Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 313

At that time, Zhu Youjian saw that Qin Liangyu was full of silver hair and his back was bent a lot, so he didn't ask about the business first, but first gave Han Shoujing an order: "Allow a reliable maid to serve the deputy marshal full-time in the future!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youjian let the four eunuchs back down, and then let Qin Liangyu walk in, and asked carefully, "Who is this Zheng Zhilong?"

"No, I only mentioned the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know much about the affairs of the south of the Yangtze River, and even less about the pirates, so I don't know if it's important or not. But seeing that Zheng Zhilong used the [-]-mile express delivery, he didn't dare to take it lightly. ", Qin Liangyu said.

"It doesn't matter. If the Songjiang Mansion messes up, I and his Zheng family will lose a lot of money. This is why Zheng Zhilong refuses to say which big Jiangnan families secretly instigated them. If this is the case, we don't have to force it. The Jiangnan gentry who went to the Zheng family at such a time would not be too difficult to deal with. Only those who are still hiding in the dark are the most difficult to deal with. Since the pirates are going to make trouble, I will issue an order to Liu Kongzhao to be more careful !"

Zhu Youjian also knows that pirates are often integrated with coastal gentry. The smuggling trade is a kind of trade formed by the cooperation between coastal gentry and pirates. Now that he has opened a commercial port, most of the sea trade The interests are divided between myself and Zheng's firm. It is reasonable for the coastal gentry, especially the big households in Susong among the Jiangnan gentry, to seek their own partners, pirates, to sabotage them.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhu Wan was persecuted to death by coastal gentry because of the suppression of pirates. This shows the deep iron relationship between coastal gentry and pirates.

Fortunately, Zheng's group, the largest pirate, was successfully recruited by himself. Otherwise, Zhu Youjian really didn't know how to deal with such a situation where pirates and gentry jointly fought against the imperial court.

"Since there are pirates coming to make trouble, it is a good thing for the Ming Navy to have a few opportunities for actual combat training. Wu Mengming, you Jinyiwei must control the intelligence and news in a timely manner, and don't start a war in the waters that are too close to the Songjiang Mansion. , so as not to affect trade."

Zhu Youjian said again: "Deputy Marshal Qin, you can go to the Grand Marshal's Mansion to order now, and send additional land troops to guard Songjiang Mansion. I remember that Jiao Lian's troops are the closest to Songjiang Mansion, so let his troops go. The reason is that most of the rich families were robbed by pirates recently, in order to calm people’s minds, a garrison area of ​​Songjiang Prefecture was established, and the deputy commander Jiao Lian was appointed as the admiral of the garrison area.”

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"Hmph, I didn't expect the current emperor to be so ruthless! The Xu family, the Pan family, the Ge family, and the Jiang family were all wiped out, and all men, women, children and children under the age of 15 were sent to Dongfan Island as slaves! I thought it was the work of pirates, But now I know that Dongchang did it, and Li Wei and Hua Guer haven't even come yet!"

Ouyang Rui, a native of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, patted the table resentfully. In front of him stood a monk with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.
"Mr. Ouyang, why should you be so angry? These families have their own fault. It is extremely stupid to think of taking back the land by killing Wu Zhifu and controlling Li Zhifu. There is no such easy thing in this world. Now the emperor of Zhu Ming Zhu Youjian will not suffer such a loss easily, he is now the emperor with soldiers in his hands, and he is still standing in the orthodox position, so the protest on the surface can only be a loss!"

Hearing what the monk said, Ouyang Rui also sighed: "That being said, General Tu doesn't know something, and it's not that we haven't thought of using other methods, such as letting the current emperor die early, but according to Baiyi's teaching Someone sent back a message saying that Eunuch Xia just said a little inappropriate words, and His Majesty would send him to prison today. If it weren't for our own people in the prison, I'm afraid that the White Clothes Sect that we have worked so hard to develop All the forces in the palace will be wiped out."

"In this world, there is only the principle of being a thief for a thousand days, and there is no reason for guarding against thieves for a thousand days. Zhu Youjian, the policeman, feels that he will not be alert for a while, and he will always find a chance to get rid of him. As long as you get rid of Zhu Youjian, This officer will present the performance to the Prince Regent for you, and I will guarantee you a provincial tour, this is the order of the prince, you can take a look."

This General Tu is the national treasure of the territory of the Qing Dynasty general who accompanied Duoduo to the south to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

Tu Guobao is from Datong, Shanxi, and he was born as a Shanxi merchant. However, Zhu Youjian confiscated all the Shanxi merchants’ foundations in the south of the Yangtze River on the grounds that the Shanxi merchants were enemies in order to promote taxation and accumulate military expenses at the beginning of their southward migration. Tu Guobao hated Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming court, and regarded himself as a minister of the Qing Dynasty.

Now even if Duoduo is defeated, he is actively trying to win over the Qing court.

The abolition of the guide system gave Tu Guobao, who had been hiding in the mountains, the opportunity to escape to Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture.

Tu Guobao and Ouyang Rui are brothers-in-law, so now Tu Guobao has to shave off his money rat tail, disguise himself as a monk, and hide in Ouyang Rui's mansion.

Ouyang Rui was also very moved when he saw that the Qing court intended to recruit him as the censor.

He knew that as a scholar from Juren and a scholar from Nanzhili, he would not be able to get his turn even in the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but now as long as he is willing to do things for the Qing court, he will be able to get a patrol in the future Shi Zhizhi, this has to be said to be a great temptation.

What's more, he is indeed very dissatisfied with the current court.

"Please tell the regent, Ouyang Rui has long been interested in the Qing Dynasty, and wished he could shave his hair and serve the Holy Lord now!"

After Ouyang Rui bowed his hands to Tu Guobao, he said again:
"Looking at the opportunity to get rid of the current Holy Master, it has always been the plan of the Baiyi Sect. These are the students or relatives and friends of Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo, and Zhang Shenyan, or the grievances, and most of them are from the Guanbutang. Heinous death row prisoners are found in the prisons of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, as long as there is a chance, it is impossible not to die early today, and as long as the crown prince succeeds, with the cowardice of the crown prince now, the Qing Dynasty will not worry about failure in unifying the world."

Ouyang Rui laughed as he spoke.

Tu Guobao also stroked his beard and smiled: "Now the Zhu Ming Dynasty is going against the grain, emphasizing business and suppressing Confucianism, and the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian is even more brutal and bloodthirsty, treating scholars as straw dogs. If you don't get rid of them, there will be no peace in Jiangnan !"

"As the general said, the Ming court has lasted for more than two hundred years, and it is hard to return. It is time to change the dynasty. Early in the morning is the first day of the world, and it is only a matter of time to unify the south of the Yangtze River; now only Li Wei and Once Hua Guer arrives, he can let the imperial court know what a real pirate is, and mess up Zhu Youjian's position in Songjiang Mansion!"

Just as Ouyang Rui was saying this, Tu Guobao said in a low voice:
"There is one more thing to tell you. King Abatai of Doro County will also send people to participate in the attack on Songjiang Mansion and Liu Kongzhao's department."

Ouyang Rui was quite happy after hearing this: "It's so much better!"

Just as Ouyang Rui was talking, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Ouyang Rui couldn't help but look tense, hurriedly said excuse me to Tu Guobao, and hurried out, asking the servants below: "What happened outside?"

"Master, don't panic, there are officers and soldiers passing by, there is a huge crowd!"

(End of this chapter)