"You are Shi Kecheng! I have heard Mr. Su and Mr. Gong mention you more than once, saying that you are full of knowledge, can write beautiful articles, and are a great talent... Stop kneeling and stand tall. , please sit down!"
In the mansion of the Generalissimo of the Fu Army, Zhu Cixiang, accompanied by two lecturers, Su Ziwen and Gong Dingzi, met with the great talent Shi Kecheng.
Look at the affectionate energy. People who don't know Zhu Cixiang really think that Prince Zhu is more interested in Shi Kecheng's talent!
Shi Kecheng just didn't understand Zhu Cixiang's character... He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen. He had been studying hard before and didn't have much experience. Moreover, Zhu Cixiang was young and young - the combined age of his two generations was five. He was almost ten years old, but he still looked like an innocent boy. How could Shi Kocheng have imagined that the other party had already considered seven or eight plans to take advantage of him.
To be honest, although Zhu Cixiang always acted like he didn't take Shi Kefa seriously, in fact he still had a headache for this Donglin boss.
If Qian Qianyi, the man with "too cold water" and "itchy scalp", was leading his troops now, Zhu Cihong would not have a headache at all. But Shi Kefa was different, this guy's bones were still a bit hard. Moreover, he still has an army in hand. If he really uses the banner of King Qin to fight Zhu Cihong, he will still be in big trouble.
It’s not that I can’t beat him, but I can’t mess with this area in Southern Zhili!
Southern Zhili, plus Zhejiang and Jiangxi, will be the core of Zhu Cihong's future rule. As long as this territory is in hand, Zheng Zhilong, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, must be loyal, and Zhu Cixiang can ask him for money, guns, cannons, and gunpowder!
With Zheng Zhilong's allegiance, Guangdong and Fujian will be firmly in control. Moreover, Zhu Cixi could also ask for food from Vietnam, get some "iron cannons" from Japan, get red cannons from Macau, and even invite foreign generals from Europe to help train the army...
The whole chess game is completely flexible!
Therefore, Shi Kefa can cause trouble, but it cannot really reach the point where the two sides meet at war.
Prince Zhu is currently staying in Dengzhou to rectify the land and population. In fact, half of the reason is to delay the time so that he can deal with Shi Kefa and the army of King Qin he has gathered.
And this Shi Kocheng came to seek refuge at this time! This is really God helping Zhu Cihong!
Shi Kecheng sat half-assed on an embroidered pier, holding his knees with both hands, and did not dare to raise his eyes generously to look at Prince Zhu. He looked like a primary school student who had made a mistake.
By the way, he was indeed at fault and turned traitor to the enemy!
"Ke Cheng!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "No one has any faults. Once you have made mistakes, you can correct them, and there is no such thing as good. Do you know what your biggest fault is?"
When Shi Kocheng heard this, he quickly stood up and knelt down again.
"Don't kneel, sit down, sit down and say." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "It's better to know where you went wrong than to kneel down and kowtow."
"I have become a second minister, and I am sorry for the grace of the emperor and Qiantose."
Zhu Cihong smiled: "That's wrong! Being the second minister is your fault, but it is not the biggest one."
Isn't this the biggest? Shi Kecheng's heart was pounding. He could be beheaded if he surrendered to the enemy! Not big yet?
Zhu Cihong said: "Your biggest fault is that you don't believe that I can restore the decline of the Ming Dynasty, and that I am the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao. That's why you became the second minister!"
"Master Qian Sui is wise! I know I was wrong!" Shi Kecheng looked distressed, "I am so confused that I don't believe that Master Qian Sui is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu..."
"Then do you believe it now?" Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile.
"I believe it, I believe it!" Shi Kocheng nodded repeatedly. "Master Qian Sui must be the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu! With Master Qian Sui in the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be able to turn things around and create a prosperous age!"
"Just believe it!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "You are indeed a rare talent! You are a talent that can be created!"
He paused and then asked: "But your brother Shi Kefa still doesn't believe it, and your nephew Shi Dewei doesn't believe it either. I'm afraid Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing don't believe it either... What should I do? You are a great talent. , you should know what to do, right?"
"I know, I know!" Shi Kocheng nodded repeatedly, "I must go and tell them."
He was the 2nd and 10th Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign. His IQ was beyond words. How could he not understand what Zhu Cixiang meant?
The prince wanted him to do publicity. People like Shi Kefa, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing all knew the good news that Emperor Taizu Gao was reincarnated as Zhu Cihong!
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang nodded repeatedly, "You are indeed a talent that can be developed. I am not wrong about you!"
...
"Mr. Gong, please come forward."
Shi Kecheng and the others left, and Zhu Cixiang called his nominal official Gong Dingzi to him.
Gong Dingzi was also a member of the Donglin Party, but he was not a big figure, but his literary talent was outstanding and he was known as one of the three men in Jiangzuo.
"Master Qiansui, what are you calling me for?" Gong Dingzi stepped forward respectfully. He did not dare to pretend to be his teacher in front of Zhu Cihong - Zhu Cihong had personally killed an official, Shao Zhan Shiyi.
"You are one of the three people from Jiang Zuo, right?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "The other two are Qian Qianyi and Mr. Wu, right?"
Mr. Wu is Wu Meicun. He also served as an official, so Zhu Cihong called him Mr. Wu.
"There is indeed such a saying," Gong Dingzi said, "but Qian Qianyi and Chen are actually of different generations. He is more than thirty years older than Chen and is Chen's elder."
Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Then you and Qian Qianyi should be very familiar, right?"
"A little friendship."
Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, "Qian Qianyi is the leader of Donglin, and I value Donglin gentlemen very much! My officials, Mr. Hou, Mr. Wu, and you, Mr. Gong, are all Donglin gentlemen. If we talk about it seriously, I can be regarded as Donglin’s successor, right?”
"That's Donglin's honor!" Gong Dingzi nodded heavily, "If Qian Qianyi knew His Highness's thoughts, he would definitely support His Highness."
Zhu Cixiang said seriously: "I have admired Mr. Qian's talents for a long time, and I want to learn the Confucian way of a saint from Mr. Qian!
In addition, there are currently only five cabinet ministers in the DPRK, and one is missing. Therefore, I hope Mr. Qian can become this cabinet minister. "
Of course Qian Qianyi wants to win over! Even if he didn't have the character to repay the king with death in the face of danger - Zhu Cixi didn't care about this. He had no intention of letting his ministers die for the country. The people on Dorgon's side should carefully consider the matter of martyrdom for the country. Hong Chengchou has been martyred, and no one else has escaped!
As for the Ming Dynasty, with the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu, Zhu Cixiang, they needed to consider how to revive it.
"I will go south and talk to Qian Qianyi now!" Gong Dingzi was also a smart man, "I will definitely bring him..."
"Take them to Yanzhou!" Zhu Cixiang said, "Not only do you need to bring Qian Qianyi, but also one of his disciples named Zheng Sen. This man is the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, the chief military officer of Fujian, and a student of the Nanjing Imperial College. He’s still Qian Qianyi’s disciple. You think of a way to get Qian Qianyi to take him with him!”
"If you are a lower-ranking official, you will live up to your orders!"
Zheng Sen is Zheng Chenggong, the son of the richest man Zheng Zhilong. Now he is gold-plated in the Imperial College of Nanjing, and he also has Qian Qianyi as his teacher - I don’t know how much tuition he paid? But it must be a sky-high price!
When Zhu Cihong was still in Dagukou, he sent an order to Zheng Zhilong, asking him to provide blunderbuss, cannons, and gunpowder, but he hasn't even received a reply yet!
So Zhu Cixiang thought about getting Zheng Chenggong to be a senior brother who would respond to all requests.
...
On the sixth day of June in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Weihai Acropolis.
An hour ago, Tongzhi Yinggong Zhang Shize, the commander of the Beiwa Dusi Yamen, led a team of cavalry into the city on Pegasus, and at the same time brought the order from the Prince of Fujun and four imperial lists. The order is given to all the military attachés under the Weihai Guard Command and Envoy Department, and the imperial list is posted at the four gates of Weihai Guard City. This decree and the four imperial lists immediately caused huge waves inside and outside Weihai Acropolis.
"Prince, please increase your troops! Each soldier will be given ten taels of silver as a settlement allowance, and there will be one tael and five taels of monthly salary!"
"Really give that much money? You can't lie to us, right?"
"Yes, when did the imperial court become so generous?"
"I heard that Guan Ning's army only has this number..."
The strong men from Weihaiwei rushed over after hearing the news and gathered outside the four gates of the acropolis to look at the imperial list. Most of them were illiterate, but those who came with the British father to join the army were all literate. They stood two at a door, taking turns reading aloud and explaining policies.
Now that they heard some people questioning it, the soldiers came up with the arguments they had prepared a long time ago...
