Chapter 5: Contacts and Voyages | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 5.1 – Reign of Wei Taixun (1604 – 1625) In 1604, Wei Ruzheng died of natural causes and was succeeded by his son, Wei Taixun. Like his father, Wei Taixun never went to China to be confirmed as governor. In so doing, he became the first ruler of North or South Province…
Chapter 4: Lands and Classes | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 4.1 – China and the Master of Two Provinces (1591 – 1592) When last we discussed the core territory of Xinguo, it was the year 1591. Governor Wei Yonglong was the man who’d initiated the first outright war between the long-time rivals of North and South Provinces, and he was the man…
Chapter 3: The Outer Prefectures, Part 2 | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 3.1 – Magala Resistance ( 1570 – 1578) As stated in Chapter 1, one of Wei Yonglong’s cost-cutting measures was that he stopped giving return gifts to the Two Magala Nations in 1570 in exchange for their tribute. The Magala had been under the impression that the return gift was a part…
Chapter 2: The Outer Prefectures, Part 1 | Blue Dawn

[Prev] [Next] A preview of a new map I’m working on for Xinguo. This part of the map is still very incomplete… will update later. 2.1 – A Survey of Redwood (1437 – 1589) To take it from the top, Redwood Prefecture was an area inhabited primarily by Min-speaking Chinese settlers from Fujian Province. Despite…
Chapter 1: The United Provinces | Blue Dawn

[Xin-Mei Wars V1] [Prev] [Next] 1.1 – Master of Two Provinces (1576 – 1589) In the year 221 of the Ming Epoch (1589 AD), Lady Ya of the Tao family hung herself in her room during the Siege of Narrow Towers. That same night, the Black Banner Guard broke into the citadel, overrunning the last…
Chapter 7: The Siege of Dongguang | The Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1

[First] [Prev] [Next Book] [Maps of Xinguo in the 1540s] [Maps of the West Coast in 1576] 7.1 – Prefect Huế Thành Học (June-July 1576) Hue City was founded by a man named Huế Huy Bạc in 1469. It was a year after the end of the 3rd Youkuci War, which had opened up vast…