Zheng Zhilong thinks very highly of himself, although Chongzhen surrendered to the Ming court in the first year, but he has never left Fujian, its base camp and base are all in Fujian, during which he was named the governor of the same time, he once went to the capital, and he was unwilling to make friends with any officials of the court, all because Zheng Zhilong has extraordinary strength.

Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, has experienced quite twists and turns, and has lived a long time licking blood from the knife edge, and has long had unusual values in his heart, not to mention the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is the emperor, he does not have much status in Zheng Zhilong's heart, and Zheng Zhilong has always put himself and his family in the most important position.

After coming into contact with many officials in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong was also a little disdainful of the views of scholars, looking at those officials who were desperately loyal to the emperor and the imperial court, even caring about their family and friends, what was the point.

Because of his own strength and wealth, Zheng Zhilong generally does not care much about the situation in the outside world, especially after the north fell into chaos, Zheng Zhilong stepped up to expand his own strength, in his opinion, no matter who is the emperor, he must have enough strength, so that not only can he protect himself, but also can make the new emperor dare not underestimate.

After receiving a letter from the King of Xiang, the Crown Prince and the Prince, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zheng Xunrui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Zheng Zhilong was a little curious, he had heard a little about the situation of the Zheng family, after all, the imperial court newspaper mentioned the Zheng family army many times, and even directly pointed out the strength of the Zheng family army, but Zheng Zhilong's view is different from that of other officials, he has fought with the imperial army for many years, and knows that some officials in the imperial court are best at exaggerating the results of the battle, how long has the Zheng family army been established, how can it achieve so many victories. Perhaps there is an element of exaggeration in this.

Zheng Zhilong has something to be conceited, when he was a pirate, the imperial army did not dare to go to sea at all, completely controlled the trade at sea, and after returning to the imperial court, he immediately cleaned up the Dutch East India Company. You must know that the power of the East India Company is not ordinary, so that the imperial court is helpless, and even makes peace with it in private.

The most proud thing for Zheng Zhilong is to defeat Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang once called Zheng Zhilong a brother and brother, and he was also a pirate with strong sea power, Zheng Zhilong returned to the imperial court, Liu Xiang was not convinced, pulled his power to Guangdong, and continued to engage in piracy. Disturbing the peace of the court, Zheng Zhilong was ordered to exterminate Liu Xiang, and it took less than a year to completely destroy Liu Xiang's power and force Liu Xiang to set himself on fire.

To say that Zheng Zhilong, whether he was a pirate, or after returning to the imperial court, all the battles were won by a great victory. Even when Liu Xiang joined forces with the Dutch East India Company, he defeated his opponents.

So Zheng Zhilong didn't care about Zheng Xunrui's letter at all. Didn't even take it to heart.

Zheng Zhilong also had strategists by his side, but he didn't even show Zheng Xunrui's letter to the strategists.

The strategists around Zheng Zhilong are used to dress up the façade and play no role, and the only people Zheng Zhilong really trusts the most are his family, including his younger brother

Zheng Zhilong's biggest mistake was that he did not send personnel to understand the situation of Zheng Jiajun. He did not pay much attention to Zheng Jiajun's movements, which stemmed from his conceit, which had helped him win the battle for many years, allowing him to make decisive decisions at the most critical moments. Relying on this conceit, Zheng Zhilong has obtained huge benefits, but unfortunately, what kind of outcome this conceit will bring is something Zheng Zhilong never imagined.

Zheng Zhilong is usually stationed in Quanzhou, or Yongningwei and Zhenhaiwei and other places, he usually does not go to Fuzhou, in his bones, Zheng Zhilong is not worried about others at all, many years of pirate career, has made him develop the habit of doubt, except for when facing his family, he can be completely relaxed, the rest of the time is full of vigilance.

Zheng Zhilong's most trusted people, almost all of them are family members, he is the eldest in the family, there are three younger brothers below, the second brother Zheng Zhihu is the most trusted by Zheng Zhilong, but unfortunately he died in the battle when Chongzhen killed Liu Xiang in the eighth year, Zheng Zhilong, who got the news at that time, fainted and thought that he had lost his most powerful assistant, which was not only his personal loss, but also the loss of the Zheng family.

The third brother Zheng Hongkui Chongzhen was admitted to the Wuju people in the thirteenth year, and stayed in the capital as the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

The fourth brother Zheng Zhibao, a student of Guozi Jiantai, is also knowledgeable, and has a set of command operations, and has always been by Zheng Zhilong's side, and he is most trusted by Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong discusses major matters with him.

Zheng Zhilong has seven sons, the eldest son Zheng Sen, Chongzhen eleven years of examination Xiucai, quite knowledgeable, and very interested in commanding operations, the most important Zheng Zhilong, regarded as the successor of the family, Zheng Sen is twenty years old, and he is quite decisive on weekdays, Zheng Zhilong discusses many things with him, and listens to his opinions and suggestions.

The second son Tagawa Nanazaemon, the third son Zheng Du, the fourth son Zheng En, the fifth son Zheng Yin, the sixth son Zheng Xi, and the seventh son Zheng Shimo are not very old, and the second son Tagawa Nanazaemon grew up in Japan, and later followed to Fujian, and the rest of the sons are basically in Fujian.

With the support of his family, Zheng Zhilong only cares so much about the outside world, although he has a lot of strategists under his command, but these strategists can't speak at all, all major decisions, Zheng Zhilong is discussed with his family, and never wants strategists to participate.

The strange thing is that Zheng Xunrui's letter was kept secret by Zheng Zhilong from beginning to end, and was not mentioned, in fact, the third brother Zheng Hongkui also wrote a letter from the capital, reminding Zheng Zhilong to pay attention to Zheng Jiajun, after all, Zheng Jiajun is strong, Zheng Hongkui still knows something, although Chongzhen only went to the capital for thirteen years, he can hear too much.

The strength of Zheng Zhilong's strength also lies in the fact that he has formed an army of more than 200,000 with strong financial resources, most of which are sailors, although Zheng Zhilong's hometown is in Nan'an County, but he built his mansion in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, which is close to the sea, is Zheng Zhilong's military stronghold and maritime trade base, after so many years of building, Anhai Town has been solid, so that Zheng Zhilong is proud and assured.

Zheng Zhilong's benefactor to the Ming court is Xiong Wencan, in the first year of Chongzhen, Xiong Wencan was the governor of Fujian, and took the way of Zhao'an to let Zheng Zhilong return to the court, which is also one of Xiong Wencan's greatest contributions, so that he later got the attention of the court and served as the governor of the five provinces.

Xiong Wencan has returned to Zheng Xunrui, and is currently serving as the left waiter of Nanjing's household department, assisting Xu Wanghua in doing things.

In fact, as long as Zheng Zhilong is a little sober and pays attention to the situation around him, he does not appear so conceited, he will definitely be able to notice Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, and he can also feel that the situation in Nanjing is different.

Zheng Zhilong is indeed a rich country, but this kind of wealth is not manifested in the common people, the people of Fujian are still relatively poor, it is no wonder that the maritime trade is completely controlled by Zheng Zhilong, even if the people of Fujian want to get benefits from the maritime trade, they have to pay Zheng Zhilong a lot of money, unless it is those big businessmen, ordinary people can not get any benefits at all.

Zheng Zhilong believes in the concept of pragmatism, he will also care about the people of Jinjiang, often give a lot of benefits to the people around him, but he will not care about the people of the whole Fujian, in his opinion, Jinjiang, Nan'an and Anhai Town are the places he needs to pay attention to, as for the rest of Fujian, it is the matter of the governor's yamen and the three divisions, and he has nothing to do with it.

It is precisely because of the concept that although Zheng Zhilong is very famous in Fujian, almost to the point of becoming a household name, his power has not penetrated into the whole province of Fujian, but only in Jinjiang and Nan'an, where Quanzhou belongs, in other words, what happened in Fujian Province, Zheng Zhilong may not know it in the first time.

This is Zheng Zhilong's sorrow, but also Zheng Zhilong's inevitability, Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, since he believes in pragmatism, he will do what is beneficial to himself, and he will not do anything that is not in the slightest interest to himself.

Zheng Zhilong also has a smart place, that is, it costs money to open up the relationship in the capital, it is one thing to look down on the officials in the capital, but it is another thing not to open up the relationship, Zheng Zhilong's pragmatism, naturally think of his family, think of the growth of the family, the third brother Zheng Hongkui served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard as a martial artist, which has the credit of Zheng Zhilong, as for the fourth brother Zheng Zhibao, who is already a student of Guozijian, if it is not for the fact that the situation in the capital is too chaotic, Zheng Zhilong will also seek an official position in the capital.

Zheng Zhilong's hope is still pinned on the body of several sons, the eldest son Zheng Sen, who is just twenty years old, is already a showman, and then he will participate in the township examination, and then participate in the meeting examination, at that time, the relationship is very important, as long as the relationship in the capital is opened, Zheng Sen must have a good future.

Zheng Zhilong himself is a pirate, and he desperately hopes that his descendants can change their identities and appear in the court as scholars, so that the family can maintain and prosper for a long time, even if he Zheng Zhilong leaves.

From this point of view, Zheng Zhilong is very smart and thinks far ahead in everything he does, all in order to achieve specific goals, including making many connections in the capital.

Under normal circumstances, Zheng Zhilong is stationed in Anhai Town, Quanzhou, and will return to Nan'an County every month to see, unless there are special circumstances, he will leave, or go to Quanzhou Fucheng, or to Fuzhou Fucheng, and then Zheng Zhilong often goes to Yongningwei, Zhenhaiwei and Pinghaiwei several important guards to see, these places are where the sailors are stationed.

After receiving Zheng Xunrui's letter, Zheng Zhilong suddenly became interested, he wanted to go to the coast of Funing Prefecture to have a look, in his opinion, even if Zheng Jiajun was really preparing to enter Fujian, he would also come from Funing Prefecture.

Zheng Zhilong wanted to explore the truth and reality. (To be continued.) )