After deciding to defect to Dahua, Hong Chengchou began to think about it. Since ancient times, there has been a saying of surrender in the world, and the same is true in official circles. If you want to defect to a new boss, how can you make people believe in your sincerity, and how can you get the benefits after defecting to others?
The trust of the other party is a science. But I still have to replace all the governors, chief envoys and other officials in Jiangsu and Anhui. In addition, I give you a task. After you return to Jiangnan, after you return to Jinling
Be prepared to regain Zhejiang and Fujian. I will give you one year. If you can regain Zhejiang and Fujian within one year, you can choose the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War or the Second Assistant to the Cabinet. If you cannot
The whole territory of Jiangnan will be liberated within a year. I won’t punish you, just hand me your resignation and go home to farm... Get better!"
"I accept the order and thank you!"
Hong Chengchou respectfully kowtowed three more times, then stood up, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have another unkind request!"
Pang Gang raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Are there any conditions? Tell me and see if I can satisfy you."
Hong Chengchou cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have less than 50,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River now, and because they are all soldiers and horses of the former Ming Dynasty. The morale of the army is not uniform. If I can pacify Zhejiang with these troops and horses, I can do it, but if I want to pacify Fujian, I will
But I feel helpless."
Listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Pang Gang gradually smiled and murmured: "Fujian...Zheng Zhilong...it is Zheng Zhilong's family." Hong Chengchou also began to look serious, "Although Zheng Zhilong and his son are close,
Their reputation has not improved over the years, but this does not mean that they have no strength. As far as I know, the navy owned by the Zheng family at this time is still quite large, with more than 100 large warships and more than 200 medium-sized warships.
There are more than 400 small warships and more than 600 merchant ships. The coast of Fujian is still dominated by the Zheng family. Their merchant ships travel between Nanyang and Fujian every month, bringing a large amount of wealth to the Zheng family. Lao Chen
Although I am determined to regain Fujian for Your Majesty, I know that I am no match for Zheng Zhilong. Your Majesty, if you want to regain Fujian, you will have to mobilize a large number of naval forces in conjunction with the land route."
"Well!" Pang Gang glanced at Hong Chengchou approvingly and praised: "The fact that you think like this proves that you are not dizzy and your mind is still clear. In this case, I promise you that after the Chinese New Year, I will be dispatched from the Qingzhou Navy
A navy will cooperate with you, and I will send a legion from Shandong under your command. In addition, if there is any need for food, wages and equipment, you can give me a discount and I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to handle it for you. If there is more, I will do it for you.
I can still afford two million taels, but I won’t let the soldiers on the front line go to the battlefield hungry.”
"I thank you Lord for your kindness!"
Hong Chengchou was so excited that his eyes were red, his nose was sore, and he knelt down to thank him again. At this moment, he finally realized what it meant to be wealthy. When he was following Chongzhen in the past, the Ministry of Accounts could allocate hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which was already a lot.
What a great thing. Now this new boss just says that if you need anything, just tell me. If you don’t have one or two million taels of silver, you still have it. Listen, what does it mean to be rich?
It’s called big money!
Before this, Hong Chengchou also planned to get some money at a discount, but he only planned to ask for four to five million taels of silver, but Pang Gang just waved his hand and agreed to one or two million taels of silver. Alas.
...This person is really incomparable!
However, while Hong Chengchou was grateful, he also secretly made up his mind. The emperor is so interesting that we have to appreciate him. He promised to give us one or two million. We only need one million taels. Otherwise, how can we show our
What's Lao Hong's ability?
Seeing Hong Chengchou's excitement, Pang Gang smiled slightly. For Pang Gang, weapons and armor were not a problem. With the endless supply of tungsten mines in Jiangxi, he could have as many of these things as he wanted. Even though he had promised to give Hong Chengchou so much just now.
Silver, but if Hong Chengchou really had to spend millions of taels of silver to pacify Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong, then he would be too incompetent. From now on, his score in Pang Gang's heart will naturally drop a notch. Of course, these things are only
Possibility can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words, as long as the person involved understands it.
Seeing that everything was done, Pang Gang stood up with a smile and said. "Okay, now that we have finished talking, Xiao Dezi, you will lead Eunuch Cao to meet the Supreme Emperor. Hong Chengchou, it is rare for you to come to the capital.
How can I not show my friendship as a landlord? Come on, I will be your host today. I will treat you to a drink in the elegant seat of Zuixian Tower!"
After saying that, Pang Gang took the lead and walked outside, followed by the excited Hong Chengchou and Shi Bowen... Palace of Cultivation of the Heart in the Forbidden City
After Chongzhen's family had dinner, they habitually went to the pavilion to enjoy the shade and take a walk together. Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan habitually tested the homework of Zhu Cixiang, Zhu Yuluo and others. Chongzhen walked in the corridor with his hands behind his back, and Wang Chengen
Follow closely behind him.
After walking for a while, Chongzhen suddenly asked: "Dad companion, I heard that many of my Zhu family's children are going to the palace to see me today. Is that so?"
Wang Chengen lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, yes, but they were all stopped by the servants."
Chongzhen's brows moved invisibly and he asked: "What do they want to see me for?"
Wang Chengen hesitated to speak, and said hesitantly: "This... is not a big deal. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry."
"Um!"
Chongzhen stopped and turned around, looked directly at Wang Chengen, and said dissatisfiedly: "What happened...tell me the truth!"
Although Chongzhen has already ascended the throne, he still has the majesty of the emperor after many years. When he gets angry now, Wang Chengen cannot resist it.
"Plop!" With a sound, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and trembled: "Your Majesty, my servant said. A few days ago, the new emperor issued a decree to nationalize the imperial estates of the descendants of the Zhu family. These imperial estates have a lot of fertile land.
There are more than three million acres in the capital city alone. The descendants of the Zhu family were dissatisfied and went to kowtow outside the Meridian Gate to complain. However, they were kicked out by the guards of the palace. Seeing that they had no choice, they cried to His Majesty, but
...But I think that since Your Majesty has abdicated, you should not pay attention to these common things, so I boldly took the initiative to block them back. Your Majesty, I am wrong, please deal with me!"
After saying this, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
After hearing this, Chongzhen closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time before roaring angrily: "Assholes... they are all bastards!"
Chongzhen's voice was so loud that it alarmed Queen Zhou, Concubine Yuan and others who were not far away. They followed the sound in a panic and saw Chongzhen standing on the ground with angry eyes, while Wang Chengen was kneeling on the ground.
After kowtowing repeatedly and being surrounded by people who didn't know what was going on, Queen Zhou asked: "Your Majesty, what is going on? What is it that makes you so angry?"
With an angry look on his face, Chongzhen's chest kept rising and falling. After a long time, he pointed at Wang Cheng'en and said, "My companion, please get up and tell the queen and others what happened."
Wang Chengen, who was kneeling on the ground, quickly stood up, lowered his eyebrows and told Queen Zhou and the others exactly what had happened. After listening, Queen Zhou and others couldn't help but look at each other, and none of them knew what to say.
Seeing the silent crowd, Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into tears and shouted sadly: "Are these unscrupulous descendants of the Zhu family really willing to piss me off to death?"
Zhu Cixiang, the former prince on the side, saw his father being so angry. He walked up to Chongzhen with some confusion, pulled his arm and asked in a low voice: "Father, I don't understand, those imperial villages were originally ours."
From the Zhu family, now that the emperor has taken away the imperial village, what will our descendants of the Zhu family eat? Doesn’t the new emperor mean to starve our descendants of the Zhu family to death?"
"madness!"
Chongzhen was so angry that he wanted to give Zhu Cixiang a slap in the face, but when he saw Zhu Cixiang's childish face, he put down his raised hand and said angrily: "Zitong, come and tell Cixiang.
"
Empress Zhou walked to Zhu Cixiang and stretched out her jade hands to embrace him. She said lovingly: "My child, you are still young. There are some things you don't understand yet. Things in this world are not that simple. Sometimes they are also very complicated."
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Zhu Cixi protested unconvinced: "Mother, what's so complicated? Huangzhuang was originally the property left to the Zhu family by our Zhu family's ancestors, and we deserve it. Why did the emperor take it away without even saying a word?
Come on, he is too bullying."
"Cijiong, shut up!" Now it was Empress Zhou's turn to be angry. She shouted in a low voice: "The ancestors of the Zhu family left many imperial estates to the children of the Zhu family. Logically speaking, it should be our Zhu family.
The family's property, but things cannot be viewed this way. For example, if the Emperor Zhao of the previous Song Dynasty left millions of acres of imperial estates to his descendants, do you think we should also recognize those imperial estates?
They all belong to the Zhao family, and should they be left to the descendants of the Zhao family in a proper manner?"
"This... this time it's Zhu Cijiong's turn to be mute. Although he is young, he is not stupid. If he becomes the emperor. The Zhao family of the former Song Dynasty really left millions of acres of imperial estate, will he regulate it?
Should he properly admit the Zhao family's ownership of these imperial estates? In the end, Zhu Cixi found that he really couldn't admit it. After all, who wouldn't be jealous of such a large piece of fertile land? How could a remnant of the previous dynasty own so much land?
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong was speechless for a moment.
Seeing the silent Zhu Cijiong, Chongzhen said: "What, I can't say anything? The struggle for change in the past dynasties is so cruel. Which new dynasty has not tried its best to kill all the royal families of the previous dynasty to avoid leaving behind troubles? Pang Gangneng
Promising me to leave a way for the Zhu family to survive is already very generous. But those idiots still want to keep such a large piece of imperial estate. Can they keep it? If they really want to stay, even if they stay in the future,
The Pang family will not pursue it for the sake of your father and your sister. But what about the ministers of Dahua, will they be willing to do so?"
Because he spoke too hastily, Chongzhen took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said: "Our Zhu family has been in power for nearly three hundred years. We have left tens of thousands of descendants, and have occupied countless fields. No one has ever done so in the past."
We can't do anything about it because we are still sitting in the world, but now that we have lost power, we have to bow our heads and behave like human beings. Besides, some people have gone too far. I heard that our Zhu family has occupied nearly three thousand of the fertile land in the Imperial Village for generations.
Tens of millions of acres of fertile land, thirty million acres! Think about it, how much fertile land is there in the whole world, and how much has our Zhu family occupied? Can they, who have lost power, maintain such a huge amount of land?"
Hearing this, Zhu Cixiang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He was already fifteen or sixteen years old this year, but he was raised as a prince before. He was not blind to the world situation. It turns out that the entire Ming Dynasty's arable land was only a small amount.
It reaches 200 million acres, and the descendants of the Zhu family only account for 10 to 20 percent of the farmland, and it is all the best fertile land. Isn’t this a child carrying gold bricks through the busy city, looking for death?
"Father, the child is wrong."
Zhu Cijiong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. At this moment, he realized that his father's eldest companion, Wang Chengen, did not let the descendants of the Zhu family see his father. He was protecting them. If they were allowed to continue to cause trouble, let alone those things.
If the Huangzhuang property is lost, I'm afraid even my life will be lost.
Seeing Zhu Cihong's face turning pale, Chongzhen sighed, patted his shoulder and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, the world is no longer our Zhu family's world. You must realize this, otherwise sooner or later,
It will cause big trouble, do you understand?"
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Yes, Father, I have remembered it."
"Well, just remember."
Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang with a happy smile on his face. He was about to say something when he found a young eunuch hurriedly walking from the side. This eunuch Chongzhen recognized. He was Xiao Dezi, the personal eunuch beside Pang Gang.
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"Hey, what is he here for?"
Just when doubts arose in Chongzhen's mind, Xiao Dezi had already come to their side, knelt down and kowtowed to Chongzhen and said: "My slave, Xiao Dezi, has met His Majesty the Emperor, His Highness the Queen Mother, and all Your Highnesses!"
"Without courtesy." Chongzhen raised his hand to let Xiao Dezi get up, and then asked: "Xiao Dezi, if you don't follow the emperor, why are you here here?"
Xiao Dezi smiled and replied obediently: "Your Majesty, please don't treat me badly. Today, I have sent someone to the Emperor according to the emperor's order. This person is very courageous. Today, even the emperor
He scolded me all the time, and the emperor had no choice, so he asked his servant to bring him to you."
"Even the emperor dares to scold him? Who is so bold?" Zhu Yuyao on the side covered her mouth and exclaimed. She had always lived in the palace and could not imagine that someone would dare to insult the current emperor.
Xiao Dezi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness Princess, the Emperor said that he has no control over this person, so the Emperor asked his slaves to send him to the Supreme Emperor. You see, he is already here." After that, Xiao Dezi said.
The child's hand points towards the back.
Everyone looked back following Xiao Dezi's gaze. For a moment, everyone almost seemed to be under a restraining spell. They all became sluggish... Cao Huachun, it turned out to be him... To be continued. If you like
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