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However, the three of them never imagined that Huang Zhisheng took the imperial decree and his relatives out of Beijing and went all the way south. He fell ill because of "acclimatization" when he arrived in Jinan, and he was ill for nearly a month.Moreover, during this month, he was bored in the yard of the post house to recuperate, and he never saw anyone...
Chapter 492 Zhu Tianwang's Dengzhou Liberty City
Of course, Huang Zhisheng is not really dissatisfied with the water and soil. He has traveled all over the years, even to the grasslands outside the Great Wall.
This time he actually used his illness as a cover, disguised himself as a businessman and secretly left Jinan City, and then went straight to Dengzhou Prefecture, which is more than 700 miles away from Jinan.
At this time, Dengzhou Prefecture has a situation of one government with two masters, just like Chaozhou Prefecture in those days.The three counties of Penglai, Fushan, and Rongcheng under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, plus one Ninghai Prefecture, are all under the control of Zhu Tianwang's troops.
The four counties of Wendeng, Haiyang, Laiyang, and Huangxian were still under the control of the Qing Dynasty, and the Dengzhou magistrate’s government office in the Qing Dynasty did not close down, but moved from Penglai County to Laiyang County—the original one The magistrate's yamen, the magistrate has not changed!
Zhu Tianwang is obviously more reasonable than his son Zhu Heqi. Of course, after capturing Zhang Shaoheng, the prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, in the city of Dengzhou Prefecture, he did not kill him, did not send him to hard labor, and did not even persuade him to surrender. After a good meal, I sent someone to send him to Laiyang.
Moreover, Zhu Tianwang also let the prefect Zhang feel at ease to be an official in Laiyang... He also promised that the four counties of Wendeng, Haiyang, Laiyang, and Huangxian would not be violated for the time being.
Of course, this "non-aggression" is conditional, and the condition is that Laiyang does not block the trade route with Dengzhou Prefecture.
In addition, this Zhu Tianwang also sent a message to the Qing court through Zhang Zhifu, hoping that the Qing court would not blockade the city of Dengzhou.In return, Zhu Tianwang will not order his Dengzhou navy to block the entrance to the Bohai Bay—this is easy for Zhu Tianwang!As long as he gave an order, Emperor Kangxi would not be able to use Tianjin Port and Lushunkou to maintain contact with Western friends.
Because maintaining Tianjin and Lushun, the two ports of foreign exchange, is of great benefit to Kangxi, and Kangxi is temporarily unable to recover the capital city of Dengzhou.So this Kang Mazi simply acquiesced in the existence of the Huang County-Penglai trade road, and at the same time allowed merchant ships from various countries entering and leaving Tianjin to dock at Dengzhou Port to pay taxes...
In such a situation where both parties can reach a tacit understanding, the Dengzhou Fucheng area under Zhu Tianwang's governance has become a rather special existence.
This kind of existence is somewhat similar to "Free City".It seems that the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty has nothing to do with Dengzhou Fucheng, a seaport city located on the north side of Shandong Peninsula and at the entrance of Bohai Bay.
When Huang Zhisheng arrived here, the first thing he saw was the outer wall of "Liberty City" which was under construction.
Dengzhou Fucheng is actually a well-known strong city in the world. It not only has a tall and strong city wall, but also faces the sea in the north and Danya Mountain highland in the west.There is no need to build any outer walls to ensure the safety of the castle.
However, Zhu Tianwang, who became the lord of Dengzhou, still ordered people to build an eighteen-mile long moon-shaped outer wall outside Dengzhou City, from the west of Danya Mountain to Sanxian Mountain (located in the east of Dengzhou Fucheng). A large area of land was encircled to the east of the front), thus placing the city of Dengzhou in a safe area that was difficult for enemy artillery to reach.
In addition, the area between Dengzhou Fucheng and the outer wall of Dengzhou can be used to accommodate the waterworkers and their families who followed Zhu Tianwang from Tianjin.It can also be used to build commercial ports and commercial ports—the new commercial ports and new ports in Dengzhou are located on the west side of Tianheng Mountain, west of Danya Mountain.
Once the new commercial port and the new port are completed and put into use, Dengzhou Fucheng and Dengzhou Water City will become pure military cities and military ports, and there will be no chance for the Qing army to sneak attack.
And the base camp of the Dengzhou Army that will land in Liaodong in the future will be placed in Dengzhou Fucheng!
In addition, Zhu Tianwang brought three thousand Mongolian horses from Tianjin, including thousands of mares!
These mares are much larger than the "rabbit horses" in the south of the Yangtze River and the Yunnan horses in the southwest.Zhu Tianwang also selected two or three hundred relatively large mares, and kept them in a horse farm under the Sanxian Mountain inside the outer wall of Dengzhou, waiting for the Andalusian stallions to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River. Come and start breeding!
When Huang Zhisheng rushed to Dengzhou, the outer wall of Dengzhou had not yet been completed, but a long trench was dug, and a low wall was rammed with the soil taken out during the trench digging.
Inside the low wall, there are several construction sites that look quite busy, and the commercial port of Dengzhou Liberty City is within the tall and strong Dengzhou city wall.
With the arrival of a large population and the emergence of Free City, Dengzhou City naturally became extremely prosperous.
The city is bustling with people of all kinds!People wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, Qing Dynasty clothes, Korean clothes, and Ming and Qing mixed-match clothes, and even many Westerners in Western clothes, all crowded the streets shoulder to shoulder.
After Huang Zhisheng entered the city, he asked people where the "Penglai Bank" was?Soon, he found the bank on a street full of yamen in the north of Dengzhou City, and found this bank in a large mansion next door to the largest yamen in Dengzhou City, Dengzhou Tianwang Mansion.
After entering the bank, Huang Zhisheng took out another hand-printed silver coin with the two English letters "PBOC" and "PRC" on it, and handed it to a bank manager.
Soon he was led by another steward of the Penglai Bank, and directly entered the Dengzhou Tianwang Mansion through a side door in the backyard of the Bank.
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"Minister Huang Zhisheng respectfully invites His Highness the Heavenly King and His Highness the Heavenly Princess to be blessed and safe!"
Outside a pavilion in the back garden of Dengzhou Tianwang Mansion, Huang Zhisheng saw Zhu Tianwang and Tianwangfei who were playing chess.
This couple now gives people a sense of pride, especially Zhu Tianwang, whose face is about to fly up, and looks younger than the Zhu Tianwang in Huang Zhisheng's impression... I don't know Is it the result of marrying a Ruyi wife or the result of holding power in Dengzhou?
"Watch the seat!"
Zhu Tianwang put down the flag in his hand, smiled and asked Huang Zhisheng to bring an embroidery pier, and ordered him to sit down.
Huang Zhisheng took out a copy of the report that he had just written in the Penglai Bank, and handed it to a maid of Zhu Tianwang.
Zhu Tianwang took the letter from the maid, read it carefully after unfolding it, and laughed loudly: "It's interesting, it's interesting! Kangxi's new policy will increase Confucianism taxes and exercise imperial power. The law of township and taxation, and the establishment of Confucianism... This Emperor Kangxi really has a way, it seems that he is unwilling to be Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty."
Huang Zhisheng frowned slightly, "What His Royal Highness said is very true. Although this Kangxi has bad luck, his ability to govern the country is actually not bad, and he can still work hard to deal with difficulties after encountering difficulties, and he is quite organized... It should be considered The previous generation of Mingjun."
Zhu Tianwang shook his head: "It's Ming Jun...but his tricks are all within my expectations!" He paused, "This city of freedom in Dengzhou is the key to cracking Kangxi's New Deal! "
Can Dengzhou City break the Kangxi New Deal?
Huang Zhisheng didn't understand what Zhu Tianwang meant. In his opinion, Dengzhou City was nothing more than a bridge connecting the Ming and Qing Dynasties. How could it break Kangxi's New Deal?
But he didn't ask too much... After working as a spy for two or three years, Huang Zhisheng has already learned a little bit. He knows that to be a good spy, he must learn to "keep his face" and don't ask around, ask around, and don't over-act. For myself, I have to be moderate.Only in this way can we hide in the enemy camp for a long time without being known.
So he asked Zhu Tianwang: "His Royal Highness, what other orders do you have? If you don't have any, I will leave first."
Zhu Tianwang said: "You just need to be your Confucian boss... Remember, don't go to the south for business, and find a way to stay with Shenggong. In addition, you can let Shenggong know that within the outer wall of Dengzhou is This heavenly king's sanctuary, no matter who he is or what he has committed outside, as long as he comes to Dengzhou City, he is the guest of this heavenly king, and this heavenly king can keep him safe! Even if Emperor Kangxi comes to Dengzhou to seek refuge, this heavenly king will be the same Asylum will be granted."
Chapter 493
On the first day of July in the first year of King Jianguo of the Ming Dynasty, in Yingshang County, Yingzhou Prefecture, Huaibei Province of the Qing Dynasty, outside a small town called Xizhengyang at the confluence of the Yinghe River and the Huaihe River, there were thirty or forty horsemen galloping here.These men and horses are all dressed as merchants, but they don't feel like they are in the dust. The clothes on their bodies are bright, and there is not much dust on their faces. They look a bit like rich men and young ladies who are out for an outing.
In addition to their own mounts, these thirty or forty horses also drove hundreds of tall and strong horses... If you look closely, you can find that these tall horses are all females!
In Daming territory on the other side of the Huaihe River, hundreds of tall mares are a huge fortune!
These thirty or forty knights were riding along the Ying River. At this time, rows of sand boats were driving on the surface of the Ying River, all of which were loaded with goods, and looked heavy. The men with braided heads escorted by the officers and soldiers of the jacket dragged westward.
A female knight in a black cloak, a white jacket on the upper body, a blue horse skirt on the lower body, and a veil on her face suddenly let out a crisp laugh when she saw the fleet on the water. An ordinary voice said to a tall man beside him: "Second Uncle, these things on the boat were given to our family by King Ming? These things must be worth a lot of money, right?"
The tall man laughed and said, "These things are worth 100 million taels of silver... There are muskets, cannons, gunpowder, and silk and satin, enough for us to spend in Shaanxi for several years!"
The female knight smiled and said, "This King Ming is really a good man!"
The tall man laughed again: "Little Tu, then you have to listen to King Ming's words in the future, you know?"
The female knight nodded, "Yes, I see... I will do whatever King Ming asks me to do in the future!"
The tall man smiled and said: "Yes, yes, yes... That's it, just be obedient. Although you are a hostage handed over by my family, King Ming is a hero after all, so I won't make things difficult for a girl like you."
"Well, Xiaotu understands!" The female knight nodded, "Daddy told Xiaotu... Even if King Ming wants to kill Xiaotu, Xiaotu will not be afraid!"
The tall man smiled and shook his head, "Your father is talking nonsense, he is scaring you, how could Duke Ming kill you? He eats you at most..."
"Eat?" The female knight was stunned, "Why does Duke Ming still eat people?"
"Are you scared?" The tall man asked with a smile.
"Don't be afraid!" The female knight puffed out her chest... Although it may not be very big, it is still bumpy. It must be delicious to "eat"!
The tall man deliberately said in an exaggerated tone: "It is eaten alive!"
"Eat it alive... eat it alive!" The female knight's voice was already trembling a little.
The man laughed again, "You are really good, you are indeed a woman from our Wu family!"
This pair of living treasure-like men and women turned out to be Wu, Wu Sangui's Wu!The man is Wu Yingqi, Wu Sangui's second son.The woman is Wu Yingqi's niece, Wu Guogui's daughter, named Wu Tu.
This Wu Tu lived in Jiangling City before, and had a marriage contract with Guo Zhuangtu's son.If Wu Sangui's death hadn't happened suddenly, this year would have passed.
Because Wu Yingxiong couldn't hand over a living Kong Sizhen to Wu Yingqi for scraping, he had to take the family members of Wu Yingqi's subordinates in Jiangling City to offset the debt, and exchanged for his son Wu Shilin.Because of this, Wu Tu returned to Wu Guogui's side, and the marriage contract with Mr. Guo had to fall through... What a fate!
But more life-threatening things are yet to come!
After the Ming Dynasty transported the supplies requested by Wu Yingqi to the small town of Dongzhengyang on the south bank of the Huaihe River, Zhu Heqi proposed to meet Wu Yingqi in a large boat on the Huaihe River for an alliance and ask Wu Yingqi to hand over the hostages.
But Wu Yingqi's offspring are also a bit small, and only Wu Shicong is an adult.It is impossible to hand over Wu Shicong, that is Wu Yingqi's number one general!
It is even more impossible to hand over Wu Guogui, who was the murderer of Emperor Yongli!
So Liu Xuanchu, who had no good intentions, gave Wu Yingqi a bad idea, asking him to hand over the nickname "Eight-faced Guanyin". It is said that Wu Tu, the daughter of Wu Guogui, who is beautiful from all directions, is a hostage... She was supposed to be a newlywed Wu Tu from Yaner was brought to the Huaihe River at the junction of Ming and Qing Dynasties by her uncle Wu Yingqi!
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Of course, Zhu Heqi would not run from Nanjing to the Huaihe River to meet Wu Yingqi for the sake of an "enemy's daughter".He has no interest in Xiao Tu or anything... He is now in love with Yang Qilong's sister Yang Ziyun!
Well, it should be in love!
Although Yang Qilong had already "entrusted" his dependent sister to Zhu Heqi when he left Nanjing.He also repeatedly reminded his sister to "listen to King Ming's words"... But Zhu Heqi is a gentleman after all, so he couldn't do anything to force Ziyun's sister into the palace with orders.
This matter has to be agreed to by others!It's best to recommend yourself a pillow seat, that's interesting.
So these days Zhu Heqi "only picks up girls and doesn't make orders", although Yang Ziyun is invited out by Zhu Heqi to play every now and then, but it is only limited to shopping, eating, swimming in the lake... At most, they hold hands (really hold hands) , hug the waist, kiss the mouth.
In this way, "bubble" until the end of June, Miss Yang herself was a little anxious... What does Prince Ming mean?Why only "molesting" but not talking?
So when she heard that Zhu and Qi were going to visit Shouzhou, she offered to accompany her.
This almost hints that Zhu and Qi are ready to go!
And Zhu Heqi no longer had Yang Ziyun's appetite, so he didn't bring the second wife Da Boling and the third wife Bei Jiaxin who were pregnant again, nor the eldest wife Qiu Shuzhen who gave birth not long ago and Sifang Zhou Yubing.
I just took Yang Ziyun with me... Just last night when I was staying in Fengyang Palace, Zhu Heqian took Yang Ziyun's body just now, and this moment is full of affection. Interested?
So when the two groups met in an official boat on the Huaihe River, Zhu and Qi didn't pay attention to the tall "man in black robe" who came with Wu Yingqi and Liu Xuanchu.
His mind is still on a major national event that cannot be put on the table!
The reason why this major national event cannot be brought to the table is because the politics is not correct-this matter is about the secret cooperation between Zhu Heqi, the descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Burni, the descendant of Emperor Yuan Shun, the great Yuan Tianyou Emperor.
The descendants of the Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Yuan Dynasty established a bridge through Wu Sangui's son to oppose Emperor Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty. This matter is not correct no matter how you look at it!
Not only Zhu and Zhu Zhu saints can't do it openly, but even Emperor Tianyou of the Yuan Dynasty, Burni, has to hide it, right?
The so-called cooperation between the two parties actually means that Zhu and Qi sent a batch of muskets and light artillery to Burni through Wu Yingqi...as a return gift from Burni to Daming's "tribute horse" in Beijing.
Now there is no direct contact between Zhu Heqi and Burni, and he can't get in touch, so he hopes that the "internal diplomacy" conducted by Wu Yingqi this time can establish a link for further cooperation between the two parties.
Of course, this connection can only be maintained through private trade across the Qing's actual control area.
After all, after Wu Yingqi's expedition to the west, the Qing Dynasty's control over Henan and the western part of Huaibei will definitely be strengthened. At that time, the two sides will not be able to negotiate directly face-to-face as they are now.
Because both sides are full of sincerity, and it will be difficult to meet soon.So today's "meeting in a boat" on the Huaihe River was very pleasant.It can be said that they had a very happy conversation, and it was too late to meet each other!
Zhu Heqi and Wu Yingqi chatted until the evening of that day, and then bid farewell.Just when Zhu and Qi were about to get up and leave, Wu Yingqi suddenly called out: "Wait a minute, King Ming!"
Wait a minute?What else is there to say?
Zhu Heqi turned his head to look, and saw a face more beautiful than flowers appearing in front of his eyes.A tall nose, big eyes, and slender eyebrows make up a magnificent and pretty face...
Chapter 494 Confucianism is fighting a civil war this time!
"Girl, what's your name?" Zhu Heqi asked with a smile, his demeanor, he really understood it.
Now Wu Yingxiong has shamelessly hooked up with the Qing Dynasty in the north. Although he publicly said that he wants to unite the Qing Dynasty against the Ming Dynasty, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Wu Yingxiong has no power to deal with the Ming Dynasty at all.What he really wanted to kill was his own brother Wu Yingqi!Because of Wu Yingqi's death, no one will compete with him for the throne of Lord Wu Zhou, and Wu Zhou's power can be used in one place!
And Emperor Kangxi must be the first one to clean up, Wu Yingqi must be the one!Only by killing Wu Yingqi can Kang Mazi regain control of Ganshan... Ganshan is barren, but it is an excellent place to recruit soldiers!
Both the north and the south wanted to hack Wu Yingqi to death, so Wu Yingqi couldn't please Zhu Heqi?It is also appropriate to send a beautiful woman or something.
But should the great sage Zhu Hechi be accepted?
To be honest, he was really a little embarrassed.
He is not lecherous, and he is already living happily with his beloved Aunt Dabo and Sister Shuzhen.Why do you always get lucky?Could this be the benefit of the traversers?
Wu Tu seems a little nervous... Will the little Tutu not be afraid when he sees the big bad wolf that wants to eat her?Although for the benefit of the family, she is determined to sacrifice herself.But Zhu Hechi looks too fierce, right?The beard is so big, and the eye sockets are slightly sunken, which looks like the eyes of an eagle.The nose is big and straight. It looks like the nose of a lion. When it smiles, it shows two rows of white teeth. It looks like it is going to bite!
Although she was scared, Wu Tu was a "Jiangmen Bunny Girl" after all, so she wouldn't be scared to cry by Zhu Heqi.I saw the "bunny girl" pursing her small mouth like a cherry, her eyes were watery, and then she knelt down slowly to Zhu Heqi, "My slave, Wu Tu, I respectfully invite His Royal Highness, King Jian Guoming, to be blessed and safe!"
"Wu Rabbit? Little Rabbit's Rabbit?" Zhu Heqian glanced at Wu Yingqi, and said to himself, how did you name him?You named such a cute little girl "Rabbit", isn't that clearly to seduce this saint?The sage likes to eat rabbits the most.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi nodded approvingly to Wu Yingqi. For the sake of your sincerity, this gift... the saint accepted it!
"The rabbit with the cursive head," Liu Xuanchu approached at this time, and said with a smile, "Yu Tu's meaning... Her father is the adopted son of the former President Jin Wu and former general Wu Guogui!"
Wu Yingqi also smiled and said, "That's right, Ah Tu is my niece...she is our hostage handed over to the King!"
Then he said to Wu Tu: "Little Tu, from now on you will be His Highness King Ming's man... You must obey His Highness's orders after being hostage."
"Little Tu knows!" Although Wu Tu was very scared, she still nodded resolutely.
"Oh, you are Wu Guogui's daughter..." Zhu Heqi felt a little complicated now.
Wu Guogui's ability is nothing to say in Wu Zhou's army, even Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong's father and son are not as good as him, and he has his own team.If it hadn't been for him strangling Yongli, Zhu Heqi would have brought his daughter into the harem without hesitation and made her a noble concubine!
It has to be said that Wu Sangui was really stupid for doing this. Not only did he deceive himself, but he also deceived all his party members by the way.
But having said that, can the daughter of this "enemy" be let go?This is impossible!
"Okay!" Thinking of this, Zhu Heqian had already made up his mind, and said to Wu Yingqi with a smile, "General Wu, please tell Third General Wu that I'll accept Miss Ah Tu...I won't make her suffer." Wronged!"
Wu Yingqi smiled and nodded, "Okay, that's good!" Then he cupped his fists and said to Zhu Hechi, "Sage King Ming, farewell! I hope that by the time we meet again, China will be restored, and there will be no more evil in the world. !"
Zhu Heqi also smiled and cupped his fists: "General Wu, this day is not far away... The lonely family will spend three years governing the southeast, preparing the army for war, and sending troops to sweep the north after three years. Victory. On the day when Shenjing is recaptured, drink with the general in the Forbidden City!"