Daming: I help my wife be the empress

The Zheng family can be said to be a major force in the Southern Ming Dynasty and even the entire late Ming Dynasty. Hao Guangming naturally took Aimi Zhu to study the Zheng family, and he also had a deep understanding of the various characters in the Zheng family.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was 42 years old. He was middle-aged, with a successful career, a happy family, and wealth beyond compare.

Therefore, he lost the aggressiveness he had in the early years, and only wanted to guard the three-acre land in Dayuan, Fujian, and the sea, and be a local emperor comfortably.

Of course, as a pirate king who used to roam the sea, even if he was content with pleasure, he did not forget about political speculation, or what he liked most during this period was political speculation.

This is true no matter whether it was surrendering to the Ming Dynasty before, being enshrined by Emperor Hongguang later, supporting Emperor Longwu to succeed to the throne, and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming have speculated about Zheng Zhilong's reaction after learning about the "Nanjing Change" and "Yangzhou Battle".

From the current point of view, Zheng Zhilong's reaction is within the range of their speculation.

Therefore, Auntie Zhu chose the countermeasure discussed when discussing this matter with Hao Guangming—temporarily accepting the Zheng family, to see if she could digest the Zheng family without bloodshed by virtue of Daming's huge size.

If not, talk about it later.

Anyway, she has such a big golden finger, even if the Zheng family jumps backwards later, she has a way to deal with it.

Of course, it’s best not to make the Zheng family jump back—according to the current trend, once the Zheng family chooses to "serve" her, after a few years, even if the Zheng family finds that their fundamental interests are threatened or even damaged, they will be powerless to resist, or even I dare not resist.

Zheng Hongkui didn't know that the girl on the dragon chair in front of him regarded the Zheng family as a meal on her plate. He was greatly relieved to hear that Zhu Yu said that Zheng Zhilong was Nan'anbo and agreed to reorganize his navy.

At first, before the Battle of Yangzhou, Zheng Hongkui heard some rumors about Princess Jianguo in Zhenjiang, but he didn't believe it.

However, when Aimee Zhu led the army down the river to Yangzhou, Zheng Hongkui's subordinates felt deeply afraid of Aimee Zhu after they found out the strength of his navy, border guards, and imperial guards.

Just because the fact that a woman is in charge of the country and that a woman succeeds to the throne is too mysterious, Zheng Hongkui did not immediately come to Zhu Yuxi to express his support, but wrote to Zheng Zhilong about the "Nanjing Change" and some information about Zhu Weiyu that he knew. .

Without waiting for Zheng Zhilong's reply, the results of the "Battle of Yangzhou" reached Zhenjiang.

Zheng Hongkui was both shocked and terrified when he heard that Zhu Wei had wiped out tens of thousands of Qing troops in the first battle, including tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers.

Fearing that Auntie Zhu would not like him and find a reason to destroy his navy, he led the navy out of the Yangtze River and went to sea.

It wasn't until later that I heard more about Aimee Zhu, and communicated with Zheng Zhilong, that he came to Nanjing to express his opinion on behalf of the Zheng family.

He originally thought that Auntie Zhu's powerful army and mysterious aura would impose harsh conditions on the Zheng family, such as letting Zheng Zhilong come to Nanjing.

Unexpectedly, instead of mentioning any conditions, Aimee Zhu expressed that she would recognize Zheng Zhilong's title of "Nan'an Bo".

This naturally overjoyed Zheng Hongkui who was originally apprehensive.

As for handing over the navy under his command to the imperial court for reorganization, it wasn't entirely for the sake of Aimi Zhu's appetite. There were other calculations, and that was iron-clad warships!
This time he came to Nanjing, although he failed to board the iron-clad warship, he still watched it from a distance of more than a hundred steps.

I saw that those [-]-seat warships were really covered with steel, breathed smoke, and could sail without wind or oars, which is miraculous.

Even Zheng Hongkui believed that Auntie Zhu was indeed a fairy who came down to earth, and this armored warship was a treasure he had invited from the sky.

Because he was from the Zheng family, he had seen many kinds of boats, but he couldn't figure out how the iron-clad warship could sail without wind or oars.

If the navy under his command accepts the reorganization of the court and becomes a disciplined division like the Yangtze River Navy, even if he can't get an iron-clad warship, it must be no problem to go up and observe it, right?
As long as his people go to see it, he believes that with the Zheng family's shipbuilding ability, he can imitate it...

With excitement and fantasies, Zheng Hongkui knelt down to Aimee Zhu again, and said loudly: "The general will thank Jian Guo for my brother! The general will also fully cooperate with the imperial court in reorganizing the Zhenjiang Navy!"

Aunt Zhu nodded with a smile, signaled Zheng Hongkui to get up, looked at Zheng Sen, and said, "I heard that Nan Anbo's son is studying in the Imperial College, and I also know that Zheng Zongbing will meet today, so I sent someone to invite him here, so that the two Let's talk about the feelings of uncle and nephew."

Zheng Hongkui really didn't know how to answer these words for a while, so he could only say: "Thank you, General, for your care."

He had just finished speaking when Zheng Sen who was next to him suddenly said, "Dare to ask Jian Guo, why do you want to dismiss Mr. Mu Zhai from his official position?"

Zheng Hongkui next to him suddenly changed his expression when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "Is it up to you to criticize the appointment and dismissal of court officials? Why don't you hurry up and plead guilty to the prison!"

Zheng Sen stood upright, looking at Aimee Zhu, as if he wanted to explain.

On the other side, Hao Guangming couldn't help shaking his head when he saw this scene through his mobile phone, thinking: he really deserves to be the "angry youth" of the Ming Dynasty, and his temper is too impulsive and straightforward.

Aunt Zhu said calmly: "When I came to Nanjing, he was not the only one who resigned from various ministries. There is no special reason, but I just feel that these people are not suitable for my official position."

Zheng Sen wanted to say something more, but Zheng Hongkui pulled down his sleeves.

After all, he was straight but not stupid. He knew that if he continued to ask, there would be no result, but it would bring trouble to himself and the Zheng family, so he frowned and remained silent.

Aimee Zhu went forward, but continued: "You are Qian Muzhai's student, right? You are a good-looking talent.

If you still feel that I have treated Qian Qianyi unfairly, you can come to my secretariat to work. If you do well, I will consider resuming Qian Muzhai, how about it? "

Zheng Sen was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect that Auntie Zhu would suddenly call him into some kind of secretariat to be an official.

Zheng Hongkui next to him changed his expression again.

Because he could tell that Auntie Zhu wanted Zheng Sen to stay by her side as a proton.

He instinctively wanted to resign for Zheng Sen, but he thought that Auntie Zhu hadn't mentioned any excessive conditions before, and now she just let you be an official by Zheng Sen's side. If the Zheng family refused, wouldn't it appear that she had no sincerity to contribute?
While Zheng Hongkui was hesitating, Zheng Sen came back to his senses and said, "Is what Jian Guo said true?"

Aunt Zhu said: "You should know that my palace is also a golden mouth."

Zheng Sen immediately knelt down and said, "Zheng Sen is willing to join the secretariat!"

Seeing that Zheng Sen had already made a choice, Zheng Hongkui could only sigh secretly and said nothing more.

Auntie Zhu nodded with a smile, "Get up."

At this moment, Hao Guangming smiled and said, "It's better to change his name to Zheng Chenggong."

This time, Auntie Zhu did not accept Hao Guangming's suggestion, because as she became more and more familiar with Hao Guangming, she could tell that sometimes Hao Guangming's suggestions were not from practical ideas, but from late Ming history lovers. some of the fun.

For example, the name Zheng Chenggong, in order to win over the Zheng family in history, Emperor Longwu gave Zheng Senguo the surname Zhu, named him Zhu Chenggong, and later Zheng Chenggong came into being.

In fact, until Zheng Chenggong died, he always called himself Zhu Chenggong.

Now that the world has her, there is no need to win over the Zheng family by bestowing a surname, so why bother to ask Zheng Sen to change his name to Zheng Chenggong?

Hao Guangming proposed this not to satisfy his personal interest, but why?
On the other side, Hao Guangming was not annoyed when Auntie Zhu didn't accept the opinion, but smiled and said, "What will Zheng Chenggong do after he enters the secretariat, and what kind of changes will there be? I really look forward to it."