Chapter 958: Showdown
After discovering the truth and conspiracy of the rebels, Zheng Zhilong naturally would not sit idly by, and after hearing that the imperial court had sent a new governor, he wrote a letter to order someone to send it, one was to send it to the new governor to know, and then to send someone to Nanjing by boat to report to the imperial court.
Since Chen Yue sent the Eastern Army to disguise the rebellion of the Western Thieves, of course, he must let the imperial court know about his conspiracy and order the world to attack it together! So after guessing the identity of the rebels, Zheng Zhilong immediately wrote a letter and sent a messenger.
Looking at Zheng Zhilong's letter, the doubts in Zuo Maodi's heart were suddenly swept away, and everything was understood. At the same time, I was also extremely shocked and terrified.
He never thought that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, would dare to do such a thing at the risk of the world! Sent an army of henchmen to disguise the rebels of the thieves, defeated the Zheng family and occupied the whole of Fujian, and then marched north to sweep the south of the Yangtze River out of Zhejiang.
The King of Qi acted so unscrupulously, it was clear that he wanted to destroy the rhythm of the Ming Dynasty and replace him, as for why he disguised himself as a rebel instead of directly rebelling, it was just because he was afraid of losing his reputation. At this moment, Zuo Maodi's heart felt a chill to the bone.
As early as when Chongzhen Palace regained the monarchy, Zuo Maodi knew that Chen Yue would not give up, or make waves in Nanjing in the court, or simply send troops to rebel, but he never expected that his son would fall in Fujian.
Although Zuo Maodi is also a member of the Donglin Party, he belongs to Shi Kefa's first and auxiliary party and advocates a peaceful transfer of power. First by the princess in charge of the country, then as the empress, and then by Chen Yue and the son of the princess as the emperor, so the Ming is still the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor has changed from the surname Zhu to the surname Chen, and there will be a lot less shock in the world. So when Chongzhen regained the power of the monarchy, Zuo Maodi and Shi Kefa were very depressed, and they both had a premonition that the storm would come, but they didn't expect the storm to come so quickly, and it started from Fujian first.
Therefore, Wang Yin went to Quanzhou by boat, not absconding for fear of crime at all, but part of a conspiracy, in order to attack Quanzhou from the sea and completely destroy the Zheng family.
Therefore, it is no wonder that Qian Fenglin stayed in Fuzhou as if nothing happened, because the situation was completely under the control of others, and even if he arrived as a new supervisor, he would not change anything. If I don't know each other, I may not be able to get out of Fujian alive.
Although he is the new governor of the southeast, Zuo Maodi is very self-aware, and in this Fuzhou city, he is just a bare-bones commander.
After Wang Yin's one-year command, the army of Fujian Province is all in the hands of Wang Yin and Qian Fenglin, and the only uncertain factor is that the Zheng family is under the frantic siege of the rebels and is already in danger. Among the other three provinces in the southeast, the army in Jiangxi was created by Chen Yue, the king of Qi, and could not be counted on at all, and the army in Guangdong and Zhejiang had just crossed the mountains and returned to Lingnan, and the soldiers were already lamenting that they could not enter Fujian again in a short time. Therefore, even if Zuo Maogeng really holds the power of the superintendent, it is not easy to mobilize the troops of various provinces to extinguish the rebels.
And since the king of Qi chose to settle in Fujian, how can he allow himself to destroy it easily? Therefore, at this moment, Zuo Maogeng is sitting on pins and needles, full of despair about the future.
Even if he saw through the arrangement of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, he didn't even dare to report to the court at the same time as he had no countermeasures. The means of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, Zuo Maogeng knows very well, if he breaks the matter of the king of Qi, what kind of fate will he get?
However, as a minister of the imperial court, if he knew that the King of Qi was in turmoil and ignored it, how could he be worthy of the black yarn on his head and the teachings of the saints?
After hesitating and thinking about the contradictions, Zuo Maogeng decided to invite Qian Fenglin to the superintendent again, and he wanted to have a showdown with Qian Fenglin. Zuo Maogeng knew that he couldn't stop King Qi's plan with his own ability, and forcibly opposing it would only end up dead. And after the showdown, maybe there will be a glimmer of life, which will minimize the damage to the people and the world.
After inviting Qian Fenglin to sit down, Zuo Maogeng did not speak, but silently handed Zheng Zhilong's letter to Qian Fenglin.
Looking at the letter in his hand, Qian Fenglin was shocked, he didn't expect his arrangement to be seen through by Zheng Zhilong so quickly. But thinking about Zheng Zhilong's dominance in Fujian for so many years, he can be regarded as a generation of heroes, and he can understand his own arrangement.
Gently placing the letter on the table, Qian Fenglin's face was pale.
"Zheng Zhilong himself lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and he can't resist the rebels' indiscriminate biting." Qian Fenglin said lightly.
Zuo Maogeng shook his head: "Lord Qian, there are some things that you and I know well, there is no need to deny it." As long as the Governor sent people to Dongfan Island and Jiangxi to investigate, it would be easy to find out the truth of the matter. ”
Qian Fenglin didn't panic, nor did he get angry, he remembered Wang Yin's previous confession, Zuo Maogeng in front of him played a great role in King Qi's promotion of the princess to supervise the country, and he supported King Qi in the past, and he could be regarded as half of his own people. Now he is the governor of the southeast, and if he can be completely pulled to his side, it will be of great help to the great cause of the king of Qi.
"Okay, I admit it, Zheng Zhilong's letter is not bad, I don't know what will happen to the supervisor next?" Qian Fenglin readily admitted and asked.
Seeing Qian Fenglin admit directly, Zuo Maogeng was angry and at the same time, fear also rose in his heart, since the other party admitted so easily, it means that the situation is under control.
"Pretending to be a rebel to make a rebellion, openly attacking the city and plundering the land, killing and looting, resulting in the misery of the people and the misery of the people, this governor has always admired the king of Qi and regarded him as the hero of Zhongxing Daming, but I didn't expect the king of Qi to make such a move!" Zuo Maogeng said sadly, at this moment, Chen Yue's image in Zuo Maogeng's heart has collapsed.
Qian Fenglin raised his head suddenly: "I want to say that King Qi doesn't know about this matter, do you believe it?" ”
Zuo Maogeng sneered: "King Qi doesn't know about this? Lord Qian, are you a fool to be the governor? ”
Qian Fenglin sighed: "That's the case, the plan to pretend to be a rebel King Qi is not clear. Two or three months ago, before I became governor of Zhejiang, I was ordered to transport a batch of materials from Dongfan to Beijing.
Because Jiangxi, Dongfan and Beijing are too far away from each other and it is inconvenient to dispatch, when I was in Beijing, the King of Qi handed over the power of the King of Qi in Jiangnan to me.
At the beginning, the King of Qi really hoped that I could lead the forces of the King of Qi in Jiangnan to quickly quell the Ainengqi Rebellion, so he operated an official position as the governor of Fujian for me.
But who knew that His Majesty suddenly woke up, took control of the court, and had the potential to eliminate the authority of the King of Qi. It happened that Pingding appeased the remnants of Ainengqi. So I came up with a plan and decided to use the name of Ainengqi to give His Majesty a counterattack to the imperial court!
I want His Majesty to know that this world can't be messed up by his temperament, and I want the world to know that the importance of King Qi is indispensable! “