Time flies like water, and January passes in the blink of an eye, and it is already midsummer.
Gao pragmatic returned to Guilin, and in this month, he completed all the backlog of documents, and also successfully impeached an inspector who used a private stage carriage (historical facts, according to "The Record of Shenzong", an inspector actually fell because of this in this year).
There were also six or seven officials who were impeached by Gao Pragmatic for other illegal and careless reasons. Finally, he did not have to work in vain for a year, and it would be difficult for him to return to work.
After Huang Zhiting sent Gao Pangshi to Guilin, she stayed for a few days and then returned to Siming Mansion. After all, she was also a person with business matters and it was not good for her to stay away for a long time.
Naturally, she was extremely reluctant to leave when she left. Miss Huang, who was used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, actually had tears in her eyes. Looking at that look, even if she suddenly couldn't leave, the wolf soldiers wouldn't be surprised.
Fortunately, the wolf soldiers we led this time knew in private that there was something unusual between the eldest lady and the high press platform, so they all lowered their heads so low that they were almost tucked into their crotches, barely maintaining the dignity of the eldest lady.
Gao pragmatic didn't say too many words. Although he had good eloquence, he was reluctant to express it at this moment. He simply said two words to Huang Zhiting: "Wait for me."
Huang Zhiting's tears were actually brought out by these two words.
Everything that needs to be done is almost done. Gao is pragmatic and unlike Zhang Ren, who is not interested in growing his own sweet potatoes. In addition to "going to work" on time every day, he also receives requests for approval from Jinghua Group from various places.
He has not made many adjustments recently. There is only one new instruction: he ordered Gao Qi to use Quanzhou Port as a base and send people to gradually explore Singang Port and its surrounding areas.
Jingang, also known as Beigang or Mosquito, was located in Budai Town, Chiayi County, later Taiwan Province, in the lower reaches of the Beigang River in central Taiwan. During the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan was once referred to as "Jinggang". Jingang was also a maritime merchant
It is an important port for fishermen traveling to and from Taiwan Island, Penghu Islands, and Zhejiang and Fujian regions.
If you start from Quanzhou, you only need to sail directly to the southeast to reach it, and you will almost pass by the Penghu Islands on the way.
For a long time in Chinese history, the island of Taiwan has been unknown and few people care about it. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the mainland called Taiwan Island "Daoyi", during the Qin Dynasty it was called "Yingzhou", and during the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "Yingzhou".
Yizhou".
During the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was mainly called "Ryukyu". During this period, the connection between the mainland and Taiwan was more frequent visits by private fishermen or people who went out to sea. At this time, in addition to a very small number of people from the mainland who immigrated to the island of Taiwan, there were also
Some people passed through and lived here temporarily, and more of the residents were indigenous residents of Taiwan Island.
By the Ming Dynasty, various experts from later generations estimated that there were about 100,000 indigenous residents living on the island of Taiwan. They lived a primitive tribal life and lived scattered across the island's 36,000 square kilometers of land.
After the mid-Ming Dynasty, there were many folk names for Taiwan, such as "Chicken Coop" (referring to northern Taiwan), "Beigang" (that is, Jingang, the general name for Taiwan's western coast), "Da Yuan", "Tai Yuan", "Tai Wo".
Bay" (referring to the vicinity of today's Anping area in Tainan) was officially called "Dongfan". During the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty officials began to use the name "Taiwan".
Although the management of Taiwan by the mainland courts in the past dynasties was loose, it was not completely laissez-faire. Due to the further development of maritime trade in the Song Dynasty, the mainland had more contacts with Taiwan. By the Southern Song Dynasty, the government even sent troops to garrison Penghu. , manage Taiwan.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Penghu Inspection Department was established. At this time, the number of people immigrating to Taiwan increased again.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Penghu Inspection Department was still established in the early Ming Dynasty. It was not abolished until the 20th year of Hongwu due to the implementation of the maritime ban, and the residents were moved to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. In the 42nd year of Jiajing, due to factors such as coastal security, the Penghu Inspection Department was restored. The Penghu Inspection Department was established.
However, in general, due to the Ming Dynasty's previous maritime ban policy, Taiwan was not effectively managed, making it a haven and activity base for some pirate and smuggling groups. The more famous ones are Lin Daoqian and Lin Feng. In the original history, there will be Later, Li Dan and Zheng Zhilong became the adopted father and son.
What Gao Qi defeated in the Fujian Sea was Lin Feng's remaining main force and the pirate alliance after his failure in the fight for Luzon.
Oh, in fact, Taiwan now has another name among Europeans, called "Formosa". This was an old thing in the 22nd year of Jiajing. At that time, the Portuguese accidentally passed through the Taiwan Strait on their way to Japan. They discovered a beautiful island and called it "Formosa". "Formosa" means "Beautiful Island".
However, although the Portuguese discovered the "Beautiful Island", they did not occupy the island - the Portuguese population was limited and there were very few aborigines on Taiwan Island. For them, it was actually of little value.
In subsequent history, if the little butterfly Gao Pragmatism had not appeared, the Dutch would have replaced Portugal and Spain would have become the new maritime overlord.
Then the Dutch would establish the "East India Company" in Batavia City (now Jakarta), responsible for managing the colonies in Southeast Asia. In the fourth year of the Great Ming Dynasty (1624), the Dutch would send some people to invade Taiwan Island, And built Fort Relanje on the island (called Taiwan City in the Ming Dynasty, located in Anping in later generations). The next year, the Dutch built Fort Provencha (Ming Dynasty) on the Chican Mountain opposite Fort Relanje. People called it Chican City, and it was located in Tainan in later generations). The Dutch began their colonial rule over Taiwan.
This place was originally a safe haven for Eastern pirate smuggling groups, but was suddenly occupied by the Dutch. This, of course, directly affected the interests of the Zheng Zhilong Group, which was trading on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty at that time. However, although Zheng Zhilong had negotiations with the Dutch at that time, due to subsequent They were busy fighting against the Qing Dynasty and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, so they had no time to worry about it. Therefore, during the struggle between the Tatar Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Dutch remained steadily stationed in Taiwan for 38 years.
Until Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan - everyone knows this, so I won't say more.
In short, at this time, Taiwan had a small number of Ming pirates or people related to pirates living along the coast, but the population was very small. Overall, Taiwan was still a primitive desert island and a terra incognita.
Gao pragmatically asked Gao Qi to send people to explore Jingang. Naturally, it was not to wipe out the remnants of pirates - or this was only a very small part of the reason - he was beginning to consider occupying Taiwan.
With Gao Gongshu's current maritime strength, it is not difficult to occupy Taiwan. Even Spain, Portugal, and later the Dutch will probably not consider competing with him for Taiwan.
Not to mention Portugal, decades have passed and they had plenty of opportunities to occupy Taiwan, but they never did so because it was unprofitable.
But what happened to the Dutch? Didn’t they occupy Taiwan later?
In fact, this truth is worthless: the Portuguese rented Macau, although it was still inconvenient, but they could still trade with the Ming Dynasty. However, the Dutch never obtained this "pass", and they always had to rely on Zheng Zhilong's transfer
, to do business with Daming.
This was obviously not in line with the wishes of the Dutch, who were known as the "Sea Coachmen" at the time, so they came up with the idea of colonizing Taiwan, hoping that one day they could gather strength to defeat Zheng Zhilong, and then force Ming Dynasty to trade directly with them
.
Therefore, to put it bluntly, everyone was not going to the island of Taiwan itself at this time, but to find a "transit station" to do business with the Ming Dynasty.
And now the Ming Dynasty does not refuse to do business with others. Although the merchant ships of gringos are not allowed to enter the port, the Ming Dynasty has allowed the Ming Dynasty's merchants to go to sea for trade, and since the court is making more and more profits from it, this is already a rule.
National policies will not be changed easily.
In this way, who would have the nerve to go against the most powerful maritime trade group in the Ming Dynasty over a deserted island?
Therefore, at this time, if Gao Pragmatic goes to take Taiwan Island, it is obvious that he will not encounter too much external resistance.