"Sir, this store belongs to us, but it was occupied by the group of red barbarians. Now that you have taken it back, should you give the store to us?
And the Western Yi robbed us of 300 pieces of fine silk.... "
"Sir, Xiyi robbed us of 300 pairs of fine vases..."
"Sir, Xiyi robbed us of 3,000 taels of silver..."
As soon as the prisoners from Relanja City were rounded up, the businessmen who had been driven aside before gathered around them again.
Which of these businessmen who are able to go overseas and open shops in the city of Relanjia does not have the support of local powerful people?
As the foundation of the feudal dynasty, even Zhu Youjian had to take it seriously.
But Zhu Dinghai was unwilling to share these benefits.
It's not that Zhu Dinghai is greedy, it's actually that these people didn't pay taxes when they went to sea. Coupled with the powerful power of these places, normal taxes can be delayed as long as they can.
As citizens of the Ming Dynasty, they have not fulfilled their most basic obligations and still want the Ming Dynasty to protect their interests. What are they thinking?
"How many things have the Xiyi people stolen from you? Go back and record it on paper and submit it to the government. The government will naturally make the decision for you.
But now we have conquered the city of Relanja. According to Ming Dynasty law, everything in it belongs to me. If any of you dare to worry about it, then try the speed of the sword in our hands. "
As he spoke, Zhu Dinghai waved his hand and drove these people back.
Now, in addition to the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty, all the government's money and food are under Zhu Youjian's control.
Without Zhu Youjian's instructions, even if the sky fell, there would be no hope for the government to provide a single piece of grain.
Although there are many carrier pigeons in the Ming Dynasty, local governments have no right to use carrier pigeons except in military affairs and disaster situations.
Even if they have great abilities, they can reach His Majesty. It will be at least a month later.
As long as His Majesty gets the news a few days in advance, there are still few ways to deal with them?
Even if you don't punish them, you can drag them to death. After all, those officials may not have much other abilities, but their drag ability is still very strong.
After sending away these merchants, Zhu Dinghai repaired his fleet and prepared for the next battle.
At the same time, Zheng Zhilong was ordered to immigrate.
In addition to the criminals from Southern Zhili, this group of immigrants also included many people who could not make it in Fujian and other places.
The reason why this matter was handed over to Zheng Zhilong was because he was familiar with it.
Moreover, the navy in his hands still has many things to deal with.
Taiwan is located in the southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty, facing the Pacific Ocean in the east, facing Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait in the west, and connected to the Luzon Islands in the south by the Bashi Strait.
It is the best springboard for Ming Dynasty to capture Luzon.
For fifteen years, the three kings of the Sulu Islands, East King Batu Geba Hara, West King Mahala Gemading, and Dong King Batu Geba Labu, led their family members and a group of 340 people to form a friendship mission and went to the Ming Dynasty. He paid a friendly visit and was solemnly received by Zhu Di, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.
Since then, Luzon has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, Cebu Island was occupied by the Spaniards from Mexico, and Spanish rule in Luzon began.
In the 31st year of Wanli, more than 23,000 Chinese people in Luzon were massacred, and only 300 Chinese businessmen were spared.
On the 37th day of Wanli period, more than 20,000 Chinese were murdered because Chinese businessmen protested against excessive taxes.
Originally, according to history, Spain would launch another massacre in the twelfth year of Chongzhen and the sixteenth year of Yongli, but now they have no chance to raise the butcher's knife again.
However, a war cannot be started just because you want it, especially now that Ming Dynasty has just recovered Taiwan. Although it did not take long, it consumed a lot of materials.
Coupled with the subsequent immigration operations, Ming could not spare much energy for an expedition.
However, if you can't beat him, you can still blackmail him.
Since ancient times, the Han Dynasty's foreign wars have often grafted the cost of war onto the hands of the Han Dynasty because of its so-called benevolence. To put it bluntly, it is in the hands of ordinary Han people.
This is also one of the reasons why many dynasties and major battles require decades of recuperation.
Soldiers, you need to eat and equip yourself when sending troops. Soldiers who were injured or died should be compensated, even if it is symbolic, they should be compensated somewhat.
Where does all this money and food come from?
Most Han dynasties relied on years or even decades of accumulation.
Throughout history, why do nomads, who have a disadvantage in terms of numbers and equipment, attack farming peoples far more often than farming civilizations attack nomadic peoples?
A very important reason is that when nomads attack farming peoples, their gains far outweigh their costs, and the expenditures of farming peoples when they attack nomads are indeed much greater than their income.
Plus so-called kindness.
As soon as those former executioners put down their butcher knives and waggled their tails, all the officials came to their aid.
The result was another butcher's knife.
As the old saying goes, giving both kindness and power is governance.
There is another old saying: Anyone who is not of my race must have a different heart.
If you want the aliens to sincerely bow to you, prestige is the first priority, and kindness is the second priority. Otherwise, you will only get a bunch of white-eyed wolves.
The former Han Dynasty was good enough to the Huns, the Ming Dynasty was good enough to the Tatars of the Later Jin Dynasty, and it was good enough to Luzon.
But what is the result? It's a naked butcher's knife.
During the Five Husbands' rebellion in China, the Han people were almost killed and exterminated.
On the 10th of Yangzhou, the Three Massacres of Jiading, the 81st of Jiangyin, and the Guangzhou Massacre, countless Han people died tragically at the hands of the Manchus.
The savages in Luzon couldn't help but help the Hongyi massacre the Han people, and even caused trouble for the Celestial Empire many times afterwards.
All of this. It all depends on the lack of deterrence given by the Han Dynasty.
If we could make it bigger and inflict a hundredfold damage to all the forces that dare to wield the butcher's knife against the Han people, even if the Han dynasty is weak, how could the surrounding foreigners dare to wield the butcher's knife easily?
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Taiwan has an advantageous geographical location. If a navy is stationed here, it can conquer Luzon, Malaysia, and other places, and then plot against Australia.
Protect the poor and helpless natives from the Western bandits.
By the way, it will create a huge resource land for the future of Ming Dynasty.
Except for "the country sitting on the mine cart" in later generations.
The East-West transportation hub, the Middle East region known as the world's oil depot, in Zhu Youjian's plan, this is the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty.
If Ming Dynasty still has energy, India and America will also be Ming Dynasty's private territory.
Even if the Ming Dynasty is unable to completely occupy it now, Zhu Youjian will make arrangements as much as possible to save the suffering people from the hands of the Western Yi as much as possible.
If you want to do all this, you will definitely touch Xiyi's big cake.
Those Western barbarians would definitely not watch the rise of the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, there must be a navy that can crush the Western Yi.
Don't look at the fact that Ming Dynasty has now crushed Xiyi's navy nearby. It is the real number one navy around the Ming Dynasty.
But in fact, the Xiyi fleet around the Ming Dynasty was only an insignificant part of the Xiyi fleet.
In fact, there is still a considerable gap between the current navy of the Ming Dynasty and that of the Western Yi.
Even if Ming Dynasty tries its best to catch up, this gap cannot be caught up in a short time.
According to previous predictions, Ming Dynasty's next goal was to regain Macau, and then set up trading ports in Taiwan, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou.
Ensure that Xiyi can still do business with Ming Dynasty.
On the one hand, it eased the relationship between Xiyi and made them feel that Ming Dynasty had no ambition to dominate the world with them.
On the other hand, they accumulated supplies and secretly exerted their efforts. When the navy was strong enough, they would defeat these monsters and monsters in one fell swoop.
