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Tsushima Island was occupied by China, and Japan was very violent about it, but it was limited to the quarrel between the old and the Chinese.

Who is willing to go to war with China over a small island?

In the Tokugawa Ieyasu period, there might have been a symbolic dispatch of troops, but now there is nothing that can be done.

The situation of the shogunate losing power was simply not something that Tokugawa Ietsuna could solve. It will even get worse. Sakai Tadakiyoshi will eventually become the authoritarian boss, and the power of the old man will in turn overwhelm the shogun.

This mess later passed to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi established the position of "side servant", and Lao Zhong could only see the general through the side servant. To put it bluntly, the side servants are the eunuchs who do not need to be castrated, while the elder and the middle are the chief assistants and cabinet ministers. This approach has suppressed the old and middle-aged people, but it has also led to the exclusive use of power.

In China, it would be the exclusive power of eunuchs!

This is something to talk about later, so I won’t mention it for now.

But regarding the territory obtained from North Korea, Zhao Han quickly made corresponding arrangements after discussing it with cabinet officials.

Ping'an Road was renamed Ping'an Prefecture, and the entire area was incorporated into the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province.

Xuantu Province was also established, including the entire Jilin Province in later generations, and North Korea's Hamgyong Province was also incorporated into it. The provincial government is set in Huifa City (east of Huinan), Dongningfu is established as the provincial capital, the large area of ​​​​Tonghua is Jianzhoufu, Hamgyong Road is changed to Hamgyongfu, and the area of ​​Tongyu and Buyeo is set as Tainingfu , the area between Jilin and Changchun was designated as Lujiang Prefecture.

The provincial government of Xuantu Province is located in Huifa City (Huinan) purely for geographical reasons.

This city is located by the Huipa River (Huifa River). Going east along the river, you can connect to the Songhua River. Going west along the river, you can go straight to Shenyang via the Hun River. If you go south along the tributary, you can go through Pozhu. Jiang arrived at the Yalu River to facilitate control of Hamgyong Prefecture.

The entire Xuantu Province has a population of just over 200,000, and its ethnic composition is complex. Among them, there are only more than 50,000 Han people (including garrison troops and their families), about 40,000 Jurchens, about 20,000 Mongolians, and the remaining 90,000 or so are all Koreans.

Among the more than 50,000 Han people, there are still some Chinese Jurchens and Chinese Mongolians.

The reason why we rush to establish provinces is to speed up the immigration of Han people, so that future prisoners will be given priority. By expanding the Chinese-speaking area bit by bit through school education and non-governmental exchanges, the province's population should reach 500,000 in two or three generations.

In the past few decades, Xuantu Province has been losing money and has been relying on central government funding for development. It would be good to achieve a balanced fiscal balance within the province.

On the other hand, the Ping'an Prefecture (province) allocated to Liaoning Province is very good from Pyongyang to Baozhou. It is a relatively flat farming area near the river and the sea, and it is also the highlight of northern Korea.

Nanjing, Forbidden City.

Zhao Han asked Dang Chongjun, who had just returned to Beijing: "What is the public opinion in North Korea like after the cession of territory?"

Dang Chongjun replied: "It depends on the place and the person. North Korean officials don't say anything publicly, but privately they have a lot of resentment towards our Chinese dynasty. Some Korean literati admire our Chinese dynasty, and some are in awe of it. There are those who are resentful, but most of them point the finger at the Westerners. Those merchants in Kaesong are dissatisfied that Kaesong failed to annex the Celestial Empire, and they are very likely to be liquidated afterwards. They mainly show fear."

"Where are the people?" Zhao Han asked.

Dang Chongjun said: "Our army once occupied Hanyang, Kaesong and Chunchuan, treated the people well, and never did anything wrong. The people in these three cities were reluctant to leave the heavenly soldiers, and wished they could stay there forever. As for the ordinary civilians in the local areas, they had nothing I just want to live a stable life."

Zhao Han nodded and said: "I understand."

Dang Chongjun added: "The detailed work of the National Security Agency has been spread everywhere, saying that the Chinese troops were sent because North Korea banned the dissemination of "Datong Collection". Many North Korean scholars and even North Korean officials believed it, and began to secretly purchase "Datong Collection" "The Collection of Datong". They want to know what kind of book will attract the heavenly troops to attack the country. The more North Korea bans "The Collection of Datong", the more curious North Korean scholars will be, and the more they want to get their hands on it."

Zhao Han said: "Your hard work has paid off. You will go to Brunei again, and when you return to the capital, you will be promoted to the Right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple."

"Brunei?" Dang Chongjun was confused.

"There's a civil war going on there." Zhao Han said speechlessly.

Brunei is a big fart place. Historically, this civil war lasted for twelve years. Finally, the civil strife was completely ended by ceding land to the Sulu State and bringing in reinforcements from the Sulu State.

The situation is probably as follows: Zhao Han has a concubine who is the Princess of Brunei. Last year, the father-in-law, the king, died of illness, and his brother-in-law succeeded him as sultan. Less than half a year later, his brother-in-law, the king, died again. It was said that he died of illness, but no one knew the specific cause of death. Immediately, his second brother-in-law succeeded to the throne of Sultan.

The second brother-in-law, the king, is called Ali, and the prime minister is called Mu Bin.

Ali's son-in-law killed Mu Bin's son. Mu Bin was furious and asked Ali to severely punish the murderer, but Ali protected his son-in-law.

As prime minister, Mu Bin launched a coup and killed King Ali, Zhao Han's second-in-law.

Mubin proclaimed himself Sultan. In order to calm the anger of the royal family, he appointed Bangsu, a member of the royal family, as prime minister. Bangsu raised an army to avenge Ali, but Mubin was so frightened that he fled to Mirror Island, and Bangsu proclaimed himself the sultan. Today, the two Sultans of Brunei are busy with civil war, and at the same time they are asking envoys to be canonized by the Chinese emperor.

The Sulu Kingdom tried to gain some benefits by seizing chestnuts from the fire, so they sent an envoy to Mirror Island, but the envoy was killed by Mu Bin. The King of Sulu was furious and said that as long as Brunei ceded the Sabah region, he would send troops to help destroy Mubin.

In addition, the second brother-in-law of the king, who was killed by the coup, and his second son Aleutin fled to China and asked the Chinese government to help him regain his position as sultan.

Zhao Han said: "You first take Brunei Prince Aleudin to Luzon, order the two pseudo-sultans to cease the war, and return the Brunei throne to Aleudin."

Dang Chongjun said it was very difficult: "Your Majesty, these two people are fighting a civil war to be kings. How can they easily return the throne? The governor of Luzon has to send troops."

Zhao Han smiled and said: "Prince Aleudin of Brunei promised to dedicate Sabah to China as long as he can regain the throne."

"Master, take the order!" Dang Chongjun immediately knew what to do.

At this time, Brunei was really not small. Sarawak and Sabah were both under its rule, and its land area accounted for about one-third of the island of Kalimantan.

The Sabah region is located at the northernmost tip of Kalimantan Island, and Sulu has always been eyeing this area. If Brunei dedicates Sabah to the Celestial Empire, it will not necessarily be a loss. Once the Tatung Army is stationed, Sulu will never be able to invade Brunei again. Brunei will have no foreign troubles on the island and can even dominate the entire Kalimantan Island. .

In another time and space, when Malaysia was first established, Chinese accounted for 23% of the entire population of Sabah. Even in the 21st century, Sandakan, the second largest city in Sabah, has a population of about 400,000, of which 320,000 are Chinese.

There are definitely not so many Chinese people now. Those were brought here by the wave of immigrants from the late Qing Dynasty.

But it's not a small number, because Chinese merchants, from the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, have been coming here to trade. In Sabah alone, there are one to two thousand Chinese, and they all speak Hokkien and have not forgotten their mother tongue.

Dang Chongjun rushed to Luzon without rest for a few days.

First, he went to angrily denounce the two pseudo-sultans. Both of them denied in every possible way, and even gave them gifts. They asked Dang Chongjun to speak kindly and let Zhao Han make them kings.

Dang Chongjun was noncommittal, turned around and returned to Luzon, asking Governor Zhang Huangyan to send troops.

Five warships and two thousand Datong troops first killed Mu Bin on Mirror Island, and then went straight to the capital of Brunei. The pseudo-sultan Bangsu surrendered to the city. Under the mediation of Dang Chongjun, Prince Aleutin regained the throne, and Bangsu assumed the position of prime minister.

The Sabah area, which had only over a thousand Chinese, was established as Sabah County and came under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Luzon.

When one is strong, expanding the territory is as simple as how to manage and rule in the future.

At least, there will be no problems in Sabah County. The mountains are full of headhunters, and the Han people live in the coastal areas. As long as they do not disturb the indigenous people, the Han people can cultivate whatever they want along the coast. During the late Qing Dynasty, not only people from Fujian went south, but also people from North China came to Sabah. Hundreds of years later, there were several villages there where all spoke Northern dialect, which looked very strange among a bunch of Hokkien and Malays.

Dang Chongjun completed his task and once again expanded overseas territory, and the outgoing Governor of Palembang, Kuang Hong, couldn't bear it anymore.

Under his hard and soft governance, several big families in Palembang converted to Mazu.

It can’t be called conversion. The Chinese here believe in both Christianity and Mazu, and they even believe in Master Guan. Now I just give up the religion and believe in Mazu wholeheartedly, and make sure that the second master also believes in it.

Several major families have set an example, and more and more civilians are willing to convert.

Kuang Hong encouraged reclamation, and the Han people went crazy. There are tens of thousands of Han people here, many of whom are small landowners and tenants. They are frantically reclaiming and encroaching on the land of Wandan Kingdom, expanding the land along the two river valleys, and also eyeing the fertile soil along the coast.

After his application for lifting the ban on firearms was approved, Kuang Hong immediately distributed matchlocks to peasants and soldiers, and another 500 flintlock muskets were also given to the four major families.

Taking advantage of the off-farm time, we organized and trained the army for more than half a year. As soon as the rainy season passed, we started thinking about making trouble.

If nothing happens, Kuang Hong will return to Beijing to report on his work. He must seize the time to make great achievements again!

The Banten Kingdom has only three cities in its territory on Sumatra. One is called Umbran Padumanan, which is called Umbran by the Han people; the second is called Bengkulu; and the third is called Banda Lampung, which is called Lampung for the Han people.

Shi Cunzhang, the leader of a local prominent family, led 3,000 peasant soldiers to attack Bengkulu.

Chen Sanwei, the leader of a local prominent family, led 3,000 peasant soldiers to march directly to Ubulan.

The 500 Tatung troops in Palembang went around Lampung on warships. Not only must they capture Lampung City, but they must also use naval ships to cut off the Sultanate's reinforcements, because the Sudanese main army is on Java Island.

There is no decent army here, just tribes burning wasteland.

Neither the Governor of Palembang nor the local Han people talked about benevolence, justice and morality. They burned and killed the natives along the way, especially in the river valleys and plains. They attacked and killed the natives when they saw them, because these lands were easy to cultivate.

The Banten army in Sumatra had no time to assemble, and the cities of Ubulan and Bengkulu were captured by peasant soldiers. In these two cities, even the city walls are made of wood. How can the Wandan soldiers armed with cold weapons stop the peasant soldiers armed with muskets?

As for Lampung City, it could not stop the regular Datong army. It fell in half a day, and all the Banten Kingdom's power in Sumatra was eradicated.

The Governor of Palembang, Kuang Hong, is truly iron-blooded.

This guy took matters into his own hands, stirred up trouble in Southeast Asia, and led the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to capture Malacca. Now that he has opened up territory in Palembang, there are probably tens of thousands of natives who have died because of him over the years.

Wu Liangfu, who killed Dayu'er and Shunzhi, is standing outside Lampung City, looking at the sea and sighing: "Open up new territories and become famous all over the world, this is what a man should do!"

Kuang Hong said with a smile: "You have outstanding abilities. When you return to Beijing this time, I recommend you to be the deputy governor of Palembang. Even if you fail, you will definitely be promoted back home."