Chapter 123 (15) Appeal to the Pope

Kangxi ordered that the imperial forest army be dispatched immediately, smash all the altars and pots of the common people, and then drive them back home. The city was crying loudly, and there were smashed pickle jars everywhere.There was a strong smell of kimchi in the air, and the smell drifted downwind to the Jinluan Hall. Little Kangxi swallowed: My dear friends, with so many of you, can't you think of a way to control that crazy old man Wu Sangui? The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless.At this time, a young eunuch suddenly ran in from outside the palace, walked up to Kangxi's ear, and said something.In an instant, Kangxi's expression changed drastically: Really?

The little eunuch nodded. Kangxi stood up: Dear friends, please wait a moment, I will come when I go to the bathroom... I hurried around to the apse, and saw a person collapsed on the ground, surrounded by several guards, pouring soup and water, Beat the back and beat the legs.Seeing Kangxi approaching, everyone hurriedly got up, and the man who collapsed on the ground also groaned: "Long live Lord, it's terrible, Cai Lu and Yang Laijia, they are going to rebel... Cai Lu?Yang Laijia?Little Kangxi also groaned: Who are these two? Cai Lu and Yang Laijia were the lieutenants of Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping County in the Ming Dynasty. They followed Zheng Chenggong and participated in the Battle of Zhangzhou and the Battle of Nanjing.Afterwards, the two followed Zheng Chenggong to Taiwan. At this time, a group of Dutch vagrants, all laid-off employees of the Dutch East India Company, rowed a boat around Malacca and came to live on the island of Taiwan.Taking advantage of the time when Zheng Chenggong went out to fight against the Qing soldiers, he openly built two cities on Taiwan Island, one called Chixian City and the other called Wangcheng, and the port was called Luermen.

After Zheng Chenggong returned to Taiwan, he was very surprised and asked: What do you do? The Dutch vagrants replied: This is the territory of our Netherlands. After you apply for a passport, you can come in. Zheng Chenggong became angry: This is obviously my home... The Dutch tramp said with a smile: You Chinese are so ignorant that you don't understand the rules of international politics.This law looks like this: We are laid-off workers from the Dutch East India Company, and we are working on the sea to make a living by ourselves. Suddenly we saw this beautiful island, and we came to the island and put our hands on the land. This island is us. We will get rid of poverty, and we will move towards a well-off life from now on.Do you understand?

Zheng Chenggong was surprised: You are crazy!We have lived on the island for thousands of years, why do you click your finger and it becomes yours? The Dutch tramp replied: This is the Pope's rule.We are servants of God, if you disagree, you can appeal to the Pope. What a mess! Zheng Chenggong was furious and immediately ordered to attack the city.The Dutch vagabonds fired back with muskets, and the fight was lively.In the end, Zheng Chenggong besieged the city in anger. The city was surrounded for seven months. There were only more than 100 homeless people who came from the Netherlands to scoop up territory, so they had to hang out the white flag and surrender.

This period of history is Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan. After regaining Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong appointed military adviser Chen Yonghua to form the Tiandihui to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he asked the generals to move all their family members to Taiwan.The generals Cai Lu and Yang Laijia were unwilling to relocate, and they dared not speak up, so they rowed back and went to Xiao Kangxi. So Xiao Kangxi put Cai Lu in Hebei as the commander-in-chief of Hebei; he put Yang Laijia in Xiangyang as the commander-in-chief. Look at these two places, look at these two places!

If the two brothers partnered with Wu Sangui, it would mean that a golden road from Yunnan to Beijing would be opened. And these two brothers have indeed joined Wu Sangui's rebellion.