Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 17 All the kings in the world are my fathers

Bagan Hou Rui Nai Wen was the son of King Liangyuan's wife Meng Nai, and the younger brother of Anabilun, the leader of the Hongsha Restoration, and King Thalong.

However, the Hongsha Kingdom is located at the junction of several major civilizations, and the country has a complex ethnic group. The Pyu, Shan, Hongsha and Mon peoples each live in one place.

At first, the Pyu Kingdom of Pyu was the largest. Later, the Hongsha people came from China, built the city of Pagan, and later established a country, unifying most of the Hongsha Kingdom for the first time.

After the Pagan Dynasty was in turmoil again, the Shan people of Luchuan, the Mon people in the south of the Jinsha River and the Hongsha people fought for the world.

When Mang Yinglong raised an army in Toungoo, he and his son Mang Yingli unified the world again and established the country of Toungoo.

Therefore, although Pagan County is not located in a fortress and has a small population and economy, it is of great significance to the Hongsha people.

It is actually the foundation of the Hongsha clan, and all the previous county marquises are highly respected members of the royal family.

Just like the last chaotic decades of the Ming Dynasty, several senior cabinet ministers during the Yongli reign of the Ming Dynasty were Jinshi during the Wanli reign, and if you count carefully, they were ministers from six or even eight dynasties.

Pagan Hou was the younger brother of the powerful and wise ruler of Hongsha Kingdom, and served in four dynasties.

King Thalong moved the capital from Pegu to Ava, and named the land Pagan in the south of Ava to protect the capital.

Therefore, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan did not want to hurt this prestigious old marquis.

The Duke of Pagan was over sixty years old, short and thin, but he was agile. He held down several excited children and grandchildren beside him, stepped out of the line and bowed slightly.

"I am of little virtue. Since my brother Anapilung, I have been observing the precepts and practicing in the Buddhist temple. How can I be worthy enough to inherit the throne?"

The mother of the Marquis of Pagan, Lady Monnai, was a Mon noble, and was the wife of his father, King Liangyuan, who arranged for him to marry into the Mon tribe.

Anabilon and King Talong would not allow their younger brother to recruit the Mon people who had grown powerful in Hongsavadi.

The Toungoo Dynasty would not want a king with Mon blood.

Zhu Cixuan lay on his side on the gold-foil inlaid royal chair and spoke slowly.

"Old Marquis, the sons of the late King Hongsha are all too young. King Mangbai of Toungoo murdered his brother and King Pimu slaughtered our Ming army. We in the Ming Dynasty do not want a King of Toungoo who is stained with the blood of our Han people."

Zhu Cixuan knocked on the ruby ​​on the armrest.

"As for the former Crown Prince, Neimuyejue, he is seriously ill and will not live long. I have allowed him to observe the precepts and enter the temple to recuperate under the protection of the gods and Buddhas."

"Even the Buddha cannot disobey the monks. If the old marquis does not comply with my request, things will be very difficult to handle."

I saw the fear in the eyes of dozens of people in Pagan's family.

Zhu Cixuan threatened again.

"Old Marquis, the Duke of Qian said that the Burmese Xuanwei Division in Ava City is a successor to the Luchuan Xuanwei Division of our Ming Dynasty two hundred years ago. At that time, it was the Ava Dynasty of the Luchuan Shan people."

"Later, your Hongsha people and the Toungoo Kingdom refused to obey the king's will. You first occupied Ava, then annexed Mubang Mengyang, and finally swallowed up the Liuwei of my Ming Dynasty."

"My father and the Ming officials all said that you, the Toungoo Kingdom, imprisoned your monarch and launched a rebellion without authorization. You are unfaithful and disloyal. You should support the old royal family of Ava Kingdom to become the leader of the Burmese Xuanweisi."

Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Pagan could not stand for a moment and fell onto his two children and grandchildren.

He naturally understood that if the Shan people, the Hongsha tribe's eternal enemy, occupied Upper Hongshawadi, that would be the end of their Hongsha tribe.

At first, the Mongols who conquered the world set up the Luchuan Pingmian Military and Civilian Comforting Office in Hongsha.

At that time, the Pagan Dynasty was declining and splitting. Three Shan brothers gathered their own troops and surrendered to the Mongols, usurping the power of the Pagan Kingdom.

It also fought for the territory of Hongsavady with the Mon Kingdom of Pegu in the south and the independent Kingdom of Arakan in the southwest.

The Hongsha people could only flee to the mountains and forests of Toungoo County to survive.

When the Ming Dynasty expelled the Mongols, it divided the Luchuan Xuanwei Division into three Xuanfu Divisions: Nandian, Ganya and Longchuan, and appointed Han people as leaders.

The Shan people in various parts of Luchuan all pledged allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ava Dynasty became the Ming Dynasty's Burmese Xuanwei Office, while the Mon people in Pegu County became the Dakhla Xuanwei Office.

When the Hongsha tribe rose from Toungoo and occupied the city of Ava, they fought with the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty alone, there were five major wars.

This is also because Emperor Yongli was the grandson of Emperor Shenzong, and the Kingdom of Toungoo had to respect him.

If the Shan people return in force, only one or two out of the hundreds of thousands of Hongsha people will survive in the Upper Hongshawadi occupied by King Thalong's immigrants.

The Hongsha tribe had to hide in the mountains again.

With the support of his children and grandchildren, the Marquis of Pagan stood up tremblingly. He looked around at his children and grandchildren, whose eyes were filled with fear and desire for the throne. He lowered his head helplessly.

It is not so easy to sit on the throne of Toungoo.

Over the past century, countless royal descendants have been reduced to skeletons beneath this chair. "For the survival of Buddhism, I have the honor of serving as the steward of Hongsavadi on behalf of Your Highness."

"Okay." Zhu Cixuan clapped his hands.

"I have made some plans for the new policy regarding the new king's succession to the throne. I hope that the old marquis will cooperate with me when the time comes."

After saying that, Zhu Cixuan looked at the Siamese envoy on the other side.

"Go back to Siam and tell your king, King Narai, that the new king of Hongsa will soon ascend the throne."

"However, the two kings of Lower Hongsha, Pimu and Toungoo, one of whom murdered the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the other who killed his brother to seize the throne, should assist the Ming Dynasty in quelling the civil unrest among these vassal states."

The Siamese envoys witnessed with their own eyes how the Crown Prince of Guwahati captured the royal city of Ava and defeated the Hongsa army, which Siam regarded as a powerful enemy.

He knelt down and said respectfully:
"Your Highness, our Siamese King Naresuan raised an army to restore his kingdom from the Hongsha Kingdom and received endless support from the Ming Dynasty."

Naresuan was the prince of the puppet King of Siam who was once supported by the Kingdom of Hongsha and was held hostage in the city of Ava.

Later, Wanli's expedition to Burma attracted most of the Hongsha Kingdom's military forces, and the country took the opportunity to restore its independence.

"It is our honor to serve the Ming Dynasty."

"We are also willing to send troops to serve the Ming Dynasty, just as King Naresuan sent troops to the Joseon Dynasty to help the Celestial Empire expel the Japanese pirates."

Zhu Cixuan was very satisfied with the attitude of the second bootlicker of the Ming Dynasty.

The Kingdom of Annan simply calls itself the Little China.

Directly cede the land and call it a small combo.

"The prince of King Min is living in exile in your country. Take a letter to him, saying that I would like to offer the Babai Dadian Xuanweisi (Chiang Mai) as a gift, and a Siamese princess as a concubine. I will have him serve as a temporary envoy and choose from among the daughters of King Narai on my behalf."

A son-in-law is not a son, but a father-in-law is a father.

Zhu Cixuan has been looking for his father-in-law everywhere these days, and even promised marriage to Mu Tianbo's thirteen-year-old daughter.

Even in Shiting, you can find a female boss in her sixties who is more than ten years older than you.

What does it matter if he is labeled a pervert?

"I will report your grace to our king and bring back tens of thousands of troops to serve you."

The Siamese envoys were overjoyed. They had originally wanted to take advantage of the civil unrest in Hongsha to encroach on the border counties of Hongsha and take back Chiang Mai, which they had been fighting for for a hundred years. They had never expected that the Ming Dynasty would be so generous.

Even being able to marry into the royal family of the Celestial Empire was something they could never imagine.

At most, he could marry into the relationship with the King, the Duke of Qian.

This is because Siam was a small Southern Song Dynasty in the area above the wind, and its business was prosperous, but it was wantonly ravaged by big countries like Hongsha and Annan, and even the fierce chieftains in the Lancang Zhenla Mountains were very troubled.

The reason why Siam was obsessed with Chiang Mai was that there were countless chieftains of various ethnic groups in the eastern part of the Luchuan Plateau, who would come south to plunder from time to time.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the entire family of Pagan Hou and pointed at a princess who looked like Teacher Bai Jie.

"I will not be partial to one or the other, old marquis, is your granddaughter married yet?"

The city of Ava was already part of his territory, and I wonder if returning it to the Kingdom of Toungoo would be considered a cession of territory.

Wait for Zhu Cixuan to resolve all foreign affairs.

Mu Tianbo had already arrived at the palace: "Your Highness, the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Gongchang, and the Duke of Guang are five miles away."

……

Leading the emperor and his ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixuan stood at the north gate of Ava City.

A ragged team was stumbling towards them, their faces covered in dust and blood, their original appearance could not be seen, and they supported each other.

The armor was so tattered that it was almost falling apart, and many people had ropes made of palm leaves tied around their waists to keep them tied up.

The swords and guns held tightly in their hands were bent. More than half of the horses from Yunnan Province died in the flood and sandy climate, and the rest were emaciated and dragged heavy luggage.

The leading general, wearing a tattered cloak, stood on his horse, staring at Emperor Yongli in a daze.

Zhu Cixuan moved his lips, pointed at the other person, and spoke in a deep voice to the Yongli Emperor in front of him.

"Father, please tell me, is this Cao Aman or Yue Wumu?"

(End of this chapter)