Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 690 Trench Mirror History, Digging Holes for the Dutch

At that time, the Portuguese fleet consisted of eight ships. After a one-day repair at Tuen Mun Island, they were preparing to head north again.Because the Portuguese were already doing bad things in Guangdong at this time, this fleet was stopped by the navy of the Ming army.

However, the Portuguese relied on the strength of their ships and guns to force the Kaiming Army Navy to break into the Pearl River (inland river) and reach Huaiyuan Station (now Shibafu area).

They also knew that they were hated by Ming officials and people, so they pretended to be Muslims and claimed that they were here to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty.

Because there were many Muslim countries in Nanyang at that time, and there were many small countries, and many of them were up and down. The officials in Guangdong were not sure, so they let them stay in Huaiyuan post first.

After getting in touch with them, I found that they were not Muslims, had no envoy documents, and Franz was not among the non-tributary countries, so they arranged for them to go to Guangxiao Temple to learn etiquette and at the same time report this matter to the court.

The Ming court replied that the special products brought by the Portuguese were converted into silver and returned. The envoys went to Beijing, and the rest of the ships returned (leaved Guangdong).

The Portuguese envoys stayed in Guangzhou to study etiquette, but the remaining ships did not leave as required, but withdrew from Guangzhou in an attempt to occupy the Nanshan Peninsula. Because the Ming Dynasty had troops stationed here, it failed.

So he retreated to Tuen Mun Island, and occupied the nearby Kwai Chung Hai Ao (now Hong Kong Tsing Yi Island, Kwai Chung area), exploring the Quartet, intending to expand the stronghold.

By 1521 (the 16th year of Zhengde), the Portuguese envoy Pilaizi and his translator Huozhe Yasan (actually Han) finally met Emperor Zhengde in Beijing.

Afterwards, Huo Zhe Yasan was favored by teaching Emperor Zhengde to learn Portuguese. In addition, Pillaizi and Jiang Bin and other courtiers made good friends. something happens.

It is a pity that no matter how good the regulations are, if the people who implement them are not good enough, and the strength of the country is weak, it will be like a dead letter.

Therefore, an order was issued to Chen Jitai and other officials in charge of negotiating with the Netherlands, asking them to solve the problem of the trench mirror before negotiating.

The Portuguese here in Guangdong, upon hearing this news, naturally became even more rampant.

At first, this request was not allowed by the Guangdong government, but after the Portuguese promised to Wang Bai, the then deputy shipping envoy, to give him 500 taels of silver every year, it was done.

In July, Guangdong officials followed the court's wishes and no longer allowed the Portuguese to go ashore for trade.

However, because the Ming Dynasty began to pay more attention to coastal defense due to the Japanese pirate rebellion at this time, all the strongholds established by the Portuguese were pulled out by the Ming army, and none of them survived.

The officials of the above-mentioned government offices are collectively referred to as Shouao officials (Haojing was also called Haojingao at that time).

However, the territorial sovereignty of Haojing still belongs to Ming Dynasty.

By 1572, the Portuguese did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional. They gave the deputy envoy 500 taels of silver as in previous years, but they chose it when many other officials were present.

In the Apocalypse Dynasty, Daming continued to lose ground in Liaodong, and at the end of the Apocalypse, there was a rebellion in She'an in the Southwest.

He also assigned Haiphong Tongzhi to be stationed in Haojing to be responsible for the defense of Haojing.

After being expelled from Tuen Mun Island, the Portuguese were not reconciled. In the following decades, they continued to harass the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang, colluded with Japanese pirates (pirates), and continued to try to establish new strongholds along the coast of Daming.

Since then, Haojing has actually become a leased land of the Portuguese.

If the measures and regulations formulated by the Ming Dynasty can be effectively implemented, the Portuguese are really just tenants of the trenches, which is completely different from the nature of the concessions in the post-Qing Dynasty.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were many natural disasters. Farmers in many provinces rose up because they could not survive, and became bandits who ravaged all over the country. It can be said that internal and external troubles made them weak.

Soon, the Portuguese expanded their camps, residences, and even built military facilities such as walls and forts, and set up officials to manage them.

However, "the good times didn't last long." In April 1621, Emperor Zhengde died of illness.

Administratively, Haojing was placed under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture.

On the surface, Ming won the battle with an absolute superiority in force and successfully expelled the Portuguese.In fact, the Portuguese relied on their strong ships and guns, and were not wiped out by the Ming army when their forces were at an absolute disadvantage. A few people escaped.

After that, Empress Zhang executed Jiang Bin and Huo Zhe Yasan according to the opinions of the officials, and ordered Fu Langji not to come to pay tribute again.

Decades later, in the late Wanli period, the Portuguese saw the Ming Dynasty's national strength and military power turn from prosperity to decline, and their ambitions swelled again.

After nearly 20 years of semi-open trade and management by the Portuguese, the rented land in Haojing has become like a small town, quite prosperous.

In order to gain the right to rule Haojing, they began to privately recruit Japanese ronin as thugs, build city walls, and re-establish the fort.

In this case, the control over Haojing naturally fell to the bottom.

After decades of trying in vain, they were still unable to establish a stable stronghold along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang. In 1553 (the 32nd year of Jiajing), the Portuguese once again set their sights on Guangdong.

Coupled with the influence of other factors within the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court took advantage of the situation to officially allow the Portuguese to conduct trade in Macau.As a result, Portuguese talents officially obtained the right to live on lease in Haojing.

It's a pity that Nurhachi rebelled against Liaodong in the late Wanli period first, and Ming was defeated in Sarhu.

For example, in the 36th year of Wanli (1608), Cai Shanji, magistrate of Xiangshan County, took advantage of the Portuguese civil strife and sent troops to quell the rebellion.

Later, Zhang Minggang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Zhou Yingqi, the inspector, were invited to formulate the "Sea Road Ban", ordering the Portuguese to abide by it, so as to protect the sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests of the Ming Dynasty in Haojing.

This year, the Portuguese fleet falsely claimed that they encountered a storm, the ship was damaged, and the cargo was infiltrated, so they asked the Guangdong government to borrow a trench to dry the cargo.

In order to avoid the crime of accepting bribes, the Deputy Shipping Envoy at the time claimed that the 500 taels were the rent of the Portuguese for renting trench mirrors, and handed them over to the national treasury.

Auntie Zhu couldn't bear this kind of situation, but she didn't think it would be necessary to mobilize the army to start a war.

At the same time, it also accepted Japanese merchant ships that were banned from trading by the Ming Dynasty to start trade with Japan.

In the 41st year of Wanli (1613), Yu Anxing, a patrol officer in Guangdong, expelled the Japanese slaves and Japanese ronin raised by the Portuguese, and warned the Portuguese not to do so again.

Officials were stationed in Xiangshan County, and three administrative offices were set up, namely, promotion, preparation, and patrolling, to be responsible for the law and order of Haojing. Whether it was Ming people or Portuguese, crimes committed in Haojing were dealt with by Ming officials in accordance with the laws and regulations of Ming Dynasty.

But greed still prevented them from spitting out the "food" that had already reached their mouths.

The Portuguese were not reconciled, so the "Battle of Tuen Mun Island" broke out.

After Aimee Zhu succeeded to the throne in Nanjing, apart from moving the former Municipal Bureau of Shipping from Haojing and changing its name to Customs, she only kept the Customs Office in Haojing, and did not take any other measures against Haojing.

After the war, Daming really realized the power of weapons such as Francophone guns and matchlock guns, so he embarked on the road of buying imitations...

When the negotiations between Daming and the Netherlands were settled in Haojing, the Portuguese forts and other military facilities inside were still not demolished, and many Japanese slaves and ronin raised by the Portuguese were not expelled, and the many regulations formulated by Daming were regarded as nothing.

Later, the Shibo Department was moved to Haojing for the convenience of tax collection and certain control over Macao's commerce.

Therefore, in order to effectively manage the more and more prosperous Haojing, the Ming court gradually set up government offices, officials, and stationed troops in Haojing to control Macao militarily and politically.

It was not until Jiajing succeeded to the throne that the imperial court formally ordered the expulsion of the Portuguese and did not allow them to enter the country.

During this period, officials from Daming also noticed the ambitions and changes of the Portuguese in Haojing, and carried out targeted suppression and control.

Although the Portuguese understand Daming far better than other Westerners, most of the Portuguese in the trench mirror are even somewhat sinicized, and they have many connections with Ming officials and gentry. They know that the Ming’s national power has been rising in recent years, and it has also won a series of victories in the military. , Megatron Quartet.

For one thing, if the Netherlands sees the Portuguese looking like the owner in the mirror, it may despise Daming, which will make the subsequent negotiations more difficult.

The second is to dig a hole for the Dutch—didn't you want to negotiate in the place controlled by Daming (Dongfan Island) before?Do you think it can be avoided by changing to the trench mirror?

I just want you to know that the trench mirror belongs to my Daming too, and you can only negotiate in places controlled by my Daming!
Yesterday, the blind date was delayed all day, and I didn't come back until after nine o'clock in the evening. I can only dove for a day.

Well, it should be over soon.

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Correct the typo later.

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