After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province, why did he give oxen, farm tools and production technology to his Gaoshan compatriots?

Zheng Chenggong is a famous national hero in China. In the process of recovering and governing Taiwan Province Province, he actively adopted a series of policies of national harmony, such as uniting the upper class of Gaoshan people, widely winning the support of Gaoshan people for the struggle to drive the Dutch, strictly prohibiting harassment of Gaoshan people, safeguarding their fundamental interests, teaching agricultural technology to Gaoshan people and helping them develop production. All these have promoted the integration of Han immigrants and compatriots in Taiwan Province Province and the economic and social development of Taiwan Province Province.

166 1 year, when Zheng Chenggong entered Taiwan, he paid great attention to uniting Gaoshan compatriots. When the Gaoshan compatriots greeted them, Zheng Chenggong hosted a banquet and presented gifts. 1662 After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province Province, he personally led civil and military officials to visit Gaoshan people for many times.

At that time, there was a story widely circulated among the people: one day, Zheng Chenggong led his soldiers to visit a Gaoshan tribe, and four people got out of the welcome crowd. Each of them took a plate with gold, silver, weeds and dirt in it, which was dedicated to Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong looked at the contents of the four plates in front of him. After a little reflection, he smiled and told his Gaoshan compatriots that he came to Taiwan Province Province to expel the Dutch invaders and recover the motherland, not to ask for gold and silver. After that, he collected weeds and dirt and returned all the plates containing gold and silver to the Gaoshan people. The news soon spread all over the island, which made Gaoshan compatriots very moved. Therefore, in many battles to recover Taiwan Province Province, Gaoshan compatriots actively and strongly supported Zheng Jun's struggle to drive out the Dutch.

In the process of governing and building Taiwan Province Province, Zheng Chenggong strictly ruled the army and did not allow the army to occupy an inch of land of Gaoshan compatriots. At that time, in agricultural production, the Gaoshan people in Taiwan Province Province were still in a backward stage, and some tribes made a living by hunting and collecting wild fruits. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong gave farm tools and cattle to Gaoshan compatriots and sent people to teach them farming techniques and methods, which greatly promoted the development of agricultural production technology and cultural progress of Gaoshan compatriots in Taiwan Province Province, and also promoted the ethnic integration of Han immigrants and Gaoshan people.

After Zheng Chenggong's death, his sons Zheng Jing and Sun Zhengkeshuang continued to implement the policy of Taiwan compatriots' harmony, including many preferential measures such as allowing children of Gaoshan compatriots to study in rural schools and exempting their parents from corvee. According to Zhuluo County Records, at that time, Gaoshan compatriots in Taiwan Province Province and Han immigrants were brothers, and even married and became in-laws, and the ethnic relations were very harmonious.