Chapter 101 Reading "Records of Cong Zheng" written by Yang Ying, a Royal Household Official in Yanping

Reading "Records of Cong Zheng" written by Yang Ying, a Royal Household Official in Yanping A photocopy of "Cong Zheng Shi Lu" I used to read the biographies of Zheng Chenggong written by the Japanese, and saw that they quoted Yang Ying's "Congzheng Shilu", The materials are all unavailable in other books, and I really want to find this book to have a look.know it has Beijing I asked a friend in Beijing to buy a photocopy of the Institute of History and Linguistics of the Academia Sinica.reply saying yes There are no books left.Later, I borrowed it from friends and the library, but I never borrowed it, so I always borrowed it from the library.

Never read this book. This was more than ten years ago.My reading is so casual, delving into a For a question, gather relevant information as much as possible to have a good time; Put it in the high cabinet, and then go to dabble in other topics.In the past few years, I seldom pay attention to Zheng's biographical materials, because Therefore, "Congzheng Shilu" has long been forgotten by me.Unexpectedly, when I went to the bookstore yesterday, I was in China. I saw this book on the shelf of the ancient books department of the bookstore, and there were more than one, and they were all brand new.

The covenant was recently discovered from some warehouse. Buying books is such an interesting thing: you can meet them but not ask for them.More than ten years ago, so heaven and earth engraved A book that I was looking for but couldn't find. After more than ten years, things have changed, but I came across it without any effort. Fortunately, the price is not very expensive, so I immediately bought a copy without hesitation. Although the research on Zheng Chenggong has been put aside for a long time, but in order to pay for more than ten years Long-cherished wish, after I came back, I still read this book in one breath under the lamp.Sure enough, the content is very rich

Fu is indeed a book that anyone who wants to study Zheng Chenggong must read. This "Yanping Royal Household Official Yang Ying Congzheng Records" was published by the National Academia Sinica in the 20th year of the Republic of China. One of the series of historical materials published by the Institute of Historical Linguistics is a photocopy of the original manuscript.this manuscript It was discovered from the old family in Fujian at that time, and it has never been published before, and no one has mentioned it, so it is an earlier None of the authors of the published biographies of Zheng have seen this book.According to Zhu Xizu in the photocopy of this book

The preamble says: "This book came from the collection of my old family in Fujian. It was moldy and rotten before and after. Lack of text.It was packed into four volumes and mailed to Beijing, and it was called "Yanping Shilu".Script Wen Shang is vaguely discernible, so Suixi took this name.Looking at the style of this book, I don't take the deeds of Yanping's life as the basis. The whole story is based on Yang Ying’s testimony of Congzheng...so I changed its title to Congzheng Veritable Record, and crowned it Take the word Yang Ying. " Yang Ying was one of the six officials set up under Zheng Chenggong's command.

He has followed the Zheng family for more than ten years.In the book, there are very detailed records about the marching salary and personnel construction. Moreover, the materials are all recorded from the archives and letters of various subjects, which is an indispensable primitive history for the study of Zheng's deeds. material.It records the round-trip documents between Zheng and the envoys of the Qing court (about the peace negotiation with the Qing people, Zheng The family said that "the Qing Dynasty also wanted to deceive me, and it would use the plan to plan, and the right to raise food and pay, so as to feed the soldiers"),

and the hardships and hardships in the early days of conquering Taiwan are all what Yang Ying experienced personally, which is reflected in his book. The Unseen is the most valuable part of this book. Two Veritable Records about Taiwan Before Zheng Chenggong entered Taiwan, he also went through a blockade of Taiwan, which did not allow the coast and foreign ships. The stage of doing business only with the Hongyi who occupied Taiwan.This is what Yang Ying left behind in "Congzheng Shilu". One of the precious historical materials to come.See the record in June of the eleventh year of Ming Yongli:

"Fan Jia stationed in Siming Prefecture, Taiwan's Hongyi chief Kui Yi sent his official, He Tingbin, to Siming Qifan is willing to pay tribute to Hong Kong for business, and to present foreign treasures.Because of the arrival of Wuyang ships in previous years Hey, every time the red barbarians stay in trouble, the vassal engraves a decree that all the harbors and the state capitals of the eastern and western barbarians, Forbidden to do business in Taiwan, so it was banned for two years, the ships were blocked, the goods were expensive, and there were many diseases and epidemics among the barbarians.

So he ordered Tingbin to ask for advice, and the annual payment was 5,000 taels, 100,000 arrow shafts, and 1,000 dans of sulfur. business. " The "Fan" mentioned here refers to Zheng Chenggong, which is Yang Ying's respectful name for the Zheng family.because The Zheng family granted the title of Yanping County King, ordered the establishment of six ministries, and appointed officials, so they were called feudal lords. A small imperial court that stands on its own.He Tingbin later presented a map of Taiwan to Zheng Chenggong, which made him He understood how vast and fertile Taiwan's land was, and decided to recover it whenever he had the opportunity.he is

When deciding to conquer the Dutch who occupied Taiwan, they first discussed with their subordinates like this: "A picture of Taiwan that He Tingbin entered the year before last, with vast expanses of pastoral land, thousands of miles of fertile fields, and tens of taxes Ten thousand, shipbuilding and utensils, my people are scattered, and they are the best.Nearly occupied by the red barbarians, the barbarians in the city, There are no more than a thousand people, who can be easily attacked.I want to flatten Taiwan, consider it a fundamental place, and settle down Generals and family members, and then conquer east and west, without any internal worries, and can gather lessons. "

The time is right to march into Taiwan because of internal support.According to Wei Yuan's "Sheng Wu Ji" load: "At that time, the two cities of the Netherlands were guarded by the first king of Kui, and they traded with the countries of Champa, Luzon, South Seas, Gradually Chengdu will.The minister who is in charge of the plan is responsible for 200,000 yuan. I am afraid that I will find that there is nothing to pay, and I will be desperate. Gong, please guide the soldiers.After successfully looking at the map, he sighed and said, this is also Buyeo overseas. " The "two cities in the Netherlands" mentioned here refers to the two cities occupied by the Dutch in Taiwan, that is, Chichi and Anping Town.I just don't know if the "minister in charge of planning" is He Tingbin who presented the map. However, when Zheng Chenggong started to march into Taiwan, He Tingbin had already set off with the army.Never in this expedition Bring more military rations, just listen to He Tingbin's words.Yang Ying recorded this incident: "At that time, the officers and soldiers did not bring much food, because He Tingbin said that he had been in Taiwan for several days, and there was no shortage of food and rice. It's the wind and the lack of food. " Later, Zheng Chenggong landed at Luermen and captured Chixian City. Kui sent envoys to discuss peace. Shi later surrendered to him.He Tingbin was the interpreter these few times, so it can be seen that he has long been used by the Zheng family. up. Three Records Recording Zheng's Difficulties in Opening up Taiwan "Congzheng Shilu" records the hardships of the Zheng family in the early days of opening up Taiwan, especially the lack of food. The situation of getting more and more stagnant is not recorded in other books.As a household officer, Yang Ying was in charge of military supplies. Knowing everything about this aspect in detail is exactly the value of Yang's "Cong Zheng Shi Lu". At the beginning of Zheng's invasion of Taiwan, according to this book, in the first month of the fifteenth year of the Yongli calendar, he summoned all the generals Secret discussion cloud: "A picture of Taiwan that He Tingbin entered the year before last, with vast expanses of pastoral land, thousands of miles of fertile fields, and tens of taxes Ten thousand, shipbuilding and utensils, my people are scattered, and they are the best.Nearly occupied by the red barbarians, the barbarians in the city, There are no more than a thousand people, who can be easily attacked.I want to flatten Taiwan, consider it a fundamental place, and settle down Generals and family members, and then conquer east and west, without any internal worries, and can gather lessons.not everyone Dare to violate, but it is quite embarrassing....... " It can be seen that some people have secretly opposed during the meeting, so when the official departure, some people even fled. The first forty-ninth page of the original book says: "On the tenth day of the first month of March, the feudal lords were stationed in Liuluo, waiting for the wind to drive away. At that time, most of the officers and soldiers used crossing the ocean as an excuse. Difficult, there are many people who want to escape, and Chen Rui, the envoy Yingbing Town, was arrested and released. " Then, on the way to the expedition and after arriving in Taiwan, there was a scare of food shortages.this is pre It was planned that after landing in Taiwan, food and salaries could be collected on the spot. Unexpectedly, Taiwan produced very little rice at that time. At the same time, the generals who stayed at Jinmen in Siming Prefecture, in order to oppose Zheng's attack on Taiwan, went so far as to withhold grain The lack of ships made the Zheng's army in Taiwan almost in danger of running out of food.Yang's record of the situation at that time says: "In July, the vassals were stationed in Chengtianfu, but the household officials could not arrive by the grain ship, the officers and soldiers were short of food, and every village fought The price ranges from four to five renminbi, and the folks are asked to accept the sweet potatoes and distribute them as rations for soldiers. " "In August, the vassals were stationed in Chengtianfu, but the household officials did not arrive to transport grain, and the officers and soldiers went to Shimuzi to fill them up. Hungry, and worrying about the change of taking off the scarf, I sent Yang Fu Yin and the same household to lead Yang Ying to pass through Luermen and wait for the grain ship. And those who come from the east to the official and private ships will do their best to buy and sell them to the soldiers.Seasonal food and rice are not given, and officers and soldiers only have two meals a day. Are you sick or not? The soldier is heartbroken. " According to another book "Experience at Sea" (written by Ruan Xixi, also a subordinate of Zheng's family): In the first month of the 16th year, the Zheng family ordered their family members to move to Taiwan and stay behind in Siming Kinmen's "Zheng Tai Hongxu". Huang Ting and others didn't want to do it, so they didn't send a ship to Taiwan, but sent a ship to supervise Ji Hongchupi and other ten people. Those who are in charge of the fan club can't stay there, and the information on the island is cut off. "This kind of thing that the rear violates orders and refuses to cooperate This incident not only caused food shortages for the Zheng army occupying Taiwan at that time, but also made the Zheng army I am very indignant.Fortunately, the order was quickly ordered to guide the natives to cultivate and cultivate, and the cattle and plows were issued. It was not until the harvest in the first season was successful that it got through the difficulties.