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Chapter 422 If Descartes is not brought here, the king will shoot the captives
The story is divided into two parts. Zheng Zhilong finally died of an infectious disease in the tropical rainforest of Dayuan Island. It was already the summer of the third year of Longwu.

The Dutch on the island were wiped out, in fact, even before that, it was at the turn of spring and summer.

As for the repelling of the reinforcement fleet sent by the Dutch from Batavia, it happened earlier, around the end of the spring farming in the third year of Longwu.

In that battle, some Dutch warships were burned and lost power, and were captured by the Ming navy.
Of course, the prisoners on board were all screened and interrogated.Those with trustworthy value will be sent to Nanjing quickly, and handed over to Prince E Zhu Shuren for interrogation in person, declaring the great power of tomorrow.

One day at the end of March, when Zhu Shuren was in Nanjing, he met several representatives of the high-ranking captives who had been sent.

The prisoners didn't suffer much. After being captured, they ate and drank well. After all, Zhu Shuren had told him that he wanted the prisoners to return to Holland to bring messages.

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Early this morning, a Dutch man in his early forties with a curly beard and brown hair, and his interpreter were taken to the Princess Mansion outside Zijin City in an ordinary carriage.

Zhu Shuren in Nanjing theoretically does not have a royal residence. Whoever gave him the title of King E, of course his real royal residence can only be built in Wuchang City.

But in fact, everyone knows that Zhu Shuren is like a regent and will not become a vassal.When he was in Nanjing, he had to live in the Princess Mansion which nominally belonged to his wife.

Zhu Yuchan, as the only only daughter in the world, is of course treated very high. The luxury and grandeur of the princess mansion is even higher than that of an ordinary prince. suspect.

How can a big man in power live in a house with his wife's sign every day?

So in the past two years, Zhu Shuren paid his own money to build another block north of the Princess Mansion. He bought all the land of the nearby dignitaries and dignitaries, opened up and built another garden, connected to the Princess Mansion.

It is roughly the same as the relationship between Grand View Garden and Rongguo Mansion.The Princess Mansion is equivalent to the Rongguo Mansion, and the newly built garden is equivalent to the Grand View Garden.Zhu Shuren usually lives in the garden, which is close to his wife's mansion but not in his wife's mansion.

At this moment, a group of Dutch people were dragged outside the Princess Mansion and the "Grand View Garden". Naturally, they were dumbfounded before entering the door.

When they passed the palace wall of the Forbidden City before, they were already shocked. The scale of the palace garden of the Eastern Emperor was far beyond their imagination.It's just that the palace walls of the Forbidden City are too high, and they can't see what it looks like inside, so they can only imagine it wildly.

When arriving at Zhu Shuren’s residence, horse-drawn carriages are allowed to enter through the side door. Inside, palaces, pavilions, streams and lakes, rockery and rocks, waterfalls, exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals, winding paths for several miles The road was not finished, and the Dutch were all dumbfounded.

"Is this the residence of the Prince Regent in the East? It was probably less than one-tenth of the residence of Prince Maurice in Nassau back then." The leading Dutch official secretly expressed emotion to the interpreter in an unbelievable tone. Of course they All speak Dutch.

The interpreter was also heartbroken: "Who said it wasn't? I heard that the Eastern Empire fell into tragic civil strife and nomadic invasions a few years ago. Now it seems that they can completely stabilize the situation. Before, the merchants of the senior officials accepted the nomads with braids. Trade, it went so wrong that it ended up in such a catastrophe."

The Maurice of Nassau they mentioned died 20 years ago and was the previous generation of Dutch consuls.But his extravagance has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even though he has been dead for so long, the Dutch will still think of his legend when they mention rich people.

Prince Maurice is especially famous for his willingness to spend a lot of money to buy the world's BMWs and luxury horses.Even the sink and manger where his horses drink water and eat beans are made of gold and silver inlaid with precious stones.

Once a Hanseatic businessman showed Prince Maurice a rare Arabian BMW, which was faster and stronger than the original horses in the prince's stable. Maurice was so angry that he didn't have a good meal for a month.In the end, BMW was bought at a sky-high price of [-] dong.Later, whenever Europeans got rare BMWs, they would go to the prince to sell them.

But when these Dutch people saw the extravagance of Zhu Shuren's mansion, they knew that Prince Maurice, whom they had seen from afar in their youth, might be far behind.

The interpreter cautiously asked the servant leading the way: "May I ask why this palace is decorated with lights and festoons everywhere? Is it usually decorated like this? Those silk flower lanterns must be replaced soon after use, right?"

The question he asked was not confidential, and the servants of the palace proudly showed off: "It's nothing to worry about even if it's used every day! Will the prince not be able to use it? It's just for resting with the people, and he doesn't want to make trouble. Recently, the prince I want to accept the side concubine!"

The Dutch didn't dare to ask again.

The few people waited for a long time in anxiety, but the maids and servants did not make them wait, and the good tea and snacks continued. At noon, Zhu Shuren finally found time and announced that they would be invited to see them.

The Dutch captives, who had been tempered to the point of losing their temper, no longer cared about the etiquette that Westerners never kneel down. Under the low eaves, how could they not bow their heads. After entering, they chose to kneel and prostrate, not daring to look up at Zhu Shuren's appearance.

"What's your name? Where do you live in the Netherlands?" Zhu Shuren asked calmly. Of course, he was speaking in Chinese and asked the translator to translate.

Zhu Shuren has been traveling for more than eight years. He actually still remembers a little bit of English, but he doesn't want to show off that he knows a foreign language like other time travelers, that doesn't fit his identity.

There are many ways to show that you know yourself and the enemy, and there is no need to lose your face.

The interpreter immediately finished the translation, and then the leading Dutch prisoner obediently replied: "Your Majesty Jansen Tasman, Rear Admiral of the Lieutenant Navy, previously commanded a patrol fleet under the command of Governor Van Diemen of the East India Company..."

The governor Anthony van Diemen mentioned by the prisoner should have died of some acute infectious disease last year in history, but it is estimated that Zhu Shuren let Zheng Chenggong recover the officials in advance, which caused a chain butterfly effect and changed the Dutch. The trajectory of the governor and general, Fan Diemen is still alive now.

Of course, a person's lifespan is limited, and Fan Diemen is not too young, so even if he escaped his current death, his lifespan would not last for a few years.

When the Ming army repelled the Dutch fleet from Batavia for reinforcements, they did not completely injure its main force.Therefore, there is no fleet commander or anything among the arrested people. The tallest one is only the commander of the patrol squadron in charge of the outpost, that is, the person in front of him.

Compared with Governor Fan Diemen, Zhu Shuren was a little surprised when he heard the name of Yang Sen Tasman reported by himself.

He didn't quite know whether the Jansen Tasman in front of him was some great explorer and geographical discoverer. After all, there were quite a few Dutch people with similar names.

But the word "Tasman" is still very representative. There is an island in Australia called Tasmania, and there is a sea called the Tasman Sea. The principle of the tranquility of human civilization", Zhu Shuren, in his previous life, had never seen it in his WeChat circle of friends.

Zhu Shuren asked calmly: "So, you are the one responsible for scouting the outposts of the main fleet? Do you have any achievements in geographical exploration? This king has always respected scholars, and he will respect people with geography, natural history, philosophy, and technical talents." Preferential treatment.

If you are just a red barbarian killing officer, you should be treated as a murderer. If you are a geographer and naturalist, as long as you share your knowledge with Da Ming, Da Ming will naturally treat you well. "

Of course, Yang Sen. Tasman also hoped to get better treatment as a prisoner. He didn't know that Zhu Shuren would let him go back, so he said quickly:
"In the years I worked for Governor Van Diemen, I led the expedition fleet to discover many places—of course, most of those places belong to the Dutch East Indies. I hope the prince understands."

He said this as a vaccination, lest Zhu Shuren ask him to help him seize the land, so he first stated that the land he discovered for the Netherlands was colonized by the Netherlands, and its sovereignty cannot be questioned.

Zhu Shuren just sneered, he doesn't have time to colonize right now, he's just trying to see the other side.

Seeing Zhu Shuren's acquiescence, Tasman showed off: "In the past ten years, I helped Governor Van Diemen discover that there is a wild and vast peninsula in the south of the Spice Islands, and there is a big island named Tasmania named after me. Asia, and the Staten Twin Islands, Tonga, Fiji..."

When Zhu Shuren heard this, his pupils dilated a few times.

A huge wild "peninsula" south of the Spice Islands?That means that the other party didn't circle the newly discovered piece of land for a whole week, so he didn't know how big the piece of land was.

This is obviously Australia.

But in history textbooks, wasn’t Australia discovered by Captain Cook of England 100 years later?

I have to say here that Zhu Shuren's history of foreign geographical discoveries in his previous life is still a bit superficial.In fact, the northern part of Australia is not far from the Spice Islands in Southeast Asia, only separated by a strait of one or two hundred miles. It is not surprising that the Dutch have discovered it long ago.

It's just that the Dutch didn't surround the whole island, didn't measure the size of Australia, and felt that there was no civilization, spices and other valuable specialties in the area, so they couldn't do business, so they didn't explore in depth.

More than 100 years later, the British came again. This time, they came to establish colonies and exile criminals. They came to farm, and they did not just pursue business, so they explored the whole territory of Australia.

In fact, the Tasman in front of me has sailed at least one-third of Australia's circumference along the northeastern coast of Australia, all the way to Tasmania, but did not go to Western Australia and South Australia.

And Zhu Shuren didn't know much about the other geographical names he mentioned, so he asked the other party to describe them in depth, and only then did he know that the "Stanton Twin Islands" he mentioned were actually New Zealand later.New Zealand was later renamed by the British when they came to occupy it again.

"It seems that this person is indeed the Tasman who caused the Tasman Sea to be named the Tasman Sea. He is also the discoverer of New Zealand. He is a talent."

Zhu Shuren thought to himself, he couldn't help but feel a bit of solicitation.

But he still didn't forget the business, so he asked someone to bring a document and threw it directly in front of the other party: "The king summoned you today, and I want you to go back and send a message to Governor Fan Dimen:
Your country’s garrison on Dayuan Island ignored our peaceful conditions of allowing them to take away their belongings, withdraw peacefully, and return the island, insisted on resisting, insisted on occupying Dayuan Island, and refused to pay for their contact with the Tartars in violation of the previous agreement cost!

Therefore, in the end they surrendered after being stormed and broke through the city, and they could only be treated as prisoners of war!Your country’s conditions for returning prisoners of war are all above. This king is not here to negotiate with you, but to announce this decision. If you can agree, we will release the prisoners of war when the conditions are met. If you don’t agree, All prisoners of war will be executed! "

Yang Sen. Tasman was shocked after hearing the interpreter's report: "His Royal Highness, you can't do this. As the ruler of a civilized country, how can you kill prisoners?"

Zhu Shuren's decree pattern jumped: "You haven't read the conditions yet."

Jansen-Tasman had to take a closer look, but the document had already been translated into Dutch in advance: "Let us find Mr. Descartes and his disciples, bring them to Asia, and exchange the more than 2800 prisoners of war and businessmen who were finally captured in the Battle of Dayuan Island, sailor?
Before the arrival of Mr. Descartes and his disciples, all prisoners of war will be treated as farm laborers to ensure food and clothing to open up wasteland on Dayuan Island? "

Descartes is already a little famous in the West now, and the well-informed Dutch upper class knows of its existence, and Jansen-Tasman certainly knows of it.

At any rate, he is a geographical explorer and half naturalist, and he still cares about academics.

Tasman hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help probing: "May I ask, Your Highness the Regent, what is the purpose of your seeking Mr. Descartes?"

Zhu Shuren was also unambiguous: "I'm in Asia, and I've heard of Mr. Descartes' name. I want him to come to me and take charge of any research institute—of course, my king has many research institutes, not just this one. There are also quite a few of Wang's staff who are good at arithmetic and arithmetic, and many other institutes already have capable leaders.

This king just thinks that the stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade, and more perspective mirrors, and mutual learning may be instructive, that's all.So if you can recruit more sages who are similar to Mr. Descartes but whose names are unknown to me, you can also recruit Daming.
This king will remunerate and reuse them. Of course, this king will test their knowledge. Knowledge can be poor, but this king can still tell if they are not liars. "

Zhu Shuren has never been a stamp collector of historical celebrities. Of course, he also knows that a Descartes will not make a qualitative change. In the future, more scientific and technological talents will depend on Daming himself.

But the problem now is that even people in Daming who know a little bit of natural science have a background in reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and their thinking is very limited. Zhu Shuren needs some catfish effect to muddy the water and inspire each other with these people.

This is the true meaning of the internationalization of academic talents.

Scientists also need to rely on the barbarians at the door to force them to move. Otherwise, they will always lie there and discuss seniority, and the disciples and grandchildren dare not express their opinions.

As for what Zhu Shuren said, he didn't want Tasman to mistakenly think that Descartes really had such a rare commodity to live in. It was just a sign, so don't try to extort people with high prices.

Tasman still wanted to talk to him about the salary, so Zhu Shuren didn’t want to talk about it. He only talked about Descartes. He would give him at least five times, or maybe ten times as much as he earned in Europe, depending on his contribution, and he could also give extra rewards. .But this is only a benchmark and cannot be cited.

As for the other details, Zhu Shuren said yes directly with the captives in his hands. If they didn't want the thousands of Dutch captives to regain their freedom, they didn't have to do so.

Tasman thought over and over again, and could only say that he was just a man with words. Even if everything went well, it would take seven months to sail from Batavia to the Netherlands, and [-] months to go back and forth. Those who take time to settle down and make decisions also need time.

So it will take at least a year and a half before it is possible to bring people back, and it is not surprising that it is a little slower than two years.

It will take another one or two months to sail from Batavia to Daxuan or Fujian, depending on whether the wind is favorable or not.

Zhu Shuren: "Time can wait. Anyway, in the past two or three years, the Dutch captives will not be abused in Dayuan Island. As long as they work hard, they can have enough food, a house to live in, and necessary medical conditions."

After getting his promise, the Dutch had no choice but to submit obediently, and went back to make preparations first.

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PS: The last few days were all [-]-word chapters, and the map is about to be changed.

But there will be an emotional scene tomorrow. Let’s sort out Fang Ziling’s affairs at the end. You can skip it. If you don’t want to read it, don’t open the book tomorrow. Tomorrow's emotional drama.There is still a small part of space tomorrow, some scenes that finally solve the problem of the Zheng family. There are not many, so there will be no chapters.

I was going to go out on the weekend, so I asked for leave the day after tomorrow. I will go over the problem of changing the map. The outline was messed up by my impromptu intention.

Next Monday, I will start writing about the scene of resuming the war with Dorgon.

(End of this chapter)