Emperor Zhu Youzhen revered those national heroes very much, even more than his reverence for the emperor!

No matter how powerful an emperor is, he has more or less a lot of help!

There are historical factors, and many times, it is the times that create heroes!

But most of the national heroes have some pathos, most of them rely on their own strength, and most of them are born at the wrong time!

Yu Zhigao is the son of the anti-Japanese hero Yu Dayou of this dynasty, and he is also a rare talent in the Ming Navy, Yu Zhigao, the word Kemai, in the thirty-seventh year of Wanli (1609), because of his father's meritorious attack on the guard to command the affairs, the army Haitan (now Pingtan), and then tired officers to the Fujian General Army.

Yu Dayou's heroic deeds in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty to conquer the Japanese invaders are brilliant in history and widely rumored. And Yu Zhigao's glorious deeds in Penghu against the Dutch colonists. However, because the historical records are unknown, few people know about it.

Penghu is located in the southeast sea of the Ming Dynasty and is composed of 36 islands of different sizes. It has been a sacred territory of China since ancient times, as early as the Song Dynasty, it has been under the jurisdiction of Jinjiang County, as a foreign government of Quanzhou, and the feudal rulers of previous dynasties have sent troops to garrison.

In the thirty-second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1604), the Dutch colonists, who had long coveted the territory of the Ming Dynasty, sent warships to invade the Penghu Islands for the first time. After being expelled by the Ming army, after a long period of conspiracy and watching, it was decided to resort to force against the Ming Dynasty. In June of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), they brazenly sent the commander of the expeditionary fleet, Lei Yoz, to lead 8 warships (17 ships with 2,000 troops) carrying 2,000 troops to land at Hongmucheng and invade the Penghu Islands again. They recklessly plundered more than 600 fishing boats along China's coast. 1,500 local residents were served. Four castles and many forts were built. More than 1,200 people were tortured to death, and the rest were transported to Java, Indonesia, to be sold as slaves, committing extremely severe crimes against the Chinese.

After the Dutch colonists occupied Penghu, they did everything possible to demand mutual market (trade with Fujian); On the other hand, they frantically colluded with pirates to harass Xiamen and Haicheng. At that time, although the Fujian authorities successively sent people to Penghu to give advice and to Nanyang to negotiate, they were to no avail. So, on the second day of the first month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624). Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, resolutely sent the general soldier Yu Zhigao to lead more than 40 warships and 2,000 Ming troops to attack Penghu, first seize the town and seaport, and fight while building the city; Forced the Dutch colonists to retreat to the city of Wind Cabinet. Yu Zhigao led his army to continue to advance, but the castle built by the Dutch colonists was very strong and could not be captured for a long time. Later, Nan Juyi personally went to the sea to supervise the division, and sent more than 100 warships one after another, increasing the number of troops to 10,000. June 15th. The army led by Yu Zhigao attacked again and bombarded the castle with artillery. and cut off the water source in the city, as a result, the Dutch colonists were beaten to the ground, and their guard Gao Wenlu was captured alive. On the second day of the seventh month, the Dutch colonists were finally forced to surrender and sue for peace.

Yu Zhigao recovered the Penghu Islands, which had been occupied for more than two years, from the hands of the Dutch colonists, and also wrote a glorious page in the history of the anti-aggression struggle of the Ming people, which is still worthy of praise by future generations.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen could be regarded as a difficult problem, not only could he not hurt the hearts of Yu Zhigao and other generals, but he also had to let Zheng Zhilong come to Tianjin, what should he do?

"You are like this, let that Yan Jizu, hasn't he always helped Zheng Zhilong speak? Let him impeach Yu Zhigao, remove all of Yu Zhigao's titles in the name of the Chinese Academy, and replace Xiong Wencan temporarily! Let Yu Zhigao return to Beijing within five days to report on his work and be imprisoned, I want to see him in person, but I can't let anyone know! Also, you have someone bring a thousand taels of gold, and then bring my edict! Let Xiong Wencan take out a hundred stones of grain and grass from his Fujian yamen to send Zheng Zhilong over no matter what! If it doesn't work out, he Xiong Wencan will be my enemy! "Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen quickly came up with an expedient measure!

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is a personality who wants to do it when he thinks of it, brushes and brushes, writes a letter to Xiong Wencan, and hands it over to Wang Chengen!

Wang Chengen knew that he couldn't convince the emperor, and he probably knew that the emperor might want to calm the army's morale by personally appeasing Yu Zhigao, and he was worried that the gold and grain would very likely hit the dogs with meat buns! But he didn't say anything, so he had to agree and hurry up to arrange it according to the emperor's wishes.

It is necessary to encircle the marginal forces, but also not to let the generals who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty be wronged, but this emperor is a nest! Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen's back and sighed slightly, when will I be able to get out of this situation and have a Ming army that is enough to show off heaven and earth!?

After Zheng Zhilong received the emperor's holy decree and secret decree, he had to discuss with his subordinates! Zheng Zhilong was very moved, he didn't expect the emperor to attach so much importance to these pirates! The Ming Dynasty has always despised coastal defense, and has repeatedly forbidden fishermen to go to sea in successive dynasties, and this time, the emperor actually said that he would meet on the battleship, which showed the emperor's sincerity.

Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, mainly Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, and Zhong Bin, the three main generals, all three of them did not approve of sincerely accepting the court's recruitment!

"Dashuai, didn't we say it at the beginning, but to prevent Xu Xinsu from colluding with the Dutch to temporarily join forces with the Ming Dynasty? It's just a stopgap measure! The fleet must not be pulled to the north! Emperor Chongzhen himself is unable to protect himself! There's no need for us to wade through this troubled water with him! "Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong were born and died for more than ten years, and they are really the most appealing generals under Zheng Zhilong!

Although Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin are not as influential as Liu Xiang, they also have a good man in the Zheng family's army! nodded in agreement, "Yes, what General Liu said is exactly what we want to say!" The more the emperor is like this, the more it shows that he is not well-intentioned, how many years have we been fighting with the Fujian sailors? Now although they have taken refuge in the Ming court, it is only temporary, there is no need to pull the fleet to the north, rather than this, it is better to simply go to the Ryukyus, and we don't owe them anything! ”

Zheng Zhilong was very embarrassed, he had the idea of completely returning to the Ming Court, but he was strongly opposed by several generals under him, and he was in a dilemma!

On the second day, when Zheng Zhilong learned the news that Yu Zhigao was escorted back to the capital by the imperial court, he made up his mind completely!

This is no ordinary grace, the emperor actually took down the general army of the imperial court for him! Zheng Zhilong thought that he might take over Yu Zhigao's position, so he couldn't help but be moved, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is very good at grasping people's hearts, no man, especially a man like Zheng Zhilong, will not be tempted by fame! (To be continued......)