Chapter 182 The Zheng family begged for surrender

Up to now, Zheng Zhilong finally can't hold on. With the failure of the land military, the Zheng family has no capital to continue to fight against the Dazhong army on land, and Zheng Zhilong also saw that the recent development of the Dazhong army has far exceeded his previous expectations. The Dazhong and North Korea have surrendered and edited it through a year's recruitment. Multi-pronged means such as training pawns, searching for ships and vigorously building new warships have made the strength of the Dazhong Army's naval division advance by leaps and bounds. From the beginning, it could only fight against Zheng's navy on a small scale along the coast, it has developed into nearly 200 warships that can be gathered at sea in the near future, and have a head-on confrontation with Zheng's navy. Zheng Zhilong It can also be seen that the new emperor of the Great Middle Dynasty is determined to vigorously develop the sailor power of the Great Middle Dynasty.

The Great China and the DPRK now mastered almost half of China. Once it concentrates its financial, material and human resources to do something, this power will be extremely terrible. Although the Zheng family is claimed to be extremely rich, after all, it only has the resources in Fujian. Now with the confrontation with the Great China and North Korea, the Zheng family The reserves are constantly being consumed. In addition, the recent red-haired people have coincidentally adopted a hostile attitude towards the Zheng family, cutting off the supply of weapons to the Zheng family, which has already put the Zheng family in a situation where they can't make ends meet.

Under this and over, the large and medium army will become stronger and stronger. It is not only the power on land, but also the power at sea. It is estimated that it will take less than a year or two to greatly surpass his Zheng family. If it goes on like this, sooner or later, his Zheng family will be completely erased from the world by the Dazhong Dynasty.

The whole Zheng family realized that it had reached a critical moment for their life and death. If they don't surrender now, I'm afraid they won't even have a chance to surrender in the future.

So in October, with the defeat of both land and sea wars, Zheng Zhilong summoned his cronies for the last time to discuss what to do next.

For him, the leader of the pirate group, he can't talk about his loyalty to Daming at all. He still considers more about family and personal interests. After discussion, most of his men admit that it is no longer the best strategy to continue to fight against the Great China and North Korea. Take advantage of their strength. Being able to sell a better price in Dazhong Dynasty, they decided to give up the idea of continuing to be the enemy of Dazhong Dynasty and officially surrender to the Dazhong Dynasty.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who don't want to defect to the Dazhong Dynasty, but these people can no longer influence Zheng Zhilong's decision. Zheng Zhilong finally found Zhang Tiancheng and Qian Qianyi, the envoy of the Dazhong Dynasty living in Quanzhou, and announced that the Zheng family was on October 20. He was willing to accept the conditions of the Great Zhong Dynasty and officially turn to the Great Zhong Dynasty and become the Shun people of the Great Zhong Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong personally wrote to Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, claiming to be guilty, saying that from then on, the Zheng family will only continue to be a sea merchant and will never try to be the enemy of the Dazhong Dynasty. He hopes that Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, can be tolerant of their Zheng family and not blame for the past. .

Zhang Tiancheng quickly sent a messenger to send the news of the surrender of the Zheng family back to Nanjing City at a speed of 800 miles. At the same time, Shi Ran and Liu Yaoben also suspended their attacks on Quanzhou Prefecture.

And Zhang Tiancheng's messenger has not yet returned to Nanjing. On the evening of October 22, Xiao Tianjian learned about Zheng Zhilong's surrender in advance through the channel of transmitting the message of the special situation of the Ministry of War, so he summoned the cabinet minister to the palace overnight.

Xiao Tianjian is very excited and happy. The affairs of the Zheng family have been his heart disease for more than a year. What he is most worried about is that Zheng Zhilong refuses to surrender to his Dazhong Dynasty. Even after the failure on land, he continues to rely on their strong maritime power to fight against the Dazhong Dynasty at sea, from the original In history, he knew very well that once things developed to that extent, if he wanted to completely eliminate the Zheng family group, it would take at least ten or even twenty years to eliminate the maritime power of the Zheng family.

In that case, he will have to continue to control maritime trade and enforce the sea ban to prevent the Zheng family from obtaining land resources. In this way, it will have a great negative impact on his future maritime policy and will also affect his future layout of land and sea strategies.

But today he can finally be relieved. Zheng Zhilong finally did not resist the pressure of his Dazhong army, Luhai, and decided to give up continuing to resist and accept the reorganization of Dazhong and North Korea.

At this time, he didn't have to worry that Zheng Chenggong would pull out a group of Zheng Jun and continue to be the enemy of Dazhong and North Korea. Through the feedback from Qian Qianyi, Zheng Sen (Zheng Chenggong's original name) Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, after being sent to his door by Zheng Zhilong and under the guidance of Qian Qian Yi, he quickly accepted Qian Qian. Yi's idea of persuading him did not have the idea of continuing to be the enemy of Dazhong Dynasty. On the contrary, recently, he has repeatedly followed Qian Qianyi's instructions to his father Zheng Zhilong and persuade him to accept the conditions of the Dazhong Dynasty to turn to the Dazhong Dynasty.

Therefore, after the news of Zheng Zhilong's surrender came back, Xiao Tianjian completely put down a big stone in his heart. As long as the Zheng family surrendered, there was no need to worry about the remaining Yongli, the small court of Nanming.

History has developed to this time. With the early extermination of Zhang Xianzhong Group, the control of Sichuan by him and the recent collapse of Li Zicheng's Pseudo-Shun Group, it is impossible for Yongli's Nanming court to unite with famous generals such as Li Dingguo and Li Guo to resist the Qing Dynasty as in history, and to fight against the Qing army, and the Dazhong Dynasty. Confrontation.

Moreover, Yongli, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, has not been able to quickly integrate the old Ming forces in the southern provinces against the Dazhong Dynasty because of the small court of Shaowu. Although Emperor Shaowu has now been abolished, the Zheng family has surrendered. Guangdong has been occupied by the Dazhong army, and only part of the territory and clouds of Guangxi are left in the small court of Yongli. In these two places in the south, it is impossible to make any more moths.

Therefore, with the surrender of the Zheng Group, the whole southern bottom is already a matter of certainty, and it has completely solved Xiao Tianjian's big heart disease.

So after summoning the cabinet ministers, Xiao Tianjian informed the cabinet ministers of the good news he had just learned.

The ministers breathed a long sigh of relief and even congratulated Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "Happy! Presumably, Zheng Zhilong's surrender, you Aiqing must be as happy as I am, which is undoubtedly a great good news for us! With Zheng Zhilong's surrender, the whole territory of Fujian was basically taken back by our dynasty, and also exempted the disaster of the people of Fujian! Zheng Zhilong did this, which is also a contribution to the society! Next, there is only the Yongli small court left!

It's just that Zheng Zhilong has announced that he will turn to our dynasty, so what kind of official position do you think is appropriate for me to seal him? In addition, some of his relatives and subordinates of the Zheng family must be properly settled. Otherwise, these people have lived at sea for a long time. Once they can't appease them well, they will cause chaos. Therefore, although it's so late tonight, they also recruit you to the palace to discuss this matter!"

As for the placement of Zheng Zhilong, it was said at the beginning of the negotiation that Xiao Tianjian had promised Zheng Zhilong that as long as he was willing to lead Zheng Jun to surrender to the Dazhong Dynasty, he could be awarded the title. At present, the Dazhong Dynasty now inherits the old system and was listed as the fifth class. Gonghou Bo Zinan restored the title of Zinan, which was abolished by Daming. , which is specially used for the division of meritorious ministers.

Moreover, there are five titles, each of which is divided into three grades. Generally speaking, it is not easy to confer titles, and the titles granted by the Dazhong Dynasty are not easily hereditary. Even if it is hereditary titles, they are reduced by generation. After up to three generations, the titles will be cancelled to prevent the occurrence of similar to the previous dynasties. Later There are too many people with titles, which affects the normal order of society.

However, Xiao Tianjian is very strict about the title of title. Generally speaking, not to mention the title of king, even the third-class title is very small. So far, the Dazhong Dynasty has not been awarded the title of Duke. Only Yan Chongxi was awarded the title of second-class Marquis of Pingxi because of the pacification of Li Zicheng's pseudo-shou group. Luo Rucai, the original name is Xing Tianjun. After the establishment of the country, the deputy commander was only awarded the title of second-class Ding Nanbo, and the rest of the veterans such as Luo Li, Li Shuanzhu, Shi Ran and Liu Bao were only awarded the title of third-class count.

Therefore, for Zheng Zhilong's title, the opinions of the ministers are that it is enough to make him a first- or second-class baron at most. If it is too high, I'm afraid that other military generals will not be satisfied, and this time Zheng Zhilong's surrender is also forced to make a decision. If he is willing to surrender earlier, he can still discuss it to him. The title is a little higher.

After thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian recalled that Zheng Zhilong was the highest marquis by the Longwu Dynasty in history, and now it is said that the Yongli Dynasty also named Zheng Zhilong as the Marquis of Nan'an, so he shook his head and said, "Although Zheng Zhilong has been fighting against my dynasty for so long, this person can still know the general at the critical time, so that It is also a great achievement to go to the swordsmanship of a large number of Fujian people. I can't be too stingy this time for the title!

It is precisely the strictness of this dynasty. If you are more generous to Zheng Zhilong, you can show my sincerity. Therefore, since even the small court of Yongli can make him a marquis, is it difficult for me not to give up the title of this marquis?

In my opinion, I can keep the title of Marquis for Zheng Zhilong. For several of his brothers and clans, I might as well give him the title of Baron to show the importance I attach to him!"

The title of the Great Middle Dynasty has no real power. It's just an honor. Every year, the court will give an extra salary to those who have the title as a reward for them. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian is not too stingy about Zheng Zhilong's title this time. At worst, it is to spend a few more money every year. And Zheng Zhilong surrendered this time. Among other things, the more than a thousand warships to be handed over, as well as tens of thousands of sailors who are good at sailing, are enough to offset the expenses of China and North Korea.

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's opinion, the ministers also nodded and agreed. After all, the matter of this title is a virtual thing. It is higher. With the current system of the Dazhong Dynasty, it will be eliminated without three generations. At worst, the court will only spend a little more money, so When Xiao Tianjian said this, it was meaningless for them to object. As for whether other military generals would be unhappy or not, the key to deal with this matter was how Xiao Tianjian would deal with it in the future. Therefore, after discussion, Xiao Tianjian decided to appoint Zheng Zhilong as the first-class Marquis of Jinghai of Dazhong Dynasty, and his younger brothers Zheng Zhibiao, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai. Others were also awarded the title of first- to third-class barons by the Dazhong Dynasty. Zheng Hongkui, who was captured some time ago, was also pardoned by Xiao Tianjian and sent someone to temporarily settle him in Nanjing City.