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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 142 The New Prefect of Quanzhou

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    "Brother-in-law?"

    Ding Yunyi was a little surprised. He was not too mentally prepared for the sudden appearance of his second brother-in-law Ye Yuan in Penghu.

    Ye Yuan was still smiling: "Xiang Wen, the battle at Penghu shook the world. I've heard about it before I even entered Fujian."

    Ding Yunyi's mind flashed: "Has my brother-in-law already obtained the position of prefect of Quanzhou?"

    "Lucky, lucky." Ye Yuan smiled "haha" and was very proud: "Fortunately, I have been favored by Your Majesty to appoint me as the prefect of Quanzhou. Ye is very talented and has little knowledge. I am afraid that I will not be able to take on the important responsibilities and live up to the entrustment of the Holy One. This time  I came directly to Penghu instead of Quanzhou to tell you the good news."

    As he spoke, he looked to the side and lowered his voice: "If you hadn't lent me the money, Xiang Wen, I'm afraid this position would have been given to someone else."

    Ding Yunyi is also overjoyed. Now is the time when he is ready to show off his talents. Ye Yuanxian's arrival will give him a big boost.

    He hurriedly invited Ye Yuan to the camp and asked about family affairs first.  Ye Yuan originally told him that everyone in his family was thinking about him.  This time, Ding Yunyi's second sister and Ye Yuan's wife, Ding Biyue, also came to Quanzhou with her husband, but she hasn't arrived yet. She thinks she can enter Fujian in the next few days.

    "As soon as I entered Fujian this time, I heard about the great victory in Penghu." Ye Yuan briefly talked about the Ding family, and then changed the subject: "I immediately wrote a note and ordered the horse to gallop to the capital to report the victory to the emperor."

    Ding Yunyi was a little disapproving: "Brother-in-law, I think Zou Fushuai has also already gone to the memorial hall."

    Ye Yuan smiled: "Xiang Wen, what do you think Zou Weilian would write? Do you, Ding Yunyi, fight pirates alone? Wrong, wrong. Although I haven't seen Zou Weilian's memorial, I can guess it. He Zou Fu  Shuai strategized, won thousands of miles, and made careful arrangements, which led to the great victory in Penghu. You, Ding Xiangwen, are just a forward, and your credit is not as good as his. "

    Ding Yunyi suddenly realized.

    The Great Victory of Penghu was completely directed by me, and I led the army and people of Penghu to victory, but I did not have the right to directly submit a memorial to Chongzhen.  Of course, all of Zou Weilian's memorials were attributed to him, Zou Fushuai, and I was lucky to be mentioned by his name.

    No wonder that from the Penghu victory to the present, Zou Weilian has nothing to say except for a few letters of commendation and a batch of medicinal supplements.

    "Of course Zheng Zhilong has a ship and is in a high position. Zou Weilian can't help but say good things for Zheng Zhilong in his memorial, but what does it have to do with you, Ding Xiangwen?" Ye Yuan continued: "When Liu Xiang became a pirate,  After a long time, even the Holy One knew this person's name. How could you, a big pirate with a long-standing reputation, be destroyed by your little Penghu? After reading Zou Weilian's memorial, the Holy One will of course believe it, so I have to let him.  The emperor knows the truth."

    The benefits of borrowing money have been initially revealed, and Ding Yunyi is very pleased.

    Without Ye Yuanxian, the emperor might have really thought that all the credit for the Penghu victory was Zou Weilian's. This was actually caused by people's inertial thinking.  Ding Yunyi had just returned from the capital, how could he achieve such great achievements in a blink of an eye?  In Chongzhen's mind, he must have believed that it was Zou Weilian and Zheng Zhilong who planned together during the period when Ding Yunyi was away from Penghu and annihilated the pirate Liu Xiang.

    Of course, Ding Yunyi also knew very well that the reason why Ye Yuan worked so hard to help him gain credit may not necessarily be sincere.

    He had just been appointed as the prefect of Quanzhou. Before he could take office, he had won the great victory in Penghu. This achievement had nothing to do with him.  In this case, he might as well just be a favor and repay Ding Yunyi's kindness for lending him the money.

    It seems that although Ye Yuan is "one of his own", he still has to be cautious when dealing with such people.

    "Brother-in-law has helped me with such a favor. Yun Yi doesn't know how to be grateful." Ding Yunyi thought through these links and smiled slightly: "Brother-in-law just took office as the prefect of Quanzhou. Before he took office, he came to me first.  It¡¯s Yun Yi¡¯s honor to give him a gift.

    "Why should you and I be so polite?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

    Ding Yunyi, however, did not go around in circles with him: "Last time, my brother-in-law couldn't reverse his position in the capital and asked me to borrow 10,000 taels of silver. Just pretend this never happened."

    Ye Yuan was startled at first, then overjoyed.

    Ding Yunyi¡¯s words meant that he didn¡¯t need to pay back the money himself.  Ten thousand taels of silver is not a small amount.  He was just a favor, but in exchange for such great benefits, it seemed that Ding Yunyi could be a close friend.

    I just took office in Quanzhou, and I was born in a distant place. I originally needed someone who could help me.As a person, isn¡¯t my brother-in-law Ding Yunyi the best choice right now?

    He made a successful report, the premium Fujian and other places, plus the shot so generous, and a relationship between relatives. Where can such a good ally go to find it?

    At the moment, he was polite and insisted on paying it back, but Ding Yunyi refused, so Ye Yuan gave up.

    In this way, everyone knew it well, and without saying anything else, the alliance was established.

    Once this layer of window paper is pierced, it will be much easier to speak below.

    Ding Yunyi gave him a brief introduction to the official situation in Fujian, and then talked about the forces in Quanzhou.  The forces in Quanzhou Prefecture were complex, so it was not easy to sit in that position.

    There are both the Quanzhou Gang armed group of Zheng Zhilong and the businessman group headed by Cai Qizhen.  These two forces are leaning against each other and excluding each other, but they must depend on each other.

    In addition, Catholicism also has a certain influence there, and this is entirely because of Zheng Zhilong.

    Zheng Zhilong was a devout Catholic. During his dealings with the Portuguese, he was influenced by them and received Catholic baptism. He took his Christian name Jasper and his other name Nicholas. Foreigners called him Nicholas Yiguan.

    Fortunately, I have never heard of any evil done by those missionaries, but their suggestions often have a certain impact on Zheng Zhilong.  The weight of words in Zheng Zhilong's heart was much heavier than those of local officials.

    Ye Yuan listened very carefully and nodded frequently.  He also knew very well that Zheng Zhilong had been eyeing the position of the prefect of Quanzhou for a long time and wanted to arrange for someone of his own to take over.  But first came Ding Yuanzhao, who brought the prefect of Quanzhou from the capital.  After finally waiting for Ding Yuanzhao to leave office with the prefect, Zheng Zhilong had hope, but he appointed Ye Yuan to take over the position.

    In fact, this was also a method used by the Ming Dynasty to contain Zheng Zhilong. It would never hand over all power to Zheng Zhilong.

    The power is concentrated in the hands of one person, which is always the most taboo thing for the court.
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