1635 Han style rises again

On May 1662, 5, Chaozhou Prefecture.

After hearing the report of Jieyang General Soldier Gao Wenzhi, Li Laiheng, Duke Linguo of the Ming Dynasty and Shangshu (title) of the Ministry of War, fell silent for a long time, and let out a long sigh.

"Grandfather, Duke Jing (Yuan Zongdi), Marquis of Nan'an (Hao Yongzhong) and others are afraid that they have received the secret edict of King Qin and obtained his promise, so they want to stay in Chaozhou and keep the wealth and status they currently have. Therefore , they made the decision against moving their family to remote Borneo." Gao Wenzhi carefully explained for Hao Yongzhong.

Since last year, Cao Ning, the general manager of the Qi State in Annan, proposed that if Chaozhou Town could not bear the pressure of Sun Kewang, the entire town's soldiers and civilians could be moved to the northwestern region of Borneo to settle down.Subsequently, for several months, Li Laiheng ordered people to accompany the Qi State Navy ships to investigate the geographical environment and surrounding situation in the northwest region of Borneo.Although the area has lush forests, snakes, insects and poisonous ants, and the climate is hot and humid, some valleys, plains and hills are more livable.

In addition, there are scattered villages and towns of Ming people who immigrated here in the early days, which can completely lay a certain material foundation for Chaozhou Town to enter this place in advance.What's even more rare is that the rivers here are criss-crossed, the water source is abundant, and the climate is warm, so the crops in the fields can be double- or even triple-cropped, which can fully guarantee the food supply of the Ming people who immigrated here.

The Qi people suggested that if Chaozhou Town decided to settle in Borneo, it could first occupy a coastal fishing village in the northwest called Singkawang by the local Ming people.Because this place belongs to the Sanfa Sultan Kingdom, but its national power is weak, and it is completely attached to the nearby Brunei Sultan Kingdom and Banjar Sultan Kingdom militarily and economically.However, with thousands of tigers in Chaozhou Town and more care from the Annan General Administration of Qi State, it should be easy to deal with it.

In December last year, more than 3000 people immigrated from Chaozhou Town in advance. Led by Liu Tichun, Duke of the State of Wan, they arrived in Singkawang along with the immigrant fleet from the State of Qi, and soon built a wooden village with a circumference of [-] meters.After the tribal leaders and officials of the nearby Sanfa Sultan Kingdom heard about it, they sent people to negotiate and ask them why they came here.

Since the establishment of the immigrant stronghold at the beginning, the foundation has not yet stabilized, so Liu Tichun falsely claimed to the other party that due to the impact of the war on the mainland, he brought refugees from the Ming Dynasty to stay here, colonize and colonize, in order to survive.

The officials of the Sanfa Sultan Kingdom and the leaders of the nearby tribes were frightened by the huge camp built by the opponent, and also feared that the opponent had hundreds of armed soldiers, so they retreated temporarily, just watching from afar.These new Ming people are not like before. Dozens or hundreds of them live scattered in the coastal plain of Borneo. They honestly and respectfully pay "protection fees" to the kingdom officials and local tribal leaders in order to find a place to live.

This group of smart people are completely organized and disciplined armed immigrants!

However, in view of the fact that the immigrants in Chaozhou Town did not show obvious hostility, although the Sanfa Sultan Kingdom murmured in their hearts, they did not send troops to expel them and allowed them to stay here.

Although, more than [-] Chaozhou soldiers and civilians easily occupied a Borneo stronghold, and took the most important step to open up overseas.But the next difficulties came one after another, which greatly tested their determination and perseverance to move the whole town's soldiers and civilians.

First of all, the immigrants who first arrived here encountered serious acclimatization.In less than three months, nearly 130 soldiers and civilians died of various tropical diseases, and some of them were infected with the kind of malaria (the people of Qi have informed them in advance of the difficulties faced by the tropical rainforest area. tropical diseases such as malaria).

Although, according to the instructions of the Qi people, they cut down all the ponds, trees, and grass in the settlements, and set fire to the forests around the camp to reduce the places and conditions for mosquito breeding.However, those immigrants who went out to reclaim wasteland and prepare crops inevitably fell ill and died.

News came in early April this year that Liu Tichun, the head of the immigrant settlement, also suffered from severe malaria.Although he took the cinchona bark powder provided by the people of Qi to treat malaria, he finally failed to resist. After more than ten days, the treatment was ineffective and he died in Borneo.

Perhaps because of hearing about the poor development environment and living conditions in Borneo, coupled with the death of his old brother Liu Tichun, several elders in Chaozhou Town, including Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yongzhong, Ma Tengyun and others, backed down and repeatedly said, I would rather be killed by Sun Kewang on the mainland than go to the wild Borneo, die in a foreign land, and become a ghost in a foreign land.

"To open up a foundation, everything is a start-up. The road during the period should be a rough road, and sacrifices and sacrifices are inevitable." Li Laiheng stood up, walked to the window and said resolutely: "When a man is born in the world, he should make a surprise. The world's great achievements, the achievements of our generation's great ambitions, how can we be deterred by some hardships and hardships, and then feel fearful, and hesitate to move forward. Since the other generation does not want to go to Borneo to establish another foundation, then let them go. Anyone in my Chaozhou town who does not want to go to Borneo can tell them together, and I will definitely not force you."

"My lord, won't this and that shake the morale of our army and people in Chaozhou Town?" Gao Wenzhi asked worriedly.

"When we occupy a corner of Borneo, we want to restore the kingdom of Dashun and raise the banner of King Chuang. Therefore, what we need are some comrades with firm will and who are not afraid of life and death." Li Laiheng shook his head and said: "If some If people with wavering wills accompany us, sooner or later our affairs will be ruined. So, let them stay on the mainland."

"My lord, the Qi Congress will support us to establish our own country in Borneo?"

"A few years ago, a group of displaced immigrants living in Luzon were able to establish a country. When I followed King Chuang to fight north and south and conquer the world, why couldn't I establish my own country overseas?" The Han forces in the Xian area also intend to establish themselves as vassals, establish rules and regulations, and establish a Han kingdom. And the Qi people here also secretly support it, just waiting for a suitable opportunity."

"If we establish Dashun again in Borneo, wouldn't we be able to be princes for generations and be rich for a hundred years!" Gao Wenzhi said eagerly: "However, my lord, if we establish a system in the future, shouldn't we also be like Nawei?" The country is average, do you think Qi is a vassal?"

"..." Li Laiheng hesitated for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "Even if we are a vassal, then we are an independent country. Besides, can his Qi country continue to be as strong as it is now? If at some point, The power of the Qi State has been reduced to the situation of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and who is the vassal and who is the suzerain is still unknown!"
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On June 6, Nanping (now Cam Ranh, Vietnam).

Fan Shaocheng, the commander of the black guards stationed in Annan, Captain Xuanjie (Major) looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who claimed to be the son of Hao Shangjiu who occupied Lang Son Prefecture in Annan. He didn't speak for a while, but he was thinking and calculating quickly in his heart with.

Hao Shangjiu, formerly a general of Li Chengdong, in the sixth year of Qianwu in Daqi (1648), Li Chengdong, who was stationed in Guangdong, turned against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty. Chaozhou, Fengxin Taibo.

In the eighth year of Qianwu in Daqi (1650), the Qing army, led by Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, etc., entered Guangdong again. Hao Shangjiu immediately surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and remained the general army of Chaozhou.

In the ninth year of Qianwu in the Great Qi (1651), the Qi State and Li Dingguo launched the Guangdong-Guangdong strategy. Hao Shangjiu's troops were over [-] people, and were repelled by Li Dingguo's subordinate Zhang Jian in Qinzhou, Guangxi. Not long after, Zheng Sen's troops were defeated in Hepu County, the capital of Lianzhou (now Guangxi). Beihai City) and landed near Beihai City, cutting off his escape route to the east.

In desperation, Hao Shangjiu led more than [-] remnants into Haining (now Mong Cai, Vietnam), Dongxing (now Dongxing, Guangxi) and other places, temporarily settling down to observe the situation in the mainland.In a few years, he took advantage of the emptiness in the rear when the Zheng family in Annan was marching south to Guangnan, and led his troops to capture Langshan, Luping, Dingli, Beishan, Zhiling and other prefectures and counties, occupying the north of Annan.

The Annan Zheng family sent troops to expel them several times, but Hao Shangjiu’s troops defeated the Annan Zheng army in a row by virtue of the dangerous terrain, firmly occupied the Lang Son area, and threatened Thang Long City (now Hanoi, Vietnam).

Four years ago, Hao Shangjiu, who felt powerless, sent envoys to Nanjing to submit submissions to Emperor Guangde and King Sun Kewang of Qin, seeking the support of the Ming court.

At that time, the first Northern Expedition presided over by Sun Kewang just ended. In order to show his achievements and prestige, he immediately agreed to Hao Shangjiu's submission, and made him the Marquis of Anping, the prefect of Lang Son, and placed him under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Chief Envoy.

With the backing of Daming, Hao Shangjiu began to actively introduce Ming people to immigrate to Lang Son, purchase seeds, farm tools, cattle and horses, and develop local people's livelihood.

Who knows, after the Annan Zheng family heard about this, they immediately sent a mission to Nanjing to pay tribute in July last year, and appealed to Emperor Guangde and Sun Kewang, saying that Hao Shangjiu's possession of Lang Son and other places were all Annan's land. Once Daming responds, where will it lead to Annan?
Anyway, it's just a warning. As the suzerain country, you, Ming Dynasty, did not handle things properly. You allowed a group of stragglers to invade my Annan land for no reason, and you have been entrenched for a long time.If you, Ming Dynasty, want to treat Hao Shangjiu as a subject of the internal affairs and acquiesce in occupying Lang Son and other places, then I, Annan, will no longer recognize Daming as the suzerain state and will not pay tribute.

Some censors in the middle of the court immediately jumped out and declared that Annan was my vassal of the Ming Dynasty during the Xuande period, and he was very respectful. Since my Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, we should arrange it properly so that the vassals do not have a heart of renunciation.

That Hao Shangjiu was originally a submissive, and then surrendered to Daming, and then attached to the Qing captives. After being driven to Annan by my Daming, he was desperate and had no choice but to submit to him. How can such a capricious person be easily taken in.Therefore, my court of the Ming Dynasty should sever contact with it, and send troops from Guangxi to destroy Hao Shangjiu's tribe, so as to tie Annan's heart.

Sun Kewang thought about it for a long time. He thought that if he usurped the Ming Dynasty and became self-reliant in the future, he would definitely gain the approval and attachment of the surrounding vassal states. Annan is a relatively influential country in the south, with a population of several million and a hundred thousand soldiers. If he can accept it , cited as a screen fan, has a positive role in promoting his reputation and expanding his influence in the region.

In addition, this Annan was once attacked by the Qi State, and he must have always held a grudge. At that time, pulling him to his side can somewhat check and balance the development of the Qi State in the central and southern regions and reduce its impact on the mainland.

Therefore, the king of Qin, who had always been honest with the censors in the court, immediately accepted advice and prepared to help the Annan Zheng family solve the problem of Hao Shangjiu's occupation of Lang Son.However, he had just asked for the title of Hao Shangjiu as Marquis before, so he couldn't beat himself up and send troops across the border to destroy them.Therefore, an order was issued to let Hao Shangjiu move his town to Yuezhou, Hunan, and reach the Yangtze River defense area, intending to use him as cannon fodder and spend him on the battlefield against the Qing captives.

It was under such circumstances that Hao Shangjiu sent his eldest son, Hao Yaotong, to Nanping with a large number of gifts, intending to join the Qi State.Da Ming didn't care about Lao Tzu anymore, so he went to Qi State to seek asylum.Both Annan Ruan and Zheng were beaten up with bruised noses and swollen faces by the Qi State, and both of them had their capitals breached. They seemed to be the leaders in the area.

Even if the State of Qi didn't know to accept Hao Shangjiu's troops, as long as they secretly gave some support and supplies, especially some firearms, it would be no problem to continue to separate Annan and North by taking advantage of the advantages of the mountainous area around Lang Son.

"If you want the support of my country, Qi, what can you give us?" Fan Shaocheng asked with a smile.

"Before I came, my father-in-law had explained that as long as the Qi State gave us asylum, we should not let Annan Zheng's and Daming's two sides attack and destroy Lang Son, and provide some firearms. After that, our town has tens of thousands of horses, but with Qi I don’t dare to break any promises.” Hao Yaotong said respectfully: “In addition, I, Langshan Town, offer 5000 taels of silver, [-] stones of rice, and [-] pieces of precious wood to Qi State every year, including rosewood and mahogany. , yellow rosewood, and the teak you need for shipbuilding."

"Hehe..." Fan Shaocheng smiled, "You are hiding in the valley of Lang Son, how do you give us so much rice and wood?"

"My father is planning to send troops to capture a coastal village called Jinpu in Guangning Prefecture, Annan, and build it into a port stronghold for your ships to enter and exit from Qi." Hao Yaotong said quickly: "However, our Langshan Town has no Ships, at that time, I need to trouble you to send ships from Qi to receive our offerings of gold, silver and supplies."

"Do you think our Qi Nationality is rare for these gold, silver and materials?" Fan Shaocheng said disdainfully: "If you want to obtain precious wood and ship materials, I have several territories in Annan. What's more, Zhancheng, Huaying, and even Annan Ruan Both the Zheng family and the Zheng family can provide us with an unlimited amount. Do you think it is not worthwhile for the Zheng family to have a secret dissatisfaction with our country of Qi in order to obtain this little thing you have given?"

"..." Hao Yaotong's face changed drastically, "I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and I have divided Langshan, only two hundred miles away from the capital city of Annan. If you want to attack the Zheng family again, I, Langshan, can accept your agreement. , a surprise attack from its side and rear will inevitably make it difficult to look at the head and tail..."

"I'm afraid the small land of Langshan can't support your tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?" Fan Shaocheng said sarcastically: "Besides, the Annan Zheng family has always been submissive to our country of Qi in recent years. Why should we beat it?"

"You guys... since you can raise a Champa as a hunting dog, why can't you accept our Langshan Township, which is also of Han descent like you in Qi?" Hao Yaotong said quietly.

"We are worried that some hounds are not easy to control. You Dashuai Hao have changed many masters in the past twenty years. I heard that you even submitted a table to belong to Daming a few years ago."

Hao Yaotong was silent when he heard the words.This country of Qi disliked his father, Qin Muchu, who was capricious.However, in this troubled world, if you want to survive, you don't need any integrity.

"However, you said just now that Langshan Town is going to capture Jinpu in Guangning Mansion, right?" Just as Hao Yaotong was disappointed and was about to leave, Fan Shaocheng asked suddenly.

Hao Yaotong nodded blankly.

"I heard that there are a lot of coal mines there. If you can really seize that area and hold it, our country of Qi may consider giving you some assistance and support... because we need the coal there. Toys are more valuable than those wood."