, he actually values this son very much in his heart. The children of the Zheng family, only Zheng Sen can inherit his family business.

A group of people went north, Zheng Cai prepared a generous gift, and those people in Nanjing City inevitably had to bow down. Especially that Liu Suifeng, I heard that only he can speak in front of King Jin.

After leaving Quzhou and arriving in Nanjing on the 6th, Zheng Cai did not dare to go to the Zhenjiang Mansion Barracks first.

The vigilance of Nanjing City was not lifted, and only half of the government soldiers in various places were disbanded and went back to prepare for spring ploughing.

Zheng Cai first met with the five newly appointed cabinet scholars in turn, and then walked to Liu Suifeng's mansion.

Liu Suifeng's house is the simplest, with only a small courtyard, two doormen and four servants. Jin Xiaoding was worried about his safety, so he specially equipped him with a team of guards.

Zheng Cai's gifts were all returned, and Liu Suifeng disdained his money.

Zheng Cai was very courteous, Liu Suifeng was also very casual, he once lived in Fuzhou for a while, and even talked to Zheng Cai in Hokkien.

"I know what you're here for. But Zheng Sen committed a capital crime this time, if it weren't for the fact that King Yanping had fought against the Qing captives, he would have been beheaded with He Tengjiao. ”

"Yes, yes" Zheng Cai nodded, "The son of the world is young and confused by demons"

Liu Suifeng was full of nonsense, "King Jin is angry, you go to see him, don't intercede for him, just ask King Jin to punish him severely, maybe King Jin is soft-hearted, and he will not die." He was testing whether his Hokkien language Zheng Cai could understand.

"Yes, yes, the prince said, after bringing the prince back this time, he will be strictly controlled"

"Do you want to bring him back?" Liu snorted twice with the wind.

Zheng Cai saw that Liu Suifeng's face was not good, and said good things again. He was in Fujian, where did he suffer such anger, but he was under the roof and had to bow his head.

The more he talked to an old fritter like Liu Suifeng, the more frightened he was in his heart, and after talking for an hour, Zheng Cai ran away. Knowing that Zheng Sen was being held in prison, he found Jin Xiaoding, who had only been in Nanjing for five days, and begged him to be accommodating in prison and not to let Zheng Sen suffer.