Chapter 312: The Situation in Sulu

"The minister has been in Nanyang for many years, assisting the king of Bo Ni in the southern and northern wars, Sulu is the main opponent of Bo Ni, and knows the situation of Sulu best, first of all, although Sulu is said to be a country, he is essentially a tribal alliance. There are hundreds of tribes large and small, but the three largest tribes are the East King Division, the Western King Division, and the Tong Wang Division, and the Eastern King is the most powerful of these three tribes. Zhang Yong told him little by little about his understanding of Sulu.

Zhu Houhuang listened attentively.

This information is not deep in the South Seas, but must not be heard.

Zhu Houhuang came to Nanyang, only to know that the farther away from the Central Plains here, the worse the organizational form of the country became, even if it was the king of Bo Ni, it was only near the capital of the country, and the places far away from the country were all in the form of tribes, and all the things that the king of Bo Mu could control were the chiefs of various places.

Compared with the organizational form of the Boni Kingdom, the organizational form of Sulu is even worse.

First of all, the geography of Sulu is not good, and the place where Sulu is located is not on a large island, but is distributed in the Sulu archipelago.

In this way, the sea inherently cut off the connection between the countries of Sulu, and although Sulu also lit up the nautical skill points, it still could not completely solve the problem of travel.

This restriction led to the centralization of power in Sulu to be extremely underground, and also to the co-rule of the three kings.

"But things have changed in the last 100 years." Zhang Yong said.

"Muslimism has been coming to the south for a long time, as early as the Tang and Song dynasties, there were Hui monks, but it was also a problem of gradual popularization in Nanyang, and the deepening of Muslim preaching in Sulu also caused changes in Sulu's state institutions. The people are all from Islam, and between the three kings, because of the emergence of Islam, the balance of power has been affected. The one who was most affected was the East King. ”

"King of the East? Is that the one who was buried in Texas? Wang Yangming is familiar with the scriptures and history, and his family is a generation of eunuchs, and he knows the history of this dynasty very well, and before leaving Dongyong, he inquired about one or two from Lu Wan, and has an inexplicable good impression of the East King buried in the Central Plains.

Zhu Houhuang didn't quite understand, and asked: "Master Wang, this East King, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Wang Yangming said: "During the Yongle period, the three kings came together to pay tribute, and the king of the Middle East died at the Dezhou Post Station. Chengzu was merciful and let the king of the east be buried in Dezhou with the rites of a vassal king, and now there is a tomb of King Sulu outside the city of Dezhou. It is said that except for the eldest son of King Sulu Dong who went back to inherit the throne, Queen Sulu and Sulu's other two sons lived in Texas, no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Yong said: "This Sulu East King, but a good hand, he used a death to ensure that the Ming Dynasty looked at the East King of the same line, so that the East King of Sulu can suppress the West King, and the same King of the same line, but the West King is not weak, the West King is not weak, the West King is in Islam, and changed his name to Yimin, what is Muhammad." Since then, he has become the leader of Islam in Sulu, with the help of the power of Islam to suppress the power of the East King, for so many years, the Ming Dynasty has not repeatedly Nanyang, after the East King lost the support of the Ming Dynasty, the situation has been suppressed by the West King. If this situation does not change, it will not take many years for the lineage of the East King of Sulu to become history. ”

There is something Zhang Yong did not say clearly, the biggest obstacle to the northward expansion of King Boni is the Sulu Kingdom, if you are detailed, it is the power of the King of Sulu.

Needless to say, Zhu Houhuang, even Wang Yangming suddenly had a tendency.

One is in the Central Plains, even the graves of the ancestors are in Dezhou, Shandong, and the other is Muslim, and the distinction between here and outside is very obvious.

Zhu Houhuang secretly said in his heart: "With the help of the power of the East King of Sulu, the King of Sulu West will be wiped out, and the West King of Sulu is also the wealth accumulated for hundreds of years, which is enough for me to make a windfall." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "At this time, Gu knows it, since the East King is Sulu Zhengshuo, Gu can't allow rebellious ministers and thieves to make trouble." Zhang Qing, Lone entrusts you with two things, first, to investigate the Francophile, and second, to investigate Islam. ”

Zhang Yong said: "The minister obeys the order. It's just that Zhang Yong's face shows a male color.

Seeing this, Zhu Hou asked, "Why is there any difficulty?" ”

Zhang Yong said: "The time of the Franc machine people in Nanyang is still young, and it is easy to investigate the movements of the Buddha Lang machine people, but Islam has been transmitted to Nanyang for hundreds of years since the Tang and Song dynasties, and it has long been deeply rooted and unshakable. I dare not hide it from His Royal Highness, and there are also Muslims in the minister's family. The minister is already a suspect, please avoid suspicion. ”

"No need." Zhu Houhuang secretly raised his vigilance in his heart. said: "Zhang Qing, who is a lonely letter." ”

What if you don't believe me? Wu Fengyi has just arranged manpower in Nanyang, and she is not as good as a local snake like Zhang Yong. However, after Zhu Houhuang returns, he will send another person to investigate Muslims.

Zhu Houhuang has changed his worst enemy from a Franco-Rang man to a Muslim.

It's not that Zhu Houhuang is ambitious, but that's the case.

Although the Franc machine is strong, but the foundation is not thick, Zhu Houhuang has the Ming Dynasty behind him, even if he has been defeated thousands of times with the Franc Machine, only he has the title of King Yong of the Ming Dynasty on his head, and he can make a comeback, and the Franc Robot only needs a big defeat, and he must retreat from Malacca to India.

Islam, on the other hand, is like a big tree, with an extremely well-developed root system, and it is almost impossible to deal with it. Unless Zhu Houhuang kills in Nanyang. But it's impossible.

After all, China has been a civilized country for a long time. Even if Zhu Houhuang went down ruthlessly and slaughtered more than a million people, his first civil official meeting would not do it first.

Zhu Houhuang has not yet thought carefully about how to deal with Islam. But to know about it, not much.

The two sides discussed for a whole morning under the monument of Ningshan Town, and with Zhang Yong's help, what they did in King Bo Ni was simply easy.

Although Bo Ni also produces rice, but it is not as good as Annam, Champong, Chenla, Siam, these four countries, with the help of Zhang Yong, Bo Ni to Yongguo offered tens of thousands of stone of rice, and allowed the Ming warship to dock in Kuching.

If Zhu Houhuang wants to go south to deal with the Francophiles, there will be the most cutting-edge port.

Zhu Houhuang turned north from Kuching, and Tomei, who had been following the Yongguo fleet, also turned back to Malacca from Kuching.

The fleet in Kuching Yongkook was warmly welcomed, while Tomei's ships were left out in the cold.

It has only been more than ten years since the thorns were destroyed. The Bo Ni State has a close relationship with the Manchurian Jia State, and in the past few decades, when the strength of the Bo Ni State was poor, the Bo Ni State was also a subject state of the Manchu Thorn Jia State. Both of them are Muslim countries, so this time the upper class has a close relationship, and there are even in-laws.

Therefore, the destruction of the Manchurian country was a great shock to the Bo Ni country.

Zhu Houhuang's actions in the Bo Ni country did not have any twists and turns, and it was not smooth and decent, of course, because Zhang Yong was a high-ranking official in Bo Ni and had a wide range of contacts, but also because Bo Ni faced the threat of the Fran machine man, so he wanted to ask Daming for help.

Even if they knew about the existence of the Penghu Peace Conference, the influence of the Ming Dynasty on Nanyang was not a two-game defeat that could be wiped out.

Tomei looked at Kuching from the boat, and said secretly: "I must persuade the Governor to take action, and never allow the Yongguo to win over allies under our noses, which will directly affect the benefits of our Spice Islands." He is not a country of Bo Ni, we must take action, otherwise it will directly affect the security of Malacca. ”

It's just that Tomei is bent on becoming the conqueror of the Ming Dynasty, but more people in Malacca came to the East for money, and if it didn't bring them more benefits, they weren't interested in military operations.

Although Yongguo is the enemy of Franc Machine, it is also one of the most important partners of Franc Machine.

Just as a large part of Yongguo's finances come from trade with the Franc Man, trade with Yongguo is also one of Malacca's largest sources of revenue.

The last war was nothing more than a means of negotiation. If the war continues, it will not bring more money and more benefits to Malacca, but there is a possibility that trade will be interrupted, so Tomei's idea, although he has not yet told the governor of Malacca, is already doomed. It's just that Tomei insists on going her own way, destined not to want to, and doesn't look at this.