Zhu Chenggong's return also caused a small sensation.

Although the people don't know where Taiwan is, and they don't know what role Taiwan has in Daming, this does not prevent them from pursuing this famous national surname.

The people's welcome to him caught Zhu Chenggong off guard, he didn't expect that he would be so sought after, which made him have to reluctantly put on a smile and signal to the people who welcomed him.

Su Yan did not go to greet Zhu Chenggong in person, he personally went to the top of the Purple Mountain to inspect how the Ministry of Rites and the people of Taichang Temple held the enthronement ceremony here.

The name of the temple secretary of Taichang Temple is Ren Tinggui, he was originally an official of the court of King Lu, and after the establishment of the Nanjing court, he was also able to retain his official position and continue to serve as the secretary of Taichang Temple in the court.

Not only Taichang Siqing, but also the chief officials of some yamen such as Taifuqing and Dali Siqing are still served by officials in the court of King Lu, which is mainly due to the lack of similar experienced officials in the court, so they can only be served by them first, and if they are incompetent, it is not too late to remove them and replace them.

However, it turns out that this Ren Tinggui is quite competent, and he can answer with confidence in the face of Su Yan's inquiry, and what he says is the truth, and Wu Zhongluan is also very happy to cooperate with him.

After coming down from the Purple Mountain, Su Yan learned that Zhu Chenggong had arrived in Nanjing, and he hurriedly ordered someone to invite Zhu Chenggong, who had returned to Zheng's Mansion, to the Chu Palace.

At the same time, Zheng Fu.

Zhu Chenggong was sitting on the main seat of the hall, taking his back to check what Zheng Jing, the eldest son of Mr. Huang Zongxi, had learned over the years, Zheng Jing had grown from an eight-year-old child to a teenager over fourteen, although he was not yet fully mature, but he was almost to the age of marriage.

Ming Taizu stipulated that men get married at the age of 16 and women marry at the age of 14, although there is still a gap of two years between the age of marriage, but Dong Yougu, who has always liked to "do politics" in history, has begun to plan to find a suitable wife for him.

Of course, that's another story.

At this time, Zheng Jing was still dealing with his father's back, but fortunately, he had always been "studious and good at shooting", and studied seriously under Huang Zongxi, so he easily coped with Zhu Chenggong's back, in exchange for the approving smile of his father, who had not seen him for a long time.

In this life, because of Su Yan's appearance, many unnecessary tragedies that should have happened in history have been avoided.

is like Shi Lang, who broke with Zhu Chenggong and defected to the Qing Dynasty, he is still serving under Zhu Chenggong, taking the lead in the war and making great achievements.

Zheng Jing, who was far away in Nanjing, did not have the opportunity to have an affair with his younger brother Zheng Rui's nurse Chen Zhaoniang in the future, and he was unlikely to marry the granddaughter of Tang Xianyue, the right attendant of the former Longwu Imperial Court.

Anyway, everything is going in a good direction.

Seeing that Zheng Jing had memorized the content of his recitation, Zhu Chenggong was just about to praise him, but at this time, the personal soldiers sent by Su Yan happened to come to the door and invited Zhu Chenggong to the Chu Palace.

Zhu Chenggong had to briefly praise Zheng Jing, and then took a few personal soldiers to the Chu Palace, seeing his father leave, Zheng Jing excused himself to go back to study, but left Zheng Mansion through the side door, and came to the Zhang Mansion of the Military Department a few streets away, and asked his classmate and friend Zhang Wanqi out.

Zhang Wanqi is Zhang Huangyan's eldest son, and Zheng Jing was sent to study under Huang Zongxi in the same year, so the two soon became friends, but because Zheng Jing is the eldest son of the country's surname and has a higher status, Zhang Wanqi is more like his younger brother and is taken care of by him.

After coming out with Zheng Jing, Zhang Wanqi, who was angry with his book, asked him, "Jinshe, didn't the surnamed Guo return to Nanjing today, how can you still ask me out?"

"My father was invited by His Royal Highness the King of Chu after checking my homework, and now I have no time to care about me, didn't the grandson of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites say how fun the flower boat of the Qinhuai River is, and today this son has a treat, and I will call it again

Those who go to the Xining Palace, go together for a long time." Zheng Jing said.

The Xining Royal Mansion was naturally the residence of Li Dingguo's heirs who were rewarded by Su Yan to stay in Beijing, and they and Zheng Jing were also of the same age, so they quickly became acquainted and often went out to play together.

"Qinhuai River? This is unacceptable." Zhang Wanqi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Listen to my mother, where is the gathering place of Hualiu women, how can I go to that kind of place before I reach the age of marriage?"

"You don't understand this, we just went to see for a long time, and we didn't say what we had to do." Zheng Jing Zhengse said, "Could it be that you want that Wu Shangshu's grandson to keep pressing us? Anyway, this son can't bear it!"

Hearing Zheng Jing say this, Zhang Wanqi was a little shaken, seeing that he was shaking, Zheng Jing directly took his hand and walked towards Xining Palace, Zhang Wanqi had no choice but to acquiesce and let Zheng Jing pull him.

Well...... Even though he was only 14 years old, Zheng Jing had already begun to show his desire for the love between men and women, but he was pitiful Zhang Huangyan's eldest son, a weak scholar, who was led astray by him.

……

On the other hand, after Zhu Chenggong came to the Chu Palace, Su Yan warmly invited him to take a seat, because Su Yan had already had an open and honest conversation with Zhu Chenggong when Zheng Chagu was pregnant, so the latter did not have much resistance to Su Yan's imminent emperor.

He accepted all this very calmly, and in the conversation with Su Yan, he repeatedly warned Su Yan, hoping that he could remember everything he had promised to himself - to expel the Tartars and restore China, so that the common people in the world would no longer suffer from the ravages of war.

Su Yan agreed, he naturally wouldn't forget it, but he didn't ask Zhu Chenggong to come over so that he could remind himself, Su Yan ordered someone to take out the map that had been prepared long ago and spread it on the table, Zhu Chenggong only glanced at it, and recognized that this was a map of Nanyang.

He looked at Su Yan suspiciously, and asked, "Anguo, what do you mean by this?"

"Big brother, Nanyang has been the sphere of influence of my Celestial Empire since ancient times, but in recent years, Xiyi has come from the far sea, forcibly occupied territory, and built castles, I think you should have understood it when you fought in Heyi in Taiwan." Su Yan said.

Zhu Chenggong nodded and said, "Heyi has also set up a base in Java, Nanyang, and its headquarters is called Batavia, if I remember correctly, it is to the west of the former Palembang Propaganda Division."

"That's true, not only Heyi, but also the Francophone people also occupied Luzon, built a city stronghold in Luzon, set up a governor to govern, and there were tens of thousands of Han people living in Luzon, and in the twenty-first year of Wanli, the Franco-machine people had massacred the Han people under their rule, although Emperor Shenzong ordered the boat to bring back 3,000 expatriates, but the remaining Han people were brutally slaughtered."

Speaking of this, Su Yan's emotions became a little excited, his face turned red with anger, his fists were clenched, and he said to Zhu Chenggong: "Big brother, if this revenge is not avenged, won't it make the Francophile despise my Heavenly Empire, thinking that they can slaughter the people of our Celestial Empire at will, and I can't bear my sadness when I think of the tragic experiences of the expatriates in a foreign land."

Zhu Chenggong frowned, he also knew what happened to the Luzon diaspora, but he had to face the pressure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and later fought against Heyi, and he never had the heart to move troops against Luzon, and now Su Yan suddenly said this to him, with his understanding of Su Yan, how could he not understand what Su Yan meant?

So, he nodded and said, "Anguo, the imperial army still needs to focus on the Northern Expedition to recover the homeland, and the enemy in the South Seas will be dealt with by our troops and horses, and after the chicken coop affairs are stabilized, I will plan to conquer Luzon in the south and rescue the Han family."

Su Yan likes this kind of person who can understand his intentions without having to explain much, he looked relieved, and said, "Then it's all up to the eldest brother to do his best."

After speaking, he changed his words and said, "However, if the eldest brother attacks Luzon in the south, he does not have to only aim to rescue the overseas Chinese, the Luzon Islands have been within the tributary range of my Celestial Empire since ancient times, where there is a reason for the Xiyi to steal the territory, the eldest brother can expel the Franc Ji people, directly set up a liuguan jurisdiction in Luzon, and merge it into the territory of the Celestial Empire."

When Zhu Chenggong heard his words, he was inevitably shocked in his heart, his ambition was really not small, looking at what he meant, Luzon was just a small beginning, he probably wanted to pay tribute since ancient times, or the entire South Seas

are all included in the territory.

As soon as he thought of this possibility, Zhu Chenggong couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic, what man doesn't fantasize about expanding his territory and making immortal achievements? Even if he is the son of a pirate, he wants to make a big difference, and now that Su Yan has given him this opportunity, he will definitely not let it go.

If he can defeat the entire Nanyang, can he compare with Hou Bi, the champion of the first Han Dynasty?

Taking a deep breath, and then exhaling the turbidity in his chest again, Zhu Chenggong said to Su Yan: "Anguo, you can leave Nanyang to me, my Zheng Clan's sailors are invincible in the world, and Nanyang's Franco is not an opponent, so you should be ready to receive Nanyang and send officials and immigrants to farm."

Listening to Zhu Chenggong's words, Su Yan had a smile on his face, he nodded, and also bowed his hand, and said, "Then it's all over to the eldest brother."

Between the two conversations, the future situation and strategy of the South Seas seem to have been decided, the Ming and Qing dynasties were at the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and the future status of the South Seas was naturally very important, if the Celestial Empire wanted to remain strong in this critical era, it was necessary to control the South Seas steadily, and the previous tributary system would be overthrown and replaced by direct jurisdiction.

Nanyang is just a beginning, in the southwest of Nanyang, that mysterious continent that no one has ever explored in depth is also bound to win.