"What? The Kingdom of Bala, the Kingdom of Lao Buddha, the Kingdom of Aceh and the Kingdom of Perak were attacked by the Ming Dynasty. Do you want us Dashun to send troops to rescue? Isn't this inviting a wolf into the house? They don't know how the country of Burma disappeared? Oh, look. These countries are either dumbfounded, or they are using some kind of trick!"
The one who is talking nonsense is Li Jicheng, the grandson of Emperor Dashun. This boy is not old, only in his early twenties. But his ability is not small, and he has already distinguished himself on the battlefield in Shaanxi. He led the Shao Fu soldiers established by the new army imitating the Ming army and fought against the army commanded by Wu Sangui many times, and won more than he lost!
However, this boy's ability to cause trouble is almost as great as his ability to fight. During the war in Shaanxi, he relied on his status as the emperor's grandson and won several battles, so he did not treat Liu Zongmin, Li Dingguo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and other old people like him. The king took it seriously. They also mocked them behind their backs for being too advanced in their fighting skills and not knowing how to command a new type of army. Although this is true, these founding princes are indeed a bit outdated and cannot keep up with the times, but it is too offensive to say it!
Dashun is not a system under the dictatorship of the emperor, but rather a political system governed by eight kings. If all the eight political kings were offended by him, his great-grandson would not be able to continue.
Therefore, Prince Li Laiheng did not dare to leave him on the front line of Shaanxi, nor did he dare to leave him to cause trouble in the court. He simply sent him to the military affairs of Burma Governor-General.
After arriving in Myanmar, Li Jicheng had no one to control him, so he spoke even more unmeasuredly. Now he actually said that the dignified Dashun came to the country and the benevolent and righteous dynasty was the big bad wolf... If this was said to the emperor Grandpa Li Guo heard this, and Li Jicheng's position as grandson may be gone!
Li Jicheng does not need Li Laiheng. The prince Li Laiheng is nominally the third generation, but in fact he is a founding hero and conquered the country together with those old kings, so his position is very stable.
And Li Jicheng, the fourth generation of Dashun, is a real junior, and in the eyes of the old kings, he is just an ignorant junior. And those little kings may not necessarily obey him, because Li Laiheng has many sons. Although Li Jicheng is the eldest son, his mother died early, and Li Laiheng continued his relationship after the death of Li Jicheng's mother, marrying Qin Wang Sun Kewang's daughter as his concubine. . Li Laiheng and Sun Kewang's daughters have a good relationship, and they have three sons and three daughters...
"Great grandson!" Song Yaowen, the son of Song Xiance, who is not much older than Li Jicheng but looks very calm, quickly reminded, "You must be careful in your words and deeds! Now many Lao Wang are dissatisfied with you, Your Majesty His old man also..."
The dissatisfaction of the political kings with Li Jicheng will not cause the downfall of His Royal Highness, because Li Jicheng is the grandson and not the prince. Now that Li Guo is not dead, Li Laiheng's crown prince doesn't know when it will be Li Jicheng's turn until the Year of the Monkey. Therefore, the political kings were dissatisfied and would not really make efforts to replace Li Jicheng.
But Li Guo's dissatisfaction with Li Jicheng is a problem!
Moreover, Li Guo's dissatisfaction was not because of Li Jicheng's domineering attitude, but because Li Jicheng believed that both the land equalization system and the government army system were outdated, and even had the potential to become bad governance.
In the former, due to the lack of fertile land that can be divided and the fact that there were too many government soldiers in need of land, it has evolved into a system in which the government soldiers seize land from civilian households. A common situation is to give all the good farmland of the households to the military households, and then give all the slopes and terraces to the households, or simply use land from Yunnan or even Myanmar to compensate the Sichuan farmers who have lost their land - moving from Sichuan to Yunnan or Myanmar can It is not an easy task, and the land allocated to farmers is wasteland or even forestland, which requires investment and development before it can be turned into fertile land.
The vast majority of Dashun farmers cannot save the capital for immigration and development, and they have no place to borrow money, so they can only live as tenant farmers in their hometown. Only a small number of them received funding from the Dashun court and the royal palaces and were able to move to Awa and Salian in Myanmar.
As for the government military system, it also encountered difficulties due to the long time to serve, insufficient land allotments, and too little subsidies from the court. As time went by, the soldiers became poorer and poorer, and their morale during service became lower and lower.
What makes Li Jicheng even more dissatisfied is that the solidification within the Fubing is becoming increasingly serious. Not only is the class solidification, but there are too many "old people" who hold high positions and have no way to quit, thus blocking the way for newcomers. This matter is related to Dashun's "sharp hole". Apart from being a soldier, there is no other way out for those "veteran veterans".
In addition, there is no way for the Dashun army to implement the hated last-place elimination system and "997" - how to eliminate the government soldiers? Confiscate the land or let your son take over? Moreover, the government soldiers combine soldiers with farmers, and their martial arts can be practiced at home. There is no need to practice hard in the military camp. Therefore, there is no tradition of "997", and since the soldiers are not paid, there is no tool to encourage soldiers to train hard.
If the pattern of warfare had not changed rapidly over the years, Dashun's military system would still be a very good military system. But now this group of feudal landowner soldiers are a little behind the trend... On the Shaanxi battlefield, the main battlefield of the Mingshun confrontation, the signs of the Dashun army falling behind were even more obvious. Although Li Dingguo always had an advantage over Wu Sangui in terms of military strategy, Wu Sangui became invincible with a few new military divisions.
Whenever two armies face off, even if the Dashun army has superior numbers and superior terrain, they will most likely lose in the end. Even if they barely win, it will definitely be a miserable victory.
Only the young army led by Li Jicheng performed better. They could fight in line and shoot with the new military division in Wu Sangui's hands, and even beat them several times.
However, the new-style youth army had few people after all, and because of its outstanding performance, it became the key target of the Ming army. Wu Sangui also asked Zhu Cixiang to recruit young guards from Zhu Cixiang to fight against Li Jicheng's young soldiers. Therefore, Li Taisun did not open up the situation in Shaanxi and offended many people. Even the emperor Li Guo was dissatisfied with him - what Li Guo hated most was that someone exposed the shortcomings of Juntian and Fubing!
Hearing what his confidants said, Li Jicheng just snorted a few times: "These people are getting more and more stubborn as they get older, and they can't even listen to the truth now. If this continues, what will happen to our Dashun!"
"Great grandson," Gao Yidao, who also protected his great grandson, interjected, "going south to Malacca may be able to reverse the decline!"
Li Jicheng shook his head, "It's useless... We are not the Ming Dynasty. Sha Lian's sea trade can't make much money at all. It's just a matter of exchange."
It is four to five thousand miles from the Sichuan Basin to the mouth of Shalian, and the road is not easy to travel. There are many mountains along the way, and the transportation cost is frighteningly high.
Therefore, Sha Lian Sea Trade did not make any money at all, that is, it was exchanged for some good horses and guns needed by the Dashun Dynasty, and cotton needed by the official handicraft workshops of Sha Lian and Awa.
"Grandson," Gao Yidao shook his head and lowered his voice, "That's opening up a new territory! And Malacca is a good place to set up a card and collect money... In addition, the Bala Kingdom is actually The Western Red-Haired Country has made a sign here in Nanyang. I guess the Red-Horned Country was forced by the Ming Dynasty to become anxious and wanted us to enter Malacca to disrupt the situation."
"The Bala Kingdom is the Red-haired Kingdom?" Li Jicheng frowned, "Well, I heard that the Red-haired Kingdom is a powerful Western country, and it has many good guns and cannons!"
"Not only do they have good guns and cannons, but they also have good ships..." Song Yaowen added, "If the Red-haired Country is willing to help us fight against the Arakan Country, we will take advantage of it!"
Arakan is next to Myanmar and India. It has a long coastline and has always been a country based on trade. Therefore, although the country is not big, it is very wealthy and has long been targeted by Li Laiheng.
However, because the land route from Lower Burma to Arakan was very difficult, and the navy of Arakan was relatively powerful, Li Laiheng could only take a few glances, and there was no possibility of attacking.
Li Jicheng waved his hand and said: "This can't be like this. Our Dashun is a country of benevolence and righteousness. How can we let the Red-haired Country help us annex small countries? In that case, the Old Buddha Kingdom, Aceh Kingdom and Perak Kingdom can still be close to us?"
"It's still Taisun Renyi." Song Yaowen was slightly disappointed, but he still praised him.
Li Jicheng added: "But when the Ming Dynasty comes to the south, everyone will not be safe, and the Arakan Kingdom cannot stay out of it... I mean, we should get the Arakan Kingdom to send troops together!"
