Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

chapter 223,

Huang Deli led the navy to win the first battle, wiped out Zheng Zhibao's fleet, and thwarted Zheng Zhibao's attempt to go north to join the Qing Dynasty.

Originally, the Zheng Group was divided into three, and Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Cai, and Zheng Sen each led a part of the fleet. Now only Zheng Cai and Zheng Sen are left.Zheng Sen went to the northern part of Dongfan Island, while Zheng Cai was entrenched on the Matsu Islands.

Zheng Cai's strategic intention to go north to attack Tianjin Wei and attack Huanglong was destined to be impossible to implement from the very beginning. This is an unrealistic fantasy.

He, Shi Lang, and Zeng De led half of the warships of the Zheng family. After leaving Jinjiang with great momentum, they stopped when they arrived at the Matsu Islands.

Zheng Cai has more than [-] warships in his hands, and Zheng Sen also has more than [-] warships in his hands. When the Zheng family suffered a change, these two cousins ​​quickly replaced the elders of the previous generation and began to rise.

Huang Degong wiped out Zheng Zhibao's fleet, moved southward, and occupied the Zhoushan Islands.The Zhejiang area calmed down, but it brought tremendous pressure to Zheng Cai. He thought about going south to attack Kinmen Island.

"Shi Lang, Zeng De, do you think it is safe to attack Jinmen Island?" Zheng Cai asked.

"When we went north, we used the banner of rescuing the old master, so the brothers supported us. Now that we can't do anything, the north is hopeless, and we turned around and chose to go south. It's a joke! What will the brothers talk about?" Shi Lang said.

Zheng Cai frowned, very unhappy.

Zeng De said: "The situation has changed suddenly, so we can only follow the trend. The Ming Dynasty had a powerful navy, and even the fifth master was killed in battle. Do we still have to go to die? The end will depend on Brother Cai's idea. , We have more than 300 warships in our hands, and it is easy to attack Kinmen Island, so let’s get a firm foothold first and then figure out a good strategy.”

Shi Lang glanced sideways at Zeng De. According to his position, Shi Lang was Zeng De's immediate boss, but he didn't expect this kid to jump out against him.

It turned out that Zeng De was very popular with Zheng Zhilong, the old owner of the Zheng family. Shi Lang was a rare young and promising talent, so Zheng Zhilong arranged for Zeng De to serve under Shi Lang, and when Zeng De made contributions with Shi Lang, it was convenient for him to be promoted.

Zeng De is good at changing the direction of the wind. Now that Zheng Cai can stand against Zheng Sen, it seems that his future is limitless, so he hugged Zheng Cai's thigh tightly.

This behavior made Shi Lang extremely unhappy!

With Zeng De's support, Zheng Cai said, "The Ming army is stationed in Zhejiang. We should avoid it and preserve our strength. I have made up my mind. I will go south tomorrow to occupy Kinmen Island as soon as possible, and then use Kinmen Island as my base." Springboard, go ashore to collect food!"

Shi Lang said: "Since Brother Cai has made up his mind, I have nothing to say. But the most urgent thing is to send someone to contact Brother Sen as soon as possible. You two brothers should join forces as soon as possible, and you can't act on your own. From the old master In the beginning, experience and lessons have taught us that the members of the Zheng family can only hold together and form a rope to..."

"General Shi, are you teaching me how to do things?" Zheng Cai's tone was very cold.

Shi Lang still didn't notice Zheng Cai's emotional changes, and said: "The tradition of the Zheng family has always paid attention to the opinions of the generals, even outsiders..."

"You also know that you are an outsider? Don't say too much, just follow my orders!" Zheng Cai interrupted Shi Lang roughly again, and ordered without doubt, "Shi Lang, you are responsible for appeasing the emotions of the brothers, and explain clearly to everyone. The situation has changed. Zeng De, from today onwards, you are in charge of the vanguard!"

"Yes!" Zeng De smiled.

Shi Lang was speechless, his face gloomy.He had been the vanguard general before, and Zheng Cai deprived him of his military power.

"Zheng Cai's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger. Could it be that his threat to rescue the old master was false, and his real intention is to occupy half of the Zheng family's fleet, and then set up his own business?"

Shi Lang felt uneasy, and suddenly felt that the prospects were gloomy and lost.

……

At the same time, Yao Qisheng led an army of [-] into Fujian, and began to implement his strategy of suppressing the invaders in an orderly and vigorous manner.

Yao Qisheng first stationed in Fuzhou Prefecture, commanded officials from all over the province to act as the governor of Fujian, recommended talents to serve as the commander-in-chief of Zhangpu and Tong'an towns, and ordered them to recruit soldiers.

Then a guild hall was built in Fuzhou City, named "Xiulai Hall".Yao Qisheng personally wrote an article and carved it on a stone tablet, which was erected at the entrance of the Xiulai Hall for passers-by to watch.

The main idea of ​​the article is to recruit and surrender the Zheng family. No matter how big or small their position is, as long as they repent and sincerely submit to the imperial court, they will be given generous rewards.

It would take some time for the Xiulai Pavilion to be effective. Yao Qisheng was not in a hurry and took the time to deploy a crucial measure in the strategy he proposed to suppress the invaders, which was to move the border and ban the sea.

The relocation of the forbidden sea is divided into two parts. One is to relocate the people from the coast to the inland. This requires a lot of work and solves many difficult problems.

The second is to ban the sea. Before the pirates are eliminated, no one is allowed to go to the sea. The so-called pirates are not allowed to go to the sea.

The strategy of moving borders and banning the sea was approved by the emperor and implemented in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou at the same time.

Since it was Yao Qisheng who proposed this initiative, he wanted to set an example, so he ordered and prohibited it, and did not allow any objections from the people.

These days, groups of people in ragged clothes often appear in Fuzhou Mansion. They left their hometowns and dragged their families with them, and followed the soldiers to migrate all the way to the designated places to settle down.

Under the scorching sun, the people looked back at their hometown with tears streaming down their faces.

A gray-haired old man fainted on the roadside. The old man's family hurriedly gathered around, pinched him and gave him water to save his life.

However, in order to show off in front of Yao Qisheng, Fuzhou Prefecture's headhunters treated the migrating people extremely harshly.Seeing this scene, he drove his horse over, brandished his whip and beat him on the head and face, cursing, "Go, what are you dawdling for!"

The old man's son grabbed the whip and almost dragged the catcher off the horse's back, shouting: "Caomin's father has fainted, why must the official be so unreasonable?"

"You bitch, you're so arrogant, what's your name?" the head catcher shouted.

The man raised his eyebrows and said, "Zheng Youcai!"

"Okay, the original surname is Zheng. Tell me, are you colluding with the Zheng family pirates and deliberately hindering the imperial court's move to move the border and ban the sea?" the head catcher said.

"The younger one's surname is Zheng, so he colluded with the Zheng family's pirates. What kind of nonsense is this? Well, there are people with the surname Zhu among us. Are they relatives of the emperor?"

"Smart teeth, I can't beat you to death!" The head catcher became furious, jumped off the horse, and beat Zheng Youcai hard.

At first, Zheng Youcai just dodged and did not fight back.Then he was slapped on the face, and seeing the catcher frantically kicking the unconscious old father, he suddenly became angry and grabbed the catcher and began to wrestle.

The people nearby were also full of anger. Seeing this situation, they did not come up to persuade the fight. Instead, they applauded and applauded.

Several yamen servants rushed over and drew their swords to face each other.The people glared angrily, the head catcher jumped up, and shouted: "If Zheng Youcai is caught, I will kill him!"

"I want to see the governor, and let the governor make a comment!" Zheng Youcai said.

"Bah, who do you think you are? Just take a piss and take a picture of yourself. Are you qualified to see the Governor? I also told you clearly that the strategy of moving borders and banning seas was proposed by the Governor. He Will you tolerate your breaking things?"

Seeing the yamen servants surrounding him, Zheng Youcai was heartbroken and scolded: "The officials are forcing the people to rebel, I am at odds with you idiot officials! Rebellion, rebellion!"

As he spoke, he snatched the knife from a yamen servant, wounded a person, and ran wildly.

More than a dozen other youths who were full of vigor took advantage of the situation to rise up, beating the headhunters and government servants and fleeing, and then followed Zheng Youcai and fled.

This group of people fled north and arrived in Zhejiang many days later.Zheng Youcai said: "We are desperate. Sooner or later we will be caught by the officers and soldiers. Anyway, we will die, so why not go out and do something big?"

"The reason why we have come to this point is all because of Yao Qisheng. I heard that Yao Qisheng is from Kuaiji, Zhejiang. He cut off our way of life, so we went to dig his ancestral grave!"

As expected, everyone hid in Tibet and entered Kuaiji, and found out the location of Yao's grave from many sources.On a dark and windy night, they went up the mountain and dug up more than a dozen ancestral graves of the Yao family.

Then, under the leadership of Zheng Youcai, they went to the Kuaiji government to surrender, willing to be executed.

Yao Qisheng soon learned of the bad news. The graves of the ancestors of the ancients were dug up, which was a catastrophe.

"My ancestors, my children are not filial!" Yao Qisheng fell to the ground and cried. He vomited blood first, then bile, and suddenly fell ill.

The staff in the Governor's Mansion were confused and didn't know what to do.

Unexpectedly, Yao Qisheng got out of the hospital bed three days later, and said: "If you know that I have sinned against you, it is only the spring and autumn; if you have pity on me, it is only God! I, Yao Qisheng, have a clear conscience. You don't have to panic, and continue to implement the policy of moving borders and banning the sea."

In the dead of night, Yao Qisheng was sitting in the study, holding his head, weeping uncontrollably.

Having cried enough, he got up and went to the courtyard, cupped his hands toward the north, and said, "Your Majesty, I will bear the burden of infamy and crimes. For Your Majesty's grand plan of rejuvenation, I am willing to be smashed to pieces, willing to die forever!"

He also wrote a letter and sent someone back to his hometown in Kuaiji, not allowing his family members to repair the ancestral graves, saying that he deserved it, so he let the bones of his ancestors be left in the wilderness to make amends to the people all over the world.

(End of this chapter)