Chapter 528: On Governance (1)
The policy of the Luzon general's Huairou government achieved brilliant results in Taiwan, and the indigenous people of Tainan and Taichun, as well as the Han Chinese villages, which had already been tamed by the Dutch, began to submit to them one after another.
On the fourth day of October, You Degao organized a number of public trials against the Dutch in Chichicheng, and sentenced a total of 174 Dutchmen to death, and the rest were all sentenced to 10 to 20 years of service in the Luzon General's Palace.
These Dutchmen are more or less skilled, and how can the Luzon General's Palace, which has always been short of human resources, easily let them go.
The Dutch trade in Taiwan had not yet reached its peak, and the current Dutch East India Company was not financially strong, so You Degao and others only seized about 800,000 taels of silver taels and goods from Geranza and Chichi, most of which were goods.
This disappointed the navy soldiers, and the Dutch became the poor ghosts of the Luzon soldiers.
With such a little money, even the Zheng family's Tibetan silver in Penghu can't be compared.
After a simple renovation, the city has been renamed Anping.
After discussing with Zhao Jingyong, You Degao decided to transfer the entire administrative center of Taiwan from Keelung to Anping City.
Because at present, the number of Han people here in Taiwan is the largest, reaching about 30,000, and the land development is also the most perfect.
In addition to this, there are about 30,000 indigenous villages in the vicinity of Anping, which are valuable manpower that can be used.
At present, there are about 100,000 aborigines in Taiwan, but as the Dutch rule in Taiwan is strengthened, these aborigines will be further killed, and by the time the national surname attacks Taiwan, there are only more than 60,000 aborigines left on the island.
This is also the reason why the aborigines of the island strongly supported the army at that time.
With Penghu to the west and Luzon to the south, Anping is simply the best transportation hub and can save a lot of time for Luzon to rule Taiwan.
As a result, Luzon has four large strongholds in Taiwan, namely Anping in Tainan, Beigang in Taichung, Keelung in Taipei, and Dingzhou in southeast Taipei.
By late October, as the Luzon army moved north to open up the area between Beigang and Anping, the whole of Taiwan had been controlled by Luzon.
Only Taichung's big belly and Taipei's Tamsui, Taitung's Yilan and other areas are still under the control of the aborigines.
Luzon's influence increased again by 51,341 Han people and 63,872 aborigines.
On October 20, hundreds of miles away in the streets of Qianzhou City, Luzon.
A slightly dark-skinned native boy kept shaking the newspaper in his hand, and shouted loudly to both sides of the road in the not very skilled Daming official dialect:
"Everyone, come and see the newspaper, Nanhua News is very good news, our navy has reached a peace agreement with the Zheng family on 22 September, and on the fourth day of October, the Dutch will be annihilated and occupy the entire territory of Taiwan."
"Give me a copy"
"I want five portions"
On both sides of Weigong Avenue, there were constantly neatly dressed Han men and women who heard the news and stopped to buy a few copies, sighing while continuing their pace.
As for those who are still in evening school or literacy classes, they can only beg others to read it to them, and they dance even more when they hear the excitement.
Nanhua Bao is a newspaper under the Luzon Metropolitan Procuratorate, and in view of the inconvenient transportation now, it is only published once every ten years, three times a month.
The military and civilians under the jurisdiction of Luzon have become resistant enough to these new things, but the appearance of newspapers still makes the soldiers and civilians love it, after all, there has been more braggart and fart in small talk since then.
In fact, China has long had something similar to a newspaper, called Di Bao, but Di Bao is generally only distributed to officials at all levels, which is equivalent to the existence of internal magazines.
The newspapers under the Luzon General's Mansion are facing all the Luzon soldiers and civilians, but unlike the current Ming Dynasty's habit of writing vertically, Luzon is used to write horizontally.
At present, there are only three newspapers in Luzon, namely the South China Newspaper under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Righteous Newspaper under the Assembly House, and the Gazette under the Government Council.
It is precisely because of the continuous propaganda of the South China Newspaper and the Righteous Newspaper that since the establishment of the newspaper, the Luzon people's understanding of their rights and obligations has also improved rapidly.
In the Manila Castle in Qianzhou City, Su Jin, Chen Yiding and others had received the battle report of the Navy one step earlier, and they were already smiling from ear to ear at this moment.
"This You Degao is really good", Chen Yiding did not hesitate to praise You Degao with his praise, "In this way, we can directly trade with Japan and North Korea." ”
In Su Jin's prime minister's office, a map of the South China Sea with a length and width of one zhang has been hung.
This map was drawn after collecting information about the Spaniards, the Dutch, and the Han people of the South China Sea, and it is basically not much different from later maps except for its accuracy.
Su Jin smiled when he heard this: "It's still the lord's discernment, since Taiwan is already under our control, then the Government Affairs Yuan, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple must send people to take over as soon as possible, and at the same time prepare to set up the local assembly house in Taiwan." ”
After more than a year of running-in, Su Jin also has a better understanding of the assembly house that Liu Ximing insisted on forming.
At first, he was somewhat unimpressed by such a group of ordinary people, but as time went on, he increasingly realized the benefits of the assembly house in strengthening Luzon's control.
It was precisely because of the presence of the House of Representatives that many of the contradictions between the people and the government, which were previously unknown to those in power, were put on the table, and received a large number of praises after the timely resolution of the House of Ministers.
In addition, the Luzon General's Mansion has always adopted the means of combining grace and power to the natives, and the Han and Tutu on Luzon Island at this time were still quite harmonious.
"The natives also want to form a council?"
Su Jin's words made Chen Yi pause.
"Brother Xing, according to Degao's compromise, although the natives on the island of Taiwan have been sinicized, they still belong to the uncivilized family, let them also join the assembly house, will it make the people of the two places feel that the assembly house is a bit child's play?"
"Brother Gushan's words have some truth, but as the lord said, those who assemble the parliament, gather the people's opinions, and discuss the affairs of the people, now that Taiwan has all been attributed to my Luzon, then these natives are also considered to be my Luzon nationals, and they should be included in the formal management."
"But in this case, the natives of Luzon Island will only be afraid that they will also make demands, how should it be good then?"
Su Jin tapped firmly on his desk, "Then we will treat everyone equally, and we will also allow the Luzon natives to enter the assembly house." ”
Seeing that Chen Yiding was a little hesitant, Su Jin's shrewd face showed a hint of admiration.
"Su still remembers what the lord said, it is precisely because the sea is tolerant that my China can stand on the top of the world's nations, and now it is a great change that has not been seen in a thousand years, and what we are doing is to expand the living space for my Chinese civilization."
"Japan, Korea, Annam and other countries, the Japanese and the king, can already be regarded as Little China, since they can assimilate them, then how can these natives not assimilate."
"As the so-called distant people are not satisfied, they will repair Wende. Now that we can absorb and assimilate these natives faster, the greater the help we will have in the face of civil war in the future, which I believe Brother Gushan should also know. ”
Chen Yiding lowered his head and pondered for a moment when he heard this, and finally raised his head and nodded, "Brother Xingzhi has a magnificent bearing, and he really has the qualifications of a prime minister, since this is the case, then implement it like this, I suggest that several newspapers such as Nanhua News blow the wind first." ”
"Hahaha, as it should be."
As the Government Council of the Luzon General's Office began to formally take over the administration of Taiwan, Luzon also began to rule in Taiwan.
Because of the seizure of a large number of merchant ships, the transportation bureau under the Department of Communications and Political Affairs made unified arrangements for the opening of several regular routes from Anping and Keelung to Qianzhou, as well as Kunzhou at the northern tip of Luzon, and the connection between Luzon and Taiwan was further strengthened.
However, as soon as the South China News and other newspapers reported that the Turks had joined the assembly house, the attention of the entire Luzon people began to shift to this matter.
The Luzon General's Mansion ushered in another wave of anxiety.
Not only that, but the newly established Luzon General's Mansion Anping County Yamen also ushered in a group of uninvited guests.
Shen Huai, the former head of the Ministry of Commerce, who had recently been appointed as the magistrate of Anping County, frowned and looked at the four Ming people sitting in his office.
All four of them were dressed in satin robes of various colors and hats, typical of merchants.
"Your name is Huang Lin, right, are you saying that the Dutch still owe you 120,000 guilders in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and now you want to ask for it from my Luzon General's Mansion?"
Shen Huai, who was dressed in a seventh-grade green official uniform, asked these Ming merchants with an incredulous expression.
First, a middle-aged businessman with a round face and a fat body wiped the sweat on his head with some embarrassment, almost nodded and smiled:
"The county lord Rongyu, what the little ones said is true, if you don't believe it, you can ask the captured red hair, these people often deduct our money, and they give the Spaniards and Portuguese interest at 40% per month, but they are only willing to give us 20% interest, the news that the Luzon masters have conquered Taiwan is coming, and we think it's a good thing."
The businessman patted Lu Song's ass a little insincerely, but the words in his mouth made Shen Huai a little surprised.
The Dutch even pay back the interest when they do business, this, this is too fucking well-behaved.