Dominate the Country

"Britain and France are now very eager to reach a certain agreement with our country on the scope of interests in North America."

The news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing only had a few short sentences, but the information revealed was huge.

After China sent troops to California for such a long time, the British and French envoys in China could no longer ignore China's interests in North America. And they all regarded China's intervention in North America as an invisible threat.

However, Chen Ming hoped to get the final conclusion from London and Paris. When Manila was captured by China and when the news of China's sending troops to California was passed to Europe, what was the reaction of Paris? What was the reaction of London? There are also St. Petersburg and Madrid, and Amsterdam.

Chen Ming is more curious about the reactions of the rulers of these European countries.

Two hundred and eighty years after Columbus discovered America, there was an extra sharer holding a knife and fork on this fat cake. For Europeans, this yellow-skinned partner is so strange, but he is so strong.

This is a blatant predator. It is difficult for Europeans to define him as a person who abides by the rules of the game. Compared with the original beneficiaries of the American game field, he is more of a destroyer.

"Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs start contact first, but let them get the authorization from London and Paris before the formal negotiations."

Compared with Europeans, Chen Ming is more interested in the loyalty of the Siamese. Since Zheng Xin swallowed Kelantan, Siam's "loyalty" to China has reached a new height. Before, China protected Vientiane and Phnom Penh, and the pain of Siam looking at fat meat but not being able to eat it disappeared instantly.

Compared with the relatively barren Phnom Penh and Vientiane, Kelantan, which was completely swallowed by Siam, was more pleasing to the hearts of the Siamese dignitaries.

This place itself is a vassal state of the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam. It is located in the southeast of Pattani and can be reached in about one day along the coast with a favorable wind. Siamese merchant ships have arrived here all year round. As a result, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam was completely destroyed by the Burmese, and Kelantan became "autonomous".

The Thonburi Dynasty in Zheng Xin City was not recognized by the Kelantan Sultan.

This time, the Siamese army swallowed up Kelantan, which was a kind of release of inner depression while expanding the territory.

The Siamese country has gained tangible benefits. Kelantan has ready-made gold and silver mines, fertile fields, large forests and a secondary port that can assist Pattani. The loyalty of the Siamese to China has suddenly increased, and Siam, which has eaten a mouth full of oil, has set its sights on Myanmar, which has been suspended in the air by China for several years.

It's like China is going to fight the devil. If China fights Myanmar, it doesn't need to promise too much to Siam, and the latter will mobilize all the forces it can mobilize to fight Myanmar.

The three kingdoms' hegemony in the Indochina Peninsula has lasted for a long time. Since the collapse of the Angkor Dynasty, for three hundred years, Annan and Siam, Siam and Myanmar have been fighting for the crown of the king in the Indochina Peninsula.

The Burmese beat up the Siamese, the Siamese beat up the Khmers and Malays, the Annamites beat up the Champa, the several small countries after the Khmer split were fought over by Siam and Annam, and Vientiane was fought over by the Burmese, Siamese, and Annam...

Many minor characters, those with better luck became vassal states fought over by the three countries, such as Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Luang Prabang that have survived to this day; the worse ones were directly KOed and destroyed:

Such as the Ahom Kingdom, the Arakan Kingdom, the Mon Kingdom, the Shan Kingdom, the Sukhothai Kingdom, and the Pattani Sultanate (Songkhla, the southernmost part of Siam before), which was a small country that was just swallowed up by Siam. Two years ago, Zheng Xin, with the support of China, directly destroyed this fragile small country that had already been slaughtered for most of its territory, and Siam bordered Kelantan. This was the first benefit China gave to Siam.

There are also the Champa Kingdom and the Chenla Kingdom.

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Don't underestimate the Indochina Peninsula. Although the population is not large, the intensity of the war is still considerable. As the saying goes: Thousands of years of hegemony, countless countries have been destroyed, and the melting pot of nations, blood melts in fire.

Now that Myanmar, this evil neighbor, has run into trouble, and has been recorded in the black book by the Chinese, there is no room for turning over.

The Siamese can wait quietly until China has freed up its hands and invites them to attack Myanmar.

But the victory of Kelantan inspired them to desire greater wealth.

If Myanmar perishes, China will definitely not lose the benefits of Siam. As long as they think that the pleasure of ravaging the mortal enemy and making money can be unified, the Siamese, whose appetite has been stimulated by Kelantan, are unwilling to wait any longer.

And they also heard that the Chinese did not count the attack on Manila, but also went thousands of miles away to continue to fight Spain.

Zheng Xin and his confidants and important ministers did not disbelieve in China's strength, but the span of the Jiazhou War was too large. They were very afraid that China would be trapped in North America all of a sudden and would not have the energy to turn around and deal with Myanmar. So since China has fought such a long-distance battle, why not knock on Myanmar even if it is with it. Even if we don't destroy Myanmar this time, we should first destroy its momentum.

Chen Ming wrote down another thing in the small notebook in his hand.

If the Siamese are willing to fight the main force themselves, Chen Ming can let the Nanyang Fleet cooperate and give the Malay Peninsula to Myanmar first.

According to Chen Ming's previous division, the Salween River, that is, the eastern part of the Nujiang River Basin in China, was assigned to Siam, and the rest of the territory belonged to China.

However, at this time, Chen Ming's attention was more focused on the "investigation" in Xi'an City. Although he believed that the inner guards would never leave a handle for the police to catch in such a small matter, Chen Ming was more curious about whether there would be any strange discoveries in the large-scale investigation of the Tianfang Sect in Xi'an City. It was like the Menhuan system that Chen Han had been vigorously prohibiting in recent years.

The Menhuan system has been suppressed since the Fu Han Army entered the northwest. Especially the Menhuan who sat on the new religion, one leader after another, and all their relatives, regardless of gender, age or young, as long as they were caught up, they would disappear in the chaos at the beginning. There is not a single scum left.

The Menhuan that was born in China since Kang Mazi's time has spread all over the country in a few hundred years, and has produced four major menhuan and nearly ten small menhuan. There are not many hairs left after being washed away by a war. Especially the Menhuan that are inherited by descendants and families, they are the top priority for Chen Han to attack.

These sect systems in China are half traditional Chinese culture and half Sufi mysticism. The orthodox Muslims and Sufis have never pissed in the same pot. In the eyes of the orthodox, the latter is an absolute companion behavior and all of them will go to hell.

Even if the orthodox and Sufi sects have been reconciled by Imam Ansari, the latter is just a layer of painted skin.

Chen Ming does not reject the orthodox Muslims after the sinicization of Muslims, but Sufism really cannot let them leave roots. The sect system, especially the sect system of blood inheritance, is the same thing as the White Lotus Sect, which is too unfavorable to the rule of the regime.

Perhaps many people do not understand why his suppression is so strict, and what kind of influence Sufism has on the rule of the dynasty. This is because many people do not understand what Sufism is. The so-called Sufism is a very strong sense of resistance, from the grassroots, and mixed. At first, some grassroots religious people opposed the extravagance and debauchery of the ruling class and lived a simple and even ascetic life. Later, various cultivation methods gradually evolved. Some early Sufis gradually developed philosophical thoughts and theoretical systems. However, the orthodox did not accept it. The official orthodox and the grassroots Sufism have always been in sharp conflict and accused each other.

Until a great man named Ansari appeared in the world of Arabia. This person was already a top sect scholar and taught at Nizamiya University. Ansari was already an authority in the orthodox sect, but there were always some things in his heart that he couldn't figure out. Therefore, he gave up his teaching position and devoted himself to research for many years, and finally achieved higher achievements in philosophy. One of his many achievements is to reconcile the philosophy of Sufism with the philosophy of the orthodox sect. He successfully solved the problem of the opposition between orthodoxy and Sufism. So the spring of Sufism came.

When the Sunnis all wanted to be officials, the Shiites went into the mountains and were ready to overthrow the current court at any time. When the Khawarij sect continued to use class contradictions to fight the court, the Sufis who obtained the "identity card" paid more attention to the construction of the sect itself and were busy building their own small society all over the world.

In Chen Ming's understanding, this is similar to the difference between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. In the past, the Muslim world hoped to establish a unified empire. Now, Sufis are planning to establish a small copycat kingdom. It is very likely that the spread of Muslim religion to the East is also closely related to the Sufi sect. They may develop into a regime with the expansion of the sect, set their own rules, or form an alliance with secular monarchs to provide them with a set of "solutions", and even the Sufi sect can be transformed into a part of the state machine.

When this treasure that can "set its own rules" fell into China and fell into the hands of hh who was influenced by Chinese traditional culture, the "mentor worship" that was extremely hostile to the orthodox Muslim sect appeared. They sorted out their own teacher sources and constantly commemorated their past teachers. In the current era of spiritual blankness and lack of entertainment, especially in the barren northwest region, each sect managed its own small kingdom very well and had a strong cohesion.

When the power of the court was strong, these sects would inevitably obey. But once the government's ruling order is in jeopardy, what these sects will do is not to help the government stabilize the situation, but to add insult to injury and take the opportunity to kick down the order completely. This is just like the White Lotus Sect that has caused enough trouble to all dynasties since the Song Dynasty. What they do is completely the same.

We should look at the problem from its essence. This thing is harmful to the regime and a threat to the government's ruling power. Chen Ming saw this clearly, so he didn't leave any way for the sects.

Especially those sects that rely on blood as the hub of inheritance, they will be killed and zero tolerance. Whether this ethnic policy is censored or not is completely different. Rabbits are not merciful when they do wheel kung fu.

"Your Majesty, the Ah-Oms in Xi'an City are very law-abiding. According to investigations, it seems that no one has anything to do with the sects."

Liu Wu couldn't believe it after reading the investigation report. He knew that in recent years, the number of hh in Xi'an City has increased by half, from less than 20,000 before, and it has almost jumped to more than 20,000. But this is really the truth.

Tianfang Temple was closed down, all the Ah-Oms were taken away, including many of their families. But apart from the investigation of a group of shabby things, no one really violated the taboos on major issues and major policies.

"Let the police and the National Security Bureau investigate again." Chen Ming took a look at the report and threw it away. He didn't believe it!

The war in the northwest caused a lot of bloodshed in the Tianfang Sect. Not to mention the loss of population, even many Tianfang Temples were burned down. The loss of wealth turned countless h people into paupers overnight.

In the past few years, more than a thousand people have moved to Xi'an every year. Among these people, not only are they all paupers, but some of them are also rich. The National Security and the police have investigated the origins of these people, and there are many people who are involved with the sect.

They are not the blood relatives of the head of the sect, but they got a fortune in the process of the change of the world. Some of them are even related to the armed forces of the sect.

This time, the police and the National Security in Xi'an can also take this opportunity to carry out a cleansing operation on the hh in the city.

Chen Ming doesn't believe it. Are all these suspects people who have given up?

Because of population reasons and their social status in China, h people stick together for warmth. It is easy to develop a sect in this climate. Chen Ming really doesn't believe it!

Just like Ge Er didn't believe that the production team led by his brother-in-law was disqualified from applying for a fifth-level construction team, and it had nothing to do with him.

"Brother-in-law, what's the matter? If I hadn't heard about it from someone, would you have kept it secret from me?" Ge Er's face was gloomy, but in fact he had thought a lot.

"It's nothing. It's so difficult to pass the qualification of the construction team, and the hope was not great. If it was disqualified, it was disqualified. They can disqualify me for a while, can they disqualify me for a second time?" Ge Er's brother-in-law was very open-minded.

"I tell you, this has nothing to do with you. Lu Houchang has disliked me for a long time. Last year, his brother-in-law and I worked in Dadu Town, both repairing silt dams. Less than a month after the completion, a flood came. The silt dam I built was safe and stable, but the one built by his brother-in-law was half washed away. Lu Houchang lost face, and this was specifically aimed at me. If you want to control me, it has nothing to do with you."

Ge Er's brother-in-law seemed to be indifferent, but Ge Er knew that his brother-in-law couldn't really not care. This happened the first time and the second time. The production team was blocked once, then the second time, and the third time, the morale of the people was scattered.

After all, everyone follows you to make money and eat meat. Don't make a lot of money and even have no food to eat.

What future can a team that can't get construction qualifications have?

My brother-in-law said it had nothing to do with him, but Ge Er knew that if it weren't for the original incident, Lu Houchang would not have been so deliberate to deal with his brother-in-law just because of a brother-in-law.

He knew what his brother-in-law said. The silt dam built by Lu Houchang's brother-in-law in Dadu Town was much larger than his brother-in-law's, because he had a construction qualification certificate. And when the flood went, the pressure on the silt dam was obviously much greater than that of the small silt dam. And although the mouth was broken, it was not half collapsed, just a small hole. It had no impact on Lu Houchang's brother-in-law's construction team at all.

This matter was still caused by Ge Er.

The shot that Ge Er fired in Jizhou put the magistrate of Jizhou in jail. This man was Lu Houchang's big backer.

"What are you going to do now? Won't the people in the production team be angry to death?" Ge Er felt uncomfortable. His brother-in-law was a man of loyalty, but it turned out to be like this because of his own reasons. Thinking of this, Ge Er felt guilty.

His brother-in-law didn't say anything. Although he himself was fine, the production team was really shaken. The foundation he had built over the years was shaken because of this.

The production team is not a farm. Ge Er's brother-in-law is the leader, not the boss whose position cannot be shaken.

"It doesn't matter. I'll go downstairs in a few days, and this matter will be over. It's not a big deal." The brother-in-law took a deep puff of his pipe.