The Dutch invasion of the Ming Dynasty began in the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, when the colonists "drove big ships and carried huge cannons" and harassed the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty in the name of "Tonggong City", trying to seize a place as a base for controlling trade with China and plundering the wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

These are very abnormal behaviors!

The national strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time far exceeded that of these small Western countries!

The Dutch colonialists first occupied the island of Java (present-day Indonesia), then fought with Portugal for Macau, and after being defeated by Portugal, fled to Penghu. During the Wanli period, the Dutch Admiral in Java, Wei Malang, led two ships, which departed from Java and arrived in Penghu in August. Since the Ming government's troops stationed in Penghu had been withdrawn at that time, the Dutch army landed at Penghu on August 7 without encountering any resistance. Soon after, Gao Wenlu, the leader of the Dutch invading army, sent troops to harass the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou areas of Fujian Province in the second year of the Apocalypse, demanding the opening of concessions. When the governor of Fujian learned of this, he ordered Shen Yourong, the capital secretary, to lead 50 sailing ships to Penghu on November 18, ordered the Dutch army to leave, and forbade the people to go to the sea to cut off the supply of supplies to the Dutch army, and the Dutch army was forced to withdraw from Penghu on December 15.

Fifteen years later, the Dutch East India Company intensified its aggression against China by building the city of Batavia in Java (present-day Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia).

Twenty years later, the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Jakarta, Indonesia, ordered Konaris. Lei Yoz led 17 warships and more than 1,000 invading troops to invade Penghu again, landed in Magongao (Magong Bay), and built a castle. Subsequently, castles were built on the islands of Fengjiawei, Golden Turtles, Minari, Baisha, and Basha Islands. In July of the same year, Rejots led two ships to the west coast of Taiwan to measure the waterway from Anping into the Taijiang River. Prepare for a later invasion of the Ryukyus.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse. The Dutch East India Company sent Malden in turn. Song Ke led the battleship "Geranza" to Penghu. Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, sent 2,000 troops to attack Penghu. The advance force landed at the town harbor on Baisha Island. Attack the Watong Port Fort. Later, he crossed the sea and entered Penghu Island and attacked Hongmucheng Fort (now Chaoyang) near Xiwei. Under the attack of the Ming army, most of the Dutch army of about 1,000 people cowered in Magongao, and some of them stuck to Fengjiaowei City in an attempt to resist stubbornly. In order to completely annihilate the enemy, the governor of Fujian Province increased his troops (with a total strength of 10,000 troops and 200 ships), and launched a general attack on the Dutch army from Hongmucheng, Wenao, and Xiwei in August, defeating the Dutch invading army. Restore fù Penghu. Twelve people, including Gao Wenlu, the leader of the invading army, were captured alive, and the remnants of his defeated army fled to southern Taiwan in a hurry.

The Dutch saw that the disparity in strength between the two sides was very large, and they had to sue for peace. After negotiations between the two sides, three peace treaties were signed: 1. The Netherlands gave up Penghu Island, 2. The Ming Dynasty allowed the Netherlands to trade, and 3. The Ming Dynasty government could ignore the Dutch involvement in Taiwan.

After the Dutch invaders fled from Penghu, they moved to Taiwan. Arrived on the west coast of Taiwan, deceived the trust of the local residents, and landed in the Anping area via the Taijiang River. After recovering Penghu, the Ming government was intoxicated by the victory and did not send troops to pursue it. As a result, the Dutch invading army gained a foothold in southern Taiwan.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, and listened to Zheng Zhilong introduce him to the Daming Sea area. The main reason is the change of power in the southeast sea.

Qian Qianyi said indignantly, "Your Majesty, these foreigners are too lawless, what is this Holland, we must give a blow, otherwise we can't show my Ming national prestige!" ”

Zheng Zhilong glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, the emperor's expression did not change, his handsome and somewhat distorted face was young, but very calm.

Zheng Zhilong continued the topic and said, "At that time, there was another Western country that invaded and occupied Ming Taiwan, Spain. As early as the Wanli period, the Spanish governor in Manila had built a letter to his king to occupy Taiwan and prevent the Japanese invasion from the south. The Spanish governor in Manila led two ships and 200 soldiers in an attempt to occupy Taiwan, but failed due to headwinds.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, after the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan, Spain's maritime navigation and trade were threatened. The Spanish headquarters in Manila sent Admiral Antony to lead 12 board ships and 300 soldiers, starting from Luzon, crossing the Bashang Strait, heading north along the east coast of Taiwan, landing at Sanmink Kok on May 11, because it was difficult to gain a foothold there, and continued to go north along the coast, entering Jilong Harbor (now Keelung Harbor) on the 12th, landing on Jilongyu (now Heping Island), and building Keelung City (called Holy Savior City by the Spanish people) and two forts at the southwest end of the island.

Therefore, at present, the southeast sea area of Daming is mainly Japanese and Ming pirates, with Xu Xinsu as the main force, and then the foreign forces of the Dutch and Spaniards, these three forces have formed a very serious threat to our Daming sea area. ”

The more Zheng Zhilong spoke, the more excited he became, his meaning was obvious, although he was in his forties, but in front of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, Zheng Zhilong was obviously a person who was not deep in the city, in the court, in the officialdom, and even not as scheming as a little eunuch, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen never followed Zheng Zhilong's words.

Qian Qianyi had already seen the problem, Zheng Zhilong's intentions and the emperor's intentions were contradictory, the emperor wanted to leave Zheng Zhilong in the north first to help the Gyeonggi region open up the situation, and Zheng Zhilong wanted to use the emperor's support to open up the situation on the southeast coast in one fell swoop, so that the Ming Dynasty would no longer have the threat of sea disasters.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen knew that if he directly threw his intentions to Zheng Zhilong at this time, it was likely to backfire, martial artists like Zheng Zhilong had a common problem, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen himself was also a person who practiced martial arts, such a common problem, he knew very well, that is a tendon, it is easy to encounter problems and do not know how to turn, and will have a intestine to the end.

If you tell Zheng Zhilong at this time that you want him to help the Ming Dynasty open up the situation in the north, in the last two to three years, regardless of the southeast coast, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen doesn't know what the situation will be? Maybe people like Zheng Zhilong may turn their faces on the spot.

"What about things, we have to do it step by step, the country is the same as a family, we must first have silver and food, so that the life of the family is safe, and then think about the next step, Qian Qianyi, I really want to hear some of your thoughts on the construction of the imperial party." Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen lightly ended Zheng Zhilong's gushing remarks.

What kind of character is Qian Qianyi? After a lifetime of experience in officialdom, he naturally heard the emperor's voice, and immediately followed the emperor's words to talk about his understanding of the imperial party, and explained what he thought was the importance of the construction of the imperial party to the Ming officialdom and to stabilize the imperial power! (To be continued......)