"When the previous king died, he wanted to ask the court to stop inheriting the prince of Yanping, and to use the youngest brother as the youngest brother to recruit the general, and to guard the Jinxia." Zheng Chenggong's younger brother was Zheng Xi. Zheng Chenggong's idea was to leave Taiwan to his younger brother instead of his son, and to let Taiwan's civil and military officials assist Zheng Xi well: "The old king explained in detail to the generals that his move was not anger or acted in anger, but a decision after careful consideration. The old king said that even if the youngest prince was extremely debauchery and took dozens of concubines, he would not be so disappointed: because the youngest prince wanted any kind of woman he could get, but he could not control his desire and insisted on taking a wet nurse as a concubine. He did all these little things

If you don’t control yourself, you will have many temptations to fight the world in the future. The young prince will definitely forget his life when he sees small profits. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Fujian army must not be entrusted to this person. The former king also said that the young prince bears the heavy responsibility of the country and is responsible for the safety of the whole clan. He cannot control himself. He dares not do it, and dares not take responsibility for his own life. He will drag the whole clan into a dangerous place for his life. He is greedy for life and fear of death. How can he expect him to lead the way and defend his territory to the death? Jin and Xia will definitely not be able to protect Jin and Xia. If Taiwan, Jin and Xia can be separated, the former king thinks that he can leave a way out for the young prince and Fujian soldiers, and keep some vitality, so that he will not be harmed by the young prince."

Zheng Chenggong also told the generals that Zheng Xi was generous and had no ambition to fight for power and profit. Even if Zheng Jing fled to Taiwan in the future, Zheng Xi would definitely not make things difficult for him, nor would he cleanse the soldiers of Xiamen.

"The former kings must also be admiral and they promised to defend Taiwan with all their might and not let the young prince get it." The envoy ended his narrative.

"What are the requirements of Admiral Gan? What can I do to recruit generals for the agent?" Deng Ming asked again. After hearing Zheng Chenggong's last words, Deng Ming couldn't help but have a slight fantasy, that is, to preserve more direct generals for Zheng Chenggong, and perhaps these people can realize Zheng Chenggong's last wish.

"Your young prince has already gone to attack Taiwan!" Zhou Kaihuang shouted: "The envoy from Xiamen just now said that your young prince was mourning for the country's surname in Siming, and then he raised money and Xiamen's elite troops went to attack Taiwan."

"It's really true." The Taiwan messenger sighed and asked Deng Ming: "Admiral Gan and others will ask for refuge in Zhoushan."

"Is that true?" Deng Ming sighed lightly and nodded: "How many of them are there?"

"It may be only some family members. Although the former king had a will, how could Admiral Gan and others fight with the young prince? The agent recruited the general also stated that if the young prince really attacked Taiwan, he had no intention of resisting; the agent recruited the general and Admiral Gan and others discussed and announced the last order of the former king. If the young prince did not die in the current situation of the enemy, he would manage Taiwan well and leave a way out for the young prince and Jin and Xiamen soldiers; if the young prince had to fight, then the agent recruited the general did not intend to let the Fujian army kill each other for this position, and Admiral Gan and others planned to go to Zhang Shangshu to serve. However, Admiral Gan and his troops were given by the former king, and they did not intend to take them away. Unless they followed voluntarily, they would only take their families to Zhoushan."

"I understand." Deng Ming asked the envoy again how he planned to deal with himself. The envoy said that since Zheng Jing really sent troops to Taiwan, he had no intention of continuing to serve the young prince, hoping to go to Zhoushan to meet with Gan Hui, Yu Xin and the others.

"The Zheng army is in conflict. Although Zheng's attack and concessions are made, I don't know what it will turn out." After the Taiwanese messenger left, Deng Ming and his companions discussed what changes this would bring to the national situation.

"We must immediately launch the army in Jiangnan," Zhao Tianba said without thinking: "It's fine to Huguang. The reason why Liangjiang is honest is not only because they can't beat us, but also knowing that the Qing court has no spare energy to help them or deal with them. Now the pressure of the Qing army in Fujian has dropped sharply. Liangjiang may think that the situation has changed again, and may even try to compete with us again, at least they don't have to worry about the landing of the Fujian army."

"Zhejiang will also be ready to move," Ren Tang added.

"You need to remind King Jin to be careful," Zhou Kaihuang glanced at Zhao Tianba and pointed out this for him: "The pressure on Guangdong and Guangxi has been greatly reduced, and maybe there will be an army to support Wu Sangui, and at least it can support Wu Sangui with some military pay."

"Yu Qi from Shandong is beyond help. Zhang Shangshu must do his best to protect himself. Chongming and Zhoushan must strictly prevent the Qing army from attacking. I wonder if Zhang Shangshu still has the strength to support Yu Qi's remnants." Li Xinghan also added.

"Go to the parliament." Mutan made a summary statement.

...

"The empire's parliamentarians, this is our current situation. Liangjiang, Huguang must have known this. The officials there will be lucky and test our reactions and strength. If they mistakenly think that we have become weak, if they mistakenly think that we have no way to do it without the help of Yanping County Prince - the empire will lose a lot of trade income, shipping is threatened, merchant ships are deducted and robbed, salt sales are reduced by at least half, Shu embroidery is ignored, and we cannot get the supply of porcelain... The empire's deterrence lies in three points: first, powerful force, then the determination to use this force to attack the enemy, and finally let the enemy clearly realize our strength and determination. If we don't let Liangjiang know clearly that we are still powerful enemies they cannot challenge, and don't let them know that we will use this force to attack the provocateurs without hesitation, the situation in Liangjiang will be out of control, and even Huguang will be disloyal."

Deng Ming ended his speech and looked around the venue: "I propose to mobilize immediately to increase the special tax. I hope you can discuss the results as soon as possible and determine that the special tax can not only meet the needs, but also not overwhelm the fellow scholars."

After taking military personnel out of the venue, Deng Ming said to his companions around him: "Do you know why I am not worried about Zheng Jing coming out here?"

"I know," Ren Tang replied quickly, "No one in the capital city can pull out the army. I think without the approval of the parliament, our five lieutenant colonels can't even command a soldier. Not everyone can sell jade like the admiral and pay military pay out of their own pockets."

When continuous cannons sounded in the direction of the prefect's office, the fellow scholars on Chunxi Road stopped their work and looked towards the direction of the prefect's office.

"Mobilized again?"

The sound of cannons continued to come, and a large number of pavilions riding horses ran out from the direction of the yamen and rushed to the pavilions in Chengdu. They shouted loudly to those confused people on the road: "Eighty-three to seventeen, urgent mobilization, and dispatch troops! Sixty-one to thirty-nine, special taxes! Ninety-five to five, war bonds!"

After several pavilions shouted and ran over from the door, the boss of the mule and horse strolled out the door. The sound of cannons just now summoned the members of the Chengdu Prefecture to participate in the discussion of the number of mobilizations of the government and how many special taxes were imposed on various classes, and of course, including the distribution of post-war dividends.

"Didn't you say you won't be fighting recently?" The boss of the Mule and Horses Store hurried over. He didn't want to find that he and his colleagues had unfair burdens because of his absence: "If the Duke has no good reason, I will have no money."

...

Five days later, Yu Youming, chairman of Sichuan Industrial Bank, rushed to Chongqing in a hurry and met Gao Mingzhan, the governor of Sichuan appointed by the Qing court.

"Governor Gao, this is a Sichuan war public debt of 20 million taels of silver. Please accept it and pay the money." Yu Youming said straight to the point. While the mobilization order was passed, it also decided to issue war public debts. Although interest was paid, when Sichuan people found that their survival was threatened, this interest was nothing. Sichuan urgently needed a sum of military expenses to deal with the various expenses along the way. If more war public debts could be sold, then the special tax could be collected less, which is beneficial to all walks of life. Now the fellow scholars in western Sichuan are not well off. They just now actively purchased construction public debts, so it would be better if other regions could share some of them.

Moreover, bonds also have the function of insurance. If Chongqing dares to provoke trouble after paying for war bonds, the imperial government will refuse to repay without hesitation.

"Where does this start?" Gao Mingzhan said in surprise. Not long ago, Yu Youming came to Chongqing with a smile and persuaded the Qing Dynasty's Sichuan Governor's Office and Chongqing garrison to support the Ming army's land reclamation and construction in Jiangyou.

Although the other party smiled kindly, Gao Mingzhan and others were unwilling to refuse flatly. After all, Yu Youming said that this was the time to test the friendship between Chongqing and Chengdu, so Gao Mingzhan and others reluctantly raised money to buy a construction bond of 2,000 taels of silver.

But today there was no smile on Yu Youming's face, but he just said coldly: "Twenty-five thousand taels of silver, please pay me immediately."

"We don't have so much money." Wang Mingde quickly helped cry for poverty.

"No, you have it. We have it for you. You must have this silver. And we also know that you have just shipped the military pay for three months, and that's 200,000 taels. We estimate that you should have 350,000 to 400,000 taels of silver in your hand now, so you have to pay 250,000 taels of silver."

"The Duke of the State promised that our two families would buy and sell them in moderation, and how could the military pay be misappropriate?" Sun Sike, who had just returned to Chongqing, was so anxious that he was sweating. If he had known this would happen, he would have transported his silver directly from Xi'an to Beijing early in the morning, instead of putting it in Chongqing like a wealthy slave to appreciate it.

"I can't take care of that much now. If you don't pay, our army will launch an attack. To be honest, we don't want to waste time in Chongqing, and we don't want to interrupt the jewelry business, but we are worried that you will attack us."

"Absolutely no, the conscience of heaven and earth, we don't even have swords, and there are more knives in the military camp than sabers." Hu Wenke and others shouted at Chutian Qu: "Boss Yu must explain it to us."

"Since you don't want to fight with us, why don't you buy bonds?" Yu Youming introduced the war carefully: "As long as you are honest in the year, we will pay back the money and will also give you dividends. Don't you rush to buy such a good thing? Why don't you buy it? Give me a reason not to buy it! Pay the money quickly!"

While Yu Youming was sitting in the tent drinking tea, Gao Mingzhan and his group discussed countermeasures frowning. It was unrealistic to leave Chongqing and escape back to Baoning. It could save money and life. And as Hu Wenke said just now, the Qing army in Chongqing now has more processing tools than weapons. How can we fight this battle? Not only can we save our lives, but the money must be the surname Deng.

"Admiral Deng is not trustworthy."

"Okay, don't cry anymore, the masters are not ashamed." Gao Mingzhan cursed: "A hero will not suffer the loss before his eyes, so he will pay off the money first. Remember not to buy a diamond diamond in the future, and you have to keep two steel knives."

"How about asking them to exchange half of their military pay for war bonds?" Wang Mingde asked.

"This is a good method." Gao Mingzhan nodded: "Everyone goes back to summon soldiers. If anyone disagrees, let him take the King Kong drill to fight Admiral Deng. If anyone agrees, he will issue war bonds as a military pay. Tell everyone that as long as we are honest, Admiral Deng will repay the silver and will give us red."

"Hmm..." Some generals were still hesitating.

Seeing this, Gao Mingzhan cursed again: "What are you worried about? Are you worried about them holding the diamond to mutiny?"

After being awakened by Gao Mingzhan's words, everyone rushed out of the tent and summoned their troops to go.

"If Governor Zhang is ungrateful, you will be able to get dividends soon." After receiving the silver, Yu Youming did not delay much and told Gao Mingzhan that he would go downstream immediately. Many of his colleagues had already gone to Wuchang to promote war bonds: "When this matter is over, the Duke of the State said he would toast you to suppress his shock. In fact, the Duke of the State is a little tight, so he borrowed some from Governor Gao, and you borrowed it righteously. The Duke of the State will remember your benefits. You can also tell his subordinates that the Duke of the State will guarantee that after the matter is settled, there will be more cargo ships on the Yangtze River, and your subordinates can also buy cheaper and better things."
Chapter completed!