Zheng Zhilong's death was a shock to the entire Ming Dynasty, and now all kinds of forces in the world have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but in terms of strength, Zheng Zhilong's pirate group can definitely squeeze into the top five of the Ming Dynasty, if it is about water strength, Zheng Zhilong can be regarded as the most powerful sailor in the Ming Dynasty, including Lantian.

The Lantian Naval Division could not develop, mainly due to two reasons, the first is that Lantian is too far away from the sea, beyond the reach of the whip, the region determines the economy, and the same region also determines the type of military, Lantian is a northwest force, for Zheng Zhilong, these seaside pirates, it is a group of landlubbers.

Therefore, although Lantian has developed in the shipping industry over the years, it has not occupied an advantage in shipping, which is very annoying, and the other is that Lantian lacks talents in shipping, Lantian now has a few rivers at most, and the navy trained from the river is about equal to finding death when used at sea, so Lantian urgently needs a talent who knows how to fight by water, and Lantian does not have such talents.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng can not carry out drastic naval reform, as for the Li Chaoshui fleet sent out by Lantian to sail away, it can only protect itself in the South Seas at present, and the sea areas of the South China Sea are also relatively complicated, in addition to the local natives, Ming pirates, and the Portuguese, Dutch, and British who have opened the era of great exploration.

Here, Li Chaoshui relied on the fortune ships made by Lantian to be strong enough and the artillery to be advanced enough, so that he could occupy one side in this area of Nanyang, but at most, even if he was a prince, he did not have a dominant position in this area.

And because of Zheng Zhilong's maritime blockade over the years, the specialties of the Nanyang Islands occupied by Li Chaoshui, such as spices, cannot be shipped back, which makes Li Chaosheng very annoyed, and it is also one of the reasons why Li Chaosheng is determined to kill Zheng Zhilong, even if you don't want to join me, but you can't stand in my way!

Now that Zheng Zhilong has been killed, I think Lantian's financial income will be a little more in the future.

Zheng Zhilong's death still has an impact on the Ming Dynasty, of course, this impact is only for two people, one is Li Chaosheng, the other is Chongzhen, as for others such as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, they are all some soil buns, where do they know that the sea hides wealth that is difficult to reach on land, so Zheng Zhilong's death has no impact on them at all, they should rebel in Henan, rebel in Shuzhong, rebel.

As for Chongzhen, he is still more concerned about Zheng Zhilong's death, after all, Zheng Zhilong is his Fujian chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, and he is in charge of the safety of Fujian, and now that he is dead, is Fujian also going to be in chaos?

I heard from Cao Huachun that after Zheng Zhilong's position was inherited by his younger brother Zheng Zhibao, Chongzhen was a little angry, why shouldn't the Fujian General Army be appointed by me?

Cao Huachun listened to the sweat, this emperor has to take care of everything, the affairs of the Zheng family, but it is not our turn to intervene, Cao Huachun has no choice but to explain the special nature of the Zheng family, people are with a team of Zhao'an, and the pirate team only recognizes the Zheng family, your old man sent a person, and the next day, he can be divided by others, believe it or not.

Chongzhen said with a dark face: "Do they want to rebel?" ”

Cao Huachun said with a dark face: "People are rebelling, we have no problem, our Ming Dynasty's most capable sailors are them, Your Majesty has forced them to rebel, and Your Majesty has no strength to quell the rebellion." ”

Chongzhen was angry when he heard this, but at this time Cao Huachun said on the side: "But according to the report from our spies in Fujian, the assassination of Zheng Zhilong this time is likely to be related to Lantian." ”

Chongzhen was already not going to care about this matter, but after listening to Cao Huachun's words, he couldn't help but be interested, Chongzhen's interest in Lantian now is really too big, as long as he is next to Lantian, he has to lean over to take a look.

Cao Huachun lowered his head at this time and whispered: "Your Majesty, according to our spies, this matter was actually done by Lantian and Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibao, because Zheng Zhilong wanted to transfer the rights to his son Zheng Sen, which led to the rights of Zheng Zhibao and other old-fashioned characters being affected. ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun and said, "Then what can Lantian get by doing this?" ”

Cao Huachun said: "Of course, Lantian will get more by doing this, such as the right to cooperate with the Zheng family in maritime trade, such as the shipping rights of the Nanyang Islands, etc., anyway, Lantian has a lot of plans!" ”

Chongzhen's face gradually became ugly when he heard this, and said, "So, Lantian wants to take away my interests in Fujian?" ”

Cao Huachun was silent, thinking to himself, Your Majesty, your interests in Fujian are simply a drop in the bucket for the Zheng family, and the Zheng family has gained benefits in shipping, especially in monopolizing the Japanese trade line, which is simply amazing, so Lantian is not robbing your interests, but wants to rob the interests of the Zheng family.

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Is there a way to check and balance Lantian?" ”

Cao Huachun's eyes rolled when he heard this: "Your Majesty, as soon as you say this, the slave and maid really came up with a method, although it may not be useful, but it can definitely bring trouble to Lantian." ”

Chongzhen heard this: "Let's hear it." ”

Cao Huachun said: "Your Majesty, this is not good for us at all, at most it is disgusting and disgusting Li Chaosheng!" ”

Chongzhen snapped and threw the fold in his hand on the dragon book case, and said with a dark face: "I'm going to disgust him Li Chaosheng, what's the matter, I have already married the princess to him, he actually refused to marry, don't want my princess, can't you marry me as my concubine?" It's really audacious, audacious. ”

"Your Majesty is angry."

"I can't breathe my anger, he Li Chaosheng ripped off my face, threw it on the ground and kicked it with his feet, I am inseparable from him!"

Chongzhen's anger can no longer be suppressed, and the news of Zheng Zhilong's death was sent to the capital with Li Chaosheng's refusal to marry, although the little eunuch came back and said it very tactfully, but it still made Chongzhen angry, I gave you the pearl in my palm as a child, you still don't give me face, why are you Li Chaosheng so awesome?

Chongzhen hated to take off Li Chaosheng's head as a night pot.

Chongzhen couldn't figure it out, his daughter, the eldest princess of the dignified Ming Empire, was also as beautiful as a fairy, why didn't she look down on Li Chaosheng here?

It stands to reason that Princess Daming married you Li Chaosheng, and it was already very good that she didn't let you divorce your previous wives, but not only are you not grateful, but you also dare to refuse to marry, you really didn't treat yourself as an emperor.

And Chongzhen couldn't figure it out, what was Li Chaosheng's reason for withdrawing from the marriage, what did he say that the husband and wife have deep feelings, please, I asked Zhu Yujiao to be a flat wife, and it sounds good to be a flat wife, but isn't it actually small?

It's all for you to be small, you don't want it, aren't you bullying people?

Chongzhen's face couldn't be hung up, and at the same time, there was uncontrollable anger in his heart, this endless anger Chongzhen had nowhere to vent, and at this time, it happened to be vented in one go.

Cao Huachun knelt on the ground, and when Chongzhen finished venting, Cao Huachun spoke: "Your Majesty, stop your anger, stop your anger." ”

Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun and said: "Cao Daban, how do you let me calm my anger, I am the emperor who has no face, no face!" ”

Cao Huachun sighed and said: "Your Majesty, everything is important to state affairs, Li Chaosheng is bold and reckless, but Your Majesty wants to spit on himself, Li Zicheng has become a climate in Henan, Sun Chuanting is difficult to support alone, if Zuo Liangyu does not support, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

"If Li Zicheng really becomes the climate, then the Ming Dynasty is in danger, the ancestors are in danger, Your Majesty, the country is important!"

Cao Huachun can be regarded as having figured out Chongzhen's pulse, knowing that the most important thing in Chongzhen's heart is the ancestral society, compared with the ancestral society, his personal honor and disgrace, and the honor and disgrace of his family are not so important, and how many times Chongzhen has compromised over the years, compromised once, there is a second time, and there are countless times with the second time.

So Cao Huachun felt that Chongzhen would compromise.

Chongzhen listened to Cao Huachun's words, looked at him and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, the princess still has to marry!"

Syllable!

Chongzhen angrily dropped the teacup in his hand, Cao Huachun knelt on the ground at this time and lowered his head without speaking, Chongzhen let out an angry roar: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”

"If I marry the princess to Li Chaosheng again, I will find a crooked neck tree and hang me!"

Chongzhen issued the most vicious curse to Cao Huachun, looking at the angry Chongzhen, Cao Huachun didn't say a word, he knew that at this time, Chongzhen was angry, and it was useless to say anything, so he could only keep his head down, silent, and wait quietly.

Chongzhen vented, incompetently furious, and finally dumbfounded, sat back on the chair, and sighed for a long time: "That's it, for the sake of the ancestors' society, what is personal honor and disgrace, if this time can really save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water, and help the building to fall, it is worth it to suffer more humiliation." ”

Cao Huachun knew that Chongzhen had been shaken when he heard this, but he couldn't speak at this time, and many times Chongzhen needed to make up for his own brain and carry out psychological construction before he could make up his final decision.

Cao Huachun thought about it, and then he heard Chongzhen say as if talking to himself: "But Li Chaosheng has already refused to marry once, if he refuses again, I will ......."

Chongzhen was talking to himself, but Cao Huachun knew that Chongzhen was actually asking himself euphemistically, Cao Huachun lowered his head and whispered at this time; "Your Majesty, this time Your Majesty doesn't have to make another holy decree, the old slave personally took the princess to Lantian in person, and when he arrived in Lantian, the old slave naturally had a way to make Li Chaosheng obedient."

Hearing this, Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun and said, "What can you do?" ”

Cao Huachun kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's better not to ask, otherwise the old slave is afraid that his head will not be guaranteed." ”

Chongzhen had already understood in his heart when he heard this, looked at Cao Huachun and sighed and said, "That's it, I don't ask." ”

Cao Huachun knelt down when he heard the words and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

After saying this, Chongzhen had no desire to speak, waved his hand and Cao Huachun obediently withdrew from the study, Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun's back, and sighed again, he was really aggrieved as an emperor, and he put his face on the ground for Li Chaosheng to step on for this country.

And he can't do anything, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, the emperor has been trampled on his dignity so much, even his brother himself can't compare, every time he thinks of this, Chongzhen is in pain, but he is helpless.

Turning around, Chongzhen walked out of the imperial study and came to the harem, and then saw Queen Zhou whimpering and crying there.

"Woo ......"

"Queen Mother, don't cry, don't cry."

At this time, I heard a child's voice sound, it turned out to be Chongzhen's second son Zhu Cijiong, and then I heard Zhu Cijiong say: "Queen Mother, don't cry, a small county order dares to insult the imperial sister like this, and when the son grows up, he will definitely lead the troops in person and slash this thief!" ”

Hearing Zhu Cijiong's words, Chongzhen's spirit was shocked, his son is promising.

Zhu Cihong, who listened to the side next, said: "Queen Mother, your body is important, don't cry, crying hurts your body, what do you let the child do, what do you let your father do." ”

Zhu Cihong's voice is not as murderous as Zhu Cijiong, but he cares about his mother, what does Zhu Cihong say, he is a pure filial child, and he is also a good king, but now that Daming is so stormy, after a hundred years, this Daming will be handed over to him?

Chongzhen hesitated a little, but Chongzhen smiled again for a long time, what did he think, when he wanted to pass on the country to them, he must have adjusted the wind and rain of this country to the wind, which is suitable for a gentleman like Zhu Cihong.

"Queen Mother, don't cry, this is your daughter's life."

At this time, Zhu Yujiao's voice also sounded, and Queen Zhou listened to Zhu Yuanjiao's comforting words, hugged Zhu Yuanjiao and cried: "My daughter, why is your life so bitter!" ”

Saying that, crying became even more sad, Chongzhen listened outside the door, and said to Wang Chengen beside him: "You are waiting here." ”

"Yes."

Wang Chengen responded obediently, and Chongzhen calmed down at this time and pushed open the door.

The four mothers and sons in the house were stunned when they saw Chongzhen push the door in, followed by Queen Zhou wiped her tears, and took a few children to salute: "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

"I've seen my father!"

Chongzhen glanced at a few people and found that it was Queen Zhou who cried the most, and his daughter Zhu Yujiao didn't cry.

"The queen cried?"

Chongzhen looked at Empress Zhou and asked, Empress Zhou immediately wiped away her tears when she heard this, and said, "No." ”

Seeing this, Chongzhen said: "The queen doesn't want to hide it from me, crying or not, can I still not see it?" ”

Chongzhen sighed and said: "I am also very angry and angry about this matter, this Li Chaosheng, it is shameless, I will clean him up sooner or later!" ”

Queen Zhou was silent when she heard this, Chongzhen saw that Queen Zhou didn't answer, and said in a deep voice: "Queen, I have something I want to discuss with you, do you think it's okay?" ”

Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and said, "What Your Majesty said is a major national matter, what is there to discuss with your concubines?" It's up to Your Majesty to decide. ”

"Well, what the queen said is, but I still want to discuss this matter with you, I still want to marry Yu Jiao to Lantian."

"What!!"

(End of chapter)