These years of being the queen mother!

Facts have proved that the inferences made by Empress Dowager Yang through history are still very correct. In May of the [-]th year of Taichang, the Netherlands took the initiative to withdraw from Taiwan and retreat to Kitakyushu, Japan. So far, Taiwan has been completely recovered.And when the navy led by Qi Chengzhi and Zheng Zhilong entered Taiwan and officially took over the defense work, the Dutch who evacuated to Japan ~ Kitakyushu also began to have frequent conflicts with the Portuguese, who regarded Japan as a taboo, as Queen Mother Yang speculated.

Portugal, now known as the empire, is still under the rule of the Spaniards. In addition, it has not dealt with France very much. In fact, its national power is not as strong as it is touted. Otherwise, Macau, which was originally occupied by them, would not be occupied by the Ming court. It was taken back strongly, and then leased to France at a high price of 8000 million taels of silver a year.

With the loss of Haojingao, besides Brazil, the only colony that Portugal can afford now is Japan. The Dutch retreated to Kitakyushu and stationed in Nagasaki. Didn’t they use a knife to dig meat out of their hearts? In addition, there are secret agents of the Ming Dynasty factory guards He was ordered to pick things up inside, so frequent fights inevitably occurred.

It is said that after the praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole, after Portugal and the Netherlands fought each other, Britain, which is greedy for Japan, also got a kick in it, so when Portugal was struggling to deal with the Netherlands, it faced Such a rising star in the UK.Therefore, under the pressure of the two countries, Portugal, unwilling to withdraw from Japan just like this, gritted its teeth and simply found an alliance, dragging Spain into the water on the grounds of carve up Japan together afterwards.

Spain was one of the first countries to divide colonies everywhere, although in 1588 AD, after Spain's navy, known as the Invincible Fleet, was defeated by the British, Spain lost its status as a maritime power and began to face decline.But in fact, the naval strength is quite good, at least much better than Portugal.

However, this comparison is with Portugal. Once it is compared with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, hehe, no matter how united, there is no possibility of doing the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

In 1637 AD, which was the tenth year of Taichang and July in the second year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, Japan locked up the country and the Portuguese were completely expelled from Japan. Britain and the Netherlands divided Japan together according to a secret agreement. The Dutch East India Company and the The British East India Company together monopolized the Japanese trade, and began to build tobacco, cotton, and sugar cane plantations. Using Nagasaki as a trading base, it began maritime trade with Daming, India, Ceylon, and the Spice Islands.At the same time, France also occupied several strategically important and sugar-rich islands in the Caribbean Sea, and began to develop industries and dump a large amount of sugar to the outside world.

At this time, Britain also carried out commercial planting of tobacco and cotton in the North American colonies, which required a lot of manpower, and France’s sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean islands also required a lot of manpower, so the demand for slaves in the two countries was also increasing, so slaves Trade is hot again.

Most of the slaves were captured from Africa, or purchased with some cheap industrial products through the hands of tribal chiefs in North and South America. Because of the low cost and high profits, the Netherlands and Denmark soon joined in as active trade transit countries. Among them, a lot of benefits have been shared from it, and more European countries have also joined the evil activity of the slave trade.

You must know that the current emperor of Ming Dynasty, Taichang Emperor, Comrade Zhu Cilin, is a money hooker. Knowing that those European colonial countries have made a lot of money from human trafficking, Zhu Cilin, who is jealous, also wants to intervene in it, and prepares to take the captured people in southern Xinjiang and the Qing Tartars. sold to colonial plantations where slaves were desperately needed.

It's a pity that as soon as Zhu Cilin said this idea, he was ruthlessly shot down by Empress Dowager Yang.Empress Dowager Yang thought that the newly built mines and plantations in various parts of Daming were also short of manpower, so how could she push out cheap labor for the sake of petty profits.

You must know that because of the large-scale tax exemption across the country, now people have surplus food, and spare money to do some small business.The smarter ones planted more mulberry gardens, raised silkworms more extensively, and opened textile light factories, which added a lot of help to the export of silk.

It is said that businessmen seek profits, but in fact, whether they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people, it is human nature to pursue profits.Seeing that the textile and silk export trade was profitable, more and more people began to grow mulberry and raise silkworms.If it hadn't been for the Ming court's strict order not to allow improved fields to grow mulberries, the trend of planting mulberry and silkworms would have been even worse.

Pulling away, let's get back to the topic.The more gardens for growing mulberry and sericulture, the greater the demand for tenants will inevitably be.Compared to spending a lot of money to hire people, it is of course more cost-effective to buy cheap slaves.Therefore, Empress Dowager Yang objected to Zhu Cilin's attempt to intervene in human trafficking, and she asked Wei's Trading Company under Mingda's name to come forward and buy hundreds of black slaves from the evil slave owners for the royal plantation. forest garden.

Queen Mother Yang's move is much better than directly buying slaves from slave owners, although everyone knows that the Wei Family Trading Company is affiliated to the Royal Trading Company, and the Wei Family Trading Company's move is equivalent to Queen Mother Yang's move.But I know that I know that if I turn a corner, at least there will be no scholars talking about it, saying that this move is against the principles of human relations.Of course, Empress Dowager Yang is not afraid of the mouths of officials and bureaucrats, but it is good to talk less and let the ears be clean for a while.

In August of the tenth year of Taichang, the [-] troops who conquered southern Xinjiang returned victorious.After the celebration banquet, Empress Dowager Yang couldn't bear the nagging of Empress Dowager Ci'an and the sad eyes of Zhu Shuxi, who hated marrying, and issued a decree to confer the title of Hussar General Li Dingguo as Marquis of Changping, Shang Changping's eldest princess, and three years later Zhu Shuxi's concubine. Sixteen, that is, married at the age of eighteen.

As for the Princess Zhaoren who also hated marrying Zhu Shumei, she also pointed it out to Qi Chengzhi, the general of Zhenguo. Like Li Dingguo's couple, they also got married three years later!

It means that after getting married, it officially enters autumn.This year, due to the wide exemption of agricultural taxes and the use of a large number of farm tools that benefit the people, the farmers and tenants are very motivated, and the output of grain and cash crops has doubled several times. As for the commercial tax, which accounts for nearly [-]% of the total tax revenue, it is entrusted The increasingly prosperous overseas trade has successfully exceeded [-] million.

The one-year lease fee of Haojingao leased to France, plus mineral tax, tea tax, and salt tax, also added up to about 1.5 million.

Such a generous taxation has successfully made the officials of the household department smile. It is rare to take the initiative to write a letter proposing to increase the garrison in the re-attached southern Xinjiang area and reopen the land Silk Road.

The reason why Empress Dowager Yang sent troops to southern Xinjiang was to reopen the land silk road, so she readily agreed to the proposal of the officials of the household department, and asked the official department to count the household registration, communicate with the household department to deal with the pension, and let the The Ministry of War recommended suitable candidates to go to southern Xinjiang to garrison troops.

Because the southern border is located in a desolate place, but it is connected to the Middle East and Western Europe. It is considered a frontier fortress, so the selection of the garrison must be cautious.Empress Dowager Yang was inclined to Li Dingguo, who became famous in the first battle in southern Xinjiang, but in view of the Yizhi's order to let him become the princess, Empress Dowager Yang thought for a while, and agreed to the proposal of the Ministry of War to ask Yang Sichang, who had just waited for his successor, to be left by the Ministry of War. As a servant, he went to southern Xinjiang to take up the post of governor, managing the military and administration of southern Xinjiang.

As for Yuan Chonghuan, the right servant of the Ministry of War, who is also on the recommendation list, he will serve as the governor of northern Xinjiang, manage the military and administration of northern Xinjiang, and maintain the local security problems caused by the expansion of various plantations and horse farms.

After finishing all this, Empress Dowager Yang planned to go to Xiyuan Lake to relax, but she did not expect the news from the factory guard that on August [-]th, several ships with the flag of St. When the defenders stationed at the Humen Fortress in Guangzhou saw it, they immediately fired a cannon to warn them to leave Humen.But at that time, the British fleet seemed to deliberately stir up trouble, and ordered the St. George's trading flag to be pulled down, and the British King's military flag to be raised. Assuming a posture of preparing for battle, it commanded the fleet to bombard the Humen Fort.

Because of the sudden incident, the Chinese defenders quickly retreated.The British commander Wedell sent more than 100 sailors into the fort, tore down the flags of Ming Dynasty and Sun and Moon, and hung the flag of the King of England.In addition to these, the arrogant Wedel even ordered the removal of a total of 35 cannons on the fort, and moved them to the British ship as trophies.

As soon as this incident happened, the governor of Guangzhou felt that he had lost his face. On the one hand, he sent people to negotiate with the British side, and on the other hand, he sent people to the capital to ask the court's opinion.

You must know that the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty have a common problem, that is, they care about face.As soon as civil and military officials heard about such a slap in the face, they immediately rolled up their sleeves, filled with righteous indignation, and said that the British government had committed the crime of contempt for the state by attacking the people who attacked the Humen Yaniang shoe fort.Empress Dowager Yang was naturally also angry about this matter. First, she was angry that the British side had deceived others too much, and second, she was also angry that she was so busy that she forgot to check the history, so that the Yaniang shoe incident happened like history.

Nima, don't think that Aijia doesn't know that the reason why Wedell dared to do this is completely ordered by the British military.Isn't it just that the government wants to open a few more foreign trade ports and relax trade restrictions?Hehe, what Aijia dislikes most in his life is threats from others. If you dare to play this trick and test the bottom line of Aijia (the Ming court), Aijia will dare to declare war on you just to please him.

Empress Dowager Yang still doesn't believe it. With the national power of Ming Dynasty and the military strength of the army, she still fears that Britain, which has a population of only a few million people and thousands of casualties, will not be able to do so.You must know that the United Kingdom is still in the development stage, following the Dutch ass, picking up leftovers like jackals, but it did not rely on the navy to seize France in India, Canada, and large territories east of the Mississippi River in the [-]th century , has become the world's first-class colonial power, Ming has now expanded its navy with millions of people to face Britain, the odds of winning are quite high.Therefore, following the proposal of civil and military officials to send troops to promote the country's prestige and save face, Empress Dowager Yang appreciated the quasi-play, and sent Lu Xiang, Minister of the Ministry of War, to Guangzhou to discuss with Qi Chengzhi, who had just returned from Taiwan. .

"Since these barbarians dared to suddenly attack my Humen Yaniang shoe fort, they should bear the price of doing so. You must know that not only the civil and military officials, but also the empress dowager and your majesty are very angry. Therefore, they must be beaten, and they must be ruthless. beat."

Having served as minister of the Ministry of War and the second assistant of the cabinet for many years, Lu Xiangsheng has a better understanding of the temperament of the two most honorable masters of the Ming Dynasty.According to their personalities, they would not choose peace talks at all, so war will inevitably break out.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't pay much attention to Wedell's group of hundreds of people who 'captured' the Humen Yaniang Shoes Fort.You must know that before this trip, Empress Dowager Yang specially approved him to go to the Shenji Battalion, which has become the Daming Arsenal, and received [-] squat cannons and thousands of fire~guns that are close to the rifles of later generations, and let him go to Guangzhou. After Humen, they directly surrounded the Yaniang shoe fort, and turned them all into corpses with fierce artillery fire, before discussing whether to talk about etiquette and what to come first and then soldiers.

As the direct descendant of Empress Dowager Yang, Qi Chengzhi, who just came to Guangzhou from Taiwan, just like Lu Xiangsheng, did not pay attention to hundreds of people.Hearing what Lu Xiangsheng said, he immediately conformed to the Tao.

"Old Lu Ge's words won my heart. It was already past noon, and the subordinates who wanted to come with the officials had already surrounded the rampant barbarians with cannons. Now that the past has passed, it is just a good gift for the British government."

So Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Chengzhi, who used the Guangzhou government office to discuss affairs, did not sit for a while, and rushed to the waters near the Yaniangxie Fort by boat. The mother's shoe forts fell together, and the flames and black smoke filled the sky.

After a long time, the artillery fire finally stopped, Qi Chengzhi rubbed his ears that felt like they were going to be deaf, and sighed loudly. "This is really in line with a famous saying, you can't live without doing your own crimes!"

"what."

Lu Xiangsheng picked out his ears, and asked loudly, "I can't hear what you are talking about."

"It's nothing!" After a while, Qi Chengzhi smiled and said to Lu Xiangsheng when the seagull's startled cry sounded again. "Old Lu Ge, it's time for us to give gifts to the British government."

Because of the intensive bombardment, Wedell and the hundreds of sailors under him had no possibility of surviving, so the big gift that Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Chengzhi talked about refers to Wedell's corpses.In order to focus on combating the arrogance of the British side, Qi Chengzhi commanded his men to clean up the battlefield, and after cleaning up the bodies of hundreds of Weddell and others, they directly threw them on the merchant ships of other Chinese who came to Guangzhou to berth, and asked the merchants from other countries to hand them over to the British. Wang, and through Paul Noreti, the interpreter under Chen Qian, the general soldier of Guangzhou, strongly condemned this banditry in the UK, and stated that Ming would not accept any threat and would fight if he wanted to!

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