Lotus Empire - A Tay Son timeline

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These peasants-turned-craftsmen, however, were not able to develop into a strong merchant class because they were crippled by court bureaucracy which controlled the Vietnamese guilds and could tax their artisans out of business. Because of this, along with other reasons, they remained craftsmen and merchants who only traded locally and who were not able to develop their skills on an industrial scale.
As far as I remember, there was already quite a solid industry, still reflected in the streets of Hanoi. Vietnamese potery were a solid substitute to Chinese ones

The Niens, lacking a coherent ideology and goals aside from expelling the Qing, decided to cast their lot with the Taipings. Zhang Lexing, leader of the Nian rebels, was granted the title of Prince Zhang by Hong Xiuquan, a title that he was far from happy with as Zhang himself had claimed the title of "Great Han Prince with the Mandate of Heaven".
Is that another PoD? Why did they change their mind?

As Vietnamese scripture is similar to those of China, the boost in teachers was welcomed with thousands of new schools being opened up across the country staffed by Chinese teachers. By the end of 1870, Dai Viet’s literacy rate was almost tripled compared to before the refugee crisis.
I guess that means no spread of the latinised script?
 
As far as I remember, there was already quite a solid industry, still reflected in the streets of Hanoi. Vietnamese potery were a solid substitute to Chinese ones


Is that another PoD? Why did they change their mind?


I guess that means no spread of the latinised script?

1. It existed, but is simply not large enough nor organized enough to matter anywhere outside of the urban area.

2. When they saw their "allies" beheaded and burnt thousands of innocent Chinese on a stake. OTL they didn't got the chance as they were crushed by the Qing.

3. Nope, Vietnam will be joining the Asia moonrunes club this time around. Quoc Ngu still existed, but only in the same capacity as romaji in Japan.
 
World Map 1885
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A/N: Not an update unfortunately, though one is currently in the work.
If this map look weird, it's probably because I'm suck at making map in general.
 
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A/N: Not an update unfortunately, though one is currently in the work.
If this map look weird, it's probably because I'm suck at making map in general.
Very cool! Wasn't Madagascar technically a French protectorate by then?
It looks really good anyway
 
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