Although Zhu Hongsan used his power to suppress public opinion, the subsequent impact of Zhu Youlang's death was far more than this.

Zheng Chenggong, who was far away in Taiwan, received news that Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang was caught by Zhu Hongsan in January. Zheng Chenggong was very anxious. His power is still very weak and he really cannot show up with the other side.

Zheng Chenggong in this era is much weaker than Zheng Chenggong in history. Because the Zheng family's ocean-going trade was stolen by Zhu Hongsan. In addition to some smuggling, the only biggest trade target was Japan. However, with Zhu Hongsan's successful expedition to Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate, who was afraid of being beaten, also stopped trading with Zheng Chenggong, and the Zheng family fell into internal and external troubles.

However, the enemy's enemy was a friend, and at this time the Dutch far away in Batavia extended an olive branch.

The Dutch and Zheng Chenggong should be mortal enemies. Just a few years ago, Zheng Chenggong had just driven the Dutch out of Taiwan and regained Chichicheng, which the Dutch occupied. Although the Dutch hated Zheng Chenggong to death, in order to deal with his stronger enemy Zhu Hongsan, the Dutch began to contact Zheng Chenggong.

At first, Zheng Chenggong did not take the Dutch seriously at all, but as Zhu Hongsan, mainland China recovered Beijing and Emperor Yongli was driven to Yunnan, Zheng Chenggong began to seriously consider the Dutch's suggestions. In the end, the Dutch used 300 muskets, fifty cannons, one hundred barrels of gunpowder, and countless silver spices to exchange for Zheng Chenggong's guarantee. At the right time, Zheng Chenggong sent troops to attack Luzon, and Zhu Hongsan's nest in Nanyang.

Although the alliance was reached, Zheng Chenggong was not a fool. He knew that he was completely inequality with Zhu Hongsan from the mainland, so he still guarded Kinmen and Xiamen. The right way was to smuggle people from mainland China to Taiwan to open up land and farm.

Therefore, in recent years, Zheng Chenggong has not used troops to the mainland at all. He only maintains a close relationship with Fujian, but secretly accelerates the development of Taiwan.

Zheng Chenggong had a good plan, but he didn't expect that Emperor Yongli, who was far away in Yunnan, could not hold on. In the 11th year of Shenwu, the news of Zhu Youlang's surrender reached Taiwan, and Zheng Chenggong was really panicked.

In the past, the prerequisite for him to develop with peace of mind was that the mainland would not attack him, because the reason was very simple. What is your identity? My Zheng Chenggong's backstage was Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Zhu Hongsan wanted to deal with the war in the southwest, so he did not leave any soldiers in Fujian. He just sent the Green Camp soldiers left by the surrender of the Qing Dynasty to Yuan Pengnian, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to guard against Zheng Chenggong on the other side.

Now that Zhu Youlang surrenders to Zhu Hongsan, this makes Zheng Chenggong fall into a dilemma. I feel unwilling to surrender with Zhu Youlang. After all, Zheng Chenggong still has more than 300,000 people, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and hundreds of warships of various types. These things are given to the gangster Zhu Hongsan, and I really can't let go.

But what if you don’t surrender and resist stubbornly? The emperor has surrendered, and Zheng Chenggong’s previous orthodox possession has disappeared. At the same time, Zhu Hongsan will definitely transfer elite soldiers and generals to the front line of Fujian after the war in the southwest. At that time, Zheng Cheng’s function cannot resist the attacks on the other side may not be certain.

Just as Zheng Chenggong was hesitating, Yuan Pengnian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang who was far away in Fuzhou, sent a lobbyist.

Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan dared not act rashly, and Yuan Pengnian in the mainland also dared not act rashly. As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Yuan Pengnian looked at his high position and power, in charge of the military and political power of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. However, Yuan Pengnian himself knew that there were only more than 20,000 soldiers available in Fujian in the entire Zhejiang, most of which were the green camp soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and some of the former Ming garrison soldiers were mixed in. The combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined.

So Yuan Pengnian and Zheng Chenggong were afraid of beating both sides of the wolf, Zheng Chenggong was afraid of Yuan Pengnian coming, Yuan Pengnian was afraid of Zheng Chenggong's counterattack on the mainland, so in recent years, both sides maintained fragile peace, and both sides also gave a name for this peace, the Chinese did not beat the Chinese.

However, the peace was broken with Zhu Youlang's surrender. In January of the 11th year of Shenwu, Yuan Pengnian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, received a document issued by the Military Affairs Office, ordering him to contact Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan and negotiate with Zheng Chenggong.

Yuan Pengnian was overjoyed when he saw that there was no need to fight. He immediately called the godson of Fujian Governor Tong Dafang, that is, Tong Tuchang's godson, and discussed with him in detail what to do.

In the second year of Shenwu, Tong Dafang took advantage of Li Chengdong to fight against the Qing Dynasty and became Tong Tuchang as his godfather. Now he has found the right organization. There are no capable candidates in Tong's uncle and nephew, so as Tong Dafang, who relied on himself in the early days, naturally promoted him vigorously.

Tong Dafang was just a seventh-rank county magistrate at that time. In less than ten years, he was directly promoted to the governor of Fujian. He was really in the limelight for a while!

Tong Dafang received a notice from the Governor's Office at the Governor's Office and quickly brought gifts to the Governor's Office to pay a visit.

After meeting the Governor Yuan Pengnian, Tong Dafang bowed and said, "Master of the Taiwan Strait, I wonder what's going on when I pass on the official position?"

Yuan Pengnian was very helpful when he saw Tong Dafang's respectful look. What's wrong with you being Tong Tuchang's godson? You still see that I should be so respectful!

"Defei, you should know the news too! Now that Gui Ni Zhu Youlang has been captured, the next step is to deal with Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan. The Central Military Affairs Office of the DPRK sent his majesty's will and ordered me to send people to contact Zheng Chenggong. It would be best if it could be resolved peacefully. If it really doesn't work, it's time to resort to force!"

Although Tong Dafang is shameless, he has been an official in Fujian for a long time and has a very detailed understanding of the Zheng family forces that have been entrenched in Fujian for more than 20 years. Now Zheng Chenggong is under his command of hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, so it is unlikely that he will unconditionally put down his weapons and surrender.

"Master Taiwan Master, Zheng Chenggong holds heavy troops and makes him surrender really difficult. I wonder what conditions the Military Affairs Office has listed?"

Yuan Pengnian picked up the official document from the table and handed it to Tong Dafang. Tong Dafang took a closer look and found that it was very simple, just let Fujian contact first and explore Zheng Chenggong's background. As for what to do, let's talk about the next step.

Tong Dafang nodded, and returned the official documents from the General Office of the Military Affairs Office to Yuan Pengnian respectfully, and then said: "Sir, if it is just a good idea to find a bottom-up, the Zheng family is from Nan'an, so let the local officials find someone familiar with the Zheng family!"

"Well, Lord Tong has been in Fujian for a long time. Do you have any good candidates?"

Tong Dafang went from the county magistrate of Min County to the Tongzhi and the governor of Fuzhou, and was promoted to Fujian's academic administration, censor, and governor. Last year, he replaced Yuan Pengnian as governor and a chief magistrate of Fujian Province. Tong Dafang was in power for 15 or 16 years and knew very well about the situation in Fujian.

Tong Dafang heard Yuan Pengnian's question and quickly replied: "Master of Taiwan, the Zheng family originated in Nan'an, Quanzhou. Why not be a magistrate of Quanzhou? If he asked him to search in detail locally, he would definitely find someone who was familiar with the Zheng family!" Tong Dafang and Yuan Pengnian were different. Yuan Pengnian sent cadres to Fujian and went directly to Fujian to become a governor, and then relied on Tong Yangjia's Dashu to become a governor. Therefore, Yuan Pengnian may have a lot of experience in the officialdom, but his understanding of Fujian is really not as good as Tong Dafang.

Tong Dafang has worked in Fujian for more than ten years and knows that the Zheng family has a deep root. Now the imperial court has strict orders to prohibit trade with the Zheng family. But isn’t the Zheng family also living well? Tong Dafang doesn’t believe that the two isolated islands of Kinmen and Xiamen can support Zheng Chenggong’s population by providing hundreds of thousands of people? So as the local magistrate of Quanzhou, he must know that someone can contact Zheng Chenggong, Taiwan.

Yuan Pengnian nodded when he heard Tong Dafang say this, "Okay, the magistrate of Quanzhou is the one you should be in charge of Lord Tong, so you can use your governor's yamen to give him a copy of the article. Needless to say, it's too detailed, just ask him to find someone to go to Taiwan to ask Zheng Chenggong what conditions are!"

Tong Dafang got Yuan Pengnian's permission and returned to the yamen to practice writings in the name of a governor, Xin Zi, the prefect of Quanzhou, and asked him to visit people who had connections with the Zheng family in Nan'an, and to send a letter to Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan, asking Zheng Chenggong if he wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty.

The magistrate of Quanzhou, Xin Zixiu, was the magistrate of Quanzhou during the Hongguang period of the Southern Ming Dynasty. When the Qing Dynasty occupied Fujian, Xin Zixiu did not dare to commit suicide, so he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Anyway, Fujian was returned to Emperor Shenwu Zhu Hongsan, and Xin Zixiu still served as the magistrate of Quanzhou. This has been done for more than ten years.

Xin Zixiu knew very well that although he was a Jinshi, there was no one in the court and the stain on surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. He retired as the prefect in this life. It was precisely because of this that Xin Zixiu wanted to get some money to plan for the future.

Quanzhou was a commercial port from the Song Dynasty, and naturally, the business atmosphere was very strong. In addition, Zheng Zhilong, a large maritime merchant, appeared in Nan'an, Quanzhou in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and Quanzhou became a gathering place for maritime merchants.

Although the court has strict orders and prohibits doing business with the Zheng family, merchants are seeking profits. The Zheng family takes out three times the price to buy supplies, and merchants from Quanzhou naturally flock to them.

As a local official in Quanzhou, Xin Zixiu turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. It was not that he didn't want to care, but that in order to make Zheng Chenggong have the strength to resist the Qing Dynasty, the emperor acquiesced to the smuggling of Quanzhou merchants. Later, Zhu Youlang and Zhu Hongsan had a falling out. At this time, Zhu Hongsan was thinking that it was impossible to impose an embargo on the Zheng family. A large number of vested interest groups had formed in Quanzhou, and it was not possible for the emperor to manage it with just one order.

Xin Zixiu received a letter from the governor's yamen and sighed. He knew that Emperor Yongli was arrested and the last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty also failed. Although Xin Zixiu was an official of Zhu Hongsan, Xin Zixiu passed the Jinshi during the Chongzhen period, so he still had some feelings for the King of Yan.

Xin Zixiu saw that the governor Tong asked him to find someone to contact Zheng Chenggong. Xin Zixiu understood that the emperor was going to recruit peace, and it also indicates that the smuggling in Quanzhou would not last long. Who would Zheng Chenggong smuggled to?

Xin Zixiu took the letter and thought for a while, and decided to find Yang Chao, the official Yang from Quanzhou City.
Chapter completed!