"A thermal power plant is being built on the outskirts of the capital, and by the time you arrive in the capital, you may have installed these appliances in your house." Back on the Jianqiao, Li Xiao looked at the rough sea.

"This is indeed a good business, and I have received this love from Zheng Zhilong. This time, the old man will return to Beijing with you. I haven't seen Sen'er for a few years, and I panicked. Zheng Zhilong also looked at the undercurrent of the sea.

"It's decided, should you discuss it with the clan elders?" Li Xiao looked back at Zheng Zhilong.

"It's decided! Ever since we fought with the Dutch in Macau, I have identified you as an ally. No one wants to break a covenant of blood so easily. ”

"You look like you're going to eat me on the shore."

"Huh!" Zheng Zhilong smiled and didn't speak.

"You haven't said it yet, what if the clan elders don't agree?"

"What else can I do, they don't want me Zheng Zhilong to enter Beijing alone. It's a big deal, the position of the patriarch is given up, and those who can live in it! Zheng Zhilong seemed to have an epiphany.

"Have you figured it out? In the future, there will be no power of this family or that family on the sea, and everything floating on the sea will have to be controlled by the imperial court. If those elders of the Zheng family dare to confront the imperial court, don't say that I didn't warn you beforehand. ”

"Got it. I agree that the imperial court needs to exercise the rights of the imperial court. The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the clan elders of the Zheng family are no exception. ”

"Good! I know. Li Xiao nodded and stopped talking.

The dinghy sent Zheng Zhilong back to shore, and Li Xiao did not go ashore again, but stayed on the boat for the night.

The sea breeze at night drilled into his nose with a cool salty smell, and Li Xiao stood on the deck and looked at the lights of Quanzhou Port in the distance. Quanzhou Port is more prosperous than the previous Quanzhou Port, and after Zheng Zhilong left, all the money in the market was collected by the imperial court, and there was nothing to do with the Zheng family.

In exchange for power generation, Zheng Zhilong gave up the sea, and also tied the Zheng family more closely to the chariot of Daming. As for the elders of the Zheng family who don't know the current affairs and still want to occupy the sea, then there is nothing to say. The "Da Ming Law" is there, as long as it is violated, it will be dealt with according to the law. Although Yuan Chonghuan is a military attaché, he is also from a two-rank jinshi.

It is the best choice to lead the troops and govern the people, and he came to Quanzhou with the second division, so he should be able to control the field. As for the things on the sea, when Li Xiu's injuries heal, there should be nothing to do with the Zheng family. As long as the two years passed safely, Li Xiu's sailors would add more than three Zhenyuan-class warships.

If welding processes and materials are further developed, there may be ironclad warships that defy the sky. Killing Li Xiao didn't believe that the backward wooden sailing ship would be the opponent of the steam engine ironclad ship.

In the next few days, Zheng Zhilong took Li Xiao to play in the mountains and rivers. When the elders of the Zheng family heard that Zheng Zhilong was going north with Li Xiao to the capital, they were all gearing up and actively preparing for a rebellion. As soon as Zheng Zhilong left, he immediately threw himself into the vigorous battle for power.

Zheng Zhilong just watched coldly and did not stop it, and took Li Xiao to play in Quanzhou City. They are all people who don't know how to advance and retreat, and when the tree is big, there are always branches and leaves that need to be pruned, and it is also a good thing to complete the pruning and pruning of the Zheng family with the help of Li Xiao's hands.

This Kaiyuan Temple was originally a mulberry garden in the Tang Dynasty, Quanzhou rich Huang Shougong dreamed that the mulberry tree grew lotus, and then she built a temple in the mulberry garden, the original name was "Lotus Temple". After several times of destruction and several repairs, it has today's scale. This Daxiong Treasure Hall was built at my expense. Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiao each brought an entourage and walked in the Kaiyuan Temple, a famous temple in Quanzhou.

Zheng Zhilong is obviously very familiar with this place, and from the moment he entered the mountain gate, he explained to Li Xiao all the way. From time to time, he also humorously told Li Xiao a joke, and the two of them had a very pleasant time.

did not alarm the abbot monk in the temple, and the two of them were dressed in casual clothes and were no different from ordinary pilgrims. Li Xiao likes to play in this way very much, and usually goes out by himself. Wherever you go, someone clears the venue in advance. Sentries stood high up, machine guns in the distance, and in some cases even mortars. Anyway, how to create a tense atmosphere, how to get it.

After playing twice like this, Li Xiao was not interested. It's not a pleasure, it's a nuisance for the local people.

Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiao traveled in casual clothes, which made Li Xiao feel very comfortable. In fact, many times, Li Xiao is very tired of the feeling of being surrounded by people in the middle.

It is not comfortable for a person to be protected like a giant panda.

"The food in Kaiyuan Temple is very good, and when you get tired of wandering around for a while, let's go to the abbot and the old monk Huifa. The old monk doesn't look like a monk, but he is also a gluttonous character, and his cooking skills are easy to understand. The old man donated a Daxiong Treasure Palace, and it was also appropriate to disturb him with a vegetarian meal. After offering incense in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Zheng Zhilong took Li Xiao and continued to walk back.

"I rarely eat vegetarian food, and there is a dish called river crab tofu in my hometown. It is to squeeze the juice out of the river crab to make it into the shape of tofu brain, which is very delicious. After Zheng Gong arrived in the capital, I asked people to send two cages over on August 15. After eating it, you will know that it tastes better than the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake in the south of the Yangtze River. When it comes to vegetarian dishes, Li Xiao thinks of all kinds of dishes made of tofu.

It is said that a good vegetarian chef makes tofu into a fish flavor and a meat flavor. According to Li Xiao's understanding, this is purely about wanting to be a bitch and wanting to set up an archway. The abbot monk of this Kaiyuan Temple is not a high monk.

"That's right! What a knighthood you are. Zheng Zhilong suddenly asked thoughtlessly.

"Knighthood?" Li Xiao thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember what kind of title he was. Zhu Youxiao has not been sealed, and Zhu Youzhen seems to have forgotten it. The current emperor Zhu Yihai catches crickets in the Forbidden City every day. ...... sealing himself, Li Xiao still has to be faced.

"You don't have a knighthood?" Zheng Zhilong seemed to have discovered a new world, and his eyes were full of curiosity when he looked at Li Xiao.

"Nope! What do you want that thing for, Mr. Sun also said that there will be no more titles after the new dynasty. And in the future, the prince of the Zhu family will no longer be able to spend money and grain from the sealed treasury at will. I am also ready to abolish the ban that the descendants of the Zhu family cannot do business, and it has been multiplied for more than 200 years since the Hongwu period. The Zhu family has multiplied for so many generations, and the number has long exceeded one million. Thinking of the Zhu family's relatives, who received a large amount of money and grain from the imperial court every year, Li Xiao became angry.

A group of cysts that are not engaged in production, and they can't lift their hands and shoulders, and they can't do anything. Knowing that he had a child all day long, Sun Chengzong checked the genealogy of the Zongren Mansion, and the Zhu family actually exceeded one million. What kind of family is this, this is a litter of fucking rats.

"Oh, that's it!" Hearing Li Xiao say this, Zheng Zhilong also dispelled the idea of getting a knighthood. Since the new dynasty is not prosperous, it is not interesting to do it yourself.

"In the future, if you have military merits, you will directly reward the house and reward the money. After the "Da Ming Law" is revised, there will be fundamental changes. One of the biggest changes is that all the land in the Ming Dynasty belongs to the imperial court. It doesn't matter if you are a two-rank jinshi or a famous squire, you have to pay taxes to the imperial court.

That's right! The state will also collect taxes on your future purchases. But even if you pay your taxes, you'll still be rich. I'm a little jealous of such a good business. ”

"Jealousy? My Zheng family has never treated friends badly, and divided your dry shares into 30 percent? "Zheng Zhilong is arrogant.

"Forget it! I didn't have that idea, not from the beginning to now. Your family can monopolize this business, which is a reward for your help over the years. Don't think of it as dirty, in fact, I like to fight more than to accumulate money.

But when I led the troops, I realized that I couldn't fight with Ben fucking without money. If you open your eyes and everyone asks you for money, you will also become a good money-collector. There is no way, more than 100,000 mouths are waiting. "It's easy to meet a bosom friend, and Li Xiao vomits bitterness.

"I'm similar to you, I can't control such a large territory with fewer people. But there are too many people, and people eat horses and chew to build new ships, and there is not much silver left throughout the year. Others look at us as high, everyone wants to take advantage of us, but in fact, who knows the suffering in our hearts. Zheng Zhilong felt it.

"Yes! It's not easy for us. ”

"Are you sorry about that?"

"You said it first."

The two were talking and laughing as they walked, when they suddenly saw a group of people in front of them arguing in the pavilion. Looking at the appearance of those people, they should all be students. Two of them were like fighting cocks, and they were so noisy that they blushed and had thick necks, and they almost started fighting.

"The current emperor is not a descendant of Emperor Hongwu, but a puppet emperor." The young scholar in the green shirt shouted by pulling his neck.

"King Lu is the tenth son of Emperor Hongwu, if he is not a descendant. Chengzu was not born by Empress Ma, the wife of Emperor Hongwu, and Emperor Sejong was also succeeded by a foreign vassal. The young scholar in the white shirt had bruises on his neck.

"So what's the same, Emperor Sejong's foreign vassal succeeded to the throne, it was because Emperor Wuzong had no heirs. Emperor Sizong (Chongzhen) has an heir, why not establish an heir of Sizong. Aoyama continued to argue.

"If you say so, Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty is not from Sizong. Could it be that Emperor Nanming is right when he gets the throne? ”

"You're ......!"

"What am I? You say! Say! "The boy in the white shirt is unforgiving, like an aggressive little rooster.

"You're ......! You......! The young man in the green shirt was angry, but he had nothing to say. I was so anxious that I couldn't speak!

"Shi Lang! It's a bit unreasonable for you to say that! Seeing that the young man in the green shirt couldn't say anything, a middle-aged man behind him stood up.

"Mr. Zeng, what's wrong with me?" Shi Lang asked the middle-aged man with a stiff neck.

"Emperor Yongli is a virtuous minister of Donglin, Qian Qianyi, and Wen Tiren are jointly supported. The implementation of benevolent government and the appointment of virtuous ministers in Nanming are promising kings! But look at Emperor Longwu, what did he do after he ascended the throne? The important ministers appointed around him are either treacherous and cunning rats like Sun Chengzong, or butchers like Li Xiao.

The imperial court was controlled by them and became a mess, first deposing the ancestral training of the officials and gentry who did not pay food and did not pay poorly. Then he raised troops to the south, causing the lives of Henan, Guanzhong, and Jiangnan to be ruined. The place where Nanjing City is full of culture and glory is the capital set by Emperor Hongwu, but it was turned into ruins by Li Xiao's butcher.

Now Li Xiao has come to my Quanzhou again, in order to mess up my land of Fujian, so that his tiger and wolf soldiers can rule our people cruelly. Tell me, is Emperor Longwu a virtuous monarch or a faint monarch?

This virtuous faint, doesn't it mean that Emperor Yongli is the long live we should follow? ”

"Mr. Zeng, you are not right.

The disciple had just returned from Liaodong a few years ago, and he listened to the merchant on the ship. The Tartars poisoned the people in Liaodong, and the Miao descendants of our Han family were almost extinct. It was Li Xiao who led the Liao army to fight against the Tartars so that the land of Shenzhou would not be reduced to a foreign pasture.

When passing through Shandong, I saw that the people on the ground in Shandong lived and worked in peace and contentment, and business was prosperous. The Longwu court appointed Lu Xiang as the governor of Shandong, and within a year, he exterminated the bandits throughout Shandong, and built water conservancy, bridges, and roads in Shandong. and gave all the land of the common people to the tenants and the poor, which the squires had usurped. Promote potatoes and corn as two high-yielding crops. The people of Shandong no longer have the worry of hunger, and these things are only a scene in the history books.

The sage once said that the society is important and the king is light. The Son of Heaven rules the people on behalf of the Heavenly Patrol, and whoever can make the people live a good life is the true Son of Heaven. Shi Lang stiffened his neck, looking stubborn.

When Li Xiao heard the name Shi Lang, his eyes straightened. Look at the boy in front of him, who is only eleven or twelve years old, with a round face, a wide forehead, and small eyes but very bright. Especially that stubborn temper, it makes people like it when they look at it.

Hearing that the slanderer named Zeng Jing slandered Li Xiao, Zheng Zhilong wanted to step forward to intervene, but was grabbed by Li Xiao's hand.

"You only see an illusion of a place, but you can't see where Li Xiao's Liao army has passed, and the thousand-year-old Wenhua is ruined. Slaughtering the gentry in the countryside is like a dog, and abusing the children of the saints like untouchables. Such a person will sooner or later lead the thousand-year-old state of etiquette of our Chinese ancestors into the land of no return. If you can't see Mount Tai like this, you dare to speak out. Punishment is needed! The middle-aged man was annoyed and angry, and he seemed to be holding a ring ruler.

"Brother! You admit your mistake to Mr. Zeng, otherwise you will be beaten again today. Behind Shi Lang, a seven or eight-year-old boy took Shi Lang's hand and shook it.

"Shi Xian! My father wants us to learn the truth, not just the words of the saints. If you can make the people eat enough and live a good life, you are a good emperor. In my opinion, it is better to let Li Xiao be the emperor directly. If that were the case, the people's life would only be better. ”

"Rebel! From today onwards, you are no longer my disciple of Zeng Jing. A child like you will grow up to be a cannibal. It is better for me to slay you now, lest thou harm others in the future. Zeng Jing's face was flushed with anger, and his ten fingers stretched out like hooks to Shi Lang's neck.

"Stop!"

Zeng Jing was so frightened by this shout that she paused, and saw four people standing outside. Two of them had short hair and looked like they were coming from the north. The one who shouted to stop was one of the short-haired youths. looks like he is in his twenties, and there is naturally a majestic look between his eyebrows and eyes.