Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 739 Reckless Yinglong is a bit reckless
Ruan Youliao's careful thinking is really not worth mentioning in front of Gao Yushi. He just hopes that Gao Yushi will be like many officials in Ming Dynasty. When he hears that the daughter and son of Nanzhang King come to ask for help, he immediately gets carried away and devotes himself to this "" Go to the great cause of "rise and fall".

But obviously, Gao Yushi is not that kind of person.

A bird in the hand is worse than a hundred birds in the forest. He couldn't even swallow Annan in two mouthfuls. How could he go to help the Nanzhang people restore the country now?

The pair of sisters and brothers who came here are the sons and daughters of King Nanzhang, but not his high-minded sons and daughters. Can he make it up to the old man?
However, the "White Elephant King Bo Yinnang" mentioned by Ruan Youliao has attracted the attention of Gao Pragmatism.

Gao Pragmatically is not very familiar with the term White Elephant Wang Bo Yinang, but he is very familiar with this person's other name: Mang Yinglong.

This man was the third king of the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar. During his reign, he established Myanmar’s hegemony in the Indochina Peninsula—except for the Malay Peninsula and Annan, which were within the Portuguese sphere of influence, the entire southeastern peninsula was prostrate under his rule. Under the prestige.In the history of later generations, he, Anuluduo and Yongjiya were called "Three Great Emperors of Myanmar".

This person not only unified Myanmar, but also destroyed the Ava Dynasty of Myanmar, which even the powerful Mongolian and Yuan cavalry could not defeat at the beginning, and then moved eastward, controlling Lannatai, Ayutthaya (Thailand), Lancang (Laos) and other places .

But what makes Gao Yushi hate him the most is his coveting of Yunnan.This person spent many years, sent troops to the north four times, and cut off one by one the "foreign vassals" of Daming in Yunnan. On the one hand, Daming was busy with internal reforms because of local officials, and on the other hand, he was busy with internal reforms. Dragons have enough importance.

In the seventh year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong went northward for the fourth time to cut off Meng Yang, a feudal vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Gao Yushi mentioned this to Guo Pu, but Guo Pu did not realize that Mang Yinglong's power had reached its peak, so he only sent him Rao Renkan, the governor of Yunnan, sent an envoy to Mang Yinglong, but at this time Mang Yinglong didn't bother to respond at all.

It was precisely because of this incident that Gao Wushi found a way to send Liu Ting to Yunnan in advance.

In other words, Gao Yushi started preparing for the historical "Ming-Burmese War" last year.

In this Ming-Burmese war in history, the Ming Dynasty had always been in an advantage before the outbreak of the "Three Great Wars of Wanli". died, Mang Yingli was his son), "entangled the barbarians, and blew the Weiyuan camp," and won a decisive victory.

However, the Mangyingli forces were not completely wiped out. Liu Ting clearly realized that "although the frontiers have been clarified, the Mang chieftains are rampant. If they are not wiped out urgently, the cause of disaster will eventually spread."Therefore, we should take advantage of the victory to advance and discuss, "After the turmoil is leveled, another plan will be made to change the land and set up the flow. After the pacification, it is more appropriate to build gates and fortresses, set up generals and drums to control the key points, and set up various department offices as horns. Follow the garrison The strategy is to have enough food, and wealth can make you rich, and your security can be strong; you can also train the natives to have enough soldiers, and your strength can make you strong. [Wufeng Note: From Liu Ting's "Pingluchuan Lubu".]
However, Liu Ting in history, like his father Liu Xian, had no civil servants to back him up in the court, and his planning was not valued by the court at all. Not only did the court not support him, but instead sent Liu Ting transfer away.

As soon as Liu Ting was transferred away, the situation in the southwest immediately deteriorated.In the 16th year of Wanli, as soon as Liu Ting left, Myanmar immediately raised troops and captured the Mengmi Xuanfu Division.

Then Myanmar waited for the response of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, in the 18th year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty did not respond at all, so Myanmar could not hold back and sent troops to attack Meng Gong and Meng Guang.Then, the Ming Dynasty originally transferred Deng Zilong back to Yunnan to prepare for a counterattack, but it didn't take long for the three major Wanli marches to break out, and the two sides fell into a tug of war.

Until the 34th year of Wanli, because the three major levies emptied the national treasury and internal funds, the Wanli Emperor continued the cold war with his courtiers, and no longer had the energy to manage the few foreign vassals in Yunnan. The area of ​​the Ming Dynasty was completely occupied by Myanmar.In particular, the loss of Mengyang and Mubang, the two great propagandists, caused Daming to lose his prestige in the southwest.

This Ming-Myanmar war, which has been fought for decades, is said by later generations to be "a series of victories in a row, and thousands of miles lost". Every time Gao Yushi reads this, he is always full of emotion.

And this battle, although it was mainly fought with Mang Yingli in the later stage, but if it is really counted, it should be counted from the time of Mang Yinglong.Although Gao Yushi knew about the Ming-Myanmar War back then, his eyes were mainly limited to Yunnan and Myanmar, but he ignored the situation in Southeast Asia as a whole. It was as if a new way of thinking had opened up.

Why can I, Daming, only fight you on the front line in Yunnan?

He couldn't help thinking that Mang Yinglong seemed to have died this year, and then Mang Yingli began to plan the remaining foreign feudal clans in Yunnan, and it seemed that he should have started a large-scale invasion of the north in the year after next.

So, if I pacify Annan within this year, can I contact Yunnan and make a two-pronged attack in advance to defeat or even wipe out Myanmar, a strong enemy in the southwest?
Well, this idea should be feasible. After all, whether it is Ayutthaya or Laos, they are very dissatisfied with the rule of the Burmese. If I remember correctly, in the later period of Mang Yingli's rule in history, because the war with Ming The strength has declined a lot, and these places have rebelled and become independent one after another.

Then, if I send troops from Annan to the west in the name of "the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty", and cooperate with Liu Ting to send troops from Yunnan to the south, and attack Burma together, wouldn't the father and son of Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli be in trouble? ?
In particular, this year should happen to be the year when Mang Yinglong died of illness. Mang Yingli will face such a situation as soon as he succeeds to the throne. His prestige is definitely not as good as his father Mang Yinglong. Maybe the Toungoo Dynasty, which seems to be the dominant power in the southern sky, is about to collapse!
Of course, this matter is not without trouble, and there are even more troubles.

First of all, the pace of pacifying Annan must be accelerated. Otherwise, the situation in Annan is uncertain. How could it be possible to send troops thousands of miles westward, fighting Laos and Ayutthaya all the way to Burma?Not only do we have to fight them down quickly, but we also have to find a way to send as many Annan soldiers as possible, leaving behind the guards of the servants of the direct line and the wolf soldiers of Cen Huang, the chieftain of the semi-directed line, to play with one hand - of course, the servants Some of the guards and wolf soldiers had to be sent out, otherwise the Annan people might not be obedient. This is the details of the political game, and it will not be too late.

The second is to convince the imperial court, which may be easy or difficult, but it is impossible to say now.But there are some preparatory work that must be done now, such as promoting the threat of Burma to the upper echelons of the imperial court, and finding ways to make the imperial court feel that this battle will not lose money—at least not too much.Waiting for these things, we have to start thinking of ways to do it, otherwise when the time comes when we suddenly say that Annan will be beaten, let alone that the prudent cabinet will not agree, I am afraid that Zhu Yijun will look confused: In a barren place like Myanmar, beating him Why, there is too much money and nowhere to spend it?
The last thing is to cultivate the leading party in advance—well, the leading party has already taken the initiative to come to a pair of siblings, but this is not enough. Laos alone is of little significance. This country is a country of mountains and forests. Although the area is considered to be a good deal in the Indochina Peninsula , but the population is limited and the economic strength is poor, so I'm afraid I can't help much.

More importantly, go to Ayutthaya to find the leading party.

Ayutthaya is the Thailand of the later generations. That place is simply the rice kingdom. Before being overtaken by India in 2016, the later generation has been the world's largest rice exporter. If you can find a leading party in Ayutthaya, then not only will you enter The road will become smooth and countless, and a stable and sufficient supply of food and salary will be harvested-oh, let alone the salary, at least the food of the army will definitely be guaranteed.

However, the trouble now is that Gao Yushi not only knows nothing about Laos, but also about Ayutthaya. Apart from knowing that the place is rich in rice, the rest of the knowledge is basically zero.

This is definitely not possible, not to mention that Gao Yushi himself will not be able to pass this test, even if he has the courage to fight, he will not be able to persuade Zhu Yijun and the cabinet!
Gao Wushi pondered, and asked the three Annan generals: "I heard that besides Laos, Ayutthaya is also under the control of this white elephant king now? Now there is Bijue in Laos who insists on resisting, but he doesn't know Is there anyone in Ayutthaya who rebelled against the tyranny of the White Elephant King?"

All three shook their heads, and Mo Yulin said: "There must be, but at present, there should be no one worth mentioning. They are all small troubles, spinning up and down."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, and asked again: "Is Burma's rule over Ayutthaya directly occupied, or supported by a puppet king?"

"Promote the puppet king." The three said at the same time.

"So, who is this puppet king now, and is it possible that he has a different heart for Myanmar?" Gao Wushi continued to ask.

This time the three of them hesitated for a while, but in the end it was Ruan Juan who said, "The current King of Siam is called Maha Tamaraja. Now, it can be seen that he is not a hero."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, but Ruan Juan continued, "However, his son seems to be quite capable."

"Oh? What's this person's name?"

Ruan Juan said: "What is his son's name, I will forget it for a while, but his nickname is quite famous, it is called 'Panalai', which means 'Black Prince', and this person is now Siam's 'Maha Ubara', the Vice King of Siam, is only... er, about 25 years old."

Gao Yushi's eyes lit up.

25 years old, this is a fat age...
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