Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong is a pirate! Legendary Pirate King Zheng Zhilong

Zheng Zhilong (1604- 16 1), nicknamed eunuch, was born in Shijing, Nan 'an, Fujian. He was the father of national hero Zheng Chenggong, a famous pirate and maritime merchant in the late Ming Dynasty. He is smart and strong, and he is familiar with many languages. After he became a general of the Ming Dynasty, he once established the political power of Nanming Longwu in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but in the end he rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so some people said that he was politically capricious. However, he contributed to the development of Taiwan Province Province and the coastal resistance to the harassment of Dutch colonists in Fujian Province, and he was a man with mixed reputation.

First, based on Taiwan Province Province, it is both a thief and a businessman; Son Zheng Chenggong is half Japanese. Tomorrow, in the first year of Kaiyuan, 18-year-old Zheng Zhilong left his hometown and went to Xiangshan, Guangdong Province to find his mother's uncle Huang Cheng, where he settled and was baptized by Catholicism. In May of three years, he delivered goods to Japan for the imperial city, married his Japanese wife Tian in Hirado, and gave birth to a son the following year, namely. Therefore, the national hero Zheng Chenggong is actually half Japanese.

During his stay in Japan, Zheng Zhilong met Yan Siqi, a native of Haicheng, Fujian, and soon joined a pirate group headed by Yan Siqi. In the past four years, they entered Beigang, Taiwan Province Province, and established a village called Liaozhai to support the local people. They believe that as a base, they recruited more than 3,000 unemployed people from Zhang Quan to engage in maritime robbery and trade activities.

In September 2005, Yan Siqi died of illness in Taiwan Province Province, and Zheng Zhilong became the new head. At this time, he fully demonstrated his capable leadership, which made the group's power develop rapidly. His modus operandi is different from that of ordinary pirates. When you meet all living people, you will give money, reward help, reward bait spies, and let ghosts and gods communicate with each other, so that everyone can enjoy it ("The Apocalypse of Xi Zong", August 7). At that time, Fujian suffered from drought for years, and hungry people came back like a flood. Soon he gathered thousands of ships, and Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to recruit tens of thousands of disciples and became famous in one fell swoop. They plundered the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong many times, and the looting methods were different from those of ordinary pirates. Those who have a little discipline are not allowed to kidnap women, kill people, set fires or squeeze mugwort rice. Than riding the wind, feathers flying, coastal * * *. The parties involved are aggressive, and there is nothing they can do (Volume 1 of Taiwan Province Foreign Collection). At the same time, Zheng Zhilong's maritime trade activities were also quite active, Suzhou and Hangzhou were soft and precious, and the two cities were big and precious, and Ryukyu, Korea, Zhenlai, Zhancheng and Sanfo Qi were promoted (An Introduction to the North of Ming Dynasty, Volume XI). And Zheng Zhilong never gave up any opportunity to be nice to the Ming Dynasty. He often fought against the Ming army, and after winning, he often stopped his men from pursuing him, especially not to embarrass the generals. He once confessed that Hong Xianchun, the commander of the army, was not killed by guerrilla Lu, and threatened that if he got a bonus, it would be lethal, and the southeast was half high.

Zheng Zhilong tried every means to be nice to the Ming Dynasty and finally paid off. In September of the first year of Chongzhen, at the suggestion of Quanzhou magistrate Wang You, Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan sent Lu to woo Zheng Zhilong. After Zheng Zhilong caressed him, he became a coastal guerrilla. At that time, the drought in Fujian was very serious, and there were hungry people everywhere, so there was nothing to do. Wencan asked Zhilong for it. Zhi Long said,' Brother listens to things.' Wen Can said "yes", so Zheng Zhilong raised funds to recruit tens of thousands of hungry people, and each person shipped a certain amount of bull seed silver to Taiwan Province Province to reclaim wasteland for farmland. Heaven is superior to the world, and Qiu Cheng's income is twice that of Middle-earth. Besides food and clothing, he also rented Zheng. (Give the surname the whole story). This is the first organized large-scale immigration to Taiwan Province Province in history. The number of Han people in Taiwan Province Province has increased rapidly, and the land has been gradually developed.

After Zheng Zhilong became an official, although Taiwan Province Province was no longer used as a base for training and accumulating grain, many of his subordinates stayed in Taiwan Province Province, such as Guo Huaiyi, who led the anti-Dutch uprising, and He Bin (also known as He Tingbin), who led Zheng Chenggong into Taiwan. Later, among many motives, Zheng Chenggong also included a very common motive, that is, Taiwan Province is his father's industry and the hometown of his ancestors, and he can and should inherit it when he needs it. Zheng Chenggong wrote in the poem Chasing Taiwan:

It took ten years to recover the first base area by opening Jing Town and expelling He Yi.

From here, we can clearly see that Zheng Zhilong's foothold in Taiwan Province had a great influence on Zheng Chenggong.

Second, war and uncertainty, cleverly dealing with the Dutch in the cracks. Before Zheng Zhilong's occupation, due to its continuous development, the Ming authorities and the Dutch colonists who stole Taiwan Province Province at that time felt fear and resentment. The Ming authorities even colluded with Dutch colonists to deal with Zheng Zhilong. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Governor of Fujian took the Dutch as bait and asked the Taiwan Province authorities of the Dutch East India Company to send a navy to attack Zheng Zhilong. Duvet, the second chief executive of the Netherlands in Taiwan Province, assembled warships in Taiwan Province, leaving 320 men guarding the city, all of whom went to fight in Tongshan (now Dongshan) in Fujian. As a result, it was violently attacked by Zheng Zhilong's fleet. The speedboat Orvo caught fire and all the crew on board were captured by Zheng. Zheng Zhilong was furious at the Dutch attack. To show his punishment, he repeatedly attacked Dutch merchant ships and speedboats, so that Dutch ships could not show up on China's coastline. As long as they showed up (Taiwan Province Province under Dutch occupation), they would be intercepted by an official (Zheng Zhilong).

After the reconciliation, Zheng Zhilong sought a compromise from the Dutch for commercial interests. In the first year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong signed a three-year coastal trade agreement with the director of the Dutch East India Company. Three years later, an agreement was signed that the Dutch should not hurt Zheng's boat. In the battle of Zheng Zhilong, the Dutch also helped to destroy Haikou Li and He. During this period, Dutch ships were moored in Zhongzuo (present-day Xiamen), and even chiefs often traveled in Anhai City by Dayu (Volume 18 of Daguanlou Collection). An Haicheng is the seat of Zheng Zhilong's mansion, which shows that Zheng Zhilong has close ties with the Dutch at this time.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Dutch harassed the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong under the pretext of demanding free trade. They first attacked South Australia and then raided Xiamen in July, destroying a large number of ships of the Ming army, including some of Zheng's ships. This not only embarrassed Zheng Zhilong, who was a general at that time, but also violated the agreement between Zheng and He not to hurt ships. In September, Zheng Zhilong fought back with the naval forces of Fujian and Guangdong provinces. In Kinmen, Luo defeated the Dutch fleet, burned five large plywood boats and captured one. Burn to death, capture a large number of Dutch alive, and burn many Dutch ships. From then on, the Dutch never dared to peep at Fujian, and they won China's heart.

After two heavy losses, the Dutch colonialists gave up the intention of forcing China to open its trading ports by force, and turned to mend fences with Zheng Zhilong. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch reached a number of agreements, such as maritime navigation and mutual gift of Japanese goods. Since then, Zheng Zhilong has made full use of the identity of an official in the Ming Dynasty (at this time, he has been promoted to the company commander) and the Dutch's very favorable compromise position to vigorously develop maritime trade. Its merchant ships are very active between China, Japan, Taiwan Province Province, Macau, Luzon Island, Batavia and Southeast Asian countries. Under his strong competition, the business interests of the Dutch East India Company suffered heavy losses. 1643, the Dutch consider taking revenge on Zheng Zhilong by force. Zheng Zhilong said that he would never be afraid. He even claimed that he would sink a sailboat full of stones, block the port of Taiwan Province Province, prevent all kinds of goods from being exported to Taiwan Province Province, and then attack the Dutch castle in Taiwan Province Province with most soldiers and ships. Afraid of Zheng Zhilong's strength, the Dutch finally dare not make a move.

The relationship between Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch East India Company is sometimes a trading partner and sometimes an enemy. Although most of his resistance to the Dutch was based on safeguarding his own commercial interests, it was still commendable to effectively attack the forces of the Dutch colonists and curb their intrusion into the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, thus safeguarding the interests of Chinese businessmen and coastal people.