Chapter 86: Meeting of Nanyang Kings
Old Port.
No, Old Port was named a long time ago. Now it’s Newport.
The king of Zhou convened the kings for an alliance, and naturally it was also in Xingang.
It has been a long time since He Xi left Nanyang. But He Xi's plan to stay has been affecting Nanyang.
The Old Port is one of the places with the greatest impact.
Today, the Zhou Kingdom is the strongest among the Nanyang feudal states.
The reason is very simple, that is, He Xi's plan for King Zhou was to regulate rivers, bulldoze the land outside Xingang City, and turn swamps into fertile farmland.
This is a huge hero. King Zhou has been doing this since he became a vassal.
Before the war between the north and the south, the king of Zhou, who had made enough money from trade, did not keep it for himself and invested it all in the land. And all these gave King Zhou very generous rewards after the war between the north and the south.
Without him, Zhou State could now purchase millions of dan of grain every year. After all, it can be harvested four times a year. As long as manpower is available, how much food is not a problem.
King Zhou's hard work for several years was rewarded.
Although there is generally no shortage of food in Nanyang, the king of Zhou supplies more food to Beijing.
A lot of grain in Beijing is purchased from Nanyang.
When purchasing in Nanyang, it is naturally easier to purchase from the King of Zhou Group, which will reduce a lot of troubles. Because Beijing has a grain problem, Beijing has special preferential treatment for purchasing grain when selling it to foreign countries.
In this way, the king of Zhou could get northern goods when goods were in shortest supply in Beijing. When others could not get goods from the north, things were rare and expensive. In this way, the benefits gained by the king of Zhou were considerable.
But the greatest advantage of King Zhou is not just this.
Although there is no shortage of food in Nanyang, the lack of food depends on who it is compared with. In this era, most people at the bottom do not have enough to eat, even in Nanyang. Many claims that there is no shortage of food do not take into account the needs of this group of people.
The grain production of King Zhou increased greatly.
The biggest advantage is that a lot of people gather. Without him, food prices are low and the cost of living is low. People are happy to have children. After all, people these days have always believed that more children will bring happiness. The reason there aren't so many children is not because of anything else. I just can't afford it.
Moreover, the kings who granted vassal status to Nanyang also brought over the Central Plains medical skills. Although Divine Doctor Dai did not come, many disciples of Divine Doctor Dai were in Nanyang, and they used many methods to face the plague in Nanyang. There is even a medical sect known as the febrile disease school that is taking shape. They have expertise in tropical diseases.
During this period, due to the development of medical skills and the development of various technologies, even if the war between the north and the south resulted in mountains of blood and corpses, overall the population had increased rapidly. In the Nanyang region, the population growth of Xingang is the highest in Nanyang.
After labor costs were reduced, Xingang replaced the Nanyang Governor's Palace and became the hub of Nanyang.
Xingang has a geographical advantage. It is geographically across the sea from the Nanyang Governor's Palace, which is not much different. The cost of loading and unloading in Xingang is low, and people are more willing to go to Xingang. After Xingang became a trade center, Zhou State was able to collect more taxes, and some industries also took root in Zhou State.
Zhou Guo's strength naturally improved step by step.
Even people who fled to Nanyang from the Central Plains, Japan, Goryeo and other places due to war or other factors. They will also settle in Xingang, which will bring more foreign population to Zhou State.
In two or three years, Zhou's power rose to the top among the kings of Southeast Asia.
In this era, a larger population means greater strength. Specifically in the Nanyang countries, having more Han people, or a Sinicized population, represents strength, and the Zhou Kingdom has the best foundation. . After all, Old Port was originally a gathering place for Han people. Coupled with these advantages, it naturally has its current status.
Only then did the King of Zhou summon all the kings for this meeting.
King Zhou summoned the kings to discuss the position of the war between the north and the south.
Before that, each king had his own problems.
As long as the King of Zhou has spare strength, the King of Zhou naturally wants to show off his talent in silence. But things are different now.
The King of Chu finally ended his war against the two kings of Java, East and West.
This war did not end the separation of the three kingdoms of Java. It's just that the King of Chu gained an advantage on the battlefield, and the three parties once again established an alliance. The King of Chu used this war to pass on internal conflicts. Many powerful vassals were weakened a lot. And transfer the vassals from the heartland to the frontier.
Consolidated the status of King Chu.
The king of Chu also began to establish a system of counties and counties in his own territory directly under the jurisdiction of the state.
The King of Chu stabilized from the initial turmoil. This is the possibility of interfering with the Central Plains. Never even thought about it before.
However, King Chu also had a big problem.
The biggest problem is that there are two kings in Java, East and West. They are always entangled with the Chu State.
When the Ming Dynasty entered Nanyang, it actually had a great impact on the Nanyang mainland.
Historically, this period was actually the era of Nanyang's transformation. The most populous country in the world is Indonesia. That is Indonesia. The transformation of this area from Hinduism to Christianity began in this era.
And when He Xi arrived, this era changed into the era when Confucianism was introduced to Nanyang.
King Chu is the biggest example.
Among the kings of Nanyang, Zhou and Chu were the strongest. Without him, the strength of King Zhou was that King Zhou and the Nanyang Governor's Mansion were across the sea. It was the core area of Ming Dynasty's rule in Nanyang, and people around him did not dare to challenge it. The strength of King Chu was achieved by himself.
The King of Chu only brought tens of thousands of soldiers there, so he could do this. It is related to the ability of Ming soldiers. After all, even the military and ideological equipment of the King of Chu had reached the point of being eliminated on the battlefields of the Central Plains.
But fighting these barbarians is no problem at all.
But the King of Chu did not just rely on force. The King of Chu imitated the vassal system established by the Zhou Dynasty, which perfectly adapted to the productivity level of Nanyang. Under the system of the King of Chu, the nobles and officials who were originally subordinate to Java all defected to the King of Chu. This allowed the King of Chu to establish a system to support tens of thousands of troops in battle, and this led to the King of Chu having several fierce battles with the kings of East and West Java, and they all won great victories.
Of course, the King of Chu also had his own problems, that is, except for the areas directly under the King of Chu, the vassals in other places had their own agendas and even rebelled repeatedly. But to King Chu, this was nothing.
The King of Chu can handle it by himself. He has even prepared a new plan, that is, the Xia king and the Yi people will either seal off the generals who followed him to Nanyang and become princes, or let these princes speak Chinese, marry Han women and consider themselves Han people. .
Otherwise, those princes who believe in Hinduism should believe in Buddhism. After all, Hinduism and Buddhism have deep roots. And Java also has a certain Buddhist tradition. The princes of Huiyuan must also believe in the Huiyuan that came from China.
Otherwise they will be dealt with.
Of course, this is slow work.
The King of Chu didn't want to do it in one step, but he didn't want to hide it either. It was a conspiracy. The nobles below realized it for themselves, and these princes also understood it. Therefore, many Confucian scholars sent to Nanyang by He Xi became Xiangwowo. Many princes even hoped to marry their daughters to these Confucian scholars and let them become their advisers. There was even a Confucian scholar who became the heir after being married off to a nobleman.
He became a noble directly.
There is the kind of fiefdom.
The King of Chu was also happy to see this happen.
After all, it was easier for the King of Chu and the Confucian scholars to understand each other when dealing with each other, and it was less likely to cause strategic misjudgments.
In the same situation, how could the East King and the West King not learn from each other?
As a result, both the Eastern and Western kings began to study Confucianism. Or Chinese. They began to give themselves Chinese names, and established a weekly state system. After re-arranging the relationship between superiors and subordinates, the combat effectiveness of the two kings of the East and West did not significantly improve, but they became much more united internally.
Don’t underestimate the Confucian order. Don't go too far. Simply speaking, why Java split into two countries, East and West, was soon the result of the collapse of internal order. If they believed in Confucianism at that time, then they
Even if a fierce internal fight breaks out, it will not break into two countries, giving He Xi an opportunity to take advantage of it.
After Java suffered a big loss, its acceptance of Sinology was quite high. Many Japanese even fled to Nanyang because of Japan's subjugation. Just because they understood Chinese, they were invited to various places and treated as distinguished guests.
In short, anyone who understands the knowledge of the Han people is very valuable.
He Xi's theory spread most widely in Southeast Asia.
For nothing else. It was because Java was beaten the most by He Xi. That's why I became more and more convinced of He Xi.
Therefore, in the entire Nanyang, except for Beijing and Liaodong, He Xi Xinxue was the most prominent one.
Under such circumstances, the strength of East and West Java became stronger day by day. This is why the King of Chu was already very powerful, but could not destroy the two countries for a while. They were no longer what they used to be.
The situation of Chu State is also a microcosm of the Nanyang vassal states.
In the past three years since the war started, the north and the south have been at war, trade routes have been cut off, and the natives have counterattacked. However, as the trade routes with Beijing have been opened again, huge amounts of goods have once again arrived in Nanyang, and all previous situations have been settled one by one. .
Although some vassal states performed very poorly during this wave of war. But overall, there was no loss of the capital.
The reason is also very simple. The Nanyang Governor's Mansion is here, and Lu Zhongheng, as a veteran, has pushed the Lu family to Nanyang. How can such a situation be allowed to happen? If the situation below is urgent, Lu Zhongheng will either personally lead the team or summon nearby princes for support.
All the wars in various places were settled.
Now, as for Nanyang as a whole, they actually have the ability to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to intervene in the war in the Central Plains.
It's just that before the kings of Nanyang came, they all communicated with each other, and everyone had different opinions. No one could convince the other. That's why this conference was held. Everyone had to communicate in person about things.
