Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1083 Japan and Luzon

Dorgon took advantage of the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin to re-stabilize the situation in the north, and the region was restored. After nearly two years of rest, the strength of the army has also increased, which made the Ming Dynasty's containment operation unsuccessful.

Although the Ming Dynasty failed to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's elite cavalry expedition to the west, it also gained some valuable experience from the Manqing.

Although the attack on Xuzhou failed, it was indeed the first time for the main force of the Ming army to cross the Huaihe River and fight in the north after the Jiashen disaster. It can be said that this failure has accumulated a lot of experience for the next northward march of the Ming Dynasty.

After four years of co-rule, in 1653, Zhungeer was at war with the two northern countries. The direct impact brought by it gradually disappeared, and the three parties returned to their respective tracks.

After taking control of Moxi, the strength of Manchu and Qing increased greatly, and Dorgon came out again with great ambitions. Another big collision between Ming and Qing was inevitable.

In the Ming Dynasty, at the end of April, Qian Bingdeng and others followed the Japanese merchant ships to China and landed in Ningbo, and finally brought back the "Tomorrow Trade Treaty" signed with the Tokugawa Shogunate, helping Ming Dynasty merchants open up the Japanese market .

The treaty stipulated that merchants of the Ming Dynasty could conduct trade in Japan, which helped the merchants of the Ming Dynasty obtain the right to trade freely in Japan, as well as the power to negotiate tariffs, as well as the right to mine the Ueno gold mine.

The signing of the treaty immediately excited the Ming Dynasty. The various workshops that had planned to reduce the scale of production began to resume production. The harbors of Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Shanghai were full of merchant ships ready to go to Japan.

The merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty went to Japan, and the Japanese also began to come to China.

The Tang ship brought a great shock to Japan. Hisao Shimadzu, the nine sons of the first generation of the Shimadzu family, led a team of more than [-] people and came to China first.

When they went ashore in Ningbo, they were shocked to see the sea-going ships all over the port, each of which was several times the size of the Japanese Ataka ship.

After that, they visited the largest cotton cloth workshop in Songjiang on the grounds of purchasing cotton cloth. The scene of nearly [-] looms working at the same time, covering an area of ​​[-] acres, made Hisao Shimadzu "startled, drunk and crazy".

Following the Satsuma clan, the Choshu clan at the westernmost point of Honshu Island, and the Tosa clan in the southern part of Shikoku Island also sent personnel to China to check.

These people went ashore in Ningbo, and the cities they passed along the way had a population of hundreds of thousands, and they were extremely prosperous, which was admirable.

Only half of the Japanese who came to China returned, and most of them stayed in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places, preparing to learn from China again.

On the other hand, the battle of Luzon initiated by Tang Lu has also been settled. Manila was besieged by Zheng Jun for more than three months.

Luzon, also known as the Philippines, is part of the Governor-General of New Spain in Spain, and is managed by the governor-general and the trial court dispatched by the governor-general.

The Governorate of New Spain was a colonial governorship administered by Spain in the Americas and the Philippines during the colonial period, with its capital in Mexico City.

Since Luzon is really far away, it is also difficult for the governor of New Spain to effectively manage the Philippines. It is often the governor of the Philippines and the chief judge of the trial court who have the final say.The connection between New Spain and Luzon is mainly maintained by ocean trade once or twice a year.

The entire battle of Luzon was Spain's power in Luzon, and they were fighting against the two major forces of the Ming Dynasty. They were naturally not opponents. After persisting for more than three months, they could only surrender to Zheng Chenggong. Made a windfall, and seized 200 million taels of cash alone.

Chinese people used to look at history, and their eyes were mostly limited to a country. In fact, the rise and fall of a country is not only due to the reasons of its own country, but also the influence of its surroundings.

The reason why Spain can rise has a lot to do with the Ming Dynasty.

In the world at that time, China and India were the center of the world. With them as the center, a huge trade network was formed. Japan, Ottoman, Southeast Asia, and West Africa were all within this trade network. On the contrary, Europe was on the edge. Equivalent to wild.

Europeans have always wanted to join this trade network, but if you look at what Europe can offer the world at that time, you will know that the world did not need Europe at that time, and did not bring Europe to play.

Chinese products sell well all over the world, but is there anything in Europe that can be sold to the world?almost none.

At that time, Europe was poor and backward. It was not until the Spaniards discovered silver and the Europeans had money that they were able to participate in this trade network centered on Asia.

According to records, from the middle of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century, America produced [-] tons of silver, and Japan produced [-] tons, for a total of [-] tons, of which at least [-] tons flowed into China.

Without China, Spain would not be able to rise rapidly, and the decline of Spain in history is also related to the decline of China.

In the original time and space, due to the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was difficult for Spain to purchase materials from China. The private smuggling trade decreased, and Spain could not buy things due to the increase in mining costs. The rapid decline of Spain.

Now, because of the re-emergence of the Ming Dynasty, Spain can use silver to buy Chinese goods. Spain, which was about to decline, still maintains a very strong strength at this time.

Because of the distance, the news that Luzon was occupied by Zheng Chenggong did not reach Mexico City in the Viceroyalty of New Spain until half a year later.

Luzon was an important base for Spain's trade with the Ming Dynasty. At least one-third of the silver in South America had to be shipped to Luzon for trade with China. Now that Luzon was lost, it naturally aroused Spain's wrath.

It makes sense to dig so much silver in Spain, it must be able to be exchanged for materials, otherwise what's the use of piling up there.

On the one hand, the governor of New Spain sent someone to report to the Spanish king, and on the other hand organized an army to assist Luzon.

Of course, the distance is far away, and this is something for later. If Spain dares to send troops, it will take at least one or two years before it can reach China.

At this time, on the top floor of the restaurant under the name of King Tang, the two kings Tang and Lu were drinking and celebrating.

"I didn't expect Xiyi to be so rich. The silver seized by Zheng Guo in Manila was actually packed in a boat!" King Lu put down his wine glass, thinking about the concept of a boat full of silver.

King Tang smiled and nodded: "I heard from Zheng Guo that Xiyi has a huge land in the east of the sea, and there are silver everywhere on it. The two silver ships from Manila sailed from that land!"

"The silver all over the place, there is such a place?" Lu Wang raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, but also a little unbelievable.

"It's not wrong! It was Xiyi's own confession, but the place is too far away from us, and I'm afraid it will take the eunuch of Sanbao to lead the boat to arrive!" Tang Wang said, but the subject changed, "I heard that the king of Chu is going to Wuchang soon. , do you know why?"

King Lu obviously hasn't recovered from the place where the property is everywhere. If there is, he is really interested.Since the Dutch and the Spaniards were defeated by them one after another, and these western barbarians could come to Daming, why couldn't Daming go to them?

Seeing that he didn't answer, King Tang frowned slightly, raised his head and cast his eyes on King Lu, and King Lu came to his senses, so he hurriedly said "Oh", and replied casually: "It's not because the attack on Xuzhou failed. Exciting, I want to go to the racecourse in Huguang to take a look."

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