Chapter 320: No War in the Southeast

Fuzhou Fucheng, three doors opened, under the escort of a column of Dingwu troops walking neatly, Chen Cao rode a war horse into the Fujian office.

Zheng Zhilong and other Fujian military attaches all gathered at the gate of the city, and when Chen Cao rode his horse, Zheng Zhilong took the lead in bowing down on one knee to Chen Cao.

"Zheng Zhilong, the sinner general, meet the king of Songjiang County..."

Chen Cao stood still, then turned over and dismounted, pressed one hand on Zheng Zhilong's shoulder, smiled, and did not take Zheng Zhilong's betrayal of him to heart at all: "Zheng Feihuang, thank you for your hard work..."

"The sin will be shameless to see His Royal Highness the King of the County, and I ask the King of the County to forgive the sin."

Chen Cao laughed, and then exerted his strength to mention Zheng Zhilong, not pretentious at all: "This king has always put the overall situation first, not to mention that there is a better choice at that time, that is, this king will also stand in line again, it is the case for everyone, you don't have to keep it in your heart, let's go, go to the city." ”

Zheng Zhilong looked carefully and still didn't see if Chen Cao was fooling him, but he could feel that Chen Cao's strength when he mentioned him was indeed used, so he was not ambiguous, stood up and followed into the city.

"The coast of Fujian is good, if these seafood are not by the sea, it is not easy to eat..."

The salmon meat in front of Chen Cao made him sigh for a long time, this banquet was attended by generals and important civil and military officials, of course, Chen Cao's main purpose in opening this banquet was to win over the officials of the former three divisions of Fujian and Zheng Zhilong.

"This king is a talker, from today on, Zheng Zhilong is the Marquis of Nan'an, this king will hand over the documents to Nanjing, and there will be an edict sent down soon;

In addition, all the major generals under the command of Nan'an Hou can be promoted, such as governors, commanders, deputy generals, commanders, etc., Nan'an Hou only needs to draw up a statement to come up, and this king will agree..."

Zheng Zhilong immediately stood up and hugged his fists towards Chen Cao: "Thank you for your grace..."

"After the peace of Fujian, Guangdong and other places will only need some time to be pacified, the wars over the years, the troops of the two Guangxi have been emptied, and now the strength of the three divisions of Guangdong is less than 30,000 together, and the whole province of Guangdong has a vast landscape, according to the king's view, only one division of soldiers and horses can take Guangdong."

Xu Fuyuan bowed his hand: "Lord, since then, there has been no war in the southeast, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment..."

Chen Cao raised his glass and said: "Come, congratulations to the people of Daming, cheers..."

Zheng Zhilong's surrender contributed to Chen Cao's original plan to add bricks and tiles to the southeast of Jingping in two years, but now it is already the end of the year, and after all the affairs of Fujian and Guangdong are completed, Chen Cao may be able to set off for Songjiang at the beginning of next year.

"Lord Xiong will supervise the affairs of Guangdong, Nan'an Hou will continue to be the general army of Fujian, and this king will leave a division of troops in Fujian and Guangdong to be stationed on a permanent basis, and wait until the world is completely pacified, and then mention other things."

Everyone in the banquet has their own thoughts, but they all keep their official positions and rights, and they really don't care who is the emperor, as long as the interests are guaranteed, whoever they love should be.

After the banquet ended, Chen Cao left Zheng Zhilong alone.

In the middle hall, there were only Chen Cao, Zheng Zhilong and Zhao Xin standing aside, Zheng Zhilong was a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't know what Chen Cao would say to him.

"Back then, on the sea, this king once told Feihuang that this king's ambition is the sea... But as things go on, you and I have different options..."

Zheng Zhilong got up and clenched his fists: "In the end, there will be a cultivation worthy of the prince." ”

"I don't dare to do it, but since you choose to follow me Chen Cao again, I still hope that Feihuang will start from the beginning, and don't do the work of those three family slaves again."

At that time, Chen Cao became a famous slave with three surnames in the officialdom of Beijing, which made him popular for a long time and was criticized for a long time, but the world has changed, and now he is the king of Songjiang County, holding real power, who would mention such things.

Zheng Zhilong blushed, then lowered his head and said, "The end will not be..."

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao laughed again, and then spoke: "There are tens of thousands of Zheng's private soldiers, and there are so many ships and sailors, this kind of power, no one in the upper position will tolerate it. ”

Zheng Zhilong seemed to have thought about it a long time ago, and hugged his fists and said: "It's all up to the prince." ”

Chen Cao stared at Zheng Zhilong for a long time before he said: "He is the king of Japan and ascends the throne as the emperor, if you still have so many soldiers, this king doesn't know if he can keep you." ”

Zheng Zhi was terrified, Chen Cao was so bold to tell himself such a rebellion, what was the reason? But then he also figured out one thing, that is, Chen Cao really regarded him as his own person, otherwise he would not have left him behind and told him such secret things.

"The last will follow the prince with all his heart, if there is a disobedience, people and gods will be angry, and God will punish him..."

"Hmm..."

After Chen Cao habitually answered, he sat on the main seat, and also asked Zheng Zhilong to sit down: "The soldiers and horses of the Fujian Third Division have standing security troops, because once the reform arrives in Fujian, the position of Fujian General Army on your head will no longer exist." ”

Zheng Zhilong's heart tightened, and it was exactly the same thing as what he thought.

"But don't worry, I don't have the final say on the sea now, the strength of your Zheng family is now like an emperor in the southeast, I heard that you also defeated the Portuguese fleet in the sea off the coast of Hao last year, this kind of strength, I am still quite jealous..."

Zheng Zhilong clenched his fists: "Now they are all the prince's sailors..."

"Hehe..."Chen Cao smiled knowingly, thinking that this Zheng Zhilong would still come to something: "Hmm...

In addition to the sailors of the Zheng family, I still suggest that you disband the tens of thousands of private soldiers of the Zheng family on your own, but in order to take into account the thoughts of your family, I allow your Zheng family to keep a thousand land guards;

Moreover, I will order the foreign trade group to cooperate with your Zheng group, except for military and political, but all commercial interests can be shared equally with your Zheng family...

What do you think? ”

Zheng Zhilong got up again and knelt down on one knee towards Chen Cao: "The last general Xie Wang Ye is very gracious..."

"Well, get up..."

"I don't know when the prince will need the last general?"

Chen Cao knocked on the table, and then said, "My Songjiang Domain's South China Sea Fleet went to the Middle East... Oh, gotta say the Kingdom of Heaven..."

Only then did Zheng Zhilong understand where it was.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is now called the Middle East, they belong to the Arab countries, the composition of the entire Kingdom of Heaven is composed of many Arab countries, when I set off to the south, Chen Yongsu's fleet of messengers arrived in Shanghai, the country of Oman has been breached, and the battle there is still very fierce;

The reason why no sea ships have come to trouble you is also because the four major fleets under the command of my Matsue Domain have basically been exhausted, and except for the flagship of the Dingwu, there are really no extra warships to use. ”

Zheng Zhilong heard this before he understood why Chen Cao did not send a fleet to the south, although he knew that a large number of fleets passed through the Dongfandao Strait last year, but he did not know their specific goals, Chen Cao did not say, he was indeed still kept in the dark.

But I also regret it a little when I think about it, if I don't surrender, Chen Cao doesn't have a fleet, and he can't do anything about himself.

In order not to let Chen Cao see his mind clearly, Zheng Zhilong arched his hand: "I don't know what the last general's fleet can do for the prince?" ”

"I'm going to create the Pacific Fleet, headed by the flagship of the Dingwu, and you are the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, what do you think?"

Zheng Zhilong is indeed very disciplined in naval warfare, and he is good at learning, he has studied the Dutch ships for a long time, and also imitated three, and it is these three imitation shipbuilders that only hit the Portuguese in the sea off the coast of Guangdong.

"The last general is all at the disposal of the prince."

...

After Chen Cao arranged the administrative affairs of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, he ordered the eighth division of Yan Chun to be stationed in Guangdong, and the seventh division of Han Xianchu to be stationed in Fujian, so he led the army to return to Songjiang by sea after the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen (the second year of Chongde, 1631 in the Western calendar), Zheng Zhilong accompanied by many family members, which also served as a proton, and the other focus was to go to Shanghai to accept the flagship ship of Dingwu, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Sen was also picked up from Beijing and sent to Songjiang, Directly entered the junior preschool class of Nanjing Military Academy.

In the governor's yamen, Chen Cao looked at the map of the Ming Dynasty that belonged to his territory for a long time and did not speak, Huang Chunyao walked into the lobby with an official document: "Lord Wang, the remaining divisions of the Tianxiong Army have rushed to Oman one after another after completing their training, and this time a ship has returned, which is full of oil, according to the return of the army accompanying the ship, all the oil on this ship comes from Oman. ”

Chen Cao took the official document and read it carefully, and then said: "Tell the arsenal that rifles and field artillery are given priority to the supply of the Tianxiong Army, and in addition, tell Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng that they will take advantage of the opportunity we occupy to expand the war situation without limit, and what they do is their business, and all oil countries must be in the hands of our Ming Dynasty." ”

As he spoke, Chen Cao took out a color map of the Middle East that had been drawn long ago from the desk next to him, which marked several very important oil-producing countries in the world in later generations: "This map sent to Oman must be handed over to Lu Xiangsheng, and tell him that after the occupation of several countries on the map, they will consolidate the results of the war, and will not continue to expand outward, and the countries on the map will be built according to the political envoys of our Ming Dynasty, and officials at all levels will be transferred from Nanjing School in the future, so that they can prepare as soon as possible." ”

"Yes..."

After Huang Chunyao answered, he handed an official letter sent from Nanjing to Chen Cao: "The prince was not there at that time, and the students did not dare to call the shots in this official letter. ”

Chen Cao opened it and saw that it was Zhu Yousong who asked Chen Cao to go to Nanjing to be the secretary of the military department, and also added a military title of 'General Pingbei' to Chen Cao, and led all the departments in Nanjing to go north and attack Beijing.

"In the middle of last year, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo of the Northern Dynasty, was awarded the title of 'General of Pingnan', and controlled the main army of 600,000 at home and abroad to go south, and now its various departments are hoarding Huai'an and Gaoyou, and echoing each other from afar, students speculate that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Army may launch a general attack on Nanzhili when the summer of this year comes."