After the Guangxi general Sun Yanling figured out that Wu Sangui was still "very good", of course, he happily slipped back to Guilin to contact the various armies and towns on the ground in Guangxi, and prepared to fight against his wife Kong Sizhen, who did not abide by women's morals, Sun Jiqing, the son of the old king next door, and Wang Fuchen, the strong and strong governor of Liangguang.

But in these years, the traffic basically relied on walking, the communication basically relied on roaring, and there were not many people who had the conditions to go to Wuhua Mountain to see Wu Sangui. Therefore, there are still many people who are worried about Wu Sangui's stroke and the imperial court's five-way and three-way siege of Yungui, including Geng Jingzhong, who is "both fine and loyal".

Geng Jingzhong had already returned to Geng Wangzhuang in Fuzhou, and he also took over the power of his sick and dying father Geng Jimao, and became the "owner" of Geng Wangzhuang.

Anyway, in Geng Jingzhong's view, the real power of his "alternate vassal king" is not much greater than that of a farmer. It is said that he is the "king" of Fujian, but in fact, he can't even be the master of the entire Fuzhou City, and what really belongs to him is only the East Gate, Tangmen, Jinglou Gate, and Water Department in Fuzhou City, until Fahai Temple, which is almost half of Fuzhou City.

This piece of land was "encircled" by Geng Jimao when he led 3,000 banner soldiers (Geng family soldiers) and his family members to move to Fuzhou. To say that it sounds good is a "circle", and to say that it is unpleasant is of course to "grab"!

This half of the city that was robbed by Geng Jimao led the troops became a comfortable nest for Geng's fifteen leaders, and the people of Fuzhou called this place "Geng Wangzhuang", and later Geng Jimao's people also called it so. So King Jingnan became the "Master of Geng Zhuang"!

Of course, in addition to this half of Fuzhou City, Geng Jimao also (robbed) a lot of "feudal villages" in the inner circle of Fujian Province, and distributed them to the fifteen brothers under him to collect rent!

After more than ten years of reproduction and robbing of women and men (robbed as slaves), the population of Gengjiazhuang has swelled from less than 30,000 to more than 130,000. Gengjiazhuang's business has also developed from a relatively single enclosure to collect rent, to international trade (smuggling and trafficking), protection and transportation (private checkpoints), protection of commerce (collection of protection fees), minting money for the country (private casting) and so on.

Especially after blasting away Shi Lang, a nasty ghost who doesn't do anything, last year, Geng Wangzhuang's life is even more prosperous!

But how can it be a prosperous life, but it can't go on, because the four major domains and two small domains, the Yunnan Pingxi Domain, which takes the lead among the six Han domain towns, is about to be killed by the Qing Dynasty!

Others don't know Wu Yingxiong's thoughts, and Geng Jingzhong, who has been playing behind Wu Yingxiong's big bear buttocks, has been playing since he was a child, and he knows it all the better!

This guy really wants to be a rich man. If he becomes the king of Pingxi, then the Pingxi Domain will soon be withdrawn!

If the Pingxi Domain is gone, can the Jingnan Domain still have it?

Besides, in order to come to Geng Wangzhuang in Fuzhou as the owner of the village earlier, Geng Jingzhong also promised to cooperate with the imperial court to withdraw the domain!

At that time, he was suspected of fornication, in order to clear his suspicion, and in order to come to Fuzhou as soon as possible to be the "owner", he really dared to give out any promise. But now that he has really become the "alternate owner" of power, he is reluctant to hand over everything

And I can't hand it over!

130,000 people. Among them, there are more than 30,000 young men who have the right to become bannermen!

In other words, Geng Jingzhong has not fifteen assistant leaders, but one hundred, how can this be arranged? How many leaders did Emperor Kangxi have himself? If you add one piece to the three flags, there will be two hundred or dozens of leaders, and you will be the emperor! He Geng Jingzhong now actually owns almost a hundred. Although there are not as many leaders as Kangxi, the growth rate is high!

When his father Geng Jimao came to Fujian in the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the fifteen leaders were only barely scraped together. It has increased seven or eight times in more than ten years, and if this trend continues, in a few more decades, there will be no more leaders in the eight banners together.

So.

Thinking of this, Geng Jingzhong, who was pulling the abacus beads in the study, picked up the brush and wrote the six big characters "The Son of Heaven is a fire ear" on a piece of rice paper!

These six words are a proverb, I don't know where it comes from, anyway, Geng Jingzhong, who likes word measurement, fortune telling, astrology, qi, and feng shui, is also very obsessed with the mysterious and mysterious science of the gods, and there is a group of friends around him, who like to study these when he was in Beijing.

After the research of Geng Jingzhong and others, the meaning of this "doppelganger of the Son of Heaven" is probably "two emperors" or "local emperors" of one side. And the fire ear. One fire, one ear, together is not a "Geng"?

Originally, when he was in Beijing, Geng Jingzhong still felt that this proverb might not necessarily be on him. But when he saw the "vigorous Pingjiang Riots" in Jiangsu, and saw the disasters of the Manchu court and government in the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian (his father also had a share!). ), in Fuzhou Geng Wangzhuang learned about his true strength, he had a sense of destiny.

But how is this destiny going to be realized?

Putting down the brush, Geng Jingzhong's brows tightened again.

Just as he was frowning, his two most trusted strategists, Li Huaheng, Daoist Li and Master Yu Renying, also rushed in from outside with a gust of wind. Among them, Master Yu was still holding two famous cards in his hands, and when he came to Geng Jingzhong, he offered them with both hands, with an excited face, and lowered his voice: "Lord Shizi, look at this!" ”

"What's this?" Geng Jingzhong took the name card and looked at one of them first, with a line of calligraphy written on it, each of which he knew, but he didn't understand when he put together a piece, "The revival of the Ming Jinyi pro-army commander Ao. What do you mean? ”

"This is the name of Aobai!" Master Yu Renying said.

"What?" Geng Jingzhong was taken aback, "Ao, Ao Bai has come to Fuzhou?" He, isn't he in Jiangsu? ”

Dressed in a Taoist robe, Daoist Li, who looked at him a little chattering, "counted" his fingers and said: "Lord Shizi, this Ao Bai has just made a big fuss in Jiangsu, and the Eight Banners, Green Camp and local officials over there in Jiangsu must be careful to catch him everywhere!" He couldn't stay in Jiangsu, so he came to Fujian. ”

Geng Jingzhong was stunned again, "What? Ao Bai came to Geng Wangzhuang? ”

"No," Master Yu shook his head, stretched out his finger and pointed to the other post in Geng Jingzhong's hand, "Lord Shizi, this is the one who is here today!" This one took two copies of the name card and followed Zeng Deputy to unify it. ”

"It's." Geng Jingzhong picked up the post and looked at it, there was also a line of calligraphy on it, and this time he could understand it, "The people who rejuvenated the Ming Yanping Palace's advisory to join the army Chen Zheng pirates?" How could that Zheng pirate also hang the head of the revival of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"He must be together with Third Prince Zhu!" Master Yu said, "Zheng Jing originally played the signboard of the Ming Dynasty. This third prince Zhu is now very lively, it is the Suzhou Uprising, and it is the establishment of the Heaven and Earth Society to rebel, and what is the "World for the Public" and "The Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", and he also learned to make a ballad of "Welcoming Zhu San", isn't this the way of Liu Futong and King Xiaoming at the end of the Yuan Dynasty? Even if he can't succeed in the end, he can still shelter us and Zheng Jing from the wind and rain! ”

"Reasonable" Geng Jingzhong nodded, and his spirit immediately rose, "The third prince of Zhu is the king of Xiao Ming, then I am, hehe, I am Zhu Hongwu!" No, isn't the third prince Zhu already dead? ”

"Nope!" Daoist Na Li has already "counted" his fingers, "Lord Shizi, my subordinates have already calculated it for the third prince of Zhu. This third prince Zhu is the third son of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, named Cijiong, the king of Fengding, was born on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, he has the life of ninety-five, and the life expectancy is at least seventy outside, so he can't live to be eighty years old! ”

"The one who died in Suzhou."

"It must be fake!" Daoist Li said categorically.

Geng Jingzhong thought for a while, "In addition to Zeng Deputy Commander, is there anyone else who knows that Zheng Jing's envoy is here?" ”

Master Yu shook his head: "No one knows, Zeng Deputy Dutong has dealings with the other side, and he has always been ignorant and unaware." ”

Geng Jingzhong was stunned: "Do I know about this?" ”

"Of course," Yu Renying smiled, "how honest do you think the old prince is?" ”

Geng Jingzhong smiled: "I thought he was scared by my grandfather's business!" ”

Geng Jingzhong's grandfather, Geng Jimao's father, and the big traitor Geng Zhongming was the first one among the Sanshun Kings who died unhappily. And the cause of his death is very bizarre, because the army took in 300 "fugitives", and as a result, he committed suicide in fear of crime. At that time, he was leading 10,000 troops on the way to Guangdong!

Yu Renying said: "Lord Shizi, the prince is just cautious, not cowardly. ”

Geng Jingzhong nodded: "Then I have to be cautious. I met this Chen Senjun in the Elephant Garden, where it was smelly and no one went. ”

"The prince is wise!"

Master Yu and Li Daoren hurriedly sent sycophants.

The elephant garden is where Geng Jimao raises elephants - others have pets, cats and dogs, Geng Jimao has a special hobby, raised a group of elephants, and specially built an elephant garden, and when Geng Jimao was not sick, he also liked to ride an elephant in the garden with his henchmen or an "overseas guest".

Geng Jingzhong had never ridden an elephant, and he didn't dare to ride it, thinking that the elephant was so tall that it must be painful to fall off its back. However, he still fell in love with the seclusion of the Elephant Garden, and in the first pavilion in the Elephant Garden called "Elephant Pavilion", he saw Chen Yonghua, who had just come from Dayuan Island, and Zeng Yang, the deputy capital of the Jingnan Palace, who was actively moving closer to him these days.

After Chen Yonghua sent the third prince Zhu and Wang Zhongxiao and others away, he did not stay in Jiangnan for a long time, but set off to return to Dayuan Island to report to Zheng Jing the latest changes in the situation in the world.

Zheng Jing is of course very "fine"!

Otherwise, in history, he would not have seized the opportunity of the uprising of the three feudatories to take Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and also slammed his foot in Chaozhou - taking these territories was agreed by Geng Jingzhong, and later he also took advantage of the opportunity of Geng Jingzhong and the Qing army to fight to the death, and drew a lot of territory that originally belonged to Geng Jingzhong, which is really better than a monkey!

Of course, Zheng Jing's current situation is very difficult, and he can't survive without refinement. Others thought that he owned the entire Dayuan Island, and he had some strength. But in fact, Zheng Jing's territory is the one along the southwest coast of Dayuan Island. As for the rest of the island, it is in a state of uncontrolled wilderness. The reason why this is the case is because Zheng Jing really has no one in his hands!

At present, the Han population on Dayuan Island is only a dozen or two hundred thousand, which is not enough to fill the entire island of Dayuan.

Moreover, Dayuan Island is still a place full of dysentery, and the Han people on the island are easy to die of the epidemic.

Therefore, for the current Zheng Ming Group, separating the island is simply a last resort. Look at the opportunity, gamble, and take back your hometown of southern Fujian, which is the best choice!

And now, the war between Kangxi and Wu Yingqi (Wu Sangui) is about to start, Geng Jingzhong and Wang Fuchen are ready to move, Zhu Sanzi Tiandi will make trouble everywhere again, and there is a haunted Ao Bai who will jump out and make a fuss when he doesn't know when. Isn't this the "change in the world" that Zheng Jing has been waiting for since he was a child?

However, the current changes in the world don't seem to be big enough, so we have to take advantage of the time when Kangxi and Wu Yingqi (Wu Sangui) are about to fight, and set fire to his southeast backyard and pour buckets of oil!

"Chen Yonghua, the advisor of the Yanping Palace, has asked the prince to say goodbye!"

In the observation pavilion, Geng Jingzhong looked at Chen Yonghua, who bowed to him, frowned, and asked, "What about worship?" Didn't he come? ”

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "It's not a secret, Ao Bai has been staying in the palace of Pingxi in Yunnan all along!" ”

"What?" Geng Jingzhong was stunned, "The chaos in Suzhou a few days ago"

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "That's the Heaven and Earth Association and our Yanping Palace, and the banner of Ao Bai is just to scare the Qing soldiers, but it's still quite smart!" Most of the bastard officials in Suzhou City were scared away! ”

"Your third prince is not." Geng Jingzhong asked tentatively.

"That's not the third prince," Chen Yonghua said, "that's just a good man sent by the king of Pingxi to Jiangnan to contact the heroes of all walks of life!" ”

Geng Jingzhong frowned: "The real third prince"

"The real third prince is heading to Yungui!" Chen Yonghua said, "The king of Pingxi is going to do something in Yungui soon, and the third prince is his righteous name, so of course he has to rush there. And we, the Heaven and Earth Society, and the Yanping Royal Mansion want to join forces with the prince to do something in the southeast in response to the king of Pingxi and the third prince. ”

"What do you want to do?" Geng Jingzhong asked.

"Draw a scoop according to the gourd, and have another battle of Suzhou!" Chen Yonghua said, "Lord Shizi, this matter is not harmful to you. First, we do not raise troops on your turf; Second, we don't need you to send someone to help us revolt, and we don't want you to do it; Third, you can also take the opportunity of Aobai and Tiandihui to revolt in Zhejiang to expand your military power and power in Fujian.

Now Kangxi is mobilizing the elite of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion to deal with Wu Sangui, and he has no spare strength to make a big move in the southeast. ”

Chen Yonghua's words were very good, and Geng Jingzhong was a little moved. But he still couldn't make up his mind, mainly because he didn't know if this Chen Yonghua was reliable? So he looked at Zeng Yangxing, a veteran who had followed his grandfather and father for many years.

Zeng Yangxing nodded and said, "Lord Shizi, King Yanping and Chen Senjun have cooperated with us for many years, and they are very reliable!" ”

Of course, if it is reliable or unreliable, Geng Jingzhong will not be deceived by Zheng Jing to so much territory in history!

Geng Jingzhong looked at Chen Yonghua again: "Chen joins the army, my benefits in this matter are not small, so what benefits can you get?" ”

Chen Yonghua smiled: "Of course we have benefits. Didn't they blow Shi Lang away and dismiss his Fujian sailors? This Fujian can't do without a water master! Thousands of miles of sea frontier, how can you do it without defense? ”

"Isn't that good for you?" Geng Jingzhong asked.

"There's a better way!"

"What's the solution?"

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "Do you think I can be the new commander of the Fujian Navy Division?" If I can't be a commander, I can be a general soldier! ”

"What?" Geng Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, "Chen joins the army, you want to take refuge in the imperial court?" ”

"No, no, no" Chen Yonghua shook his head with a smile, "Actually, I am already an official of the Qing Imperial Court."

"What? Are you already an official of the Qing Dynasty? Geng Jingzhong was taken aback, "How did you become it?" ”

"I bought it!" Chen Yonghua said confidently, "I spent money to buy an alternate guerrilla!" If you can make meritorious service in Zhejiang this time, you can protect me again, let me be the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, and I promise that the 'sea donation' to Jingnan Wangfu in the future can be doubled! ”

"It's okay like this"

Geng Jingzhong is stupid, and there is this kind of sassy operation!

The army of Yanping Palace, the big leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, first spent money to buy a guerrilla, and then made an uprising to suppress it himself, and then made meritorious service as a general soldier after the event

"Wait," Geng Jingzhong suddenly thought of something, "How long have you been doing this?" ”

There are many generals, deputy generals, and staff members in Guangdong and Fujian who are local tyrants or pirates who come from Zhao'an, and if they all come this way, the strength of the Yanping Mansion is much stronger than on the surface!

"It didn't take long," Chen Yonghua shook his head, "we just thought of it." ”

This is true!

Chen Yonghua was inspired by Wang Zhongxiao to think that he could do this. In addition, Wang Zhongxiao gave him a background of a relatively hard sticky spy background, and he also had military merits in pacifying Suzhou.

And when he became the chief soldier of the Qing Dynasty, he was able to recruit troops on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and there were too few people on the island, so there was really no way to expand the army, and he couldn't recruit people even if he had money!

So it's still very fragrant to run a Qing Dynasty general soldier. It would be even better if the entire southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty could be contracted!

In addition, running a Fujian Navy Division Commander is also conducive to the smuggling business of the Yanping Palace-Fujian Commander-in-Chief Fujian went to Jiangnan to buy hundreds of thousands of silk horses to make sails and flags. Doesn't that seem normal? At least Su Songzhen on Chongming Island won't come to meddle in things, and it's a big deal!

Make money, no shame!

(End of chapter)