When Zhao Xuening was dominating the spice sea, the tax decree of the central government of the Lanfang Republic received responses from many fringe power groups.
They did not want to offend Zhao Xuening, the only overlord, nor did they want to challenge the powerful army that swept away the Dutch colonists. They believed that they were no match.
Since it cannot be defeated with force, political compromise must be made.
Regardless of whether it is in the Lanfang directly governed region or in the non-directly governed region, a large part of the original tribal forces who have been naturalized as a whole have chosen to compromise and welcome Lanfang government tax collectors to count the population and production status and understand everyone's family background.
Of course, there will be some hidden things, but not too much. Basically, Lanfang will get satisfactory data, and the Lanfang government will get certain benefits.
Of course, the cooperation of most people will not affect the resistance of a few bad-minded guys.
Five tribes in the eastern part of Celebes united together and said that naturalization and becoming a Lanfang citizen were possible, but Lanfang sending people to investigate their family background would be tantamount to invading them, so it was not allowed.
They want to protect their sacred territory and interests.
For a guy like this who can't see clearly the current situation and has a bad mind, Zhao Xuening is even more cruel than the Dutch.
He gave an order. In early July, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Corps of the Lanfang Army, which had not long returned from victory, rushed to Celebes under the leadership of battalion commander Liu Yakang. They cooperated with the local garrison and the armed forces of the local tribes to attack the five The alliance of tribes launched an attack.
disobedient?
Then die for me!
Lanfang's artillery shells poured out and the army advanced. The armed forces of the five tribal alliances were no match. They were all wiped out in five days. All the leaders of the five tribes were killed, and no one survived.
Subsequently, the territories of these five tribes became Lanfang's official territory. Zhao Xuening ordered the construction of farms and administrative institutions on this land, further extending Lanfang's rule to the east of Celebes Island, further strengthening the central power of Seoul Control of place.
After this battle, people became more certain that Zhao Xuening was the invincible king. Being his enemy would not end well. Compared with life, paying more taxes is nothing, right?
Moreover, Zhao Xuening is really reasonable and really wants to develop the place.
Unlike the brutal plunder and oppression of the colonists, Zhao Xuening sent tax officers to determine the population and production conditions of those non-directly governed areas, and then sent agricultural personnel from the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct inspections in these places, and then asked them to issue agricultural reports. Describe local agricultural production conditions and development goals.
By late August, Zhao Xuening held a national agricultural conference.
At the meeting, it was basically judged that the agricultural development of other lands outside the Lanfang Territory was at a very elementary level. The original tribal people were quite primitive and backward in agricultural development, and they lagged behind the times in terms of production tools and production models.
They occupy a large amount of arable land in vain. If they can be organized to teach the latest agricultural technology and develop agriculture in an all-round way, Lanfang's food output will more than triple.
After the meeting, Zhao Xuening made the final decision and ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to launch a support plan.
The meeting planned to use five years to spread advanced agricultural technology across the country, organize the original tribal people to carry out agricultural production, use a relatively mild method to directly pull them from the tribal era into the agricultural era, and strive to reorganize them all into farms.
With a musket in one hand and a hoe in the other, Zhao Xuening made preparations for both.
He would give hoes to those who were obedient and take guns to those who were disobedient. He wanted to promote farm organizations throughout the East Indies, fully develop the agricultural potential of the East Indies, and save enough food to prepare for the future northward strategy.
Agricultural construction operations are now in full swing in Lanfang Republic.
Zhao Xuening selected agricultural experts from the Ministry of Agriculture to start going out, starting with a group of tribal forces that had the best attitude towards Lanfang Central Government, talking to them about agricultural development, asking for power from the original leaders, and urging them to reorganize into farms and accept Lan Fang's direct leadership.
A group of people recognized the situation clearly, and after the Lanfang Central Committee promised to give them some compensation, they moved their families to Seoul and accepted Lanfang's conditions, allowing Zhao Xuening to achieve the special achievement of "releasing military power over a cup of wine".
There was also a group of people who were unwilling to give up their ancestral status, but did not dare to confront Zhao Xuening, so they asked to be appointed as farm leaders, accept the leadership of the superior administrative district, accept the agricultural construction plan, and were willing to act in accordance with Lanfang's rules.
The only requirement is that he cannot lose his position as head of the farm.
Zhao Xuening agreed to such a request, and both parties took a step back and reached an initial compromise.
It doesn't matter, everything is just a matter of time.
So overall, in one month from the end of August to the end of September, the Lanfang Central Committee directly gained leadership authority for a large number of people through the agricultural construction plan.
At the same time, the living conditions of all inhabited places within the territory, as well as the population size and agricultural production model, were basically confirmed.
This political action, which focused on both taxation and agriculture, actually completed the first census after the founding of the Lanfang Republic, allowing the Lanfang Central Committee to have a basic grasp of the land and population under the jurisdiction of the Lanfang Republic. Zhao Xuening This also improved his blueprint for governing the country.
And after this action, the number of people that Lanfang Central can directly manage increased by about half a million.
There are more powerful tribes that have moved from the original symbolic naturalization to a semi-independent state and must accept the command of the Lanfang Central Committee in taxation and agriculture. The ruling power of the Lanfang Central Committee has been greatly increased.
This achievement made the entire White House inexplicably excited, and Zhao Xuening began an ambitious military expansion plan, preparing to expand the total number of Lanfang's troops to 40,000 within one year, and officially began preparations for an attack on the Philippines.
While Zhao Xuening was making great progress to expand his power, on September 30, Marek came to Seoul with London's reply to Zhao Xuening's series of demands.
The first time he saw Zhao Xuening, Marek complained to Zhao Xuening with a wry smile.
"Mr. President, Lanfang's army is indeed very strong, but what you did is too embarrassing for us, isn't it?"
When Zhao Xuening heard this, he knew what Marek meant, but he still had a look of confusion on his face.
"What's wrong? Did I do something?"
"You let your army destroy everything built by the Dutch, leaving us with ruins. Isn't this a bit too much? The Indian Governor-General and the military are very concerned about this. Very dissatisfied.”
Marek sighed: "We sincerely want to cooperate with Lan Fang."
After Marek finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Xuening looking at him with an innocent expression.
"Does our agreement stipulate that the conquering party can freely dispose of the spoils of war? If this is the case, then no matter how I deal with the property of the Dutch, it is legal, isn't it? And our agreement stipulates that the colonial I leave it to you, do you think I’m handing the colony over to you now?”
"That's true, but..."
"But what? Does the agreement say we can't take our loot or destroy Dutch settlements?"
Zhao Xuening smiled and said: "You know, because of the massacre forty years ago, I hated the Dutch very much, so I ordered my army to destroy everything built by the Dutch. Erase all traces of their existence. Only in this way can I dispel the hatred in my heart. Isn’t this also possible?”
Marek was speechless.
However, the British side has already suffered the loss of being dumb, and it is meaningless to expect to get anything more from Zhao Xuening, so it is better to turn the page and admit that it is bad luck in exchange for Zhao Xuening's favor and cooperation.
So Marek no longer struggled, but came up with the treaty formally drawn up by London.
"As for the series of cooperation contents you proposed, London has given formal approval. The terms have now been drawn up and you can take a look. Moreover, regarding the sales price of saltpeter and taxes and fees in the Strait of Malacca, we will wait for further discussions before Put specific numbers into the terms and you don’t have to worry about that.”
Zhao Xuening took the treaty text from Marek, flipped through it, and asked, "What about the Philippines?"
Marek nodded immediately.
"You may already know that Spain has officially declared war on us in June. London is very angry about this. It coincides with your decision to attack the Philippines at this time. London is willing to support you and hopes that you will give Spain in the East It would be a devastating blow and London would do its best to hit Spain in Europe."
