Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

The vast Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean in the world!

It is now the first month of the 16th year of Xuanwu, and it is still snowing heavily in the north of the Song Dynasty, but it is still very warm here.

After leaving the Strait of Malacca, the warships of the Song Dynasty's 100,000 navy have been traveling on such an ocean. They are all amazed at the climate of the ocean. In the past, the Song Dynasty navy fought in the north, and this is the first time they have come to a warm tropical region.

This Indian Ocean has another name, that is "Western Ocean"!

In the history of later generations, when Zheng He sailed to the Western Ocean, he came to the Indian Ocean!

Now the Chinese have entered the Western Ocean hundreds of years earlier, and the current fleet is more powerful than Zheng He's fleet!

More than a thousand huge warships braved the wind and waves, mighty and mighty. Occasionally, merchant ships passed by, and the faces of the merchants on them showed horrified expressions.

This is an ocean-going fleet that has never been seen in this era. Even in the history of later generations, fleets like this are extremely rare!

The two treasure ships were at the forefront, surrounded by countless small ships, followed by more than ten huge blessing ships and other warships.

The sea is extremely choppy, but the treasure ship is still extremely stable.

Wang Gui and Wu Jie were standing on the bow of the same treasure ship at the moment, their hair and clothes were being blown by the wind and they were constantly swinging backwards, their faces were full of excitement.

"From here all the way to the north, we will come to Daguang soon!" Wang Gui said.

Daguang is the Yangon of later generations! Later generations, Yangon is the largest city in Myanmar, but in this era, Myanmar is just a small town! The whole of Myanmar has not yet been unified. One-third of the territory in northern Myanmar belongs to the "Dali Kingdom", and now it belongs to the Song Dynasty!

"There are also many pirates near Daguang. We need to completely clear the surrounding pirates and then occupy Daguang." Wu Lin said.

"Let me see it this way. I will lead half of the fleet into the bay, and you will lead the rest of the fleet to seal off the periphery of the bay and not let a single pirate escape." Wang Gui said.

"Okay!" Wu Lin nodded.

Ten days later, the fleet came to the sea area where Yangon was located. All the pirates in the nearby sea area added up to only a few thousand people. Under the encirclement and suppression of the Song Army fleet, all the pirates were almost wiped out in just three days!

Thousands of warships of the Song Army came to Yangon, and countless soldiers of the Song Army got off the boats and headed forward.

Yangon is now under the control of the local Tu tribe. A black, thin, and small middle-aged man dressed in extremely expensive silk led a group of Tu tribe out. The middle-aged man was still tied with a white scarf on his head. A turban, with a few colorful feathers stuck on the turban, he is the head of the Tu people.

With so many warships and troops coming, the leader of the Tu tribe was horrified to the extreme. He knelt down without hesitation, and the tribesmen behind him also knelt down one after another.

"This is the place where my Great Song merchants stayed and subsidized in the past. From now on, this place belongs to my Great Song. Are you willing to accept my Da Song's jurisdiction?" Looking at this man, Wang Gui asked coldly.

"I'm willing." The headman said with a trembling voice.

This is also an important town on the Sino-Western trade sea line, and businessmen from the Song Dynasty often come here, so this person can also speak Chinese.

"Those who know the current affairs are outstanding, and you have performed very well! From now on, you will also have a small share of the trade tax here, which is enough to ensure that you continue to live richly. You are also my citizens of the Song Dynasty, and you can go to the Song Dynasty to study in the future. You can even live in Song Dynasty." Wang Gui was very satisfied with the leader's performance, nodded and said.

Afterwards, Wang Gui and Wu Lin inspected the environment near Yangon and determined that the threat here was extremely small. After that, the two left more than ten warships here, and then they continued to lead the fleet towards the front.

On the treasure ship, Wang Gui wrote a report. Wang Gui believed that the South China Sea is very close to China, and the Tu people in the South China Sea are extremely backward. The population of the Tu people in the South China Sea is also very small, even smaller than any province in the Song Dynasty! Under such circumstances, Song Dynasty should completely occupy Nanyang and relocate people to Nanyang! However, there is an important problem at present. Although the population of the Song Dynasty has reached nearly 100 million, the migration of the population has been done too much over the years, and the people need to recuperate. Wang Gui deeply feels that the current population of the Song Dynasty is still insufficient, and the court still needs Continue to encourage childbearing, the current policy of encouraging childbearing is still somewhat lacking, and the strength is still not enough.

He wrote out his opinion, and when he met a Chinese businessman, he would ask the Chinese businessman to transfer it to the Quanzhou government, and then the Quanzhou government would transfer it to the Government Administration Council.

*****

In February, the Da Song fleet came to Ceylon.

Ceylon is the Sri Lanka of the later generations. In this era, the Chinese called it the "Lion Country" or "The Country of Gems". The gem reserves here are very rich and well-known all over the world.

"This is the kingdom of lions!" Looking at the big island in front of him, Wang Gui smiled.

"This small island is not as big as any other province in the Song Dynasty, and it is much smaller than the two large islands we found in the North Sea, but there are actually two countries on it, fighting endlessly!" Wu Lin said.

From the eighth century to the later sixteenth century, for hundreds of years, the Sinhala Kingdom and the Tamil Kingdom on the island of Sri Lanka fought endlessly! It wasn't until the place was completely occupied by the British that the struggle between the two clans was forced to stop.

"We are only here to gain a stronghold, control the sea line, and not participate in their wars." Wang Gui obviously dismissed the war on the island, shaking his head immediately.

Soon after, the Song Army fleet came to Colombo, ready to occupy it.

Colombo is one of the nodes of trade between China and the West. Because of its extremely important geographical location, after the beginning of the Age of Discovery, first the Portuguese, then the Dutch, and the British once occupied this place, and now it is the Chinese who have come here!

Song Jun had just arrived at the pier, and the pier was already in chaos!

The Song Army headed straight for the city of Colombo. They have not come to the gate of the city, and the city has been closed!

Wang Gui ordered the Sinhalese inside to open the city gate and accept the rule of the Song Dynasty, but the Sinhalese did not agree.

Soon, Song Jun launched an attack here.

The total population of the Sinhala Kingdom is less than one million, and their total force is only more than 50,000. Colombo has more than 8,000 garrisons because of its important location! However, in front of the Song Army's 100,000 troops, the 8,000 garrisons were vulnerable.

In just half an hour, the Song army took down here and occupied Colombo.

"Tell the merchants on the pier that we will not embarrass the merchants! From now on, everything will be the same as before, even the commercial tax here will be much lower than before, and we will promulgate laws to protect the private property of merchants!" On the battlefield, he sent people to announce the Song Dynasty's policy. The Song Dynasty sent troops to occupy important strongholds on the sea line, not to destroy trade, but to make trade more prosperous. Because only when trade is more prosperous, Da Song can gain more benefits.

For more than a month after that, the Sinhalese continued to attack Colombo, but they were not opponents of the Song army at all, and they were defeated every time!

*****

Until May, nearly 20,000 troops of the Song Army were sent to Yangon, Colombo and other cities, accompanied by civil affairs officials!

The 20,000 troops are all powerful troops who once fought against the Jurchens and Mongols in the north. It is not an exaggeration to apply the "invincible" that the Jurchens declared back then to them. With them here, it is enough to protect the Song Dynasty. The army ruled Yangon and Colombo.

In July of the 16th year of Xuanwu, the Song Fleet traveled all the way west to Guli Kingdom!

Guli, the center of Sino-Western trade!

It can be said that no matter who it is, as long as they control Guli, they control the trade between China and the West!

This is the location of Kozhikode in later generations of India. In this era, India was divided into countless states and was not unified. In history, it was not until the rise of the Mongols that the descendants of the Turkic Mongols went south to unify India. Established the Mughal Dynasty.

The area of ​​the current Guli Kingdom is equivalent to the size of Yanjing in the Great Song Dynasty. Because of the prosperous trade, the population here has reached 1.2 million, but this 1.2 million comes from various places and countries, and most of them are merchants. The army here The number is less than ten thousand!

When Zheng He sailed to the West for the first time, the destination was Guli Kingdom. At that time, King Guli sent people to the Central Plains to pay tribute to Ming Chengzu, expressing his willingness to be a vassal state of the Central Plains.

After the rise of the Age of Discovery, the Portuguese, with a population of only two million at that time, became the overlord of the ocean. Portuguese Da Gama led only 20 warships around the Cape of Good Hope all the way to the Guli Kingdom, and conquered the Guli Kingdom with 20 warships. After that, the Portuguese mastered the hub of Sino-Western trade.

And now a thousand battleships from Song Dynasty have come to Guli Kingdom!

In July, the Song Dynasty completely occupied Guli. The Song Dynasty navy promulgated laws here, first to ensure that the property of the merchants would not be damaged, and then to determine the tax law. In the coastal cities occupied by the Song Dynasty, no matter where the merchants from various countries pay If you pay taxes, you don’t need to pay taxes in other places. In this way, the tax revenue for trade between the East and the West is greatly reduced! In the past, the cities along the line were under the control of many forces, and the trade between China and the West was very expensive. An item worth a few pennies was shipped from China to Guli, and the price might reach a few taels of silver!

Until this time, the military operations of the Song Dynasty Navy came to an end temporarily, and this most prosperous sea line in the twelfth century was completely controlled by China!

After that, the 100,000 navy will always be stationed on this sea line. When necessary, they will establish other colonial cities in the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and other places. In addition, the navy is also responsible for the task of exploring the Western Ocean.