Chapter 145: Vietnam (5) – Hue

When people hold a grudge against something, they tend to figure out the ins and outs of it. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Emperor Qianlong is also a human, not a god. So like ordinary people, I am very curious about the origin of 'Da Ming'. Then someone went to check it carefully.

Anger is anger, and there is no less reason and caution than it should be. After all, when Qianming was still there, he was a mortal enemy with the Qing Dynasty. Now there is a sudden emergence of a great light, and the relationship between the two is really fascinating.

In order to please the saints, the movements of the people below are also very fast. In Macau, I deliberately found a Portuguese businessman and asked where the 'Daming' came from.

I finally knew that this 'Daming' is a country that has been established for a very short time, but its armed forces are very strong. Its full name is 'Daming Republic', which is fundamentally different from the 'Zhu's Daming' of the former Ming Dynasty.

And there is no emperor in this country, only a president, who manages all state affairs.

In terms of function, it is equivalent to the status of the emperor. But there is a significant difference!

First of all, the president of the Ming Dynasty was elected by the people and represented the will of the people. It is not 'God's right', nor is it 'the world'. Compared with the throne of the Qing Dynasty, there is a difference between cloud and mud. This is also a new political system, in the world, only France, the United States and other countries, the same as the Ming Dynasty.

Second, under the president of the Ming Dynasty, there is also a cabinet, which plays a similar role to the military aircraft department of the Qing State. However, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty did not blindly implement the president's will, but participated in national decision-making with an independent consciousness. The people inside are all high-ranking officials with real power in the Ming Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, the president cannot arbitrarily strip or deprive them of their office and power.

Third, presidents have a term! It is held every five years, and when the time comes, there will be another election. Next year happens to be the first election year for Daming.

Finally, there is the ethnic group of the Ming Dynasty. Although Mandarin is spoken, the Chinese are not dominant. Etiquette and education are also very different from those of the Qing Dynasty. In this country, the status of officials and civilians is equal. Even the president, like civilians.

Except for parents, the Ming Dynasty strictly forbade people to kneel. Like the big gift of three kneels and nine bows, it is even more regarded as illegal. And call it extinction, absolute, sex!

If they are caught, they will be severely punished.

Seeing this, Emperor Qianlong was extremely surprised! He really couldn't imagine that the etiquette and education of the Qing Kingdom would be despised by the Great Ming. He Shen and other favored courtiers were also so surprised that they couldn't keep their mouths shut. In their minds, people are born with three, six, nine, and so on. And Da Ming actually let everyone be at the same level, so isn't this country all chaotic?

But the reality is that this Ming Dynasty is not only not chaotic, but is getting richer and stronger.

When the map of the Ming Dynasty was presented, Emperor Qianlong's mouth could be stuffed with two eggs. Because he found that this Ming Dynasty occupied an entire continent alone, and there were many islands with a large area around it. Rarely heard of large islands in the South Sea, such as Java and Sumatra, as well as giant overseas islands such as New Guinea and New Zealand. To the east, there is also the vast Pearl Islands, which are divided into three major island groups: eastern, central and western.

These are all from the Ming Dynasty.

Then I took the map of the Qing Dynasty and found that the land area of the Ming Dynasty was comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty. And the area of the sea area is far greater than that of the Qing Dynasty.

Such a vast territory was all fought down by the Ming Dynasty in just five years! Let him, the self-proclaimed 'Ten Complete Martial Arts' Emperor Qianlong, be a little embarrassed.

Especially with such a fast expansion speed! The more Emperor Qianlong looked at it, the more worried he became. Maybe one day, this Ming Dynasty will expand to the doorstep of the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the worry in his heart instantly reached the point of no return! Although he was so happy, as a famous emperor in history, he still had the foresight he should have.

If this development continues, sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will find trouble with the Qing Dynasty.

But it's all long-sightedness! I just want to deal with Daming, and now I can't reach it. But it's not like you can't do nothing! For example, the small country of Nanyang - Lanfang!

At present, the big families in the Qing Dynasty like to buy things from Lan Fangguo. Because there are many styles and good quality, it also shows the identity when used. Daily necessities such as perfumes, shampoos, and soaps are very popular with dignitaries. There are also men's and women's charm and incense powder, which are very favored by princes and nobles.

In Emperor Qianlong's harem, there were many concubines who bought things from Lan Fangguo.

But until today, Emperor Qianlong did not know. This Lanfang country is just a puppet country controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The things that were produced were all produced by Da Ming himself. Because he was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the Qing Dynasty, he borrowed the name of Lan Fangguo.

The silver earned from the Qing Dynasty every year eventually flowed into the pockets of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the equivalent of taking one's own money to support one's enemies.

For this kind of result, Emperor Qianlong couldn't accept it anyway. So he was angry and gave a stern order. The merchant ships of the Lanfang Kingdom were forbidden to dock in Guangzhou, and the merchants of the Lanfang Kingdom were forbidden to do business in the Qing Dynasty. All the smuggled Lanfang commercial goods were also sold and destroyed.

Even the Lanfang commercial goods that the people had bought at home had to be destroyed in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, they will be punished as the crime of financing the enemy and the crime of conspiracy and rebellion. The officials who know the inside story, although they feel sorry for those valuable things, are nothing compared to their lives.

In addition, Emperor Qianlong was still angry, and no one dared to come forward to admonish. The ban can only be reluctantly enforced.

As a result, the commercial goods of the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Kingdom suffered a sudden setback!

Those Lanfang merchants pretending to be Ming people will either be arrested or driven out. The goods were also confiscated. The entire Qing Dynasty was vigorously rejecting Ming goods.

When these messages came back to Daming. In the South Seas, more than 20 warships lined up in a straight line. Chopping the waves, moving forward. They are uniform, orders and prohibitions, and the military appearance and military posture of the Ming Navy that is not afraid of difficulties and overcome dangers and obstacles are vividly expressed.

In order to carry out the plan to capture the dragon, Nanfeng and the others have been preparing for more than a month. After considering all the details and accidents, the Nanyang Fleet was dispatched to Vietnam with great vigor and high spirits.

Before that, Nan Feng also greeted Ruan Fuying. Knowing that Da Ming was going to take action in person and teach politics and enemies a lesson, Ruan Phuc Anh was so happy. He thought he had picked up a big bargain!

So in terms of action, it is extremely cooperative. In the middle of May, the first line of Chenbing Furen and Qiujiang was roughly located in the northern part of the Duole Plateau.

This caused the Tay Son Dynasty in Vietnam to be nervous, and immediately dispatched troops to the border. The whole situation is on the verge of eruption.

It was at this moment when the eyes shifted and the internal void that the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Dynasty finally arrived in Hue, Vietnam.