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The war between the Kingdom of Hawaii lasted less than a month, and the chief of the Wahu tribe, Keo, was the absolute winner. In one fell swoop www.biquge.info Wahu wiped out all the independent tribes around him and turned them into his own subordinate forces, and he still retained the tribal system, but the original leaders of the tribes were either killed or killed, and only a few who expressed obedience were able to share a small amount of power. Caio sent chieftains from Vahu to the surrounding tribes, all of whom were loyal to him, and who also stipulated that each chief should be rotated after three years, and his simple political wisdom told him that if one stayed in one position for too long, he could increase his control over the tribe and threaten his absolute rule.

In this way, although the tribes still existed, in reality Kaio adopted a typical bureaucratic system of appointment and dismissal, and under all these systems, Caio would maintain his absolute dominance.

On the day after the destruction of the Hawaiian tribes, at the suggestion of Bai Nan, Kaio held an enthronement ceremony in a "palace" built for him by Tang laborers, proclaiming the official establishment of the "Hawaiian Kingdom" and proclaiming himself Kaio I. In terms of the adoption of the national flag, Kaio I also accepted Bai Nan's suggestion and adopted the Tang Tenglong flag as the background, with a coconut tree in the center.

I believe that people who have seen the flags of various British colonies in later generations have the impression, such as the Australian flag and the New Zealand flag have the background of the British rice flag, which symbolizes a kind of subordination.

In terms of comparative Chinese history, the Kingdom of Hawaii was a semi-colony of the Tang Republic.

After the Tang army finished fighting, Bai Nan also completed the work of helping Kaio. A group of Datang officials will come to Hawaii to assist Kaio. In fact, it is also to strengthen the influence of the Tang Dynasty on this emerging kingdom. After all, Bai Nam is an important figure in the National Council. This time, I also put down a lot of work to lead the battle, so I was in a hurry to return to China.

Lin Youde and Chang Bin both smiled at Bai Nan and clenched their fists: "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

The monk of Bai Nanzhang was puzzled and asked, "What is there to congratulate?" ”

Chang Bin said: "Kaio has become a king, so his daughter Meora has been directly upgraded to become a princess, then aren't you Bai Nan a righteous concubine, isn't this worth congratulating?" ”

Bai Nan smiled and said, "Where is this?" ”

Lin Youde said again: "Hawaii has been completely taken down, has General Counselor Bai talked to Kai I about the existence and rights of our Tang Dynasty in Hawaii?" ”

Bai Nandao: "I can't talk about this thing, and I can't leave." Basically. Here are a few articles: Datang citizens enjoy the same status as Hawaiian citizens, freely enter and leave Hawaii, and work and live in Hawaii. ”

Lin Youde high-fived and said: "Just like this, it is equivalent to Hawaii being a part of us." ”

Chang Bin took it for granted and said: "Although the king of this kingdom is Kaio, it is our army of the Tang Dynasty that is fighting this kingdom, so it is normal to have such a rule." ”

Bai Nan continued: "Second, the Tang army can freely use all military facilities and ports in the Hawaiian Islands, and can garrison troops here to protect the interests of local natives and Chinese. ”

The two then nodded. With the first, the appearance of the second is logical.

"Article 3. Datang merchant ships trade in the Kingdom of Hawaii, no customs duties are charged, only port taxes and other corresponding fees are charged, and similarly, Datang itself does not charge customs duties on merchant ships of the Hawaiian Kingdom. ”

Lin Youde said with a smile: "This is a big advantage, there is no tariff, Datang can trade locally without restrictions, and the Kingdom of Hawaii can have any merchant ships, so in essence, this provision is unilaterally beneficial." ”

Chang Bin didn't think so, he said: "We came to Hawaii to sell things before, and there were no tariffs, have you forgotten Lao Lin?" ”

Lin Youde said: "At that time, the Wahu tribe was not a country, but now that the Hawaiian Kingdom has been established, it will naturally have the attribute of collecting tariffs. In this era, there were no free trade agreements, so the absence of tariffs only meant that it was a colony. ”

"Eventually, we will build new plantations on the remaining islands, which will be produced mainly by local manpower and resources, which are wholly owned by our country, but we still need to pay taxes to the royal government," he added. ”

Lin Youde said with a smile: "In this way, it is equivalent to the benefits of the entire Hawaii that we will take away, will Kai Ao be satisfied?" ”

Chang Bin said: "What's the matter, if Kaio doesn't have our support, he won't even be able to be this king at all, and he will be slaughtered in a few years." Now that he is a king, enjoying the worship of all the peoples, and having more offerings, of course he has to repay us, but we have single-handedly put him in this position. Kaio must also know that even if he doesn't agree to our conditions, we will launch a Kaio II to complete our entrustment, so if he wants to stay in the position of king for a long time, he can only be honest and obedient. However, in the final war against the Hawaiian tribes, Kamihameha, who became the most dominant king in Hawaii in history, actually surrendered directly to us, what happened? ”

Bai Nan remembered the circumstances of the surrender that day, and said: "It should not be surprising that Kamihameha has seen through the fate of the Hawaiian islands and knows that resistance is futile, so he wisely surrendered directly." ”

In fact, Bai Nan also knew that Kaio was very satisfied with Kamihameha's surrender, and planned to marry a daughter to him, and then appoint Kamihameha as the deputy head of a sub-tribe on the island of Hawaii. But Bai Nan knew what kind of ability this terrifyingly calm young man had, and without the help of the Tang people, he would have wiped out the rest of the island tribes in a few years and achieved the Kamihameha dynasty. So for this person, Bai Nan is still a little wary, he asked Kai Oh not to appoint Kamihameha as a local governor, but to let Kai Ao send him to Datang for study and military training, as long as he is far away from Hawaii, Kamihameha will not be able to usurp the throne and seek power, and Bai Nan also wants to try if he can train this historical Hawaiian king into a useful talent for the Tang Republic.

So, on the ship returning to the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Wu Yuansheng, the future king of Daiyan, there was another Hawaiian king, but in this timeline, I am afraid that none of them will become real kings. (To be continued.) )