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   Chapter 699 696 [Dutch prisoners of war]

  The first good news that Zhao Han received was not from the Northeast, but from Taiwan.

  The Dutch in Zeelandia were besieged for ten months. Finally, he ate up all the food, crying and begging to surrender. If he wanted to be killed or killed, he would do whatever he wanted, as long as he was given something to eat before he died.

  The Dutch East India Company ignored this, as if nothing happened.

  Van der Lin, the governor of Batavia, and Van der Laan, the commander-in-chief of the navy, these two surnamed Fan are busy making money. They stepped up their exploitation of the Javanese natives, and smuggled goods to the Spaniards in the southern Philippine archipelago. They made a lot of money, waiting for the Dutch headquarters to deal with them.

   At the same time, the situation in the Arabian Peninsula has become extremely tense. Local forces, Ottomans, Persia, the Netherlands, Britain, and Portugal were all involved, and even the Mughals were affected. Countless warships were piled up in the West Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.

   These countries do not want to really go to war, but they are afraid of the enemy sending troops.

  Even the Dutch warships in Ceylon were transferred to the Arabian Peninsula to prepare for war. How could they care about continuing the war with China?

  The tension in the Arabian Peninsula stems from the rise of the Aliba Dynasty (Oman).

   Just last year, Yariba, the founding Sultan of Oman, suddenly fell ill and died suddenly, attracting countless external forces to move. Under the game of all parties, Yariba's nephew succeeded in succeeding to the throne. The new sultan was not a soft persimmon, and immediately launched a general attack on Portugal after he took the throne.

  Portuguese colonial castles in Oman, all of which were broken by the new sultan.

  The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Persia, and Ottomans all wanted to get involved there and take over the Portuguese colonies. But the new Sultan of Oman is too fierce. Taking advantage of the mutual fear of several major forces, he not only regained the entire country, but also supported the merchants of his own country, and joined forces with Arab merchants in the surrounding areas to start doing business in sea trade.

  At the same time, the new Sultan of Oman has also vigorously developed the navy and actively enhanced maritime power (decades later, the Oman Navy became the overlord of the Indian Ocean in just two generations of father and son).

  In addition, the Sultan of Oman successfully expelled Portugal, which greatly encouraged the Christians in East Africa. Leaders from all over the world asked for help one after another, and the Sultan of Oman generously sent troops to attack Portuguese castles along the coast of East Africa. Later, it even reached Mombasa (Kenya), Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Madagascar, becoming the absolute hegemon in East Africa.

  Many inconspicuous small countries, their ancestors were once rich.

   Portugal, on the other hand, was completely devastated and was beaten by the Sultan of Oman.

  In addition to the situation in East Africa, the bigger problem facing the Netherlands is that the local self-government faction has begun to take power.

   Just this year, the Dutch Consul William II died of smallpox. His only son, William III, was born eight days after his death, and the Dutch Zemstvo took the opportunity to seize power.

  The local self-government faction convened a parliament and announced that the Netherlands would no longer have a unified army, and that the defense of each province was responsible for itself. Among the seven provinces, five provinces have announced that the post of "government" will be abolished in the future, and the Netherlands has entered "the first period of no governance".

  The ruling of the Netherlands is the king of the Netherlands in disguise, which is held by the Prince of Orange family. This thing can be inherited from father to son.

  Historically, the Anglo-Dutch War lasted for more than 20 years. Britain was unable to win a decisive victory in the naval battle, so it tricked France into attacking the Netherlands by land. The Netherlands was completely defeated by France, and the Zemstvo faction remembered the Orange family at this time, and invited William III to lead the army.

  After repelling the French army, William III went to marry the United Kingdom, so he became the king of England and concurrently served as the ruler of the Netherlands.

  Britain and the Netherlands, who have been fighting for decades, are ruled by the same king.

  This coquettish operation made the King of France look stupid: Why am I cooperating with Britain to fight the war?

   This year, the Dutch ruler William II died, and William III was still a baby. The Dutch Zemstvo faction tore the country apart, and only then did the operation of selling warships to the United Kingdom come into being. Similarly, the Dutch East India Company was also affected, and its internal affairs were in a mess, and it was impossible to spare a hand to wrestle with China.

  …

   Nanjing.

  A group of red-haired and green-eyed prisoners of war were escorted ashore, attracting passers-by to watch.

   Foreign devils are becoming more and more common, but it is still strange to see so many at one time.

  The former governor of Taiwan, Felberg, was chained at the moment, his hands and neck were also shackled, and he looked at everything on the pier with disheveled hair.

   What a prosperous inland port, what a majestic and solid city wall.

  At this moment, Felberg felt that he was a joke. He actually thought that he could easily defeat the Chinese army.

  The Spaniards also had this bizarre idea. Decades ago, during the Wanli period, Spain planned to send troops from the Philippines and send 2,000 elite troops to completely occupy the entire Ming Dynasty... and then it was terribly messed up by the Luzon Han uprising.

  Nan Huairen, who had been traveling in China for several years, finally returned to Nanjing. Looking at the Dutch prisoners, he couldn't help asking the escort: "Excuse me, may I ask where these prisoners were taken?"

"Taiwan!"

  Nan Huairen has heard of Taiwan, which is an island of China, once occupied by the Dutch, it seems that it was defeated by China.

   "Da da da da!"

Several riders rushed out of the city, and one of them took out the imperial documents: "Your Majesty has ordered that the Dutch prisoners of war from Taiwan do not need to be tried, but beheaded directly. Their heads will be tanned, and Honglu Temple will send envoys to take these prisoners head to Batavia!"

  The two sides quickly completed the handover, and the prisoners of war were taken away by a group of officials, and today they were dragged to the court for execution.

  Nan Huairen sighed secretly. According to the administrative divisions of later generations, he was a Belgian. But in this era, Belgium is part of the Dutch Republic, and Nan Huairen is a serious Dutchman.

  Nan Huairen went straight to Ai Julian's residence. He had already taken Ai Julian as his teacher a few years ago.

   Arriving at Ai Julian's house, Nan Huairen found that there were many people gathered here, but it was this great Confucian from the West who was terminally ill.

   "My manuscript is in the drawer of the study." Ai Julian pointed to the next door.

A lot of manuscripts were quickly brought in. Ai Julian said weakly: "China's customs and culture are very strong, and it is difficult to preach without changing the teachings. The Nestorian New Testament was written last year, but there are too many differences within the church. Today’s Jesuits, there are only about 20 people left in China, and if they don’t reform their teachings, they will disband sooner or later. You…you can figure it out.”

  The missionaries were silent, not knowing what to say.

  Ai Julian means changing Christianity to Nestorianism. The Nestorian New Testament combines Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Datong thought, and reinterprets the Bible drastically. Moreover, the Jesuit Society after the reformation was completely separated from the Holy See, and was put under the management of the religious division of the Datong court.

   This series of assumptions took too many steps, and the Chinese Society of Jesuits became agitated.

  Two days later, Julian passed away, and the Nestorian New Testament was sent to Zhao Han.

After a rough reading, Emperor Zhao was very satisfied with this, and immediately issued an order: "Although Ai Julius is a Westerner, he is also a master of Confucianism. He also compiled a new calendar and wrote books to introduce Europe. He posthumously awarded Dr. Guanglu and issued an order The Ministry of Rites gave him a posthumous posthumous title."

  Doctor Guanglu, from the first rank of Sanjie, can be regarded as a posthumous honor.

  The Ministry of Rites tossed and tossed for several days, and finally set a posthumous title for Ai Julius: Wenduan.

  The posthumous title of "Wen Duan" is generally given to great Confucians, especially those who have written books.

  Zhao Han just asked the Ministry of Rites to assign a posthumous title, and did not give any advice secretly. Officials of the Ministry of Rites can give "Wen Duan", which shows that Ai Julian's knowledge (Confucianism) is unanimously recognized by officials of the Ministry of Rites.

  The first European with a posthumous title was born.

  As for the Nestorian New Testament, the Jesuits are still quarreling. Zhao Han wasn't in a hurry, he just quarreled with them, it would be better if all these guys were dead and the missionaries were gone.

   "Your Majesty, Guangnan Military Daily."

  Military reports on the front lines or newly occupied areas now need to write four copies. One was sent to the emperor for inspection, one was sent to the cabinet, one was sent to the Ministry of War, and one was sent to the governor's mansion.

  Zhao Han took it apart and saw that it was more than two months ago.

  Officials in Quang Nam Province began to divide the land into acres this year, and did not directly distribute the land to farmers. Even so, the gentry in Guangnan complained, colluded with local officials, and passed taxes on to farmers.

  Han officials focused on investigating the gentry in Qinghua and Ngee An, punished several big clans one after another, confiscated their fields and distributed them to farmers.

   As a result, the gentry of the two places began to make trouble.

  They colluded with local officials and stepped up their exploitation of farmers. He also told the peasants that these were exorbitant taxes collected by the Datong court.

   Just this autumn, more than 20,000 Guangnan peasants rebelled, and the gentry behind them all were instigated and funded.

  The Datong army stationed in Qinghua dispatched, beheading more than 3,000 people and taking nearly 10,000 prisoners.

  Zhao Han felt a little headache after reading the report, mainly due to the language barrier. The imperial court can send officials to govern Vietnam, but the grassroots officials must be local people. Many of these low-level officials came from the gentry class, and they cheated with the landlords, making it difficult for the imperial court to rule effectively.

   Peasants were fooled by landlords and officials, and hated the imperial court deeply.

  In Vietnam, which was conquered last year, more than 20,000 people rebelled this year. I don’t know how many years this situation will continue.

  However, Vietnam will never give up.

  Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the Song and Qing dynasties have not ruled Vietnam, and even the Yuan Dynasty ruled briefly. The land of Vietnam, most of the time, belongs to the territory of China, and the time for independence is even shorter.

  Recovering Vietnam is the responsibility of the unified central dynasty.

  Zhao Han ordered: "This time to quell the Guangnan rebellion, half of the vacated land will be given to the immigrants. From Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, each immigrant will go there, regardless of the ethnicity, as long as they can speak Chinese."

  The situation in Guangnan must be improved slowly, and it may take dozens or hundreds of years.

   As for the war in the Northeast, Zhao Han didn't feel worried at all, even though the victory report hadn't come yet.

   (At the end of the chapter, there is a map of the actual control territory of the Datong court... It seems to be under review.)

  (end of this chapter)