When Qu Shisi committed suicide in Guilin, the Zhu Ming court had actually perished, and the auxiliary minister died was not heroic at all. Kong Youde attacked Guangxi and the warlords dispersed. He had the opportunity to escape and continue to organize the resistance. However, Qu Shisi was disappointed in the fight against the Qing Dynasty. He chose to stay in Guilin, captured by Kong Youde, insisted on not surrendering, and died a month later. What he left was not integrity or hope. He had only dozens of sour poems about "commercial hype" with his friends. Of course, in the eyes of literati, Qu Shisi's generosity and magnificence of his death was left in history, but he did not choose the most beneficial way to the nation and the country.

After Qu Shixi's death, there was no force in the Southern Ming Anti-Qing campaign controlled by civil servants. The only ones who controlled the army were military groups of vassal kings, family groups of military generals and interest groups of merchants. Most of them held high the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but no one really fought for Zhu Ming. No matter who it was, it would really restore the Central Plains and change the dynasty. Zheng Chenggong was like this. Sun Kewang was worse than him. Because the situation was slightly stable, Sun Kewang, who was flattered by the flatterers and didn't know how much he was, wanted to be emperor.

The two major regimes of the United States, Zheng and Sun are destined to be "harmonious but different". The United States can cooperate with them, such as making an appointment to launch an offensive together, but it is limited to such a shallow level of cooperation. The alliance can only hope, and the United States will not actively support these enemies in the future to grow.

Li Mingxun acknowledged that Zheng Chenggong's dominance in Zhoushan and inherited the Southeast War Zone, which originally belonged to the rank of the governor, but when Zheng Chenggong was different from the United States and did not work together, Li Mingxun would not support him in his development. In fact, Zheng Chenggong's greatest contribution to the United States was to launch a stronger offensive in Zhoushan than in the past, restraining more anti-Qing forces. As for the others, there was neither extravagance nor need.

The victory of the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi was even more firm. The United States eliminated a heavy army group of Manqin through cooperation with Qiongfan and Jinfan. As long as it was eliminated twice or three times, the Qing Dynasty would be completely destroyed. The United States had already taken over the maritime threat and launched a vigorous intercontinental trade and Indian Ocean trade. It can be said that this country had entered an orderly development state, rather than supporting a large-scale army by looting gentry and obtaining compensation.

The Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi sounded the clarion call for the counterattack of the Great Six, which brought the United States into a beneficial positive cycle. Victory and victory brought new territory and tax sources. New tax sources would build a stronger and more army, and a stronger army would bring more territory. If the snowballs continue like this, sooner or later, the United States would not need Sun Kewang and Zheng Chenggong to restrain the Qing Dynasty. By that day, there would be no need for these two forces to exist.

Therefore, Li Mingxun's attitude towards Zheng Chenggong was very tough, and a blow was just the beginning, and the next request was really unexpected by Yan Pingfan.

After Zheng Chenggong returned to Zhoushan, Li Mingxun sent envoys to resolve the final problem of the Southeast Incident. The contradiction between the two sides lies in the three major aspects: Huangzhen, Zhoushan vassal town and Zhengfan.

First, there was Huangzhen. The United States did not expose the fact that Zheng Chenggong conspired to kill Huang Binqing, but instead demanded the return of all the assets left by Huang Binqing. Huang Binqing was dead, but Zheng Chenggong did not dare to kill Huang Binqing's wife and children. Huang Binqing's eldest son Huang Shijue was still developing a colony in the Kowloon region at this moment. Whether it was Zhu Ming's law or the laws of the United States, everything about Huang Binqing should be inherited by Huang Binqing's wife and son.

In terms of property, Yanpingfan had no objection. The key was the army. Huang Binqing's navy was either destroyed or taken away by Gu Rong, but the 6th Division had 4,000 elite soldiers, 7,000 auxiliary soldiers, and nearly 50,000 family members. But theoretically, these were the Ming Dynasty's royal division, and all Yanpingfan requested to stay. Li Mingxun's attitude towards Zheng Chenggong was that I said you did it, and there was no room for negotiation. Li Mingxun did not want Huang Shijue to inherit all the army and family members. This would cause dissatisfaction among other shareholders of Kowloon Company. Kowloon did not currently have so many places to resettle, so the United States came forward and sent troops to escort Huang Shijue and Gu Rong to Zhoushan to persuade the soldiers and family members to go to Kowloon.

Zheng Chenggong knew that if he did not agree, at least the truth about Zhoushan would be revealed, and even directly destroyed by the United States Navy. He could only agree. Zheng Chenggong had the right to say that in Yanpingfan, Gu Rong and Huang Shijue took away 17,000 people, including an army of 2,400. Yanpingfan annexed these camps in the past time and gave soldiers corresponding treatment. Huang Binqing's influence was declining. If another year passed, perhaps no one would follow Huang Shijue.

Huangzhen's disposal ultimately caught Zheng Chenggong off guard. Since Huangzhen could take the soldiers and their families away, Zhoushan vassal states could do the same. Zhoushan towns, including Wang Zhixin, still 15,000 people are waiting for the Southeast chaos to be resolved in Hong Kong. These vassal states also asked to take their soldiers' families to Borneo in Nanyang. Because most of the shareholders of Borneo are among them, Borneo is very welcome to open a company. Although their families have been ruled by Yanping's vassal state for a long time, the results are completely different.

The Zhoushan vassal state is soldiers outside, and the family members are in Zhoushan. Unlike the soldiers and families of Huangzhen, the Borneo company is ready to place all the soldiers and families of the retreating vassal states in the newly occupied Brunei area, and the means of production have been divided for the soldiers. The villages are ready-made, but they are all tall houses and the land is mature. As long as the ditches are dug and a little remediation can be carried out, it can be a hundred miles away. Therefore, for the families of the Zhoushan vassal state soldiers, they went to Nanyang to enjoy a peaceful life. Therefore, most of the 60,000 families chose to go to Nanyang, and the province suffered the suffering of war in Zhoushan.

Zhoushan was originally only 130,000 Dingkou, but most of it was taken away at once. Yanping's strength was greatly damaged, which was very different from Zheng Chenggong's original plan to force soldiers in Guangdong to return to Zhoushan by controlling his family.

But it is not that there is no benefit at all. There are not many people in the small area of ​​Zhoushan. Zheng Chenggong planned to move the families of soldiers under the vassal states in Ryukyu. Now that many people have left, they have vacated their houses and land.

Zheng Fan's problem was more complicated. Although Zheng Chenggong completely shifted the responsibility to Shi Lang, who had already rebelled, it is undeniable that Zheng Chenggong sent Shi Lang south to Jin Xia, which caused Jin Xia to fall and the situation of the Qing Dynasty fishermen benefiting. Yanping Fan was mainly responsible. During this process, Zheng Fan's six elite soldiers were completely lost, and most of the families of the navy were slaughtered. The remaining remaining soldiers were taken to Zhoushan by the Zhou brothers. To be honest, Zheng Chenggong had to conquer the two islands of Jin Xia and compensate Zheng Fan with 30,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 ding gusts to Zheng Fan. This was not a loss, but this was to Zheng Chenggong's life.

Zheng Chenggong could not do anything, and he could not even regain Jin Xia for Zheng Fan, so Zheng Chenggong's intention was to delay. Give him three to five years to compensate for the loss of Zheng Fan's bloodstains, but Zheng Cai was a little tired. Although Zheng Cai was Zheng Chenggong's cousin, he was about the same age as Zheng Zhilong and was older. His brother Zheng Lian died in Xiamen. He didn't want to fight with Zheng Chenggong, and he had the intention of withdrawing, but he had no good way out.

When the company was established, Zheng Fan was excluded by other vassal states and other vassal states. He only accounted for 5% of the shares. It was obviously not possible to go to Borneo. His old opponents would counterattack. If they disbanded the army and went to Taiwan to be a rich man, Zheng Caixin would be unwilling to accept it. This was exactly what Zheng Chenggong wished, and he refused. Li Mingxun discussed it with him and gave a plan.

Zheng Cai withdrew from the southeast battlefield and left the Ming Dynasty, and no longer made any compensation claims against Zheng Chenggong. However, Zheng Chenggong wanted to hand over all the territory of Ryukyu to Zheng Cai. From then on, there was only one Zheng Fan in the southeast, that is Zheng Chenggong.

At first glance, this is the foundation of the Yanping vassal state. In fact, although Ryukyu is rich, it will be threatened by the entire Japan. Although the Netherlands was not allowed to help Japan send troops to Ryukyu during the Sino-Dutch secret agreement, the Dutch had been thinking that Japan provided shipbuilding and artillery technology, and Japan was also accumulating strength to "recover" Ryukyu. It is obvious that in a few years, the Yanping vassal state would face two major battlefields, Japan and the Southeast. With its strength, it could not stand it at all and had to give up one. Ryukyu was naturally the abandoned one, and this was not what the United States was willing to see.

The changes in Ryukyu were originally to cooperate with the United States to occupy the Hokyu territory. Of course, the United States also wanted to occupy Ryukyu again. Obviously, they traded with Japan and naturally could not go to war, but they could not watch them occupy Ryukyu again. Therefore, it is best to use other forces to occupy Ryukyu, and Zheng Caibu is the best choice.

Because it involves the interests of the United States, Lee Myung-hoon did not force himself anymore and sent an envoy to secretly mediate the negotiations, and finally the three parties reached an agreement.

First, Zheng Fan and Yanping Fan merged, and Zheng Chenggong was appointed as the vassal lord, while Zheng Chenggong ordered Zheng Caiyong to conquer Ryukyu. This was made public. In the secret link, Zheng Cai was not allowed to send troops to Da 6, and the trade between Ryukyu and Zhoushan was completely relaxed, nor could he touch the inherent interests of Yanping Fan in Ryukyu.

Of course, after Zheng Cai entered Ryukyu, his military and political affairs were reported directly to Li Mingxun's command. In fact, Zheng Cai occupied Ryukyu for the United States so that the United States would have Ryukyu in the future. Li Mingxun agreed to allow another son of Zheng Cai to change his name and do business in the United States, and Zheng Cai got the opportunity to become a veteran.

In fact, Zheng Cai had withdrawn from the Ming and Qing War and secretly joined the nationality of the United States, fought for the United States and himself.

In this way, all the matters in the Southeast Change were resolved. Of course, this was within the Zhu Ming court. The problems between the United States and the Yanping vassal were just beginning. After Zheng Chenggong openly refused to join the unified front against the Qing Dynasty, the Senate promulgated the "Relationship with the Yanping vassal", in which the United States announced a blockade and embargo on the Yanping vassal, and there were three purposes.

One of them was to retaliate against Zheng Chenggong's misconduct in the southeast and provoke a civil war.

Second, it restricts the expansion of Yanping's strength to prevent the end from being too big.

Third, there is an explanation for Japan. After all, China and Japan are currently in a friendly relationship, and the Yanping vassal state is in a state of war. If the United States and the Yanping vassal state are in good condition, it will affect Sino-Japanese relations. On the one hand, it will help the Yanping vassal state who are like friends but not friends, and on the other hand, it will strengthen itself. Lee Mingxun can easily make a choice.

According to the promulgated "Relations Act", the commander first abolished the Southeast War Zone and the Jiangnan War Zone. The country no longer existed, and the Southeast War Zone would naturally disappear. The United States has the right to fight against Jiangnan, Zhejiang and Fujian, and the Yanpingfan also has the right to fight against Shandong, Tianjin and Liaodong. The two sides no longer divide the sphere of influence, nor do they recognize the sphere of influence.

The Southeast War Zone is gone, and the United States Jiangnan War Zone, which cooperates with the Southeast War Zone, will also be abolished. The United States and Yanping vassal are only strategic allies rather than real allies. The greatest cooperation between the two sides is to jointly declare war on the Qing Dynasty, and take advantage of the opportunity to attack when the other side starts war. Like the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, organizing the Allied forces to unified command is a delusion. Zheng Chenggong is not angry with Li Mingxun, and it is even more impossible to accept the command of others.

The first step to cancel the Jiangnan War Zone is to give up the Chongming Fortress. The greatest significance of the Chongming Fortress is to block the estuary of the Yangtze River and prevent the Qing army from coming out. Obviously, the Qing army can enter and exit Hangzhou Bay through the Grand Canal, which is of little significance. Moreover, it was originally the front line of the Zhoushan defense line. At that time, it was unavoidable to fight for the surveillance of allies. Now it is fighting for Yanping, which is to put on a hot face and put on a cold butt, wishful thinking.

The Jiangnan Fleet will also be reorganized, with two galloping teams reduced to one, and the other one will be allocated to the Beiyang War Zone. The sailing fleet strengthens two heavy cruisers and enhances the ability to fight far-sea. All administrative and judicial personnel on Sijiao Mountain are withdrawn from Taiwan. Only Zhao Sandao is left behind in Sijiao Mountain to continue as the commander and garrison commander.

The original main commander of the Jiangnan War Zone was adjusted. As an elder, Xu Changxing returned to Taipei to serve an important position. Zhao Sandao continued to stay in Sijiao Mountain and was responsible for everything. Gu San fought against the Qing army's Liaodong Navy in the Battle of Zhoushan. He was seriously injured and grew older. He was a little overwhelmed. He retired and went to Taiwan to serve as the chief commander of the maritime guard team of the Taiwan Administrative Region. As for the commander of the garrison of Chongming Fortress, Taktu, Li Mingxun gave this good man who had been trapped in Chongming for ten years a year. After the holiday was completed, he went to Qingdao to serve as the commander of the Qingdao Fortress, liberated the military operations and formed a new combat division of the 6th Army.

Of course, the United States did not completely be ruthless. Before giving up Chongming, it proposed to Yanpingfan to take action. However, Zheng Chenggong chose to give up. He also lacked troops. In addition to lacking troops, Zheng Chenggong had no confidence in defeating the Manqing Naval Division on the Yangtze River Waterway.

It was impossible for the Chongming Fortress to be used by the Qing Dynasty. Wu Mu led the 6th team to fight against Chongming, evacuating the Chongming defenders and more than 30,000 people in Chongming, and demolishing the Chongming Fortress. Zheng Chenggong also knew that after Chongming demolished it, it would be very important to enter and exit the Yangtze River in the future. He also cooperated and attacked the Qing Dynasty's naval forces in the direction of Hangzhou Bay, restraining the Qing Dynasty's navy.

In addition to the cancellation of the Jiangnan War Zone, it also strictly restricted the smuggling trade between domestic merchants and the Qing Dynasty. In the past, the Southeast vassals conducted smuggling trade with the Qing Dynasty, purchasing South China Sea goods such as grain, spices, wood, gems, etc. from merchants of the United States, and sold them to Da6 to buy Chinese goods such as raw silk, silk, porcelain, etc. In this process, the Qing officials, the Southeast vassal states and Chinese merchants benefited, but the United States did not receive any taxes. On the contrary, they had to bear the losses of the increase in the military strength of the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong, the lord of Yanping, hated the previous actions of the southeastern vassal states, believing that it not only damaged the great cause of the Qing Dynasty, but also smeared the army's will to fight. However, after he was in charge of the Southeast, in order to obtain financial resources, he also smuggled on a large scale and slapped himself in the face. Now that everything is over, the Senate directly restricted the United States ships from going to the southeast islands, including Zhoushan, and announced that he would not take the initiative to go to the Yanping sphere of influence for trade. The goods of ships from the direction of Qingdao, Jeju and Yongning must be recorded in the record. Once a large gap occurs after arriving at the port, it is considered smuggling. In the direction of Zhoushan, the only way for Chinese ships to dock is Sijiaoshan Port.

Of course, Yanpingfan could take the initiative to send a ship to Taipei to purchase supplies, but all military and civilian supplies such as grain, iron, gunpowder, and cotton must be strictly limited. The quantity depends on the number of Zhoushan people, so as not to smuggle them to the Qing Dynasty after purchasing.

However, this move restricts Chinese maritime merchants, but cannot restrict foreign maritime merchants, especially the four colonial countries of the Netherlands, Britain, Portugal and West. Because the United States has a system of stating goods to ports and investigates and deals with all smuggled ships, these four countries often send merchant ships to directly purchase supplies from their own ports or ports of neutral countries to trade in Zhoushan. However, because the ships are limited, the efficiency is inefficient, the cost is increased, and the quantity is greatly reduced.

But no matter what, it is much better than the previous era of the reign of the country. In that era, the Southeast Vaticans dared to smuggle anything to the Da6, even including firearms and ammunition. Before Zheng Cai went to Ryukyu, he also revealed that after the Sino-Dutch War, the Dutch East India Company also smuggled artillery to the Qing Dynasty through Zhoushan, providing artillery craftsmen and mercenaries. By the time of the Yanping period, similar smuggling that directly enhanced the strength of the Qing army was over.
Chapter completed!