Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 239 The aftermath of Hao Jing Ao
On the contrary, some wealthy Thai and Western businessmen took the initiative to surrender to the Ming army. After detaining the people, the Ming army would put seals on their property and properties to preserve them as much as possible. This was strictly required by the court and the Ming army could not do it. Robbery like the Taish!

Soon, Haojing'ao was completely occupied by the Ming army. Haojing'ao was recovered. Xiong Wencan finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned his worries into joy. Now this troublesome trouble has finally become a big problem for him. Thanks to the credit, I can finally deliver a message to the emperor!

Zhu Tianqi was also very happy after receiving the news that Haojing'ao was recovered. Such a major event was completed at the beginning of the 13th year of Tianqi (1633). It was a good start and a good sign for this year.

However, although Hao Jing Ao has been recovered, there is still a lot of aftermath work that needs to be done. There are many Thai and Western industries in Hao Jing Ao, which need to be utilized, especially some of the Thai and Western factories. It has quite advanced productivity. After Daming takes over, it is best to let it continue to generate income for Daming.

And regarding the church in Hao Jing Ao, Zhu Tianqi did not expel the church members directly, nor did he dismantle the church, but allowed it to remain, but he also gave the church an order. Since the church is in Within the Ming Dynasty, one must obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty court. The Ming Dynasty court can give the church a certain degree of freedom, but the church must be restrained.

This is already a very good result for the Haojingao Church. It can be said that it is far beyond their expectations. Within the Haojingao Church, from the bishop to the nuns and monks, they have all prepared to coexist and die with the church. They planned to be martyred together, and now that they had narrowly escaped death, they were naturally willing to agree to anything.

After the Haojing'ao incident, the shock to the Thai and Western people was very great. At this point, the Thai and Western people could completely confirm that the incident on Dongfan Island was done under the instruction of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was going to declare war with the countries in Thailand and Western countries.

Now Helan has made up his mind to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, and has sent people back to the country to ask for help from the dynasty navy. At this time, the Franji people finally no longer have any hope for peace negotiations with the Ming Dynasty, and have decisively decided to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. The war started and people were sent back to ask for help from the Kingdom's navy.

But before the war begins, there are still some things that need to be done, and that is to rescue the Franji and Helan people who were captured by the Ming Dynasty.

During the Battle of Dongfan Island, Zheng Zhilong captured Alcalazo, the governor of the Chicken Coop of the French people, and Hans Putmans, the governor of the Holan people in the city of Relanjia, as well as thousands of Holan soldiers. and Franconian soldiers.

As of today, there is nothing to talk to the Ming court, so the Helan and Franji people can only send envoys to see Zheng Zhilong. After all, it was Zheng Zhilong who captured Alcarazor and Hans Putmans.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had left the capital and returned to Quanzhou. As for his son Zheng Chenggong, he stayed in the capital to accompany the emperor.

Some people may feel that it is too naive for Zhu Tian to use his son as a hostage to contain Mao Wenlong and Zheng Zhilong. After all, if heroes like them really want to be ruthless, why would they care about such a son?

But when Zhu Tianqi detained Mao Wenlong's son Mao Chengdou and Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong, he not only used these two children as hostages, but also the future of the Mao family and the Zheng family.

Whether for Mao Chengdou or Zheng Chenggong, Zhu Tianqi promised a great future for Mao Wenlong and Zheng Zhilong, and drew a big cake for them. When the bright future and prosperity and wealth are in front of you, even ambitious people , it is difficult to give it up, and instead take risks to rebel.

Facts have proved that Zhu Tianqi's seemingly simple method is very effective. Both Mao Wenlong and Zheng Zhilong are tightly controlled by him.

But the only problem is that although Mao Wenlong and Zheng Zhilong are both Zhu Tianqi's people, Zheng Zhilong does not know that Mao Wenlong is also Zhu Tianqi's person, and Zheng Zhilong and Mao Wenlong still have a grudge against Zheng's merchant ship and Nagasaki's industry. Zheng Zhilong still remembers the hatred of being plundered by Mao Wenlong.

Now that Zheng Zhilong has completed all the errands arranged by the emperor, he has risen through the ranks and has become Dongfan Bo, in charge of the Eastern Fan Chief Envoy, and a feudal official. When he is satisfied, he will naturally settle these old accounts. , the place was recovered.

Therefore, after Zheng Zhilong returned to Quanzhou Prefecture, on the one hand, he began to move to Dongfan Island, and on the other hand, he began to prepare to attack Mao Wenlong.

At this moment, envoys from the Helan and Franji people came to Zheng Zhilong and expressed their request to the Ming Dynasty to release the Helan and Franji people.

Naturally, Zheng Zhilong had no right to make the decision. What's more, he had already sent the Helan and Franji captives to the capital and handed them over to the court for disposal. Therefore, he could only report the matter to the court and let the court take action. To make a decision, it can be regarded as helping Helan and Franji because they have been business partners for many years.

However, Zheng Zhilong may not have expected that Zhu Tianqi was waiting for Helan and Franji to come to his door. Immediately, the lion opened his mouth and offered a price. The governor was 100 million taels per person, and the officer was 10 taels. The average soldier's salary is 1 taels per person.

Not to mention the Helan and Franji envoys, even Zheng Zhilong was shocked when he saw the court's reply and the price offered. He couldn't help but gasped. This was simply kidnapping. , and it’s a little too dark.

The Helan and Franji people were naturally unable to accept this. They angrily criticized Ming's behavior as simply banditry and not what a big country should do.

The explanation given by Zhu Tianqi is that Dongfan Island is the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty. The Helan and Franji people privately invaded and occupied the territory of the Ming Dynasty and oppressed the people of the Ming Dynasty. This was an act of aggression and banditry. The Ming Dynasty sent troops It is just and reasonable to regain territory and expel the invaders.

When the two countries are at war, the defeated Helan and Franji people will naturally have to pay for their actions and defeat. The two sides signed a treaty on this battle, and the Ming Dynasty can release the prisoners of war of the Helan and Franji people. War criminals, but the Holanders and Francons must pay war reparations for this.

Of course, the Helan and Franji people can also choose to give up negotiations and no longer sign relevant treaties with the Ming Dynasty on the Battle of Dongfan Island. Then the Ming Dynasty will deal with these prisoners of war and criminals in accordance with its own laws. The robot has no right to interfere.

As a result, the Helan and Franji people were immediately speechless. Although the matter was essentially similar to kidnapping, that is, the Ming Dynasty was extorting ransom from the two countries, but through the words given by the Ming court After the high-sounding explanation, it turned into a reasonable war reparations.But being expelled from Dongfan Island has caused huge losses to the Helan and Franji people. Now they are asked to pay a huge sum of money to redeem the prisoners of war. Naturally, they are reluctant to pay, but some money cannot be paid. In the province, the Helan people and the Franji people each had a governor who was controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This was a matter related to the face of their country, and they could not ignore it. In the end, they had to grit their teeth and pay.

However, the Helan and Franji people only paid 100 million taels of silver each to redeem their respective governors, but no longer redeemed other officers and soldiers. Firstly, these officers and soldiers had low status. , they don’t really care, and secondly, it’s because they really can’t afford the money.

There were hundreds of Helan and Franji officers and thousands of soldiers captured by Ming Dynasty. If they were all redeemed, how much money would it cost?I really dare not even think about it.

Therefore, the remaining officers and soldiers could only hope that their relatives could pool the money to redeem them. However, Zhu Tianqi did not have the patience to support them, so he immediately asked the Ministry of Punishment to take the lead, together with Dali Temple and the inspector The court coordinated the trial and made a verdict on the Helan and Franji soldiers.

Officers and soldiers who have clearly killed or participated in activities related to the war against the Ming Dynasty or the persecution of the people of the Ming Dynasty will be sentenced to death. If the circumstances are serious, they will be sentenced to lingchi. The remaining officers and soldiers who have not participated in related activities will all be sent to Go to Siberia and be treated the same as the Japanese.

Under Zhu Tianqi's instruction, this matter was done with great fanfare, which not only made the people of Ming Dynasty feel happy, but also truly felt the power of the motherland, inspiring national self-confidence and no longer fearing the Westerners.

But at the same time, it also caused the Helan and Franji people to lose face quickly. The international impact caused by this incident was also very bad. The Helan and Franji people were completely embarrassed.

However, in the world today, Helan and Franji are the two most powerful countries. There are not many countries that really dare to laugh at them. Most people are still shocked by this and have a strong sense of awe for the Ming Dynasty. Helan Haofangji suffered such a big loss, so only Daming could do it.

The Helan and Franji people were defeated. This matter was not over. The two countries that originally hated each other quickly came together because of the common enemy of the Ming Dynasty. They decided to unite and deal with the Ming Dynasty together. .

After hearing the news, the British immediately sent envoys to visit the Holan and Franji people, hoping to join their alliance. Naturally, the British would not extend a helping hand to the Holan and Franji people for no reason. At this time, In the period when Britain was expanding to the east, they naturally hoped to get a share of the pie after conquering the Ming Dynasty.

The Helan and Franji people are naturally willing to accept the British into their alliance. After all, more strength means more possibility of defeating the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, in the eyes of the Holans, Franjis, and the British, the Ming Dynasty was not a formidable enemy that was difficult to conquer. To this day, they still believe that the reason why they were repeatedly defeated by the Ming army was , entirely because they have too few troops and are at a numerical disadvantage.

If one day they can gather even half of the Ming army, they can easily defeat the Ming army and conquer the entire Ming country.

This can be seen from the battle plan designed by the Franji people to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

As early as when King Franji was still Felipe II, the Franji people had the idea of ​​​​conquering the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Franji people, as pioneers in the Age of Discovery, began to explore the American continent after discovering the American continent. The conquest and colonization activities of the American continent, but the Franji people's conquest of America was so easy that even the Franji people found it incredible.

They only used 200 people to conquer the Aztec civilization with a population of 600 million, and only 600 people to conquer the Inca Empire with a population of 180 million. The population comparison between the invaders and the conquered was so huge that by now Today can be called a miracle, which makes everyone involved in Franji feel incredible.

The overly smooth conquest and colonization activities made the Francois' ambitions grow. At this time, they believed that they were simply invincible. They soon expanded their colonies to Asia, occupied Manila, and began a 300-year invasion of the Philippines. rule.

After occupying the Philippines, they turned their attention to the Eastern continent across the sea - the Ming Dynasty. After the publication of "The Travels of Marco Polo", the Thai people were full of interest in this mysterious ancient Eastern country, especially Marco Polo. Some exaggerated descriptions painted this continent as a rich land full of gold, making the Thai people salivate over this continent.

Therefore, starting from the first Governor of Manila, they paid close attention to the situation in the Ming Dynasty and constantly wrote letters to the king, sending their own plans to conquer the Ming Dynasty, hoping to get the king's approval.

In the plan sent by the first Governor of Manila at that time, he even wrote arrogantly that he only needed to lead [-] Franji soldiers to easily conquer the Ming Dynasty.

As for who gave him the courage to find him, it was not Liang Jingru, but Japanese pirates.

At that time, there was a Japanese riot along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. The Governor of Manila heard that a group of 70 Japanese pirates had landed along the coast from the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang Province. They burned, killed, and looted all the way to the gates of Yingtianfu City. They did not encounter anyone decent along the way. The resistance was like entering an uninhabited land.

This is true. At that time, the Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to coastal defense. Pirates and Japanese pirates frequently entered the country to plunder. The Ming Dynasty did not have a good response strategy at the time, so it suffered a lot of losses. However, after Qi Jiguang established the Qi Family Army, the pirates The situation of entry and plunder by Japanese pirates has been effectively controlled.

In short, pirates and Japanese pirates were rampant, and many Ming Dynasties were unable to deal with them. However, the Ming court did not pay attention to them before and did not take the trouble to deal with them. However, in the eyes of the Franji people, they believed that the Ming Dynasty was too weak and incompetent. , vulnerable.

If even pirates and Japanese pirates can easily attack Yingtian City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, then the Franji soldiers can do it even more, and the Franji soldiers are more heroic and invincible than the pirates and Japanese pirates, and their equipment is more sophisticated and advanced. A plan to use 60 people to conquer the Ming Dynasty came into being.

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