Being loyal to the Ming Dynasty and being a loyal minister is a matter of great right and wrong. Zhu Yongxing also wanted to talk about reviving the Ming Dynasty. After Yongli died, Zheng Chenggong also wanted to wear the name of a Ming minister, not to mention Zheng Jing?
If Zheng Jing dared to shave his hair, change his clothes, and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, his soldiers and generals, as well as the officials and gentry people who followed the Zheng family, would not agree at first; he could do it if he was domineering and disrespectful to the court, but with the Ming Dynasty
When the soldiers met each other, they were completely torn apart, and he could not bear the reputation of "a traitor and a traitor".
Of course, Zhu Yongxing will not push too hard. The current primary enemy is the Qing Dynasty. He will not adopt the approach of first appeasement at home and then outside the country. The Ming Army Navy has gone through a lot of hard work to establish it and has high hopes for it.
He will not let it be consumed by internal strife.
After a long conversation with Chen Ba, Zhu Yongxing further determined the strategy he would adopt in this internal strife of the Zheng family. It was very simple. The main thing was one word - dragging. Dragging the title of King Yanping, dragging the national surname.
Zheng Jing's reputation prevented Zheng Jing from being tough and unable to gain enough prestige. Then, during Zheng Jing's internal purge, he gathered a large number of his disloyal soldiers. It would be best to use his rapidly expanding strength to force Zheng Jing to abandon Jinsha and return to Taiwan for business.
.If you can't help, don't add to the trouble. Give up half of the golden waterway. Well, this is Zhu Yongxing's idea.
"In the battle of Chaozhou, you contributed a lot to the fight with your bravery." Zhu Yongxing had already made up his mind and suddenly changed the subject, "The Marquis Zhongyong is worthy of his name! I have issued an order to restore your title."
Chen Ba was stunned and quickly stood up to thank him.
When Chen Ba came to join him, in order to give Zheng Chenggong a step up, Zhu Yongxing took him in and at the same time gave Chen Ba the punishment of being demoted and awaiting punishment. Now that the Zheng family is in internal strife, Zhu Yongxing decided to make good use of Chen Ba's example in order to win over Zheng Chenggong.
The show of kindness is on the one hand, the original Zheng family soldiers brought by Chen Ba will be dispersed and deployed, and they have been digested by the navy. On the other hand, Zhu Yongxing no longer worries about Chen Ba's repeated actions.
Chen Ba is also a smart man and has guessed some of Zhu Yongxing's thoughts. But to him, this is nothing. In the Ming Navy, families like the Zheng family have almost no nepotism. As long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds,
. will not be buried. And the trainee officers who enter the navy's martial arts hall in batches are young and motivated, which further reduces the space for the arrogance and domineering veteran officers.
Such a relatively simple environment actually makes Chen Ba feel happy. He no longer has to consider all kinds of complicated interpersonal relationships and worry that he is not a direct descendant of someone and will be left out. He only needs to focus on fighting and making meritorious deeds. As for himself
Chen Ba is still very confident in his ability.
Although Zhu Yongxing already had a reputation for benevolence, Chen Ba knew that he could not integrate the scattered forces of Nanming with his benevolence alone. Yongli was also kind and cowardly, but what was the use? And in taking him and his subordinates in,
, as well as his attitude and methods towards the Zheng family, Chen Ba also recognized Zhu Yongxing's shrewdness, wisdom and courage.
Although he was a kind master, he could not be bullied. He also had a ruthless nature and severely punished the culprits of the Guangzhou massacre. This was an example. After Chen Ba realized this, he understood why Zhu Yongxing was able to reach this point.
In this position, even the emperor is not qualified, let alone the clan staying behind. Times make heroes. It is not only the force to resist the Qing that needs a banner to stabilize people's hearts, Zhu Yongxing's personal ability must not be ignored.
"Marquis Zhongyong, you are both loyal and brave, so I think highly of you." Zhu Yongxing joked with a smile, reached for a wooden box, and motioned to Chen Ba to take it.
"Thank you for the gift, Your Highness." Chen Ba took the wooden box and bowed deeply.
No matter what Zhu Yongxing rewarded, it represented recognition. In addition, the official was reinstated and he could play his own banner. Chen Ba knew the weight of this wooden box.
"You don't have to be polite, Marquis Zhongyong." Zhu Yongxing motioned Chen Ba to sit down, gave some warm words of comfort, and made some explanations before personally sending Chen Ba away.
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Zheng Chenggong led his troops to take Taiwan, and ordered Zheng Jing to guard Siming (Xiamen) and control the coastal islands. Zheng Jing was nineteen years old at the time and had married the granddaughter of Tang Xianyue, the minister, but they could not get along with each other. He was married to Chen, the wet nurse of his fourth brother.
They had an affair and gave birth to a son, named Zheng Kezang. At first, Zheng Jing reported to his father that his concubine had given birth to a son. Zheng Chenggong was happy to have a grandson and rewarded him with some property.
In the ethical concept at that time, "three fathers and eight mothers, and the wet nurse is one of them", which means that Zheng Jing's move was incestuous in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats. Therefore, Tang Xianyue complained about his granddaughter and wrote to Zheng Chenggong to criticize him
, accusing him of "This is not a good way to run the family, how can he run the country safely?"
Zheng Chenggong was furious when he heard about it. He sent Huang Yu, the governor, to hold the order arrows and paint three dragon barrels and paint a red barrel. He passed through Kinmen and joined his brother Tai, and went to Xiamen to kill his wife Dong, who was guilty of lax management of the family.
The grandson was born to wet nurse Mrs. Chen.
Huang Ting, Hong Xu, Chen Hui, Wang Xiuqi and others guarded the gold. After receiving the order, the Xia generals were shocked and tried to minimize the big issue. They discussed with Zheng Tai and Huang Yu and adopted a compromise method, killing only Chen and the baby.
All the generals jointly signed a petition to plead guilty on behalf of Mrs. Dong and Zheng Jing. After obtaining the consent of Mrs. Dong and Zheng Jing, the matter was handled as such, and Huang Yu returned to Taiwan to resume his duties.
But Zheng Chenggong insisted that Mrs. Dong and Zheng Jing must be killed, and took off his sword and asked Huang Yu to go to Kinmen to hand over to Zheng Tai for execution. Zheng Tai had no choice but to send Huang Yu to Xiamen to explain to Zheng Jing the dilemma. Zheng Jing
Huang Yu was immediately detained and discussed countermeasures with Jin, Xiamen, and civil and military officials. At this time, Cai Minglei came from Taiwan to move his family. Zheng Jing and others asked him for information. Cai Minglei deliberately exaggerated because he had made mistakes in Taiwan and was afraid of being punished.
It was said that the lord of the feudal lord had vowed to get rid of Mrs. Dong and Zheng Jing. If Jin were to do so, all officials in Xia would be executed if they refused to obey.
At this point, the lies pushed the Jin and Xia generals to Zheng Jing's side. "The prince, the son, cannot reject his father; the general, the minister, cannot reject the king. But Tai is the brother, and the brother can reject the brother. Anyone who takes food and salary
All things should be dealt with by oneself. If you want to add troops, you will definitely defend them." This decision of the generals clearly stated that they would jointly disobey orders and use force to resist Zheng Chenggong's attack on the army. Zheng Tai thought about it again and again, and agreed before sending it to Zheng Chenggong.
The generals announced their plans to the public. In the official version, there is a sentence: "There will be a day to repay kindness, but there will be no time to wait for the palace." This clearly expresses the meaning of the generals of Jin and Xia.
Zheng Chenggong, who has always been powerful and decisive in killing, never thought that things would turn out like this. After reading the letter, he was extremely angry and his illness became more serious. However, Zheng Chenggong still supported his illness and climbed to the general platform every day with a telescope in hand.
He looked towards Penghu to see if there were any ships coming. It was not until seven days later that he felt completely desperate and choked to death at the age of thirty-eight.
A generation of national heroes was angered to death by his traitor and died young. It is really a pity and speechless.