Chapter 161 Your father is a national surname
"Mother, can't you really surrender to that thief scholar?" Zheng Jing was very unwilling to accept it.????
Dong Xian looked at her son. Although her son looked very much like his father and had blood from the Zheng family in his bones, it was still much worse than his father. Perhaps, his son was still too young. He didn't know when and when he could do some things. Once some things were done, it would be useless to make up for them. At this time, what he needed most was to make up for was to make wise choices instead of deceiving himself.
Zheng Jing was indeed confused. In another time and space, when the "Three Feudals" collectively rebelled and the Qing Dynasty was about to fall, he did not choose to push the Qing Dynasty together with the Three Feudals, but helped the Qing Dynasty continue his life. Because of his selfishness, Geng Jingzhong, who had even attacked Anhui, had to end up silently and eventually end up in a different state of dissatisfaction. If Zheng Jing did not attack his old nest Fujian while Geng Jingzhong went north, history would have changed without any time travelers.
Perhaps, this "confused" is a common mistake for the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, Zheng Jing, and the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren have been confused from generation to generation, and have done unimaginable things at critical moments. The ending is not only sad, but also heartbreaking.
In addition to being confused, Zheng Jing is also very strong, just like his father. In the face of setbacks, Zheng Sen never was discouraged and desperate, but instead pursued himself and continued to fight, losing every battle, losing every battle. Similarly, Zheng Jing would not give up, he was very unwilling to give up. To put it nicely, this kind of character is persistence; to put it ugly, he was stubborn.
The helplessness revealed in his mother's words made Zheng Jing unacceptable. He really did not want to let go of everything and bow to the thief scholar. But he knew very well that if he didn't want to end up like this, he would have to get his mother's support. Only mother could suppress Jinxia, the gang of thief scholars who were ready to move, and could unite them to fight against the thief scholars across the sea to the end. Without the support of his mother, he, the vassal lord, would probably not be able to command a few people.
Dong Xian is not confused because she has never been confused before.
Protecting one's son is something that every mother in the world will do, and it is also the instinct of being a mother. This does not involve any dispute over selfish rights, but is completely a kind of protection. In order to protect her son, Dong Xian resolutely turned against her husband, stood firmly on her son's side, and used her influence in Jinxia to form a team to fight against her husband for her son. To outsiders, these are because she is Dong Xian who is confused, does not understand the righteousness and is incompetent in teaching her children, which is the opinion of a woman, but in Dong Xian's own opinion, she is not wrong. Indeed, watching her son die is the biggest dereliction of duty for a mother.
However, this time, Dong Xian did not choose to support her son anymore. She knew what her son was thinking, so she asked her son: "Ke Shou?"
Zheng Jing hesitated for a moment, did not dare to deceive his mother, and slowly shook his head and said, "Don't defend."
"Since you cannot defend yourself, why not surrender?"
When Dong Xian spoke, she habitually savored the ancestors of the Zheng family. These things were not what her daughter-in-law should do, but her husband had been fighting abroad for many years, so she had to take on the important task of worshiping her ancestors for her men. Now, she was for her son.
Zheng Jing's mother's problem made him blush. He didn't say anything, but his mother's eyes were fixed on his face.
"If you surrender, your son will have nothing, and nothing will be left."
Under the eyes of his mother, Zheng Jing finally said his heart. Zhou Shixiang's declaration did not promise any high-ranking officials and generous salaries to him. This means that once he ordered the weapons to be put down, he would no longer be a prince or a vassal lord, but a commoner.
Dong Xian knew that her son was talking about his heart and did not lie to her mother. She sighed softly, held her son's hand, and said in harmony: "How can you say this? You have mother, wife, and family, how come there is nothing?"
"Mother, my son used to be the prince, but now he is the vassal lord. Will he be able to live like an ordinary person and like an ordinary person in the future? Mother, I am from the Zheng family!" Zheng Jing's voice was a little choked. He was only 20 years old after all.
What's wrong with being an ordinary person? Ordinary people don't have the principle that their father wants their son to die.
Dong Xian felt a little sad, and her husband's indifference always made her feel resentful. Could it be that his wife and children are not as good as the so-called human nature?
After being sad, Dong Xian looked at her son in a decisive way and asked him: "What do you want to do?"
"Son wants to" Zheng Jing hesitated a little.
"What do you want?" Dong Xian asked urged.
"My son is thinking, if things are not done, his son wants to take his mother, Zhaoniang, and Zang'er overseas." Zheng Jing mustered up the courage and said, "My son can go to the place where his grandfather lives and to his grandmother's hometown."
"Is Japan?"
Dong Xian was a little surprised by her son's idea. Although she married her husband and died, she was unwilling to go to Japan with her son. It was her mother-in-law's hometown, not her hometown.
"If you go to Japan, you are still an ordinary person." Dong Xian rejected his son's idea. There is no difference between going to Japan and surrendering to the imperial court.
Zheng Jing said: "My Zheng family has been in Japan for decades. My grandfather and father have subordinates there, and they are also related to the generals of Japan. After his son goes, he will definitely be taken care of by them."
Dong Xian shook her head and said, "Your grandfather is in Beijing, your father is buried here, but you are going to Japan. Will you never come back from now on?"
Zheng Jing was silent there. Going to Japan was the last way out. He would not go without the last step.
Seeing that his son didn't say anything, Dong Xian advised: "In the past, your grandfather and father were there, and our Zheng family's navy was there, so the Japanese were friendly to my Zheng family. Now if you go to Japan, do you think the Japanese will be good to us?"
"If you don't go to Japan, where can your son go?" Zheng Jing lowered his head and his voice was very small.
Dong Xian said: "Jing'er, going to Japan is not a good way. You must know that even when your grandfather and father were there, they did not trust the Japanese very much, and they were always on guard against it."
Zheng Jing looked up at his mother and hesitated: "Mother, my son will not go to Japan, but surrendered to him as a thief scholar. But his son is the old master of Jinxia. Once he surrenders, it is difficult to guarantee that the thief scholar will not kill his son."
"The King of Qi can kill anyone, but he will never kill you." Unlike his son's name for Zhou Shixiang, Dong Xian used the honorific title of "King of Qi".
Zheng Jing did not notice the difference in his mother's words, he only asked his mother why.
Dong Xian took Zheng Jing's hand and walked to the statues of the ancestors of the Zheng family, her eyes fell on her husband's tablet, and said calmly: "Because your father is from a national surname."8
Chapter completed!