Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 948 Dian Kingdom
At this time, in Siam.

Today's Siam belongs to the Ayutthaya Dynasty, with a prosperous economy and prosperous military force. King Narai's rule is stable and belongs to the heyday.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, Ayutthaya sent envoys to visit China more than 100 times, up to six times a year.

From China, they obtained silk and porcelain, which were lucrative in the international market at that time, and China also obtained agarwood, ivory, and rhinoceros horn from Ayutthaya.

Because of the importance of the Strait of Malacca, diplomacy was very early.

As early as 1516, Portugal signed a treaty with Siam, stipulating that the Portuguese could live, do business and preach in places such as Ayutthaya, Tanasarim, Moji, Pattani, and Liukhun.

Spain, England, France also signed contracts one after another, and even many Japanese.

Therefore, compared with Southeast Asian countries, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam has a higher degree of openness and is quite familiar with firearms.

It is precisely because of this that when the Southeast Asian countries were reduced to colonies in history, Siam understood the importance of diplomacy because of its early opening up, and maintained a balance between Britain and France, barely maintaining its independence.

Avoided colonization, and even escaped Japanese aggression.

After the unification of Sun Kewang, Myanmar was named the Kingdom of Dian.

Due to the indescribable fear of Ming Dynasty in his heart and the remnants of the Toungoo Dynasty, he directly moved his capital to the south.

From Toungoo City, hundreds of miles south, arrived at the Bago area, which is the Yangon area of ​​later generations.

The land here is fertile, and the delta plain formed by the impact of the Irrawaddy River has raised a large population.

Therefore, Sun Kewang built a city here and renamed it Xinjing, while Toungoo City in the north was renamed Beijing, imitating the implementation of the two-capital system in the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Taungoo Dynasty roughly unified the Burmese region, it took Sun Kewang several years to truly quell the civil strife and lay the foundation of the dynasty.

In fact, the land directly under the Toungoo Dynasty is only a few hundred miles away, with a population of less than one million. The rest of the land is just a few loyal chieftains, who only have the obligation to pay tribute and lead troops.

To put it bluntly, it is a replica of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, Sun Kewang divided the whole of Myanmar into two capitals and thirteen provinces, and governed the world in the mode of provinces, prefectures, and counties, and mixed the chieftain system.

The central government sets up a cabinet, and the inner court is checked and balanced by officials and supervisors.

They copied the Ming Dynasty without shame.

It's not their fault. They have been exposed to the systems of the Ming Dynasty since they were young. How could they not be sticky?
It is better to copy completely than to learn it differently.

Zhang Xianzhong's messy old-fashioned system just changed its name, thinking of completely separating it from Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang also adopted such a suggestion.

In fact, Sun Kewang agreed with one sentence from the civil servants: "Does your majesty want Zhang Xianzhong to be the great ancestor?"

Good guy, although Sun Kewang is his godson, he has already changed his surname back, and now the world he conquered belongs to the name of the great ancestor.

If this is Taizong, or Gaozu, wouldn't it be a big loss?
And the reason why he did not proclaim himself emperor, but was proclaimed king, was actually because he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would come.

Over the years, he has been busy fighting Siam while governing the country.

Although the result of fighting Siam was very small, it allowed him to achieve his goal of weakening the chieftain. The directly controlled area was much larger, expanding from [-] provinces to [-] provinces.

Borrowing troops to cut down feudal clans is nothing more than the case.

Those chieftains are no match for him.

However, for the sake of prestige, Sun Kewang still worked hard and assembled tens of thousands of troops. He destroyed the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand, that is, the two kingdoms of Eight Hundred Dadian (Chiang Mai) and Eight Hundred Zhe Nai (Chiang Rai) in the Ming Dynasty. A propaganda department.

The land has expanded for hundreds of miles, and its prestige has become stronger and stronger.

In other words, the territory of the Dian Kingdom at this time has surpassed that of the previous Burmese dynasties, and it can be said to be at its peak.

At this time, Sun Kewang, who had ruled the Dian Kingdom for nearly ten years, was already nearly half a century old, had been busy for most of his life, and began to gather ambitions.

From the previous expansion, it has reached the current stability and stability.

Compiling household registration, setting up prefectures and counties, setting up the army, taking concubines, setting up hundreds of officials, building ancestral temples, setting up imperial examinations, advocating farming, strengthening the army, and suppressing disorderly people...

One by one, one by one, he completely absorbed his energy into internal affairs, so at this time, he thought of a truce.

The wars that have been fought for several years one after another will eventually stop.

Xinjing.

At this time, a group of chariots and horses, under the guard of many soldiers, came to the city gate in a hurry.

"who?"

"A new envoy from Siam!"

The general looking at the gate asked immediately.

After getting an accurate answer, his face brightened: "Hurry up, Your Majesty is waiting, hurry up and follow me into the palace."

In the carriage, the Siamese envoy opened a corner of the curtain, and his face was full of novelty.

The city gate inlaid with copper nails is completely different from the South Asian countries, and it is very eye-catching.

The tall city walls and the extremely wide moat make the entire new capital look very strong and difficult to destroy.

There are gates and archery towers on the city wall, and guards patrol the gates.

"Even if there are hundreds of elephants, I'm afraid they can't do anything to this city."

The envoy exclaimed.

Soon, the carriage went to the city, and the appearance of Xinjing appeared before his eyes.

The road paved with bricks and stones is very flat, clean and unusual, and there is no muddy feeling.

You know, even in the dry season, there is light rain, and all kinds of sludge pile up on the streets, making the smell unbearable, which is inevitable in any city in Siam, but not here in Xinjing.

There are people coming and going on the street, and there is a lot of traffic.

Vendors in brightly colored clothes were yelling for their own goods, and a variety of goods were displayed on the stalls erected beside them, attracting many people to come to buy.

What made him envious was that even those ordinary people were dressed in common clothes and decent clothes, just like the nobles of Siam.

You must know that in the folk, ordinary people are banana leaves, and it is over when the leaves cover them casually, and those who can have civilian clothes are nobles.

For a moment, he was a little ashamed.

Because the clothes of the customers who come and go in those shops are more gorgeous than his.

Afterwards, he saw a group of officials carrying knives, walking on the street brazenly, and the people along the road hurriedly gave way, which was obviously a habit.

Soon, he walked past the buildings, brick and tile structures, gray walls and clay tiles, which were very different from Siam, which made him extraordinarily novel.

In a moment, he arrived at the palace.

A team of guards stood in front of the gate, with their eyes shining, watching everyone who entered the palace vigilantly.

Even if someone led the team, he still went through several checks.

"It seems that King Dian is still afraid of death."

The pillars of the palace are all painted crimson and covered with yellow glazed tiles, making them look solemn and majestic.

Entering the main hall, you can see a large number of flower windows facing the sky, the jade paving is exquisite and elegant, and some ancient calligraphy and paintings and camellia patterns are hung on the wall, which demonstrates the profound cultural connotation of the palace.

In the hall, two rows of bead curtains were pulled aside, and the white marble throne was majestic and upright. An old man with slightly frosty temples, dressed in a yellow dragon robe, seemed to be in the position of high authority.

On both sides, there are quite a few ministers standing, standing according to the two classes of civil and military, which is very regular.

Such pomp and dignity made the Siamese envoy tremble with fear:
"The foreign minister Basong Charunporn has met the king of the Dian Kingdom."

"Get up!"

Sun Kewang sat on the dragon chair, with the soft back cushioning his waist, his face pale.

Everyone has a compensating effect on himself. After many years of fighting career, after traveling thousands of miles to Burma, he naturally recruited concubines and reproduced.

Now that I am older, I have more energy than energy.

Now there are only six sons and three daughters, and in recent years, they have withered and no heirs have been born.

"Your country wants to sign a peace agreement, but what are the conditions?"

At this time, Yang Changzhi, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, asked calmly.

"Our country is willing to offer 5000 shi of grain, 1000 taels of silver, and [-] taels of gold. We will be friends forever—"

The interpreter at the side quickly turned around.

"Not enough." Yang Changzhi said casually, "Your country needs to pay another [-] shi of rice every year."

The previous conditions have already been negotiated, and the subsequent tribute is added.

In fact, for Siam, three crops of rice a year and food are not difficult at all. The biggest difficulty lies in silver and gold.

In South Asia, precious metals are scarce.

Hearing that there was only food, the envoy agreed after thinking for a moment.

If the war that has lasted for many years can be ended and the military expenditure can be quelled, what is this little food?
However, the envoy brought another piece of news that shocked the entire Dian Kingdom:
"Ming took Annan, although it is their old land, but tomorrow they may take Khmer, Siam, your two countries should help each other..."

The Ming people captured Annan and established the so-called Qin State.

This also means that the Ming people are a little closer to the Dian Kingdom.

You must know that although Yunnan and Dian Kingdom are close, the tropical rain forest is enough to kill any elite.

And if Annan is really taken down, the distance from Dian Kingdom is only Siam and Khmer.

Of course, they can also come by sea, but in their minds, land attack is the kingly way.

How to transport troops by sea?How much can you ship?
If the logistics supply is not strong, it is a rootless duckweed.

Sun Kewang closed his eyes to hide the shock in his pupils. If he looked carefully, only his trembling eyelids could reveal his mood.

The two groups of civil and military ministers changed their colors one after another.

Yang Changzhi said: "That's it, the two countries are each other's horns, helping each other, my king is a brother, and your king is a brother—"

The envoy was overjoyed and returned satisfied.

"Your Majesty—" Yang Changzhi waited for him to leave, then cupped his hands and said to comfort him:
"The Ming Kingdom has long coveted Annan, and it is reasonable to regain it now. After all, it has been two or three years."

"I know." Sun Kewang slowly opened his eyes, but the wrinkles on his face did not relax, his eyes were full of deepness: "It took more than two years to recover Annan, this is because of Shaowu's stinginess."

"It's just that I don't know how big Shao Wu's appetite is..."

Yang Changzhi remained silent.

The two of them did not speak, and the remaining civil servants and generals naturally did not dare to speak nonsense.

"Your Majesty, the Dian Kingdom has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Ming people are thousands of miles away. Even if we want to destroy our Dian Kingdom, we will have to lose a few of its teeth."

"Ming is not that stupid."

"You're right." Sun Kewang showed a smile, and immediately drove away the haze in the hall, and suddenly it became much clearer.

"The chief assistant has a heart."

After a while, all the civil servants and generals left, leaving only the monarch and his ministers.

"Shoufu, when will the country of my Sun family be completely stabilized?"

Sun Kewang lost his composure just now, and asked impatiently, his eyes full of eagerness.

"Your Majesty, when the number of scholars in Dian Kingdom exceeds [-], it will be as stable as a mountain."

Yang Changzhi said seriously.

When Sun Kewang heard this, he felt a toothache.

The current population of Dian Kingdom, that is, the people controlled by the court of Dian Kingdom, is about four million.

There are [-] scholars, and one tenth of the men are scholars. This cannot be implemented in less than a hundred years.

Where did he get so much time?
"No." Sun Kewang shook his head, staring at his chief assistant: "I can't wait."

"Ming people will not give us this chance."

With that said, he stood up.

The formerly burly body gradually became bent, and most of the general's belly disappeared, and he was just a slightly fat old man.

Age has become his worst enemy.

Jiazi, how many people can live to this age?
53-year-old Sun Kewang already felt the approach of death.

Now his biggest wish is to completely stabilize the Dian Kingdom, so that his descendants can rule the Dian Kingdom permanently, multiply and thrive for generations to come.

"I would like to imitate Shaowu, enfeoff the descendants and establish a vassal state."

"Your Majesty, Ming Zhijing is not far away!" Yang Changzhi hurriedly said.

"I know."

Sun Kewang nodded and looked into the distance: "Nearly half of the land in Dian Kingdom is managed by chieftains, and the future enemy of the court will be chieftains, not vassal states."

"Wouldn't it be better to replace the chieftain with the prince?"

"But--"

"Besides, no matter how the battle of Jingnan changes, it's just the blood of Ming Taizu's descendants."

Hearing this, Yang Changzhi could only admire.

How can he stop the monarch who cares about future generations?
Just when he was a little sad and lonely, the aged Dian king continued:
"Send envoys to Beijing!"

"It's a little humiliating to be a minister, but it's a last resort. This must be done, the sooner the better."

Sun Kewang showed an unspeakable smile: "From now on, the words such as His Majesty and Holy Order will also be changed, and they must conform to the regulations..."

Yang Changzhi was stunned, the change was too fast!
……

And in Beijing, the emperor, who was still escaping the summer heat, finally waited for news from Annan.

For a while, he felt relieved.

"Jiaozhou, Hanoi."

The emperor nodded and smiled gratifiedly: "The king of Qin has finally matured, and he has more and more means and style of the lord of a country."

The root of Qin State lies in Daming, so it can only take root in Annan if it is close to Daming.

At the same time, it must be a long-term process to completely reverse Annan's language, characters, history books, and systems, and there must be no discounts.

And the vassal state can be better than the official.

"As an order, the Ministry of Households allocated 50 yuan to the State of Qin to congratulate the State of Qin."

After saying that, the emperor said again: "Quickly, give me a bath and change clothes, I'm going to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao, and I have to let the ancestors know about this great event."

(End of this chapter)