"When I am dead, I have no face to see my underground ancestors. I want to cover my face with a crown. Let the thief chop me, don't hurt the people. "
Although Chongzhen is a failed son of heaven, he is not the kui is a son of heaven's character, as the saying goes:
"Everyone in the world, everyone in the world."
As an orthodox Ming Di, Chongzhen did not forget the character of a real emperor when he died. Regardless of his own life and death, he only told Li Zicheng not to kill his own people, which is still praised by many people.
During the Chongzhen period, the war with the late Jin Dynasty was defeated again and again, which made people feel like a knife and full of powerlessness. But what is unknown is that even during the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty, which was on the verge of national subjugation, fought a battle with the world's first power at that time and won, which made westerners dare not invade China for more than 200 years until the Sino-British Opium War broke out in the Qing Dynasty.
This country is the Netherlands, which was called the sea coachman at that time.
Although the Netherlands is just a humble European country now. At that time, Holland was one of the best maritime powers in the world, and no one could stop it.
The Netherlands is a newly independent country, because it just happened to catch up with the opportunity of European maritime trade. The Netherlands seized this opportunity to develop hard and quickly grew into the first maritime power at that time. The number of its naval warships is more than twice that of Britain and France. It defeated Portugal, the last world maritime hegemon, twice, and has colonies in Africa, America and Asia. It is a veritable ocean giant!
1On July 7th, 633, in order to conquer China and test China's will, the Dutch launched a surprise attack on Xiao Mingjun stationed in South Australia. Ming army suffered casualties 17, and Dutch army also suffered casualties. After shamelessly attacking the Ming army, the Dutch looted Xiamen and cruelly forced the locals to offer them pigs and sheep-just like the British colonists in later generations.
At that time, Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Yongchan, the main navies of the Ming army, were in other places, and the Dutch fought with a few old, weak and sick people who stayed behind. However, if the Ming Dynasty does not make a strong response to this matter at this time, the Opium War may occur more than 200 years in advance.
The Dutch also brazenly asked the Ming emperor to negotiate with them and promised them many insatiable demands. How could Emperor Chongzhen negotiate with such a "small country"? He flew into a rage and directly ordered the governor of Fujian to severely punish the Dutch.
When Zou, the governor of Fujian, got the order, he quickly issued an order to his subordinates not to mention the word "mutual market" again. Those who dare to say such things will be killed without forgiveness, and he himself thought:
"Swear to fight to the death"
He arranged Zheng Zhilong as the pioneer, Gao and Zhang Yongchan as the left and right wings, and attacked the Dutch with the "Fireboat Array". It should be noted that because Liu Daxia and others burned all the data of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Ming navy actually lagged behind the West in technology at that time. However, China has not been a country with military weapons since ancient times. Zou used our most traditional "Fireboat Array" to attack the Dutch and won.
The so-called "fire ship array" is to attack the enemy with countless small wooden boats full of flammable materials. These small wooden boats were ignited when they approached the enemy, and then rushed to the front of the enemy ship and burned it.
After the war, the Ming Dynasty also forced the Netherlands to sign an "unequal treaty", demanding that the Netherlands pay war reparations to China and not invade China's territory again.
Zou behind wrote in a letter to Chongzhen:
"We captured a fake king of a Yi chief and several leaders of the Yi Party, burned thousands of Yi people, captured 1 18 Yi people, destroyed 20 Yi-class ships, burned 5 Yi deck ships, seized 1 Yi deck ships, and destroyed more than 50 Yi pirates ...
Such a record, even in the war between Kangxi and Russia in the Qing Dynasty, is insurmountable.
Fujian locals praised Zou Dao:
"Gongyi invaded, captured the king, wiped out the dirty laundry and recovered lost ground. In just two months, I have made great contributions to maintain morale and spent less money, which is unprecedented in Fujian Province for 200 years. "
After this war, Europeans dared not invade China for more than 200 years. Until the Opium War between China and Britain in the late Qing Dynasty, a series of unequal treaties were signed under the invasion of foreign enemies.