The two most powerful families in the Annan Kingdom, the Zheng family and the Ruan family, faced destruction. In order to protect themselves, they did not hesitate to agree to a series of conditions proposed by the Dachu Empire. Representatives from the three parties met in Guangdong Province of the Dachu Empire.

The subordinate Guangning County signed a treaty.

That is the Treaty of Quang Ninh.

The terms of the treaty are actually very simple, with no compensation, no apology and other common treaty terms.

Only three!

Article 1 The Great Chu Empire withdrew from the Annan Kingdom. King Annan, the monarch of the Later Li Dynasty, was demoted to the Marquis of Nangui. At the same time, he was appointed as the Annan Consolation Envoy of the Dachu Empire. This title was a lifelong title, and he would wait until the Marquis of Nangui.

After death, the title will be reduced.

As for Annan's comfort envoy, this position is also temporary for the empire and is a nominal position specially created for the monarchs of the later Li Dynasty. It is just a title and will be removed after the transition period is over.

After all, this person is a puppet with no real power, and the treatment against him is more for political legitimacy, so there is no need to think too much about the follow-up issues.

As long as the immediate situation is dealt with and you can justify yourself, then the follow-up will be ignored.

Later, after King Annan of the Li Dynasty was demoted to Nanguihou, he also accepted the official position of the Chu Empire, and then presented the so-called yellow book and other procedures. After a series of procedures, the Annan Kingdom would change from a vassal state of the Chu Empire to a dependent territory.<

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The words "subordinate country" and "subordinate territory" seem to be just one word, but in fact it means that the Annan region will not exist as an independent country, even if it is just in the name of a vassal puppet state, but will directly evolve into the Great Chu Empire.

Direct territory.

In other words, in human terms, the Annan region will be completely merged into the empire and become part of the Chu Empire.

The second article is that the Great Chu Empire will confer the title of Shenglong Bo on the head of the Zheng family and grant him the post of "Governor of Shenglong and other places".

Article 3: The Great Chu Empire canonized the head of the Ruan family as Hue Bo, and granted him the position of governor of Hue and other places.

The first article of the treaty is the price paid by the Zheng and Ruan families for their surrender, while the second two articles are the rewards of the empire for their surrender.

They dedicated their country to the Chu Empire. Well, even if they have lost control of their respective countries, at least they have a name!

The empire gave the Zheng and Ruan families titles and official positions, and incorporated them into the empire's ruling class in return. Of course, this governor's position was only used for the initial transition, and they would be removed directly within a few months.

Then they will go to Jinling City to enjoy a wealthy life.

Just like the leaders of many Mongolian tribes in Monan, Mobei and Moxi, except for a few who are prominent in official circles, the rest are basically working as rice bugs in Jinling City...

You can think of them enjoying the glory and wealth in Jinling City, or you can think of them as the empire imprisoning them. Anyway, it’s both...

As for how the Zheng and Ruan families will become in the empire in the future, it depends on the abilities of themselves and their descendants. However, because there is a reduced-level inheritance title and there is also a clause that is not written in the treaty, but the empire

The private promise is that the empire will allow the Zheng and Ruan families to retain a certain amount of family wealth.

The title and wealth can at least guarantee the prosperity of their family for generations.

The Zheng and Ruan families betrayed their country to ensure their wealth. Under normal circumstances, they would never agree, but the rebels in the Annan area were too powerful...

If they agree, they can still keep their glory and wealth. If they don't agree, there will be no need for the empire to take action. Then the rebels will cut them into pieces...

And even if the empire doesn’t send troops, it will still secretly support the rebels!

If they don't submit to the empire, they will be dead, and they will be extremely miserable!

This is especially true for the Zheng family in the north. Now that the Zheng family has lost almost the entire territory in the north, they can only trap their beasts in Shenglong City. If they were not concerned about the garrison of the Da Chu Empire in Shenglong City, they would directly attack Shenglong City.

Long's words will cause the Chu army to send out large-scale troops to retaliate. It is estimated that the rebels have already stormed and captured Shenglong City, and then threw all the Zheng family into the sea.

The Ruan family in the south was not much better, losing ground on the battlefield. More importantly, many of the troops sent out still belonged to their Ruan family, but within a few days they transformed and became rebels...

To a certain extent, in fact, the Zheng and Ruan families have offended the middle and lower classes in their country because of the series of treaties they signed against the Chu Empire in recent years that were humiliating and humiliating.

This was a riot started by the bottom class by boycotting Chu goods, and then the middle and upper classes quickly intervened and turned this turmoil into a war against traitors like Zheng Ruan by most of their domestic strata.

This is also the fundamental reason why so many dignitaries in the Annan region and why so many local troops rebelled so easily and then joined the rebels.

It can be said that the Zheng and Ruan families have lost all their hearts!

But having said that, this cannot be blamed on the Zheng and Ruan families... Who made the Chu Empire so powerful? If they had not signed a series of treaties that humiliated the country and ceded territory, the Annan region would have been invaded by the Chu Empire long ago.

Destroyed.

It is actually not easy to be able to persist for more than ten years under the pressure of the powerful national power of the Chu Empire and survive in the cracks.

But there is no point in saying this kind of thing. Who made you lose your power and humiliate the country... Since you occupy the position of ruler, you must shoulder the corresponding responsibility of protecting the home and the country. If you can't do it, you will be overthrown.

Ordinary people and the middle and upper classes in the Annan region chose to overthrow the rule of the Zheng and Ruan families and then rebuild the so-called Annan Kingdom.

Of course, many local dignitaries who now took over control of the rebels did not have the guts to directly offend the Chu Empire. Anti-Chu slogans were only shouted for a few months when ordinary people started rioting.

Later, after the powerful people accepted control of the rebels, especially as their momentum grew, they basically stopped openly shouting against Chu, and even sent people to actively contact the empire to request canonization...

In the past, they hated the two big comprador families, Zheng and Ruan, but after they gained real power and even actually controlled most of the territory and population of the Annan region, they themselves thought about how to become the

The Chu Empire is a loser...

From a certain point of view, it is actually quite good to be the white glove of the Dachu Empire...at least there will be no shortage of glory, wealth and so on. As for the interests of the middle and lower classes, it has nothing to do with them!

This is another story about a dragon slayer who wants to become a dragon!

This is why after so long, the Annan region is in chaos, and after the rebels have actually occupied most of the Annan region, they still dare not attack the two territories of the Chu Empire in the Annan region, namely Guangning County and Jinlan.

Wan County did not even dare to take action against the concession colonies of the Chu Empire in places such as coastal cities and Thang Long City, but instead sent troops to protect them.

These dignitaries also know very well that if they really offend the Chu Empire, they will be destroyed in minutes.

They even want to be the empire's new lackeys in the Annan region.

But they didn't expect that the senior leaders of the Dachu Empire no longer wanted a dog-legger, but wanted to eat dog meat directly...

Whether it is the high-level officials of the empire, the industrial circles of the empire, or more importantly, Luo Zhixue, the emperor of the Chu Empire, I think Annan is not a good place, although many places are not good, but some coastal areas, especially the area around Thang Long

It’s quite suitable for farming.

If such a large area of ​​land has good water conservancy facilities, coupled with the local good subtropical climate and abundant rain, growing rice will definitely produce a lot.

No matter how hard you work, this place can still support millions of immigrants in the empire!

When the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Empire opened their bloody mouths and bit into the Annan area, the rebel dignitaries were dumbfounded...

In December of the 20th year of Chengshun, the Dachu Empire officially issued a number of imperial edicts in accordance with the Treaty of Guangning. The monarch of the Later Li Dynasty was canonized as the Marquis of Nangui, and the Annan region was officially declared to be a dependent territory of the empire.

Thang Long Province was established and the head of the Zheng family was appointed governor of Thang Long.

Establish Hue Province and appoint the head of the Nguyen family as the governor of Hue.

At the same time, the Thang Long Garrison Command was established, and Brigadier General Xu Huatong, the Quang Ninh border officer under the Guangdong Provincial Garrison Command, was transferred to the Thang Long Provincial Garrison Commander;

The Hue Provincial Garrison Command was established, and Colonel Zhao Shuli, the Cam Ranh Bay garrison commander under the Nanyang Garrison Command, was promoted.

In addition, two chief envoys were established. These two chief envoys were naturally all officials from the Chu Empire. The chief envoy to Shenglong was promoted from Song Shouji, the left political advisor of Guangdong and the governor of Lianzhou Prefecture. The chief envoy to Hue was from Guangxi.

Li Kaiguan, who participated in politics on the right and was also in charge of Wuzhou Prefecture and other places, was promoted.

Officials in other ministries are basically transferred from other places in the empire. Only some unimportant positions such as deputy positions in some agencies are held by retainers of the Zheng and Ruan families.

These political measures are all aimed at turning the Annan region into imperial land in a nominal and reasonable manner.

Legally, it should be fully established from the beginning to avoid any future troubles.

Well, the Ming Dynasty actually did this before. They nominally named the Mo Dynasty the commander of the capital of Annan for a long time. In other words, the Ming Dynasty had nominally owned Annan as a territory for a long time.

It’s just that the Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to turn this nominal territory into a reality!

The Da Chu Empire is different. The empire has the ability and the determination to turn the territory that is currently limited to a nominal territory into a territory in the true sense.

Following a series of decrees such as canonization and province establishment, the imperial official announced in the Da Chu Di newspaper that the local rebels in Annan and Nan provinces were plotting rebellion, and the empire would send troops to suppress them.

Before Di News published this news, the military had actually made comprehensive preparations and had actually started fighting with the local rebels.

The first to take action were the army and navy troops stationed in Quang Ninh!

On the naval side, the Third Coastal Defense Group under the South China Sea Fleet, which is responsible for the waters around the Beibu Gulf, and more than 20 offshore warships and gunboats had already gathered in Quang Ninh on December 13.<

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Immediately after carrying a large number of troops, weapons and ammunition and other supplies, they will then move up the Red River to the Thang Long area.

At the same time, there are two mixed regiment-sized army forces on the ground, which have been divided into two groups to march directly, one of which is heading to Thang Long and the other way south along the coastline to support the navy's coastal defense fleet.

It is worth noting that in this battle, the Navy did not dispatch a real main ocean fleet, but only dispatched a local patrol fleet, that is, the South China Sea Fleet. The main force of the battle was a group of offshore patrol ships and offshore gunboats, plus some

A galley or something.

It's not that the Imperial Navy underestimated the enemy... but that the surface strength in the north and south of Annan was really poor. The official surface strength was already poor, and the surface strength in the hands of the rebels only inherited part of the surface strength of the local official army, so it was even worse.

It’s ready...

Another part of the reason is that the navy has to go up the river and go directly to Thang Long. This kind of operation is a very typical inland river operation... And in fact, the local coastal defense fleet is better at this type of operation. As for the main ocean-going force,

Fleets and battleships can easily be hundreds or even thousands of tons in size... If we venture into the Red River when the water is dry in winter, we might even run aground and become a living target.

Therefore, there is really no need for the empire to send the main ocean fleet there with great fanfare. It is enough to dispatch a local patrol fleet to Shenglong.

On the other hand, ocean fleets can be dispatched to assist in coastal operations elsewhere.

While a large number of Chu troops in the northern region were using Guangning as their base and marching towards Thang Long and other places, the Chu troops in the southern region of Annan were not idle either.

The Jiulongjiang Prefecture first sent more than 1,500 people to attack from south to north. At the same time, the Cam Ranh Bay Military Base also sent more than 4,000 army troops and more than 2,000 marines, a total of more than 6,000 troops along the way.
To be continued...