Early this morning, Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the Bo, came to the Wei State Mansion.

When he was led into the West Flower Hall by the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, he saw Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, pruning a plate of Mu Dan.

Looking at the freshly pruned Mu Dan flowers, Xu Hongji exclaimed: "Mu Dan is worthy of being the king of flowers, with bright colors, jade smiles and pearls, chic and magnificent, and other flowers are difficult to match." ”

Liu Kongzhao chimed in: "The Duke of Wei is just like this Mu Danhua, and it is also the king of all the nobles, and the other nobles are difficult to compare with the Duke of Wei's mansion. ”

"Uncle Sincerity, I'll make you smile."

Xu Hongji handed the scissors to the maid, and took a wet towel from the other maid to wipe his hands.

While wiping his hands, Xu Hongji sighed and said: "Sincerity, what you said just now is wrong, the glory that belongs to our Wei Mansion has passed, and now the first noble of the Ming Dynasty is the Duke of Min." ”

Liu Kongzhao's face suddenly showed a look of melancholy, but he didn't dare to say anything.

The Duke of Min that Xu Hongji said was Zheng Zhilong, and just two days ago, Zheng Zhilong finally arrived in Nanjing.

As soon as he saw Zheng Zhilong, Chongzhen enshrined him as the Duke of Min, and set aside a large piece of vacant land on the bank of the Qinhuai River and rewarded the Zheng family for the construction of the Mansion of the Duke of Min.

It is said that the gold-lettered plaque of the Fujian Mansion was also written by Chongzhen Yubi himself.

This kind of grace, not to mention Liu Kongzhao, even Xu Hongji is envious.

Xu Hongji then asked: "By the way, I heard that those generals who made meritorious contributions in the Battle of Xuzhou have arrived in Nanjing?" Will the saint be knighted on a large scale in the future? ”

"Yes, there are more than a hundred." Liu Kongzhao said whimfully.

"What? More than a hundred? Xu Hongji was also dumbfounded when he heard this, "It seems that from now on, there will be nothing unusual about the nobles in Nanjing." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Liu Kongzhao teased, "Go to the street and pick up a brick and throw it in any direction, maybe you can hit a nobleman, I really don't know what the saint thinks, why are those Qiu Ba knighted?" ”

"What the Holy One thinks, we can't guess." Xu Hongji sat down, and motioned for Liu Kongzhao to also sit down, "The case of killing the monarch and seizing the dynasty is said to be in the past, and even the Donglin party members who were implicated have been reinstated after the announcement in the newspaper, but there is no explanation for us nobles." ”

"Wei Guogong, here is exactly for this." Liu Kongzhao asked with a sad face, "What do you mean by the Holy One?" If you want to say that you won't punish us, I'm afraid that some people will believe it, but if you want to punish us, the saint hasn't said anything for a long time, and he won't send someone to arrest us, what does he want? ”

Xu Hongji took a sip of the dragon well and asked, "Where did the saint go today?" ”

"The saint went to Lion Rock." Liu Kongzhao replied, "The group of Qiu Ba and the Zheng family brothers who came from Xuzhou climbed the top of the Lion Rock to see the scenery, and they may drink tea on the foundation of Yuejiang Tower." ”

……

It really made Liu Kongzhao right.

Chongzhen and his entourage rested on the foundation of Yuejiang Tower at this time.

In addition to Huang Degong, Zuo Mengeng, Ma Huabao, Wang Zuntan, Jin Shenghuan and other border generals, as well as Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui brothers, and some scholars accompanied him.

Zheng Sen is also one of the Qinwang scholars who waits.

It is no wonder that even Xu Hongji envies the Zheng family.

The current situation of the Zheng family is really a hot fire.

"Hooray." Gao Qiqian diligently wiped a stone clean, "Sit down and rest your feet." ”

Chongzhen was really tired, so he immediately sat down and said to everyone: "Don't stand, everyone, find a clean place to sit down, let's sit and chat." ”

After speaking, he said to Zheng Zhilong: "Zheng Qing, sit by my side." ”

Zheng Zhilong, who was originally going to sit in the distance, quickly turned back and sat cross-legged beside Chongzhen.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong, Chongzhen suddenly asked: "Zheng Qing, I didn't want to lead the troops in person the first two times, are you worried that I will put you under house arrest in Nanjing and not let you go back to Fujian?" ”

There was a laughing atmosphere just now, and I suddenly froze.

Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui's brothers, and Zheng Sen changed their faces even more.

Smiling, Chongzhen said again: "Even now, do you have such worries?" ”

"Holy." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly turned over and lay on the ground, and said in a panic, "The minister has no such intention." ”

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen also hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Holy Lord, my brother/father has no such worries. ”

"Hey, get up, this is just chatting, what are you nervous about?" Chongzhen motioned for the three fathers and sons of the Zheng family to sit up, and said with a smile, "Actually, it's not surprising that you are worried, if it were you, even this time, you might not dare to come to Nanjing, and what emperor would tolerate the Zheng family being in charge of the Daming Water Master?" ”

"Holy Lord, ...... minister" Zheng Zhilong wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know what to say.

Because the Zheng family is in charge of the Daming Sailor, this is not in a hurry, which is undeniable.

"Holy!" Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and shouted, "Our Zheng family can hand over the water master!" ”

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui all looked at Zheng Sen with shocked eyes when they heard this, and said in their hearts, what are you talking nonsense about a little rabbit cub? The sailor is the foundation of my Zheng family's life, how can I hand it over?

But in front of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui didn't dare to say it openly.

"Zheng Sen, did I say that I would ask your Zheng family to hand over the water master?" Chongzhen said, "Okay, even if your Zheng family is willing to hand over the sailor, can there be a competent sailor general in the court who can lead the sailor?" ”

"This ......" Zheng Sen was speechless, there was really no competent sailor general in the court.

If you want to say that you are familiar with water warfare, especially naval warfare, you can count the Zheng brothers and their children.

Chongzhen turned back to Zheng Zhilong and said, "Zheng Qing, I didn't say this to you, but just to tell you that your pattern is smaller, in fact, your vision can go further." ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes revealed a strange bright color, he had already vaguely guessed the meaning of Chongzhen's words, but he was not sure, and asked at the moment: "I don't know what the saint means by this?" ”

"Zheng Qing, that's what you guessed." Chongzhen smiled slightly, but immediately said with a straight face, "Your end point shouldn't just be the parent of the Zheng family's sailors, there are too few chief sailors, you should lead five generals, ten generals, or even twenty chief sailors to cross the seas and seize sea power with the Western Hongyi!" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong felt as if something was surging in his body.

It seems that Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Xu Yingwei and other Qinwang scholars are even more enthusiastic.

"Zheng Qing, don't nest in that corner of Jinjiang, come to Nanjing, come to my side!" Chongzhen stood up as he spoke, waved his hand violently and said, "I will use the financial resources of the whole country to build a sailor for you that far surpasses Zheng He's fleet, and then set up a sailor academy under the supervision of the country, specializing in training sailors who are proficient in water warfare. ”

"I can also issue an edict to set up a shipping shipbuilding silver number to raise funds to build a sailor!"

"The first enrollment quota of the Sailor Academy will recruit five hundred scholars, and if it is not enough, it can be added!"

Speaking of this, Chongzhen stared at Zheng Zhilong's eyes again and asked, "Zheng Qing, you will be the head of this Sailor Academy, what do you think?" ”

"I don't dare to ask for it!" Zheng Zhilong bowed solemnly.

The establishment of the shipping and shipbuilding silver, the special fundraising to build the sailor, and the establishment of the sailor school to train the sailor for the sailor, these two points are enough to impress Zheng Zhilong.

Although the mansion in Anhai Town is good, how can it be tempting to lead a huge sailor to cross the world? In any case, he Zheng Zhilong is only forty-one this year, and the blood in his veins is still not cold!

"Zheng Qing, please, this matter is settled." Chongzhen picked Zheng Zhilong up.

At this time, Zuo Menggeng, Jin Shenghuan and other generals looked at Zheng Zhilong with even more envy.

Even Huang Degong was envious, because he had already seen that when he returned to Nanjing this time, most of the saints would not let them return to the Xuzhou front, but Zheng Zhilong still had the opportunity to gallop across the sea.

patted Zheng Zhilong, Chongzhen said again: "Zheng Qing, I hope that in a few decades, the first noble of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be the Duke of Wei, but you, the Duke of Min, and even the King of Southern Fujian!" ”

Chongzhen: This is almost Chiguoguo's promise.

It means that if you do a good job, it is possible to seal the king with a different surname.

However, Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this.

The first noble of the Ming Dynasty is not so easy to be, and the Duke of Wei seems to be about to be unlucky?

Although Zheng Zhilong had just arrived in Nanjing the day before yesterday, he had already heard many people say that the nobles such as Wei Guogong, Baoguo Gong, and Chengyi Bo were likely to be taken away by the saint because they were involved in the murder of the monarch and the case of planting false accusations.

Chongzhen didn't mention the first noble of the Ming Dynasty, but this mention directly led to a cold atmosphere at the scene.

Not only Zheng Zhilong, but even Huang Degong, Zuo Mengeng, etc. began to worry about their own titles, in the final analysis, the saint only gave them knighthoods this time, but did not give Danshu iron coupons.

What's more, even if there is a Danshu iron coupon, it may not be useful.

Doesn't the Duke of Wei have the Danshu iron coupon given by the grandfather?

When Chongzhen saw this atmosphere, how could he not guess everyone's thoughts?

At that moment, Chongzhen pointed to the foundation under his feet and asked: "You said that the foundation of Yuejiang Tower had already been laid, why didn't Emperor Taizu Gao let it be built again?" ”

"This ......" all the generals were silent.

We all know this, but we dare not say it.

According to legend, Taizu built Yuejiang Tower to emulate Tang Taizong to build Lingyan Pavilion, and also enshrined the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty on Yuejiang Tower, and there are more of them.

There are only twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion.

And Yuejianglou has 36 heroes.

However, as soon as the foundation of Yuejiang Tower was built, Taizu suddenly had a dream.

After Taizu dreamed that he was in charge of Bintian, these heroes rebelled one after another, and the new monarch Zhu Biao, who was more than benevolent and lacked fortitude, couldn't suppress it, and Taizu woke up from anger.

After that, the construction of Yuejiang Tower was stopped.

Then he killed half of the thirty-six meritorious heroes.

The construction of Yuejiang Tower was put on hold, and it was nearly three hundred years old.

(End of chapter)