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  Chapter 878 874 [Pingnan Military and Civilian Mansion]

"The coalition forces of the Siamese and Mon tribes have conquered Toungoo City." Ding Jiasheng took out a military letter with a strange smile, "The Burmese in Toungoo City...have been killed, and there are piles of corpses inside and outside the city. The 500 Datong Army is ordering the Siamese and Mon people to collect and burn their bodies to prevent the plague from breaking out when the weather gets warmer."

  Yang Zhan sighed: "What a great hatred."

Ding Jiasheng said: "In the past hundred years, Siam has been surrounded by the capital many times, and the capital has even fallen twice. The Mon people have been oppressed for a long time, and they were slaughtered every time they revolted. This time they find an opportunity, they must want to blood for blood."

  Tungoo City is the old capital of the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar. It has been less than 30 years since the capital was moved, and there are a large number of Burmese nobles living there.

  It is estimated that 20,000 to 30,000 Burmese people in the city were slaughtered.

  In addition, in the entire Lower Myanmar region, the Burmese landlords who did not have time to escape were almost killed. Even if they ran away, the land was taken away, and many Burmese farmers became slaves, while the Mon slaves were freed.

  Ding Jiasheng sent an order, and the envoy took it to Dongyu.

  Tungoo City.

  Yang Dongkui asked, "What did the general of the Celestial Dynasty say?"

   King Nalai sighed: "Oh, General Ding told me to withdraw, saying that the war in the north is over."

  Yang Dongkui said in relief: "Your Highness, it's fine to withdraw the troops, this time we have already gained a lot."

  Siam did gain this time, and took the opportunity to take down two big cities, as well as a large coastal area-Myanmar's territory in the Malay Peninsula, and all the south of Mawlamyine was swallowed up by Siam.

  In addition, Siam also grabbed a lot of property.

  The coalition forces of Siam and Mon people robbed casually along the way. But half of the things they robbed must be handed over to the Datong Army, and the rest can be distributed by themselves (there must be some private possessions not to be taken out).

  As the king who just seized the throne, Narai has won successive victories and expanded a large area of ​​land, which is enough to consolidate his dominance.

   Not losing money, and making a lot of money.

   King Narai is worried that China will also expand a large area to the south, and its influence on the Indochina Peninsula will become stronger.

   Moreover, the Eight Hundred Division will definitely become a subsidiary force of China, and will completely break away from Siam's control in the future. Eight hundred jurisdictions, that is, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and other areas of Thailand in later generations.

  The arm can't twist the thigh, since China wants to withdraw the troops, then King Lai can only bring the troops back to the country.

  As soon as the Siamese army left, the Mon people finally relaxed.

  The leaders of the Meng uprising army led their troops northward one after another, almost snatching them all the way. Burmese landlords were killed when they saw them, and Burmese people were robbed when they saw them. Even the Burmese who fled from Bagan to their hometown were defeated and more than 2,000 were killed by the Mon army on the way.

  Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan stayed in Bagan to do post-war work, and did not lead troops to Awa, the capital of Myanmar.

  They have earned enough military merit, so they have to leave some for the friendly army.

   A few days later, good news came one after another.

  Huang Yao's army successfully conquered Anzheng Guocheng.

  The inspection division led by Lu Liangqi left the Tusi coalition army and most of the luggage, marched quickly across the mountains and valleys, and rushed to the city of Ava from the east. Knowing that the king was defeated on the front line, the army in the capital of Burma surrendered without resistance.

   Immediately, generals from all walks of life gathered in Ava for a meeting.

Huang Yao was the first to speak and said: "The north cannot just swallow Mengyang and Mubang. Although the border is good for offense and defense, the food grown cannot supply the army. In the future, if there is another war, the army food will have to be transported from Yunnan. At least Anzhengguo City must be taken. It is also occupied, and there are large plains along the river that can be cultivated."

Lu Liangqi also said: "Meng Gen has to occupy it too, and connect with Mubang, and spend decades building post stations and post roads along the way. Otherwise, 80% of the time when sending troops to fight in the future will be spent on traveling across mountains and mountains. "

   "I agree, after all, Xizuo doesn't know how to fight, and the information provided must be corrected." Ding Jiasheng supported.

  The generals joined together and waited for the order from the imperial court. At the same time, they still called the chieftains of northern Myanmar, the Burmese lords, and the leaders of the Mon nationality.

Huang Yao said to these people: "The Dongyu Kingdom has been destroyed, and a new dynasty should be established in this land of Burma. The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty ordered to establish a kingdom in the south, with the Mon people as kings, and another kingdom in the north, with Dai People come to be the king. The chieftain Daomu prayed in the car, he has always been loyal and obedient, and he has made great achievements in sending troops this time, so he can be the king of the Dai people."

   Dao Muzun was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

  He is not even a toast, the toast in the car is his nephew. And there are mountains everywhere in the car, how can it compare to the fertile Central Burma Plain?

   "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

  Dao Muchan was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed to the north: "Thanks to your majesty's appreciation, if I become a king, I will be loyal to the heavenly dynasty from generation to generation, and I will be the fence of the heavenly dynasty forever!"

  These words belonged to the heart, at least at this moment, Dao Muchan was very grateful to Emperor Zhao.

  Huang Yao also said: "Toast Menglian and Chieftain Meng Gong are the left and right prime ministers of the Dai Kingdom. You can bring your soldiers and clansmen and move here to choose a fiefdom. You can discuss with Daomuchan how."

  These two chieftains are a little confused, but the Central Burma Plain is fertile and rich, so they are not very conflicted.

  Huang Yao continued: "The rest of the chieftains can choose to move to the Dai country, or they can stay in their original places and become mayors."

   Just when those little chieftains were hesitating, "King of the Dai Kingdom" Dao Muchan took the initiative to send out an invitation: "You all come, as long as you come, everyone will have a fief, and everyone will be a high-ranking official!"

  Dao Muchan's thinking was very clear. He came to be the king of the Dai country. He was not familiar with the place, and his military strength was not enough, so he couldn't suppress the locals at all. And those chieftains in northern Myanmar are also outsiders, so they can gather together to keep warm, form a community of interests, and jointly suppress local forces.

  The little chieftains were a little moved. Their original territory was at most half the size of a county, and some even ruled only a few villages. If they move here, the land will be larger in an instant, and the land will be more fertile.

   "I...I would like to go to Dai country." Chieftain Meng Long from Mubang was the first to express his opinion.

  The original territory of this product is not small, but the territory is all mountainous, and there are only 10,000 to 20,000 people under its rule.

   "I would like to go too."

"Count me in."

  More than 80% of the small chieftains are willing to relocate.

  They have already understood that China is clearly going to annex the territory, so what's the point of staying as the mayor of the town? It's better to go south to get the fiefdom.

Huang Yao said: "Go and discuss how to divide the land yourself. Remember, only the clansmen and private soldiers within the fifth service are allowed to move south, and the people on the original land are not allowed to take away! Private soldiers are those who have been raised for a long time. Stand up soldiers, don’t treat ordinary people as private soldiers. Also, keep your slaves! If you don’t have enough territory, you can go further south to Meng.”

  These northern chieftains were immediately thrown out of the venue to discuss how to divide up the territory.

  Huang Yao asked those Meng people again: "You haven't elected a king yet?"

  The leader of the Mon tribe looked at each other.

  They have already chosen, but the number is a bit large, there are three kings.

  A king who came from the Meng people who followed Ding Jiasheng to the north. A king, from Bago City. A king, from Maduba.

  Huang Yao said helplessly: "You guys go back and discuss it."

  A group of Meng leaders will hold meetings every day and fight each other while driving.

   After tossing for half a month, the constitutional monarchy was actually adopted.

  Meng people are proficient in business. They had contact with European colonists more than a hundred years ago, and they also have some understanding of the political systems of the Netherlands and other countries.

  A king candidate from Bagu who can prove his royal descendants. Therefore, he has the highest legitimacy, and he became the king without any suspense.

  The other two candidates for the king, one became the lord of Prome and the other the lord of Maduba, which can be understood as two dukes.

  The rest of the leaders also obtained fiefdoms.

  These nobles are about to organize a general assembly. Taxes, corvees, laws, etc., need to be decided by the council, and the king is not allowed to modify its content without authorization.

  At the same time, the political rules of the Taungoo Dynasty remained, for example, the king had the right to send tax officials to collect taxes on the lands of various lords. In the Toungoo Dynasty, the king and the lord shared a 50-50 share, while in the new Meng Kingdom, the king could only take 40% of the tax at most, and the remaining 60% of the tax revenue had to go to the lord.

  The division of power in Myanmar is almost decided like this.

  The Kachin people are still slash-and-burn farming, and many of them have been transferred to China. The Karen ethnic group is widely distributed, but it also appears to be very scattered, and some of them have also been assigned to China.

  The Burmese have been completely reduced to a ruled nation. This thunder will explode sooner or later, depending on how long Dai and Meng can suppress it.

  Bego is the capital of Meng State, and Ava is the capital of Dai State.

  Mongolia has a larger land area and a long coastline, which is suitable for trade and business, but most of the rice fields can only be harvested once a year.

  Although Dai country has a smaller land area and is completely landlocked, many rice fields here can be harvested two or three times a year.

  In addition, the Yangon region of Myanmar was ceded to China to establish a port city.

  Thailand's mud sea (Bangkok) was sent to China to build a seaport.

  Bangkok at this time is just a small fishing village. From Bangkok to the sea, there are mangroves and swamps everywhere, so it is called "mud sea" by the locals. As far as Siam is concerned, it doesn't matter if Bangkok is sent out, it's just a little awkward, after all, China will station troops there.

  The Datong army withdrew one after another, leaving a division in Ava, 500 soldiers in Yangon, and 500 soldiers in Bangkok.

  The first batch of immigrants organized by the imperial court were sent to Yangon and Bangkok first. They were all moved from Guangxi and Yunnan, relatively better able to withstand the hot and humid weather, and the number is not large, only one or two thousand people.

  The Han Chinese in Myanmar and Thailand automatically migrated to these two ports.

  Especially the Siamese Han people. Within half a year, more than 3,000 people moved to Bangkok and became the absolute main ethnic group there. With the help of the imperial court, some Han people reclaimed swamps and cultivated land, but most Han people crowded the port to do business.

   After waiting for more than three months, the imperial court's order finally reached Ava.

  Emperor Zhao and the cabinet agreed with the generals' request to annex Mengyangsi, Mubangsi, Chelisi, Menggensi, Mengliansi, and annex Anzhengguocheng (Xingu) and part of the land in Burma to the north.

  Among them, Mengyangsi, Chelisi, Mengliansi, and the northern part of Mubang were all assigned to Yunnan Province and transferred to local governments.

  Pingnan military and civilian government was set up in Menggensi, southern Mupang, and the newly merged Central Burma region. Ding Jiasheng has made outstanding military exploits and served as the chief of the Pingnan Military and Civilian Government.

   "Military and Civil Mansion" is a local administrative region in the Ming Dynasty, where chieftains, officials, Han people, and ethnic minorities were mixed.

  The military and civilian mansions established in the early Ming Dynasty were almost all chieftains. Most of the military and civilian mansions in the middle and early Ming Dynasty were not chieftains. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large number of military and civilian government offices began to be abolished, and at the same time, it was accompanied by land reform.

  Now the imperial court has set up the "Pingnan Military and Civilian Mansion", which is also a mixed administrative region.

  Because the actual situation is complicated, military control is implemented in principle, and the highest officer is a military general to prevent local people from rebelling. At the same time, in some areas with convenient transportation, states and counties are divided and ruled by civil officials. In more primitive and remote places, small chieftains are allowed to exist, and they will be reformed and returned to the local people after they have developed to a certain extent.

  For example, the Kachin people in mountainous areas, with rolling mountains and slash-and-burn cultivation, how could it be possible to send civil officials to manage them? Only the leader of the Kachin ethnic group can be appointed as a small chieftain.

  As for why Ding Jiasheng was appointed to be in charge of the Pingnan Military and Civilian Government instead of the older Huang Yao, the arrangement was purely based on their abilities.

  Ding Jiasheng was born as a scholar who practiced "Datong Collection" by himself. When he regained Yunnan, he deliberately left certain borders untouched to prepare for the imperial court's conquest of Annan. When I was in Bagan City, I also knew to return the Bayeux Sutra, using monks to buy people's hearts, and obviously possessed the ability to govern the land and stabilize the people.

  (end of this chapter)