In just one day, the Governor of Batavia left Batavia with the remaining Dutch and his servants.
Among his servants, the Japanese all followed him, and there was nothing he could do about it.
From afar, the Japanese were not welcomed by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese country were still at war; from a close perspective, they had offended Su Shigui, and they did not know whether Su Shigui would retaliate against them, and they did not dare to stay. Therefore, the Japanese could only follow the Dutch and continue to work for the Dutch.
Only a few of the indigenous soldiers followed. As for the others, they either went to add to the footsteps of Ming people like Su Shigui, or they scattered in the mountains and forests and returned to their own tribes.
On the port dock, looking at his men all boarding the ship listlessly, Anthony sighed in his heart, then stood up, turned to look at Su Shigui behind him, and opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say. Finally, he sighed and said: "You are so lucky to have a strong country!"
"Who said otherwise!" After hearing this, Su Shigui felt a little proud and a little sarcastic, and said to Anthony, "If we didn't have a strong country of our own, all of us would have been killed by you, right?"
After hearing this, Anthony smiled mockingly, said nothing more, turned around and walked back to the boat a little lonely.
Su Shigui watched them get on the boat, or it could be said that he supervised them all getting on the boat. From then on, the masters of Batavia were them, and they belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
Behind him, a young man suddenly approached him and whispered: "Uncle, we have weapons in our hands now, how about we keep them all?"
After hearing this, Su Shigui turned his head and glanced at him, then glanced in the direction of the distant family home, finally withdrew his gaze, shook his head and said, "Forget it, we have no chance of winning. If we harm the family, If there are heavy casualties, it will betray the emperor’s wishes.”
Although they have weapons in their hands, and although their numbers are larger than those of the Dutch remnants, the Dutch also have weapons in their hands, and there are Japanese warriors to help. When the time comes to fight, they may not be able to defeat them.
After finishing speaking, Su Shigui suddenly became energetic and told the people around him: "The focus right now is to welcome the arrival of the imperial master. Everything must be handed over to the imperial court. We must not be careless. !”
If it were just them, they wouldn't be able to defend Batavia, and they would definitely be eaten by the natives. Besides, it was the imperial court that saved them from the Dutch, and it was the imperial court that forced the Dutch away. No matter what, this Batavia should belong to the imperial court.
After hearing this, everyone else showed excitement and nodded quickly. You can see that they all have a look of impatience on their faces.
At noon the next day, Ming people waiting at the mouth of the river suddenly saw a fleet coming from a distance, and the flag flying on it was the flag of the Ming Dynasty. The people on the ship were probably all on the deck, which was all red.
"The officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers are coming, come on!" The people who saw it first shouted wildly, and the excitement was like a wedding procession.
Before this, they had never thought that they would be so excited and impatient to see the imperial officers and soldiers coming.
The smoke of the wolf rose, and over there in the city of Batavia, which was ruled five miles away, the imperial officers and soldiers arrived!
Soon, the news spread here in Batavia City, causing a sensation throughout the city. No matter men, women, old or young, they all crowded towards the port. Everyone was anxiously raising their feet and craning their necks to look in the direction of the river. They wanted to see at the first moment whether they could subdue the most powerful Xiyi and kill them. What do the obedient imperial officers and soldiers look like?
Waiting and waiting, they have never felt that this time is so long? This waiting is really so anxious!
Finally, the Ming Dynasty warships came in along the river. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty at the Batavia Port could see it, and everyone became excited. Many people began to spontaneously walk out along the river to meet the court. Officers and soldiers.
In everyone's hands, there are gifts that they have carefully prepared over the past two days, including food and drinks...
Eating a pot of juice and welcoming Master Wang, this scene would never have happened in the original history, but it appeared in this plane.
The imperial court took over Batavia, changed its name to Mingzao City, and established Mingzao County under the jurisdiction of Nanyang Prefecture. The government of Nanyang Prefecture was located in Singapore in later generations.
There is no doubt that the purpose of this setting is to control the two important channels of the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the Strait of Malacca is the most important. By the way, the Strait of Malacca was also renamed as the Strait of Zhenghe to commemorate the passage of Zheng He’s fleet.
Daming's approach also caused a little episode.
The Portuguese wanted to reoccupy the Zhenghe Strait on the grounds that the Dutch had taken it from them. Now that the Dutch have been beaten away, they should be returned to Portugal.
Regarding this, Daming directly refused. It is said that the Ming Dynasty took it from the Dutch. Of course it belongs to the Ming Dynasty.
The Portuguese still wanted to argue, but the Ming Dynasty directly made it clear that this was the most important waterway affecting the Ming Dynasty, and it would never be occupied by others. Portugal, you either have to fall out with the Ming Dynasty, or you have to obey.
As soon as this reason came out, the Portuguese was immediately speechless. Although they had prepared many reasons before, they had no choice but to admit it when they were blocked by such a strong reason from Daming.
Seeing that the Portuguese had relented, Lu Xiangsheng gave them another reason to comfort them: Even if the Strait of Malacca is given to you Portugal, you will not be able to gain a foothold here. Don’t forget, when you Portuguese occupied this place before, The constant war with the Kingdom of Johor gave the Dutch a chance to drive you away.
Only if this place belongs to the Ming Dynasty can all the barbarians surrender, and no one dares to say anything!
The Portuguese certainly realized the power of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and understood that the Ming Dynasty had been a suzerain country in Southeast Asia since ancient times and had a great influence.
The Ming Dynasty now sent troops to drive away the Dutch and Spanish, and set the area they occupied as the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The surrounding indigenous people did not even dare to let go, and they all rushed to pay homage to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Pay tribute.
Thinking about it again, he occupied this place and fought with the natives here to death. There was no stability at all.
This gap is indeed too big!
Thinking that the greatest trade benefits can be obtained from the Ming Dynasty, Nanyang is within the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence, so there is no objection to Portugal's travel to and from Europe, at least there is a guarantee in Nanyang.
Things in Nanyang are basically settled. When the Ming Dynasty sent out troops, it wiped out the Spanish and the Dutch, and also occupied Luzon and the two most important straits.
Of course, there is still a little bit left unaddressed.
For example, Anthony, the former governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, had not been arrested after the promised time. It is said that he fled to the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. I don't know whether he eventually fled back to the Netherlands.
Speaking of the Strait of Hormuz, it is another sad history of the Portuguese. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch and the British took over the Strait of Hormuz from the Portuguese.
Also, the two warships headed by Spain's Filote luckily avoided the Battle of Manila. After learning that Luzon was occupied by the Ming army, they immediately fled from Taiwan. When passing through Taiwan, they also went ashore to rob and kill people, replenish supplies, and then fled to the direction of Japan, probably to cross the Pacific and escape to the Americas.
Both of these matters were eventually reported to Emperor Chongzhen who had moved to Guangzhou. To this end, Emperor Chongzhen issued two more imperial edicts.
The first imperial edict was directed at Anthony of the Netherlands, a fugitive. An order was given to Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Dongwu, to choose a port on the Indian Ocean coast of Dongwu to build a shipyard and prepare to establish a new naval base of the Ming Dynasty.
The second imperial edict was to hunt down Spanish Filot. Emperor Chongzhen once said that the murderer of the people of Ming Dynasty would be pursued to the end of the world. Therefore, the decision to capture Japan was officially issued.
On the one hand, the Japanese country has long coveted the Ming Dynasty and cannot keep it, so it wants to destroy it; on the other hand, the Ming Dynasty wants to use the Japanese island as its base, cross the Pacific Ocean, and continue to hunt down the Spaniards.
These two decrees can be said to be the supplement and follow-up to the decree that Emperor Chongzhen made clear to the world before he launched the Luzon war. Everyone knows that those words that Emperor Chongzhen said at the time were no joke: "The Western barbarians in Luzon are collaborating with each other." The local natives massacred the people of the Ming Dynasty four times. No matter men, women, old or young, they were not spared. Such evil deeds made people and gods angry! How can you repay kindness with evil? Don't think that I am a fool. If you dare to attack the people of the Ming Dynasty, I will retaliate in kind. Lu Song Dynasty is an example! No matter how far apart the world is, I will never spare you! My oath can be learned from heaven and earth!"
Emperor Chongzhen's label of being true to his words was once again emphasized, letting everyone understand that they must pay attention to Emperor Chongzhen's words. In this regard, it will naturally help to enhance Emperor Chongzhen's prestige at home and in the Yi Kingdom.
Regardless of what the common people thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen paid no attention to it at this time. His attention shifted to domestic construction.
The Portuguese fleet, which had just returned full of goods from the Ming Dynasty, came all the way from Europe and naturally brought things that the Ming Dynasty needed: books and talents;
At this time, Europe was at the end of the Thirty Years' War. This long-lasting war killed nearly half of Europe's population. It can be said that under such a long period of war, if there is a place to escape, if you don't want to fight, you will of course want to escape.
Therefore, the Portuguese recruited for the Ming Dynasty. Not too many people signed up. After being personally selected by the Portuguese king, the remaining people now stood in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
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