hiss--
Shi Fu took a breath.
yes!
If Chongzhen did not want to pass the throne to the crown prince, there was no need to let the crown prince come to Beijing.
etc--
Shi Fu felt something was wrong again, and he said, "The crown prince is the eldest son, and the throne can only belong to him in the future."
Zheng Zhilong patted Shi Fu on the shoulder and said, "That's true, but there are exceptions to everything. With your majesty's control over the court, it only takes one imperial decree to depose the crown prince. The six ministries in the cabinet may object, but it's only verbal opposition and there's no way to stop it!"
Shi Fu thought about it again and reminded: "Sir, the prince's affairs have nothing to do with us, right?"
"Of course it is related!" Zheng Zhilong explained: "Given your majesty's temper, he will settle accounts with us sooner or later. Mr. Qian's intention is to let me surrender to the prince to save my life."
"The prince is not stupid. He will never accept our surrender when he knows that we are siding with the enemy!"
“So we need Mr. Qian to operate in the middle!”
"This...will this work?" Shi Fu was very skeptical. "Even if the prince accepts our surrender, if Your Majesty holds him accountable, the prince will not dare to go against Your Majesty. He will still not be able to save his life at that time. It is better to rebel to save his life!"
"I understand the truth, but running away and rebelling are the worst options. We should not do that unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Okay!"
Under Zheng Zhilong's arrangement, Shi Fu left Zheng's mansion and went to the nearest bank to prepare the silver to handle the relationship.
Shortly after Shi Fu left, he hurried back.
As he ran, he shouted, "General, something terrible has happened."
Zheng Zhilong had just asked his servants to clean up the room and put a new set of tea sets on the table.
He was making tea when Shi Fu shouted. He looked outside and asked, "What's the panic?"
"The young master rode away on his horse."
"Alone or with a family?"
"I ran away alone."
Zheng Zhilong put down the teapot, picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying, "Let him run away. He has grown wings and cannot be controlled! Anyway, his wife and children are here. He will come back sooner or later."
"What if the young master..."
"Don't worry, I have already taken his military token. And I will send a message to the Fujian Navy right now. Without the military token, not a single soldier can be mobilized."
Seeing that Zheng Zhilong, his father, didn't care, Shi Fu didn't take Zheng Chenggong to heart and left Zheng's mansion to go to the money shop.
After Zheng Chenggong left the Zheng mansion on horseback, he did not go to the beach, but ran to the home of his confidant Hong Xu.
Hong Xu was very surprised by Zheng Chenggong's arrival. He poured a cup of tea and asked, "Sir, why are you here?"
Zheng Chenggong picked up the teacup, drank the tea in it and said, "Follow me."
Hong Xu asked: "Where are we going?"
Zheng Chenggong replied: "Go kill the traitor!"
"Traitor? Shi Lang?"
"right."
Hong Xu thought for a moment and said, "But I haven't heard that he's back."
Zheng Chenggong gritted his teeth and said: "Although he is not here, his family is here."
Hong Xu was shocked and asked quickly, "Do you want to kill them?"
"Yes! If Shi Lang had committed other crimes, everything would be fine. But Shi Lang surrendered to the enemy, which is unforgivable! If we don't kill his family, we will be sorry for the soldiers and civilians who were killed by the Jian Nu."
Hong Xu looked embarrassed: "But..."
Zheng Chenggong was getting impatient. He stood up and pointed at Hong Xu's nose: "Are you going or not? If you don't want to go, I'll go by myself!"
"Go, I am your soldier, I will go wherever you tell me to go!"
"I'll give you half a day to organize a hundred people. Once you're all here, set off immediately."
“Isn’t one hundred a little too few?”
"One hundred people are enough! The more people there are, the louder the noise will be, and the longer it will take to prepare, which will easily alert the enemy."
"Since you have spoken, I will prepare now!" Hong Xu stretched out his right hand: "Please take out the military token, and I will gather a hundred men in the army immediately."
Zheng Chenggong shook his head: "There is no military token!"
Hong Xu tilted his head and asked, "No?"
"Yes!" Zheng Chenggong was very serious: "This is a personal grudge between Shi Lang and me. Killing his family is also my personal idea! If you agree, go and greet them quickly. If you don't agree, just pretend I have never been here!"
After saying this, Zheng Chenggong stood up and was about to walk out.
Zheng Chenggong's military token had been confiscated by Zheng Zhilong.
But Hong Xu was not aware of this, and Zheng Chenggong took advantage of this time difference to mobilize his troops.
Therefore, he could only mobilize a small number of elite troops. After all, when the number of people increased, military tokens would be needed.
Hong Xu reached out to stop Zheng Chenggong. He patted his chest and said, "My life belongs to you, sir. As long as you give the order, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Then quickly gather the troops and prepare for action." Zheng Chenggong gave some more instructions before letting Hong Xu leave.
While waiting for Hong Xu to return, Zheng Chenggong began to think about how to find and kill Shi Lang's family.
It was not easy to kill Shi Lang's family.
Shi Lang had two family members, his father Shi Daxuan and his younger brother Shi Xian.
Shi Daxuan has another identity: one of the members of Eighteen Zhi.
The Eighteen Zhi is an organization composed of pirate merchants, founded in the fifth year of Tianqi.
The main members included Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiguan, Zheng Zhifeng, Li Guozhu, Yang Tiansheng, Chen Zhongji, Hong Xu, Gan Hui, Yang Liu, Yang Qi, Zhong Bin, Li Kuiqi, He Bin, Guo Huaiyi, and Shi Lang's father Shi Daxuan, a total of 18 people.
After its establishment, the organization soon encountered internal strife.
The two biggest leaders of the Eighteen Zhi, Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, had different opinions.
The former surrendered to the court and attacked Liu Xiang under the banner of the court.
After a series of battles, Liu Xiang was killed.
Shibazhi also transformed himself into Zheng's army.
As one of the former members of the Eighteen Zhi, Shi Daxuan has at least a thousand people under his command.
A strong attack obviously won't work.
The only way is to outsmart it.
What to do?
At noon, Hong Xu returned with his men.
These more than one hundred people were naval officers and soldiers who followed Zheng Chenggong to Liaodong.
They disbanded immediately after their triumphant return and reunited with their families.
He was completely unaware of Zheng Zhilong's military orders.
Even if they knew the military order, it would not prevent them from following Zheng Chenggong to kill people.
After all, these people are basically Zheng Chenggong's confidants.
It can be mobilized without military tokens.
In their eyes, Zheng Chenggong's face is a military symbol.
No...
Zheng Chenggong's face is more effective than his military talisman.
Looking at these one hundred people, Zheng Chenggong already had an idea in his mind.
He asked Hong Xu: "Have you found Shi Daxuan's whereabouts?"
Hong Xu nodded: "Found it, at home."
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