My Daming New Empire

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When the two brothers heard this, they immediately understood that their father wanted to fight hard.But, can they see the Zheng family going on the road of no return like this?

They are not Zheng Hong. Zheng Hong joined the army in Yanshan Guard since childhood, then went to Beiming Mountain, and then lived in Kangju. He seldom went to Yingtian Mansion, and he knew very little about that Majesty.

And they grew up in Yingtian Mansion when they were young, and they knew very well that the financial resources of one Yingtian Mansion alone far exceeded the material resources of the entire river.What's more, that His Majesty rules the world, and the gold and silver gathered from all over the world every year is immeasurable.

What will the Zheng family use to fight that His Majesty?

They all knelt down with a plop, and Zheng Fang bowed her head and said, "Father, please let me go! Get on the train today and go to plead guilty to His Majesty. Your Majesty will not treat me for the sake of our Zheng family's years of hard work. How is the Zheng family!"

Zheng Hong felt slightly disappointed, more confused, and looked at Zheng Bo again and asked, "Boer, what do you think?"

Zheng Bo cried: "Father, don't forget that Big Brother and Xu'er are both in the capital... My Zheng family can't do more and more mistakes..."

Zheng Xu is the eldest son of Zheng Bo, the smartest of the third generation of the Zheng family.He did not enter the military academy like other brothers, but instead entered the Royal Academy of Physics, and is expected to become the first researcher, or even an expert, of the Zheng family in the future.

"Bastard!" Zheng Hong was furious, stood up as soon as he took the table, looked at the two brothers and said angrily: "Isn't it for the sake of the family? You only see the present, but the old man sees decades, hundreds of years later !"

Zheng Bo raised his head, looked at his father, and asked with despair, "Father, if there is no present, how can there be a future? All children and grandchildren are dead, so where is the Zheng family!"

Zheng Hong said angrily: "Aren't the dozens of descendants of my Zheng family in Hezhong not the Zheng family? Are you really going to disobey your father!"

The two brothers looked at each other, their eyes met, and many things were understood without saying anything.

Zheng Bo persuaded the second elder brother, stood up, and said to his father, "Father has lost his mind and cannot manage affairs. Please forgive the child for being unfilial."

After speaking, he rushed forward with a stride, facing Zheng Hong's back neck with a knife.

Although his father is important, to him, the family is more important, and his son is more important to them.

Chapter 12 Taking the opportunity

Zheng Hong's strength is based on his decades of smooth military career.

In this life, he fought with his father and grandfather since he was a child, and he has never been defeated.

This experience of never failing has also made him develop an arrogant and domineering character.

But he never imagined that his own son would do something to him.

What made him feel even more chilled was that when the second son saw the third child attacking him, not only was there no accident, but there was also a sense of relief.

After all, he was already in his early sixties. Facing the violent attack of his son who was less than 40 years old, he had no time to resist, and Zheng Bo used his hand as a blade and slashed on the back of the neck.

Zheng Hong rolled his eyes and passed out without warning. Behind him, the screen fell, and four guards with muskets rushed out, pointing their guns at the two brothers.

Zheng Fang was afraid that they would hurt her third brother by accident, so she shouted: "What are you trying to do? Do you want to rebel!"

The four guards were flustered by the scene in front of them. Although they were loyal to Zheng Hong, the two in front of them were none other than the governor's own sons.

What's more, several people listened to their conversation, and knew that the Governor had disobedience.At a time like this, even his own son didn't dare to support him, so how dare the few of their guards go all the way to the dark.

Therefore, the four of them glanced at each other and lowered their guns.

Zheng Bo looked at his father lying on the big case, with a wry smile on his face.He turned to Zheng Fang and said, "Second brother, go and send a message to Ying Tianfu, I am here with father."

Zheng Fang was shocked and said: "Third brother, don't make up your own mind. Now that the elder brother has not returned, we should all obey the elder brother's instructions."

However, Zheng Bo asked: "It is not a day or two since I, Zheng Jiayang, committed crimes against others. Such behavior is tantamount to treason. Even if His Majesty is magnanimous, how could other nobles miss this opportunity! Such a serious crime has not seen blood. How can His Majesty spare me?

Now that the matter has come to this, my Zheng family does not give up one person, how can I calm everyone down!If I sacrifice my life to save my family, I will die well..."

In this era, for a son to do something to his father, it is already a big treason.Even if Zheng Bo is alive, he will be criticized by thousands of people from now on.

From the moment he decided to act, Zheng Bo had already thought of his own destiny.

However, he has no regrets.Because he saved the whole family!

Zheng Fang said: "Brother, there is no news from His Majesty, even if the third brother has a decisive heart, he should let His Majesty know, and let the world know that my Zheng family is only my father who has lost his mind, and everyone else is loyal. Geng Geng. What's more...don't the third brother want to go to Yingtian Mansion to see Xu'er and the others again?"

Zheng Bo's emotions calmed down, he stretched out his arms to hug his father's body, looked back and said: "I took my father to live alone in the backyard, waiting for His Majesty's divine judgment. Don't let anyone disturb us these few days."

Only then did Zheng Fang feel relieved a little, and said: "It is great filial piety to be a king, and small filial piety to be a father. Third brother, don't make up your own mind, things may turn around."

But Zheng Bo didn't listen to these words in his heart, he would not let himself become a person condemned by thousands of people, shame for his family, and shame for his children.

It was evening in the Dudu Mansion in Hezhong, but it was late at night in Yingtian Mansion, but in the telegraph room for the Western Regions, the rattling needles of the telegraph kept moving.

The staff who received these messages did not dare to neglect, each message was quickly passed on to their superiors, and then sent to the palace.

"Your Majesty, according to the news from Kangju, Zheng Hong's plot was wrong, but he was dissuaded by his two sons. Now Zheng Hong has been placed under house arrest. Zheng Fang sent a letter of confession, waiting for the holy judgment."

After receiving the news, Zhu Zhanji froze for a moment and couldn't help smiling.

The country has lived peacefully and the people have lived in peace for 40 years, and Daming's internal harmony has made him a little bored.

It was not easy to meet Zheng Hong, but before he made a move, the matter was settled.

This is a kind of anticlimax, I took off my pants, but you came to relatives to feel frustrated.

But from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Zhanji is quite relieved, after all, there is no need to lose his life.

If the Zheng family really rebelled and kidnapped the people in Shanghe to fight against the court, no matter how well the arrangement was, they would kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, which would only benefit other ethnic groups.

"The Secretary of General Administration, Jin Yiwei escorted Zheng Hong to Beijing. This time Zheng Hong rebelled, everyone in the Zheng family can understand the truth and put the country first, so he should be exonerated from his family's crimes. But... Let Zheng Ying see you tomorrow..."

Zheng Ying is the eldest son of Zheng Hong and has stayed in the capital.It was only in the afternoon that he was ordered to monitor him, but now that the second and third sons of the Zheng family have killed their relatives righteously, it is natural to order Zheng Ying to go back and continue his title.

"Let Jin Yiwei report his analysis of Zheng Ying tomorrow morning."

Zheng Ying should be sent back to inherit the title, but his loyalty must also be confirmed.If he is a white-eyed wolf again, he cannot be allowed to take power no matter what.

In addition, Zhu Zhanji also has other ideas about whether Zheng Ying will directly take over the post of governor of Hezhong.

According to the current enfeoffment system, the position of governor of Hezhong should be taken over by the Zheng family, which is the basis for the stability of the empire.

If he is not allowed to take over, it will easily touch the nerves of the clan and nobles.

At the beginning, Zhu Yunqi cut down the feudal clan, which led to the loss of the country, and there were only more than 20 clans at the beginning.

Now there are one hundred and one princes of Ming Dynasty, hundreds of county kings, hundreds of noble families, and thousands of generals.

Once the policy changes, their opposition will definitely be the biggest.No matter how powerful Zhu Zhanji is, he still needs the support of these generals, nobles, and clans to manage the country.

It can be said that it is precisely because of this stable social level that everyone supports Zhu Zhanji.

Although the civil servants are not involved in enfeoffment, they have gradually formed a large group represented by the trade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a large group represented by the development of the Ming industry. Too much less.

So after some careful consideration, Zhu Zhanji still decided not to break the current rules, but also to test it out.