The Chinese emperor paid for the purchase of the Champa Kingdom and sent troops to destroy the Zheng clan in Annan. The Nguyen clan's regime was caught in the middle and trembled.
Once a war breaks out, it will not be as simple as a north-south pincer attack. Troops can also be transported from the sea to directly give the Ruan family a three-sided victory!
Nguyen Phuc Bin, who had just won a great victory and successfully succeeded to the throne, was originally at the most glorious moment of his life. The Nguyen ruler and his ministers were so full of ambition that they even called for the Northern Expedition, but what they waited for was the news of the destruction of the Zheng family.
Zhao Han's two imperial edicts were not only shown to King Annan, but were also announced to the world and spread to all directions!
Ruan Phuc Bin also got two handwritten edicts, and felt cold all over after reading them. They had always respected Emperor Le as their monarch, and their legal system also came from the king. Every year they accused the Trinh family of holding the monarch hostage, saying that sooner or later they would lead troops north to the Qing emperor's side. .
But now, Annan Kingdom is gone, and the Ruan family is in a bit of an embarrassing situation.
He has only three choices:
First, use the slogan of national restoration and inherit the legal system of Annan.
Second, surrender immediately and surrender to the Chinese Emperor.
Third, formally establish the country and become independent.
Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, one must be chosen so as to appease people's hearts, otherwise the Ruan family's rule lacks rationality.
The Zheng family at least had a court.
There is no imperial court on the Ruan family's side, and the official titles clearly have a wartime nature.
Local prefectures and counties are all called camps, such as Hue Camp and Quang Nam Camp. Those who don’t know them think they are the army.
The central organization is called Neizhengying.
There are three yamen in the main camp, namely the Shechai Division (documentary, judicial), the Chenli Division (finance, local military pay), and the Lingshi Division (sacrifice, salary and central military pay). If you look at this organizational structure one by one, it looks like a The military government did not even have a strict distinction between civil and military officials.
With the continuous expansion of territory, the four pillar states of Inner Left, Outer Left, Inner Right, and Outer Right were added in recent years to specifically assist the central affairs in charge of various directions.
Although it seems that the Ruan family's government institutions are rough, the vitality of the government and the public is far better than that of the Zheng family.
Within the jurisdiction of the Zheng family, the royal family, the clan, the army... were exploiting the people wildly, the local gentry hid the population, corruption was rampant, and financial arbitrage was rampant.
What I got was a script from the late Ming Dynasty.
Within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ruan family, they continued to expand their territory, killed and expelled the people in the city, and relocated the Vietnamese and Han people. The landlords and gentry here,
The influence was made very weak, and the land holding rate of the lower-level farmers was extremely high, and what they received was post-finance, a script in the early Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, although the Ruan family has a small territory and few people, and is unable to take the initiative in the Northern Expedition, it can defeat the Zheng family's southward army every time. The farmers here have land, how can they allow foreign enemies to invade? They fight very bravely, and to put it bluntly, they must Keep your property!
In a word, if the Datong Army comes to attack, it will encounter very stubborn resistance, and soldiers of peasant background are willing to fight tooth and nail.
Li Tai, minister of the Nei Zuo Zhu, said: "Your Highness, the Zheng family will be destroyed in an instant, and the Han army is really invincible. We should offer our land as a vassal and send another envoy to Nanjing to request for canonization."
"What position are you requesting for canonization?" Ou Sheng, the Minister of History, immediately asked, "The Chinese emperor destroyed the Zheng family in the north and bought the Champa Kingdom in the south. This has created a situation of outflanking us from the north to the south. He may even destroy the country. He established a province and named it Quang Nam Province. Quang Nam and Hue are our core territories. What is his intention in setting up Quang Nam Province? It is obvious that he wants to annex us!"
Ruan Fuyan, the minister of the outer left, said: "Is it possible to go to war with China? It is difficult for us to even attack the Zheng family in the north. How can we withstand the Han soldiers who are like wolves and tigers!"
A group of officials started arguing there and couldn't come up with any useful regulations.
Ruan Lord Ruan Phuc Pinpin said: "It is possible to profess a minister, but it is impossible to offer soil. If I offer soil, the Chinese Emperor may really have to send officials over, and these officials will be in great trouble. They can't be killed, and they can't be used.
Sooner or later something big will happen."
Liang Zan, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, proposed: "The land under our jurisdiction is all the territory of the ancient Linyi Kingdom. Now that the Annan Kingdom is destroyed, His Highness can establish a country on his own and become the king of Linyi. Then, in the name of the lord of Linyi, send envoys to Nanjing to invite
Seal, to test the attitude of the Chinese Emperor. If the Chinese Emperor does not agree, then find another way. If the Chinese Emperor agrees, that would be great, and His Highness can legitimately establish the country and become the king."
Ruan Phuc Pin nodded and smiled: "This method is very good. If you choose a good and auspicious day, I will establish a country and be independent. All yamen inside and outside must also be restructured, and local prefectures and counties should also be established."
Liang Zan added: "He Tu, the powerful official of the Champa State, refused to accept the Chinese officials' seizure of power, and collaborated with the followers to start an army and rebel. Now he has been defeated and died. More than a thousand of his relatives and followers have defected to our country. They are at the border at the moment. May I ask, Your Highness
Accept it?"
Ruan Phuc Bin said: "The heretics and pagans will not be taken in and will all be expelled back. This can also be used to make good relations with China!"
Nguyen Phuc Pin believes in Confucianism and Buddhism and shows no mercy to Champa's environmentalist religion.
In the past few decades, whenever new territories were expanded, they would be massacred and expelled, and the policy of "leaving the land but not the people" was implemented. After the Zhan people were driven out and killed, the land vacated was just divided between the Yue and the Han people, and the land was also given to the Han people.
This can alleviate the contradiction between man and land.
As for Hetu, the powerful official who occupied the country, his rebellion was a bit funny.
After China bought the Champa State, it directly implemented military control in Bintong Dragon City and temporarily recruited Han merchants to serve as port tax collectors. This was tantamount to depriving Hetu of his financial rights, so this man incited the believers to cause trouble and burned Bintong Dragon City.
They killed, looted, and were suppressed by 50 Datong troops throughout the morning.
Not only was Hetu exterminated, his cronies were also purged, and many people fled Champa with their followers.
The methods of the Datong Army were merciful enough. Historically, if the Ruan family had occupied this place, 80% to 90% of the Cham would have been killed. Either they would have been massacred or expelled, and all the land they had vacated would have been cultivated by the Han people.
, are all survivors of the Ming Dynasty who did not submit to the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and fled across the sea.
Later, the Nguyen clan occupied the Mekong Delta and resettled a large number of Han people.
The Mekong Delta has been developed from an area not suitable for farming into the top grain-producing area in Southeast Asia. The Han people have made great contributions to it. The Han people here call themselves "Mingxiang people" or "Mingxiang people" and build temples to worship them.
Emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the couplets in that temple have a hint of anti-Qing and Ming dynasties——
It is shameful to be a courtier in the north, and one should always be solemn; it would be better to be a guest in the south, with bamboos and silk hanging down.
Jiaxian revives the old foundation, and the temple's appearance is new.
The Ming sages and their ancestors also heard the Sound Sect in the Yue Kingdom; the Xiangdang clan has the same crown in Asia.
At this time and space, due to the decline of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Han people did not cross the sea in large numbers. Even if Zhao Han did not send troops to attack the Ruan family, the Ruan family did not have that many people to expand. At least, they would massacre and expel the Cham people who believed in environmental protection, and then free up land for
The Han policy of reclamation was unworkable.
One month after the destruction of the Annan Kingdom, the Ruan family quickly established their own country and claimed to have obtained the legal authority of the ancient Linyi Kingdom. Then they waited for the rainy season to pass before sending envoys to Nanjing to ask for the title.
Zhao Han is not in a hurry to eliminate the Ruan family. He will first complete the land reform in the Zheng family's territory.
Once the land reform is announced, the local gentry will inevitably start a rebellion and take the opportunity to suppress it. Migration should be carried out and tribes should be exterminated. There is absolutely no chance of mercy.
On the contrary, in the Ruan family's territory, there is no need for large-scale land reform due to the small conflict between man and land. You can choose to relax the policy and purchase excess land from the landlords at half price, and then distribute it to farmers with less land.
The trading post established by the Netherlands in Zheng's territory was second only to Nagasaki, Japan, and far more important than Tainan.
The Datong Army occupied this place. Although the Dutch property was not confiscated, future business would definitely be impossible. The purchasing channels would definitely be controlled by Chinese merchants, and the Dutch trading post in Guangnan Province would be abolished.
The Dutch merchant ship risked being capsized by the typhoon and quickly sailed to Batavia to report the news.
Governor Fandelin jumped up in shock: "What? China sent troops to annex Vietnam?"
The commander of the trade fleet said: "Yes, China sent tens of thousands of troops. In just over a month, Vietnam was destroyed without any resistance."
Fanderlin was silent. He felt that as the governor, he was probably about to finish his work.
Due to low-price dumping by Chinese maritime merchants, it not only killed many Han merchants, but also caused damage to Dutch trade in Japan. Japanese Sandu merchants, as well as Japanese feudal lords who engaged in smuggling, were more willing to get low-price goods from Chinese merchants.
goods.
Japan's trade has shrunk, Vietnam's trade has now come to an end, and the Dutch East India Company's profits this year may fall off a cliff.
Profits plummeted, and the governor was bound to be impeached by shareholders.
Vanderlin thought about it and decided that he could only hold a meeting. Only three company members were present. The others were all representatives of the members attending the meeting. The real members were still in other colonies.
"The Vietnam Trading Post should be withdrawn. It was announced last year that it was withdrawn. Anyway, profits have been declining."
"With the removal of the Vietnam trading station, we will only be able to do business in Japan from now on. Japan's trade volume is also shrinking, and profits have dropped sharply. If this continues, shareholders will be held accountable."
"There are only phased sea routes that prohibit Chinese merchants from doing business in Java. Then we will send troops to fight the Chinese and set a Chinese coastal port as the only trading location. Only in this way can we restore previous profits."
"You may be able to win a naval battle, but are you definitely not joking about fighting a land war with China? How many armies can we send? One thousand or two thousand? China annexed Vietnam, but sent tens of thousands of troops! Chinese soldiers, not Java Island
The indigenous people. They have armor, cannons and muskets. If the army goes there, they will die! "
"If you can't solve the problem with force, then you can wait to be fired from the company."
"Even if we are fired, can the profits be restored by the next employee? Explain the situation clearly to the headquarters and let the gentlemen there think about it slowly."
"Colleagues, I think we need to adapt to the new trade environment, and the headquarters must also adapt. What we are facing now is a talented and strategic founding monarch, and a China that is constantly expanding to the outside world. This behemoth is terrible, and we must not
Provoke them."
"I agree. This is no longer a matter of the East India Company, but a matter of the Dutch Republic. The Republic should send a formal envoy,
Go to Nanjing for a diplomatic visit, rather than the company sending employees to engage in diplomacy."
"There is another way to disguise ourselves as pirates and rob all Chinese merchant ships we encounter. We will force Chinese merchants to not dare to go to sea for trade, and then we will take the opportunity to take the initiative in trade."
"But our main profit is in Batavia, purchasing goods from Chinese merchants and returning them to Europe. Once Chinese merchant ships are plundered, the Chinese goods in Batavia will inevitably decrease sharply, and the company's profits will be cut in half."
"Chinese merchants didn't dare to come, so we took the initiative to go to China to purchase goods. If Chinese inland merchants couldn't sell their goods, they would definitely sell them to us at a low price."
"But pretending to be pirates and plundering Chinese merchant ships will anger the Chinese emperor and ban the sale of goods to the company? Or even trigger a war?"
"With the current power of China's navy, we don't have to be afraid of naval battles at all. Don't worry, it's not just us who are harmed, but also those inland businessmen in China who are eager to ship goods, and suppliers on China's coast. In order to make money, they must
If you are willing to smuggle, we will not face the problem of supply shortage."
"Gentlemen, this approach is too radical. Once problems arise, the company may suffer heavy losses in the Far East. Who can bear the responsibility? Also, the Chinese navy may be defeated, but the Chinese emperor will definitely crack down on smuggling when he is angry.
There is a possibility that we really won’t be able to buy the goods.”
"Don't forget, the company's current strategy is to seize Portugal's trading ports in Arabia. We have already had a lot of trouble with Portugal, Britain, Persia, and the Ottomans because of this. Under such circumstances, are we going to provoke China again?"
This last sentence made all the congressmen shut up.
The Netherlands is making enemies all over the world, its military spending is rising year by year, and it is fighting more and more enemies.
At this point in time, if the Chinese emperor was really angered and China directly joined forces with Britain and even used benefits to win over Spain, the Dutch East India Company would probably suffer disaster.
A group of people discussed for a long time, and the final result was that they accepted the reality and asked the Dutch Republic to officially send an envoy to Nanjing.
Zhao Han really didn't expect that when he sent troops to regain Vietnam, he actually made the Dutch miserable.
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