Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 167

After the dispute between natives and tourists in Kaiping was resolved, Wang Yan took his soldiers and horses around Zhaoqing Mansion, and the disputes in Xinhui, Taishan and other places were quickly settled down.

Wang Yan then ordered He Gang to proclaim and caress the various prefectures in southern Guangxi, and asked his staff Li Suiqiu to help him, presided over the relocation of the guests into Qiong, as well as the recovery of the land of the guests, and the preparation and training of the government army. Dai Zhifan was also left in Kaiping, and his task was to Recruit [-] soldiers to form Wang Yan's pro-supervisor army.

Wang Yan felt that after the Hakka people moved to Qiongzhou, they would need a large number of young and strong people, whether they were building houses and planting land or reclaiming wasteland. He had no plans to organize the Hakka people who moved into Qiongzhou into city soldiers. He recruited among the people, but he didn't want the Hakka people to be the first to join the recruitment, but he didn't expect it.

Wang Yan's strategy for dealing with the dispute between the natives and the guests was quickly passed on to Guangnan, and the villagers of Guangnan and the guests also discovered that the government, which used to be indifferent to each other, had become tougher than ever this time. Outright ban.

No matter whether it is moving people into Qiong, training government soldiers, or recruiting new soldiers, it is not something that can be completed in a short period of time. Therefore, after the dispute between the natives and the residents in the four provinces gradually subsided, Wang Yan led the troops to spend the new year. Yes, drive directly to Macau.

Originally, there were still 140 million taels of silver in Wang Yan's account, but with the reclaiming of Hakka land, moving people into Qiong, and recruiting new soldiers, the remaining silver will soon be exhausted.

When Wang Yan left, he had allocated 40 taels of silver to He Gang, and another 10 taels of silver to Dai Zhifan to distribute the resettlement allowance for the newly raised capital. This was just the beginning, and there may be more silver taels for subsequent settlements. many.

Seeing the money being consumed, Wang Yandun felt like sitting on the mountain, so it was imminent to open the road to sea trade.

This is not only for the huge tax revenue brought by trade, but also because the Hakka people must first ensure the safety of the sea route if they want to enter Qiongzhou.

The combat power of the Guangdong navy is inferior to that of the Fujian navy, but the soldiers cannot be greatly improved in a short period of time, so Wang Yan can only do his best and sharpen his weapons first.

With the loss of the Northland and the South of the Yangtze River, a large number of craftsmen who were good at making firearms and the cannon casting workshops also fell into the hands of the Qing court. The Cannon casting ability in Guangdong was limited, so Wang Yansui had to buy from outside. It became Wang Yan's first choice when he heard the words.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Folang Jiren obtained the right of residence in Macau in the name of drying the goods at the cost of paying 500 taels of land rent every year.

In the 44th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Carlo was appointed as the governor of Australia, but he did not take office.Three years from tomorrow, the next Governor of Macau, Mascarlo, will officially take office in Macau.

At this point, Frangji set up a garrison in Macau and began to build a fort in the official residence, which violated the original promise. However, the relationship between Frangji and Daming was not bad at this time.

At that time, because of the relationship between Francier and Spain, Philip II of the Habsburg Dynasty of Spain announced that he would also be the king of Portugal. Start to dominate the ocean and attack the Francoids everywhere.

In the second year of tomorrow, the Dutch invaded Australia on a large scale, dispatched eight Batavia warships, and joined forces with four warships of the captain Miao Huo, equipped with sixty cannons, and thousands of soldiers, led by the Dutch Admiral Reichen. They set off on June [-]th and headed straight for Macau. Under the command of Samento, the commander of the Macau-Portugal-China-Japan trade fleet, the Franco repelled the Dutch attack.

With the annexation of Portugal by Spain and the rise of the Netherlands, the once glorious Francois is no longer without its former glory, so it is still abiding by its duties in Macau, and Ming has also gone to Macau many times to buy artillery.

At this time, the governor of Macau had passed to the seventh Isusha. When he got the Duke of Chu of the Ming Dynasty and Wang Yan, the general town of Guangdong, and approached Macau with [-] troops, he couldn't help being shocked.

Even if Daming lost Beidi and Jiangnan, in the eyes of Frangji, he was still a colossus.

It has been less than a year since Yisusha took over as the governor, and he can't compare with the previous old governor Shi Luobao.

Bo Yingli of the Jesuit Society came to Macau in the 16th year of Chongzhen to study Chinese Confucianism and understand Chinese history and etiquette. He happened to be staying in the Macau Theological Seminary. When he learned that the Ming army was approaching Macau, he came to see Yisu sand.

"Da Ming is a country of etiquette, and will not raise troops without reason. Your Excellency, Governor, if you have done something that displeased Da Ming, go to make an apology immediately, and maybe you can get the Duke's understanding."

Since Matteo Ricci went west, the missionary strategy of the Jesuits in China changed and became very radical, which led to incidents such as the Nanjing missionary case and the Fujian missionary case. After some thinking, he felt that Matteo Ricci's method of "combining Confucianism" was beneficial to preaching in Daming, so he knew much more about Daming than Isusha.

After listening to Bai Yingli's words, Yisusha remembered that before he felt that the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil and had no time to take care of the small land of Macau, so he made his own claim and paid the 500 taels of land rent that was originally to be handed over to the Daming government, and the 1 taels of land rent. Commercial tax, withheld.

Could it be because of this incident that angered Daming, Yisusha immediately became anxious, "Lord, forgive your faithful believers, I shouldn't have withheld the taxes that were supposed to be handed over to China because of greed, I'm guilty! The Lord's believers brought disaster, I beseech the Lord’s forgiveness, Amen!”

"China values ​​faith, Your Excellency Governor will withhold taxes, and the Chinese will no longer trust us!" Bai Yingli made a sign of the cross on his chest, and continued: "In order to avoid bringing disaster to Macau, I ask Your Excellency Governor to immediately Rent and taxes should be returned to the duke, maybe the duke will consider withdrawing troops and give the governor a chance to change his ways."

Wang Yan lacked financial resources, so he was really annoyed at the fact that Frangji didn't pay taxes, but he didn't mean to drive Frangji away, after all, Frangji only had the right to live in Macau.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, no matter the countries in the Western Regions or the Koreans and Japanese people in the east have sent a large number of missions to China, and many of them have settled down. There are also Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and the big food merchants on the sea. , settled in China, so in Wang Yan's view, there is nothing wrong with Franji who only has the right of residence. Just a little stress.

Isusha and Bai Yingli naturally didn't know what Wang Yan thought, so before he approached Macau, Bai Yingli greeted him with Yisusha's request and the tax money that should have been paid. Yan's army.

(End of this chapter)