Yu Tunan wrote a domineering letter to Shimazu Mitsuhisa, claiming that he had stationed troops in Yilan and Hualien and could send troops to Ryukyu at any time. It sounded confident, but in fact it was all false. Since Emperor Guangwu approved his plan
, after allowing the recruitment of 6,000 garrison troops in Taiwan, Taiwan seems to have a lot of soldiers and horses, but it is a pity that they cannot be used.
He's in big trouble.
Originally, the Chief Minister of Taiwan, Qiu Zizhang, submitted a petition to Emperor Guangwu, requesting that Keelung Prefecture be established in Taipei and Dongning Prefecture be established in Tainan. Taichung was not mentioned at all. As a result, Emperor Guangwu read the memorial at a glance, eh? What about Taichung? I will never allow it on my land.
There are places that the king cannot control! With a stroke of a pen, Taiwan has one more prefecture: Taichung Prefecture, which governs Changhua, Nantou, and Yunlin counties. From then on, Taiwan's provincial system was formed, with three prefectures and one county.
It was easy for Emperor Guangwu to write a memorial, just a few words. But it was extremely difficult to implement it. Taichung rebelled!
There is a reason why Qiu Zizhang did not mention Taichung in his memorial. There is an independent indigenous kingdom in Taichung: the Dadu Kingdom.
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The Dadu Kingdom was founded in 1540. It is an "inter-ethnic quasi-kingdom" jointly built by more than 20 villages and communities of the Bazehai, Babula, Maowuzi, Hongya, and Daokas tribes.
", the co-leader of the tribe is called the Dadu King, and the royal capital is built on the "Dadu" mountain platform. The largest ethnic group is the Bazehai tribe, and all the Dadu Kings in the past generations are from this tribe.
King Big Belly, the Dutch call him the King of Day, takes Camachat as his surname in the Babula language, and is transliterated into the Chinese surname: Ganziha. Although he is a king, he is actually just the leader of the tribal alliance. He has very few followers and no life or death.
Great power. Mainly responsible for functions such as distributing prey, mediating disputes among tribesmen, and presiding over sacrificial ceremonies.
The main reason why five different tribes can form one country is that they all use a common language: Babra language, and they all retain the characteristics of a matrilineal clan society. The power of the kingdom is in the hands of the female elders. The current big belly
Wang Ganziha Marlowe listens to his grandmother Miral in everything. In addition to Miral, Marlowe's stepfather Talbot also has certain power.
When this kingdom was first established, there were only 10,000 people. After more than a hundred years of development, it is now a "big country" with a population of more than 60,000. It is very powerful. Historically, the Dutch, the Ming Dynasty, the Zheng Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty all once took over this "country".
"There was no way, it was not assimilated until the Yongzheng period.
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Dadu Mountain Platform, the residence of the Bazehai tribe, the "royal capital" of the Dadu Kingdom.
The big-bellied king Ganziha Maluo is holding a bow and arrow, and is hunting in the mountains with his tribe. He does not hunt for fun like the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but to make a living. In addition to giving some of the prey to the tribe,
He will allocate them according to the performance of each mountain warrior.
At this time, although the Dadu Kingdom also began to cultivate food, hunting was still the main way of survival. If they did not catch enough prey, the tribesmen would go hungry.
"King Maruo, there are envoys from the Ming Dynasty. The saint and the commander ask you to go back.
"Saint" refers to Marlowe's maternal grandmother Miral. She is responsible for the religious affairs of the kingdom and is honored as "Saint". In the Kingdom of Dadu, which is still at the end of matriarchal clan society, her authority far exceeds that of the king;
"Commander" is Marlowe's stepfather Tarraboe (transliteration), he is a brave highland warrior and the military commander of the Big Belly Kingdom.
Marlowe returned to the "Palace" and found that his grandmother and stepfather looked serious, and sitting in the guest seat was an old man in his fifties, with a white face and short beard, gray temples, and wearing an official robe.
"Your Excellency, you are the Big Belly Chief Marlowe?"
The old man is very polite and greets me gently when we meet him.
Marlowe was only twenty years old. He was very tall and had a pair of sharp eyes. He stared at the old man and asked: "Who are you?"
"I am Qian Tong, the newly appointed magistrate of Taichung Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. On the order of Governor Yu, I deliver to the chief the imperial seal of inspection and official robe. Congratulations to Chief Malo. From now on, you will be the official of the imperial court.
"Hurry up and gather the mountain people with me, compile a fish scale atlas, and pay taxes. From now on, you will be the citizens of the Ming Dynasty."
Marlow was stunned, "I am used to freedom from all ethnic groups, why should I be a subject of the Ming Dynasty? Why should I be an official of your Ming Dynasty? The old man is too ignorant."
"That's wrong! In the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. Dadufan is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are naturally the people of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court allows you to inspect the land, so that
It is a great grace for you to cooperate with me in building a government and county in Taichung, and to organize households and people. If you are stubborn and refuse to obey the king, you will regret it when the heavenly soldiers arrive!"
Qian Tong persuaded him earnestly.
This man is a sad person! He has been working in the position of magistrate and magistrate for more than ten years and cannot be promoted. It is just in time that Taiwan is setting up prefectures, counties, and civil servants to select officials. I heard that he is going to the barbaric land of Taiwan.
No one wanted to go there, and there was a shortage of officials! The old man thought it was a good opportunity. His addiction to officialdom had damaged his mind, so he volunteered to come to Taiwan and was immediately appointed as the prefect of Taichung.
When I came to Dongning, the provincial capital, I saw that it was okay. The red-haired Yi people planned Tainan well and made it quite wealthy.
When he met the governor Yu Tunan, Yu Tunan encouraged him and told him to "be diligent in the king's affairs and not be afraid of hardship." Then he allocated some servants, gave him money and food, and sent him to take office.
As soon as he took office, the old man realized the meaning of "Don't be afraid of hardship" as Governor Yu said. Among the three prefectures in Taiwan, Dongning Prefecture in the south and Keelung Prefecture in the north all have castles built by the Yi people.
, everything about the household registration is ready, you can just take office directly. But this Taichung Mansion is completely planned on paper, it is all mountains, there is no city, and there is not even a place to live.
Keeping in mind Governor Yu's teachings, "Be diligent in the king's affairs and never be afraid of hardship", Magistrate Qian led people to inspect various places in Taichung and selected the location of the county seat in Changhua, Nantou and Yunlin counties. Next, he recruited the people to build the city. No one! First of all, there are no officials. I heard that Taichung is too hard and few officials are willing to come. One should be an official, and there are no posts like Tongzhi, Tongjian, etc. There are three county magistrates, and only Yunlin County Magistrate came.
, he is still a 20-year-old boy who just took the imperial examination, "he has no hair on his lips, and he is not solid in his work"; secondly, there are no common people. Except for a few surrendered Hongya people, most of the common people are hiding in the mountains of Taichung.
Within the territory of the Dadu Kingdom.
With no choice, Magistrate Qian had no choice but to come up with the idea of a Dadu Kingdom, and asked Governor Yu to grant the chieftain a title as a local inspector, allowing him to lead the mountain people down the mountain and help the imperial court build a county in Taichung.
I thought that the chief was not happy about the official position, but unexpectedly he refused. So he threatened me.
Upon hearing Qian Tong's words, "When the heavenly soldiers arrive, there will be no regrets." Tarob was furious and pulled out his hunting knife, "Bazehai people are never afraid of threats. This knife has killed and cut down countless ferocious beasts."
The heads of seven red-haired ghosts. Do you want to try its sharpness?"
As soon as the knife was pulled out, Qian Tong's body suddenly trembled, and he secretly regretted that he was so obsessed with officialdom that he ran to this barren Taichung to become the prefect. This time, his life is about to be lost!
"No rudeness!"
Miral spoke. As the grandmother of King Marlow, she is the top decision-maker of the Big Belly Kingdom.
The old woman is over sixty years old. She has clear eyesight, no hunched back, sharp ears and eyes, and knows clearly about things outside the mountains. She knows about the Ming Dynasty in Tainan and the establishment of prefectures and counties in Taipei. But she didn't expect that even Taichung,
The territory of Dadu Kingdom also wants to build a county.
Miral first scolded Tarobo for being rude, then struck the ground with his cane, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "The heaven wants to appease us, and it is a great kindness. However, the mountain people did not accept the king's change, and rashly organized the people into households.
There must be trouble. In the past, the red-haired ghosts conquered my country of Dadu several times, but they all came back defeated. Although this country is small, it has brave warriors who are good at fighting. Please tell Governor Qian to tell Governor Yu that our country of Dadu is the most hospitable, and friends are here.
, there is good wine, and if the jackal comes, he will be greeted with a hunting knife."