"Those bullshit civil officials know a fart, our brothers are adrift overseas, fighting with their lives, they move their mouths, sit back and enjoy their success, when it comes to benevolence, righteousness and morality, one set of one, the man in the back steals the woman, shamelessly, Lao Gao, I tell you, the worst is these civil officials, they can kill people with a pen."

Gao Yong was very happy when he heard it: "Brother Cui, you said to my heart, we still had less contact in the past, and we have to come to drink often in the future." ”

Gao Yong hurriedly toasted him, for more than a year after the New Year, the two were not on the same ship at sea, and they rarely met, and it was even more rare to drink together.

As soon as this glass of wine was drunk, Cui Yong suddenly changed the topic: "Lao Gao, have you participated in the Jingjing Disaster before?" ”

Gao Yong's face changed slightly, probably because he drank wine, but he couldn't see how his face was red: "When Jing was martyred, I was Ying Tianwei's thousand households. ”

"Oh, that guy participated in the Jingjing, I was lucky, I was in Fujian at the time, and I didn't send our guard." Cui Yong said with a smile.

"Mother's." Gao Yong suddenly scolded, which startled Cui Yong.

"The Jinchuan Gate that Lao Tzu opened with Li Jinglong."

Cui Yong's face also changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Isn't that a great achievement?" ”

Opening the Jinchuan Gate is of course a great achievement, but in the original history, Zhu Di only promoted the mediocre Ying Tianwei Qianhu to the commander of the Jinwu Guard, and he was promoted to the next level.

Of course, Ying Tianwei is one of the seventy guards of the Beijing camp, and the Jinwu guard is one of the guards of the Son of Heaven, which sounds like the emperor's pro-army and the emperor's cronies, which is better.

With such a big credit, he has only been promoted to one level, do you say that Gao Yong is not happy?

At that time, Zhu Di entered Beijing and changed the original Jingwei, the command and envoy of the emperor's personal guard, almost all of them were replaced by soldiers of the Northern Army.

But originally this was not a big deal, at least Gao Yong was promoted.

But later Zhu Di added heavy taxes to the surname Gao in the world, Gao Yong still has relatives in the countryside, as well as clan brothers, and his nephew even pays more business taxes than ordinary people.

The relatives at home all said that he, as an important general of the imperial court, can't you help us talk? Why do we have to pay heavy taxes?

Gao Yong had no choice but to explain, this was added by His Majesty himself, and I can't help it.

According to Gao Yong's understanding, you can give the world's surname Gao to increase the tax, but can our meritorious relatives be exempted?

But Zhu Di cut it all together, and no one was exempt, which was a bit disgusting.

Thinking that every time he goes back to his hometown, he will be criticized by relatives, Gao Yong is of course even more unhappy.

And now, the Han King Zhu Gaoxu wants to rehabilitate the world's surname Gao.

Hearing Cui Yong's words, Gao Yong raised his head and took a sip of wine: "So what, the relatives in my clan still have to pay heavy taxes, which are four times the tax like the people of Suzhou." ”

"Your Majesty, this has gone a little too far." Cui Yong said quietly.

He openly said that Zhu Di had passed, and Gao Yong had already affirmed what Cui Yong wanted to do when he was looking for him.

And Gao Yong's calm reaction was also seen by Cui Yong.

Isn't it strange that two generals are together, one says that the emperor is not, and the other does not react?

Cui Yong immediately said: "I have been wandering overseas for so long, I really want to go back to Fujian." ”

Gao Yong said: "Fujian is good? ”

"Recently, I heard from my brothers that all the brothers in the Fujian Health Center have increased their salaries, all of them have doubled, and they have also redistributed their fields."

"We are a commander and envoy, not to mention that each person's salary is double that of before, and they have also divided 2,000 mu of land, and they will pay 10% of the tax in the first five years and 20% of the tax in the future."

"Double the salary?" Gao Yong was also shocked.

"Exactly, all the brothers turned over. The sergeants were already few, and they could have turned more. ”

Gao Yong's face changed back and forth, and he looked at Cui Yong from time to time.

Cui Yong looked calm, as if waiting for his reaction.

But Gao Yong is not just thinking about money, but also looking at the overall situation, if he loses, no matter how much money and Tian are useless.

Finally, Gao Yong looked back at the closed door and lowered his voice: "What's the fight like now?" What is it really like the rumors outside? ”

"The King of Han won consecutive battles, successively in Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, defeated the official army, the official army lost nearly one million before and after, the King of Han now has one million soldiers, occupying half of the Ming Dynasty."

"So fast?" Gao Yong's face was incredible.

"What's the matter, King Han will temporarily withdraw his troops now, otherwise he will go to the capital division early." Cui Yong said: "It's all our Ming people who beat themselves, and the king of Han is so virtuous, and the brothers surrendered quickly, hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of people surrendered to the king of Han." ”

Cui Yong also helped Zhu Gaoxu blow to the death.

Of course, Gao Yong also knows that the official army will surrender if it is defeated during the Jing disaster, after all, it must be a civil war, and it is easy to surrender, but hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of you are too much, and there are only a lot of soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Cui Yong was very confident, and Gao Yong knew at a glance that this guy was determined to surrender to the King of Han.

Of course, Cui Yong's family is all in Fujian, and now they are all in the territory of the Han King, but he was still at sea when the Han King raised his army, and it seems that someone has contacted him recently?

"Someone from Fujian is coming?" Gao Yong immediately asked.

Cui Yong also nodded heavily.

It turned out that Fang Yanping brought Cui Yong's eldest son Cui Wei from Fujian.

Cui Wei was only fourteen years old, originally a general banner, the king of Han did not stick to one pattern of talents, and directly granted him the position of hereditary thousand households, at a young age, he was the official of the thousand households of Zhendongwei.

Cui Wei was waiting for Zheng He's fleet at Temasek half a month ago, and after they entered the port, he immediately found his father and persuaded Cui Yongjue that he had to surrender.

Cui Wei also asked his father, is it possible for the other two commanders to persuade them to surrender?

Although Zheng He is an ambassador, in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, as long as the three commanders of the army are willing to surrender, Zheng He's influence can be ignored.

They have only been together for more than a year, and Zheng He's ability to maintain leadership was brought to him by Emperor Zhu Di.

If Zhu Di is overthrown, these generals will not necessarily sell face to a eunuch.

Cui Yong thought about it at the time, and felt that Gao Yong could be wooed, because Cui Yong also knew about the tax increase with the surname Gao in the world.

The key is that Zhu Gaoxu has actually brought him the news that Gao Yong participated in the Jinchuanmen Incident in the Jingjing, but at that time, he was only promoted by one level.

Moreover, Gao Yong's ability to do this in the Jingjing tribulation shows that this person is more courageous and has a stronger heart to climb up.

Usually if you can do this kind of anti-water thing once, you can do it a second time.

Although Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like this kind of person, he must win over such a person.

Sure enough, as soon as Cui Yong and Gao Yong talked, Gao Yong's attitude became clear.

Gao Yong reacted quickly, which made Cui Yong feel that maybe any excuse for relatives to pay heavy taxes was fake, and what Gao Yong really cared about was the interests of the anti-water, far more than loyalty.

The experience of martyrdom told him that all who were faithful were killed.

Of course, Cui Yong doesn't care what Gao Yong's real excuse is, as long as he is willing to turn against the water.

He has already said all his hole cards, and he has clearly expressed his thoughts.

And Gao Yong is a person who can do great things, otherwise he would not have followed Li Jinglong to open the Jinchuan Gate back then.

So Gao Yong almost didn't hesitate after listening: "What does King Han want?" ”

Hearing him say this, Cui Yong was relieved.

"King Han wants this fleet and the sailor brothers, if they can all stay, of course it is the best."

"King Han said that the fleet may be used in China, but the brothers who don't want to return to China to participate in the war can stay, think about it, if we follow Zheng He back to China, we will definitely be sent to various battlefields, once we fight, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed, but if I stay here, I don't need to participate."

Zhu Gaochu mainly wanted to incorporate Zheng He's warships, and the sailors and horses were still second, because Zheng He's fleet was really huge, and the warships of 5,000 and 2,000 materials were now invincible.

Gao Yong's eyes lit up when he heard this, Zhu Gaoxu's words were still very tempting.

If he returns to China with Zheng He, he may participate in a big war, no matter whether he wins or loses, he will definitely die a bunch of people.

But staying here to fight against the water, you don't have to participate in the civil war.

Gao Yong said at this time: "Zheng He is a close confidant of the emperor, I think he has been hesitating in the past two days, but it seems that what he is hesitating is not whether to descend or not, but to go from that side, you can avoid the Han King Guangdong and Fujian's sailors." ”

Cui Yong nodded, Zheng He's thoughts, none of them could guess, they had hesitated in the past two days, they might not be thinking about the anti-water matter, and they might also be thinking about how to avoid the sailors of Fujian and Guangdong.

"But this is almost impossible, if he wants to return to the Ming Dynasty, he must go through Fujian and Guangdong."

Gao Yong said: "He may want to go around the distance, stick to Luzon, go to the east of the chicken coop (the back is called Wanwan), and go around to Zhejiang." ”

Cui Yong suddenly realized that this is indeed feasible.

Zheng He is now going to Java, and when he comes out of Java, he can stick to Luzon, away from the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian, and he can also go from the sea area east of Luzon, which is safer.

After making a big circle in this way, you can go around to the sea area of Zhejiang.

Gao Yong said again: "If he really goes this way from Java, he will definitely have to bring a lot of food and fresh water, and there are not many places to replenish along the way." ”

The Java straight line can go to the east of Wanwan, and then go around to Zhejiang, the whole distance is nearly 10,000 miles.

In the middle, only the Bo Ni country (Brunei) and Luzon can be replenished, two places.

Gao Yong continued: "Let's see if he will supply food and fresh water after he arrives in Java, and if he supplies too much, he will definitely want to go a long way." ”

Because if Zheng He wanted to surrender to the Han king, he didn't need to supply so much food and fresh water, they could go back to Temasek, then to Saigon, to Champong, and then along Guangdong, Fujian, at least seven or eight times, and everywhere could be replenished.

"Can you stop him in the Old Port?" Cui Yong said: "King Han has a fleet in the old port, but there are fewer ships. ”

Gao Yong shook his head: "Does King Han want a complete fleet, or after a big battle?" ”

Of course, Cui Yongdao must be complete.

It is best to be able to take down the entire fleet without blood, and if it is not necessary, try not to send sailors to intercept Zheng He, because once the fight starts, all the losses will be Zhu Gaoxu's own ships.

After some secret discussions, the two finally decided on the plan.

(End of chapter)