After the attack, Yao Qisheng was really scared. He didn't expect that in broad daylight, someone would attack the imperial envoy's convoy outside Quanzhou City.

Yao Qisheng immediately found the governor Tong Dafang after he was safe. After all, the governor was also responsible for the local military and had to bear joint and several liability. Yao Qisheng wanted to ask why the local security in Fujian is so poor?

But Yao Qisheng is an opponent of an old bureaucrat like Tong Dafang. Tong Dafang gave him only one answer, there is no way, Fujian is like this!

In fact, what Tong Dafang said is true. Fujian, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou are the old nests of Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan. There are most of the big merchants in this place that have a relationship with the Zheng family. It is impossible to completely isolate the influence of the Zheng family.

Finally, Tong Dafang said coldly: "Sir, you were coming to Quanzhou by yourself. I and the National Taiwan Master have persuaded you, but now things happen but we blame us. Isn't that good!"

Yao Qisheng had nothing to say when he heard Tong Dafang say this. At that time, he decided to come to Quanzhou in order to contact the Zheng family, but he did not expect that the situation in Fujian was so complicated. The two forces in Quanzhou were intertwined and he could not understand it at all.

When Yao Qisheng left Beijing, he thought he was the emperor's imperial envoy, and it would be easy to solve the Zheng family when he arrived in Fujian, but he did not expect that Fujian was so complicated. Thinking of this, Yao Qisheng had to ask in a low voice: "Master Futai, please ask what is the situation in Fujian?"

Tong Dafang saw Yao Qisheng bowing his head, and felt proud. You were a fifth-grade military aircraft, but were favored by the emperor as an imperial envoy. Now that you are on my land, you still want to act as a mighty person? If Grandpa hadn’t wanted to save your life, you would have killed you long ago!

"Imperial envoy, you don't know that the Zheng family is not a monolithic. According to Huang Wu, who defected last year, the Zheng family is partly divided into two factions. Chen Yonghua's civil officials wanted to negotiate, and some were Zheng Zhilong's old subordinates back then. These people wanted to maintain the status quo and planned to separatist Taiwan and fight against the central government. The most powerful of these people is the Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai brothers who occupy the two islands of Jinxia!"

When Yao Qisheng heard Tong Dafang say this, he quickly asked: "What should I do! This time I am a high hope for the emperor, and I must promote the peace talks!"

After Yao Qisheng said that, he looked at Tong Dafang with earnest eyes, hoping that he would have any good solutions, but he didn't know that Tong Dafang closed his eyes and seemed to have not heard Yao Qisheng's request.

Yao Qisheng knew that this old guy was pretending to be a big shot, but there was nothing he could do. His hope for promotion was in Fujian. As long as he did it well, he would have the opportunity to be promoted. Otherwise, he would be a low-level official from the fifth rank for his whole life.

Yao Qisheng didn't care about the officialdom, but stood up and bowed deeply and said, "Mr. Tong, when you first came, you may have disrespectful to Mr. Tong in words. That's all the young and ignorant boy. Please forgive me!"

Tong Dafang laughed when he heard Yao Qisheng say this, "Xizhi, what are you doing? Please get up quickly!" Although Yao Qisheng's official position was low, he was an imperial envoy after all, and the agent sent by the emperor to Fujian. Now he saluted Tong Dafang, which has already put his posture very low.

Tong Dafang stood up and helped Yao Qisheng up, and said with a smile: "Xizhi, listen, I'm here.

You said you are from Kuaiji, Zhejiang, and I am from Longquan, so we are still fellow villagers! Don’t worry about the Zheng family, I will definitely think of a safe way for you!”

Tong Dafang pretended to think for a while, and then said, "Xizhi, Kinmen Xiamen is now a stumbling block between us and Taiwan. If you want to have direct contact with Zheng Chenggong, you have to kick out these two stumbling blocks. So I think it's better to do this. Can we send troops to capture Kinmen Xiamen?"

The power structure in Fujian is now like this. Yuan Pengnian is in charge of the military affairs of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, and Tong Dafang is in charge of Fujian's civil affairs. However, Tong Dafang's full official title is the governor of Fujian local governments, and he also manages food and money. Therefore, Tong Dafang is also responsible for Fujian's military affairs, and only focuses on civil affairs.

However, after Yao Qisheng, an imperial envoy, came to Fujian's power structure changed. Yao Qisheng's order was to inspect Fujian's coastal defense. At the same time, because Yao Qisheng was the spokesperson of the emperor, he naturally became the governor and governor when he arrived in Fujian. This was also one of the main reasons why Yuan Pengnian and Tong Dafang dislike Yao Qisheng.

Now there are three leaders in the Fujian army. If you want to take any action, all three leaders must agree, so Tong Dafang wants to convince Yao Qisheng.

When Yao Qisheng heard that he was going to fight, he frowned and said, "Mr. Tong, my former emperor said that the Taiwan issue must be resolved peacefully. After all, both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese, and it is really not good to kill one's own people!" In fact, the emperor Zhu Hongsan was cruel and ruthless, so he didn't care whether his own people or not. It was just that Zhu Hongsan was very envious of Zheng Chenggong's naval power. This was the major force that followed Zheng Zhilong on the East Asian sea back then, but the more than 100,000 skilled sailors were a considerable wealth. Therefore, peacefully resolving Zheng Chenggong and accepting his sailors was Zhu Hongsan's real purpose.

Zhu Hongsan has been robbing and cheating for more than ten years and has received a large number of pirates and surrendered. He finally got more than 20,000 sailors. However, the empire is now too large. Liaodong in the north needs a navy, Japan needs a navy to suppress it, Tianjin as the throat of the capital needs a fleet to be stationed, Songjiang Prefecture, as the outlet of the Yangtze River also needs a fleet to be stationed, and Fujian needs a fleet to be stationed here, and there are also fleets that need to be guarded everywhere in Zheng Chenggong, Guangdong, Hainan, Luzon, and Annan. More than 20,000 sailors are not enough.

Yao Qisheng has been in the Military Affairs Office for several years, so he naturally knew the emperor's little thoughts. Now the Imperial Navy is intractable with the Dutch in Batavia. The most important thing is that the navy is not as strong as the Dutch. However, it is not that the hardware strength is not good. Zhu Hongsan's navy has completely learned from the Spanish and has no weakness compared to the Dutch, but the amount of water is insufficient.

Yao Qisheng thought that he was preparing to negotiate with Zheng Chenggong, but now he has to fight. Can this peace talk be successful?

"Mr. Tong, this battle is easy to fight, but what if the battle is over if it is broken, what can I do if the road to peace talks with the Zheng family?"

"Don't worry, Lord of the Imperial Commander, the two brothers Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai have never taken Zheng Chenggong to heart. Let's deal with these two people for Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong is too late to thank him. How can we resent us? What's more, taking down the Jinxia Island at the gate of Quanzhou will open up transportation with Taiwan. Isn't it more beneficial to the peace talks?"

Yao Qisheng thought about it and now he could only do this: "Okay, just follow what Lord Tong said!"

Tong Dafang was overjoyed when he heard Yao Qisheng's agreement. As an imperial envoy, Yao Qisheng, as long as he agreed, even if he defeated him, it had nothing to do with the Fujian local officials. At that time, Tong Dafang could write that Yao Qisheng was attacked by Zheng Lian, and then he was so angry that he sent troops to attack Jinxiao Island. He and the Governor had no success in admonition.

In order to prevent Zheng Chenggong from harassing the coastal areas of Fujian, Zhu Hongsan established the generals of the Eight Guards in Fuzhou. From Fuzhou, it was Zhendong Guard, Pinghai Guard, Chongwu Guard, Yongning Guard, Gaopu Guard, Zhenhai Guard, Liu Aowei, and Tongshan Guard. These eight guards were controlled by the generals, and each guard ranged from 8,000 to 15,000. Among them, Yongning, Gaopu and Zhenhai Guards, which surround the two islands of Jinxia, ​​the strongest.

The three guards have a total of 42,000 troops, 16,000 navy, five 500-ton Western warships, and hundreds of other traditional Chinese warships. This strength may not be comparable to Zheng Chenggong's overall strength, but it is already stronger than Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai in Kinmen and Xiamen.

As the first line of defense of the Zheng family group, the main general is Zheng Lian, the clan brother of Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Lian is cruel and easy to kill, but he is definitely a good player in naval battles. At the same time, there are more than 100,000 residents and 30,000 troops on Xiamen Island. The main general of Kinmen is Zheng Cai. Although his ability is not as good as Zheng Lian, he is also an outstanding figure in the second generation of the Zheng family. There are more than 10,000 troops garrisoned by Kinmen, and more than 200 naval warships.

The three leaders of the Fujian army reached an agreement, and the following is the matter for the generals. The commander-in-chief of this battle was Tong Guonai, the former governor of Fujian in Qing Dynasty. Now he is the navy admiral stationed in Quanzhou. He is the top leader of the Fujian navy. The front-line commander was Ma Hegong, General of Yongning Guard, General of Gaopu Guard, and General of Zhenhai Guard, Huang Wu.

Tong Guonai sighed after receiving the letter from the governor's yamen. He didn't expect that he had come to Fujian. He originally planned to make a contribution and then climb up the officialdom, but now there is news from Beijing that he must lose this battle, and it seems that he is going to take the blame again. Although Tong Tuchang guaranteed Tong Guonai's safety in the letter, Tong Guonai had been in the officialdom for a long time and knew that his superiors' guarantee was like farts. He would just listen to it. In the end, he still needed to take the blame himself.

But Tong Guonai had no choice. He relied on Tong Tuchang's uncle and nephew. If he was obedient, he still had a way out. Thinking of this, Tong Guonai sighed. He had no choice but to rely on others now.

The leader has already set the general policy, and what remains is how these generals implement it. Tong Guonai brought the generals of the Three Guards to discuss how to fight this battle, mainly how to lose.

After Tong Guonai and three other generals entered the house, they read the governor's writings and said, "Everyone knows it! Master Jiantai, Master Futai, and the imperial envoy reached an agreement to solve the Zheng family army on the second island of Jinxia. What do you think?"

Huang Wu's wife and children died in Taiwan, and he was the only one who escaped. Naturally, he hated the Zheng family to the core. Huang Wu now heard that the court was finally going to attack the Zheng family and said happily: "Please rest assured, the General must obey the general order and eliminate the Zheng family army on the two islands of Jinxia!"

Among the three guards, Huang Wu had the lowest status. Ma Degong was the governor of Nanjing back then, and Meng Qiaofang was even more powerful. He was the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi. But now he surrendered to Zhu Hongsan, so he had no choice but to be the general.

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