The news of Taiwan's liberation reached the city of Nanjing.

In this regard, the civil and military officials and the common people did not pay much attention to it, after all, in their cognition, Taiwan at this time is not much different from a desert island, but Zhu Ci is different.

The joy in Zhu Ci's heart came from the bottom of his heart, because for some reasons, he always had an indescribable emotion for Taiwan, and this time the navy and Ying Long's army were able to successfully recover Taiwan, which gave him the best comfort in his heart.

"By the way, what are the losses of our army?" Zhu Ci asked after being overjoyed.

"Back to the emperor, according to the report of the Navy and the Fourth Army, the East China Sea Fleet lost three warships, the South China Sea Fleet lost two, a total of five warships, and another twelve were more or less damaged, and the Fourth Army of the Yinglong Army lost one hundred and thirty-one people and six hundred and fifteen wounded, for a total of seven hundred and forty-six casualties!" Li Yan, the secretary of the military department, replied.

Zhu Ci staggered and nodded, it was a rare victory to be able to sink 53 Dutch warships before and after, as well as to completely annihilate nearly 10,000 Dutch soldiers on Taiwan Island at such a small cost!

Originally, before the war, Zhu Ciji still thought that the Dutch could currently dominate the world's oceans, establish colonies everywhere, and their power was not weak, even if the navy and the Fourth Army of Yinglong Army could win, the casualties would not be expected to be that the Ming Dynasty only paid such a small price, and actually annihilated the Dutch Far East Fleet and drove the Dutch out of Taiwan, and easily won the victory.

The Dutch are too unbeaten! Zhu Ci shook his head, feeling a little disappointed in the so-called Dutch who currently dominate the world's oceans.

If the Duke of Avilan, who was in the Dutch East India Company, knew Zhu Ci's thoughts, he would have to vomit blood, their great Netherlands dominated the world's oceans, and even Britain and Portugal and other European countries made them have three points, but in the whole world, there are only more than 150 warships and 150,000 soldiers, and in addition to protecting the mainland, they can only send a hundred warships and more than 60,000 soldiers at most.

The Far East was undoubtedly extremely important to the great Netherlands, where the most important silks, tea, porcelain and other goods were controlled, which brought great benefits to the great Netherlands every year, so the Dutch East India Company and the Far East Fleet under his control had 56 warships and more than 20,000 soldiers, which was almost half of the sea force that the great Netherlands could send.

Now, fifty-six warships have been wiped out, and nearly 10,000 soldiers sent to garrison the island of Taiwan have not been able to come back, such a loss, not to mention that he Duke Havelan can't bear it, even the holy Netherlands His Majesty can't bear it, and the Ming Emperor actually thinks that they don't fight, and they are disappointed, which is too annoying!

Zhu Cihe's joy did not last long, and Li Yan's report on the exhibition process continued.

When he heard that the navy had spent millions of taels of silver for a small red embedded city, Zhu Ci's face couldn't help but twitch, and he secretly scolded Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen in his heart.

In any case, after the battle, the meritorious soldiers should be rewarded.

"Spread my will, the Fourth Army has repeatedly made war exploits, and now Taiwan has been restored, generals at all levels, including the army commander, will be promoted to one level, and all soldiers will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver each!"

"In terms of the navy, except for Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen, the rest of the officers and men have their own rewards, tell Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen, let them find a way to earn back the defeated silver in order to get the reward!"

The cost of the navy is too great, in the past, Zheng Zhilong spent nearly 10 million taels of silver every year to raise the Zheng family sailors, and he easily did not dare to go to war with the Dutch, but now the two major fleets of the navy together are larger than the previous Zheng family sailors, and tens of millions of taels of silver are needed every year just to raise them, once the war starts, the cost is even greater, and Zhu Ciji has to force Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen to find a way to make money.

After the recovery of Taiwan, Zhu Ciji does not plan to use troops on a large scale in the near future.

Because, although the territory of the Ming Dynasty seems to be calm at present, in fact, many warrior clans and powerful forces from all over the country have been eyeing in the shadows, all of which depend on the deterrence of the Ying Long army, once the Ying Long army all attacked, those people are likely to take the opportunity to jump out and make trouble.

Although Zhu Cicheng is not afraid to deal with those people, the movement he has made in the past two years is too big, the scholar clan and the powerful people need time to adapt, and the people also need time to recuperate.

Soon, the time came to the Spring Festival of the third year of ZTE.

The people's livelihood in various places is stable, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, and they begin to spend the Spring Festival and start the new year's life happily.

In the palace, Zhu Ci, who was almost eighteen years old at this time, was already the father of three children, a year ago, Huang Ying gave birth to a prince, and Dong Xiaowan also gave birth to a princess.

"After the New Year, the Dutch envoy for peace should also arrive!" Zhu Ci stumbled at the dazzling fireworks in the sky and muttered to himself, with a slight coldness in his eyes.

As Zhu Cijiao expected, on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the Dutch sent an envoy to sue for peace came to Nanjing to ask for a meeting, which was exactly one month before the Battle of Taiwan.

The Battle of Taiwan wiped out all the ships of the Dutch Far East Fleet, and the Dutch East India Company was also heavily damaged, no matter how angry he was, the Duke of Avelan was powerless to fight back, and peace was his only way out.

"Your Majesty the Great Ming Emperor, I am the envoy sent by the great Dutch Duke of Havelan to ask you for peace, in the past we had unnecessary misunderstandings with the Ming Dynasty, those are all things of the past, we should not be immersed in the past, we should look forward, I salute the Great Emperor Ming on behalf of the great Netherlands, I wish the two countries to be friendly, I hope you can agree to our caravan to come to the Ming Dynasty to do business, it will be beneficial to both countries! At the same time, I hope you will agree to our ransom of the captives! "The main purpose of the Dutch envoy's words was to trade and redeem the prisoners.

The battle of Taiwan, the destruction of the Dutch Far East Fleet and the loss of nearly 10,000 soldiers made the Duke of Havelan almost go crazy, but the next aftermath must be done, the Duke of Havelan is most worried that because of the two sides of the enemy, the Ming Dynasty is likely to completely ban trade with the great Netherlands, which is huge for the great Netherlands, the loss is huge, unacceptable.

The most important thing is that after the first war in Taiwan, the great Netherlands no longer has the capital to threaten the Ming Dynasty, and it can't even protect its own merchant ships in the Far East.

Zhu Ci smirked but did not speak, and his fingers lightly tapped the dragon's head on the dragon chair.

The Dutch envoy's heart also followed the sound of the tapping, and waited for Zhu Ci's reply with difficulty.

Although he was in a hurry, the Dutch envoy did not dare to urge.

After a long time, Zhu Ci said with a smile: "There is no problem for you to redeem the prisoners, but there is no need for the two countries to be friendly!" ”

"Oh, no! Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what are you talking about, why don't you agree to our sue for peace! The Dutch envoy's eyes widened and he asked eagerly.

Zhu Ci sneered: "The Netherlands invaded my Ming territory for no reason, I am very unhappy, you just want to make peace with me when a messenger comes to see me, it's just wishful thinking." Unless your king himself comes to surrender to my Ming, there is no need to say anything about peace! ”

Hearing Zhu Ci's conditions, the sweat on the head of the Dutch envoy dripped down.

"Your Majesty the Great Ming Emperor, your conditions are too harsh, not at all acceptable to the great Netherlands, it is impossible for His Majesty the Holy Netherlands to cross thousands of miles of oceans to meet you here, and it is impossible for the great Netherlands to submit to anyone, please re-propose the conditions, our great Netherlands will try to comply!" The Dutch envoy said with a suppressed anger.

The Dutch envoy had to be angry, their great Netherlands had never been humiliated like this since the founding of the country, how could it be possible to accept such an impossible condition, he hoped that Daming could change the condition, otherwise he really didn't know how to talk about it.

"Can't say yes?" Zhu Ci's face sank suddenly, and he said coldly: "I only have this one condition, even if I can't agree, the two countries don't have to be friendly, what should be or what!" ”

The Dutch envoy was instantly furious, he felt that Da Ming had deliberately put forward such an impossible condition, and he was deliberately humiliating the great Netherlands.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you are deliberately targeting the great Netherlands, and God will not be able to stand it!" The Dutch envoy said angrily.

"God? Hmph, I don't believe that! Zhu Ci pouted his lips disdainfully, the Dutch envoy came again, and it was ridiculous to threaten the so-called God if he couldn't continue.

"Yes, I also tell you that I deliberately targeted you Netherlands, hum, you are a great Dutch I have long been uncomfortable to listen to, and your Majesty of the Netherlands, in front of me, even dare to call Your Majesty, you are not ashamed! If you Dutch king is interested, it is enough for you Dutch to come and submit to me in person, if not, Daming will not mind being your Dutch enemy all the time! Zhu Ci's face was solemn, and he said extremely resolutely, since he had set the conditions, he would never change them easily.

Moreover, Zhu Ciji actually deliberately did not make friends with the Netherlands, and the Dutch colonies in the South Seas, Zhu Ciji was very hot, especially the Dutch East Indies, which was rich in resources and was the production area of important items such as rubber, so he would not let it go no matter what. Before making friends with the Netherlands, Da Ming could do it without any scruples, which is more reasonable than making friends and then making a move. The Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and Zhu Ciji still attaches great importance to civilization.

"You, you, you" The Dutch envoy was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of angry blood, and pointed at Zhu Ci angrily and couldn't speak.

"Bold, dare to be disrespectful to the emperor!" The two guards stepped forward and kicked the Dutch envoy to his knees, knocking him to his knees and removing the hand he had just pointed at Zhu Ci.

"Drag this person out, still outside the palace gate!" Zhu Ci said expressionlessly.

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