Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1284
After the Ming Dynasty learned of the alliance between Toungoo and the Kingdom of Jin at the beginning of the year, Jin Yiwei began to operate in Toungoo.

There are many Mon chiefs in southern Burma, and Simizhan is just one of them, and his power is not the strongest, but Jin Yiwei values ​​his identity as a descendant of the Bagu royal family, so he focuses on contacting him.

Simizhan's hair is a little gray and his body is a little stooped, but his eyes are sharp and clear, and he is a formidable person at first glance.

He greeted him with a smile, saluted with a big smile and said, "My envoy, I hope you are here."

Wang Dana also had a polite smile on his face. When he came before, Simizhan didn't have this attitude.

The reason why the attitude has changed now is largely because Toungoo's army suffered setbacks in northern Myanmar, which allowed him to see an opportunity.

It is not easy to incite a man in his 50s who is half buried in the loess to rebel.

Simizhan was very shrewd. Although he felt that it was a good time for the Mon people to become independent and restore the Bagu Dynasty, he was very calm and did not immediately go to find Wang Dana, but wanted to wait for the Ming Dynasty to find him. Go to him and give him how cheap it is.

Jin Yiwei naturally understood Simizhan's plan. Wang Dana knew that Simizhan was waiting for him to come to the door, but he refused to come to the door. Instead, he contacted other leaders of the Meng tribe.

After all, it is not difficult to find ambitious people, and when Simizhan saw Wang Dana meeting with other leaders, the old man couldn't sit still immediately, and finally sent someone to invite Wang Dana.

This Wang Dana is only a hundred households in Nanjing, because betraying the king of Tang is shameless, and he can't get along in Nanjing, so he asks for a hard job to go to Nanyang.

In Nanyang, except for the first serious illness that almost killed him, everything else is actually fine.After all, in Nanjing, he was a low-level character, but in Nanyang, he suddenly became a big shot, and this feeling made him very happy.

Wang Dana waved his hand, walked directly past Simizhan, sat down on the left side of the hall, and said with a playful smile, "The chief asked me to come over, but have you figured it out?"

Simi Zhanyu turned around in embarrassment, then led several people back to their seats, ordered them to serve tea and fruits, and arranged for two women to play fans to serve Wang Dana thoughtfully, before he said with a smile: " Your Majesty, you have already figured it out. The Burmese have oppressed us Mons for a long time, and now that the Celestial Empire supports us, how could we not know how to flatter us?"

Seeing Simizhan's expression, Wang Dana nodded in satisfaction. Seeing this, Simizhan immediately asked, "My envoy, do you know the conditions you mentioned last time?"

"Conditions remain the same, the imperial court will subsidize you with 20 taels of silver, but it will provide aid to the chief in batches in the form of firearms, armor, etc." Wang Dana smiled and said: "If the chief restores the Bagu state, the court will still Another 10 taels of silver will be subsidized to the big leader. However, after the big leader defeats Toungoo, these subsidies will be repaid with food and other materials, and a trade treaty must be signed with our dynasty."

Dongyu's matter is the first major event that Jinyiwei has undertaken in Nanyang. If it is done well, Jinyiwei's status in the court will be strengthened in the future, and it will have confidence in the distribution of resources in the future. Therefore, Jinyiwei attaches great importance to it. .

In order to prevent the Mon people from taking money and doing nothing, Jin Yiwei will not give cash, but will provide funding with firearms and other means.

In fact, this is to lend money to the Meng people first, and then use the money to buy firearms from the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to giving weapons to the Meng people on credit from the Ming Dynasty, and then return them when the Meng people have money.

In the whole process, the Ming Dynasty did not actually spend any money, and the Mon people still had to pay for it themselves.

It was the Ming Dynasty, the military workshop, and the Jinyiwei who were in charge of this matter.

This is also a compromise between Hu Weizong, Yu Taichu, Chen Bangyan and Chen Yonghua after meeting each other. In this way, Jinyiwei can share part of the resources, but the military workshop headed by Wudehao can still make money.

The development of commerce and the prosperity of the economy also made the Ming Empire full of dirty power-money transactions and collusion between officials and businessmen.

After hearing this, Si Mizhan found that the conditions had not changed. Ming Dynasty did not sit on the ground and raise the price, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To get these materials and help him restore the country successfully, food and trade treaties are easy to negotiate. However, after all, Toungoo has been strong for decades, he was still a little worried, so he asked: "My lord, if I restore the country now , I don’t know if I can immediately declare myself a vassal to the Celestial Dynasty?”

After the Ming Dynasty helped Ryukyu get rid of the Shimadzu Clan and helped Korea restore the country, the original tributary system was greatly shaken, and some countries, such as Siam, regretted not accepting the conditions of the Ming Dynasty and were kicked out of the vassal. Outside the country, if you want to call yourself a vassal now, you can't.

If Bagu restores the country and becomes a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, then according to the obligations of the Ming Dynasty to the vassals, the Ming army must ensure the safety of Bagu. Even if Simizhan is defeated by Dongyu, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to help, then he Just be invincible.

But Hua Yinliang of the Ming Dynasty supported him, even if he didn't want to directly fight Dong Yu now, how could he be allowed to become a vassal?

Wang Dana smiled immediately, "Don't worry, chief, your heart is for the court, and I will convey your intentions to the court, but the court has its own rules for the vassals. Even if Bagu is restored to the country, it can only be a tribute first." The country, when the imperial court feels that the time is right, it can accept Burgundy as a vassal."

Hearing the reply, Si Mizhan couldn't help being a little disappointed, but thinking about it, if Ming Chao needed to do something, why would Ming Chao still support him? Wouldn't he kill Toungoo himself?
Simizhan adjusted his mood, and then asked: "Then I don't know when the supplies supported by the Celestial Dynasty will arrive?"

Wang Dana smiled, "The goods have already arrived in Forou. As long as the chief nods, they will be delivered to the chief within half a month. In addition, the chief can rest assured that when necessary, my navy will send them to you." The leader will support you."

Si Mizhan pondered for a while, and several young men of Mon nationality beside him were already eager to try, and became a little anxious, especially Si Mizhan's son had already urged his father to agree quickly in local language.

After all, Simizhan succeeded in restoring the country, and he will be the future King Bagu. Not everyone can resist such a temptation.

"Okay!" After being silent for a while, Si Mizhan finally got up and saluted, "Then please ask the envoy."

Wang Dana smiled slightly, and Dang even took out an agreement, "The big boss signed him, and I will deliver the goods immediately."

Without hesitation, Simizhan asked someone to bring a brush and signed his name directly. Wang Dana smiled and put the agreement away, and did not stay here for a long time, so he said goodbye and left.

However, he did not go to Forou, but sent his men to inform the merchant ships to bring the goods, while he went to another Mon chief's territory.

Thousands of years of political wisdom and imperial art of the Central Plains dynasty told the rulers to learn to check and balance, and Jin Yiwei knew this well.

When supporting Simizhan, we must also support a No. [-] figure, just like the method of Emperor Jiajing back then.

If after Bagu restores the country successfully, he wants to break the agreement with the Ming Dynasty, then at this time, the Ming Dynasty still has a No. [-] or even a No. [-] person to choose, who can support them and overthrow Simizhan.

In September, shortly after the Taungoo Kingdom failed in northern Myanmar, Ainengqi in the north joined hands with the chieftains of the Shan ethnic group to successively capture Nandu, Lashio, Mupang and other places, and established Shan State in Lashio, along the The Wa River encroached on the territory of Toungoo to the south, and played the banner of recovering Awa City, the capital of the Shan nationality.

Ainengqi's rapid growth is naturally inseparable from the money and food support of the Ming Dynasty. King Dongyu was shocked and prepared to organize the fifth encirclement and suppression to stabilize the situation in northern Myanmar, but at this time the Mon people in the south suddenly came back. Start a rebellion.

As the Bagu royal family, Simizhan united with the Mon tribes and captured Daguang, which is the Yangon area, and announced the restoration of Bagu. , all fell within a month.

The Bagu area is an important granary for the Toungoo Kingdom. King Toungoo had no choice but to restore Bai Mang's military power and let him lead the army to put out the Meng rebellion first.

Bai Mang led [-] Burmese soldiers to the south, defeated the Mon army in the north of Yangon, killed Bagu king Smizhan, and the Mon army fled back to Daguang.

Jin Yiwei didn't expect this, and Si Mizhan himself probably didn't expect that he died so easily.

History is full of accidents.

Soon Bai Mang came after him and was about to attack Daguang City, but at this time the Ming Dynasty navy sailed the warship and warned Bai Mang not to start a war.

Bai Mang cursed loudly, he had never seen such a shameless person, but he was a little afraid of the warships of the Ming Dynasty, so he hesitated.

Taking advantage of Baimang's lack of attack, Wang Dana was in the city and immediately let the Meng people support the son of Smizhan as the king of Bagu. At this time, Ainengqi from the north of Myanmar led the army of the Shan people and attacked the northeast of Ava city. In Xibu, King Dongyu had to send half of Baimang's troops back to help to resist the Shan army, and in this way, he missed the opportunity to defeat the Mon.

Although Taungoo's national strength still exists, and the Burmese control most of the territory in the central region, he is also exhausted under the attack of Shan State and Pegu. The Jin Kingdom, an ally, is almost abolished.

When the Ming Dynasty overthrew Dongyu's rule through the Jinyiwei, the Ming Dynasty had already begun to attack the Kingdom of Jin, but it was different from the two-punch attack against Dongyu, the Ming Dynasty first gave the Kingdom of Jin a sweet spot.

Beginning in March, various passes in the Ming Dynasty began to impose heavy taxes on the cotton cloth and cotton transported to the Kingdom of Jin. This directly led to an increase in the price of cotton cloth in the Guanzhong area. The export of foreign trade caused the price of cotton cloth in the Ming Dynasty to rise as well.

The soaring price of cotton cloth made the big cotton farmers in the Guanzhong area boil immediately.

At the same time, merchants in the Ming Dynasty raided the tobacco in the Guanzhong area, causing the price of tobacco to rise to a terrifying level, to the point where a catty of cigarettes was exchanged for a horse, and there was still nothing to pay.

The merchants of the Kingdom of Jin began to inquire, why did the price of cotton cloth rise so fast?At this time, the Ming Dynasty released the news, saying that with the opening of Malacca, merchant ships could go directly to India, and received orders for nearly a million horses from the Mughal Empire and the Sasanian Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty could not produce them, so it caused a Cotton prices soared.

The people of the Kingdom of Jin gasped in surprise, and at this moment, a batch of cotton cloth orders were transferred to the Kingdom of Jin...

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