Looking at Sun Chengzong, Chongzhen continued: "But since this Dutchman ignores me so much, then I will let him have a long memory and let him know who not to mess with!" ”

Sun Chengzong nodded, Chongzhen saw this, and continued: "Cao Huachun, go and summon Lu Xiangsheng, Song Xiance, and Li Yan!" ”

"The old slave obeys!" Cao Huachun took the order and left. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the three years since the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department, in addition to Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng and others at the beginning, Song Xiance and Li Yan were also exceptionally promoted to the Military Aircraft Department.

"Wechen see Your Majesty! Banzai! Banzai! Hooray! The three of them went to the Qianqing Palace under the leadership of Cao Huachun, and when they saw Emperor Chongzhen, the three of them hurriedly saluted respectfully.

"Sit down!" Chongzhen said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three of them said at the same time, and then sat down according to the ceremony after meeting Sun Chengzong.

Seeing that everyone arrived, Chongzhen said: "Call you all to come, what do you want to do, you also understand, it is the matter of this red hair, and now the court is ready to teach this red hair fan who does not know the height of the sky, you all say, how to fight this battle?" ”

"Your Majesty is talking about the Dutchman who is known as the coachman of the sea?" Song Xiance wondered.

"Oh?! Aiqing knows about them? Chongzhen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen and his friends are more interested in some things in the West, so they have some understanding!" Song Xiance responded.

"It's a good feeling! Aiqing will tell you what you know, and you can not be defeated in a hundred battles if you know yourself and know the other party! Chongzhen said with a smile.

"Weichen Command!" Song Xiance said respectfully, and then looked at everyone: "The lower official is ugly!" ”

Sun Chengzong smiled and nodded, looked at Song Xiance with encouraging eyes, and then Song Xiance began his speech, "Let's put it succinctly, this Netherlands is about in the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, in a place called the Netherlands at that time, the "beggar revolution" against the rule of the suzerain, Spain, broke out, and this revolution triggered a bloody dispute later called the "Dutch War of Independence", until the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, both sides of the war were exhausted, and had to sign a twelve-year armistice agreement, which in fact recognized the independence of the Netherlands. Since then, the country of the Netherlands was born, but in their place, the Netherlands is very similar to Portugal, both are extremely land-scarce countries, without land, there is no way to produce, and I believe that everyone here also understands the importance of this land, so they have to beg the sea for a living. While Portugal's vitality continued to drain on the vast territory from North Africa to the Japanese kingdom, the Dutch quietly completed the accumulation of seafaring industry, and over time, the Dutch built up a large ocean-going fleet. But at that time, the nautical charts to the East were in the hands of the Iberians, who kept them strictly secret. In order to explore the road to the East, in the 21st year of Wanli, the Netherlands even sent a fleet to search for other routes to the East, which of course found nothing! ”

Song Xiance looked at everyone after speaking, then shook his head and said, "Xia Guan draws a sketch, so it's easier to understand!" ”

"Cao Huachun, pen and ink are waiting!" Chongzhen commanded.

"The old slave obeys!" Cao Huachun took the order and left, and then quickly took the things he needed, Song Xiance thanked him and drew it on the paper, and said while drawing: "Everyone, please see, this Netherlands is a coastal country, and when you go out, it is the ocean!" ”

Everyone nodded, and then Song Xiance continued to draw, and continued: "This is the approximate route they searched before, and this is the route they have now taken to our Daming!" Seeing that everyone understood, Song Xiance continued: "Continuing what I just said, although they didn't get anything at first, but then their opportunity finally came, in the twenty-third year of Wanli, a book of "Travel Notes" was published in Amsterdam, and the author of this book was a servant of the Portuguese archbishop, who lived in this Wolmore Empire for seven years, and this Wommore Empire is in the southwest of my Ming Dynasty, probably in this position!" As he spoke, Song Xiance drew another picture on the map, and then continued: "This man has traveled to Macao with the fleet many times, and has a lot of information, and as a Dutchman, he has contributed his knowledge to his motherland. The book immediately became the Dutchman's "Marco. Polo's Travels", this "Marco. Polo's Travels is a story called Marco. The Baltic people came to our Central Plains, and after living here for a while, they wrote a book about their experiences, which I will not introduce here, and then go on to say that in that year, the Dutch sent an expedition led by Hoffmann to Java, and they became the first successful Dutch fleet. Although the journey was difficult, and only 89 of the 249 people in the fleet survived, the high profits they received from bringing back the goods made the Dutch send a second expedition without hesitation, and the profits from the goods brought back were more than four times the profit that made all the Dutch boil! ”

"So it seems! These Dutchmen are merchants! Lu Xiangsheng said at this time.

"Yes! Governor Lou! Technically, they're merchants! Song Xiance said with a smile.

"Excuse me! You continue! Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

Song Xiance nodded, and then continued: "After about the thirtieth year of Wanli, after many years of chaotic competition, the Dutch began to concentrate their strength, and finally gave birth to something called the Dutch United East India Company, which was first and foremost an institution responsible for the invasion of other countries for enslavement and war, and then his other role, that is, trade. Under the authority of the Netherlands, the East India Company not only had a monopoly on trade in the entire Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Strait of Magellan, but also had the power to establish independent rule, conscript, declare war, conclude peace treaties, and even mint currency in this vast territory. The managers of the branches of the East India Company, that is, the officials, were called governors. In addition to the above authorizations, the Dutch Parliament also granted the East India Company the power to confiscate any foreign ships in its exclusive area, meaning that they were free to attack non-Dutch ships sailing in the Indian and Pacific Oceans if they considered them to interfere with their "monopoly of trade". ”

"Kind of interesting! In other words, what does this war have to do with the Dutch United East India Company? Sun Chengzong asked.

"Xia Guan thinks that's exactly the case!" Song Xiance agreed with the authenticity.

Sun Chengzong nodded, and then Song Xiance continued: "Since "Marco. After the publication of Polo's Travels in their region, the East, that is, our Ming Dynasty, became the target of the people in that region to hunt for wealth and glory, and the Dutch were no exception, and they were ready to march into the Ming Dynasty as soon as they arrived in the Far East, and therefore, in the 29th year of Wanli, they attacked Luzon with warships. However, at that time, Luzon had been invaded by the Spanish, so the Dutch were defeated by the Spaniards in this war, and then they turned to attack our Ming Macao, but they were defeated by the Portuguese who lived in Macao at that time, so the two wars were in vain. After that, they took advantage of the gap between our flood troops to withdraw to the mainland and invaded Penghu, but then they were frightened back by General Shen Yourong led fifty warships of our Ming Dynasty, but the matter did not end there, in the 34th year of Wanli, the fleet of the Dutch United East India Company defeated the combined fleet of Spain and Portugal in the Strait of Malacca, and mastered all the sea control in the Far East except for the waters of the Middle Sea. In the 37th year of Wanli, the Dutch armistice began, and the Netherlands began to develop rapidly, and some people calculated that the total tonnage of Dutch ships was equivalent to the sum of Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. This tonnage is the total weight of the warship! Then in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the headquarters of the United Dutch East India Company moved to Batavia, within a few years, the Netherlands established a series of strongholds, and then in the second year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch made a comeback, and the governor of Batavia, Kuhn, sent Reyes Zorn to lead 16 warships, which shows that 4 of the 16 warships are British warships, this Britain has the same bad intentions towards my Ming, Your Majesty can not be careless! They simply had a total of 1,024 soldiers and were ready to attack Macao, but unfortunately the Dutch underestimated Macao's ability to resist, and after a battle, 136 of the 800 Dutch soldiers who landed were killed, 126 were wounded, and more than 40 were captured. The Dutch, who were repulsed, began to carry out the second plan: "to build a fortress in the most suitable place, such as Canton or Zhangzhou". In the end, they chose Penghu 18 years ago, in the second year of the Apocalypse, Reyes Zorn led a fleet of 900 soldiers to land in Penghu, which happened to be the blank period when the Ming army and the flood soldiers withdrew to the mainland. Song Xiance said embarrassedly.

"Song Aiqing takes a sip of tea and moistens her throat!" Chongzhen smiled authentically at this time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Song Xiance bowed down, and then took a few sips of tea and continued: "After that, the Dutch built the Penghu fortress in Penghu, and then after their reinforcements arrived, they began to unknowingly propose that without the permission of the Dutch, the ships of the Ming Kingdom were not allowed to trade everywhere", that is to say, they wanted to monopolize the foreign trade of our Ming Dynasty, and then they frequently invaded the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty, and the neighboring Xiamen naturally bore the brunt, and my Ming soldiers also gave them the same foreign treatment as the Japanese Kou- The Xiamen garrison, under the command of Zhao Yiming, repelled the Dutch invasion many times, capturing dozens of people at one time. However, this did not stop the Dutch from lusting. In order to increase the population of high-quality laborers in Dutch East Indies as soon as possible, Governor Kuhn, who was fond of the population of the Ming Dynasty, repeatedly ordered, "plunder as many men, women, and children as possible of the Ming Kingdom, and enrich Bacheng and other places, and the Dutch fleet faithfully carried out all this, which eventually angered the imperial court, and finally the Battle of Penghu broke out between our two countries, but unfortunately the Dutch were known as the seven seas, but they had never encountered such a fierce attack, and finally could not support it, and were forced to demolish the Penghu fortress that had been in operation for two years under the supervision of our Ming sergeant, However, the interesting thing is that after reaching an agreement, the Dutch adjutant general Gao Wenlu and 12 others refused to obey the order, and finally all of them were captured and "sacrificed to the court" along with other Dutch prisoners of war, and their shame ended the war with their shame. ”

"Listening to Song Aiqing say this, it seems that the relationship between our two countries has a long history!" Chongzhen said jokingly.

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