The regent Jierharang died of illness, and the news spread to Shengjing, so that the Shunzhi Emperor, who was gradually improving his condition, was greatly saddened, and announced that he would strike the dynasty for three days.

The death of Zilharang also strengthened Shunzhi's determination to retreat outside the pass, but he also realized that the Qing Dynasty was outside the pass, and the betrayal of the Qing Dynasty would become a hidden danger of the Qing Dynasty again.

Therefore, in order to ensure that North Korea would not threaten the rear of the Qing Dynasty, and also to plunder the money and grain to replenish the empty warehouse, Emperor Shunzhi issued an order to Ao Bai to take command and lead the Eight Banners Army south to attack the DPRK.

Because when the Qing army entered Korea, it had passed the first day of the first lunar month and entered the lunar year, and the history of Korea called it "the chaos of the first lunar month".

In December, there was heavy snowfall, and all parts of China stopped military disasters as usual and began to prepare for the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month.

In the palace of King Chu in Nanjing, red lanterns are hung everywhere under the busyness of the people, and the word "happiness" is also posted on the door, and couplets are pasted on both sides of the door, which is full of a festive atmosphere.

Zheng Chagu has been pregnant for five months, and her originally flat lower abdomen has also bulged because of the pregnancy of a new life, in order to prevent the invasion of the cold, she was forced to wear thick clothes, plus the abundant food on weekdays, the whole person looks like she has gained a lot of weight, and the originally thin melon seed face has a little more baby fat.

This is extremely cute in Su Yan's eyes.

He stood at the door of the study, looking at Zheng Chagu who was walking in the courtyard in the distance supported by the maidservant, and couldn't help but smile a little on his face.

Zheng Chagu, who was taking a walk, also found that Su Yan was looking at her, she asked the maid to support her and greet her, and made a blessing to Su Yan, Su Yan hurriedly stopped, held her hand, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You are pregnant, you don't have to salute." ”

Aunt Zheng just smiled lightly, and she asked Su Yan, "Husband, can the eldest brother and his family come to Nanjing to celebrate the New Year with us this year?" ”

"I'm afraid not." Su Yan shook his head and said, "The eldest brother is still in the war with Heyi and can't get out of it, I'm afraid that the Spring Festival will be spent in the army." ”

As soon as she heard that Zhu Chenggong was still fighting on the front line, Zheng Chagu's mood was a little low, and she couldn't help but worry about her brother in her heart - since she was pregnant, Zheng Chagu's mood began to be sentimental, if she had been placed before, she would not have reacted so much.

Seeing that she was depressed, Su Yan hurriedly told her another piece of good news: "But the eldest brother ordered someone to send a letter a few days ago, and he has already ordered someone to send his sister-in-law and Jinshe to Nanjing, presumably it will arrive in a few days." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Chagu's mood improved slightly, what she didn't know was that Zhu Chenggong, who she was thinking about at this time, was already standing on the wall of Fort Provencha (Red City), and the commander of Fort Provencha, Jekob Valentin, and the soldiers in the castle were all concentrated in the open space in the castle and became prisoners of Zheng Jun.

In the three months from mid-September to December, Zhu Chenggong defeated several Dutch counter-offensives, sank the Dutch warships Hector and S. Graffran in naval battles, and killed Dutch captain Baird and more than 200 soldiers in land battles.

More than 20,000 Han Chinese in the Dutch-controlled area actively cooperated with Zheng's military operations and helped him cut off the communication channels between the Dutch castles.

Later, Zheng besieged Fort Provencha to the ground, and he ordered his soldiers to each carry a bunch of grass, pile it up under the city, and send a messenger to issue an ultimatum to the Dutch defender, Jekob Valentin, to set fire to the city if he did not surrender.

Jacob Valentin begged for help from Gerancha, but feared that Zheng Jun would really set fire to the city, so he was forced to surrender to Zheng Jun

Therefore, there is this scene of Zhu Chenggong standing on the wall of Fort Provencha.

After Zheng's army conquered Fort Provencha, at the behest of Zhu Chenggong, a letter of persuasion was sent to the castle of Gerancha and sent to the governor of Kuiyi.

The letter first explained that Taiwan was the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty, accused the Dutch side of illegal occupation, and demanded that the Dutch army formally surrender and withdraw from the castle, and that the Zheng army would ensure the safety of the Dutch army, its women and children.

Finally, on December 22, the sixth year of the Yongli calendar, the surname of the country was sealed.

On the day I received the envelope, I received the envelope (this chapter is not finished!) )

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The council set up by Fang in Taiwan began to discuss whether to accept Zhu Chenggong's conditions, and the participants knew that Zheng Jun had gained a firm foothold on the island and occupied absolute force, while the Dutch army could only hold on to the castle and the city of Geranza, and there was a huge disparity between the enemy and us, and unless reinforcements from Batavia arrived, they could maintain their territory in Taiwan.

However, the persistence did not receive much approval, because Zheng Chenggong's current situation is not comparable to the situation in history when he was forced to attack Taiwan after the defeat of the Battle of Nanking in 1661.

Now Zhu Chenggong has the powerful Nanjing court behind him, as long as Zhu Chenggong needs, there is a steady stream of material supplies and soldiers sent from Quanzhou on the other side of the strait, and the Dutch army in the city of Gelanza is almost resisting the entire Nanjing court with a city.

As a result, the council in the city of Geranza was divided, with some councillors headed by Governor Kuichi believing that the castle should be held to defend the Dutch interests in Taiwan, while the rest of the council believed that they should not be enemies of the Chinese government and should surrender to Zhu Chenggong as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary losses.

It was difficult to unify the opinions of the council, and finally reluctantly reached a consensus - to send an envoy to Fort Provencha to meet Zhu Chenggong, hoping to keep the city of Geranza and share the island with Zhu Chenggong.

The next day, the MP Van Ibron and the Attorney General Leona de Leonardus arrived at Fort Provencha as plenipotentiaries and made representations to Zhu Chenggong, who tactfully expressed their dissatisfaction with the arrival of Zhu Chenggong's army and hoped that the Fort of Gerancha and its entrance to the waterway would be retained, in exchange for unhindered access to the rest of the island.

However, Zhu Chenggong categorically rejected the proposal of the Dutch representative, and he resolutely demanded that the Dutch troops withdraw from the Taiwan island, and he said to the envoy in a solemn manner: "The island has always belonged to China. When the Chinese do not need it, the Dutch can be allowed to live on temporary loan; Now that the Chinese need this land, it is a matter of course that the Dutch guests from afar should return it to their owners. ”

The peace talks failed, the Dutch envoy returned to the castle in embarrassment, seeing that Zhu Chenggong's attitude was resolute, he still decided to fight against the water, he led the army to hold the castle, hoping to be able to defend the arrival of Batavia's reinforcements under the offensive of the Zheng army.

As long as the Batavian reinforcements arrived, all this would be better, and the Dutch colonies and interests in Taiwan would be able to continue to be maintained, as he thought in his heart.

At the same time, after Zhu Chenggong took Fort Provencha, he began to establish an administrative organization in Taiwan, and he changed the Chichi, where Fort Provencha was located, into the Taiwan Prefecture, and appointed Yang Chaodong, the government of the Fifth Army, as the governor of Taiwan, and the government set up two counties of Tianxing and Wannian, with Zhuang Wenlie and Zhu Jing as the governors.

After some appointment, Zhu Chenggong sent a letter to Nanjing, reported to Su Yan on the establishment of a government in Taiwan, and then personally sat in Taiwan to organize the Han people on the island to spend the first Spring Festival with the indigenous people who came to defect.

Thousands of miles away in Nanjing, Su Yan and his wife also greeted the arrival of the first year of the prison country with Dong Yougu and their family in the Chu Palace, which was brightly lit and lively, and the faces of both the master and the slave were smiling with a festive smile for the Spring Festival.

Su Yan and Zheng Chagu generously gave everyone in the mansion a benefit, rewarding them for their hard work in the past year, and at the same time punishing those who did not perform well in the past year, and rewarding those who performed well.

Those who were rewarded were naturally full of joy, and those who were punished were also depressed - in order to support the majesty of the housemother, all this was naturally done by Zheng Chagu, Su Yan did not have the idea of interfering, he just stayed in the study and listened to Chen Ying's report, and clearly affirmed Zheng Chagu's rewards and punishments in his heart.

After listening to Chen Ying's report, Su Yan suddenly remembered something, he looked at the captain of the guard who had been guarding his side, and said, "Old Chen, if I remember correctly, you should have passed 25 this year, right?" ”

"Yes, I'm 26 years old." Although she didn't know why, Chen Ying still replied.

"Twenty-six." Su Yan nodded, he looked at Chen Ying, and said in a half-joking tone: "You are already an older youth, why haven't you had a matchmaker to give you a bridge?" ”

When Chen Ying heard him say this, how could he not know what Su Yan meant, he smiled bitterly and said, "Back to Your Highness, there is indeed a matchmaker who introduced the lowly position, but the lowly position did not agree. ”

"Oh?" Su Yan was curious: "Why don't you answer (this chapter is not finished!) )

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Should? ”

Chen Ying looked sad and said: "The deceased wife has been dead for less than three years, how dare Ying marry a new wife, not to mention, Hu Lu killed my wife and children, and I dare not marry a wife without revenge." ”

It's a shame to say that two and a half years have passed since he summoned Chen Ying, but Su Yan has never understood Chen Ying's past, so that he only knew for the first time today that Chen Ying had lost his wife and children.

Fortunately, he is a person who is 100% loyal to himself by the system and does not care about this.

Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, Chen Ying hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "Despicable death, on such a festive day, to talk about this kind of thing, please punish Your Highness." ”

"It's not your fault, it doesn't have to be." Su Yan held Chen Ying's hand and said with some shame, "You have been with this king for so many years, but this king has never heard of your past, this is the king's fault." ”

Seeing that Su Yan actually admitted his mistake with himself, Chen Ying was surprised and moved in his heart, he hurriedly wanted to bow again, but was stopped by Su Yan, looking at Chen Ying's touched face, Su Yan secretly decided in his heart that he must know more about the past of his subordinates.

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