Chapter 792: The Era of the Two Kings
Naturally, the new kingdom can no longer be called the Kingdom of Boni.
Mrs. M, who was watching the official live broadcast of the negotiations on the establishment of the United Kingdom on television at a manor in the Kingdom of Bo Ni, said to her adopted son beside her:
"In the eyes of the United Kingdom at that time in the eighteenth century, the original Bo Ni Kingdom was originally just a loose alliance led by the natives, and the head of the alliance was called the Great Chief, and several internal earth kings were qualified to take turns to do that position, at first because they were afraid of being shot in the head, and they were afraid of being targeted by our Western colonists, so those Tu Wang chiefs cunningly pushed the position of the big chief to the weakest Bo Ni royal family in the alliance, and also let its tribe get the title of Bo Ni."
"According to the records of the kingdom, the Zheng family did not agree with it at first, because as a family from a civilized society, of course they understood the truth that 'only names and instruments cannot be dummies'."
Ling Lingqi nodded, although he didn't know the allusion behind this ancient Chinese language, he could also appreciate its meaning from its straightforward translation.
Margaret took a sip of black tea, then continued:
Sure enough, within a few decades, the royal family of Boni quickly grew from the weakest tribe in the alliance because of its prestige. In addition, two generations of more powerful chieftains later came out of Bo Ni, who took advantage of the contradictions and wars between the colonists of Western countries to steal many interests and expand the territory of the Bo Ni Kingdom to the east, west and north of the entire island. ”
And because most of the Bonizhou Island at that time was still a wilderness and no man's land, the Boni Kingdom at that time could be called the ruler of Boni. Even our empire attaches great importance to Bo Ni, and has established diplomatic relations and trade ties with it at an early age. ”
"Moreover, they also annexed two large Tuwang tribes, becoming the largest force in the Bo Ni Kingdom in one fell swoop, and successfully turned the originally loose alliance into a kingdom headed by the Bo Ni royal family."
"Of course, the approach of the Bo Ni royal family has also caused the former allies to accumulate a lot of resentment, otherwise the Wu family's proposal to introduce new tribes to join the alliance to dilute the power of the Bo Ni royal family back then, everyone would not have supported it so fully, and it also laid the groundwork for our empire to turn it into a protectorate later!"
"It can be said that in the two-sided struggle between the forces led by the Bo Ni royal family and the Zheng family and other Tu King Alliances, most of the time, the Zheng family has the upper hand by virtue of the wisdom and wise decision of the sages of the Eastern civilization, but it can't stand those indigenous tribes acting as pig teammates to drag them back, and the Bo Ni royal family has seized the opportunity to become big twice."
Ling Lingqi opened his mouth and said:
"So as to which of the United Kingdom is in front of them, are they now at odds? I can understand what Zheng is doing, and if it were me, I wouldn't want someone from an indigenous tribe to weigh on my head. ”
However, in the next few days of negotiations, things were unexpected by Ling Lingqi.
In the determination of the name of the United Kingdom, who is in front and who is behind, Dongning and Bo Ni have indeed had a contest. But in the end, it was Zheng Jizong who came forward to appease the interior and reached a compromise with the other party. Of course, Dongning also took advantage of this in exchange for some favorable conditions, and neither side was at a loss.
The name of the new kingdom was finally set as "United Kingdom of Boni and Dongning", of course, the Kingdom of Dongning is the name of the Xia language, and the Western countries are still customarily called Formosa, that is, the United Kingdom of Boni and Formosa.
The union of the two has allowed this new country to occupy most of the civilized areas of Bonizhou Island, so it is almost the entire Bonizhou Island, as for the three areas in the chaotic zone, no one regards them as real national forces, and no one cares about them.
This is also acceptable to the people of Dongning, after all, they were originally part of the Boni Kingdom, and now they will form the United Kingdom after independence, and it will not affect the independence of each other.
By the way, you can also unify Bonizhou Island, the third largest island in the world, why not?
It is important to know that after reunification, the island will be unified both economically and politically, and the tariffs of various regions will be abolished or reduced, which will greatly promote the commercial and trade activities of the entire island, save a considerable cost for the various industries and enterprises on Bonizhou Island, and also make the goods within the new United Kingdom more competitive in the international arena in disguise.
It is conceivable that in recent years, the business momentum within the United Kingdom of Bunning and Tungning has certainly been on the rise.
It's good for all.
Therefore, no one on either side of the country opposed this move. All the people of the new United Kingdom want the new policy to be implemented as soon as possible, so that they can all make a fortune with it.
As for the situation where the name of the United Kingdom is in the former Dongning, apart from some radicals in Dongning expressing dissatisfaction and protests, the Zheng side does not care about this false name after appeasing the government and most of the people.
And this is actually not without benefits, at least it can make outsiders think that the old Boni Kingdom in the United Kingdom is the illusion of occupying the leading position, which can also reduce the sense of existence of the Zheng family and the Dongning Kingdom.
After all, the gun shot the first bird, and the Dongning Kingdom has been in the limelight too much during this time, and the biggest and hottest news in the world at the moment is their family's affairs.
This is not good, as a Xia descendant who is well versed in the truth of wealth and not revealing it, the Zheng family also understands that hiding but properly displaying strength is the most suitable way for their own family, so letting the Boni Kingdom in front can also reduce the fire.
This is how the entertainment industry and the Western media play this way, making a big news to offset the negative news in front, and the people are good at forgetting.
In this way, the independence incident of the Dongning Kingdom, which caused a stir in the international community and almost triggered a local war in the South Seas, reached the established fact in the consternation of the melon-eating masses and in the strange plot of reversal and reversal.
It also led to the emergence of a new United Kingdom, which united the whole island.
As for the chaotic zone, it was subconsciously ignored by everyone, and even many foreign people didn't know that there was such a three-way zone on Bonizhou Island.
Not to mention the founding of the United Kingdom, the Dongning Kingdom has also begun vigorous institutional reform activities.
It is similar to the previous situation of the Sanlikun Autonomous Prefecture in the restructuring of prefectures and counties.
The capital of the Sara Autonomous Region was renamed "Tianxing", and the capital of Shiba Autonomous Prefecture was renamed "Wannian" to commemorate the two counties of Tianxing and Wannian set up by Zhu Chenggong, the first king of Yanping.
Yangkou, an important commercial town under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, was renamed "Siming" Mansion to commemorate the former Siming Prefecture. In addition, Siming Prefecture, which originally governed the two islands of Jinxia, was also the gateway for exchanges between Dongning and the mainland, indicating that the Zheng family also had the intention of using Yangkou as the gateway port of the new kingdom's foreign exchanges.
As for the two autonomous regions of Jindian and Daiyan, the original names remain unchanged.
The officials of the Yiying Autonomous Region and the lower prefectures and counties also selected people with both ability and political integrity from various families and original officials, of course, it was inevitable that the matter of mixing sand would not be, and it was impossible for the Zheng family and the royal government to really let these people become independent.
Some local officials have also been transferred to other places, and they have all been promoted by half a rank or one level, and no one can say whether they have come or not, and all parties are basically happy, and what kind of development will depend on their own means in the future.