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The story of our recovery of Taiwan today starts with a person who was very generous at the time and is now forgotten.
He Bin , also known as He Tingbin , is from Nan'an, Fujian, and the most famous wealthy businessman in Taiwan in the 1650s. He started his business by doing foreign trade, and his business covers Japan, Indonesia, , Vietnam and other places.
Not only that, He Bin is also Taiwan’s largest tax contractor .
At that time, the Netherlands had already occupied Taiwan. As early as 1624, the Dutch invaded southern Taiwan and established two invading strongholds - Relan Chacheng (Taiwan City) and Prowen Chacheng ( Chiqiancheng ) . By 1642, the Dutch expelled the Spaniards who occupied northern Taiwan and occupied the entire island of Taiwan.
17th century was the peak of the Netherlands. Relying on Dutch East India Company , a colonial and trade institution holding military power, rampant in Southeast Asia.
The Dutch packaged and managed Taiwan and subcontracted various taxes to local merchants in detail. He Bin has undertaken many important taxes under his name, including the cap tax, rice tax, mullet tax, etc. In addition, he has been doing common tasks for the Dutch colonists for a long time, and his relationship with the Netherlands seems to be very close.
However, the Dutch later discovered that not only were they taxing in Taiwan, but also the client also collected taxes from the Chinese on the island, starting from the era of Zheng Zhilong.
does not rule out that He Bin has taken on the role of a two-sided contractor. On the one hand, he collected taxes for the Dutch colonists, and on the other hand, he collected taxes for the Zheng Chenggong .
Because He Bin and Zheng Haishang Group have always had good relationships. He came to Taiwan in his early years because of Zheng Zhilong, the father of Zheng Chenggong. After his business grew, he served as an elder among mainland immigrants and had a prominent position.
In short, the right to tax means sovereignty . Whoever has the right to tax this place means who belongs to this place.
The Dutch were of course unwilling to give up hegemony, so they withdrew Zheng Chenggong's tax ship and wrote a letter to Zheng Chenggong to protest, demanding that Zheng Chenggong return the money "stole" from the island since the Dutch ruled Taiwan.
Zheng Chenggong fought back toughly, saying that it was a practice since ancient times that the Dutch had no right to interfere. He also warned the Dutch that if he continued to detain ships, he would fight a trade war and prohibit his subordinate ships and merchants from communicating with the Dutch.
In the end, the Dutch was cowardly and had to give in.
▲Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662)
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As the two largest maritime commercial forces in Asia at that time, Zheng's Marine Merchant Group and the Dutch East India Company have always had a subtle relationship, both cooperation and competition.
This involves both commercial interests and complex sovereignty disputes.
In July 1655, Zheng Chenggong sent an announcement to the Dutch colonists, requiring the Dutch side to post and implement it in Taiwan. The announcement was that because the Spanish colonists in Manila Manila persecuted Chinese maritime businessmen the previous year, Zheng Chenggong decided to ban trade between Chinese merchants and Manila.
It is said that this is a trade ban issued against Spanish colonists and does not harm the interests of the Dutch. But the first thing the Dutch thinks about is not commercial influence, but political influence - If they follow Zheng Chenggong's request, it means they recognize Zheng Chenggong's sovereignty over Taiwan. So they decided to hide Zheng Chenggong's announcement and not post it.
In Zheng Chenggong's view, Taiwan has always been China's territory, which is indisputable. As he later sent troops to recover Taiwan, he repeatedly pointed out to the Dutch colonists: "When the Chinese do not need it (referring to Taiwan), the Dutch people can be allowed to temporarily live; now the Chinese need this land, and Dutch guests from far away should return it to their original owners."
1656, Zheng Chenggong issued an announcement on Xiamen , announcing that he would cut off trade with Taiwan 100 days later, and wanted to use the economic blockade to force the Dutch to submit. This time he directly sent people to Taiwan to read out the trade ban, just like Taiwan has always been a region under his rule.
The Dutch believed that Zheng Chenggong's move challenged the authority of East India Company in Taiwan, so he was very angry.
However, with Zheng Chenggong's trade ban coming into effect, cross-strait trade volume has plummeted, and the Dutch have been in a difficult position. They were anxiously demanding to reopen cross-strait trade, so they decided to send an envoy to Xiamen to pay homage to Zheng Chenggong, hoping that the Guo surnamed had something to say.
Who is the messenger? It is He Bin we mentioned earlier. He Bin is the one who can find out who can speak on both sides.
▲Penghu Islands (authorized by Photo Network)
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What are the conditions and requirements for Zheng Chenggong and the Dutch? It depends entirely on He Bin's oral speech.
Although He Bin is a huge wealthy person in Taiwan, he suffered heavy losses during the cross-strait trade war and was on the verge of bankruptcy. His wealth accumulation model is very similar to today's real estate wealthy people: the bigger the business, the more debt he borrows; the more debt he borrows, the bigger the business he does. This cycle. So people say that he is Taiwan’s “richest man” and Taiwan’s “first loss”.
Once the business declines, the capital chain breaks and it falls miserably in minutes.
In this case, He Bin is even more eager to reopen cross-strait trade than the Dutch. For this reason, he used his identity as an envoy to cheat and walk on a tightrope.
Three months later, in June 1657, He Bin returned to Taiwan and brought good news to the Dutch that Zheng Chenggong agreed to resume cross-strait trade.
The Dutch are also happy, but intuition thinks that Zheng Chenggong is so difficult to deal with, and the conditions offered must be very harsh. Who knew that He Bin said that Zheng Chenggong's conditions were nothing, just hope that the Dutch would treat Chinese maritime merchants well in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.
is this painless requirement? The Dutch did not even suspect that He Bin deceived it, so he readily agreed and asked He Bin to tell Zheng Chenggong.
In fact, what He Bin and Zheng Chenggong said was that the Dutch were willing to pay tribute and no longer interfered with Zheng Chenggong's tax collection rights in Taiwan, and requested the Guoxian to resume cross-strait trade.
Zheng Chenggong was happy when he heard this and was accurate. At the same time, Taiwan's tax collection plan was also formulated. He Bin contracted the tax collection right from Zheng Chenggong at a price of 18,000 taels of silver per year.
The two sides of the Taiwan Strait reopened trade and everyone was happy.
He Bin, who claims to be extremely smart, then secretly started a large-scale tax collection under the eyes of the Dutch people as represented by Zheng Chenggong.
Sometimes thinking about it, these Western colonists are really stupid. He Bin just asked Zheng Chenggong to collect taxes for one and a half years, but he didn't find out. It was not until February 1659 that He Bin was publicly reported that the bottom line was missed.
The Dutch arrested He Bin and decided to remove all his posts. The adverse impact of
is that He Bin's credit as a giant businessman collapsed overnight and his business empire suffered a devastating blow. The new and old creditors forced him to go bankrupt and he was unable to gain a foothold in Taiwan.
escaped back to the mainland and defected to Zheng Chenggong, which became He Bin's only way out.
▲Statue of Zheng Chenggong in Gulangyu, Xiamen (authorized by Photo Network)
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When He Bin saw Zheng Chenggong again, Zheng Chenggong was defeated from the front line of the Northern Expedition and returned to Xiamen, feeling depressed and unbearable.
Now we know Zheng Chenggong first is the national hero who regained Taiwan, but Zheng Chenggong himself and the identity positioned by the Qing regime at that time was a firm anti-Qing and restoring Ming .
1644, the storm was turbulent. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Li Zicheng , but the last one to pick peaches was the Qing army outside the pass. The next year, the Qing army advanced southward, and the short-lived Hongguang regime instantly disappeared.
Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong and uncle Zheng Hongkui so he supported the Tang King Zhu Youjian in Fujian and established the Longwu regime. This Zhu Youjian is the eighth-generation grandson of the 23rd son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He looks quite far away from the throne, but in that special era, as long as the blood of the Zhu family was in trouble, it might be offered to stand up for the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. The real power of
is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong.
1646, the Qing army attacked Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong was defeated and surrendered.His 22-year-old eldest son Zheng Chenggong opposed his father's surrender to the Qing Dynasty ineffective, so he broke up with his father, formed a team, and continued his anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty.
Zheng Chenggong's personality is much stronger than his father. His original name was Zheng Sen, also known as Fusong, and his courtesy name was Damu. Previously, he met Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian asked him about his strategy to save the country. He replied, As long as the civil servants do not love money and military officials are not afraid of death, the world will be peaceful. Zhu Youjian was very happy when he heard this. He thought he was a genius and hated that he had no daughter to be betrothed to him. He had to give him the surname Zhu and change his name successfully to show his favor. This is the origin of "King's surname".
1650, Zheng Chenggong captured Xiamen, and since then, Xiamen and Jinmen have become his anti-Qing bases. When the troops were at its peak, there were 72 towns of the Army and 20 towns of the Navy, with nearly 200,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 ships of various sizes. The food and salary for raising soldiers is provided by Zheng Haishang Group, which covers the South China Sea Trade Network.
After all, this is a power system that integrates military, government and business into .
-1657, after solving the trade problem with the Dutch colonists, Zheng Chenggong was determined to open up a new situation in the fight against the Qing Dynasty. When He Bin was levying taxes on Taiwan for him, he led a large army of water and land to the north at least three times, hoping to capture the Ming Dynasty's former capital Nanjing .
The closest success was in the summer of 1659. Zheng Chenggong joined forces with Zhang Huangyan and others who insisted on the anti-Qing Dynasty on the islands of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and conquered Chongming, Guazhou, and Zhenjiang, in one fell swoop, arrived at the Yangtze River, and directly attacked Nanjing.
The report from a missionary in China at that time stated that "When this bad news came to Beijing, Emperor Shunzhi completely lost his calm attitude and wanted to escape back to Manchuria ." This record is obviously exaggerated, but it is enough to show how severe the Northern Expedition hit the Qing court.
It’s a pity that, in the end, due to various reasons such as strategic command errors, pride and complacency, Nanjing could not surround for a long time. Most of the Qing army reinforcements arrived, and the Zheng army was defeated at the city of Nanjing and was forced to retreat to Xiamen. The vitality has been severely damaged.
Soon after, a secret report came from Beijing that the Qing army was preparing to attack Zheng Chenggong's base camp with the intention of annihilation in one fell swoop. Under tremendous pressure, the morale within the Zheng army was depressed and the people were disintegrated.
At this moment, Zheng Chenggong, who was depressed and unbearable, met He Bin, who came to invest in bankruptcy.
▲Zheng Chenggong Anti-Qing and Futai Map
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He Bin will not come empty-handed. To be precise, he is prepared.
Historical books do not record the meeting between Zheng and He this time. One thing that is clear is that after He Bin returned to the mainland from Taiwan, he presented Zheng Chenggong with precious Taiwan map and Chikancheng wooden model .
He also lobbyed Zheng Chenggong and said that Taiwan has "a thousand hectares of pastoral land, a thousand miles of fertile land, and hundreds of thousands of taxes", and the Dutch colonists in the city "no thousand people", and the attack is at your fingertips.
He Bin’s presentation of pictures and suggestions is exactly what Zheng Chenggong wants. As we mentioned earlier, Zheng Chenggong has always regarded Taiwan as China's territory. To be more precise, he regarded Taiwan as the land left to him by his father Zheng Zhilong, and he had long wanted to take it back. The situation that forced him to make the decision to recapture Taiwan early was due to the Qing army's counterattack in Fujian.
1660 In the Battle of Jin (Gate) Xiamen (Gate) defense, although Zheng Chenggong won the victory and forced the Qing army commander to commit suicide, he realized more clearly that he must quickly find a new base area, which can attack and retreat or defend. Moreover, in the face of the fluctuation of the people in the military, he also needs a new way out to clean up and unite the morale of the military.
The superposition of subjective and objective factors has promoted Zheng Chenggong to begin to implement his plan to recover Taiwan.
However, when Zheng Chenggong threw out this plan at the military meeting, it was fiercely opposed by a large number of civil officials and military generals in the army. , Wu Hao, who has been to Taiwan, directly exposes He Bin's lies, what is "a fertile wilderness", fart, it is desolate and easy to be unacceptable to the local environment. Wu Hao also emphasized that the Dutch colonists "have advantages and dangerous waterways. Even if they have strange plans, they have no use. Even if they want to be brave, they cannot do it." .
These words think a lot about the difficulties of restoring Taiwan and the benefits of restoring Taiwan. They quickly received a group of generals' proposals.
But it is obvious that Zheng Chenggong doesn’t like to listen to these words. He had no choice but to announce the end of the meeting and revisit the resumption of Taiwan on a date.
At the second military meeting, the general Ma Xin was loosened and proposed to send a small group of troops to Taiwan to test the waters, while Yang Chaodong agreed to send troops directly. Zheng Chenggong was very satisfied and praised Yang Chaodong, saying that his speech could resolve the "eternal doubts".
That's it. Although the opposition still dominated, Zheng Chenggong happily decided: send troops to the east and regain Taiwan!
By the way, why did He Bin try his best to encourage Zheng Chenggong to regain Taiwan? The reason is actually not difficult to understand. After the taxation incident broke out, in Taiwan under the rule of Dutch, He Bin had nothing at present even though he was once the richest man in Chinese business; and once Zheng successfully restored Taiwan, He Bin could make a comeback. Therefore, he placed all his hopes on Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong's thoughts do have some concepts of "government territory", but what really prompted him to take action to restore Taiwan was the actual need to build another base under the anti-refresh situation.
Now we say that Zheng Chenggong is a national hero, and He Bin has also made great contributions to the regaining of Taiwan. Although these are all heroes based on the results, there is nothing wrong with it. If we judge by motives, then who will Zheng Chenggong and He Bin become? So I have always emphasized that should not use motivation to evaluate historical figures, but should use results as the standard , and this is the reason.
▲Dutch stronghold Relanzha City, also known as Anping Castle (authorized by Photo Network)
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1661 On April 21, 37-year-old Guo's surname Zheng Chenggong led 25,000 officers and soldiers and hundreds of warships set out from Xiamen, opening the prelude to the recovery of Taiwan. He Bin followed the search as a guide.
The choice of this time is just right. On the one hand, when Shunzhi died, the Qing court was in a special period of "national mourning" and had no time to take care of Zheng Chenggong; on the other hand, after Zheng Chenggong failed more than a year ago, it was rumored that he was going to send troops to restore Taiwan. The headquarters of the Dutch East India Company - Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) sent a group of reinforcements to defend Taiwan, but the Zheng army was no longer in movement. In February 1661, some reinforcements returned to Batavia.
window period appears like this.
On April 30, Zheng Chenggong's fleet broke into Dayuan Port from the Dutch anti-aircraft Luermen waterway. After successfully landing, the Dutch defenders thought that the divine weapons were descending from the sky. Because the waterway is usually very shallow and the seabed is covered with stone shoals, the Dutch also sank the damaged ships to the bottom of the sea to create a natural danger. Who knew that Zheng Chenggong took advantage of the rising tide of the sea to cross the Luer Gate and rushed to the vicinity of Chicing City, launching a fierce attack on the Dutch army, and caught them off guard.
Historians believe that Zheng Chenggong's adoption of this route may have followed the advice of He Bin, who has lived in Taiwan for a long time and is very familiar with the local Hong Kong road. Therefore, He Bin made an indelible contribution to Zheng Chenggong's troops to recover Taiwan.
In the next naval battle, Zheng Chenggong won a great victory. In the Netherlands, only one small communication ship, , Maria, , escaped, and the other three warships were destroyed. Zheng Chenggong also didn't care about the runaway Maria. At that time, the typhoon season would begin, and most of the time it was only the south of the sea. It was impossible for a sailboat to sail to Batavia against the wind for information.
It took only four or five days before Zheng Jun took down Chichicheng.
The total strength of the Dutch colonists in Taiwan is about 1,600, of which four or five hundred are in Chichi City, and most are in the central stronghold of Relanzha City. Zheng Chenggong then divided his troops into land and attacked Relanzha City.
Gelanzha Castle adopts the most advanced Renaissance castle design. Not only is the city high and thick walls, but there are arrow-shaped fortresses in each corner protruding outward, which can form cross firepower, so that the entire city has no blind spots. Zheng's army suffered heavy injuries, but could not capture Relanzha for a long time. Taiwan's chief Kiyi knew that his troops were at a disadvantage, but he relied on the advantage of the castle and refused to surrender, waiting for the arrival of Batavia's reinforcements.
has not been able to attack, so he turned to besieged. The city of Relanzha is already an isolated city. Zheng Chenggong changed his strategy, laid down troops, dug deep trenches around the city, hoping to force Kuiyi to surrender by cutting off water and food.This siege lasted for 9 months. During this period, the two sides used spy wars, attacking the mind wars, and various breakthroughs and anti-breakout battles, which were even more exciting than the movie.
Zheng Chenggong wrote letters to Kuiyi many times and persuaded him to surrender, saying: "Taiwan is the land of China. It has been entrusted by your country for a long time. Now I come to search for it, and the land will be returned. Zhen Yao's unhurried things will be returned."
What a domineering heroic spirit, which is both righteous and magnanimous.
Kiichi's attitude was very tough, and he encouraged the soldiers of Gerranzha to continue to resist, and lied from time to time that Batavia's reinforcements were coming.
As expected, the escaped Maria detoured through Philippines and spent two months miraculously returning to Batavia and brought rescuers from 10 warships. This was far beyond Zheng Chenggong's expectations.
When the Dutch fleet suddenly arrived, Zheng Chenggong caught him off guard. At that time, his army was scattered across Taiwan to engage in settlement activities to resolve the food crisis. Fortunately, God blessed China, and a typhoon forced the Dutch reinforcements to retreat to Penghu. By the time they returned to Relanzha, the Zheng army had already completed the assembly.
Finally, after two naval battles, Dutch reinforcements were sunk and 8 captured warships were captured, and their naval commander ran away.
The Dutch army in Relanzha City was depressed when they heard the news. In addition, the plague in the city began to spread at this time, and there were only three or four hundred Dutch troops left to fight, so they became more passive and lazy in fighting. Kuiyi promised them a lot of money, but it would not have any effect.
The time when the city is broken is just around the corner.
▲Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Taiwan (movie screenshot)
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The results of history were not written early in the morning. When historians talked about this battle to restore Taiwan, they often thanked that is blessed with China and that Zheng Chenggong was helped by God.
Although Zheng Chenggong has an absolute advantage over Taiwan's Dutch army in terms of military strength, he has two potential threats to . As long as one works, it is a question of whether Taiwan can be defeated:
One is the Dutch warships that greatly surpass Zheng Chenggong's naval army in terms of firepower, navigation, etc., and Batavia reinforcements may appear at any time, which is a huge threat to the Zheng army, which is tired of besieging and reclamation. As mentioned earlier, if a typhoon occurs not at the right time, the results of the battle may not be rewritten.
Another is the possible intervention of the Qing army. If the Qing court intervened in this war, the finger would definitely be directed at Zheng Chenggong, not the Dutch colonists. Once the Qing army and the Dutch army jointly suppressed Zheng Chenggong, there is no doubt that the Netherlands will continue to steal Taiwan after the war. In fact, during Zheng Chenggong's besiege of Relanzha, a Dutch merchant ship entered Quanzhou . Two Dutch representatives were even sent to Fuzhou to meet Geng Jimao, King of Jingnan, and brought back the intention of the Qing army to jointly attack Zheng Chenggong with the Netherlands. As a result, due to communication barriers and internal strife of the Dutch, the worst situation of Zheng Chenggong was not formed.
At the end of January 1662, when the city was besieged for nearly 9 months, Zheng Chenggong adopted the suggestion of a surrendered Dutch army officer to launch a final general attack on the city of Rhelanzha before the arrival of reinforcements from Batavia or mainland China.
The specific suggestion for siege is to use the fortress against the fortress. Zheng Jun built three new turrets, bombarded with heavy shells, and fired 22,500 rounds of shells within two hours, opening a gap south of the Rhlanzhe Castle and quickly occupied a prominent fort.
Taking advantage of the favorable terrain from the fort, the Zheng army bombarded the interior of the city of Relanzha from this fort. Kui was helpless and announced his surrender.
On February 1, 1662, Kui Yi signed on behalf of the Dutch colonial authorities, ending the 38-year history of the Dutch invaders' occupation of Taiwan.
Historians believe that the battle to recover Taiwan by Zheng Chenggong was the first frontal war between Eastern and Western countries since the Age of Discovery. Zheng Chenggong won the victory on behalf of the Eastern countries and brought Taiwan back to the motherland. He is worthy of being a national hero.
▲Kangxi intends to pacify Taiwan (TV stills)
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However, the dispute over the ownership of Taiwan did not end there, and the subsequent history is also worth narrating.
After Zheng Chenggong's recovery, He Bin, as an important aide to Zheng Chenggong, helped stabilize the order in Taiwan.Zheng Chenggong established a prefecture-county system in accordance with the administrative system of the mainland, and regarded the Yongli regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty as the main theme. This is equivalent to incorporating Taiwan into the territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The Southern Ming and the Qing Dynasty have been competing for China's orthodox power. is different from the foreign invasion of the Dutch colonists, which belongs to the battle between the motherland's internal regimes.
Zheng Chenggong is very talented, but unfortunately, the New Year is not over. About five months after he recovered Taiwan, he was exhausted and died of illness at the age of 38. He originally wanted to send troops to attack the Spanish colonists of Luzon (now the Philippines), and he planned to "unfinished" at this point, otherwise history might have to be rewritten once.
Zheng Chenggong's son Zheng Jing succeeded to the throne. Zheng Chenggong originally called Taiwan the "Dongdu", which means the eastern capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty; as soon as Zheng Jing came to power, he changed the "Dongdu" to "Dongning", and regarded himself as the king of "Dongning Kingdom" .
The Qing court sent people to call Zheng Jing many times to ask him to surrender.
Zheng Jing refused to obey, but he did not have the ambition to compete with the Qing Dynasty for China's orthodoxy. Instead, he wanted the Qing court to treat Taiwan according to the Korean law and come to pay tribute as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. This has actually deviated from Zheng Chenggong's route. You should know that Zheng Chenggong adhered to the "one China" principle until his death. Zheng Jing's request was to want Taiwan to be independent as his country.
Zheng Chenggong knows in the spring, how can he rest in peace?
Even Kangxi was angry and sternly refused Zheng Jing's separatist behavior: "Taiwan belongs to the Chinese territory and is all Chinese, how can we follow foreign examples!"
The negotiations between the two sides broke down and the war reopened. Zheng Jing once took advantage of the "Three Feudal Rebellion" to counterattack Fujian. Emperor Kangxi ordered a counterattack, drove the Zheng army back to Taiwan, and negotiated again.
When the mainland regime was not stable, Kangxi insisted on following the "cultural system" route. The two sides of the Taiwan Strait talked about fighting and were always in a state of hostility.
Until the 20th year of Kangxi (1681), Zheng Jing died, and his young son Zheng Kezhen succeeded to the throne. At this time, Kangxi had completely quelled the "Three Feudal Rebellion" and decided to adopt a "martial unification" line against Taiwan.
At this time, he once again used Shi Lang , who was skilled in naval battles, to Fujian Navy Admiral . As early as the third year of Kangxi (1664), Shi Lang was the admiral of the Fujian Navy and marched into Taiwan three times within half a year, but all failed due to the impact of a hurricane.
Nearly 20 years later, in the 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1683).
On June 14, Shi Lang commanded the Qing army to cross the sea to the east. After seven days of fierce battle, he conquered Penghu and wiped out the elite Zheng army. Zheng Kezhan judged the situation and finally adopted the suggestion of general Liu Guoxuan and surrendered to the Qing court.
htmlOn August 11, the Qing army entered Taiwan to achieve peaceful reunification.The strange thing about history is that Shi Lang, who led his army to capture Taiwan, was once a subordinate of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong, and had an irreconcilable hatred with Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing. In 1651, in order to execute a personal soldier, the relationship between Shi and Zheng broke down. Zheng Chenggong was furious and killed Shi Lang's father and younger brother, forcing Shi Lang to join the Qing army. In 1680, Shi Lang's nephew was leaked for planning to oppose Zheng Touting, and more than 70 people in the family were killed by Zheng Jing.
So, when Shi Lang was appointed as the admiral of the Fujian Navy again, he once said that he would like to have a grudge between his father, his disciples and nephews.
However, when Shi Lang climbed onto Taiwan Island as a winner, he still distinguished justice from personal grudges. Someone reminded him that the opportunity for revenge has come. Shi Lang was unmoved, but instead went to Zheng Chenggong Temple to pay homage and said, "The one who killed my father that day was dead and had nothing to do with others." He put aside his personal and family grudges, allowing the Taiwanese military and civilians to eliminate the doubts that Shi Lang's platform was for revenge, thus stabilizing the situation in Taiwan.
Historical scholar Li Xizhu said something very exquisitely. He said: "History is sometimes very strange. Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang, the main general of the Kangxi period, were originally a pair of enemies of the world. However, from Zheng Chenggong's driving the Hokkien to rebuilding Taiwan to Kangxi's unification of Taiwan, it was the two steps that followed the completion of the unity of China's territory and sovereignty, and this is exactly the historical contribution that Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang can be recorded in history. The dialectics of history are endless."
and above are stories from the 17th century, only more than 300 years ago.
Destiny reincarnation, history can be looked back at any time.
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