Yan Qiheng and Wu Jinxi took refuge in Wang Yan when they were in Hunan, they were both Jinshi and had been local magistrates for many years before, and they were relatively qualified officials in Wang Yan's faction.

Wang Yan originally left the two of them in Hunan so that he could exert influence on Chudi, but the concept of running Hunan was the same as Wang Yan's, and there was no contradiction between the two, Yan Qiheng and Wu Jinxi stayed in Hunan, which inevitably did not play a role.

Now after Wang Yan discussed with Zuo Maodi and Su Guansheng, he took the opportunity to transfer the two to the imperial court, one was placed in the household department as the left waiter, and the other was placed in the Ministry of Rites as the right waiter, which greatly strengthened his control over the court.

The household department was in charge of Su Guansheng, and Wang Yan's relationship with him had always been relatively harmonious, except for differences in their attitude towards the Gui Domain, but the two were political allies anyway.

That Wang Yan was ready to insert Yan Qiheng in the household department, which seemed a little unkind, but there was actually no way.

The Guangzhou Bosi was an important source of tax for the imperial court, but it was controlled by Wang Yan, and the tax was first paid to the account of the governor of Liangguang before reporting to the household department.

Some ministers in the DPRK and the central government are already dissatisfied with Wang Yan's control of the City Shipping Division, and there are many rumors.

Wang Yan's salary, money and food mainly rely on the city department, but the court must take back the rights of the city department and make the household department directly under the government, but Wang Yan did not want to be stuck by the owner's money neck, so he had to reach a compromise with Su Guansheng in the end, and the city department was directly under the management of the household department, but Su Guansheng gave Wang Yan's people a position as the left attendant of the household department.

After dealing with this matter, Wang Yan did not stay in Guangzhou for a few days, and because the Dutch ships intercepted merchant ships in the South China Sea, collected customs duties, and sailed into the vicinity of Qiongzhou to provoke, he had to go to Macao first and then to Qiongzhou.

The Dutch demanded to monopolize the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, so angry that they were furious, and Wang Yan was also very angry and decided to take a look at the arrogant Dutchman.

Although Wang Yan didn't know much about Xiyi, and he only had contact with the Portuguese, and he didn't know much about the Netherlands, he was really puzzled by the rampant Dutch, and he really couldn't think of the confidence of this group of defeated generals, and he actually wanted to force the Ming Dynasty to trade with them only.

The rudeness of the Dutch had completely angered the Longwu court, and Wang Yan hurriedly made up for the history of the Ming Dynasty and Xiyi.

The first time the Ming Dynasty fought against Xiyi was in the sixteenth year of Zhengde (1521), and the opponent was not the Dutch, but Wang Yan's current allies, the Portuguese.

At that time, the fleet of the Grape people sailed into the mouth of the Pearl River, and was defeated by Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Sea Road, and the Portuguese who were not convinced, and killed it again in the second year, and the Ming Sailor launched a naval battle in Xicao Bay, and the result was still the complete victory of the Ming Sailor, since then the Portuguese had to lay down their arms and honestly trade with the Ming.

After that, the Dutch rose to prominence, and after years of war, they forced Spain to recognize their independence and gradually become the dominant power at sea.

The Dutch in Malacca, after defeating the Portuguese-Spanish coalition army, gradually took control of the South Sea Shipping Lane and began to harass the Ming coast.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Netherlands took advantage of the flood season, the Ming army withdrew, occupied Penghu, and began to build the fortress, after the completion of the Penghu fortress, and sent a batch of reinforcements from Batavia, the total strength of the Dutch has reached fifteen warships and more than 1,200 soldiers.

A force of this size is not small in the history of European colonization, and the Spanish conquest of the Incas is almost that.

The Dutch only felt that the Ming Dynasty was an Inca again, and did not believe in the numbers of the squadron mentioned in various travelogues, and they did not think much of it: "Without the permission of the Dutch, Chinese ships are not allowed to trade everywhere", that is to say, they want to monopolize China's foreign trade.

The Dutch's request was obviously absurd to Da Ming, and the Dutch rudeness and constant harassment eventually angered Da Ming.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty sent an official Nan Juyi as the governor of Fujian, and then landed on the island to fight, the Dutch claimed to be across the seven seas, but still could not support it, and was forced to dismantle the Penghu fortress that had been in operation for two years under the supervision of the Ming army, and the gray sail retreated.

According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, after reaching an agreement, the Dutch adjutant general Gao Wenlu and other twelve people refused to obey the order, "according to the high-rise building", and finally all of them were captured, and together with other Dutch prisoners of war, they ended up "offering prisoners to the court".

Nine years later, the Dutch, who had forgotten the pain after the scars, made a comeback again, and this time, more rampant than the last time, the Dutch demanded that as long as the foreign trade after the Ming Dynasty could only be exported to the Netherlands, if you didn't agree, then hit until you obeyed.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1633), thirteen Dutch warships led by the Dutch naval governor Putmans personally provoked the war again in the form of a surprise attack, and as a result, in the Battle of Liuluo Bay, nine Dutch fleets participating in the war and more than 50 pirate ships recruited by the Netherlands were completely annihilated by Zheng Zhilong.

The Dutch claimed to subdue the Ming Dynasty, but they were completely annihilated, which was undoubtedly a shame for the European maritime hegemon.

After that, Zheng's naval army became the overlord of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and the Dutch had to give in, not only paying taxes to Zheng Zhilong every year, but also spending money to buy Zheng's order flag to ensure safety in the Far Eastern waters.

Since then, Zheng Zhilong is known as the "King of the Fujian Sea", since then the southeast sea frontier only Zheng Zhilong is from, and the merchants at home and abroad are all using the Zheng banner, the history contains: "Each ship case into 3,000 gold, the annual income of 10 million, and build the city in Anping." ”

Ming and the Netherlands several battles, have been the Dutch defeat and ended, now Zheng Zhilong cleared, the Dutch feel that the opportunity has come again, so they came out again to make waves, this kind of repeated, repeated behavior, so that Wang Yan gave birth to the idea of completely eradicating the Dutch.

The outlying island is only separated from Yuen Long, Hong Kong by a narrow strait, just blocking the exit of the Pearl River, which was originally the pirate's nest, and after being exterminated by Wang Yan, it was transformed on the basis of the pirate water village and became a base for the Guangdong Navy Division.

The island is more than ten miles away, with not only mountains, but also large tracts of arable land, forests and a small town, where thousands of people can live without a problem. \u000bWang Yan arrived at the wharf in the bay north of the outlying island by big boat, and Shi Lang and Yu Fangqi, who were waiting at the wharf, immediately stepped forward to salute, "The last general will see Guogong!" "\u000b" The two generals have worked hard! Wang Yan glanced around and asked with a smile: "The sailor is stationed here, how is the training?" "\u000b" Guogong rest assured that the sailors have been trained for more than a year, which is enough to be of great use, and there is no problem in dealing with pirates and Qing soldiers. Shi Lang said with his fists clenched.

Wang Yan nodded, and suddenly asked, "What if the imperial court and the Dutch go to war?" What does General Shi think has a chance of winning? ”

Hearing this, Shi Lang glanced at Yu Fangqi, then clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general will not dare to deceive the Guogong, with the power of the Guangdong sailors, the chance of winning is probably less than forty percent." ”

Wang Yan was stunned, he checked the records of Daming's war with the Netherlands, and felt that the Netherlands was not difficult to deal with, after all, he had won the previous two times, but Shi Lang would not be untargeted, he couldn't help but sink in his heart, and said coldly: "Tell me your reason~"

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