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And agreeing to Wu Sangui doesn't mean rejecting Zhu Tianwang...it's all for the purpose of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty!
So after Xue Zhang and Fengming Mountain came to join him and offered to help him contact Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang, he immediately wrote a letter to Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang and handed it over to them, asking them to take them to see Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang up.
And when Fengmingshan came to Ganzhou Mansion on behalf of Heavenly King Zhu to invite him to meet at Meiguan, he agreed without hesitation.
Moreover, he also recruited a few old men in the army who had seen Chongzhen and Chongzhen's prince Zhu Cihong, to come and have a look with him - don't give up!
"The door is wide open!"
Fengmingshan suddenly shouted, interrupting Liu Jinzhong's thoughts.
Liu Jinzhong hurriedly looked up and found that the closed gate of Dameiguan had been opened at this time, and a group of "Zhanren Confucianism" carrying a bayonet-mounted flintlock gun was coming out from the inside, and was on the road outside the closed gate. Arranged on both sides.The number of people is not too large, a total of 300 people.When they were all lined up, the big man on the horse came out.
Liu Jinzhong was still dozens of steps away from closing the gate, and he couldn't see the faces of the people who came out of the gate clearly with the naked eye. Fortunately, he had prepared binoculars for himself and the few veterans who came to recognize them.
So everyone raised the binoculars to watch together.
The first one to come out was Eunuch Pang. The old man didn't wear the standard "original Confucian clothes". Instead, he rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find the boa robe and three-mountain cap that he wore when he was a great eunuch.Wearing this outfit and getting older, of course he is the "nine thousand year old" eunuch Pang of the Guangzhou court!
And the one following behind eunuch Pang, needless to say... must be the third prince of Chongzhen, Zhu Cijiong, king of Ding.
Liu Jinzhong hurriedly got up his spirits and looked carefully, only to see a middle-aged man with a tall figure, a face like a crown jade, a few locks of beard, and a slightly worried look between his brows, riding his horse slowly through the door opening of Damei Pass. out.
This person's appearance is really similar to the Emperor Chongzhen in Liu Jinzhong's memory!
This middle-aged man did not wear the official clothes of the Ming Dynasty, nor did he wear the "Confucius clothes". Instead, he wore the Taoist clothes most often worn by scholars in the Ming Dynasty. It looked very shabby-this is also the Chongzhen style!
Just when Liu Jinzhong was shocked, there were already "veterans" around him exclaiming.
"Third Prince Zhu! That is Third Prince Zhu!"
"Exactly the same as the first emperor... This is a little Chongzhen!"
Liu Jinzhong couldn't hold back anymore!
He hurried forward on his horse, ran to ten or twenty steps before Damei closed the door, got off his horse again, and walked forward quickly, and arrived at the horse that had just reined in his crotch, and seemed to be in a daze. His eyes were filled with tears, and his voice seemed a little choked up.
"Criminal Minister Liu Jinzhong, Chief Officer of the Guarding Battalion, respectfully ask His Royal Highness King Ding to be blessed and safe... The criminal minister had no choice but to commit himself to the barbarian camp, just to keep a useful body, so that one day he can follow His Highness and restore Daming! Please rest assured, my lord. But there is an order, even if the sinner is heartbroken, he will not fail the grace of God!"
As soon as Liu Jinzhong finished speaking the heartfelt words that had been hidden in his heart for many years, a bold laughter that didn't match the gentle appearance of the third prince Zhu came from his ears: "Wow ha ha ha... Liu Jinzhong, you are indeed my loyal minister of Ming Dynasty!
Alright, since you are willing to lay waste to Daming, then the Gu Family will give you a chance to make contributions... If this is done, the Gu Family will grant you a hereditary Marquis of Loyalty, okay? "
Liu Jinzhong quickly straightened up and took a look, where is the "Little Chongzhen"?Immediately in front of him is clearly Zhu Tianwang who looks like Guan Gong!
"Well, what about the person who looks like the first emperor?" Liu Jinzhong was really honest, and when he found out that "Chongzhen" was gone, he actually asked a question.
"Where is it?" Eunuch Pang hurriedly said, "Liu Jinzhong, are you dazzled? There is only the third prince of His Royal Highness Prince Ding here. Is there anyone who looks like the late emperor? Could it be that the late emperor appeared?"
The first emperor appeared?Liu Jinzhong looked around, and there was indeed no trace of that person... Could it be that he really appeared?
Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong's face turned pale, and he couldn't help sobbing with excitement: "It must be the late emperor's manifestation, so that the sinful minister did his best to protect the King of Jianguo and revive the Ming Dynasty... The sinful minister dares to do his best to repay the divine grace!"
Chapter 278 I don't have high requirements, I just want to be the richest man in the world!
When Liu Jinzhong was foolishly fooled by eunuch Pang, Zhu Heqi had just led a group of Chaozhou Zhu clan men to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang's tablet, and together they left their names on a brand new genealogy.
There is only one tablet, which belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty!
The reason for this is that from today onwards, Zhu Yuanzhang is the only common ancestor of these Zhu Ming's children who officially took root in Chaozhou!These people are the descendants of Zhu Ming from many vassal mansions.Now everyone settled down in Chaozhou together and started the Chaozhou Zhu family together.Therefore, there is only one ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang who can worship together.
After paying homage to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Heqi took out the decree of supervising the country issued in the name of the third prince Zhu, announcing that he was ordered to become the patriarch of the Zhu family in Chaozhou!
Zhu Tianwang is the head of the Zhu Ming clan in the world... Although the Zhu Ming clan in the world doesn't know where it is scattered?I don't know how much is left?But it cannot be assumed that they do not exist.
According to the plan, every time Daming conquered a province in the future, some of Zhu Yuanzhang's troubled descendants would be found there to divide a large piece of land, establish a clan, and spread branches and leaves.
As for these Zhu Ming clans, although they will receive some support from the royal family—mainly educational support.But there will no longer be hardcore salaries and hereditary official positions, and there will be no gaps in tax exemptions.
In theory, they're just normal people... just with a little background.As for whether to become prosperous, to work in the countryside, or to be reduced to weaving mats and selling shoes, it depends on one's own destiny.
And the Zhu clan in each province will have a patriarch.
After announcing that he became the head of the Zhu family in Chaozhou, Guangdong (the descendants of Zhu Ming in Guangdong are now gathered in Chaozhou), Zhu Heqi spent a little more time explaining the truth and drawing big cakes for everyone.Of course, the most real family affection in the world is also indispensable-big red envelopes!
Fortunately, Zhu Ming's descendants have suffered a lot this year, and the glory and wealth of their ancestors have become distant memories. It has become a luxury to not be hunted down by the lackeys of the Qing court, and to be a peaceful and stable citizen. .
Moreover, the parents and grandparents of these people are not big ones—there are not many big ones who died long ago, and the rest are small fish and shrimps.Even if the Ming Dynasty is still there, they can't lose a few benefits.
Hard-core salary and ancestral official titles are extremely difficult to obtain... Although theoretically they can be named Fengguo Lieutenant, but the higher-ups can't resist doing things according to "theory"!
Now not only the extravagant wish has been realized, but also houses and land, many people have become officials, and the young men in the clan have a place to go to school... Those poor men who have been single for so many years have become overnight. After the sweet pastry, the people who proposed marriage almost broke through the gate of the surrounding building.
This life is much better than those Xiaozong who were so poor that they were about to beg for food in the late Ming Dynasty, and they are getting more and more hopeful.
If life is like this, it can be regarded as lying down and winning, so what is there to be dissatisfied with?
And the words "Sheng Mien, Dou Michou" also make sense.The benefits that Zhu Hechi gave to these poor relatives are equivalent to "shengmi"...that is really a gift of regeneration!
In addition, Zhu and Qi still have a lot of "doumi" in their hands, it depends on who performs well and works hard!
So these Zhu family clan members are trying their best to perform, really giving Zhu Hechi enough face, and they are almost "kneeling down and licking".
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"My lord, I have never had great ambitions, and I have no great ability. I can't control the affairs of Fujian province... I just want to restore my ancestral business, and be like my grandfather. I am satisfied with being a wealthy businessman with an official title. "
In a main room in the largest surrounding building in the center of Zhucuo Village, the one who said that he had never had great ambitions was a thin, thin middle-aged man with protruding cheekbones.
This person is the man most feared by Batu Lu Ao Bai Ao Shaobao in the Qing Dynasty—the king of Yanping County in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jing!
Well, because Aobai was afraid of Zheng Jing's invasion, he imposed a self-destructive sea ban, destroying the coastal areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places.
Fortunately, Zheng Jingzhen didn't have much ability, and because of the conflict with his father Zheng Chenggong, the Zheng family was seriously injured.
Otherwise, Oboi's self-mutilation sea ban might become an opportunity for Zheng Ming's rise!
And listening to this "no ambition" Zheng Jing speak, it is Zhu Heqi who is a bit dumbfounded-he has no ambitions, you Zheng Jing don't know who your grandfather Zheng Zhilong is?
That is the richest man in the world!
Does the richest man know?And it's world class.
The business he did was similar to that of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company... They were all good deals for "overseas zero-dollar purchases", and the protection fee was received by the Dutch East India Company.
But having said that, Zhu Heqi can really satisfy Zheng Jing's request now.Because Zhu Heqi happened to have the core competitiveness of the industry of "overseas zero-yuan purchase" in his hands!
"King Yanping, we Ming people don't speak dark words." Zhu Heqi said with a smile: "First, the lonely family will give you the military, political and financial power of the four prefectures of Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Xinghua, and Taiwan. The specific method is to set up The position of the general manager of southern Fujian, in charge of the military, political and financial power of the four prefectures of Zhang, Quan, Xing, and Taiwan. From now on, this post will be recommended by the Yanping Palace, and will take office immediately after being approved by the University Scholars Conference.
Second, the isolated family licenses your family to set up a Nanyang Trading Company... You can refer to the East India Trading Company for the various regulations of the Nanyang Trading Company. For all transactions that the Dutch and British East India Trading Companies can do, your Nanyang Trading Company will It can be done, and it can be let go.The imperial court will support you! "
Say something.Zheng Jing has been "surprised", he doesn't have such big ambitions!The "ancestral industry" he mentioned is actually the Fujian General Army (Fujian's only general army) plus Taiwan Island, plus some sites and industries along the coast of Fujian.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Heqi was so interesting that he directly gave him a manager of the four houses, and said that he would support him in setting up a Nanyang trading company to compete with the Dutch and English... But can the current Zheng family compete with others?
Seeing Zheng Jing in a daze, Zhu Heqi knew that this "no ambition" King Yanping was a little afraid of imperialism, and he was not sure about winning the "zero-dollar purchase market" in Nanyang.
So he said with a smile: "King Yanping, don't worry... the court's support is not casual. Gujia is now developing a rocket designed for warships, which is to put the rocket in a cast iron tube and launch it. After aiming and shooting, you can even make a joint installation. It is to connect six or nine cast iron pipes in parallel and release six to nine rockets at the same time. The wooden boats of the Westerners can’t resist such weapons at all, so Nanyang is It can definitely be grabbed.”
The weapon Zhu Hechi mentioned is almost his ultimate cheat—the original version of the Type 63 rocket launcher!Install sugar rockets in the parallel cast iron pipes, and it is best to equip the sugar rockets with mercury fulminate fuze... This thing will take dozens of them to the battlefield, and they will be bombarded flat. What kind of Eight Banners soldiers will I can't stop it!
It should be top-notch when used as an anti-ship. The wooden-hulled ship these days can't withstand the bombardment of an explosive bomb filled with sugar medicine!
Of course, Zhu Heqi gave a concept now, and samples will not come out in three to five years, and mass production is even more distant.
But this concept alone has already made Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua very excited.
The two looked at each other, and Zheng Jing stood up abruptly, and bowed to Zhu Heqi: "The son of the world entrusts the minister to Haijiang, and regards my Zheng family as his heart. If the minister and the Zheng family are betrayed , Not only shameless in the world, but also contemptuous of his father and grandfather (Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhilong are looking at Zheng Jing coldly in the sky).
I have nothing to repay, and I am willing to offer my cousin Jiaxin to serve my son... Please don't refuse my son! "
Zheng Jing's request is really "not high"...they have proposed marriage!
However, the woman he took out for marriage seems to have "returned" to Zhu Heqi long ago.
"Okay!" Zhu Heqi nodded lightly, "Jiaxin is a beauty in the world, Gu loves her very much, and she has long wanted to accept her. Then let her follow Gu's family in the name of Princess Yanping Palace!"
Zheng Jing was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Don't worry, my son, I will definitely handle this matter for you in a good manner."
Zhu Heqi waved his hands, "This matter is not urgent... the most urgent thing now is how to trick Geng Jingzhong into going on the road!"
"Trick Geng Jingzhong to go on the road?" Zheng Jing was taken aback, "What road to go on? How should I lie?"
Chapter 279: Four Great Emperors!
In the 12th year of Kangxi, in mid-July, Fujian, Fuzhou City.
The city is full of slavery, and the city is about to be destroyed!
The "servility" of Fuzhou City, of course, came from Beijing.
Because Emperor Kangxi "opened the slave door and recruited slaves widely", he recruited more than 3 coated slave soldiers at once, and also released [-] precious slaves and the quota of coated slaves to the green battalion soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
For a while, among the provinces under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, it was really slavish!Anyone who has the opportunity to be a slave or a coated slave is really eager to be the first!
The quota is only [-], but there are so many green battalion soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and so many officials and scholars who want to be slaves, can't they fight?Don't you want to be a slave and a coated slave?
And in the city of Fuzhou ruled by Geng Jingzhong, a loyal slave in the Qing Dynasty, there is also an indescribably thick "slavery"!
Even under the impetus of Geng Jingzhong, in this city that was about to be invaded by the Ming army, the level of slavishness surpassed that of Beijing, the most benevolent capital of the Qing Dynasty.
Originally, the servants of Prince Jingnan's Mansion were all self-contained.They are not subordinate to the Eight Banners system, and they are not slaves directly under Emperor Kangxi and the nobles of the Qing Dynasty... This is a bit of a "slave's slave, not my slave".
Jingfan's slaves are all slaves of Jingnan King Geng Jingzhong, not Emperor Kangxi.In the early Qing Dynasty, the banner troops of the Wu, Shang, and Geng feudal feudal clans, the flag troops of the two small feudal clans of Xushun and Haicheng, and the assistant leaders of the banner troops left by Kong Youde, king of Dingnan, all Belong to such a situation.
These "slaves of slaves" are the core strength of various feudal clans!In history, Emperor Kangxi's withdrawal of the vassals meant that in addition to the removal of the three vassal kings, he also wanted to remove these "slave slaves"... If he hadn't played this crooked idea, but let the slaves be the Eight Banners Uncle, no one will follow the king of San Francisco even if he wants to!
However, Geng Jingzhong is now leading the "slaves of slaves" of fifteen assistants under the feudal clan, and jointly signed a petition to Emperor Kangxi, asking to join the army of coated slaves!
In other words, Geng Jingzhong wants to take the initiative to surrender his "slave slaves", and Geng Fan's "slave slaves" do not ask to be further soldiers of the Eight Banners, but go down, willing to serve as a coat for the Qing Dynasty slave!
Geng Fan's "slave slaves" are all bannermen, and they are still more advanced than the slaves in the coat... But now they are willing to surrender their status to be coats. This is really "eager to be a slave", and it is enough to move Kangxi master.
In addition to Geng Fan's "slave slaves" who were willing to serve as coats, the generals and soldiers of the Fujian Green Camp under Geng Jingzhong's management also initiated a joint petition at the same time.They also asked themselves to be slaves—some of the higher-level green camp officers asked to raise the flag, and the rest were invited to be coated slaves.
In addition, under the mobilization of Geng Jingzhong and Liu Bingzheng, civil servants on the ground in Fujian joined the vigorous "please be a slave" movement.These officials are all qualified to submit the secret papers (all officials in the Kangxi year were able to submit the secret papers), so their "Please be a slave" memorials are in two copies, one is jointly signed on the title book, and the other is submitted separately close fold.But no matter which one, they are all sincere and full of slavery.
For a while, the officialdom and military camps in Fuzhou were almost overwhelmed by this thick sense of slavery!
However, the vast majority of people who are "already slaves" and "want to be slaves" would never have imagined that their master, the three generations of the glorious slaves of the Qing Dynasty, Geng Jingzhong, has a heart that does not want to be a slave but wants to be the master. ambition!
Geng Jingzhong...doesn't want to be a slave!
But today, Geng Wang Zhuang, which is heavily guarded, finally ushered in a distinguished guest who will make Geng Jingzhong no longer a slave. This distinguished guest is Chen Yonghua, the envoy of Yanping King Zheng Jing of Ming Dynasty!
"My lord, today's world is in chaos. Wu Sangui has swept across the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan. On the first day of June, he crossed the Yangtze River and stationed in Jingzhou, Hubei. His troops pointed directly at Wuchang and Xiangyang. Moreover, although he raised troops in accordance with Weizong's edict, But up to now, he has not accepted the canonization of Jianguo Dingwang, and he does not need to be appointed as the king of Jianguo. Moreover, he proclaimed himself the President of the World Marshal of the Army and Horses, and used the Chongzhen reign... I am afraid that everyone knows what he thinks. As long as he can take down Wuchang Mansion, the thoroughfare of the nine provinces, a Western Emperor will be considered.
Although Guangdong's Daming Jianguo Dingwang only occupies one and a half provinces, Guangdong is a prosperous province after all, and it is connected to the vast land of Nanyang. , there is still a Southern Emperor.
As for Jun Xuanye, the barbarian in the north, although he is a barbarian, he is indeed a gentleman...Wu Sangui, a hero like Wu Sangui, rose up suddenly, and he calmly restrained him between Jiang and Han.And recently, he has opened up slave doors and recruited more slaves. What he has done is obviously not a king of subjugation.Although it can't help the Western Emperor Wu Sangui and the Great Ming Southern Emperor in Guangdong, a Northern Emperor can still sit firmly.
Now, in the four directions, there are Northern Emperor, Southern Emperor, and Western Emperor, and only the Eastern Emperor is left vacant... So my king ordered me to ask the prince: Do you have any intentions? "
Well, four emperors in the southeast and northwest!There is a table of mahjong together... This is the emperor, and he wants to have one table at a time!
Although Geng Jingzhong really wanted to be the emperor, he didn't expect that the emperor could make a mahjong table, so he didn't realize it all of a sudden, and just froze there.
It was his military advisor Zuo Chunqiu who reacted faster, and opened his mouth to ask: "Mr. Chen, what does King Yanping mean? Doesn't it mean that my prince doesn't want to be the Eastern Emperor, so he will be the first to ascend?"
What?Geng Jingzhong became anxious when he heard it.Because he discovered that there are actually not many "emperors at a table".Moreover, Kangxi has already become the Northern Emperor, Wu Sangui is determined to be the Western Emperor, and Zhu Cijiong's Southern Emperor is also very stable.There is only one Eastern Emperor left and no one has done it yet!If Zheng Jing snatched it, what would he do?
"Who said I don't want to be the emperor of the East?" Geng Jingzhong was afraid that Zheng Jing would rob him, so he hurriedly stated his position before Chen Yonghua could speak.
"Oh, oh, oh..." Chen Yonghua nodded again and again, "That's good, that's good! If you want to do it, my lord can rest assured."
"What does King Yanping care about?" Zuo Chunqiu asked, "Whether my prince is the emperor or not, what does it have to do with him?"
Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "If King Jingnan can go further, then the world will be divided into four parts, and my family's king will be able to be the vassal of Fujian for the Ming Dynasty with confidence."
"Wait," Geng Jingzhong yelled as soon as he heard this, "Why does he still want to be the prince of Fujian? Fujian is my territory!"
Chen Yonghua smiled and said: "My lord, you can only get one of these two rivers and Fujian... And this one can only be two rivers, not Fujian."
"Why can't it be Fujian?" Geng Jingzhong asked stupidly.
Chen Yonghua smiled: "Because the son of Prince Ding of the Ming Dynasty has appointed Yang Xiuqing, the deputy military adviser of the right assistant, to recruit envoys for Fujian, and he will send troops to Fujian soon!"
As soon as he heard Yang Xiuqing's name, Geng Jingzhong felt a sharp pain in his right leg!
Last time in Chaozhou, his right leg was broken by Yang Xiuqing's night attack... It took a few months for him to recover quickly, why is he calling again?
Seeing the fear on Geng Jingzhong's face, Chen Yonghua also found it funny. This guy obviously can't fight, so why is he so ambitious?
Thinking of this, he took out a bag of whole lump sugar weighing one catty, placed it on the coffee table beside him, and then said to Geng Jingzhong with a smile: "My lord, you should know that the medicine in Zhuge Shenlei is made of Is it made from something? Using this is much better than using ordinary white sugar!