The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 312 Hard Power Is the Only Chance for Survival

"Your Majesty, Captain Chen Xu of the Naval Security Department of the Internal Affairs Bureau has arrived and is awaiting your summons."

Hearing the eunuch's reminder outside, Mo Zibu nodded and then ordered: "Let the leaders of the Palace Security Department and the Mountain Hall come here quickly."

Mo Zibu actually didn't like the name of the Security Department. He wanted to call it the Jinyiwei Pacification Division.

But this thing is too eye-catching, and he is a small king who doesn't even have Beihe. It seems a bit arrogant to call him Jinyiwei.

Since the beginning of his career, Mo Zibu has paid more attention to the development of intelligence work, which is mainly divided into three directions.

The Palace Security Department is mainly responsible for collecting and compiling intelligence, and also handles some intelligence targeting Beihe.

The Naval Security Department is headed by Chen Xu, who is mainly responsible for intelligence in Fujian Province. In recent years, the Xiaodaohui, a branch of the Tiandihui spread across Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, has developed rapidly. Chen Xu has become the de facto leader of the Xiaodaohui.

The intelligence regarding Guangdong and Guangxi was handled by Huang Zhongtong's Kunlun Mountain Hall, which also mainly relied on various branches of the Tiandihui and Hanliu to carry out activities.

However, the heads of the three intelligence branches had not arrived yet. Tao Gongbo Ye Xianyang arrived first. The moment he saw Mo Zibu, he knelt down with a thud.

"Your Majesty, I failed to discipline my children properly, and this serious incident has occurred. I cannot escape the blame. Please punish me."

Mo Zibu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Ye Xianbi is a major intelligence officer in the security department of my palace. What can you do to him?

I called you here today to prepare to bring the families of all Hakka officers above the rank of Lieutenant Guard to Southeast Asia."

Mo Zibu had already sensed that the storm was about to come, and the most eye-catching among his subordinates were the Hakka people. In recent years, there were 180,000 Hakka people from Jiaying Prefecture alone who went to Southeast Asia. If the Hakka people from southern Jiangxi and northern Fujian were included, the number would be close to 300,000.

Many of these Hakkas were already officers in the army, but many of their parents and relatives were still in the mainland. Mo Zibu was afraid that if a war broke out, the Qing Dynasty would use their parents and brothers as hostages.

"Remember, anyone who is unwilling to bring their parents and brothers to Southeast Asia, please give me the list in secret." Mo Zibu specifically instructed that the Hakka people were too important in the Xingtang Army, and Mo Zibu did not dare to gamble at all.

The only person he could fully trust was Ye Xianyang. Although this guy had never served in the army, he had always been a banner among the Hakka people. His current fiefdom, Taogongfu, governed three counties, 60,000 Chinese people, and 210,000 natives.

In Nanyang, with the protection of Mo Zibu, he is just a small monarch, but back in the mainland, Ye Xianyang is nothing, so he can be trusted completely.

"I understand. I will go down and make arrangements immediately." Ye Xianyang felt relieved, knowing that the king still trusted him, so he hurried down.

As soon as he left, Chen Xu, Huo Ran and Danjiaer came in.

"Your Majesty, I have completely severed all contact with Lord Cai. All personnel who have had contact with Lord Cai have been evacuated to Jiading."

Chen Xu came over first to report that this pirate who had followed Mo Zibu the earliest still could not adapt to the military life, and turned to do his favorite job as a gangster.

Mo Zibu nodded and said, "You have done very well. Cai Gong is extremely important to us and we must not let him lose anything.

Also, the members of the Small Knife Society in Fujian Province should stay undercover for the time being and not cause any trouble. Zhong Yin is old and confused, so with him around, we can still develop. If he is replaced and a more shrewd person comes, it will be difficult to deal with him.

The Cai Gong mentioned by Mo Zibu is Lin Qiaoyin's code name. Under the continuous influence of Mo Zibu in recent years, Lin Qiaoyin has become more and more inclined towards his own nationality, and the idea of expelling the Manchus and promoting the Han people has become stronger.

This is the only nail that Mo Zibu has driven into the entire mainland scholar circle, so it is naturally extremely important.

In recent years, in addition to Huang Jue and more than a hundred other alchemists who were capable of chemistry, Lin Qiaoyin also recommended more than thirty Confucian scholars from Fujian to visit Nanyang, which greatly alleviated the impression among Fujian scholars that Nanyang was a barbaric wasteland.

This time, a major in charge of intelligence rebelled and took away the crucial communication documents between Lin Qiaoyin and Mo Zibu. This can be said to be the most serious accident in the entire Xingtang Kingdom.

After Mo Zibu clearly sent out the signal of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he indeed attracted many people who were interested in this to join him, but he also encountered a lot of opposition.

The most intense one was Ye Xianbi's betrayal. This guy was a student, and his parents and brothers were all in Jiaying Prefecture. When he realized Mo Zibu's ambition, he wanted to report him.

Ye Xianbi can barely be considered a middle-level manager in Xingtang. What he holds in his hands can be fatal, and he knows who to report to in order to achieve results.

"Your Majesty, Huang Zhongtong has asked me to report that all the letters and Ye Xianbi's confession have been destroyed. This thief even listed our army's organization and equipment. Fortunately, we discovered him before he could hand it over to Guangdong Governor Baode."

As he spoke, the second Tanka man handed a bloody nameplate to Mo Zibu. It belonged to Ye Xianbi. "But this incident, coupled with the previous rescue of Chen Agao and Lin Ayu, has already aroused Li Shiyao's great vigilance.

Just as I was heading south, the three offices of the Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Supervisory Office of Guangdong Customs, and the Guangdong Navy were taking action together to closely monitor every large ship going to Southeast Asia.

Tin ore ships from Ha Tien heading to Guangzhou have become the focus of investigation, and even Siamese merchant ships have been implicated."

"Better than I thought." Mo Zibu nodded. "Li Shiyao still doesn't dare to take the charge of tolerating traitors. I guess he's trying to portray me as a greedy and ambitious person who wants to destroy the Annan Li family, leaving the problem for Qianlong to deal with."

Tanka Er showed an expression of admiration on his face, "Your Majesty is very wise, it is true. The old servant Li Yulong asked me to tell you that this is how Li Shiyao wrote the letter.

He also said that Li Shiyao no longer trusted him and that he would soon be returning to his hometown outside the Great Wall to retire. "If you have any problems in the future, don't look for him."

Mo Zibu laughed heartily, "This old servant is quite good at flattering himself. This is not news he heard at all, but Li Shiyao asked him to tell me.

He was reminding me that if I could act according to Li Shiyao's instructions and land safely, he would be willing to cover up for me one last time."

Tanka Er was stunned for a moment, confused by all these roundabout ways of doing things, so he simply shut up and listened to Mo Zibu's instructions.

"Have Huang Zhongtong withdraw from Guangzhou and be careful to hide himself. I estimate that Li Shiyao will find a way to transfer him soon. The new Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi will definitely launch a massacre against the underground secret society."

After Mo Zibu finished speaking, he immediately asked Tankaer to return to Guangzhou. Since Li Shiyao wanted to act, Mo Zibu might as well follow him.

Now that the Jinchuan region is at a critical juncture, Qianlong probably cannot withdraw troops to Annan, so he should attack Beihe first and uproot Zheng Zhu and the King of Annan of the Later Le Dynasty.

After dealing with these things, Mo Zibu returned to the harem and saw Zheng Shishi walking towards him with a worried look on her face.

"Father didn't see the people I sent. Mother sent someone to tell me that she knew she couldn't persuade you, but Siam is not like the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Without the Qing Dynasty, we Chaoshan people can't hold our position firmly. So let you fend for yourself."

"Yes, I suggested to my father that he be transferred to Lower Burma to attack Ava. I wonder if he has started the expedition?"

Taksin's reaction was within Mo Zi Bu's expectations, because there were still more than two million Thais in Siam, and Lower Burma was even more complicated, with millions of people from various ethnic groups.

The Chaoshan people, led by Taksin, were implementing a policy of excluding people of non-Chaoshan descent, so that now in Siam, the word "royal" was added before the word "Chinese", and they were called "Royal Tang people".

Such a large-scale exclusion of local people would have been impossible without the endorsement of the Qing Dynasty.

There were rebels in Siam, but most of them were frightened by the glaring hat of the Qing Dynasty appointing Taksin as the King of Siam. This was Taksin's biggest threat.

"He went." Zheng Shishi nodded. "Thong made many excuses to stay in Thonburi, but my father forced him to go. The Royal Guards also went out with him. If they can capture Ava, Tong can be granted the title of Chao Phraya of Upper Burma."

The situation in Upper Burma is now very complicated. The Burmese King Sinthamimin, who was left in Ava by Mozibu, has been killed by Meng Yun who returned from the north.

The third wise ruler of the Konbaung Dynasty in history gained the forgiveness of the Qing Dynasty with his respect and obedience, and was even allowed to send people to Beijing to pay homage twice. When Qianlong was unable to take part in the Battle of Dajinchuan, it is said that he had intended to make him the King of Burma.

As for the blockade of Upper Burma on the Yunnan border, it has long been lifted.

Upon hearing that the Siamese Guards in Thonburi had been dispatched, Mo Zi Bu breathed a sigh of relief, as this meant that Taksin was still on his side.

Because Mo Zibu was heading north to Beihe and was destined to fight against the Qing Dynasty, what he feared most was that Tong would persuade Zheng Xin to make trouble for him from behind.

Now the main force of Siam has gone to Upper Burma, and even if Tong wants to play tricks, it will not be able to come back for a while.

"Zheng Mincheng secretly sent someone to tell the king that the key to this game lies in whether the Xing Tang army in Beihe can withstand the Qing attack.

Even if they could only manage to wear down the Qing army like the father and son of the Joseon Dynasty wore down the Song army, the game would be alive.

By then, the whole world will know that you have the ability to compete with the Qing Dynasty, and ambitious and talented people will flock south to place bets, even my father will do the same."

Mo Zibu took a deep breath and nodded heavily. Indeed, now is the time to speak with hard power.

(End of this chapter)