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Of course, it was impossible for the Xiamen envoy's request to be satisfied, and after Deng Ming's refusal, Zheng Jing's envoy was very dissatisfied. Zheng Chenggong has been overseas for more than ten years, and he has always been asked for help from the king of Yanping County, and he has never dared to easily refuse his request, and now Zheng Jing thinks that his status is similar to that of his father. Therefore, when the envoy from Xiamen saw that Deng Ming refused to even make such a small request, he was naturally very angry, believing that Deng Ming felt that the outcome of the Taiwan Strait was undecided, so he wanted to ride on the wall and wait and see.

Because of the displeasure in his heart, the envoy's words also carried a thorn: "Guogong, my lord has a thousand warships and 100,000 soldiers, and the traitors on the Taiwan side are not vulnerable at all, and the victory or defeat is clear at a glance." ”

If Zheng Jing inherited the strength of the Zheng family, then it was obvious that Deng Ming would also have to ask him for help, after all, most of the trade routes were still in the hands of the Min army, and if he turned against the Zheng family, the Min army would also have the strength to make Zhoushan unable to do sea trade. In addition to the problem of sea trade, the maritime strength of the Fujian army can also make a large part of the Qing court's strength unable to be put into the western front, even if the current sea ban has slightly reduced the pressure on the Fujian army, but the Qing army's troops stationed in Liangguang and Fujian are still unable to move, and the Qing court not only cannot collect taxes from these provinces, but also has to allocate funds.

In his heyday, Sun Kewang was also polite to Zheng Chenggong, because Sun Kewang not only needed Zheng Chenggong to attract hundreds of thousands of Qing troops to the long coastline from Shandong to Guangdong, but also planned to concentrate the main force of Xiying to break through Yiling and cut off Hong Chengchou's 5,000-mile defense line. In order for Sun Kewang to successfully implement this plan, Zheng Chenggong needed to send troops to Nanjing to block the Yangtze River shipping and north-south traffic. Now Deng Ming has basically achieved Sun Kewang's strategic goal, but it is also necessary for the Zheng family to continue to contain the Geng and Shang feudal domains in Liangguang and Fujian, as well as the coastal defense forces of Li Jiantai and Wu Liuqi.

"Guogong said that if you don't give it, you won't give it," Zhou Kaihuang was already holding his breath, and when he heard the envoy faintly sarcastic Deng Ming, he jumped up and shouted: "If you talk nonsense, I will tie you up and hand you over to the people in Taiwan!" ”

Although Zhao Tianba and Li Xinghan were not so excited, they also sneered, they had no feelings with the Zheng family, and in the past few years since they followed Deng Ming, only when they threatened others, when did anyone dare to threaten Deng Ming.

"I have no intention of waiting to see victory or defeat," Deng Ming shook his head, of course he knew that Zheng Jinghui would be the final victor: "And I am convinced that Lord Er will inherit the position of the lord of the country." But if I am wrong, you and your retinue will be under my protection, and no one will be able to kidnap you from me. ”

After speaking, Deng Ming asked the guards to take the Xiamen envoy to rest.

After the envoy left, Zhou Kaihuang was still indignant: "What a big breath! The three generals Gan, Yu, and Wan are all generals, Zheng Jing is a hairy boy, how dare he call it a victory? ”

"I think Zheng Jing will win." Deng Ming said lightly, and rebuked Zhou Kaihuang softly: "Don't shout like this with the envoy in the future, you are the lieutenant colonel of the standing army, and the other party is just a messenger, and you will only damage your face if you scare him on your own territory." A strong person will not shout, and a strong person will only make others shout with a weak heart. ”

"The Admiral is right." Zhou Kaihuang has watched Deng Ming deal with the envoys of the Qing court many times, Deng Ming is always amiable, and it is always the other party who is fierce and inward-looking, Zhou Kaihuang knows that Deng Ming is right, but he really couldn't help but be angry just now.

Ren Tang has a lot of respect for Zheng Chenggong, so he is reluctant to talk about Zheng Jing behind his back, but Zhao Tianba does not have so many scruples, when Deng Ming asked people to invite the envoy from Taiwan, Zhao Tianba, who did not agree with Deng Ming's opinion, asked Mu Tan: "In your opinion, who in the Zheng family will win?" ”

Mu Tan glanced at Deng Ming and said in a low voice: "The son of the world will win, and there is no doubt about a quick victory." ”

"Why?" This was obviously a bit unexpected by Zhao Tianba.

Mu Tan replied with a serious expression: "General Gan, General Yu, and General Wan were originally fishermen, and the national surname Ye Jian was reckless, personally passed on the art of war, and entrusted him with important tasks. Even though the father and son of the country surname are not in harmony, or have a will, but when the matter comes, how can the three of them be ruthless and face each other with the sword? ”

Zhao Tianba sighed when he heard this, after hearing this, he couldn't help but think of his relationship with the King of Jin, if the father and son of the King of Jin were not in harmony, then he could only persuade them to reconcile, and it was impossible to obey the King of Jin to attack the prince; Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan were also thoughtful when they heard this.

At this time, the envoy from Taiwan had arrived, and Deng Ming asked them to recount the cause and effect of the incident.

"In April last year, after a year of hard fighting to pacify Taiwan, the former king reclaimed the fields and trained sailors, intending to strengthen the army as soon as possible and support the national prince. But he didn't want the young prince to suddenly send an envoy to Taiwan in June, saying that he had a son, so he specially sent an envoy to congratulate the first king and get the joy of his grandson. ”

Hearing that the envoy from Taiwan no longer called Zheng Jing the prince, Zhao Tianba quickly exchanged glances with Ren Tang.

According to the messenger, Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed at first and hurriedly asked about his grandson's birthday. didn't want this grandson to be given to Zheng Jingsheng by the nursing mother of Zheng Chenggong's fourth son, and suddenly Zheng Chenggong's face became extremely ugly.

"Isn't this incest? And it's a nursing mother, this is someone else's wife's room, right? Zhou Kaihuang shouted again.

"Exactly, the first king ruled the army very strictly, and robbed the families of his subordinates, and there was no light amnesty. I don't want the young prince to take advantage of the absence of the first king in Jinxia to do this kind of thing. It's just a matter of making it, and it's actually accepted as a concubine. According to Governor Gan, the first king immediately did not think about tea and dinner, and did not sleep for two days in a row, and even his hair turned a lot gray after a few days. ”

"This rebel!" Zhou Kaihuang snorted.

Mu Tan's face was gloomy, and the Taiwanese envoy pretended not to hear and continued: "A few days later, the first king, who had not slept all this time, finally bathed, ate, and then slept all day. After waking up, the first king summoned all the generals to discuss the matter and announced his decision, that is, let the envoy go to Xiamen with his sword, and let the young prince judge himself. ”

"Ahh Everyone in the room screamed, although they knew that Zheng Chenggong was angry, they had never thought that the punishment would be so severe, and they would be so ruthless to the heir he had always loved and tried his best to cultivate.

Only Mu Tan's expression was gloomy, and he lowered his head and sighed. Zheng Chenggong was so stern that it was almost unkind, for example, Yu Xin and Wan Li were ordered to kill the enemy to redeem themselves for violating military law, and both of them won their lives back by desperately fighting the Qing army, and Huang Wu also surrendered to the Qing court under the same circumstances. This is still a relatively minor crime, and a serious crime will not even give this kind of opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"At that time, the first king had just woken up, and when he announced it to the generals, he was still pouring himself a drink, and the generals knew the temper of the first king, and no one dared to persuade him, so someone went to secretly inform the first princess." Zheng Chenggong's princess Dong is Zheng Jing's biological mother, and after hearing about this, she came to Zheng Chenggong to make a fuss, saying that this must be the nurse who seduced her son, and the correct disposition should be to kill the mother and keep the son, or the mother and son should be executed together.

Dong's suggestion is more in line with the traditional habits of large families, a concubine who is snatched by a lot will be killed if he is killed, and if his grandson looks like his own, he will stay, and if he doesn't look like him, he will all be killed, and he will scold his son badly, and he will be really angry and whip a few whips.

But the first king disagreed, and the first king said that a weak woman would not know that doing so was likely to cause death for herself. Obviously, the young prince saw the lust and became interested, causing other people's wives to be separated, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. If the punishment is unfair, how can hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jinxia and Taiwan be convinced? However, since this child is approved by the young prince, the first king will also raise him carefully and train him to be a good man who stands up to the sky. ”

The envoy told Deng Ming and others that Zheng Chenggong immediately sent someone to Jinxia with his sword and letters, asking Zheng Tai to take over the Ming army along the coast of Fujian. Zheng Jing was buried on the spot after self-determination, and the orphans and widows he left behind were sent to Taiwan to be raised and educated by Zheng Chenggong himself. However, Zheng Jing refused to cut himself, and many of the troops who remained in Jin and Xiamen were also Zheng Jing's henchmen, not to mention that there was still a year of operation, and they also made trouble saying that this was a chaotic life - if Zheng Jing was killed, then the future of these subordinate generals who supported Zheng Jing would naturally be bleak.

Zheng Chenggong's order was to let Zheng Jing cut himself, and the young master refused to die, Chen Python and other generals who were not Zheng Jing's henchmen naturally couldn't use a knife to cut Zheng Jing, and finally Zheng Tai came forward and wrote to Zheng Chenggong to ask him to take back his life.

After seeing Jin and Xialai's reply, the first king was grieved, saying that he did not expect the generals to be so confused, and actually put the exploits of supporting the young prince above the great cause of recovery: Now the Tartars are powerful, if they still connive at the bullying and stealing of the above, so that the soldiers are separated, then how can the military discipline expel the Tartars? The first king scolded the soldiers under the young prince for being confused, and today they did not hesitate to disperse people's hearts for a little personal calculation, and sooner or later they would be wiped out by the Tartars, and finally they all became prisoners. But Taiwan and Jinxia have been going back and forth for more than a month, and at this time, the young prince must have controlled the situation in Jinxia and Xiamen, and unless the first king sent troops to attack, he would never be willing to surrender to the law. And at the moment of the great enemy, how can the former kings kill each other - many soldiers of Jin and Xiamen are still defecting to the first king, how can the first king bear to attack them? The young prince took the Jin and Xiamen armies as hostages, and the first king had nothing to do with him. ”

In this way, a stalemate broke out between Jin, Xiamen, and Taiwan, and the envoy said that Zheng Chenggong always hoped for a letter from Fujian, saying that Zheng Jing had committed suicide in shame and ended the rebellion and splitting, but he never succeeded.

Zhou Yu, who started an incident in Guangdong, gradually became poor at the end of last year, and the first king wanted Jin and Xiamen to seek reinforcements, but the garrison was afraid that the first king would take advantage of the rebellion, so he refused to obey his orders, and made the first king very sick. In his illness, he sent Governor Gan to lead troops to take Zhou Yu and others to Taiwan. At the beginning of this year, the first king's health improved a little, and he suddenly learned that Luzon Hongyi had hurt our people, and the first king took in the refugees while gathering the generals to plan a crusade against Luzon. The first king sent someone to recruit Zheng Tai, and asked him to bring 500 warships and 10,000 soldiers to prepare, and when the first king recovered, he would conquer Luzon. At this time, the first king had already had the intention of reconciling father and son, but he was still rejected by the rebellion, and the first king learned that he scolded them for not knowing the general situation, and finally fell ill. ”

"Rebellion!"

"Rebel!"

Li Xinghan and Zhou Kaihuang shouted together, Deng Ming glared at them, and asked the envoy: "What is the explanation of the surname of the country when he is dying, and what does Governor Gan need?" ”