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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.

This bizarre idea, the Spaniards have also had.Decades ago, during the Wanli period, Spain planned to send troops from the Philippines, sending [-] elite troops to completely occupy the entire Ming Dynasty, and then it was terrified 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 but ask the escort: "Excuse me, may I ask where these prisoners were taken?"

"Taiwan!"

Nan Huairen had heard of Taiwan, which was a Chinese island once occupied by the Dutch, and it seemed that it was defeated by China.

"Da da da da!"

Several riders ran 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 belonged to Belgium.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 several years ago.

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

"My manuscript is in the drawer of the study." Ai Julio 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 only have more than 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 do.

Ai Julian meant to change 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 ideas, if the strides are taken too far, the Chinese Jesuits will become agitated.

Two days later, Ai Julius 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 the new calendar and wrote books to introduce Europe. He posthumously awarded Doctor Guanglu and ordered the Ministry of Rites Give him a posthumous posthumous title."

Dr. Guanglu, from the first grade of casual rank, after his death, Yourong and the Ministry of Rites tossed and tossed for several days, and finally gave Ai Julue a posthumous title: 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 secretly give advice.Officials of the Ministry of Rites can give "Wen Duan", Mingai 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 were 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."

For military reports on the front lines or newly occupied areas, four copies are now required.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 distribute the land to the farmers this year, and did not directly distribute the land to the farmers.Even so, the gentry in Guangnan complained, colluded with local officials, and passed taxes on to farmers.

The 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.And to the peasants, these are exorbitant taxes collected by the Datong court.

Just this autumn, more than 2 Guangnan peasants rebelled, and all of them were funded by the gentry.

The Datong Army stationed in Qinghua dispatched, killing more than 3000 people and taking nearly [-] prisoners.

Zhao Han felt a little headache after reading the report, mainly because of 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 captured last year, more than 2 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 Great Unification 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 gradually improved, 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.

Chapter 697 [Exotic hero]

The battleship, built of centuries-old oak, was officially launched in autumn.

The first batch of warships consisted of two ships, both of the Galenic type.One is 650 tons, the other is 500 tons, with four masts and square sails.

Galleons with square sails, an operation started 30 years ago, also known as "forgate sails".The later sail frigate was also named "Fogate Sailing Ship", but the two are not the same thing.

In addition, the deck superstructure was deliberately reduced during design, and the forecastle was also shorter than that of ordinary Galen ships.

This change is all to make the hull lighter and lower the center of gravity of the hull.Not only is it more flexible when sailing, but it is also less likely to be capsized by storms.It's just that from the appearance point of view, it is not as tall and mighty as before the improvement, and those with proper appearance are deduction items.

Europe is also making this improvement, even moving the foremast aft to the top of the forecastle, so that the mast distribution is more reasonable and efficient.

"Good boat!"

Before boarding the ship, Kuang Hong couldn't help admiring.

Kuang Hong is the eldest son of Kuang Lu. His father used to be the Zuo Buzheng of Guizhou, but now he has been transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the Zuo Shilang of the Household Department.

Kuang Hong himself joined the court of Datong early. He was good at poetry, music, riding, and swordsmanship. In history, he recruited soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty and died in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou.

After Zhang Dai and Liu Xiangke were promoted, it was impossible to go on foreign missions in person. Kuang Hong was appointed as a negotiating envoy this time and went to Batavia with the head of a Dutch prisoner of war.

"These two ships were designed and built by Dutch shipbuilders and Han-made shipbuilders," Hong Xu introduced with a smile. Use soft sails. The Han-made shipbuilders needed to add stalks of water wood to the bottom of the boat. The Dutch shipbuilders didn’t know about this. After making trouble to His Majesty, the Han-made shipbuilders won this time.”

The stem water wood is the anti-rolling keel, which relies on the hydrodynamic effect when the ship rolls to generate a stabilizing moment to reduce the ship's swing.It can play a miraculous effect when encountering a storm, and it can also make the ship more stable when sailing in normal times.

China's ship anti-rolling device is at least 700 years earlier than that of Europe (subject to the unearthed objects), and it has been used from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.In Europe, it was not invented until the end of the 18th century.

The two new ships of the Datong Navy combined the advantages of Eastern and Western ships, and not everything was decided by the Dutch shipbuilder.

Kuang Hong led people aboard the warship, and the heads of the Dutch prisoners of war were all packed in wooden boxes.

As Hong Xu walked, he introduced: "The Spanish ship captured before was named 'Datong, but now it is changed to 'Taiwan'. The largest new ship is called 'Guangzhou'. The smaller one next to it The new ship is called 'Fuzhou.' On the Guangzhou, there are more than 40 large and small cannons, the largest one is a [-]-jin cannon."

Kuang Hong was full of pride when he heard it: "With this huge ship, I can sail the world!"

Kuang Hong is from Nanhai, Guangdong, and he has been used to seeing sea ships since he was a child.Now that I am on the 650-ton Guangzhou, I suddenly don't want to be a civil servant, and I want to become an admiral in the navy.

The naval fleet departs from Taicang Port.

There are a few small boats ahead, pulling and guiding the large naval ship, avoiding shoals and rocks all the way, and entering the sea smoothly from the Yangtze River.

The navigator holds a nautical compass in his hand, which can be used in conjunction with the "Haidao Needle Classic".

"Haidao Acupuncture" is a collection of the painstaking efforts of countless Chinese navigators, and it has been accumulated since the Song Dynasty.At the beginning, only the waters near China were recorded, until Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean, and the other side of the Indian Ocean was also recorded.

Although most of Zheng He's voyage materials are lost, his "Hai Dao Jing Jing" has been circulated. The "Zibao Shipyard Sails from Longjiang Pass to Foreign Lands" published in the Wanli period is a set of Zheng He's voyages to the West. needlebook.

The "Haidao Needle Classic" used by the Datong Navy collected and sorted out a large number of needle paths, and at the same time asked the maritime merchants in various provinces to contribute their own nautical charts.After summarizing, the "Datong Haidao Needle Classic" is engraved, and private maritime merchants can also buy it at a high price.

Tianqian, Earthly Branches, and Bagua divide the nautical compass into 24 equal parts.

Following Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas to locate the needle: set off at Taicang Port, use Danyi needles, and level the Wusong River after one watch.Use Yimao needle, one shift, to Nanhuizui.

Translated into human words: Set sail from Taicang Port, travel along the direction of 105 degrees, and pass ten miles (some say twelve miles) to Wusong River.Then drive along the direction of 97.5 degrees, passing through ten miles, to Nanhuizui.

All the routes of Zheng He's voyages are all accurately positioned, such as in the South China Sea——

"When sailing from Sumatra, use dry needles. At twelfth watch, the boat levels Longsiyu. Forty watches, the boat uses Xinyou needles. At fifty watches, the boat sees Mount Ceylon." (Departing from Sumatra Port, along 307.5 Sailing in the direction of 120 degrees, after 400 miles, you can reach Ambergris Island. Continue to advance 277.5 miles, turn to sail in the direction of 500 degrees, and you can see Mount Ceylon after advancing [-] miles.)

Such needle positioning can be called the ancient version of fool's navigation.

Of course, the sea is changing rapidly, and a gust of wind can blow off the course, so it is necessary to use the "star-crossing-sea technique" together.

It is recorded in literature that Ma Huaide in Suzhou in the late Ming Dynasty collected a set of star-leading boards. This set of star-leading boards is often praised as an ancient Chinese navigator by later generations.But in fact, Ma Huaide's set of starboards can't measure the height of the stars in Zheng He's nautical chart at all.

In Zheng He's nautical charts, the stars are often fourteen or fifteen fingers high, while Ma Huaide's star-leading board can measure up to twelve fingers, and the number of star-leading boards has to be increased.

What Zheng He used may be a sky-measuring ruler, or a star-leading ruler, or a star-leading board with increased volume.

However, the Datong Navy directly adopted the European right-angler, but the principles are similar.Moreover, the method of using the right angle meter appeared in China very early, but Shen Kuo used a bow and crossbow at that time.

Following the cold current and monsoon, Kuang Hong soon arrived in Guangzhou. After resupply there, he joined five warships of the Guangzhou Fleet.

A total of twenty warships, in addition to logistics supplies, also carried some cargo.The profits from trade are divided into [-]% by the navy, [-]% by the national treasury, and the remaining [-]% by the royal family.

Although the navy's trading activities are allowed, they have to be reported every time, and they have to pay taxes to the customs in accordance with the regulations.

Moreover, the number of trades and the amount of trade each year are strictly controlled. Even the officials who preside over the transactions are sent by the Ministry of Commerce, and Datong Bank sends people to supervise the finances.Such trouble is to prevent the navy from completely losing control, and to prevent the navy from competing with private maritime merchants for business.

In December, the fleet arrived near Batavia, but did not dock directly, but continued sailing to the port of Banten.

"The Chinese fleet has come over?" Fan der Lin is still the governor, but because the sea is far away, the dismissal order has not yet arrived.

Van der Laan said: "A total of twenty warships, two of which are large ships over 500 tons."

Van der Lin worried: "Do the Chinese want to occupy Batavia?"

Van der Laan said: "Probably not. They continue westward, and they should be going to Banten Port."

"Are they going to form an alliance with Britain?" Van der Lin frowned.

The Netherlands is in Batavia, the UK is in Banten, and the two port cities are very close.

At the beginning, the Netherlands was unable to capture Batavia, because the Banten Kingdom itself was very powerful, and it also formed an alliance with the United Kingdom to deal with the Netherlands.

As a result, the Netherlands resorted to divorce, saying that the prince guarding Jakarta (Batavia) was going to rebel, and the Sultan actually recalled the prince.The Netherlands resorted to divorce again, causing the Sultan of Banten to force Britain to sign a special relationship agreement, and the alliance between Banten and Britain broke down.

As a result, the Netherlands captured Jakarta in one fell swoop and changed its name to Batavia.

The Sultan of Banten was so remorseful that he hurriedly repaired relations with the British, and joined forces with the local aborigines to attack the Netherlands.The Dutch couldn't stand it and asked for peace talks several times, but finally they waited for reinforcements.

Today, the relationship between Banten and the United Kingdom has become very close again because they have a common enemy.

Kuang Hong arrived at Banten Port by boat and found that it was unprecedentedly prosperous.

Unlike Batavia next door, where there are only Dutch and Chinese, Banten has everything except the Dutch.This is a free port, especially the Green Cult businessmen, many of whom are from the Arab region.

The Datong Navy approached, and merchant ships from various countries evaded one after another.

As for the Banten Navy, there are only a few small sampans, all of which were left by the Dutch fleet.

Kuang Hong went ashore under the escort of naval soldiers, and said loudly: "Kuang Hong, the Chinese envoy of Datong, is here to visit Banten!"

The interpreter hurriedly followed up and yelled several times, and finally the port tax collector from Banten came over.

"I am the Chinese envoy, go and report to your king," Kuang Hong said.

The tax collector looked constipated: "The old sultan died of illness, and the new sultan has not yet succeeded."

Kuang Hong was taken aback for a moment: "Such a coincidence?"

What's more coincidental, while talking, there was a sudden gunshot in the city, followed by bursts of shouting.

Not long after, a large number of nobles and merchants fled from the city in panic.

Kuang Hong didn't know what happened, and immediately returned to the warship.

After about an hour, officials from Banten finally came to invite him to the city to meet the Sultan.

Accompanied by naval soldiers, Kuang Hong headed all the way to the city.There is no city wall here, just a residential area, and the palace is in the castle in the center of the city.

After entering the city, Kuang Hong found blood everywhere, and some Banten soldiers were cleaning up the corpses.

All the way to the castle, there are more bloodstains in the castle.

Finally, Kuang Hong met Ban Dan's new sultan, Ah Geng.

This Geng Sultan, who had just killed his brothers, seized the king's throne by force.Next, he will work hard to build an elite navy and set up a caravan to sail to the Philippines and India.

Unfortunately, after the death of Sultan Ageng, his sons competed for the throne, and the Netherlands took the opportunity to support one of them and controlled the state affairs of Banten from then on.

Standing in the blood-stained ground, Sultan Ah Geng smiled and saluted Kuang Hong: "Welcome the envoy from China, you are the most honored guest of Banten. The hateful Dutch are the enemies of Banten, and the Netherlands is also the enemy of China." .We have the same enemies, so we are destined friends.

Kuang Hong looked at Ah Geng standing in the blood, and heard the translation of the speech, and immediately made a judgment: the person in front of him must be a foreign hero!