After defeating Li Zicheng in a stone, the Wu family father and son returned to Guancheng. It was only a moment later, and the two of them came out again, and the top of their heads was already bare, only a circle of hair the size of a copper coin was left behind their heads, the length of a tiger's mouth, and a black rope was tied at the end.

Not only did it fully comply with the requirements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in terms of regulations - the money rat tail, but even the color of this rope was carefully considered, and he did not dare to use red - that was Zhu Ming's national color, nor did he dare to use yellow - to indicate that he did not dare to encroach on the prince.

This historic scene was naturally recorded, and it came out of Dorgon's tent.

The so-called rumors are like the wind, and the news is like growing legs, and the remnants of the retreating Dashun army entered Beijing City. This rumor was followed by the Manchurian cavalry of Azig and Duoduo, and the Liaozhen army of Wu Sangui.

On May 18, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng returned to Beijing City, and under the help of Niu Jinxing and other cadres, he hurriedly carried out the great ceremony, insisting on proving that he had returned to the destiny of heaven, and immediately retreated west with the Dashun army on the grounds of sacrificing to the sky, and did not forget to set fire to the palace and the gates and towers when leaving.

At that time, there were a lot of rumors in Beijing, and the most widely spread was that Wu Sangui welcomed back Emperor Chongzhen from the sea road and a clan relative. Even Song Hongye was a little unsure of whether this news was true or false, so he deliberately asked the secret agent to go to Shandong to investigate to see if the crown prince really came from the east with Wu Sangui.

Because of this rumor, many officials who thought that they had not committed the felony of thieves prepared the emperor's book and went out of the city to greet them.

Who knew that it was the Manchu regent Dolgon, not Emperor Chongzhen. Many officials slipped away on the spot, but the rest of the people were wrong and welcomed Dolgon into the only remaining Wuying Hall after the catastrophe.

The Jingshi changed hands again.

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The Bohai Sea, no fashion and three feet of waves.

At the feet of Zhu Cihong is a blessed ship with a sharp bottom and a wide top, a sharp tip and a wide tail and two warped ends, which can carry more than 100 people. On the surface of the Bohai Sea, it is very smooth and windy. This is the sea palace specially prepared by Shen Tingyang for Zhu Cihong, and this is also because the Dafu ship is really not suitable for sailing in the Bohai Sea, so he retreated to the second fortune ship.

Zhu Cihong also took a cruise ship in his previous life, but when he saw this "small" lucky ship, he still couldn't help but feel the development of the shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty.

In later generations, it was common for people to say that the Ming Dynasty also had a sea ban. However, it does not deeply analyze the difference between the Ming Dynasty's sea ban and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's sea ban. The Ming Dynasty only banned non-governmental maritime trade to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to disturb it, but Haiphong has never been withdrawn, let alone done such ignorant evil politics as "moving the sea". Therefore, even if you can't build Zheng He's big treasure ship to the Western Ocean, it's no problem to build other large and small ships.

Shen Tingyang stood behind Zhu Cihong, faintly protecting the young crown prince, his eyes on the rough sea.

"Huayi's defense is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people." Zhu Cihong suddenly sighed.

Shen Tingyang knew where the crown prince's feelings came from: on May 23, several ships went to sea in the port of Tianjin. There were more than 100 people on board, and when they encountered big waves, they all overturned.

It would not be surprising to know how the crown prince collected sailors, boatmen, and seagoing ships when he crossed to the south. Because the sea ships and skilled sailors that can be used have long been in Shandong. The rest of the small boats that are not suitable for going to sea, under the operation of boatmen who lack the level of jishu, it is natural that they will capsize in the face of strong waves.

It's just that these boats are all officials who have fled south.

Those who take the sea route are still in the minority. More people chose to go south by land, and some chose to follow Li Chuangxi. The officials who really left Shiqing. After all, it is still a very small minority.

This can be regarded as giving Zhu Cihong some comfort.

"There are more than 70 boats that have been shipwrecked, right?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Shen Tingyang immediately said: "As of yesterday, there are seventy-three. A total of 216 officials and their families were rescued by our Shandong Naval Division. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, and sighed again: "Dongyu entered Beijing, but he didn't loot on a large scale, it seems that this time he was determined to leave." The ministers of Jiangnan even said that Wu Sangui borrowed Pingkou. has made great contributions to the court, and to praise it, it is so stupid that I can't even laugh. ”

Shen Tingyang has been by Zhu Cihong's side for the past few days, knowing that the crown prince has his own information channels, and he is like an official and a citizen. It's not Jinyiwei, it's really incomprehensible. However, he knew each other very well, and he didn't delve into it, but just figured it out within the scope of what Zhu Cihong knew to him.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Dongyu will definitely not be able to go to sea." Shen Tingyang said firmly.

Zhu Cihong chuckled and said, "It's no problem for the Shandong Navy to fight the few ships in the east, but the task of transporting steel back from Wuhu is more important. I have already sent someone to Fujian to see if I can persuade Zheng Zhilong to send a ship north. You first prepare an innocent young man, as long as the Zheng family boat is willing to come, you will send it to learn from the good students, and strive to build the Sailor School as soon as possible. ”

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was so confident, Shen Tingyang couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, a few years ago, the emperor ordered Zheng Zhilong to go north, but he was fooled by him, and now he ...... Will he come? ”

"This time, I also gave a lot of chips." Zhu Cihong smiled: "Zheng Zhilong himself is named Nan Anbo, the chief military officer of the Fujian Navy Division, and he doesn't need to come in person." His son Zheng Sen is a weak man, but he is just a student, and I also gave the title of prefect of Taiwan. Isn't that enough? ”

Although Shen is on the North China Sea, he is not ignorant of the affairs of the South China Sea.

Taiwan was known as Yizhou and Liuqiu in ancient times, because there were Taiwowan people in the southwest, and got the name of Taiwan. In the national dynasty, it was subordinate to Tong'an County, Quanzhou, Fujian, and was under the jurisdiction of the Penghu Inspection Division. In order to recruit Zheng Zhilong, he became an independent government and appointed his son as the prefect, which is simply a disguised feudal country.

Thinking that Wu Sangui was also named the king of Guangning, Shen Tingyang really admired the generosity of this crown prince.

Zhu Cihong felt that the sea breeze was a little strong, turned around and walked towards the cabin, while not forgetting to say to Shen Tingyang: "In the world, the land is only three-tenths, but the ocean is seven-tenths. I have pushed the Quartet border to the extreme in the early morning of the Ming Dynasty, and when the rogues have been quelled and the Dongyu have been driven away, if you want to make another contribution, you can only go to the depths of the sea to find it. ”

Shen Tingyang naturally knew the benefits of sea trade, and he also knew that now Zheng Zhilong was rich and rivaled the country, and even the crown prince could not help but bow his head, precisely because he had a huge fleet. Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Shen Tingyang thought of another possibility: if he opened up territory from the sea, wouldn't his profits be a hundred times that of sea trade? Judging from the attitude of the crown prince just now, it seems that he is not satisfied with the Zheng family, if he can really build a sailor that is enough to compete with the Zheng family, the position of Uncle Hou will definitely not be far away!

- Why not do such a thing that is beneficial to the family and the country!

Shen Tingyang followed Zhu Cihong into the cabin, and once again raised the priority of the Sailor Academy in his heart, and even placed it above the merchant tax on sea vessels.

……

"Don't you think that the old gentleman has any suspicions of blocking China and foreign countries?" Jiang Yueguang said slowly, his eyes were introverted, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Wu Fu saw that Jiang Yueguang was only a few years older than him, but he looked old, couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Why did Mr. Jiang say this?" ”

"Jiang went to Laizhou for a few days, and he wanted to see Bixia but couldn't, isn't there someone who isolates China and foreign countries?" Jiang Yueguang was full of resentment, and it happened to be sent here by Wu Fu.

Wu Fu smiled: "Sir." If it is isolated from China and abroad, it means that the entire outer court will not be able to see the saint. Wu is not talented, but he has often been recruited to the palace for advice these days. Governors such as Sun Chuanting, Cai Maode, Zhou Yingqi and others are also often right. As for the King of Jin, King De, and King Heng in the clan, they often walk around in front of the emperor. How did Mr. come to say that China and the rest of the world are isolated? ”

Jiang Yueguang's eyes burst out, and he angrily looked at Wu Fu: "Then dare to ask, why can't I see Bixia alone!" Is Jiang despicable and lowly, or does someone want to do Lu Wu's reckless things! ”

Wu Fu's face turned over, and his hand had lightly touched the edge of the teacup: "Now that Shenjing has fallen, the Son of Heaven has worked hard to recover, day and night!" The people I saw were naturally all current important members, with heavy responsibilities, so Jiang Jun had to wait for a few days, how could it become that someone wanted to usurp power and seize the throne? ”

The attendant heard the two masters answering each other, and looked at Wu Fu's hand nervously, just waiting for the teacup to be served up and about to send off the guest loudly.

Jiang Yueguang suddenly laughed: "Since you want to restore Chang'an, how can you not let the important ministers in the south enter the meeting?" Jiang is here, and he is entrusted by Sima Shi Kefa, Fengdu Ma Shiying and other important ministers in the south, please return to the court as soon as possible and ascend to the palace to inspect the government! Hehehe, I haven't heard all about it recently, and I don't know that Mr. Wu has returned to the cabinet. ”

- It's really an old ginger!

Wu Fu said secretly in his heart, but the hand next to the saucer was retracted. (To be continued......)

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