Chapter 8: Catch it all in one place (two)

"Report to the Emperor, Fujian Governor Hong Chengchou, the Dutch and the Spaniards on Taiwan Island have changed their hostile situation in the past three months, but have tried their best to restrain their subordinates from fighting. The island has actually achieved unprecedented peace of mind for three months. Although Governor Hong repeatedly sent people to infiltrate and spy, they returned in vain. Therefore, he inferred that the Dutch and the Spaniards might have reached a secret agreement. Whether this agreement is targeted or not, both countries have occupied the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this agreement will be detrimental to our Ming Dynasty. Governor Hong requested to send troops to take back the entire Taiwan and drive all these barbarians out of the sea!" Sun Chengzong, the Prime Minister of the Military Machinery Pavilion, set out.

Hong Chengchou, the "butcher", wanted to fight, Zhu Yinglong had long seen this, but we can't blame Hong Chengchou for being restless. It was the two extremely greedy colonists who were restless and had too much appetite. They would definitely lose whether they face Hong Chengchou alone. Only when they united, they still had a chance of winning.

Strictly speaking, it was the imperial court who forced these two groups of people to be forced to make. After the imperial court took back the foundation that Zheng Zhilong had built hard in Taiwan, he first continued to immigrate to the island from Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangxi. Although there are many Tu ethnic groups on the island, the population is too small. Compared with the immigrant army, it is a drop in the ocean. Therefore, on Taiwan, the Han people, the Dutch people and the Spanish people occupy an absolute leadership position. However, the Tushan people have different treatments. The imperial court has its own ethnic policy and treats these indigenous people as their own compatriots and treats them equally. The Dutch people and the Spanish only have wealth. As for the indigenous people on the island, they are tools to plunder wealth for them. Slaves, they don’t care about the lives and deaths of these people. This leads to the two.

In an extreme contrast, under the rule of the new Taiwan prefect Chen Yonghua, the Han people under their rule lived in harmony with the Gaoshan people and other indigenous peoples, had equal status, and lived a comfortable and happy life. In addition, Chen Yonghua constantly sent offices to the eastern and southern parts of Taiwan to promote, the Dutch and the indigenous peoples controlled by Spain and the oppressed nations such as the Han people yearned for a peaceful and unexploited life. Especially after the news that Chen Yonghua set up an institution in Tamsui and was open to all ethnic groups, a trend of quietly making an appointment to immigrate with children and daughters rose in the eastern and southern parts of Taiwan. They moved their families to the western part of Tai Island under Chen Yonghua, and they took root there one after another, and they naturally would not miss such a great opportunity. Not only did they send troops to meet these migrated high mountain soils.

The tribe even pushed the territory southward to the central part of Taiwan. In this way, the Dutch and the Spaniards found that the alpine Tu tribes controlled in their territory migrated in large quantities, and the wealth they plundered was reduced in large quantities. This was intolerable, but they still had some brains. The power of either side was not enough to confront the Ming court. Even if the power of both sides combined could not confront the Ming court, compared with their country, the power of the Ming empire such as the Ming Dynasty was unimaginable, but they did not mean that they would give up this island that brought them huge benefits. Moreover, the importance of this island was self-evident. The Ming Dynasty obtained wealth through transit trade from Japan and Japan, which also made the two countries greedy and ambitions expand, for the sake of interests and for the sake of huge amounts.

The Dutch and the Spanish felt that they had achieved unprecedented consistency in this regard. The only bargaining chip in their hands was the waterway, and there was a powerful navy. No matter how valuable the goods were, they would either be swallowed by the sea or become the snacks for the pirates. In fact, they thought of going with Portugal in Macau, but they had a bigger appetite. What they wanted was the exclusive authorization of the entire overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty. This was a big talk, because they discovered the predicament of the Ming Dynasty, which required money and astronomical money. Maybe they themselves knew that this was a scam with the tiger, but these people were blinded by wealth. However, for the Ming Dynasty, which was financially distressed, it was very possible to force them to make concessions.

Therefore, the restraint and tranquility over the past three months were deliberately made by the Dutch and the Spanish, and they must also contact the country. Only when the country agrees with their approach can they make demands or even threats with the Ming Dynasty.

The Dutch in this period was still the overlord of the sea, with strong sea power and unique strength. The sea is the land of the Dutch. Therefore, in their eyes, the Ming naval fleet was just a kind of strength in number, and far inferior to the Dutch regular fleet in terms of quantity and combat effectiveness. In fact, this is true. The Ming naval fleet can only be regarded as an apprentice and a green water fleet, while the Dutch navy is already a master and a real blue sea fleet. Therefore, if you really want to fight on the sea, you must lose the Ming navy fleet. The combat quality of the Dutch navy can completely make up for the disadvantages in weapons, especially in the unpredictable sea, the Dutch are more like a fish in water than the Ming Dynasty. This can only be compensated by time and cannot be taught.

Of course, these Zhu Yinglong could not guess the real reason why the two countries suddenly stopped and lived peacefully. The civil and military officials standing in the hall could not guess, because their eyes were always on the country, and at most they paid attention to the existing enemies. The enemies that were longer and farther apart were too far away, and they could not see them. Short-sightedness is a point, but later historians believed that the real reason for the short-sightedness was considered a policy of closing the country, but Zhu Yinglong did not agree. This was only one aspect. Even if they were closing the country, they were so happy that China's long border line and coastline could it be locked with a lock? This is a bit ridiculous and ridiculous. The real reason for this short-sightedness is a small half.

It is the people in power, that is, the emperor's laziness and greed for comfort. They don't want anything other than the country. In addition to the enemy country with substantial threats on the border, a larger part is caused by the cultural nature of thousands of years. To be honest, it is Confucianism that caused its humiliation for a hundred years three hundred years later. Of course, this cannot be blamed on "Confucianism". Instead, there are too many bastards among its successors, discarding the essence, and inheriting the dregs as treasures. Of course, if there were no such bastards, Confucianism would not have been inherited. It has become such a huge doctrine system. The relationship here is too complicated and cannot be explained clearly. At least Zhu Yinglong cannot use what he has learned to understand the relationship here.

"Emperor, these blue-eyed and red-haired people are all ambitious people. The court should have ordered Governor Hong Chengchou to send troops to wipe him out to return the people of Taiwan to a bright blue sky." A censor said angrily.

In fact, there were still many civil officials in the Ming Dynasty. This was also due to the rules of civil officials to control military generals, many civil officials may have the opportunity to lead troops to fight. Many of them are both civil and military. When reading the books of sages, they are constantly studying military tactics. These people may not become powerful generals who charge forward, but they become commanders of the army one by one, relying on their heads and the bloody nature of men on them.

From the heart, Zhu Yinglong wanted to take back Taiwan now, but is this possible? It is not realistic. If he stood in the position of Hong Chengchou or Chen Yonghua, he could go to war with the Dutch and the Spanish without hesitation, but he could not be the emperor. He was not only considering the gains and losses of a city and a place, but the interests of the entire country. At most, one and a half years to two years. Even if no one requested to send troops, he would issue an order to send troops. There is a prerequisite for this. If you want to send troops, you must wait until the large-scale exemption of taxes in the imperial court. Some places are one year, some are three years, and some are five years. Now you pass the Japanese transit and scattered every month.

The profit of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 1.5 million taels, and the customs revenue has gradually increased. With this, the court's finances will not be exhausted. That's it. The court's investment in road construction, bridge construction, embankment construction, school management, mining and other infrastructure investments are greater than those in. Fortunately, the court still has some profitable industries, and Zhu Yinglong's inner mansion is not subsidy, which maintains the court's booming momentum. What he is most worried about now is whether Huang Taiji will make a mistake one day and start a war with the Ming Dynasty in advance, which will bring the existing achievements back to the starting point. Money is not omnipotent, but it is absolutely impossible to have money without money.

"The old minister believes that we should wait and see what happens now. No matter what conspiracies and tricks the Dutch and the Spanish have, as long as they do not provoke first, the court should not take the initiative to start a war. Even if the war starts, it is not only the court that will lose when fighting." Sun Shenxing knew Zhu Yinglong's mind best. No matter what kind of battle, the Dutch and Spain are rivals themselves. Although they may collude now, they will definitely not work together and cannot work together to lose. As long as the governors of both countries are not stupid, I believe that the chance of going to war is very small.

"Respond to changes with the same change, Lao Ai Qing is right." Zhu Yinglong nodded, and then said to Sun Chengzong, "Old Ai Qing, please reply Hong Chengchou on my behalf, so that he can continue to figure out what secret agreement between the Dutch and the Spanish, and also make Chen Yonghua and Zheng Hongkui more alert, so don't let anyone take advantage of the loopholes."

"The old minister understands." Sun Chengzong bowed and entered the list.

"What else should I say? I will retreat to the court without me!"

"Emperor, the grain of the Ministry of Revenue arrived yesterday, with a total of 300,000 stones. This batch of grain was originally to be transported to the border of Liaodong, but this year, Lord Yuan Chonghuan won a bumper harvest in Liaodong, and there was still a lot of surplus grain. Therefore, the ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture were asked to deposit the grain of 300,000 stones into Beijing for emergency needs." Liu Yiliang, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, said.

"allow!"

"Your Majesty, the salt prices across the country have dropped significantly this year, and private salt smuggling has decreased significantly. In addition, the court's salt tax revenue this year is more than doubled compared with last year. So far, the country has paid a total of more than 22.3 million taels of salt tax!"

"Good guy, this salt tax is almost worth the tax of the whole country last year!" Zhu Yinglong was overjoyed. Of course, he knew that the court had the effect of vigorously rectifying the salt administration, otherwise how could the salt merchants pay taxes according to the rules this year?

As soon as this news came out, the civil and military officials in the hall showed joy on their faces. Only when the court was rich could they have a good life. The court became richer and richer, and their lives became better and better. The Ming Dynasty had been established for hundreds of years. I only heard that the salary was constantly reduced, and the famine seasons were even more and more money. However, the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was extremely low, with fewer salaries and bad treatment. Naturally, there were more corrupt officials. As soon as Zhu Yinglong came to power, he increased the salary of officials and paid it with cash. This made many low-level bureaucrats on the poverty line ecstatic and collected the hearts of low-level bureaucrats. The later bonus system made low-level officials motivated to work. Who wouldn't want to get more bonuses? Without the risk of corruption, the family could live a comfortable life. Who wouldn't want to do such a life?

"I am here today that from today onwards, the salary of all the officials in the Ming Dynasty will increase by 10%. From now on, the salary will be paid for thirteen months to fourteen months!" Zhu Yinglong did not raise his salary at once. The salary increase will be done little by little. This will be better, and the officials will be more grateful and follow him wholeheartedly. If it increases too high all of a sudden, it will be worthless.

"Thank you, my emperor, long live my emperor!" The sound of mountain cry suddenly resounded throughout the Wenhua Hall, and the officials were so excited that they could not be more excited. If this continues, even if there is no additional income, their lives will get better and better. Especially for middle and lower-level officials, even if they increase a little bit, they will change their quality of life. The premise is that if he is a clean, honest, and good official.
Chapter completed!