Chapter Eighty-Six: A Good Show

Zheng Chenggong was not called Zheng Chenggong at this time, which made Zhou Shixian a little uncomfortable, although this hero finally died young in the original history, and the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty was not successful. But Zhou Shixian still admires him very much, and now he is even a little excited to see the real person.

You must know that Zheng Chenggong fought with the Qing army for more than ten years under such difficult conditions, and finally he was able to accumulate strength and attack Nanjing. The total number of Manchu and Han officers of the Qing army killed by his army was more than that of Li Dingguo, who "struck two famous kings and shook the world". Of course, the army under Zheng Chenggong has not killed a vassal royal clan like Kong Youde and Nikan.

However, there are only two isolated islands on the southeast coast as a stable base, and the large and small battles of the whole ten years have become stronger and stronger, and finally nearly 100,000 troops have been taken out. As for those who only judge heroes by success or failure, I am afraid that they don't even know the most important battles in Zheng Chenggong's life.

After all, only the ultimate successful person is perfect, and it is possible to become a god under propaganda and packaging.

Heroes, heroes, are just people, and Zheng Chenggong is undoubtedly the latter, a failed hero. If he really drove out the Tartars, restored China, and established the Zheng dynasty, maybe he would be able to become a "god".

Of course, since Zhou Shixian has come to this world, Zheng Chenggong will soon be called Zheng Chenggong, otherwise the taste will be wrong. This is something that Zhou Shixian can never accept, and if the country surnamed Ye follows him, he will definitely succeed.

In the final analysis, Zhou Shixian relied on the vision from later generations, and stood on the shoulders of the 400-year-old civilization with the fastest development of mankind, which was the source of his self-confidence. Otherwise, he would never be as good as these people.

Let's just say that just because of his military school career, Zhou Shixian, out of hobby, almost memorized the topographic maps of mountains and rivers above the county level in the entire country, which cannot be compared with those abstract maps of this era.

Although many of the things he carried cannot be directly used in actual combat now, this will put him in an advantageous position in the grand strategy, and the mapping technology he learned in it is a proper dimensionality reduction attack for this era.

Zheng Chenggong didn't know this, but after listening to Zhou Shixian's plan, an admiring smile appeared on his face, and he sighed even more in his heart - this horse is so calculating, so insidious, it will definitely be able to do great things in the future. After all, it is not easy to find out the smuggling of your own fleet.

The reason why Zheng Chenggong sighed in his heart just now was not because Zhou Shixian knew about the joint smuggling between his family and the ministers of the DPRK and China, but because the other party could know the specific value and time of the goods.

You know, the things that the Zheng family did behind their backs are well known. But what they do, few people know.

"Well, this colt's plan works, right?" Zhou Shixian raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zheng Chenggong looked at the colt in front of him, who was younger than himself, and immediately clasped his fists and flattered: "The colt is really a god and a man, and this plan can be called seamless." ”

Zhou Shixian listened, took another sip of wine, and said: "Then this matter is settled, when the ship comes back, you will go and operate again, and 300,000 taels of silver will be in hand." Don't worry about Jinyiwei, two corrupt officials, if you want to deal with them, it's easy at all. ”

Zheng Chenggong originally wanted to ask more, but now that he heard Zhou Shixian say this, he also knew that he shouldn't talk too much, so he immediately responded.

"Zheng Gongzi, are you interested, follow this horse to see the real battlefield in a few days?" Zhou Shixian looked at the person in front of him and asked again.

"The Tartars are coming?"

Zheng Chenggong's face was suddenly startled, and then he whispered to himself: "How can it be so fast? It's only been less than two months......"

"It's not a Tartar, it's a good show." Zhou Shixian immediately laughed, and it suddenly occurred to him that taking an outsider might save him from the possible sanctions of Emperor Chongzhen.

"A good show?" Zheng Chenggong looked puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more, after all, seeing Zhou Shixian's appearance of pretending to be a ghost, he thought it was a military secret.

Although Zheng Chenggong is arrogant and not as low-key as others, he also knows the importance of proportion, and he will not ask what he shouldn't ask.

"I can't tell you yet, but if you want to see it, then the horse will naturally send someone to inform you, and you can go with you on the horse's boat. If you don't want to, then you don't go. Zhou Shixian didn't let go, he was about to get away with it, how could he let go of such a great opportunity not to show his strength?

In the final analysis, what Zhou Shixian is doing is to rebuild the confidence of the entire Ming Dynasty, and he must let those ministers, military leaders, and local powerful factions realize that he can win and give them hope and confidence.

Only in this way will these people not surrender as easily as they did in the original history, nor will they always look forward to it, and will actively support the resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong paused, he was guessing what Zhou Shixian meant by this, and he was also worried that the other party was setting a trap for him, from the 300,000 taels of silver to the current "good show", it may be a trap, for the sake of the wealth and maritime trade status that his Zheng family has accumulated over the years.

After all, Zheng Chenggong is also a thoughtful person, and he doesn't believe that pie will fall from the sky. It's not the kind of person who hasn't seen the world, and he just gets carried away with a little profit. Although Zhou Shixian is a concubine, for him, he is not trustworthy.

Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, chatting fast? What is it simple to pretend to be?

Zhou Shixian saw that Zheng Chenggong was hesitating, so he immediately changed his statement, and then said: "If you are worried about Qian Qianyi's complaint, you can report the name of this concubine." When the national disaster is at hand, the man should be on the battlefield, and he will carry those eight shares all day long, what is the use of taking the bird test? If you come, this horse will also take you to see what a strong army is, and you will know how to go about the situation in the world in the future. ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, these words came out of other people's mouths, he may not believe it, but from the horse Zhou Shixian, who brought hundreds of soldiers and horses from the capital, and finally escorted the saint to Nanjing, it became thousands of soldiers and horses, it is said that Zhou Shixian, who stabbed more than a dozen people on the road, said it from his mouth, he did not doubt it.

Well, after Zhou Shixian's planning, he not only killed the rogue, but also cut down several Tartars who had entered the Kou, even though it was when he was twelve or thirteen years old.

Zheng Chenggong didn't believe the back, but the front. It's just that he didn't expect that the previous one was also exaggerated several times.

Moreover, Zhou Shixian's words also successfully aroused Zheng Chenggong's interest, he didn't want to read this bird book for a long time, although he could easily surpass others in reading. But Zheng Chenggong was more interested in the battlefield, especially Zhou Shixian's words also hinted at some information about him, which made his hanging heart relax.

"Then there will be a labor horse, and the subordinate will follow the dispatch of the horse." Zheng Chenggong finally made a decision.

"That's right, the husband should be like this." Zhou Shixian's plan succeeded, and he immediately laughed.

Since the matter has been negotiated, and the two of them are in this land of wind and moon, it is natural to call the Oiran head card, and then play music and dance. That night, Zhou Shixian and Zheng Chenggong both grew a lot.

In the next few days, Zhou Shixian continued to soak in the "Nanjing Ordnance Bureau", while participating in the construction of the rules and regulations of the Ordnance Bureau, and on the other hand, continuing to improve his army planning and the planning of the agricultural war reserve force system, these are all things to be done in the next two or three years, and he must be prepared as soon as possible. Of course, in addition, he will occasionally enter the palace to participate in some government affairs.

But Emperor Chongzhen is currently reducing his influence in the court, so there are not many opportunities for this. If it weren't for the fact that Chongzhen couldn't find a second general who could shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the Qing Dynasty and destroying thieves, I am afraid that Zhou Shixian's influence in the army would also want to be cut off.

That's really digging his own grave, fortunately, Chongzhen is a person who has died in the country after all, and in the military, he is much more stable than before, at least he won't trust anyone casually and kill anyone.

In fact, if there is enough time, Zhou Shixian can slowly negotiate with the other party and win the trust of this suspicious emperor, but now he only has a few months, so he can only choose this fastest way. As long as the army is in your hands, the situation will not get out of control.

However, if there is enough time, why did Zhou Shixian flee with Chongzhen?

He himself picked a weak and easy-to-control prince to bring to Nanjing, spent two or three years, directly rectified the imperial court, and the Northern Expedition wiped out the Qing Dynasty.

After Zhou Shixian left the "Nanjing Ordnance Bureau", he continued to organize the opportunity of scientific expeditions, secretly met with several rookies, and got into a relationship with Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu, Qian Qianyi and others.

These people have mixed reviews in the original history, even similar to Qian Qianyi, and have a black history of surrendering, but the water is too cold and the skin is too itchy, so it is purely a low-level joker, and the time and place are not right.

At this time, Zhou Shixian not only had to establish authority in the army, but he also had to open up the relationship between the DPRK and China as soon as possible, and those rookies in the imperial examination who represented the local families were promoted by several confidants and ministers to win over.

Although the ministers in the Nanjing court will not be swept away, there will undoubtedly be a large shortage of manure, what kind of people are arranged in these positions is related to the operation of the entire court in the future, and Zhou Shixian must intervene. Otherwise, when he rules the country for his father-in-law, there will be big trouble.

Ten days passed quickly, Zheng Chenggong also boarded Zhou Shixian's secret ship to Yangzhou, the ship of the sea trade will take two months to return to Nanjing, and the "money plan" of the two will continue to wait.

However, Qian Qianyi's attitude surprised Zheng Chenggong very much, he didn't expect this young colt to be so powerful, and he actually hooked up with Qian Qianyi behind his back. Although Zheng Chenggong doesn't like this teacher very much, he still recognizes the influence of the other party.

This strengthened Zheng Chenggong's determination and made him look forward to the good show he was about to see.