For Zheng Zhilong, a series of actions by the Ming Dynasty court in the South China Sea was undoubtedly a threat to the survival interests of the Zheng family on which they depended for.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, and what Zhu Youxiao is doing now is cutting off Zheng Zhilong's wealth and competing for Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence in the ocean.

This made it difficult for Zheng Zhilong to have any favors and expectations for the court, including his generals who had already occupied enough interests in maritime trade, and no longer wanted his leader Zheng Zhilong to surrender to the court.

What they originally hoped was to nominally submit to the court, so as to obtain a single official and half position, so that their maritime interests would be more legal, and they could participate in the division of internal interests after occupying the maritime interests and become a real prince.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong did this in history. At that time, the Ming Dynasty court had no maritime power and internal and external troubles, so it could only accept his revenge, and could not have any other conditions.

Nowadays, the Qing Dynasty forces that Zhu Youxiao had completely suppressed were limited to the north of the Liaohe River to survive. Not only did the peasant uprising in the pass, the issue of refugees was completely solved. Therefore, the current court has the ability to free up his hands to bargain with pirates such as Zheng Zhilong. If you want a glamorous identity, you have to exchange your own interests. Famous weapons should not be abused. The court will not give you a noble political identity for no reason.

As a result, Xiong Wencan's reunion work was finally declared to have failed, but he did not feel any frustrated, but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was really fed up with this splintering aura mixed between Zhu Youxiao and Zheng Zhilong, and it was difficult for him to satisfy both the court and Zheng Zhilong.

Now it is very good. Zheng Zhilong's people have completely left Fuzhou, and the court has issued an order to stop advocating Zheng Zhilong. Xiong Wencan feels that he can also have a pot of wine in the flower village.

The court did not punish Xiong Wencan for this. Even the censor did not impeach Xiong Wencan for neglecting his duties and his work was ineffective. He even made him become the governor of Fujian as he wished, and ordered him to strengthen his maritime defense in order to prepare for trouble in the future.

Xiong Wencan was very grateful to the court not only for his failure to recruit and recruit, but was promoted to him as governor because of his failure to recruit and recruit, but also promoted him to be governor. Therefore, he did not dare to neglect him after being promoted to governor. In order to prove that he was indeed a provincial governor, he also began to immediately arrange preparations for Zheng Zhilong's pirates to plunder the coast in the future.

Zheng Zhilong did not immediately choose to go to war with the court, but the preparations for war were already continuing. He began to contact other maritime forces that had rifts with him before and began to purchase more artillery through various means. He even sent his spies to the capital and border towns, trying to get some of the most powerful firearms in the court today through officialdom.

In addition, Zheng Zhilong was also seeking political allies. He even sent people to find the descendants of Emperor Jianwen. Although this was a bit fantasy, according to the Jinyiwei, many Minnan people suddenly appeared in several places where Emperor Jianwen settled, and after strict interrogation, they were indeed Zheng Zhilong's people.

However, for this reason, there was a person who attracted the attention of Zhu Youxiao, who was Zhu Youjian!

If there is a potential political threat, my own brother is the biggest potential threat and it is also the best political resource for those hostile forces to use.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, King Xin, can no longer let him stay in this world. Even if he is Your Majesty's younger brother, it is not just because what Zheng Zhilong and other forces need most now is to have a name to fight against the court. If we want to further promote the new policies such as collecting commercial taxes and integrating food for officials and gentry in Jiangnan, Huguang, Henan and other places, there will inevitably be more opponents. If King Xin is here, these opponents will likely collude with him and another Donglin Party will appear!"

Li Mingrui bowed to Zhu Youxiao. His language was very plain, but he had murderous intent hidden.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart what Li Mingrui was right. Since ancient times, there have been no brothers in the imperial family. Because from birth, they were destined to be inseparable from the power of the empire. Even in the Ming Dynasty where the vassal kings were severely suppressed, there was still an imperial dispute.

"How to deal with the matter of the king is more appropriate. I admit that he cannot stay anymore. I kept him in the Imperial Guards, and the original intention was to become a small pawn and then go." Zhu Youxiao did not say anything, but Li Mingrui understood what he meant and helped Zhu Youxiao continue his words: "But what Your Majesty did not expect was that he became the most warlike general under Oboi. Now he was rashly killing him, which was more difficult than before."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Stay him until now, so that he can have the situation where the vassal kings lock the capital and make them work in all industries, so as to avoid making other vassal kings more resistant to the court because of the death of the king. Now that the matter of the vassal kings has been resolved, he is indeed a great threat, but it is difficult to explain to the people of the world directly to kill them, and it also affects my reputation. What suggestions do you have?"

Li Mingrui guessed that Zhu Youxiao wanted to say this, so he took out a memorial prepared in advance from his sleeve: "Your Majesty, I received a memorial in the cabinet today, saying that Hami Wei Tu Lupan invaded our Suzhou again. Now we have no war with Jiannu, and the south has not yet begun war. Why not make another move to recapture Hami Wei that the Jiajing Dynasty did not complete back then, and it is not necessarily necessary to really take back Hami Wei, but only gives King Xin the last chance to make meritorious service for the Ming Dynasty."

"King Xin was defeated, what if he wins?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking.

"Please rest assured by Your Majesty. I have my own arrangements. No matter whether King Xin wins or loses this time, I can only get rid of the body." Li Mingrui smiled evilly. He had no hatred for Zhu Youjian, but he really wanted to ban Qian Qianyi now. If there was another thing that could make Your Majesty's headache and urgently needed to be solved, only His Highness King Xin Zhu Youjian, so Li Mingrui chose to make the knife that Zhu Youjian did not hesitate to kill Zhu Youjian.

"Then you are responsible for this matter. Since this is the case, let Zu Dale and other Guanning Army form the westward march, with Zu Dale as the general officer of the westward march, and King Xin and Obai as the deputy generals, and they will go to Tulupan next month." Zhu Youxiao said and ordered: "Now the strategic resources have been moved south. The Ministry of War should try to raise the matter of food and money."

Li Mingrui took the order and left, but he couldn't help but secretly admire Your Majesty. Your Majesty did not let Oboi and Zhu Youjian lead the Imperial Guards directly, but instead let Zu Dale's Guanning Army be the main body of the march westward. The purpose of this is naturally not only to use the Guanning Army to get rid of Zhu Youjian, who had made great contributions in the eradication of the Wu Guanning Army and had a hatred with the Guanning Army, but also had the opportunity to advance westwardly, and further weaken the Guanning Army's power, which was still working for the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Guanning Army had to agree, because they had no choice but to compete with the Imperial Guards, either choosing to resist the order and be completely wiped out, or they had to obey the orders and expedite the Turus in the west.
Chapter completed!