Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time, and finally said, "I don't hide it in front of all of you, Daming needs money, but I want to reason with you, how did your money come from, you know better than me, if I take your life and take your property like this, you will think that I am crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, you listen, I will give you a day to consider, and those who are willing to stay in the Central Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty will not be held accountable for their past mistakes, and those who are unwilling to stay, I will not be reluctant, Again, not to be pursued, this is the first article. As for the second article, these soldiers and slaves are all handed over to Zou Weilian, do you have no opinion? ”

Zheng Zhilong is a fish on the chopping board, where do you have any opinions? Hearing that the emperor said that he would not pursue it, he was already very happy, and nodded hurriedly.

"The third one, these things are by no means your private property, most of them are taken from the people of the Ming Dynasty, of course, there are also looted from the Japanese, and some are obtained from trade with foreigners, the Ming Dynasty needs money, you donate voluntarily, I will give you a day to think about it, and reply to me tomorrow, and the fourth article, tomorrow I will give all the meritorious soldiers this time to make meritorious contributions and knights, among them, including you Zheng Zhilong, disperse." Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen stood up and rubbed his eyes, he had not rested for more than ten days, after all, he was not suitable for drifting on the sea, and he was very tired.

Zheng Zhilong thought that he had heard it wrong, and there was a burst of joy in his heart, now that he can save his life, he already feels that he is very lucky, as for the wealth, it has been sealed by you, and it is all in your pocket. What else do you say let's donate? It's just that it has a better reputation! Who would dare to take money out of the emperor's pocket?

The people under Zheng Zhilong also thought the same way. It's all lice on a bald head, and it's a blatant thing.

Taiwan was fertile and the Dutch East India Company ruled southern Taiwan at the time. In Dayuan (present-day Tainan City), two cities were built, Gelansha City and Pumin Sha City, and nearly 2,000 people were stationed, but there were tens of thousands of mainland immigrants. In addition, in terms of trade and commerce, after Japan closed the country, only Chinese and Dutch were allowed to trade, and Zheng Zhilong became richer through trade with Japan.

The title system of the Ming Dynasty abolished viscounts and barons. There are only three kinds of titles, and Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen intends to cancel the title system, but under the current form. It seemed that there was no way, but after figuring this out, he had a generous heart for the first time, on the second day. All Zheng Zhilong's subordinates. Including Zheng Zhilong himself, after announcing that he would donate all his family property to the imperial court.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu You conferred on Zheng Zhilong a marquis, conferred on all the original more than 20 high-level generals of the Zheng family army as earls, and promoted Zheng Zhilong to the rank of squire of the military department, and the principal of the naval branch of the Central Military Academy, placed in the Beijing Division, specifically responsible for the affairs of the naval academy. At the same time, all of these more than 20 counts were brought back to Jingshi. In one fell swoop, it extracted the influence of the Zheng family in the original Zheng family's army, Zheng Zhilong's fleet. It was completely incorporated by the Central Naval Division. Since then, there has been no such force as the Zheng family army in the Ming Dynasty, and this is also the first local warlord of the Ming Dynasty dug up by Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen.

After this battle, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen and the Ming Sailors were greatly invigorated, and Putmans had no choice but to give up colluding with Liu Xiang and reconcile with the Ming court, and instead expressed his willingness to seek trade with China in Taiwan in the future instead of going to Fujian strongly, and the Ming court sent ships to Taiwan for trade.

Under the mediation of Lin Hengwan, a Tong'an merchant who lived in the city of Geranza, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen agreed to trade with the Dutch. But it was necessary to withdraw from Taiwan, withdraw from all the Ming lands, and establish a war with the Dutch in Champa and Siam, and only in this way would the Ming allow the East India Company to exist, otherwise there would be a full-scale war with the Dutch.

Putmans was very aware of the current situation of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen, but the madman emperor, and the majesty of the great power expressed by the emperor in his letter, made him have to accept the emperor's construction and proposed to give a two-year buffer period, and the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen agreed.

Diplomacy is not blindly killing, and Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen has no way to focus on the struggle for world sea power for the time being.

As a result, Fujian merchant ships began to sail to Taiwan.

The East India Company proposed to the Dutch mainland to increase its troops in Asia, saying that if the company wanted to survive, it must pull out the thorn of the Great Ming Sailor from under the company's feet.

On the way back to Yangzhou and the Gyeonggi area, Liu Xiang took advantage of the moon to be obscured and attacked the Dutch castle of Dayuan (now Anping, Tainan) with more than 600 people, and had climbed the city wall with a ladder. Discovered by the Dutch sentinels, after shooting and shelling, Liu Xiang led his troops to flee. A few days later, the pirate left Taiwan from Kaohsiung,

When Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen arrived in Nanjing with the battleship group of the Central Naval Division, he received a telegram from Zou Weilian, saying that he had encountered the remnants of Liu Xiang outside Kinmen, and Li Guozhu, the son of Li Dan, had defected to the Ming army. completely defeated Liu Xiang's armed group at sea, and Liu Xiang committed suicide by setting himself on fire; After Liu Xiang's death, the Taiwan Strait was restored to tranquility, and Chinese merchant ships, which had been afraid of pirate ambushes, began to sail to Taiwan in a steady stream.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen cut off the heroes of the Ming Sea, and incorporated the sea power into the local government system, obtained the right to control the sea, and legally controlled the operation of the trade system between the East and the West.

Japan closed itself off and withdrew from competition in the East Asian seas; The Dutch colonists were also not allowed to reach a maritime navigation and trade agreement with the Ming court, stipulating that the Dutch trade with Japan had to be transported to Taiwan through the royal merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and then shipped to Japan by the Dutch for sale. The Ming court, ruled by the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, became the only power in the Oriental Ocean World.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen sent a telegram back to Zou Weilian, asking him to use the navigation and business base in Anping Town, Quanzhou, to break the official maritime ban and prosper the sea market.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen competed with the trading companies of the Netherlands, Japan, and Nanyang countries in the international market with his powerful maritime armed forces and abundant capital, and it was the combination of government and business that opened the germ of Chinese capitalism along the coasts of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong.

At this time, the Ming court was engaged in overseas trade, mainly with Japan. At that time, there were dozens of merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty that sailed to Nagasaki. Two royal merchant ships were loaded with yellow and white raw silk, yarn, silk and other goods, and were shipped to Japan. Private merchant ships also carried large quantities of raw silk, various textiles, black and white sugar, musk, soil and other medicines, and shipped them to Japan, which was very popular.

Daming Customs has further prospered, and there is no constraint on the north-south sea route. The Ming court established trade relations with the Portuguese and Spaniards. Some of the silk fabrics shipped to Japan were purchased from the Champa state, and he also shipped Japanese goods to Luzon for resale to Spain.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen vigorously developed maritime trade, often loaded with silk, porcelain, iron and other goods, sailing to Cambodia, Siam, Champang, Cochin, Sriwijaya, the Philippines, Yaliuba (now Jakarta), Malacca and other countries to trade, in exchange for sumwood, pepper, ivory, rhino horn and so on. In just a few years, it became the strongest competitor of the Dutch East India Company in the commercial trade in Asia.

Under the instruction of the emperor, Zou Weilian successively established a shipyard in Nan'an Shijing, built military and commercial dual-purpose ships, built three or five ships a year, and repaired dozens of ships.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who was reborn once, has made the biggest improvement over the previous life in that he can spend money, and he knows how to spend his own money, he understands!

"The industrial products of the Ming Emperor finally have a place to use." Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, but when he arrived in Nanjing, he felt some illness, he was sick, and many days of fatigue and worry made an iron man unable to bear it, this time it was a big victory, but it also made him feel exhausted. (To be continued......)