Great Ming National Teacher

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the aging chariot of the Ming Dynasty, which was about to fall apart, was changed by Li Yunya, and after installing a new engine, it finally began to regain its vitality and move towards a new era. Direction, continue to speed up, sprint driving.

Li Yunya did everything he could do, and the rest was to rely on the powerful inertia of the chariot and the joint efforts of the people on board to continue driving. There were not many things he could do by himself.

Calm down, Li Yunya pondered, he should consider his own relationship issues.

Regarding Zhu Youjian, he can be sure that Zhu Youjian is not disgusted with his behavior of eating tofu from time to time, and even intends to cooperate, and sometimes looks at himself with that kind of apologetic eyes, with that " Why don't you hurry up and tell us everything about our previous lives?" expression.He was too busy in the past, now he decided to tell Zhu Youjian.

Now the three most important women in Zhu Youjian's harem are dead, and the rest of the palace goddess Ma's are not in Li Yunya's sight at all. In Li Yunya's view, Zhu Youjian is now a dead wife My little bachelor, I am an old virgin who has never married a wife, if two people like each other, it is a matter of course to be together.

On a sunny morning, Li Yunya invited Zhu Youjian out under the pretext of being both public and private, along with children Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cixuan, and Zheng Sen.After leaving Zhengyang Gate, we went to Chaoqian City again, and came to a Fengyuan musical instrument store.

Li Yunya had already greeted the president of Feng Yuan Musical Instruments, and after talking to the store manager here, he moved the instruments from the store.

Zheng Sen picked out a guitar, Zhu Cihong chose the guzheng, Zhu Cixuan chose the erhu, Li Yunya borrowed a set of drums, Zhu Youjian picked out a flute, Li Yunya said: "We didn't bring any money today, we want to eat , just perform hard here, earn some money and then have food, otherwise, you can only eat when you go home at night."

Zheng Sen had been out with Li Yunya in the past, so he had a lot of experience. He first moved a chair for Zhu Youjian to sit on, put on his guitar, and stood on the T-shaped street in front of the musical instrument store, ready to sing.He is fifteen years old this year, and has already finished elementary and middle school. Although his face is still young, his stature has begun to grow, his limbs are slender, he holds the guitar, and first pats the panel with his hands to make a beat: "Dragon Paste Wine, I'm drunk for a while." Get drunk, put the wine in the luminous cup..." It was a Tang night song, a song brought by Li Yunya, and he sang it himself when he brought Zheng Sen here for the first time.

Li Yunya is determined to restore the Han and Tang Dynasties, surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties, and complete the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At that time, Chaoqian City was becoming more and more prosperous, and there were more and more businessmen from various countries. It is widely spread, and Zheng Sen likes it very much. Every time he comes to the first song, he must sing this song. He has entered the period of changing his voice, but it is not too difficult to sing this kind of song. , It’s cold at night, and those who are cold get drunk, at this lantern festival, jacquard lantern fans guess a pair..."

Chinese people like to watch the excitement. When they saw someone singing, they quickly gathered together. Seeing that Zheng Sen was dressed in a very upright manner, he didn’t look like he was serious about performing arts. He knew which family’s young master came out to play, or Encountering embarrassment and being narrow and short of money, there was a lot of discussion, and those who had seen it explained to the people next to them: "This is Mr. Zheng, I have seen him several times, I heard that his father has a lot of background, last time I also saw him get into the carriage of the National Security Bureau..."

After finishing the song, Zheng Sen pressed down on the guitar and bowed his hands to the surroundings: "Uncles and aunts, grandparents, grandparents, junior Zheng Sen, came out today, penniless, and borrowed your precious land here, and Feng Yuan The treasure of the musical instrument store is here to sing for everyone. If you have a lot of money, give me two-thirds and two cents. I don’t want more, just enough for today’s meal. Don’t worry, I will Sing one more song for everyone." He didn't know how to say these words before, and he was embarrassed to say them, but they were all taught to him by Li Yunya, and now he said them very smoothly.

Li Yunya became interested and sat behind the drum set: "Sen'er, let's have a ensemble, hard-hearted!" He picked up the drumsticks and began to beat the drums. Zheng Sen’s blood boiled, and Zheng Sen started to play the piano again. The two of them had a tacit understanding, and they performed a piece of iron and blood to the fullest. Many spectators around hummed and even danced along with them—the story of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Fengyuan Grand Theater has performed twice, and many small theaters are also performing copycat versions, and many grass-stage troupes who have gone to the countryside have also arranged their own arrangements. Now it is a household name in the North Zhili area.

After the iron blood and loyalty finished singing, everyone applauded in unison, and some people started throwing money into it, most of which were pennies, some dimes, and scattered silver. Zhu Cixuan pulled his shy-faced older brother Zhu Cihong, and ran around to pick up money. While picking it up, I said thank you.

Li Yunya saw that Zhu Cihong couldn't let go, so he asked him to come. Zhu Cihong asked the store for the chairman to spread it on the floor, and put the incense burner on the head of the piano. After washing his hands, he took off his shoes, knelt in front of the guzheng, and brewed it for a while. emotions, and then stretched out ten delicate fingers to pluck the strings. A series of notes flowed into people's hearts like flowing water, and the crowd fell silent instantly.

Zhu Cihong's guzheng teacher is a traditional Confucian specially invited by Zhu Youjian. He is the most particular about artistic conception. He wants the harmony between man and nature, and the sound of the zither, so that he can concentrate on it immediately. In Zhu Cihong's world, there is only the zither, and in the world of the audience, only Zhu Cihong and that piano.

The fishing boat singing in the first district finished playing late, and there was a long silence around. It took more than ten seconds to applaud loudly: "Okay! This young man plays really well! This is called the sound of nature!" Although Li Yunya made a There are many new musical instruments, but no matter it is the guitar or the drum set, they are not solemn enough. Although people like it very much, they always feel that it is difficult to be elegant. Only the traditional guzheng and guqin are the real elegant art. Li Yunya made it Among the many musical instruments, only the piano can become an aristocratic instrument, and the others are first-class grassroots in the countryside.

Today, Zhu Cilang played the song Yuzhou Singing Night. The people who eat melons, no matter whether they understand musical instruments or not, think that this thing is elegant, much better than the previous guitar and drum kit, and they will give more money. Instead of throwing them casually like before, they were sent to Zhu Cihong respectfully and placed on the mat. The denominations were all very large. Some of the Chongzhen Yuanbao that were no longer issued by the imperial court were being recycled, and some were directly given to each other. Silver ingots, and small gold lockets.

Zhu Cihong stood up and gracefully saluted everyone to express his gratitude, but these people also hurriedly returned the salute, not even daring to say goodbye.

"It's too much!" Li Yunya said angrily, "Son, let's play a song too, we can't let your brother down!"

He played the drum again, and Zhu Cixuan put the erhu on the stool and played it standing up. The two usually cooperated a lot. Every day after school, Zhu Cixuan went to Zhaohe Hall to find him as his godfather. After finishing his homework, if Li Yunya was fine, he would Take him to play musical instruments, play chess and so on, and he will know what Li Yunya wants him to sing as soon as he hears the drumbeat. He stretches his arms and pulls the bow. After the prelude, he sings loudly with his clear childish voice: "Maybe I bid farewell, I will never come back, do you understand, do you understand? Maybe I fall, I will never get up again, do you still want to look forward forever..."

The song is about the blood-stained style. Since the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty sent troops in three directions, and went on an expedition beyond the Great Wall, reaching as far as Lake Baikal and the vicinity of the Kamchatka Peninsula. But many soldiers also died. Zhu Youjian ordered that every soldier must be brought home. The best Fengshui master in the country was invited to choose a site in the southeast of Shijingshan Mountain to build a martyrs cemetery, bury the ashes in it, and build three heroes. The monument of merit and virtue is engraved with the name of the deceased. Every year during the Qingming Festival, Zhu Youjian and Li Yunya personally lead the officials to pay homage.

Li Yunya asked Fengyuan Theater to rehearse a lot of plays about this Northern Expedition, and made more than a dozen related theme songs. Li Yunya himself contributed three songs. This blood-stained style is one of them, and it has been widely spread so far. To sing.

Zhu Cixuan's voice is beautiful, and the boy is full of confidence. With the melodious erhu and the rhythmic drum set, everyone is fascinated by it: "If this is the case, please don't be sad. The thousands of miles of Ming Dynasty has our blood-stained demeanor! If That's it, please don't be sad, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have our love in their hearts..."

After the song was sung, some people in the crowd cried. One was in his 20s and the other was seventeen or eighteen. They seemed to be brothers. Both of them burst into tears. The elder brother took out two pieces of Chongzhen Tongbao and asked the younger brother to send them over.

"Little brother, why are you crying? Did we sing too badly?" Li Yunya asked Zhu Cixuan to take the money.

"No." The young man rubbed his eyes, "You guys sang so well, I just...just think of my elder brother."

"Your brother?"

"Well, my eldest brother went on an expedition to Harbin with Master Yuan and died on the edge of the Songhua River. My second brother followed the army to chase the remnants of the Jiannu army. He caught up with the snow and lost two of his fingers."

Li Yunya patted him on the shoulder: "How is he doing now?"

"My elder brother was buried in the cemetery, and his name was engraved on the monument of meritorious deeds. My second elder brother was the brigade commander of the Chahar Production and Construction Corps." He’s gone to North Korea, I’ll see him off on the train at [-] o’clock in the afternoon.”

Li Yunya glanced at his older brother in the crowd, and asked the young man, "Do you want to stop your third brother from letting him go?"

The young man shook his head: "Third brother is for the country, for the nation, to be a glorious naval officer! In the future, he will follow Commander Lu to fight Japanese pirates! Our whole family supports it! When I graduate from the military academy next year, I will also go."

"Good job!" Li Yunya patted the young man's shoulder heavily, and asked Zhu Cixuan to take back the silver dollar, "We are not short of money, but we didn't bring any money when we came out today. The money everyone gave is enough for food. With this money, you Take it back, we have your wish."

"No." The young man raised his face and said with a little pride, "My third brother can earn seven silver dollars a month, and I also have subsidies in the military academy. You take this money, and you sing really well. Let me Thinking of the year before Qingming, when our family went to visit my elder brother in the cemetery, and saw the emperor, the national teacher, and so many high officials worshiping together, I couldn't help it...I think my elder brother..." Speaking Here weep again.

"Have you met the emperor and the national teacher?"

"Well, I saw it from a distance, the emperor is fine, and the national teacher, I heard from my father, we military households are not as good as the dogs of the rich households. We starve twice in three days and can't even eat the chaff. We still have to be bullied by the officials, since the new emperor came to the throne and the national teacher took power, we have gotten better, we walk with our backs straight, and no one dares to look down on us."

After seeing off the two brothers, Li Yunya looked at his pocket watch and said to Zhu Youjian: "It's getting late, let's come to the last one, and then close the stall, and it's time to eat."

Zhu Youjian nodded: "Okay." As an emperor, it is a bit deviant to show his face and perform in the street, but he has done not one or two deviant things over the years, and he doesn't take them seriously.

The door of the musical instrument shop at the back opened, the threshold was taken off, and two workers pushed out a best piano from inside.

Everyone exclaimed: "Dare to ask the two young masters, is this meeting going to play the piano?" Li Yunya nodded.

"Which son is going to play it? What kind of instrument does the other son use?"

The cost of a piano is too high. The cheapest Fengyuan piano costs 3000 taels of silver, and the best ones cost more than 1 taels. At present, only noble families can afford to buy this and go back to practice. Now if anyone does not have a piano, it will make people Look down... If being able to play the guzheng and guqin means taste and state, then being able to play the piano means wealth.

"The two of us play together." Li Yunya arranged the piano, took the long leather chair from the staff, and sat down side by side with Zhu Youjian, "Come on, don't be nervous, just play a piece of joy, like That's how we always play."

Zhu Youjian nodded and smiled: "I won't be nervous."

Put the four hands above the keys, look at each other, nod at the same time, and then drop your fingers to press the keys. The four-handed play requires two people to be responsible for different parts. As long as one player makes a mistake, the whole piece will be out of tune. , it requires the two people to grasp the rhythm and the tacit understanding in the division of labor to reach extremely high precision. The two have practiced several times in the past. Zhu Youjian's piano was taught by Li Yunya, and the tacit understanding is still possible. The tune is lively and the rhythm is brisk. Two people with four hands and twenty fingers jump on the keys.

After playing once, Li Yunya looked at Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian also looked at him. Instead of stopping, he started to change the speed and continued playing at double the speed. This song was originally fast, but after double the speed Li Yunya was afraid of playing the wrong sound, so he turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian was very white, with long eyelashes, a handsome side face, fair and slender fingers, and fast Flying on the keyboard, it looks extremely elegant.

The two people don't need to talk, just look at each other, and they know what the other is going to do... This is the tacit understanding that Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian have accumulated over ten years of acquaintance.

After watching for a while, Zhu Youjian also turned his head to look at him. Li Yunya was so guilty that he continued to look directly at the past. The two looked at each other. All four hands are flying up on the keyboard, people can only see a series of double images, the three children are dumbfounded, and everyone is dumbfounded...

The two just stared at each other, which contained pride, excitement, excitement, even a little rivalry, and a sweetness that they didn't even notice. Until the third play was over, the crowd erupted into applause. Only then did the two of them tear away their glued eyes, and then looked around. There were twice as many people as before, all kinds of people, men, women, old and young, Chinese and foreign, and all kinds of passers-by were attracted here, forming a dense circle after another. Circle, cheering and throwing Chongzhen Tongbao inside.

Li Yunya took the two children to pick up the money, and clasped his fists around to thank: "I can't come again, we have something to do at noon, thank you all friends for coming, I thank you on behalf of our whole family, we will meet again when we have a chance, and say goodbye Already!"

Let the people in the musical instrument store collect all the musical instruments, put the money together and count it, and it turned out to be 97 cents, nearly 100 taels of silver!Zhu Cixuan looked like a small money fan: "We can come to perform every day in the future, and we can earn a lot of small money."

Zhu Youjian, however, has a keen sense of the economy: "We perform singing and performing arts, and we can get 100 taels of silver for half a day. This Beijing city, this Ming Dynasty, is really much stronger than before! Everyone lives well, I have spare money..."

"Okay, okay, don't think about it, let's go eat, just use the money, how about we eat hot pot?" He suggested that no one objected, and left the musical instrument store. He said what to eat, and the place will be owned by Zhu Youjian Picking, Zhu Youjian found a Daming Royal Hot Pot City, and Li Yunya told Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cixuan, "See, your father is so good at calculating, he even found his own business."

Zhu Youjian said: "You suggested me to make this royal meal, saying that it is a secret recipe of the palace and can make the most money."

"But the palace's secret recipe, don't we usually eat less?"

"A lot, but this hot pot is really delicious." Zhu Youjian said solemnly, "If you ask me which hot pot is the best, I'll just think this one is the best."

"I see that you are interested in the one hundred and eighty taels of silver in my hand. If you want it, just say it, and I will give it to you!" Li Yunya handed over the bag containing the money.

Zhu Youjian took it, and took out those golden lockets and distributed them to the three children: "Let's eat with the money."

Li Yunya smiled and said: "Yes, yes, if you don't earn all the money, I don't think you will be able to sleep at night!"

In recent years, Li Yunya has transferred many industries out of his hands. Some of them were handed over to the state, some were resold to other businessmen, and some were given to Zhu Youjian. He only kept high-tech industries such as instruments and machinery, such as Last year, his bicycle factory and shipyard started business. This year, he built a new electric fan factory. Tomorrow, he will buy technologies such as microphones, speakers, and telephones from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.As for catering and cosmetics, these were all given to Zhu Youjian. The Royal Hot Pot City was originally a business under Feng Yuan's banner.

Hot Pot City is a three-story building, decorated very grandly and luxuriously. The first floor is the hall, and the upper two floors are boxes. The boss here does not recognize Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian, so they chose the Hongmei Hall on the second floor.

When he entered the door, there was already someone waiting inside, so he hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "Chen Zheng Zhilong pays homage to the emperor and the national teacher."

"Well, no courtesy." Zhu Youjian raised his hand, "Bo Jinghai has been waiting for a long time."

"Not long ago, the minister also just arrived." Zheng Zhilong pulled up the chair, asked the two to sit down, and went to greet the crown prince and prince.

Li Yunya said: "You don't need to worry about them, let them sit by themselves."

Everyone sat down among the guests and the host. Li Yunya called the waiter and took the menu to order with Zhu Youjian. At present, there are many types of food in Ming Dynasty. In addition to what Li Yunya brought from modern times, he also introduced many vegetables and fruits from all over the world. , China has been a big foodie country since ancient times, and they eat all kinds of food in different ways. The two ordered six dishes of shabu-shabu each, and gave the menu to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong ordered four, and asked two people to order. The menu was taken and handed to Zhu Cihong's three children, asking them to order one each.

Soon, the waiter brought in the red charcoal, installed the hot pot, and then came a set of porcelain with a hundred birds facing the phoenix. Surrounding plate, with dipping sauce.When it was all over, Li Yunya drove the people out, closed the door, and announced that everyone was open to eat.

Li Yunya took out the wine from his own winery, poured it into an oriole porcelain cup, and held it up: "Jing Haibo came all the way to Beijing, and he has made great achievements through hard work. I respect Jing Haibo."

Zheng Zhilong was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly said he didn't dare, stood up and drank the wine with a bow, his face was full of anxiety, he wanted to get some hints from his son, the emperor and the national teacher called him to Beijing this time, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd , but Zheng Sen, who was picking up vegetables from the copper hot pot for Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cixuan, didn't notice the strangeness of the old man.

After drinking a glass of wine, Li Yunya said straight to the point: "Perhaps Bo Jinghai wondered why the emperor and I asked you to come to Beijing this time. Maybe Jing Haibo has already noticed what we mean, and Fujian has already done a good job. Are you fully prepared?"

"Subordinates dare not!" Zheng Zhilong's face was ashen-colored with sweat pouring out of his face, "Subordinates never dare to have any thoughts that they shouldn't have." He turned to Zhu Youjian again, "Subordinates to the court, to the court, to the court." Your Majesty's loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon!"

Zhu Youjian put down his chopsticks and said flatly, "It's just that there have been a lot of rumors from the southeast recently, which are very unpleasant."

Zheng Zhilong left his seat, knelt down on the ground with a thud, knocked his head on the ground, and said with a choked voice: "Your Majesty knows that I have a bad background, and I have always been despised by my colleagues. I have no way to explain why I say that my traitorous nature has not changed, but a Loyalty, throwing his head and blood for Daming, going through fire and water, never ambiguous..."

Li Yunya asked Zheng Sen who knelt down together: "Help your father up, Bo Jinghai, you don't have to do this, although there are indeed many papers handed over to join you, but the emperor and I called you here today, and we will pick you again." Having this meal with you at such a boundary is also based on the intention of heart-to-heart talk. The so-called clean is self-cleaning, and the turbid is turbid. We are now doing everything according to the law. Although the military court is set up in Beihai, it is also a reasonable place , Your Majesty is not a fool, so he won't do anything to you just because of a little gossip."

Zheng Zhilong was a little relieved, and sat back on the chair again: "I know that the emperor is wise, and the national teacher is even more discerning, so I will definitely not let me suffer innocent injustice."

Zhu Youjian never pretended to speak, and ate with a flat face, but he was also domineering and suffocating. Even the most mischievous Zhu Cixuan didn't dare to speak, and ate obediently with his head down. Li Yunya smiled and gave Zheng Zhilong the Pour the wine: "What the emperor and I mean is that Jing Haibo is not too young. He suffered a lot in the wind and waves at sea in the early years, so he should retire and enjoy the happiness."

Zheng Zhilong's face turned pale. Although he had expected this before coming here, when he really learned that Zhu Youjian and Li Yunya were going to lift his military power, he was still full of bitterness. The subordinates are still young, and they still want to serve the country for a few more years. Didn’t the National Teacher call on all aspiring young people in the world to do their part for Daming? I’m only 35 years old this year, and I still..."

Zhu Youjian interrupted him: "Does Jing Haibo know about Guan Ning's iron cavalry? The Ming Dynasty absolutely does not allow any warlord who listens to the tune and does not listen to the editor, and has its own system. It cannot be divided. I made it clear at the Great Court Meeting at the beginning of this year that anyone, no matter who he is, who tries to separate one side and split the country, we must not allow him to live! Even if you are strong now, we can't do anything about you , but all the sons and daughters of China will be punished by hundreds of millions of descendants from generation to generation!"

Speaking of the last few sentences, Zhu Youjian's voice was almost stern. Zheng Zhilong was so frightened that his chopsticks fell off, and hurriedly fell to his knees again: "Subordinates dare not! Ministers dare not! Never dare to have such disobedience!"

Zhu Youjian said coldly: "I know that you brought tens of thousands of people from the coast of Fujian to Taiwan, and you also had a nest in Japan. I heard that you also have a Japanese slave son. Lang Ji is flirting with each other, let me tell you, the current Daming is not what it used to be, it is delusional for you to think of relying on the power of Japanese pirates and red-haired devils to separate one side!"

Zheng Zhilong kowtowed repeatedly, yelling that he was wronged. He really cried at this moment, with snot and tears, and repeatedly said that his lifelong dream is to return to his hometown in brocade clothes, and to honor his ancestors. Here, there is absolutely no desire to separate the island, and I swear: "If I have a half-separation of the country, let me be buried in the sea, be divided into corpses by fish and dragons, and die a bad death!"

In fact, Zheng Zhilong has really had this kind of thought for a long time. He has more than 1000 boats and hundreds of thousands of men. He also immigrated to Taiwan Island a lot when there was a famine in the southeast coast, and he has already become a trend. The Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with him, so he had to surrender.In the history without Li Yunya, after winning the Kinmen naval battle with the Netherlands, he completely controlled the sea and land hegemony from the north to Japan and the south to the South China Sea. Everyone who wants to walk in this sea area has to pay him protection fees. The Dutch pay 12 francs a year not to the Ming government, but to Zheng Zhilong.

This time Li Yunya sent Cao Bianjiao to lead the nascent South China Sea Fleet to fight with him. Although there were not many warships in the South China Sea Fleet at that time, the main killer whales, sea sharks and other warships had already entered service, and their combat effectiveness was quite strong. After defeating the Dutch, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to ask for protection money from the Dutch.Later, the South China Sea Fleet grew stronger, and the East China Sea Fleet developed rapidly. Zheng Zhilong's navy was no longer dominant. Before he came, he found a group of confidantes and staff members to study the court's intentions and his own countermeasures. The result is very bad. If he devotes all his strength to fight against the South China Sea Fleet, he will only lose both sides. If Zhu Youjian orders the two fleets from the north and the south to encircle and attack, they will all die without a place to die!That's why he didn't make any fools and went to Beijing obediently.

It can be said that Zheng Zhilong now has no will to rebel against Daming at all. The reason is very simple, that is, he cannot beat them. The combat effectiveness of the two flagships, Qing Yasha and Chi Yasha, is simply beyond their imagination. The wooden warship on his side was bombarded by Yaksha, the small tonnage immediately disintegrated and sank, and the large ones also had a dozen holes. There were also those fire dragon flying arrows, swarming and flying, and thousands of sails were ignited. In addition to the explosion, How many ships are not enough to burn. The big iron balls shot by the Fran cannon they bought at a high price hit people without pain or itching, leaving a shallow pit at most. They can still move forward after being burned, but they simply don't have the courage to fight a battle against such sea monsters.

Zheng Zhilong's biggest hope when he enters Beijing this time is to keep the team system, or his team can be reorganized, and if he can be the leader of a fleet, it is best to be the commander of the newly established North Sea Fleet or West Sea Fleet... But It seems impossible now, Zhu Youjian and Li Yunya mean to let him retire and return home, he is only 34 years old!

He knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably, while expressing his loyalty, he promised that he was willing to accept all the disposal of the court: "I just hope that your majesty and the national teacher will remember that I have done some trivial contributions to the country over the years, so that I can save my life." But I’m still alive, and I can’t thank you enough.”

Seeing that he agreed, Li Yunya reached out to help him up, and asked Zheng Sen to go to the waiter to ask for a clean wet towel to wipe his father's face, and comforted him with a smile: "What did Jing Haibo say! You have made great contributions to the country, and the emperor and I I have seen it all in my eyes and kept it in my heart. Since the emperor ascended the throne, has he ever done anything to deal with the heroes? Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou and the others are not all living well now? Even the Wu family and the Zu family still have The son holds an important position in the army, even Shang Kexi, who once surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country, we will protect his wealth, let alone such a heroic general like Jing Haibo?"

After Zheng Zhilong wiped his face, he calmed down, cupped his hands and cupped his fists: "I hope the teacher will teach me!"

Li Yunya smiled and said: "In the future, our Ming Dynasty will only keep four fleets in total, east, west, south, and north, and the rest will be reorganized, and most of them will be eliminated, leaving only usable ones to be incorporated into the Four Seas Fleet. The people under your command are willing to continue to serve the country and act in accordance with the laws of the military. We will never reject those who are available, but the rest..." Li Yunya said, "I have been rectifying the property under my name in the past two years, and now I will divide it In order to seal the daily use and heavy Xuan machinery, two new shipbuildings have been built in Dalian and Juji Island, and the shipbuilding has begun. Of course, what we are building is not a warship, but a civilian commercial ship. I am thinking about forming a few caravans and We ship our goods to the west to sell, and then ship the goods from there, and gold and silver will flow in. If Jing Haibo is not willing to stay at home for the elderly, he can partner with me, and we will build a fleet together. I went to trade all over the world, but I don’t know that Bo Jinghai’s family is very rich, so he doesn’t think much of my little money.”

Zheng Zhilong was dumbfounded when he heard that, he never expected that Li Yunya not only tricked him, but also wanted to do business with him, he could partner with a more powerful national teacher than Wei Zhongxian in the past, even if he lost money. ah!Besides, the businesses under Li Yunya's name are all profiteering businesses, and many of the products he makes are bought by Westerners. The merchant family is also ashamed, he said small money...Zheng Zhilong said worriedly: "The national teacher is clear, the western sea road is thousands of miles away, not to mention the hurricane and showers, and there are countless pirates, many of which are pirates from coastal countries. Master, hang out a black flag and come out to rob, the method is a hundred times worse than I was in the past! This bunch of goods needs to be transported, and there are too many joints that need to be opened. The Dutch and Frankie’s fleet They all have their own battleship guards, how about..."

"No!" Li Yunya knew what he was going to say, and vetoed it, "National people are absolutely not allowed to have warships with artillery! The major fleets have received orders, and if they encounter anyone who installs artillery on board privately in the future, they will all be sunk! As for the pirates you mentioned, don’t worry. You know that our west is inland and there is no sea. The purpose of my formation of the West Sea Fleet is to protect the route. I have studied it with the emperor. In the future, our West Sea Fleet will go to the west. Go to the ocean to escort, at least reach the Red Sea, if possible, they will go around Africa, regardless of whether they are real pirates or some countries' navies pretending to touch our merchant ships, they will all be smashed into the sea to feed the fish!"

Zheng Zhilong swallowed his saliva, and said to himself that this national teacher is young and vigorous, do you know how far it is from our Guangzhou to Frankie?No matter how powerful your West Sea Fleet is, can it escort you there all the time?But he didn't dare to say no again. The emperor sat beside him without saying a word. The cold air from his body almost froze the hot pot soup. If you raise an objection again, if you make these two feel that you are shameless, you will be finished, and you may lose your life!

He hurriedly said: "The national teacher is willing to find me to form a partnership caravan, that's why I think highly of me! I will definitely agree to this matter. How much money do you want? Please give the number to the national teacher. As long as I can get it, I will never refuse!"

"I haven't figured out how much it will cost. My big elephant cargo ship hasn't been built yet. During this time, you can help me make arrangements to see what I need. You have also started recruiting manpower. I will send someone to talk to you later. Let's set up a foreign trade company. We can't let their East India Company monopolize the trade between the East and the West. We have to step in and do something bigger than them! I'm going to give you 500 million silver dollars first, it's not enough for me Add more, and strive to get the fleet ready by the end of the year, and start formal operations next year!"

Zheng Zhilong has the bottom line in his heart, and he will not be killed, donkeys, family, and clan. Although he lost his military power, and the team he worked so hard for half his life will also be disbanded, he still has business to do, as long as he holds his thigh tightly, let alone him. One generation, several generations in succession, can live comfortably.

Now that the business has been settled, Li Yunya asked Zheng Sen to pour wine for Zheng Zhilong, and then asked about the various scenery of the East and South Seas. Compared with the previous two years, it was very different. Li Yunya was in charge of the empire. The center is reformed from top to bottom, one order after another is transmitted to the four directions, and one law after another is established. Yes, the lives of the people in the southeast coast have also undergone great changes. The population is larger, the trade is more frequent, and everything is full of vigor and vitality. It's not as lifeless as it used to be.

After the meal, Zheng Zhilong had already paid downstairs in advance. Regardless of Zheng Zhilong's insistence, Li Yunya insisted that the waiter return the money to Zheng Zhilong, and then asked Zhu Youjian to pay the bill with today's performance money, which only cost 33 yuan. Li Yunya said: "Let's put the rest in your place. When we come out next time, we will come out from here, so we don't have to go out and work hard."

Ask Zheng Sen to send Zheng Zhilong back, he and Zhu Youjian took the two children to the Fengyuan Theater to watch a play again, and they still went to the private room on the second floor. He asked for tea, melon and fruit snacks, so he specially took out a bottle of wine. Set of lotus porcelain cups, and watch while drinking and eating with Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cixuan sat on the other side of the table. They were the same age, but one was born at the beginning of the year and the other was born at the end of the year. Zhu Cihong was steady and quiet. Sitting there, he looked like a prince in a western fairy tale. With a little melancholy, Zhu Cixuan was more lively. He introduced the plot to his brother in a low voice while peeling nuts. He often came to the theater, but Zhu Cihong was rare. Although he did not speak, his eyes were shining, very happy and envious.

Li Yunya sat side by side with Zhu Youjian on the sofa. He was a little anxious, a little worried, and a little resentful that he was useless. He didn't even have the courage at this time, so he could only pour wine for Zhu Youjian. He drank a few cups in a row, plus what he drank in Hot Pot City earlier, his face was flushed, and his eyes began to be a little blurred.

Li Yunya grabbed his hand, Zhu Youjian was 27 years old this year, and he took good care of himself, especially the rise of Fengyuan skin care products, and later gave it to Zhu Youjian, and after he was named Royal, he recruited people from Taiyuan Hospital to prepare the secret recipe. A series of products such as rose water, jasmine ointment, and hundred flower honey have been researched, and the skin on Zhu Youjian's hands is fair and delicate.