A foreign ship, a foreign helmsman, and a foreign captain are all familiar with the way to Dongwu.
The expedition fleet, composed of nearly a hundred large-scale ships, sailed away from Guangzhou in a mighty manner, followed the coastline, went south along the ocean, and headed straight for the Indochina Peninsula.
When passing through Macao, the fleet stopped for two days, and the foreigners loaded the naval guns that had been placed in Macao on board the ship one by one.
Yuzhu held his hand on the side of the ship and looked at the busy foreign sailors with a half-smile.
William was a little embarrassed, but he had to explain clearly, so he said cautiously: "Dear General, your country prohibits the entry of muskets and artillery. European merchants must abide by the laws of your country, so..."
Yuzhu smiled brightly and said coldly: "Dear Mr. William, do you believe that I can throw you down to feed the sharks at any time?"
Since William betrayed old William and his younger brother, he has been tightly tied to Yuzhu's pirate ship and can no longer escape.
After dealing with Yuzhu for many years, William knew how powerful Yuzhu was. He quickly lowered his head and whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I lied again. But you also know that from such a distance
When Europe comes over, if there are no guns and cannons on the ship, it is equivalent to giving money and ships to the pirates."
Yuzhu had known for a long time that before the foreign merchants brought their goods to the Qing Dynasty, the weapons on the ships were all stored in Macau or Luzon Island.
The customs and navy of the Qing Dynasty were very strict in inspecting weapons.
To put it bluntly, if foreigners bring other things with them, as long as they have enough money, there is room for negotiation.
All kinds of controlled weapons are absolutely prohibited. As long as they are discovered by the officers and soldiers, it will be a serious crime to lose their heads.
As for the foreign businessmen leaving weapons on Macau Island, the local officials in Guangzhou also knew about it. Since the foreigners returned home with weapons, the bureaucrats had room for evasion and deliberately opened their eyes and pretended to be confused.
The outside is loose and the inside is tight, which is a true reflection of the difference between inside and outside in the Qing Dynasty.
In fact, the Qing Dynasty continued the policy of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, uniting various people of color to rule the large number of lower-class Han people.
After the fleet left Lingdingyang, it spread its sails and sailed westward.
Five days later, the fleet arrived at Qiongzhou Prefecture in Hainan, now Haikou City.
Today's Hainan Island is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Guangdong, and the entire island is under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Prefecture. In other words, one island is one prefecture.
This is roughly similar to the model of Taiwan Island.
After the old emperor took over the island of Taiwan, he established the Taiwan government in Tainan instead of Taipei.
Contrary to what everyone imagines, the largest city in the northern part of Taiwan at this time was actually Tamsui (Hsinchu City).
As for Taipei City, which was famous in later generations, it is now just a small fishing port called Menga (měngxiá).
Menga means a small boat, and was later extended to be a place where small boats gather.
The old emperor had always been very wary of the Zheng family and his son using the outlying islands to cause trouble.
Therefore, after the Tatar Platform, the prefect of Taiwan and the general army of Taiwan Town were not under each other, but were both under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan-Xiamen Military Preparatory Road stationed in Xiamen.
It must be admitted that the old emperor was extremely skillful in playing this trick of controlling each other and not collaborating with me.
Yuzhu's journey south has epoch-making historical significance.
It is no exaggeration to say that hundreds of years have passed since Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty made his voyages to the Western Seas, and China once again sent such a large-scale fleet to show its power beyond its land borders.
To be honest, the old emperor gradually became older and became more and more successful.
Yuzhu was not only an authentic Manchurian banner official, but also a confidant promoted by the old emperor. Therefore, the old emperor did not think deeply about his rational suggestions and nodded in agreement.
The old emperor was a serious emperor who knew how to fight, not just talk on paper.
As early as the time of the peace of San Francisco, after the old emperor commanded the army to invade Yunnan, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and destroy the Dongwu Kingdom, which was sometimes rebellious and sometimes submissive.
It is a pity that in the mountains that stretch for nearly a thousand miles, the Qing army not only had difficulty in supplying logistics materials, but also lost troops and generals, so they had to retreat in despair.
Now, the old emperor was indeed very interested in the two-sided attack strategy proposed by Yuzhu.
Yuzhu is not the talkative Zhao Kuo, he is a famous general who has actually won many battles and never lost a single one.
When advancing troops by sea, you can attack, retreat or defend. You only need to bring more grain ships to ensure that the army does not go hungry.
Moreover, Yuzhu only led more than 10,000 people to attack Dongwu from the sea. If he failed, it would not harm the Qing Dynasty's national capital, and the losses would be extremely controllable.
Various factors, combined together, contributed to Yuzhu's voyage to Southeast Asia.
When the army arrived at Qiongzhou Prefecture, they had to replenish fresh water.
While waiting for supplies to be replenished, Yuzhu, on a whim, accompanied by Yang Dingjin, the prefect of Qiongzhou, went to Qiongshan County to pay homage to Hai Rui's tomb.
Hai Rui, whose courtesy name is Ruxian and nickname is Gangfeng, is originally from Qiongshan County in Qiongzhou Prefecture.
According to Yang Dingjin's introduction, Hai Rui's tomb is located in his hometown, Binya Village, Qiongshan County, in the western suburbs of Qiongzhou Prefecture.
The tomb of Hai Rui was built in the 17th year of Wanli, that is, 1589.
Because Hai Rui had no children, Emperor Wanli sympathized with his loyal ministers and sent Xu Ziwei, a protégé of Hai Rui and a former Jinshi scholar, to Qiongzhou to supervise the construction of the tomb.
This Xu Ziwei did indeed have a benevolent and filial heart. After he presided over the construction of Hai Rui's tomb, he refused to return to Beijing and took the initiative to guard the tomb of his mentor for three years.
In order to please the powerful Yuzhu, Yang Ding's golden eyes rolled and he said with a smile: "The general may not know something, but the origin of Haigang Peak is quite controversial."
"Oh?" Yuzhu was immediately interested. Hai Qingtian had a lot of anecdotes, maybe they were ones he had never heard of.
Seeing Yuzhu staring at him intently, Yang Dingjin suppressed the pride in his heart and introduced with a smile: "When I first came to Qiongzhou Prefecture to take up my post, I heard someone say that Haigang Peak is not of Han descent.
They are descendants of the Hui clan."
This was quite new. Yuzhu immediately became energetic and stared at Yang Dingjin's fat face without blinking.
Seeing that Yu Zhu's interest had been aroused, Yang Dingjin was secretly proud and explained in detail: "The distant ancestor of Haigang Peak is Haida'er. This name is extremely rare and can only be found in Hui. I believe you, the general, must know it.
Yes, the former Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty prohibited people from changing their surnames."
Yuzhu nodded. He once served as the vice president of the Ming History Museum for a period of time, and he was familiar with some of the great achievements of Ming Taizu.
How to put it, because the Semu people collaborated with Meng Yuan to bully the Han people. Therefore, Ming Taizu adopted various restrictive measures against the Semu people.
For example, the famous eunuch Zheng He was the little prince of the Semu people. After being forced to castrate, he was rewarded to Zhu Laosi.
Seeing that Yuzhu was in good condition, Yang Dingjin added: "It's just that Hu Zongxian once said: Yesterday, I heard that Hailing had bought two kilograms of meat for his mother's birthday."
After Yuzhu heard this, he couldn't help but smile. Magistrate Yang knew that he was a scholar and must be a well-educated banner man, so he deliberately wanted to use historical stories to lure him in!