The person sent by King Mangdala to Dashun was the king's younger brother Mangbai, who was the one who caused the cursed water disaster in history. But he is not the one in power in Myanmar now, and there is no Ming Dynasty emperor who wants to join him.
However, there was a Ming Dynasty emperor who had already sent troops to Siam, next door to Burma!
Before leaving the royal city of Ava, Mangbai had already read a copy of the "Ming-Siam Treaty", and he was frightened just by looking at it!
It’s not about how harsh the treaty is – from the perspective of the suzerain and his vassals, the “Ming Siam Zongfan Treaty” is quite mild.
The Ming Dynasty's requirements for Siam were completely the benefits that the suzerain country should enjoy, and they were not excessive at all! If Siam does not give it, Ming will lose money if it assumes the obligation to protect Siam.
It is precisely because of gentleness that the brothers Mangdala and Mangbai are afraid!
The powerful Annan and Siam have already accepted the Ming Dynasty's "Treaty of Suzerains and Vassals", and the two weak countries Chenla and Lancang (called Laos in China and Nanzhang in Annan) may also accept the treaty.
In this way, Myanmar's immediate neighbors to the east will all become part of the Ming Dynasty's world empire!
And the chieftains in Lanna (Lanna Thai Kingdom, the Kingdom of Eight Hundred Daughters in Chinese History), Mubang (Shan State) and other places in Myanmar who are unwilling to be ruled by Myanmar will also take the opportunity to join the Ming Dynasty - serving as a vassal for the Ming Dynasty is no better than Is it happy to be a dog in Myanmar?
By then, if the Ming Dynasty does not attack, Myanmar will also be severely damaged.
That's why Mang Bai accepted the mission to go north to embrace his thighs, and then headed for Chongqing, the capital of the northern Dashun Empire, with the mission and gifts as quickly as possible.
But when Mangbai entered Yunnan and then headed north to Chongqing, this Burmese prince who was extremely cruel to Yongli monarchs and ministers in history became even more frightened.
Because what he saw was a newly established Tang-style feudal country, with a martial and warlike atmosphere everywhere. The soldiers of Tianfu who came from the north were all simple and brave enough to fight, and their equipment seemed to be very well-equipped. Therefore, every group of Dashun troops encountered by Mangbai's mission along the way were murderous and not afraid of hardships.
As for their equipment, it's not bad. The infantry's armor coverage rate is very high. Almost most of the soldiers (regular soldiers) have a body-protecting armor. Their weapons are mainly spears, knives, bows and arrows, and firecrackers. Soldiers holding these four weapons formed a flower team, with about 40 spearmen, 20 swordsmen, 30 archers and 10 gunmen for every 100 people.
Mang Bai also discovered that the fireguns held by these Dashun gunmen were all Western-style, which were heavy matchlock guns that the Han people called turtledove-footed fireguns. In fact, the quality of these fireguns was not very good, and they were all unprofessional. It was randomly crafted by Sichuan blacksmiths, and it just looks deceptive. In order to avoid exploding the barrel, the charge had to be reduced, so the turtle-dove-foot gun could only produce the power of a shotgun.
But Mang Bai couldn't see that there was anything wrong with the quality of the fire gun!
In addition, Mangbai also noticed that some of the advancing troops would also carry bronze artillery. Although the number was not large, this kind of artillery that could be dragged by war horses was still very useful to the Burmese army, which relied on elephants for impact. Threatening......
Today, Mang Bai arrived in Chongqing, the capital of the Dashun Empire, and saw a capital full of murderous intent and quite serious.
There is no atmosphere of wealth and peace in this capital. You can’t even see a shop when walking on the streets! There are high walls on both sides of the street, and along the high walls stand the Jinwu Army of Emperor Dashun - the proportion of them holding fire guns is even higher, almost one-third!
The rest of them have spears in their hands and a knife hanging from their waist. You can tell from one glance that they are very capable of fighting!
In addition, a large group of cavalry appeared, all of them armored lancers, standing in neat formation at the entrance of the castle where Emperor Dashun lived.
Mang Bai followed Dashun Zuofu Niu Jinxing who came out of Chongqing City to meet him, and the military advisor Song Xiance dismounted his horse together, then walked across the wooden bridge outside Chaotianmen (Chaotianmen has been moved) at the south gate of the imperial city, and then walked from the column They passed through the cavalry formed in two square formations, not even daring to breathe a sigh of relief.
After entering Chaotianmen, Mang Bai found that it was still full of murderous atmosphere. There were no decorations and the houses were very simple, but they had all the defense facilities!
There were no palace maids or eunuchs to be seen in the imperial city, but there were still groups of soldiers wearing helmets and carrying spears and guns.
Mang Bai was a little suspicious. Did the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty sleep with his armour in his arms at night?
Finally, we entered the "Juyi Hall", which was Li Guo's Qinzheng Hall. However, it didn't have the style of a royal palace. It was small in size and poorly decorated. There were just a lot of chairs, ten chairs in total. Li Guo has one hand, Li Laiheng has one hand, and each of the eight kings has one hand.
Among them, two chairs of the eight co-ruling kings were empty, and neither Li Dingguo nor Yuan Zongdi was in Chongqing. So now there are eight people sitting on the chairs, and they are all wearing aqua blue robes!
Mang Bai looked a little confused. There were so many people sitting there, all wearing similar clothes, so who should he kowtow to? Won’t everyone have to knock?
"Who is the emperor?" He turned around and asked, "Who should I kowtow to?"
A general officer followed him and translated his words into Chinese.
Li Guo, who was sitting on the throne, laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "Well, here is the emperor Chui Gong, eight kings co-ruling, and a prince Fujun, but two kings are not here. According to the rules, you have to kowtow one by one! But! Well, I’ll spare you the trouble... I’ll give you a seat!”
Fortunately, after listening to Tongshi's translation, Mangbai breathed a sigh of relief. Now there are eight people to worship, and one person has to kowtow twenty-four times to the three of them. He will definitely faint!
Seeing Mang Bai sitting down, Li Guo asked again: "Second Military Advisor, are you ready for the treaty?"
"Your Majesty, we are ready." Gu Junen held the text of the unequal treaty in his hand.
Li Guo waved his hand and said, "Then just read it."
"I accept the decree."
After Gu Junen received the imperial edict, he began to read out the unequal treaty.
Of course, the content of the treaty is also "formatted". Isn't this the practice of the Chinese dynasty?
There were only a few requirements that Dashun made. First of all, Dashun was the suzerain, and Myanmar was a foreign vassal. The new king of Myanmar had to go through the process of canonization by Dashun.
Secondly, Dashun wants to protect Myanmar.
Thirdly, Myanmar must obey Dashun's command militarily and diplomatically.
Fourth, Dashun wants to rent a seaport on the coast of Myanmar to station troops.
Fifth, Dashun wanted to enclose another piece of land near the military garrison seaport to garrison troops.
Sixth, Dashun wanted to set up a pavilion along the leased seaport in Yunnan to protect trade.
Seventh, Myanmar must not impose taxes on Dashun officials and merchants, and must not obstruct the freight of Dashun officials and merchants.
Eighth, Myanmar must protect the academies established by Dashun Confucian scholars on Myanmar soil.
Ninth, Dashun subjects who broke the law in Burma should be handed over to the governor-general of the Dashun concession for trial.
There are only nine clauses in total, and they are not copied from the Ming Dynasty's format clauses, but they are roughly the same. It is to clarify the rights and obligations between the suzerain and the vassal state.
And it’s an unequal treaty!
Nonsense, how can the suzerain and the vassal state be equal?
Legally speaking, part of the sovereignty of the vassal state belongs to the suzerain state, so of course they cannot be equal!
"You guys, why are you like Daming?" Mang Bai's face turned blue after listening to Tongshi's translation.
"This is the custom of the Celestial Empire!" Sun Kewang said calmly. "Prince, tell me, which one should I not do?"
Mang Bai said: "Isn't it necessary to station troops?"
Sun Kewang snorted: "You prince look very smart, why are you so confused? What are you doing here? Aren't you just asking for protection from E Dashun? How can you protect us without stationing troops?"
That seems to be the case! How to protect without soldiers? Empty words are of no use!
"That enclosure..."
"The troops in the garrison have to eat! I don't want your contributions. Is it too much to enclose a piece of land and grow it yourself?"
Not too much! Who would come if you don’t have food to eat?
"This trade..."
"Just to borrow a way!" Sun Kewang said, "You still want to collect taxes from the country?"
"Don't dare, don't dare..." Mang Bai really couldn't tell what he shouldn't do.
Sun Kewang smiled and said: "Since it's all right, then sign it quickly! If you sign it, we Dashun will immediately send 5,000 troops to protect your country of Myanmar."
