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  Chapter 658 655【Cultivation】

   Zhang Zhaoyong bid farewell to Li Jixiu, and went home to earnestly study by himself.

  No one will know that their big family died fighting against the Qing Dynasty in another time and space.

  At that time, Guangdong was occupied by the Manchus, and Zhang, a middle-aged woman in Tianjin, claimed to be the queen of Emperor Tianqi. He engraved seals, commanded flags, distributed money and recruited soldiers in Tianjin, and contacted the peasant army in Jinghai County, repelling the encirclement and suppression by the local troops of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties many times. Unfortunately, Zhang was captured and sacrificed, and his subordinates continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

  The governor of Tianjin was frightened and uneasy, and invited the leaders of the peasant army to a banquet in an attempt to recruit security. When the incident came to light, the governor of Tianjin was dismissed, and the Manchu Qing sent heavy troops, and it took more than a year to wipe out the Tianjin rebels.

  The five gentlemen of Ningbo also died in the same year.

  Huaxia, Wang Jiaqin, Yang Wenqi, Tu Xianchen, and Dong Deqin learned that the Qing army in Zhejiang was transferred to Fujian. Immediately send people to contact the anti-Qing generals Wang Yi and Huang Binqing, planning to recover Ningbo through internal and external cooperation.

  But Huang Binqing was cowardly and weak, hesitant, and dared not send troops. The contact letter to Wang Yi was intercepted by the traitor landlord and sent to the government to report the letter to receive the reward.

  The five gentlemen didn't get a response for a long time, so they simply launched an uprising by themselves.

  The uprising failed, unfortunately, he was captured, escorted to Hangzhou and tortured to death.

  Wang Yi, who did not receive the letter, persisted in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. After being captured and sacrificed, his tribe continued to revolt until the Kangxi period.

  At the same time, in the northwest, an uprising broke out among the Muslims in Gansu. Once conquered Liangzhou, controlled the Hexi Corridor, and joined forces with Han gentry and peasants, the rebel army quickly increased to 100,000, and they failed after a year of persistent struggle.

  In the southwest, although some chieftains defected to the Qing army, most people of all ethnic groups were fighting. The Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Tujia...they have fought one after another, and would rather die than submit.

  Facing the brutal rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the people of all ethnic groups achieved great national unity.

   "Will you not send troops to destroy the Tartars this year?" Pang Chunlai asked.

  Zhao Han said: "There is not enough money and food, let's talk about it next year. Tartars are grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump for a few days."

   "Alas!" Pang Chunlai sighed.

   First sent troops to the Ryukyu and Satsuma domains, then sent troops to Vietnam, and then a large number of immigrants. The Datong court’s money and food were really not enough to fight the war.

Zhao Han put down his emperor airs and patiently explained: "Forgive me, sir. I know how urgent you are to eliminate the Tartars. However, in the long run, emigrating and stationing troops in Taiwan and Guangnan is more important than quickly eliminating the Tartars. The three divisions All the soldiers and their family members immigrated to Taiwan and Guangnan, if they are not treated generously and generously, they will feel that they have been dispatched."

   "I understand." Pang Chunlai expressed his understanding.

   Datong soldiers and their families who immigrated to Taiwan and Guangnan will not only be given an additional five acres of land, but the imperial court will also donate a large amount of cattle and grain. In addition, there is no need to pay land taxes for ten years, and the land taxes will be halved within twenty years.

  Especially for the families of soldiers who immigrated and settled in Taiwan, three households will be given a farm cattle as a gift, and they will not have to pay land taxes for 20 years, and the land taxes will be halved within 50 years.

  Pang Chunlai suddenly asked again: "When will Your Majesty attack the Dutch on Taiwan Island?"

  Zhao Han said: "It's not next year, it's the year after."

   This is really not Zhao Han's militarism, but the Dutch rule in Tainan, which has reached a critical period. Its oppression of Han Chinese and aborigines has reached its limit. In the next two to three years, the Han people in Tainan will rebel, and the Netherlands is estimated to engage in massacres.

  This news was reported by the magistrate of Zhuluo (Chiayi). Guo Huaiyi, the leader of the Han people in Tainan, is contacting the magistrate of Zhuluo to raise troops.

  Historically, the Guo Huaiyi uprising failed, and more than 4,000 Han males in the Chichi area were arrested and more than 1,800 were killed. More than 5,000 women were killed or captured, and many children were killed or enslaved. This accounts for four-fifths of the Han population in Chichi areas.

  Zhao Han tried every means to immigrate to Taiwan. Naturally, he could not let the situation get out of control. The purpose of sending the Datong Army to station this time is to prevent Holland from committing a massacre.

  When the Dutch first arrived in Tainan, their attitude was very humble. Even to build a castle, they had to buy land from the aborigines with money.

   Gradually, as the Netherlands increased its troops, it began to exploit the aborigines.

  The Netherlands failed to attack the big tribes, so they bullied the small tribes, so as to achieve the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys. They also brought smallpox to the aborigines, causing the local plague to be rampant, and took the opportunity to send troops to conquer various tribes.

  Little Liuqiu Island (near Tainan) had more than 1,200 residents, the Dutch slaughtered more than 400, and sold more than 100 young and strong to Southeast Asia as slaves. All the young women on the island were assigned to Dutch soldiers as slaves, which was tantamount to exterminating the tribe of the island.

   To deal with the Han Chinese, the Netherlands first provoked division, and then brutally suppressed them.

   Then, oppression through economic means. The liquor tax was levied on the Han people first, then the poll tax, and then the road tax. Not satisfied with this, the Han people are prohibited from privately selling buckskins, and all must be sold to the Netherlands. When Han people buy and sell houses, they are taxed one-tenth of the tax. There is also a tax on buying salt. The private sale of sugar cane is prohibited and must be sold to the Netherlands.

  Up to now, the Dutch have to pay taxes on the Han Chinese buying sugar, candles, tobacco, fish...even killing pigs for the New Year, and buying firewood for heating in winter.

  In addition, the Netherlands has continued to propagate to the aborigines, saying that the Han people are robbers and bullies, sowing discord between the aborigines and the Han people. It also prohibited the Han people from opening schools and forced the Han people and aborigines to believe in religion. Religious lectures are held at a fixed time, and the people in the area must come to listen, and anyone who does not come will be fined a buckskin.

   There is also a "democratic conference" that Han Chinese and aboriginal leaders must come to attend every year.

  The so-called democratic conference is to promote the goodwill of the Netherlands, and finally urges to pay taxes quickly to punish those tribes who did not pay taxes in full. This often happens. The envoys sent by the Netherlands to call the aborigines to hold a meeting were directly chopped off by the aborigines. The Dutch preached at the Democratic Conference, and the aborigines directly carried out the assassination on the spot.

  Nowadays, a democratic conference is held every year, and the Netherlands must send troops to maintain order, lest the democratic conference become an uprising conference.

   It is this kind of high-pressure policy that caused the Han people who had originally defected to the Netherlands to plan to rebel one by one. Now that the situation is at a critical point, if Zhao Han doesn't move his troops, Tainan is about to fight, and the result will definitely be a massacre against the Han people.

  …

Taiwan.

  Zhang Xianzhong was in Taipei, Sun Kewang was in Taoyuan, and Li Dingguo was stationed in Zhuluo (Chiayi).

   For a while, they won't be able to touch it.

  In Zhuluo County, Taiwan Prefecture, the aboriginal tribe is called Zhuluoshan Society. They have a high degree of Sinicization, and with the immigration of Zheng Zhilong and Zhao Han, the Han people and the aborigines have had close exchanges.

   "Hey, there are a lot of people here, it's not the kind of place where birds don't shit." Before Yuan Shizhong landed, he looked at the houses and joked.

  Li Dingguo said: "Zhuluo County is the place with the most registered population in Taiwan."

  The jurisdiction of Zhuluo County not only includes Chiayi, but also includes the Penghu Islands. The registered population of Han Chinese and aborigines has reached 70,000, and more than half of them are immigrants and descendants organized by Zheng Zhilong.

  Lin Chaofeng, the magistrate of Zhuluo County, personally led the officials to welcome the Datong soldiers at the pier.

   "General Li, General Yuan, you've come all the way for hard work!" Lin Chaofeng greeted with cupped hands.

   "Easy to say, easy to say!"

  The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Li Dingguo asked, "How is the situation in Zhuluo County?"

  Lin Chaofeng said: "There are constantly Han people in the south who cannot bear the oppression of the Netherlands and flee to the south of Zhuluo County to cultivate wasteland. And the Dutch red-haired ghosts often send troops to plunder and threaten the Han people to pay taxes."

  Li Dingguo asked: "Didn't Zhuluo County send anyone to negotiate with the Netherlands?"

Lin Chaofeng said: "I have negotiated several times, but I can't tell whose territory it is. The Dutch ghost always quibbles, insisting that it is not under the jurisdiction of Zhuluo County. I also sent people to organize farmers and soldiers there. Yes, but the number of Han people is too small to resist the Dutch guns and artillery."

   "Are these Han people who cultivated wasteland in the border areas registered?" Li Dingguo asked.

Lin Chaofeng said: "At first I didn't want to, and I kept avoiding the government, fearing that the government would impose heavy taxes. Now one after another, they have all registered. From the mouth of the salt dealer, they know that the government's land tax is very light, and the first few days of land reclamation No tax for a year."

  Yuan Shizhong suddenly said: "Since you have registered and registered, you are the people of the country! The red-haired ghosts robbed the villages and forced the people to pay taxes, which is to invade our territory and harm our people. There are many reasons for sending troops, **** it!"

Li Dingguo raised his hand and said: "Our army just finished the battle in Guangnan, and the soldiers need to rest. Moreover, the families of the soldiers of the whole army have not immigrated here, and they are all looking forward to reuniting with their families. The best time to start the war should be to reclaim wasteland and plant seeds next year. After the seed."

Lin Chaofeng also said: "Under the rule of the red-haired ghost, Guo Huaiyi, the leader of the Han people, sent people to contact him many times. He said that if he raises an army, he will definitely be able to capture Chixian City, but he needs the help of the government, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the counterattack of the Dutch. "

   Chixian City is Zheng Chenggong's Chengtian Mansion and the core of the Zheng family's rule of Taiwan.

  Chixian City and its surrounding villages now had more than 10,000 Han settlers.

  Li Dingguo said: "Let him wait a little longer, and make an appointment to start an incident next year."

   Ten thousand Datong soldiers were taken to the south of Zhuluo County by Li Dingguo. There were hundreds of Chinese peasants fleeing from the Dutch to clear the wasteland, and an indigenous tribe numbering over a thousand.

  Order the soldiers to cut trees and forests, transport the grain and grass on the ship, and build a large camp in a few days.

  Yuan Shizhong stayed in the camp to guard, while Li Dingguo led people to investigate the surrounding situation.

  When he came to the Beimen Township area of ​​Taiwan, Li Dingguo grabbed the soil by the river and said happily: "This is very fertile, and it is a good place to grow food."

  In the alluvial zone where the river flows into the sea, can the soil not be fertile?

   This piece of land is suitable for farming, while the coastal areas farther north and south are relatively barren, but they can be used to dry salt!

  Li Dingguo asked the Han people who fled nearby, and asked, "Are there any natives here?"

  The Han people replied: "Yes, their tribe is called Xiaolongshe, and they call themselves the Siraya tribe. There are not many people, only one or two thousand. The land is not well cultivated, and they usually rely on fishing and hunting for a living."

  Li Dingguo said: "Bring five hundred catties of rice and twenty catties of salt, I'm going to visit these natives."

  Back then the Dutch brought gifts and got along well with the natives, not to mention the black-haired Han Chinese.

  When the rice and salt were sent out, the indigenous leaders were very happy and willing to be neighbors with the Datong Army.

When Li Dingguo returned to the barracks, he summoned all the officers and men of the army and gave them a lecture: "Don't complain in your heart, thinking that coming to Taiwan is a distribution. Your Majesty said that the families of the officers and men have moved here, and each person can reclaim 30 mu of land. No land tax will be paid for 20 years. The land tax will be halved in fifty years. I went to see it just now, and there are two rivers flowing into the sea. The land is very fertile, and it is not a barren land. As long as it is cultivated for a few years, everyone will be a landlord. Do you want to do it?"

   "Do it!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

  The prestige of the founding monarch is enough to eliminate the resentment in the hearts of soldiers.

  At the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, a large number of soldiers and their families were moved to Yunnan, Guizhou, southern Jiangxi, northeast, and even to the grasslands north of Yanshan Mountain. There may be complaints, but the soldiers are very obedient.

  Li Dingguo said: "Don't wait for the family to come, let's do it now!"

  The soldiers set out with axes and ran to both sides of the two rivers to cut down trees and level the land. Those without an ax carried wood and stone.

  The efficiency is astonishing. In half a month, a large forest disappeared, and the felled wood can be used to build houses.

  (end of this chapter)