Zheng Sen listened to Gan Hui's report, left his official duties, and got up from the front of the handsome case.

He walked a few steps back and forth in the tent, and suddenly stopped, "Are you sure it's someone sent by the Wei thief?" ”

Gan Hui nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's true, it seems that it is Qian Qianyi, the leader of Jiangnan Shilin!" ”

"It's him!" Zheng Sen's face was hideous, it was actually this old man who was not ashamed, he walked quickly to the shelf, took the helmet, took the treasure knife, "Go, follow me into the city." ”

Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong's mansion, and a cadre of the Zheng family gathered together to discuss.

A pirate merchant family like the Zheng family respects Zheng Zhilong, but each room also has a certain strength, and when it comes to major matters, Zheng Zhilong still needs to discuss with them.

At this time, in the lobby, the Zheng family whispered, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand to retreat the subordinates who had refreshments, and then said in a deep voice: "Quiet! ”

The people sitting on both sides immediately fell silent, and looked at Zheng Zhilong with their eyes.

"The Emperor of Great Wei ordered Mu Zhai Gong to send a letter, and he is willing to surrender to me as the Duke of the Kingdom, and of course you will each have a reward." Zheng Zhilong asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

Everyone exchanged a few words, and Zheng Zhibao smiled and said: "Big brother, what else is there to think about, the Wei army has occupied the south of the Yangtze River, and the troops are in Xianxia Pass, with the strength of Fujian Province, how to fight against Qiang Wei." Since the Great Wei Emperor has surrendered, it is really good. ”

Zheng Cai got up and clenched his fists, "Uncle, my nephew thinks that the surrender of Dawei is in line with the general trend." In this way, my Zheng family can avoid military disasters, can get high-ranking officials, and can also protect maritime interests, why not? ”

Zheng Hongkui was silent and did not express any opinion on the matter.

Zheng Zhilong glanced at everyone and saw that the vast majority of the people in the family were in favor of surrendering to Great Wei, he bowed slightly, and then hesitated: "Now that Great Wei is indeed dominant, I also have the intention of surrendering to Wei in my heart, but in addition to giving me the title, the Emperor of Great Wei also put forward requirements for our Zheng family." ”

The Zheng family is a family of pirate merchants, and they value the interests of their own family more than their family and country.

Therefore, in the face of the general trend, most of the Zheng family has no determination to resist, because in their opinion, it is not worth it to spend the Zheng family's money and food and the lives of their children for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhibao hurriedly asked, "Big brother, what does Emperor Wei want us to do?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "The Emperor of Great Wei requires the Zheng family to hand over the control of the sailors, and when the Zheng family conducts maritime trade, they need to pay taxes according to the laws of Great Wei, and they are not allowed to collect sea taxes privately. ”

Gao Yihuan meant that the high-ranking officials and lords came to treat the Zheng family, and the Zheng family could continue to engage in maritime trade, but they must be separated from the army and become regular maritime merchants, and they could not rob the interests of the Great Wei court.

Everyone in the hall talked about it, and the Zheng family made nearly 10 million profits from the sea every year, and a large part of it came from private sea taxes.

The Great Wei court wanted to get back the sea tax and collect customs duties on the maritime trade carried out by the Zheng family.

This undoubtedly harmed the interests of the Zheng family, and caused a disagreement between the Zheng family, who originally wanted to surrender to Great Wei.

Zheng Zhibao frowned, "What does the eldest brother think?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "Now the general trend is unstoppable, we have obtained huge benefits at sea, and what we have done is nothing more than glory and wealth, as well as superior status. If we confront the Great Wei, then we must be prepared to be a Haikou again. At that time, we will lose Fujian, lose the source of goods, and be precarious on the sea, and be regarded as a sea robber, it is better to accept the conditions of the Great Wei, and be the new dynasty of the state to come to stability, and carry out regular trade, and the profits are also very rich. ”

Being a pirate is free, but there are also huge risks, after all, it is not a long-term road, Zheng Zhilong actually pursues stability in his heart, pursues to be able to go ashore to wash his name, and becomes a nobleman from a pirate.

Zheng Zhibao immediately said: "Since this is the case, let's go down." If you make money as a pirate, you don't have anywhere to spend it, so you might as well become a nobleman of the Great Wei Dynasty. ”

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "I tend to submit to the Great Wei in my heart, but the Emperor of the Great Wei asked our Zheng family to hand over the military power, if there is no military power, then I am not the fish on the chopping board to be slaughtered?" I'm worried about the Great Wei Imperial Court, backtracking! ”

Zheng Cai groaned: "Uncle, I heard that the Great Wei Emperor is benevolent and righteous, if they want to lie to us, there is no need to mention these conditions, since they have mentioned it, my nephew has felt the sincerity of the Great Wei Imperial Court." Furthermore, even if we hand over the military power, does Great Wei have a sailor talent? At that time, the water master will not be under the command of our Zheng family? ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his brows immediately relaxed, what he was most worried about was losing his military power, but Zheng Cai's words relieved his worries.

Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Great Wei, if they want to be peaceful in the sea and frontier, they need to reuse the people of their Zheng family in Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong nodded heavily, "You're right~~~~~~"

As he was talking, there was a commotion outside the lobby, and Zheng Sen suddenly broke in.

He was wearing armor, holding a war knife in his hand, his angry eyes swept over everyone, and he said coldly: "Father, what are you doing here, why don't you call me?" ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned slightly and waved his hand, "You guys should retreat first!" ”

When Zheng Zhibao and the others heard this, they stood up one after another, glanced at Zheng Sen, and then rushed out of the lobby.

Zheng Sen said angrily: "Father, are you going to surrender to the Wei thief? ”

Zheng Zhilong's face showed an unhappy look, in the past few years, Zhu Cihong has elevated Zheng Sen's status and let Zheng Sen lead the Fujian Water Division, Zheng Zhilong didn't want to turn his face with the Ming Dynasty, plus he originally wanted Zheng Sen to take over, so he handed over the Water Division to Zheng Sen.

It's just that Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that after Zheng Sen took over the sailor, he specialized in losing money, helping Zhu Cihong to collect Beijing, guard the Huai River, and guard the Yangtze River, spending the Zheng family's money, food and troops, and only getting the false name of a national surname, which made Zheng Zhilong very dissatisfied, and had already begun to take back Zheng Sen's power.

Seeing that Zheng Sen was rude, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but look at him angrily, and said angrily: "It's not for you to do this for your father, it's for the Zheng family!" ”

"Father really wants to surrender to Wei!" Zheng Sen said sadly: "Father and son are both courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, the country is in trouble, do not think of serving the country, but surrender to the thief, will be ashamed of the world, even if he obtains the official position of Wei, what kind of face does he have to stand in the world?" ”

Zheng Zhilong scoffed, "Da Mu, you are really an elm head, your teacher Qian Qianyi has already surrendered to Wei, and you are still holding on to those rotten things." This matter, I am determined by my heart, you don't need to say more, step down! ”

After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhilong brushed his sleeves away, and Zheng Sen's face turned pale for a while.

"What about the general?" Seeing this, Gan Hui stepped forward and asked.

Zheng Sen clenched the hilt of the knife in his hand, his face was tangled for a while, and finally suddenly said, "You go outside the city and transfer the soldiers in." ”

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