The Spanish expeditionary fleet was destroyed by the Ming Empire!

When the news reached the continent, the whole continent was shocked and inexplicable.

At this time, Spain was the first power in Europe, and it is no exaggeration to say that Spain and other Habsburg forces could single-handedly take on all the countries of the entire European continent, and the fact that the subsequent Thirty Years' War in Europe was a war between Spain and the Habsburgs and all other countries on the European continent.

For such a powerful colonial empire, the expeditionary fleet was destroyed by others, this kind of thing is simply incredible.

You must know that since the beginning of the colonial era, no country's fleet has been completely annihilated by the "indigenous" countries, and no colonization fleet has ever been annihilated.

They always believe that the "indigenous" countries around the world are the objects of their bullying, and that it is impossible for them to destroy others, and for others to eliminate them!

The Ming Empire in the Far East was so strong that it annihilated the colonial fleet of Spain, the overlord of the sea, how would Spain react?

Spain did not react at all, and even they were not even interested in fighting a "war of words" with the Ming Empire, as if it was not their colonial fleet that was annihilated!

What's going on here?

Quite simply, because Le Gazet behaved quite well after being captured, he not only confessed everything he knew about the colonies of the European continent and their current situation, but also handed over the charts that Spain had collected and collated.

In view of his cooperation, the Ming Empire directly released him, including his subordinates, everyone, all of them were sent to Spain's closest colony to the Far East.

After he went back, he naturally explained the strength of the Ming Empire in detail, which is why Spain did not react.

Just kidding, a South Sea Fleet is comparable to the Spanish Invincible Armada, an expedition across the sea, going to revenge, seeking death?

Although the king of Spain is a little arrogant and a little arrogant, he will not provoke the forces that obviously can't be done, and send the invincible armada to the Far East to retaliate, that is, to deliver food, the Nanyang Fleet can't beat other reinforcements, they don't have reinforcements, because they are an invincible armada, and they will be gone after the battle, and the Ming Empire is tens of thousands of miles away from the European continent, even if they still have a fleet to reinforce, it is too late in time.

Therefore, the Spanish side did not say anything at all, and since it couldn't do it, it pretended that it didn't happen, so as to save itself from humiliation.

This is Yang Cong's purpose of putting Li Yashibi back, he just wants to deter the European powers and let them know that the current Ming is no longer the original Ming, and the Ming artillery is more than them, more fierce than them, and they can't afford to provoke them at all!

At this time, the power of the European powers had not yet fully expanded to the Far East, and according to the situation explained by Legazpi, in addition to the Luzon he had taken, there was only one remaining colonial stronghold of the European powers in the Far East, that is, Malacca, which was occupied by Portugal, and other places that they had not yet had time to occupy.

The Strait of Malacca is at the entrance to the South Seas, and it can be said that as long as the Strait of Malacca is choked, it will not be so easy for the fleets of the great powers to enter the South Seas.

Yang Cong naturally would not let such an important pass fall into the hands of the Portuguese, and after sending back the prisoners such as Legazpi, he led the fleet straight to the Strait of Malacca.

At this time, Malacca was far from being prosperous in later generations, and even the original Johor and Malacca in the vicinity were beaten away by the Portuguese colonists, and the entire strait, just in the middle of the country, was a bit of aborigines and hundreds of Portuguese defenders, and the rest of the country was deserted.

The Portuguese defenders were not as bold as Legazpi, after all, they had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and when they heard that the Ming Empire's fleet was coming, they didn't even make any decent resistance, and fled back to Goa.

At this point, Yang Cong has driven all the colonists out of the Nanyang seas, and the countries of the Nanyang have also taken the power of the Ming Dynasty to vote, so to speak, the Nanyang has become the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Strait of Malacca is guarded, the Ming Dynasty does not have to worry about the threat from the European continent.

To this end, Yang Cong specially built a strong city at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca, and cast countless forts around the city, strangled the entire Strait of Malacca, and at the same time, he also issued a domineering announcement to the European continental powers, stating that the waters of the South China Sea are owned by the Ming Dynasty, and no national warships and warships are allowed to enter without permission!

Nanyang was taken by Yang Cong in this way, in view of the terrifying strength of the Ming Dynasty, the European powers did not dare to fight the idea of Nanyang for a long time, and the Ming Dynasty also entered a real peaceful and prosperous era, and developed rapidly.

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A few years later, during the autumn harvest season, on the plains of southern Siam, a golden dragon car was speeding through the fields, and in the luxurious suite in the middle of the train, Yang Cong and his proud disciple Zhu Zaikun sat opposite each other, talking happily like a father and son.

At this time, Zhu Zaikun had already abdicated early, passed the throne to his son Zhu Yijun, and became the carefree emperor, and accompanied Yang Cong around in Nanyang all day long.

After Yongqing, the name of the Ming Dynasty is not called Wanli, but Taichang!

Historically, the Ming Dynasty also had the era name of Taichang, but it was the era name of his son Zhu Changluo after Mingshenzong Wanli.

As for why this era name is used, the main reason is that the era names recommended by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy include Wanli and Taichang, Yang Cong doesn't want history to repeat itself, and then Wanli is such a faint monarch who does whatever he wants, so he directly selected the era name as Taichang.

At this time, Yang Cong is not the Marquis of Hui'an, but the Duke of An Guo, and the entire Nanyang is his territory!

The reason why he brought Zhu Zaikun to Siam was to see how the rice fields here were harvesting.

Although he changed the poor and backward situation of the Ming Dynasty, but he could not change the natural disasters, at this time the northwest of the Ming Dynasty is still like the general in history, thousands of miles of red land, no harvest, and even, even the grain harvest in the southeast has been sharply reduced due to the impact of the flood, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty is unable to make ends meet at this time, and the grain produced is simply not enough for people to eat.

However, there was no sign of the peasant uprising that should have occurred in history at this time, because Yang Cong vigorously promoted the three-crop rice in the Nanyang countries, and the grain produced here was enough to fill the vacancy caused by natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zaikun looked at the endless rice fields outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Master, you still have foresight, as soon as there was a drought in the northwest, you vigorously promoted the three crops of rice here, and moved most of the population in the northwest to Nanyang. ”

Yang Cong smiled faintly: "There is a lot of open space here anyway, why let the people suffer in the disaster area of Chidi for thousands of miles, by the way, how is the war in Liaodong, did the emperor send a telegram to you?" ”

Zhu Zaikun shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Yijun, this kid is so strong, if the matter in Liaodong is not completely resolved, I'm afraid he won't tell me." Master, you can rest assured, with Senior Brother Yuanjing here, the Jianzhou Jurchen can't set off any storms. ”

That being said, however, Yang Cong still has some shadows in his heart, after all, the Xiaoice River natural disasters have erupted, the Jianzhou Jurchens have also begun to rebel, everything seems to have returned to the trajectory of historical development, can he go against the might of the sky and completely change history?

I hope Qi Jiguang can help him change history, after all, Qi Jiguang has passed away at this time in history, and now, Qi Jiguang is still old and strong, and he is in good spirits.

At this time, the capital city of Siam was already in sight, and the Siamese king and ministers were already kneeling there in the station outside the city.

Yang Cong didn't seem to be interested in these people at all, he didn't even have the heart to talk to these people, but Zhu Zaikun, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was talking and laughing on the side, constantly praising the King of Siam and his subordinate officials.

The reason why he didn't say anything was naturally not pretending to be high, he was worried about the war in Liaodong, and it stands to reason that for such a long time, the war in Liaodong should also have a result.

Why hasn't a telegram been sent yet, is something wrong?

He was thinking about it when a Siamese official suddenly ran over from a distance, whispered a few words excitedly beside the King of Siam, and then the King of Siam bowed his hand again and again: "Your Majesty, Grandpa Guo, good news, Jiliao Governor Qi Jiguang Qi has come to report that the army of my Ming Dynasty has broken through Hetuala, and all the Jurchen generals in Jianzhou have been captured!" ”

Zhu Zaikun couldn't help laughing happily, but Yang Cong suddenly fell into a stupor.

This means, he has defended the power of the sky and protected the Ming Dynasty?

I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Zaikun's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Master, how will the Jianzhou Jurchens deal with those sentences, and exterminate the nine clans according to the law?" ”

At this time, Yang Cong came back to his senses, shook his head slowly, and said: "Forget it, such a cool method is out of place, just send them all to Dongying and let them fend for themselves." ”

Aren't you strong in land warfare, send you to the Dongying Islands, and see how you rebel!

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