478 [The End of the Prince's Restoration of the Kingdom]
After occupying the royal city of Kandy, the rest of the area depends on spreading the word, because after searching the entire island of Ceylon, no royal family can be found that is more orthodox than the Shilanzong bloodline!
The Kingdom of Kandy was destroyed.
But there are also the Kingdom of Kot, the Kingdom of Rajama, the Kingdom of Siddhavarkar and the Kingdom of Jaffna on the island. The first three kingdoms are all products of the split of the Sinhala Kingdom, and Shilan Zong can take advantage of his status as a prince.
But the last kingdom was ruled by Tamils from India, and the status of a Sinhalese prince was useless there.
In the winter of the 19th year of Zhengde, Shilanzong was invited to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Kandy and became the new generation owner of the Buddha's tooth.
To the Sinhala Kingdom, the Buddha's Tooth is like China's jade seal, which is countless times more useful than the King's Golden Seal granted by the Ming Dynasty. After the Shilan Sect possessed the Buddha's Tooth, it became an orthodox royal bloodline, and its political prestige was at its peak on the island. Even
There are many people in the three kingdoms in the west who are ready to move, and even cross the borders to come to seek refuge.
At this time, Shilanzong, who had obtained the Buddha's tooth, officially declared himself the King of Sinhalese, and the people called him "Buddha King" and "Buddha's Son".
In view of the mess of the civil and military affairs on the island, the Shilan Sect, which has the reputation of being a scholar, announced that it would open courses to obtain scholars throughout the island. Whether they are Sinhalese, Tamils, or survivors of the Ming Dynasty, they can come to the royal city to take the exams
Officials are divided into civil and military examinations.
Although this move was abrupt, it did not attract much opposition. After all, the literacy rate on the island is relatively low. No matter how hard it is to take the exam, those people will not become officials?
At the same time, Shilanzong declared Sinhala as the official language and allowed Tamil and Chinese as court languages.
In the spring of the 20th year of Zhengde's reign, the Sinhalese Kingdom held its first imperial examination. More than 800 civil and military candidates participated. He selected more than ten as his royal officials, and the rest of the successful candidates were appointed as middle- and low-level officials, and high-level officials
Officials are still the same aristocrats as before.
Ning Botao watched from beginning to end, just like watching a monkey show, and at the same time organized people to harvest ironwood for shipbuilding.
After the selection of officials was completed, the next step was to reorganize the army, then clean up the household registration, and also imitate the Ming Dynasty to formulate a household registration yellow book. This thing caused bloody killings, and the local nobles began to rebel. Fortunately, the country was not very big, and the Shilan Sect's miscellaneous troops were easily put down.
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There was chaos until the autumn of the 20th year of Zhengde, when Shilanzong began to conquer the three countries in the west.
The kings of these three kingdoms are three brothers. A few years ago, they joined forces to kill their father and usurp the throne. They also divided the father's country into three parts. After the separation, they attacked each other. The one with the smallest territory turned out to be the most fierce. The one with the largest territory was defeated steadily.
, so the latter asked Portugal for help, and even the eldest prince converted to Catholicism.
After years of attacks, the people of the three countries were in dire straits, and the three kings were unpopular because they killed their fathers.
Shilanzong carried the Buddha's tooth, had orthodox blood, and declared that he would ban paganism, and once again staged countless dramas of welcoming the king. The total time to eliminate these three countries was shorter than the time he drew up the household registration yellow list, and then
It means heading north to conquer the last kingdom.
"General Ning, please help!" Shi Lanzong found Ning Botao.
Ning Potao smiled and said: "Your Majesty already occupies three-quarters of the island's land, why are you still afraid of the mere Jaffna Kingdom?"
Shi Lanzong said with shame: "General Ning is joking. He knows his own family affairs. Xiao Wang can quickly restore the country. In addition to the orthodox blood of the royal family, it is also because of the help of the great soldiers. In this Jaffna country, Xiao Wang's blood status is useless.
Most of its citizens are of the Tamil ethnic group, and its soldiers are fierce and brave. It may be difficult for Xiao Wang's new division to win."
"Haha." Ning Botao was noncommittal.
Shi Lanzong was quite bachelor and said: "General Ning, please make an offer."
Ning Botao said: "First, the ironwood on Ceylon Island can only be sold to the Ming Dynasty Navy in the future; second, after the destruction of the Jaffna Kingdom, half of the country in the north will be under the jurisdiction of the Ming Navy; third,
, Trincomalee Port in the east, Colombo Port in the west, Galle Port in the southwest, and Matala Port in the south are all under the jurisdiction of the Daming Navy."
These demands are so excessive that they are equivalent to swallowing up the entire island of Ceylon, its most elite and key ports - the four major ports requested by Ningbotao were all former Portuguese colonial strongholds, and each stronghold was garrisoned by only two to three hundred soldiers.
.With just such a small number of people, the kings still dare not provoke them, which shows how bad the local army is.
"Okay." Shi Lanzong gritted his teeth and agreed.
The country is not yet stable, so it must seek protection from the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it will not be able to support Portugal, nor the Tamils in the north.
Although the Kingdom of Jaffna has a strong army, its civil affairs are in a mess, and the people's lives are very difficult. Under the attack of the Ming Dynasty Navy on land and sea, the Jaffna army collapsed on the coast, and the local people watched indifferently, and even some
There are many leading parties who have benefited from it.
As for the siege, Shilanzong's miscellaneous troops were left to pile up, and the Ming Dynasty soldiers fired the artillery behind them. The ammunition also had to be paid for, using ironwood and gems from Ceylon Island. Anyway, the Ming Navy did not do business at a loss.
After only one month of work, the work was completed perfectly.
Because at this time, the country of Jaffna had actually been split into two parts. More than half of the territory had refused to listen to the declaration, but the warlords had not yet declared independence. The warlords were fighting desperately in the south, and the king surrendered directly in the north.
Because the royal city was too close to the coast, the king was quickly besieged and unable to escape.
The northern land, which is roughly equivalent to one-eighth of the size of Ceylon Island, has all become the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty Navy.
The eunuch Zhu Ying began to organize immigration and allocated land to the Han people who migrated there.
As for the Tamils there, they were originally invaders. Their ancestors came from the Indian subcontinent. Now they either choose to change their Chinese surnames and learn Chinese, or they are captured and become serfs. And even if they become serfs, they will not
If you want to believe in Hinduism again, you must convert to Mazu.
The Sinhala King Shilan Sect thus unified the island of Ceylon and became the Buddha King praised by all people.
The one-eighth of land in the north was automatically ignored by all the islanders. Dad Ming's occupation was out of concern.
Strands of ironwood and boxes of gems were continuously shipped out from the port. Ironwood was specially used to build warships, and various gemstones were used to make money. The Ming Dynasty Navy was rich in profit. Zhu Ying, Manzheng and Ning Botao
Having tasted the sweetness, he is now thinking about finding a new attack target.
There is no way, the maintenance cost of the fleet is too high, so we must find a way to make extra money.
They are targeting Bangladesh, because Bangladesh is also rich in ironwood. But they dare not touch it for the time being, because Bangladesh at this time is the most powerful country in the entire Indian subcontinent, and the Portuguese colonists have never dared to provoke Bengal!
Alas, let's go back to the Spice Islands and bully the Javanese natives. They have only occupied one-sixth of the land of Java Island.
Unfortunately, the occupation of Java Island cannot rely solely on military force, as most of it has a tropical rainforest climate. After the Ming Dynasty Navy landed, the casualties caused by disease were far greater than the casualties on the battlefield, so we could only continue to immigrate for development.
Speaking of immigration, Zhu Hai started immigration in Shandong before the war in Ceylon ended.
Shandong suffered another disaster. There was a severe drought in the Sanfu area. In addition, a large amount of land was converted to cotton. The price of food quickly increased by more than six times. Countless people were displaced and were forced to sell their land at a low price. The gentry took the opportunity to buy land to grow cotton. This is similar to
A disguised "cotton-eating man" land enclosure movement.
Zhu Hai took the opportunity to go to Shandong to recruit immigrants. Those victims were desperate and would follow whoever gave them a stutter. Who cares whether they will risk their lives to go to America in the future?
Zhu Hai sold some of his previous boats and used money to buy obsolete large boats from the Ming Dynasty Navy. He then loaded them with enough food, drinking water, firewood, various water purification supplies and tea leaves, and only carried the cargo of one cabin.
For trading purposes, he led more than 600 victims, both male and female, straight to America.
This time I gained experience. One hundred and two days after leaving Japan, I arrived at San Francisco Bay... It should be called Fukuyama Bay.
Only more than 20 people died on the way, and 600 immigrants were resettled in Mazu Lake, where they thrived and began to colonize.
As for the next batch of immigrants, Zhu Hai plans to settle them in Oak Bay, because there are large areas of oak trees there that can be used as a shipbuilding base. Historically, it has been a shipbuilding base for European colonists, and there is an inexhaustible supply of oak trees.
, and being on the edge of the bay is naturally suitable for building a shipyard.
Although the first batch of immigrants had a hard time crossing the sea, they were very satisfied with this arrangement.
Because Zhu Hai left enough seeds, the land can be cultivated at will, and there is no need to pay taxes on the food grown, and there is no corvée like the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the ratio of men to women is half and half, and they can freely form families. This kind of life is simply a fairy life.
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It's just that the salt left by Zhu Hai is enough for a year and a half at most. If the fleet fails to return after the expiration date, the immigrants will have to find salt for themselves. The bad weather here makes it difficult to dry salt on the beach.
This incident was known in history as the "Zhuhai Immigration", also known as the "Tanghaigong Immigration".
Not an uncle, nor a lord, but a duke! Zhu Houzhao's grandson posthumously granted him the title.
When the Zhuhai immigrants just set out, Wang Yuan's eldest son, Wang Ce, also ushered in his own boyhood trial.