Chapter 853 Armistice in the South China Sea

In the early morning of the next day, after receiving Zheng Chenggong's promise, three hundred Dutchmen, armed with guns, marched out of the castle and surrendered to the Ming army.

The Dutch are more particular, there is a ceremony for surrender, the soldiers come out with trumpets and drums, and the soldiers are secretly surprised to see that they have lost the battle, and this group of red-haired ghosts is so happy.

After the surrender of Chikan Fort, Zheng Chenggong immediately sent He Bin and Zhu Nanshi Ding to take a boat to Fort Geranza to urge the Dutch governor Ferleg to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise once the fort was broken, all of them would be killed.

The terrain of Fort Geranza was very difficult, the fortified castle with forts and water on all sides made it impossible for the landing force to deploy, and the ships were vulnerable to battery bombardment, so it was not easy to attack.

Historically, Zheng Chenggong mainly used the method of "besieging and surrendering", besieging Geranja for nine months, repulsing the reinforcements from Batavia, and making the Dutch surrender to him in despair.

There is now a big difference from history, the support fleet brought by Kau has been heavily damaged, the fort of Geranza can no longer receive any support from Batavia, and after the defeat in the naval battle, the Dutch in the fortress have lost all hope.

After He Bin entered the fort, he caused the anger of the Dutch, but also gave them hope.

Zheng Chenggong asked He Bin to bring in a sentence, "China is very accustomed to killing thieves, and since you say that you are a business, China will treat you as a guest." If you say that you will fight and have a suspicious heart, then China will regard you as a thief, and you will see the might of the Celestial Empire! ”

In fact, these words are a copy of what Shen Yourong, the general of the Ming army, said to the Dutch after the Dutch first appeared in the Chinese waters and occupied Penghu.

A few decades ago, the attitude of some officials in the Ming Dynasty was so open-minded.

It took hundreds of years for the West to form a set of rules of civilization, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty at that time were obviously more moral and civilized than the Dutch.

It is a pity that that era was not an era in which those who were backward were beaten, but those who were advanced were beaten.

Ancient Greece and Rome, which had a high degree of Western civilization, were all destroyed by the barbarians, and the situation in China was similar, which was always harassed by the backward civilization in the north, until the highly civilized Song Dynasty was wiped out by the barbaric and backward Yuan.

What are the deeper reasons for this, it is up to everyone.

Unlike the declining empires of Portugal and Spain, the Dutch were in a state of great strength, and in this case, their ambitions naturally swelled, and they were bent on monopolizing trade with China and allowing China to trade only with them.

This not only did not put the identity in an equal position, but condescended and overrode China, this kind of thing, the Celestial Empire naturally could not bear it, and the Dutch saw that China did not agree, so they chose to oppress by force.

At this time, the Dutch military oppression had completely failed, and their own lives could not be guaranteed, so Zheng Chenggong promised to amplify their way out, and promised them the same status as Spain and Portugal to trade with China, and the Dutch had no reason to disagree.

After a short period of deliberation, the Taiwan Council accepted Zheng Chenggong's proposal and expressed its willingness to surrender and evacuate Taiwan by boat.

At this point, the 26-year colonial rule of the Dutch invaders in Taiwan came to an end, and Taiwan returned to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of June, in the palace of the Chu king in Nanjing, Wang Yan was consulting with the officials of the household department, the ritual department, and the Zongren mansion.

Chen Bangyan, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly walked into the palace with a book, arrived outside the guest hall, and then asked the palace guards who were guarding outside: "Your Highness can you be inside?" ”

"Your Highness is discussing official business with the Royal Pavilion and others." The guard clenched his fists and saluted, "Chen Gebu will go in and report later." ”

Chen Bangyan waited outside the door when he heard this, and after a short time the guards invited him in, he held the fold with one hand, and tidied up his clothes with the other, and then stepped into the hall.

In the outer hall, several blue-robed officials who were sitting upright immediately stood up and saluted him, and Chen Bangyan waved his hand slightly, and walked into the inner hall quickly. ”

After speaking, Chen Bangyan presented the fold to Wang Yan, and several adults sitting in the inner hall had happy faces and began to discuss one after another.

Wang Yan took the fold with a happy face, unfolded it to watch, frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then put together the song, raised his head and asked: "Lord Chen and Zheng Guo's surname said in the song, if you want to make peace with Dutchyi, what does Chen Gebu think?" ”

Such a major event as negotiating peace naturally has to be said by the imperial court, so Fujian will send the horse quickly.

The Ministry of War looked at the music in advance, Chen Bangyan had already considered it, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, Lord Chen presides over Liangguang, Zheng Guo presides over Fujian, and the imperial court runs Nanyang and Taiwan, mainly relying on them to implement, and now the ministers of the two places have suggested peace, and after the imperial court regained the big members, it also avoided the collusion between the Manchus and the Dutch, and the lower officials thought that the imperial court should respect the opinions of the two feudal ministers!" ”

"Look at it too!" Wang Yan thought about it and handed the fold to Wang Fuzhi, who immediately got up and took it and watched it.

Wang Yan stretched out his hand to let Chen Bangyan take the seat, and when the following ministers had all looked at it, he asked, "What are your opinions?" ”

"Your Highness, there are good reasons for making peace, and besides, if the imperial court wants to send 30,000 horses to Korea, if it wants to threaten the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it must need a naval division to cooperate, so that it can cross the sea at any time to attack the Guanwai, Beizhi and Shandong coasts." Wang Fuzhi saluted and said: "Now the Huguang Water Division and the Zhejiang Water Division are shouldering the heavy responsibility of river defense, and they cannot be transferred, so they can only transfer the Fujian Water Division or the Guangzhou Water Division to North Korea, and no matter who is transferred, the imperial court needs to stop the war in the South China Sea first, so the lower officials are in favor of peace." ”

"The lower officials also agree with the words of the Wang Gebu!"

"The lower official seconded the proposal!"

Wang Yan listened, nodded, and the reason for the performance was very good, related to trade considerations, and North Korea really needs a naval army, whether it is the Fujian Navy or the Guangdong Navy Division, the South China Sea can no longer be fought for the time being.

"Then according to the wishes of Fujian and Liangguang, I will order Zheng Gongcheng to send the Dutch to Nanjing, and make peace with the Dutch at the discretion of the Domain, the Household Department, and the Military Department, and set the trade tax rate."

"I'll take my orders!"

After all, it was a happy thing for the Dutch to be resolved, and Wang Yan found that after this incident was resolved, it was equivalent to finding an outlet for other contradictions, and many other things were immediately resolved, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

"Didn't the Fang Cai Zongren Mansion say that the clan was dissatisfied with the Lone King and wanted to take back the fief?" Wang Yan's mind suddenly flashed, "Now that Taiwan Island is restored, there are thousands of miles of land in the national dynasty, and it needs to be developed, the imperial court is now difficult, and the clan will definitely not be able to do it if it wants to be like before, and the policy of reforming the clan before Su Ge Lao will not change." The land of many clans has now been occupied by the common people, and rashly taking it back will inevitably cause civil unrest. The lonely side just thought of a way, it's better to change the land, what do you think? ”

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