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The Han Chinese in Myanmar and Thailand voluntarily migrated to these two ports.

Especially the Siamese Han people. Within six months, more than 3000 people moved to Bangkok and became the absolute main ethnic group there.With the help of the imperial court, some Han people reclaimed swamps and cultivated land, but most Han people crowded the port to do business.

After waiting for more than three months, the court's order finally reached Ava.

Emperor Zhao and the cabinet agreed to the generals' request to annex Mengyangsi, Mubangsi, Chelisi, Menggensi, and Mengliansi, as well as Anzheng Guocheng (Xingu) and part of the land in Central Burma to the north.

Among them, Mengyangsi, Chelisi, Mengliansi, and the northern part of Mubang were all assigned to Yunnan Province and converted to land.

In Menggensi, the southern part of Mupang, and the newly merged Central Burma region, the Pingnan Military and Civilian Office was set up.Ding Jiasheng has made outstanding military exploits and served as the chief of the Pingnan Military and Civilian Government.

"Military and civilian mansion" is a kind of local administrative region in the Ming Dynasty, with chieftains, officials, Han people, and ethnic minorities mixed.

The military and civilian mansions established in the early Ming Dynasty were almost all chieftains.Most of the military and civilian mansions in the middle and early Ming Dynasty were not chieftains.In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large number of military and civilian government offices began to be abolished, and at the same time, it was accompanied by land reform.

Now the imperial court has set up the "Pingnan Military and Civilian Mansion", which is also a mixed administrative region.

Because the actual situation is complicated, military control is implemented in principle, and the highest officer is a military general to prevent local people from rebelling.At the same time, in some areas with convenient transportation, states and counties are divided and ruled by civil officials.In more primitive and remote places, small chieftains are allowed to exist, and they will be reformed after they develop to a certain level.

For example, the Kachin people in mountainous areas, with rolling mountains and slash-and-burn cultivation, how could it be possible to send civil officials to manage them?Only Kachin leaders can be appointed as small chieftains.

As for why Ding Jiasheng was appointed to be in charge of the Pingnan Military and Civilian Mansion instead of the older Huang Yao, it was purely based on their ability.

Ding Jiasheng was born as a scholar who practiced "Da Tong Ji" by himself. When he regained Yunnan, he deliberately left certain borders untouched to prepare for the imperial court's conquest of Annan.When he was in Bagan, he knew how to return the Bayeux scriptures, and used monks to buy people's hearts. He obviously had the ability to govern the land and stabilize the people.

Chapter 875 [Queen Huang · Governor of Beida Nian]

In the month when the Burmese Conquest ended, the envoy fleet led by Lu Tianxiang, Zhang Ruifeng, and Fan Chao also arrived in Malacca with envoys from various countries along the way.

At this moment, two small episodes appeared.

First, because the two divisions stationed in Quang Nam Province were both transferred to attack Burma, the Vietnamese Nguyen took the opportunity to invade Bin Thong Long (Champa).

Second, the Pattani Kingdom in the Malay Peninsula was attacked by its affiliated Kelantan Kingdom.Queen Pattani asked China to send troops to help her, and she was willing to offer land and submit to her. She gave up her position as a queen and became China's overseas governor.

Queen Pattani ran away on a sea boat and went straight to Palembang to ask for help, just in time to meet the fleet of envoys who were replenishing here.

Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng jointly received the Queen of Beida Nian.

The queen's name is Dato' Kuning, and she is over half a century old.In fluent Cantonese, she said: "Foreign minister Zhang Hezhen, knock on the empress, knock on the angel!"

Kuang Hong, Governor of Palembang, stood by as an interpreter.

Lu Tianxiang asked suspiciously: "The queen of the foreign vassal, why is her surname Zhang, and she can speak Cantonese?"

Kuang Hong explained: "Mistress Qi, the queen's uncle is the great pirate Lin Daoqian in the Longqing period. During the Wanli period, Lin Daoqian led more than 2000 Chaozhou pirates and more than [-] seagoing ships, and became a concubine in the Beidaian Kingdom. And changed his surname to Zhang. Lin Daoqian's wife, two aunts, and the daughter of the little aunt in front of me have successively become the queen of Peking."

"One family, four queens?" Lu Tianxiang found it very interesting.

Lin Hezhen knelt down on the ground: "The old woman has no heirs, and now she is being bullied by the country. She can't bear to lose the foundation of her ancestors. I ask the court to send troops to help. If the old woman can regain Pattani, the old woman is willing to be the governor of Pattani. After the old woman died, the court You can send officials to Governor Pattani!"

Lu Tianxiang looked at Kuang Hong.

Kuang Hong said: "This is feasible."

The four queens of Pattani are called the Green Queen, Blue Queen, Purple Queen and Yellow Queen.

Decades ago, the Sultan of Pattani died, and his young sons and nephews successively succeeded to the throne, all of whom died in the assassination of the Sultan's relatives.

In a series of plots and killings, Lin Daoqian's younger sister Lin Jinyue (played by Lin Cizhen) died in battle, but she kept the foundation of the local Han people. After her death, the local Han people built a temple to enshrine the gods.Until hundreds of years later, Pattani Harbor in Thailand was still enshrining this "Ms. Lin", and her temple was called "Sacred Palace of Lingci".

Ten years after Miss Lin's death, the last male member of the Beida Nian royal family died.

Lin Daoqian had also died of illness at that time, and the aristocratic group elected his wife to be the queen, that is, the Green Queen.

The nobles wanted to support a puppet, but they did not expect to support a fierce girl from heaven.

As soon as the Green Queen succeeded to the throne, the prime minister led 5000 troops into the palace, and the guards all fled in panic.

But the green queen stood alone at the gate of the palace in a calm and unhurried manner.Facing 5000 rebels, he seemed to be reviewing the army, and asked the prime minister calmly: "Do you want to rebel and stand on your own?"

The prime minister was speechless immediately, he was awed by the queen's aura, and also thought of the Han people who supported the queen, he even knelt down on the spot to express his submission.

Later, a British adventurer saw the 60-year-old queen and praised the monarchs of the whole East, none of them could compare with her magnanimity.The commander-in-chief of the Dutch East India Fleet described in his diary: "Her rule is very peaceful, and her relationship with nobles and ministers is very harmonious."

A queen who has ended the chaotic political situation for more than 30 years, is the means really so peaceful?

It's just that no one dares to object anymore.

This queen has her own trading fleet, backed by thousands of Chinese forces.Domestic and foreign affairs are all perfect. During her rule, Pattani was built into a port city in the Malay Peninsula second only to Malacca, and even the surrounding small countries were accepted as vassal states.

But she left no heirs, and was succeeded by her second sister.

The second sister also lost her husband in her early years and still had no children, so she let the third sister succeed her after her death.

The third sister is the Purple Queen, who is extremely tough internally and externally.He even declared independence from Siam and gave up the title of duke conferred by Siam, which directly triggered a war with Siam.

On the Siam side, it was Yamada Nagamasa who sent troops to suppress the rebellion.

Under the leadership of the Purple Queen, Beida not only repelled the Japanese Musketeers, but also wounded Yamada Nagamasa.This is how King Narai's father secretly bribed his enemies and poisoned the injured Yamada Nagamasa to death.

But the Purple Queen was too tough, she offended both at home and abroad, and left a sinkhole for her daughter to start.

The old woman, Queen Huang, who is seeking help from China in front of her is the unlucky daughter, who was almost ostracized by the nobles at the beginning of her position.She relieved the diplomatic dilemma by re-paying tribute to Siam, but was soon persecuted by the state of Johor.

Because Queen Huang was betrothed to the prince of Johor when she was young.When the relationship between the two countries was tense, Pattani unilaterally dissolved the engagement, which was regarded as a great shame by the Johor prince.After the prince of Johor succeeded to the throne, he sent his son out and forced Queen Huang to marry his son.

Queen Huang was 40 years old at the time and was forced to marry Xiao Xianrou, who was in her teens.

Really fragrant!

The queen was completely fascinated by Xiao Xianrou, and gave a lot of power to Prince Xiao Xianrou.

Taking advantage of the queen's pregnancy, Xiao Xianrou proclaimed himself the Sultan of Pattani, and drove the queen to live in the pavilion in the palace, causing the queen to have a miscarriage.As for Xiao Xianrou himself, he frantically married wives and took concubines, and even forced noble ministers to send their wives and daughters to the palace.

The nobles and ministers of Pattani led troops into the palace, killed all the Johor guards, and executed Xiao Xianrou.

The Queen Huang, who is in love with the brain, pleads for Xiao Xianrou even though she has been humiliated.For the queen's sake, Beida Nian expelled the little fresh meat prince.

From then on, the queen completely lost power and became the puppet of the nobles, and Pattani's national power gradually declined.

Just a month ago, Pattani's vassal state rebelled and directly sent troops to destroy Pattani.With the help of a Chinese caravan, Queen Huang fled to Palembang by boat and asked China to send troops.

Kuang Hong asked: "How many Han Chinese are there in Beida Nian?"

Queen Huang couldn't figure it out, and replied: "Probably one or two thousand, maybe twenty or thirty thousand."

Kuang Hong asked again: "How many troops did the invaders in Kelantan have?"

"I don't know." Queen Huang didn't care about state affairs for a long time, she only knew that many enemies had entered the city.

Kuang Hong turned around and said, "Your Majesty, let's send troops. Go straight to Kelantan, the distance is closer, and you don't have to run so far."

Lu Tianxiang ran to Europe for a while, became much calmer, and said: "Sending troops is a big deal, do you want to think about it in the long run?"

Zhang Ruifeng also said: "We should discuss it again."

Kuang Hong said with a smile: "Mother, Rong Bing, the ministers have long been familiar with the big and small states in the vicinity. The Kelantan Kingdom is also a vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty. There is only one city, and if it dies, it can support thousands of soldiers? Even There is no need to attack the city, the army will march to the port, send envoys to question the crime, and the sultan will order the withdrawal of troops from Pattani."

"It's really that easy?" Zhang Ruifeng expressed doubts.

"Who doesn't know the majesty of the Celestial Empire in the vast seas and seas of Nanyang? He is a small city-state, so forgive him for not daring to stroke a tiger's beard!" Kuang Honghao said angrily.

Ever since, the fleet of Chinese envoys headed towards Kelantan under the leadership of Fan Chao.

Before entering the port, the Sultan sent a ship to greet him, and respectfully led the Chinese fleet to the port to dock.

Zhang Ruifeng scolded sharply: "Kelantan is a vassal of China, and Pattani is also a vassal of China. Why did Kelantan send troops to attack Pattani without authorization?"

The dude was speechless.

Zhang Ruifeng said: "Immediately go back and tell the king to withdraw his troops from Beida Nian. Also, you must pay for the looting of Beida Nian. I have sent troops here, and I have wasted military expenses, so I must also pay for it!"

The man was so frightened that he hurried back to see Sudan. As he ran, the Datong navy suddenly fired.

"Boom boom boom!"

Dozens of shells landed near the city wall, several unlucky ones were shot and killed, and there was chaos inside and outside the city.

"Which country's army is coming?" Sultan Raja Sakti panicked.

Not long after, the officials he sent out crawled to the palace: "Your Majesty, the Chinese army has come to question the crime. Let us withdraw our troops from Beida Nian immediately, and we must also compensate Beida Nian for its losses and the military expenses of China's sending troops."

Raja Sakti was so frightened that he was paralyzed. He saw that the Chinese army was attacking Burma and that Pattani's national strength was weakening, so he took advantage of his anger and rushed to send troops to destroy the country.

He had just supported his son as the Sultan of Pattani, and in less than a month, why did the Chinese army kill him?

After thinking about it, I really can't bear it.

Raja Sakti led the civil and military ministers, ran to the port and knelt down to plead guilty, weeping: "Angel Rong Bing, it was that Pattani who bullied our country. Our country has become a vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty, and Pattani still treats us as a vassal state. Forcing us to pay tribute to goods. The dispatch of troops this time is not an annexation of the territory, but a forced resistance."

Zhang Ruifeng sneered: "Resist to the point of occupying the entire palace of Pattani, and even made his son the Sultan of Pattani? Don't say so much, order the withdrawal of troops immediately, and prepare money to compensate for the loss. If you dare to delay, your country will also be wiped out." Already!"

"Follow...obey." Raja Sakti regretted.

This business has lost a lot of money. Stealing chickens is not enough to lose money. If you don't get any benefits, you have to pay huge sums of money.

But what can we do if we don’t follow suit?

He is on this city and the villages and towns around the city.A typical city-state is simply powerless to resist the Chinese army.

In this way, the Datong Navy fired a round of artillery, forcing Kelantan to spit out Pattani.

Queen Huang was sent back to Pattani City and temporarily served as the governor of Pattani. After her death, China sent officials to be the governor.Of course, Lu Tianxiang also left some people in charge of various official positions in Beida Nian, which is tantamount to emptying Queen Huang.

There are more than 1 Han Chinese living here, which is enough for China to establish effective rule.

When the envoys' fleet left Pattani and sailed to Bin Thong Long, the Datong army was attacking Vietnam's Ruan family.

Yang Zhan was very angry. He left Guangnan Province on the front foot, and the Ruan family sent troops to Bin Tong Long on the back foot.

As soon as the fight in Myanmar was over, Yang Zhan led his army back immediately after receiving the news, and wanted to teach Ruan a lesson.

Chapter 876 [Sun Chuanting makes a move]

The Ruan family's brazen dispatch of troops in Vietnam was the result of various factors, and it was not decided by Ruan Fubin with a slap on the head.

First, China sent troops to destroy the Zheng family, and bought Champa with money, forming a north-south double-team for the Ruan family.Sooner or later, China will attack. If Ruan wants to survive for a long time, he must find an opportunity to rebound.

Second, China's land reform in Guangnan Province, Yue gentry incited peasants to rebel.Afterwards, a large number of Yue gentry defected to the Nguyen family, many with money and population.

These guys were sent to open up land and wasteland, and some of them were appointed to official positions by the Ruan family.They spread the cruelty of China everywhere, saying that as soon as the Chinese army came, they would confiscate all the land of the gentry.The gentry under Ruan's rule were terrified and uneasy, and kept urging Lord Ruan to train troops to resist China.

Third, money!

Ruan's territory is small and underpopulated, and the mountains, swamps, and mangroves are unable to be developed.The real economic pillar comes from foreign trade.

To be honest, the Ruan family treated Chinese businessmen very preferentially, and it could even be called intentional support.

When Chinese merchant ships arrive in Hue, the entry tax is 3000 min and the departure tax is 300 min.Fujian ships are taken care of, the entry tax is 2000 min, and the departure tax is 200 min.For ships on Hainan Island, the entry tax is 500 min and the departure tax is 50 min. (The displacement of the Hainan ship is relatively small)

For European merchant ships, the entry tax is 8000 min and the departure tax is 800 min.

For Japanese merchant ships, the entry tax is 4000 min and the departure tax is 400 min.

This is only the entry and exit tax. Some types of goods will also be charged additional tariffs. Han Chinese merchants also have preferential treatment.

This has led to the fact that the Chinese businessmen have almost formed a semi-monopoly position on Ruan's trade.

China defeated the Zheng regime in the north, drove out the Dutch who monopolized Zheng's trade, and then bought the Champa area with money.In order to attract maritime merchants and prosper the port, various tariffs have been lowered. This tariff discount is valid for ten years.

The Chinese businessmen who did business in the Ruan family ran to expand their business one after another, and the trade volume of the Ruan family site declined rapidly.Merchants who continue to stay here to do business, also because of higher business costs, keep asking Master Ruan to lower the tariff.

On the one hand, the troops are gearing up to guard against China, and on the other hand, the tariff revenue has fallen crazily. The finances of the Nguyen regime are on the verge of collapse.

Either disarm and wait to die, or fight hard!

I just heard that the troops from Quang Nam Province were transferred away, and it seemed that they were going to fight Burma.Under the instigation of ministers and gentry, Ruan Fubin finally decided to take the risk of sending troops.

He didn't dare to fight north, because Hengshan and the river blocked him, and he didn't know how many soldiers were left in Guangnan Province.So he went south to attack Bin Tonglong in Zhancheng, where there were only 500 Datong troops stationed there, as long as they captured here, they could annex Zhancheng.It can not only plunder goods, but also expand the territory, and also accept Bintonglong, a large trading port.

At the same time, it is not afraid of the Chinese court sending troops to retaliate, because as long as it is delayed until March and April, it will be the rainy and hot seasons in southern Vietnam.

Ruan Fu's close relatives led an army of [-], and attacked Bin Tonglong by sea and land.

Counting the civilian husbands, it is said to be 20.

What's even more nonsense is that he took the risk of going to war with China, but he didn't dare to offend Chinese businessmen.Because Chinese maritime merchants are the God of Wealth of the Nguyen regime, and Nguyen Phuc dared to attack merchants, those with vested interests were about to rebel.

When Yang Zhan fought in Bagan City, the Ruan army had already surrounded Bin Tonglong.

Bin Tonglong's original city wall was short and small, and after the five hundred troops came, they built another castle directly outside the city.

Although the castle is small, it has five walls, and the five corners are bastions.Outside the bastion, dig a deep trench and divert water to make a moat.Between the moat and the castle, there is a sloping earth slope filled with wooden stakes with iron points.