Chapter 498: The Heart of a Jackal
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Out of the city of Nanjing, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River were under the control of the General's Mansion. However, since the beginning of the year, Zong Mao, the head of the General's Mansion, was banned from Ningbo Mansion because of Zhang Mingzhen's rebellion case, the current Jiangnan Governor's Mansion's control over various places has weakened a lot, or it has been strengthened a lot.
The Chen family is a prominent family in Songjiang and friends in all prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, so Chen Zilong does not need to be like Zong Mao to install eyes and ears in various places, nor does he need to use drastic means to show his existence.
Strong or weak, just relatively speaking, it is far from being as simple as it seems.
No matter who is controlling Jiangnan, no one has any reason to stop Zheng Sen from going south.
The ship is the ship of the Zheng family, and the sailor is the sailor of the Zheng family.
The journey was smooth, and they arrived in Hangzhou in two days, and the fifty accompanying guards changed into war horses and went straight to Quzhou Mansion, where messengers traveled day and night to report to Fuzhou first.
Zheng Sen's decision was timely. When the messenger arrived in Quzhou, Zheng Zhilong had only been in Fujian for one day. The messenger hurried to catch up, and caught up with Zheng Zhilong's convoy through Xianxia Pass, and Zheng collected a lot of rare treasures in Guangdong, and there were hundreds of carts full of goods. The convoy walked very slowly, Zheng Zhilong was not in a hurry, and he traveled all the way, like playing in the mountains and rivers, and he was proud of returning home.
The messenger came to him and explained his intentions.
Hearing that Zheng Sen was on his way back to Fujian without permission, Zheng Zhilong was thunderous. After the fire, he still had to wait for his son to chase after him.
Zheng's convoy went first, and Zheng Zhilong left 500 personal soldiers to return to Xianxia Pass. He attaches great importance to this son, knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Zheng Sen only returned from Japan in his teens, whether he studied literature or practiced martial arts, his mind was extremely firm, and he was not disturbed by outsiders. Therefore, he was a little worried about his son.
Zheng Sen repeatedly disobeyed the order, and this time he had to meet him, because the two had a disagreement on the direction of Zheng's future exhibition.
"Damu is too young, and newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" Zheng Zhilong blamed his son in his heart, and was pleased with his son's ambition.
However, the Zheng family can only have one head of the family
In early autumn, the climate of Xianxiaguan in the deep mountains is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful. Zheng Zhilong was born idle and elegant, and played around
Three days later, Zheng Sen arrived at Xianxia Pass, and he was in the dust. The eyes on the handsome face are bright, and the head that has never been messy is still unmessy.
The two met at the Xianxiaguan Garrison Mansion, which had already moved and given up the mansion to the King of Yanping.
"Daddy"
"Hmm" Zheng Zhilong snorted, his face was shrouded in a layer of gloom, this was just an appearance, he would not really be able to reprimand his son ruthlessly. What's more, his son, except for the occasional disobedience, there is really nothing else for him to find fault.
"Your army has always been strict with the law, do you not know what punishment should be for disobeying my orders?"
"The son knows, the son has a few words to say, let the father punish him"
"Even Zheng Cai was moved by you, but I underestimated you"
Zheng Zhilong is like eating gunpowder, and today he made up his mind not to give Zheng Sen a good look.
"My son is traveling thousands of miles, and it is true that there is a big event in Nanjing City recently" Zheng Sen's expression was very strict, and he turned his head to the guards on both sides and said, "You go out first"
The guards looked at Zheng Zhilong, in the end, it was father and son, Zheng Zhilong nodded lightly, and the guards rushed out.
Zheng Sen told Emperor Longwu in detail about his actions in Nanjing City a few days ago, and finally said: "In my opinion, the emperor saw that He Tengjiao had lost Huguang and lost the last glimmer of hope in the game with the Great General's Mansion, and he was likely to take risks. ”
Zheng Zhilong was shocked, and he still needed time to digest this terrifying news. Is the Emperor crazy?
"You said the emperor was going to assassinate the general"
"The arrow is ready to fly, and He Tengjiao has to escort him to Nanjing to completely defeat his insistence."
"You are so bold, how dare you make your own decisions about such a big thing" Zheng Zhilong suddenly became angry, pointed at Zheng Sen's nose and scolded: "You want to grasp the Zheng family's introduction to a dead end" He walked back and forth in the house like a headless fly for seven or eight times, and finally crossed his hands on his hips and said: "It seems that you can't stay in Nanjing any longer, you came back just in time, I will let Zheng Cai lead the Nanjing soldiers and horses for you, and you will go back to Fujian with me." If you stay there any longer, the sky will be lifted by you. ”
"Dad" Zheng Sen dragged out his voice to express his dissatisfaction. "I didn't answer the emperor, otherwise I wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to come here"
Zheng Zhilong came to his senses at this time, was stunned for a moment, didn't speak for a long time, and finally slowed down his tone and asked, "Then why did you come back to meet me?" ”
"It's for this matter" Zheng Sen lowered his voice and said: "The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again." Dad must know that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers"
Zheng Zhilong looked through the window and landed on the green mountains in the distance, and shook his head lightly for a long time.
"The Zheng family is no longer the opponent of the Great General's Mansion, the foundation of the Zheng family is on the sea, and there is no conflict with Zhai Zhe, so why force yourself to a dead end."
Zheng Sen's respectful expression was slightly distorted, and he asked, "If Zhai Zhe defeats the Qing Dynasty, does Dad think he will allow Fujian and Guangdong to return to the Zheng clan independently?" ”
"Will Zhai Zhe definitely be able to defeat Qing Yu?" Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said: "The defeat of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan was only because of the unsuitability of the water and soil, and because of the turbulence caused by the shaving order, that Zhai Zhe was given an opportunity. The southerners are good at boats, the northerners are good at horses, and the Ming Dynasty could not help Liaodong when it came to gathering the strength of the whole country, although Zhai Zhe was good at fighting, but when it came to completely defeating the Qing captives, I was afraid that it was still far away"
In his prediction, the confrontation between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty will last for a long time, and now the whole country is divided, and he has only just won the rich province of Guangdong, and it is time to rectify the interior and expand its strength. Although he and Zhai Zhe did not have a clear alliance, the two occupied the north and south of the Jiangxi territory, and handed over Nanchang Mansion to the governor of Jiangxi, Wan Yuanji, which was already acquiescing to mutual recognition.
"The general trend of the world will be unified, does my father think it will return to the Qing Dynasty, to the Zhu family, to the Zhai family, or to the Zheng family?" Zheng Sen's heart was filled with **, he and Zhai Zhe, Dolgon, and Zhu Yujian were the same kind of people, and they never wanted to watch the opportunity slip away from him.
"You're thinking too much," Zheng Zhilong looked at his son with some concern.
"Not much," Zheng Sen looked up.
He looked at his father with a focused expression as if he was practicing his sword technique.
"The general is dictatorial, controls the government without authorization, and excludes dissidents. The governor of a province, he will be arrested, the cabinet will be assisted, and he will be replaced, even the emperor is worried that he will be kicked off the throne at any time, Jiangnan is already angry, and the emperor himself wants to do it, why do we have to retreat from him. ”
Zheng Zhilong was suppressed by his son's momentum for a while, and when he saw Zheng Sen's righteous indignation, he sat down with a smile and asked, "So what, he has this strength, when Zhu Yujian was in Fuzhou, I didn't cut off He Kai's nose?" ”
"Dad" Zheng Sen was speechless for a while. Seeing his father's appearance, he couldn't help it, and finally said the secret buried in his heart in a cold tone, "What Zhai Zhe can do, we can also do"
"We only need to make a promise to the emperor, if the emperor succeeds, the General's Mansion will be torn apart, who else will be the opponent of the Zheng family? If he fails, someone will bear the wrath of the general, what does it have to do with the Zheng family?
"The Great General is not a fool"
"So what?" Zheng Sen sneered, "Does he still dare to start a war on the northern and southern fronts at the same time?" If he wants to do something to the Zheng family, he doesn't need an excuse, if he is afraid of the Zheng family, he will naturally give the Zheng family respect. ”
When the risk of the Ming Dynasty's demise was lifted, more people saw that the north and the south were about to be in a situation of long-term confrontation, and the ** they hid in their hearts finally began to show. This is a troubled era a few years ago with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and now it is Zhai Zhe, Dolgon and Zheng Zhilong, this is a battle that decides the Jungle Beast King, whether they want it or not, no one can escape, because the loser has only one result
Zheng Sen is still as clean as ever, and the clothes he wears are spotless. His eyes were clear, and there was a fire burning in his eyes.
Zheng Zhilong suddenly had a feeling of losing control, his son was like a wild horse that had escaped from the leash, and was trying to lead the Zheng family into another path, a brilliant or ruined road.
"I just want to be king at sea," Zheng Zhilong sighed.
"After Zhai Zhe's victory in Huguang, no one can stand in his way, I guess he will sit on that throne one day, and then, father, what should the Zheng family do?"
Zheng Zhilong's color changed suddenly, Zheng Sen's words were very realistic, he didn't actually take the emperor seriously.
A long silence.
Zheng Zhilong finally made a decision: "We are only spectators"
"Obey" Zheng Sen was a little unwilling. But Zheng still has the final say in his father.
Zheng Zhilong looked at his son hesitantly, a little unbearable, and said: "You should stay in Nanjing, you have been there for a year, and you are familiar with the scholars of the Fushe Society, but no matter what you do, you must not leave clues and lead the disaster to my Zheng family."
In the end, it is already a sharp warning, although they are father and son, but there has been no father and son in front of power since ancient times.
Zheng Sen, the only head of the Zheng family, replied respectfully: "My son knows"
Zheng Zhilong left a little permission for Zheng Sen, but he was actually persuaded by his son a little bit. If the Zheng clan completely refused to cooperate with Emperor Longwu, the emperor did not know whether he would dare to do it. The emperor wants to pass on the edict to assassinate the general, and all Zheng can do is to watch. What has nothing to do with you is something, so why stop it?
"Also, Zhenjiang's soldiers and horses, I want to transfer half of them back, leaving 30,000 people in Jiangnan is enough, that is Zhai Zhe's territory, why should my Zheng family help him defend it"
Zheng Sen lamented and replied, "Yes"
In my father's eyes, there was only one acre and three points of land in Fujian and Guangdong. Emperor Longwu is not a meat cutter on the chopping board now, precisely because of the Zheng family's soldiers and horses. If all the Zheng soldiers and horses were withdrawn from Jiangnan, how could they maintain their influence on the imperial court At that time, the Zheng family would not even have the opportunity to participate in this game.
At the Xianxia Pass, father and son said goodbye.
Zheng Sen to the north.
Zheng Zhilong went south.