Chapter 441: Allies (Text)

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"Why are there so many mountains from Zhejiang to Fujian?"

Liu complained bitterly with the wind, and a bunch of blisters appeared on the soles of his feet for seven or eight days. As this was the case, why did he need to return to Zhejiang from Fuzhou. Originally, he wanted to give Zhai Zhe good news, but he didn't expect the general to have a bigger surprise waiting for him.

At this moment, it is logical for King Tang to crown Zhai Zhe as king again, and even whether Zhai Zhe, who should be worried, will accept his title.

The reversal of the battle situation in Jiangnan made all his previous thoughts in vain, but he was very happy, although his legs and feet were tired, and he wanted to hum a song in his mouth.

Abandon the king of Lu and support the king of Tang, the pros and cons are half. Returning to the Tang Dynasty's Longwu court allowed Zhai Zhe to have more room to act, and the Ming Dynasty was at least nominally unified, avoiding internal friction for the time being, but it was far from being free in the Lu Dynasty.

Since Zhai Zhe has made a choice, Liu Suifeng, as a staff member, can only do this well for General Pingyu.

He hurried south from Hangzhou, and the news spread much faster than he expected. Zhu Dadian immediately ordered people to go to Fuzhou to Tongjie after Zhai Zhe left Yu Qian, so that Tang Wang could be prepared.

From Quzhou Mansion through the Xianxia Pass, he entered Fujian, where Yang Wencong, the Nanjing Governor of Tang Wangfeng, had been recruiting rebels. Because the cabinet scholars of the Tang Dynasty did not like Ma Shiying and refused Ma Shiying to enter Fujian, Yang Wencong's position was very embarrassing.

As Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, Yang Wencong could not dissociate himself from Ma Shiying. His son Yang Dingqing once served as the companion of the Tang King in Nanyang, so the Tang King gave a real position with a great name - Admiral Nanjing. The general Zhai Zhe recovered most of the south of the Yangtze River, leaving him in a dilemma, and ordered a messenger to Shaoxing to ask Ma Shiying what to do.

The two courts of Tang and Lu were actually inseparable. Originally, the king of Lu was suppressed by the Qing captives in a corner of eastern Zhejiang, and the king of Tang was powerful and could ignore eastern Zhejiang. After Zhai Zhe recovered Jiangnan, this issue could no longer be evaded. It's like two suns appear in the sky, but the Ming can only have one emperor.

Liu rushed to Fuzhou in four days with the wind, and it was no different here than when he went.

The war in Jiangnan has spread here, but the Tang king ordered the government to suppress the news, and the common people do not know about it.

Liu Suifeng was not in a hurry to find Liu Zhongzao, but first walked into the mansion of the Marquis of Zhenhai and met Zheng Zhilong.

In Fuzhou for two months, I could hear Zheng Zhilong's name every day. He had seen Zheng Zhilong pass by on the street, but he had never spoken to him. Zheng Zhilong is considered tall and dark-skinned among the Fujian people, which is the mark left by wandering on the sea all year round. Outwardly, he is not as rough as the legend, but very kind.

Liu was in the wind and dust, and he didn't have time to prepare a gift, and the purpose of his coming was a big gift in itself.

The soldiers at the gate of the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion were tightly guarded, and Liu Suifeng first sent the name card, and not long after, a young man in a beige brocade came out to greet him.

The young man's head was pulled into a bun at the back of his head, he wore a pair of clogs, his hands were as white as jade, all of them were shrouded by the moonlight, extremely clean, and he saluted respectfully when he approached, "Mr. Liu, under Zheng Sen!" ”

Liu reacted immediately with the wind, and it turned out to be Zheng Zhilong's son. He bowed at the same angle and returned the favor.

Zheng Sen moved slowly from the tone of his speech to his behavior, as if he was in a leisurely reception, "My father ordered me to welcome Mr. Liu into the house, please!" ”

"Please!"

Zheng Sen walked in front, and the clogs gently hit the ground with his steps, making a "da-da" sound. His waist is very straight, his chest is slightly straight, almost the standard walking posture of a Confucian, only a sword hanging from his waist makes Liu Suifeng secretly pay attention.

Entering the Zheng Mansion has been walking along the middle avenue, along the way did not see idle people, etc., walked two or three hundred steps inside, directly opposite is the majestic living room, Zheng Zhilong stood at the door and greeted with a smile.

If it weren't for Jiangnan's big victory, Liu Suifeng wouldn't have been able to deserve his gift.

Zheng Sen and his father stand together, and the two are like the black and white impermanence of the underworld, with stark contrasts.

Although Zheng Zhilong had a smile on his face, he stood there and did not move, and after Liu finished saluting, he asked meaningfully: "Mr. Liu, just arrived in Fuzhou?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Please in the house!"

The three of them walked into the living room, sat down with the guests, and Zheng Sen personally served the tea set and stretched out his white hands to make tea. Liu Suifeng's gaze swept over inadvertently, and he saw that although Zheng Sen's hands were white, his bones were thick, and the calluses on his fingertips had only been trimmed.

Zheng Sen focused on making tea, Zheng Zhilong looked at Liu Suifeng with a smile, and said: "Mr. Liu has been in Fuzhou for two months, I have been busy, and I haven't been able to find a chance to meet!" ”

Liu Suifeng was stunned and replied, "This is my sin, I should have come to see Master Hou a long time ago." ”

"How is General Pingyu?" Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to open the topic.

He's been stuffing that man's name in his ears for months. Many in the court compared him to Zhai Zhe, who was in charge of the military power in Fujian, and Zhai Zhe was the general of the Lu Dynasty. The two are of equal status, but do completely opposite things. He wouldn't pay attention to the criticism of those corrupt people, but Zhai Zhe's current success made him have to look at it differently.

Zheng Sen's action of making tea paused for a moment, but he soon continued his coherent technique. Today he is just an observer.

Liu Suifeng bowed his waist and said, "General Zhai is very good, I am here to meet the Hou Ye on the order of the general." ”

Zheng Zhilong waved his hand to Liu Suifeng to signal the tea that Zheng Sen had brewed, and said, "Please use the tea first!" ”

Liu Suifeng picked up the small blue and white porcelain cup, drank it all, his mouth was fragrant, his eyes glanced at Zheng Sen, and his words were loud: "The general is willing to form an alliance with Hou Ye!" ”

Zheng Zhilong flicked his sleeves outward. Zheng Sen got up automatically, saluted his father and Liu Suifeng seriously, and kicked the clogs back.

Liu Suifeng's gaze kept following Zheng Sen's back until he went out and turned a corner and disappeared. He laughed twice and exclaimed, "Master Hou has a good son." When he said that sentence just now, he deliberately paid attention to Zheng Sen, and saw that the teapot he was holding up for flushing water had not moved at all.

Zheng Zhilong's face showed a look of self-satisfaction, and said: "Damu grew up in Japan and once worshipped Qian Qianyi as his teacher. "He was really happy with this son. Zheng Sen is both civil and military, and he will definitely inherit his mantle over time.

These few small talk diverted from the topic just now, and there was a brief silence in the living room.

Zheng Zhilong moved his buttocks, waited for Liu Suifeng to put down the teacup, changed his words, and asked: "General Zhai is the king of Lu, and I am the king of Tang, how to form an alliance?" ”

The changes in the battle situation in Jiangnan made Zheng Zhilong unexpected. Three or four days ago, he had also laughed at Zhai Zhe in private for not knowing current affairs and delusionally wanting to use his mantis arm as a car, but in a few days, the sky changed, making his original plan completely ruined.

Liu Suifeng has been in Fuzhou for more than two months, hooking up with Liu Zhongzao and Tang Wang, he didn't know it, but he didn't take it seriously. But now that the situation has changed, not only is he anxious, but no one in the court is in a hurry. King Lu and King Tang are only afraid of tea and rice now, and both pairs of eyes are staring at Nanjing.

Liu Suifeng was confident and said with a smile: "This is not a problem!" ”

"Hou Ye and General Zhai have one thing in common, General Zhai is a military general, and Hou Ye is also a military minister. The king of Tang worshiped the marquis and supported the enthronement in Fuzhou, and the king of Lu was also because of General Zhai and other prisoners. But whether in Fuzhou or Shaoxing, General Zhai and Hou Ye failed to enter the cabinet. The Ming court regarded the generals as cattle and horses, and they were brought out when they were used, and they were kept in captivity in the backyard when they were not in use, so the generals were willing to form an alliance with the Hou Ye. ”

Liu threw out the **** little by little with the wind, it is not easy to let Zheng Zhilong's snake out of the hole, of course, the bait must be full.

"What does General Zhai mean?"

"I've been in Fuzhou for two months, and I guess Master Hou also knows what I'm for. The generals surrounded Nanjing and did not march for a long time, and they were willing to share the glory of the moment with the Hou Ye. ”

This is the second bait, and it also has the meaning of persecution.

The implication is that Zhai Zhe and the Tang King have already reached an agreement, as long as Nanjing is captured, the Tang King will inevitably go north. When the Tang King was in Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong didn't take him seriously, but at this moment, after the Ming army recovered Jiangnan, if Zhedong was attached to the imperial court again, the Tang King immediately became a baby pimple.

The main purpose of Liu Suifeng's visit was to invite the Zheng navy to go north to help defend the Yangtze River defense line. At this moment, Jiangnan is united, and if the Zheng Clan's naval army can go north again, it will be able to keep Jiangnan safe. But this sentence cannot be said directly, otherwise it will become a begging.

Zheng Zhilong quickly figured it out and lowered his head in contemplation.

Liu Suifeng continued to test Zheng Zhilong's bottom line, saying: "Except for the heroes who founded the country, there are no generals in the Ming Dynasty to be crowned kings, and there have been no generals in the cabinet. ”

"I want the governor of Fujian and Guangdong!" Zheng Zhilong raised his head. Fujian has been returned to the Zheng family, he started with sea trade, knowing that the potential of Guangdong sea trade is far better than Fujian, so he wants to get the governor of Guangdong again.

If there is a demand, it is easy to do, Liu Suifeng's heart fell to the ground, before he came, he was most worried that Zheng Zhilong's oil and salt would not enter, and he was still afraid of the Qing Dynasty like a tiger.

"That's naturally a matter of course, my general wants to supervise Jiangnan, and when the time comes, he will also need Hou Ye to provide a help. As long as my general and the marquis are in the cabinet, are you still afraid that you won't be able to do these things? ”

Zhai Zhe didn't expect that Zheng Zhilong wanted to be the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, and Liu Suifeng agreed without hesitation. He believed that even if Zhai Zhe was here and Zheng Zhilong put forward a greater appetite, the two would soon reach an agreement. All promises are just one sentence, and only Zheng Zhilong can help Jiangnan at the moment.

The military town has become a world, but it is necessary for King Tang to sit in that position for a few more years, because now who does not want to be the first person to tear his face.

Liu Suifeng stayed in the Zhenhai Hou Mansion for two hours, said goodbye when it was dark, and returned to the Shangmeng business for the night, where Liu Zhongzao was already waiting for him.

As soon as the two met, Liu Zhongzao couldn't wait to stand up and said, "Your Majesty wants to see you." ”

"It's getting late today......"

Before Liu Suifeng's words fell, Liu Zhongzao waved his hand again and again, and said: "Your Majesty has been waiting for you, I just didn't expect you to go to Fuzhou to meet Your Majesty, but went to Zhenhai Hou Mansion first." ”

"Because I have already talked about what my majesty and I should talk about, the general will not change his mind in a battle."

Liu Zhongzao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.