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Chapter 637 Champa and Chenla Kingdom
"The south of the Annan Kingdom is the Champa Kingdom. The Champa Rice is famous for its plump and round grains. It was introduced to Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan during the Song Dynasty and fed many people. It can be said to be a blessing." Deng Qianlong He told Xiong Wencan the story of Champa Kingdom.

"Champa rice is well-known far and near, and it is a rare and good variety. It was often mentioned in the classics of the Song Dynasty. But now the people have received favors, but they have forgotten what it is called." Xiong Wencan said.

"That's right. Although we are a kingdom of heaven, our current achievements are not because of our own products, but because we have a mind that embraces all rivers and rivers, and we use all the essence of foreign countries for our own use." Zhang Yuan on the side couldn't help it chime in.

"This Champa Kingdom has also been glorious. Most of the territory of the Ruan family in the Annan Kingdom used to belong to the Champa Kingdom. Before the Annan Kingdom was divided, the Champa Kingdom also attacked the powerful Annan Kingdom. Killed the Annan Emperor at that time. It shocked Annan Kingdom for a while. Earlier, Kublai Khan, the Emperor of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty, organized an army to conquer Champa, but he had to withdraw because of some things.” Deng Qianlong has lived in Hoi An Port for a long time, and usually walks around the south of Annan Kingdom, so he even knows some history of Champa Kingdom.

"It's really rare that a small Champa Kingdom has such a glorious history with a small population." Xiong Wencan couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"But that was in the past. Since the Annan Kingdom's Ruan family expanded to the south, the territory of the Champa Kingdom has become smaller and smaller, and the population has gradually been assimilated by the Ruan family. The current population of the Champa Kingdom is less than the original Half, or even less, only the Bintonglong area is still firmly in the hands of Champa, and the population may only be tens of thousands." Deng Qianlong said, "So this is a good opportunity to conquer Champa. As long as we send a If we send a detachment to the south, we can easily capture Bintonglong and turn the Champa Kingdom into a government managed by our chief secretary of Cochin."

"What about the Chenla Kingdom?" Xiong Wencan asked about the Chenla Kingdom again, "Judging from the topographic map drawn by the military, the territory of the Chenla Kingdom is much larger than that of the Champa Kingdom, with a population of hundreds of thousands , I’m afraid it will be more difficult than occupying Chenla.”

"As for Chenla, we can't annex them in such a hurry. Chenla borders Toungoo and Siam. Toungoo and Siam are both powerful countries. During Wanli's reign, Toungoo invaded our Yunnan Chief Secretary and captured A lot of our land has not been taken back yet." Deng Qianlong said.

"Tongyu Kingdom..." Xiong Wencan's expression turned ugly when he heard this word.

For the old ministers of Ming Dynasty, Toungoo Kingdom is also very annoying, because Toungoo Kingdom has frequently clashed with Ming Dynasty in the southwestern border, and the wars between the two sides have been fought for 200 years.Later, during the three major expeditions in Wanli, the Ming Dynasty suffered from the war in the north and the treasury was empty, which made the court unable to look south, so it gave up a considerable part of the territory in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan.Many civil servants and military generals are worried about this, and Xiong Wencan is no exception. After all, a great country has suffered such a big loss at the hands of a small southwest country, and it makes them feel ashamed to say it.

"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and we will destroy them in the future." Deng Qianlong said.

Cao Bianjiao, Xiong Wencan, Changyi, Huang Degong and others nodded, they all firmly believed in this point.Because as early as in the plan of the military department, the future jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Cochin will include Annan, Siam, Taungoo, Chenla, Champa, and Lancang.Among them, Annan, the most powerful country, was wiped out, and it was only a matter of time before other countries.

"Since the Chenla Kingdom won't be able to move them for a while, why do you want to attack the Champa and Chenla Kingdoms?" Xiong Wencan puzzled, "With our current military strength, we have less than 4 infantry and control a population of 300 million. The Annan Kingdom is already very difficult, and it is not necessary to divide too many troops to conquer the Champa Kingdom with a population of tens of thousands. But if we want to control the Chenla Kingdom with a population of several 10, we may face the dilemma of insufficient troops. Rebellions broke out in various places, we will face the predicament of being exhausted, and maybe even the Annan Kingdom we have won will be lost."

"That's true, but there are some secrets that you don't know about." Deng Qianlong said.

"What secret?"

"Under the pressure of Lord Zheng, Lord Ruan had to expand to the south. In order to fight for the Champa Kingdom, Ruan Fuyuan, the former Lord Ruan, married his daughter, Princess Ngocang, to the King of Champa. Similarly, Ruan Fuyuan married his daughter to the Champa Kingdom. Prion's Jade married the King of Zhenla, Jizheta II. As a dowry, the King of Chenla allowed the Ruan family to build a town in the Priango area at the estuary of the Lancang River, and the Ruan family set up customs. It can be said that Zhenla Sea power has long been controlled by the Ruan family." Deng Qianlong told an astonishing fact.

"Good guy, Ruan Fuyuan is really a good means. With one daughter, he has controlled the most valuable place in Chenla country. In the future, the army can attack Chenla country through this area at any time, and can also use this to monopolize Chenla country's overseas trade." Xiong Wencan said in surprise, "If we hadn't wiped out the Ruan family, maybe after a while, the southern part of Chenla Kingdom would be the back garden of the Ruan family."

"We can use this as an excuse to fully take over the towns established by the Ruan family in Chenla, and use them as the ports of our Nanyang Fleet in Chenla, forming a complete line of Thang Long City, Hoi An Port, Zinai Port, and Priango The next step is to control the Strait of Malacca and completely monopolize the trade between the East and the West. This is more important than our capture of Siam and Taungoo." Deng Qianlong said.

As an admiral, he attaches more importance to sea power, and conquering the Strait of Malacca step by step is what he has been planning every day since he lived in Hoi An Port for a year.He understands how important the Strait of Malacca is.Once the Strait of Malacca is controlled, ships traveling between East and West must pay tariffs to the Kyushu Army, otherwise they will have to detour to South America, which will take more time.

"Next, our Independent Corps will continue to suppress the rebellion in Annan. Cao Bianjiao, your Sixth Corps is in charge of going south to conquer the city by land, and Deng Qianlong, your Nanyang Fleet will take a detour by water to Priango to accept the forces of the Ruan family there. We have people from the Ruan family holding us hostage, so they should easily succumb. If they don’t succumb, is there any problem with forcibly capturing Brother Pulian?" Changyi asked Cao Bianjiao and Deng Qianlong.

"No problem." Both Cao Bianjiao and Deng Qianlong felt that this operation was relatively easy, because the Ruan family who bullied Champa and Chenla were overthrown by the Kyushu Army, not to mention the two vassals.

(End of this chapter)