Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that Li Ge Lao from the capital would take him down as soon as he came, and he didn't seem to be indifferent to him at all.

After all, I am also a maritime overlord. What is the meaning of a cabinet master from the capital doing this? Could it be that I am not low-key enough and want to give myself a warning?

When Zheng Zhilong thought of this, he understood what Li Mingrui meant. At the same time, he thought that his own people dared to be defeated and his younger brother Zheng Zhihu was also caught in the hands of others. He had to bear it and asked a little aggrievedly: "Gei Master Li, what are you doing?"

Xiong Wencan and other officials were dumbfounded. They didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be held by Li Mingrui's guards, and they dared not resist at all!

"Ge Master, will you do this too much? After all, Zheng Zhilong is on the sea?" Xiong Wencan was very afraid that Li Mingrui would not know the true strength of Zheng Zhilong, a sea hero, and such a wrong move would even anger Zheng Zhilong. So he whispered to Li Mingrui, which was also a reminder.

But what Xiong Wencan didn't expect was that Li Mingrui just chuckled and waved his hand to interrupt Xiong Wencan's kindness reminder: "No need to say, Yun Jin, I know what you are going to say, but you just need to remember one thing: all over the world is the king's land; the shores of the land are the king's ministers; Zheng Zhilong is just a slightly stronger pirate ear. The court can ease the scrupulous position, and the scrupulous position can be suppressed, so why care about his feelings?"

Xiong Wencan didn't know where this Mr. Li got such great confidence, but he was afraid that Mr. Li would completely put the entire recruitment matter into a deadlock or even failed, so he had to risk the disgust of Li Mingrui and reminded him again: "Mr. Li, please forgive me for being too polite. It's not to be hiding. Just a few days ago, Mr. Li just received the news that my Ming Dynasty fleet was attacked by the Zheng pirates when he was on the mission to Ryukyu Kingdom. Now it's a lot of danger! Mr. Li has already handed the news to the capital, but Mr. Li, you have to know that once Zheng Zhilong is forced to do anything!"

Li Mingrui still smiled faintly, thinking that Xiong Wencan probably didn't know that the court had already learned about the Battle of Ryukyu before him, and the result was also known.

But now Li Mingrui has no time to explain to Xiong Wencan and a little governor. Seeing that Zheng Zhilong had been caught, he slapped the table again, which was really scared to the people beside him!

Li Mingrui asked coldly: "Zheng Zhilong! I will ask you, what is your intention to attack the fleet of the Ryukyu Kingdom when I am on a mission to the Ryukyu Kingdom? I will give you a chance to make a statement and will truthfully hand your answer to Your Majesty, but if you have any false or disrespectful words, carefully take your head!"

"Care your head!"

Li Mingrui suddenly roared again, and his arrogant aura made the officials stunned, but Zheng Zhilong was full of anger and his fists were so angry that he clenched his fists tightly.

But when I thought about the fact that I had just been defeated by the court, and how strong the court had at sea, I didn't know, so Zheng Zhilong had to suppress his anger, deliberately cried and shouted: "It's unfair, Mr. Li, Xiaomin is just a civilian, how dare he slander an angel? Xiaomin just got the news, it seemed that the people from the Satsuma vassal attacked the fleet of our Ming Dynasty to the Ryukyu Kingdom. If Mr. Gong doesn't believe it, please send someone to investigate to correct the innocent people's innocence!"

"The court will send someone to check the specific reasons, so you don't need to remind me! I will only ask you one question now, is your Zheng family involved in this matter?"

Li Mingrui looked at Zheng Zhilong, who was slightly obese with a serious face.

"No!"

Without thinking, Zheng Zhilong directly denied that the Satsuma clan was a Japanese pirate group in Japan and was quite powerful at sea. He had always had some conflicts with the Zheng family and the court. Because the Satsuma clan always wanted to take the Ryukyu Kingdom for himself. Now, in order not to completely tear the face with the court, Zheng Zhilong deliberately framed the Satsuma clan to find a way out.

"Questions! According to the news received by my Jinyiwei, the person who directed the attack this time was Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhihu! And he has been taken to the capital now. At that time, as long as the first trial is revealed, do you think you can easily get away with it!"

Li Mingrui said loudly.

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "Ge Lao Mingcha, this is a false thing. The younger brothers of the Xiaguan are all doing business in the Jilong area of ​​Quanzhou. He has never had any contact with the Satsuma clan. It must be that the people of the Satsuma clan deliberately used the banner of my Zheng family and attacked the angels in the name of my younger brother Zheng Zhihu to sow the relationship between the common people and the court!"

Li Mingrui didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to explain this. He sighed in his heart that this person is worthy of being a hero at sea. His reaction was too quick to be wise, but he was a little too cruel and even his own brother would be disregarded when necessary.

"Hmph, whether it is your Zheng family doing it or the Satsuma family deliberately slandering your Zheng family under your banner, the court will investigate it in detail. Since you intend to submit to the court, you should understand the duty of being a minister. Don't think that your Zheng family has the final say on this sea. The court is really a paper tiger, and you are allowed to dominate. Let me tell you the truth. In this battle of Ryukyu, the court won a great victory by dispatching a warship!"

After Li Mingrui said this, Xiong Wencan and other local officials suddenly realized it and thought to themselves: "No wonder this Li Ge Lao wanted to capture Zheng Zhilong as soon as he came, and he shouted at him with confidence. It turned out that it was because he knew the result of the Battle of Ryukyu. He had to admit that the court received much faster news than he did."

The officials couldn't help but breathe like Xiong Wencan. Over the past few days, they have been so angry that they have been so proud that they can't help but straighten their backs. In their eyes, Li Mingrui is no longer reckless and arrogant, but the courage that a superior should have.

But Zheng Zhilong was extremely frustrated in his heart. He had never been mentally prepared to fail the Ryukyu naval battle and then he would be questioned by the court. Now he suddenly responded, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

After Zheng Zhilong finally dealt with Li Mingrui and was released back by Li Mingrui, his son Zheng Chenggong also ran away: "Father, have you heard that you asked your second uncle to attack the fleet of the imperial court's envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom?"

Seeing that his father Zheng Zhilong did not answer him, Zheng Chenggong continued, "Father, you can't do this! In this way, can the court still accept our surrender?"

"Sen'er!" Zheng Zhilong was in a bad mood because of the angry a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and now his most proud son has taught him a lesson in front of him. Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but get angry, shouted Zheng Chenggong, and scolded him: "I shouldn't have let you learn anything at the beginning. I was full of loyalty, kindness, respect, frugality, do you know why you can become Xiong Wencan's student and be praised by ordinary scholars in Fuzhou as a guest of honor? Do you think you are really talented?"

Note: Zheng Chenggong's name was Zheng Sen, which was familiar to readers. He wrote about Zheng Chenggong during the narration.

Zheng Zhilong said without waiting for Zheng Chenggong to answer and continued to shout: "You are wrong to think so! They are for your money, and for these hundreds of miles of seas, the world of our Zheng family. If we don't have these, we are thieves in their eyes, and thieves that everyone can kill. Do you understand! Now the court wants us to get rid of our armor and return to the field, don't even think about it!"

"But, father," Zheng Chenggong wanted to persuade him a few more words, for example, it is not good to go against the court after all, and even the Tatars and Guanning Army in the north did not get any benefits; but before he could say anything, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and stopped Zheng Chenggong's answer: "Okay, no need to say anything. There is no need to let you mention what you do for your father. Go and meet your mentor, and contact these powerful people more. If there is really something wrong in the future, the court may not spare your father, but will be open to you."

...

People feel refreshed when they are happy, and Zhu Youxiao is in a good mood now. He didn't expect that the First Fleet of the Beihai Sea could perform so well, which made him think that it was extremely difficult to get rid of the sea trade dilemma that was slackened by pirates and took the first step so easily.

It can be said that although the Battle of Ryukyu was just a small-scale battle and was not a big loss for the Zheng group, it proved that the court could challenge the power of the Zheng group.

At least, there is no need to be too accommodating or compromise in the future when recruiting Zheng Zhilong.

What surprised Zhu Youxiao even more was that this battle of Ryukyu actually captured Zheng Zhihu, a powerful general, alive, alive, and he was Zheng Zhilong's younger brother.

Regardless of whether Zheng Zhihu can be used by him in the future, Zhu Youxiao must try it.

It can be said that Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhilong are simply two different treatments. Zheng Zhilong was scolded by Li Mingrui in Fuzhou so much that he dared not retaliate. Zheng Zhihu, the captive pirate leader, was taken back to the capital by Jinyiwei. Although he was wearing shackles and sitting in a prison cart, because he received the special instructions from the Emperor Zhu Youxiao, he had to rest every twenty miles and he would be treated as a seventh-rank official when he went to an inn.

This surprised Zheng Zhihu and became even more uneasy about how the court would deal with him. Logically, a thief like him would have to be cut in half if he was not Ling Chi.

As soon as he heard that Zheng Zhihu had entered the capital, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly asked Xu Xianchun to take Zheng Zhihu to the Qianqing Palace himself.

This was the first time Zheng Zhihu entered the Forbidden City. The first time he met the saint in this way. To be honest, he was a little nervous. As a Ming Dynasty man, even if he was a murderer, he would instinctively fear the high imperial power when he stepped into the palace wall.

"Your Majesty has an order to remove Zheng Zhihu's shackles and allow him to walk to face the saint!" The eunuch eunuch ran over at this time and shouted loudly.

"Abide by the order!"

Qin Botong, the general of the Beihai Fleet who was responsible for escorting Zheng Zhihu into the palace to meet Zhu Youxiao, and Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, responded at the same time, and personally removed Zheng Zhihu's shackles.

Zheng Zhihu is not a sleek person like his brother Zheng Zhilong, nor is he a strategic plan like his fourth brother Zheng Hongkui. He is more of a simple-minded person and has a relatively simple mind. In addition, under the influence of the traditional idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, Zhu Youxiao's sudden removal of his hands and legs made him inexplicably impressed, and he felt a little more anticipated for the emperor who had not met yet.

"Pile the memorials higher, and all the beautiful palace maids will retreat. Wang Chengen, you can go down too, and then call Qian Qianyi, who is on duty at the Xihun Pavilion, to me!"

Zhu Youxiao deliberately pretended to be very diligent, so he deliberately piled up some memorials that could have been processed by the cabinet and the literati supervisor on his own. He sat in the pile of memorials like a hard-working student, wearing a pair of reading glasses and reviewing them. At the same time, he made the palace maids and eunuchs representing absurd government affairs retreat, with the purpose of making a look like I am a diligent and loving king in front of pirates like Zheng Zhihu.

There is no way. If you want to impress a person, you cannot rely solely on money and beauty. Benefits may only be useful to smooth people, but for people with simple thoughts, you need to be moved with great and glorious actions.

Zhu Youxiao is going to do this now. He wants Zheng Zhihu to realize that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is a loyal lord of Zhongxing. He is concerned about the people of the world, not as selfish as his brother, and only cares about his own small group interests.

If Zheng Zhihu's eyes were not only his brother Zheng Zhilong, but also his Ming emperor, then Zheng Zhihu would be moved by his actions, at least he could be moved.

"His Majesty!"

The cabinet assistant Qian Qianyi walked in at this time and respectfully bowed to Zhu Youxiao.

"Give a seat!"

Zhu Youxiao gave a direct command, and Wang Chengen, who was hiding behind the screen, hurriedly took a pier to let Qian Qianyi sit down. Then Zhu Youxiao deliberately asked Qian Qianyi about some of the memorials.

Qian Qianyi is not very practical, but he is very good at ripping and can come up with a lot of logical words. Therefore, to outsiders, it is easy to see His Majesty the Emperor and the Cabinet Assistant have a tacit understanding and a good match for the monarch and minister.

Zheng Zhihu never thought that he would run into the hall gate in front to kill Zhu Youxiao. Not to mention the surveillance of the Jinyiwei around him, even he himself did not have this idea.

Moreover, when he saw the young man in yellow robe humbly asking an old official for advice, he seemed to think that this might be what the emperor and ministers should be.

Zheng Zhihu almost threw the defeat into the sky in an instant, and at this moment, in his heart, there was only awe of the young king.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhihu has brought it." As soon as Qin Botong shouted, Zhu Youxiao threw the pen in his hand on the ground properly, and the gray-white carpet was dyed black and ink was stained with ink on the dragon robe. He stood up excitedly: "I didn't expect that our Zheng Hero will arrive so soon!"
Chapter completed!