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Chapter 448 Southeast Asian Countries

One month after the Zheng family was destroyed, the Ruan family quickly mobilized troops north to Hengshan to strengthen border defense, and also began to prepare for the Mingxiang people in the country in advance.

It can't be considered early. After all, when the Mingxiang people first came to the Ruan family's territory, the Ruan family didn't trust them, otherwise they wouldn't have driven all the Mingxiang people to the south.

After all, Ruan Phuc Thu was still too young and did not even give him any room for relaxation. He directly ordered all these Ming Huang people to change their names and were not allowed to call themselves Han people in the future.The Mingxiang people were not allowed to return to China, and officials were sent to forcefully bring all the autonomous villages and communities of the Mingxiang people under government rule.

Such a series of policies can be called harsh government. Except for not requiring hair shaving, it is no different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Not only that, although Ruan Phuc Thu did not ask for an increase in taxes for the Minh Huong people, as a foreigner, he knows what kind of treatment he will receive.

As a result, without the Ming Dynasty taking action, the Ruan family's territory was already undercurrent, and many oppressed Mingxiang people and marginalized Han officials were trying to contact China.

Ruan Fushu didn't know it, and was still waiting for the rainy season to pass before sending an envoy to Nanjing to test and request a seal.

However, Zhu Yijiong is not in a hurry to destroy the Ruan family for the time being. Just one Zheng family is enough for Ming Dynasty to digest for a long time.

Moreover, the former Ming Dynasty was so lenient towards the gentry class that these Annan gentry could not bear it and waited for the new policies of the Ming Dynasty to be implemented.Ninety-nine percent of the Annan gentry will rebel and cause rebellion. At that time, they can take the opportunity to suppress and purge, and gain a large number of people and land from it.

The ripple effects of the Zheng family's destruction were not limited to the Ruan family. Luang Prabang was also frightened.

The Kingdom of Luang Prabang is the Kingdom of Lancang, which was the main body of the country after the split of Laos.

Now that Annan is gone, so is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is so fierce, which really scares this small country. It is afraid that the Chinese emperor will be unhappy and destroy them too. That month, he sent envoys to Nanjing for a pilgrimage. Please seal.

Like Luang Prabang, there are Vientiane and Champasak, which were both split from the Lancang Kingdom.King Nomon of Vientiane was even more straightforward. Not only did he send an envoy to Nanjing, he also took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to remove his country title and asked the Ming Emperor to re-canonize him as the envoy of Xuanwei of Laos.

On the Chinese side, there has always been only the Xuanweisi of Laos. The Lancang Kingdom, just like Annan proclaiming himself emperor, did it behind the back of the Ming Dynasty and was essentially illegal.It's just that the Manchus acquiesced to it, because it was too troublesome to conquer this poor place, and there was no benefit.

At the same time, the Three Kingdoms came to Nanjing for pilgrimage, which really gave Zhu Yijiong a headache.

After careful consideration, Zhu Yijiong finally decided to ennoble the Vientiane Kingdom as the Xuanweisi of Laos and gave it the seal. The other two countries neither scolded nor ignored it.

The emperor's decision made the cabinet relieved. They were really afraid that the emperor was addicted and would destroy the three countries.

Although this poor place in Laos is a Buddhist paradise, it is full of mountainous areas. Even in later generations, it will still be very poor. If we really want to send troops to conquer it, it will be completely thankless.

In comparison, this nominal Xuanwei Division is actually the best choice.Moreover, the canonization of Vientiane State as Xuanweisi of Laos not only means that Vientiane State has regained political and legal authority over the Laos region, but also has the backing of the big tree of China.

Although Zhu Yijiong has no interest in Laos, he still has to find something to do for the other party.

In addition to the three countries of Laos, the King of Cambodia also sent an envoy to Nanjing to perform Hajj. Zhu Yijiong readily granted King Chenla the golden seal.

Cambodia has been bullied so much by the Nguyen family in recent years, and even triggered a civil war on the throne. Now this king is still supported by Siam.The Nguyen family originally supported a king, but as the Nguyen family failed to defeat Siam, the king also became frustrated.

Cambodia felt that one father in Siam was not enough, and decided to recognize another father. Zhu Yijiong did not mind watching the excitement and did not mind causing trouble for the Nguyen family.

Cambodia has become a vassal state of China, and the Nguyen clan is also a vassal state of China. The two sides can no longer go to war, otherwise China will have reason to launch troops against the Nguyen clan.And if Nguyen doesn't attack Cambodia, he will have no place to expand, and sooner or later he will explode internally.

On the other hand, Nanpan Country (Huo She and Shui She) didn't respond at all. This place is just a poor mountain ravine, which is even poorer than Laos.The entire Nanpan Kingdom is not so much a country as it is a group of Tusi mountain people. They are so poor and barren that even the Ruan family despises this place.

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Nanjing.The cabinet and the Ministry of Civil Affairs have already selected and dispatched the first batch of officials to Guangnan Province. They all have excellent performance evaluations and can be considered veterans of the Ming Dynasty who have been officials for several years.

The chief envoy to the left of Guangnan was named Yu Zhen, the chief envoy to the right was Dai Han, and the administrative envoy was Yang Bing. There was no academic administration and only Cui Sheng, the governor of Guangdong, was appointed.

Except for Governor Cui Sheng, who was specially promoted from Qiongzhou Prefecture by Zhu Yijiong, the other three people are not well-known, but in history, these three people have all been admitted to Yongzheng's first-class Jinshi.

Especially Yu Zhen, this person has always been upright and upright in history, and he was demoted because of this character. In the end, Shi Yizhi valued his talent, learning and character, and recommended him, so that he was restored.

It's a pity that Shi Yizhi had such good official career that in the first year of Yongzheng's reign, he became a traveler in the South Study Room. Of course, he was taken to Xi'an by Yongzheng.

The administrative divisions of Guangnan Province were also formally determined. The names of the original state capitals were almost changed. Thang Long Province was renamed Jiaozhou Prefecture, a large area of ​​the Red River Delta was included as jurisdiction, and Ying Tianfu was renamed Yingping County, directly It was downgraded and transferred to the jurisdiction of the state capital.

The entire northeastern area adjacent to Guangxi was designated as Lang Son Prefecture, including Jingbei Town north of Jiaozhou, which was also included in the jurisdiction. Jingbei Town was downgraded to Beijiang County.

The northwest area of ​​Guangnan was named Beihe Prefecture, using the name of the Zheng family's feudal state. Zhu Yijiong thought it was okay and was too lazy to change the name.

Finally, going south, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An were renamed Aizhou and Huanzhou respectively. There were no major changes in the original jurisdictions.

In this way, the five prefectures of Guangnan have been decided, with Jiaozhou as the provincial capital. The overall design is based on the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhou at that time, but it is more streamlined and some names have been changed.

For example, Taiyuan Town was changed to Pingdao County, and Jianchang Prefecture was renamed Wenyang County. It doesn't have much meaning, and the modern name is not enough to use the ancient name. These are the places that almost overlapped in the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty place names were used.

In addition, the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province will also become larger. The Cabinet and Privy Council have come up with preliminary planning maps. The future Guangnan Province will definitely not be like this.Several strategic points in the northern part of Lang Son must be included in Guangxi, otherwise Guangnan will be unstable.

The same applies to Beihe Prefecture, which also needs to draw some land into Yunnan.

But there is no rush for now, even Yunnan has not been recovered yet, and Guangnan still needs to be managed first.

By the way, while the Cabinet and the Ministry of Civil Service are having a headache in selecting officials in Guangnan, the Privy Council is also tossing about how to stabilize Guangnan.

The Household Department is also eyeing the Red River Delta in Guangnan, or to be precise, the Red River Estuary (Haifang) that has not yet been fully developed.

It is adjacent to the Beibu Gulf and backed by the Red River alluvial plain. It has unique advantages that allow it to make full use of the Red River water transportation.In addition, it is close to Jiaozhou City. As long as the port is successfully opened, it can quickly develop into a major maritime trade port in a short time.

When Zhu Yijiong saw the draft of the memorial from the Ministry of Revenue, he thought about it briefly and then wrote to refute: "No. It will be discussed later."

Fangcheng Port in Guangxi has just opened its port. If it opens another port in Guangnan, it will definitely bring huge pressure to Fangcheng Port, and it is also easy for shipping companies in the two places to form vicious competition.

It's better to press it first.

On the contrary, the work of the Ministry of Revenue is now becoming more and more extensive, and it has unconsciously involved maritime trade and commerce, and regards it as its scope of authority.

It is almost time to set up an administrative department in charge of commerce in addition to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After all, government agencies such as the Municipal Shipping Department cannot be completely controlled by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Those who are in charge of money are in charge of money, and those who are in charge of commerce are in charge of commerce. The two cannot be too closely integrated.

　lol finals, I work overtime

　　
　
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