Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 632 Dongfan Retakes!Hot discussion among the people!
In the third year of Zhaowu, on June [-], the governor of the Dutch East India Company (Formosa) Owald led all the Dutch in Zeelandia to surrender to Ming Dynasty.

This is very different from the situation in later history.

In the history of later generations, first of all, the Dutch did not invest too much power in Dongfan Island, and their preparations were not sufficient.

Even so, whether it was the naval battle in the Taijiang Bay or the naval battle outside, the Zheng family's naval division was not a crushing victory, but a victory piled up by soldiers who fought the enemy bravely, sacrificed their lives, and sacrificed a lot.

Among them, the fleet from the Batavia headquarters to aid Dongfan Island was blown away by a typhoon, a warship sank, and the soldiers were captured by the Zheng army.

Afterwards, the Dutch fleet hurried into the port to attack, but because the water was too shallow, the warship was too large, and it was inconvenient to move, coupled with the influence of ocean currents, it was besieged by Zheng Jun's warships and defeated.

At this point, most of the Dutch warships broke out and fled back to Batavia.

Chixian City was besieged by Zheng Jun. Because of lack of preparation and lack of water, they surrendered only four or five days later.

After being besieged by Zheng Jun, the city of Zeelandia persisted for four months before surrendering.

In the process of Zheng Chenggong's collection of Dongfan Island, there was no support from any forces behind him, and he had to face the threat of the Qing Dynasty on his back, and the Nanming he respected existed in name only.

Therefore, in this case, Zheng Jun has actually become a local force, and it cannot be compared with the Netherlands in terms of size.

Coupled with the fact that Zheng Jun still managed to win with great difficulty despite many advantages of timing, the Dutch were actually very unconvinced, so they persisted and did not surrender.

In this world, Ming Dynasty recovered Dongfan Island with an army of 9 (actually more than [-]). He also made the Dutch prepare for three months.

As a result, under Daming's thunderous offensive, the well-prepared Dutch only persisted for about ten days before being completely defeated.

Coupled with the loss of nearly half of the battleships of the Dutch East India Company, even without considering the international situation, it was unable to rescue the city of Zeelandia.

In such a situation, even if the Dutch in Zeelandia stood firm, they could only delay time and anger Daming.

Considering that the further you delay, the worse the treatment after being captured in the end may be, and it is meaningless to stick to it.So at the last board meeting, Most of the people including Owald chose to surrender.

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"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The new issue of "Da Ming Pao" is out! It's a big headline, Dong Fan Island, which was stolen by He Yi for more than [-] years, was recovered by my Ming Dynasty!"

In the early morning of June [-]th, newsboys selling newspapers appeared in many places inside and outside Nanjing City, waving newspapers and shouting loudly.

Some bookstores, restaurants, teahouses and other newspaper consignors also put the "Da Ming Pao", which still smells like ink, where it is most likely to be seen by customers.

Today, reading Ming Pao has become a major living habit of many Ming people.

Coupled with the fact that Ming Dynasty newspapers are good, the content is top-notch but the price is cheap, many people will buy a copy of the newspaper on the day it comes out, not only because they really care about state affairs, but also want to read the entertainment content in the newspaper, and some just want to use it as a talking point .

As soon as the Ming Pao came out today, more people bought it when they heard the newsboys yelling loudly.

Because the imperial court did not publicize Dongfan Island's actions with great fanfare before, so many people knew about it.

In other words, most of the people knew for the first time that there was such a place as Dongfan Island in Daming, and that a Heyi from the west had already invaded Daming two or three times.

Therefore, the relevant reports in this issue of "Da Ming Pao" did not only talk about the battle to recover Dongfan Island.

Instead, it first introduced the active aspects of Dongfan Island's history, geography, and products, and then talked about the Ming Dynasty's expelling the Heyi who wanted to invade Guangdong and Fujian several times before, and finally talked about the war to regain Dongfan Island.

After reading this long report on Dongfan Island, many people were deeply moved, and many scholars even gathered in teahouses, restaurants and other places to talk about it.

"I really didn't expect that there is such a precious place as Dongfan Island in my Ming Dynasty. I was really ignorant before."

"Isn't that right? According to the introduction in the "Da Ming Pao", Dongfan is the second largest island in my Ming Dynasty. The first road is Kuwu Island at the extreme northeast, the second largest island is Dongfan, and the third The big island is Qiongzhou.

Kuwu Island is bitterly cold and almost uninhabited. All it has is minerals, fish, forests, herbs, etc.

But Dongfan Island is located in the south like Qiongzhou Island. Not only is the island rich in various resources, but rice is grown three times a year.

Moreover, it is located on the border of the East China Sea and the South China Sea of ​​our Ming Dynasty. It is the bridgehead of our Ming Dynasty's southeast sea area, and it is really an important place for military strategists.

Such a precious and important place, I should have taken it back early in the morning, but it is a pity that in the past twenty years, Daming had internal and external troubles and had no time to take care of it, so He Yi stole it for more than twenty years. "

Someone said: "Is this the same as bandits occupying other people's forests and fields? Speaking of which, how much money did Heyi plunder in Dongfan Island in the past twenty years?"

"That's a lot. Didn't you read the newspaper that Heyi has been able to transport four 10,000+ Dutch guilders from Dongfan back to the mainland every year in recent years.

How much is four 10,000+ Dutch guilders?In conversion, it is 12 taels of gold! "

"Hey! Give them nearly 13 taels of gold to the Dutch court a year? Then there must be corrupt officials in the Netherlands, right? So, maybe they actually searched Dongfan Island for 20 taels of gold a year?"

"This dude is doing a good job. If you don't tell me, I never thought they could actually search for so much."

"20 taels of gold a year, for more than 20 years, let him count as an integer, 400 years, doesn't that mean that He Yi seized a total of [-] million taels of gold from my Daming Dongfan Island? !
These stupid He Yi, the imperial court must not take advantage of them, they have to make them lose money! "

"Brother, it's a bit too much, I just read the Beijing News, it said that Heyi couldn't get that much money in Dongfan Island at the beginning, and he still wanted to please the Fanren and our Ming people who farmed on the island.

It was only after I gained a foothold that I began to oppress the Fanren and the common people of Ming Dynasty.

However, even if He Yi's occupation of Dongfan Island is divided in half, counting him for ten years, He Yi has also collected 200 million taels of gold from Dongfan Island in these years, which is still a lot. "

"Indeed, 200 million taels is not a lot. You have to make He Yi lose money. Hey, you don't know how difficult it is to make money. Thinking about being looted by He Yi with so much money from my Daming, my heart bleeds."

"It depends on the imperial court whether He Yi should lose money or not—but my Ming Dynasty has always focused on benevolence and righteousness in foreign affairs, and it seems that there is no precedent for that small barbarian country to lose money..."

The above are the discussions of some merchants and ordinary people.

Scholars who were studying and gentry with fame and fame discussed more about the establishment of prefectures and counties by the imperial court in Dongfan.

"This time the imperial court is really generous. They actually want to set up fourteen counties in Dongfan Island!"

"Not counting Kuwu Island, Dongfan is actually the largest island in Ming Dynasty. What is it to have fourteen counties? Qiongzhou Island is not as big as Dongfan Island, but it has three prefectures and thirteen counties under its jurisdiction."

"It is a good thing for scholars like us to add prefectures and counties. Think about it, how many county magistrates, county magistrates, master books, and history officials are needed in these fourteen counties."

"Why, Brother Zhang wants to go to Dongfan Island to be an official? I read that the Beijing newspaper said that although Dongfan Island is rich in products, there are also many Fans.

Among them, the cooked ones are better, but the raw ones in the mountains are better at hunting heads, and there are even cannibals.In addition, it is located in the south of Fujian, so there must be many poisonous insects and miasma. It is not easy to be an official there. "

"It's not easy, and it's easier to make political achievements. Besides, my Ming Dynasty is now flourishing, and the emperor is even more determined by the destiny. If he wants to achieve a great cause beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is time for our generation to make contributions. How can we be afraid of difficulties? ?”

"Brother Zhang is so enlightened, it really makes me feel ashamed..."

When people and scholars from all over the place were discussing the matter of Dongfan Island, Zhu Wei also summoned the Minister of Military Affairs and held a related meeting in the Hall of Martial Arts.

"Dongfanfu consists of Penghu, Dayuan, Shuangxi, Beigang, Nanshe, Dadu (Dadu), Xingang, Danshui, Jilong (chicken coop), Duoman (Duoluoman), Huaxi, Fandong (Taidong) , Hufeng (Puxiong), Langsha fourteen counties, the government is located in Dayuan, all the ministers have no objection to this matter, right?"

After Aimee Zhu finished speaking, she thought that the previously discussed matter would be passed, but she didn't want Ye Tinggui to stand up.

"Your Majesty, Dongfan Island is isolated overseas and is rich in products. It is easy to become a separate regime. Therefore, I think it is better to divide it into two provinces and lower states."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)