It is said that in 1644, the Qing army took advantage of Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan and thus entered the Beijing Division, and the Central Plains announced a change of dynasty. Daming's nearly three-hundred-year life expectancy also ended in Li Zicheng's vigorous peasant uprising. After sitting firmly in the city of Beijing, the Qing Dynasty did not settle for the status quo, but sent troops south to hunt down the remnants of the Southern Ming and Dashun all the way, hoping to restore the glory of the Yan family more than five hundred years ago. After decades of burning and looting, the Qing Dynasty can also be regarded as sitting firmly in the Jiangshan, and the year name has been changed to Kangxi. However, at this time, the problems faced by the young Kangxi were not simple at all, and the seemingly calm Jiangnan region actually surged undercurrents.
The San Francisco soldiers led by Wu Sangui are a time bomb at first glance. Taiwan, which is across the sea from Fujian, still occupies the Ming Zheng Small Imperial Court established by the Zheng Clan, although it is not a major problem for the Qing Dynasty, but as long as the Ming Zheng Small Imperial Court exists for one day, it will greatly deceive the hearts of the people in Jiangnan. So after Kangxi pacified San Francisco, he immediately pointed his troops at Taiwan. However, the Qing army was good at land warfare and knew nothing about water warfare. The Kangxi Emperor, known as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, will certainly not give up on this. After some searching, a team of Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang was determined. Yao Qisheng was a cultural man, sitting in a tent and strategizing, shi Lang was a military general, charging into the front. It is reasonable to say that later, pacifying Yao Qisheng was the first merit of renunciation, why did Kangxi reward Shi Lang heavily in the end?
First of all, we need to understand why it is said that Pingding Taiwan Yao Qisheng is the first gong and Shi Lang is the second gong. Yes, Shi Lang fought very badly in Penghu and Ming Zheng, and he chewed down the hardest bone. However, it is very difficult for the victory of a local war to influence the outcome of the entire war situation. On the matter of pacifying Taiwan, Yao Qisheng put forward the strategy of suppressing and appeasing and using it at the same time. Although these four words seem very simple now, it is very incredible for the rulers of the Qing Dynasty at that time, after all, the Qing Dynasty sat steadily all the way, mostly relying on the butcher knife in his hand. Yao Qisheng's strategy basically conformed to the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty at that time. Moreover, while recovering the lost land, while recruiting the unstable generals of An Ming Zheng, the speed of pacification can be accelerated.
In addition, after Yao Qisheng regained Kinmen Xiamen, the Shangquan imperial court protected these two places, allowing the people to carry out agricultural production, and greatly restored the economy of these places. In addition, the Qing army was not good at water warfare, the first was unfavorable, Yao Qisheng immediately transferred personnel and artillery from all over the country after taking office in Fujian, and created a well-equipped water division. It can be said that even if Shi Lang is not replaced, it is only a matter of time before other military generals who are good at water warfare will pacify Taiwan. However, after pacifying Taiwan, the Kangxi Emperor made Shi Lang the Marquis of Jinghai, while Yao Qisheng was given the title of Duke of Jinghai. This is a big surprise. The reason for this still has to come from Yao Qisheng himself.
Yao Qisheng is different from Shi Lang, he is a reader who has obtained the meritorious name of the Eight Classics. He also served as an official in the Ming Dynasty, but later dismissed him because of some things. After the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, a clan of warriors like Yao Qisheng looked down on these barbarians. After all, how can the splendid culture of the agrarian people be compared to that of nomadic peoples who even call wild boar skin by the emperor? Therefore, although Yao Qisheng was an official of the Qing Dynasty, his heart was extremely contemptuous. Behaving obediently, he repeatedly offended the Kangxi Emperor and beheaded him for all that Kangxi was angry with. However, to pacify Taiwan, this person must not be. Kangxi thought about it in his heart, calculated or endured, and we settled the account after the autumn. After Zheng Ketuan surrendered, it was time to be rewarded, and Kangxi gave the old man the title of Hou, while Yao Qisheng was only a lieutenant. The first is the punishment for Yao Qisheng's arrogance, and the second is that the Qing Dynasty has always advocated the use of bow and horse, and the status of military generals has been greatly improved compared with the previous dynasty, so this is the case.