Before Hou Xuanyan took power, Dongfan Island was a wilderness in the eyes of the imperial court where birds don't, and they didn't want to give it for nothing.

Therefore, after the Ming Dynasty defeated the Dutch Red Hair, it did not garrison Taiwan, but generously ceded this treasure island to the Red Hairs.

After Shi Lang took Dongfan Island, he first brought all the sailors brought by Zheng Duhe back to Fujian, and then left them in his henchmen and continued to run the island.

The Fujian sailors ate the imperial court's Yulu, and the middle and lower-level officers were all from the Fuzhou Jiangwutang, and Shi Lang was not sure that he could control this sailor, although he was the commander of the navy.

But those he left on the island, in addition to his relatives and his own confidants, were the old retainers of the Zheng family. Zheng Du was taken by his side, so that the island is not the world of the Shi family, as long as he quietly develops for a few years, Shi Lang is confident that he can recover the strength of Zheng Zhilong's period.

On the boat back to Fuzhou, Zheng Du didn't see any emotion at all, as if the person in front of him had always been his superior, not their former general.

After pouring a glass of wine into the rhino horn cup, Zheng Du respectfully brought it to Shi Lang's side and said with a smile: "My lord, I see that you seem to have a lot on your mind." ”

Shi Lang didn't hold a shelf, Zheng Du, this kid is ruthless, but he is indeed talented. Shi Lang thinks very highly of himself and feels that he can suppress him, and Zheng Du is a usable talent in his eyes.

"Hou Xuanyan is different from others, he has the style of Taizu back then, and it is difficult to hide anything from his eyes. When I go back to Fuzhou this time, I really don't know the bottom of my heart..."Shi Lang pinched the wine glass, his face was full of sadness.

"Don't be afraid, my plan is to recuperate, just like how many years Nurhachi was a lackey for Li Chengliang, and then he was not anti-guest-oriented. Since we are returning to Fuzhou with this purpose, why should we worry? Zheng Du said very comfortably on the seat on the deck.

Shi Lang heard that it did make sense, but his heart was still empty, and after putting down the wine glass, he stood up and paced to the side of the boat, looking out at the endless sea. Only the vast ocean can give him a sense of security.

At this time, in Jinling City, the Hidden Elephant Battalion analyzed and remarked all Shi Lang's words and deeds in the camp one by one, and placed them on Hou Xuanyan's bookcase.

From the dialogue between Zheng Du and Shi Lang that night, to the current withdrawal of troops and filling in the people, a large piece of land has been encircled on Dongfan Island, which is called "Shi Hou Rentian Garden", which accounts for almost half of the reclaimed land in Tainan. If others want to survive, they can only rent the land of the Shi Hou family, and they have to pay rent for farming.

Hou Xuanyan sneered, this guy wants to learn from Dolgon, he regards landing on the island as entering the customs, and he also plays enclosure.

What Hou Xuanyan didn't know was that in the previous history, he really hid from the imperial court, and the Shi family collected rent in Taiwan for two hundred years. After Shi Lang's death, the local yamen in Taiwan was responsible for collecting this part of the rent, and then shipping it to Beijing to be handed over to each generation of the Shi family. With the family property saved by Shi Lang, the children of the Shi family lived a pampered life from the Kangxi Dynasty to the Guangxu Dynasty.

Hou Xuanyan is not Kang Mazi, and he will definitely not tolerate the important place of Taiwan becoming a cornucopia of Shi Lang, and this island is worth a thousand warships in the Age of Discovery.

In Fujian, it was Chen Changzhi, who had just made great contributions, who had just made great contributions, and this guy was killed all over the wilderness in the southwest, killing more than a dozen hospitable and law-abiding southwestern ethnic groups.

Hou Xuanyan has already asked for credit for him and was promoted to the commander of the southern battalion of the submarine elephant battalion, making up for the vacancy after Zhao Yuanhua's promotion.

In Fuzhou Port, the moment Shi Lang's big ship landed, the port was crowded with people as usual.

Fuzhou's gentry and celebrities all came to greet the heroes of the Zheng clan on Dongfan Island, and it was foreseeable that this port would bring them infinite wealth from then on.

After Shi Lang got off the boat, he put away the panic in his heart and walked towards the crowd with a smile, and suddenly he found that a group of people broke through the crowd and came out of the crowd.

Chen Changzhi's subordinates are too eye-catching, the Hidden Elephant Camp has two sets of costumes, a set of black armor can perfectly blend into the night, how low-key and low-key it is. A set of red and gorgeous brocade clothes is really fresh clothes and angry horses, and everyone looks sideways, and it is generally the person who executes the characters on the bright face, and the clothes worn when he is shocking Xiao Xiaoxiao and showing off his might.

At this time, the people brought by Chen Changzhi were the latter set of clothes, which were like a little red in the crowd, so they were not dazzling.

Chen Changzhi came out of the crowd and came to Shi Lang, his official position was greater than that of the Admiral of the Fujian Navy, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Admiral Shi for this great achievement, the prince set up a celebration banquet in the capital, and specially ordered me to take you to Jinling, Admiral Shi, let's go?" ”

Shi Lang's face was cloudy, and even Zheng Du, who had always been calm, trembled with his fingers, and the noisy crowd around him was suddenly silent.

Shi Lang prevaricated: "Since the prince has an order, I can't help but obey, but the lower official is on Dongfan Island, and there are still some books and accounts to be handed over to the prince, I thought I would bring it back when I returned to Beijing, but now it's okay, I'll go back." ”

Chen Chang was even more convinced that there was fraud in this house, and said with a smile: "I don't think there is any need for this, all the accounts of Dongfan Island are clear to the prince, and even the prince knows everything about the 'rent farm'." Admiral Commander should come with me. ”

Shi Lang held the hilt of his sword, retreated to the front of the deck, and said: "This matter is not trivial, I must personally hand it over to the prince, and when I return to the island, I will go to Jinling, please go back first." Zheng Du and the others also followed him and retreated to the port.

Shi Lang was about to board the ship after speaking, but the two sailors stopped in front of the deck, and said coldly: "Lord Admiral, how can you not obey the prince's order, let's go to Jinling first." ”

"Are you two going to rebel?" Shi Lang's tone was already a little anxious, and he didn't choose to speak.

"Rebellion? There are people who want to rebel, but it's not them, I think it's someone else. Chen Changyi waved his hand, and the spies behind him swarmed up, drawing a knife in his hand and about to kill.

Shi Lang commanded thousands of troops and horses, was calm and calm in naval battles, and planned and dispatched the slightest famous naval general. If Chen Changzhi is against him, I am afraid that he will have little chance of winning. But when it comes to street killing, Shi Lang's henchmen and Zheng Du's henchmen together are less than a fraction of the Hidden Elephant Battalion.

Whoosh a few cold arrows, shooting down all the people around Shi Lang, quenching the poison after the blue steel needle, inserted into the body a few seconds after losing the ability to move.

Chen Changzhi said leisurely: "Come on, invite Commander Shi to our pride, and Gong will be sent to Jinling." ”

The spies of the Submarine Elephant Battalion stepped forward and subdued Shi Lang, who was like ashes, in a few clicks, and Zheng Du and the others had already been mended and thrown into the sea.

The surrounding gentry and celebrities, who had never experienced the Northern Expedition, were silent when they saw such a bloody scene for the first time.

Chen Changzhi's subordinates supported Shi Lang, held his arm, and walked forward.

A poisonous needle silently pierced his body.

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Shi Lang died, and Hou Xuanyan did not pursue anyone, but just took back his "Shi Houtian Rental Garden" and drove Shi Lang's family away from Dongfan Island.

Dongfan Island was renamed "Taiwan Mansion" and assigned to Fujian, and the first prefect was served by Fan Xian, who was a remnant of Jiading and made contributions in Songjiang, but in fact it was personally managed by Gong Zifang, the head of the household.

Between Japan and Taiwan, there is an even smaller island nation called the Ryukyus.

Ryukyu was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it was occupied by Japan for many years, and the first covenant between Hou Xuanyan and Japan was: Japan recognized that the Ryukyu Kingdom was indeed completely independent and self-reliant, so all the losses of its independent system, such as the country's invitation to Japan to garrison it, the country's contribution ceremony to Japan, etc., were abolished.

At that time, everyone knew that Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty that Japan snatched, and they didn't pay much attention to this article, so they thought that the Ming Dynasty had humiliated Japan for the sake of face.

Only the Ryukyu royal family was overjoyed, and after the Satsuma Domain of Japan was driven away, the Ryukyu king wrote every day and sent people to Jinling to pay tribute, hoping to help him restore the kingdom.

In October of the second year of Jing Yu, the Ryukyu prince Shangzhi sent his uncle Ma Zongyi to lead a celebration delegation to Jinling. It is hoped that he can regain his rule over the entire archipelago.

Hou Xuanyan said politely: "The Ryukyu royal family is unable to protect the people, and the Ryukyu people are no longer willing to wait for the king. ”

As early as 40 years ago, the Satsuma clan of Japan led troops to invade and occupy the Ryukyus, forcing the Ryukyus to pay tribute to Japan. The Ryukyu Kingdom was formed into a state of "two kingdoms", and they gradually came under the de facto control of the Satsuma Domain and became vassals of the Satsuma Domain. Of course, Hou Xuanyan has no interest, and for the sake of a group of so-called royal families, he took great pains to restore them to the country.

Ma Zongyi slammed his head on the ground, crying and begging Hou Xuanyan not to bully the weak country like this, crying a handful of snot and tears, it was the people who heard it that were sad, and those who saw it wept.

Hou Xuanyan sneered: "In the past, there were three small countries in your Ryukyus, and my Emperor Taizu Gao sent Yang Zai to issue an edict to your three kingdoms of Ryukyu, and you came to pay tribute. The original three small countries were all canonized by my Emperor Taizu Gao, why were they destroyed by you for no reason? Did you speak to those two nations at that time? In the final analysis, it is still your Shang family, and it is already a great kindness to violate the holy decree of my Taizu Emperor Gao and cancel your royal status, and if you dare to entangle, I will throw all of you into the sea to feed the fish. ”

Ma Zongyi didn't dare to splash it, and looked at the young prince in front of him blankly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

I thought that the Ming Dynasty was still the behemoth who wanted to save face, but this time he was going to come to Daming to make a small fortune, who knew that even the country was lost.

These small countries have always been profitable to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the profits are not small.

In fact, strictly speaking, the tributary matter of the Ming Dynasty is not a loss, those tributary people, if they come with goods, first of all, it depends on whether you are a big country or a small country, if you are a big country, half of it will be taken first, and handed over to the Ming Dynasty, and then the remaining half will be handed over to the emperor. It is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty to rob the rich and help the poor, because some small countries, they brought too few things, the Ming Dynasty in order to show generosity, will not charge you tariffs, but also sent a lot of good things out, but the Ming Dynasty also knows that this business is a loss, so it limits the number of tributes to those small countries, such as once every two years and once every five years.

For those visiting missions from larger countries, it is not a loss, and he may buy 20,000 yuan of goods. When it came to the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to sell 100,000 yuan, and the Ming Dynasty returned 20,000 goods, and when it came to their country, it could also be sold for 100,000 yuan, so the two sides each earned 80,000 yuan, which means that the cooperation between the two parties is mutually beneficial and win-win.

Therefore, every country likes to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are also happy to publicize their achievements of "all countries come to the dynasty", which is essentially a business.

Japan is an exception, because the relationship between the two sides is very poor because of the Japanese pirates. The Ming Dynasty's attack on Japan's tributary was particularly black, because it was cut too hard, and as a result, those Japanese missions couldn't stand it, so they wanted to commit suicide, and the Ming Dynasty government could only give money to settle things. Later, there was an incident in which the Japanese envoys plundered Zhejiang, causing the two sides to turn against each other.

This time, Hou Xuanyan directly canceled the royal family of the Ryukyus and turned the country into a county, which was even more excessive than the Satsuma Domain in Japan.

Although there were some objections from the DPRK and China, because of his current power and continuous expansion of territory, they all acquiesced.

In this way, the Ryukyu Kingdom, which had existed for more than 200 years, was completely reduced to a prefecture. Between the island of Kyushu and the island of Taiwan, it became an integral part of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Ma Zongyi and the so-called Ryukyu mission prepared to return to the island together with the ships of the Ming Ryukyu Prefecture Order.

After doing all this, Hou Xuanyan lay down happily in his chair and closed his eyes An empire that spanned the entire east coast already had all the ports to the sea.

Japan, the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyus, and Taiwan, the sailors were completely connected, and the Francos and Dutch did not want to get involved in half a point again. The seas of the East belong to the Orientals, to be specific, all of them are Han Chinese.

Hou Xuanyan has the insight of later generations, and there is a coastline comparable to the entire European continent, there is nothing in the world that cannot be done. Wait until the conquest of Liao is successful, and then fight a dozen further north and get the Bering Strait in your hands... The American continent is at hand.

When Hou Xuanyan, who was lying on the Taishi's chair, had a sweet dream, the soldiers outside hugged their fists and said, "Lord Wang, there are several more missions from small countries. ”

Hou Xuanyan asked happily: "Who is here to give the gift?" I'll see if I can add another county. ”

"It's the Francos and the Redhair... and the Dutch. The pro-soldiers all knew Hou Xuanyan's name, so they slowly abandoned the discriminatory words and changed their name to Dutch.

Hou Xuanyan stood up and said to himself: "I just punished Shi Lang and took Taiwan Island, and these people pounced like flies, and their noses are really smart." Speaking of which, Macau is still in the hands of the Portuguese, and it's time to come to Macau County. ”

Thinking of this, Hou Xuanyan stood up, tidied up his robe, and said majestically: "Bring them to me." ”