1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 425
In 1641, the 14th year of Chongzhen.

In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, wars continued, and the Songjin War in Liaodong gradually came to an end.The slave chieftain Huang Taiji personally led the army between Songshan and Xingshan on August 13 to cross the main road.Hong Chengchou was afraid, but he was exhausted if he wanted to fight, and the road to deliver food had been cut off if he wanted to defend.So Ma Ke, Wu Sangui and others fled one after another, and all the towns were defeated.Hong Chengchou led [-] troops, and lost more than [-] people successively.The siege of Jinzhou is becoming more and more urgent.And Matsuyama's foreign aid is also absolute.Hong Chengchou and others failed to break through the siege, and they were trapped in Songshan City. They organized a breakout several times, but all failed. Soon the Ming army's food and payment were cut off, and there was a shortage of food in the city.

On November 11th, Li Zicheng attacked Nanyang.At that time, the general army was as fierce as a tiger, and he went to Jingzhou from Yang Sichang and moved to Nanyang.As fierce as a tiger, he defended the city and killed thousands of enemies. After he exhausted his food and aid, the city was breached. Ruhu, the counselor Ai Yuchu, and the county magistrate Yao Yunxi all died.Liu Guangzuo, the deputy general, came from Xiangcheng. Tang Weiyu invited him to guard with him. The city fell and he died.

On December 12, Li Zicheng took advantage of the victory to attack Kaifeng again, and successively captured more than ten cities including Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Chenliu, Tongxu, Weishi, Weichuan, Yanling, Linying, Changge, Xinzheng, and Sishui.When Li Zicheng attacked the city, governor Gao Mingheng and general Chen Yongfu tried their best to resist, but Yongfu shot Li Zicheng in the eye, and Li Zicheng withdrew from the siege.

On December 12, the day after the initial peace agreement with Hanzhou, the Dutch East India Company assembled 11 large and small armed merchant ships, more than 800 mercenaries, and more than [-] native servants. Departure, go straight to the city of Malacca, which was occupied by the Portuguese.

On December 12, Qi Tian, ​​the commander-in-chief of Hanzhou, formally signed a peace agreement with the Dutch East India Company, ending the three-year-long war between the two sides.

On January 1642, 1, Hanzhou Jianye Port Wharf.

Two Dutch armed merchant ships docked quietly beside the concrete trestle of the pier.Mr. Senad Kalamet, the former senior commercial counselor of the East India Company, and Mr. Quinell Rollins, the former governor of Kupang, looked at the officers who came to pick them up and sent them back to Batavia with complicated eyes, feeling a little emotional in their hearts.Peace was finally achieved between the East India Company and Hanzhou, and those company employees who were successively captured by Hanzhou were able to safely return to their families.

Senard Karamet and Knell Rollins were the first Dutch prisoners to be released. There were more than 430 Dutch prisoners in total. The remaining [-] Dutch prisoners were detained in Weiyuan City (now Papua New Guinea) Port Moresby), they will not be sent back to Batavia with the second batch of released prisoners until the Hanzhou transport ship transports them back to Jianye City.

The Dutch armed merchant ships who came to pick up the captives not only sent back more than 50 Hanzhou sailors captured by them, but also shipped more than 300 tons of wheat and a large amount of Indian linen, cotton cloth, and daily necessities to Hanzhou for the first trade. .

All the materials were bought by the Hanzhou Materials General Trading Co. The European Foreign Trade Corporation tried its best to sell it to the Dutch.More than a dozen businessmen from the East India Company and Hanzhou are finalizing the exchange prices of their commodities one by one in the Port Authority Office at the pier.

"Did the natives not be included in this exchange of captured personnel?" Senard Karamet stood at the bow of the ship, watching the haggard Dutch prisoners line up to board the ship, with a bit of pain on his face. and humiliation.

"The Hanzhou people said that those natives are all dead." Lieutenant Colonel Carsten Kuritz said with a wry smile: "Because of the unbearable work and the so-called unacceptable environment, they are all dead."

"Hehe..., they must still be in the mines and plantations of Hanzhou. Of course, they will all die in the end under the cruel oppression of Hanzhou." Senad Kalamet said with a sympathetic tone : "In order to develop the desolate land here, Hanzhou digs more ore, no matter how many natives can consume it. I'm afraid not all the employees of the East India Company who can return to Batavia this time."

"After the peace talks agreement was signed, we checked with the Hanzhou people the number of people on our missing ship and those captured by their breached stronghold. There was a gap of more than 160 people. But the Hanzhou people insisted that the number of people who can be repatriated is just that Many." Lieutenant Colonel Carsten Kuritz shook his head and said: "We believe that these 160 people were either tortured to death by them, or were forcibly detained by them as people with special functions."

"In this war, we didn't seem to achieve any of the original goals. Instead, the Hanzhou people were able to stand side by side with our East India Company on an equal footing. Governor Daiman must be very dissatisfied with this."

"...Governor Daiman resigned from his post as governor in September and returned to mainland Europe." Lieutenant Colonel Carsten Kuritz said in a low voice.

"..." Senad Karamet was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly, "When Governor Daiman leaves, he must be very unwilling and resentful. Hehe... Hanzhou has already become a trend! "

"Yes, Hanzhou has slowly developed, and it may become stronger in the future, which may pose a certain threat to our East India Company." Lieutenant Colonel Carsten Kuritz looked up at the wharf, which was busy loading ships. He said leisurely: "But the peace between us and the Hanzhou people should last for at least ten years, or until their navy grows enough to threaten the maritime hegemony of our East India Company." .”
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"The war with the Dutch has ended, and it's the New Year. In addition, the immigrant fleet is about to return, and it will bring back a large amount of production and living materials. Therefore, starting next week, all material control will be cancelled." Qi Tian Lang Sheng said: "Some related industries such as military industry, steel, food, and clothing stopped wartime economic production, and slowly resumed civilian products."

"After Jianye Shipyard has completed the construction of the warship on the berth, the follow-up ship construction plan will shift to special immigration transport ships and cargo transport ships. Weihai Shipyard needs to be further expanded. After some professional shipbuilding craftsmen are transferred from the local area, the future Within two years, we must have the ability to independently build large ships of more than [-] tons."

"Immediately organize ships to carry out a large-scale replenishment of materials and personnel to Zhenhaibao (Dili City). The township soldiers and residents stationed in the original city were granted land in advance, and agricultural production materials such as houses, farm tools, cattle, and seeds were all Free distribution, no repayment required.”

"Send personnel to the eastern part of Hanzhou to inform Weihai (now Cairns City, Australia) and Yunyang (now Mackay City, Australia) the two general administration areas, the large-scale city defense facilities are suspended, and the defense level has been reduced to C (general beast or indigenous invasion) .”

"Send flying fish boats to Xinsheng Island (now Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam) to inform Zhang Wenqi that the war with the Dutch East India Company is over, and you can moderately intervene in the situation in Annan, Cambodia, Champa and other countries."

"Notify the Kingdom of Mataland and the Kingdom of Banten that the previous arms transactions will no longer be carried out, but Hanzhou will provide them with a large amount of iron farm tools and various metal tools."

"The arrival of immigrants this year, the focus of distribution is still on the eastern part of Hanzhou. The grassroots officials and subordinates selected by the civil affairs management department and the immigration department will be able to arrange a boat trip to the eastern part of Hanzhou and Weiyuan Island in the near future. We must let them Properly arrange the arrival of many immigrants. The medical administration department must cooperate with the immigration department to do a good job in the epidemic prevention work of the immigrants. It must try its best to prevent any source of external infectious diseases from entering the mainland of Hanzhou and its overseas territories. The material department must carefully verify the production of each colonization point Whether the living materials are sufficient to avoid the living difficulties of new immigrants from all over the country.”

"Establish a foreign affairs department to handle daily affairs with the Dutch East India Company, as well as the diplomacy of the kingdoms of various states in Southeast Asia..."

In the Hanzhou Commander's Mansion, the first military-civilian joint meeting of this year is being held. Qi Tian will make specific adjustments and arrangements for various military-civilian affairs in the next few months. He glanced at the Hanzhou high-level officials present below. It seems that everyone The expressions are very excited, and the heart is quite disapproving.At present, Hanzhou is only tied with the Dutch. If Hanzhou develops and becomes stronger in the future, dominates Nanyang and competes for power, then what kind of expression should they have?

"Commander, if the war between Hanzhou and the Dutch is over, should we continue with the previous plan to colonize the southwest of Hanzhou?" Feng Keyi, Minister of Immigration, asked.

Last year, Hanzhou detected that the Dutch East India Company sent exploration ships to the west and south of Hanzhou. At that time, in order to prevent the Dutch from encroaching on the mainland of Hanzhou, Qi Tian instructed the immigration department to formulate a colonization plan for the southwestern part of Hanzhou, and began to build several supply point.Today, the Dutch East India Company has admitted that Hanzhou is completely exclusive to the entire continent. Therefore, Feng Keyi feels that the plan to colonize the southwest of Hanzhou can be postponed.Because the exploration ship reported that there are not many places suitable for establishing supply points in the northwest and western regions of Hanzhou, and the environment is not ideal, far inferior to the eastern region of Hanzhou.

"To colonize the southwest of Hanzhou, the plan will continue, but the pace can be slowed down." Qi Tian thought for a while, the iron and coal mines in the Jianyefu area can still be developed for a few years, and the scale of the entire heavy industry in Hanzhou is not very large. , You can slowly advance there, and then said: "The plan is to establish three to five supply points along the way within three years, and complete the colonization of the southwest area of ​​Hanzhou in about five years."

"Everyone, do you have any other questions about the arrangements for the next few months?" Qi Tian glanced at the Hanzhou military and civilian officials present, hoping that they could provide some supplementary suggestions instead of forcing all the work arrangements by himself.

It was only six years since Hanzhou was first established, and most of the officials were the navy officers and soldiers and military households who followed Cao Xiong in the Dengzhou rebellion, as well as down-and-out literati from Ming Dynasty, or small and medium-sized landlords who went bankrupt due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and some It was half-year-old teenagers who had studied with Qi Tian and entered the military and civilian systems one after another after they grew up.If considered in accordance with the orthodox officialdom system and environment of the Ming Dynasty, almost none of them had the qualifications to be a qualified official.

However, Hanzhou has gradually developed from a stronghold with a few hundred people to a population of more than 7, covering thousands of miles, and dozens of strongholds. Various management affairs are also gradually increasing, and the scope of involvement is also gradually increasing. expand.All the middle and high-level officials of Hanzhou are also under the guidance of Qi Tian, ​​and through their own painstaking explorations, they gradually learn and grow up, and manage this rapidly growing new force with heart.

Qi Tian believes that Hanzhou is a place that is completely different from Ming Dynasty, and even from all countries in this world.He hopes that this new force can avoid some detours, and rely on his prophetic ability to copy the desirable experience of several powerful countries in later generations who successfully reached the pinnacle of the world.Therefore, he eagerly hopes that the officials of Hanzhou can grow up quickly, try their best to change their original limited thinking, and become pioneers and leaders with independent spirit, leading the rapid development of Hanzhou.

"This time, Hanzhou and the Dutch people eliminated the war and signed a joint agreement. Although it is gratifying, there are still flaws in it." Bi Maokang saw everyone's eyes flickering, but they were all speechless. The East India Company, authorized by its local government, can perform various affairs such as declaring war, making treaties, expanding land, and colonizing. Although it does not have a national entity, it is also a derivative of a national regime. You can look at Hanzhou again, with a base of thousands of miles. There are tens of thousands of people, but no formal state system. If so, I am afraid that the Dutch people will laugh!"

Well, what does the old gentleman mean?Qi Tian looked at Bi Maokang with some doubts.

"Hanzhou should be established as a country at this time!" Bi Maokang looked at the officials present, and then looked directly at Qitian, "Since Hanzhou has become a country, from now on, whether it is negotiating with the Dutch people or joining forces with the Nanyang Tubang Kingdom , Jun Neng is a famous teacher, and I think he can rely on it. Commander, what do you think?"

Formal statehood?With a population of more than 7, that is, the population of Damingshu County, it sounds like a joke.However, when Qi Tian glanced at the officials present and saw that they all showed a look of excitement and helplessness, he immediately understood that they probably had the same idea as Bi Maokang.Establishing a country means that they will all become the founding fathers, enshrine their wives and sons, and be rich and honored for a hundred years.

"The commander-in-chief thinks that the population of Hanzhou is not large, and the time to establish a country is not yet?" Pan Qifeng said hastily: "You know, there are not many Tubang kingdoms with a population of more than 7 in Hanzhou. In addition, this year's immigrant fleet has a few more ships than in previous years. It is roughly estimated that [-] immigrants can be transported back, and maybe [-] is unknown. In addition, the native-born population of Hanzhou, the number of people under the banner will reach nearly [-]. If it is counted as natives (indigenous people), the population is even more than [-]. Therefore, Hanzhou should be established as a country, and the commander should also be called king!"

"Hanzhou should be established as a country, and the commander-in-chief should also be called king!"

"...to establish a country!"

"...to be king!"

In the conference room of Nuo University, all the senior officials of Hanzhou stood up, bowed to Qi Tian, ​​and shouted in unison.

"Build a country? Be a king?" Qi Tian read softly.Then he also stood up and looked at the many high-level Hanzhou officials present with a half-smile.

"Alright, then let's...Jianguo!"

(End of this chapter)