Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 207 Zheng Zhilong's Decision
After Zheng Zhilong heard this, he couldn't help frowning even tighter, and confirmed to Zheng Hongkui: "What? Make me the right captain of the navy, and lead the navy to go north to Denglai?"

"Yes, that's the matter." Zheng Hongkui nodded quickly and said with a smile, "Brother, congratulations, this is the highest official position in our Zheng family!"

Who knows that Zheng Zhilong's face darkened when he heard this, and he shouted: "There is nothing to congratulate. Don't you know that our foundation is here, not in the north!"

Seeing his reaction like this, Zheng Hongkui couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then he argued: "Brother, what are you afraid of? Even if you lead the navy to the north, isn't this place guarded by our own brothers? It's still our foundation!"

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had a fleet of more than 20 large and small ships, with a military strength of up to [-] people, including Han, Japanese, Korean, Austronesian, and African blacks.

Of course, it is impossible for all these troops to be incorporated into his navy.Otherwise, there would be no way for the court to explain.Therefore, most of his military strength belongs to him personally.

What Zheng Hongkui said actually meant that after Zheng Zhilong led the navy in the establishment to the north, their Zheng family could still control the entire southeast coast without worrying about losing their foundation.

However, when Zheng Zhilong heard this, he slapped the table, made a loud "pop", then stood up, and said in a stern tone: "What do you know? Is the right governor the only one in your eyes? Then It’s just an empty title, do you understand? When it comes to salary, are we short of it? Also, do you think that going to the north is for fun? Do you think that after the court transfers me away, it won’t be wrong about this place? ? Appoint another guerrilla for coastal defense, do you know what to do?"

His movement was a bit loud, and even attracted two people, one big and one small.The older one is in his early twenties, and the younger one is about 15 years old.

The older one was a little surprised when he came in, so he immediately asked Zheng Zhilong, "Brother, what happened?"

This person is Zheng Zhilong's fifth younger brother, Zheng Zhibao.In the original history, although Zheng Zhilong did not surrender to the Manchu Qing, but later, he finally surrendered to the Manchu Qing.The result was also very tragic. A Fujianese, a person who was near the sea in the south, was taken to the northernmost Heilongjiang by the Manchu Qing and imprisoned to death.

But at this time, he was studying at the Nanjing Guozijian, and he happened to be at home now.

And the other little one is Zheng Sen.If in the original history, it would be renamed by Emperor Longwu, that is, the famous Zheng Chenggong.At this time, he only passed the scholar examination last year and became one of the twenty "Ganshan students" in Nan'an County.That is to say, the best students, the kind who can receive the imperial salary (in fact, there is food subsidy).

Facing his father's anger, he didn't speak, but just stared at his father and uncle curiously, a little confused that his father, who was always good-tempered, would lose his temper so much to his fourth uncle?
Zheng Zhilong looked at the two of them, then took a deep breath, tried to calm down, lowered his voice, and told Zheng Hongkui: "Let's put this matter off for now, wait and see. If Master Zhongcheng urges you, Just wait until I come back from the sea. I won’t show up during this period.”

Zheng Hongkui was scolded by him. After thinking about it for himself, he felt that what his elder brother said made sense, so he agreed.But when he saw Zheng Sen, he suddenly remembered and said with a smile on his face: "Brother, Mr. Zhongcheng also said that the emperor heard that Sen'er was an extraordinary scholar, so he wanted to summon Sen'er because he was the head of the case in Nan'an County last year. Study at the Imperial Academy of the Capital."

In the Ming Dynasty, there was such a practice that students from prefectures, prefectures, and counties were selected, that is, those with excellent grades or qualifications among scholars, who were promoted to the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy. They were called Gongsheng, which means contributing talents to the emperor.After becoming a Gongsheng, you are theoretically qualified to be an official.

Not to mention being an official, it is a great honor just to be known by the emperor and intend to go to the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy by name.

Therefore, when Zheng Sen heard it, he couldn't help being overjoyed. He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zheng Hongkui's sleeve, and asked repeatedly: "Fourth Uncle, you won't lie to me, right? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true!" Zheng Hongkui also had a sense of pride, looked down at his nephew, and said with a smile, "What Mr. Zhong Cheng said himself, there can be no falsehood!"

After Zheng Sen heard this, he smiled happily, turned around and ran away, and at the same time shouted excitedly: "I'll go tell my mother!"

Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised when he saw this scene.When he saw that his eldest son had already run to the door, he came back to his senses and shouted: "Come back!"

There was a hint of anger in the voice, which made Zheng Sen stop immediately, turned around, and looked at his father with some confusion.

Zheng Zhibao, who was standing next to him, felt a little jealous when he heard the conversation just now.You know, he is already in his early twenties. He is just a scholar. He has no connections and is studying in Yingtianfu Imperial College.

However, my nephew just passed the case examination last year, and he has already been listened to by Datian. The emperor also intends to let his nephew go to the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy to study.These are completely two levels, there is no way to compare!

At this time, he was very puzzled when he heard that his elder brother suddenly had a tendency to go crazy, so he asked: "Brother, what's the matter, such a big good thing, I should let my sister-in-law be happy too. My sister-in-law has always admired me, Daming." , if Sen'er is promising, he must be very happy."

Although Zheng Sen's mother was a Japanese, she loved the Ming Dynasty.In the original history, even if Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, she did not follow him. Instead, she expressed her attitude by committing suicide.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong replied a little irritably, "What do you know?"

After he finished speaking, he sat down and wanted to take a sip of tea, but found that the tea had been drunk before, and he was even more annoyed. He dropped the lid of the tea cup and almost fell off the table.

The other three obviously saw that his mood was wrong, and they didn't dare to speak, but just looked at him quietly, waiting for him to speak.

After a while, Zheng Zhilong seemed to calm down, and suddenly sighed.His aura is no longer what it was before.

Seeing him looking at Zheng Hongkui, his tone became much calmer, and he asked, "Is there any news about the emperor and Sen'er?"

Zheng Hongkui nodded quickly after hearing this, but he didn't dare to show excitement like before, and quickly replied: "The angel interrupted, saying that the emperor seems to have dreamed of Sen'er, and that Sen'er is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he must have great promise in the future." Yes. He was worried that the small place was not enough to train Sen'er, so he revealed this meaning, and wanted Sen'er to study in the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy!"

Hearing this, Zheng Sen couldn't help being very surprised, he looked like he wanted to speak, but seeing his father's appearance, he didn't dare to speak in the end.

After Zheng Zhibao heard it, he couldn't help asking: "Really?"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up a little, but he recovered as before, with a sneer on his face, thinking in his heart, such a childish excuse, is it because he took a fancy to the strength and wealth in his hands!
"Of course it's true. The angel said it himself! Could it be that he dares to arrange for the emperor?" Zheng Hongkui turned his head to look at his younger brother, and replied as a matter of course.

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, he couldn't help but turn to look at his nephew, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said enviously: "Sen'er, you will definitely have a bright future in the future!"

"What's the future?" Before Zheng Sen could speak, Zheng Zhilong answered angrily, "How naive do you have to be to believe this kind of thing? Come on, let's have a dream?"

Seeing him looking so angry, Zheng Zhibao opened his mouth but did not respond in the end.Zheng Sen's face showed a trace of grievance, as if his father had taken the wrong medicine today.

"Brother, don't you believe me!" Unexpectedly, Zheng Hongkui replied, "It is said that at the end of last year, the emperor had a dream about Taizu! After teaching the emperor, the emperor made repeated moves and turned the situation in the north. It is estimated that the war in the north will end soon!"

"What?" Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised when he heard it, but he didn't believe it more, "What else can the emperor do? He has been on the throne for so many years, and he has been played around by those civil servants, and he has no idea at all. Otherwise, what do you think is the reason why the high-ranking ministers are exchanged so frequently as eating and drinking?"

He himself is also the leader of a force, so of course he knows how important stable subordinates are.If the people in important positions under him are frequently replaced by him, it means that there is definitely something wrong within him.

But Zheng Hongkui was dissatisfied when he heard it, and immediately told Zheng Zhilong all the things he heard about the emperor's change.The two listeners on the side also listened very closely.

So, a series of things after Emperor Chongzhen's crossing, such as refuting Yang Sichang's claim that the inside must be settled first when fighting against the outside world, trying to protect Lu Xiangsheng, rectifying the factory guards, motivating the morale of the Qin soldiers, and winning a big victory, were all mentioned one by one.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen sent people south after the Qin soldiers wiped out more than 5000 Jianlu infantry.After all, if there is a big victory at the bottom, things will be different.Otherwise, just relying on the status of an emperor, how much deterrent power does it have in today's world!
Zheng Zhilong listened quietly, and the more he listened, the more surprised he became.Because from the situation he knew, he felt that the current emperor was just a man with great ambitions and limited talent; however, according to Zheng Hongkui's description, it was really after Taizu fell into a dream that his methods suddenly became smarter.Could it be... could the emperor really dream of some things?
Thinking about this question, veteran generals like Zheng Zhilong still don't quite believe it.However, he didn't know that such a thing as time travel could still exist in this world, and he didn't know how the original history would develop, so he became skeptical.

"Brother, that's how things are." After Zheng Hongkui finished speaking, he said to him, "As long as you don't want to rebel, I think it's a good thing for Sen'er to be valued by the emperor. It's better to go with the flow and pave the way for Sen'er."

At this time, the Ming Empire was full of rebels, so the word rebellion was already mentioned frequently.There were no outsiders here, so he spoke out without any scruples.In fact, Zheng Zhilong here is equivalent to the earth emperor.

After listening to his words, Zheng Sen stared at his father, with a look of expectation on his face, and suddenly interrupted: "Father, the sages have taught us that people in my generation should set up our hearts for the world, for the people, and for the future." The sage inherits his unique knowledge and brings peace to all generations. How can he rebel and bring chaos to the world!"

There was a hint of condemnation in his words.Obviously, the education he received since he was a child made him and his father think differently.

"Huh?" Zheng Zhilong snorted out of his nose with a trace of anger when he heard it, staring at his son, thinking in his heart, it's not like I haven't rebelled before, I'm just recruited by the court now!

However, what surprised him was that this time, Zheng Sen was not afraid of him, or rather, although he was a little scared, he still stubbornly raised his head and looked back instead of lowering his head.It's a bit like the eagle's wings are hardened, which means it has its own independent opinion.

Zheng Zhibao next to him, although he is also a student, is much older than Zheng Sen and has not been affected by the teachings of any saint.He just glanced at his nephew, with a hint of "you're still young" in his eyes.

However, this time, Zheng Hongkui supported his nephew and said: "Brother, our strength is actually at sea. If there is a rebellion, the imperial court will definitely mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress it. Do you think we can still stay in Fujian? At that time, I will definitely leave my hometown and flee to the island, what's the point of that?"

At this time, even Zheng Zhilong still had no confidence, and felt that he could really occupy Fujian and resist the imperial court's encirclement and suppression.Otherwise, he wouldn't be so cautious.His strength, as Zheng Hongkui said, is mainly the navy, which is to make a fortune at sea.Once they rebel, they must retreat to the island.

As for the consequences of doing so, he, the pirate king, actually knew it in his heart.Without the support of the mainland, one day in the future, he will be wiped out like the great pirates he destroyed, or he will be replaced by the second Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, he was not sure that if he rebelled, the 20 subordinates would all rebel with him.You know, the reason why he stood out from the pirates back then was that he accepted the recruitment and became a member of the imperial court. He used the court's righteousness and resources to deal with other pirates in turn, and he got what he is today.He couldn't guarantee that there might be someone like himself among his subordinates.

Thinking about it like this makes me a little irritable.Seeing the expression on his son's face staring at him, he became even more irritated.However, he is a rational person after all. After thinking for a long time, he made a final decision: "It's still the same sentence, let's delay this matter first, and I will go to the officials. Send someone to find out the news from the north and keep an eye on the governor's mansion. If there is any movement, report it to me immediately."

Obviously, he still has to look at the situation before deciding.

It's normal to think about it, this is a major event related to the future of their Zheng family, making a hasty decision is not in line with Zheng Zhilong's personality.

At the time when Zheng Zhilong really had to leave Anping Town and go to the high officials, the north, the capital, and the emperor's powerful army finally returned to the capital with the eight major Shanxi merchants and their accomplices.

　After thinking about Zheng Zhilong for a long time, I designed this plot.I feel that under the circumstances at the time, this should be in line with Zheng Zhilong's reaction, including Zheng Sen.And Zhang Xianzhong, what kind of person do you think he is?
　　
　
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