I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"The court's move is really clever. It's pressing us on the stove." Zheng Hongkui nodded, wondering:

"Could it be Nan Juyi's idea?"

"do not know."

Zheng Yiguan is very honest, he is not very old now, but he is very mature, his eyes are looking at the deep sea, and he has thoughts that many of his peers do not have:

"Our Zheng family has benefited from this recruiting, and the imperial court has also come to such a move. It is a draw for us to make a dumb loss."

Zheng Hongkui has an indecisive personality. At this time, he went to see many sea merchants and common people who were waiting on the shore to see the jokes. When the matter came to an end, he suddenly became a little hesitant and retreated, and asked:

"Then, are you still recruiting?"

"Why didn't you recruit?"

Zheng Yiguan seemed very puzzled why he would ask such a stupid question, took a look, but turned around and patiently explained:

"The imperial court has made such a big commotion. Even if we turn around and go back now, Li Dan is bound to find me to question the crime. The imperial court and Li Dan, we always have to take the side first."

"It makes sense..." Zheng Hongkui was thoughtful.

The Zheng family's fleet quickly approached the port, and what came to greet them was not a local official from Wenzhou Prefecture, but a Fujian coastal defense guerrilla under Yu Zizao, called Wang Mengxiong.

Wang Mengxiong was born as a general of Shaowu Mansion in Fujian Province. His ancestors made meritorious service with Emperor Yongle Jingnan.

His father, Wang Tao, was a well-known local general in Fujian, and served as Yu Dayou's capable subordinate, and made many military exploits.Later, Qi Jiguang moved his troops to Fujian to continue to suppress Japanese pirates, and under the order of Yu Dayou, he cooperated with Qi's army to fight.

In the Battle of Hengyu Island, before the outflanking troops of the Qi family army arrived, they accurately judged the day of high tide, led the troops to gallop for several days, and defeated the Japanese pirate Ono Sanro.

Qi Jiguang also commented that the timely reinforcement of Wang Tao, then the guerrilla general of coastal defense, bought enough time for him to arrange the battle situation and wipe out the Japanese pirates.

Wang Tao was blessed in his later years and gave birth to a son named Mengxiong. He died at home in the early years of Wanli. He was appointed as the deputy general of Fujian, the commander of Zhendongwei, and the left governor of the five armies.

Unexpectedly, he fought all his life and wiped out the Japanese pirates with Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang successively, but his son would continue to fight against the Western colonists with Yu Dayou's son.

After Wang Tao's death, there were no fluctuations in the ruling and opposition parties, but in the end, Emperor Wanli issued an edict that Yin Qi's son would add Jinyiwei Qianhu when he became an adult, which was regarded as a comfort to the heavenly spirit.

This son is the Wang Mengxiong in front of him, the capable subordinate of Yu Dayou's son Yu Zizao, who was ordered to contact Zheng Yiguan.

Yu Zizao's failure to come by himself also exceeded Zheng Yiguan's expectation.

This time, the imperial court made Zheng Yiguan smash his teeth and swallow it. The scene was quite big and the news spread widely, but it turned out that only a local guerrilla general from Fujian came to pick him up.

It's like slapping your face...

Chapter 245 Zhangzhou Defense "Zheng Zhilong"

Warships gathered, people waited and watched, and the port of Wenzhou Prefecture was noisy.

Zheng Yiguan and Wang Mengxiong, the guerrilla general of Fujian coastal defense of the imperial court, performed neither humble nor overbearing etiquette, stepped off the boat along the pedals, and said:

"General Wang, where is Yu Zhentai?"

Zhentai is a respectful title for generals at the commander-in-chief level along the coast.

Wang Mengxiong also knew that he was asking the question knowingly, and his expression remained unchanged. He first smiled and followed Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Hongkui and others, and then said:

"Hongmaofan's attack is too tight, I can't get away."

"Offensive?" Zheng Yiguan glanced at him, chuckled, didn't say much, looked around, and said mockingly:

"The imperial court has done a lot of work for today!"

"Refer to the Zheng family, how dare Master Futai neglect this kind of thing, come and serve tea!" After Wang Mengxiong finished speaking, he waved his hand, and then came a maid carrying tea.

Zheng Yiguan took a look at the location, it was right on the edge of the port, within easy reach of the surrounding audience, so he also knew the intention of Nan Juyi's arrangement.

He sat down on the chair prepared earlier, took the tea brought by the maid, took a sip, and said, "Good tea, quench your thirst."

While waiting for the imperial envoy of Xuanzhi, Zheng Yiguan seemed to be a little absent-minded, and his eyes had never been on the court people in front of him, and he kept wandering around.

Wang Mengxiong was different, he almost stared at the leader of the "sea bandit" in front of him, wanting to see him through, and asked for a moment:

"I don't know what method Brother Zheng wants to use to defeat the enemy after being recruited?"

"It's man-made."

After Zheng Yiguan finished speaking, he turned around and glanced at Wang Mengxiong, then lowered his head, smiled faintly, and asked:

"General Wang, you said that when fighting in Liao, the Jurchen barbarians, who were originally alone and alone, were able to repeatedly destroy the important towns and cities that I have heavily guarded?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Wang Mengxiong narrowed his eyes, and pulled his face down. He felt that Zheng Yiguan had something to say, that he was insulting the imperial court's combat ability which was not as good as that of the barbarians in Jianzhou.

"Ask whatever you want."

Zheng Yiguan traveled the sea with Li Dan since he was a child, and the pirates who killed people without blinking an eye also hacked him himself.

"The most important thing is that there are traitors who take refuge with them, and they use their schemes and schemes, pretending to be frontier soldiers, and pretending to be fake!" Wang Mengxiong almost said it through gritted teeth, and then sneered:

"Could it be that the little brother's strategy is to pretend to be a red-haired fan?"

"They look different, and they don't understand the language, so don't shoot yourself in the foot!"

"May I ask if the Han people and the Jurchen barbarians look the same, and how many Jurchen barbarians can speak Chinese?" Zheng Yiguan didn't take it seriously, as if he already had a plan in mind.

"Our Ming emperor has a big appetite. He not only wants to repel the Dutch, recover Penghu, but also capture a warship!"

"If you want to do this, you have to use tricks and find some prostitutes."

At this time, Zheng Hongkui suddenly rolled up his sleeves, rolled his arms, and shouted:

"Then let's strike while the iron is hot, gather the fleet, pretend to be Hongmaofan, and attack Penghu tomorrow to regain the lost ground!"

"Tomorrow?" Wang Mengxiong frowned again and again, and said: "If you can use numbers to win, the navy of the imperial court is enough to defeat Hongmaofan, what's the use of asking your Zheng family to come?"

While talking, not far away there was loud gongs, drums and firecrackers, and a team was flying red flags, but it was the belated eunuch of the capital Xuanzhi who arrived.

Wang Mengxiong hurriedly pulled himself together, went forward and said with a smile:

"Fujian coastal defense guerrilla Wang Mengxiong, I have met my father-in-law."

The father-in-law who came was also surnamed Wang, so he was from a family hundreds of years ago, and he was very kind to the military general he saw for the first time in front of him. With his hands in the sleeves of his toga, he bowed slightly and said:

"General Wang has worked hard for the imperial court to defend Haibo for generations."

Wang Mengxiong wasn't arrogant either, he just glanced slightly while speaking, paying attention to the movement of Mrs. Zheng and others behind him.

"These are the things that should be done. If you eat the country's wealth, you should contribute to the country. Otherwise, how is it different from those pirates who rob caravans on the coast for a living?"

"This, is Zheng Yiguan, right? You are so young and promising!" Accompanied by several Tiqi, Wang Chengen stepped forward, squinted his eyes, couldn't see the expression, and said with a smile.

Zheng Yiguan felt angry when he saw the defiant looks of these guards in fine clothes around him.

But when he thought of the purpose of coming here today, he held his breath and said with a smile:

"It's me, I have seen my father-in-law."

"Before our family left Beijing, His Majesty gave many instructions."

"Oh—?" Zheng Yiguan seemed very enthusiastic about the emperor's words, and asked with a smile: "What did your majesty say about me?"

"Your Majesty said that it is a blessing for the people along the coast, and it is also a blessing for the country and society of the Ming Dynasty, that the Zheng family can submit to the imperial court and repel the Red Fans and exterminate bandits for the imperial court."

"Our family is very envious of you!" Wang Chengen was still smiling, but the smile on Zheng Yiguan's face stopped abruptly.

What the dead eunuch said seemed to be the emperor's great kindness to him, but there was a knife hidden in the words, and some words could kill people if spread!

Exterminate bandits, when did I, Zheng Yiguan, say that I would eradicate pirates for the court?

If this word spread to other pirates, wouldn't the Zheng family be completely tied to the imperial court, and it would be difficult to break free from the shackles.

Zheng Yiguan calmly said:

"What is there to envy?"

Wang Chengen looked at him in surprise, with his hands still in the sleeves of his toga, he said:

"Aren't you envious? Although our family has entered the palace not long ago, according to our family's understanding of His Majesty, this is to promote you in the future!"

"Adding an official to be promoted?" Zheng Hongkui was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zheng Yiguan urgently: "The imperial court is going to give you the title of marquis and general!"

It is the dream of many men to be promoted.

Even Zheng Yiguan, when he heard it for the first time, was in a daze for a moment, but after thinking about it, how could this young emperor who controls the world really trust him so much just because he was recruited?

He pondered for a moment, then regained his spirits, clasped his fists and said:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"

Wang Chengen was obviously shocked by the extremely calm mind of the young man in front of him, but he quickly returned to normal, standing there without moving, and said with a smile:

"In that case, Zheng Yiguan, accept the order?"

Hearing this, Zheng Yiguan hurriedly led Zheng Hongkui and all the members of the Zheng family behind him to kneel on the ground, waiting for the decree to be announced.

Soon, the audience became silent, only the bright military flags on the warships moored in the port could be heard fluttering in the air.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:

Ever since the incident happened in Penghu, none of the feather forest talents in our county dared to fight. It was all because of the first battle between civil and military forces and Hongfan, which led to the closure of the frontier by mistake.

Every time I think about the attack, the country's prestige has not yet been revealed, and the people have been taken into captivity, and I feel heartbroken!

I have heard of Zheng's prestige in the sea for a long time, thinking about the country as if I were a family, abandoning the Li family's bandits, the Lord was appeased, and I am very relieved.

The Hongmao Fan stole Penghu and locked our sea and territory in Zhangzhou. Every day that passed, the disaster was serious, the people along the coast were deeply humiliated, and the constitution of the country did not exist. How could I bear it?

Zheng Yiguan is hereby appointed as the garrison officer of Zhangzhou, adding Wuping to guard thousands of households.Zheng Hongkui was appointed as the garrison officer of Tongshan, leading hundreds of households.

Wanwang will continue to serve the country. If he can repel the invading enemies and promote our country's prestige, I will spare no expense in rewarding him.

Qinzai!Therefore. "

It was the first time in Zheng Yiguan's life that he accepted the emperor's will and was recruited under such a grand circumstance, which meant that from now on, he was no longer a pirate that everyone despised.

The Zheng family was accepted by the empire.

No matter what he was thinking before, at least at this moment, what Zheng Yiguan was thinking about was the Emperor Tianqi who had never met in the Forbidden City.

He quickly took the imperial decree into his hands, dragged it respectfully, and shouted:

"Chen Zheng Yiguan, accept the order!"

2Chapter 16 Each has his own mind

After yesterday's grand recruitment ceremony, Zheng Yiguan's slightly agitated heart also calmed down a lot. He sat in his own boat, feeling the wobble brought to him by sailing on the sea, and cast his eyes on the table. of the decree.

The imperial decree, this is something that many people can't come across.

In the eyes of most people at this time, the gift of an imperial decree from the emperor is tantamount to a book from heaven, and it can easily change the fate of a person or even a family.

But now, Zheng Yiguan looked at the imperial decree and felt that it was so terrible.

According to this imperial decree, the emperor not only sealed himself up as promised, but also rewarded Zheng Hongkui with a copper mountain guarded by hereditary hundreds of households.

He could tell that his fourth brother, his eyes had changed since then, and just this morning, he left him without saying goodbye, and rushed to take up his post at Tongshan Office!

Thinking of this, Zheng Yiguan clenched his fist and hammered it on the table bitterly.

He was a little disappointed with himself as the fourth younger brother. Could it be that the Zheng family's ambition is to be a hereditary family of thousands or hundreds of households in the imperial court, and guard them all their lives?

After his death, what can the Zheng family leave behind!

Now, the power of his uncle Li Dan and his uncle Huang Cheng are not the end that Zheng Yiguan expected.

Defense, this official title Zheng Yiguan has never been valued, his ambition never stops here, he wants to lead the Zheng family to dominate the entire southeast sea area!

But to do this, it is necessary to work with the court. You can't always be a pirate. Hearing the news that Zheng Hongkui will go to Tongshan to take up the post, the current Zheng Yiguan feels conflicted.

Just thinking about it, Huang Cheng walked in from the door and said:

"One official, and a few more people, went to Tongshan by boat to find Zheng Hongkui!"

Hearing this, Zheng Yiguan let go of his tightly clenched fists, and smiled wryly: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and now he has been recruited. The pirates in the past were all misled by the court's propaganda, and they are all enemies of me."

"The Zheng family is in the most difficult time. Even Li Dan issued a notice in Japan, saying that he would break off relations with me. They can't bear the rootless life at sea. It's good to follow the fourth brother."

Huang Cheng is one of the relatively large maritime merchants nowadays. As the saying goes, mother and uncle are big, after all, they are real relatives of Zheng Yiguan. Hearing that Zheng Yiguan is in such a predicament, he came to Wenzhou Port to help him the next day.

He sat beside Zheng Yiguan, and said earnestly:

"Next, what are you going to do, you have been tied up by the court, when they wiped out the pirates, and fought against the fists of the Dutch fleet?"