Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1126 Rebuilding Siam

On the third day of May, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to appoint Liu Shizeng as the "special envoy of imperial envoys to deal with the aftermath of the Yunnan War" to go to the capital to serve as the "special envoy of imperial envoys to deal with the aftermath of the Yunnan War". Myanmar.

At the same time, the imperial decree clearly mentioned that in addition to being responsible for the aftermath of Burma, Liu Shizeng would also "temporarily assist Huang Zhiting, Liu Ting, Deng Zilong and other military affairs in Burma, coordinate military pay and food, discuss meritorious service and other matters."

The so-called aftermath work for Burma is actually a matter of negotiation with Burma. After all, the Ming court did not plan to set up a Burmese chief secretary, or the Burmese capital department, Burmese capital commander and other institutions. Therefore, in theory, Burma is still a tributary state after the war. Of course In name, it may be at most the attached Xuanweisi—the kind that the outsiders basically don’t care about.

That being the case, Gao Pragmatism's previous Dianzhan treasure banknote plan must be put on the agenda quickly, otherwise the "investors" of this money will not be satisfied.

In fact, Liu Shizeng was discussing the issue of profit sharing on behalf of these investors. There is no doubt about this, but the latter item of additional power is more interesting.

Liu Shizeng was the governor of Yunnan, and the two ministries of Liu Ting and Deng Zilong were under his control, so it stands to reason that there is no need for a special account.As for Huang Zhiting's department, it was not Liu Shizeng's turn to take care of it, but this time it was specially added - even if the word was "temporary".

What does temporarily Xiang mean?Temporary, temporarily; Xiang, Xiangzan.In name, temporary assistance means "temporary help", but this is impossible in Daming—you must know that most governors are also "appreciating military affairs", but in fact, they are all top leaders in local military affairs?Unless he has a more military-oriented governor on his head.

There was no governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, and the head of military affairs in Yunnan was the governor of Yunnan, and the position of governor could not be placed under the generals, so his temporary role was actually a temporary trusteeship.

It stands to reason that this is an infringement - Huang Zhiting's identity is the deputy capital of Annan, and of course it is not as good as the governor of Yunnan in terms of rank, but Annan has its own particularity, which is equivalent to a special administrative region that appeared hundreds of years earlier. It stipulates non-interference in Annan's internal military and political affairs.

So what do you say this time?Did the court change its mind and start interfering in Annan's internal affairs?
No, on the contrary, this suggestion was put forward by Gao Pragmatic.

Gao Pragmatically did this with two main meanings: first, it was to shut up some people, so as to show that although Annan had his independent side, it was always Daming's internal identity.When necessary, Daming can still govern; second, high pragmatism must pay back.

What is the payback?The Annan Expeditionary Army’s fight against Burma, military pay, food, grass and ammunition, etc., were all paid by Annan in advance—in fact, Gao Yushi paid for it himself. Now that the battle is basically over, the expenses in the next period of time cannot be repaid by himself. money?What's more, there are rewards.

So in the final analysis of this matter, Gao Yushi temporarily sold a certain "name" in exchange for real money from the court to fill the hole.

Is the court willing to pay the money?It's hard to say if it's placed in another country, but it's completely fine in Ming Dynasty.

Because in Daming, name is more important than real profit most of the time, so the court needs this name, and Gao Pragmatic needs to make up for the deficit. This way, both parties get what they need and get the best of both worlds.

The more important point is Liu Shizeng himself. He was born in Chen Dang, but now that Chen Dang has declined greatly, Chen Yubi has secretly joined the "Gao Dang" faction.As far as Gao Yushi is concerned, he doesn't have to worry about any trouble if he lets half of his family take care of it under his name.

In addition, there is another interesting phenomenon, that is, Annan originally had two expeditionary forces, but now only Huang Zhiting's one has been handed over to Liu Shizeng in name, while Ruan Huang's troops in charge of Nanzhang and Siam have never been in the army. mentioned in the decree.

In other words, the Ming court does not care about and is not responsible for what this army did.

After hearing the news, Liu Shizeng immediately set off to go south, and when the news passed through Jinghua's interior reached Ruan Huang's hands, he immediately had a clear understanding.

It may not be feasible to attract foreign forces from Myanmar to force Na Lixuan to move closer to Annan. The next thing can only be done by yourself. It should also be to allow oneself to "act cheaply".

Freedom is very free, but this matter is not easy to handle.

Ruan Huang originally only brought [-] soldiers into Nanzhang, although because of the weak combat effectiveness of the Nanzhang army, there were almost no casualties, and he made a good start in capturing the thief and the king. When I left Nanzhang to Siam, there were [-] soldiers...

But relying on these [-] soldiers to take Siam is completely out of the plan.Not to mention the whole of Siam, Na Lixuan alone has [-] troops on hand. With his temperament, since he can fight against Burma, he can also fight against Annan and even Ming Dynasty.

Ruan Huang thought about it, but he didn't come up with any good idea. He simply stopped the army for a day under the pretext that the mountain road was difficult to walk, and he was bored in the camp tent thinking hard about the way to break the situation.

As a result, what Ruan Huang waited for was Na Lixuan's messenger who asked him three times a day to rush to Phitsanulok as soon as possible to launch the battle of Chiang Mai with him.

At this time, Ruan Huang suddenly had an idea.

While quietly dispatching a courier to Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam, he patted his chest to assure Naresuan's courier that he would leave immediately. He also specifically asked about Phitsanulok's deployment in detail, and finally patted his thigh, expressing why he had to go to Phitsanulok by himself. What about a turn?Wouldn't it be good to lead the army straight to Chiang Mai?

The courier was not an ordinary courier, but a trusted general under Na Lixuan. He was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still asked Ruan Huang what he meant.

Ruan Huang proposed a plan: In order to prevent the Chiang Mai Burmese army from fleeing directly when they learned of their domestic difficulties, he suggested that Na Lixuan should not wait any longer, but directly sent troops to Chiang Mai. Ruan Huang also changed his marching route and went straight to the Chiang Mai helps.

Ruan Huang pulled out the map and analyzed it to the general, saying that according to the distance, after Na Lixuan arrived in Chiang Mai and launched an offensive, he would definitely be able to reach Chiang Mai within one day at the earliest, or three days at the latest.Although the three to three days may seem inconspicuous, it is related to whether the Burmese army can escape smoothly. If they escape, it will always be a threat to Siam...

The general understood Ruan Huang's implication, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he thought it was okay: Our army's northward march this time is mainly to hold back the [-] Burmese troops as soon as possible, so that we can launch a general offensive as soon as Ruan Huang arrives. very good!Right now, the Burmese army is [-], and our army is also [-]. Could it be that our army can't hold it for three days?
So the general rushed back to Phitsanulok overnight to report the letter. After hearing this, Na Lixuan felt that the proposal was far-sighted in politics and no problem in military affairs, so she agreed, and immediately sent troops to the north, and at the same time sent the general again Make a trip to tell Ruan Huang the result.

At the same time, he also kept an eye out for the general to see if Ruan Huang really changed the marching route and his speed.

In the end, there was no problem. Ruan Huang also sent troops to Chiang Mai overnight. After meeting with the trusted general under Na Lixuan again, he treated him well, and then politely sent him to "return to the vice king to make meritorious service." , and at the same time ordered to pull out the camp and continue on the road.

The general happily went back to report the letter, and Na Lixuan was completely relieved after hearing this, and headed towards Chiang Mai with full confidence.

But what the Black Prince didn't know was that after sending the general away, Ruan Huang didn't continue to drive towards Chiang Mai at all, but turned around and headed directly towards Dacheng.

Ayutthaya is the capital of Siam, and the Siamese king Maha Tamaraja, who was also promoted as a puppet by the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar, is in Ayutthaya, and Tamaraja is of course also the father of Nalixuan.

The location of Ayutthaya is about 150 miles north of Bangkok in later generations.After the decline of the Sukhothai era, the king of Uthong moved here to establish a new capital. It has been more than two hundred years so far, and it is the center of Siam in various senses at this time.

Ruan Huang's coming to Dacheng is a dangerous move.What he meant was that if Tamaraja knew his face, everything would be easy to talk about, but if he didn't, then no wonder he was so tough.

However, in his heart, he was inclined to know that Tanmaroja knew people, because Jinghua had already investigated the information of Tanmaroja thoroughly and informed Yu Ruanhuang.

Generally speaking, the characteristic of Tamaraja is that he is afraid of getting into trouble.

After the rise of Mangrui, the Thai-Myanmar War, commonly known as the later world, broke out.In the 27th year of Jiajing, King Mang Ruiti of Burma took advantage of the Siamese royal family strife and domestic turmoil, and led his army to invade on a large scale.The next year, he surrounded the capital Ayutthaya City (that is, the "Great City" called in this book according to the Ming Dynasty custom, and later generations of Chinese in Thailand also called this place Ayutthaya.), and retreated because of the long-term attack.

In the 42nd year of Jiajing, the new Burmese king Mang Yinglong invaded again, captured Ayutthaya the next year, captured the Siamese king and most of the royal family members and residents to Burma, and established another puppet king.

In the second year of Longqing, as Siam tried to get rid of Burma's control, Mang Yinglong made another massive attack.From November of this year to August of the following year, Ayutthaya resisted the siege of the Burmese army for ten months, but eventually fell due to internal mutiny.Mang Yinglong then executes the former puppet king and makes Peng Shiluo, a timid prefect who is close to Myanmar, the puppet king.

This puppet king is Tamaraja.

Tamaraja may have been very afraid of conflict with Myanmar because the previous puppet king died so badly.After handing over the post of Phitsanulok's prefect to his son Na Lixuan, who had already been established as the crown prince (that is, the deputy king), he sent people to warn him from time to time not to do anything recklessly, especially not to plot against Myanmar, so as not to get burned.

Ruan Huang judged that such a person, even Myanmar can let him be a dog honestly, so in his eyes, the Great Ming Dynasty, which has already defeated Myanmar, should be equivalent to a completely invincible god.When he went to Dacheng under the banner of Ming Dynasty, Tanmaroja would never dare to resist, so he could only let someone Ruan round and flatten him, and fiddle with it at will.

But the more critical situation now is that after Nalixuan raised his troops, the king Tamaraja lost his voice, neither expressing support nor opposition.

Ruan Huang felt that he should feel that he was in a dilemma - if he supported it, the whole family would have to be buried with him if he failed; At that time, it is hard to say whether I can be forgiven by Myanmar.

But this problem is not a problem in Ruan Huang's view. As long as he persecutes it and makes Tanmaroja openly express his support for Ming to set things right and punish the people, he can easily gain the power of Siam—as long as he loses his name to Tamaraja will be fine.

At that time, although Naresuan was "the first to initiate a righteous act", it was useless. He was only the deputy king, the crown prince, and the king of Siam was still Tanmaroja. Tanmaroja had every reason to order all parts of Siam to follow his own In this way, even if those other places also "raise the flag of righteousness", this flag can only be gathered under the flag of Tamaraja.

As for Tamaraja himself, he should have been controlled by Ruan Huang at that time.

What is the so-called magpie's nest and dove's occupation?This is the magpie's nest dove.

Once Tamaraja was captured, Nalixuan's strength would not be able to expand, and the power in Siam would be indirectly controlled by Annan, so he, Ruan Huang, handed over the largest vote to Senior High School.

As for what to do next, it depends on Gao Gaocheng's intentions. Anyway, Ruan Huang asked himself, with the power he currently has, he can only do this at most.

You must know that Nanzhang is also controlled by similar means now. With the addition of Siam, he is actually controlling two countries with a mere 20 soldiers. If these two countries really want to turn against... I dare not say that it is really not a surprise that [-] rebels broke out.

So when it comes to this matter, I have to act quickly, and secondly, the high school Cheng has to take over quickly, otherwise, the real strength is simply too weak, there are many nights and dreams, and the ghost knows when something will happen.

Ruan Huang himself really doesn't have any "two-heartedness". After all, he only has [-] headquarters on hand, so it's not as good as the Shenglong garrison he brought, and the weapons and equipment are even more incomparable, and the Shenglong garrison cannot be him. It can be won.

If there is any "two-heartedness" to consider, then it is completely tired of work, it is better to make great contributions honestly and gamble on the courage of the senior high school.

Ruan Huang's march was extremely smooth.Because when Na Lixuan announced the uprising, in order to prevent the opposition from easily suppressing him, he had spread the word in advance that he was supported by Ming Dynasty, and that Ming Dynasty had sent the army under the command of Annan as the vanguard. Come support him.

In other words, everyone knows that Daming is now the boss behind the Siam uprising, and Annan's army is Daming's vanguard.

And how fierce is Daming?It had just won a big victory in the Battle of Taungoo in Burma. With a weak force of [-], it defeated the main force of the Burmese army of [-], and was almost wiped out!What's more, that Ming army was also Annan's army.

Therefore, no one dared to stop Ruan Huang's troops from flying southward.

And Ruan Huang didn't care how he went all the way, if the Siamese suddenly broke out and made trouble, it was hard to say whether he would be able to get away, but he just ran towards the big city.

On May [-]th, Ruan Huang's troops arrived at the foot of Dacheng City. Ruan Huang himself stood in front of the army and sent his guards to call the door.

"Listen to the truth: In accordance with the oracle of the Son of Heaven, I ordered the King of Siam, Tanmaroja, to go out of the city to meet him! After the three sticks of incense are burned, if Tanmaroja does not leave the city, he will be regarded as violating the oracle and possessing a rebellious thief. ... In this way, our army will surely destroy the big city and rebuild Siam!"

After saying that, the guard turned around and went back, not haggling with the people in the city at all.

After just a stick of incense, the north gate of the great city opened wide, and the Siamese king Tanmaraja held the land book, household registration and the three treasures of the king, led all the civil and military officials out of the city, and walked towards Ruan Huang respectfully.

Ruan Huang's chin lifted slightly, but he finally relaxed. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his back was already wet with sweat.
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