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| - In the year 774 (21 AD) the Song-Tang Commonwealth had conquered what remained of the Tang resistance. They began to focus on what could be done about the refugees who were coming into the Eastern Border areas from Xi. At first they were allowed to settle freely. After the success of King Zhelin and the declaration of his new dynasty, the Song-Tang Commonwealth, which was only beginning to restart its trade with the Western world after the devastation of earlier wars, began putting the Xi refugees into ghettos outside of the cities. This move, which was a request of the Zhelin himself, would leave a sour taste in the mouths of the small town governments which had to force many women and children into scarcely developed and oppressively ruled slums. As the economy of the Song-Tang rose, so did their spirit of independence. By the end of the year 783 (30 AD) the Song-Tang had asserted their first sovereign act against the United Kingdom, which was still dominated by King Zhelin. This was the liberation of the ghettos. This started in those areas outside of Lanzhou 兰州 the city with the largest amount of ghettos encircling it. The liberation was more of an experiment in allowing these immigrants, who were not lazy in many ways and actually worked to improve as best they were allowed the ghettos where they were huddled into, to enter the general population of the cities and contribute as they chose. The introduction of these people into the city was met in some ways initially with mistrust and disapproval from the major businesses of the region, these who sold many products to the United Kingdom which drove them out, but the Xi people began to build their own business or ally with smaller competitors. The larger businesses could have used their influence among the political families to stop these competitors but they felt so much contempt with them that they weren’t a concern. Almost immediately, the businesses began to expand. By trading with the Western world, and avoiding the United Kingdom, the silks and the porcelains of Song-Tang could reach as far as Rome. The Commonwealth, after seeing the growth in Lanzhou, began to free all of the ghettos around all of their cities; much to the disapproval of the United Kingdom. The establishment businesses did not stop altogether. Many in the United Kingdom were encouraging people to purchase products from these businesses and to also express the sentiment that the Xi should never be allowed into their business. Money from all the other kingdoms was proving to be much more than that of the United Kingdom. The King Zhelin began to mobilize, in the last years of his life, a large offensive to unite the Song-Tang commonwealth with the United Kingdom, and eliminate the Xi people. The Kingdom of Bei, which used to be the most powerful kingdom in Sinica, adopted this plan immediately because of expectations of money and trade that would rebuild the sputtering kingdom. The new alliance was celebrated by the people as the best way for them to create employment and glory for their kingdom. The discontented people were satiated momentarily by the prospect of a new war to create factory jobs making gunpowder, grenades, and bullets. The Kingdom of Nan and the Srivijaya were almost enamored with each other and the public sentiment towards the Japanese began to turn to one of forgiveness and alliance. With this, the Kingdom of Nan did not accept the move of Zhelin. Being the impressive orator that he was, Zhelin’s last speech was a rally against the Song-Tang commonwealth including such accusations as being ungrateful and deserving of punishment. Also in his speech, as he and the people all knew he was approaching his end, he declared his young son, a Sergent of twenty-six, named He Keqiang 贺克強 his successor and also left him in leadership of the combined forces of the United Kingdom and Bei. Zhelin died in the year 788 (35 AD) and the war began with his burial.
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