A few days later...

In the Forbidden City, in the Qianqing Palace, Li Zicheng sat upright, and Song Yingxing and Zheng Zhilong stood below, respectively, and the atmosphere of the conversation was somewhat dignified, almost depressing.

"Marshal Zheng, in your opinion, how sure is it that the imperial court will succeed if it wants to take back control of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, drive those foreigners out, or confiscate their firearms?"

Zheng Zhilong did not answer immediately, but showed a thoughtful look, pondered for a moment, and then replied earnestly: "Emperor Qiqi, this is difficult to answer, if it is difficult, as long as the strategy is appropriate, it is easy to take back the control of the islands; If it is easy to say, once those foreigners unite, it is difficult to do it without paying a heavy price. ”

"Oh... Marshal Zheng, how do you say this? ”

Li Zicheng's brows furrowed slightly, and when he asked this sentence, Song Yingxing was also full of doubts, looking at Zheng Zhilong, waiting for the other party's answer.

"Your Majesty, do you know that whether it is Taiwan Island, Macao Island and Hong Kong Island, the situation above is very complicated, such as Taiwan Island, there are not only the Dutch on the island, but also the Spaniards, as well as our Han and local natives, but the Dutch have a strong armed force and occupy control."

"Ever since the Dutch settled on the island of Taiwan, they have been very repulsive to the Spaniards and Portuguese, who are also Westerners. Moreover, the Dutch have exploited the local aborigines and Han Chinese in Taiwan so much that they have caused several riots. ”

"In addition, due to the exclusion of the intervention of other forces, the Dutch not only had constant friction with the Spaniards and the Grape people, but also engaged in excessive armed battles with the Japanese people, and the third governor of the Dutch in Taiwan, Governor Peter Nuiz, was the bitter master of the Hamada Yabei incident, and he himself was repatriated to China for trial, and his son was imprisoned in the Japanese prison and died."

With Zheng Zhilong's narration, Li Zicheng's brain was running at a high speed, constantly summarizing the information in it, Song Yingxing's eyes lit up, and his eyes became more and more blazing, until finally he couldn't help but say: "Marshal Zheng, what do you mean, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman profits, provoke the disputes between those foreigners, and under the fight between the two tigers, the imperial court finally reclaimed the islands." ”

"Yes, Lord Song, that's exactly what this official meant......"

Zheng Zhilong nodded lightly, responded, glanced at Song Yingxing, and then set his eyes on Li Zicheng's body, and then added: "Not necessarily, but also secretly contact the aborigines and Han people on the island, let them act as internal responses, once the time is ripe, the imperial court will take back the island of Taiwan in one fell swoop with a thunderous momentum, and expel the armed forces of the Westerners." ”

"Are the aborigines and Han Chinese on the island credible? Will it cooperate with the actions of the imperial court? ”

Although Li Zicheng's words were very sharp, Zheng Zhilong looked like he was in his chest, and replied very confidently: "Your Majesty, the last general does not dare to guarantee that all people are credible, but there is a person on the island, as long as the last general comes forward and secretly repairs a book, that person will agree to be an internal response, absolutely credible!" ”

Seeing Zheng Zhilong swearing, Li Zicheng couldn't help but move in his heart and spit out a word: "Who?" ”

"Guo Huaiyi ......"

After Zheng Zhilong lightly spit out three words, it seemed to increase the convincing power of his words, and then added: "Your Majesty, in the early years, when Weichen served in the previous dynasty, in order to alleviate the disaster in Fujian and Guangdong, he once organized a group of refugees to go to Taiwan Island, reclaim wasteland, and plant crops. ”

Li Zicheng had some intentions and wanted Zheng Zhilong to take on the job of relocating refugees to the island of Taiwan, but after thinking about it carefully, he still secretly shook his head and denied this decision.

"Marshal Zheng, don't you have a little hope that those foreigners will accept the three conditions I mentioned?"

As Li Zicheng asked such a sentence meaningfully, Zheng Zhilong's heart smiled bitterly, his expression was a little unnatural, and he hesitated for a long time, and then he replied with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, it's not that the last general is not optimistic, but that the last general understands the greedy nature of those foreigners, and for the fat meat that has been eaten in their mouths, unless they use a strong hand, they will not give up the island they occupy at all." ”

Li Zicheng's expression was still the same, and there was not much turmoil, and he was noncommittal to Zheng Zhilong's answer, but slowly followed and said: "As far as I know, whether it is the Dutch East India Company, or those Spaniards, or the Portuguese, they did not hesitate to cross the ocean and come to the southeast coast, in order to obtain nothing more than Chinese silk, porcelain, tea and other goods, for them Westerners, it is an extremely luxurious and lucrative commodity, if they refuse my request, don't they worry, the imperial court imposed a sea ban, Completely cut off their source of profit. ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled faintly, and did not answer immediately, but secretly thought, the sea ban... Are you forbidden to the sea? Since ancient times, there have been sea bans in all dynasties, isn't there still a black market, how can it be completely banned to smuggle those goods?

However, despite thinking so in his heart, Zheng Zhilong did not say it, but said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, this is difficult to say, in the face of huge profits, people's greed will be infinitely magnified, as far as the last general knows, even in the early days of the previous dynasty, the most severe period of the sea ban, it is difficult for the imperial court to eliminate the problem of smuggling." Moreover, the coastline of the southeast coast is so long that it is difficult to achieve a complete blockade. ”

Li Zicheng nodded frequently when he heard this, and did not immediately refute anything, but instead asked: "Marshal Zheng, in your opinion, will those foreigners have any overreaction after knowing my three conditions?" ”

"Hmm... Probably not..."

Zheng Zhilong had a faint groan on his face, and after blurting out such a sentence, he added: "Although those foreigners are greedy and often business and steal, they still focus on trade, hoping to buy those goods and make huge profits, and they don't care much about who owns the world. ”

"Therefore, in the early days, after receiving the three requests from the emperor, the most likely thing for those foreigners to do is not to respond, maintain a wait-and-see attitude, unless it is really cut off from their way to buy silk, tea and other goods, otherwise, they will not make drastic moves so quickly."

Li Zicheng nodded lightly calmly, but he was already relieved in his heart, and he couldn't help but glance at Song Yingxing, and secretly reached some kind of consensus, which made him feel much more at ease.

As long as there is no war on the southeast coast, the imperial court can devote itself to destroying the Qing Dynasty and include Korea in the territory of the Dashun Dynasty, so as to emigrate on a large scale and alleviate the disaster situation in the Guannai, and the pressure on the imperial court to provide disaster relief.

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong had a hint of abruptness in his heart, having said so much, what the emperor is most concerned about is not to immediately recover the Taiwan islands, but to understand the situation in the southeast and make a prediction.

This is the emperor's true intention!

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