Yes, this is the last help Chen Yan left for Dolgon, Zheng Zhilong.

When Chen Yan was the first assistant, he had a lot of dealings with Zheng Zhilong, and the benefits he got from Zheng Zhilong every year were at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there were even a lot of jewelry treasures to Chen Yan, of course, Chen Yan was not just receiving gifts and not doing things, Zheng Zhilong was able to sit firmly in Fujian and dominate one side, naturally he had a credit for Chen Yan, even if Zheng Zhilong did not hand over a tael of silver to the court over the years, but the court wanted to put money upside down, and the group discussion between the court and the central government was raging, and Chen Yan was suppressed.

The two of them take what they need, but they have a very close relationship. In the eyes of Chen Yan and Dolgon, Zheng Zhilong's influence on the current situation is far greater than that of Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu, and even far more than Zhang Xianzhong.

In addition to having the invincible Fujian Navy Division in the world, Zheng Zhilong also has the infantry of a town, in addition, Zheng Zhilong sits on the life and death power of the Oriental and Nanyang trade routes, and the daily income is not limited to gold? Ten buckets of gold, twenty buckets of gold are more than that, the real wealth is comparable to the country, and the wealth it has is even more than the wealth of the Ming and Qing Dynasty treasury, much more!

If Zheng Zhilong can really be brought over, in the short term, the Qing Dynasty will no longer have to worry about military salaries.

However, it's just that before the matter could be done, Chen Yan was killed with a gun by the right-hand man sent by Zhu Jie, and now it is not so easy to recruit Zheng Zhilong.

And even if Chen Yan is alive, whether he can succeed is also between the two, after all, Zheng Zhilong is not Zuo Liangyu, let alone Zhang Xianzhong, compared with the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong's strength is still too weak, they can affect the current situation, but they do not have enough ability to protect themselves, they can only choose the strong side, and survive in the cracks, but Zheng Zhilong is different, Zheng Zhilong is a well-deserved hegemon-level force on the East and South Seas, maybe the strength on land is limited, but on the sea, Neither Manchuria nor the imperial court could help his sailors, at least in the short term, no one could threaten Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong has transcendent power and status, and is also a cunning and cunning hero, at this time, between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the victory and defeat are not divided, so they decide which side they will fall towards? Although Zheng Zhilong does not have the strength to annex the world, but sitting on Fujian, it is enough to protect himself, and he will never take such an unwise action, if he chooses the wrong master, then he will be unlucky.

Today's Zheng Zhilong has this idea.

He had already received the letter that Chen Yan gave him before his death, but Zheng Zhilong was indifferent, laughed, and made himself turn against him with just one letter? How can it be! King of Zhennan? Lao Tzu is not rare! Although I am only a marquis now, I am sitting in Fujian, controlling a large area of sea from Dongying to Malacca, and I am a veritable emperor of the earth - the emperor of the sea. Although Zhu Jie has little to do with himself, Zhu Jie is not sorry for himself, give up Zhu Jie, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and choose to surrender to Manchuria, this is the infamy of the rebel son and the second minister, I don't know how many lifetimes I will have to carry it, and I will not be so stupid because of the disaster to my children and grandchildren!

In a word, Sensei!

However, after all, now that Manchuria is powerful, Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to break with the Manchurians, just blindly perfunctory, and can delay it for a day!

Now, Dolgon has sent two envoys to Fuzhou in succession, plus the lobbyists sent by Chen Yan, there are three waves of people, and the chips given are constantly increasing, trying to impress Zheng Zhilong, however, Zheng Zhilong is still unmoved, now is definitely not the best time to make a choice, wait, when, the main force of Manchuria advances into Jiangnan, he will make a choice, or the Manchurians are driven to Shanhaiguan, and he may also help the imperial court to send troops, and the conquest of Manchuria is unknown!

"Brother, what the hell do you think? This pair of Manchurians neither refused nor agreed, so what was the choice? ”

Zheng Zhibao on the side asked in a low voice.

Zheng Zhilong sneered: "Brother, you are still too tender, at this time, how can you make a choice for your brother?" Surrender of Manchuria? That's a traitor! Once the imperial court eases up and defeats the Manchurian Tartars, although we are far away in Fujian, we will also be unlucky, although the imperial court may not be able to get our sailors, but there is still no problem in driving us out of Fujian; Rejection of the Manchurian solicitation? No, the strength of Manchuria is too strong, although Zhu Jie is working hard, and he is also a rare heroic figure in a century, but whether he can defeat the Manchurian Tartars, it is really rare, and now the two sides are in a stalemate, it is difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, once we choose the wrong choice, we will lose all the games, and now for the brother to stand still, wait for the time to attack, the best choice. ”

Zheng Zhibao smiled bitterly: "But, brother, the benefits promised to us by the Manchurians are not small, the prince of the king of Zhennan, hereditary replacement, Yongzhen Fujian and Guangdong, the benefits are too great!" Moreover, the imperial court also has to guard against it, that Zhu Jie is now starting to build an imperial sailor, the former has bought a lot of merchant ships from around Fujian, and even bought a lot of warships from our Fujian sailors, this is completely to get rid of our own rhythm of starting anew, really if Zhu Jie repels the invasion of the Manchurian Tartars, our good days are also over, next to the couch, how can we allow others to snore? ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, although Zheng Zhilong was a little rude, but this suggestion was still very insightful.

"Zhibao, do you know the current situation of the Nanjing Imperial Sailors?"

Zheng Zhibao shook his head and replied: "Brother, Zhu Jie's ambition should not be underestimated, half a year ago, Zhu Jie in order to prepare for the establishment of the sailor, do you know, smashed out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one breath, from Fujian, Nanyang, in one breath to acquire dozens of large merchant ships, as well as many warships, after arriving in Nanjing, on the spot in Longjiang Bao Shipyard for refitting, many merchant ships have been transformed into warships, a few days ago, Zhang Xianzhong along the Yangtze River downstream, attack Nanjing, just arrived in the Wuhu area, encountered the ambush of the imperial sailors, Under the First World War, Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 army was wiped out, and even Zhang Xianzhong was captured alive, it can be imagined that the strength of the current imperial sailors is really not weak, even if it is not as good as our Fujian sailors, I am afraid that it will not take a few years to catch up with the ......."

Zheng Zhilong's eyes flashed with essence, and he said slowly: "Well, what you said is also reasonable, we really can't wait to ignore it, immediately order someone to send a letter to Sen'er, use the post station, arrive in Nanjing as soon as possible, and order Sen'er to return to Fuzhou as soon as possible!" ”

(End of chapter)