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Chapter 760 King Luzon

Gao Huan showed considerable sincerity in the surrender of the Minyue Kingdom. As soon as Zheng Zhilong's surrender came, he immediately issued an order to end the maritime ban and allow the Zheng family merchant ships to come to Fujian for trade.

At the same time, in order to calm the hearts of the people, Gao Huan did not save face for Zheng Zhilong, and directly recruited printing craftsmen to print thousands of copies of Zheng Zhilong's surrender, and attached a manifesto calling on Zheng's army, who was still fighting guerrillas in the mountains and forests to surrender, and published it in the newspaper.

At the same time, Gao Huan also asked Zheng Zhilong to send someone to pass on messages to his old subordinates and let them end their resistance.

For a time, the Zheng family tribes who had fought guerrillas for more than half a month in the mountains of northern Fujian went out of the mountains and surrendered to the Liang army.

Gao Huan originally thought that these people would choose to go out to sea to serve Zheng Zhilong, but the result was unexpected and many people chose to go home to farm.

On Pingtan Island, temporary royal palace.

Zheng Zhilong was discussing with the Zheng family members and taking stock of his own strength.

In the lobby, Zheng Zhilong sat in a handsome seat, and everyone was carrying a small stool and sitting on both sides.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was looking at Daliang Daily with a black face, with the front page headlines printed with the full version of the surrender he wrote to Gao Huan.

Zheng Zhilong originally thought that this was a national event, and only a few people including Gao Huan could see it, so the writing of the demotion was a bit stingy, boasting about Gao Huan's kindness and flattery, and flattered a lot of Gao Huan's flattery.

Zheng Zhilong thought that he would use the material resources of Liang State to regain Taiwan and Luzon, so he said some more flattering words, but he would not suffer any loss anyway.

Unexpectedly, Gao Huan was so unethical that he actually put his surrender in the newspaper. Now the whole world knows that he flatters Gao Huan.

Zheng Zhilong slapped the newspaper on the table and said annoyedly: "This Gao Huan is really~"

At this time, Zheng Sen said: "Don't be angry, my son has a few good news here!"

Zheng Zhilong leaned against the Grand Master's chair and closed his eyes, "What good news!"

"The first is that King Liang lifted the sea ban. Our ship has transported three ships of grain from Fuzhou, which can temporarily alleviate the crisis of food shortage. In addition, my son has sent a ship to Jiangnan. King Liang promised to transport a batch of grain from Huguang and Jiangxi to Shanghai to support us in regaining Taiwan." Zheng Sen smiled.

Zheng Zhilong heard that the food problem could be solved, and his expression was a little better, "What else?"

Zheng Sen continued: "The second good thing is that Shi Fu and other generals have already come out of the mountain. Zheng Du, the second brother who was besieged in southern Gan, will also lead his troops to the island! However, many soldiers are unwilling to go out to sea. Some surrender to Liang State, and some are disbanded on the spot!"

Zheng Zhilong was still quite happy when he heard that his son and his confidant general came out of the mainland. However, he heard that many Zheng soldiers were unwilling to go out to sea, so he couldn't help but curse, "Feed things that are not familiar, but now there are many people on the island. If they don't come, they won't come. Just Du'er, Shi Fu and others will come to the island."

Zheng Sen continued: "The third thing is that King Liang will send officials to the island and bring an edict to reward his father. He has left Fuzhou and will arrive soon."

Zheng Zhilong laughed: "This is not a good thing?"

One day later, officials from Liang State came to Pingtan Island and went directly to Zheng Zhilong's palace to announce the imperial edict.

Zheng Zhilong's King of Minyue was granted by the false Ming Dynasty. Now Zheng Zhilong submits to Gao Huan, so Gao Huan naturally won't let him continue to regard himself as King of Minyue.

In ancient China, there were many ways to enfeoff the title of the king. The mainstream was to enfeoff the place where the fief was, and the place name was used as the title.

This kind of king with a place name or abbreviation of one place is generally a king with a high status or strong strength.

Zheng Zhilong was originally the King of Minyue, which showed that Fujian and Zhejiang were his fiefs. He continued to be called the King of Minyue, and it was inevitable that the Zheng army would continue to covet the land of Minyue and would not be willing to suffer the defeat.

In order to dispel the Zheng family's covetousness for the mainland and to provoke the relationship between the Zheng family and the Spaniards, Gao Huan decided to change the title of Zheng Zhilong.

Gao Huan was not the emperor, but Zheng Zhilong still wanted to bathe incense and burn incense, and went to the lobby to receive the edict. The Zheng clan members also wore dresses and went with him.

In the lobby, the envoy handed over the edict to Gao Youwen, who was sitting and waiting for the reading.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong and others came out, first saw the courtesy with Gao Youwen, and then knelt on the ground honestly to prepare to receive the imperial edict.

Strictly speaking, Gao Huan is not the emperor, and his will can only be regarded as the teachings. However, the Hongguang court was in name only, and Gao Huan had already passed away in all aspects.

After Zheng Zhilong knelt down and bowed, Gao Youwen slowly launched an edict and read out loudly: "The Western barbarians invaded our seas, occupied our Taiwan, and destroyed our vassal state, which made our seas unstable. Zheng Zhilong, the former general of Fujian, was good at leading the navy. He defeated the Western barbarians several times. Now he abandoned the darkness and turned to the light and surrendered to me. I am very relieved. Now I lead more than 100,000 troops to surrender, and specially appointed you as the King of Luzon. I hope you will no longer regain my expectations. I will first take over Taiwan, then fight against Luzon, and restore my vassal state. I respect this."

After Gao Youwen finished reading the edict, he slowly closed it, held it in front of Zheng Zhilong with both hands, and smiled and said, "King of Luzon, please accept the edict."

Zheng Zhilong is in a very complicated mood now. Gao Huan named him King of Luzon, which made him lose his mind to peek at the mainland and also caused him to have conflicts with the Spanish.

Liang State appointed him as King of Luzon and asked him to restore his country in Luzon, but Luzon was in the hands of the Spanish. When the Spanish knew that Zheng Zhilong was named King of Luzon, they would definitely be wary of Zheng Zhilong and fear Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong understood that this was the trouble Gao Huan caused him, but he still politely said: "My minister Zheng Zhilong received the order."

Gao Youwen handed over the edict and seal to Zheng Zhilong, and then said, "Congratulations to the King of Luzon!"

After Zheng Zhilong took it, he stood up and said, "Thank you for your hard work in Xinzheng Hou."

Gao Youwen waved his hand and talked to Zheng Zhilong for a few words, saying that the peace agreement was completed, so he would not stay for a long time and prepare to return to Fuzhou to report.

Zheng Zhilong asked someone to prepare gifts and say goodbye to see them off, so he didn't mention it.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong received the enthronement edict and the golden seal and surrendered to Liang State, and had basically been determined. What Zheng Zhilong had to consider next was how to collect Taiwan and Luzon.

In the hall, Zheng Zhilong sat in the commanding position, Zheng Sen, Zheng Hongkui and others sat on both sides, and a simple sand table was placed in the middle.

Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice: "Pingtan Island is too small to settle down. Now that I have made peace with Liang Guo, I want to put my energy down and recover Taiwan. What do you think about this!"

Zheng Sen stood up and pointed at the sand table, "Father, my son thought there were two urgent measures to recover Taiwan!"

Zheng Zhilong asked, "What is an urgent plan? What is a slow plan?"

At this time, Zheng Sen was about to explain, but one person hurriedly came in to report, "King, the fifth master brought Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian to Fuzhou with the Marquis of Xinzheng!"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but stand up with a roar, "It's outrageous! What does Zheng Zhibao want to do?"

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