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Chapter 644 The ill-fated British man

The extended colonial war on Java Island lasted from the end of the rainy season to the onset of the rainy season, and finally a phased ceasefire.

During this period, the Sultan of Yogyakarta knew that he could not defeat him, so he sent envoys several times, humbly requesting an armistice and peace talks, and was willing to pay compensation and cede territory.

Yan Bo, the governor of Yecheng, never agreed because he had not yet obtained enough, and the Ming army stationed in Java and the Han people who had reclaimed the land had not obtained enough land and tenant slaves.

Although the population of Yecheng is insufficient, annexing Bandan is already the limit, but it is still possible to destroy Bandung City to the east. If there are not enough Han people, it is not impossible to garrison and occupy it first, and use it as a military fortress.

In order to reduce the cost of governance, all the old, weak, sick and disabled were killed, leaving only some strong laborers for castration. The indigenous women were kept and rationed to Han Chinese and garrison officers to further multiply the population.

Having reaped the benefits of cost-free and rapid expansion, Yan Boyong now regrets it. If he had done this back then, he would have captured the entire Java Island long ago.

Now I can only take advantage of the time and eat as much as I want. These are all political achievements, bloody political achievements!
The parts of Western Java and Central Java that were conquered by the Sultan of Yogyakarta in several years of "bloody wars" were about to unify Java and rebuild the new Sultanate of Mataram. However, once they returned to the pre-liberation period, they were completely blocked. one place.

Now to the west of him is Wanlong City, the outpost of the Governor's Palace of Coconut City. Lord Wanlong ran away in advance, so he did not die. The east side was completely violently expanded by the Semarang Governor's Palace, completely cutting off his connection with Sultan Solo.

The Sultan of Yogyakarta was blocked, with Chinese on both sides, and they were all unbeatable.

Sultan Solo's luck was as good as ever. Although he lost nearly a quarter of his land, he was not regarded as the primary target by the Chinese in Semarang, so the loss was not very great.

Moreover, if the Chinese in Semarang blocked the Sultan of Yogyakarta, he could concentrate his efforts to fight eastward.

The Sultan of Surabaya in the east is still fighting a tug of war with Madura. Sultan Solo thinks that no matter what he says, he won't be able to defeat the Sultan of Surabaya, right?

When the news from Nanyang was sent to Nanjing, although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had long been accustomed to the emperor's overseas expansion, they were still shocked by the killings committed by Yan Boyong, the governor of Yecheng.

Many ministers felt that Yan Boyong secretly massacred overseas vassals in Nanyang without submitting a memorial, which was against the way of a saint.

However, some ministers believe that since we are opening up new territories, how can we talk about benevolence, justice and morality?
It's just that Yan Boyong's expansion is a little too fast, and the colonial speed of Yecheng Governor's Mansion may not be able to keep up. Moreover, although the indigenous people in those lands have been slaughtered, colonial reclamation still requires costs.

The two factions of ministers held their own opinions, but it was rare that they did not start a war of words in the court.

Emperor Zhu's brainwashing of ministers was very successful. All civil and military officials who could stand in the court basically agreed with the emperor's concept of opening up borders.

The idea of ​​a heavenly empire has long become a thing of the past.

It can’t be said in the past tense!

Since you recognize that Ming Dynasty, China, is a kingdom of heaven, then as a vassal state, it is your honor to offer soil and accept surrender.

If you don't want to, then you will be fined if you don't eat the toast!

Forbidden City.

Zhu Yijiong is convening a small meeting with cabinet ministers.

Zhu Chengxun said: "Yan Boyong started wars in Yecheng, Old Port, and Semarang this time. Although he killed countless people, he also expanded the land several times for our Governor's Palace of Yecheng in the Ming Dynasty. Especially on Java Island, where Yecheng and Semarang are located, here There are volcanic craters all over the island, the soil on the island is fertile, and there is good land almost everywhere, and with a little cultivation, countless people can survive.”

Wang Yuan followed and cupped his hands and said: "Although I, the Ming Dynasty, took the initiative in the Nanyang War, the Sultan of Yogyakarta in Java disrespected the Celestial Empire and arbitrarily devoured the Sultan of Boliangan who was enshrined by the Celestial Empire. The governor's office of Yecheng sent troops to attack. This is justifiable. Moreover, the main force in the real war was the Han people in Semarang, Coconut City, and Old Port."

Wu Sidao smiled and said: "Since it is a civil dispute, how can it be elevated to the level of state affairs? These Nanyang vassals are too ignorant."

In a few words, the bloody storm that Yan Boyong stirred up in Nanyang turned into a civil dispute.

However, the Sultan of Balimpang sent envoys to the Celestial Empire to question him, but instead he became a vassal state and became ignorant. He came to bother the Celestial Emperor at the slightest dispute among the people.

Chen Ji put forward a different view: "The governor of Yecheng opened up territory for the imperial court in Java and Sumatra. Although it was justified, the expansion was too fast. In less than one year, the territories of Yecheng, Semarang, and Old Port were expanded. The expansion of reclamation has more than doubled. The Han population in the Old Port Governor's Palace is relatively large, and some Han people can be relocated from the Old Port to Java to reclaim new lands with insufficient manpower. The land in Java is fertile, and the Han people in the Old Port will not refuse, but they must also set rules in this regard. "

"There are no rules, no squares. To expand territory, there must also be legal constraints for expanding territory." Lin Jingyu continued, "The areas under the jurisdiction of Yecheng Governor's Mansion are all in Nanyang, where there are many archipelagos and plains, and the land is Most of them are fertile and suitable for reclamation. The most important thing is that the overseas Han people there have been multiplying for hundreds of years and have a sufficient population base, so the Governor of Yecheng can be allowed to take some radical measures. But there are very few Han people in Luzon. Even after these With continuous immigration every year, there are still less than 50,000 people. We should not let them imitate the governor of Yecheng, but should proceed step by step and properly educate some native people."

To put it bluntly, even Chen Ji and Lin Jingyu agreed with Governor Yecheng’s murderous expansion, but such expansion was too simple and crude.

There were enough Han people in the Governor's District of Yecheng, and they could barely keep up with the pace of colonization. Even the captured Bandung City could only be used as a military fortress, and then some immigrants could be found from the old port.

Therefore, for the governor of Yecheng, he can be allowed to be appropriately radical, but he cannot do this every time he is elected. The Han people must be allowed time to breathe and cultivate.

The Governor of Luzon is just the opposite. Because there are too few Han people in Luzon Island, the land can only be cultivated along the Luzon coastline, and it has not even been fully cultivated. There are not as many plains here as in Java, and there is not as much fertile soil as Java.

If the Governor of Luzon follows the example of Governor Yecheng, it will greatly increase the colonial costs of the Luzon Governorate and will be of no benefit to the country.

Zhu Yijiong listened to the suggestions of the five cabinet members and repeatedly compared the reports of the Governor of Yecheng and the Governor of Luzon, including the actual situation of these two overseas governor-general areas, population, food prices, products and many other detailed reports.

After careful consideration, I finally made a calculation in my mind.

Probably an overseas territory like Yecheng Governor-General has fertile enough land and large plains, and there are enough native Han people living there, so it can be appropriately aggressive. If it can be expanded, it can be expanded, and it can be massacred all the way. past.

Regardless of the cost of colonization, all indigenous men were castrated and made into tenant slaves, while indigenous women were allocated to reproduce the population.

This can also attract inland Han people to continue to immigrate overseas.

The practice of castrating slaves was not an original creation of Yan Boyong, the governor of Coconut City. As early as thousands of years ago in the Tang Dynasty, the famous Kunlun slaves were castrated, but they were all castrated by Arab businessmen.

How can slaves be sold at a high price if they are not castrated?
The situation in the Governor-General of Luzon is different. Large areas here are mountainous and jungle terrain, the climate is complex, and the number of Han people is too small. The cost of massacre by the army is too high. Even if a large area of ​​land is conquered, there will not be enough Han people to cultivate it. It may be a waste of national power.

Therefore, we had to fight slowly while at the same time educating and fussing the indigenous people, and persuading them to become naturalized people of the Ming Dynasty, just like the naturalized people on Taiwan Island.

The same goes for Lingbei Prefecture, located in Siberia, which is covered in ice and snow, making colonial expansion almost impossible. They can only control a few military towns and cities along the river, and join forces with the local Sakha tribe to make them a nation of Ming China. This is the correct colonial approach. Not surprisingly, Siberia will always be China's controlled territory in the future and cannot truly become a province.

There are also the Chief Secretary of Seoul, Guangnan, Qinghai, Liaodong, and the Monan grassland. These lands have a certain foundation of Han people. Even the Chief Secretary of Seoul and Guangnan simply promote Chinese sinology, mainly focusing on recruiting, educating and slow immigration. , just let the Han people become the dominant ethnic group as much as possible.

As for the Eight Hundred Army Prefecture and the Tibetan Snow Region, the terrain is basically harsh. We can only start with some core lands and slowly build cities and control them, and we must also firmly grasp the power of religious public opinion.

After holding a small meeting with the cabinet to discuss and pondering for several days, Zhu Yijiong immediately issued an order to the cabinet, requesting that a rule and regulations be established as soon as possible.

These rules and regulations will serve as a reference for the future governance of major overseas governor-general areas and some newly expanded territories. It is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions, and everything should be based on development and defending the territory.

The specifics will depend on the actual situation, but it must not be arrogant.

After receiving the order, the cabinet quickly drafted "Essentials for Overseas Civil Administration" and submitted it to the emperor for review.

After Zhu Yijiong read it, he approved and replied with slight modifications, and issued a decree: In the future, when overseas governors take office, they must first pass the "Essentials for Overseas Civil Administration", otherwise they will not be able to assume the title of governor.

……

Mumbai, India.

Drake, the former colonial governor of Bengal, has now changed his job.

He is now a full-time diplomat maintaining long-term communication between the British East India Company and Ming Dynasty China.

The French have been completely defeated in India. The five-nation coalition forces of Britain, Portugal, Denmark-Norway, the Netherlands, and Ming Dynasty and China have launched a naval battle against the French. Even if the French home fleet comes, they may not be able to withstand it.

The French East India Company lost all its colonies in India. Now the British were complacent and were actively planning a unification war against the southern Indian states.

Drake was not very happy about this, but rather worried. Just a few days ago, the company branch in Far East Bencoolen sent back news that the Governor of Coconut City in China had launched a war against several sultanates in the Far East.

It also included the Banten Sultanate, a British protectorate, and the Palembang Sultanate, which served as a Sino-British buffer zone.

Drake returned to his residence, opened his diary as usual and started writing:
"The Chinese are becoming more and more powerful. Their governor of Coconut City is a fanatical war activist. He launched an all-out war against Java and Sumatra. The Sultan of Banten, the Sultan of Palembang, the Sultan of Jambi...these The Green Sect natives of Sumatra cannot withstand the powerful Chinese army and will perish sooner or later. The company branch in Bencoolen can no longer sustain itself..."

"It may not be a good idea for the company and the kingdom to hand over the Bengal colony to the Chinese. In the war with the French, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese naval warships almost exceeded the best European warships. Even the always arrogant The Dutch are also afraid of Chinese warships. We don’t know how many such powerful warships and artillery the Chinese have. But if the Chinese navy continues to expand, I am afraid that even if the entire Europe puts aside their hatred and joins forces, they will not be able to Against the Chinese army..."

"I'm afraid that in a few days, the company's top management will make the decision to abandon the Bencoolen colony, just as they could give up Bangladesh without hesitation before. By abandoning Bencoolen, the company can concentrate its efforts on cleaning up those in South India. Tubang king. However, will the Chinese really be satisfied if they just give up the Far East colonization and hand over the entire Far East to the Chinese..."

"When the Chinese completely annex the Far East, what will happen to India, which is closer to the Far East? I am sincerely worried about the future of the company and the kingdom..."

In fact, Drake's worries were completely unnecessary.

Not to mention completely annexing and colonizing the Far East, the Ming Dynasty only annexed the entire island of Java and Sumatra in the Southeast Asia, which would have taken several decades. It is estimated that Zhu Yijiong will not be able to see it before his death.

After all, colonial expansion is not about treating guests to dinner, and the violent expansion of the Governor of Yecheng cannot continue like this. Time must be allowed for the Han people to reproduce.

Moreover, the British do not need to worry about China's fangs first, because if nothing unexpected happens, their thirteen-state colony in Yinzhou will become independent in less than forty years.

This is not the end of the world line, but the British themselves have gone too far. They are now joining forces with the Ming Dynasty to carve up the entire India so that they can defeat the French, the original overlord, on the European battlefield.

These all require silver. Where does the silver come from?

Naturally, he is a "big boy", and the thirteen states of the United States gave it to him.

Since last year alone, the British have begun to increase taxes on thirteen states, and they have increased taxes across the board.

Although the overall magnitude is not very large and will not cause the British in the Thirteen States to rebel immediately, it is still possible to make them dissatisfied.

Moreover, in order to continue to launch wars against the southern Indian states, there are so many military expenditures, as well as the demands of governor-general officials at all levels, plus local taxes from the United Kingdom.

Of course, the current tax amount is far from enough. In addition, Yinzhou still has to fight against the French colonies. Taxes will definitely have to continue to be increased in the future, with no upper limit.

After all, that's what the British have done historically.

With the intervention and help of Ming China, the thirteen states of the United States in this time and space may have to launch a war of independence many years in advance.

By then, China's colony in Yinzhou may also be able to get a share of the pie.

Britain and the Ming Dynasty joined forces to expel the French from India. The happiest people were the Fujian and Guangdong merchants.

Because they have obtained preferential trade tariffs and a large number of privileges in India, it will be easier to purchase Indian cotton in the future. In addition, Chittagong was taken over by the Ming Dynasty, and Fujian and Guangdong merchants can supply trade from here.

Moreover, Bangladesh has lost the British, and its nascent industrial base is now rapidly collapsing, until they completely collapse and cannot support themselves.

Products from China in the Ming Dynasty can be quickly sold to various parts of Bangladesh through Chittagong Port, thereby controlling the Bangladesh region from the economic lifeline.

Sarfa, an angry young man from Bangladesh, may not have the chance to wait until his father dies before launching a war against the Chinese.

Because once Chinese goods are sold to Bangladesh and make Bangladesh's aristocratic merchants dependent, Sarfa goes to war against the Chinese, which is to become an enemy of all aristocratic merchants.

Not only will there be countless people running out to hold him back, but he may not be able to get enough military rations.

(End of this chapter)