Chapter 701, clean up local tyrants and chieftains
In the imperial palace of Annan in Tokyo City, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, and Yang Yun walked in and carefully looked at the palace of Annan.
The palace is not very big, and its style is completely designed and built in accordance with the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. Even the king's throne is designed with reference to the throne of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
"It's quite impressive~"
Liu Jin looked at the place where the Annan kings and ministers went to court in the morning. Compared with the Jinluan Palace in the Ming Dynasty, it was still far behind, but it was still very good.
"It's just a matter of bathing the monkey and wearing a crown."
Zhang Mao couldn't help but said with disdain.
"It's still pure gold. I'll have it dismantled later and melted into gold nuggets."
Then Zhang Mao knocked on the dragon chair again. Unexpectedly, it was made of pure gold. This surprised Zhang Mao. This Annan country, a primary school, did not expect that it was still very rich.
"What a pity it would be to melt into a gold nugget~"
"After all, it is something that consumes a lot of energy from the craftsmen."
"I think if we move all these things back to the capital, build a museum or something, and display these things, we can earn a lot of money from just collecting tickets."
Liu Jin looked at the dragon chair, then at the display here, thought about it and said.
Liu Jin thought of the museums of later generations and felt that the museum model was actually very good, as it could perfectly preserve many ancient things.
Since ancient times, we have often not respected the fruits of labor of our predecessors. Whenever war breaks out, civilization is often destroyed.
The newly built houses, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, books and other things left behind by the predecessors are often completely destroyed due to the preferences of the victors.
Zhang Mao's thoughts and thinking are not unique. There are too many such things in history. There are too many such things where the victors wantonly destroy.
"museum?"
"Ticket fee?"
When Zhang Mao, Wang Shouren and Yang Yun heard this, they were slightly dumbfounded. What was Liu Jin thinking about in his head? Why did something new always come out?
At this time, the killings in the entire Tokyo city continued. The Ming army occupied the inner city and began to plunder the wealth accumulated by the Annan Kingdom for generations.
In Annan's treasury, palace, and the homes of dignitaries, the wolf-like Ming army rushed in, digging three feet into the ground, and a large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry began to accumulate.
"This Annan is really poor~"
Liu Jin held the collected list in his hand and couldn't help but complain.
The total amount of silver in the Annan treasury is not even one million taels of silver. As for the internal money of the King of Annan, plus the gold and silver looted from the princes and noble houses, the total is less than three million taels.
Two silver coins.
Really poor.
Liu Jin remembered that last year, Taiping Hou Du Mingen attacked Luzon and plundered tens of millions of taels of wealth from Luzon.
Moreover, there were so many kinds of gold and silver jewelry, coral pearls, emeralds, jade, ivory, agate, etc. that they almost filled Emperor Hongzhi's internal funds.
In the past, Emperor Hongzhi's Qianqing Palace did not have many decorative items. After Luzon was robbed, Emperor Hongzhi's Qianqing Palace began to exude jewelery.
This shows how rich Luzon is.
But Annan Country is very poor, really poor.
The total amount of gold and silver found was less than three million taels of silver. As for gold, silver, jewelry, pearls, emeralds, jade and other things, there were also not many. A bunch of ivory was found, but there was nothing else.
Too many valuable things.
This made Liu Jin wonder if the people below were hiding too much, otherwise it would definitely not be just a few things.
However, if you think about it carefully, you will feel relieved. After all, Annan Kingdom is very small, and it does not produce gold, silver, jewelry, and jade. It is natural for it to be poor.
Don't expect to get much wealth from the Annan Kingdom. The most valuable thing about the Annan Kingdom is its land and geographical location. If you capture Annan, you can intimidate the entire southeastern peninsula and the countries in Southeast Asia. This is the most important thing.
In a very smooth battle, all the main forces of the Annan Kingdom were annihilated in Tokyo City. At the same time, the entire upper class of the Annan Kingdom was almost wiped out.
Zhang Mao began the operation to regain the entire Annan.
A hundred thousand troops were divided into five groups, plus the newly mobilized troops from Yunnan and Guangxi. In less than half a month, all of Annan fell into the hands of the Ming army.
According to the prior decree and arrangement of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhang Mao changed the name of Annan to Jiaozhi and established the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi. At the same time, he also divided the administrative areas of Jiaozhi.
The capital of the Chief Envoy of Cochin was moved from Tokyo City to Thang Long City. Thang Long City is located at the estuary of the Red River. It has a superior geographical location and is conducive to contacts with the Ming Dynasty. It is perfect to be the capital.
At the same time, part of the area in the north near Shiwanda Mountain was classified into Guangxi and merged into Longzhou, Guangxi. Part of the area near Yunnan was also classified into Yunnan and came under the jurisdiction of Yunnan.
In this way, Jiaozhi will be split and the important passes in the north will be under the jurisdiction of Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. Even if there is another rebellion here in the future, it will be much easier to send troops from Yunnan and Guangxi.
Then the original state capitals were re-divided, some areas were split and merged, and more than ten provinces such as Beijiang Prefecture, Liangjiang Prefecture, Sanjiang Prefecture, Jianping Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Xin'an Prefecture, Thanh Hoa Prefecture, Hue Prefecture were established
State capital.
Zhang Mao set up a new state capital, and the Ming Dynasty had already made preparations. Even before the war began, the imperial court had sent a large number of officials to Guangxi and Guangdong.
As soon as Annan was conquered, the Chief Envoy of Cochin was re-established. A large number of people arrived in Cochin from Guangdong and Guangxi and began to quickly accept various places in Annan and began to restore Ming Dynasty's rule here.
Of course, it's obvious that everything can't go too smoothly.
Because the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiaozhi did not seek the opinions of the local powerful people and chieftains. At the same time, when re-dividing the state capitals, Zhang Mao also deliberately split some large state capitals and merged some state capitals into Guangxi.
and Yunnan.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty appointed floating officials to serve as officials to govern the various prefectures in Jiaozhi, instead of relying on the powerful and chieftains from these places as before.
This caused great dissatisfaction among the powerful local officials and chieftains in Jiaozhi.
Therefore, powerful uprisings and chieftain rebellions broke out in many places. Those who originally had vested interests in the Annan Kingdom were now completely destroyed under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. They were extremely dissatisfied.
I want to use this method to fight for my own interests.
But obviously, this time they got it wrong.
Zhang Mao and Liu Jin both came well prepared, and the reason why they did this was also to force them to raise troops and rebel. Now there are more than 100,000 Ming troops stationed in various places in Jiaozhi, which is enough to easily put down these rebellions.
Making trouble now is better and easier to deal with than making trouble later. Even if something happens, it will be a trivial matter. If this place develops in the future and more Ming people move here, and war breaks out, the losses will be great.
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Several major ethnic groups in Jiaozhi began to rebel one after another. They refused to obey the management of the exiled officials. In some places, local powerful people and natives even killed the exiled officials sent by the Ming Dynasty, openly raising the flag of rebellion.
The Ruan family in Guangnan, Qinghua River in Jiaozhi, is the most powerful tycoon in Jiaozhi. The leader of the Ruan family, Ruan Yu, the former Anhehou of Annan Kingdom, raised a banner because he was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiaozhi.
"The Ming Dynasty was brutal, massacring our Annan subjects, and now it is deliberately dismantling our Annan tribes. This is intolerable. Today, Yu has raised an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and vows to fight to the death with the Ming army!"
Ruan Yu raised a flag and launched an uprising in Hezhong Prefecture. He killed the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty and offered sacrifices to them. He gathered more than 20,000 troops, mainly descendants of the Ruan family, to overthrow the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiaozhi.
However, Ruan Yu's side had just raised troops, and the Ming army came to kill them. And this time, the Japanese and Korean warriors came to kill them.
The elite troops of the Annan Kingdom were no match for the Ming army, the Japanese army, and the Korean warriors, and the rabble organized by the Ruan family was even more vulnerable.
In less than seven days, the Ruan family's army was completely wiped out. The entire Ruan family in Hezhong Prefecture was also massacred by the Japanese and Korean warrior groups, and almost all of them were killed.
In North Korea, the Japanese warriors were like extremely sharp knives, specialized in doing dirty and tiring work. They were constantly cleaning up the local powerful people and chieftains in Jiaozhi, while the Ming army was pretending to be nice in the back. The latest update
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Although this move is very despicable and shameless, anyone with a discerning eye can tell it at a glance and can see it clearly.
But it’s really useful.
In less than 2 months, by the end of June in the 14th year of Hongzhi, all the big and small powerful people and chieftains in Jiaozhi were wiped out.
The remaining powerful men and chieftains were all smart people. They had hugged Ming's thigh tightly from the beginning. Not only did they obey the management and rule of Ming very obediently, they even helped the Ming army and the appointed Liu.
Officials established a new governance system here in Jiaozhi.
"You must be more obedient now. If you don't kill them hard, they won't know how powerful they are."
Here in Thang Long City, the capital of Cochin, Liu Jin looked at the information sent back from various places in Cochin and showed a satisfied smile. The officials assigned to various places began to carry out their work smoothly. They measured the land, counted the population, collected taxes, and everything was done.
Much smoother.
After cleaning up those powerful people and chieftains, the Ming Dynasty's rule here became much more stable.
"The next step is to attack Champa and clean up the Southeast Asian countries!"