Prince Yanping Successfully Set Sail

In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, young Zheng Sen followed his father Zheng Zhilong to Nandu. He witnessed the corruption of the Hongguang regime and became disheartened by the court. After Chongzhen hanged himself, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou, gave Zheng Sen the national surname, changed his name to Chenggong, and was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Camp. From then on, he embarked on the road to resist the Qing Dynasty under the name "Zhu Chenggong". Zheng Chenggong proposed the "Yanping Treaty" of "controlling risks according to danger, selecting generals to advance, jointly attacking with ships, and opening up the ocean to enrich the country". He trained the navy in the Minjiang River to deal with the Qing army. After his father Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he resolutely broke away and led his troops to retreat to Xiamen. He reorganized his old troops and recruited troops in the name of "loyalty and filial brother to recruit the general". He was named Duke of Yanping by Emperor Yongli. In the twelfth year of Yongli reign, Zheng Chenggong led an army of 100,000 troops to the north of Nanjing. However, he was defeated due to underestimation of the enemy. Instead, he adopted He Bin's suggestion and marched eastward, landing in Taiwan via Penghu and Luermen. He defeated the Dutch reinforcements using fireship tactics and recovered the city of Relanje. He established Chengtianfu in Taiwan, promoted farming, encouraged immigration, and laid the foundation for resisting the Qing Dynasty. In the 16th year of Yongli's reign, Zheng Chenggong suffered from malaria and was depressed and angry. Before his death, he burned the unfinished "Shu Shi Northern Expedition" and ordered to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Throughout his life, he transformed from a bystander in the Southern Ming Dynasty to a banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty on the sea. With the navy as his blade and Taiwan as his base, he wrote a magnificent tragedy of a lonely minister and a wicked son during the Ming and Qing dynasties, leaving behind the immortal legend of "the country's surname".