When these agents of the West Factory took out all the gold without hiding it and transported it back to the palace, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen was really completely relieved of this group of people! These people seem to be the most trustworthy chips in their hands! They didn't even glance at the gold, as if they were carrying bricks instead of gold.

Back in the palace, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen together filled the gold into the inner net, Wang Chengen took the account book to the emperor to see, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen looked at more than 11 million taels of silver, more than 540,000 taels of gold, not to mention how happy!

Wang Chengen smiled and said softly, "Your Majesty, there is something else to make you happy, the old slave has just received a report, Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan recruited Zheng Zhilong again, and succeeded, Zheng Zhilong has become the "coastal defense guerrilla" of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong's forces already have more than 700 ships; Xu Xinsu built a Dutch East India Company to fight against Zheng Zhilong, but the East India Company did not allow it, even so, Zheng Zhilong was worried that he would be killed by Xu Xinsu, so he accepted the imperial court's recruitment. At that time, the Quanzhou Prefecture of Fujian Province and Anzhi County wrote a document to the governor of Fujian Province that although Zheng Zhilong plundered, he was extremely merciful to the people of Quanzhou, not only did not kill people, but even relieved the poor, and his prestige was higher than that of the official family. "In the places he went, he ordered to report water (i.e., to report the traces of the government), but did not kill anyone. There are those who are destitute, and they are with money and rice. ””

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, "Although he was forced, sincerity is not yet known, but the court must show sincerity!" Guerrilla is obviously not enough, mention the chief officer! There are more than 30,000 people in the family, and the total army is the minimum, did he agree to come to Beijing to see me in person? ”

Wang Chengen said with a smile. "Agreed. But. He didn't come back with the officials who went to contact, maybe he was worried, the old slave immediately brought the emperor's meaning to someone over, if he knew that he was promoted to the chief soldier, he shouldn't be delayed any longer! ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "Sincerity is still not enough, just send a holy decree!" Inform all the governments across the country! said that Zheng Zhilong fought against foreigners at sea, and his merits outweighed his faults. The things that disturbed the people in the past were offset by the merits and demerits, the edict, the surname of the country, and the descendants of his Zheng family in the future will be surnamed Zhu! Let him go north along the sea route and stop the ship at Tianjin Port! ”

Wang Chengen sighed, "The old slave understands, the emperor is like this, will you give him too much face?" In the future, it will not be easy to deal with the rebels, right? ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's eyes rolled. Somewhat upset, "Of course I know. Doesn't the Divine Decree say that merit and demerit are compensated? I didn't say that he was not at fault for what he did in the past, did I? Go ahead and remember, the present is the most important, and the current things are not handled properly, how can we talk about the future? He was given a ten-day period in the decree so that he could bring all the troops over and make offerings! ”

Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was a little impatient, but he still had to remind, "Your Majesty, this is a pirate of more than 30,000 people!" Although they accepted the court's recruitment, they did not let the court's people infiltrate his army, if they refused to get off the ship and land, what would happen in Tianjin? I'm afraid it's not going to end well, right? ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen understood Wang Chengen's scruples, and he was afraid that he would raise Kou for trouble, but in fact, he also had such concerns! In the past, although Zheng Chenggong was attached to the Ming court, he was not really included in his army sequence, and in several Beijing crises, the Zheng family did not lead troops to the king! But after his death, they entrenched overseas for many years under the banner of Daming! He didn't really eat Zheng Zhilong's mind, what if they didn't land? "You go to the secret letter outside of the holy decree! Sue Zheng Zhilong, if he doesn't believe in my sincerity, I can go to Tianjin, and I can meet him on his ship! ”

Wang Chengen was shocked, "Your Majesty, this must not be!" What if he's suspicious? In case he takes the opportunity to be unfavorable to the emperor, this is absolutely unacceptable! No matter how many people he Zheng Zhilong has, he is only dominating the sea, hasn't our Ming Dynasty started training his sailors now? Shipbuilding is very fast, as long as the food keeps up, within two years, the old slave will ensure that the navy of the Ming Dynasty will not be less than his Zheng Zhilong's ships, and the emperor cannot take risks. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen ignored Wang Chengen's suggestion, "Of course I know, but have you forgotten?" I still have more than 400,000 displaced people from the Northeast in Tianjin who cannot be resettled! Also, you yourself said that it will take at least two years to train the navy, let me tell you, even after two years, the navy comes out, and there are warships, and those newly trained navy have no way to compare with Zheng Zhilong's pirates, this navy's training cycle is longer than that of cavalry! It also has to go through real combat! Got it? Without five or six years of hard work, it is not of great use, if Zheng Zhilong's pirates can be included in the army sequence of the Ming Dynasty, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty will rise by at least one grade! ”

Wang Chengen knelt down and said, "That's what I said, but the emperor, the old slave doesn't agree with the emperor to go to the danger in person anyway, can the old slave go?" ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, and the thunderous Wan Jun was at such a time, when he made a decision on the policy and his own holy decree! "Needless to say, except for me, no one is enough to impress Zheng Zhilong! Care! I don't believe he'll take me? Without Daming, they are nothing! On the contrary, as long as he stands with the court, he will have a future, I don't believe that he is a fool, otherwise he will not accept the court's recruitment! ”

Wang Chengen sighed, "The emperor's meaning, the old slaves understand and can understand it, but has the emperor ever thought about what the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division who have been fighting with Zheng Zhilong for a long time will think?" Will the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division headed by Yu Zhigao be chilled? After so many years of fighting, in the end the pirates became heroes, so what are they? ”

Wang Chengen's question, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen has actually thought about it a long time ago! He was also very familiar with Yu Zhigao, and agreed to be familiar with Yu Zhigao's father.

Yu Dayou, the word Zhifu, also the word Xunyao, the number Xujiang, Jinjiang (now Quanzhou, Fujian) people. Ming Dynasty anti-Japanese general, military strategist, martial artist, poet, national hero.

Yu Dayou has been fighting against the Japanese invaders almost all his life, and his military exploits are outstanding, and the "Yu Family Army" led by him can even scare the enemy away, and Qi Jiguang is called "Yu Long Qi Hu", sweeping away the Japanese who have been suffering for many years and the pseudo-Japanese who have taken the opportunity to make trouble. Although Yu Dayou has made a lot of achievements, he is often impeached and dismissed, and even has been impersonated by others many times to lead the army, but Yu Dayou never counts and still goes all out to fight against the Japanese invaders.

Yu Dayou founded the Soldier Carriage Battalion and designed the tactics of using the Soldier Cavalry against the cavalry. He was awarded the rank of Pingman General, and was posthumously named Wuxiang after his death. He is the author of military and martial arts works such as "The Art of War", "The Book of Swords", "Recent Matters of Washing the Sea", "General Essentials of the Continuation of the Martial Arts", and later generations compiled the poems written by Yu Dayou into the "Zhengqitang Collection". (To be continued......)