After Wu Aheng defeated Zheng Zhilong for the first time, Emperor Wuding sent someone (referring to Ma Shiying, who was a fellow villager with Zheng Zhilong) to send a message to Zheng Zhilong, hoping to summon the Southeast Pirate King again.
In Liu Zhaosun's handwritten letter, the Supreme Emperor stated that after capturing Jingxiang, Daqi would peacefully resolve territorial disputes with the Hongguang court in the south for the sake of millions of lives in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, it would strive to regain the southeast without bloodshed, especially Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong's home base. At that time, the army will choose to bypass it to avoid being baptized by the fire of war.
Zheng Zhilong had cooperated with Kaiyuan soldiers once, so he was familiar with the cooperation again. After confirming that the Qi Congress would protect his interests in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong wrote back and said that he would try his best to cooperate with the Qi army in fighting south. Although Liu Zhaosun has no immediate plans to conquer the country.
While fighting fiercely with the Ming army in Xiangyang, Emperor Wu Ding instructed Ma Shiying to continue negotiations. In order to win over Zheng Zhilong, he did not hesitate to name him "Min Le Gong" and secretly promised to maintain the status quo in Fujian and allow Zheng Zhilong to continue to safely become the "Emperor of the Earth" in Fujian. .
Of course, Ma Shiying knew that the emperor's character would never let go of Zheng Zhilong, who had betrayed Da Qi. However, he still tried his best to appease the Zheng family, dispel Zheng Zhilong's scruples, and invited Zheng Zhilong to Xiangyang (later changed to Xuzhou) many times to discuss the great cause. .
When Zheng Zhilong heard about the battle in Xiangyang, he thought that the Qi and Ming Dynasties had reached a stalemate in Jingxiang, and that as a new force, he was a key force that could occupy both sides. After some bargaining with Ma Shiying, he was ready to go.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong stood up and firmly opposed his father's move north.
At that time, when Emperor Tianqi was still on the throne, Zheng Chenggong was only twelve years old. He was favored by the late emperor and was named "Loyal and Filial Uncle". He was given Shang Fang a sword and a seal of "Recruiting the General", and he led his army to fight against the Shaanxi thieves. A fierce battle.
Zheng Chenggong attaches great importance to loyalty to the emperor, and he has always looked down on Liu Zhaosun, who committed regicide and usurped power.
Whether in Fujian or the Yangtze River, Zheng Zhilong did not have the strength to confront the Qi army. In front of me, all the armies of Nanming are all pig teammates, and no friendly army can be relied on.
If Zheng Zhilong was determined to resist Qi, it would mean that he would have to give up all his family property on land and the position of "General Soldier of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty" that he finally got through. Finally, he would be driven to Kinmen and Xiamen. Become his pirate king again.
If it really reaches this point (with the strength of the Qi army, it may be reached in a year), the Zheng family will face catastrophe, and the sea trade business that Zheng Zhilong has worked so hard to run will also suffer serious losses.
On the contrary, if Emperor Wuding is still the former Emperor Wuding, if Liu Zhaosun is still as honest and loving as before, choosing to surrender to Qi at this time is undoubtedly the wisest and wisest choice.
To this end, he also educated his son Zheng Chenggong and said:
"Separated by a natural chasm, the powerful soldiers in the four towns cannot resist the enemy, let alone a corner. If you can't draw a tiger, doesn't it look like a dog?"
Fujian is a small country with few soldiers and food. Your father and I are not as fierce as Zuo Liang Yuhuang and Huang Degong. All the heroes in the four towns of the Hongguang regime were surrendered to Huo Huoguang by the Qi army in Linqing. How could the Zheng family do anything? Are you an enemy of Liu Zhaosun?
Kaiyuan soldiers are invincible in the world. Now the navy of that boy Wu Aheng is getting bigger and more powerful. As the saying goes, time can't wait. Surrender in time before the fleet in our hands is destroyed. In the future, you and I, father and son, will be popular in Qi State. , singing and dancing.
Since the Qi army was advancing too fast in Shandong and Henan, and was invincible along the way, very little reliable information was passed to the southeast. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong was not sure about Liu Zhaosun's current details, but one thing is certain, that is, this warrior Inviting my father to go north was definitely not based on good intentions.
Zheng Chenggong tried his best to dissuade Zheng Zhilong from going north, even threatening to sever the relationship between father and son.
However, the Pirate King was so obsessed that he insisted on following his original plan and left Fuzhou with a few people. First, he went to Nanzhili to find out the news. As a result, when he arrived in Nanjing, the Battle of Xiangyang was over, and both Qi and Ming were negotiating peace in Xuzhou, so the Pirate King took the lead. After entering Nanjing, he was arrested by Ruan Dacheng and sent directly to Xuzhou...
From then on, Zheng Chenggong parted ways with his father, and stayed with his uncle and others in the southeast.
Later, Zheng Zhilong's fate was exactly the same as that of Qing Emperor Du Du.
Zheng Chenggong, however, led the remnants of his troops and persisted in resisting Qi. The Qi State repeatedly recruited Zheng Chenggong and promised high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but they were all rejected by Zheng. It was not until Zheng Chenggong later recovered Taiwan and used Taiwan as a base to resist Qi that he did not surrender until he died of illness... ··
Of course, in the end, this is all part of the story, and will be described in detail later.
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Emperor Wuding looked at Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian general who had come to surrender, and said to the pirate leader sincerely in front of a group of Nanming envoys:
"General Zheng knows who I am. When I conquered Japan, I fought side by side with you and defeated the Tokugawa clan. As long as you sincerely repent and turn back from your own mistakes, even if you have made huge mistakes in the past, you can still do it." Let bygones be bygones, just like I did to Du Du, the leader of Jianzhou who rebelled against Da Qi,"
When Liu Zhaosun said the word Du Du, his voice obviously changed. He stopped, looked around, and moved his fatherly and warm eyes away from Zheng Zhilong and looked at Zhang Dong, the head of imperial intelligence.
Zhang Mazi's ferocious expression immediately turned into a submissive one. He took a step forward, lowered his eyebrows and waited for the Supreme Emperor's order.
"How is Dudu doing now? Is he alive and well?"
Zhang Dong understood the idea and said quickly: "Back to Your Majesty, since the last time he took the hot air balloon, Du Du's head pain is gone, his waist is no longer sore, and Lao Han's legs are healed. He returned to Shenyang early, and the emperor named him An Le Gong. He now enjoys leisurely travels in Shenyang every day and visits the brothels every day, not to mention how comfortable his life is."
Emperor Wu Ding smiled and nodded. Du Du is indeed not dead yet, but An Le Gong is fake, and You Zai You Zai is also fake. The Qing Emperor should still be testing new imperial weapons in a workshop somewhere. (Such as testing the maximum range of Mini bombs, the killing radius of mine cannons, etc.).
Francisco and Jinnige also endorsed the Emperor's kindness and generosity, praising the Emperor of Qi as a more generous and great king than Caesar. Suddenly, all kinds of rainbow farts were heard in the hall, calling Liu Zhaosun a Yao and Shun were reborn.
When Zheng Zhilong heard what others said, and saw the expressions of relief on the faces of Huang Gongfu, Lu Zhenfei and others, he knew that he had made the right move in surrendering to the Qi State. He remembered that when he left from Zhangzhou, Fujian, the still young Zheng Zhilong Sen tried to dissuade him in every possible way, and even threatened him to sever the relationship between father and son, preventing him from going to Qi.
"It's still too young. I will teach this kid a lesson this time when I go back and let him know what it means to be a real mature man!"
The reason why Zheng Zhilong was sure that Liu Zhaosun would not operate on him was of course not only because he was familiar with Liu Zhaosun's personality. In Zheng Zongbing's view, Liu Zhaosun was a man of indecisiveness and always had the kindness of a woman. Zheng Zhilong knew about Hetuala's defeat, Kaiyuan's rebellion, and Song Yingsheng's departure. More importantly, the Qi State was founded. After the great disaster, hundreds of wastes were waiting to be revitalized. Millions of people in Gyeonggi, the Central Plains, and the Yangtze River and Huaihe River were waiting for relief from the Supreme Emperor. Traffic on the North-South Canal has been cut off, and shipping will play a role in the future. important role.
From this perspective, Qi cannot do without the Zheng family, because Zheng Zhilong and his family almost monopolize one-third of the shipping along the southeast coast.
If nothing unexpected happened, Emperor Wu Ding had to rely on the Zheng family. However, two variables made this alliance between the two strongest forces in East Asia sea and land come to nothing.
First of all, thanks to the Qi Dynasty's strong implementation of the land-acreage system in various places, Da Qi was able to maximize the capture of various resources (food, troops, public opinion, etc.) in the occupied areas. After eliminating a sufficient number of local tyrants, evil gentry, and middle-level wealthy households , the contradiction between man and land was basically resolved, commerce in various places was monopolized by chambers of commerce, and the daily needs of the people were uniformly supplied by farmers' associations and chambers of commerce ("rebels" in remote areas were also eliminated, thereby reducing supply costs). In short, by the Second Day of Taichu In 2000, an internal economic cycle had been formed in Shandong and Liaodong, the core areas of the empire, and the trade demand for Jiangnan and Southeast China was greatly reduced.
Zheng Zhilong was just a pirate. With his outlook and level of knowledge, he certainly couldn't understand what Emperor Wu Ding had done in various parts of Daqi in the past two years (and he couldn't believe Liu Zhaosun would be so ruthless).
Second point, secondly, just like in the original history, after Zheng Zhilong announced that he would surrender to Qi, the Zheng pirate family immediately fell into a situation of fragmentation. Although the Zheng group was not very united at first, almost half of Zheng Zhilong’s old subordinates were dispersed. , there were only a few old pirates following him, which directly caused his role to be greatly reduced after surrendering.
"I will treat you well and I will use you to deal with the red-haired barbarians in the future."
Liu Zhaosun's last words immediately gave Zheng Zhilong a reassurance, and the huge stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
After learning that Zheng Zhilong only brought twenty ships and thousands of stones of food, Emperor Wu Ding smiled at Zhang Mazi and said meaningfully: "Zhang Dong, take this old friend down first and entertain him well for me. .”
Zheng Zhilong quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
After Zhang Dong took Zheng away, Emperor Wu Ding nodded to Ma Shiying. Ma Shangshu stepped forward and said to Huang Gongfu and others:
"Da Qi was founded in the early days, and my emperor is thirsty for talents. You all have finally come to Da Qi. It is really inconvenient to travel and travel a lot, so there is no need to go back. You can all stay in Qi, make achievements, be promoted to high positions, and become ministers. No problem."
"What?"
"What does Qi Guo mean?"
"We just came to your country to exchange contracts!"
Huang Gongfu and others were stunned by the actions of Qi's monarchs and ministers. The peace negotiation had not yet been completed, the two sides had formed a blood alliance, and the blood on the corners of their mouths had not dried. Now they would be held hostage if they disagreed. What kind of logic is this.
Emperor Wu Ding said kindly: "Everyone, Ma Shangshu just said that it is the time for Da Qi to hire people. You guys will stay in Qi and there is no need to return!"
Before the Emperor's words were finished, Huang Gongfu and the others were excited.
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
"I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. How can I surrender to Qi? This old life is here. If you want it, take it!"
"Eat the emperor's wealth and die for the emperor. We are the people of the Ming Dynasty in life, and the ghosts of the Ming Dynasty in death!"
Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Ma Shiying hurriedly explained: "You have misunderstood. My emperor is thirsty for talents, just like the Duke of Zhou. He is not keeping you as hostages, but really wants to give generous salaries to high-ranking officials. Where can such a good thing go? try to find!"
Liu Zhaosun was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people. He was about to order Pei Dahu to arrest them all when he saw someone from the Nanming envoy coming forward. When he looked closely, it was Zhang Dai, a famous scholar from the south of the Yangtze River. He couldn't help but wonder why this guy was here again.
Mr. Zhang is fair-skinned and beautiful, with a handsome face. He is wearing a red horse-faced skirt. At first glance, he looks like a woman.
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Dai stretched out his orchid finger and looked at Emperor Wu Ding with such a charming look that it was difficult to distinguish between male and female for a moment. Dongfang Zhu, who was standing next to him, glared at Mr. Zhang fiercely and whispered:
"Your Majesty, Zhang Dai is so rude, immoral, and disgraceful. I will expel him from the hall right now..."
"No need, just listen to him."
Emperor Wu Ding was full of interest, leaned forward slightly, and said to this famous master of sketches in the literary history of the late Ming Dynasty:
"Mr. Zhang, what do you want?"
Zhang Dai lifted up her horse-faced skirt, looked left and right, but stopped talking.
"I, I have admired Da Qi for a long time. I heard that all the women in Da Qi have natural feet (no feet bound). I tasted Mi Fei's socks and crossed the water to be born in the dust. I would like to borrow Chang'e's poem to step on the moon wheel in the autumn and be fair. Round and straight, narrow and sharp, stable and light, leisurely and charming, charming and thin, plump and smooth, soft and powerful, elegant and elegant..."
Mr. Zhang turned out to be a foot-controller, but he just waved his hand impatiently.
"Let's get down to business."
"yes."
"I came here not wanting to do anything, and I have nothing else to ask for. There is only one unresolved matter. Please explain the reason to Your Majesty. I... I came to the house of my third aunt Zhang and saw a girl whom I could marry. But the power of hatred is not enough to do this. This girl is called Xiaonv. She is seventeen years old, and she is the second daughter of the Minister of Hubu, who is originally from Nanzhili. She is also the fifth aunt of Liu. At home, I saw a girl whom I could marry, but my hatred was not enough to do it. This girl's name is like this, she is ten years old, although she is not the age that must be named, she is still in the age when she can be named, and she is the second daughter of Ruan Dacheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. If With your Majesty's power, he sent a censor to select eight large sedans, and drove to Nanjing in a short time. He asked Emperor Hongguang: "Is there a Zhang Shoubo in Zhili in the south?" If so, then this matter is ridiculous. Ask again: "Does the Minister of War have a daughter Liu Ru?" If so, then this matter is harmonious. If the two things are harmonious, then the minister's wish will be fulfilled. However, when the minister comes, I don't know whether your majesty accepts the minister's words or not. Is it necessary that these and other things are incompatible with each other? On the occasion of this special introduction, I will mention them in detail."
Does Zhang Dai have the slightest malice in this?
He just wants the emperor of the Northern Dynasty to act as a matchmaker for him, marry his two daughters, and hold one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai (Liu Rushi) in his arms.
Unexpectedly, the outcome was not good.
Emperor Wuding heard that Zhang Dai actually wanted him to pimp him and marry Liu Rushi.
Damn it, Liu Zhaosun waved his hand and said angrily: You dare to snatch my woman?
"He is bold and cunning, disguises himself as a woman, and mingles with the embassy, which is offensive to moral standards. His words are especially arrogant. The crime of criticizing his feelings is more serious than offending the emperor!"
"Go to the Punishment Department and re-send to Ninggu Pagoda. Together with the Eighth Corps as auxiliary troops, we will resist the Rakshasa ghosts. Immediately send them with tattoos!"
Therefore, Zhang Dai, a generation of talented people, probably finally left isolation alone to work as a servant.
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