Before Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province Province, what did the people of Taiwan Province Province suffer?

At that time, the Spanish ruled Taiwan Province Province 16 years (but only in the north and east), and the Dutch ruled Taiwan Province Province for 38 years (the whole of Taiwan Province). At that time, except for a few Han immigrants (about120,000), most of Taiwan Province Province was indigenous to Malayan Polynesia (Austronesian, that is, indigenous to Taiwan Province Province).

At that time, the Dutch introduced the European feudal system and established the relationship between the Dutch as lords and the indigenous people as vassals, which was maintained through local meetings and annual tributes. Villages that obey the Dutch must hand over a sapling with local soil, which symbolizes the transfer of sovereignty [47]. In this relationship, the Dutch recognized the land of the aborigines as a feudal territory, and the Dutch or Han people engaged in economic activities such as logging, reclamation and fishing on their territory had to pay compensation to the aborigines [48]. As vassals, the aborigines are not bound by the collection of proclamations in Taiwan Province Province, but try cases according to the habits of their respective tribes, and accept the guidance and supervision of local government officials. However, cases involving the death penalty or exile outside the island of Taiwan Province Province need to be tried by the Taiwan Province Provincial Assembly [43].

The Netherlands has strict management over Taiwan Province Province, but it has not bullied or enslaved the natives and Han people in Taiwan Province Province. At that time, the Dutch policy towards Taiwan Province Province was: immigration, economy, trade, animal husbandry and fishing, which was different from that of Japan later (Japan listed Taiwan Province Province as a second-class citizen and began to include Taiwan Province Province in the Japanese territory).