Chapter 257 Dawn
The beauty's face is like a flower and a dew, and the jade tree shines on the back.
On the study, a little soft white light like a moon halo flowed back and forth on the snow skin, outlining an extremely moist arc. Bian Yujing was placed on her lower back as a lying puppy, her knees were pressed against the ground, her waist wrapped in red silk was pressed onto the bed mat, and her two snow buttocks were raised high.
Hou Xuanyan swallowed, picked up a smear of almond oil with his index finger, and applied it gently. After a while, the faint fragrance floated...
Hou Xuanyan, who discovered a new world, was as happy as a child, searching up and down, and having a lot of fun.
It was not until she found that Bian Yujing blinked her thick eyelashes and tears faintly in her eyes that she remembered that she was Chu Chengyun 1 rain after all. Although she was born with charming bones and long-term singing and dancing, her flexibility and tolerance were stronger than ordinary women, but the golden needle-punched stamen was not as good as the ordinary.
After putting away the pleasure of abuse, Hou Xuanyan pinched her pink buttocks and said softly: "Lying on this couch for a while, I'll let Xiaoxiao serve us to bathe." After that, he went to the cabinet in the study and took out a sable fur to cover her pink body.
"Ah! How can you?... I... I'll wait for the master to take a shower and change clothes now." Bian Yujing struggled to get up and serve him to fulfill his obligations as a concubine. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain under his waist, and he sat back down with a whisper. How dare she let Xiaoxiao serve her bath? Although Xiaoxiao is a maid, she is the maid of the mistress Gu Ling'er, who dares to act coquettishly in front of the master.
Hou Xuanyan chuckled, pinched her cheeks, and said, "You'd better have a good rest."
Bian Yujing felt sweet and covered her sable fur and lay on the couch.
Hou Xuanyan stood up and sat on the chair of the Grand Master, picked up Ding Kuichu's secret letter, and began to ponder.
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The next morning, Hou Xuanyan went to the palace and took Huang Ying'er back and strolled to Wenyuan Pavilion.
He hadn't come to the cabinet for a long time, and the three great masters looked up together, and were surprised to see him. Ma Shiying leaned forward and asked, "Duke, why are you here?"
Hou Xuanyan took out Ding Kuichu's secret letter from his sleeve, and the three great scholars came forward, and after reading it, they all looked happy. To this day, the Ming Dynasty has been used to seeing his own people surrender to the enemy, and it is rare for others to surrender. This is also a manifestation of the increasing national strength. In any case, this is on the right track and is in the rising period.
The feeling of despair that came to the end of the world once filled the minds of every Han man and was gradually dissipating. Breaking through the clouds and mists, the dawn of hope has appeared.
Zhang Huangyan said, "Ding Kuichu can do anything, it is God who helps the Ming Dynasty, and the pacification of Guangdong and Guangxi is only in the evening."
Hou Xuanyan thought to himself, God helps the Ming Dynasty? Nonsense! If I hadn't been strong in my army, would he be willing to surrender in a humble manner? He would have ridden on the neck of the court to shit and pee.
Although Chen Mingyu is the chief minister of the cabinet, he always knows that his talents are not as good as Zhang Huangyan and Ma Shiying, so when things happen, he often listens to their opinions, then makes decisions, and rarely expresses his opinions first. This time, he couldn't help but ask: "Ding Kui Chu's reputation is very poor, but this time I don't know if it is trustworthy. If we use the fraudulent surrender strategy, we have to be careful."
The other three people in Wenyuan Pavilion smiled knowingly, and Ma Shiying comforted him: "Don't worry, if Ding Kuichu had the scheming and courageous spirit, if he had such a good territory in Guangdong and Guangxi, he would have managed his strength several times more than he is now." Lingnan in Guangdong and Guangxi is a big rear and has never been affected by Qing soldiers. However, Ding Kuichu has been in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi for so long and is only concerned about making money for himself to enjoy it. No wonder everyone looks down on him. It can be said that this person has no ambition, neither has the sense of responsibility to drive out the Tartars, nor has the ambition of heroes, and is just a waste snack that is greedy for enjoyment.
Such a person is just a corrupt official in his prosperous era and the harm is limited. But now that the country is in danger and foreign races are invading, this guy is a country-boring insect and must die.
Chen Mingyu was open-minded and was not angry at his misjudgment when he heard this, but was happy to the court because Ding Kuichu Zhen surrendered. He smiled and said, "Since that's the case, we must also be prepared. After all, Zheng Zhilong's army is right next to Guangzhou Prefecture."
Hou Xuanyan chuckled and said, "Zheng family army? I respect him three points on the sea. When the mountains and rivers fight each other, which battalion can he beat?"
Speaking of Zheng Zhilong, Hou Xuanyan felt itchy. It was a huge piece of fat. Once he ate this piece of meat, he would have to feed at least three times. Not to mention that he had accumulated as many as a mountain. Even the money he had accumulated over the years was much better than the newly built shipyards and arsenals in Songjiang. Zheng Zhilong's dock has produced three or five new ships every year, and dozens of old ships repaired, which is so rich.
Zheng Zhilong had a good relationship with the Dutch in his early years. He once worked as a common business for the Dutch, that is, a translation. Later, in order to monopolize trade with Japan, the Dutch instructed some Chinese ships to plunder the coast of China. Zheng Zhilong was also one of the pirates who cooperated with the Dutch. Later, Zheng Zhilong gradually grew bigger and got rid of the Dutch and set up his own business. Now he has monopolized all shipping except Japan. When Emperor Longwu was in Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong wrote to a letter: "The ministers who take the money from the three gates, and the ministers take the sea, and there is no sea, there is no home."
The reason why Zheng Zhilong now ignores Hou Xuanyan's strong troops and forced to send troops to attack Guangdong and Guangxi is actually because of interest.
Zheng Zhilong started his career in Japan. His wealth was mainly from Japan. Zheng Zhilong carried a large number of raw silk, various textiles, black and white sugar, musk, wild yam and other drugs, and was very popular. Zheng Zhilong established a trade relationship with the Franchise people, which was also related to Japan. Some of the silk fabrics he shipped to Japan were purchased from Macau, and Japanese goods were also transported to Luzon and resold to Spain. Zheng Zhilong often loaded with silk, porcelain, iron and other goods, and drove to Cambodia, Siam, Chameng, Jiaozhi, Sanfoqi, Philippines, Yaliuba, Malacca and other countries for trade, and exchanged for Sumu, pepper, ivory, rhinoceros, etc. However, since the rise of the Songjiang Navy by Hou Xuanyan, Japan's trade routes were half divided by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants. Franchise people and the Dutch were also more willing to trade with the broader territory in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and the goods were more traded by Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchants.
Chapter completed!