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Chapter 574: Expanding overseas territories

Junggar still retreated.

Not only because the fight could no longer be fought, but also because an extremely serious rebellion occurred within the Junggar Khanate, which could even be said to have shaken its foundation.

At the turn of autumn and winter this year, the Southern Xinjiang Grand Hezhuo Danier launched a rebellion, captured Yarkan Yarkand City, and proclaimed himself the Yarkand Great Khan.

The Yarkand Khanate was resurrected in southern Xinjiang, and Zasaktu Khan and Tangnu Ulianghai King in Mobei were also unwilling to be left alone. They began to obey and disobey King Dzungar Khan's orders.

It seems that Southern Xinjiang and Mobei have been agreed upon... maybe they are really agreed upon, after all, the level of meticulous workmanship in the Ming Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. Not to mention all over the place, at least the areas that hostile forces can reach. It's more than enough to just send some details and stir up dissension.

Yarkand Khan Daniel in southern Xinjiang has already sent envoys to Nanjing to request for pilgrimage and canonization. However, Zasak Tuhan and King Tangnu Ulianghai in Mobei have not made any move yet.

It is still the twelfth lunar month of winter, and Junggar cannot send troops, so they are seizing the time to lick their wounds.

In the spring of next year, a war will definitely break out in the Western Region. After all, southern Xinjiang is too important to Junggar. It is not only a strategic and financial center, but also has religious significance.

Junggar believes in the Yellow religion of the snowy region, but not here in southern Xinjiang. The population of southern Xinjiang is dominated by Uighurs, while the northern Xinjiang where Junggar is located is a mixture of multiple ethnic groups, and there are even many Yellow Hans.

In such a complicated Western Region, I am afraid that the civil war will still continue.

However, for Ming Dynasty, this was a good thing. It could free up time to deal with the Qinghai issue calmly, and it could also continue to make full preparations to deal with the dispatch of troops to the Western Regions.

The two sects of Taoism and Buddhism, which had been attacked by the imperial court in the early years of Jianwu, were now in good luck. As long as the imperial court mobilized troops in the Western Regions, monks and Taoists from these two sects would be able to spread their religion in the Western Regions.

By then, as long as they are willing to go to the Western Regions to preach Taoism and Buddhism, they can be funded by the imperial court to build temples and temples, and the government can even take the lead in worshiping Taoism, Buddhism and gods.

To deal with this land in the Western Region, you not only have to use artillery and guns, but also Taoism and Buddhism as weapons.

The Western Region can be so turbulent and complicated. In addition to the vast tracts of barren land, there is also a complicated geographical situation. The most fundamental problem is religious chaos.

The dispute between southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang, as well as the black and white dispute within southern Xinjiang... Even Daniel, who is currently rebelling against Junggar, was supported by Hezhuo of the Montenegro faction who came to power.

Baishan Hezhuo was imprisoned by the Junggar Khanate. He was not released until the Tatars recovered the Western Regions, which directly triggered the subsequent Hezhuo rebellion.

Because the Baishan sect is a group of careerists who are bent on establishing an Islamic kingdom with the Baishan sect as the royal family and integrating politics and religion.

Zhu Yijiong's idea is very straightforward. Since the religious problems in the Western Regions are difficult to solve, he can simply introduce external forces and use the religions of the Central Plains and Han to attack the local religions of the Central Plains and the Western Regions.

As long as the religious issues in the Western Regions are dealt with and stabilized, the Western Regions will be able to enjoy long-term peace and stability.

Leaving aside the Western Region for the time being, the Luzon Governor's Office overseas sent a memorial a month ago, requesting the establishment of a county government in Mindoro Island.

Mindoro Island is located southwest of the Luzon Governor's Palace. It was originally supposed to be under the Spanish Governor's Palace of Cebu. However, with the Spanish Governor's Office's continuous high-pressure policies and excessive expropriation, the indigenous and Han people here have It's really unbearable.

Although the Spanish governor wanted to do something, he was also more friendly to Han merchants than the previous governor.

They had earlier negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty and reopened the silver wire trade. However, the reopening of the silver wire trade did not affect the governor and the parliament, who jointly implemented high-pressure policies in the colonies and imposed extortionate taxes.

After all, work is done, but a Governor-General's term is only for a few years.

Now, the Spanish governor who had tried hard to promote peace talks between China and Spain and restore the silver trade was about to leave his term.

And he did make political achievements, that is, stabilizing the Governor-General of Cebu Island and easing foreign trade relations with the great power in the Far East, Ming China. Of course, this is without mentioning the mess he left in Cebu Governorate.

The reason why Mindoro Island became Mindoro County in the Luzon Viceroyalty was that the indigenous people on the island could not bear the double oppression of the Spaniards and Han merchants.

This cannot be entirely blamed on the Spaniards. After all, this was a condition of the peace talks with the Ming Dynasty. Han merchants were allowed to enter the Governorate of Cebu Island to do business, rent them for a long time, and even establish commercial workshops.

Zhu Yijiong picked up the memorial delivered by the Governor of Luzon and read it carefully: "The leader of Mindoro Island is actually a Han?"

It should be said that he is of mixed Han-Turkish descent. Although he claims to be Han, the Governor of Luzon specifically wrote that this person should only be of Han-Turkish ancestry, but is actually a mixed-blood of Han Chinese and indigenous people of Mindoro Island.

However, these are not important. What is important is that the other party brings all the island's indigenous and Han people (all of mixed race) to the Luzon Governor's Palace, then the other party's Han identity can be fully recognized.

Not only must he be recognized, but he must also be invited by the Governor of Luzon to appoint him as the county magistrate of Mindoro.

Zhu Yijiong thought about it for a while, then wrote and wrote: "According to the report. Appoint him as the county magistrate of Mindoro Island for a term of five years, and he will be replaced after five years. The replacement officials are selected from the Han people of Mindoro Island. Due to the long journey overseas, many He has the power to appoint officials on his own. The Governor-General of Luzon should set up a Chinese school in Mindoro, and all the people in the county should convert to the Chinese religion. There should be no mistake."

After thinking for a while, he picked up his pen and added: "Mindoro Island has been restored to its ancient name of Mayi County. I appreciate this."

Mayi is the name given to the indigenous people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the Song and Yuan Dynasties of China.

The situation in Mayi County is similar to that of Qinghai. They both surrendered voluntarily, so they cannot be directly controlled. The only way to do this is to first appoint local magistrates and government officials to carry out Jisi rule, and then the Luzon Governor-General's Office will set up a Han Chinese school, and then convert them to Han Chinese religion to deepen their recognition.

In the next one or two terms, the entire Mayi County may have to undergo internal circulation. Fortunately, these mixed-race Han people are willing to admit that they are Han people.

By the third term, he will be able to gradually develop a sense of identity, and the Han School will be able to cultivate the first batch of young intellectuals.

At that time, floating officials can be dispatched from the central government and new people trained to replace the local officials in the county who have been circulated internally.

As for Spain in the south, there is no need to worry at all, not only because the Spaniards cannot fight, but also because they have no money to fight.

Yes, after the silver wire trade started, the Spanish Governor-General of Cebu had no money to raise troops.

This may sound strange, and it is indeed strange. Since Spain colonized America and obtained a large amount of silver, the silver delivered to the royal family by Spain has been decreasing year by year.

The military expenditures of the Luzon Governor's Mansion are also increasing year by year, and the combat effectiveness of the army is declining in proportion to the military expenditures.

What's even more powerful is that while Spain told the royal court at home that the viceroyalties in America could no longer make ends meet and several major silver mines were exhausted, it continued to expand in the Americas.

The total amount of silver mined from the Peruvian silver mines alone is as high as three billion pesos, or even more.

It goes without saying that all those "exhausted" silver mines went into the pockets of colonial officials.

These colonial officials have now reopened the silver trade with the Ming Dynasty. Even the Ming Dynasty has begun to explore the Americas. They have also become more blatant. From the governor to the parliament, everyone has joined forces to carry out smuggling crazily between America and Cebu. .

They even did not hesitate to use the warships' grain transport ships for smuggling trade, which caused the Spanish navy to often encounter various problems due to insufficient food.

Regarding the annexation of Mindoro Island by China, almost everyone, including the outgoing Spanish governor and the local parliamentary forces, pretended not to know.

Anyway, it's just an island full of natives, out of reach, and difficult to fully develop. Compared with the heavy gold and silver in your pocket, what is it?

　kavining

　　

　

(End of this chapter)