Chapter 943: Southern Water Division
In the last mission, Li You stayed in the Wa State for several years, what was the situation inside the Wa State, and what good things he could know, so under his instruction, Chen Guangfu went straight to the key points of the Wa State, forced Tokugawa Iemitsu to open the domestic market to the Ming Dynasty, and ceded many mines and strategic places, and the Wa State gradually became a colony of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the goods produced by the Ming Dynasty to flood the domestic market, countless Japanese merchants went bankrupt and the people were displaced, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to recruit people, use the displaced people of the Japanese Kingdom to open up the land of Nanyang, and let them fight against the murderous natives and even European colonizers in Nanyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the treatment given by the Ming Dynasty is very harsh, it is much better than staying in the Wa Kingdom and waiting for death, and to be honest, it seems that it is much better to give life to the Ming Dynasty than to stay in the Wa Kingdom as a peasant and be oppressed by the daimyo and landlords, so not only those desperate bankrupt merchants, landless farmers and samurai ronin have been recruited, but even those people who can barely survive can't help but wait in line for the review of the Ming officials, which makes Tokugawa Iemitsu frightened out of his courage, and the people of the Wa Kingdom should run away if they continue like this, So he begged the officials of the Ming Dynasty again and again, and Li You also considered that it was not appropriate to kill chickens and take eggs, so he imposed a limit on the number of displaced people provided by the Japanese State, which made the situation better.
Snatched back a lot of money from the Japanese state, and finally allowed Li You to start the next plan, and now it was time to establish a new type of naval division in the south, so that they could go to the South Seas to fight the Europeans, so batches of officers of the northern naval division were taken down one after another, and went to various coastal areas to find suitable ports
Zheng Zhilong, Zhong Bin, Li Kuiqi and other pirates who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty for many years were also nervous, if the Ming Dynasty was allowed to establish a sailor in the south, wouldn't the power in their hands become empty talk? But after so many years of nourishing life on land, they are no longer the men who risked their lives at sea to gain wealth.
Now on land, they enjoy a high social status, are superficially respected by the local gentry officials, and have good fields and beautiful houses at home, groups of wives and concubines in the backyard, and many children under their knees.
In addition, the conditions given by the imperial court are also generous, as long as they are willing to give up their military power to enter Beijing, they can be promoted to the next level, and His Majesty the Emperor has also prepared a mansion for them in Beijing.
In the end, Zheng Zhilong took the lead in responding, and took his family and the money accumulated over the years to the capital to come north to accept the reward from the imperial court, and received a leisurely and peaceful life in Beijing; Li You also reciprocated the favor, canonized an official position to his beloved son Zheng Sen, and let Zheng Sen, who is now just a teenager, enter the water master school to study, and after he completes his studies, he will definitely become a famous general in the water master.
Zheng Sen did not live up to the expectations of Li You and Zheng Chenggong, he achieved good results as soon as he entered the school, ranking among the best in the same batch of students, and even Chen Guangfu, the admiral of the Northern Navy Division who came to inspect the Sailor School, was full of praise, and was happy to have Zheng Zhilong celebrate with a feast in Beijing, in order to congratulate his successor.
Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was safe and sound, the rest of the people also put away their worries, took their families to the capital to accept the official position arranged by the imperial court, and became a rich idler with peace of mind, but it is a pity that they do not have such a competitive child as Zheng Sen in their family, even if they are specially recruited to enter the Sailor Academy, they are also scolded by Mr. all day long, especially Zheng Zhilong often shows Zheng Sen's achievements in front of them, and they are so angry that they can't wait to run to Jinmen to clean up these unscrupulous people immediately.
The imperial court immediately mobilized capable personnel from the northern sailors to go south, reorganized several sailors in the south, eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled, and promoted those talented soldiers.
The advance personnel of the northern naval division who went south before also found a suitable base, they selected the port of Sanya in Qiongzhou as the base of the southern naval division, Li You was very satisfied with this result, Sanya port is not only superior in natural conditions, very suitable for large ships to moor, but also one of the seaports closest to the South China Sea in the Ming Dynasty, as long as a strong naval division is stationed here, it can maintain the deterrence of the South China Sea countries, whether it is Jiaozhi, Siam or Bo Ni and other countries can be reached quickly.
Countless ships transported soldiers, craftsmen, and materials needed to build the port from Jinmen, Songjiang Mansion, Quanzhou Port and other places to the south, to Sanya Port to start building the base of the Southern Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty, Li You selected an old man of the Ming Naval Division to temporarily serve as the commander of the Southern Naval Division, of course, in his heart, Zheng Sen is the most suitable person for this position, but unfortunately Zheng Sen is still young now, I am afraid that only more than ten or twenty years later can achieve this goal.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has not built a port, whether it is Jinmen Port, or Jeju Island, Liuqiu or Songjiang Province port has cultivated a lot of talents, with these talents, the construction of Sanya Port is progressing very smoothly, plus those who are eager to redeem their sins of Jiannu, Mongolian captives, as well as hired workers from the Japanese country, North Korea and other countries who want to make money, they have used all their strength to show themselves, so Sanya Port is changing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.
This change also surprised those Westerners who came to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and it was self-evident what the Ming wanted to do to build such a military port in such a sensitive area.
As a result, the colonists throughout Asia became nervous, and they tried to collect intelligence through various channels, and some people also found missionaries such as John Tang and Lu Ruohua, who were trusted by Li You, as well as mercenary officers such as Gonzalez-Teixeira, who were trusted by Li You, and wanted to get a more real situation from them, so as to find out what the Ming Emperor was thinking, so as to prepare in advance to avoid greater losses.