Daming pirates

Although things happened for a reason, Zou Weilian obviously still didn't understand what kind of temper Yu Xiaotian had. In Xiong Wencan's eyes, Yu Xiaotian is just a submissive donkey. You must obey him so that he can do things well for you. You, Zou Weilian, are on the front foot.

After taking office, Yu Xiaotian's military salary was stopped. Doesn't this mean that he immediately stood on the opposite side of Yu Xiaotian and played against Yu Xiaotian?

Who is this Yu Xiaotian? He is the number one sea lord in the Ming Dynasty right now! This guy used to be a pirate, and he doesn’t have much of the majesty of the Ming Dynasty in his eyes. If he is happy to work for you, if he is not happy, this guy can do anything.

come out.

When Xiong Wencan heard the news, he broke into a cold sweat. He quickly wrote a letter to Yu Xiaotian to comfort Yu Xiaotian. On the other hand, he wrote a bullet directly and sent it to the capital to impeach Zou Weilian, saying that Zou Weilian did not know how to show sympathy to the soldiers and delayed the war.

General pay.

During the entire New Year period, there was a mess between the government and the opposition regarding this matter, and everything was said, but overall the reputation was not very favorable to Xiaotian.

Zou Weilian suffered such a big loss, and of course he would not let it go. After much consideration, he still wrote a bullet to impeach Yu Xiaotian, and this time he also wrote about the Taiwan Island incident, saying that Yu Xiaotian was selfish and selfish.

Li sent people to occupy Taiyuan Island, controlled it, and regarded it as his own personal possessions, but refused to incorporate it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. They also said that Yu Xiaotian was disloyal in supporting his troops and respecting himself.

This bullet was considered a blockbuster, and it exploded with a bang in the DPRK later this year. Nowadays, although many generals have gradually formed warlord groups, and they have the tendency to rely on their own troops to defeat them, but on the bright side

These generals did not dare to be too arrogant.

However, someone like Yu Xiaotian secretly controlled such a large island, but did not include it in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he regarded it as a private property. This was no small matter.

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became furious. In his opinion, Yu Xiaotian was a military general of the Ming Dynasty and received military pay from the Ming Dynasty. Since he occupied Taiyuan Island, then Taiyuan Island should be the territory of the Ming Dynasty. For Taiwan,

He didn't know exactly how big Yuan Island was, but after asking the bachelors in the cabinet and looking up relevant information, they found that Yuan Island was actually quite big.

However, Taiyuan Island used to be a gathering place for Japanese pirates. During the years when Japanese pirates invaded the border areas, many pirates and pirates ran there to take shelter and used it as their lair, which caused great harm to the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the red-haired people invaded Penghu. When Nan Juyi was the governor of Fujian, he carried out a large-scale campaign and drove the red-haired people out of Penghu. Later, it is said that the red-haired people retreated to Dayuan on Taiyuan Island to open a port and build a city.

So how did Yu Xiaotian occupy Taiyuan Island? So Chongzhen ordered people to investigate the matter, and soon got a rough idea of ​​the matter. It turned out that Yu Xiaotian could not be considered as occupying all of Taiyuan Island. Now

Not all of Taiyuan Island is occupied by Yu Xiaotian. Among them, the red-haired people still occupy Taiyuan Port, and a sea owner named Yan Siqi also controls a place called Bengang on Taiyuan Island.

Yu Xiaotian mainly controls the northernmost part of Taiyuan Island, where he built a Tamsui City and a Keelung Fort in a place called Jilong Bay. In addition, in recent years, he has also built a new city on Taiyuan Island.

At the southernmost point, he controlled a place called Dagougang, but no one knew that Yu Xiaotian actually took over the entire Yilan Plain. Tens of thousands of people had immigrated there and reclaimed a large amount of land. Now it has become

Sea Wolf Group, the most important rice producing area.

Chongzhen was very angry about this incident, and wanted to punish Xiaotian for this, remove Yu Xiaotian from the post of commander-in-chief, and take him to the capital for questioning. He wanted to ask Yu Xiaotian if there was anything in his eyes.

In the Ming Dynasty, did he still exist as the Ming Emperor?

Why did he control such a large territory on Taiyuan Island but not include it in the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty? From this point of view, the territory currently controlled by Yu Xiaotian is at least the size of several counties. It is really not one area.

In a small place, what made him most uneasy was that according to the information he collected, Yu Xiaotian had been continuously collecting immigrants from the land in recent years and transferring them to Taiyuan Island for resettlement.

Nowadays, no one can tell clearly how many immigrants Yu Xiaotian has immigrated to Taiyuan Island. Some people say that the number is no less than one million, but he does not believe this number. Some say tens of thousands, and some say hundreds of thousands to dozens.

Ten thousand, although the number cannot be calculated, such a large population has now escaped from the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and has become Yu Xiaotian's private subjects.

This is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. At first, there were only a few thousand slaves, but under the leadership of the wild boar Pinurhaci, they soon developed into a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty. After more than ten years, they occupied almost all of Liaodong.

Moreover, the slave-building army was always peeping into the pass.

Yu Xiaotian, who was silent, actually brought so many people to Taiyuan Island. Although the exact number is not clear, there should be at least hundreds of thousands. If one day, Yu Xiaotian also wants to support his own troops.

If you become a king, you might become the next slave.

Nowadays, just one slave establishment in the north has already caused great distress to the Ming Dynasty. There are still migrant armies in the hinterland of the Central Plains, making several provinces of the Central Plains a mess. If Yu Xiaotian also raises troops to cause trouble in the south, Yu Xiaotian's soldiers will

With such fighting power, the Ming army in the south could not control him at all.

If things developed to this point, Chongzhen thought of this and did not dare to think about it below the court. If it really developed to this point, Ming Dynasty would really die in his hands.

Originally, Chongzhen was furious and planned to issue an order to arrest Xiaotian and send him to the capital, but after thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately hesitated.

Because he doesn't dare to do this now. Yu Xiaotian is not a civil servant. He can be caught when asked and killed when asked. This guy is a general with a heavy army, and through Denglai to suppress the rebellion, he also

It can be seen that Yu Xiaotian is a strong general, and his soldiers and horses are well-equipped and quite good at fighting. The Denglai rebels can be said to be vulnerable to their attack. In just a few months, they defeated the rebels.

The army annihilated.

It can be seen that the soldiers under Yu Xiaotian's command are indeed quite good at fighting, and Yu Xiaotian is openly in Fujian and now controls more than 20,000 land divisions and more than 10,000 naval divisions.

This is an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people, all of whom are at Xiaotian's command. If he wants to arrest Yu Xiaotian, and if Yu Xiaotian refuses to accept it, and rebels, then Fujian can be said to be captured by Yu Xiaotian in an instant.

The soldiers and horses under his command may be able to sweep across the entire south in a very short time.

So now it is too late to discover that Yu Xiaotian has a strong momentum that cannot be lost. Now it can be said that Yu Xiaotian's situation is settled, and it is already very difficult to control him.

If he wanted to cut off this henchman now, it would be equivalent to forcing Yu Xiaotian to rebel, so if Chongzhen was given the courage, he would not dare to question Yu Xiaotian again.

So he quickly summoned his close ministers to discuss countermeasures. After a long discussion, the result was the same. At this time, Xiaotian must not be moved. The consequences would be serious. The Ming Dynasty could no longer afford it, and the south was also in chaos.

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Chongzhen was very helpless and depressed after deliberation and came to such a result. At this time, he began to secretly hate Xiong Wencan, because he knew that Xiong Wencan was responsible for Yu Xiaotian's recruitment, and over the years,

Xiong Wencan has always protected Yu Xiaotian, which is why Yu Xiaotian has become so powerful, so Xiong Wencan should be responsible for this matter.

As for how to deal with Yu Xiaotian's matter, the ministers discussed it for a long time, and finally they could only choose to comfort Yu Xiaotian as much as possible without pushing too hard, and at least Yu Xiaotian has no intention of rebelling now.

Shi Shi was ordered to lead his troops northward to wipe out the Denglai rebels in one fell swoop on behalf of the imperial court.

Although for unknown reasons later, Kong Youde led the remnants of the rebels to escape into the sea and disappeared. Some people said that after Kong Youde and his group entered the sea, they encountered a hurricane, which led to the annihilation of his entire army. However, no one can deny that in this battle, Yu Xiaotian

It played an extremely important role. This was affirmed by Zhu Dadian in his many memorials to the court, including Gao Qiqian, who also confirmed that Yu Xiaotian worked hard to put down the rebellion this time.

Therefore, judging from various circumstances, Yu Xiaotian has no signs of rebellion now. As for the fact that he occupies a large area of ​​​​Taiyuan Island and is not included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers believe that Yu Xiaotian may be leaving a

Backhand.

Moreover, from the information collected, it can be seen that Yu Xiaotian had occupied places such as Tamsui Chicken Coop on Taiyuan Island long before he was adopted. It cannot be said that Yu Xiaotian really had disobedient intentions.

And according to people who know Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian is extremely greedy for money. In private, he engages in sea trade and makes a lot of money. It is estimated that he also wants to use Taiyuan Island as his private land to make more money.

It's just silver.

Hearing that Yu Xiaotian was extremely greedy for money, Chongzhen felt relieved, because it has been said since ancient times that civil servants do not love money and military officers are not afraid of death. This is why civil servants should not be greedy for money, but as long as military generals are greedy for money, it means that they have no ambition.

Throughout the dynasties, emperors turned a blind eye to the fact that military generals loved money. Their love for money meant that they had no other ideas. If military generals did not love money, then the matter would be serious.

So after Chongzhen heard someone saying that Yu Xiaotian was extremely greedy for money, he relaxed and thought that Yu Xiaotian should not have the heart to be independent. Such a person can always be used by the court as long as he is well won over.

, as long as he is willing to work hard for the court, then let him be greedy for some money, just be greedy!

It happened that during this period, Xiong Wencan repeatedly petitioned the court to order Yu Xiaotian to lead the navy south to pacify the pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi. After some discussion, the ministers thought that this was an opportunity to test Yu Xiaotian, so they might as well issue an order.

Let Yu Xiaotian send his troops south to quell the bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi. If Yu Xiaotian is willing to go this time, it means that he is still willing to be used by the imperial court.

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