Chongzhen Chat Group

In the Manila City Palace, King Yi was a little restless from the beginning.

Originally, he had great confidence in the power of the imperial navy, but he was concerned about the battle at his doorstep. When he asked about the situation in the palace, someone from Luzon Ming told him about the power of the Xiyi warships. Especially later, When he heard that Xiyi had seventy-five warships alone, he became uneasy.

This war took place right at his doorstep. Once it failed, not only would his vassal be gone, but his life would also be in danger. As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos. He had never had such an experience, so he started to think blindly. What if?

Sometimes it's like this. The more you care, the more nervous you are; the more nervous you are, the more worried you are; and the more worried you are, the more flustered your heart becomes.

When the gunfire in Manila Bay rang out, his worry reached its peak. He couldn't hold it back anymore, so he ignored the dissuasion of his men and hurried to the top of Manila City to look at Manila Bay. No matter what, he wanted to see with his own eyes how the battle would turn out?

Who knew that it would be better not to look at it, but he was frightened when he saw it.

I saw that the enemy's fleet was overwhelming on the other side of Manila Bay. There were many, many legendary Western warships alone. This made him even more worried. Even if he roughly knew the battle plan and knew that reinforcements were waiting outside the sea, he was still afraid. What if the reinforcements outside the sea didn't arrive in time? The Xiyi warships are so powerful that they could very well bulldoze Zheng Zhilong's navy in the bay. What should I do?

However, what he didn't expect was that after the two sides actually started fighting, the battle situation in Manila Bay turned out to be one-sided.

First, the Dutch warships approaching the Ming Dynasty were shot and sunk one after another. Then, before the Dutch coalition had time to launch a large-scale attack, their own people started fighting. First, the pirates attacked the Dutch fleet, and then the Dutch fleet bombarded the pirate group. Seeing this, he felt relieved and acted calmer.

When he saw Liang Xiaozhen reporting in the chat group that he had captured the leader of the Dutch fleet, an admiral named Anthony, he felt relieved.

After exiting the chat group and seeing that the offshore reinforcements had appeared in the direction of the entrance of Manila Bay, he smiled, shook his head at the people around him and said: "Thanks to Gu Xin, you guys thought how powerful the Xiyi fleet was! Haha, did you see that? No matter how powerful the Xiyi fleet is, it is completely vulnerable to our Ming Navy!"

Looking at the smiling King Yi, his men also smiled and said: "The villain said that the Xiyi Fleet is powerful, but the villain did not say that our Ming Navy is even more powerful. The Xiyi Fleet wants to attack our Daming Navy. This It’s like an egg hitting a rock!”

King Yi was in a good mood at this time. Hearing his explanation, he laughed and didn't take it seriously. He just looked at the sea of ​​Manila Bay and the warships of the Ming Dynasty surrounded them and captured the enemy's ships and people. Although the results of this battle have not yet been reported, King Ke Yi can see that it is definitely a brilliant achievement!

From now on, the isolated vassal country will have no worries! King Yi thought in his heart.

It was not until the evening that the preliminary statistics of the battle results were calculated. Liu Jinsheng, on behalf of the navy commander Zheng Zhilong, reported to Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group: "In this battle, our army killed 356 people and injured 72 people. Captured There were 53 Dutch warships in total, 11 were sunk, and 11 more warships were seriously damaged and had to be abandoned. In terms of prisoners, a total of 9,000 prisoners were captured alive, including Governor Kun of Batavia and Admiral Antony of the Dutch fleet. Six hundred and fifty-two people. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-six pirates were captured. The Liu Xiang pirate disappeared. It has not yet been verified whether he was killed or mixed with the prisoners. More than 36,000 Nanyang natives were captured and countless others were drowned..."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very happy when he heard these numbers. No matter how planned it is in advance, the battle will only be settled when the outcome of the war is known. A big victory, a big victory indeed! After this battle, the entire Nanyang was controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

"I congratulate your Majesty, congratulate your Majesty, Nanyang is settled!"

"I will congratulate the emperor and congratulate the Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

Suddenly, the temporary group was very lively, and words of congratulations began to flood the screen.

Taking control of Nanyang means that many vassal kings can be divided, and the pressure on domestic clans will be reduced a lot. Moreover, the establishment of more vassal states in Nanyang will boost the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, which means that the sea trade tax revenue will greatly increase in the future!

After spending a small price, we got a big victory, and everyone was happy!

After everyone was happy, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to escort all the prisoners back to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty to build roads. However, the governor of Batavia and the admiral were sent to the capital along with the memorial tablets of the soldiers who died in the battle.

After the decree was issued, King Yi immediately contacted Emperor Chongzhen privately and complained that the vassal state was short of human resources and there was no one to mine. The vassal state did not produce enough minerals, so it was difficult to do business with the country, and it also owed a large debt to the Ming Dynasty Construction Bank, which also had to be repaid.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen agreed and gave him some prisoners to join Luzon's digging army.

King Yi grinned in his palace after receiving the new decree. Last time, I went to cut off the Spanish silver dollars by myself, but learned a lesson and didn't even get a single silver dollar. Now that I have learned my lesson, I have finally reaped some benefits. It seems that no matter what happens in the future, you must remember to hold the emperor's thigh first before you can have soup!

While he was thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order for Zheng Zhilong to sit in Nanyang and wipe out the remaining enemies in Nanyang that were hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Liang Xiaozhen was transferred from the factory guard system and awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy. He led fifty sail warships and a hundred other warships to the port city under the control of the imperial court in the Tang Dynasty. The name of the navy was changed. He was the Bengal Navy of the Ming Dynasty. This can be regarded as the first permanent Ming Navy in the Little Western Ocean (that is, the Indian Ocean).

This news made King Tang very happy. With such a naval force, he was not worried at all about threats from the sea. In this way, we can devote ourselves to building domestic roads to make it easier for goods to go to sea. As an old man in the chat group, he knew that the Ming Dynasty would definitely continue to expand westward. By then, his country, the Tang Dynasty, would become a prosperous area on the Silk Road.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care what the King of Tang thought, and mobilized a hundred sail warships from Southeast Asia to the Busan Naval Base in the Korean Province to strengthen the strength of the Liao Xian Navy and prepare to join the subsequent war against Japan. Of course, Zheng Zhihu's Marine Corps would inevitably be transferred there as well. Special operations have proven to have unexpected effects.

After issuing a series of decrees to Nanyang, the good news was announced to the world through the chat group. At the same time, Sun Chuanting was restored to the position of governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and the temporary replacement was removed.

At this time, the world was shocked again. Unknowingly, the entire Nanyang was controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This was not just about forcing the natives of Nanyang to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. It also directly became a part of the Ming Dynasty and was used to entrust vassal kings in the future.

The power of Ming Dynasty once again shocked the world. Especially the people in the south of the Ming Dynasty were even more excited. For them, Nanyang is about to become a vassal state, which is another huge business opportunity. There are many opportunities to make a fortune, and even many people have the opportunity to become officials in Nanyang.

In order to give the vassal kings a long experience, Emperor Chongzhen added them to the group and established a temporary vassal king group. Emperor Chongzhen could see that the vassal kings were rushing to ask King Yi for news about Nanyang. Because they were about to participate in the bidding for the Nanyang vassal kingdom, they were confident that they could quote the price readily.

It was a rare opportunity for King Yi to introduce the situation in Nanyang in the group. But as he talked, he would talk about the Battle of Manila Bay, the large-scale naval battle he witnessed with his own eyes, and the power of the imperial navy!

Emperor Chongzhen just smiled when he saw him chatting in the group. He was happy to see this situation.

After watching the chat headed by King Yi for a while, Emperor Chongzhen remembered something again. Although he gave Sun Chuanting the opportunity to pacify Nanyang and rescue many Nanyang Ming people, he reinstated his official position. However, because of his impartiality in taxation, he did not give officials a chance to show mercy. Although I appreciate such behavior very much. However, just after the easy break, it would be better to remind him of some things. He couldn't just have factory guards help him secretly, he himself had to make changes.

In the past, there was Hai Rui in the Jiajing Dynasty, who grew up wild. The Chongzhen Dynasty of my own had to shape one, so I chose Sun Chuanting, but I had to do it according to my own design and take the initiative to cultivate one.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen clicked on Sun Chuanting's portrait and went to give this powerful minister a face-to-face instruction.

At the end of May in the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, Taiping Port in Fuzhou, Fujian Province became prosperous at a rapid pace since King Yi entrusted Luzon and King Fu entrusted Annan.

Taiping Port is divided into two major ports, military and civilian. At the beginning, the military port was prosperous. The Navy was stationed here, and there was also the Navy's junior armament hall next to it. When there are more soldiers, the place becomes lively.

Later, civilian ports were changing almost at the same rate every day. Not only is the port expanding, but the docks that can accommodate docking are getting bigger and bigger, and there are also more and more warehouses and shops on the docks. The original wasteland surrounding the port has long since disappeared.

The merchants who ran the sea route were all wealthy. Under their leadership, they persuaded Changle County to report to the Governor's Office. In the end, cement roads were built here first, including the port, all of which were cement roads. This greatly facilitates the people in the port. They no longer have to worry about the rainy weather in the south, which makes the roads here in the port muddy and unable to do much.

Speaking of which, the people here were a little surprised. Governor Sun started out as governor of Fujian and has been here for many years. He has always been called the "cold-faced King of Hell". No matter who or what happens, they will only act in accordance with the laws of the court and be ruthless. Back then, he beat to death a tax evader, which shocked countless people.

But later on, the conversation about Governor Sun in the restaurant and teahouse seemed to have changed. They are all discussing that Governor Sun, the cold-faced king of hell, is actually targeting corrupt officials, military generals, and famous people who act recklessly. Who has ever tasted Governor Sun's ruthlessness towards ordinary people?

Having said this, many people think about it, and this is really the case. Governor Sun is ruthless to those people. On the other hand, isn't it a kindness to ordinary people and a good official?

Think about it again, what Governor Sun was like before he came to the south, and what he is like now. It is obviously much better! However, some people say that this is due to the change in the national policy of the imperial court and the reason for the emperor's sage. However, some people believe that the emperor's reign is true, but Governor Sun's ruthlessness and heavy punishment are also indispensable. Having such a good official is a blessing to the people!

It was on the basis of such public opinion that Haishang encouraged the Changle County Magistrate to report the matter of cement road construction. Unexpectedly, Governor Sun immediately approved it and reported it to the court, and soon asked the Ministry of Communications to send someone to deal with it first.

I don't know if Sun Chuanting's impression in the minds of civil and military officials has changed at this time, but in the minds of ordinary people, there have been many changes. When the news came out that the imperial court announced that Sun Chuanting had been reinstated, ordinary people were quite happy.

On this day, the people of Taiping Port unexpectedly discovered that Governor Sun came to their place, accompanied by many followers. Many people secretly speculated who would come to Taiping Port, but Governor Sun came to greet him personally?

Different from their melon-eating mentality, at this time, there were many sailing warships on the sea not far from Taiping Port, riding the wind and waves. The cabins of several of the ships were full of people.

Suddenly, a Ming army officer came down from the cabin and said with a smile to the people here: "The supervisor has an order. We are about to arrive at Taiping Port. You can go up to the deck and have a look!"

Upon hearing this, the originally quiet cabin suddenly became violent. It was like a stagnant pool, and suddenly, an elephant fell from the sky.

All the people in the cabin, men, women, old and young, all jumped up and started talking to each other excitedly.

"I'm back, I'm finally back!"

"I've been looking forward to it day and night, but finally this day has arrived. Even if I die, it's worth it!"

"I don't know what's going on at home. Are they doing well? Tell me, has my appearance changed? Will my family still recognize me?"

"Young man left home and returned home, his local pronunciation has not changed and his hair on his temples has faded..."

"..."

Amidst the noise, some people wanted to rush up to the deck to have a look. So, there was a bit of chaos in the cabin.

At this time, an old man paused with his crutch and said excitedly: "Don't mess around. Let's go one by one. Why are you in a hurry when we are all home?"

When he said this, some people in the cabin also echoed.

"Everyone listen to Mr. Su, don't be chaotic and don't be anxious!"

"Yes, we're already home, why are we so anxious?"

"calm down……"

Mr. Su, also known as Su Minggang, was the first to walk out of the cabin without Su Minglun helping him.

These people were all Ming people from Batavia. With the emperor's permission, they took the warship directly back to Fujian.

There is another chapter tonight