Batavia has been occupied, so how can we gradually control the South Seas?

This problem is not a day or two can be solved, in the vast sea area of the South Seas, there are more than 10 large and small countries, when Chengzu Yongle years, the Ming Dynasty domineering leakage, the Nanyang countries are vying for vassals, but from the end of Wanli to the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty is declining, and these vassal countries gradually have different hearts, and no longer take the Ming Dynasty seriously.

To restore the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and make the Nanyang countries honestly bow down is a long-term process, which can only be done step by step.

After Brower issued the order, Zhang Bin immediately recruited Zheng Zhihu, the great treasurer of Dongshengtang in Nanyang, and asked him to send his subordinates and sailors to take over the East India Company's stronghold in Nanyang, and at the same time, he also sent Zhenyuan cruisers and wheels to Dongfan, and transferred 20,000 Tun guards.

Batavia needs to be garrisoned, and there is a more important place that needs to be garrisoned, and this place is the Strait of Malacca, because only by choking the Strait of Malacca, can the South Seas really be called the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the 20,000 garrison soldiers arrived, he immediately left 10,000 garrisons in Batavia, and then took another 10,000 garrison soldiers on 20 Zhenyuan cruisers, escorted by 40 Weiyuan battleships and 100 wheels, and rushed to the Strait of Malacca.

As for the Qi family's army, it is impossible for them to be stationed in Nanyang, because he has such an elite in his hands, and he will definitely bring it back, so he can only let them stay in Batavia to rest at this time.

The name of Malacca originated from the Ming Dynasty ancestor Yongle two years to establish the Manchurian country, since the beginning of the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty has been the name of the Manchurian Jia, but, Ming Wuzong Zhengde six years, the Portuguese occupied the capital of the Manchurian Jiaguo, that is, the city of Malacca in later generations, the king of the Manchurian Jiajia repeatedly asked the Ming for help, but the Ming court only to detain the Portuguese envoys as a threat, did not send any army to support, the Manchurian Thorn Jia perished, and then more than 100 years, Malacca has been under the control of Portugal, the Ming Dynasty has since been extinct in the South Seas.

After more than 100 years, the Ming Dynasty finally came to the Strait of Malacca, but at this time, the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty had ceased to exist, and the Kingdom of Johor established afterwards was also beaten by the Portuguese and retreated into the northern part of the peninsula, and the entire Strait of Malacca was under the control of the Portuguese.

When Zhang Bin led the fleet to arrive, he could scare the Portuguese defenders in Malacca, because the Portuguese defenders in Malacca only had more than 1,000 people, and they didn't have super battleships at all, only a few armed merchant ships, which was a Weiyuan battleship that could bomb them into scum.

However, Zhang Bin did not go straight to the city of Malacca, he stopped at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, and waded and landed on the island opposite the old capital of Johor, which had been destroyed by the Portuguese, and sent people to build an improvised port, apparently intending to stay here.

His move confused the Portuguese defenders in Malacca, what does the Ming Empire mean by this?

At this time, the news of the defeat of the main fleet of the Dutch East India Company at Formosa had spread throughout the South Seas, and even the Portuguese governor in Goa knew about it, and he specially issued an order not to provoke the Ming Empire!

The Ming Empire they really couldn't afford to provoke, during this period their homeland was occupied by Spain, and all the overseas garrisons added up were estimated to be no match for the Dutch East India Company, as a result, the main fleet of the Dutch East India Company was overturned by the Ming Empire, which means that it was easy for the Ming Empire to clean them up.

Of course, at this time, the news that Zhang Bin led the army to occupy Batavia had not yet spread, and if they knew that the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company were occupied by the Ming Dynasty, it was estimated that they would be so frightened that they would hide when they saw the Ming fleet.

At this time, the Portuguese defenders in Malacca did not hide, but they were already so frightened that they couldn't sleep, and after waiting for a few days, the Dutch governor in Manila saw that the Ming Imperial Bird had not come to them, and finally couldn't help but send an envoy to ask for a meeting.

Zhang Bin is having a headache at this time, because the difference between this place and the later generations is too great, and it is a famous metropolis in the later generations, but at this time it is deserted, and he wants to build a fortress here, build a city, and build a port It is very difficult, and there is no one to hire at all, so he can only rely on 10,000 soldiers to do it himself, no wonder the Portuguese put such an important position, they want to build a city here I am afraid that they will not be able to build it for decades.

He thought about it, and simply sent wheels to escort more than 30,000 Dutch prisoners to the island in batches, and also took the Qi family army over, and escorted them to the mountains in the middle of the island to open mountains and quarry, cut down trees and trees, so that the progress was a little faster.

When the Portuguese envoy landed on the island from the simple port, he was simply stunned, in just a few days, tens of thousands of people gathered on this small island, and the endless tents were almost covered with the south of the island, a huge port was being built, the outline of the fortress has been revealed on the hill next to the port, and under the hill, a long section of the city wall has been erected, what is the Ming Empire trying to do!

Of course, Zhang Bin would not tell him that this is a treasure of feng shui, whether it is for business or blocking the entire strait, it is much better than the location of Malacca.

The reason why he didn't clean up the Portuguese in Malacca was mainly because Luo Bao, the governor of Portugal and Macau, was still cooperative, and he didn't want to arrest anyone and beat whom, it was wise to pull a gang to fight a gang, and he really didn't care about it, no matter who it was, it would be a violent beating to catch it, forcing the European powers to unite and do it with him, then it would be troublesome, he could still carry a Dutchman, and if there was an eight-nation alliance, he would have to lie down.

He had already thought about establishing good relations with Spain and Portugal, the two declining powers, and supporting them to reap the benefits of the new powers such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands.

Of course, the premise is that Spain and Portugal know each other, not just with him.

He still attached great importance to the Portuguese envoys, and when he heard that they were coming, he also took a little time to meet them.

There are many business contacts between Portugal and Ming merchants, and this Malacca is a small trading port, so there is no shortage of Chinese translators for them, and the Portuguese envoy directly brought a Chinese translator.

As soon as the two of them came in, the interpreter immediately asked, "I don't know who you are, my lord?" ”

When they came to negotiate, they naturally had to find out who the negotiator was, and at this time the Portuguese didn't know who the commander of the Ming army was, because the Ming army didn't say hello at all, and ran over directly.

Zhang Bin didn't hide it, and replied directly: "Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, this official." ”

When the translator heard this, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground directly, he thought that at most there would be a general soldier, but he didn't expect that it would be the governor who came.

He was frightened and kowtowed to the ground and said, "I don't know if the little one is the Governor's arrival, I am offended, please forgive the Governor." ”

Zhang Bin didn't put up any shelf, and directly raised his hand and said, "Okay, get up." ”

The Portuguese envoy was also startled when he saw the interpreter like this, and when he saw the interpreter getting up, he hurriedly asked, "Who is this, is the official very big?" ”

The translator hurriedly explained: "It's big, it's big, this is the governor of Fuguang Province, and the southeast coast of Daming is under his control!" ”

It turned out that this was the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire, and the Portuguese envoy was also so frightened that his legs were weak, and he almost knelt down, but at this time, the European continent did not kneel and bow, so he hurriedly made the most formal chest salute and said respectfully: "It turned out to be the governor, it was rude, it was rude." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and said lightly: "Are you a subordinate of the Governor of Goa, Kong Dede, or the Governor of Macau, Luo Bao, what are you looking for?" ”

The messenger hurriedly replied, "We are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Goa, and we just want to know why you are here, Your Excellency. ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while and said euphemistically: "This official has already taken Batavia, and it is estimated that the Dutch will retaliate frantically, so this official specially came here to build a fortress to resist the attack of the Dutch, you go back and tell your Excellency the Governor, in order to avoid accidental injury, please evacuate Malacca as soon as possible." ”

When the envoy heard the translator's retelling, he was stunned in fright, this governor is really fierce, he actually took Batavia, you must know that the Dutch East India Company is almost a state company, and most of the shares are held by the top of the Dutch parliament, this governor actually gave their headquarters, this is simply a declaration of war on the Netherlands!

The matter was simply too big, and he carefully confirmed, "Your Excellency, do you mean that you have conquered Batavia?" ”

Zhang Bin said proudly: "Of course, didn't you see the Dutch working outside, they are all East India Company, these people paid to invite them, only by taking Batavia and capturing them, can you take them to work, you should know this, right?" ”

At this time, the messenger remembered that he seemed to see a lot of Europeans working, and he had thought that the Governor had cooperated with Spain or something, but after a long time, it turned out that the Governor had captured the employees of the Dutch East India Company and brought them to work!

It seems that this is true, but why let them withdraw?

Puzzled, he asked, "Your Excellency, it doesn't seem like you have much to do with us going to war with the Dutch, do you?" ”

Zhang Bin's face was stiff, and he said seriously: "It doesn't matter much, but this official doesn't want to tell whether it is you Portuguese or Dutch when the time comes, what if the Dutch pretend to be your people to sneak attack me, so you must withdraw." ”

This sounds a little reasonable, but it's not so unreasonable, it's just such a simple reason to let people withdraw the army, which is too domineering!

The messenger thought for a moment, and simply prevaricated: "I can't be the master of this." ”

Zhang Bin continued to say seriously: "This official knows that you can't be the master, you go back and tell your Governor that before March next year, you must withdraw, otherwise, when the time comes, this official can be Dutch or Portuguese, for the sake of safety, as long as he sees your European warships or warships in the Strait of Malacca, this official will not hesitate to attack!" ”

This means that if they do not withdraw in March next year, the Governor will beat them together!

He really couldn't do this, so the messenger could only honestly say, "We will ask the Governor for this." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, waved his hand, and said: "Then please go back, this official is very busy, and you can tell your Governor again, this official has no intention of being an enemy of you, and you don't want Goa to be like Batavia!" ”

What he means, if you don't know each other, I'll even serve you Goa!

When the messenger heard this, he wiped his sweat and saluted, "I know, I will tell our Lord Governor, farewell." ”

The Portuguese envoy was sent away, but unexpectedly, only a few days later, the Spanish envoy came again.

It turned out that he had sent someone to ask the Spanish governor of Manila if he had bought the Dutch prisoners, and this time the number was a bit large, more than 30,000 people.

The governor of Manila, Spain, Corquian, was not frightened by this number, he was mainly frightened by the accompanying information that the Ming Empire had conquered Batavia!

He was indeed frightened, he was quite aware of the strength of the Dutch East India Company in the Far East, and he was also quite aware of the defense of Batavia, after all, they were mortal enemies, and he had also dreamed of overturning all the Dutch warships and conquering Batavia, but this was just a dream, he never thought of putting it into action, because Spain's strength in the Far East was not enough at all, it would be good for him to hold Manila, and attacking Batavia would be looking for death!

Now, Batavia was conquered by the Ming Empire, he was not upset for the Dutch, he was mainly afraid that the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire would suddenly have a nervous attack and end Manila, he believed that the southeast governor of the Ming Empire had this strength, because the Dutch, who were several times stronger than them, were overturned by the governor at this time, and Batavia, which was much stronger than Manila's defense, was also ended by him.

He sent an envoy to show goodwill to the governor, and his meaning was simple: Your Excellency, let's be friends, and you must not come to beat me!

As for the tens of thousands of captives, there was no problem at all, the first time he bought the Dutch captives, he actually wanted to be opportunistic, and use this way to show merit in front of their King Majesty, but unexpectedly, their King Majesty was quite satisfied with these prisoners, not only praised him, but also told him that if there were prisoners in the future, he would buy them all.

He didn't know what His Majesty was doing with these captives, and he didn't have to worry about money, because at this time, Spain plundered more than 10 million taels of silver from the Americas every year, and most of it came from the Far East.

Zhang Bin didn't expect that the governor of Manila, Spain, would be scared like this, but they thought of going together, and he also wanted to win over Spain.

Therefore, he cordially received the envoy sent by Coquela, and asked the envoy to go back and tell Coquela, so that Coqueira could rest assured that he would not attack Manila, and even, if he had time, he was ready to go to Manila himself to visit His Excellency the Governor of Coquela.