Chapter 84: The Battle of Tuen Mun

"Thank you Xiangshan County for your kindness!" Gao Han looked at the wooden box on the table, smiled and accepted it, and glanced at Olivia quietly, this Xiangshan County order said that with the assistance of this girl, he found these muskets from the Victor Chamber of Commerce and gave them to him to play with.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Qin Yi saw that the other party accepted his gift, and his heart was much more steady, as soon as Wan Ziliang's people left, he immediately pondered, he couldn't hold the shelf like this anymore, he must go to pay a visit before the people of Guangzhou Jinyiwei came, otherwise, even if this attitude is not correct, he doesn't ask the other party for help, but he doesn't want the other party to help him at this critical time!

Is this possible, there really is!

If he didn't come forward, the Jinyiwei in Guangzhou and the Jinyiwei from the Beijing division met, chatted casually, and then talked about him, just a sentence of "arrogance" was enough for him to eat and go around, it was nothing more than a matter of a few hundred taels of silver, why bother with this! Besides, people can say bad things and good things, how can they know if they don't touch it.

"I haven't consulted the adults yet!" Although it was a private visit, however, the process that should be taken still has to be taken, and the title of Gao Han Jinyiwei's command is a false title, and there is no such thing as a suicide or something, but the Great Seal of the Southeast Guanfeng Envoy was awarded by the imperial court, and he had to take it out to prove his identity.

Qin Yi was suddenly in awe, the southeast view of the wind envoy, in the eyes of the civil official system, but it is much more than what Jinyi Wei, Jinyi Wei is at most terrifying, but this southeast view of the wind envoy, but the real court officials, the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, can not only make people fearful, but also can make people soar at a critical time.

How many people have been officials all their lives, but they always can't go up, except for no one in the court, there is another reason, that is, their merits and achievements, no one can see them, no matter how good they do, no one knows, but once they do something wrong, they will immediately be pulled out and magnified, such an official, who doesn't know how bad it is.

If you do a good place, you can be seen by people, and even go up to the sky, but the place where you do poorly is selectively ignored by others.

With the awe and even stammering of this Xiangshan County Order, it is very easy for Gao Han to understand some things next.

For example, what is Xiangshan County's attitude towards this Haojing Ao, and what is the management charter.

During the Hongzhi period, a group of Portuguese adventurers invaded the coast, and the defenders of the local Dongguan Qianhu Institute thought that it was a pirate invasion, and led the army to fight, giving the Portuguese armed fleet a hard blow, and the battle ended in the victory of the Ming Dynasty, which was the first unpleasant contact between the Ming and the Western colonists.

Since then, there has been more and more contact between Western colonists and the Ming Dynasty.

In the Zhengde period, a Portuguese armed fleet arrived at the Pearl River port and asked to land for trade, without the approval of the Ming court, the fleet turned to invade the "Tuen Mun Haiao", and set up a execution ground, an arsenal, and made firearms here. Build fortifications and openly encroach on the land of the Ming Dynasty.

In the same year, they relied on the strength of their ships and artillery to force their way into the mouth of the Pearl River again, and falsely claimed that they were paying tribute to the Chinese emperor, who ordered the tribute envoys to enter Beijing and the rest to return.

During the Jiajing period, the Portuguese became more and more arrogant, which gradually aroused the disgust of the military and people in Guangdong, and the imperial court finally unified its opinion, feeling that these Yi people used the name of envoys to hold goods to the city, and stationed in the coastal areas of Guangdong for too long, and had some snooping, and the military department also held a similar view. Therefore, both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites considered that their demands should be rejected and that they should be expelled.

Wang Hong, the 56-year-old deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, was ordered to expel the Franco. At this time, the Portuguese, led by Alvarez, had occupied the vicinity of "Tuen Mun Island" for several years, and after completing the preparations for war, Wang Feng issued an edict to the Portuguese, asking the Portuguese to leave as soon as possible, but the Portuguese ignored this. So Wang sent an army to drive the Portuguese away, but met with armed resistance. Wang led the army and civilians to storm the Portuguese fleet, but the Portuguese fleet was defeated, and finally only three ships fled.

This is known as the "Battle of Tuen Mun".

After the Battle of Tuen Mun, the Ming court demanded that Chinese warships destroy Portuguese-flagged ships when they saw them. The Battle of Qiancao Bay took place in Qiancao Bay, Xinhui County, and the Portuguese suffered a heavy defeat. The sea surface of Guangdong is a river and the sea is clear.

However, after two defeats, the Portuguese did not give up and instead invaded the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang. Although it is a disease of scabies, it is like some ants and bedbugs on the body, which always makes the Ming court feel a little uncomfortable.

At this time, a turning point appeared, and the Ming Dynasty moved the Patiju Division of Guangdong City to Hao Jing Ao, allowing the Portuguese and other foreign merchant ships to trade at sea near Hao Jing O, which means that you don't toss around, give you a place, and do business there quietly!

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of the sea route, accepted the activity of Portuguese merchants and approved the Portuguese to go ashore on the grounds of drying flooded goods, and from then on the Portuguese entered Hao Jing Ao to live, until one time when the Portuguese gave bribes to the silver taels, other officials were present, Wang Bai lied that the silver taels were "land rent silver", and it was a definite nature for the Portuguese to live in Ho Jing Macao.

Since then, the Portuguese have built walls in the settlement village of Ho Jing Macao, expanded the residential area, and implemented the Portuguese-style political and legal system in the rented place, but the Ming court has never given up the management of this place, taxes and garrisons are a must, of course, in terms of public security, it must have been a lot, anyway, basically what happened, the Portuguese can take care of themselves, even if there is a dispute with the Portuguese and the Ming, the Portuguese will even favor the side of the Ming in order to eliminate the misunderstanding as soon as possible and reduce the impact.

Over time, this Ho Jing Ao has continued in this mode.

Taxation has a city to raise the division, decent, but the garrison is a little poor, here is just stationed in Dongguan thousands of households of a hundred households, combat effectiveness or something, really dare not compliment, fortunately, the Portuguese in contact with the Ming court, really suffered a few big losses, and no longer clamored for force or something, everyone is so peaceful.

Rao is Gao Han roughly knew the past and present life of this Haojing Macao, that is, Macau, but hearing from the local officials how this place evolved step by step made him shake his head and sigh.

However, what else can be said, the huge island of Taiwan, the imperial court feels that it is not suitable for immigration, and if you say you don't want it, you can't do it.

Of course, Gao Han did not have such great ambitions, relying on this little authority in his hands, he removed the city shipping promotion division here, drove away all these foreign merchant ships that traded with trade, and drew an end to the hidden dangers of Macao in the future, although he knew that it would definitely be good to do so, but if he really did this, he was afraid that whether it was the household department or the military department, he would have to jump his feet.