Just one day later, Liu Kongzhao, Han Zanzhou, and Zhang Shenyan came to Yangzhou City together on the warship of the Jiangshui Division.

Among them, after Liu Kongzhao got off the boat, he and Chang Yanling, who went to greet him, came directly to Daming Temple and asked to see Zhu Cihong, the prince of Fujun. Han Zanzhou and Zhang Shenyan went to the palace of Tianning Temple to meet Emperor Chongzhen.

"Please sit down, you don't have to be restrained here." Zhu Cihong's mood seemed to be very good, and it seemed that he no longer cared about Han Zanzhou and Zhang Shenyan to see Emperor Chongzhen.

After seeing Chang Yanling and Liu Kongzhao, he politely beckoned them to sit down, and seeing that the two of them were a little restrained, he smiled and asked them to sit down.

"Have you two received the order that the palace just issued?" Zhu Cihong looked at the two of them and asked with a smile, "Are you willing to leave Nanjing and become the chief military officer of Hunan and the garrison of Jiujiang?" ”

What does that mean?

Liu Kongzhao was stunned for a moment, was the prince fooled, or did he see through his conspiracy? Why did he take out a Jiujiang garrison to win himself over?

"Yes! The minister is willing to defend Hunan for the Chitose Lord! ”

When Liu Kongzhao was still pondering, Chang Yanling had already knelt for Zhu Cihong. He originally thought that his wealth was over, but he didn't expect that today Zhu Cihong inexplicably gave him a Hunan general soldier...... No matter what his intrigues are, it's better to have a general soldier than nothing! And Hunan is quite far away from Nanjing, which is beyond the reach of the prince!

"The minister is also willing to ......" Liu Kongzhao had no choice but to follow up.

Zhu Cihong then said: "Do you know that the palace has canonized the three actual feudal kings of the Dai Domain, the Lu Domain, and the Tang Fan, who went on the horse to manage the army and dismounted to manage the people? ”

"I've heard of it." Chang Trillium Road.

"The minister has also heard of it," Liu Kongzhao said, "Chitose Lord is following the example of Emperor Taizu Gao, and the king of Sai guards the border and captures, right?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "This palace does have this intention. But now my Ming prince is no better than those vassal kings when Emperor Taizu Gao...... Therefore, relying on the king alone is no longer enough to capture the thieves, and you have to rely on the princes of the vassal state, the marquis of the domain, and the uncle of the domain, and everyone works together to bring back the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Marquis of Huaiyuan and the Sincere Uncle were all the heroes of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, are you willing to set an example, accept the title of Marquis and Uncle of the Domain, and replace the Yongzhen side of the imperial court? ”

What the? Yongzhen side!?

This is the wealth of generations! Now even Liu Kongzhao is a little enthusiastic. He, a nobleman with no territory and no army, is a fat pig in this troubled world, and no one knows when he will be slaughtered.

The wealth that can really be passed down to the world must have soldiers and territory. For example, the Yang family, which was exterminated in the three major expeditions of Wanli, was sealed in Banzhou at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and after more than 700 years, the imperial court has changed a few stubbles, and his family is still standing. If it weren't for Yang Yinglong's carelessness, he would still be a hegemon......

Zhu Cihong continued: "Now the Dai Domain, the Lu Domain, and the Tang Domain all have a place, and the palace still wanted to give Taiyuan to Wu Sangui before. In other words, the vassal king and the vassal prince can all stay in the town forever!

The two are marquis and earl, so naturally they can't stay in the town forever. The Marquis can have a subordinate state in the town, and the Earl Yongzhen in a county. Huaiyuanhou, if you want to go to Hunan to be the chief soldier, it is better to find a subordinate state in Hunan to give you Changjiayong Town!

Sincerity, you can pick a county in Jiujiang Mansion as a fief! As for your Liu family's grange in your hometown of Chuzhou and other places in the southeast, hand them over too! ”

What a give!

Chang Yanling and Liu Kongzhao's breathing became rapid.

"Chitose Lord," Chang Yanling had already knelt for Zhu Cihong, "Minister Chang Yanling and the 3,000 soldiers of the Chang clan in Jiangdu are willing to defend Daozhou and Yongzhen Situ for the prince!" ”

His old Chang family's land in Yangzhou Wei is gone, and the three thousand children have become tenants overnight, how will they live in the future? It would be great to have a permanent town to defend now!

"Okay," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "The palace will make you the Marquis of Daozhou, and reward you with 100,000 taels of silver to serve as travel expenses for the children of the Jiangdu Chang clan." However, the land of the guard house occupied by your family in the southeast will be taken back by the palace. ”

Chang Yanling was excited, his family didn't occupy much land in the southeast, mainly in Yangzhou, and it would be a lot of money to exchange the lost land for Daozhou! So at the moment, it was a bang, "Thank you for the great grace of Lord Chitose!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Liu Kongzhao again, "Uncle Sincerity, where do you want?" Hukou and Pengze can't be sealed to you, so it's better to seal De'an County to your home. ”

Historically, Hukou was the place where the Yangtze River Fortress was established, and its name was Hukou Fortress. And there is a very famous town under Pengze County, which is called Madang Town! Madang Fortress is there. Both of these places have mountainous areas along the river, and they can rely on the terrain to build fortresses, lay Hongyi cannons, and condescendingly block the waterway on the river.

In addition, 150 miles downstream of Madang Town is Anqing. Anqing City is built near the river, and the Yangtze River outside the city is particularly narrow, less than 2 miles. If artillery is placed on the city of Anqing, the Yangtze River channel can also be completely locked.

Therefore, Hukou, Madang, and Anqing are in danger of defending, and Zhu Cihong does not have to worry about the enemy who goes down the river from the upstream - now is not the era of building boats across the river!

Liu Kongzhao gritted his teeth, and also knelt down for Zhu Cihong, "Master Chitose, the minister has confidential matters to report to His Highness!" ”

Oh? There's a secret...... Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded: Are you going to betray those stupid fat pigs in Nanjing?

......

"Chitose-sama, how's it going?"

As soon as Chang Yanling and Liu Kongzhao left, Li Yan and Zheng Sen entered Pingshan Hall together. Seeing Zhu Cihong, Li Yan saluted and asked about the situation.

His ability as a military advisor is to make it down, and he is very good at dealing with landlords and robbers and bandits, but he has no tricks for the nobles of Nanjing, and the civil and military ministers of the court.

"It's done!" Zhu Cihong laughed, "A feudal prince of Daozhou, and a feudal feudal uncle...... It's all Yongzhen's side!

Senior brother, how about giving your father a seal too? ”

Zheng Sen only returned to Yangzhou yesterday, after he and Lu Zhenfei went to Zhoushan to persuade Huang Binqing to join Zhu Cihong.

"Your Royal Highness, where do you want to seal your father?" Zheng Sen asked.

"How's the big guy?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile, "Dayuan Island is off the coast of Fujian, not far from your home, how about sealing it to your home?" Do you still have a base on Ojin Island? ”

The big man is Taiwan, the treasure island of later generations, but now it is a very handy island. There are very strong winds and waves in the Taiwan Strait, especially the so-called "black water ditch" near the island of Taiwan, and the sea current is very fast, and it is easy to lose your way. At that time, there was a proverb that described crossing the sea and taking the stage as "ten goes, six die, three stay, and one turn", that is, ten people cross the sea, six drown, three arrive, and one gives up and returns.

Of course, this statement is an exaggeration. At least for the Eighteen Zhi Maritime Group, it is not much difficult to cross the sea and take the stage.

However, the miasma, headhunters and Dutch on the island of Taiwan are not easy to deal with. Among them, the miasma is particularly deadly, Yan Siqi, who took the stage in Bengang and Pingye (Chiayi) in the early years, contracted the disease and died of illness one year on the island, and Zheng Chenggong in history landed on the island in April and died of illness......

After Yan Siqi's death, the career he started was inherited by Zheng Zhilong. According to Dutch records, in the two years from 1636 to 1638 alone, more than 400 ships from Fujian docked on the island of Taiwan and transported a large number of poor Fujianese.

In addition, since the first year of Chongzhen, every time there is a disaster in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong will pay for the ship to transport the hungry people to Taiwan to open up the wasteland. I'm afraid the cumulative number is no less than 100,000!

In the Chiayi area of later generations, a large number of Han immigrants from Fujian are now inhabited, and they are all protected by the Zheng group.

If Zhu Cihong didn't want to lose Taiwan, canonizing the Zheng family as the lord of Taiwan was the only option.

However, on the island of Taiwan, there is not only the Zheng family, but also the stronghold of the Dutch East India Company in southern Taiwan.

"Don't hide it from Your Royal Highness," Zheng Sen frowned, "My family has some foundation on Dayuan Island, but there is still a territory of the Hongyi people on Dayuan Island, and they have built a city in the south of the island and deployed an army, thinking that it will be a long-term foundation......

Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, the Dutch palace on the island will settle the ...... Hongu has its own way! You just have to invite Ling Zun to Nanjing, and the palace will talk to him. ”

"Nanjing?" Zheng Sen was stunned, "His Royal Highness Senior Brother is going to Nanjing?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "Yes!" The time is almost ripe! ”