Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 361 Leaving within a time limit
After the new year, all the institutions of Ming Dynasty started to operate, and the anti-corruption shot was fired first.

In the southern region, more than 20 officials were dismissed, more than 30 officials were beheaded and their homes were ransacked, and more than 50 profiteers were ransacked on charges of collusion between officials and businessmen.

These officials were all retained before, and Zhu Youjian didn't touch them at first, but he just attacked the officials of the capital first, hoping that they could restrain themselves.

But they have been greedy for a long time, and they don't pay attention to the laws of the court at all.

Since they think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one will be able to move them. After all, there are huge interest groups behind them, and they are too involved, and they will cause turmoil after they are destroyed.

But Zhu Youjian's decision was something they could not resist. Under the joint action of Dongchang and Xichang, they were all executed in a short period of time with a thunderous force.

Although some people wanted to resist, they were immediately killed by Cao Zhengchun and Yuhuatian at the beginning of their preparations, and the entire family was uprooted.

Zhu Youjian's trick is very unique. It not only wiped out many profiteers and corrupt officials, but also allowed the treasury to earn nearly ten million taels of silver. At the same time, it also greatly deterred those who wanted to try their own danger.

The crimes of these corrupt officials and profiteers were soon announced to the world by the newly established Daming Daily, and the businessmen and common people who were framed and oppressed by them were all cheered.

Food from the south was also transported to the north by naval warships, which temporarily solved the problem of eating for the people in the north. Although they still ate porridge, they would no longer go hungry.

Navy warships traveled from the Yellow Sea to the East China Sea and then to the Bohai Sea. They transported food all the way, while practicing formation and artillery shooting training, neither of which was delayed.

The Special Forces of the Dragon Banner Army has also entered the southwest jungle. They are divided into several small teams to carry out survival operations in the jungle.

This will not only exercise their will, but also allow them to withstand a more difficult combat environment, without letting their combat effectiveness be affected by the environment in the slightest.

The mysterious armored cavalry also took up rifled guns for training and shooting. Now that the era of cold weapons is about to be eliminated, they must learn to shoot on horseback.

Daming now has strong soldiers and horses, and almost all cavalry have three horses per person. Daming is not short of war horses at all now. Of course, those excellent war horses are all obtained from Meng Yuan and Dongyao.

Monan has all been recovered, but their task is still arduous. There are still aliens in Mobei to conquer, and further north they will face the impact of Cossack cavalry.

Zhu Youjian will not give foreign races another chance to invade the border, nor will he allow the shame of future generations to appear, and will not even leave the budding opportunity to those foreign races with wolf ambitions.

Qianlong's mouth is like a tasteless bitter cold place, and he would rather be idle there forever. Zhu Youjian will not allow foreigners to set foot in it. Isn't it good to leave it for future generations to graze and travel?

What Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island, Lake Baikal, and Far East Siberia, they always belong to our Chinese territory, and every inch is not superfluous.

澳门
At the end of the 15th century, Portugal was the country with the most powerful military power in Europe at that time, and its navigation and shipbuilding technology was also the most developed.

Therefore, Portugal became the first country in Europe to find a new route to organize colonial aggression abroad.

After a lot of hard work, a new route was finally found from Europe to the East through the sea.

The Portuguese fleet first came to the Ming Dynasty and moored at the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong in 1514. At that time, the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of banning seas and rejected the request for a trade year with Portugal.

In 1517, another Portuguese fleet came and occupied Tuen Mun Island, an island at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangzhou.

Tuen Mun Island is the center of the estuary of the Pearl River. Its geographical location is so important that it is the only way for Guangdong to connect to Nanyang.

The Portuguese built permanent military fortifications on the island, smuggled, smuggled, robbed caravans, robbed women, and sold slaves along the coast of Guangdong.

They also extorted money from ships entering and leaving the Pearl River Estuary.

In 1521, Emperor Zhu Houcong of the Ming Dynasty issued an imperial decree, ordering Wang Hung, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, to drive the Portuguese out of the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Portugal was the overlord of the sea. Portuguese artillery had a long range and was not only very accurate, it was beyond the reach of Zhaochao artillery.

Every Portuguese soldier is equipped with a firecracker, which has a range of more than [-] meters and is extremely lethal.The Portuguese warships are made of double-layer wooden planks and are very strong. Each warship is equipped with thirty artillery pieces.

Facing the powerful Portuguese naval fleet, Wang Hung invited skilled craftsmen from the people to imitate the Portuguese artillery, and the firepower was very fierce.

But compared to the original goods for Portugal, it is still inferior after all.

The first Tuen Mun Island naval battle ended in failure of the Chinese navy.

In the face of a strong enemy, reckless fighting is not enough. Wang Hung immediately changed his strategy, sealed off the coast and stood firm, waiting for the enemy to attack with a static brake.

The Portuguese bullied that the range of Chinese artillery was not enough, so they challenged in areas beyond the range of Chinese artillery.

Wang Hong ordered the Chinese defenders not to defend the position, and at the same time quietly trained a team that was good at diving.

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Two more Portuguese warships came to challenge them. The diving troops attacked and missed the two warships, and then they all survived, including the crew and the boat.

Among the captured Portuguese soldiers, a man named Pan Ding voluntarily surrendered. Wang Hong modified Daming's artillery according to Pan Ding's suggestion.

The hit rate of the Ming artillery has been greatly improved. Several large-scale attacks launched by the Portuguese were repelled by the Ming army's coastal defense artillery fire, and the two sides entered a stalemate again.

After a lot of hard thinking, Wang Hung finally came up with a good idea.

After a month of preparations, on one night in September, taking advantage of the southerly wind, they released more than 100 small boats with firelights and carried out a fire attack to defeat the Portuguese.

The remaining 3 Portuguese ships fled the Chinese waters overnight. Wang Hung took the opportunity to command the Ming army to recover Tuen Mun Island and destroy the military base built by the Portuguese on the island.

The Portuguese were not reconciled. In 1553, they made a comeback again, and a Portuguese fleet came to the coast of Guangdong.

The Guangdong government officials at that time had already seen through the true colors of the Portuguese and took strict precautions against them.

The reason why the Portuguese landed in Macau was agreed.

One is because Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao at that time, was concentrating on encircling and suppressing Japanese pirates, and he was unwilling to make extra troubles.

The second is that the Ming Dynasty government at that time faced the situation of fighting on two fronts, Mongolia in the north and Japanese pirates in the south at the same time.

Some ministers suggested that it is best to open part of the sea ban in order to divide and disintegrate the Portuguese while increasing fiscal revenue.

The court accepted the minister's proposal to allow the Portuguese the right to land and temporarily reside in Macau.

After the Portuguese arrived in Macau, they paid commercial taxes and rents to the Ming Dynasty government and obtained the right to do business in Macau.

(Everyone knows what happened later. They forced the Dongyao regime to cede Macau. During this period, the Portuguese had a very high status in Macau. They seemed to be the masters, which aroused strong resistance from the people and failed to assassinate the Governor of Macau many times.)
Seeing the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, they started eyeing Zhuhai again, but before they could do anything, the imperial edict of Ming Dynasty came, and the Portuguese had to leave Macau within five days.

(End of this chapter)