East Factory Governor

Chapter 817

The Ming army won a big victory, as expected.

In this battle, more than 9000 of Talong's 8000 elite were poisoned to death, more than 9000 escaped, more than [-] surrendered, and the rest were all killed.

The Ming army only suffered more than [-] casualties.

Most importantly, Qin Shuhuai captured Talong and several important Dongwu ministers alive.

In this way, the Talong regime will officially die in Dongwu.

However, the work of the Ming army is far from over. There are still many remaining Talong troops in Dongwu, and the uprising in the Ava area is in full swing. Dexin supports a regime, then wipes out his Longyu party, and then quells the civil uprising.

In view of the fact that the uprising dominated by the Ava Shan people was due to their resistance to his relocation of the capital, and now that he has been captured and the regime has collapsed, the relocation of the capital will naturally be cancelled, so the theoretical basis for their uprising no longer exists—— The next step is mainly to abolish a series of policies that oppress the Shan and Mon ethnic groups in order to quell public grievances.

In addition, regarding the riots in the Ava area, don't forget that a large number of instigators are members of the White Lotus Sect. They are not only instigators and organizers, but also Qin Shuhuai provided them with a lot of money and weapons, so of course it is easy to become an army. The leader of the rebel army can at least mix with the faction in power.

From this point of view, as long as Qin Shuhuai gives an order, I believe that most of the leaders are willing to quell the riots. After all, they have been brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect and dare not violate the order. On the other hand, they know the strength of the Ming army better than anyone else. ——Especially after Qin Shuhuai easily defeated Talong.

Even if there is a riot leader who already has a certain amount of power and tastes the sweetness of power and is unwilling to dismiss his subordinates, the Ming army and the newly supported regime are enough to easily defeat them.

So the Ava riot is nothing to worry about.

As for the rest of Talong's party, in fact, there are not many direct descendants.

The most elite has been eliminated by Qin Shuhuai, and now there are only more than 2 soldiers under Khan Lida in the Awa area, more than 1 soldiers and horses preparing to resist Li Dingguo in the Xidang River, and the [-] army in the north.

But these troops are all Akhmedans, and most of them are not Burmese. After the death of Talong, the new regime came to recruit for peace and offered generous conditions. Will these Akhmedans continue to work for his Longyu party? ?
Qin Shuhuai believes that people should not be so cheap.

I have come to give you back your freedom, so that you can farm, farm, and live with dignity, so that you don’t have to be slaves for generations, and you don’t have to have tattoos on your foreheads, and you still want to help those old masters who oppressed you to beat me?
Well, if there are really low-spirited people who insist on being dog soldiers, then Qin Shuhuai doesn't mind sending them to reunite with the master.

All in all, Qin Shuhuai believes that with more than 4 elite Ming troops sitting in Dongwu, it is impossible that this small country cannot be pacified.

The next problem is to support the new regime.

Judging from the information provided by Ma Bo, apart from Talong, the most prestigious person in Dongwu is his son Ping Dali.

Qin Shuhuai had heard of Pin Dali. Historically, he was the next king of Burma. After he became king, Burma gradually declined under his hands. It can be seen that his level of governance is not high. It is not a bad thing for Ming to let him rule.

However, Ping Dali is Talong's son after all, if he is allowed to take power, he may rebel in the future, so this alone is not suitable.

After much deliberation, he couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to put aside the discussion for the time being, and then ordered the army to go to Bagu, entering the capital first.

After the Ming army cleaned up the battlefield, they rested in place overnight, and went north to Bagu the next day.

At this time, the main force of Dongwu was lost, and no other force dared to stop the Ming army. Even if there was a diehard loyalist to him, considering that he was in the hands of the Ming army, he would definitely not dare to act rashly.

The army marched smoothly all the way, and arrived in Bago after two days of marching.

At this time, the gate of the capital of King Bagu was wide open, and all the ministers and nobles of the Dongwu Dynasty who stayed in Bagu came to the gate of the city to welcome the army of the "Heavenly Kingdom" into the city.

When the Ming army entered the city, everyone knelt down in unison, and the scene was silent, only the footsteps of the conquerors entering the city echoed, so neat, majestic and proud.

Walking to the gate of the palace, a person suddenly came, holding something similar to a seal in both hands, kneeling at the door, saying something in Dongwu.

Ma Bo and Qin Shuhuai translated.

"This man is Mang Ligu, a minister in charge of internal affairs. On behalf of all the officials, he presented the seal of King Talong to Daming to show his submission to Daming and apologize to Daming at the same time."

Qin Shuhuai nodded, let Lai San'er take the seal, and then entered the palace.

The Bagu Palace is full of exotic customs, so Qin Shuhuai took Lai San'er and others around for a tour.

Later, after lunch, he called everyone to discuss the candidate for the new king of Dongwu.

At that time, Dongwu was relatively stable under Thalong's power politics, so there were not many people with high prestige who could control the whole country.

Even if there are, they are also Burmese, and they are all closely related to Thalong, which is naturally not allowed.

Everyone thought about it, since there is no suitable one, then simply choose the obedient one.

Among the Ava Shan uprising army, there are many Shan leaders who have joined the White Lotus Sect, so choose one of them.

Ma Bo quickly recommended a candidate, his name is Du Libai, he joined the White Lotus Sect very early, and is currently the leader of the largest rebel army in the Ava area, with about 5000 people under his command.

Everyone agrees.

Anyway, with the Ming army in charge, whoever is allowed to be the king can be the king.

Qin Shuhuai has no objection either, because it is impossible for him to think of ways to ease the ethnic conflicts in Dongwu and ensure that this man named Du Libai can stay in power forever.

I'm too busy with my own family affairs, so I still take care of your family affairs?I'll take care of it for you, maybe one day I will come to attack my Daming land again, so I am grateful?

Anyway, what he wanted was for Dongwu to come to congratulate him in a certain upcoming ceremony.

During this period, he can let Du Libai implement some policies to ease ethnic conflicts, so as to calm the dissatisfaction in Dongwu as much as possible, but he will continue to let the Ming army station again, and suppress anyone who dares to resist.

As for after the ceremony?

I care so much about you, and you can resolve your own conflicts by yourself. This is called "non-interference in internal affairs."

That's it.

The leader of the rebel army named Du Libai who is far away in Ava still doesn’t know it. As Atai, he secretly ran out of Ava to the port of Pasen, boarded a Dutch ship as a crew member, and then arrived in Ava. Along the coast of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, he was fooled by a few Ming people with a lot of money to go to Tianjin and joined the White Lotus Sect.A year and a half later, he returned to his hometown again, and without much trouble, he became the king of Dongwu in a daze.

This plot, I am afraid that he would not dare to do it in his dreams.

……

Afterwards, Qin Shuhuai immediately sent people to persuade the more than 1 Dongwu soldiers stationed at the Xidang River to surrender so that Li Dingguo could cross the river smoothly and join forces with him.

However, shortly after he gave the order, someone from outside reported that the general of the Dongwu army stationed at the Xidang River had returned with his troops.

But all his soldiers, having abandoned their weapons and unarmored, came to surrender.

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, and said to Meng Wei, "There are really great men who know current affairs everywhere! Meng Wei, you go and deal with them. All these soldiers will be organized into our army if they are messed up. After setting up rules for them, we will go back and choose them." Some reliable Shan people will come to lead, as for the generals who come to surrender, they will reward money, houses and beauties to set a good example for other Dongwu generals."

Meng Wei said with a smile, "The Duke is thoughtful, and this subordinate will do it now."

Just two days later, Li Dingguo's nearly [-] troops successfully crossed the Xidang River and arrived at the capital of King Bagu.

As soon as Li Dingguo saw Qin Shuhuai, he said, "My lord, the general was very anxious when he received him leading an army of [-] to fight you to the death. I wanted to cross the river quickly to help you, but I didn't expect to see Qin Shuhuai as soon as I got to the river. The troops on the other side withdrew, and then heard that King Long had been captured alive by the Duke! Hehe, Dingguo sighed at the time, he still didn’t know the Duke well enough! With the methods of the Duke, why should he be afraid of him for a mere [-] people? Army?"

Qin Shuhuai laughed, "Brother Dingguo, when did he learn to flirt? But it's very comfortable for me to say it."

Li Dingguo followed up with a smile and said, "Dingguo may not be able to say nasty things to other people, but in front of the Duke, Dingguo is not afraid of being said to be flattering. Anyway, what I said is the truth. If the Duke thinks it is flattery, That country also recognizes it."

The two laughed.

Afterwards, Qin Shuhuai said again, "Dingguo, turn around and find a strong general and ask him to take [-] soldiers to Ava. I plan to have someone persuade Khan Lida of Talong's old tribe on Awa's side to surrender. To persuade you to surrender, you still need to maintain a little deterrence, if he is stubborn, then beat him first."

Li Dingguo said, "It is said that Khan Lida has [-] soldiers and horses. Maybe the [-] Dong Wu army in the north may also join forces with him, so there are many uncertain factors. According to the views of the subordinates, it is better to let the subordinates Let me personally lead the troops to persuade you to surrender, so that you can adapt to the situation at any time."

Qin Shuhuai said, "Dingguo, I know that you are more considerate than others, but you should not go. I still have a lot of things to explain to you."

Usually, Qin Shuhuai and Li Dingguo don't have many opportunities to stay together, so Qin Shuhuai cherishes the present time very much, so that he can chat with Li Dingguo about his thoughts on the country and the future.

He knew very well that after the pacification of Dongwu, it would be the grand ceremony for all nations to come to court that Chongzhen had been thinking about, and a brand new, prosperous and powerful Ming Dynasty would truly be displayed in front of the world.

And he will also return to the original time and space.

Therefore, it is one more time to chat, modify some of the ways of governing the country and historical lessons of later generations, and tell Li Dingguo and Chongzhen in an unobtrusive way, no matter whether they can listen to it or not, even if they can learn from it.

……

The task of persuading Khan Lida to surrender fell to Mang Ligu who had come to present the king's seal before, and at the same time He Kegang led an escort of [-] Ming troops.

There was no surprise, more than half a month later, news came from Awa that General Hanlida chose to surrender.

At the same time, General Dongwu in the north also sent envoys to discuss matters of surrender.However, the North made many requests, dozens of them. To sum up, in fact, apart from the nominal surrender, the king of Dongwu was not allowed to interfere in other matters, and he would not even pay taxes.

It is somewhat similar to the Burmese Autonomous State in later generations.

But Qin Shuhuai chuckled and agreed with everything without any omission.

According to him, what does that matter to him?

If you want to stand up as the king of the land in the north of Dongwu, is it possible that I have to send troops to help you maintain the unity of the country?

Think beautiful!
A few days later, Du Libai arrived at Bagu, the capital of the king.

When Qin Shuhuai told him that he was going to be the king of Dongwu, this guy's eyeballs almost fell out.

Of course, now he is only a king in name, and if he wants to truly take power, he has to be officially conferred by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty—this extremely symbolic etiquette cannot be omitted.

Subsequently, a new policy was implemented to ease the ethnic conflicts in Dongwu.Qin Shuhuai proposed a general outline, four words: ethnic equality.

He is too lazy to care about other things, let Du Libai discuss it with the minister himself.

After finishing all the trivial chores, the time has come to May, the eighth year of Chongzhen.

Qin Shuhuai decided that the army would stay and continue to help Du Libai stabilize the regime, and he and some of the main generals set off to return home.

(End of this chapter)