Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Fearing the torture by the Jin Yiwei, De Long and other Dutch prisoners poured out everything they knew, and finally let Daming have a more detailed understanding of the Dutch East India Company.

Quanzhou Prefecture, Jinmen Office.

In order to handle matters related to Dongfan Island nearby, Fujian governor Zhang Kentang brought his subordinates to work here a few months ago.

Also working here is Chen Jitai, the governor of Nanyang who was only appointed by the imperial court this year.

Chen Jitai, born in 1607, was born in Panyu, Guangdong. In the early years of Chongzhen, he was elected in the middle school. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, he was granted the magistrate of Pingle County in Guangxi.

Later, he worked hard and moved to the prefect of Linjiang, where Huguang Zuo was a counselor and inspector and secretary.

In this life, under Du Yinxi's command, he has also made many political achievements.In later generations, he was recommended by Su Guansheng during the Longwu period and was awarded the title of Governor of Nanxiong.

Later, Emperor Shaowu fought with Emperor Yongli, and Chen Jitai belonged to Emperor Shaowu's side, and once defeated Lin Jiading in Sanshui.Later, tens of thousands of pirates were recruited, and Lin Jiading fought again at the mouth of the river and killed them.

In the end, the Qing army captured Guangzhou, and Chen Jitai died unyielding.

It can be said that Chen Jitai was another official in the late Ming Dynasty who, like Zhan Tianyan and Chen Junchong, was specially used as an official as a juren, but performed quite well in both civil and military aspects.

It's a pity that the most dazzling "achievements" in his life were actually manifested in Zhu Ming's royal family rivalry, which is a pity.

Du Yinxi had recommended Chen Jitai to Aimee Zhu more than a year ago, but Aimee Zhu transferred him to Fujian to take up a post in politics to deal with matters related to Fujian's coast and Dongfan Island because there was no suitable position.

This time it was decided to set up a prefecture and county on Dongfan Island, so Chen Jitai was simply appointed as the governor of Nanyang and the prefect of Dongfan.

Therefore, the actions against Dongfan Island were apparently dominated by Fujian governor Zhang Kentang, with Chen Jitai as the assistant. In fact, Zhang Kentang was only in charge of logistics matters, and Chen Jitai was responsible for all military and political affairs related to Dongfan Island.

In addition to Chen Jitai, the imperial court also appointed Xiong Kaiyuan as Nanyang Military Superviser, which was not only a routine appointment of officials, but also a kind of supervision over Chen Jitai and Zheng Hongkui.

In response to the upcoming war between Dongfan Island and Nanyang, the Military Affairs Council appointed Zheng Hongkui as the acting admiral of the Nanyang Navy to supervise the seventh town of the Navy that he originally led. Division No.11 Town, No.12 Town, No.13 Town.

When the fleet returned to the Golden Gate Office, Kuang Lu and Liu Weiming reported to Chen Jitai respectively.

Chen Jitai read all the information that Liu Weiming obtained from the interrogation of Delong and other Dutch captives, and he couldn't help sighing: "It's no wonder that Heyi can get more than 40 Dutch guilders a year in Dongfan Island, which is four to five tons of gold." They don't want to evacuate."

Immediately afterwards, he saw the Dutch building churches and schools on Dongfan Island and dividing administrative regions, so he couldn't help but show a stern look, saying: "The Dutch and Yi ruled the island by dividing up regions, and even threatened the Fans and Han people to be baptized and believe in religion. The establishment of a school to spread its language and culture is obviously intended to steal Dongfan for a long time, and it is truly despicable!"

After understanding this, Xiong Kaiyuan, the supervisor at the side, couldn't help saying: "The rice on this island is cropped three times a year, and the island is extremely rich in various materials, which can be called a treasure of heaven.

However, it was stolen by Heyi for 30 years, and the rule gradually became stable.If I don't take it back again, I am afraid that in a few decades, this island will really not belong to me, Da Ming. "

Zheng Hongkui said: "Chen Futai and Xiong Jianjun, from this point of view, it is necessary to send out a large army to take back Dongfan Island?"

Chen Jitai said: "He Yiqian received a notice from Zhan Ruo (Kuang Luzi), not only did not have the slightest intention of evacuating, but secretly doubled his troops, and even asked his headquarters to send a fleet to serve as sea reinforcements. It can be seen that Those generations were already ready to occupy Dongfan by force.

Therefore, this battle is definitely going to be fought - Zheng Junmen, Xiong Jianjun and this court will jointly telegraph these matters to the imperial court to know later. "

Zheng Hongkui and Xiong Kaiyuan nodded their heads.

After Nanjing received the telegram from Kinmen, it quickly gave a simple and powerful reply - fight!Heyi must be expelled and Dongfan Island must be taken back!
Chen Jitai and Zheng Hongkui no longer had any hesitation, and immediately made intensive preparations for taking Dongfan Island by force.

In terms of the navy, apart from the four towns under the jurisdiction of the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, the Qinglong Battalion of the Imperial Forest Army also came here for two years of military training and was temporarily under the jurisdiction of Chen Jitai.

At the same time, two Fujian garrison towns and two Guangdong garrison towns were transferred to the coast of Fujian to stand by.

A few days later, seeing that the deadline that Daming had left for the Dutch was approaching, the Dutch sent an envoy.

One of the envoys happened to be an acquaintance of the Zheng family, He Yanbin.

He Yanbin, formerly known as He Bin, was Zheng Zhilong's subordinate (actually a pirate) in his early years.Later, Zheng Zhilong became Daming's coastal defense guerrilla general under Zhao'an, so he gave up his stronghold in Dongfan Island.

He Bin did not give up, but he also went ashore completely, relying on his old connections, he became a landlord and businessman on Dongfan Island.

Later, the Dutch established their dominion over Dongfan Island. Because of his proficiency in foreign languages, He Bin was recruited by the Dutch as a general interpreter, and at the same time he was the "big knot leader" who represented the ruling side of the Dutch.

Speaking of it, he can be regarded as a non-staff officer of the Dutch East India Company.

Historically, more than ten years later, He Yanbin was dismissed from the post of "big knot" because of an affair with a senior Dutch official in charge of Dongfan Island.

In addition, he knew Zheng Chenggong's determination to take over Dongfan Island, and considering his relationship with the Zheng family and the benefits promised by the Zheng family, he took advantage of his translation to present to the Zheng family a picture of the Dutch ruling Dongfan Island at that time. Administrative maps, and provided a lot of important information, made a certain contribution to Zheng Chenggong's collection of Dongfan Island.

However, although his "cooperation" with the Dutch is not a honeymoon period, it is not bad.

Therefore, he came here this time because he sincerely wanted to be a lobbyist for both parties.

"Chen Futai, Zheng Junmen, and Governor Overward said that as long as Daming is willing to release Delong and other Dutch officials and soldiers, and resume trade, the East India Company is willing to pay 1 taels of silver at a time, and take out 5000 taels of silver every year. Two taels of silver will be used as the rent of Dongfan Island."

Speaking of this, He Yanbin paused, and seeing that Chen Jitai and the others had no intention of speaking, he continued: "Old parents, Cao Min is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han, so here I will explain the old background of the Dutch.

Although the number of serious Dutch soldiers on Dongfan Island is less than 2000, they are all elite.In addition, the Dutch have ruled Dongfan for many years and have controlled nearly [-] people.

Once there is a war between my Ming Dynasty and the Dutch, although the Dutch may not be able to mobilize all the Fans, it is possible to mobilize [-] to [-] Fans to join the battle.

Of course, the strongest point of the Dutch lies in their fleet - the Dutch are known as the "sea coachman", and the West even compares it to the Mongolian cavalry that crossed the east and west, calling it the sea cavalry.

It is said that they have more than 1 ocean warships, accounting for more than three-quarters of the current number of ocean warships.

Although there is no main force of the Dutch fleet in Nanyang, there are nearly forty third- and fourth-tier battleships, and hundreds of other warships.

Moreover, the Dutch are now gaining momentum, and have already overwhelmed Spain, Portugal and other countries, occupying many important maritime routes in the South China Sea.

If my Ming Dynasty fights with it, regardless of the outcome, the Nanyang commercial road will be hindered, which will be detrimental to the country and the people.

Now the Dutch are willing to take a step back and pay a rent of 5000 taels of silver every year to give me a decent face. Why don’t my Ming come to an end and trade with them as before to make a fortune together? "

After finishing these words, He Yanbin waited confidently for a reply.

Although he has never been an official of the Ming Dynasty, he has dealt with officials of the Ming Dynasty a lot in the past few decades, and he knows that all officials of the Ming Dynasty like "one thing more is worse than one thing less".

Besides, crossing the sea to capture Dongfan Island is of no benefit to Daming, right?After all, didn't Ming allow the Dutch to occupy Dongfan Island more than [-] years ago?

This time, the Dutch are willing to give 5000 taels of rent every year, and these officials in front of them can be regarded as having an explanation to the Ming court.

However, what happened next was completely beyond He Yanbin's expectation.

Chen Jitai looked at him and said with a sneer: "He Yanbin, this court sees that you are not here to confess to the Dutch people, but to show off for the Dutch people, right?"