Chapter 404: Aftermath (5) Ceylon
With the Ming Dynasty's policy of accepting immigrants extensively, it was actually very reluctant to repatriate Siamese immigrants. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut from the perspective of the overall situation of Ming-Siam relations, it is still a sad repatriation. Many newspapers in China that pay attention to the lives of immigrants have reported on the sad stories of Siamese immigrants who used various methods to escape and return.
There have even been several homicides for this!
Among them, the most influential is the Siamese migrant shipwreck. There were more than a thousand immigrants at that time, and when they were about to arrive at the port of Johor Bahru. Suddenly, I heard that the Ming Dynasty wanted to strictly investigate and repatriate Siamese and Luo immigrants. Frightened the owner of the boat, he immediately turned around and ran.
As a result, under the pursuit of the coast guard, he ran into a reef. There was a tragic shipwreck!
Due to the serious overloading of the ships at that time! And in order to prevent Siamese immigrants from being discovered, the captain blocked all the passages leading to the deck with iron plates. As soon as the shipwreck happened, the migrants were trapped in closed and cramped cabins.
Although the coast guard launched a rescue as soon as possible!
But time waits for no one, and many migrants die of suffocation due to lack of oxygen and stampede. This incident was later published in the "Ming Daily" in Johor Bahru by a reporter who was a humanitarian explosion. All of a sudden, it spread to the whole world.
provoked many Siamese people who joined the Ming nationality very early, and they couldn't help but write a letter of affection. I hope that the immigration department of Daming will be merciful to the belated Siamese and Romanian immigrants.
But in line with the relationship between countries, Daming still resisted. And through the means of public opinion, the 'Siamese immigrants' faded out of the sight of the Ming people. This made this incident slowly pass.
Now that the war between Siam and Burma has broken out again, the southern sultanates of Terengganu, Kedah, and Kelantan have also made the border quite unstable. And the Siamese treasury is extremely empty. As a result, taxes were raised, and they became more severe.
Many Siamese people by the sea went to Daming through various means. The Siamese who remained in the country were dissatisfied with the Burmese authorities. If the war is unfavorable again and again. The resentment in the hearts of the people must have escalated dramatically.
After all, after investing so much money, the army has suffered defeats in a row. It's a person who feels that his efforts have been wasted. Not to mention the Siamese people who gritted their teeth and took out their small rations to pay taxes.
And as the old saying goes: 'Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat.' ’。 When the people's dissatisfaction with the government accumulates to a certain extent. It will rise up and break out on a grand scale.
In that case, Siam would also be in a mess.
This is naturally the best for Daming.
It's just that considering the existence of Burma, the Ming Dynasty will not let Siam fall like this. After all, according to the historical development of the Indochina Peninsula, Siam and Myanmar have always been prosperous and declining. Therefore, only the coexistence of the two can maintain a delicate balance.
In this way, the Indochina Peninsula will be prevented from having a monopoly situation.
Therefore, at the right time, the Ming will still help Siam. It's just the aid of the Ming Dynasty, and he has always had to exchange things for it. And the value can't be lower. Otherwise, Daming is not eye-catching. I don't know what kind of conditions Siam will come up with at that time in exchange for the help of the Ming Dynasty.
Anyway, no matter what, Da Ming will become the last fisherman to benefit.
And according to the nature of the Ming Dynasty, it has always been 'eat meat without spitting out bones, eating grapes without spitting out grape skins', so even if he lends a hand, Daming will still digest the war dividends and free up energy. Point the sword of war at Siam and Burma.
On that day, Indochina will also change its surname to Han.
So under the instruction of the Great Ming or the light, Burma and Siam fought dizzily and feverishly. Even the scene was pulled out. If you don't kill the other party, you won't give up.
makes the South Seas present an extremely weird, ice and fire state.
On land, Siam-Myanmar is at war and people are displaced. Let the border land become a place where there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles and no home for thousands of miles. On the sea, however, the wind and waves are calm. From the easternmost Pearl Islands to the Maldives Islands to the west, there was no fighting.
In addition to day, day and night, groups of immigrants rushed to Daming. As well as the constantly cruising Nanyang Fleet, as well as merchant ships from all over the world, there is no sign of gunsmoke.
But at this time, British India also began to be uneasy.
At first, the South Sea Fleet, which had traveled far and wide, rushed to Calcutta, the British military port in India, in a murderous manner. After the bombardment was carried out and destroyed into ruins, the British military ports were destroyed along the coast of India. The island of Ceylon was also directly occupied by the South Sea Fleet. The British troops stationed on it were also swept away.
The looted gems, cinnamon, ivory, pepper and other material wealth were all transported back to the Ming Dynasty by the Nanyang Fleet.
You know, Ceylon is an ancient country with a relatively long history. Over the years, there is also a lot of wealth.
It is bordered by the Bay of Bengal in the north and the Arabian Sea in the west, and is the key point of maritime communication between the east and west of the Indian Ocean. Both military and commercial value are extremely important. Not to mention the area of Ceylon, which has an area of 65,610 square kilometers. The water and heat are abundant and the soil is fertile. Just for the development of agriculture, it can feed a lot of people.
So no matter which aspect you consider, Ceylon has to be taken down.
Before, Daming was afraid of Britain, so he never dared to do anything to Ceylon. But now that Britain has been defeated, Ming and Britain are in a period of war again. So it is necessary to do the best to cut the meat and drink the soup from the British.
In addition, the native forces on the island of Ceylon have long been wiped out by Portugal, the Netherlands, and the British. Later, the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the local people's hatred of Western colonizers to develop intelligence forces on a large scale.
Therefore, as soon as the Nanyang Fleet launched an offensive, the British troops on the island were suddenly attacked by the intelligence station.
In the end, there is no armistice agreement between Ming and Britain. So no matter how Daming attacks, it is legal. Thinking about the crippled Indian fleet, I didn't expect that the Nanyang Fleet would be so stubborn. After fleeing back to India, he still refused to let go.
The 'Royal Oak', known as the god of war, did not escape the bombardment of Daming's doorstep. Sadly, he sank to the bottom of the sea in Calcutta. Now, not only the ship was destroyed. The port was also temporarily paralyzed by the shipwreck.
It's a cleanup, and it's a big project. Without investing a lot of manpower and material resources, it is difficult to restore the port to its original state.
What's more, the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Dynasty has been going around India in circles. If it was hard to clean up, it was bombarded into ruins by the Ming Dynasty. Then all these efforts will be in vain.
Thinking of this, Heimler, as the commander-in-chief of the Indian fleet, was also at a loss.
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