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In Tianjing's Qinzheng Palace, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Zheng Nan, and Hong Renji, who had hastily had lunch, were receiving an inspection mission headed by Count Egmont sent by William III of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. With the great strides of the Red Army of the Celestial Dynasty on the front line, the diplomatic activities of Tianjing have also become extremely busy. Since early in the morning, they have met with two groups of people in a row, and with this batch, it is already the third batch.

Coincidentally, for Yang Xiuqing and others, these three groups of people today do not seem to feel any inevitable connection between who and whom. For Zheng Nan, the state of mind is completely different.

The Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam, which has always been a vassal of China, was able to send an envoy to abandon the Manchus and take refuge, and he still felt quite understandable. Whether it is Vietnam or Annam in the past, it has always been under the protection of others to survive, and even after 200 years, it needs the selfless assistance of the Chinese people, otherwise it will not be able to get rid of colonial rule.

He knew very well that the reason why Ruan Fujiao of the Wing Sect was so anxious was because a lot of Manchu remnants had rushed into them, and they couldn't bear it, so he remembered that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was now far more powerful than the Manchu Dynasty. Of course, just as Zheng Nan, the Vietnamese envoy, said to Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, and Hong Renji as soon as he met with the Vietnamese envoy, this favor must be helped. Not only to help, but also to do their best to order the governor of Yunnan, Du Wenxiu, and the overseer Chen Zongyang, to send at least one army into Vietnam, and at the same time to clear the remnants of the Manchu army in the north, and at the same time to step up the stationing in the south, especially Toulon (Da Nang).

Although the Vietnamese envoy who came to Tianjing was secretive, Zheng Nan was not confused. As early as 17**, the former exiled king of Vietnam, Nguyen Phuc Anh, had signed a treaty of alliance with France, allowing French troops to be stationed in the Chinese region of Cochin (southern Vietnam) for a long time, and ceding Toulon (Da Nang) to France in exchange for France sending an army to help restore the throne. It was with the help of the French that he reclaimed his capital, Hue, and exterminated the rebel regime in Tay Son. Fortunately, as this coincided with the outbreak of the Great Revolution in France itself, the poor Frenchman had exhausted all his strength, but had no chance to digest the fruits of the victory it had already obtained, and could only withdraw his army. Nguyen Phuc Anh continued the Northern Expedition along the way, destroying the Kingdom of Annam and unifying the whole territory.

Later, although Nguyen Phuc Anh asked China to crown him and the Manchus renamed him the king of Vietnam, Nguyen Phuc Anh was just a show. In the eyes of Nguyen Phuc Anh and his descendants, since the pigtailed Manchu invaded the whole of China, the backbone of China has been gone, and the so-called China is dominated by nothing more than a group of thieves. As for what is left of China, it is only them, and they are the symbol of China. It was helpless to submit to the Manchus for a while, but because they had no strength, they had to have strength, and they would "recover" the whole of China, and that was their grand ambition. As a result, there was this Da Ruan Dynasty under the Han-style crown, but wearing Qing-style royal robes.

Zheng Nan didn't believe in the wild dreams of the Great Nguyen Dynasty, he only knew that the French would not work in vain, and they would soon go there to regain the huge benefits they had lost. As French missionaries were slaughtered and persecuted in Vietnam, France, which had emerged from the war in the Near East, had begun to set its sights on Vietnam. Bourblon also exchanged views with Shi Dakai and him several times, and privately revealed that in order to protect the interests of French citizens, France wanted to educate Vietnam.

In this regard, Shi Dakai and Zheng Nan both made it clear that the Celestial Empire would not ignore all the vassals in Chinese history, otherwise they would be reviled and stinking for thousands of years. As for the unpleasant acts that took place in Vietnam, the Celestial Empire would not sit idly by. Of course, it is all about saying, and it is impossible to bluff people by saying it alone, and the most important thing is to do it, and the Celestial Empire cannot fall behind the French in actual footsteps. The reason why Chen Zongyang was ordered to prepare in Yunnan for a long time was not to wait for this opportunity.

But for the arrival of the second batch of people today, if there is no meticulous work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in advance, not to mention that Yang Xiuqing and others are confused, even Zheng Nan here, including Lin Haifeng on the front line, which one of them is dumbfounded. They were actually from Pontianak City, located in West Borneo (now Kalimantan, Indonesia), and the envoy group sent by Ding Lisan, the sixth chief of the Tang Dynasty of Lan Fangguo.

Although Zheng Nan knew that in addition to the planned disguised immigration of the Celestial Empire to the United States, Canada, South Africa, and other places, there were still many overseas Chinese in other parts of the country, especially in Southeast Asia, where there should be at least two million Chinese overseas Chinese, but he could never have imagined that there would be Chinese people with their own state power outside.

Luo Fangbo, a Cantonese who was exiled to West Borneo, led 30,000 Chinese who had no livelihood to unite with the local residents, and not only established the "Lanfang Kingdom" there long ago, but has been there for a full 80 years. What kind of country is this?

According to the envoys, Luo Fangbo was born in Shifanbao, Meixian County, Guangdong Province in 1738 A.D., the third year of Qianlong. In May 1772, the second year of the founding of Pontianak, forced by the coastal areas of the country, densely populated and barren land, but Southeast Asia was vast and sparsely populated, and belonged to the tropical climate, it was relatively easy to make a living, Luo Fangbo and a group of enthusiastic Hakka youths crossed the sea and landed on Borneo (now West Kalimantan Island) from the Wushi Sea.

At that time, the island of Borneo was in chaos in society, and bandits were rampant everywhere, pirates were dominant, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, making the people miserable and complaining. Luo Fangbo and the local royal family of the Sultan of Borneo became brothers, united and struggled together. In the end, he led the Chinese from Fujian and Guangdong and the local people of all ethnic groups to quell the civil strife in one fell swoop. In the process of suppressing the first evil and enforcing the rule of law, Luo Fangbo became famous.

In order to develop the economy and relieve the people of the hardship of living without three meals a day and a place to live at night, Luo Fangbo immediately led the people of all ethnic groups to set up a "gold mining company" to jointly develop the rich local gold resources, promote economic development, and improve the living standards of the people. An orchid country that is called a company internally to the Chinese and a country to the outside world was born.

In the first election of Lan Fangguo, Luo Fangbo won the support of all the people and was elected as the first chief of the Tang Dynasty. During his administration, he carefully formulated various rules and regulations, and divided the government into five ministries: judicial, military, financial, economic, and educational. The five ministries perform their own duties and restrain each other, and there is a hidden separation of powers. Lan Fangguo also attaches great importance to education, organizes Chinese language schools, implements compulsory education, and stipulates that all kinds of Hanfu are national dresses, and the prestige of Han officials reappears in front of the eyes of Chinese children.

Even the Dutch, after hearing about such a newly established and powerful country, sent people to visit and admired the wisdom and unity of the Han people, and called it the "Republic of Lanfang".

In the nineteenth year of Lanfang (1795 AD), the world's great man Luo Fangbo passed away, on the occasion of his death, someone asked him who was the successor, Luo Fang replied angrily: "My Chinese sons and daughters are adrift overseas, and today there is such a place to live, how dare I regard the country as personal private property?" I am the chief of the Tang Dynasty, but to guard the land and treat the virtuous, and now it is time to choose the virtuous, it should be up to everyone to choose! ”

However, in the past era, the outward development of the Chinese would not be supported and protected by the government like the Europeans, on the contrary, it was strictly forbidden. The way of Confucius and Mencius is to be conservative and respect the ancestors, and he hates those who abandon the graves of their ancestors, leave the country of their parents, and go to the barbarian state in pursuit of wealth. Therefore, they are all called pirates and traitors, and what awaits them is cruel laws and prisons. Under such circumstances, all Chinese expatriates have become poor orphans who have been abandoned overseas.

Lan Fangguo is the same. The leaders of Lan Fangguo are well aware of the sinister nature of this world, they know how many tigers and wolves are watching them around, and they know how much hatred those local backward natives have towards them in the nearby places. They expected protection, and it was precisely because of the ferocity of the so-called powerful Qing Dynasty that they did not dare to come back and ask for protection, let alone canonization, like Vietnam and North Korea. They know too well that the so-called country behind them is not only of no help to them, but what they want to see most is that they fend for themselves, or simply be wiped out by foreigners. They were even afraid that the Manchus would know about their overseas statehood, and that the Manchus would send troops across the sea in anger and directly destroy themselves.

Through Guò Filipino and Malay merchants in southern China, and through some family seekers, Lan Fangguo knew about the great changes in the country. After several visits and verifications, they finally made up their minds to form an envoy group to return to China, for the eternal survival of all the people of Lanfang Kingdom, to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, and to ask for recognition and protection from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

For the leaders of the Celestial Empire, the arrival of this second group of envoys brought them great honor. This is the trust of overseas travelers in the Celestial Empire! If it weren't for Zheng Nan's memory of the various entanglements between the Netherlands and Southeast Asia, today, they would definitely not have any other arrangements except to entertain the distant relatives who came back.

On behalf of King William III, the Earl of Egmont first congratulated the Celestial Government, congratulating the Celestial Empire government army on its successive victories on the battlefield, and at the same time praising the great changes that have taken place in the Celestial Empire in just a few years, hoping that the Celestial Empire will enter peace as soon as possible and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. He also repeatedly said that he had only one purpose in coming to Tianjing, that is, to establish friendly and cooperative relations with the Celestial Empire government and discuss the issue of sending ministers to each other.

As the head of the government of the Celestial Empire, Yang Xiuqing first expressed his gratitude to King William III, saying that on the premise of respecting the sovereignty and integrity of both sides and not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, all matters can be discussed calmly. However, he condemned the crimes committed by the Netherlands in Taiwan, China, and hoped that the government of William III would learn from the lessons and not repeat the mistakes of the past.

The Count of Ögmont was embarrassed, and repeatedly said that those unpleasant things were already history, and everyone could start all over again. Just like when the Dutch mission arrived in the Forbidden City, the mission in any country refused to bow down to the Manchu Halal Dragon Son who was the first in the world. Because this is a practical people, they know why they are here, and they know what they should do.

"The Netherlands, synonymous with tulips and windmills, is a poetic world." Zheng Nan smiled and adjusted the atmosphere in the hall. When everyone is at fault, as long as he changes it, he is a good comrade, and he is not the kind of person who likes to beat people to death with a stick. However, there are some things that you can't do without a gentleman before a villain. "Your Excellency the Earl of Ugmont, if I am not mistaken, the old Earl of your family must have led and launched the Dutch Revolution with the Prince of Orange, right?"

Not only Count Egmont, but all the members of the mission looked in surprise at the not very conspicuous vice chairman of the Celestial Empire Communist Alliance, the fourth in command of the Celestial Empire government. After being taken aback, Count Egmont nodded a little proudly, "Your Excellency the Vice Chairman also knows?" ”

"The Dutch people are a great people." Zheng Nan nodded, still smiling, "The Spanish colonizers back then, just like the Manchu Qing riding on our heads, not only desperately scavenged and extorted money from the people of your country. Moreover, the Catholic King of Spain also carried out a cruel spiritual persecution of the Protestant people of your country. It is said that the king of Spain once issued a special edict that men should be beheaded, women buried alive, and those who were strict were burned alive for those who spread Protestantism, or even had only a slight exposure to Protestant books. That's right? ”

"Yes, that's right, Your Excellency Vice-Chairman's memory is so good." Count Egmont nodded heartily.

"Yes, how much this is like the kind that the Manchus brought to the people here without hair, without hair." Zheng Nan's face slowly became solemn, "No one can impose anything on others for their own interests, otherwise what will appear is evil." In order to oppose colonization and oppression, the people of your country fought fearlessly against Spain and France, and finally gained the independence of the country. In this regard, we all appreciate the heroic deeds and indomitable fighting spirit of your people. However, I cannot fail to say here that over the past 300 years, with the occupation of the Philippines by Spain, three massacres full of primitive beastliness have been carried out against our diaspora in the Philippines alone, and each time the means of genocide have been used.

In just over 30 years at the beginning of the 17th century, there were two massacres, each of which resulted in the brutal massacre of more than 20,000 Chinese nationals by the Spaniards. After two massacres, only a little over 10,000 survived, but they were classified as untouchables, each of whom had to pay not only an unaffordable poll tax, but also converted to the Catholic religion they professs. In particular, the news of the last victory, when General Zheng Chenggong of China recovered Taiwan from your country, naturally greatly inspired the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Who would have thought that this would also cause the Spaniards to be animalistic. As a result of this third massacre, the entire Chinese diaspora, including all women and children, were massacred by the Spaniards. ”

A little sweat oozed from Earl Egmont's forehead, and he guessed what the other man was going to say next.

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