Not to mention that Ma Shiying was unwilling to provoke Zheng Chenggong, but Liu Liangzuo, who had always been arrogant and domineering, was not willing to offend Zheng Chenggong easily. Although Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, was only a coastal defense guerrilla, his coastal defense guerrillas were worth ten coastal defense guerrillas.
Those guerrilla generals were only awarded by the imperial court, but his coastal defense guerrillas were requested by the imperial court.
This man was a pirate before, but he was not a small pirate. His power is enough to control all the sea areas around the southern provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Even foreigners from distant countries are not willing to anger him.
After all, ordinary people would never be able to carry hundreds of warships.
"Please confirm it for me! We can't afford to offend Zheng Chenggong. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be able to afford the misunderstanding!" Ma Shiying also felt helpless about what her son Ma Luan did and couldn't do anything about it.
Okay. If it wasn't his own son, he wouldn't have been scolded just like this.
After that, Ma Luan was scolded and left in dejection.
However, Ma Shiying felt that if he really united with Zheng Chenggong, the new dynasty they had established would inevitably overthrow. So he immediately had a sedan prepared and rushed to Liu Liangzuo's camp. At this time, he was arranging the deployment of defenses in preparation for Zhu Cihong's coming to the throne.
Those who are so called still loyal to Chongzhen are bound to make trouble again.
Previously, a total of 10,000 people were sent to guard Guan Ning's army, and 5,000 were sent back and forth. After all, although Guan Ning's army only had 3,000 people, they were first-class elites, and he must not ignore them.
And there were 50,000 troops left, a total of 60,000 troops. Ten thousand soldiers and horses guarded Guan Ning's army, another 20,000 troops were stationed in the city defense, and the remaining 30,000 troops stayed in the camp and could be deployed at any time. Since arriving in Nanjing,
, he never lacked money again. Once he ran out of money, he would lead his troops to the streets and collect some from every household along the streets in the name of collecting taxes.
In this way, the amount of money collected in one day alone was one hundred thousand taels. Not to mention that in one day, only one tenth of the tax money of Nanjing City was collected. Sure enough, the prosperity of Nanjing City was not just a boast.
Such an enjoyable life also meant that after he came to Nanjing, the number of wives and concubines around him instantly reached 20. Every night he had to choose two people to serve him together, so he was so relaxed and happy. If he didn't have to deal with these messes, he would have been there every day
They are all having fun on a woman’s belly.
Seeing Ma Shiying coming, he didn't get up to greet him. He still sat there drinking and said, "Why are you free to come to my place today? Could it be that you are giving me a girl?"
Ma Shiying snorted angrily. In addition to power and money, Liu Liangzuo is a woman. He said coldly: "I arrested a person this morning. He is a traitor."
"Oh, I know."
Liu Liangzuo suddenly smiled and said, obviously this was to ridicule him. He said: "I heard that this person is still the person you trust the most, but I didn't expect that he became a member of the puppet government. According to me, Brother Ma,
Your eye for seeing and recognizing people is really not very good, why not give me the command of your 40,000-strong army, otherwise what will you do if another Zhang Zhengcheng appears?"
Hearing this, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. Ma Shiying naturally would not agree to his request and said: "If you say that I am not good at recognizing people, does that mean that both Ruan Dacheng and you will be traitors? Moreover, with an army of 40,000, can you afford it? Just
I'm afraid you won't be able to conquer them if I give them up to you."
The two of them came together for the sake of power, and they were not loyal ministers. Both of them loved money and power, but Ma Shiying was not so obsessed with women. Now that the two of them have come together, for
What is power is power, supreme power. Regardless of the current cooperation between the two, it is very possible that they will become angry because of power in the future.
"Me and Ruan Dacheng? Brother Ma is so good at joking. I haven't gained power yet. How can I be a traitor? It's Ruan Dacheng. Brother Ma also reminds me that we must monitor this person carefully, in case he becomes a traitor because of the loss of his daughter."
It's not impossible to be a traitor." Liu Liangzuo's words also made Ma Shiying feel helpless.
Then he got to the point directly: "According to my son Ma Luan's report, the person Zhang Zhengcheng met yesterday is very likely Zheng Chenggong! If it is really Zheng Chenggong, and he agreed to this matter, I am afraid it will be a challenge to our rule."
After listening to his words, Liu Liangzuo also clearly had some fear on his face. To be honest, once Zheng Zhilong defected to Chongzhen, they would definitely be attacked from both sides, and their efforts these days would probably be in vain. This Zheng Zhilong is really not easy to mess with, but
Fortunately, he was unwilling to obey the court's orders, so they dared to rebel.
If Zheng Zhilong had always been loyal to Chongzhen, then they would never have any thoughts of rebellion, and even if they had, they would immediately put an end to such thoughts!
"Let's contact Zheng Zhilong and tell him to take his son away and stop staying in Nanjing!" Liu Liangzuo thought for a long time and still felt that Zheng Chenggong was too difficult to mess with. And I heard that this kid is quite patriotic. If he wants to fight
In the name of the country, the three of them must bear the brunt.
But when I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong.
What if Zhang Zhengcheng really cooperated with Zheng Chenggong, let Zheng Zhilong lead an army to threaten Nanjing, and sent him away himself, wouldn't he not even have a hostage?
"Capture him! Let him be a hostage!"
"What?" Ma Shiying suspected that he had heard it wrong. Can Liu Liangzuo's words be defeated by his head? Just now we were all worried about Zheng Chenggong, but you are going to arrest him right now?
"No! Absolutely not!"
"Why?" Liu Liangzuo said anxiously, "Do you have to watch our plan be ruined by Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhilong?"
At that moment, Ma Shiying only thought that Liu Liangzuo was crazy and rushed to the hospital because of his illness. He wanted to arrest people and kill people for any reason. Is this the way to handle everything in the world?
"Why don't you think about it? Whether Zheng Chenggong promised Zhang Zhengcheng or not is one thing. If he didn't agree, they just happened to meet him, but we captured him. Would Zheng Zhilong not know? Would you let others capture your son?
Even if Zheng Chenggong didn't agree to Zhang Zhengcheng at that time, Zheng Zhilong would still beat us!"
Although Liu Liangzuo's method was a little impatient or inappropriate, he still insisted: "Brother Ma, think about it carefully! Whether you agree or not, we have to arrest people. Needless to say, if you don't agree, we won't
Knowing that if we send him out of the city, there will be no hostages! Without the hostages, Zheng Zhilong’s cannons will blast the entire city of Nanjing! Do you want to live guarding this broken city? "
The two of them both calmed down and stood facing each other in rough clothing.
After a long time, I seemed to have figured out the pros and cons. If I stay here, it will be troublesome sooner or later, but if I send him away, once Zheng Zhilong calls, there will not even be a hostage. Ma Shiying then said: "Tell me, when will we arrest them?"
Seeing that Brother Ma understood what he meant, Liu Liangzuo no longer hesitated and said immediately: "Now! I will send people to arrest Zheng Chenggong right away! Hundreds of people are watching him. As long as he is around, Zheng Zhilong will not dare to take action.
He is just such a son! Also, Wu Linzheng and the others must die! If they don’t die, something will happen again.”
"good!"
Ma Shiying only felt that the situation was getting more and more difficult to control, and sighed: "Go and arrest the person, and never let him escape."
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier suddenly came in from the door and reported: "Sir, the man named Zheng Chenggong left the school this morning and is now missing!"
Liu Liangzuo and Liu Liangzuo suddenly felt bad, so Zheng Chenggong must have agreed!
Immediately he said sternly: "Block all roads and gates out of the city, draw a portrait, and tell everyone whoever catches this person will be rewarded with a thousand silver coins!"