Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 428
Taichang originally wanted to find someone to understand the situation of the Nanyang Islands.

After all, the Ming Dynasty has been enforcing the sea ban for more than two hundred years, and after Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas, the Ming Dynasty basically did not send large fleets to go deep into the South Seas.

Before this expedition, he also specifically checked the relevant records of the court.

It's a pity that the officials sent by the Ming court in recent years seem to have been to Luzon at the farthest, and if they go further south, they are basically black-eyed.

For nearly a hundred years, no officials of the Ming court have set foot in the south of Luzon at all. It turns out that the Ming vassals here have not sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming court didn't even know what happened to Boni and Sulu countries in the south of Luzon, and they didn't even know anything about Java, Srivijaya, and Mantrijana.

And the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese were colonists from the European continent. They knew that if they caught these indigenous countries, they would just grab them and rob them, regardless of their situation.

Therefore, the records of the Dutchman are also messy, which makes him even more confused.

He really wanted to know what was going on here.

Not to mention anything else, at least you need to know what forces are still on these islands and how many people there are.

He doesn't want to be like the Dutch and the Portuguese. If he catches someone, he will do it all at once, and if he doesn't care about it, he will just grab it. After grabbing the ball, he will go to the ball!
What he needs is to completely control the entire Nanyang.

Therefore, he had to find someone to understand the situation here.

And this Three Buddha Qi Kingdom is the best target to understand, because the original King Three Buddha Qi is a descendant of Ming Dynasty.

Now I managed to find a group of people who seemed to be able to communicate with the soldiers of the Ming army without any obstacles.

This proves that these people are very likely to be the old people of Sanfoqi, and they are very likely to be descendants of Ming Dynasty.

He also thought that it would be no problem to understand the situation here with these people.

Therefore, he brought a group of generals to the pier without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, when these people heard that they were the emperor of Ming Dynasty, they fell on the ground and cried loudly.

He was really dumbfounded.

What are these people crying for?

In desperation, he could only raise his hand and said loudly: "Everyone, don't cry, get up, but someone knows the situation on this island, I want to know."

Soon, an old man with white hair and beard climbed up and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Long Live Lord, the little old man knows."

Hearing this, Taichang immediately stretched out his hands and said: "Old man, there is no need to be so polite, get up and talk."

The old man carefully got up from the ground after hearing the words.

Taichang couldn't help asking: "Old man, what's your name, and where are you from, why are you crying?"

The old man hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "Return to the emperor, the little old man Shi Jien, his ancestral home is Nanhaiwei, Guangzhou. As for why we cry, it is because we are so happy. It has been almost 200 years, and the imperial court has finally sent a large army to Nanyang. Your majesty, you have come here in person, we couldn't be happier!"

Oh, it turned out to be happy.

I thought you had suffered some kind of disaster.

Shi Ji'en's ancestral home is still in Nanhaiwei, Funan, Guangzhou?
Taichang couldn't help but asked with great interest: "Is your ancestor a Tunwei?"

Uh, this.

Shi Jien was stunned for a moment, and then carefully explained: "Your Majesty, the great-great-grandfather of this little old man is Shi Jinqing, the consolation envoy of the old Hong Kong of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Three Buddhas Qi."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

It seems that he didn't do enough homework!
Isn't this King Sanfoqi Liang Daoming? Why did he become Shi Jinqing again?

Alas, it has been more than 200 years, and many records are probably moldy and rotten.

He thought for a while, and then said vaguely: "Isn't Liang Daoming the first Sanfoqi king conferred by Daming?"

When Shi Jien heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, King Liang Daoming is the founding king of our Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. Give it to Patriarch Shi Jinqing."

It turned out to be the case.

Taichang nodded, and asked again: "What happened later, what happened to the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom?"

Well, this one is a bit more complicated.

Shi Ji'en thought for a while, and then said with a bit of desolation: "Our Three Buddhas were originally favored by the Great Ming, and basically no one dared to provoke them in the Nanyang Islands.

Later, Daming, Daming Haiban, never came here again, those messy officials or nobles from Western countries such as Mughal, Persia and Dashi set foot here one after another.

As a result, disputes continued among the Nanyang Islands. Our Sanfoqi lost Daming's support power and gradually declined. After several wars, the old port fell, and the nearby fertile land was also captured by Mancijia supported by Persia and Dashi.

We had no choice but to escape to the mountains and forests in the north, lingering on, and it has been nearly 200 years. "

As he spoke, he actually shed tears again.

Alas, Daming's sea ban is really inexplicable and makes people speechless.

Daming was autistic, Mughals, Persians and Dashi all extended their influence here, and Sanfoqi without the support of Daming naturally couldn't do it.

Alas, there is no way to tell.

Taichang couldn't help thinking of the frightened fishermen in Penghu.

Daming's autism really made overseas people miserable.

He sighed secretly in his heart, and then comforted him: "Old man, don't worry, the Ming Dynasty has fully lifted the sea ban, and I am also preparing to revive the prestige of the Ming dynasty, so that the western countries and even the barbarians in Europe will surrender! The gateway to the Western Ocean and the European continent, in the future, Ming Dynasty will take over this place and send troops to stay here forever, so you don’t have to live in fear anymore.”

When Shi Jien heard this, he couldn't help crying: "Your Majesty, is it true, that's great!"

Uh, don't be so excited!

Taichang said helplessly: "Old man, don't cry, I still want to ask you about the situation here, how many old Sanfo Qi people are still on this island, and what's the situation with Mancijia?"

Hearing this, Shi Ji'en wiped away his tears quickly, and said with a choked voice, "Forgive me, the little old man, you are being rude. Mancijia and the European barbarians have been fighting for years, and they have been beaten to nothing. As for the three Buddhas on Jinzhou Island Qi Jiumin, the little old man doesn't know all about it, because there are scattered everywhere in the north of Jinzhou Island, and the little old man estimates that there must be millions of them."

so many people?

Very good!
Worrying about not having enough manpower.

Taichang couldn't help but excitedly said: "Are there really so many people?"

Shi Ji'en nodded repeatedly and said: "There should be. At the time when King Liang Daoming established the Three Buddhas, the Nanyang survivors flocked in droves. The Jiugang area alone gathered [-] to [-] people. Although other places in Jinzhou are not as densely populated as the Jiugang area, they add up. There are still more than [-].

In the past 200 years, Manciga has only captured a few hundred miles near the old port, and the Nanyang adherents in other places have been thriving.

The little old man’s great-grandfather fled to Jambi with thousands of people at the beginning, and now they have multiplied to nearly one hundred thousand. Presumably, other places have multiplied at least one million people. "

Well, this so-called Golden State is three or four thousand miles long and thousands of miles wide, and it is indeed not many to have a population of millions.

The question is, what does Nanyang immigration mean? Did the term “immigrant” exist 200 years ago?
Taichang simply asked: "What is the meaning of this immigration? Did they all migrate from Daming?"

Uh, this "legacy" is not the other "removal"!

Shi Jien quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this relic is a leftover relic. According to the legend of our ancestors, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, there have been many fishermen or traders in the Central Plains left in Nanyang. The name of Jinzhou also comes from the ancient names of Tang and Song. When the Yuan destroyed the Song Dynasty, more people fled from the Central Plains to Nanyang, and they all came here from the people of the Central Plains, so they called themselves Nanyang survivors.”

Well, that's what it meant.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then solemnly said: "From now on, you will no longer be survivors. This is already the territory of Daming, and you are all citizens of Daming."

(End of this chapter)