Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 890
"Long time no see, are you all right?"

Zhu Yihai fanned the wind with a fan, and said to the five sons with a smile, Zhu Chenggong, Zhu Shengli, Zhu Zhongyi, Zhu Pengfei, Zhu Dingguo.

Zhu Chenggong conquered Japan, Zhu Dingguo conquered Annan, Zhu Zhongyi conquered Burma, Zhu Pengfei guarded Chuankang, and Zhu Shengli had been fighting against Tsarist Russia in Siberia.

As righteous sons of the emperor who bestowed the country's surname, although they came from different backgrounds, they were indeed very special in the Shaotian Dynasty, and the trust they received was far from comparable to that of ordinary generals. On the edge of Tongbing Town.

Zhu Yihai had been in the Western Regions for several years, but he didn't bring these adopted sons with him, but let them go to each town, and their performance was also remarkable.Zhu Chenggong was the commander-in-chief of Andong, and turned Japan into a war between the northern and southern shogunate. He also included the northern Ezo Island into Ming Dynasty, and turned many places such as Tsushima and Goto into Ming colonies. Unable to leave Daming, the trade volume with Daming is increasing day by day. In the past, Tokugawa tried to restrict trade with Daming and prohibit the large outflow of gold and silver.

But now Tokugawa and Matsuura only want to destroy each other, so at all costs, they borrow money from Ming Dynasty, purchase large quantities of firearms and warships, and hire instructors from Ming Dynasty. They were forced to sign a treaty to cede the land, mortgage the customs to Daming, and even let Daming cooperate in mining in Japan.

Japan's northern and southern shogunates were not so open at the beginning.

Even Tokugawa fought directly with Ming for a long time, but they couldn't beat Zhu Chenggong's Andong camp at all, and after Matsuura established the shogunate with the support of the Ming army, they soon couldn't help themselves. Facing Tokugawa's strong oppression, they counted Once defeated, he had no choice but to ask the Ming Dynasty for support, otherwise he would be doomed.

Even Zhu Yihai admired Zhu Chenggong, Hong Chengchou and others for their success in Ryukyu and North Korea in Japan. The degree was very good. Today’s trade with Japan has brought great harvests to Ming Dynasty. The output of silver and copper mines in Japan is very amazing every year. A large amount was exported to Daming, and Daming's sole proprietorship or shareholding already accounted for one-third of these outputs.

The fierce war between the two sides produced a large number of prisoners of war, and they were also continuously sold to Ming Dynasty as slaves.Now tens of millions of people in Japan are fighting in chaos. The two sides are not only fighting head-on, but also continuously sending warships deep into the enemy's rear, plundering the coast and even the hinterland of the opponent, plundering the population, and then reselling them to Ming Dynasty.

Gold, silver, copper, and sulfur, and then a large number of slaves. Due to the civil war in Japan, not only its already fragile handicraft industry was destroyed, but even its currency system was completely collapsed. The two sides continued to issue gold and silver coins that were seriously insufficient. The depreciation of banknotes was even issued, and daimyos from all over the country also wantonly issued banknotes that were not guaranteed. This made merchants, common people, and even daimyos more accept Ming's silver coins and even cash vouchers.

Now they only have agriculture and mining industries left, and other textiles and porcelains have been completely defeated by the Ming army's high-quality and cheap commodities, and they have been completely robbed of the market.

The Hirado ware used to be regarded as a foreign trade and domestic ceramics industry that was forcibly supported by Japan. Now it has been suppressed and there is no scum left.

The whole of Japan is rapidly becoming a colonial economic model that relies heavily on Ming Dynasty like Zhu Yihai's previous strategy. They have no other industries except digging precious metals. Their agricultural products and fishery products have become primary raw materials. Cotton, Silk, hemp, etc. are directly sold to merchants in Daming after they are planted, and then transported back to the site of Daming for processing and then sold back to Japan.

They have been locked up, and this is all thanks to Zhu Chenggong and the others. His performance is better than Zhu Yihai's expectations. I have to say that he is worthy of being born in Japan, and the Zheng family started in business with Japan. Days do understand better, and they are well-handled.

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The adopted sons greeted Anbi, and Zhu Yihai hammered their strong bodies, sighing that they were young and strong.

"Recently, I feel sorry for your meritorious deeds, remembering that the Taizu of this dynasty also adopted Mu Ying and many other adopted sons, and made many meritorious deeds. Later, the Taizu issued a special decree to let these adopted sons return to their original surnames. I feel that now So should you."

"Success, I will now give you the restoration of the Zheng surname, and you will be promoted to the title of An Guogong, hereditary, and three thousand households will be sealed."

"Victory, I will now give you the restoration of the Li surname, the title of Duke of Baoguo, hereditary, and three thousand households will be sealed."

Zhu Shengli was originally Li Zicheng's adoptive son, a tiger, adopted by Li Guo. He was given the nickname "a tiger". However, later Li Laiheng performed very well, loyal and brave, and straightforward.

In the past few years, he has been responsible for presiding over the conquest and siege of Tsarist Russia in Siberia, as well as the appeasement of the local natives. With an imperial battalion, he united some Mongolian, Jurchen and even Korean troops to fight from the Heilongjiang River Basin to the Bering Strait, from Lake Baikal to the Yakutia finally reached the Ula Pass and faced the Arctic Ocean. Facing one after another the colonial castle strongholds of Tsarist Russia, as well as those ferocious Cossacks, and even the extremely cold and snowy weather, he led several groups of troops and trekked for thousands of miles. It took a few years to wipe them out one by one.

He also recruited the natives, supported the establishment of Liugui Kingdom, Yasha Kingdom, Qudumei, Yakutia, Siberia and other vassal states, and established the Protectorate.

The Ming army seized the territory of the Tsarist Russians, re-established several castle chains along several major rivers, preserved and established hundreds of large and small strongholds, and immigrated tens of thousands of people over the past few years.

This achievement is also quite remarkable. Although Daming only controls some points now, and still supports and wins over the aborigines, at least all the aborigines in the vast land of Siberia have officially recognized Daming as the suzerain and started Paying tribute to Daming, accepting official positions in Daming, sending children to serve as bodyguards in Daming, and even accepting recruitment from Ming to serve as soldiers, not to mention trading with Ming.

Siberia's fur is now monopolized by the Ming Dynasty, and it has also made the court, the royal family, and even the merchants extremely profitable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor suddenly asked them to change their original surnames. This decision made them a little surprised, and even felt lost and at a loss. It was a very high honor for the emperor's adoptive son to bestow the national surname, and it also gave them an extraordinary special status.

Suddenly changing back to their real surnames inevitably makes them feel that they have done something wrong.

"After you restore your original surnames, you will still be my adopted sons. Our relationship between father and son will remain unchanged, and your brotherhood with the prince will not change. You are now considered successful and famous. Restoring your original surnames is also a glory of the ancestors and a lintel of the gate. I have already It is decreed to build a new mansion for each of you, and to build a family temple and ancestral hall for you."

Zhu Zhongyi restored the surname of Zhao and gave it to the Duke of Huguo, Zhu Dingguo restored the surname of Li and gave it to the Duke of Weiguo, Zhu Pengfei restored the surname of Zhang and gave it to the Duke of Fuguo.

Zhu Yihai also specially gave five adoptive sons, and each of them granted [-] mu of land in Burma, Annan, Japan, Lingbei, and Western Regions as manors.

Hu, Wei, Bao, An, Auxiliary, this title is very special.

Zhu Yihai gave the five highest titles among heroes with different surnames.

"Let your sons not be degraded to inherit the hereditary title in the future, and give an iron certificate!" Zhu Yihai was extra merciful. Even if the title of Daming was hereditary, it must be decreed, but now the decree allows their sons to not have to degrade their titles. Waiting to still attack the country.

The five of them were wondering if they had done something wrong just now, but now they suddenly felt the grace of heaven and the kindness of their father, and they all kowtowed excitedly to thank them.

"This is what you deserve. I said at the beginning of my army that I will never begrudge rewards to those who drive out the Tartars and restore China with me."

Greeting the foster sons to sit down again, the emperor poured wine for them.

"Now that the four directions are mostly stable, I plan to use troops against Burma. Unlike before, I captured some frontiers and forced them to pay tribute. This time, I hope to open a channel from Yunnan to the sea, and even build colonial forts along the route. The chain can be used to attack the north and the south by land and water, first break through the capital of the Burmese king, capture the king of Burma, and escort him to Beijing, then establish a new king under control, sign a treaty, let them surrender, and allow the Ming Dynasty to colonize Burma trade and so on."

Zhu Yihai's words revealed a lot of ambition. He had also discussed with the crown prince before, and talked about the way of Ming Dynasty's foreign affairs in the future. Basically, Zhu Yihai took care of the two directions of west and north. It is good to maintain this general pattern in the future. Control the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and take the northern shore of the Caspian Sea as the sphere of influence, enclosing those territories into the exclusive area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there is not much room left in the east. Da Ming will support the Jurchens in the north of North Korea to establish a Protectorate, and then slowly directly under it. If North Korea continues to be loyal to Da Ming, it can be preserved, but after 200 years, it may also slow down. Slowly turning into a special province of Ming Dynasty.

Japan will continue to let them attack the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so that they will continue to weaken until they are finally swallowed by Ming Dynasty.On the side of Luzon, Da Ming is now occupying some islands, but will not go to war directly with Spain for the time being, until Da Ming has occupied enough territory there, or when Spain is overwhelmed and takes the initiative to go to war. They beat off.

There is no rush in this regard. The Luzon Islands are so big. Now the Spaniards only occupy a small area such as Manila. There are not many of them. It can guarantee the stability of Luzon's American routes and trade with Spain and its colonists. After all, this old colonial empire occupies a very large territory in the Americas. Ming is also short of silver, and hopes to continue to trade with the Spaniards for silver.

Daming's silk, porcelain, tea, etc. are now passing through Spain, and they still account for a lot of shares, so there is no rush to start a war.

The rest is the south is the main direction of attack in the future.

Compared with the ice and snow in Siberia, the long yellow sand in the Western Regions, the vast sea in the east, and the hot weather and tropical rain forests in the south, the south lacks a powerful enough force to fight against Ming.

Although the Taungoo Dynasty of the Burmese is called the Second Burmese Empire by the Burmese, it unified Burma, and it was also very tough. It defeated the Ming army several times, and even defeated the capital of the Siamese Ayutthaya Dynasty and established a puppet. king.

At its strongest, it almost unified the Indochina Peninsula.

However, the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar, like the Ayutthaya Dynasty in Siam, is a rare unified dynasty, but its centralized power is not enough, the central power is relatively scattered, and its strength fluctuates from strength to strength. When the Ayutthaya Dynasty was strong, it invaded Myanmar. Those who broke the king captured the king, occupied the land and plundered the people, and when Toungoo was strong, he invaded Siam.

However, the long-term Thai-Myanmar war, the arrival of colonists, and their own low centralization have made them unstable and not strong enough.

Between Myanmar and Siam, Zhu Yihai chose to unite with Siam to fight Myanmar first, because it is possible to enter Myanmar from Yunnan along several major rivers. In recent years, Ming has strengthened its control over Yunnan and the chieftains on the border, especially Many fortresses were built there, many immigrants were added, a lot of food, grass and military equipment were accumulated, and many soldiers and horses were stationed there.

As long as you cross the mountainous jungle on the border, you can quickly reach the plains of Myanmar, and even go straight to the sea along the river.

Secondly, it is also because the Ming Dynasty fought many wars with Myanmar. From Hongwu to Zhengtong years, the Ming Dynasty used various methods. First, it crushed the Luchuan Rebellion, and Myanmar was also involved.

During the Hongwu period at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang sent his general Mu Ying to defeat the remnants of Mongolia in Yunnan, the world town of Yunnan, and the Ming Dynasty set up six propaganda and comfort divisions in the west and Antarctic borders of Yunnan, namely Mengyang Xuanwei Division , Mubang Xuanwei Division, Myanmar Xuanwei Division, Babai Xuanwei Division, Cheli Xuanwei Division, Laos Xuanwei Division.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty conferred the title of consolation envoy to some local upper-level officials in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and these chieftains accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty and obeyed the three divisions in Yunnan (namely, the Duhui Division, the Chief Envoy Division, and the Inspection Envoy Division).

The Ming Dynasty implemented a system of dividing the internal and external fields in the Southwest. The Chief Secretary of Yunnan in Zhili was the Twelfth Government, the Seventh Military and Civilian Government, the Third Military and Civilian Commander Huai, the First State, and the Second Chief's Court. The Yuyi Mansion, the Third Xuan Fusi, the Fourth Yuyi Prefecture and the Second Yuyi Chief Lawsuit.

These foreign barbarians were also included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. However, the rise of Luchuan’s rebellion and the unification of Burma by the Toungoo Dynasty gradually made the later Ming central court gradually lose control of Burma. In the Battle of Sichuan, Luchuan was defeated, but for Daming, it still lost the control of those foreign chieftains.

Facing the attack of the Taungoo army, the Burmese chieftain asked Daming for help, but Daming could no longer control him.

During the Wanli period, under the leadership of the chieftain, the Burmese army even repeatedly invaded the interior of Yunnan, plundering nothing.

The Ming-Myanmar War from Jiajing to Wanli lasted for more than half a century. Although the scale was not too large and the main battlefields were all on the edge of the South Antarctic, it completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty’s system of golden letters and red cards. Daming was forced to set up 24 villages in Baguan and Erbao in Yunnan to defend against invasion.

Historically, later Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty fled to Burma. The former lord of the Celestial Dynasty was confiscated by the Burmese king and turned into a prisoner. Finally, he was handed over to the Qing army by the Burmese.

For Zhu Yihai, whether it is the history from the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the future history, or the past 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, the entangled struggle between the two sides should be resolved when there is strength now.

Especially looking forward to the future, it is very important if the estuary of Myanmar can be opened in the direction of Yunnan. At that time, Myanmar will go east through the Red River, Annanjiaozhi, and directly lead to the Beibu Gulf, so that Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi will also be driven by traffic and trade, and the south will pass through Myanmar. Entering the Indian Ocean and Burma Sea, it can drive the economy of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and even Kangzang.

The future is an era of oceans. Myanmar is adjacent to the Indian Ocean and enjoys the benefits of maritime trade. It can also become an excellent grain production area, and it can also grow cotton, sugar cane, spices, etc.

Such a place is much better than Siberia and the Western Regions, and it is near the sea, so there is no other stronger force to interfere.

The only thing that affects it is the hot climate over there.

In the past, the Central Plains dynasties stopped in Yunnan, or even outside of Yunnan, because the productivity could not reach it, and it was also because the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau could not be truly conquered. However, it took the Ming Dynasty nearly 300 years to completely conquer Yunnan and Guizhou. Although there are still many chieftains, but This place can already become the front base camp and logistics base for attacking Myanmar.

In particular, Zhu Yihai now has a powerful naval fleet and the Nanyang base of Longyamen, from which he can attack Burma from the sea.

Especially now Myanmar is relatively weak.

At this time, the Taungoo Dynasty began to weaken. The Rakhine Arakan Kingdom, which they surrendered to the northwest, had a fleet of [-] galleys, which had defeated the invasion of the Portuguese and the Mughal Empire. Both the Qian and Siamese Ayutthaya dynasties made the Toungoo Dynasty decline. To make matters worse, the Portuguese left and the Dutch came again.

The Dutch set up offices in Shawar and Alian, and Shalian became the most important trading port in southern Myanmar, and the French and British followed suit.

Daming is just to the north of Myanmar, how could it fall behind others, how could such a large piece of fat be preempted by others?

The nearly [-]-mile coastline along the southern coast of Myanmar is composed of estuary deltas of various rivers. The rich water and soil resources are rare.

In the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, he was able to seize Yunnan, so that after the Tang Dynasty, he basically completely separated from the southwestern region of the Central Plains, returned to the embrace of the Central Plains dynasty, and even completed actual control, which was not easy.

Although it was said that Myanmar could not be further swallowed, it was also limited by the geographical environment. After all, in the early Ming Dynasty, Yunnan and Guizhou were almost foreign regions. easy.

But now, with the base camp of Yunnan, there are countless main Han people there, plus the garrison, especially Zhu Yihai, who is called Zhongxing, and is actually the Shaotian Dynasty that started anew. Now it is the most efficient time in all aspects.

In addition, he can still pass by the sea, and with the prestige of a battleship with guns and guns, now is the best time to take Burma.

When the Taungoo Dynasty was at its strongest, it almost destroyed the Siamese Ayutthaya Dynasty and occupied almost the entire Indochina Peninsula, leaving only Annan and Champa on the east coast, and almost all of the Malay Peninsula was occupied by them.

It even attacked near Chuxiong, Yunnan, directly threatening Kunming.

However, there are also many problems with the Burmese. First of all, the Toungoo Dynasty was established by the Burmese, but the Burmese did not occupy the majority in Myanmar at this time. The Shan, Mon, and Rakhine ethnic groups were very powerful. The Kingdom of Arakan was not even annexed by Toungoo.

In fact, the chieftains of the Shan and Mon ethnic groups in the north are actually ruled by Jiji.

In the eyes of many Central Plains people, slaves, Wusizang, Dogan, the Western Regions, Myanmar, and Jiaozhi are all barbaric lands, and they even despise North Korea, let alone Myanmar.

But now the attitude of the Shaotian court has changed greatly. The biggest reason is that the court has changed from the original introverted to the expanded. Even under measures such as distributing the land into the mu and so on, they were driven to go abroad and made them keen on pioneering, because exploiting was profitable.

Myanmar has gems, spices, food, slaves, and even many important minerals. Who would not be tempted by such a large piece of fat.

The unification of Myanmar was in the Jiajing period, and its heyday was in the Wanli period. At this time, the prosperity declined. Not only the old rival Siam Ayutthaya Dynasty revived, but even the Arakan of the Rakhine people was no longer under the control of Toungoo. After regaining control of Yunnan, those chieftains in northern Myanmar also began to turn to Daming. Daming used trade as a lure to intervene in northern Myanmar, using the conflicts among the chieftains to provoke wars. Almost.

No matter from which aspect, now Ming has the conditions to attack Burma in an all-round way, completely conquer Burma, and make it a colony.

"I intend to let the five of you join forces to attack Myanmar together."

"Success and victory, you two partners, send troops from the sea to Longyamen, and use this as a base, sail westward and land on the southern coast of Myanmar, seize their big trading port, establish a fortress, and contain some of the Burmese troops."

"You three partners, Zhongyi, Pengfei, and Dingguo, send troops from Yunnan and press from north to south!"

Zhu Yihai set the tone for this war, that is, to blitz the king's capital of Dongyu first, even if he does not capture the king of Dongyu alive, he must first occupy the king, and then force Dongyu to sign an alliance under the city, at least let them take the northern part of the city. All chieftains in the country will be allocated to Daming, and one or two ports along the southern coast will be ceded to Daming.

In this way, Daming can take every step of the way and prepare for the next destruction of Burma.

It would be even better if the first battle was successful and the king was also captured. It would be even better to directly support a puppet king and make Burma directly a subordinate state of Ming Dynasty, with no restrictions on Ming's garrison and trade.

"You are also battle-tested warriors. You don't have to worry about money, food, and weapons. I will give you enough. What you need is to study how to fight this battle. You must have self-confidence and don't underestimate the enemy."

"In the past, Myanmar was originally the Ministry of Xuanwei under my Ming Dynasty, but later it rebelled repeatedly and attacked my Yunnan. Now this grudge must be liquidated."

The route to advance is also ready-made. That is the Southwest Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, also known as the Shushen Poison Road. This road starts from Sichuan, enters Kunming, and arrives at Dali, Baoshan, Dehong, and Ruili. Facing the north and south, there are Hanlong Pass, Tianma Pass, Huju Pass, Tiebi Pass, Tongbi Pass, Wanren Pass, Jushi Pass, Shenhu Pass and other passes.

There are also Ruili River, Daying River, and Nanzhu River that flow into the Ayeyarwady River. After passing through eight passes, the Ming army can enter the valley plains of Myanmar. The difficulty in the past was logistical support and unfamiliarity with the geography and climate, but now these problems It's not too much trouble.

The five adopted sons of the emperor, who had just been made dukes of the state, all patted their chests to receive the decree, especially Zhao Zhongyi, who had been guarding the border of Yunnan before. Local infiltration not only supported a group of chieftains who were pro-Ming, but even directly established new castle garrisons in those places.

If the emperor hadn't allowed it before, he would have crossed the Ayeyarwady River, and even went down the river to Dongyu.

The five adopted sons used to be united in one aspect, but now the emperor asked them to unite and march south to Burma. Their original positions were handed over to other generals.

(End of this chapter)