Recently, the movie Dangkou Fengyun, starring Chiu Man-Cheuk and Sammo Hung, tells the story of Qi Jiguang, a hero who fought against the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty, and Qi Jiajun, the first "special force" in history. Although the movie's box office and word of mouth are not good, it vividly shows the story of the hero Qi Jiguang to the people. You know, every nation needs heroes, especially young people. It is cool for young people to like their idols. Qi Jiguang is like the patron saint of the people, tall and mighty.

Chiu Man-Cheuk plays Qi Jiguang.

The author will give you a brief explanation of that history:

The source of the enemy: The first explanation is that Japan was called Japan at that time, and robbers from Japan naturally became enemies. China has always used "bandits" to describe bandits. The second explanation is that the word "day" belongs to the people, and the Committee also speaks. "Wei" means "soft body" and "smaller size". "Man" and "Wei" together mean "short man". The word "buckle" is from the end to the end. "Done" means "done" and "knock" means "knock". "Wan" and "Yi" together mean "broken home".

Japanese pirates

Historically, the "enemy" of South Korea is different from that of China. Therefore, it can be divided into "pirates of the day before yesterday" and "pirates of the day after tomorrow", and their scope, purpose and composition are different. The "pirates of the day before yesterday" were composed of Japanese, taking the Korean peninsula as the main stage and engaged in the plunder of rice and slaves; The "late Japanese pirates" took China, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong coastal areas as the main stage of smuggling trade, and their members were mixed troops of China and Japan.

Of course, what I want to focus on is the "belated enemy" that happened in China.

Since Ming Taizu, a blockade policy called "maritime ban" has prohibited China people from engaging in maritime activities. With the development of economy, this policy is difficult to maintain, and a large number of maritime smugglers have emerged. They colluded with the local rich class (gentry and bureaucrats) to form a powerful force and promote smuggling trade.

Because the Portuguese could not get the permission of the official trade of the Ming government, they had to join the smuggling trade, and Japanese merchant ships merged with them under the background of rich domestic silver production. Officials in China regard all these people as enemies. As a smuggling trade base, Shuangyu and Ligang in Zhejiang were completely destroyed under the attack of China government forces, and smugglers became pirates.

The Japanese in Satsuma, Hou Fei, Nagato, Dajiu, Zhu Qian, Houzhu, Sunward, Shejin, Bomo, Jiyi, Tanegashima, Qian Feng, Hou Feng, Hequan and other places took refuge in the enemies led by the Japanese, especially Wang Zhi and focuses. Wang Zhi, based in Hirado and Wudao, led a huge fleet to attack the coast of China.

In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and Yu were in charge of coastal defense and made different achievements. Soon, with the lifting of the maritime ban, the Japanese side carried out domestic reunification in Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the enemy slowly subsided.