In the first year of Wanli, nothing major happened in the Daming Dynasty. Zhang Juzheng steadily promoted his personnel reform. After the death of Feng Bao, the palace was also very peaceful.
Queen Dowager Li began to believe in Buddhism. The eunuchs were also busy. They wanted to fight, but they couldn't for the time being.
Yu Dayou entered the capital in August, under the banner of seeing a doctor.
Zhu Yijun found an opportunity to meet Yu Dayou and then handed Yu Dayou over to Chen Ju. Chen Ju was in charge of the military, so it was appropriate for Yu Dayou to go there.
As an experienced general, Yu Dayou naturally had a deep understanding of military equipment.
With Yu Dayou helping Chen Ju, there would be no problems there. Zhu Yijun was also relieved.
In the second year of Wanli, Lin Feng, a big pirate from the southeast coast, invaded the interior. He was defeated by Yin Zhengmao, the Minister of War and the Right Deputy Censor.
The situation in the two provinces was stable, but Lin Feng didn't stop. He went from Taiwan to the Philippines and united the local Chinese and indigenous people to expel the Spanish colonists.
The fleet sailed for two days and arrived at the border of Luzon. They immediately captured Miyan. The Spanish General Shasilo fled in a boat. The fleet took advantage of the victory and went straight to Manila.
Speed was important in war. Lin Feng ordered the vanguard to lead 700 elite soldiers to attack Manila at night.
Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly changed at night. It was windy and rainy. Huge waves were like mountains. Half of the ship sank and more than 200 people were lost. At the same time, because it was difficult to sail in the dark, they landed at the wrong place. When they arrived in Manila, it was already bright and the Spaniards were ready.
The vanguard troops attacked bravely regardless of fatigue. They broke into the Spaniards' headquarters and killed the commander-in-chief, Gaudí. Many Spaniards were captured.
In October of the second year of Wanli, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchen, Wang Gao, invaded.
The Liaodong Inspector Zhang Xueyan and the commander-in-chief Li Chengliang ordered their generals to spread out to the fortress and besieged from all sides.
Wang Gao was defeated and his troops fled to the camp where Wang Gao lived.
The camp was on high ground and the situation was dangerous. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Li Chengliang used his firearms to attack, breaking several fences. Zongzheng Yu Zhiwen and the other generals risked their lives to climb the high ground and attack ferociously. Wang Gao was unable to resist, he fled to the high platform and shot Yu Zhiwen dead.
Coincidentally there was a strong gust of wind, the Ming Army set fire to Wang Gao's military camp. Successively they killed more than one thousand one hundred people and destroyed the camp.
One of the two pieces of news was from Dongchang's men in Haojiang, and the other was information about the war. When Zhu Yijun read it, his heart felt heavy.
The colonists had entered the east and established themselves in City M, but Daming's fleet was still nowhere to be seen.
In the north of the empire, the Jianzhou Jurchen had begun to rise. Although Li Chengliang and the others were suppressing them, they would only become more and more troublesome.
With the rise of the Jurchens in Jianzhou and the Mongolians in the grasslands, the northern border of Daming would not be peaceful.
Zhu Yijun was not worried that they would cause trouble, but the Wanli Emperor knew that if history continued to develop, the Jurchens in Jianzhou would become a serious problem.
They would divert the Daming's energy to the border and consume a large amount of food every year, making the already exhausted Daming even more exhausted.
In the autumn of the second year of Wanli, Shanxi's Ying Zhou, Shuozhou, Shanyin, Mayi, Datong, Andong, Zhongtun, Shanyin, Yinhe, and Gaoshan all reported disasters.
South Zhili's Gaoyou Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Lu Si and other counties, after a great drought, there was a violent storm. Rivers and seas overflowed, and more than ten thousand houses collapsed. More than 1,600 residents drowned, countless livestock were killed, warehouses and salt fields were destroyed, and the people were homeless and starving.
Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and other places suffered from heavy rain, tsunamis, and rivers overflowed.
After this incident, Zhu Yijun knew that the earth was restless and the Little Ice Age had arrived.
From then on, the Daming was in turmoil, and all kinds of natural disasters would further consume the Daming's lifespan.
The people were homeless, and if nothing was done, the fire of the peasant uprising would sooner or later start a prairie fire.
In the third year of Wanli, the earth was peaceful, but the imperial court was not.
Zhang Juzheng, who had complete control of the imperial court, began a large-scale purge. The officials were dismissed, and the officials were dismissed. Zhang Juzheng began to promote his own people on a large scale.
The entire Daming court's officialdom changed, and it was the era of Zhang Juzheng.
The war in Southeast Asia was in full swing, and the battle between Lin Feng and the Spanish became more and more intense.
After Lin Feng's army was defeated in the Philippines, he led his troops to invade, reaching Zhe Lin, Jinghai, and Jieshi.
At the same time, he went to Fujian and other places, using Taiwan's Wanggang as a base to plunder.
However, at that time, Fujian was very strict in cracking down on pirates, and Lin Feng had no choice but to leave.
Hu Shouren defeated Lin Feng again, and Lin Feng led his troops to Guangdong to invade Chaozhou.
At that time, Chaozhou's Governor of Jinzhe, Lin Feng himself saw the strength of the navy in Fujian and Guangdong, and became disheartened, and did not make further preparations to resist.
Therefore, Lin Feng's subordinates, Ma Zhishan, Li Cheng, and 1712 people were recruited, and 668 men and women were taken in.
Lin Feng knew that China had always been merciless to so-called bandits, so he fled to other countries, and his whereabouts were unknown.
The Daming court, both officially and privately, temporarily withdrew from the colonial struggle in Southeast Asia.
However, the Daming sea trade was too profitable, and after Lin Feng, another great pirate rose up along the coast of the Daming, and this person was Li Dan.
Li Dan made his fortune through trade with the Japanese Empire, and he supported the Japanese Empire's Tokugawa Ieyasu to unify the Japanese Empire.
With the help of the Japanese pirate groups, Li Dan organized armed fleets, and engaged in international trade between Japan, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the ships operated by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In addition, he also engaged in piracy and plunder.
Because of his valiant style on the sea, he was nicknamed "Captain" by the Westerners.
(China Captain), also known as Kapidan Li Dan.
The word "Kapidan" (Captain) was the name given to the Han leaders during the Spanish rule of Manila.
These things were all gathered by Zhu Yijun's intelligence personnel in Macau. Li Dan's rise was very rapid, and Zhu Yijun believed that behind him, there was definitely the support of the powerful families in Southeast.
In the fourth year of Wanli, everything went smoothly in the imperial court. Because of Qi Jiguang's presence in the Northern Borderline, everything was very stable.
Fox Dong was completely defeated by Qi Jiguang. Fox Dong wore plain clothes and ran to Qi Jiguang, crying and begging to surrender. Qi Jiguang discussed with his subordinates and decided to accept his surrender. Fox Dong then released the people he had plundered and swore not to rebel again. From then on, Fox Dong and Dong Zhangang dared not invade Ji Men.
The Ji Men guarded by Qi Jiguang was impregnable, and the northern barbarians could not break in, so they turned to invade Liaodong. Qi Jiguang led troops as reinforcements, and assisted the defending general of Liaodong, Li Chengliang, to repel them.
With the help of Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang developed in Liaodong, and the Jurchen of Jianzhou were also suppressed. The Northern Borderline of Daming was temporarily stabilized.
However, Zhu Yijun knew that these were all temporary.
In this year, Zhu Yijun also received news from Macau. The Portuguese had established a Catholic district in Macau, and they were beginning to preach in Daming.