Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 310 Jingping Songjiang Mansion

"No, this is inappropriate. Even if we don't report it, the imperial court has its own Jinyiwei spies everywhere, and the imperial court will know the news. Why don't we report it to win His Majesty's trust? Besides, there are us in the imperial court navy. My own children, several stores in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture belong to our Zheng family. Our Zheng family also makes a lot of silver coins from this commercial port, almost as much as the imperial court. If the pirates make such a fuss, What money do we make?"

After Zheng Zhilong said that, he ordered: "Go to Beijing immediately, inform the imperial court of what we have discovered, and let the Grand Marshal's Mansion make its own decision."

Hearing Zheng Zhilong's words, Zheng Zhihu didn't have any objections, but just smiled lightly, thinking that the current majesty had exempted his Zheng family from tax, and let his Zheng family follow the imperial court to make a lot of money in Songjiang Mansion. Everyone has tasted the sweetness of this and no longer dares to make plans for Songjiang Mansion, and even wants to protect the commercial port of Songjiang Mansion. Now his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong is really wary.

"Several old friends from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River sent letters asking if they want to make a fortune together. I think it is also related to this matter. According to the elder brother's intention, they should also be reported to the court?" Zheng Zhihu asked.

"Report to the imperial court that half of the shops and merchant ships in Songjiang Mansion belong to our Zheng family business, and all of them are merchants from Huguang, Jiangxi and even Sichuan. Everyone counts on this export to make money. These Jiangnan merchants The big households want to mess up Songjiang Mansion to fish in troubled waters, occupying shops and fields, what a brilliant idea!"

Without even thinking about it, Zheng Zhilong wanted to sell his old friends in the south of the Yangtze River to the imperial court, just as he would surrender to the Qing court without hesitation in the original history. He is a profit-seeking businessman after all.

"Brother is right. Right now, half of Daming's wealth has flowed into our Zheng family. If Daming is more peaceful, we will make more money. These big Jiangnan families who don't know how to live or die think that the world was not established decades ago. , but now that we are fighting Hongmaofan, we have to think about how to fight, who will be the vanguard?"

Zheng Zhihu brought the topic back to the main topic of recovering Dongfan Island. Zheng Zhilong pondered for a while, and then said: "Let Shi Lang be the vanguard, this guy has always had a strategy, and in addition, give him all the baby trainees from the Shipping Bureau, tell him Shi Lang, let this group of doll trainees rush to the forefront. Didn’t His Majesty want us to train these people well, to make them become real naval warriors? How can we train them if we don’t let them rush to the forefront! If there are casualties, I can't blame Zheng, someone."

"Brother, this is a good idea. These baby trainees think they are the son of heaven and the army, and they are pretentious when they come to us. We should let them know that fighting is not for fun!" Zheng Zhihu echoed.

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When Zheng Zhilong and others were preparing to start a war against Hongmaofan and set out to recover Dongfan Island, the imperial edict of the imperial court also arrived at Songjiang Mansion.

Wu Jiayin was given the official position of Zuo Shilang of the household department by Zhu Youjian, three thousand silver dollars for sacrificial silver, and his posthumous posthumous posthumous title, Zhonghuai, and ordered Songjiang Prefecture Shipping Department to allocate 30 silver dollars to build a marble building on the Bund at the intersection of Wusong River and Huangpu The square is named Wu Jiayin Memorial Square, and a bronze statue of Wu Jiayin is molded to commemorate the first prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and the city ship secretary in Songjiang Prefecture who made great contributions to the opening of Songjiang Prefecture.

Naturally, Zhu Youjian did this to boost the confidence of the future prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, to provide the political status of Songjiang Prefecture, and to give Wu Jiayin the official position of Zuo Shilang of the Household Department to show that even if he died, as long as he became the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, he could still become the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture. Hubu hall official!

Li Tianjing, the newly appointed prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, is not in the mood to think about whether he will also be an official of the household department in the future. He only has one feeling in his heart now, and that is fear, fear of the court, and fear of imperial power!
Looking at the messy cups and plates on the table, the blood on the ground, and the heads hanging on the table, he is completely numb now. He doesn't know how many people this is the first batch of people killed by Dongchang, but he only knows that he is now ten million people. He could no longer think about what to do for these big households in Songjiang Mansion. After he returned to the Yamen of Songjiang Mansion, he could only follow Wu Jiayin's previous policies mechanically and obey the arrangements of Songjiang Mansion Cheng.

At this time, the gentry in Songjiang Mansion did not dare to see Li Tianjing again. After learning that many gentry would disappear mysteriously after seeing Li Tianjing, they did not dare to determine whether the new prefect Li Tianjing was an enemy or a friend.

In this way, Li Tianjing could not live in harmony with these local gentry in Songjiang Prefecture as he wished, and at the same time make good money.

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"Master Ge, it seems that the new master of the Futai is not sure about his pulse. Now, it seems that we can only wait for Li Wei and Hua Guer to show up and make trouble in Songjiang Mansion. You can't defeat Lord Liu's navy," a young scholar wearing a square scarf walked into a house and said while standing beside a wise-looking member of staff.

The member smiled and said: "The King of Abatean County will also take action. Lord Liu's navy has collected protection fees from Shanxi merchants in the north. Naturally, the King of Abatean County in the Qing Dynasty will take care of it." Yes, although the navy of the Qing Dynasty is not very good, it has recruited a lot of powerful pirates this year, and with the foundation of Liaodong before, Li Wei and the others are not afraid of the newly trained navy of the imperial court!"

Just as the member named Master Ge was saying this, there was a shocking shout of killing outside, and a man wearing a watermelon hat came running: "Master, it's not good, there are a lot of thieves, a lot of thieves to kill!" Come here, the Pan family has been wiped out, almost all the men have been killed, only some children, women and children have been tied up and left!"

Mr. Ge also hurriedly came out to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that the outside was already red, and the sound of wailing resounded through the whole lane, and he couldn't help asking: "What's going on, Liu Laizi and the others did it earlier, what are they doing?" , Didn’t they only rob Huangpu, how did they rob the new venue! Quickly beat the gong, gather everyone together, close the courtyard door, and don’t let thieves rush in!”

Member Ge went to the backyard after speaking, and hurriedly ordered people to pack up the gold and silver and prepare to escape through the back door.

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Here, Yan Yingyuan brought 500 people to the Ge family compound.

These 500 people are the regular army of the Guards, which is different from the general bandits who rob houses. Even with such a high wall, 500 people form a combat mode that integrates offense and defense.

A group of generals pushed a three-pound cannon over, blasted at the Shimen, and blasted the Ge family's compound, and then two infantrymen rushed in with firearms, and shot at a group of Ge family servants. They started shooting, and at the same time, Yan Yingyuan also personally led people into the backyard, and when he saw Old Man Ge running out in a hurry, he stopped him in front of him: "Kill him, Shangfeng has a life, under the age of 15 Only those who can spare their lives!"

"Hero, forgive me, please forgive me. I have gold here, and I will give it to you. I am Ge Zongbao, a member of the original punishment department. I also have silver dollars in Nanjing. As long as you forgive me, I will take you to get them now!"

(End of this chapter)