"Reporting to the Queen Mother, my father is indeed suspected of dereliction of duty regarding Dongfan Island. The student has repeatedly advised my father and uncles, reported the matter to the imperial court, and requested that troops be sent to recover Dongfan Island, expel the Western Yi people, and protect the country.
Our southeastern sea area of Ming Dynasty..."
Zheng Sen said this, paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and continued: "But the uncles are only focused on enjoying themselves and have no intention of serving the country. The students are so talkative, there is nothing they can do about it!"
Everyone present here is a smart person. After listening to these words, they almost all understood what Zheng Sen meant and understood his purpose.
Seeing that this guy actually wanted to step on his father and all his uncles to get the upper hand, Zuo Liangyu also despised him.
Ma Shiying's eyes lit up. If Zheng Sen was willing to kill his relatives out of justice, it would not only greatly help solve this matter, but also completely solve the hidden dangers of the Zheng Family Group. It was indeed a good choice.
After all, compared to Zheng Zhilong and other old pirates, the young Zheng Sen is indeed much easier to control.
As for the son not telling his father's fault and being too utilitarian, this is not a problem in Ma Shiying's opinion.
It is normal for young people to want to become famous and make meritorious deeds, and to be competitive and ambitious. With His Majesty's mind today, he will definitely act on meritocracy.
However, Zhang Yan frowned slightly, her good impression of Zheng Sen was gone, and she obviously thought that although he was talented, his character was not good enough.
"To the Queen Mother, students know that they should not speak of the faults of their elders, but since ancient times it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. Although students have selfish motives and want to contribute to Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty and wash away the contempt of their classmates and friends, they still want to protect the family and their family.
and all the uncles, after all, what they did in the past will be difficult to wash away without extraordinary achievements."
Zheng Sen obviously saw that the Queen Mother had a bad feeling for him, and understood that after all, the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, but he had no choice, so he simply said what was in his heart.
"Your thoughts and loyalty to His Majesty are already clear to the Ai family. The Ai family will report this matter to Your Majesty and it will be up to His Majesty to decide. You can go back first!"
Zhang Yan pondered for a moment, then waved her hand and decided to report the matter to Xun'er. Whether Xun'er would use Zheng Sen or not depends on his own luck.
"Thank you Queen Mother, students resign!"
Zheng Sen had no choice but to resign and leave.
What he wants is that the Queen Mother can support him in returning to Fujian, taking control of the Zheng family, and then making contributions to the court and regaining Dongfan Island. This is the most powerful thing for him personally, the Zheng family, and the court.
Therefore, I felt very disappointed and secretly thought that the Queen Mother was a female prostitute after all and lacked decision-making. If it were Your Majesty, she would probably support him without hesitation.
Ma Shiying was also a little helpless. In his opinion, the Queen Mother could make the decision first and then report it.
Give Zheng Sen an order to return to Fujian to take over the entire Zheng Navy, escort Zheng Zhihu's family to Nanjing for trial, and then confine Dongfan Island.
"I am reporting to the Queen Mother that this son is extremely ambitious and betrayed his father for glory. He cannot be trusted. If the imperial court wants to regain Dongfan Island, it does not necessarily need to rely on the navy of the Zheng family."
Zuo Liangyu had exactly the opposite idea to Ma Shiying, and wanted to take the credit for recovering Dongfan Island.
Zhang Yan felt that it was true that she could not completely rely on the Zheng family navy, but Dongfan Island must be recovered. After thinking about it, she ordered the Jiangnan Navy Admiral and the eunuch in charge of the Longjiang Shipyard to be recruited.
Zhu Cixiang always attached great importance to the Navy and the shipyard, and made corresponding arrangements and explanations when he left. Therefore, Zhang Yan was also very attentive and would ask about it from time to time, and even sent someone to inspect it.
However, the Nanjing Navy had long been in decay, and the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry had also declined severely.
In the past two years, although huge manpower and material resources have been invested, the time is too short after all. After reorganization, the Nanjing Navy has expanded to more than 20,000 people. The spirit is good, but there are only a few hundred warships, and they are still a few.
There are almost no small boats that can actually go to sea.
Although the shipyard has recruited tens of thousands of craftsmen, it has been accumulating experience in the past two years due to the lack of experienced craftsmen and experience in building large ships. The dozens of warships built are all small ships of two to three hundred tons.
It is similar to the merchant ships of those maritime merchants, and it is simply incomparable to the thousand-ton ships of Western countries.
As for the treasure ships that were the giants of the sea back then, and even the smaller Fortune Ships, the drawings were burned and the manufacturing techniques have long been lost, making them impossible to copy now.
After some understanding, Zuo Liangyu was also disappointed. He knew that it would be unrealistic to rely on the Nanjing Navy to recover Dongfan Island in a short period of time.
Originally, Zhang Yan planned to wait for the Jin Yiwei general Zheng Zhihu to kill an official to be thoroughly investigated before reporting it to Zhu Cixiang. However, the impact of this incident was far beyond everyone's expectations.
In the next few days, memorials from various provinces flew to Nanjing like snowflakes. All the officials surprisingly united and chose to go on strike temporarily, waiting for the court's decision.
The New Deal in various provinces also came to a standstill. Similarly, the large gentry households in various provinces also resisted the unfairness of the Yi court's New Deal and the exploitation and extortion of officials.
Whether it was the resistance of large gentry households in various provinces or the strikes of civil servants, Ma Shiying and the eight ministries of the cabinet felt tremendous pressure.
Zhang Yan was also a little panicked, but she also knew that it could not be delayed any longer. The court must give a speech to all officials as soon as possible, and it must also appease the wealthy gentry in various places. Otherwise, the contradiction will continue to intensify, and there is no telling when it will cause a conflict.
Large-scale riots and civil unrest.
The most important reason why the officials worked wholeheartedly for the imperial court was that the imperial court gave them official status and gave them a guarantee. As for their salaries and promotions, they were secondary.
When more than a dozen officials went to measure the tea mountains, they were killed by the local wealthy Zheng Zhihu. This undoubtedly touched the most fundamental interests and sensitive nerves of all officials. If the imperial court took over lightly, who would kill them in the future?
Should a member be an official?
Similarly, the big landlords in various provinces also wanted to use this incident to vent their dissatisfaction. The most unbearable thing for them was that they were extorted by local officials and did not help.
"Queen Mother, this matter must not be delayed any longer."
"All right!"
Zhang Yan also knew that Xun'er asked her to come to Nanjing just to deal with these emergencies, so she no longer hesitated or scrupled, and immediately took out two blank imperial edicts, asked the cabinet to draft them, and then made them known to the world to reassure people.
The first imperial edict was naturally aimed at dealing with the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong, the chief military officer of Fujian, remained silent and was dismissed from his post for investigation. The guerrilla general Zheng Zhihu obstructed the New Deal and killed officials. He was not punishable.
The second imperial edict strictly ordered provincial officials to strictly abide by the court regulations when measuring land. They were not allowed to underreport or underreport, nor were they to overreport in vain, and they were not allowed to extort land owners. Violators would be severely punished.
If it were in the past, such an imperial edict would be of no use at all. Officials in various places would definitely violate it and do whatever they should.
But it is different now. The imperial court has a large number of patrolling censor envoys, and iron boxes are reported at the county government offices. The matter of extortion cannot be hidden from the imperial court at all, but the cabinet turns a blind eye, and it has no impact.
Zhang Yan did not interfere with the implementation of the New Deal.
Now that Zhang Yan has issued an edict, it will definitely be severely punished, so the officials in each province have to restrain themselves and dare not open their mouths and hug each other again. At least they do not dare to overturn the 500 acres of tea mountains like before.
Several times it is said to be 2,000 acres.
Finally, at Ma Shiying's suggestion, for the sake of the stability of Fujian, Zhang Yan recruited Zheng Sen into the palace again and gave him a secret order to return to Fujian. He also sent two hundred imperial guards and Dongchang fans to accompany him.
Zheng Sen received the secret order, his whole body was trembling with excitement, and he immediately showed his loyalty, and rushed to Fujian that day, preparing to show off his talents.
With this secret decree from the Queen Mother, even if he returns to the Zheng family alone, there will be countless people on his side, asking his father and uncles to retire and take care of themselves, and hand over the power.
