Chapter 23 (3) Pirate Dynasty

Zheng Chenggong's second uncle is Zheng Hongkui, the general in charge of Nanjing's defense. It turned out that the whole Zheng family was put together by one family.Although Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui were brothers, they were not born to the same father. Not only these two brothers, they also had two younger brothers, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Cai, neither of them belonged to the same family.But everyone's surname is Zheng because they are related to each other, so they mashed garlic in a casserole and stewed it with a spoonful of garlic. Although the Zheng family brothers have not recruited for a long time and their official positions are humble, they all have great ambitions.This time Zheng Hongkui took Zheng Chenggong to Nanjing, because he wanted to take advantage of the rare opportunity of the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, quickly find a clan to be the emperor, and it will be easy to mess up in the future.He never wanted to establish a king of fortune, but he was not up to the mark, and Zheng Hongkui did not guard the Yangtze River, so he had to lead his troops back all the way.Now that the brothers of the Zheng family met, they started discussing immediately.

Zheng Zhilong said: The current international situation is like this. King Fu has been captured by the Qing soldiers. There is no one in troubled times.It just so happens that King Tang is here, I thought, let's just help King Tang ascend the throne, and increase officials and titles in the future, these beautiful things are indispensable. Zheng Hongkui said: What if someone disagrees? Zheng Zhilong said: "Whoever dares to disagree will be killed with one knife." So the brothers of the Zheng family went to the governor Zhang Kentang in a murderous spirit: All the soldiers in our army unanimously demand that King Tang supervise the country.

Zhang Kentang said: ...you put the knife away first, okay?I didn't say no, why are you so tense? Master Zhang just agree.Zheng Zhilong put away his knife and immediately began to arrange for his enthronement. So the king of Tang ascended the throne, overjoyed, and immediately promoted Zheng Zhilong to be the Duke of Ping, and Zheng Hongkui to be the Duke of Ding. All state affairs were handled by these two brothers.Zhang Kentang, the governor of Fujian, also took the ride of this promotion, because of his support, he was promoted to a bachelor. At this time, concubine Zeng came to look for her husband after traveling thousands of miles.

This concubine Zeng was very beautiful, smart and alert. In the past, the king of Tang was imprisoned in the high wall. Only Concubine Zeng never left him and stayed by his side. The two have gone through the hardships hand in hand, and now they can The husband and wife reunited, and the king of Tang wept with joy. So Concubine Zeng ordered someone to set up a screen in the court hall. When the emperor's husband went to court, she sat behind the screen and listened to the government.After the scholar Zhang Kentang found out about this, he wrote a memorial, saying: "Women's hair is long but their knowledge is short. Don't let women get involved in our men's affairs, okay?"

Tang Wang hurriedly sent this memorial to Concubine Zeng, and Concubine Zeng was furious, so Zhang Kentang was out. Without Zhang Kentang, everyone continued to go to court to discuss matters.During the discussion, Zheng Hongkui sat opposite the king of Tang with his big feet bare and a big cattail fan in his hand. While fanning the fan, he discussed the restoration of Daming.At this time, a man named He Kai suddenly stepped forward and said: Master Zheng, you are now the Duke of Ding, and you are no longer a pirate. Do you think it is appropriate to fan the emperor with bare feet? Losing your old mother... Zheng Hongkui was furious: Everyone is talking about the restoration of Daming, but you just talk about this, and you don't see the overall situation in your eyes.

retreat. As soon as He Kai came out of the palace, he met a group of pirates head-on. He couldn't help but step forward and knock him down, cut off one of his ears, and sold them in the market. He Kai was furious to death. After hearing about this, the king of Tang solemnly said: Choose a day to sacrifice to the heavens, and swear to the teacher in the western suburbs. I want to restore the Central Plains and sweep the rivers.