Quanzhou Mansion, Fujian, Anping City, Jinjiang.

Zheng Zhilong is a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, as early as the spring of the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong spent a huge amount of money to build a luxurious mansion in Anping City, Jinjiang, which lasted three years and two months before it was completed.

Anping City was Zheng Zhilong's military stronghold and maritime trade base. According to the Qing Dynasty "Jiaqing Chidian Native Chronicles": Zheng Mansion is located in the north of Anping Bridge, west from Xidai to Xigang, north to Xi'antou, south of Anping Bridge, straight to five ports, covering an area of 138 acres.

The main structure is a mountain type with 13 bays and 13 rooms, and a three-way door, a double fire lane, and a five-entry courtyard. On both sides, the wings, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions are opposite each other, and the ring is listed as a barrier. There is "Dunren Pavilion" in the east, there is "Taiyun Building" in the west, the front hall is "Catholic Hall", and the middle hall is "Xiaosi Hall", and the scale is magnificent. Behind the big house, there is a "Zhiyuan Garden", which is protected by the wall, and is sparsely covered with hills and ravines, pavilions, fine houses, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, beautiful trees, and exotic flowers and plants.

Today, Zheng Zhilong is the governor of Fujian appointed by the imperial court, and he has an overview of the soldiers and horses of Fujian Province, but he is not resident in Fuzhou, but travels between the prefectures of Anping City and Taiwan.

After Ruan Dacheng's carriage and horse entered Fujian, he rushed all the way to Anping City and met Zheng Zhilong in the Zheng family's mansion.

Ruan Dacheng carefully prepared a robe, dressed himself like a wise man, walked into the gorgeous mansion with his head held high, and then a pair of eyes were attracted by the luxurious layout in the mansion, and he no longer had the pretentious bearing before he entered.

After passing through a few courtyards, Ruan Dacheng finally saw Zheng Zhilong in the main hall of the backyard, only to see that Zheng Zhilong was really like the rumors, "beautiful appearance" and "lustful", not like a middle-aged man at all, but like a handsome son of a big family.

This kind of appearance is very different from what Ruan Dacheng thought before, after all, Ruan Dacheng had only kept in touch with Zheng Zhilong through letters and contacts with his subordinates before, and had not really met.

And beside Zheng Zhilong, there were a number of generals with helmets and armor, respectively

Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai, all of them are members of the Eighteen Zhi originally convened by Zheng Zhilong, and they are Zheng Zhilong's henchmen, and now the army of more than 200,000 people is mostly led by a few people.

There are also four generals, Shi Daxuan, Shi Lang, Hong Xu, and Gan Hui, who are now in command of many warships under Zheng Zhilong. Among them, Shi Daxuan is Shi Lang's father, and Shi Lang is only in his twenties this year.

In addition, there are Zheng Zhilong's second brother Zheng Zhihu, third brother Zheng Hongkui, fourth brother Zheng Zhipeng, and fifth brother Zheng Zhibao, all of whom are Zheng Zhilong's siblings.

Ruan Dacheng saw everyone saluting with smiles on their faces, and then saw that there was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy standing next to Zheng Zhilong, only to see that this person was very similar to Zheng Zhilong, with his eyes full of eyes and heroic spirit, standing there, which immediately made Ruan Dacheng admire.

Ruan Dacheng clenched his fists and said: "White-bodied Ruan Dacheng, I have seen Zheng Du and all the generals!" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, not very enthusiastic, just like seeing an ordinary person, this attitude made Ruan Dacheng's heart start to drum.

Later, after being introduced, Ruan Dacheng learned that the young man was Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Sen.

So Ruan Dacheng praised: "Hehe, the eldest prince is described as handsome and extraordinary, and he will definitely have something to do in the future!" ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled faintly, ordered someone to watch the seat, and then said, "Lord Ruan suddenly visited, I don't know what to advise?" ”

Ruan Dacheng saw that his sycophants did not have an effect, so he hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "There is nothing else to do, just come to report the situation in Jiangxi to Zheng Duyu." ”

"Oh."

Zheng Zhilong said "oh", and there was no follow-up, and the rest of the people were also talking and laughing separately, obviously not taking Ruan Dacheng in their eyes, and not paying much attention to the news that Ruan Dacheng was going to provide.

Ruan Dacheng was shocked when he saw this, and then said: "Governor Zheng, now that the imperial court has mobilized three garrison battalions in Shandong, as well as a section of the Beijing National Defense Army, it has a great plan to solve the situation in Jiangxi. ”

"Once Jiangxi is taken by the imperial court, and the new policy and military reform policies are implemented in Jiangxi Province, then Fujian has Jiangxi in the west and Zhejiang in the north, and it will be surrounded by the imperial court.

Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, and Zheng Cai all showed worried expressions when they heard Ruan Dacheng's words, and Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhipeng, and Zheng Zhibao frowned.

Only Shi Daxuan, Shi Lang, Hong Xu, and Gan Hui did not react so much for the time being, after all, the four of them were in charge of the warship sailors, and in the hearts of the four, as long as the Zheng family's sailors were still there, it would be impossible for the imperial court to rashly implement the new policy and military reform in Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong was noncommittal, but looked at Zheng Sen beside him and asked, "Sen'er, how likely do you think Lord Ruan's words are?" ”

Zheng Sen said angrily: "The imperial court has quelled the rebellion of the thieves, and dealt a heavy blow to the Manchurian Tartars, and the new policies and military reform policies in various places have also been quite effective. Now the imperial court holds a huge amount of money and grain no less than my Zheng family in one hand, and hundreds of thousands of extremely powerful national defense forces in the other, and its strength has surpassed my Zheng family! ”

"Not to mention that the imperial court also occupies the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, two of the thirteen provinces, and the twelve provinces, controlling the inexhaustible population, as well as the huge number of garrison troops in each province, if my Zheng family wants to resist the implementation of the new policy and military reform, it is bound to face such a terrifying huge strength."

Speaking of this, Zheng Sen clasped his fists and said to Zheng Zhilong: "So the child thinks that the top priority of my Zheng family is to immediately prepare for war, on the one hand, to show the strong strength of my Zheng family to the imperial court, so that the imperial court will not dare to despise my Zheng family, and on the other hand, send people to contact the imperial court, and seek benefits for my Zheng family as much as possible after the implementation of the new policy and military reform." ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded in agreement when he heard this, and said to Ruan Dacheng with a smile: "Hehe, Lord Ruan, how is my Sen'er's knowledge?" ”

Ruan Dacheng was surprised by Zheng Sen's understanding of the current situation, and also amazed by Zheng Sen's great determination and judgment, and he had nothing to say for a while.

"Haha!"

Zheng Zhilong laughed, and after laughing for a while, he said to Ruan Dacheng: "The affairs of Jiangxi Province, my Zheng family is inconvenient to meddle, Lord Ruan's kindness I Zheng Zhilong accepted, but what Lord Ruan wanted, but I, Zheng Zhilong, couldn't do it, and asked Lord Ruan to go back for the time being." ”

Ruan Dacheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, he thought that he could walk between Zheng Zhilong and the officials in Jiangxi, gain prestige for himself, and even get a chance to re-enter the imperial court, but Zheng Zhilong rejected him, which was the situation that Ruan Dacheng did not want to see.

"Governor Zheng, the affairs of Jiangxi must not be taken lightly, if the imperial court implements the new policy and military reform in Jiangxi, then the next one is Fujian. Did Zheng Du really think that he could have the capital to bargain with the imperial court? In order to implement the new policy and military reform, Liu Ge even directly revoked the Nanjing Imperial Court, what kind of courage is this, doesn't Zheng Du want to think about it? Can Fujian's status be compared with the Nanjing Imperial Court? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Zhilong's expression finally became much more serious, and he motioned for Ruan Dacheng to sit down first, then pondered for a while, and said: "Since Liu Ge Lao is so determined, then the governor can't have a hard top with the imperial court, otherwise there is only one way to go to war between Fujian and the imperial court, does Lord Ruan want to see the war in the world again?" ”

Ruan Dacheng hurriedly said: "Zheng Du's words are wrong! ”

"How so??"

"I am contacting the civil and military generals of Jiangxi, and they will deal with the imperial court in front of them, and first delay the deployment of the imperial court in Jiangxi. However, Zheng Du's side also has to make some efforts, at least to unite with the officials of Fujian to support Jiangxi, so that the imperial court knows how much turmoil will be caused by forcibly implementing the new policy and military reform policy, and making the imperial court jealous. As long as the implementation of the new policies and military reform policies of the provinces south of the Yangtze River is suspended, we will be considered successful! ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at Ruan Dacheng like an idiot, could it be that the imperial court would be frightened by the opposition of the officials of the two provinces?

Who is Liu Yan? Although Zheng Zhilong has not seen Liu Yan, he has also heard of Liu Yan's deeds step by step from a small chief flag officer to the first assistant of the Ming cabinet.

Obviously, Ruan Dacheng in front of him has neither such courage nor strength, let alone the ability to fight with Liu Yanming.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong expected that even if he was ready to resist the new policy of the imperial court and the policy of military reform, he would not be able to get involved with people like Ruan Dacheng.

So Zheng Zhilong said: "The governor is still the same sentence, the affairs of Jiangxi Province should be handled by Lord Ruan and all the adults, and it is inconvenient for the governor to interfere." ”

"Zheng Du!!"

Seeing that Ruan Dacheng still didn't give up, Zheng Sen took a step forward and said with a smile: "Lord Ruan, my father and the generals still have to discuss military affairs, Lord Ruan, please go back first." ”

This is the order to evict customers, Ruan Dacheng sighed when he saw this, and left with a sad brow.

"Humph! A lost dog who has been dismissed from his post has the luxury of stirring up the situation in Fujian and pushing the governor to confront the imperial court, what a bastard! ”

Zheng Zhilong said coldly about the dissatisfaction in his heart, and the rest of the people also cursed Ruan Dacheng one after another.

However, Zheng Zhihu said: "Big brother, that Ruan Dacheng is certainly hateful, but his words also have a certain amount of truth. After the imperial court implemented the new policy and military reform policy in Jiangxi and Zhejiang, the next one must be our Fujian, what should we do then? Do you really want to hand over the foundation of my Zheng family? ”

Everyone looked at Zheng Zhilong, now everyone's wealth is tied to the Zheng family, if the Zheng family is "reorganized" by the imperial court, then everyone will not necessarily end up in the imperial court, and if they don't get it right, they will be secretly cleaned up by the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong frowned, and after a long time, he said: "Chai Dayong, the counselor of Jianchang Mansion in Jiangxi Province, Jiang Haiguang, the garrison of Leadshan in Guangxin Mansion of Jiangxi Province, and Gong Mingqiu, the counselor of Raozhou Mansion in Jiangxi Province, were all contacted by Ruan Dacheng?" ”

Zheng Zhihu nodded and said, "Our spies have reported that these three people have been secretly preparing soldiers and horses, and the family in the hands of the three of them has also been greatly expanded recently. ”

Zheng Zhibao on the side sneered and said: "It's ridiculous that Ruan Dacheng and those Jiangxi officials actually think that Chai Dayong, Jiang Haiguang, and Gong Mingqiu alone can block the tens of thousands of elites of the imperial court??" What wishful thinking! ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Ruan Dacheng actually doesn't expect the three of them to be able to block the imperial court, as long as they can resist and disrupt the situation in Jiangxi." If Jiangxi is in chaos, Jiangnan will not be stable, and if Jiangnan is unstable, the imperial court's finances and taxation will be hit hard. ”

"So Ruan Dacheng is gambling, betting that Liu Ge Lao will not make a hard hand in Jiangxi, so he has a bargaining chip with the imperial court!!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then Zheng Sen asked, "Father, will Elder Liu Ge do what Ruan Dacheng wants?" ”

"Haha!"

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "You see that Liu Ge Lao has been rampant in the world for many years, whether it is against the army of thieves, or against the Manchu Qing Tartars, or against the Donglin Party, the ministers of the imperial court, or even with His Majesty today, who has Liu Ge Lao compromised with?" Ruan Dacheng's wishful thinking is destined to fail. ”

"Let's do that"

Zheng Zhilong said: "Although Ruan Dacheng and others are doomed to failure, we must also muddy the waters, first make Jiangxi a mess, and then we will take the initiative to contact the imperial court to explore Liu Gelao's bottom line." ”

Zheng Sen on the side couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this.

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