"Is Damu here? Come quickly, let him in."

Upon hearing that his disciple Zheng Sen asked for a meeting, Qian Qianyi quickly asked the butler to bring the person over.

Zheng Sen joined Qian three years ago. Not only was his name Sen derived from Qian Qianyi, but his name was also derived from Qian. This shows how much Qian loves this disciple.

Of course, Zheng Sen has a great background. His father was Zheng Zhilong, the Five Tigers Guerrilla General who defeated the Dutch Red-Fare Yi in the Chongzhen year. He was the number one overlord of the Ming Dynasty.

This statement is by no means false. Fujian locals say that "the Zheng family is the Great Wall". The Zheng flag is used to sell foreign goods on the sea. The sphere of influence extends from Japan in Japan in the north to Malujia, Siam, and Chameng in the south. The private troops of the Zheng family include Han people, Japanese, Koreans, Nanyang soldiers, black slaves, etc., and have more than 3,000 warships of all sizes and sizes, several times stronger than Wang Zhi, the maritime overlord of the Jiajing Dynasty. The total military strength of the Ming Dynasty in the southeast was not as strong as that of the Zheng family, and Yu Haimao did not have any "vote".

In this way, Qian Qianyi, as the master of Southeast literary world, was very fond of Zheng Sen, the son of the Overlord of the Sea. In addition to Donglin intending to invoke the Zheng family as a helper, it is also related to the fact that most of the family forces behind the Donglin Party members participated in the maritime trade.

Everyone knows that Tonghai is rich, and most of Tonghai is controlled by the gentry in the southeast. With huge profits, even Qian Qianyi, the literary master, the Donglin leader was very polite to Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian Sea Overlord, and looked up to him a few more.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong was also responsible for the goods sold by the gentry of Jiangnan because the Donglin Party was close to his family. He was not afraid that they would cut off their own money. Then, under the introduction of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of the canal transportation, ordered his son Zheng Fusong to join Qian Qianyi and study at the Imperial College in Nandu.

This move is also the operation of Zheng Zhilong's hope that Zheng can walk from sea to land, from place to court. That is, his generation cannot become a powerful man in the court, and it also means that the next generation of the Zheng family will become a dragon and phoenix among people.

With the help of Qian Qianyi, who had both good students and Zheng's family's great profit, Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother Zheng Hongkui (formerly Zhifeng) was able to be General Caojiang and actually controlled the water defense of the Yangtze River.

Lu Zhenfei, the governor of the canal transportation in Fujian, who was impressed by Zheng Zhilong, even used the Zheng army's navy as the canal soldiers, which enabled the Zheng family's forces to reach the land of Jiangbei for the first time.

At that time, Beijing was in crisis, and Zheng Zhilong was even ready to lead his army north to serve the king. If he succeeded, Zheng Zhilong would not be the Great Wall of Fujian, but the heavy pillar of China.

Unfortunately, the river engineering uprising broke out in Huaiyang not long ago, which made Zheng Zhilong's intention to go north to develop failed. Then Li Zicheng captured Beijing, Chongzhen hanged himself, and the enemy outside the pass entered the pass, which swept the north, which made Zheng Zhilong afraid of the north and dared not to be willing to go north again. Instead, he wanted to participate in supporting matters, so as to draw rivers and govern, and continue to protect his Zheng family's wealth.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong sent a secret letter to his brother General Caojiang Zheng Hongkui. Soon Zheng Hongkui and Lu Zhenfei wanted to support the Emperor of Tang. Zheng Zhilong also sent someone to send heavy gifts to officials from Nandu Xunqi who could speak in the aspect of the successor, trying to make the matter happen.

Among them, Donglin leader Qian Qianyi has the greatest gain.

Under the financial operation of the Zheng family and the selfish intentions of the Donglin Party, this matter almost succeeded. Unfortunately, King Lu of Jiangbei, escorted by the Northern Army, relied on his army to ascend the throne in Nandu, making Zheng Zhilong's intention to get involved in the "Central" again bankrupt.

Due to the disdain for the King of Lu at the beginning, the King of Lu was also very dissatisfied with the Zheng family after he ascended the throne. As a result, the Zheng family has made no major progress in the court in the past two years.

The previous period of Zheng Zhilong's desire for Fujian General Town was also refused by Emperor Hongguang, and even issued an order to scold him.

Zheng Zhilong went to Japan in anger and asked his son Zheng Sen to drop out of the Imperial College. In this regard, he broke the Nandu with one knife and everyone went their own way.

However, Zheng Sen was eager to study, and took Zu Xun, who was dancing with the rooster in the Eastern Jin Dynasty as an example. He was determined to lead his troops to fight the Northern Expedition to restore Yanjing in the future, so he refused to agree to his father's withdrawal from school, and wrote a letter to advise his father not to have a quarrel with the court and to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

My son is too old to do with his father.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't do anything to his son, so he had to continue his studies in Nandu.

However, what Zheng Sen, who was nephew, didn't know was that his uncle Zheng Hongkui had private contact with the bandits in Jiangbei behind him. Not only did he turn a blind eye to the "infiltration" from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, but he also helped Jiangbei to traffic in large quantities of goods from South China. Even without his brother Zheng Zhilong knew about it, he secretly purchased a large amount of military supplies for Jiangbei from Macau, hired technicians, and was actually "joining the bandits".

"Damu is afraid he will go back to Fujian for the New Year."

If someone comes to visit, unless you are a good family member, Liu Rushi, the inner relative, will retreat. However, the student of her husband, Liu Rushi, as a teacher's wife and elder, does not need to be avoided.

It was really Liu Rushi who said that Zheng Sen came to pay homage to his mentor this time, and he said goodbye to his mentor and returned home for the New Year. But at the same time, there was another important matter to report to his mentor.

After a while, Zheng Sen, wearing a Confucian shirt, came to the teacher's study. Seeing that the master's wife was also there, he hurried forward and saluted respectfully.

"How is your studies recently? I haven't urged you for some days, so you can't waste your studies." Looking at the handsome student Zheng Sen, Qian Qianyi liked it the more he looked at it.

Zheng Sen hurriedly said that he did not dare to delay his studies, and he was also a top student in the previous year.

"Damu is so eager to learn, and he is also happy to be a teacher." Qian Qianyi nodded. Of course he knew how his disciple was studying in the Imperial College.

"Study matters should last long and not be complacent because of their temporary excellence." Liu Rushi, as his teacher's wife, also encouraged and warned Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen heard it one by one, and after hesitating for a moment, he exposes what was pressing on his heart and says with a worrying look on his face: "Disciples do not dare to hide their mentors. Yesterday, I received a letter from my father, which said that the thief sent an envoy to Jinxia."

"Suit thief?"

Qian Qianyi was stunned, then was shocked, realizing something, and said in a lost voice: "Is it because Shunzi wants to persuade you to rebel against your father?"

Liu Rushi was also shocked.

Zheng Sen nodded and said, "In his letter, his father said that his father was the Duke of Min and was appointed as the governor of Fujian and Guangdong."

"ah?!"

Qian Qian's sneer changed his brilliance. He didn't expect that Shunzhe would win over Zheng Zhilong, and he was so generous and was not stingy in his title. It should be noted that Zheng Zhilong had asked him to operate in the previous period to fight for the position of Fujian General Town and asked for an earl, but the emperor refused. Now Shunzhe gave him the Duke and Governor, how could Zheng Zhilong not be moved?

If Zheng Zhilong was attracted by the thief and persuaded to rebel, and it was time for slavery to change, wouldn’t the Southeast be overthrown immediately?

"Your father, your father, have you agreed to the thief?"

Qian Qianyi was both shocked and angry, fearing that Zheng Zhilong had rebelled.

Fortunately, the disciple Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "My father did not say it clearly in his letter, but just asked the disciple to return home quickly. The disciple thought that his father should be discussing with me."

Upon hearing this, Qian Qianyi was slightly relieved. As long as Zheng Zhilong did not immediately, he would be fine. The matter should be reported to the court for a quick report.

After considering it, he suddenly asked Zheng Sen: "What should you do if your father is deceived by obedience?"

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved both. Disciples vow to be loyal ministers!"
Chapter completed!