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Chapter 71 Zheng Zhilong's Ending

Zheng Cai hesitated for a moment. Of course, he knew that if he succeeded in the inside and outside, he could recruit most of Zheng Zhilong's fleet with his prestige and strength, but the risks he took were really not small. One careless thing would be to be in the hands of Zheng Zhilong.

The reason why Zheng Cai was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was that he knew that even if the Qing Dynasty valued Zheng Zhilong, most of the benefits would be taken away by Zheng Zhilong's lineage. After all, he had so many brothers and nephews, and over the years he had already made many people dissatisfied. Last year, he attacked Jiangxi and did not listen to Zheng Zhilong's words, so he had a rift with him.

In fact, Zheng Cai also bet right. Although he did not hold Lu Jianguo hostage like in history and was in power, he is now the strongest under Lu Jianguo. If he could get some people, ships, money and food from Zheng Zhilong, his strength would skyrocket.

"Brother, I'll go for you!" A voice suddenly remembered that the man who was speaking was a man in his thirties, Zheng Cai's younger brother Zheng Lian.

Zheng Cai glared at him and said, "If you have your elder brother alive, how can you take risks?"

"Your Highness, Lord Li, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I, Zheng Cai, are willing to take a risk, but if there is any accident, please take good care of my brother."

Zhu Yihai said solemnly: "You and your brothers are both pillars of my Ming Dynasty. Regardless of success or failure, I will treat him as the Duke of the Kingdom. Marquis of Jianwei, don't worry, I will wait for you to come back here."

Li Mingxun said: "I will personally lead the fleet to support it in the offshore. If there is any accident, it will intimidate Zheng Ni. If he protects you, I can let his fleet go. If General Zheng is unlucky, I will kill him and destroy his army!"

Zheng Cai focused his attention, and Li Mingxun pulled Wu Mu over and said, "My guard is from the East China Sea Jurchens. His appearance and language are no different from those of Manchus. According to what you said, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and controlled Anping. Your troops may be difficult to enter, so let Wu Mu lead some Jurchen guards to accompany him, pretend to be a Qing envoy, and mix in, and capture Zheng Ni's party!"

Anping City.

This was originally a small town in Quanzhou Prefecture, and its real name was Anhai. As Zheng Zhilong's hometown, after Zheng Zhilong was taken over, he bought land and bought a house in his hometown and changed it to Anping City. Zheng Hongkui walked through the Sanjin courtyard and entered Dunren Pavilion on the east side of Zheng Mansion. He saw that the front and back of the door were full of porcelain fragments. Zheng Hongkui sighed and walked in.

Zheng Chenggong sat on the chair, stood up suddenly, and asked, "Uncle, are you here to persuade me too?"

Zheng Hongkui smiled and said to Shi Lang and others behind him: "You are guarding the gate of the yard, I will say a few words to the young master."

Zheng Chenggong watched his father's guard walk away and said, "Uncle, don't persuade me anymore. I would rather die than surrender to the Qing Dynasty."

"It's good to say, it's good to say!" Zheng Hongkui excitedly patted his nephew's shoulder and said, "I think so too. I think that even though there are thousands of years of Chinese history, even if there are devastated orthodox dynasties, they will surely rise and prosper. Our dynasty Taizu destroyed the Mongolian and Tartars and founded the Ming Dynasty. It was unprecedented. The country's dynasty has been deeply kind and kind. The Han, Tang and Song dynasties are not as good as it is. Now the situation is just a temporary difficulty, why do you obey the Tartars because of this!"

Zheng Chenggong looked at Zheng Hongkui and could not believe that this was what his uncle said. In his impression, Zheng Hongkui was just a rough man who followed his father's orders, but now he seems to be a knowledgeable person.

Zheng Hongkui sighed and said, "Brother is really confused. He thought that he could dominate Fujian and Guangdong with these hundreds of ships in his hand. He didn't think about it. The Qing Dynasty was armed with hundreds of thousands of armors, and all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty were defeated. It was easy to send troops to destroy our Zheng family. How could he give Fujian and Guangdong? Now the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus, followed by Mongolia, Han army, and Han people. Most of the officials in the court were mostly in the north. How could I have the opportunity to hold such power? Not to mention others, even the reinforcements Li Chengdong transferred from Songjiang to Songjiang. When he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was already a general with seals. After several major battles in the south of the Yangtze River, he was eliminated by him. The reorganized Ming army was no less than 100,000. Now he is just a general with 5,000 troops. Even if Boro treats my Zheng family with courtesy, how much better is Li Chengdong than Li Chengdong?"

Zheng Chenggong nodded: "Listen to my uncle's words is better than reading for ten years."

Zheng Hongkui said, "My uncle was born in a wild and was favored by the emperor. Now he is the Duke of the State. The general is at this peak. The Qing Dynasty will not sign me as king. Why do I have to serve him with a bad reputation? I have no way to be selfish, and I will not surrender to the Qing Dynasty. But my elder brother is obsessed with the ghost and insists on being the governor of Fujian and Guangdong. I want to work with success to pack up some troops and retreat to Xiamen and Kinmen first, and wait for the opportunity. What do you think?"

"What my uncle thought was exactly what my nephew thought, but my father was trapped in me, and there were many guards outside the door. How about..." Zheng Chenggong looked embarrassed.

Zheng Hongkui lowered his voice and said, "This time it was my elder brother who asked me to persuade you to meet the Qing envoy. Others could not stop you. If you go out, follow me. Let's deal with Shi Lang and some of us, and then go to the dock. How about it?"

After hearing this, Zheng Chenggong hesitated and said, "Uncle, why don't I just give in and pretend to be close to the Qing envoy, and then look for an opportunity to leave. Isn't it safer? If I can take my father's token, I can take away most of the warships."

"Okay, okay! Then you have a show with me." Zheng Hongkui said.

Shi Lang outside the courtyard gate listened against the wall, but couldn't hear what the uncle and nephew of the Zheng family were saying. He was about to approach quietly when he heard Zheng Hongkui's roar coming from the house: "You unfilial son, your father is not doing so much for you. The eldest brother has taken on the reputation of the family, but you are still stubborn here. It's okay if you die. What about my sister-in-law? She returned from Japan, not for you alone. If you die, she will follow you."

"Even if you are unwilling to accept it, you have to deal with the messenger first. Otherwise, the messenger will be angry, and I won't it be useless for the elder brother?" Zheng Hongkui kept roaring.

Shi Lang listened on the side and said to himself: "This uncle knows the young master better than the one who is me. The young master is not afraid of the earth. He can't escape the word filial piety. It's just right to suppress him with the safety of his mistress."

After half an hour, Zheng Hongkui dragged Zheng Chenggong out of the room with a look of unwilling expression and said as he walked: "I will meet the Qing envoy later. Don't talk too much. Just stand there and don't talk. Shi Lang, just follow the young master. If he dares to talk nonsense, drag him down and don't miss the big thing!"

Shi Lang responded and went to the front hall with Zheng's uncle and nephew. Zheng Zhilong was accompanying Boluo's envoy, and the scholar of the inner secretariat spoke with a black forehead, a rosy face, and his behavior and speech were very easy-going. It was obviously a means of comforting. In Anping City, tens of thousands of Qing troops had been camped and besieged.

"Oh, General Zheng, General Zheng, Boluo, the grandson of the Southern Conquest, is Lao Khan's cousin. He is deeply trusted by the Regent. Since he promised you that the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, he is naturally a matter of purpose. The general is already waiting for the general in Fuzhou. I know you are worried about the army outside the city. Today I will let him retreat to make the general relieved." He said with a black smile on his forehead.

"Oh, this is the Qiliner of the Zheng family. Oh, Lord Qian Qianyi has mentioned it many times. He is really a young hero." Seeing Zheng Chenggong, he praised with a black smile.

Zheng Chenggong saw the rat-tail braid of money and instinctively touched his waist, but he felt empty. He lowered his head and said, "I have seen the angel of the country."

Zheng Zhilong was even more happy to see his son so respectful. He pulled his forehead and sat aside, saying, "It's not my delay. I'm really useless to the new dynasty, and I feel guilty."

"If you let the pseudo-Emperor Longwu go, you don't have to take it seriously. It's already a great achievement to be able to take the initiative to hand over the defense of Bamin." Eh Seihei comforted him.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "What's that? The main thing is that I'm waiting for a piece of news. I'm not hiding it from the envoy. I've sent General Zheng Cai to Zhoushan to capture Lu Ni earlier. I want to wait for the exact news before going to Fuzhou to see the general."

"What happened?" Erhehe didn't expect there would be any unexpected surprises, and he was already very excited.

The black-eyed man couldn't help but say, "Oh, it's such a lucky thing. General. I don't know. A few days ago, General Li Chengdong of our court captured and killed the pseudo-emperor Longwu in Tingzhou. If he could destroy Lu Ni this time, the southeast would be completely peaceful."

Hearing that Emperor Longwu was dead, the hall was silent. Zheng Hongkui blocked Zheng Chenggong sideways, held his hand, and whispered: "Don't be impulsive."

"I believe Zheng Cai will satisfy the adults." Zheng Zhilong smiled.

As he was talking, someone outside reported to him, saying, "General Zheng Cai is back and brings the Qing envoys, the White Flag Armored Lazhangjing, and said he has captured Lu Ni!"

"Hurry and invite you, hurry and invite you!" Zheng Zhilong stood up with an excited face.

The forehead was black but he said suspiciously: "How can Zheng Cai walk with the Qing envoy? General Zheng Nan only sent me and his party to come."

"Maybe I met it in Zhoushan." Zheng Zhilong didn't think much about it.

He shook his head with a black forehead: "That's impossible. Zhejiang is currently the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhang Cunren, who is guarding the sea. He only has more than 200 soldiers and horses from the Zhengbai Banner, but there are no ones inlaid with the white banner?"

Zheng Zhilong frowned: "Zhang Cunren, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang?"

"Haha, soon he will be the governor of Zhejiang." Eyes smiled and hurriedly looked for repairs.

Zheng Zhilong listened to it, but at this time, he had to be on the string.

Zheng Cai and Wu Mu took seven or eight soldiers in white armor into the front hall, stood at the door with a black forehead, and saw Wu Mu in general coming over and whispering to Zheng Zhilong: "This messenger is fake!"

Zheng Zhilong's face changed slightly, and he winked at his brother Zheng Zhibao beside him. Zheng Zhibao walked out of the side door.

"Uncle, I brought Zhu Yihai's level!" Zheng Cai put a box in front of Zheng Zhilong and shouted excitedly. He took off his iron helmet, wiped the sweat from his head, and shook his pig tail.

"Zheng Cai, who is this?" Zheng Zhilong asked with a pale face and pointed at Wu Mu.

Wu Mu grinned and said, "I am the general of the Southern Conquest, and the White Flag Armored Lazhangjing Wu Mu!"

"Is that so? Then who is Gushan E who is inlaid with the white flag? Who are your Shangguan Angbang Zhangjing and Meile Zhangjing?" Eshe asked.

Wu Mu's heart tightened and asked back, "Who are you?"

"The Grand Secretary of the Inner Court, his forehead is black! General Boluo's real messenger." Zheng Zhilong replied, and with his wave of his hand, dozens of soldiers broke into the front hall with their knives.

Zheng Cai drew his sword in his hand and saw that there were people around him. He simply threw the sword and said, "It seems that we are late. You have already hooked up with the Qing Lu."

Black-faced walked out from behind Zheng Zhilong, clapped his hands and said, "I have heard that under the command of the Dongfan Island Yi, there was a group of Qi Liemi and Soren's slaves who were ungrateful to the Lord. When the general Abatai went to Shandong in the south, these people attacked the camp as the Eight Banners Warriors, causing our Qing Dynasty to lose a general. In the south of the Yangtze River, a group of people pretended to be white armor and falsely passed on the orders of Prince Yu, causing the people of Nanjing to scatter, fishing in the troubled waters of the island, and looting Nanjing. It is really stupid to come here to play this trick today!"

"You bastard, what are the Eight Banners Warriors, you are just barbarians, what are the shit Qing Dynasty, a group of wild boars running out of white mountains and black waters..." Wu Mu cursed.

The black-faced face changed drastically, and he cursed: "Kill this dog thief, kill him!"

He heard a clanging sound in the room, his forehead was black, but his heart felt cold afterwards. He looked down and saw the tip of the knife came out of his heart. When he looked back, he saw that the person holding the knife was Zheng Chenggong.

"You...you dare to murder the angel of the country..." He cursed with a black forehead.

Zheng Chenggong stirred the knife hard and said, "The dog, sheep, barbarians dare to overthrow themselves and claim to be the supreme country, which is extremely ridiculous!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect his son to kill his forehead. Before he could scold him, he was taken into his arms by Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong put the knife on Zheng Zhilong's neck and said, "Father, offended him."

"My father holds military power, so he should not surrender the Qing captains like this. My son thought that the land of Fujian and Guangdong was dangerous and the mountains and rivers were dangerous. The Qing captains could drive at will. As long as they rely on their high and dangerous power, even if Boluo had millions of soldiers, they could not be easily taken down. With his father's authority, he could win people's hearts. My Zheng family opened pirates in Bamin and promoted business, and could have enough food and money. Select generals to train troops, save for three or five years, and it is not difficult to make progress, and he is in hope of recovery. Please think twice!" Zheng Chenggong held back his tears and said crying.

Zheng Zhilong cursed: "The child of Huangkou is not aware of the great things in the world. Back then, the Yangtze River was naturally dangerous and the powerful soldiers in the four towns could not stop it. What are you and I doing? Those who know the times are heroes. Because the navy of the Qing Dynasty valued me, they must treat me politely. My father and son were only the King of Minhai, and with the Qing court as their backing, all the lands of Fujian and Guangdong belong to the Zheng family, and they are the kings of the four seas!"

"A tiger cannot leave the mountain. If the mountain leaves the mountain and the lake lose its power. Can't my father see that it was Boluo's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain?" Zheng Chenggong said angrily.

Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "What do you know? Dongfan and Lu Ni are intimidating overseas, and I am the only support of the Qing court..."

"Dad, really won't look back?" Zheng Chenggong asked again when he saw Shi Lang and others pressing him up.

Zheng Zhilong said: "I have settled my mind and will never turn around!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "Okay, today I will be kind and righteous to my father. From now on, you and I will no longer be father and son, but only talk about enemies and me. You betray the Ming Dynasty. Today, I will follow me to go to sea. When the new Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ascends the throne, I will take you to punish you!"

"Zheng Sen, you're crazy, he's your father!" Zheng Zhibao cursed.

Shi Fu grabbed Zheng Zhibao and said to Zheng Chenggong: "Young Master, you let the general go. I will let you and Zheng Cai and the island barbarians leave, how about it?"

Wu Mu jumped over and shouted, "I'm not willing to die. My master has a life, so he must not do anything. Don't let Zheng Zhilong survive..."

"Slow down...Slow down..." Zheng Zhilong saw that Wu Mu was not afraid of death, so he begged for mercy. He said, "I will exchange my life for my life."

Wu Mu said resolutely: "Even if you come with the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, you can't exchange your life. Let me die."

"No, since you are Li Mingxun's slave, this person will definitely be exchanged. Just wait, you will agree when you meet him!" Zheng Zhilong shouted, and then shouted to Shi Lang: "Shi Lang, go to the backyard quickly and tell me to take care of the man!"
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