At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that there were external worries and internal troubles, and there were rebels everywhere in the country. Not only that, but there were also invaders who acted arbitrarily on the border, and finally the Qing army entered the border and destroyed the main force of the Ming Dynasty and replaced it. At the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there were 300 remnants of Chinese soldiers who did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they fled overseas, and also established an island state, and expanded to 128 by relying on the island's resources, and now there are 30,000 Chinese. Why did these remnants of the defeated soldiers run overseas, and it has a lot to do with zheng he, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.
He went out on behalf of China several times in the past, preaching the majesty of China at sea, and in the process of sailing, Zheng He and others also drew a map, in this hard-won map, there is a place called natuna Archipelago, which covers an area of about 2110 square kilometers, which is located between the Malay Peninsula and Borneo Island, which is a relatively important area. When the Ming Dynasty was in charge, the Natuna Islands had always been a transit point for the imperial court to exchange foreign exchanges and replenish supplies, so the warriors knew all kinds of information about the island.
After the Qing army entered the customs. Unwilling to submit to the Qing dynasty, these warriors fled the mainland to the Natuna Islands to recuperate, and when they arrived there, the situation was very bad. There was only a group of barbarians in the area that resembled primitive people, and there was no civilization of their own, so the warriors produced and developed in this place, and also established a civilized society. Over time, the people of the region basically made good living, and they also expanded everywhere, occupying more than 100 islands, and the Natuna Islands at that time had a lot of oil.
So later the Indonesian government forcibly occupied the place, and it was never returned to China, and at the same time, the Chinese living on the island were forced to join Indonesia. Fortunately, these Chinese people are okay in the local area and have not suffered too much. Judging from the current situation, the countries of the world basically want to develop in a peaceful environment and are reluctant to break out into war. Therefore, the state did not directly attack the natuna islands, but acquiesced to the current situation, hoping that these compatriots would have a better life in the local area.