Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 221 There Must Be a Flag of the Great Ming Navy at the End of the Sea
Hearing the sound, Zheng Zhibao immediately said in surprise: "Brother has been dragging on. Could it be that Jin Yiwei is here to arrest you?"

"Impossible!" Zheng Hongkui immediately retorted when he heard this, "How dare you come to Anping Town to arrest Big Brother with just a few Jin Yiwei? Have your brains been soaked by the sea?"

After such a buffer, Zheng Zhilong also calmed down.After asking a few more questions carefully, he quickly told Zheng Hongkui: "You go out to receive Jin Yiwei first, and just say that I am rushing back, and by the way, tell them what they are going to do so far away?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard noisy voices coming from the front yard, with a very obvious northern accent.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong avoided immediately, Zheng Hongkui also collected his mind, and then hurried to the front yard.

At the gate of the mansion, many servants of Zheng's mansion gathered there, blocking the door, preventing the ten Jin Yiwei outside from entering, the two sides were having a dispute.

"How dare you dare to stop my guard?" The leader of the guard, who was a general bannerman, shouted sternly, "You delayed your errand, how many heads do you have?"

"Without permission, I will take care of your Jinyiwei, or else..."

Obviously, the servants of the Zheng Mansion are used to being arrogant, and there are no Jinyiwei activities there, so they have no Jinyiwei at all, so they start to fight tit for tat.

But Zheng Hongkui was shocked. At least he had been to Yingtian Mansion and knew how powerful the factory guards were. Unlike these servants, they only lorded it over here in Fujian and didn't know how high the sky was.So, he immediately shouted sharply: "What are you doing, do you want to ask for a beating? How dare you stop the Jin Yiwei, why don't you get out of the way!"

When he scolded like this, the servants who blocked the way lost their temper, and immediately dispersed to both sides, bowing their heads at the same time: "Fourth Master!"

Zheng Hongkui ignored them, but clasped his fists together, greeted Jin Yiwei at the door with a smile on his face, and said, "My lords, don't blame me, country people don't understand etiquette. Please, please come inside!"

After finishing speaking, he immediately scolded the servants: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and notify the distinguished guests inside, and get out two watermelons that are frozen in the well, hurry up!"

Seeing Zheng Hongkui's performance, General Banner of Jinyiwei felt a little relieved, and scolded God, "Damn, it's so hot to death!"

After finishing speaking, while striding inside, he said to Zheng Hongkui: "Where is Zheng Zhilong, the emperor's secret decree, hurry up and receive the decree!"

Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui couldn't help being taken aback.No matter how much he thought about it, he never expected that Jin Yiwei would actually bring the emperor's secret decree, how much he valued his elder brother!
However, he didn't dare to make decisions about this matter. Zheng Zhilong had already given orders just now, so he could only accompany the group of Jinyiwei captains to the lobby, while carefully explaining: "It's a coincidence, my elder brother has not returned from the sea before, How can this be good?"

Hearing this, the General Banner of Jinyiwei couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect this to happen, he couldn't help but frowned and asked immediately: "The emperor's secret decree, how can we delay, why don't you go find it?"

"Yes, yes, I've been out for a while, or maybe I'll be back soon." After Zheng Hongkui answered, he felt something was wrong, so he immediately added, "It may take a few days, this matter at sea , the wind is high and the waves are strong, it is hard to say."

The General Banner of Jinyiwei felt a bit of a headache when he heard it, and came to deliver the order, but the person who received the order was not there!
There was no other way, so he had to ask again: "Hurry up and send someone to look for it, the sooner the better!"

The weather in June is okay in the north, but here in Fujian near the sea, the weather is so hot that people can hardly breathe.Jin Yiwei are all from the capital, it feels really bad, if possible, I really don't want to stay in this stuffy and hot south for a day.

Fortunately, a servant immediately brought watermelons soaked in well water, and another servant rushed over to fan them, which relieved their enthusiasm.

On the other side, Zheng Zhilong, who was hiding, already knew that Jin Yiwei was here to deliver a secret decree.Unexpectedly, he decided to meet up.

"Brother, are you not afraid that they will come here with bad intentions?" Zheng Zhibao asked a little worriedly.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Since it is the emperor's secret decree, it is impossible for the visitor to be unkind. Otherwise, the decree must be transferred to Mr. Zhongcheng, and Mr. Zhongcheng will arrange it instead of going straight here!"

In his heart, it was actually very strange that the emperor, whom he had never had direct contact with before, would actually give him a secret order.Having never received an imperial edict before, he couldn't help but feel a little fresh and expectant.

In addition, he also knew that hiding all the time was not an option. Master Zhongcheng must have been very angry.Unless he is determined to fall out with the court, otherwise, he can no longer hide.

So, about half an hour later, he appeared in the front yard covered in sweat, hurried to the lobby, put his posture very low, and even pleaded guilty, and at the same time he took the initiative to explain: "The red barbarians of the senior officials are restless. General Mo personally rushed over to clean up their meal. Please forgive me for coming back late!"

The relationship between Hong Yi and Daming has always been regarded as hostile. He said so, and I believe no one can see through this excuse.

The General Banner of the Imperial Guard served him a delicious meal in the Zheng Mansion, which relieved the stuffy feeling, and his mood was no longer so bad.At this time, I saw that Zheng Zhilong was coming, and his attitude was so low. I felt a little more favorable in my heart, so I didn't embarrass him, so I asked him to clear out all the irrelevant people, and gave him the secret decree.

Out of curiosity, Zheng Zhilong unfolded the secret decree and read it.

Although he guessed it shouldn't be a bad thing, but after he looked at it for a while, the sweat on his forehead flowed down again, as if he just came in from the outside.At the same time, his face was full of shock.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen told him straight to the point in this secret decree.

The main content is: the emperor knows Zheng Zhilong's strength at sea, and also knows what he is doing.But the thought is that he did not harm Daming like the Shanxi merchants in the north. From a certain point of view, he, Zheng Zhilong, also maintained the safety of Daming's coast.Therefore, the emperor did not intend to pursue Zheng Zhilong's previous affairs.

However, Emperor Chongzhen warned Zheng Zhilong in a secret decree that he should not expect to continue doing things like this requiring sea ships to pay to hang the Zheng Jialing flag.

The navy is the navy of Daming, not the navy of the Zheng family; the sea is the sea of ​​Daming, not the sea of ​​the Zheng family; if this kind of thing is really investigated seriously, it is also suspected of treason!

Emperor Chongzhen clearly told Zheng Zhilong in a secret edict that the imperial court would definitely pay attention to the sea in the near future.At that time, not only the Fujian Navy, but also the Denglai Navy, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy, and the Guangdong Navy will be rebuilt one after another; and the goal of the Ming Dynasty Navy is no longer just to patrol the coast.Even at the end of the sea, there must be the flag of the Ming Navy!

And the only way out for him, Zheng Zhilong, is to give the court the greatest assistance while the Daming Navy is still in the early stages of reconstruction.Only in this way can one be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and it is also possible to confer the title of wife and son, and the title of marquis.

Now, in order to deal with Liaodong Jianlu, the Denglai Navy must rebuild as soon as possible.Therefore, it is a great achievement to send him Zheng Zhilong to speed up the reconstruction and eliminate the navy of Jianlu.On the Fujian side, Zheng Zhilong can also be given a buffer of three years.After that, it will be gradually incorporated into the official establishment of the imperial navy, not just Zheng Zhilong's navy!

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also made it clear that he had given enough patience and hoped that Zheng Zhilong would not be obsessed with it.Unless he wants to rebel, don't miss this opportunity.He was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Denglai Navy, and immediately led the navy to the north, obeyed the dispatch of the Governor of Baoding, rebuilt the Denglai Navy, and played his due role in the war against the captives!

At the end of the secret decree, Emperor Chongzhen also expressed his admiration for his son Zheng Sen, and asked Zheng Sen to study at the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy in the north and accompany the prince to study.

After Zheng Zhilong finished reading the edict, he still didn't realize that he was already sweating profusely.He understood that this secret decree was actually Emperor Chongzhen's ultimatum, either to obey his orders or to rebel, there were only two options.

Although it was an ultimatum, from this secret decree, he also felt the emperor's earnestness towards him, and hoped that he could make the right choice.To earn a wife and shade, to be a marquis and a prince; otherwise, there will only be swordsmen.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong was also surprised.Because in this secret decree, Emperor Chongzhen bluntly stated his ambitions: At the end of the sea, there must be the flag of the Ming Navy!Such a wish was never made by the previous emperors.

As a native of Ming Dynasty who started at sea, he naturally knew that during the Yongle period, the court navy sailed to the West again and again.Once the emperor really made up his mind, the previous grand occasion might really happen.Of course, the premise is to solve the current domestic troubles.

Zheng Zhilong is not stupid, it can be said that he is quite shrewd, so he understands that he has three thousand ships of various colors now.However, if he chooses to really rebel, it is hard to say whether he still has three thousand ships of various colors under his command.In addition, without the support of the land, he is actually not much better than Wang Zhi back then.Wang Zhi's final result is right there.He is not optimistic about what will happen to Zheng Zhilong in the end.

At least as far as the current Zheng Zhilong is concerned, he is not yet mentally prepared to turn against the court.

Looking at the secret decree, he read it over again, and then remained silent, thinking nervously in his heart.

Seeing his expression, the imperial guards in imperial robes nearby guessed what the secret decree was about, and put a lot of pressure on him.For a moment, they all lost their relaxed expressions and became alert.I'm afraid that Zheng Zhilong can't bear the pressure and do unpredictable things.

After a while, suddenly, Zheng Zhilong received the secret decree.It wasn't until this time that he realized that he was sweating profusely, so he wiped off the sweat, smiled awkwardly and said to Jin Yiwei General Banner: "This day, it's really too hot!"

Seeing him like this, the on-guard Jinyiwei captains all breathed a sigh of relief. One of them, the Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief, echoed: "This damn weather is really going to be hot to death!"

After the digression, Zheng Zhilong said to the general banner of Jinyiwei seriously: "Please tell the emperor, the general will definitely obey the order."

After finishing speaking, he immediately went to write a memorial and prepared for Jin Yiwei to take it back.His statement made the atmosphere much more relaxed.

"Zheng Guerzilla, since there is no problem, then your young master will come back to the capital with us!" Jin Yiwei General Banner said with a smile.

When he came, he only received this explanation.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong nodded without any hesitation, and told Jin Yiwei to wait a while while he made arrangements.

When he returned to the backyard, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhibao who had been waiting here immediately surrounded him to ask about the situation.Even his son Zheng Sen was there, but he didn't dare to go over.

Zheng Zhilong seemed a bit exhausted, and gave them the secret decree to read for themselves.As for himself, he sat on the Taishi chair all at once, picked up the teapot and drank it, and then leaned back on the chair back after drinking it upside down, as if he had no strength to lean on.

Zheng Hongkui was the first to finish it, looked at Zheng Zhilong in surprise and asked, "Brother, what should we do? You won't... you won't resist orders, right?"

"No, I'm not that prepared now!" Zheng Zhilong shook his head and replied.

Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is the best, big brother, I didn't say that, we all managed to have a stable life, and it's impossible to go to the sea again, right?"

After a pause, he sighed again: "The emperor seems to be very powerful. There must be the flag of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the sea! Why do these words sound so desirable? Brother, do you think this will be Is that true?"

At this time, Zheng Zhibao had also finished reading. After hearing their conversation, he asked another question: "Brother, the emperor also asked Sen'er to be the prince's companion? This is the minister of Conglong. Sen'er's future will be bright. ah!"

Hearing the words of these two younger brothers, Zheng Zhilong felt even more powerless and didn't even bother to explain.He said to Zheng Sen who was reading the secret decree: "Clean up, go say goodbye to your mother, and go to Beijing with Jin Yiwei."

When Zheng Sen heard this, he was very happy, and quickly agreed, and flew away.

Watching him leave, Zheng Zhilong said to Zheng Hongkui: "Go pick up some warships. According to the emperor's wishes, there are only [-] ships. You will lead them. Go to Denglai first and report to Governor Baoding."

"Ah?" Zheng Hongkui was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and said, "Brother, the emperor's decree is for you to lead him there, and you can still be appointed as the general soldier!"

Zheng Zhilong heard this, frowned and said, "If I go, there will be no retreat, understand? I thought, let's see the situation first, and if there is anything, I won't be passive."

"But...but what about Sen'er?" Zheng Hongkui didn't understand, and asked hastily.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong sighed and said, "I need to stabilize the emperor first. I need to see the situation first. I'll talk about it after I figure it out."

Speaking of this, he said to himself again: "The emperor is very different from what he remembered. I will send someone to find out what's going on as soon as possible. If you can only speak big words, and you are the kind who is ambitious and talented, then Let's talk about it!"

　Now all that should be updated have been updated, and only the monthly ticket is left.

　　
　
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