Why did Brunei, once a vast country, finally become a tiny place?

Brunei, once a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, was originally a vast country, including the southern Philippines, Sarawak and Sabah. However, due to the greed of British colonists, Brunei was forced to cede Sabah to the British North Borneo Company, and later turned Brunei into a colony. After World War II, Brunei also fell apart and became a tiny place.

Now Brunei has not only changed from the largest empire in Borneo to the smallest country, but also the area between the two territories has become Malaysia's (Li Meng County), and all national parks from the capital to the east have to enter Malaysian territory. At this time, the land area is still quite large. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Mana Jagana, the clay king, personally led an envoy to China to visit Ming Chengzu. Unfortunately, he died and was buried in Nanjing.

/kloc-In the middle of the 7th century, Spain sent troops to attack Brunei in the name of punishing pirates, forcing Brunei to cede Palawan to Spain. This became the beginning of Brunei's nightmare. The territory was gradually eroded by colonists, and Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Britain invaded one after another, and the rule area of Brunei gradually narrowed.

Britain, in particular, not only positioned Brunei as its subordinate country in the form of a treaty, but also "unwilling" and insisted on tearing Brunei apart. Under the bluff of the British, Sarawak was given to the British citizen James Brooke, which led to the territory of Brunei becoming smaller and smaller. Britain stopped for a while in World War II and World War I, giving Brunei a chance to breathe.

After World War II, Britain made a comeback and firmly held Brunei in its own hands. Until Malaya merged, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak merged with Malaya with the help of the British to form Malaysia.