All kinds of speculation, great honor, gathered a negative emotion, constantly developing and brewing, like a sword of Damocles, hanging over the heads of the Zheng family all the time, making Zheng Zhilong restless and sleepless all night, until the next morning, with a holy decree coming, Zheng Zhilong and the others were really relieved, and their mood became happy.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the imperial court is preparing to build the Royal Sailor Academy, and Zheng Zhilong, the king of Annan, is specially appointed as the president of the Sailor College, presiding over affairs, training sailor generals for the imperial court, and promoting talents......"

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui and others were like taking a reassuring pill, and they were settled in their hearts, they glanced at each other, showed a knowing smile, nodded their heads slightly, and reached some kind of consensus.

After the person who made the decree left, Zheng Zhilong had not yet spoken, and Zheng Du, the second son of Zheng Zhilong, was the first to express his dissatisfaction and complained: "Father, what is this?" Father, the imperial court is too much, and it clearly doesn't believe in our Zheng family, nor does it believe in other sailor generals! ”

The third son, Zheng En, followed closely and echoed: "Yes, father, the court is too much, it's not that the son is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he doesn't dare to go to the capital as a hostage, but this is too high-sounding and good-sounding, nominally, what to say about going to Beijing to receive the best education, and letting your father concurrently serve as the dean of the Sailor College, it's all bullshit, when we are fools!" ”

Without waiting for the other two brothers to say anything, the sixth Zheng Shimo preemptively scolded: "Hmph~ Yes, that is, when we can't see it?" This is clearly to let the father, brothers, and the young sons of other generals enter Beijing as hostages to prevent the generals from betraying the court! ”

"Okay, are you bunnies still finished? Shut up Lao Tzu, stop it, and say anything disrespectful to the court, Lao Tzu will kill you one by one! ”

With Zheng Zhilong's loud shout, not only did Zheng Chenggong's six brothers become honest and didn't dare to say a word more, but even the other family members who wanted to express their dissatisfaction all shut up and swallowed back all the words that came to their mouths.

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong's gaze became sharp, like an eagle falcon, scanning those dissatisfied family members one by one, and at the same time, he also said coldly: "What are you talking about?" The emperor did not remove me from the position of King of Annam and Marshal of the Southeast Naval Division? It's just to go to Beijing to report on work and train more excellent sailor generals for the imperial court, what is there to complain about? ”

"On the contrary, you bunnies, it's really lawless, Lao Tzu hasn't said anything yet, and it's not your turn to make noise and talk nonsense here!"

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong's words were paused, his expression became colder and colder, his voice was even higher a little, and he ordered: "Listen to me, all the rabbit cubs under the age of sixteen, all of them will be cleaned up for me, and they will enter Beijing with me in the near future, and those who should enter the school will enter the school, and those who should enlist in the army, if you get any moths for me, or if you have cleaned up before leaving, I will kill you and get out!" ”

"Yes..."

Those juniors responded in fear, and hurriedly walked out in fear, no one thought that Zheng Zhilong would make such a big fire.

In the end, in addition to Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhibao, there were also two juniors in the hall, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai.

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong did not have the aggressive momentum just now, and he was eager to choose someone to devour, his expression was constricted, he eased a lot, and said earnestly: "With this holy decree, our Zheng family can really survive the crisis, and the imperial court really ignores the past suspicions and does not investigate the past of our Zheng family." ”

When he spoke, Zheng Zhilong's expression was very relaxed, and his words began to be full of emotion.

"Now, the imperial court really values our Zheng family and wants to entrust it with important tasks, but because of some past, the imperial court has to take some precautions, so it chooses such a compromise method, and the children of soldiers enter Beijing to study and receive the best education in the Dashun Dynasty."

"Big brother, you don't need to say more, we all understand this, don't worry, we won't embarrass you, and we will be more cautious and cautious."

When Zheng Hongkui said this, Zheng Zhilong walked slowly, came between him and Zheng Zhibao, patted the shoulders of the two, nodded in response, and said: "Don't worry, fourth brother, fifth brother, there is a big brother in the capital, and you will not let your son suffer and be bullied." Anyway, eldest brother, I am still the first vassal king of the imperial court, and I can directly enter the palace and meet the emperor. ”

Walking in the Wuying Palace, Tian Jianxiu and the others gathered together again, and they were having a conversation.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that the other sailors and generals can ignore it, but the people of the Zheng family, especially Zheng Zhilong, should always be appeased."

When Ma Xin said this, he successfully attracted everyone's attention, and Tian Jianxiu's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of curiosity, and asked, "General Ma, how do you think we should appease Zheng Zhilong?" At this time, although Zheng Zhilong has no real power, he still has the title of King of Annan and the Generalissimo of the Southeast Navy Division on his head, what could be more attractive than this? ”

Obviously, Ma Xin had already guessed that Tian Jianxiu would ask such a question, and then responded: "Of course, Zheng Zhilong is now the generalissimo of the King of Annan and the Southeast Water Division, and he is considered a very human minister, and he used to be a rich country, he has never seen anything, and there is no room for development in terms of career and wealth, and we can't help, let alone that power." Therefore, if you want to appease Zheng Zhilong and dilute the negative impact of that holy decree now, you can only start from the aspect of family affection. ”

"...... affection?" Tian Jianxiu muttered to himself, his face full of puzzlement.

However, hearing Ma Xin's words, Xiong Wencan's eyes lit up, revealing a sudden expression, and he couldn't help but praise: "Yes, you can start in terms of family affection, appease Zheng Zhilong, and understand his long-cherished wish for many years!" ”

"Lord Xiong, what do you say?" Tian Jianxiu's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask again.

"Marshal Tian, that's the case, Zheng Zhilong was mixed in the sea in his early years, once went to the Japanese country to pass through business, and married a wife and had children on Hirado Island, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Chenggong's original name was Zheng Sen, and he was born to the Japanese woman Tian Chuan."

"However, what does this have to do with appeasing Zheng Zhilong?" Tian Jianxiu was even more puzzled, and asked at the right time.

"Marshal, do you know, in fact, Zheng Zhilong has seven sons, the second son is called Tagawa Nanazaemon, and Zheng Chenggong is a fellow mother, and he was also born to the Tagawa clan. In order to maintain trade with the Wa Kingdom, the mother and son have remained in the Wa Kingdom and have not returned, and have not been able to get together for many years. ”

"Oh... I understand what you mean......" Tian Jianxiu stretched out his voice, and while responding, he nodded slightly, and then added: "This matter can only be reported to the imperial court and handed over to the emperor, otherwise, there will be no Tagawa mother and son at all." ”

At this moment, without waiting for Xiong Wencan and Ma Xin to say anything, Niu Yan walked in quickly, with an apologetic look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Report to the marshal, Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian is dead." ”

In an instant, all the voices in the hall stopped abruptly and became extremely quiet, all eyes were focused on Niu Yan's body, and Tian Jianxiu frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on?" Why did Zhu Yujian die suddenly? ”