The Tang Dynasty's war in Annam did not last long, the Tang army spent two months before and after, defeated the main force of the Xishan Army, and after Ruan Hui's army was defeated and committed suicide, Ruan Yue and Ruan Lu finally chose to surrender to the Tang army when they saw that there was no hope of victory. Many Vietnamese who were vassals of the Tang Army www.biquge.info hoped to behead Nguyen Yue and Ruan Lu, and even take out Ruan Hui's corpse for whipping, such a practice in the Middle Ages, the Tang Dynasty obviously would not agree. Ruan Yue and Ruan Lu and their families, as well as some Xishan Army generals and their relatives, were finally sent to the sea by the Tang Dynasty in the name of exile and became immigrants, and some who took refuge were absorbed by the Tang Dynasty and prepared to be used in the future overseas consular government.

When the remnants of the Later Li Dynasty heard that the Tang Army had defeated the Xishan Army and controlled the entire territory of Vietnam, they immediately changed the object of their intercession, and the Li family immediately rushed to Thang Long to meet the representatives of the Tang Army, hoping to change to the Tang Dynasty and restore the rule of the Later Li Dynasty. However, Ling Zhuangfei clearly told them that Datang would not waste the "power of nine cows and two tigers" to defeat Vietnam, and then give it to the Li family in vain.

Le Cho Thong also put forward the conditions of exchange, saying that he could cede the southern part of Vietnam to the Tang Dynasty as a thank-you gift, and still maintain the condition of being a minister and paying tribute.

Ling Zhuangfei said again, it is clear that the north and south were fought by the Tang Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible for the Li family to exchange a large area of land and ruling power for an illusory name without spending a single soldier. All Datang can provide to the Li family is a consolation money, plus a part of real estate or something, to maintain their livelihood and existence in Vietnam.

The Lai family also knows that now they have no bargaining chips, and it is not easy to get the opportunity to return to Vietnam, and no matter how much they ask, it will not be possible. I could only agree to the conditions of the Tang people.

January 1, 1790. The Vietnamese Overseas Consulate of the Republic of Datang was formally established. The capital was located in Hanoi, which was renamed Thang Long. The name Vietnam also appears for the first time in official usage. Due to the strong presence of the Tang Dynasty in Vietnam and the determination of the Vietnamese people, even if they were ruled by foreign rulers, the Vietnamese did not have much backlash, but because the Tang Dynasty promulgated a series of policies for recuperation and recuperation, it was welcomed by almost all walks of life in Vietnam. Most of the displaced people were rearranged to live and work. The soldiers who had been fighting for many years were disarmed and returned to the fields, and it seemed that everything was getting better.

Since the first decree promulgated by the new overseas consular government after taking office was to exempt the overseas consular government from agricultural and industrial and commercial taxes for one year, and to completely abolish the conscription and military service, which were a serious burden on the Vietnamese people, all the projects and affairs of the new overseas consular government will be borne by the overseas consular financial expenditures and will not be forced to bear the burden of the people. In terms of local defense, the volunteer service model is also adopted, and the soldiers are completely voluntary, and they will not be forcibly recruited if they are not recruited. The Ministry of National Defense intends to build two special corps brigades in Vietnam, with about 10,000 personnel. In terms of treatment, it is on par with the special corps on the side of Chenla and Siam, which is still more attractive to the poor Vietnamese.

Establishment of the Overseas Consulate of Vietnam. This enabled Datang to take full control of Southeast Asia. Of course, a vassal state was conquered and then became a colony of the Tang Dynasty, the Qing court was still very dissatisfied, this time it was actually very stylized, the secretary of the Honglu Academy, who was in charge of diplomatic work, summoned Zhu Yongfang, the ambassador of the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and expressed regret about this matter. Of course, regret can only be the biggest diplomatic rhetoric used by the Qing court, and they can't even say such words as dissatisfaction, Jiaqing still has always been cautious in this matter. And such a diplomatic protest has no effect on Datang.

Although it lost the vassal state of Annam, there was no loss in actual interests for the Qing Dynasty, and the Central Plains Dynasty has always had a relatively strong sense of losing money and earning face in its diplomatic exchanges with the surrounding small countries. Many small countries come in the name of tribute, in fact, for trade, they give away some local specialties casually, and then they can get rich rewards from the imperial court, coupled with the tax exemption in the tributary trade, many small countries pay tribute at a time is a big profit. When Europeans first came to China, they also traded in the name of tributary trade, and they even wanted to increase the number of tributes. Of course, the Qing people are not stupid, just come casually to make themselves have face, several times a year, each time they take away so many rewards and do trade without tariffs, the court is also a little unable to hold on, so the court will often use the excuse that it is far away, allowing a tributary every three years or a tributary every five years or something, which can be regarded as borrowing a donkey from the slope.

However, after the Beijing Incident, the Tang Dynasty obtained the three ports of Tanggu, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and used its strong capital and influence to basically control the trade and circulation channels of the Qing Dynasty, which also made the Europeans come to the Far East to do business with China, in fact, it was not to trade with the Qing people, but to do business with the Tang people. Tang merchants used their energy and advantages to concentrate all kinds of goods in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places, and then dealt directly with the Europeans.

In fact, Europeans are also more inclined to this model, although there is no doubt that the Tang people have a firm grasp of trade in this process, control the pricing power and many other commercial powers, and the Westerners have little bargaining strength and foundation, but in the Datang Special Economic Zone for trade, the tariffs are lower, and the service capacity of the Datang trading company is also extremely strong, making the trade of merchants in China more convenient. At the same time, in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places, there are many Datang banks and other financial institutions that can provide financial support, and the system is much more perfect than direct trade with Qing merchants, so even if it is very unhappy with the monopoly of the Tang people, the Europeans can only trade with the Tang people.

For the Europeans, although they lost the opportunity to compete for colonies in the Far East, due to the excellent governance ability of the Tang Dynasty, several Southeast Asian overseas territories became profitable areas for European merchants. Datang's development and expansion of the local economy has led to an increase in the number of locally produced trade goods, some of which are not only simple raw materials, but also secondary processed products, and the factories established by Datang in the local area can also produce some products that cannot be produced in Europe. Moreover, they were able to purchase the goods they needed in the fastest time when they came here, and because of the construction of some trading ports by the Tang people, these cities often had many functions such as commerce, shipbuilding and repair, financial services and entertainment, so that the cost of trade fell and the profits increased.

Some European businessmen even had some joy after learning that Vietnam had also become an overseas territory of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )