Nanyang Storm 1864

The Coconut City Palace was formed by merging several manors of Dutch nobles. The overall style is mainly Western European, and it has added beautiful gardens and Nordic-style spire watchtowers. It is a good place to find peace and quiet in the bustling city.

Emperor Zheng Guohui has inspected the urban and rural construction around Coconut City in recent days. Most of the buildings in this city were destroyed in the war, which is conducive to overall reconstruction.

New urban construction

After the city's sewer culverts were built to high standards, a four-vertical and seven-horizontal urban trunk road pattern was formed with wide roads as the main line.

In the old city, on the site of the former Governor's Square of the East Indies, the Democratic Liberation Monument, the Martyrs' Shrine and the tall Huabiao Archway were newly built, as well as the Coconut City State Government Office and Parliament in the Han and Tang architectural styles.

The newly built buildings in the surrounding area are mostly in the style of Han and Tang Dynasty palaces, most of which are three to five stories high, with flying eaves and rafters, and are magnificent.

The Coconut City State Capital earned tens of millions of silver dollars in land transfer fees and deed taxes simply by selling a large amount of municipal vacant land and private plots, effectively utilizing Chinese private capital to build the city.

In the Great Chu Empire

The ownership of all land belonged to the royal family, and the high land transfer fee income was all handed over to the royal household department, while the deed tax belonged to the local government and was used to develop cities and the local economy.

Normally, the ratio of the two is 90:1, that is, the land transfer fee accounts for 90% and the stamp duty accounts for 10%.

This does not mean that local governments can only obtain 10% of the profits. In areas such as housing planning approval, material entry permits, and construction deposits, the municipal government can also charge corresponding fees.

Especially for shops along the street, they are also required to pay municipal cleaning fees, management fees, rental taxes and other corresponding fees on a monthly basis, which are used for expenses of the municipal police station and corresponding departments. This is a long-term charge.

Strolling in the Coconut City Palace
The Great Chu Emperor Zheng Guohui was inquiring about the security situation in the occupied areas of Java Island and said:
"I've heard that more than a dozen civil riots have recently broken out across Java Island, affecting towns and villages like Coconut City, Bandung, and Surabaya. What are the specific circumstances?"

Knowing that His Majesty would ask about this matter, the Imperial Secretary Li Jingxi was well prepared. He pulled out a report from his sleeve, looked down at it, and replied:

"Reporting to Your Majesty:

I have here the relevant statistics reported by the garrison. According to regulations, they will all be destroyed after three years and no archive will be kept.

After winning the Second East Indies War,

The garrison has carried out extensive security and clearance operations in the occupied areas, which have now gradually expanded from towns to villages and are steadily making great achievements.

The Sumatra Front and the Java Front carried out a total of 2217 military operations, repeatedly conducting a dragnet-style combing of all towns in the occupied areas and completely eliminating the presence of the indigenous population.

There are three main directions
Young, marriageable-age indigenous women are migrating to the seven mainland islands, with a total of about 264.3 million people. They will continue to be deported in the next few years, with an estimated number of around 70 people each year, mainly rural indigenous women.

Young and middle-aged indigenous men flowed into mines and road and urban construction labor camps, and a total of more than 372 million people were sent to 189 mines and important infrastructure construction sites outside the island, effectively alleviating the labor shortage problem in the empire's mining and infrastructure.

This played a significant role in improving and enhancing the overall infrastructure level of the Great Chu Empire, rebuilding post-war cities and deepening the exploitation of mineral resources.

Hundreds of thousands of indigenous chiefs, noble families and diehard church members were also exiled to deserted islands for the purpose of mining mines, etc., and were supervised by the General Administration of Corrections.

During this period

Due to the natural population decline caused by war and famine, more than one million indigenous people were killed, mostly the elderly, children, women and children. This was a situation that had not been taken into account and mostly occurred in remote indigenous villages.

At this stage

The occupation forces' mopping-up operations penetrated deep into the countryside, with numerous points and wide coverage. Military operations were relatively frequent, and also triggered riots among indigenous people in some places.

Thanks to the powerful suppression measures taken by the Royal Army, the epidemic was basically prevented from spreading on a large scale and was quickly extinguished.

In Sumatra and Java, a total of more than 220 million indigenous laborers were mobilized to participate in urban reconstruction and rural road and bridge construction.

In a year and a half
A total of 7211 bridges of various sizes, 4.36 kilometers of trunk and branch roads, 617 kilometers of railways have been built, more than 860 million mu of land has been reclaimed, 7 new docks have been built, and 26 docks have been renovated.

It participated in the reconstruction, renovation and expansion of 71 towns and cities of all sizes, built 152 new reservoirs, more than 11 kilometers of agricultural water conservancy ditch facilities, 87 new quarries, 5 iron mines, and countless houses.

Following His Majesty's decree
In the past five years, more than 70% of Chinese immigrants were resettled in Sumatra and Java.

Together with the spontaneous immigration from the seven mainland islands, a total of more than 267 million Chinese immigrants (note: more than one year's figure) were settled in the newly occupied areas, more than 7500 million mu of farmland was reclaimed, and more than new Chinese villages were built.

The policy of "emptying the cage and replacing the bird" is being continuously promoted.

The transition from urban to rural areas has now been achieved. In the western part of Java Island, which is under military control, the towns and villages around Coconut City have initially achieved the goal of "all-Chinese classes".

Next Step

The western part of Java Island will advance from Coconut City to Bandung, and the central part of the island will advance from Surabaya to Yogyakarta.

The southeastern part of Sumatra Island will advance from Palembang to Lampung Province, gradually deepening Chinese colonization and governing the indigenous population in batches in a planned manner.

Strictly implement military control and regional division to achieve the goal of gradual absorption.

The overall action will take another 3 to 4 years to achieve the desired goal and realize subtle changes.”

The islands of Sumatra and Java were both within the empire's mainland, and were built according to high local standards, with large amounts of investment used to compensate for historical debts.

The massive infrastructure construction boom in the occupied areas effectively promoted the development of the empire's industry and commerce, expanded overall domestic demand, and drove a higher rate of economic growth.

In recent years

The overall economic growth rate of the Great Chu Empire was above 7.5%, reaching 8.2% in the highest year, showing a strong growth momentum.

China's economic development level is second only to Germany in the world and is comparable to that of the United States. It is showing a trend of catching up with each other, leaving behind old industrial countries such as Britain and France.

In the era of imperialism

The process of development is inevitably filled with slavery and oppression, and some vulnerable ethnic groups are bound to pay with blood and tears. This is an inevitable historical process and there is no need to hide it.

For example, the hundreds of thousands of indigenous people exiled to remote islands were mostly used to mine island mines, such as iron ore, coal mines, copper and gold mines, bauxite or lead and zinc mines, as well as the more dangerous and laborious sulfur mines, etc. It is basically impossible for them to survive on the islands.

These remote islands are easy to manage and do not require too many correctional officers; they only need to manage the docks.

Only a superman could swim across hundreds of kilometers of vast ocean with bare hands and escape back to the empire's homeland.

Even if they escape back, they have no identity and cannot speak pure Mandarin, so they may be arrested again at any moment.

Unless they escape into the tropical jungle and become savages, they will not be able to move forward in the entire South Seas region.

After listening carefully to his report, the Great Chu Emperor Zheng Guohui showed a look of compassion on his face, sighed lightly and said;

"Alas, these private actions by the military, though generally well-intentioned, are a bit crude and simplistic.

However, considering the complex local situation and the ignorance of the indigenous people, I cannot intervene too much and can only feign ignorance. The relevant statistical files must be completely deleted after three years, and a thorough investigation must be conducted nationwide.

Eliminate any possible remnants and severely punish violators.

This spirit was conveyed orally to senior government officials above the level of deputy minister and military commanders above the level of deputy division, and they were ordered to keep it strictly secret. Violators would be charged with conspiracy and treason.

The stability and unity of the empire is paramount."

After hearing the oral order, the royal secretary general Li Jingxi's face twitched violently.

Your Majesty's meaning is very clear; you don't want to get involved in any of these bad things, and you don't want to leave any handle for people to criticize you.

He quickly bowed and responded, "Your humble servant will obey the Imperial Order and immediately convey it to the Yuehu Residence to oversee its execution."

"Well, those who are not of my race must have different hearts!" Zheng Guohui, the Emperor of Great Chu, shook his head in distress, as if he was doing something good for the Chinese people.

During the 37-year colonial expansion in Southeast Asia, the rise of the Great Chu Empire was accompanied by the demise of countless indigenous ethnic groups and gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

From Central and South America in the east, to Java, Australia and Patagonia in the south, and to Central Africa, Madagascar and the Congo River Basin in West Africa in the west, hundreds of thousands of indigenous peoples disappeared.

On these piles of corpses, a huge and prosperous Chinese overseas empire was built, and a vast space for living was expanded.

Right and wrong can only be left to future generations to judge.

During his southern tour, Emperor Zheng Guohui of the Great Chu repeatedly emphasized the importance of cultural rescue excavations. Many cultural and historical experts from universities are conducting inspections and excavations across the country.

In recent years
There will inevitably be a series of major archaeological discoveries. Through the rigorous research of historians, the detailed historical context of the development of Chinese overseas will be listed, and the legitimacy of the inheritance of the Great Chu Empire will be verified.

Today's earliest historical origins
The descendants of Zhang Chu, founded by Chen Sheng after the fall of Qin, have arrived in Southeast Asia.

Not far from the ancient Borobudur south of Surabaya, a Qin tomb complex was excavated, along with a large number of Qin and Chu chime bells and bone fragments engraved with oracle bone inscriptions, numbering in the thousands.

This major archaeological discovery pushed the history of the Great Chu Empire forward by more than 2,230 years and formed a clear historical inheritance thread.

As for the blank in the middle, it still needs to be confirmed by subsequent historical discoveries.

In the vast history of China

After the fall of Qin, there was Zhang Chu founded by Chen Sheng, and Western Chu founded by Xiang Yu. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was Heng Chu founded by Heng Xuan.

By the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was the "Lin Chu" established by Lin Shihong, the "Du Chu" established by Du Fuwei, and so on.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was the "Southern Chu" established by Ma Yin, and during the Song Dynasty, the Jin people supported the "Pseudo Chu" established by Zhang Bangchang in order to control the north. There are many historical connections.

When the Central Plains dynasty collapsed, its descendants drifted overseas and established new overseas branches of Chinese civilization, which became a very reasonable approach.

The current behavior of the Great Chu Empire is very similar to that of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty who tried to find his ancestors. The Longxi Li family's origins can be traced back to Li Er, the founder of Taoism, which immediately raised their status.

If the ancestors of the Great Chu Empire can be traced back to Duke Heng of Zheng in the Zhou Dynasty, that would be really awesome, an absolute supreme ancient royal bloodline!

In this regard, the Great Chu Emperor Zheng Guohui gave a very clear hint when he summoned the Minister of Culture.

Whether he can understand it correctly will test his political wisdom.

This major archaeological discovery at the ancient Borobudur in Surabaya echoes the history of the royal origins of the Great Chu Empire, closely linking the two together.

Its significance is extraordinary, and it adds natural legitimacy to the imperial lineage of the Great Chu Empire.

It was only a few hundred years away from Duke Heng of Zheng in the Zhou Dynasty, so it would be within reach, even if you were a descendant of Duke Heng of Zheng.

This situation is common among royal families of various countries in the Chinese civilization circle.

King Rama VII of Thailand has always emphasized that the royal ancestors came from ancient China and were a branch of the Chinese people who drifted overseas.

The Bailang Qiang people in the Hehuang Valley can be traced back to the early Western Han Dynasty. As early as the second century BC, they were widely distributed in Qinghai, Xining and Lanzhou areas. Later, they were oppressed by the Han people and moved south to avoid war.

To support this statement
The Thai royal family even produced a clear migration map. After eight migrations, they moved south into Myanmar and eventually established the Thonburi Dynasty in Thailand.

As a result, the history of the Thai royal family instantly increased to more than 2,300 years. With both historical accumulation and noble bloodline, it appears particularly noble.

These Thai people can all go to the Chinese mainland to find their father. As the descendants of the Chinese people with a clear lineage, the royal family of Da Chu naturally has more sufficient reasons to trace the existence of their ancestors' heritage.

The descendants of the Chinese have this convenience; no one of them came out of nowhere.

Just search back anywhere and you can find some remarkable ancestors.

After another three days of inspection in Coconut City, the convoy of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu sped along the main road from Coconut City to Bandung and arrived safely in the evening.

along the way
Whenever passing a large bridge, the Great Chu Emperor Zheng Guohui would order his troops to stop and inspect the area near the bridge.

The scope of the questions is very broad, such as

What river is this?

Where does it lead to?

How many villages and towns are there along the river, how many people are there, and how many indigenous people have not yet been expelled?
How many Chinese people have been resettled as new immigrants? Have all the oxen and fields been put in place? How much land has been reclaimed? What is the output?
How much manpower was used to build this bridge?

What is the construction period?

How many other bridges are there over this river?
The local officials accompanying the inspection were racking their brains, some unable to answer. The face of the Great Chu Emperor Zheng Guohui suddenly darkened, frightening everyone so much that their faces turned pale and their legs trembled.

All the senior government officials accompanying the delegation had personally experienced this and could truly empathize with it.

Thirty years ago, when Prime Minister Fan Zhicheng was serving as the governor of Angeles, he accompanied His Majesty on an inspection tour and was questioned so much that his face turned pale and his legs went weak. It was truly an experience that he could not bear to recall.

Whenever the news of His Majesty's inspection was heard, the government offices and county yamen across the country treated it as if they were holding a major examination. Officials at all levels were so excited that they spent the whole day wandering around town roads and major construction projects.

The relevant figures were recited off the top of his head, which invisibly made the grassroots management and command go around in circles, and everyone from top to bottom became nervous.

If you don't handle it well, all the hard work of several years will be wasted.

Looking at it from a different perspective
This has invisibly strengthened the grassroots' attitude towards practical work and maximized the effectiveness of inspections and supervision, rather than just a formality. (End of this chapter)