The first good news Zhao Han received was not from Northeast China, but from Taiwan.
The Dutch in the city of Geranje were besieged for ten months. They finally ran out of food and cried out for surrender.
It's up to you whether you want to kill or behead him. Just give him something to eat before he dies.
The Dutch East India Company ignored this and acted as if nothing had happened.
Governor Vanderlin of Batavia and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vanderland, these two men with the surname of Van are busy making money. They have stepped up their efforts to exploit the Javanese natives and smuggled goods to the Spaniards in the southern Philippines archipelago, making a lot of money in their pockets. Waiting for the Dutch headquarters to respond to them.
At the same time, the situation in the Arabian Peninsula has become extremely tense. The local forces, Ottoman, Persia,
The Netherlands, Britain, and Portugal were all involved, and even the Mughals were affected. Countless warships were piled up in the Western Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.
None of these countries really want to go to war, but they are afraid that the enemy will send troops.
Even the Dutch warships in Ceylon have been transferred to the Arabian Peninsula to prepare for war. How can they care about continuing the war with China?
Tensions in the Arabian Peninsula stem from the rise of the Ariba Dynasty (Oman).
Just last year, the founding sultan of Oman, Sultan Yariba, suddenly fell seriously ill and died suddenly, which attracted countless external forces ready to take action. Under the game of all parties, Yariba's nephew successfully succeeded to the throne. This new sultan is actually not a soft persimmon. After taking the throne, he immediately launched a general attack on Portugal.
Not a single Portuguese colonial castle remained in Oman, and all were captured by the new Sultan.
The Netherlands, Britain, Persia, and the Ottomans originally wanted to get involved there and take over the Portuguese colonies. But the new Sultan of Oman was too fierce. He took advantage of the mutual fear of these major forces to not only regain the entire territory, but also support their own merchants and unite with neighboring countries. Arab merchants in the region actually began to engage in maritime trade.
At the same time, the new Sultan of Oman also vigorously developed its navy and actively enhanced its maritime power (a few decades later, in just two generations, the Omani navy became the overlord of the Indian Ocean).
In addition, the Sultan of Oman successfully expelled Portugal, which greatly encouraged the Green Religions in East Africa. Green Religion leaders from various places,
Many people asked for help, and the Sultan of Oman generously sent troops to attack Portuguese castles along the East African coast.
Later, we even reached Mombasa (Kenya), Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Madagascar.
Become the absolute hegemon in East Africa.
There are many small and inconspicuous countries whose ancestors were once wealthy. Portugal, on the other hand, has completely failed to recover. It was beaten to the ground by the Sultan of Oman.
In addition to the situation in East Africa, the bigger problem facing the Netherlands is that local autonomy factions have begun to take power.
Just this year, the Dutch consul William II died of smallpox. His only son, William III, was born only eight days after his death. The Dutch local autonomy faction took the opportunity to seize power.
The local autonomy faction held a parliament and announced that the Netherlands would no longer have a unified army and that each province would be responsible for its own defense.
Five of the seven provinces have announced that they will abolish the position of "governing" in the future, and the Netherlands will enter the "first period without governing."
The Dutch government is the king of the Netherlands in disguise, and is held by the Prince of Orange family. This thing can be succeeded by father after death. Historically, the Anglo-Dutch War lasted for more than 20 years, and Britain was unable to achieve a decisive victory in the naval battle, so it deceived France attacked the Netherlands from the land route. The Netherlands was completely defeated by France. Only then did the local autonomy factions remember the Orange family and invited William III to command the army.
After repelling the French army, William III went to marry the British and became the king of England.
He also serves as the ruler of the Netherlands.
The British and the Dutch, who had been fighting each other for decades, were now ruled by the same king.
This saucy operation made the French king dumbfounded: Why should I cooperate with the British in the war?
This year, William II, the ruler of the Netherlands, died, and William III was still a baby. The Dutch local autonomy faction divided the country into pieces, so they started selling warships to Britain. Similarly, the Dutch East India Company was also affected.
Things are in such a mess that we can't spare any time to compete with China.
Nanjing.
A group of red-haired and green-eyed prisoners of war were escorted ashore, attracting passers-by to watch.
Foreign devils are becoming more and more common, but it still feels strange to see so many at one time.
The former Governor of Taiwan, Feuerberg, was now tied with anklets, his hands and neck were also shackled, and he was looking at everything on the dock with his hair disheveled.
What a prosperous inland port and what a majestic and solid city wall.
At this moment, Felberg felt like a joke. He actually thought he could easily defeat the Chinese army.
The Spaniards also had this bizarre idea. A few decades ago, during the Wanli period, Spain planned to send troops from the Philippines and send two thousand elites to completely occupy the entire Ming Dynasty. Then it was devastated by the Han uprising in Luzon.
Nan Huairen, who had traveled in China for several years, finally returned to Nanjing. Looking at these Dutch prisoners, he couldn't help but ask the escort: "Excuse me, may I ask where these prisoners were taken from?"
"Taiwan!"
Nan Huairen had heard of Taiwan, which was an island in China that was once occupied by the Dutch. It seemed that they were defeated by China.
"Da da da da!"
Several horses rushed out of the city, and one of them took out a court document: "Your Majesty has ordered that the Dutch prisoners of war from Taiwan will be beheaded directly without trial. Their heads will be prepared, and envoys will be sent from Honglu Temple to take these prisoners of war with them.
Head to Batavia!"
The two sides quickly completed the handover, and the prisoners of war were taken away by a group of officials and dragged to the execution ground today.
Nan Huairen sighed secretly. According to the administrative divisions of later generations, he belonged to Belgium. But in this era, Belgium was part of the Dutch Republic, and Nan Huairen was a serious Dutchman.
Nan Huairen went directly to Ai Julius's residence. He had already worshiped Ai Julius as his disciple a few years ago.
Arriving at Ai Julius's house, Nan Huairen found that there were many people gathered here, but it was this great scholar from the West who was seriously ill.
"My manuscript is in the drawer in the study." Aiulius pointed to the next door.
A large number of manuscripts were quickly brought in, and Aiulius said weakly: "China's customs and culture are very strong, and it is difficult to preach without changing the doctrine. The "Nestorian New Testament" was written last year, but there are too many differences within the church.
Today, the Society of Jesus only has about twenty people left in China. If it does not reform its teachings, it will disband itself sooner or later. You...just figure it out."
The missionaries were silent, not knowing what to say.
What Ajulius meant was to change Christianity to Nestorianism. The Nestorian New Testament combined Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Datong thought to radically reinterpret the Bible. Moreover, after the reform, the Jesuits completely broke away from the Holy See.
, it was placed under the management of the Religious Affairs Department of the Datong Imperial Court.
This series of ideas was too big a step, and there was a huge quarrel within the Chinese Jesuits.
Two days later, Aiulius died, and the "Nestorian New Testament" was also sent to Zhao Han.
After a cursory reading, Emperor Zhao was very satisfied with this and immediately ordered: "Although Ai Julius is a Westerner, he is also a master of Confucianism. He also compiled a new calendar, wrote a book introducing the achievements of Europe, and posthumously awarded the title of Doctor Guanglu and issued an order The Ministry of Rites decided on his posthumous title."
Doctor Guanglu, who was promoted from the first rank to the third rank, was considered to be graceful after his death. The Ministry of Rites struggled for several days and finally gave Aiululu a posthumous title: Wenduan.
The posthumous title "Wenduan" is generally given to great Confucians, especially those who wrote books and established theories.
Zhao Han only asked the Ministry of Rites to decide the posthumous title and did not give any secret opinions. The fact that the officials of the Ministry of Rites could give "Wen Duan" shows that Ai Julius's knowledge (Confucianism) was unanimously recognized by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
The first European with a posthumous title was born.
As for the "Nestorian New Testament", there is still a quarrel within the Society of Jesus. Zhao Han is not in a hurry, just let them quarrel, and when these guys are all dead, it would be better to just eliminate the missionaries.
"Your Majesty, Guangnan Military News."
Military reports on the front line or newly occupied areas now need to be written in four copies. One is sent to the emperor for review, one is sent to the cabinet, one is sent to the Ministry of War, and one is sent to the governor's office.
Zhao Han opened it and saw that it was more than two months ago.
Officials in Guangnan Province began to allocate land to farmers this year and did not allocate land directly to farmers. Even so, the gentry in Guangnan complained and colluded with local officials to pass taxes on to farmers.
Han officials focused on investigating Thanh Hoa and Nghe An gentry, punished several wealthy families one after another, confiscated their land and distributed it to the peasants.
As a result, the gentry in the two places began to cause trouble.
They colluded with local officials and intensified their exploitation of the peasants. They also told the peasants that these were exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that the Datong court wanted to collect.
Just this autumn, more than 20,000 farmers in Guangnan rebelled, all of which were instigated and funded by the gentry.
The Datong army stationed in Thanh Hoa was dispatched, killing more than 3,000 people and taking nearly 10,000 prisoners.
Zhao Han had a headache after reading the report, mainly because he couldn't understand the language. The imperial court could send officials to govern Vietnam.
But the grassroots officials must be local people. Many of these grassroots officials came from the gentry class. They worked with the landlords to deceive the superiors and the subordinates, making it difficult for the court to rule effectively.
The peasants were deceived by the landlords and officials, and they also hated the imperial court.
In Vietnam, which was conquered last year, more than 20,000 people rebelled this year. I don’t know how many more years this situation will continue.
However, Vietnam will never give up.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have not ruled Vietnam, and even the Yuan Dynasty has briefly ruled Vietnam. Most of the time, Vietnam belongs to Chinese territory, and the time for independence is even shorter.
Recovering Vietnam is the responsibility of the unified central dynasty.
Zhao Han ordered: "Half of the land vacated by the suppression of the Guangnan rebellion will be distributed to immigrants. One group of immigrants will come from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong. It doesn't matter which ethnic group they are, as long as they can speak Chinese."
The situation in Guangnan must be improved slowly, which may take decades or hundreds of years.
As for the Northeast War, although there has been no good news at this time, Zhao Han is not worried at all. The situation has long been settled.
(At the end of the chapter, there is a map of the territory actually controlled by the Datong court, which seems to be under review.)