Dashun Yongchang

Nikan and Tong Tulai reached a consensus, and passed on their concerns about the instability of the green camp to the brothers Du Erhu and Du Nuwen, hoping that the two brothers could pass on their concerns to the ten kings.Du Erhu expressed that he understood the concerns of the two, so he ended his front-line inspection and returned to Dingtao Camp.

Chapter 514 Spring is here

When Du Erhu and Du Nuwen brothers returned to Dingtao, they saw that the wild apricot flowers on the road had already bloomed very well. When they went out from Dingtao, the wild apricots had only grown some flower buds.

Green patches began to appear on the wilderness on both sides of the road. Du Erhu couldn't help saying to his younger brother, "Spring is really here."

Dunuwen didn't know what his brother was talking about, but looking at the greenery and apricot blossoms on the roadside, he also felt relieved for a while, so he echoed: "Yes, spring in the pass is really early. , if you are in Shengjing, it will take at least one or two months before you can see Lu."

Du Erhu glanced at the smiling younger brother on the horse's back, and finally said nothing, just rode the horse forward.The arrival of spring makes the road surface of the dirt road soft, which makes the horses sit comfortably, because the soft ground disperses the momentum of the horse’s hooves and will not bounce back like hard ground, which is a good thing for the horses. protect their hooves.

But for the vehicle, it is not a good thing. As the temperature continues to rise, if the vehicle wants to move forward on the wet and soft land, it needs to pay more pulling force than in winter, or it can only reduce the weight of the shipment.Therefore, Du Erhu wanted to tell his younger brother that the time to retreat was approaching.

On February 28, the Du Erhu brothers finally arrived at the south gate of Dingtao. Du Erhu, who knew Duoduo's temper, did not immediately go to the big tent to pay the order. make.As he expected, Doduo didn't summon him right away, but made him wait in the porter for an hour before letting the brothers in.

When Du Erhu followed the guards into the mansion, his expression was calm, as if he had just waited in the gatehouse for a while, and Du Nuwen, under the eyes of his brother, although he was dissatisfied, finally did not say anything to complain.

When the two brothers were brought in front of Dodo, Fulakta and Han Dai were talking with Dodo. After seeing the two coming in, Dodo stopped talking with them and cast a glance The two brothers said afterward: "Du Erhu, are you guilty?"

Hearing this, Du Nuwen was a little panicked. He didn't know what mistake his brothers had made, but here Du Erhu calmly bowed to Duo Duo and said slowly: "Please, General Make it clear that this subordinate really does not know what crime he has committed.”

Doduo also ignored Du Nuwen who was at a loss, and just pointed to Du Erhu and said to Fu Lakta and Han Dai beside him: "Look, he is still so righteous now, even what is wrong with himself?" Do not know at all."

Fu Lakta and Han Dai were a little puzzled, thinking about where Du Erhu had offended the ten kings, but here Duduo said bluntly: "This country wants you to go and see the frontline troops. The situation is not for you to go to the front to shake the morale of the army. You haven’t come back yet, but the instructions for withdrawing troops have come up. Are you in collusion with the frontline soldiers? Let’s put pressure on the country together and demand the withdrawal of troops? "

Hearing this, Fulakta didn't have any expression on his face, but the young Han Dai became a little panicked, and quickly objected: "How can we retreat now? We finally penetrated Shunjun Dingtao , Chengwu frontline, if we retreat now, wouldn’t all previous efforts be for naught? And this retreat will hand over a lot of land to the Shun army, isn’t this just taking advantage of Li Zicheng for nothing?”

Seeing that Han Dai answered, Duoduo stopped immediately and leaned back on the chair. Although he had decided to withdraw his troops, he could not show his position of retreating, because this war was advocated by the two white flags, and It was presided over by the two white flags. If the two white flags asked to withdraw in the end, then it was obviously an admission of the two white flags' failure.

Although Dorgon is now the regent of his uncle, theoretically speaking, one person can make decisions on all affairs in the court. After all, the emperor is young, and there are no leaders in the palace who can compete with the two white flags.Although the little emperor Fulin's mother has a noble status, she has not participated in politics after all, and has not been recognized by the two yellow flags. Otherwise, it would not be Dorgon's turn to elect Fulin as the successor.

But the two white flags are not enough to suppress all the forces inside and outside the palace. Otherwise, Dorgon would not have to elect Fulin to succeed him. Wouldn't it be nice to be the emperor himself?At that time, Duo Duo planned to fight on the issue of succession to the throne, even if he turned against the two yellow flags, he would not back down, but in the end he was persuaded by Duo ErGun.

Now that Azig has lost, and his side is about to retreat again, wouldn't it highlight Hauge?Although most of Hauge's influence was eliminated by Dorgon, and even the Zhenglan flag in Hauge's hand was demolished by Dorgon, Hauge still has the identity of Huang Taiji's eldest son, and Fulin He is very close to this eldest brother, which makes Haoge lose his sweat position, but still has the qualifications to challenge Dorgon in the court.

It's just that the previous entry was a great success, and Dorgon messed up the Zhenglan Banner again, making it impossible for Hauge to challenge Dorgon's regency power.But if the two white flags shoulder the responsibility for the failure of the Southern Expedition, then the other banners will obviously choose Hauge to fight against the two white flags, because they can acquiesce in the regent of the two white flags because Dorgon can bring them victory and prosperity. Benefits, not that they like being dominated by Dorgon.

Once the two white flags and Dorgon are unable to show their previous strength, then the other banners will naturally hope to elect another person to replace Dorgon. After all, the weak are not admired among the Manchus, and they cannot bear a weak person Stand taller than yourself.Hauge has both military achievements and status, and is obviously the most suitable to be the banner against Dorgon.

Therefore, on the matter of withdrawing troops, Du Duo could only be persuaded, and Du Erhu obviously understood what he meant. When Han Dai raised his objections to withdrawing troops, he retorted unceremoniously: "It's not up to us whether we want to retreat now." The question is whether the soldiers on the front line can persist.

If you, Han Dai, can solve the demands made by the frontline soldiers, then of course I will not say anything more, but since we can't solve the demands made by the frontline soldiers now, then we should let them withdraw instead of just asking them to persist.

The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty who asked the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to persist in Songjin was abandoned by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.I thought, at least we can't learn from Emperor Chongzhen, right? "

Han Dai's face turned red, and he couldn't think of any words to fight back at the moment, so he could only ask for help from Fu Lakta beside him, while insisting: "How can those Han people compare with us Manchus? Since Khan started his army, when has he suffered such a loss? If we just retreat like this, how can we fight against the Shun army in the future?"

Fu Lakta is Doduo's servant, he can see the master's will, so naturally it is impossible to conform to Han Dai, so he was silent for a moment and said: "What the Lord said is also reasonable, if we can't satisfy For the needs of the frontline soldiers, forcing them to confront the Shun army will only cause chaos within the army. Manchurians are fine, but are those green battalion soldiers really reliable? Didn’t the national treasure betray us?”

Fulakta's statement made Han Dai a little at a loss, but when he was staring at the other party, he heard the other party say: "Of course, retreating is a big deal, General, should we call the relevant personnel here?" Have a meeting to discuss whether to retreat? Even if you want to retreat, you must first arrange the order of the retreat of the ministries."

Of course, Duduo would not object to the suggestion given by his confidant, and being able to discuss the retreat was the first step in starting the retreat.Had he really disagreed with the retreat, it would have been impossible to hold a meeting to discuss the matter.Therefore, this has already shown his attitude. He nodded to several people and said, "Forget it, then let everyone come over to discuss the issue of the frontline soldiers requesting a retreat at night..."

When Duoduo in Dingtao was about to retire, Guide's Shun army staff finally drew up a plan to put pressure on the whole front to cooperate with the Fengxian garrison to launch a counterattack.After Li Zicheng read the plan submitted by the staff, he asked to pass it on to Liu Zongmin and other major generals for viewing, and asked them to give their opinions after reading it.

At the same time, two messages came from Xuzhou, asking Li Zicheng to make a judgment himself.Li Zicheng opened the letter sent by Xuzhou. It turned out that he was asked to personally judge two things. One was that the Dutch sent envoys to Yangzhou to request negotiations on the Taiwan incident. Release the company employees captured by the Shun Army, and the other is to compensate the company.

The reason why the Dutch dared to make these two demands was because the Dutch believed that they had seized the right, because Taiwan did not belong to Ming’s land, and Taiwan was the compensation given by Ming officials when they abandoned the Penghu Islands.Now the Shun army innocently attacked the Dutch on the island, which obviously violated their promise.

Although the Dutch have been very successful in Southeast Asia and the Americas, and have opened the door to Japan, they have never been able to land in China. They can only get a little news from the mainland through smugglers in Fujian or white people in Macau.

But the Portuguese in Macau were at war with the Dutch. After losing Malacca, the Portuguese hated the Dutch so naturally they would not give this enemy any help.The Fujian smugglers are actually Fujian merchants represented by Zheng Zhilong. Since they have reached a cooperation agreement with the Shun Army, they will naturally not reveal their intentions to the Dutch.

Therefore, before these Dutchmen went ashore, they did not understand one thing, that is, Da Ming had been replaced by Da Shun.It was the Shun army, not the Ming army, that attacked Taiwan, although it was the same in the eyes of the Dutch.

After reading the news, Li Zicheng only thought for a few seconds before replying to Xuzhou and asking for the Dutch to be sent to Xuzhou. He would go to see the Dutch after the war.Although Li Zicheng said it very politely, he knew that it was impossible for him to recognize the Dutch's ownership of Taiwan, because Taiwan was the key point to control the surrounding waters.

Chapter 515 Big Belly Kingdom

The second message from Xuzhou was that Zheng's fleet had arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the formation of the troops to go north to punish North Korea had been completed.The Yangzhou Left Behind Division will send 11 people from 2500 ships led by deputy generals Shi Hongshi, Li Kui, and Liu Yingguo, and 21 people from 4900 ships led by Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian, and Yang Geng.

In addition, the Portuguese in Macau actively responded to the call of the Marshal's Mansion and sent three ships to assist in the transportation of personnel and supplies. In addition, a British ship in Macau offered to serve the Marshal's Mansion in exchange for post-war trade rights.

Many officials of the Left Behind Department in Yangzhou believed that the request of the British should be rejected, and they even believed that the Portuguese should not be allowed to join this operation, because this was an internal matter of China, and a group of Western barbarians could not be allowed to join.

Although the King of Joseon surrendered to the Manchus, the scholars in Ming Dynasty were not angry with the Koreans, but rather sympathized with them.Because North Korea was compelled by the force of the Manchus. Even so, there are still many loyal people in North Korea. Therefore, they don’t think that North Korea has become barbaric. To be honest, most people are against teaching North Korea a lesson. , but Li Zicheng was too persistent.

With this mentality, they don't even want to invite another barbarian to teach North Korea a lesson.In the minds of some orthodox people, Dashun sent troops to crusade against North Korea this time because of an unknown cause. How could rogues and barbarians punish foreign feudal clans on behalf of the emperor?Li Zicheng is now Dong Zhuo at most, not even Cao Cao.

However, Zhang Nai, who is in charge of the military affairs of the Yangzhou Remaining Division, obviously does not have so much thought in the minds of these scholars. Although he does not approve of sending troops to North Korea at this time, because fighting at both ends is a taboo in the art of war, but this time he went to North Korea to contain the Fujian Zheng family. Naturally, when the Shunjun army is using troops in the north, it is natural not to let the powerful faction in this area be idle, but since they have chosen to fight, they should naturally use every ounce of strength, regardless of the defense of Huayi, this is not What a joke.

Zhang Nai thought that the British request was not too much, and it was in line with Li Zicheng's idea of ​​strengthening overseas trade, so he accepted the British request, but asked the British not to violate the order of the fleet commander, otherwise the Marshal's Office No trade rights will be given to it.

Li Zicheng agrees with Zhang Nai's point of view. In fact, cross-sea combat in this era is quite uncertain, because ships are subject to monsoons and the captain's skills, and have to deal with unexpected storms at sea, so they can have more strength. It's all good, especially the British and Portuguese are veterans of sailing across the ocean. With them, at least there will be no problems with the fleet's navigation. After all, he can't completely hand over the command of the fleet. To Cheng.

Before cooperating with Zheng, Li Zicheng always believed that there was a direct flight from Shanghai to Jeju Island, but the people below told him that this was impossible. Although Jeju Island is between North Korea and Japan, it is not between China, Japan or Japan. On the route between China and North Korea, ships will drift to Jeju Island only when they deviate from the route.

Therefore, although Jeju Island is relatively close to China, if China wants to go to Jeju Island, either there are veterans who are very familiar with this sea route to operate the boat, or they can only go to North Korea and Japan first, and then go to Jeju Island.

The navy of the Ming Dynasty obviously did not have such experts, they could only sail close to the shore, in fact, the navy of the Ming Dynasty did not even have the ability to sail directly to North Korea, only sea merchants and pirates had such ability.Of course, this cannot be blamed for the incompetence of the Navy. After all, the main task of the Daming Navy is to protect the coastline and prevent pirates from going ashore, not to prevent pirates from robbing merchants at sea.

Even if it was rare to undertake the official missions of the imperial court to North Korea, those Ming officials refused to take direct flights, because they felt unsafe if they could not see the coastline. Of course, they would rather take the more difficult land route for safety. Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, the Daming Navy can only fish near the shore. This is not a metaphor but a reality, because the Daming Navy also owes wages and can only fish to support themselves.

When Mao Wenlong established Dongjiang Town, the Dengzhou Navy had a certain development, but with the death of Mao Wenlong and the civil strife in Dongjiang Town, the Dengzhou Navy declined again.If Li Zicheng wants to develop the navy, he needs the support of the Zheng family, but he cannot completely rely on the Zheng family, because with the Zheng family's maritime habits, he will definitely choose to guard against the Shun army in order to monopolize the waterway.

Immediately, Li Zicheng wrote a reply letter to the Yangzhou Left-behind Department. In addition to replying to the above two matters, he also asked the Left-behind Department to set up a special department in charge of overseas affairs. Bureau.

When Li Zicheng wrote this letter, Xu Dingguo also released a prisoner and asked him to bring a message to his king, asking his king to come to his camp before noon three days later, surrender to Dashun and serve Dashun is building a north-south road through this area. If he is not present, he will be declaring war on Dashun.

The prisoner glanced at the camp built by the big stream without saying a word, then turned and walked towards the wilderness to the south.He walked for a long time before arriving at the nearest village.The elders of the village received him and asked him why he came.

The prisoner wolfed down some rice and water, and after slightly alleviating his hunger, he replied to the elder in the village: "The three villages across from Daxi have been occupied by mainlanders. Many people died, and many more were captured by them. They demanded that our king submit to their king, or they will continue to attack your village south..."

The elder was extremely shocked by this news. He knew that although the three villages opposite Daxi were smaller than this village, they were much larger together. The attack of the mainlanders.After he learned about the situation, he quickly asked the villagers to accompany the prisoner to the village where the king was.

In the morning of the next day, King Ke Da, the leader of the Dadu Kingdom, which the Han people called, received the news. King Ke Da, who was called Ganziha Alami by the Dutch, heard that it was the mainlanders, not the whites, who attacked his kingdom. The leaders were also surprised for a moment.

He quickly summoned the people in his court to discuss the matter.The Dadu Kingdom has not broken away from the form of the tribal alliance, but King Ke is also a promising indigenous leader. He brought 22 nearby villages under his control, expanding the population controlled by the Dadu Kingdom to 8000 people. He has become the largest indigenous force in Taiwan, and even the Dutch and Spaniards have to agree with his rule of this area.

But with the end of the Spaniards' rule in northern Taiwan and the Dutch's attempt to completely unify Taiwan, the largest local power in central Taiwan became the target of the Dutch.Last year, the Dutch tried to borrow the way from the Dadu Kingdom, but they were quickly rejected by the shrewd King Ke. Compared with other clansmen who had no knowledge of external affairs, King Ke was still willing to know the news from the outside. The reason why the big belly kingdom can be expanded to the current territory.

King Ke knew about the white people in the south and the north during his trade exchanges with other villages in the north and south. He knew that although they also fought against each other, they had the same attitude towards the local people. will harass you.For the tribal people who have not yet broken away from tribal civilization, they are of course unwilling to pay any taxes to outsiders, because they do not want the protection of white people.

The reason why King Ke was able to become the king of the 22 villages in the Dadu Kingdom is precisely because he is the protector of these 22 villages. Of course, he cannot give his power to the white people. This is because he refuses the white people to pass through his territory. s reason.Because he can't allow white people to infringe on his own rights. Although he is more willing to understand external affairs among the tribal people, he can only imagine the so-called company of white people as an existence that competes with him for territory, not as a friendly object.

But he never expected that the whites' attack was repelled last year, and the mainlanders came again this year.Although he felt that his strength was very strong, he couldn't stand such a series of battles.King Ke's court can do what can be said, in fact, it is only his mother, sister and brother-in-law, and other people can't influence his thoughts.

Faced with the attack of the mainlanders, both mother and brother-in-law felt angry. Because of their past experience, they didn't think the mainlanders were so powerful, and at most they were about the same as those white people, so the brother-in-law jumped out first and turned to Ke The king suggested: "These mainlanders are too arrogant. Since we can repel the whites, we can naturally repel them. Wang, we should gather people together, and then teach those mainlanders the same way we taught the whites."

The younger sister supported her brother-in-law's idea, but she still expressed her concern, "Although we are not afraid of those mainlanders, it will take time to gather warriors from each village, and now it is the season of farming, and the villages may not Answer the king's call."

But King Ke's mother said firmly to her son: "You are the king of these people. If you can't show your strength, then those villages will turn to outsiders or white people, and these outsiders will be able to easily Instruct other villages to attack us, just like we wiped out those villages that refused to submit to us in the past. Rather than regretting at that time, it is better to lead them to fight with outsiders now. No matter who wins in the end, it will ease the burden on us. threat."

King Ke thought about it for a while, and felt that what his mother said was correct. There must be people who opposed him in the villages under his rule. In the past, they were afraid of their own force and did not dare to betray him. Now, these people will definitely rise up against him. In this case, it is better to take them to the battlefield. It is best to win, but it can also eliminate internal troubles if you lose.

King Ke thought about it and said: "I don't understand why the mainlanders came to attack us. In the past, the mainlanders only came to the village to trade, and there was no conflict. Of course I will not give in to their brutality. But I still want to ask When I asked the white priest if they had joined forces with the mainlanders, if the outsiders united to attack us, they would not be able to attack so easily..."

Chapter 516 Self-help

When King Ke and his family were discussing how to deal with the ultimatum sent by Xu Dingguo, the Dutch in the Zeelandia Fortress were also in a panic.

Although the first phase of the construction of the Zeelandia Castle built on the sandbar in the south of Dayuan Bay has been completed, the castle still lacks supporting trenches and other defensive facilities, and it cannot be compared with the complete European bastion defense system at all.

The reason why the city of Zeelandia was so dubious is that the Dutch did not mean to take over the entire island of Taiwan at the beginning, but just wanted to find a foothold closer to the mainland. The Dutch still tried to compete with Portugal. People, get an autonomous port similar to Macau on the mainland.

However, with the development of Dayuan Port, the Dutch strengthened the fortress here little by little, and finally an undefined fortress appeared.If the city of Zeelandia is used to block the attack from the sea, then the city lacks the support of a hinterland to suppress the rebellion on the land, and it is a little farther away from the land.

Therefore, the city of Zeelandia has become an expensive chicken rib of the East India Company. Considering the trade with Japan and China, the company cannot give up here, but it does not make much sense for the company to strengthen the city of Zeelandia. Considering the importance of Taiwan and developability, then the company should rebuild a fortress on land, but it would be too wasteful to abandon the city of Zeelandia. If the city of Zeelandia is not abandoned, the company will not have so many people to move to Taiwan.

The Dutch hesitated, but they waited for the Chinese to attack.To be honest, the Dutch in Zeelandia did not believe that the Chinese would attack them at first, because they had just reached a peace agreement with Zheng Zhilong and ordered a lot of goods from this Chinese sea king.

Based on the Dutch's understanding of this cunning Chinese, Zheng Zhilong generally would not do such a thankless thing, because he has major interests in trading with the company, and Taiwan is actually of no use to the Chinese, although the Chinese A lot of people have been relocated on the island, the number is close to [-], but the Chinese court has never sent people to Taiwan to manage them, and let the company manage these Chinese people.

Some Dutch businessmen blamed Taiwan Governor Caron for sending troops to attack the company's ships and personnel, and believed that it was his series of harsh policies towards the Chinese on the island that caused the Chinese people's anger.

Caron also felt wronged by this, and bringing the Chinese on Taiwan Island under the management of the company itself was Batavia's instruction, and it didn't start from his term.At the beginning, when the company was forced to transfer from the Penghu Islands to Dayuan, it did choose the principle of peaceful coexistence with the Chinese on the islands. The company first focused on the indigenous people.

However, with the expansion of the company's influence on the island of Taiwan, by virtue of force and religious brainwashing, almost all the natives in the southern villages were brought under the company's rule, and after the Spaniards retreated from the northern part of Taiwan, the company also took over In this way, the forces on Taiwan Island that are not under the control of the company have become the Dadu Kingdom in the central part, the natives in the mountains in the east and the Chinese on the island.

But for the control of the Chinese on the island, the Dutch have already been gradually testing.For example, in 1629, the Dutch issued a decree requiring the Chinese on the island to pay the liquor tax; in 1630, the Chinese were required to pay the poll tax; The Chinese were not allowed to participate in the buckskin trade; in 1633, the Chinese were required to pay land tax; in 1635, the Chinese were required to pay the salt tax and the company uniformly purchased sugar cane; last year, it was stipulated again that the Chinese should pay taxes for all daily necessities .

In the past, the company did not welcome protests against the Chinese people's step-by-step temptations. Who would have known that the Chinese would suddenly send troops to attack, without even an ultimatum process in the middle.When he just learned that the Chinese landed in northern Taiwan and attacked the Dutch army and intercepted Dutch ships at sea, Caron also shouted to the MPs, "War without declaration is an act of barbarians. The company will definitely let They paid the price."

However, as more news came, when Caron learned that it was not just Zheng Zhilong, but the new Chinese monarch who had recently destroyed Ming Dynasty who had launched the attack, he immediately went silent.The strength of Zheng Zhilong's company is still clear. Although they have an advantage in the mainland and offshore, they also know that Zheng Zhilong is at most a local lord and cannot influence the will of the court after dealing with Chinese businessmen for so many years.

If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's control over the export of Chinese goods, the company couldn't get enough goods from other Chinese businessmen, and the company is actually not afraid of this Chinese king of the sea.But if Zheng Zhilong is supported by a whole country, then this is not a war he can provoke. After all, the main task of the company is to make money, not to start a war with China.

What Caron can do is to ask Batavia for help and send envoys to negotiate with the Chinese. He can only choose to negotiate with the Chinese now, because after Captain Boone's army was defeated by the Chinese, Zeran There are only more than 100 soldiers and more than 300 civilians left in Zhecheng. Not to mention the attack, even the defense is insufficient.

On February 1645 of the lunar calendar in 2, that is, March 28 of the Gregorian calendar, the Dutch in Zeelandia finally waited for the reinforcement fleet sent by Batavia. Three armed merchant ships carried 3 soldiers. Seeing these When the soldiers disembarked, the Dutch civilians in the castle finally smiled and cheered for the company's troops.

But the commander of the fleet, Jane Van Linga, brought bad news to Caron after disembarking. The door is in a serious condition, and it seems to be dying.At this time, no one in Batavia can afford the responsibility of going to war with China.

However, this is not the worst news for Karon. Linga also said to him: "The members of the East India Committee can't understand the sudden outbreak of this war. However, you have previously told Batavia Report, you and Zheng Zhilong reached a trade agreement, and a large-scale peasant rebellion is breaking out in China, so the Chinese should not have any hostility towards the company in a short period of time. The members believe that regardless of this No matter how the war ends, you have to give the company an explanation."

Caron was a little angry when he heard this. As a Huguenot who took refuge in France and came to the Netherlands, he has worked for the company for more than 20 years, and it can be said that he has done his best, but these Dutch people want him to carry this responsibility At this moment, he immediately thought of Peter Natz, the third governor of Taiwan, who also enraged the Japanese because of the execution of the company's order, which led the Japanese shogunate to take punitive measures against the company to suspend trade.

In order to please the Japanese, the company not only sentenced Peter Natz to prison for two years, but also extradited him to Japan. After being imprisoned by the Japanese for four years, the company rescued him with a 4-kilogram bronze candlestick. It was he who negotiated with the Japanese on this matter.However, Peter Natz's son had died of illness in Japan, and in the second year after being taken back, the company dismissed Peter Natz from all his duties and sent him back to China.

Facing such a ruthless company, Kalong became terrified after being angry, but he remained calm in front of Linga.And Linga has no intention of talking to this colleague who is about to lose power. The most important thing for him now is to resolve the conflict with the Chinese, redeem the Dutch who were captured by the Chinese, and then return to Batavia as soon as possible Go, find out who the next Governor-General is for the serious business.

Although for the company, the 17-member board of directors is the supreme ruler, but after all, the 17-member board of directors is too far away from Batavia. With the advanced navigation technology of the Dutch, it takes two years to travel between Europe and Asia. If the decision is made by the board of directors, then the company will not be able to continue.

So for the company's employees in Asia, the governor is the one who really decides their fate. If they can't figure out who the next governor is as soon as possible, then the power they currently have may become someone else's overnight. .

For example, poor Caron, he did a good job when he was in the Japanese business office. Even when he was appointed as the governor of Taiwan, Caron did not make any mistakes. He seized the opportunity to drive the Spaniards out of northern Taiwan, so that the company has The opportunity to rule the entire island of Taiwan.Caron's biggest mistake was that the Chinese came to fight, which can be said to be a disaster from heaven.

Linga immediately said that he wanted to talk to his deputy, and Kalong could only leave knowingly, and walked out of the office that was originally his.While going down the stairs, Caron happened to bump into Overward, the deputy who was brought upstairs by the guards. The two passed by, and the other party avoided his sight. Caron's mood became even worse.

After going downstairs, Caron glanced back at the empty dark stairs, finally made up his mind and walked to Kuiyi's office. After closing the door, he said to the brother-in-law: "Maybe we need some self-help plan."

Kuiichi, who has been following Karon in the Japanese business house, is his loyal subordinate. After introducing his wife and sister to him, Kuiichi has become Karon's hard-core confidant.Therefore, when Caron was transferred to Taiwan, he took him with him and supported him to become a councilor.After listening to Caron's simple narration, Kui Yi suddenly became filled with righteous indignation, and he said eagerly: "The bastards in Batavia, apart from embezzling the company's property, what contribution did they make? If it weren't for us businessmen outside The staff of the museum are working hard, the company has long been eaten up by these maggots, how can they have the face to let you take the blame, this is too much."

Caron was silent for a while and then said: "Governor Van Diemen is about to be called by the Lord, Batavia will definitely not want to cause any trouble at this time, so let me take the blame to appease the anger of the Chinese people." It's the most worry-free. However, if I take the blame, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to gain a foothold in the company in the future."

Hearing Caron's light click, Kui Yi's attitude became more determined. The person he was watching asked: "Then what should we do to get you out of this scapegoat?"

Karon looked at Kui Yi and said: "First of all, we have to mess up the negotiations between Linga and the Chinese, and then take the power of negotiating with the Chinese into our hands, so I need you to go north to meet the Chinese and get to know them. What exactly do you want, by the way, tell the Chinese about Batavia's situation..."

Chapter 517 The Fall of the Belly Kingdom

The Daxi beside the camp set up by Xu Dingguo is actually the Dajia River in later generations. It is also the largest stream in the northwest of Taiwan south of the Danshui River. Because the water source comes from the melting snow of the snow mountains in the east, the water in the stream is icy cold.However, on both sides of the stream is a sparse forest plain, and wild deer can be seen from time to time. This kind of natural scenery is difficult for people in the Central Plains to see.

Even though most of Xu Dingguo's army were born in urban villains who didn't know much about farming, they still felt that this was a place where they could cultivate fertile land.These natives only reclaimed the areas around their villages, and used other areas for hunting. In the eyes of these Central Plains people, it is really a luxurious and lazy style.In Henan, even if it is barren sandy land, as long as there is water, farmers will not let go of planting something.

Except for a small number of personnel, most people in Xu Dingguo's army fell in love with this peaceful place full of natural scenery. Although there is no entertainment here, there is no precarious life here, because there is no one on the island who will be theirs. opponent.

After defeating the Dutch, the officers and soldiers of Xu Dingguo learned from the captives that such an army of hundreds of people can be regarded as a large army overseas, not only in Taiwan, but also on islands in Southeast Asia.Because almost all the natives on the island lack iron and know little about gunpowder. They can only obtain iron and gunpowder through trade. Therefore, as long as the Dutch wear armor and muskets, almost a dozen people can repel hundreds of soldiers. people.

Therefore, the Dutch stationed three or four hundred troops in Daxuan, and conquered the native villages in the south in just a few years, and the number of natives who surrendered to the Dutch exceeded [-].It is precisely because of this experience in fighting the natives on various islands that the Dutch will not guard against an army of thousands of people with basic weapons and equipment to attack themselves.

For Xu Dingguo's subordinates, a battle of hundreds of people is too common. If the two armies really go to war, they will definitely fight in units of thousands, because Henan was the most chaotic place in the Fourth World War in the late Ming Dynasty. Today's friend may be your tomorrow's enemy. Everyone is anxious to survive, and it is completely unimaginable for the Dutch to sweep up and fight like an armed parade.

After realizing that his army could become the queen in Taiwan, everyone felt much less resentment towards the Marshal's Mansion.Although they obeyed the order of the Marshal's Mansion to go to Taiwan, they were mainly afraid of Li Zicheng's authority, rather than sincerely wanting to go to sea to fight.For mainland people, even walking from Beijing to Ili is closer than going from Shandong to North Korea or Japan, because at least every step they take is down-to-earth, rather than standing on a bottomless abyss.

But now Taiwan's natural scenery and almost non-threatening enemies made them feel that this expedition seemed to be pretty good, because the enemies they had to face were easier to deal with than the civilians in the Henan fortress.Moreover, according to the rules set by the Marshal's Mansion, they can still get a part of Taiwan's land. Looking at the fertility of the land here, it is obviously much better than the over-developed land in Henan. Belonging.

Xu Dingguo also had the same idea. As the general who went to Taiwan, he knew very well that he had the power to allocate Taiwan's land, so he could designate a large piece of high-quality land for himself. Anyway, most of the land here has not been developed.The only problem is who will farm. Of course, he cannot force his subordinates to farm, because these subordinates are the key to his control of Taiwan.

So the best choice is to migrate some landless peasants from the mainland and let them work for themselves; the second-class choice is to let these natives submit to themselves and drive them to farm for themselves, because the farming skills of the natives are too poor , but at least they can reclaim the wasteland into cultivated land first, so as to lay a solid foundation for the migrant farmers from the mainland.

After he was dismissed by the court, he dragged a bunch of vicious youths to run amok in the village, wasn't it just for money?If he could make a fortune in Taiwan, why would he fight Manchus or southerners to death?Those people are much more brutal than these natives or Dutch in Taiwan.

Therefore, Xu Dingguo really wanted to subdue this said to be the largest native force in central Taiwan. After bringing this native force under control, there would be no need to worry about the lack of manpower for the development of northern Taiwan.

It's just that he sincerely waited for King Ke's arrival by the big stream, but when it was noon at the appointed time, he still didn't see anyone appearing.Although today's weather is good and there are no clouds in the sky, it is still very comfortable for everyone to stand on the high ground next to the camp and bask in the sun, but these natives are so shameless, which still makes many people irritated.

The son Xu Er'an couldn't help but move to his father and said: "Father, this earth king probably won't come, it seems that we haven't taught them enough lessons. After all, the three villages in the north were broken by the Dutch. We just took advantage of it. The main force of the Dadu Kingdom is in Xinan, and if we don’t destroy the villages in Xinan, the earth king will not know how powerful we are.”

Xu Dingguo looked at his son, then at the empty field to the south, and said with a sullen face: "Wait a minute, maybe they are still on the way. This is not the mainland. There are people in the mainland. Here is to kill one and leave one behind. After killing them all, are you going to cut trees and plant land to build a house?"

Hearing his father's words, Xu Er'an immediately calmed down. Although he didn't like these natives, he was even less interested in doing farm work. This was not only his thoughts, but also the thoughts of many people below. After all, following Xu Dingguo Most of them are people who don't want to live a stable life, and those who honestly farm the land will not vote for Xu Dingguo's army.