State of Java.

I don't know when these three words were used in Daming to describe the distance like the edge of the sky.

But in fact, there is no such country as Java in the world, at least not now, the most powerful country on the island of Java is the country of Matalan, this country of Mataran Sudan, like other Sudan countries on the island of Java, they are all from the country of Bajang, among these Sudan countries, Shumada Lan is the most powerful.

Although Mataram was in decline due to the tyrannical rule of Sultan Armand Gulat I, who imposed tyranny and harsh taxes on the Motianfang cultists, it was still the most powerful country on the island of Java.

Even in the case of the successive vassals of Gui and Qin, Mataran still has the strength to outperform the two countries - forty years ago, for Mataran, which was determined to unify Java, Batavia, which was occupied by the Dutch, became a thorn in the back. The Javanese overlord had used a whopping 160,000 men to besiege Batavia. Although they were unable to capture Batavia, they did make the Dutch aware of their strength.

However, it was also from that time that the Netherlands became another "small power" on the island of Java, to Batavia marked by the occupation of the Ming Dynasty, marking the power of the Ming Dynasty to appear in Java again, in the face of the Ming giant, even if it was the self-proclaimed "overlord" of Ma Dalan, in the face of the Ming invasion, they immediately served this real big country carefully, after all, they knew very well that they were "not in the right position", how they first relied on "mission", and then relied on the riots of the believers, Overthrew the local Hindu kings and established the state of Sudan.

They all thought that the Ming would come here and leave like hundreds of years ago, and even once Mataran had fantasized about how to solve the Dutch with the hands of the Ming first, and then get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, so as to suppress those pagans who were sometimes in trouble, and then when the Ming left, they would naturally unify the whole of Java.

But what the monarchs and ministers of Mataran never expected was that after he ceded Semarang to Daming, the shadow of Daming immediately enveloped the whole of Java and shrouded Mataran in it.

Batavia became "Nanhengzhou", Semarang became "Xin'an", Gui and Qin appeared in two places, tens of thousands of military households, tens of thousands of Han people appeared in two places, and since then, whether it is the Gui State of "Nanhengzhou" or the Qin State of "Xin'an City", in the eyes of Ma Dalan Sudan, it has become a thorn in their side and a thorn in the flesh.

In particular, after the two countries became the country, they not only sent troops to expand outside the city to reward the land to the officials and soldiers, but it directly led to the conflict with Ma Dalan, which intensified the contradiction between the two, but Ma Dalan has always been afraid of the Ming State and did not dare to make any changes.

But today, as a newspaper spread from Sin'an to Pasar Ged, the capital of Mataram, to the palace of Sutan, the self-proclaimed Armand Gurat I, who called himself Sutan Agung, the supreme Sudan, immediately shouted excitedly.

"From now on, we don't have to be afraid of the Ming Dynasty anymore, what is the Ming Dynasty, how is the Ming Dynasty, the Qin State is just their clan, their life and death, what does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty, just like Machen Sudan and other Sudanes, they are all Sudanese, maybe they are subservient to my Ma Dalan, but I am the highest Sudan, in addition, what responsibility do we need to bear for them?"

The reason why Armand Gurat I, as the "supreme sudan", was so excited was entirely because in the "Southern Qin Daily", a newspaper of the Qin people, some scholars expressed their fear that the imperial court had rejected their request to hire "Pingnan soldiers", and even further worried that without the protection of the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Qin State to maintain its national power.

And it was this newspaper that made Armand Goulart's long-standing worries come to naught, in the past, why did they tolerate Gui and Qin in every way, wasn't it because they were afraid of the threat of the Ming Dynasty? Now, since Da Ming has said that "it has nothing to do with me", what else is there to worry about?

"Su Dan, the minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty's refusal this time is not as simple as it seems, perhaps on the surface, it is to tell the countries that the Ming has no intention of interfering in the national affairs of various countries and making their national politics autonomous, but the minister thinks that if we want to destroy their country, the Ming will inevitably be dissatisfied!"

As the prime minister, Ah Han said cautiously that it was he who advocated a cautious response to the Ming Dynasty, and even Semarang was ceded by him, but at that time, the Dutch had just been driven out of Batavia, and the Ming people were still in the name of "guarding against the Dutch". Who would have thought that they would turn against the guest and give Semarang to their own clan.

"Somewhat dissatisfied, hum, Prime Minister Ahan really made excuses for those infidels, if you hadn't advocated being cautious about dealing with the Ming Dynasty at that time, how could there be a current heretic invasion?"

Before Ahan's worries were finished, Yu Shupu, the elder of the Heavenly Fang Sect on the side, retorted with a sneer.

"The Elders are very serious that now our monasteries are being demolished, whether in Batavia or Semarang, and the people are being taken as slaves and even forced to convert to heresy, even the Dutch have not forced people to convert to heresy, but they have been doing it. Your Majesty Sudan, now the people of Zhenzhu, are waiting for your salvation. ”

As a state, Mataram has its own way of governing, and they implement the pati system at the local level, which is similar to the provincial system in which the taishou are the local governors, and the sutan directly sends the taishou to rule the central areas of the country, and the semi-autonomous territories conquered are owned by the sudan, who pay tribute to the sutan court. This is also the origin of the name "Sultan Agung", the name of the Supreme Sultan, which has the highest political, military and judicial powers. Under the Supreme Sudan, an advisory council composed of three Celestial Sect elders, the Prime Minister, and the Privy Counsellor decides on major political, military, judicial, and religious issues of the country.

The foundation of the kingdom of Mataram Sudan is religion. In fact, when the kingdoms of Sri Buddha and Majapahit were founded by the indigenous people of Java, most of their indigenous people were Hindu and Buddhist. Until 500 years ago, a large number of Arab merchants traveled by sea to some parts of Sumatra, first to do business, and then through missionary work, to establish the city-state of Sudan.

And what really led to the strength of those Tianfang sect Sudan city-states and eventually replaced the Buddha country was not anyone else, but Zheng He, who represented the Ming Dynasty more than 200 years ago, and it was he who pretended to use the Ming army to induce the Manchurian king to convert to religion, and sent missionaries to preach in Majapahit in the name of the Ming Dynasty, and used the Ming army to subdue its native people and make them convert to Tianfang. And all this was carried out without the knowledge of the imperial court.

It is precisely because the religion of each Sudan state, regardless of its size, is the foundation of the state, that religion has always occupied an extremely important position in the Sudan state, which is why Armand Goulat introduced the religious code and changed to the religious calendar a few decades ago, and plundered the infidels as slaves and imposed harsh taxes on the infidels.

It is also because of this, of course, after the elders of the Heavenly Fang Sect objected, the privy adviser Sunan, whose status was second only to Prime Minister Ahan, immediately sided with the elders, after all, the influence of the elders even surpassed that of Su Dan in many cases.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, now, we must launch a holy war against the people of the Ming Kingdom, who are no longer the friends who helped me in the mission led by the "teacher" back then, but heretics, heretics! ”

Yushupu looked at Su Dan and said excitedly.

"Elder, don't forget, Da Ming!"

Again, Ahan reminded the elder who was trying to wage a "holy war."

"Da Ming is far more powerful than us, even the Dutch dare not challenge them!"

Ahan's reminder made Yushupu sneer.

"We have God's blessing! And it's God's will! ”

Compared with God's will, in fact, Yushupu is more concerned about the prosperity of Nanhengzhou and Xin'an City, and cares about the wealth in them.

"Moreover, whether it is the Ming people in Nanhengzhou or Xin'an City, they have innumerable wealth, they wear silk, they live in brick houses, each of them has slaves and maids to plow the land for them, to dress them, if we take it, we can not only spread the gospel of God to the infidels, but also from the Sudan to the soldiers, we can get extremely rich rewards."

"But it will anger Da Ming!"

Ah Han did not lose his cool because of religion or wealth, he could see the difference in strength between the two, and he also saw that the Ming Dynasty would never abandon his feudal state.

"In case Daming retaliates against us for this, what will we do when the time comes? After all, both Gui and Qin were the brothers of the Ming Emperor. ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, actually, you don't need to think about this at all,"

Just then, suddenly, someone chimed in.

"Perhaps, those lords are the emperor's brothers, but among those lords, there may not be no people whose majesty the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to die immediately!"

As his words fell, everyone looked at this Han man wearing a Manchu-style robe, and unlike ordinary Han people, he was not only wearing a Manchu-style pale cyan robe, but even had a shaved money rat tail. He was Su Dan's Chinese teacher, Hong Renjiu, and his confidant, although he was Han, but Armand Gulat trusted him very much, because he had always regarded himself as a Qing person, not a Ming person.

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Looking at Hong Renjiu, Armand Gulart asked with some puzzlement.

"Because there are some people who the emperor wants to kill but can't!"

Seeing that Su Dan, the Prime Minister, the elders, and the privy's eyes all fell on him, Hong Renjiu sneered.

"If someone can help that emperor get rid of that person, not only will the Ming Dynasty not hate Su Dan for this, but will even be grateful for it, after all, Su Dan helped the Ming Emperor solve a trouble!"