Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Nan Juyi's eight hundred miles urgently asked for help, which made the capital feel relieved after receiving the battle report from Haojing, from the emperor to the courtiers.

The Dutch chose to attack Fujian Province.

Ming's navy didn't have to go all over the South China Sea to find the Dutchmen who robbed Chinese merchant ships.You must know that among the Chinese maritime merchants at this time, quite a few ships had half of the shares of the imperial court.

At this time, the Dutch had the title of "sea coachman", and it was also the time when their national power was at its strongest in history.The size of its naval fleet is more than twice that of the combined fleets of Britain and France, and its total tonnage is the sum of the four European colonial powers (Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain).The Dutch warships at this time were mainly "galen ships", with low sides, square sails, and more than a hundred cannons on both sides. Many such ships were lined up in a long row, which could give full play to the firepower advantages of both sides. The advent of the "line of the battleship" made the Galen ship the standard warship of various navies before the end of the sailing age.

In 1595, the Dutch fleet circumnavigated the Cape of Good Hope for the first time and arrived in what is today India and Java.The Portuguese fleet had to launch two large-scale naval battles with it in the Strait of Malacca, but in the end both ended in the overall victory of the Dutch.

But because Spain annexed Portugal in 1580, the Antwerp Agreement signed with the Netherlands had a 12-year truce.The Dutch can only continue to covet Spain and take over Portugal's rights in the East until the truce expires in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621).Nearly a thousand fully armed Dutch soldiers, ordered by the Dutch Governor Cohen stationed in Batavia, Java, took a fleet of twelve ships and launched an attack on Ming's Oyster Mirror.The purpose is to seize the ready-made port of Oyster Mirror as the base of the Dutch in the East.Then it replaced Luzon Island, and obtained the monopoly power of trade with Ming Dynasty from the Portuguese who had already subjugated the country.

This sudden war lasted only three days, because the Dutch munitions that successfully landed were hit by the Portuguese artillery guarding Oyster Mirror, forcing the Dutch to leave more than 100 dead soldiers, more than [-] captives, and ashes. Liuliu left the oyster mirror.

The Dutch ships that left Oyster Mirror continued to cruise along the coast of China, and they were looking for a seaport that could accommodate the large Dutch ships.They avoided the Guangdong Navy, which had known the depth for a long time, and continued northward, attacking the Xiamen Navy in August.

The state capitals along the coast of Daming have been warned by the imperial court to be vigilant against the invasion of the Western Dutch.But even in such a well-prepared situation, Xiamen was successfully landed by the Dutch.

Because the tonnage of the Daming Navy's ships is more than 400, they are mainly rebuilt from merchant ships and civilian ships.The Dutch Galen ship, which runs across the ocean, has a displacement of close to 1000 tons.The Xiamen Navy, which has not yet had time to replace its artillery, has a range of less than a kilometer.

The ship was small and the range of the artillery was not enough. This battle caused the Xiamen Navy to lose [-] warships.The Dutch who successfully landed proposed to the Ming government to suspend trade with other countries, and all imports and exports must be carried out through the Dutch.

Nan Juyi, who had just arrived in Fujian, was the governor of Fujian as the right deputy capital censor.After learning the news of the Dutch occupation of Xiamen Port in Fuzhou, he wrote down the specific details of the defeat of the Xiamen Navy in the eight hundred miles of emergency, as the basis for imperial reinforcements, and invited the Dutch to Fuzhou to discuss the details. trade measures.

Nan Juyi was born in a famous family, and his great-grandfather Nan Congji and his great-uncle Nan Daji were both Jinshi.Grandfather Nanxuan was a Jinshi and Shujishi during the Jiajing period, and his father Nan Xianzhong was a Jinshi and magistrate of Zaoqiang County in the second year of Wanli.Nan Juyi grew up relying on his family, and became a Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli. After being awarded the head of the Ministry of Punishment and the prefect of Guangping, he was promoted to the deputy envoy of Shanxi Tixue, the inspector, and the left and right political envoys.

He has been an official in Shanxi, but he did not accept bribes from Shanxi merchants, so he was able to protect himself during the cleansing of Shanxi merchants the year before last.But because he was the chief envoy of Shanxi, he was still implicated in the Shanxi business affairs and imprisoned.Fortunately, Huang Kezuan cherished his talent, and after the investigation found out that he had nothing to do with Shanxi merchants, he tried his best to excuse him in front of Zhu Youxiao, which saved him from being dismissed from office.After only one year of suspension for investigation, he was reinstated.In the spring of the second year of Apocalypse, he was sent away from the capital as the right deputy capital censor to governor Fujian.

At this time, we can see another side of Ming Dynasty literati.In the name of negotiation, Nan Juyi entertained the officers of the Dutch ships.During the banquet, after all the officers were drunk with delicious food and wine, the governor of the South ordered the drunken Dutch to take revenge for the soldiers who died in the Xiamen landing battle.The remaining Dutch soldiers, leaderless, fled to the Penghu Islands in a hurry.

Nan Juyi ordered all ships in Fujian to besiege the Penghu Islands and wait for the imperial court's reinforcements.

Nan Juyi's second letter of [-] miles was expedited, and it was sent to the capital four days later.By the time the second letter arrived at the capital in eight hundred miles, Xu Guangqi had already brought the latest artillery to Tianjin Port.Standing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Cui Jingrong was no longer in the uneasy mood of the previous few days.

He just came back from Tianjin Port, bringing back the good news of the successful test of the new warship.

Looking at the excited Cui Jingrong, Zhu Youxiao knew it was good news. He smiled and handed Nan Juyi's urgent battle report to Cui Jingrong.

"Cui Qing, if all of you Scholars have such minds that can lead troops to fight, the territory of Ming Dynasty will be as solid as gold."

Cui Jingrong read ten lines at a glance, and went back to read it carefully after reading it over and over again.

"Your Majesty, Nan Si suffered too beautifully. The soldiers are not tired of cheating, and what he said is his method. Now the Western crowd has no leader, great, great. In this way, there will be enough reinforcements from the imperial court to go to Fujian. It's time.

Your Majesty, transfer Nan Si to the Ministry of War.Now that Liaodong and Northwest are safe for the time being, and the anti-insurgency army in the Southwest is coming back, I feel that the danger in the future is very likely to come from the Westerners, from the sea.The Ministry of War needs a commander who uses troops eclecticly. "

Cui Jingrong intuited that Nan Juyi was a rare talent, and he was a little incoherent with excitement.He determined that the reinforcements sent by the imperial court to Fujian could rely on the latest warships and artillery provided by the Ministry of Industry to achieve victory.

The artillery installed on the new type of battleship has a range of more than seven hundred feet, and the farthest is nearly eight hundred feet.Far surpassed the [-]-foot and [-]-foot artillery of the Yi people.Although the time for the new warships is relatively urgent, Xu Guangqi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, assured that they will travel faster than the "Galen ships" of the barbarians.

The new Ming warship is actually a medium-sized "Galen ship". Although it only has four floors, it has forty cannons on the left and right sides. Two masts with spinnakers.And this is a complete warship, not for civilian use.

The emperor and Xu Guangqi took some craftsmen to soak in the Taiye pool day and night to test the ship model, and finally the ship model made by the emperor himself won.Cui Jingrong participated in the dismemberment of the ship model of the Son of Heaven, and watched Xu Guangqi lead the craftsmen to make drawings little by little, and then on the ruins of the three main halls, saw those big logs into suitable sizes, and pulled them to Tianjin Port for assembly in batches.

What Xu Guangqi did opened Cui Jingrong's horizons, and he began to follow Huang Kezuan, learning those Western geometry and other books.Huang Kezuan can only wait for Xu Guangqi to explain what he doesn't understand.

"Your Majesty," Cui Jingrong was so excited that he didn't care about the other people in the Palace of Mental Cultivation who were watching the urgent battle report.

"Let's build a few more new-style Galen ships and sail them to Luzon. In the 31st year of Wanli (1603), Westerners killed many of our people in Luzon. We can recover them with new ships and guns this time. Blood debt."

Cui Jingrong had already discovered through the incidents of slavery building and the Yi people's rebellion that his own emperor had a nature of vengeance.As the minister of the Ministry of War, he must follow the emperor's thinking closely.He didn't think there was anything wrong with exterminating the Jianu and Yi people.Because Jiannu killed more than 20 Han people in the past 20 years.Although the time for the Yi people to rebel against Shechongming was short, the number of people who died at the hands of the Shechongming rebels exceeded the total number of Yi people.

Nan Juyi's behavior was too in line with the emperor's mind.Cui Jingrong not only wants Nan Juyi to go to the Ministry of War, but also wants Nan Juyi to lead troops to Luzon Island.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, "I think so too. Who of you remembers Xu Qing's going to Shushu in the past?"

Xu Xueju was also a Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli, the same year as Ye Xianggao and Cui Jingrong.

Ye Xianggao took a step forward and replied, "Your Majesty, what happened on Luzon Island in the past was not because the temple refused to open eyes to the people, but because after the three major expeditions, the imperial court was unable to go on an expedition to Luzon. That's why Xu Wannian's " Reporting back to Lu Song Prisoners and Merchants. Xu Wannian's purpose is also to let the imperial court not fight the defeated soldiers, and deter the Westerners by the victory of the three major campaigns."

Zhang Wenda shook his head and added: "That's just a helpless act of deception, just finding a fig leaf for myself."

Ye Xianggao argued: "What else? The imperial court has no power to go to Nanyang. Shouldn't a courtier comfort the emperor like Xu Wannian?"

Zhang Wenda curled his lips, "The courtiers are sophistrying. They have the money to build Lu Wang's mansion, but they don't have the heart to build new warships. They have the money to marry Fu Wang, but they don't have the money to pay the soldiers."

Ye Xianggao bowed his hands to Zhang Wenda, "Deyun, I tried my best to dissuade the temple from the past. I, the chief assistant, is not as good as Zhang Taiyue. I can't stop the temple, I can't..."

Zhou Jiamo patted Ye Xianggao on the shoulder, "Jinqing, don't get entangled in the past. Now you are the chief assistant again. I hope you will make Taicang more fulfilling than when Zhang Taiyue was in power."

Ye Xianggao nodded, "I will do my best to live up to Brother Mingqing's expectations. Your Majesty, I have a request. Zhang Taiyue has made contributions to Daming in the past, and he will not be peaceful after his death. Can you do anything about it?"

The author has something to say: In 1603, the Spaniards, together with the aboriginal accomplices, carried out a large-scale massacre of the Chinese.

When the news came, Emperor Wanli was deeply shocked.

At that time, Xu Xueju was the governor of Fujian, and he immediately wrote "Reporting to Lusong Prisoners and Merchants", first to ease the emperor's emotions and explain the difficulties of the expedition.

At the same time, righteousness and righteousness are strict, warning the Spaniards: "I, Emperor Gao, unified Fangxia, and his appearance will last through the ages; the prestige of ritual and music, the world will remain the same."

Use the victory of the three major campaigns to show the country's prestige and deter the Spaniards...

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Hahaha, the diplomatic rhetoric repeated countless times throughout the ages