"Your Majesty..." Li Chunye didn't know where Zhu Youzhen thought of going.
"Waiting for quality, the New Deal has been piloted in the five northern provinces for so long, should the ministers rest assured?"
"Your Majesty wants to extend the New Deal to the five central and southern five provinces?" Li Chunye doesn't care much about the New Deal. He is the chief of national defense and only cares about the army. The soldiers of the five central and southern five provinces are what he cares about. Focus.
"Since the New Deal is running smoothly and can bring benefits to the court and the people, it will naturally be implemented throughout the country." Zhu Youjian has made up his mind. In the rich and prosperous area of the south of the Yangtze River, the tax payment now is not as good as Hebei and Shaanxi. In any case, it cannot be justified. He was not afraid of the opposition from the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. It was a big deal to suppress it. Now Xiyi has not yet invaded the east on a large scale, and Daming has time to clean up his internal affairs.
"Your Majesty, the number of government soldiers in the five provinces is huge, what about these government soldiers? Do they also have to immigrate outside the customs?"
"Although the number of soldiers in the five provinces is quite large, there are rich places such as Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Huguang. Soldiers will not go hungry even if they lose their land. I will just register first and talk about it later." Zhu Youjian's gaze is somewhat Gloomy, "I worry about the military soldiers in the five southern provinces. The military soldiers in Guangdong, Fujian, and Yunnan have been reorganized, and there are not many remaining military soldiers. If necessary, they can immigrate to Taiwan. However, the two provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou have both been reorganized until now. There is no conversion, let alone the soldiers."
"Your Majesty is going to take action in the South?"
"There must be action, but I haven't considered maturity yet, let's talk about it after the New Year.
Li Chunye has remembered every sentence of Zhu Youjian, "Your Majesty, there may be war in the South China Sea Fleet. How should the National Defense Agency support them?"
"The Army can't help much in the battle at sea. You just need to give the South China Sea Fleet enough food and ammunition. In addition, speed up the construction of new ships."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"It's Myanmar that I'm worried about." Zhu Youzhen frowned rarely.
"Your Majesty is finally going to conquer Burma?"
"It is only a matter of time before the South China Sea Fleet enters the South China Sea. I must make early plans and prepare more bases for them."
"Your Majesty, Myanmar is also an exempt country set by the great ancestor."
"Nation not to be conquered? Don’t you forget that Daming and Burma have fought more than once, right? Now we are talking about the country that is not conscripted?" Zhu Youjian estimated that the Ming army’s opposition to Myanmar would not be too strong, he I even planned to not discuss it in the court before the conquest of Myanmar, "Can you tell me the general situation of Myanmar?"
"The old minister is going to make a decision." Li Chunye knew that Zhu Youjian had plans to conquer Myanmar, so he knew the ins and outs of Myanmar clearly. "About five thousand years ago, there were people living in the Irrawaddy area in Myanmar, but The Burmese are not natives of Burma. The first natives here are dwarf blacks from Java."
"Dwarf Negro?" Zhu Youjian was taken aback. Does the legendary Dwarf Negro really exist? "What does the dwarf black guy look like?"
"Your Majesty, this is only a historical record. It is five thousand years old. Who has seen these short blacks? Besides, there are no short blacks in Myanmar now."
"Then Myanmar is now a yellow race like us?" Zhu Youzhen vaguely remembered that South Asians were similar to Hans, as if they had very big eyes and very high brow bones.
"It's about the same as us. About the late Spring and Autumn Period, Zhuangqiao, a native of Chu, entered Yunnan and expanded thousands of miles. Communication between the Central Plains Dynasty and Burma began and gradually formed the world-famous'Southern Silk Road'."
"..." Zhu Youjian did not speak, and motioned Li Chunye to continue, because Li Chunye had a faint expectation when it came to the relationship between the Han and Burma.
"About the time when the two Han dynasties were handed over, the Ailao people in the Central Plains were divided into two branches. They went south along the Lancang River. One branch occupied Zhenla, which was the so-called Lao Xuanyisi in the early Ming Dynasty. The other branch entered Siam and Burma. Those in Myanmar are now Mon and live in the Sitang River basin."
"Meng people migrated from the Central Plains? Then do they admit it?" Zhu Youzhen didn't expect Burma and Daming to have such a relationship. This is the basis for the conquest he was looking for. As for the Ailao people, Zhu Youzhen Selective forgetting, they are not Han at all.
"Your Majesty, it's almost two thousand years. I'm afraid they themselves have forgotten where they came from," Li Chunye smiled bitterly and shook his head. "However, the Meng people have been at odds with the Burmese, but they are closer to Daming."
"Just get close." Zhu Youzhen thought in his heart that once he conquered Burma, he would first naturalize the Mon people. "Waiting for quality, you continue to say, see how many useful things there are."
"Later, Tibetan-Burmese people from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau moved south to Burma. Around the end of the Han Dynasty, a group of Burmese... the Pui tribe went south to the Irrawaddy Delta to establish a Pya state with Pyay as its capital."
"The Burmese also migrated from the land of Ming Dynasty? Then they should also be descendants of Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youjian didn't care if they were Han people.
"Your Majesty, the Burmese people are more hostile to Daming, and shouldn't admit that they are descendants of Daming."
Zhu Youzhen said that as long as there is a reason for conquest, no matter whose descendant you are, "wait for the quality to continue."
"In the sixth year of Taihe in the Tang Dynasty (832 AD), the Piu state was destroyed by the Nanzhao state, which was also a Tibetan and Burmese. The Piu people fled around and gradually merged with the Burmese in the Jiaqi area. The Nanzhao state in the Tang Dynasty , Your Majesty should know, right?"
"Is that the Nanzhao State between Datang and Tubo?"
"It is this Nanzhao country."
"It turns out that they are also Burmese, Tibetans and Burmese. No wonder they are closer to Tubo."
"Co-existed alongside the Phu State, the Mon people established the Zhitong State in Mawlamyine on the lower reaches of the Nu River and built the ancient city of Bai. After the demise of the Piao State, Zhitong State ruled the entire Lower Burma."
"This direct country, but the Baigu Kingdom where Zheng He went to the West?" Zhu Youjian had seen the Baigu Kingdom in Daming's classics many times and asked casually.
"Your Majesty, this is not the Ancient Bai Kingdom, but it should be his predecessor."
"..."
"About the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Burmese who settled in the Qiqi area established the Bagan dynasty and established the capital Bagan. In the fourth year of Qingli of the Great Song Dynasty (1044 AD), Bagan unified the entire territory of Myanmar and created the first in Myanmar history. A unified dynasty... the Bagan dynasty."
"The unified dynasty of Burma only established in 1044?" Zhu Youzhen calculated in his mind that it was three thousand years later than the Han.
"In the 24th year from the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1287), Kublai led the Meng Yuan cavalry troops to invade the Bagan dynasty, causing the Bagan dynasty to lose its independence. In the fourth year of Yuanzheng Yuanzhen (AD 1297), the Bagan dynasty Formally perished, the Mongol Yuan established the'Myanmar Central Province' here and later merged into the Yunnan Province."
"What, Meng Yuan once ruled Burma completely? What reason is there for Daming to conquer Burma? Daming inherited the rule of Meng Yuan, and wherever Meng Yuan ruled, it should be Daming's land." Zhu Youjian was overjoyed. This is enough, why bother to find countless inadequate reasons
"Your Majesty, Mong Yuan’s reign in Myanmar did not last long, so Myanmar was not fully naturalized. Almost at the same time when Mong Yuan destroyed the Bagan dynasty, the Meng people established the Bai Gu dynasty in the south and set the capital as Bai Gu. The Shan people established the Ava dynasty in the north, and the capital Ava. In addition, there are many small countries in Burma, such as Toungoo, Mengyong, Mengmi, and Arakan. The Baigu dynasty in the south is the Baigu dynasty in the Ming classics. ancient."
"Oh… "
"After the end of Meng Yuan’s rule, fierce wars broke out between these countries. Among them, the largest Baigu dynasty and the Ava dynasty broke out for a long time. It is called the "Forty Years War" in Ming classics. The war weakened. The strength of these two countries."
"..."
"The prolonged war between these two countries left a large number of people in the country in exile, and the Tongyu dynasty gradually became stronger. In the 18th year of Ming Jiajing (1539 AD), the Baigu dynasty was destroyed by the Tongyu dynasty. In the 25th year of Ming Jiajing (AD 1546), the capital was moved to Baigu. In the 34th year of Ming Jiajing (AD 1555), the Toungoo Dynasty eliminated the Ava Dynasty and achieved the second reunification in Burma's history."
"Crane and clams are fighting, and the fisherman gets a profit. Which clan built this Toungoo dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, they are the Burmese. They make up the majority of the Burmese population. The Burmese are more combative. Since the establishment of the Toungoo Dynasty, they have been attacking the south and the north. In addition to achieving the unification of Burma, they have repeatedly invaded the Siamese Ayutthaya Dynasty. "
"Ayutthaya Dynasty? Where did this country come from?"
"Your Majesty, the Ayutthaya Dynasty is to the east of Burma, to the south to the sea, and to the north is the Yunnan of Ming Dynasty. It is called Siam in the classics of Ming Dynasty."
"Siam?" Zhu Youjian is still unfamiliar with the name, but based on its geographic location, Zhu Youjian estimates that it is Thailand.
"The name of this country now is the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. Your Majesty, it is interesting to say that King Utong who founded the Kingdom of Ayutthaya is still a descendant of the Han people."
"A descendant of the Han people? Is the Dacheng dynasty and Daming still friendly?"
"Your Majesty, the Dacheng dynasty also belongs to the fifteen non-expropriated countries set by Taizu. After the founding of Ming Dynasty, he often paid tribute. Now there is no news."
"Well, I see, you keep talking."
"In the forty-two year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1563), the King Mang Yinglong of the Toungoo Dynasty sent an army of 400,000 to invade the Ayutthaya dynasty and conquered their capital, but after the departure of Toungoo's army, the Ayutthaya dynasty was restored. It succeeded. In the 47th year of Ming Jiajing (AD 1568), the Toungoo dynasty once again invaded the Dacheng dynasty on a large scale."
"The quality of these histories is not too old, but it is not very credible. How many people did the Toungoo Dynasty have and can it organize a 400,000 army?" Zhu Youjian felt that sometimes history can deceive people.
"Your Majesty, this Tongyu dynasty is like a nomad. Once a war starts, almost all adult men are soldiers."
"This kind of military force, likes war even better than I, does this country still have the ability to develop?" Zhu Youzhen laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Your Majesty is right. Endless wars have exhausted the national power of the Tongyu dynasty. In the 27th year of the Ming Dynasty Wanli (1599 AD), the Akha tribe occupied Baigu, the capital of the Tongyu dynasty, and the Tongyu dynasty was forced to Move the capital to Ava."
"Is this Toungoo Dynasty immortal?"
"No, Your Majesty, the Toungoo Dynasty is still resurrected. In the 41st year of Ming Dynasty Wanli (AD 1613), Toungoo King Arabilon regained the lost land and drove away the Portuguese who landed, reunified Burma and the East The Yu Dynasty has persisted until now, but they and the Ayutthaya Dynasty are still at war. It seems that the two sides are endlessly dying."
"Up to now? Not anymore? Why didn't Hou Ji talk about the war between Ming and Burma?" Zhu Youjian didn't understand why Li Chunye ignored the most important part of Burma's history. Is he worried that he is also like the Burmese, who will be militant