The treasure island cannot be recovered for the time being, and this year has to be celebrated. The Chinese New Year is coming, under the strong nagging of the two empress dowagers, Zhu Cijiong had to issue an order to ask Zheng Zhilong's family to come to the capital a few days in advance, and let his precious youngest son play with the two empress dowagers.

Perhaps the results of this year are not as good as last year's, Zhu Cijing always feels a little excited. In fact, except for the great victory that has not been shown, the Ming Dynasty made great progress in other aspects in the sixth year of Chongzheng.

First, the officialdom was rectified through the Beijing Procuratorate plan. The officials of the Ming Dynasty felt a sense of urgency and no longer had to be a monk and hit the bell for a day. The direct result was that the entire Ming Dynasty was in full swing and flourishing.

Then, Sun Chengzong took Jianzhou again. Although Huang Taiji led his men to run away, the land could not be escaped. The Ming Dynasty territory extended thousands of miles northeastward, getting closer and closer to the territory of its heyday.

Finally, fifty super battleships were built and launched. Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to dominate the sea, it was already a force that could not be ignored at sea. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty had entered the ranks of the great powers, but it had to face the current maritime overlord Holland from the beginning, which seemed a little overwhelmed.

Zhu Cijiu was so excited from the bottom of his heart, but Zheng Zhilong was so happy that he could not seem too excited on the surface. Although he was funny about his son, he didn't dare to come over, and even glanced at him. Those women, except for his wife, Tianchuan, were really careful to be in danger of being blind. One was the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, and the other was the future queen. The worst one was also a female marquis, and the status was not lower than that of him!

Sometimes he envies the duo brothers Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming, who are not a few years younger than him, but they are younger generations. They stand among the women with licking their faces. Not only will they not be rude, but they also seem well-behaved and obedient!

Zheng Zhilong felt that it was not a solution to stand stupidly, so he simply mustered up the courage to chat with the emperor. Anyway, the emperor ignored you at most. If he dared to chat with the emperor's mother or future wife, if he was not good, the emperor would kill you!

Zheng Zhilong came to the emperor and saw it. Oh, it was broken. The emperor seemed a little unhappy! But everyone has come over and it is not easy to turn around and leave. He had to ask carefully: "Why are the emperor worried? I wonder if I have the honor to share the worries of the emperor?"

Zhu Cijiu glanced at him and said lightly: "I want to recover the Eastern Band. Is there any way for you to prevent the Dutch from causing trouble?"

Zheng Zhilong felt a little sad when he heard this. The Dutchman is so easy to mess with? If he is easy to mess with, he has long taken Dongfan as the local emperor. He thought for a long time and there was no good idea. He had to hesitate to say a solution that was not a solution: "This, this, now the only one who can fight against the Dutchman at sea is the only one who can fight against the Dutchman at sea. If they can fight, perhaps the Ming Dynasty can still benefit."

Zhu Cijing knew that the Florida machine mentioned by this guy refers to Spain, but now the Florida machine has sunset and self-protection is almost a problem. How can he fight with the Netherlands? He could only sigh helplessly: "It is different from the past. Florida machine is almost out of service. They will not take the initiative to provoke the Netherlands."

Zheng Zhilong cannot predict what Zhu Cijiu is like. Of course he didn't know that Spain was about to decline, but the emperor said so, how dare he refute it, and he had to say angrily: "It's just to let them entangle the Dutch, not to let them fight against the Dutch. It shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Spain can barely stole the Netherlands now, but they are not eating too much, so why do they provoke the Netherlands? Zhu Cijing asked angrily: "They are not fools. It would be nice if the Dutch people don't deal with them now. Will they provoke the Dutch?"

Zhu Cijiu is right. Now it is the time for the power to reverse. Spain is declining. Britain has not yet risen. The Dutch are the hegemons of the sea today. In a few years, the Netherlands will begin to sweep Spain. Portugal and Britain have the power in the South China Sea. However, the Thirty Years' War in Europe is in full swing. The coalition of the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire is taking the upper hand. The Protestant alliance supported by the Netherlands is at a disadvantage. The Netherlands does not want to mess with Spain for the time being.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know these, but he had an idea that could make the Netherlands and Spain fight. This idea was a bit cheap. He smiled and said, "Don't the Dutch like to play pirates? We can also train pirates. They robbed all the Dutch merchant ships, put all the goods in Manila, and also put all the Spanish merchant ships, put all the goods in the East Side. It would be strange if they didn't fight!"

When Zhu Cijiu heard this, he stared at Zheng Zhilong in a daze. This guy is indeed worthy of being a pirate. He can even figure out such a poisonous method. But it seems that this guy has been a good person for a long time, so go to find a pirate? He took a breath and asked in fear: "You don't want my Ming navy to pretend to be a pirate, right? He is not a fool. If he finds out, wouldn't he cause trouble!"

Speaking of the pirate Zheng Zhilong, he became energetic. He said proudly: "How dare you bother the emperor and the brothers of the Ming Navy? Weichen still has a few brothers doing this business, just let them go."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but say angrily: "Okay, I have made you the King of Zhennan, you are still raising pirates!"

Zheng Zhilong immediately realized that he was too pretentious and leaked the stuff. He was so scared that he was sweating in a cold sweat. He hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is not the case. The Weichen did not raise pirates. It was just that the Weichen's subordinates not only had Han people, but also Japanese people, Koreans, Luzons, and even Kunlun slaves. These Weichen naturally did not dare to bring them to the Ming Dynasty, so he could only let a few brothers take them to make a living in the Suluhai area."

Zhu Cijiu didn't expect that there would be something else. He blamed him wrongly. These people really couldn't bring them to the Ming Dynasty, but they were doing well. Why did Zheng Zhilong ask them to provoke the Dutch and the Spanish? He would be wiped out if he was accidentally killed. Zheng Zhilong was not so poisonous to his brothers, right? He asked curiously: "This kind of thing is very risky. Aren't you afraid that your brothers will be beaten up in one fell swoop?"

Zheng Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Oh, they are not doing well now. The merchant ships of the Red-haired Japanese are all armed merchant ships, and their firepower is stronger than theirs. They can only do small business and plunder the local natives. Weichen wants to buy them some Flang machine cannons or Dutch cannons, and then drive the big ship to Dongdaying to transform them, and then give them all the bird guns and earth cannons that were eliminated so that they can do some big business. As the saying goes, wealth and honor are in danger, it is impossible to do this industry without danger. They are all veterans, and the entire army should not be wiped out. Some damage is inevitable."

After a long time, this guy turned out to be the idea of ​​fighting Dongdaying Shipyard and that batch of used weapons. Giving them the weapons and helping them transform the welfare ships is not a problem. The main problem is that raising pirates is a bit too immoral, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty really dominates the sea, it seems a bit unnecessary. What should I do about it? Could I kill them all!

Zhu Cijing couldn't help but say with some concern: "Weapons and ship transformation are not problems, but what should we do in the future? If the entire Nanyang is the world of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't they seem redundant?"

Zheng Zhilong had a solution to this point. He immediately replied: "The emperor doesn't need to worry about the many islands in the South Ocean. When the Ming Dynasty doesn't need them, they can occupy several islands, build a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and just need to be at peace with the elderly. After all, being a pirate is not a life for a lifetime. They should also look forward to the day when the golden basin washes their hands."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijing nodded slightly and said, "It would be great to deal with it like this, but if they don't wash their hands well, wouldn't it be a big trouble?"

Zheng Zhilong patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, my brothers are absolutely obedient."

Zhu Cijing couldn't help but wonder: "You're so sure, what if they don't obey?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he felt a little sad but proud, "Don't worry, the disobedient ministers have almost been destroyed, such as Li Kuiqi, Zhong Bin, Yang Liu, and Yang Qi, who were also my brothers at the time, so they did not obey my Zheng family's orders and insisted on going against the Ming Dynasty. They were all destroyed by Wei Chen's own hands."

Zhu Cijiu did not expect that Zheng Zhilong was so cruel and even killed his sworn brothers. He couldn't help but sigh: "All of them were killed?"

Zheng Zhilong thought Zhu Cijiu knew something, so he quickly explained: "There is another Liu Xiang, but he and Weichen have not been very close to each other since the beginning. They are not under Weichen's subordinates, and Weichen can't take care of him, so..."

What kind of storm can a Liu Xiang cause? Since he is almost killed by disobedient people, there should be no problem with the remaining few. Speaking of Shibazhi, Zhu Cijing remembered the two of them, and he said lightly: "Well, I have to consider this issue, let's talk about it later in the New Year. I heard that there are two people who seem to be quite familiar with you. Do you know He Bin and Guo Huaiyi?"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this and said a little embarrassedly: "This, these two are also Shibazhi's brothers. Of course, Weichen knew each other, but they had already washed their hands."

Zhu Cijing asked again: "Then do you know what they are doing now?"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but sigh, "When I heard that they were doing things under the Dutch, they can't blame them. There are so many people under my command, how can I survive without finding something to do."

Zhu Cijing didn't want to blame them, but after listening to the report of the Jinyiwei Spy, he felt that these two people should be able to develop into internal support. He just didn't know how these two people were. He continued to ask: "Are these two people reliable? Will they still listen to your words?"

Zheng Zhilong said with some serene satisfaction: "These two are quite obedient. As long as we write a letter, they will definitely cooperate obediently."

Writing a letter can make people work hard? Why do you feel that this is so unreliable? Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but say, "It's unlikely that people won't imitate your handwriting? How can they be sure that the letter was written by you?"
Chapter completed!