Chapter 916 Expansion of the Annan Archdiocese

Author: Chongqing Lao Q

Chapter 916 Expansion of the Annan Archdiocese

1676, the year of Bingchen, the sixth year of the reign of the Han Dynasty in the Qi Dynasty, the first year of the Yongxing reign of the Qin Dynasty, the first year of Yanguang of the Ming Dynasty, and the sixteenth year of the Kangxi reign of the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

At the end of last year, the ancient Eastern land miraculously witnessed the abdication of one emperor and the ascension of two emperors.

Emperor Jianping of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict in December last year, abdicating the throne to Qin King Sun Kewang. After three concessions, Sun Kewang built a Zen altar, worshiped heaven and earth, offered sacrifices to the five mountains, established the dynasty as Qin, and issued an edict.

Changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yongxing, and granted amnesty to the world.

After King Yong of Yunzhou Zhenyong heard that Sun Kewang had usurped the Ming Dynasty and Jianshuo, he immediately issued a "Call for the Thieves", angrily denounced Sun Kewang for rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, establishing his own country without permission, and being a thief of the country. He invited hundreds of millions of people in China to fight against him.

Later, with the support of the civil and military officials of Yunzhou Town, King Yong succeeded the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yanguang. At the same time, he strengthened his troops in Yunzhou, Zhenzhou and other places, organized the army and practiced martial arts, and planned to raise righteous soldiers to fight against Sun Yat-sen.

Reverse and restore the Ming Dynasty.

For a time, the situation in Northeast Asia suddenly became tense.

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January 20, Nanping (now Cam Ranh City, Vietnam).

The 1,300-ton "Hansheng" battleship was docked steadily at the berth of the pier. The more than 400 immigrants accompanying it were already crowded at the hatch and on the deck, eager to leave the narrow and dull cabin quickly, and then

Stand on the ground and take a breath of fresh air.

However, the immigrants' urgent behavior did not receive permission from the navy officers and soldiers on the ship. Dozens of strong sailors armed with short sticks and sharp eyes forced everyone back within the cordon.

Why are everyone so anxious? I didn’t see that the big shots and high-ranking officers on board have not yet disembarked. Which turn will it be for you immigrants?

"Are there any military operations in the Archdiocese of Annam?"

Suddenly, Qi Yuanshan's legs and feet went weak when he stepped on solid land, and he staggered. Fortunately, the captain of the "Hansheng" and Xuangjie Colonel (Major) Zhu Shanping supported him and prevented him from falling.

After falling to the ground, he stood up for a moment, looked around, and found that nearly a thousand army officers and soldiers and local soldiers had gathered on the south side of the Nanping Port Pier, preparing to board the ship and leave.

"Returning to the Prime Minister, on the order of the Annan Garrison Army Headquarters, the humble general will lead one battalion of the Annan Garrison Army and three squadrons of rural soldiers to the Puliango area (the area around today's Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) to take over the defense of the area and maintain the necessary

Order." An Army Xuejie Colonel officer was summoned to the front. When he heard the question from the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he immediately replied respectfully.

"Take over the Puliango area?" Qi Yuanshan asked in surprise: "Is there a war between your Annan district and the Kingdom of Cambodia?"

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, our Annan Archdiocese is not at war with the Kingdom of Cambodia."

"Then why did Cambodia hand over the land of Priango to your Archdiocese of Annam?"

"Because, this land was begged back by our Annan district." The Army Xuanjie Colonel (Major) officer replied.

"To ask for it back?" Qi Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, "How can a territory that is a hundred miles in radius be obtained so easily?"

As the Xuangjie Colonel officer said, in the Priango area belonging to the Kingdom of Cambodia, it was really the Annan District that "begged for this piece of land covering an area of ​​more than 10,000 square kilometers with just a contract."

"Come back.

The Priango area has been the inherent territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia for centuries, and its residents are almost all Khmer, so it is also called the Lower Khmer area. About sixty years ago, Cambodian King Ji Zhetha II was moved to Siam. Luo invaded Utong and asked the Guang Nan Kingdom (the Ruan Lord) for protection and sent troops to fight back together. Ruan Fuyuan of the Quang Nan Kingdom was also very generous and helped him without saying a word.

Later, in order to consolidate the friendly relations between the two parties, Nguyen Phucyuan also married his daughter Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van to Kitzetha II in 1618. As a betrothal gift, Cambodia entrusted the Priango area to the management of Quang Nam and allowed them to immigrate and Garrisoning troops. In 1623, Gizheta II agreed that the Guangnan Kingdom had the right to collect taxes here.

Since then, more and more Annamites have poured into the Puliango area, with the number at its peak reaching more than 40,000. They also established a new city in the former Porenogo, called Chaiguang, oh, that is The predecessor of Saigon.

In the first year of Qianwu (1642), the Guangnan Kingdom suffered two consecutive heavy losses from the Qi State and several years of coastal invasions, and its strength was severely weakened. Just in this year, the Zheng family from the north of Annan launched a large-scale invasion southward, making the Guangnan Kingdom unable to Do not use the power of the whole country to deal with it. Seeing this, King Ibrahim I of Cambodia (the only king in the history of the country who converted to the True God Religion) took the opportunity to attack Guangnan Kingdom and sent troops to take back Priango in order to consolidate Its unstable rule.

The Guangnan Kingdom knew that it could not keep Puliango, but was unwilling to be taken back by the dishonest Khmer people, so it devised a plan to sell the entire Puliango area to the south by moving the disaster southward. Qi State in exchange for urgently needed military supplies.

At that time, the State of Qi had just been established and was still in its infancy. It did not have the strength to eat the huge Puliango in one bite, so it retreated to the next best thing. Taking advantage of the withdrawal of the Guangnan State, it sent troops to seize the coastal areas. (today's Vung Tau City, Vietnam), and later changed its name to Lin'an, which was considered to have laid a wedge in the Puliango area.

In the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed. Both the Guangnan Kingdom and the Kingdom of Cambodia have gradually forgotten this past event. Facing the increasingly powerful influence of the Qi Kingdom, they and several surrounding small countries have carefully maintained their It's a delicate balance.

However, in October last year, civil strife broke out in the Cambodian royal family. King Anon I, who came to power through a coup, was deposed by his nephew Annon I in the same palace coup before he was able to secure his seat. After suppressing all opponents, Nie Fangqiu ascended the throne as Ji Zheta IV.

An Nong I's son An Fangyan saw the opportunity quickly. When the coup occurred, he hid in the Qi merchant hall in time, took a Qi merchant ship, went down the river (Mekong River), and fled to Yulin City in the Annan District. (today's Can Tho City, Vietnam), took refuge in Qi State, and constantly requested Qi State to send troops to intervene.

Qi Guo's Annan District doesn't mind much about the change of government in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Anyway, no matter who becomes the king, they will not (dare) harm Qi's interests in Cambodia, let alone challenge Qi's absolute dominance in the region. dominant position.

Therefore, at first he was not very concerned about Nie Fanyan's request for Qi to send troops to intervene in the situation in Cambodia and help him return to his country to regain the throne.

However, when an affairs officer of the Annan Archdiocese suddenly dug up among the many documents the agreement regarding the transfer of Guangnan Country to Priango more than thirty years ago, it immediately aroused the interest of the military and civilian officials in the Archdiocese.

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Eight years ago, in order to "thank" Qi for mediating the war between it and Siam and preventing the other party from invading the country, the Kingdom of Cambodia "gifted" a large area of ​​territory in the Blackwater region (today's Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam) to Qi. But this territory

However, it is not connected with Lin'an and Shunde (today's Ba Ria City, Vietnam) and other areas in the Annan Archdiocese. It is divided into two parts by the Priango and Jiulong River areas of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Of course, Qi State can communicate with the two places through convenient shipping methods, and the exchange of materials and personnel between the two places will not have much impact due to geographical division.

However, based on the Priyango transfer agreement reached between Guangnan and Qi 30 years ago, our Annan Archdiocese should legally have ownership of this territory!

Although everyone knows that Guangnan State transferred the Puliango area to Qi State for some ulterior purpose, and the rights stipulated in the agreement were only to station troops and collect taxes, which was not clearly stated.

It indicated that this territory would be ceded to Qi State.

However, in the eyes of Annan Grand Administrator Yuan Zuquan, these are not important. What is important is that our Annan Archdiocese has a high-sounding reason to acquire this sacred land.

Therefore, Ji Zeta IV, who had just become the King of Cambodia, received a notice from the Annan Archdiocese in November last year, requesting to negotiate with Cambodia on the ownership of Priango.

After Ji Zheta IV received the notice from the people of Qi, his face suddenly turned bitter.

What the hell is this?

Thirty years ago, when Ibrahim I recaptured the Priango area occupied by the Annamites, it was called a century-old event by countless Khmers, and it could be called the most glorious achievement of the Kingdom of Cambodia in modern times. If not for this

This king believed in the True God religion, which offended too many Buddhists, and was tolerated by many princes, nobles and ordinary people. He can be said to be a great king.

However, I never expected that the hateful Annan people would be so dirty. Back then, knowing that they could not keep Priyango, they sold him to the Qi State, which led to the disaster today.

Although the Qi people said it very politely, the two sides will conduct friendly negotiations on the final ownership of the Puliango area and explain their respective legal principles and reasons to determine its future status.

But the problem is that the people of Qi State also handed the transfer agreement regarding the Puliango area signed by Guangnan State to the hands of Ji Zheta IV along with their announcement. The meaning is self-evident.

In addition, I heard that the man who escaped from Phnom Penh City has been lobbying Qi State to send troops to help him return to the country and regain the throne.

If he did not respond to Qi's request and handed over the Puliango area to them, it would be inevitable that Qi would not use this as an excuse to send troops to invade Cambodia and then support Nie Fangyan as king.

I believe that at that time, even if Qi wanted to cede more territory to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Niefanyan would agree without hesitation.

After struggling for half a month, King Ji Zheta IV reluctantly gave in and agreed to conduct formal "friendly negotiations" with Qi regarding the ownership of Priango.

By early January this year, the Kingdom of Cambodia announced that it would transfer the entire Priango area to Qi, and all officials and garrison troops within its jurisdiction would withdraw. As for the tens of thousands of Khmer and Annamites living there, they can decide whether to stay or leave on their own.

Stay in the local area or move elsewhere.

At this point, the Kingdom of Cambodia was left with only a narrow strip of land called Jiulong River in the river delta area, and its territory shrank significantly again.

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January 22, Yu Lin.

When the special and plenipotentiary envoy of the State of Qi and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet Qi Yuanshan arrived in Nanping, the headquarters of the Annan General Administrative Region, Annan Chief General Yuan Zuquan was not in the city. Instead, he led more than ten civil affairs officials from the General Administrative Office to inspect the resettlement and resettlement of the Heishui area.

Agricultural production and construction situation.

The Heishui area, including Yulin, has been under the jurisdiction of the Annan General District for eight years, but less than 10% of its development scope has been developed.

The Great River Delta is the most fertile land in the entire Kingdom of Cambodia, and even the entire Indochina Peninsula. This area is also one of the main rice producing areas in Cambodia. It has a mild climate and three crops a year. Although the river sometimes overflows, after the floods, the harvest is actually better.

"If this vast black water area is fully developed, it can support millions of people." Yuan Zuquan looked at the lush rice fields in front of him and felt very comfortable.

"The General Manager is right." Commander Yu Lin responded with a smile: "The entire Blackwater area has fertile soil, abundant water resources, and is adjacent to a large river, so transportation is convenient. If it can be developed continuously for decades, the southern part of the area will be

The vast flooded areas of rivers have all been cleared, and more than one million hectares of fertile farmland can be opened up."

"Well, the days are long!" Yuan Zuquan said: "However, in addition to planting rice and increasing grain production, the urgent work in this area also needs to continue to clean up the local natives and provide more land and housing for the immigrants who continue to arrive.

In the future, our Qi State must completely control this sacred land and provide massive food needs for our Hanzhou mainland and many overseas territories."

Today, the entire Annan District is not only the largest immigration transit point in Qi State, but also a major food supplier. In addition to maintaining the daily needs of immigrants, it also exports a large amount to the Ming Dynasty, becoming Qi State's influence on the Ming Dynasty. Oh, it should be now

An important means for the situation in Da Qin.

During the Ming and Qing wars that broke out a few years ago, the Qi State transferred more than 500,000 refugees in a short period of time through its control of hundreds of large and small transport merchant ships and special immigration ships, as well as the hiring of numerous Dutch ships.

Despite years of continuous transshipment, the total number of refugees finally resettled in the Annan Archdiocese was still 80,000, bringing the population of the entire region to 250,000, making it the jurisdiction with the largest population among Qi's overseas territories.

In those years, the huge scale of immigration almost depleted all the grain reserves in several territories under the jurisdiction of Annan. For this reason, in addition to ordering small countries such as Champa, Cambodia, and Pattani to donate varying amounts of food, the Archdiocese also

They also purchased a large amount of rice from Guangnan Kingdom, Annan Zhengshi, Siam and other places through Annan Trading Co., Ltd. to meet the needs of immigrants.

With a large number of immigrants stranded, food cannot be wasted. While waiting for transfer, the Annan District used the abundant manpower to carry out large-scale development of the newly acquired black water area. Villages and towns were established, roads were built, and swamps were drained.

Ditch, reclaim farmland...

In eight years, Qi State opened more than 400 new immigrant settlements in the Heishui area, built more than 10 towns with more than 1,000 people, reclaimed more than 1.6 million acres of cultivated land, and built a water diversion (drainage) ditch.

More than 1,600 kilometers, and more than 260 kilometers of rivers and dams were built.

Today, the entire area has become the most important food producer in the Annan Archdiocese. It not only provides enough food for the countless immigrants who arrive every year, but also sells large quantities to Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, as well as Borneo, the Malay Peninsula and other places.

Effectively alleviated the food shortage situation in the above areas.

"General Manager..." Pei Sixin hesitated for a moment, then said: "Ten days ago, Ha Tien Town sent people over, saying that they were willing to bring in the expelled and relocated natives from our Annan General District... Is this feasible?
To be continued...