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in every part of the country, under pretence of plots and con- 
spiracies against the sacred persons of the usurpers. These, 
on their part, left no measures untried, nor suffered any oc- 
casion to pass b}^, which might be the means of acquiring 
them popularity. The mercliant gave sumptuous entertain- 
ments, fet-es, and fire-works ; the general cajoled the army ; 
and the priest prevailed on the clergy to announce to the 
careless multitude the decree of Tie??, which had ordained 
these three worthies to be their future rulers. 
In their arrangements for the future government of this 
extensive country, it was determined that Yin-yac should 
possess the two divisions of Chang and Don-nai ; Long-niang 
that of Hue, bordering on Ttmg-quin ; and that the youngest 
brother should be high priest of all Cochinchina. By this 
disposition, Yin-yac cunningly placed his brother between 
himself and the Tung-qidnese, who were at this time considered 
as a powerful nation, Long-niang had scarcely set foot in 
his capital HuS-foo, before he took occasion to quarrel with 
the King of Tung-quin, who was a tributa:ry vassal to the 
Emperor of China. The Timg-qninese, being in fact of the 
same character and disposition as the Chinese, were little able 
to cope with the hardy and disciplined troops of a bold and 
adventurous usurper. Their King, abandoning his army 
after the first engagement, fled to Pekin to demand the as- 
sistance of the Emperor of China. Kien-Lung who, from his 
successes in every part of Tartary and on the great island of 
Formosa, had been led to believe that his troops were in- 
vincible, conceived there would be little difficulty in driving 
the usurper from Tung-qimu and in restoring the lawful 
