The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 207 Not counting the final result

In the first ten days of September 1675, the Black Dragon Fleet returned home victoriously. Although Jiang Tao had learned about the battle situation long ago, he still summoned the generals of the navy.

In an elegant small courtyard, the hot sunlight shines on Jiang Tao's face through the gaps in the grape trellises. The golden light is shining and looks even more dazzling.

Standing beside him were Chen Dajiang, Jiang Feng, Liu Guoxuan, Gan Zhi and other generals, all sweating profusely, not daring to look directly at Jiang Tao's menacing eyes.

And Jiang Tao casually took a sip of the chilled red wine. This red wine was one of the seizures in this battle. He hadn't drank for a long time. He seemed to be remembering, but his face was very ugly, and his whole body was cloudy and uncertain.

In fact, he was thinking to himself: "Although we won this battle, we lost three battleships, including the first-class battleship, sank seventeen Portuguese battleships, and captured five third-class battleships and thirteen cruisers. However, our side sank seven Seawolf-class cruisers, three Seal-class cruisers, more than ten small gunboats, and more than ten warships were severely damaged. It can be seen that this battle was tragic, and the Portuguese navy, which is not well-known, is so powerful , so what about today's naval powers such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands?"

Jiang Tao sighed. At this time, the Black Dragon Fleet looks huge, but it is very different from the fleet composed of battleships. Forget it, the national treasury is really empty now, and the trade is monopolized by the Netherlands. At this time, it is still impossible to rush in. Damn Joseph, wait for him Next, I want to raise the price of silk and porcelain, and ask you not to come to trade for several months.

"Hey, by the way, you can't just rely on the Dutch. You can secretly contact Britain and France. As long as they can become the overlord of Southeast Asia, then find them the trade in the East. In this way, if you don't believe that they won't start a war with the Dutch again, With this buffer time, the Black Dragon Fleet will have a chance to become stronger."

"Hahaha." Jiang Tao laughed out loud at this thought, and suddenly saw the reaction of the generals, stopped laughing, and said solemnly: "Please sit down, generals, I don't mean to blame you, but the recent financial crisis of the empire, the Dutch He deliberately made it difficult for us, so we can’t make any mistakes. All military and political officials must fight against the enemy and tide over the crisis together. The navy’s casualties in this battle were as high as 3000. This king is very sad. Comfort the spirits of the fallen soldiers in heaven.”

"All the captured warships were towed to the shipyard, so that the boatmen could learn about Western shipbuilding technology, so as to make a comparison. Our soldiers are first-class, and the warships must be first-class."

"As for the more than [-] Portuguese captured, don't abuse them for the time being. Maybe Portugal will pay to redeem them."

All the generals were surprised and responded loudly: "My lord is holy, the last general will not hesitate to die, and is willing to go to the country together!"

Jiang Tao waved his hand and said seriously: "The problems that have arisen in this battle, after you go back, you have to sum up and improve the tactics, but let's not be so ambitious, let's start with the one in front of us, now only North Korea and Japan have naval power in East Asia , This is the threat of the empire, this king has decided to implement the policy of assimilation, and this time we will have to rely heavily on the navy, but this king can't allocate a lot of military expenses for the time being, can the navy fight without money?"

"Assimilation policy?" Chen Dajiang was very puzzled, but he still responded loudly: "Yes, my lord, the navy is ready to fight at any time."

"Okay, very good, this battle will use three marine divisions of the navy. The marine divisions must arrive at Seoul in North Korea within a month. In cooperation with General Han Yong, the navy will dispatch another [-] seal-class cruisers to guard against North Korea. The navy, once this battle is over, the treasury will raise military expenses, you must not slack off." Jiang Tao said with some helplessness, a penny is hard for a hero, he has a deep understanding, and he hates the Dutch even more in his heart.

Chen Dajiang was overwhelmed with surprise, and lost his voice: "Does the lord want to destroy North Korea?"

"No, no, this king wants to completely control North Korea, especially North Korea's army, and make the Kingdom of Korea a powerful arm of the empire, instead of the current loose vassal state model.

"The Marine Corps was dispatched this time just in case. Although there are sharpshooters stationed outside Seoul, North Korea still has more than [-] soldiers and horses. This is a hidden danger. North Korea is sandwiched between the Manchus and Japan. The terrain is very important. Japan's copper, silver, etc. are all needed by the empire, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty must also be eliminated. Therefore, for North Korea, this king is determined to win. Your task is very heavy, but there is one thing. At this time, the battle is only to kill the rebels, not to mess up. Let's kill, after all, this king still wants to use them."

Jiang Tao shook his head and expressed his thoughts to the navy generals.

"What does the lord mean that this battle might not be fought?" Jiang Feng understood.

"Hehe, the king of North Korea has been controlled in the Seoul mansion. This king dispatched nearly six sharpshooters and half a sharpshooter, just to overwhelm North Korea's princes and ministers in momentum. Let's see if they know each other." Jiang Tao said with a faint smile , In fact, he was also afraid of fighting a protracted war, which would require at least tens of millions of taels of military expenditure, which the government could not afford.

Although Zhenbao Pavilion has handed over more than 2000 million taels of silver, the transaction volume of Zhenbao Pavilion has been declining day by day, and the country's commercial tax can't offset the country's military and political expenditures at all.

For this reason, the financial reform has been delayed again and again, and there is no end in sight. Jiang Tao dare not spend tens of millions of taels of silver dollars to prepare for the implementation of financial reforms in Jiangning. After all, there are many rich people in Jiangning, and he will never Dare to implement reforms.

If such a big event falls through due to insufficient preparation, it will turn a good thing into a bad thing.

Jiang Tao secretly regretted that when the cabinet was established, he handed over all the gold and silver to the cabinet in addition to keeping millions of taels of cash and a large amount of precious stones and jade.

He was also secretly vigilant that when there are more princes and princesses in the future, the expenses will definitely increase. If his small coffers are not full, these little guys will have no money to squander, and they will definitely think about tax increases. At that time, it will be the bottom who will suffer The ordinary people, um, can’t let them develop arrogance and extravagant living habits. When they grow up, they will be sent to the common people’s homes for foster care, so that they can understand the sufferings of the common people. This is the reason why the children of poor families will be in charge of the family early.

The country that I have worked so hard to win must not be buried in the hands of the prodigal.

Jiang Tao was thinking about the education of the prince and princess, but suddenly the generals echoed: "Don't worry, the prince, the general will definitely fulfill his mission in the end."

"Okay, you all go down and prepare. General Liu will stay, and I have other arrangements." Jiang Tao nodded and said seriously.

When the generals left, Liu Guoxuan stood in front of Jiang Tao in a well-behaved manner, like a schoolboy who made a mistake, and felt even more uneasy. Why did King Huaxing leave him alone? Could it be that he has something about Meng Lang recently?

"Old general, sit down quickly." Seeing Liu Guoxuan's appearance, Jiang Tao smiled lightly and said, "Don't be restrained, my king came to you just to ask about the Ryukyu Islands."

Although Jiang Tao was younger than his own son, Liu Guoxuan didn't dare to push him too hard. His back was covered in cold sweat, and he felt relieved when he heard this. He asked suspiciously, "Your Highness is talking about the Ryukyu Kingdom?"

Jiang Tao laughed, nodded and said: "Well, yes, I remember that the Ryukyu Kingdom is a vassal of Ming Dynasty, are you familiar with it?"

After this reminder, Jiang Tao's memory gradually became clearer. The Kingdom of Ryukyu is located between Taiwan Island and Japan's Kyushu Island.It is northeast-southwest.From north to south, the Ryukyu Islands include Osumi Islands, Tukara Islands, Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands, etc., covering a total area of ​​more than 4 square kilometers. Later generations were occupied by Japan.

Like ancient Japan, the earliest written records about its country can be found in ancient Chinese history, such as "Ryu Qiu Chuan" in "Sui Shu".According to the first national history "Zhongshan Shijian" written by the country in Chinese, which was written in 1650, it said: "Gai my dynasty opened up, and the god Amomi built it for a long time." "At the beginning, there was no name for Ryukyu. Tens of thousands Years later, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of Yuqi, to visit and seek strange customs, and he came to the border of this country. Wan Tao looked at it from a distance, and it twisted and twisted, as if floating in water, so it was named Liuqiu.” It is said that during the Sui Dynasty in China (581-617), the country was first called Liuqiu.According to Chinese classics, Qiu is a kind of dragon.

In terms of the state of the Ryukyu Islands scattered in the ocean, the so-called Liuqiu is really very vivid.However, it may be because ancient China used the dragon as a symbol of the Chinese emperor, and historians had many taboos in writing history. In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy Yang Zai to carry an edict to Ryukyu. The edict called it Ryukyu. .It has since become the official name.It can be seen that even the country name of the Ryukyu Kingdom was taken by China.

In 1609 (the 37th year of the Wanli calendar), Tokugawa Ieyasu inherited Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s ambitions for external expansion. He sent Kagoshima Satsuma Domain’s Ieku Shimadzu, who was adjacent to the Ryukyu Kingdom, to lead 45 soldiers to invade Ryukyu, captured the Ryukyu king, and sent troops to supervise the internal affairs of Ryukyu[-] year.

In 1654, the King of Ryukyu finally got rid of the control of the Satsuma clan. He was grateful for the kindness of the emperor in China and took the initiative to send envoys to China to request canonization.At that time, Emperor Shunzhi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty granted the Ryukyu King the title of Shangzhi King, and decided to pay tribute once every two years.

"My lord, not only is the general acquainted, but Ryukyu Wang Shangzhen is also an old friend of the general, and they have had a lot of contacts in the past." Liu Guoxuan was very surprised, Huaxing Wang has so many opportunities, how could he care about a small country.

"Okay, now that the Tartars have been kicked out of the Central Plains, this Shang Zhen is so courageous that he didn't come to pay tribute. This king is very angry. You go and summon the Ryukyu King. This king wants to talk to him." Jiang Tao was overjoyed and secretly said Sure enough, I found the right person.

"What does the lord mean?"

"Nothing!" Jiang Tao saw Liu Guoxuan was shocked, and said solemnly: "This king will not hurt him, you invite him here, don't initiate a war, okay, that's it."

"Obey!" Liu Guoxuan retreated knowingly.

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At the same time, the remaining three Portuguese battleships were surrounded by dozens of main battleships without flags, including one first-class battleship, five second-class battleships, ten third-class battleships, twenty cruisers, and frigates. Several.

Looking at so many main warships, the Portuguese commander Odev was completely disappointed. At this time, the three warships that escaped suffered varying degrees of trauma, and their speed dropped by more than a little. They were able to escape the suppression of the Black Dragon Fleet some time ago. It is lucky to kill, this time there is no chance to escape again.

dong dong dong...

The iron bullets covering the sky and the sun fell like raindrops.

Odev's face became pale.

Although the other party did not fly the flag, Odev had already guessed who the other party was. He suddenly realized that the other party was trying to kill people, and he blamed himself very much. The final fate.

If I had known this, I might as well have surrendered earlier, and I could keep tens of thousands of elite navy for the motherland, but now I have become a disgrace to Portugal.

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At the last moment of the sinking of the Ares, Odev took out his pistol...

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