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In the month when the war in Burma ended, the envoy fleet led by Lu Tianxiang, Zhang Ruifeng, and Fan Chao also arrived in Malacca with envoys from various countries along the way.

At this moment, two episodes occurred.

First, because the two divisions stationed in Quang Nam Province were transferred to attack Myanmar, the Vietnamese Nguyen clan took the opportunity to invade Bin Thong Long (Champa).

Second, the Pattani Kingdom in the Malay Peninsula was attacked by its affiliated force, the Kelantan Kingdom. Queen Pattani asked China to send troops to help, and was willing to surrender her land, give up her position as queen, and become China's overseas governor.

The Queen of Pattani escaped on a sea ship and went straight to Palembang for help. She happened to encounter a fleet of messengers who were supplying supplies here.

Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng jointly received the Queen of Pattani.

This queen’s name is Dato Kuning, and she is over fifty years old. She said in fluent Cantonese: "Foreign Minister Zhang Hezhen, please bow to the empress and bow to the angel!"

Kuang Hong, the governor of Palembang, stood nearby as an interpreter.

Lu Tianxiang asked in confusion: "Queen of the foreign vassal, how come her surname is Zhang and she can speak Cantonese?"

Kuang Hong explained: "Empress Qi, the queen's uncle was Lin Daoqian, a great pirate during the Longqing period. During the Wanli period, Lin Daoqian led more than 2,000 Chaozhou pirates and more than 100 ships at sea, and became the consort of Patani Kingdom. And changed her surname to Zhang. Lin Daoqian's wife, two aunts, and the daughter of the little aunt in front of me became the queen of Pattani successively."

"One family, four queens?" Lu Tianxiang found it very interesting.

Lin Hezhen knelt on the ground: "The old woman has no heirs, and now she is being bullied by her vassal country. She cannot bear to lose her ancestral heritage. She asks the court to send troops to help. If Pattani can be recaptured, the old woman is willing to be the governor of Pattani. After the old woman's death, the court You can send officials to governor Pattani!”

Lu Tianxiang looked at Kuang Hong.

Kuang Hong said: "This is feasible."

The four queens of Pattani are called Green Queen, Blue Queen, Purple Queen and Yellow Queen respectively.

Decades ago, the Sultan of Pattani passed away, and his young sons and nephews succeeded to the throne one after another. All of them were assassinated by the Sultan's relatives.

In a series of conspiracies and killings, Lin Daoqian's sister Lin Jinyue (Lin Cizhen) died in the battle, but the foundation of the local Han people was preserved. After her death, the local Han people built a temple to enshrine the god. Until hundreds of years later, this "Girl Lin" was still worshiped in Pattani Port, Thailand, and her temple was called "Lingci Holy Temple".

Ten years after Miss Lin's death, the last male member of the Pattani royal family died.

Lin Daoqian had also died of illness at that time, and the aristocratic group elected his wife to be the queen, the Green Queen.

The nobles wanted to support a puppet, but they did not expect to support a fierce woman descended from the sky.

As soon as the Green Queen succeeded to the throne, the prime minister led 5,000 troops into the palace. The guards panicked and ran away.

But the Green Queen remained calm and stood alone at the palace gate. Facing 5,000 rebels, he calmly asked the prime minister as if he was reviewing the army: "Do you want to rebel and become independent?"

The prime minister was immediately speechless. Not only was he overwhelmed by the queen's momentum, but also thinking of the Han people who supported the queen, he knelt down on the spot to express his surrender.

Later, a British adventurer met the 60-year-old queen and praised all the monarchs in the East, none of whom could match her magnanimity. The commander-in-chief of the Dutch East India Fleet described in his diary: "Her rule was very peaceful, and her relationship with the nobles and ministers was very harmonious."

Is a queen who ended more than thirty years of political chaos really so peaceful?

It’s just that no one dared to object anymore.

This queen has her own trading fleet and is backed by thousands of Han people. Domestic and foreign affairs were all perfect. During her reign, Patani was built into a port city on the Malay Peninsula second only to Malacca, and she even accepted small surrounding countries as vassals.

But she left no heirs and was succeeded by her second sister.

The second sister also lost her husband at an early age and still had no heirs, so after her death, the third sister succeeded her.

The third sister is the Purple Queen, who is extremely tough both internally and externally. He even declared independence from Siam and gave up the title of dukedom conferred by Siam, which directly triggered a war with Siam.

On the Siam side, it was Yamada Nagamasa who sent troops to quell the rebellion.

Pattani, under the leadership of the Purple Queen, not only repelled the Japanese musketeers, but also wounded Yamada Nagamasa. Then King Narai's father secretly bribed his enemies and poisoned the injured Yamada Nagamasa.

But the Purple Queen was too tough, offending everyone at home and abroad, leaving her daughter with a sinkhole.

The old woman Huang Queen who is looking for help from China is the unlucky daughter who was almost ignored by the nobles when she first came to power. She resolved the diplomatic dilemma by returning tribute to Siam, but was soon forced to do so by Johor.

Because when Queen Huang was young, she was betrothed to the prince of Johor. When the relationship between the two countries was tense, Pattani unilaterally terminated the engagement, which was regarded as a great shame and humiliation by the prince of Johor. After the Prince of Johor succeeded to the throne, he sent his son away and forced Queen Huang to marry her son.

Queen Huang was already forty years old at the time and was forced to marry Xiao Xianrou, who was more than ten years old.

So delicious!

The queen was completely fascinated by the little fresh meat and gave many powers to the little fresh meat prince.

While the queen was pregnant, Xiao Xianrou proclaimed himself the Sultan of Pattani and drove the queen to live in a pavilion in the palace, causing the queen to miscarry. As for Xiao Xianrou himself, he was crazy about marrying wives and concubines, and even forced noble ministers to send their wives and daughters to the palace.

The nobles and ministers of Pattani led their troops into the palace, killed all the Johor guards, and even executed the little fresh meat.

The love-minded Queen Huang, despite being humiliated, still interceded for Xiao Xianrou. For the queen's sake, Pattani expelled the young prince.

From then on, the queen completely lost power and became the puppet of the nobles. Pattani's national power also gradually declined.

Just a month ago, the vassal state of Pattani rebelled and directly sent troops to destroy Pattani. With the help of a Han caravan, Queen Huang fled to Palembang by boat and asked China to send troops.

Kuang Hong asked: "How many Han people are there in Pattani?"

Queen Huang didn't understand clearly and replied: "About ten or twenty thousand, maybe twenty or thirty thousand."

Kuang Hong asked again: "How many troops are there in Kelantan's invaders?"

"I don't know." Queen Huang had long ignored state affairs and only knew that many enemies were entering the city.

Kuang Hong turned around and said, "Mother, please send troops. Attack Kelantan directly. The distance is still close, so there is no need to run so far."

Lu Tianxiang ran around Europe and became much calmer. He said, "Sending troops is a big deal. Do you want to consider it in the long term?"

Zhang Ruifeng also said: "We should discuss it again."

Kuang Hong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Rong Bing, I have long been familiar with the large and small countries around here. The Kelantan Kingdom is also a vassal state of the Celestial Empire. It only has one city. How can it support thousands of soldiers if it is exhausted? Or even There is no need to attack the city. The army can march to the port and send envoys to ask questions. The Sultan will then order the withdrawal of troops from Pattani."

"Is it really that easy?" Zhang Ruifeng expressed doubt.

"Who among the thousands of miles of southern seas does not know the majesty of the Celestial Empire? Even though he is a small city-state, he dare not even stroke the beard of a tiger!" Kuang Honghao said angrily.

As a result, the Chinese envoy fleet, led by Fan Chao, headed for Kelantan.

Before entering the port, the Sultan sent a ship to greet them and respectfully led the Chinese fleet to the port to dock.

Zhang Ruifeng sternly scolded: "Kelantan is a vassal state of China, and Pattani is also a vassal state of China. Why did Kelantan send troops to attack Pattani without authorization?"

The old man was speechless.

Zhang Ruifeng said: "Immediately go back and tell the king to withdraw his troops from Pattani. Also, you must compensate you for looting Pattani. I sent troops here and wasted military expenses, so I must compensate you!"

The man was so frightened that he ran back to see the Sultan. As he ran, the Datong navy suddenly opened fire.

"Boom boom boom!"

Dozens of cannonballs landed near the city wall, and several unlucky people were killed by the cannons. There was chaos inside and outside the city.

"Which country's army is coming?" Sultan Raja Shakti panicked.

Not long after, the officials he sent out crawled to the palace: "Your Majesty, the Chinese army has come to accuse us. Let us withdraw our troops from Pattani immediately and compensate for the losses in Pattani and the military expenses of China's troops."

Raja Shakti was so frightened that he was paralyzed. He saw that the Chinese army was attacking Burma, and he saw that the national strength of Pattani was weakening, so he took chestnuts from the fire and sent troops to destroy the country.

Just after raising his son as the Sultan of Pattani, less than a month later, why did the Chinese army come to kill him?

I thought about it, but I really couldn't bear it.

Raja Shakti led the civil and military ministers and ran to the port to kneel down and apologize, crying: "Angel Rong Bing, it was Pattani who bullied our country. Our country has become a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, and Pattani still treats us as a vassal state. Forcing us to pay tribute. The purpose of sending troops this time is not to annex territory, but to force us to resist."

Zhang Ruifeng sneered: "You resisted to the point of occupying the Pattani palace, and you also appointed your son as the Sultan of Pattani? Don't say so much, order the withdrawal immediately, and prepare money to compensate for the losses. If you dare to delay again, your country will be wiped out. Got it!"

"Yes... yes." Raja Shakti regretted.

This business was a huge loss, and you lost a lot of money. You didn't get any benefits, and you had to pay huge sums of money.

But what can you do if you don’t do it?

He refers to this city and the villages and towns surrounding it. Typical city-states are simply unable to resist the Chinese army.

In this way, the Datong Navy fired a burst of artillery and forced the Kelantan Kingdom to vomit out Pattani.

Queen Huang was sent back to Pattani City and temporarily served as the governor of Pattani. After her death, officials sent from China would become the governor. Of course, Lu Tianxiang also left some people behind to take charge of various official positions in Pattani, which was equivalent to leaving Queen Huang empty.

There are approximately more than 10,000 Han people living here, enough for China to establish effective rule.

When the envoy fleet left Pattani and sailed to Bintong Long, the Datong army was attacking the Nguyen clan in Vietnam.

Yang Zhan was very angry. He left Guangnan Province, and Ruan sent troops to Bin Tonglong.

As soon as the battle in Myanmar was over and after receiving the news, Yang Zhan immediately led his army back to teach Ruan a lesson.