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A curiosity of [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n settlement in Zhijun is that intermarriage with the island natives was not banned for many years unlike the case in other colonies, resulting in many mixed marriages and as a result a large share of the population was of mixed origin. These genetic mutts were called 'Hluttaw' after an especially juicy local fruit. The practice of intermixing was much more rampant in the more remote interior of the islands compared to the coast and over time these Hluttaw would diverge from their Daxian progenitors in various ways that would prove a problem for imperial control. The colony would repel more enemy raids until the 1728 [[Truce of Caserges]] that ended most fighting between the Qian dynasty and other seafaring powers in the Cathay. The following period of peace allowed the Qian dynasty to build Zhijun into a prosperous hub of commerce between the mainland, the colonies of [[Peratra]] and the nations on the far east end of the [[Polynesian Sea]]. The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] built dedicated facilities to handle its regional interests and handle all manner of transactions on the islands to the extent that two out of ten people were employed by the company. | A curiosity of [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n settlement in Zhijun is that intermarriage with the island natives was not banned for many years unlike the case in other colonies, resulting in many mixed marriages and as a result a large share of the population was of mixed origin. These genetic mutts were called 'Hluttaw' after an especially juicy local fruit. The practice of intermixing was much more rampant in the more remote interior of the islands compared to the coast and over time these Hluttaw would diverge from their Daxian progenitors in various ways that would prove a problem for imperial control. The colony would repel more enemy raids until the 1728 [[Truce of Caserges]] that ended most fighting between the Qian dynasty and other seafaring powers in the Cathay. The following period of peace allowed the Qian dynasty to build Zhijun into a prosperous hub of commerce between the mainland, the colonies of [[Peratra]] and the nations on the far east end of the [[Polynesian Sea]]. The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] built dedicated facilities to handle its regional interests and handle all manner of transactions on the islands to the extent that two out of ten people were employed by the company. | ||
===Modern period=== | ===Modern period=== | ||
[[File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial Viceroy of Zhijun. Nicknamed ' | [[File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial Viceroy of Zhijun. Nicknamed the 'Tiger of [[Peratra]]' he remained a staunch loyalist of the Qian dynasty even after its fall in 1946 and resisted the new Republic until 1950.]] | ||
The | The Late Qian era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its perceived vulnerability to naval attack during the [[Second Great War]]. One of the junior commanders of [[Daxia]]n forces during the [[Stenzan War of Independence|Peratran War of Independence]], General [[Tang Jun]] was appointed as Imperial Viceroy in place of a bureaucrat to prepare the island for the possibility of attack. Tang Jun imposed a heavy handed military government which at first led to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and [[Green Army|armed rebellion]]. Eventually Jun's grip was tightened enough that finally order was restored across all of the island. Tang Jun successfully defended Zhijun during the course of the war and maintained it as a crucial naval base to prevent Allied encroachments. The end of the war and the collapse of the Qian dynasty with [[Hongli]]'s abdication in 1946 left Tang Jun at a crossroads: accept the new government led by the army putschists or declare Zhijun's autonomy or even independence. In the end his loyalty to the dynasty and his personal antipathy for [[Qiu Heng]] resulted in him publicly rejecting the new government as legitimate, furthermore declaring that Zhijun was still under the authority of the Qian dynasty. | ||
The Hluttaw rebellion (named after an ethnic group of people of mixed Daxian and Polynesian origin) of the late 1970's was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to the increased militarization of the island. | |||
The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion saw a negotiated settlement take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as the island's administrators and their institutionalization as part of the Daxian government. | The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion saw a negotiated settlement take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as the island's administrators and their institutionalization as part of the Daxian government. | ||