Old Port, also known as Palembang, is located next to Palin in southern Sumatra. It was originally called Srivijaya. During the Hongwu Period, Java changed its name to Old Port after Java destroyed Srivijaya.

However, although Java destroyed Srivijaya, due to various reasons, it was unable to effectively manage this place. In addition, the land here is fertile, and "grain is grown in one season and rice is harvested in three seasons." Therefore, they have always been hard-working and never see the land abandoned.

The Han people who went to Nanyang settled here and elected Liang Daoming, the most powerful Nanhai merchant, as their leader.

In the third year of Yongle, Zheng He, who made his first voyage to the West, planned to use national justice to appease the pirate leader Chen Zuyi who occupied the old port at that time, and wanted to set up a fleet base in the old port.

However, Chen Zuyi, who was used to claiming kingship and hegemony overseas and had no idea how much he weighed, faced the olive branch offered by Zheng He, the 'eunuch'. Not only did he not appreciate it, he even planned to attack Zheng He's fleet in order to seize it.

Fleet property.

However, he did not want to think about it. Although Zheng He was an eunuch, he was also a general who fought hard on the battlefield.

In addition, coupled with the exposure of another leader Shi Jinqing who was fond of the Ming Dynasty and did not want to make fools with him, Chen Zuyi's pirate group faced the well-prepared regular navy of the Ming Dynasty. They knew the consequences without even thinking about it, and were directly defeated by Zheng He.

They were all annihilated mercilessly. Chen Zuyi himself was also captured alive and brought to the Ming Dynasty to be executed and sentenced to canon punishment to show that the Ming Dynasty was sacred and inviolable!

Subsequently, in view of the important strategic position of Old Port, Zheng He ordered troops to be stationed here, and later Chengzu even ordered the establishment of a Xuanwei Department in Old Port. Shi Jinqing was commended by the court for his meritorious service in exposing Chen Zuyi, and was named the first Xuanwei Envoy of Old Port by Chengzu.

At this point, the old port has become the most important strategic base of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia, and its status is comparable to the "Eagle Sauce" Pearl Harbor in the original historical time and space.

After the Ming Dynasty established the Xuanwei Division in Jiugang, it could not only serve as a transfer station and supply station for the fleet's ocean voyages, but the garrison in Old Port also became the best means of deterring those with bad intentions throughout Southeast Asia.

It can be said that with the enclave of Old Port, the Ming Dynasty thought that it pushed the maritime border directly from the South China Sea to Manchuria, turning the entire South China Sea into the Ming Dynasty's inland sea. Its achievements can be said to be unprecedented!

However, it is a pity that with the passing of the talented Emperor Chengzu and Zheng He one after another, in the ninth year of Xuande, Zheng He's former deputy Wang Jinghong led the Ming fleet to Sumatra and other Southeast Asian countries. Under the obstruction of those short-sighted people,

The Ming Navy never returned to the old port again until today, one hundred and sixty-four years later, the twenty-sixth year of Wanli.

Not only that, a few years after the ninth year of Xuande, in the fifth year of Zhengtong, because the Ming fleet had not arrived for a long time and lacked a deterrent, the Xuanwei Division of Jiugang was attacked by the Javanese Majapahit dynasty.

Because Sister Shi, the old port propaganda envoy, was unable to resist at that time, she was forced to surrender in the end, and Ming Dynasty's most important base in Nanyang fell. By the time the news reached Ming Dynasty, it was already a year later.

At this time, because the rise of Wala in the northern grassland had become a serious concern of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court had changed its foreign policy and no longer had time to take care of the old port, an enclave far away in Southeast Asia.

"What do the princes think of the governance of this old port?"

In the Governor's Mansion, which was just built by the Dutch, Wang Bing looked at the Crown Prince Zhu Changluo with a smile on his face.

"Uncle, there is no need to talk about this. Now that the old port has been taken back, it is natural to restore the Xuanwei set up by Chengzu... Uh, no, why do we still need to set up the Xuanwei Department now, directly set up a state or prefecture?

Come on!"

Upon hearing Wang Bing's inquiry, which sounded like a school examination, Zhu Changluo, who originally wanted to restore the Xuanwei Department of the old port, suddenly slapped his thigh and changed the Xuanwei Department, which served as a restraint, to a state capital directly managed by the imperial court.

"Why, tell me the reason!"

Without either affirmation or denial, Wang Bing asked again.

"Hey, uncle, are you testing me? Our Ming Dynasty now has such a powerful Royal Navy, so why does it need the expedient of the Xuanwei Division under the Jisi policy? Besides, the imperial court is now returning to the country, and we are here

It wouldn’t be appropriate to have another Xuanwei Department here!”

When talking about the Royal Navy, Zhu Changluo looked confident.

"Moreover, more importantly, we want to turn Nanyang into the inland sea of ​​Ming Dynasty. A mere Xuanwei Department cannot afford to strengthen Ming Dynasty's influence in Nanyang... In fact, if we can add one or two more in Nanyang,

Of course it would be better to be the Chief Secretary, but the time is not ripe yet..."

Facing Wang Bing's examination, Zhu Changluo's analysis in this time and space was so clear and coherent. His vision and insight were infinitely better than that of the 'Emperor in January' who only played with women all day long in the original history.

"Haha, even if you didn't follow me this time, your trip was in vain! With this knowledge, the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory will be stable in the future!"

After listening to Zhu Changluo's analysis, Wang Bing couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, as Zhu Changluo analyzed, for Old Port, the Ming Dynasty's 'Pearl Harbor', Wang Bing had no intention of restoring it to the Xuanwei Division from the beginning.

"But it's not impossible to set up the Chief Secretary of the Government. Let's put up the shelf first. As long as we have the shelf, are we afraid that there won't be any 'melon vines' around us? Hahahaha!"

Finally, Wang Bingbu boldly affirmed Zhu Changluo's analysis of the very important strategic location of Old Port, and even gave him a solution to his proposal to accept the appointment of the Chief Secretary.

It's just that others plant melons first and then build the framework. But he is better, but he plans to directly build the province's framework first.

"Well, what my uncle said is true. With my Royal Navy here, as long as you have a 'frame', you don't have to worry about running out of melons in the end, hehe!"

…

"The Prince of the Ming Dynasty taught: The Nanyang countries were all vassal of the Central Plains. However, the hatred and fighting between the countries continued, causing the people to suffer from the flames of war and weapons, and the people were in dire straits. In addition, in recent years, there have been invasions by the Western Yi people... In order to prevent the people from suffering anymore

Tired by the war, this prince has now established Shitang, Shixing, and Wan Sheng in Nanyang to declare political affairs. Whether each vassal country chooses to join the Ming Province, it is voluntary..."

In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, on April 20th, just a few days after Wang Bing and his entourage arrived in Old Port, Zhu Changluo announced the Crown Prince's Order as the Ming Prince and established Shitang in Nanyang. Shi Xing and Wansheng were appointed as the chief ministers.

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Among them, Sumatra, Manchuria, and Java are under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary Shitang; Borneo and Ludao are under the Chief Secretary Shixing; Luzon, Suzhou, and Putuan are under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary Wansheng.

Of course, at present, except for Luzon, Hunan, Old Port and other places that were originally occupied by Spain, Portugal and the Dutch, the rest of the three chief secretaries are still occupied by the Southeast Asian countries.

But as Wang Bing said, the Chief Secretary's "frame" has been set up. As long as there is a powerful Ming army, are you afraid that this "melon" will not be available in the future?

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I originally wanted to take a day off, but... let's forget it and just post a chapter today, hehe!

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