I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

"You don't have to worry about my safety. I can go out soon if I want. This time I spent 100 million taels of silver to set up a line with Cao Huachun. Now this is a puddle of muddy water. The factory guard is now my own. No one can punish me for treason, and no one dares to punish me for ordinary minor crimes. Zhang Bingzhen is half one of us, so don't worry, I'm safe."

Madam Yang nodded and said: "Fourth Master is indeed a lucky man with his own destiny."

"I can't stay in jail for nothing. Take this opportunity to help me... um..."

"Don't worry, Fourth Master. I understand this matter. Just leave it to me. It will definitely bring Fourth Master's reputation for benevolence and righteousness to a higher level. Does Fourth Master have any substantive errands that you want me to do?"

"Is it substantial... Is it really true? I should have asked the sixth person to handle it, but I'm afraid of wasting time, and the sixth person may not be able to understand this matter. It's up to you, these forces of the Zheng family , can you move it?"

Madam Yang blushed slightly and said, "I said outside that I am your woman, so... so they are quite obedient."

Zheng Zhipeng blushed slightly when he heard this, but he immediately got down to business and said: "That's very good. You can do two more things for me. The first one is, no matter what method you use, help me contact The French people in Macau asked them to send representatives to Hangzhou. This matter is related to the victory or defeat of my eldest brother and the Dutch. If my eldest brother loses, no matter how many arrangements I make, it will be useless."

"it is good."

"The second thing is, help me keep an eye on Xu Bengao and collect evidence of his affair with Liu Xiang. If you find that he makes any small moves again, kill him directly! I don't care about the second or third grade at this time."

"This matter is already being arranged."

"Okay, I'm going to see Zhang Bingzhen right now. Everything depends on you."

"It should be, I..."

Zheng Zhipeng felt something in his heart, and suddenly lowered his head, as if he wanted to kiss her, but saw Madam Yang reflexively hiding back. Zheng Zhipeng was a little stunned, and after a pause he said: "Sorry, I was rude. .”

"No, it's me who's... unclean."

Zheng Zhipeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he was repulsed. Then he remembered this woman's previous reputation, and couldn't help but feel a little disgusted. For a moment, he felt very embarrassed.

"Then Fourth Master, I will go first."

"Ah."

Seeing that Madam Yang had gone back, Mr. Tagawa came up with Zheng Chenggong and greeted Zheng Zhipeng.

"Sister-in-law, our family is really in trouble this time. You and Sen'er..."

"Well, I'm a womanizer, and I'm not as capable as Madam Yang. My words are not good, so I really can't help you. But don't worry, I will fully support Madam Yang. Sen'er is still young. Fourth uncle, please be sure not to let him get involved in this external matter."

"Yes, sister-in-law, I understand."

…………

That night, Zheng Zhipeng, a prisoner, exchanged cups with Zhang Bingzhen in the back house of the governor's office and started chatting by candlelight.

"I didn't expect that after going around in circles, you actually came back to my hands again. Alas... I underestimated you. You actually know how to bribe eunuchs with money."

Zheng Zhipeng laughed while drinking: "Master Bu Tang, it's just you and me, why do you have to say so obscurely? The era of eunuchs has long passed. Now it is your Donglin Party who is in the emperor's letter. With Cao Huachun, How dare you really charge me such a large sum of money? You people, watching the country fall but holding on to your own money bags, then I will collect it for your majesty. Don't worry, I don't do loss-making business. The 60 I put up myself Ten thousand will always be taken back."

Hearing this, Zhang Bingzhen smiled and poured a glass of wine for Zheng Zhipeng himself and said, "Why, it sounds like you are angry when I hear what you say."

"Shouldn't I still be angry? In order to allow Liu Xiang to destroy dikes and flood fields smoothly, he even colluded with the East India Company to raid my eldest brother, a guerrilla general who had been recruiting for nearly five years, and finally captured me and made me a prisoner. Why, should I still be happy? Is it really a helpless act for you to destroy the embankment and flood the fields? If it is really unthinkable, how can I find a place in Ningbo? I really feel now that eunuchs are better than you guys The Donglin Party is much more noble.”

Zhang Bingzhen poured another glass of wine for Zheng Zhipeng and said: "If there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense. Besides, how do you know whether Prime Minister Wen is taking the blame for Geng Geng? I can only stop talking about some things. I I admit that there are some well-dressed beasts in our Donglin Party, but you can’t beat a group of people to death with one stick. I am also a Donglin Party, and I am not considered a capable minister, but at least I think I am qualified in terms of conscience. Compared with Under the circumstances, the eunuchs are all mixed up, it’s hard to say, the fourth master of the Zheng family, you can’t just believe what the eunuchs say.”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhipeng picked up the wine glass with some melancholy, drank it all in one gulp and said, "Oh~ you guys are fighting with the eunuchs, and it's not the people who are suffering. I don't want to talk to you anymore. Send me back to prison." .”

"Oh, okay, then I'll have to live with you for a while. After all, I'm also a member of the Donglin Party. I really don't dare to convict you of your crime easily. I know that you are very prestigious in the world, especially this time. What you did in Ningbo really put our local yamen to shame, but for the sake of some friendship and kindness between you and me, can you please give me a face and not cause trouble?"

Zheng Zhipeng poured wine for Zhang Bingzhen with a smile and said, "Of course not. I have already given instructions. If there is any inconvenience caused to you, please forgive me."

Zhang Bingzhen had no choice but to drink the full glass of bitter wine in one gulp.

Everything went as he expected. How could Zheng Zhipeng miss this good opportunity to gain prestige?We must know that in later generations, being imprisoned for political activities can be used as political capital. Zheng Zhipeng was arrested for helping the victims. With the help of caring people, it soon became a hot topic in the streets of the city. .

Soon, a rumor spread, saying that the reason why Liu Xiang bombarded the river and sea dikes was entirely because some big shots colluded with him to destroy the dikes and flood the fields. When the water recedes next year, some people can do it openly. Which flooded farmland was purchased at cabbage prices.

If this person is not found out, Liu Xiang will definitely come again next year and explode again. Why arrest Zheng Zhipeng?Because Zheng Zhipeng defeated Liu Xiang in Ningbo, and because Zheng Zhilong is more powerful than Liu Xiang at sea, as long as Zheng Zhipeng is around, Liu Xiang will not dare to come again next year, so these people want Zheng Zhipeng dead, and even kill Zheng Zhilong.

Rumors? The first half may be true, but the second half is pure nonsense. That is to say, Madam Yang does not understand the real rules of officialdom, which is why she made up such a nonsense. But it is not expected, and there are mistakes. All these people believed in this approach.

Zhang Bingzhen is a provincial official, and he is also a relatively down-to-earth and practical frontier official. Now he must bring enough troops with him when he goes out, otherwise he is afraid that the angry Hangzhou people will tear him apart.

Soon, things started to ferment again. I don’t know who organized it, but a blood letter was issued by 10 people. Half of the people in Hangzhou pressed their fingerprints on the so-called blood letter, and then a large banner of more than 300 meters was placed directly on the When he asked for Zheng Zhipeng's release at the gate of the Yamen, he immediately frightened everyone from the inspector to the petty officials.

By the way, although the city of Hangzhou was not affected by the disaster, it was not unaffected at all. At least the price of rice increased dozens of times. In fact, these people themselves may not understand that they are in trouble. What are you doing? But people are full of anger. Once there is a channel to vent their anger, it will be extremely scary.