Chapter 277: The Han People of Pattani (Page 1/1)

The Ming Dynasty recruited new troops from the locals in Luzon and gave them all such important weapons as firecrackers, because the situation in Luzon was unexpectedly good. The people of Luzon now regard themselves as Ming people, and if the merchants from the Ming Dynasty call them Luzon, they will be very unhappy, and they must emphasize that they are from Luzon in the Ming Dynasty.

Why this happens, Yang Jingchen believes that there are many reasons. First, the Ming Dynasty is really good to the Luzon people, between the local Chinese and the Luzon people, the Ming never favors the Chinese, but according to the law and reason. Second, Luzon's parliamentary system gives Luzon people a sense of being the masters of their own affairs, and laws are all made by the parliament, and they are made by their own elected members, which is equivalent to making their own laws, so of course they must abide by the law. The third is that the Ming Dynasty sent a large number of teachers to guide the children of Luzon to learn Chinese characters, and knowing the characters is simply an unimaginable blessing for ordinary people in Luzon. Fourth, the Ming Dynasty popularized the cultivation of rice in Luzon and taught them labor-saving and efficient farming methods, while the rubber plantations in Luzon recruited a large number of Luzon people to work, and the Ming merchants brought a large number of goods to purchase the rice they produced, which greatly improved the living conditions of the Luzon people. These points led to a rapid increase in the Luzon people's sense of identity with the Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese and local people in Luzon got along very well.

However, before Yang Jingchen came to Jinzhou, His Majesty the Emperor specially sent someone to explain to him that he should not copy the system of Luzon to Jinzhou, and the situation between the two places was different. You can try to implement it in a small number of areas first, and then see if it will work according to the specific situation, and if it doesn't work, don't force it. As long as you are genuinely good to the locals, people's hearts are long, and the locals will eventually agree with the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Yang Jingchen understands that a system cannot be used anywhere, for example, His Majesty the Emperor said that Luzon cannot be implemented in the Ming Dynasty now. He had to investigate the basic situation in the local area before he could decide how to govern Jinzhou well.

After leaving a fleet in the old port, Zhang Qianfang returned to Johor to clean up the Malay Peninsula that the emperor had spoken. At this time, there were many small forces in the Malay Peninsula, in addition to Johor, there were also Siam, Taungoo, Pattani, Perak and other countries.

The first attack of the Ming army was Perak, which was originally a brotherly country with Johor, and was split from the Sultan of Malacca more than 90 years ago, so after the Sultan of Johor sent a letter, Perak expressed his willingness to submit to the Ming Dynasty and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Pattani, on the other hand, was located on the offshore plain and was nominally a vassal state of Siam, but rebelled at the first opportunity. Zhang Qianfang thought that Siam was also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so of course Pattani was also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so he wrote a letter to the local sultan, asking Pattani to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and no longer need to pay tribute to Siam.

The letter was sent by the Johoreans, and soon a team of emissaries came from Pattani. The composition of the envoys was strange, one Pattani, one Siamese, one Chinese, one Dutch, and one English.

Zhang Qianfang first received the Tartani and Siamese people, the Tartani people were the envoys sent by the king of Pattani, and the others came on behalf of some forces behind him. The envoy first stated that the envoy of Pattani was very willing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute, but the Ming Dynasty must protect himself from being attacked by the Siamese. The Siamese proposed that Siam had not paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and they were unwilling to invade Pattani by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise they would attack Pattani by force.

Zhang Qianfang said with a smile: "Very good, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I announce that from this time on, Pattani will officially become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and any attack on the Pattani will be regarded as a provocation to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will retaliate." ”

The Siamese man said with a pale face: "You dare to oppose the Thai, we have a thousand warships and a million troops in our country. You will regret making this wrong decision. ”

Zhang Qianfang said with a smile: "Please go back and tell your king, Da Ming is waiting for your attack, if you can't wait, we will attack you until you surrender, and we will not send it." ”

Seeing that the Siamese was driven out, the Pattani man was even more respectful. Pattani has been oppressed by Siam for hundreds of years, and now there is finally a Ming who is not afraid of Siam, and naturally knows that he has hugged his thick legs and no longer has to endure this lingering nightmare.

Zhang Qianfang summoned the Chinese in, and as soon as the Chinese came in, he knelt on the ground and said, "Li Cungen, an overseas traveler, to meet your lord." ”

Zhang Qianfang helped him up and said: "In China, unless it is a time to worship Confucius and ancestors and the Great Dynasty, it is generally no longer a matter of kneeling and worshipping. Civilians only need to bow when they see officials. ”

Li Cungen said with a look of surprise on his face: "Did Da Ming actually cancel the official kneeling?" The sinners are adrift, and they don't know that there is such a change in the country. ”

Zhang Qianfang said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor has a decree that all overseas Ming people, Chinese, will no longer be regarded as sinners. Going overseas in order to make a living is not only not sinful, but also meritorious, because you have spread my Chinese civilization to all directions. So now if you go back to the mainland, the officials won't trouble you anymore. ”

Li Cungen burst into tears and said: "When there was no overnight food at home, the villain's grandfather gritted his teeth and went to sea, first in Luzon, and then to Pattani, for decades, he has not forgotten the grass and trees in his hometown, but he did not dare to go home. Three years ago, he said that no matter what, he must not forget his roots, he must not mix up the blood of the Li family, and if he has the opportunity to go back to his hometown to take a look on his behalf, Your Majesty, you are really a saint! Then he knelt on the ground and prostrated and began to cry.

Zhang Qianfang didn't stop him with red eyes, and after waiting for a while, Li Cungen stood up and said, "Please forgive me, Xiaomin is rude." Xiaomin came here on behalf of the 20,000 Han people in Pattani, and they hoped that the Ming Dynasty would garrison troops in Pattani to protect our Han people. ”

Zhang Qianfang glanced at the envoy of the Great Year and said, "Could it be that the people of the Great Year are bullying you?" ”

The envoy hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, we have always liked the Chinese in China." ”

Li Cungen said: "That's not true. It's the Siamese people, they charge us Chinese much heavier taxes than others, the Chinese are hardworking, but they get very little, and everyone's life is hard. ”

Zhang Qianfang asked, "Could it be that you pay more taxes than those two red-haired ghosts outside?" ”

Li Cungen said: "Those red-haired ghosts have powerful firearms, so the Siamese people don't dare to force them to pay more taxes, they only know that we are oppressed, and we pay more than three times the taxes of the red-haired ghosts." ”

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