Ming politicians

The arrival of things is often caught off guard. A war broke out on Taiwan Island, and the war directly affected Fujian.

After Xiong Zijian was stationed in Fujian, he managed the navy according to the usual practice, and the main force was concentrated in Dengzhou. This also greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the navy that originally belonged to the Zheng family. Neither Zheng Hongkui nor Zheng Chenggong expressed any objection. The main energy of a person is to go to the imperial examination. It is worth congratulating that both Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong have won the exam. One is a martial arts examiner and the other is a juren. Because Juren cannot be an official in the local area, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong are both Fujianese. If they want to be officials, there is no possibility of staying in Fujian. division.

Both Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's minds have changed. They thought of going to Dengzhou. In Beijing, Zheng Zhilong paid a special visit and talked about the arrangements for Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong.

Su Tiancheng had his own ideas. After returning to Dengzhou, he transferred Zheng Hongkui to Dengzhou, directly entered the navy, and served as a thousand households. But for Zheng Chenggong, Su Tiancheng believed that he should stay in Fujian and Xiong Zijian's side. Strive for the examination three years later, be able to be a high school Jinshi, and enter the Imperial Academy.

History has changed, Su Tiancheng is no longer superstitious about the previous history, the times make heroes, Zheng Chenggong used to be a national hero, but history has turned, Zheng Chenggong has to rely on himself.

Su Tiancheng has always paid attention to the situation in Taiwan, which is a headache after hundreds of years.Now that he has traveled through time, he will not allow the situation that will happen hundreds of years later, but because of various circumstances, he can't spare a shot to wipe out the internal rogues, and then he has to deal with the Houjin Tartars.It is necessary to fight with Huang Taiji, so that the situation in Taiwan is ignored.

When Taiwan was in the Yuan Dynasty, it officially became the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty established the Penghu Inspection Department in Taiwan. After the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, it still continued to rule over Taiwan. However, because Taiwan is far away from the mainland, there are also some jurisdictions. special circumstances.Officials in the imperial court were extremely reluctant to go to Taiwan. Firstly, they were not used to the climate there, and secondly, they were not used to the poverty and desolation there. For a long time, Taiwan enjoyed a high degree of autonomy. When doing things inside, the court rarely intervenes.

With the decline of the navy of the Ming Dynasty.As well as the decline of sea power thinking, Taiwan is gradually being ignored.

Su Tiancheng who traveled through time.In the capital, I have never heard anyone talk about Taiwan, as if this place didn't exist at all. After so many years, the emperor didn't mention it.The academicians in the cabinet did not mention it, and the court ministers of civil and military affairs did not mention it, which shows the extent of neglect of Taiwan.

Su Tiancheng, who has an unusual idea of ​​sea power, of course understands the importance of sea power, and even more clearly the importance of Taiwan.In his plan, Taiwan is going to start large-scale construction to change the appearance of poverty, desolation and backwardness.

Since the Wanli period, the pattern of the world has undergone great changes. The trend of capitalism has begun to germinate, and the road to European expansion has begun. In the Chongzhen period, Spain and Portugal took the lead in expanding with the help of their fleets. After occupying Taiwan, the Netherlands was not far behind and joined the ranks. It also occupied a place on the island of Taiwan. Taiwan was ruled by Spain and the Netherlands.

In the early days of capitalism, Spain was the most powerful, especially the fleet, which was invincible. Unfortunately, the ruler of Spain made a serious mistake and adopted the form of supporting wars by plundering to strengthen his own country. Wealth, but ignores the production and accumulation of wealth in the country. This violation of economic laws has caused Spain to suffer a heavy blow. The price of goods in the country has soared, so that the government is unable to maintain the expenditure of the army, and the people are unwilling to engage in production. The government can only rely on continued plundering to maintain government and military expenditures. With the strengthening of the strength of neighboring countries, Spain's record is no longer so brilliant, and the plundered wealth is limited, and it will inevitably decline.

The Netherlands used to be a colony of Spain. After the Dutch Revolution, it surrendered to the rule of Spain and became independent. It became the world's first capitalist country. Its strength quickly began to grow, and its strength gradually surpassed that of Spain.

This situation was shown when Taiwan was charged. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Spanish and Dutch colonists who occupied Taiwan had conflicts. These were still some small-scale conflicts. The conflicts for greater interests came In the 14th year of Chongzhen, this kind of conflict could not be reconciled. The Netherlands wanted to dominate Taiwan Island, and a large-scale battle broke out between the two sides.

The government of the Netherlands fully supports it and requires Songk, who is stationed in the Netherlands, to take a large-scale offensive to monopolize Taiwan and expel the Spaniards.

At this time, neither Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui nor Zheng Chenggong paid attention to Taiwan. The Dutch warship fleet often harassed the South China Sea, but was defeated by the Zheng family's navy and dared not be arrogant. However, the Dutch warships completely occupied Nanyang. With Taiwan as a base, they kept harassing the waters of Daming, especially after Daming Weihaiwei was built as a commercial port, their behavior became even crazier. They believed that there were huge interests in it.

Under such circumstances, completely occupying Taiwan has become the greatest wish of the Dutch colonists.

Fighting broke out under such circumstances.

It is said that the battle on Taiwan Island will not soon involve Fujian, but because of the expansion of the scale of the battle, both the Netherlands and Spain want to control the shipping in the South China Sea. While the two sides are fighting in Taiwan, their fleets are also fighting in the South China Sea. As a result, both the East China Sea and the South China Sea have been affected, and the Weihaiwei Wharf has also been significantly affected.

This is Xiong Zijian's responsibility, so Xiong Zijian sent a warship to maintain the order of trade and transportation in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Who knew that the maintenance of this order was not smooth, and the warship was hit by a Dutch warship and suffered heavy losses.

The three-masted warships of the Netherlands are powerful and should not be underestimated. The warships controlled by Xiong Zijian have no warships that can compete with the three-masted warships. Fortunately, the main energy of the Netherlands is to compete with Spain for Taiwan. It is impossible to mainly deal with the Daming Navy. In addition, the Dutch battleship had been defeated by Ming several times, so they did not dare to be too arrogant.

Xiong Zijian quickly reported the information about the coastal area to Su Tiancheng.

Everyone thought that this was not a big deal. Su Tiancheng's main energy was still in the confrontation with the Houjin Tartars, and he would not pay attention to the affairs of Fujian and Taiwan. Unexpectedly, Su Tiancheng didn't think so.

The incident in Taiwan quickly attracted Su Tiancheng's attention, so that Qu Qingze, who was in charge of intelligence work, had to write to Xiong Zijian many times, requesting a detailed report and knowing the situation of Taiwan Island.

Because of Su Tiancheng's attention, Xiong Zijian also attached great importance to the fighting situation in Taiwan Island. Although the fighting in Taiwan Island is in full swing, merchant ships still have to trade. However, there are always merchant ships passing through the South China Sea, and Xiong Zijian's task is to protect the safety of these merchant ships. Many merchant ships have to rush to Weihaiwei Wharf for transactions.

The profits of maritime trade are too huge. No matter what happens, it is impossible to stop this kind of trade. What's more, the transaction at Weihaiwei Wharf has brought huge benefits to these merchant ships. The formal management of Weihaiwei Wharf and clear taxation , The convenience of purchasing items also makes a large number of merchant ships have to go to Weihaiwei for transactions.

Through the merchant ships, Xiong Zijian obtained a lot of information. The battle between the Netherlands and Spain was basically over in October. As everyone expected, the Netherlands won a complete victory, and the Spanish colonists were about to leave Taiwan. up.

A steady stream of information was sent to Dengzhou.

Qu Qingze, who sorted out the information, has never understood it very well. Taiwan is such a big place. What is so great about it? Now the focus is still on the matter of exterminating the Golden Tartars. The chances are good. Even if Huang Taiji is playing some conspiracy, then It's not that big of a deal, the Jiangning Battalion, with strong troops and horses, can launch a large-scale attack on Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou.

Qu Qingze's understanding is consistent with Hong Chengchou's. The two are already Su Tiancheng's right-hand men, and Su Tiancheng discusses with them about matters big and small. They don't quite understand why Su Tiancheng pays attention to Taiwan Island. The distance between Taiwan and Dengzhou is too far, but both of them know that Su Tiancheng's decisions are correct from the perspective of later developments, and Su Tiancheng will usually explain them.

In early October, Qu Qingze received information from Xiong Zijian that the Netherlands had completely defeated Spain and gained complete control over the island of Taiwan.

After quickly sorting out the information, Qu Qingze hurried to find Su Tiancheng. Su Tiancheng had emphasized earlier that the result of the battle between the Netherlands and Spain must be reported immediately.

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze entered the room together.

The map on the table, the two of them have been familiar with for a long time, is the map of Taiwan and Fujian. This map has been placed for a long time, and Su Tiancheng has also been looking at these two maps for a long time.

After seeing Qu Qingze and Hong Chengchou coming in, Su Tiancheng nodded and continued to make some marks on the map.

Seeing this situation, Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze didn't speak for the time being. They knew that Su Tiancheng must be thinking about something, and it might be related to his next move. (To be continued..)