Chapter 174: Commerce

In 1658, Nguyen Phuc Binh sent 3,000 troops to interfere in the struggle for the throne of Chenla, forcing Chenla to submit.

Since then, there have been many disputes over the throne of Chenla, and whenever there is civil strife in Chenla, Quang Nam and neighboring Siam always lose no time in intervening and sending troops to help one of them ascend to the throne.

In 1674, the battle for the throne broke out again, and the lord of Quang Nam, Nguyen Phuc, sent troops to subdue Chenla, and set up Hidden Thu Thu as the king and Hidden Nen as the vice-king, dividing Chenla into two.

And Chen Shangchuan and others went south to vote, and Ruan Phuc took the opportunity to pressure Zhenla to force Zhenla to allocate the land of Dongpu, Bian Hoa and other waters to the Ming people for the Ming people to recuperate.

Ruan Fuqin's words woke up Ruan Fuqin, why not solve the Ming people with the help of Zhenla.

"Guangnan and Chenla are separated by Champong, Champa and Guangnan are feuds, if you want to send troops south, you must pass through Champong, and Champa will inevitably send troops to attack halfway, and the Zheng clan in the north is eyeing the tiger, if you forcibly send troops to Dongpu, I am afraid that there will be worries." Seeing that his father was interested, Ruan Phuc Qin struck while the iron was hot and listed the reasons for not sending troops one by one.

"It's better to write a letter to Hidden Autumn, and let Hidden Autumn send troops to destroy the Dongpu Chen family, after all, Dongpu, Bianhe and other places are all Zhenla boundaries, if we support Hidden Autumn, Hidden Autumn will definitely send troops to regain the lost territory, and we can also take the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Ruan Fuqin's words caused a burst of repercussions in the hall, and many ministers nodded in agreement, this is indeed a good move.

Let Zhenla fight with the Dongpu Ming people, and Guangnan will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Isn't this better than Quang Nam sending troops to destroy the Dongpu Chen clan?

"Hmm." Ruan Fuwei nodded with a little approval, and said: "I immediately wrote to Hidden Frog Qiu, promising him that Guangnan would not interfere with Zhenla's action to recover Dongpu, Bian He and other places, so that if Hidden Frog Qiu defeated the Ming people, then Guangnan can take advantage of Hidden Sprout Qiu's vitality to unite with Hidden Worm to send troops to Zhenla and capture Dongpu, if the Ming people win, then they can also send troops to expel Hidden Frog Autumn and seize firewood sticks and other places." ”

For the power of the Ming people in Jiading and other places, Ruan Fuwei also knows about it, and he is half a catty to eight taels with Hidden Autumn.

At the beginning, Ruan Phuc was on the verge of taking advantage of the civil strife in Zhenla, sending troops to intervene in the internal affairs of Zhenla, and set up Hidden Bul Qiu as the king and Hidden as the deputy king, dividing Zhen La into two, which had already suffered a great injury.

And when the Dongpu Ming people first arrived, the armaments were all controlled by Guangnan, and they couldn't make any waves.

If you don't send troops, then no one can swallow anyone, and they will inevitably lose both, and it is not up to them to decide who to support and which piece of land to annex, thinking of this, Ruan Fuwei couldn't help but smile.

"My lord, what should these Chinese businessmen do?" Minister Nguyen Youjing asked.

"Be a good entertainer, don't slack off." Ruan Phuc Wei picked up the cup of tea in front of the table and said.

"My lord, these Chinese businessmen have bad intentions and try in vain to collude with the Chinese in Quang Nam, in case they ......" Minister Ruan Youjing frowned, with a hint of worry in his tone.

"These Chinese businessmen are just sheep who see money, and when the Luzon Yi people slaughtered them repeatedly, have you ever seen these Chinese businessmen resist?" Nguyen Phuc took a sip of tea and gently lowered the teacup.

"These Chinese businessmen, Qing and others don't need to worry, what is really terrible is the Ming Court behind these Chinese businessmen." Nguyen Phuc glanced for a week.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming court wants to trade with Quang Nan, and you have been dissuaded before, because they are worried that a large number of Luzon Chinese businessmen will flood into Guangnan after the trade, and they will inevitably collude with the Chinese in Hoi An and other places to rebel, so what should I do." Nguyen Phuc asked.

"No trade, Chinese merchants should be expelled, and at the same time, the property of Chinese families in Hoi An and other places should be confiscated, and Chinese people should be assigned to serve as slaves, and tigers must not be raised." An official stepped forward and said loudly.

"No." Ruan Phuc Qin hurriedly objected.

"Shizi, you don't want to excuse the Chinese in Hoi An, when Taiwan's Zheng army was defeated and went south to Luzon, merchants in Vigan Lawag and other places colluded with the Ming army, which made the Yi people lose most of Luzon's territory, is it possible that Guangnan will also repeat the mistakes of the past?" The official was not afraid, and asked loudly.

"Taiwan's Zheng army went south to Luzon, attacked Weigan, and occupied Rawag, all because of the greed of the local Tufan chieftains, and the appearance of the Spaniards, and finally was broken by the Ming people one by one, what is the relationship with the Chinese merchants in Luzon." Ruan Fuqin glanced at the official, and his tone was a little cold.

"Now Guangnan pays a lot of taxes from the port town of Hoi An sea trade, Chinese businessmen, Japanese businessmen, Hongyi major Nanyang merchants have come one after another, all because Guangnan treats business envoys well, and now China's sea ban, Luzon war is divided into two, it is a great opportunity for Guangnan to develop sea trade and develop Nanyang, if because of the fear of Chinese businessmen and Luzon Ming court collusion and wanton slaughter, persecution, then Nanyang businessmen who dare to come to Hoi An, come to Guangnan trade."

There is some truth in Nguyen Phuc Qin's words, the reason why Hoi An has been able to develop in recent years is indeed because of the ban on the Qing Dynasty in the north, which has led to a shortage of a large number of Chinese porcelain, cotton cloth and other luxury goods and necessities, and Annam, which borders the Qing Dynasty, has become a distribution center for smuggling and sea trade, and countless merchants from Japan, the mainland, and the South Seas have also come to Hoi An.

If the Chinese and Chinese merchants in Hoi An are forcibly expelled, the situation in Hoi An and other places will inevitably be turbulent, and when the Japanese merchants and Yi merchants flee one after another, it will be more than worth the loss for Quang Nam.

"There is no need to discuss the matter of the Chinese in Hoi An, just let the officials in Hoi An strictly guard it, as for the Ming court's request for trade, I don't want to anger the Qing Dynasty in the north and the Spaniards in the South Seas, let the Chinese merchants go back." After thinking about it for a while, Nguyen Phuc decided.

The ministers didn't say much about this, and even the tough Ruan Youjing and others did not object.

Just as the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan were discussing trade with Luzon, Yang Yandi, the leader of the Ming people in the Meidi area, also received a letter from Chen Shangchuan of Dongpu and a shipload of firearms and silver.

Yang Yandi was not surprised by Chen Shangchuan's contact with the Ming court in Luzon, Zhenla's hidden Qiu repeatedly sent troops to attack, slaughtered Ming civilians, and plundered grain.

These days, the Ming generals in the Jiading area are holding their stomachs, but unfortunately they are located in Fandi and are not familiar with life, so these Ming people can only swallow this breath.

"It is also difficult to escape the South Seas, we are waiting for people to send people under the fence, and the day is not safe, but the Ming people of Luzon have already established the Ming Court and crisscrossed the South Seas." Yang Yandi took the letter written by Chen Shangchuan, and then looked at the boxes of silver taels that were shipped, and couldn't help but show a helpless expression.

"My lord, since the Luzon Ming Court intends to win over, then I might as well go south to Luzon to join the Ming Court." General Huang Jin persuaded.

"Yes, my lord was once the chief soldier of Liwu Town, and he was sealed by the king of Yanping (Zheng Jing), and now he has suffered humiliation in Annan, but it is better to cast Luzon Ming Court in Nantou." Several generals heard Huang Jin's words, their eyes straightened, and they stepped forward one by one to persuade them.

Rather than staying in the poor and remote place of Zhenla Meidi, and worrying every day, for fear that one day Zhenla's Tufan would invade, it was better to go south to the Luzon Ming Court.