Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 442 The Great Southern Emperor
Zheng Zhilong is now swollen.

From the day he announced that Nan'anbo became the king of Nan'an, the journey went smoothly. Zhejiang and Jiangsu, including the entire Taiwan Strait and some nearby islands, starting from Hainan Island in the west, Kinmen Island, and Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and other large and small islands belong to the sphere of influence of Zheng Jiajun.

To the north, his strength is expanding to southern Jiangxi and southern Hunan. With Li Dingguo's investment, the entire Guizhou has also been incorporated into his sphere of influence. It is their Zheng Jiajun's world.

Such strength, not to mention Zheng Zhilong who was born as a pirate who once dominated the Taiwan Strait, anyone would be inflated.

And not only that, Zheng Zhilong has also received extensive support internationally.Portugal was the first to clearly express its support for him. For their long-term interests in Macau, and after Edward returned from his trip to Guangxi, Portugal expressed its full support for Zheng Zhilong, with guns, cannons, ships, and even directly dispatched troops if necessary.

Don't underestimate little Portugal, it was one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time, Britain, France, and Russia were still ignorant teenagers at this time, not to mention the United States, the Americans were still cramping in the calves of the British and French at this time , in the world, Spain and Portugal have the final say, plus a newly rising sea coachman, the Netherlands, none of these three countries can afford to offend, so it is not easy to get the support of Portugal, Zheng Zhilong feels flattered .

The second country that clearly expressed support for Zheng Zhilong was the neighboring island country to the east of Daming. He and Daming were separated by a narrow strip of water. In history, the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty had many wars with each other. It was once a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.But now that the Ming Empire has declined, it is no longer China's follower.In the [-]th century, Japanese pirates invaded China's seas and territories. Especially during the Jiajing period, the Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded and became arrogant, which led to Qi Jiguang's feat of resisting Japanese pirates. Later, there were several wars between Korea and Korea.

The current island country has entered the Edo period, and the power of the government has fallen into the hands of the Tokugawa family, which is called the Tokugawa rule.

A country is actually the same as a person. Some people’s quality is really not very good. He can only see himself doing well, but not others. If others are worse than him, he will be envious and jealous. Then he bullies others.

This kind of person is very hateful. Many countries are happy with the decline of the Ming Dynasty, including Japan, but now the Ming Dynasty has come back to life because of Lin Yi's crossing, and now it has exploded with vitality. Its momentum is stronger than that of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and It was even worse during the time of Emperor Chengzu Yongle. The mighty Manchu Qing government was driven out of the country, and the Xiaoju mountains and forests dared not come out. Mongolia, North Korea, and Burma in the south once again surrendered to Ming Dynasty. In just ten years, a powerful Eastern Empire was about to emerge.

This is something that the island countries do not want to see. The Ming Dynasty is aggressive and murderous. General Tokugawa feels the obvious threat, but now he has just turned from chaos to governance, and now he is unable to fight against the Ming Dynasty. However, they saw that the Tianchuan family has produced a good son-in-law , This is why Zheng Zhilong is so powerful and has an unlimited future, so he must be strongly supported.So the Tianchuan family entered politics from merchants and went to Fujian in person.

Zheng Zhilong personally met this uncle Tagawa Taro, who is the elder brother of Zheng Zhilong's wife Tian Chuanmatsu and the uncle of Zheng Damu (Zheng Chenggong). Now he is the general of the island country and the owner of Hirado Island. When Zheng Zhilong arrived Nanyang and Dongyang were doing business as pirates, and the door frame was about to be broken by Zheng Zhilong. Apart from relatives, they were also old friends, so they met Zheng Zhilong very happily. After a long talk, Tagawa Taro returned satisfied.

Next, the Dutch East India Company, which was entrenched in Taiwan, also sent an envoy. This was Wei Malang's assistant, Van der Laan.

The Netherlands is amazing now. Although it is a small country in Europe, its rise heralds the decline of Spain and Portugal, which has changed the world pattern. Spain and grapes dominated the world before, but now it is different. Although The Netherlands is not completely independent now, and Spain still has a great influence on them. However, this emerging business empire thrived with unstoppable momentum. It even defeated Spain several times, competed for colonies everywhere, and drove the Spaniards out of Taiwan Island. replaced it.

The strength of the Netherlands, someone once made statistics. At that time, there were 2 merchant ships in the world, and there were 1.2 in the Netherlands alone. It can be seen that the strength of the Netherlands, a strong navigation and business, of course requires a strong army. Spain and Portugal are invincible The fleet was defeated by the Dutch fleet, and the Dutch naval fleet replaced it as the real maritime supremacy.

In the second half of the 17th century, British residents rioted, and the Dutch Armada sailed on the sea and was invited to England to suppress the mob uprising, which shows that the Netherlands at that time was full of prestige.

But what is surprising is that such a powerful Dutch fleet has repeatedly been defeated by Zheng Zhilong's private navy, especially the Golden Gate naval battle that took place in the 17s was a shame to the Dutch navy.Two state-of-the-art Dutch warships were entangled by Zheng Zhilong's private navy and some fishing boats of Ming Dynasty, and finally burned to the ground.

The Dutch navy, which is trying to dominate the world, has to bow its head to Zheng Jiajun's navy. Now, no matter their merchant ships or warships, as long as they pass through the Taiwan Strait, they must stop and pay taxes honestly, and do not exchange thousands of taels of silver for a pass. , Zheng Zhilong's army will let them be robbed or run aground at any time.

The current Zheng Family Navy is an out-and-out maritime overlord, and the Dutch Navy, known as the world's largest, has become a "little brother" in front of them.

And now Zheng Zhilong's strength has increased greatly, and the sea area he actually controls is more than one-third of the territory of the Ming Empire. Zheng Zhilong declared independence as king and fell out with the Ming Dynasty. These red-haired sons who have been entrenched in Taiwan have been fighting endlessly for the past two years Their eyes were not blind, and they reported to the King of the Netherlands in time. Under the temptation of huge profits, the King of the Netherlands certainly supported the existence of the East India Company in Taiwan. political strategy.

Taking advantage of the civil war in the Ming Dynasty, they wantonly sent more troops to Taiwan, from the original 6000 to the current 15000, the number of warships increased from the original 600 to the current [-], and the number of merchant ships that went back and forth reached [-]. These merchant ships are just businessmen if there is no war, but once the war starts, they can be used as warships, transporting weapons and equipment such as guns and bullets.

On the other hand, castles are being built on a large scale. The Dutch castles are world-class and impregnable. Now two castles have been built.

But now the Dutch don't want to fall out with Zheng Zhilong. Instead, they want to support Zheng Zhilong's rebels to start a war with Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong also warmly received this Vanderlane. Vanderlane said that the East India Company is willing to become eternal friends with Zheng Jiajun. When needed, they can provide guns, guns, and warships.

Zheng Zhilong applauded. You must know that the Dutch navy is number one in the world, and its weapons and equipment can dominate the world. Zheng Zhilong certainly wished for such strong support.

Now that Zheng Zhilong has figured it out, with such a large territory, not counting Li Dingguo's troops, he can mobilize more than 45 troops, including [-] sailors alone, and with the support of so many great powers, let alone Lin Yi, a supervisor , that is, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Yongle Emperor Zhu Di are reborn, I, Zheng Zhilong, have nothing to fear!
Zheng Zhilong further swelled up. He found several fortune tellers to look at his old house in Nan'an, Fujian Province, and then went to his current Nan'an Palace to see. As a result, these fortune tellers all said in unison that he was blessed and noble, and their mansion Has the air of a real dragon.

Zheng Zhilong was very happy to hear that. It seems that he got his name right. Zheng Zhilong is a dragon, that is, he is a potential dragon in the abyss, and he is not a thing in the pool. Now is the time to take off!

China's history of thousands of years has told him that the world belongs to the people of the world, not the world of one person and one surname. The emperor's old Liu's family can sit, Lao Li's family, Lao Zhao's family, and Lao Zhu's family can all sit in it. If it wasn't for him, Zheng Zhilong wouldn't be able to sit?
Li Zicheng became emperor after more than ten years of tossing around like a bandit, Zhang Xianzhong only owned one Sichuan and became emperor, I, Zheng Zhilong, were better than them in everything, and of course I could sit in such a chair.

His civil and military aides had long seen through his scheming, and encouraged him to ascend the throne. The title of the country was also thought up for him. Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime, Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi regime, and the one he established should be called the Danan regime. regime.

Zheng Zhilong appreciates it very much.

The auspicious day for the enthronement ceremony is also optimistic, that is, March 1648, 3, and there are still two months before this day, but it is not easy to become the emperor. The plot is intricate and complicated, and the palace has to be built. How can the scale of Ningnan Palace be done?
As a result, the Ningnan Palace was in a mess from top to bottom, and even officials from Fujian and other provinces were trying to help him. At this time, Zheng Damu and Li Dingguo’s urgent documents for help arrived. Not only was he not angry, but he laughed, "Victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists, so don't make a fuss, pass it on to me, oh, pass on this king's order to let the two of them return to Nan'an to meet their orphans."

"No." The reporter took the order and left.

A few days later, when Zheng Damu and Li Dingguo returned to Nan'an Palace in Fujian, they saw the busy scene of the whole palace and the large-scale construction work. They were puzzled, so they asked someone to ask for details.

"Oh, young commander, oh no, the villain should call you His Highness from now on," the man quickly changed his words, respectfully, as if meeting the crown prince, "The prince is about to ascend the throne, His Majesty the emperor of the Great Southern Emperor..."

The two were shocked when they heard this, they never thought that Zheng Zhilong would become emperor, Zheng Damu couldn't be happy at all, he couldn't even accept it, and secretly complained that his father was really confused, isn't this a rebellion?He was very unhappy when his father changed Ning Nanbo to King Ning Nan. He said that his father wanted to be the target of the world. He had persuaded him many times and was scolded by Zheng Zhilong. I can't bear it anymore. I used to call Lin Yi a national thief. Now if my father becomes the emperor, he is not as good as Lin Yi. Anyway, Lin Yi did not ascend the throne and sit in the palace. The country belongs to the Ming Dynasty. The emperor can only be named Zhu. How can he be named Zheng? !

Li Dingguo's face is also full of dark clouds. Of course, he does not approve of Zheng Zhilong's proclaiming the emperor in his heart. The only person who wants to be the emperor is his godfather Zhang Xianzhong. Now the two of them are cooperating to defeat the common enemy Lin Yi. His purpose is very clear. His godfather, Zhang Xianzhong, did not protect Zhang Zhilong as the emperor. What qualifications does a pirate have to aspire to be the Ninth Five Kings of the World?
When the two saw Zheng Zhilong pleading guilty, Zheng Zhilong was very happy to pull Li Dingguo and his son Zheng Damu up, and did not punish them for losing their city and land.

But Zheng Damu had two things that he had to report to his father, one was the killing of his general Shi Xian.

After Zheng Zhilong finished listening, his eyes widened, and Zheng Damu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down,
"Beasts..." Zheng Zhilong was furious. In his opinion, it's okay for his son to be defeated and lose this territory, but Shi Xian was killed. He couldn't accept it. , this is one, and the other is because Shi Xian's elder brother Shi Lang and uncle Shi Fu are leading the main force of the navy to fight against the Ming army. Sin does not lead to death, and now that his head has been lost, how will he explain to the Shi family in the future?Even if he became the emperor, this matter is also chilling.

Zheng Damu knelt down to complain about his grievances, and Zheng Zhiwan, Zheng Ming, Zheng Jing, etc. beside him hurriedly persuaded Zheng Zhilong, and finally persuaded Zheng Zhilong.

Seeing that his father was in a fit of anger, Zheng Damu didn't dare to say the second thing. Two days later, he and Li Dingguo came to see Zheng Zhilong, and the two of them persuaded Zheng Zhilong to take back his life. Now that the enemy is at hand, he should try to retreat instead of making big plans. Busy with enthronement and sitting in the palace.

Zheng Zhilong was furious again, Li Dingguo was fine, his son actually opposed Lao Tzu?In front of Li Dingguo, Zheng Damu was tied up and thrown into prison, but Li Dingguo was ignored.

Li Dingguo felt that Zheng Zhilong was not as good as Emperor Chongzhen when he became emperor, and he was disheartened, so he led the guards and left without saying goodbye that night...

On March [-]th, Zheng Zhilong really wore a dragon robe, and on this day, Lin Yi took his marines and [-] sailors aboard the huge battleship on the Nanjing River.

"fire!"

There were several loud bangs, and Ji Dong saw through the binoculars that a target ship ten miles away was blown up, the flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.

At this time, someone came to report, and Lin Yi heard it: "Zheng Zhilong has proclaimed himself emperor, what a death!"

(End of this chapter)