Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

On the east coast of Phi Island, heavy rain poured down, thunder bursts, lightning flashes appeared from time to time in the black clouds, waves crashed on the coast, and the warships docked on the sea were rising and falling.

"Mao Shuai, but what did Han Zanzhou say?"

Shen Shikui, who came here with Mao Wenlong, saw that Mao Wenlong was hesitant to speak, holding the handle of the knife tightly and straightening his back. Anyone familiar with Mao Wenlong's temperament knew that Mao Wenlong was thinking about a problem.

"Liu Xingzuo and the others are leaving Dongjiang."

Mao Wenlong's eyes were cold and stern, staring at the rough sea, and his words were a little indifferent.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Shen Shikui raised his eyebrows slightly, a surprise flashed in his eyes, and subconsciously blurted out: "When Liu Xingzuo and the others were placed in Dongjiang Town, it was Yuan Keli..."

"Um?!"

Mao Wenlong snorted coldly, causing Shen Shikui to shut up knowingly. He knew that these things could not be spoken out easily. After all, it was not a glorious thing.

Before Liu Xingzuo returned to the Ming Dynasty, he had a very high status among the Eight Banners of Jianlu. He was favored by Nurhaci, the chief of the Jianlu slaves. He even married the daughter of Daishan's son Saharian's wet nurse at the behest of Nurhaci. The prisoners below Nurhachi were given the so-called Dajin title. Among the Han people who surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, Liu Xingzuo's status was second only to Fushun's father-in-law Li Yongfang and Shi Wuli's father-in-law Tong Yangxing.

You must know that Li Yongfang and Tong Yangxing are extraordinary.

One is the first senior general to join the Jianlu. Li Yongfang, a traitor and lackey, has helped Nurhachi do many evil things since he joined the Jianlu!

One is a merchant who moved to Liaodong early. He has a close relationship with the Jurchen family surnamed Tong Jia. When Nurhaci rose to power in Jianzhou Sanwei, he had been secretly funding him and even helped Nurhaci pass on a lot of military information.

In this context, it is enough to see Liu Xingzuo's ability.

The most special point is that Liu Xingzuo is different from other Han people. Many of the Baylor, ministers, generals, etc. who built the Eight Banners have an unusual relationship with Liu Xingzuo.

There is no other reason.

One is that Liu Xingzuo is indeed capable, and the other is the favor of the old slave. Just by giving the real name Aita to the girl, it was immediately highlighted.

Under such a general background, Liu Xingzuo was willing to give up his glory and wealth and return to the Ming Dynasty without hesitation. The root cause was that from the first year of Tianqi, the Jianlu captured Liaozuo, Liaonan and other places successively, and the Jianlu Eight Banners burned, killed and looted wantonly. It was hard for Liu Xingzuo to accept it in his heart.

"It is true that Liu Xingzuo is leaving Dongjiang, but do you know where he is going?" Mao Wenlong frowned and stared at the turbulent waves in front of him, "Do you know that he is going to take any position?"

This……

After hearing this, Shen Shikui knew that the matter might not be simple.

"Tianjin Sanwei!"

Mao Wenlong said solemnly: "He wants to take over as the chief military officer of the Tianjin Navy!"

"what?!"

Shen Shikui was shocked.

"And do you know what Han Zanzhou said in those decrees he issued when he rushed to Dongjiang?" Mao Wenlong turned around, stared at Shen Shikui with his tiger eyes, and changed the subject.

"First, from now on, the food and salary of Dongjiang Town will be allocated directly from internal funds, and there is no need to go through the Ministry of War. From now on, we in Dongjiang Town will no longer have to worry about food and salary."

"Secondly, in the future, Dongjiang Town will continue to expand the navy's strength, and I will also be promoted to the Left Commander of the Fifth Army Commander's Office, the actual commander-in-chief of Pingliao, a python robe, and the commanding officer of the Jinyi Guards."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Shen Shikui suppressed his surprise and faced Mao Wenlong's gaze as he said: "Dongjiang Town was often owed food and wages back then. Our Dongjiang Army was often unable to pay food and wages. The people in the Ministry of War often stole our money."

"Even a lot of food and salary that should have been paid, why were they not paid in the end? Those people were just allowed to embezzle it, while other people in the court thought that we, Dongjiang Town, were using our troops to protect ourselves!"

"It's good now. From now on, the food and salary of Dongjiang Town will be allocated directly from the emperor's internal funds. At least you don't have to worry about the food and salary. Even through this matter, the general will see that His Majesty values ​​Marshal Mao very much."

"Do you really value it?"

Mao Wenlong smiled, stared at Shen Shikui and said: "Then do you know that our Majesty specially issued a secret edict to this commander, stating that he must not do smuggling in shipping in the future!"

Boom! !

Just at this moment, a thunder suddenly sounded.

Shen Shikui felt as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and even looked at Mao Wenlong with a bit of offense.

Very few people know these secrets.

Shen Shikui could not imagine why the emperor in the capital would know about this.

"The thing that I regretted the most was that during the chaos in Liaodong, I chose to express my attitude to Wang Huazhen and surrendered to his sect."

Under Shen Shikui's horrified gaze, Mao Wenlong showed a wry smile and laughed at himself: "The old saying is true at all. One wrong step and one wrong step will make it easy to board this pirate ship, but it will be difficult to think about it. Do you know that I am handsome?" I often couldn't sleep at night because I was afraid that someone in the court would know about it, but I never thought that Your Majesty already knew about it."

"Shuai Mao, what should we do?"

Shen Shikui's body trembled slightly and he said, "The people in the southeast are not easy to fool."

"What do you think I should do?"

Mao Wenlong glanced at Shen Shikui, "For those greedy guys, I don't know what your majesty means by saying this? Don't forget, your majesty needs to know these secrets. Can you ensure that there are no people in Dongjiang Town who go directly to the capital?" "

"You mean..."

Shen Shikui opened his eyes wide.

"It's not him! There's someone else!!"

Mao Wenlong said: "How long has he been here? Now even I can't guess who leaked this secret."

Who could it be!

Shen Shikui wanted to know this.

He was directly responsible for the smuggling of goods by sea.

"These guys in the southeast have made enough money over the years."

When Shen Shikui was surprised, Mao Wenlong said quietly: "There are millions of taels of silver, not to mention the piles of ginseng, Dongzhu, furs, etc. that were taken away. If these are sold to various parts of the southeast, I'm afraid the profit will be even more." .”

"I am tired and don't want to take on these things anymore. Since the matter has been made clear now, let's make a choice. Either betray the court or betray them. What do you think...how should I choose? How can I choose? ?”

Shen Shikui was speechless for a moment.

To be honest, when Mao Wenlong first heard this, he had not thought about supporting troops in Dongjiang Town to respect himself, but the cruel reality told Mao Wenlong that once he chose to do this, even if the court could not do anything to him, the gang in the southeast would He will definitely not let them go.

Why?

Once Mao Wenlong chooses to support his troops and respect himself, the nature will be different. If he wants to quietly make a fortune again, he will no longer be as risk-free as before.

Mao Wenlong is not the only one who knows that any tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The reason why those groups that have been standing for who knows how long can survive not only because they know it, but also because of what they have been doing.

"Shuai Mao, you have to think clearly."

Shen Shikui pondered for a moment, then hesitantly expressed his worries, "If you really decide to do this, I'm afraid those people won't let it go."

"Does the commander have any other options?"

Mao Wenlong smiled, looked at Shen Shikui and asked: "There is no one else but me who was forced into a corner in this matter, but I have also figured it out. Since our Majesty said so, even those people If you really want to do something, the first person to be in trouble is Your Majesty."

"If Your Majesty really wants to regain Liaodong, it is impossible for Your Majesty not to deal with those people in the southeast. After all, don't forget that in recent years, the vassal North Korea has privately docked many ships."

When talking about this, Mao Wenlong slowly turned around and looked at the many ships undulating with the waves in the distance. At this moment, Mao Wenlong discovered that those ships were very similar to him. If he was not careful, he might be killed in the sea. !

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Note: In order to increase the readability of the plot, Liu Xingzuo’s return to the Ming Dynasty has been moved forward, so that it does not differ much from the overall plot. The key to this part of Dongjiang Town lies in the forces hidden behind it. We will write more about it in the future. I would like to emphasize this.