Chapter 1264 References

Jiang Han led Liu Shang through the hall and came to a huge wooden table. On this table were placed a dozen books that were more than two inches thick. Each book was two feet long and one foot wide.

The pages are much larger than the books you can see every day. There are also some paper, ink, pen and inkstone supplies beside it. Two or three other people are also looking through these big books, and they are excerpting something on the white paper from time to time.

"This is a catalog of books and manuscripts that can be borrowed. You first take a look at what you are interested in, take a piece of paper and write it down, and then I will take it to the counter to go through the borrowing procedures." Jiang Han softly explained to Liu Shang how to use these big books: "

You can borrow up to three materials at a time, and you can borrow them again after returning them."

Liu Shang also lowered his voice and asked: "Can the borrowed manuscripts be taken out of the library?"

Jiang Han shook his head and said: "We and other civilians can't do it. Only students at the government-run Sanya University and public servants in various yamen can register with their IDs and borrow manuscripts for a few days."

"So that's it!" Liu Shang thought to himself. This library has quite a few rules, but if it weren't for that, I'm afraid the materials collected here would disappear one after another without any reason in a few days.

Liu Shang looked at the covers of those big books, which had literature, geography, science, law, etc. written on them. Just as he was waiting to decide which aspect to read first, Jiang Han had already raised his finger and pointed to a catalog on the table and said: "Hai."

The history of the Han Dynasty, sir, the information you need to refer to should probably be found here."

Liu Shang followed what he said and took the catalog over, only to find that there were many small tabs on the side of the book for quick query of the content. Liu Shang quickly found the "War" column and clicked where the tabs were pasted.

Opening it, you can see that there are several pages full of items listed.

The history of the Hai-Han War is archived by year, starting from the first armed conflict with the Ming Navy when they landed at Yulin Bay in 1627, and then all the wars in the past years are recorded one by one. Among them, starting from the participation in the Annan Civil War in 1628, the war

It became more intensive year by year, and there were many opponents. In addition to the Ming army, Haihan successively fought with Guangdong bandits, Fujian pirates, South Vietnamese rebels, Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Zhejiang armed maritime merchants, Shandong bandits, and Liaodong Jin army.

Many forces have records of battles. Even the recent battle records with Johor and the United Kingdom on Star Island in the South China Sea have been added to the last column.

Before Liu Shang came to Sanya, he had a rough understanding of the Haihan War, but the information he had could not match the detail of this record. He had never even heard of many of the wars that took place in the South China Sea. But come to think of it,

With Haihan's ability and past record, these wars should not be fictitious. Fighting with multiple forces at such an intensive frequency, and many battlefields are thousands of miles away from Hainan Island, requires a lot of investment.

The human, material and financial resources are simply unimaginable, and the terrifying extent of Haihan's national power and military strength can be seen from this.

Liu Shang remembered that Jiang Han had said before that if he just read and adapted a few battles, it would be enough to cover the last year and a half. Now it seems that if the history of the Hai-Han War is changed into storytelling, I am afraid that the book will not be able to keep up with the Shanghai-Han Army.

The speed of the war started. However, the Haihan Army was very powerful. It is said that it has never been defeated in foreign wars and gained a lot. Otherwise, with such an intensive war, even if there were gold and silver mountains, it would have been defeated long ago.

Liu Shang turned to Jiang Han and said: "Boss Jiang, there are so many wars. I'm new to Haihan, and I don't know which ones are suitable for adapting storytellers. Do you have any suggestions?"

Jiang Han said: "I can't say for sure. In fact, people have tried to adapt most wars in the past. For example, in the battles like the massacre of Shibazhi in Fujian a few years ago, the government even specially rehearsed plays and performed them in various towns.

However, I think the jokes you have revised have a unique flavor. Even if the old wine is put in a new bottle, it should still perform well. In the past few days, I have specifically asked the regular customers in the store, and they all said that the book you mentioned sounds interesting, as long as it is new.

I’m sure you’ll come and listen to the story. If I see which section you’re interested in, just look up the information on that section!”

Liu Shang's mind was not on storytelling. He only engaged in this business to have a safe identity cover. He had no intention of slowly delving into the history of Haihan's foreign wars. However, he had a rare opportunity to visit the municipal library today.

, he also wanted to use this to find out how this organization operates. Liu Shang immediately pointed to the catalog and said: "Before coming down to Haihan, I heard that Marshal Qian led his army to defeat the pirates Shiba Zhihe on Nanri Island in Fujian.

The battle between the red-haired coalition forces was very exciting, why not borrow the relevant information about this battle and take a look?"

Jiang Han responded: "Although this battle was fought four years ago, when the news came back to the country, it greatly cheered up the people. There was a lot of controversy in the country about sending troops to Fujian. It is said that the heads of the executive committee also had different opinions.

But after this battle, there was no objection, and then they marched to Taiwan, and then went north to Zhejiang and Shandong. It can be said that this battle laid the foundation. Mr. Liu chose this battle, he is indeed a wise man!"

At that moment, Jiang Han led Liu Shang to the borrowing desk deep inside the library and reported to the staff the war records that needed to be reviewed. Not long after, the staff took out three relevant documents, one of which was recorded at that time.

The Times special issue "Haihan Times·Nanri Island Battle Record" covering the whole process of the war. This special issue set a circulation record for the Times that year. At that time, the newspaper had to reprint three times to meet the market demand; one copy was written by a visiting professor at Sanya University and the former Ming Dynasty

"The bloody battle on Nanri Island" written by Danzhou Zhizhou Yan Mingjun has been included in the required textbooks of Haihan Senior School; there is also an article "The Beginning and End of the 1631 Fujian Naval Battle" written by Ning Qi, the current Minister of Culture and Education.

At that time, Ning Qi was the official who led the mission to Fujian and personally experienced the war that broke out in the Fujian Strait from May to July of that year. This article he wrote was used when he gave a report to the Executive Committee after returning to Sanya.

The manuscript was later published in official media.

These three manuscripts have their own characteristics. The first one is a time-sensitive article. This special issue was released the day after the fleet from Fujian returned to Sanya, allowing the propaganda of this war to be launched at the best time.

It also received very ideal results. The second article written by Yan Mingjun, a former Ming Dynasty official, is in the genre of poetry. The description of the war is relatively abstract and the literary quality is more prominent, so it was selected into the textbook as a post-education article.

The subject of human beings. The third article written by Ning Qi, one of the witnesses, is more realistic and has more detailed details. However, because this manuscript was originally an internal reference, among the copied collections,

A large number of specific figures involving military intelligence have been redacted.

In fact, this is not all the collection materials related to this war. In fact, there are at least more than twenty related documents and materials collected in the library. What they borrowed are only the three most famous and most circulated public materials.

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The information Liu Shang really wanted to see was the information related to the political system. At first, he just wanted to borrow some information to show off and deal with Jiang Han, so that he could try to get him to come forward to borrow some other information later. But he really got these few

After reading the information, Liu Shang was quickly attracted by the content.

Most of the information recorded in it was something he had never heard of before. For example, the mission sent by Haihan to Fujian was assassinated in Zhangzhou City, which led to the mastermind Zheng Zhilong and his gang, and the Haihan fleet took action directly.

With the Ming army, they captured Nanri Island, Shibazhi's stronghold near the coast of Fujian. After that, Shibazhi asked for help from its patrons, the Dutch, and formed a coalition to try to recapture Nanri Island, but were defeated again by the Haihan Army. The Netherlands was

At that time, the Fujian Ming Army mobilized tens of thousands of men to compete with its opponents, but it did not seem to gain any advantage in the battle with Haihan. Instead, it was always in a passive state of being beaten.

The official records of the Ming Dynasty are few and far between. The information Liu Shang knew before was that the Fujian Ming army led the war to suppress bandits. Haihan was only briefly mentioned as a maritime merchant who provided logistical support.

, but this is obviously very different from Haihan's records. In these three documents, without exception, it is stated that the Haihan Army is the main force in the battle, while the Fujian Ming Army plays the role of an auxiliary army that accepts Haihan's command and is responsible for logistics and transportation.

The roles are exactly reversed with the official documents issued by Fujian officials after the war.

Liu Shang slowly checked the descriptions of these three documents, and he had a basic idea of ​​which ones were true and which ones were false. Haihan's battle records were undoubtedly much more detailed than those officially released by Fujian, and included the ins and outs of the incident and the number of troops deployed by both sides.

The scale, time of encountering the enemy, battle process, and statistics of the results are all very detailed records. And later, the Haihan people first occupied Penghu, then attacked Taiwan, and later went all the way north to push the controlled area to the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. This is impossible and all

The Fujian Ming Army fought for them to gain territory.

Obviously, the Fujian government had serious fabrications in the information they reported to the court and released to the public. They took the achievements of the Haihan Army as their own, and Xu Xinsu, the commander-in-chief of Fujian, was able to buy them with money in just a few years.

Those who came here climbed all the way up the general position. However, Haihan seemed to have no objection to Ming officials taking away the credit. Otherwise, as long as all the information at hand was made public, the Fujian officials who pretended to take credit for the reward would have a large number of people to blame.

If it lands, maybe Mr. Xu, who is now famous in Fujian, will suffer a big setback because of this.

Of course, Liu Shang also heard that Haihan had given great support to the Xu family in Fujian. There were even rumors that Xu Xinsu was a high-level puppet that Haihan deliberately cultivated in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. How credible is this statement?

Regardless, Haihan was able to stably establish routes through Fujian waters and establish strongholds in Zhejiang and Shandong further north. This is obviously inseparable from the cooperation of Fujian officials. However, these inside stories are in the relevant documents of the Nanri Island Battle.

It has not been mentioned much, and there are only a few records of Haihan sending envoys to visit the area.

As far as Liu Shang knew, Haihan had not yet established an independent country at that time, so the local officials in Fujian received them according to the etiquette standards of foreign envoys. This was obviously an unruly behavior. However, compared with the subsequent joint dispatch of troops by both sides, it was not.

It's nothing.

If this war incident was to be adapted into a storyteller, Liu Shang felt it was appropriate from the bottom of his heart. He even quickly sketched out some plots in his mind that could be focused on, such as the assassination of Zhangzhou City, the attack on Nanri Island, and the sea battle.

War against the Allied Forces, etc. Qian Tiandun and Morgan, who led the army in the battle at that time, were both famous generals in the Haihan Army. Just focusing on these two people, plus the civil servant Ning Qi sitting in the rear, is enough to compile a wonderful movie

It's a big drama.

"How is it? What do Mr. Liu think of the Battle of Nanri Island?" Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, Jiang Han took the initiative to ask.

"Very good, very good!" Liu Shang came back from his thoughts and responded quickly: "However, this battle scene is grand and the background is complicated. If I want to come up with a complete book, I will need at least one or two

I will spend months slowly preparing and perfecting the story, I wonder if Boss Jiang can afford to wait?"

Of course Jiang Han hopes that Liu Shang will come up with a new story as soon as possible. The best thing is to pick up the story of the Battle of Star Island, so as to avoid losing the flow of customers to other places. After all, he is not the only one in Sanya Port Area.

There is a storyteller stationed in the teahouse. Although Liu Shang's ability to interpret stories is much better than that of other storytellers, if there are no new products and he only tells old stories, then he is not much better than his peers.

Jiang Han said: "One or two months is a bit too long. It's best to prepare quickly so that I can start publicizing it earlier. By the time you finish talking about the Battle of Star Island, the momentum of this new book will be built.

Then naturally more people will come to support us.”

Liu Shangxin said that you have a good plan, but I don't have this ambition, sir, and I probably won't be able to stay that long. Of course, he would not let out any words, he just nodded and said: "In this case, I must do my best, but

During the preparation period, a lot of information needs to be consulted, and boss Jiang needs to cooperate a lot."

Jiang Han asked: "Isn't it enough to just look at these information?"

Liu Shangying said: "This may be enough for ordinary storytellers, but it is not enough for me. What is the route from Sanya to Fujian and how many days will it take? You must refer to the nautical chart information and not make random nonsense. The Haihan Army and its opponents

In a naval battle, it is necessary to tell how big the warship is, how many crews it carries, and how many guns it has. The names of officials from the Fujian government and the Ming army who came into contact with Haihan must also be verified one by one, otherwise they will just make up their names casually.

, then there is no credibility. If someone exposes it, wouldn’t it mean that the brand is ruined?”

Jiang Han was not a fool, so he frowned and said: "I'm afraid some of this information involves military secrets, and the relevant information is not something ordinary people like me can look up."

Liu Shang advised: "It doesn't matter, we just need to do our best. In short, the more information we know, the easier it will be to compile the book. If we have evidence to test, what we say will be more convincing to the audience.

convince."
Chapter completed!