The Qing Dynasty imposed a sea ban as early as the Kangxi Period. In order to recover Taiwan, the Qing Dynasty implemented a sea ban strategy along the southeast coast, and kataka could not go to the sea, and all the residents moved inland. This policy was implemented until the recovery of Taiwan. Since then, the Qing Dynasty's policy of sea ban has been carried out to varying degrees. However, there is still a situation of pirates. Why is this happening?
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, pirates were rampant, such as Zheng Zhilong. However, after the implementation of the Qing Dynasty's sea ban, the strength of pirates gradually shrank, but pirates became active again until the Jiaqing period, and the Qing government could not do anything about it. At that time, the White Lotus Sect uprising was popular in the country, and Jiaqing had no time to take care of pirates. In the last years of Qianlong, pirates already had a resurgence. During the Gia Khanh period, Vietnam was unified by Nguyen Phuc Anh, and as a result, the defeated Nguyen Quang Binh became a pirate. Becoming more and more powerful, they became the cause of the proliferation of pirates.
In the 10th year of Jiaqing, the seven largest pirate forces signed a contract to form the so-called pirate alliance, which marked the official rise of the pirate system. These pirates soon dominated the southeast coast, and they even invaded the inland rivers and killed the people, which became a major harm.
The pirates had six fleets, including six fleets of "Heaven, Earth, Xuan, Huang, Yu and Zhou", and the Tianzi fleet was the most powerful, with more than 600 warships in the Lei Yue Mun area of Hong Kong alone. In general, these pirates were influenced by external forces, expanded their power, and rapidly expanded their power because of the suffering of the people. Add to that the need for foreign trade. Pirates are in fact caravans of foreign trade.
During the Jiaqing period, the Qing Dynasty's sailors were abolished, making the pirates even more do whatever they wanted. What do you think?