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Chapter 86 Stable

The war did not end directly with the death of King Anzan, but the situation was settled. The Buddhist temples in Zhenla were the first to surrender to the coalition forces. Zhenla was originally a Buddhist country, and Buddhist temples had considerable energy in China. They were not the honest temples in China. Zhenla Buddhism was more similar to Western Catholicism. Although it was not that aggressive, it had legal and tax privileges. Even after decades of rule by the Tianfang Sect, various temples controlled one-quarter of the population as serfs.

Prince So, who had just succeeded King Zhenla, was not interested in the surrender of the Buddhist temple. For a long time, the resources in Zhenla were occupied by these guys, so they have been bullied by Siam and Guangnan for decades. However, the United States represented by Li Weijing liked these Zhenla Buddhist sects very much. In addition to the owner of a certain temple, who brought all the Qing envoys, including Murima, to Li Weijing, the Buddhism represented by the temple could also assist in clearing the Tianfang Cult forces brought to this land by King Anzan.

Soon, the real power lords who were originally from all over Zhenla who were going to pay tribute to the king received news that King Anzan was dead and Prince Suo succeeded to the throne, not far from Wudong City. These people joined forces and sent envoys to Wudong to surrender. They were willing to support the new king, but they hoped that the new king would accept and protect their interests. The new king of Zhenla was just a puppet, and his attitude was nothing. The conditions proposed by Li Weijing to these people were first to leave the Tianfang Sect, and this Buddhism, or simply abandon his faith, adding some religious color to this war of changing dynasties. Secondly, they would pay tribute to the new king, and the land and gold and silver were directly linked to the lord's strength.

In half a month, the lords understood the strength of the coalition forces. The first one to jump out to oppose the Tianfang Cult. These lords were not the ones who should have believed with King Anzan, but the military nobles who supported King Anzan to carry out the coup. Many of them came from the Nanyang Islands, many of them were directly the sultanate countries on the Malay Peninsula that had been destroyed. These Tianfang Cult nobles were in the rich areas around Tonle Sap Lake, and in the relatively barren areas to the east, they were the Tianfang Cult nobles from Chameng, and they were also the forces that supported King Anzan's coup back then.

These nobles were the first to suffer a blow. The Kowloon Division and the Siam Army each sent elite troops to participate in the war. The Zhenla Buddha Temple, which had already surrendered, also organized a large number of Buddhist soldiers to join the array. Especially these Buddhist soldiers, they had no compassion at all. They directly used massacre methods to attack the pagans, and reduced massacres in terms of restrictions on the coalition forces, turned all believers who refused to convert into slaves, and transported them downstream to Kowloon City.

This kind of counter-rebellion is destined to end in a short time, but in one month, the coalition forces swept across nine cities of resistance, defeated and eliminated all resistance forces, and made the real power lords from all over the country surrender. The sect, donated money, and sent the eldest son to Phnom Penh as a hostage. The new king of Zhenla ascended the throne in Wudong, but completely set the country in Phnom Penh City, here he accepted the loyalty of the lords from all over the country, and then sent them to various places to suppress the rebellion.

After a series of wars, at least 500,000 people in this country were killed or turned into slaves, and most of these people were nobles loyal to King Anzan and the Tianfang Cultists. The resources they had were enough to feed the nobles of the New Dynasty and the "friends" of the New King. After the situation was settled, it was time for the coalition forces to transfer their interests.

First of all, the three parties participating in the war have the authority to trade and buy property in Zhenla and have extra-legal privileges. The Mekong River in Zhenla Kingdom belongs to a free waterway and is used by all parties. As long as the navigation foreign ships do not go ashore, they are not allowed to charge. These privileges belong to Siam, Guangnan and Kowloon companies.

Secondly, it is the territory that all parties want. Guangnan sent the least troops and only divided the area north of the Sai Kung River. Siam demanded more territory in Zhen La, but the looted money this time also received the most money. After the discussion, three prefectures were obtained, but they were all border prefectures. The areas downstream of Phnom Penh all belonged to the development scope of Kowloon Company, which made Kowloon Company actually occupy the entire Mekong Delta.

Zhenla lost a lot, but for Zhenla, the most important and core Tonle Sap Lake, remained intact. Politically, Zhenla Kingdom directly became a vassal of the United States and a strategic ally of the Kowloon Company, which means that from then on, several surrounding countries did not have the courage to invade again.

The new king of Zhenla accepted all the terms and signed the letter of state, but things were not always perfect. When Siam retreated, he burned and killed all the way without caring about his enemies and friends, and plundered all the way. Guangnan even had a big problem. Guangnan actually asked for all the land east of Qianjiang, but he was unable to do so. Therefore, he was in a dilemma in other aspects. He only sent Prince An Tang in his territory to the Golden Border City, but because Prince An Tang's two sons were studying and working in Guangnan, he had to refuse to send him back.

Obviously, the people of Guangnan do not want to lose their influence on the domestic situation in Zhenla, leaving the two young people with royal blood as their backers. Li Weijing was very dissatisfied with this and failed to make a few negotiations, so he had to give up. After all, Guangnan is an ally, and at this critical moment, he still can't offend it.

Of course, this does not mean that it was let go. The Chinese princess of Zhenla's new king quickly gave birth to a healthy son for her. After Yuanzi was born, she was directly appointed as the crown prince. The youngest daughter of the new king married Huang Yunsheng, the grandson of Huang Fei, the major shareholder of Kowloon Company. Because this young man was not a legitimate son and could not inherit the family's shares in Kowloon Company, he simply joined Zhenla's nationality and was named Prince. He was in charge of a guard trained by Kowloon Company.

When Prince Suo was dying and the crown prince was young and might have a crisis of succession, two royal descendants in Guangnan had one after another, which did not affect the inheritance of the next generation of kings until the end of Zhen La Kingdom.

The United States' military operations in Zhenla lasted until the spring of the 14th year of the Yongli period, but the elite Huacheng Brigade broke away from the battle sequence that year. Zhenla's operations were carried out by the Kowloon Company. The war and the subsequent liquidation made many of the established interests of Zhenla Kingdom vacant. The land was for temples, and the surrendered lords, officials and generals distributed. The grain and wealth were evenly divided by the Zhenla court and the Kowloon Company. The Kowloon Company obtained a total of 400,000 people in this military operation, of which more than 150,000 were Dingzhuang. These slaves participated in the development and reclamation of the Kowloon region.

Kowloon Company designed and built a new administrative system for the Zhenla New Dynasty, and took charge of customs, taxation and other yamen, and trained new troops. However, Kowloon Company was most concerned about post-war reconstruction work, and used military oppression and other means to force Zhenla's Buddhist temples and powerful people to carry out reforms. The first is to abolition slaves, especially serfs, to build a new land system for Zhenla. Although it still recognized that the land was owned by these powerful people, it set a new tax rate, which eliminated the personal dependence between the serfs and their masters. The land harvest was completely owned by the farmers after taxes and rents. This policy mobilized the production enthusiasm of the Zhenla people. Kowloon Company is not a human rights guardian and has no kind intention. Their purpose is to do this, food!

Although the large-scale development of Kowloon region is beneficial to the present, in a short period of time, the United States has huge demand for food. Liberating the productivity of Zhenla can increase the export of grain from Kowloon Company. It should be noted that in terms of economy, the United States implements a special preferential system for China.

Taking food as an example, the overseas territories and colonies of the United States should give priority to purchasing grain produced in the overseas territories and colonies of the United States, and increase taxes on grain in other countries. Territories are preferred, colonies are second, and friendly countries are the last.

Zhenla is a concession monopoly area of ​​Kowloon Company. The grain exported from here is transported to the base camp to enjoy low tax rates. The purchase of Siam and Guangnan and sold to the United States is high tax rates. Because of the monopoly, United States merchants cannot buy grain from Zhenla. They can only buy it from two dealers such as Guangnan and Siam. Because the tax rate and scale are not possible to compete with Kowloon Company.

In fact, a large part of the completion of the grain commitment to the Senate was in the reforms carried out in Zhenla. After this war, Zhenla still had a population of 2 million, and had a Tonle Sap Lake area with a long history of development and complete water conservancy facilities. In the first year of the reform, that is, the 14th year of Yongli, Zhenla grain output returned to its peak. With the advancement of the reform and the increase in livestock stock, Zhenla grain output increased rapidly. Three years later, it could provide Kowloon Company with 20 million stones of grain every year.

The grain output of Zhenla is increasing, and the Kowloon region is also undergoing large-scale transformation. The 400,000 slaves plundered from Zhenla participated in various large-scale projects, canals, river embankments, and seawalls. The Kowloon Division and militia liberated from the Zhenla War became the main force in suppressing slave riots. After a large-scale vocation, these slaves who were responsible for the most laborious labor completed the development plan planned by the Kowloon Company within three years, and used their lives and blood to reclaim fertile farmland, providing a fertile land for the United States, and laying the foundation for victory for national liberation.

In the battle of Zhenla, Kowloon Company obtained 400,000 slaves and stolen more than 10 million stones of grain from Zhenla. These grains were quickly eaten by the strategic reserve warehouse. With 400,000 slaves and a large amount of grain, Kowloon Company was the most popular in China, and then carried out large-scale financing activities in the main territory. The purpose of financing was to develop land. There was no more profitable transaction than this, and the financing went smoothly.

Kowloon Company did not provide large-scale food to the market, and most of the food seized was bought by strategic reserve warehouses by acting as military expenses or purchasing. Even so, the food prices in the four weather vane cities of Taipei, Hong Kong, Fuzhou and Guangzhou were quickly reduced to the level before the Java civil strife. Kowloon Company's strong strength in food supply also gave people confidence in the large-scale war to be fought. At least as before, the price of materials soared in the first war will not happen.

Li Mingxun did not return to the base camp directly, but went to Kunming first, and exchanged views with Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu on the strategic situation and obtained their understanding. In fact, the two of them had no other opinions, because the situation in the southwest had stabilized, and the Ming and the five vassal states of the Qing Dynasty confronted each other more than fought in the southwest, and no one could do anything to anyone.

When Li Mingxun returned to the base camp, it was already November. The Senate did not expect that Li Mingxun, who went south to negotiate, would destroy a country. This was not the sultanate countries in the South China Sea, but the Zhen La Kingdom. A country that has existed in ancient Chinese history books for thousands of years, is an ancient civilization country, and it must be shocked to the country.

What the Senate did not expect was that when Li Mingxun went south, the strategy originally decided to reversed by 180 degrees, but the first news that Li Mingxun got when he returned to the base camp was that something really happened in Japan, and it was a big deal!

Outside Nagasaki Castle, Japan.

A man wearing a cloak came to the outside of a small village accompanied by several samurai. This is an authentic Japanese village. The exterior walls of the house are directly made of stones, without mortar, the roof made of simple straw, the windows and doors are very small, and the courtyard walls are also short. They enclose the house, pigpen and a well. The only thing worthy of attention is the tall maple tree behind the house. The man didn't understand why the Japanese maple tree is so brightly red this season. It's not bad, it seems that it is just partly bright red.

The man stepped into the courtyard and saw the maple tree that was blocked by the house. He also figured out why the maple leaves were so red. Because there were two corpses lying on the maple tree, the maple leaves were stained red with the blood when they were killed.

The sound of muskets sounded by the river not far away. The man walked out of the courtyard and came to the riverside. The small river under the setting sun was full of flashing golden light, but the man's eyes were always attracted by the corpses. More than a dozen corpses were lying beside the river and the shallow river water. Most of them were villagers from the small village just now. When the man saw his own people, he asked, "Did you kill them?"

The warriors finally understood from this poor Japanese and quickly said, "No, they have been dead for at least half a day. We just shot because an enemy appeared in the reed marsh."

"It's not your master's family, I know that according to your Japanese customs, it is necessary to punish the master with severe force." The man said.

"Of course not, it's a thief. It's too chaotic here during this period. I've never seen such a chaotic place. Perhaps this is the only time when my grandfather was in the era of heroes. " said the warrior, but when it comes to chaos and killing, he looked yearning for it.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, a group of cavalry arrived and jumped off a man in gorgeous armor. The short and strong man said, "My Excellency Cologne, everything has been arranged."

"The East India Company will never forget your help, Your Highness Zhongchao." The man took off his hat and showed a Western face. It was the East India Company's Cologne.

And the Tadao said, "This is what I, Okubo, should do. I am for the general and for the glory of the samurai!"
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