The Japanese wanted to take possession of Taiwan, Takasago Country, and it was not just a matter of a day or two. Takasago, or Takayama Country, is actually the name of a place on the coast of Banshu, Japan. Because of its white sand beach and surrounded by green pine trees, its scenery is similar to
Taiwan is similar, so the Japanese also called Taiwan Takasago. In the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, in November of the 21st year of Wanli, the monkey ordered the envoy Harada Sunichiro to go to Luzon to negotiate with the Spanish. On the way, he passed through northern Taiwan and gave a letter to the Taiwanese natives.
, and persuaded him to pay tribute.
There is something like this in the book: "Whenever the sun shines upon me, no matter how far I go to the sea, mountains, and rivers, no vegetation, trees, birds, or insects will be immune to his grace... In Korea, from past dynasties to this dynasty, there was an alliance with the Niu Er, and they broke their covenant for a long time...
…The Ming Dynasty sent out hundreds of thousands of reinforcements, but although they fought, they still failed to gain any advantage, so they came to send envoys to the Feiqian Prefecture of the country to beg for surrender...If they did not come to court, they could order the generals to attack them. The day when all things grow,
Those who are thirsty for all things are like the sun, and they have no thoughts." Wait, such big words, but the Taiwanese natives at that time did not have writing and did not understand Japanese. It is unclear who this document was given to, and whether anyone understood it.
Know.
In fact, Monkey was deeply trapped in the Korean battlefield at this time, and was fighting fiercely with the Ming Dynasty reinforcements. How could he have the strength to conquer Taiwan again? People are weak and snakes swallow elephants. This has been a problem in Japan since ancient times. This mountain looks at the height of that mountain, but it is not afraid of running away.
Broken leg.
At this moment, the invasion operation jointly carried out by the Satsuma clan and the shogunate ministers was in full swing. Several hundred samurai were divided into two teams; one team broke into the village, burned, killed and looted, while the other team went deep into the mountains and forests to pursue the escaping indigenous group.
Centaur.
Young Yamada Nagamasa's shrewd eyes rolled around, and he suddenly said to his father: "Father, we need to build a fortress here to guard the surrounding areas. Otherwise, those natives will not truly surrender."
Kaguyama Yuuki repeatedly praised: "Master Nagamasa does have a vision. This harbor is the best place to set up a fortress. However, we did not bring any engineering personnel with us when we entered the operation this time."
"It shouldn't matter. Let's build a fortified village first and then convert it into a fortress. Those natives cannot possibly attack our camp." Yamada Nagamasa looked at his father and said uncertainly.
Yamada Nagatomo nodded and said to Kaguyama Yuki who was standing on the side: "In this case, I will leave you ten iron gunners on the Zhuin ship, and I will leave it to you to set up the camp. When I return to Kyoto, I will
I will ask for your merit in front of the general."
Kaguyama Yuuki was overjoyed. He quickly bowed and said, "That's great. Please rest assured that I will definitely complete the task. I will send a portion of the tribute collected here to your house."
Yamada Nagamasa walked to the bow of the ship, looked at the continuous coastline, and sighed: "What beautiful mountains and rivers, the forests and mountains here look so much like the coast of Hyogo. Father, how much I want to stay here and conquer
The natives here must be very interesting."
Yamada Nagachi stepped forward and patted his son on the shoulder: "The world is big, don't miss the wider world just for the beautiful scenery in front of you. We will set off to Siam tomorrow. There is a bigger world waiting in the south.
You go and make a living!"
"Yes, father, I understand."
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The young Yamada Nagamasa was still a little reluctant to leave Taiwan. When the Zhuyin Ship left the chicken coop the next day, he kept looking at the island greedily. The young Yamada Nagamasa went to Siam and opened a new page in his life. He will
He became one of the best-successful overseas Japanese in Japan during the Age of Discovery.
At that time, Japanese people were engaged in a variety of occupations overseas, and most of them were merchants, employees, sailors, soldiers, and manual laborers. The Zhuinship system was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1590s and continued in the Tokugawa Ieyasu era in the 17th century.
, bringing these overseas trade and other activities to a peak. Through these maritime activities and their overseas communities, Japan’s entreport trade flourished in Southeast Asia. Many active ports have portmasters or heads of the Japanese munity.
); These port chiefs are called "syahbandar" in Malay and Indonesia. They supervise the activities of the residents in the Japanese town, are the liaison between the Japanese town and the local government, and are responsible for coordinating the port with the local government.
Trade activities among non-resident Japanese.
The prosperity of Japanese towns in Southeast Asia lasted for about 30 years. However, they gradually declined thereafter. In the 1630s, the Edo shogunate began to implement a seclusion policy. Japanese overseas travel was prohibited, and even returning to Japan from overseas was prohibited.
Some Japanese towns in Southeast Asia lasted until the 17th century. After that, Japanese overseas trade was gradually replaced by the Chinese, Dutch and Southeast Asians, but Japanese living overseas still played an important role in commerce in many ports.
At the end of the 17th century, due to the lack of new Japanese immigrants, these Japanese towns gradually disappeared or were assimilated by the local residents.
During this brief but dynamic era, Japanese towns were present at many of the region's major ports, including: Batavia (Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies, the Nguyen rulers of Vietnam (Quang Nam)
), Manila in the Spanish Philippines, and Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Among them, the largest and probably the most famous Japanese town is located in the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Ayutthaya) - the Kingdom of Siam. Its Japanese town leader
That’s Yamada Nagamasa.
Yamada Nagamasa came to Siam in 1605, and was later appreciated by the royal family of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Siam) and given an official title. He became the most powerful foreign businessman in Ayutthaya, and, with the then
Like the Portuguese, Yamada Nagamasa organized a mercenary army composed of 700 Japanese to fight for the King of Siam. They repeatedly demonstrated the combat effectiveness of Japanese samurai in wars with the Burmese, and suppressed uprisings, civil wars, and succession to the throne.
He frequently exerted influence on disputes and other matters; he also monopolized the Dutch trade route to Nagasaki and was allowed to specialize in certain special commodities, such as deerskin. Legend has it that he became one of the important generals of the King of Siam.
He got involved in the struggle for the throne and was poisoned by his enemies.
Yamada Nagamasa followed the original historical trajectory and went to Siam, and would eventually become the biggest competitor of the Chinese Company in Nanyang and Siam. This was something that the big butterfly Yin Feng could not have predicted.
Yin Feng, the big butterfly who disrupted the trajectory of history, was sending his army to attack Madou Society at this time.
In the empty field in front of the village, a black-clothed guard soldier and a Han general stood there and shouted loudly: "... hand over the Japanese who caused the trouble immediately, hand over the murderer of our Zhonghua Company personnel. Otherwise we will
We will invade the village and burn your houses and food!"
The Han general had been shouting there for a long time. At first, a few indigenous warriors rushed out to fight the escort, but they were immediately shot to death by a burst of muskets at the entrance of the village. After that, the village was in chaos, but it was
No one dares to challenge anymore.
Shadows of people flashed behind the simple wooden wall of the indigenous people, smoke rose inside, and people's voices were noisy. Yin Feng sat boredly on a hillside, surrounded by Chen Zhongji, Yan Siqi, Magaro and other personal guards.
The second guard commander is the newly promoted Zhao Tie, a member of the Zhao family from Zhaojiao, Haicheng. A total of 18 people from the Zhao family have joined the guard, and basically everyone is a good soldier. Zhao Tie
He was famous for his strength as a blacksmith, and he trained very hard. In addition, Yin Feng had fought alongside him in Manila, so he was promoted to whistle commander within half a year.
Although it was a bit nepotistic, Zhao Tie's ability was obvious to all, and no one could complain. At this time, he was reporting to Yin Feng: "Shipowner,..." Following the habit of Luzon refugees, he still called Yin Feng "
Shipowner".
"Ship owner, I've been shouting for an hour, but there's still no response from the village!"
"That's it, okay. Fire the cannon and blow down their village gate."
Yin Feng gave the order hesitantly. The people around him were a little strange. It seemed that the captain of the ship was very reluctant to deal with the indigenous people.
Yin Feng finally overcame the psychological barriers brought about by his cultural background, deployed one guard in front of the village, and fired three consecutive rounds from a three-pound infantry cannon, destroying the gate of the village.
Zhao Tie's sentry infantry stood at attention at the gate of the village. After standing for a long time, no natives came rushing out. They couldn't help but feel a little strange and at a loss.
Yin Feng stood up, picked up his binoculars, and observed people coming and going inside the village gate. It seemed like there was chaos, but no one paid attention to the escort soldiers lined up outside the village gate.
This situation is so weird.
Yin Feng sent the infantry from another sentry to the stream outside the village to prevent the natives from counterattacking from the flanks; the native soldiers from Xingang Society were sent to the nearby woods to guard against possible rescuers to the west or north. Yin Feng felt that it was difficult to deal with the situation.
For an indigenous village like Doushe with only 2,000 strong men at most, using so many troops is already overkill.
He turned back to Chen Zhongji and said: "Send Zhao Tie an order to rush in directly without hesitation. Anyone who resists will be executed. Fires are not allowed to burn down the house. Those who rob or rape will be executed."
Chen Zhongji was now the messenger and rushed to Zhao Tie's place. Then, the second guard infantry sentry began to beat the drums, and the soldiers moved forward in unison. A group of 35 soldiers equipped their bayonets and rushed in first as the vanguard.
Village. As a result, before the follow-up team could enter, two soldiers ran out waving their guns and shouted: "No need to fight, they surrendered!"
Yin Feng's mind was a little confused: Is it over like this? So what happened when the village was in chaos just now?
Two elders of the Madou village community appeared at the gate of the village. As a symbol of submission, they held up the small betel nut trees and small coconut trees planted in the soil and handed them to Zhao Tie to request submission. At the same time, a batch of Madou
The local soldiers of She escorted seven or eight people dressed as Han Chinese and handed them over to the Chinese company's escort team. As soon as these people asked for mercy, they were all Japanese.
It turned out that ever since the convoy surrounded the village community, there had been a dispute between the natives of Madou Society and the Japanese who were hiding in their village and instigating the attack on the Zhonghua Company.
These Japanese were sent by the Satsuma clan a month ago. With the help of Japanese pirates who originally lived in this area, they escaped the maritime patrol ships of the Chinese Company and entered the mainland of southern Taiwan. Most of the contacts between the Chinese Company and the indigenous people in various places were through the Han people who had lived in the area for a long time.
, and did not exercise strict control over these indigenous people. Moreover, there were many Han fur traders who believed that the Chinese company's monopoly on the island's skin trade history violated their own interests, so they actively helped the Japanese to instigate the attacks.
Now, the escort team of the Chinese Company appeared, and the natives were frightened by the muskets from the beginning. So they wanted to hand over the Japanese to end the crisis. However, several Japanese warriors resisted with knives in the village, and finally hid in a
They resisted desperately in the big house, causing the whole village to be in a state of panic. Even the door was blown down and no one took care of it.
Yin Feng met with two elders and handed them a large blue flag with Chinese characters. The Aboriginal policy of the Chinese Company will be re-formulated; village communities allied with the company must accept the blue flag with Chinese characters as a symbol of protection from the company.
The appointment and removal of elders must be reported to the company’s internal affairs department for record.
At the same time, Yin Feng decided to draw on the Dutch rule experience in Taiwan and clearly define the relationship between the company and the indigenous village communities in the form of a contract.