"I know. When grandpa was still alive, he often told us that we were subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Burmese were despicable and kidnapped Master Yongli to Wu Sangui, so the Ming Dynasty perished. Grandpa and the others did not want to surrender to Myanmar because of him. Knowing that we are Han people, we don’t want others to call us Burmese in the future.” Yang Jingzong recounted.
"Later, grandpa and the others fought against the Manchus for a long time. They gradually felt that there was no hope of restoring the Ming Dynasty, so they surrendered to the Manchus. And the reason why they chose to surrender to the Manchus instead of Burma was because surrendering to the Manchus would return the favor to the Qing Dynasty. We can retain our Han identity."
Seeing that Yang Jingzong had not forgotten this, Yang Weixing gave him a rare nod of approval.
"Now that you know everything, you still want to surrender to Myanmar?" Yang Weixing asked.
"Dad, aren't I so angry! By the way, since we can't vote for Burma or the Manchus, why should we vote for the Yi Dynasty! I don't know where it is?" Yang Jingzong asked.
"It, I heard, now occupies half of the Qing Dynasty. From Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, and Jiangsu, all the land to the south is their land." Yang Weixing said as if recalling the past.
When he was young, Yang Weixing also traveled around the outside world with his father's support. He still remembered that although the prosperity of those places was much worse than what his father said, it was still incomparable to his place of mountain villages and wild forests.
"Dad, you told me that among those places, I know nothing about them except Guangxi. So where are they? Are they far away from us?" Yang Jingzong asked, still confused.
"You haven't understood it, so it's normal that you don't understand. Our village is poor and simple, and there is no map. Just telling you this, it is difficult for you to understand. You only need to know that they are the most prosperous places today, and Yichao is not only After conquering a place, they still fought so hard that the Qing Dynasty could only sign a tacit agreement with them. Then do you think they are powerful?" Yang Weixing asked back.
"They are indeed very strong." As long as Yang Jingzong was not stupid enough, he would have understood the meaning of what Yang Weixing said.
"Yes." Yang Weixing responded solemnly.
Once upon a time, Yang Weixing also thought about developing a corner of the country and becoming the master of one. But reality slapped him in the face.
In a land with poor mountains and rivers, it would be unreasonable to rashly develop it unless there is a means to reach the heaven and earth. Especially after experiencing the recent war with Burma, Yang Weixing felt that he was somewhat powerless, let alone the behemoth Manchu Qing Dynasty.
So the more he learned about Zhang Rui, the more Yang Weixing felt in his heart how powerful he was.
"Go and pack your things later, and then take some people to protect the clansmen in the city and go to Guangxi to hide from the war. Yi Chao has arranged land for us in Guangxi." Yang Weixing looked at Yang Jingzong and ordered. .
"Dad, let someone else take the lead! I'll stay and fight with you." Yang Jingzong replied.
"Silly boy, you are the only one missing here? I asked you to lead the people there so that the people below will have no worries. Besides, we are no longer fighting alone." Yang Weixing said.
"Can…"
Seeing that Yang Jingzong was still hesitant, Yang Weixing continued: "After you take people to settle down, go to Guangdong, especially Guangzhou, to see what this Yi Dynasty is like. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I understand." Yang Jingzong agreed without hesitation.
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June of the second year of natural selection (twenty-three years of Qianlong reign)
The Manchu and Qing Dynasties secretly signed an agreement with Burma, and Burma sued for peace and paid tribute. The Manchu Qing court of the suzerain country was very satisfied with Burma's attitude in recognizing its mistakes. It executed the chieftain who had "provoked the trouble" in the first place and decided to "give" Burma The land in the Kegan Mountain area of Yunnan will be rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver. The two sides have reached a peace agreement and will no longer infringe.
With this result, both Qing and Myanmar were very satisfied.
Without the obstruction of Burma, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could devote more energy to pacifying the war in Sichuan. As for the Yunnan people who were killed by Burma, most of them are now Burmese. What does the Manchu and Qing court have to do with it?
Myanmar is already at the end of its game, and it is not easy to take a step closer to Yunnan. Coupled with the Nanzhang rebellion, the war in Siam has been decided, and now Myanmar is in urgent need of troops to return reinforcements. Yong Jiya felt that such a result was the best thing.
As for the newly acquired land, if there is no regular Manchu army, the people above are just Qing people to Burma, so what will happen no matter how much killing is done?
Poor people in Yunnan who were abandoned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty prayed to heaven and earth in vain. In order to avoid being enslaved by Burma, they could only move with their families to the border of Yunnan or Guangxi.
July of the second year of Tianzhi (the 23rd year of Qianlong)
The Yi Dynasty sent an envoy to Burma and ordered Burma to immediately withdraw from the land of Yunnan, execute a group of war criminals, and pay compensation for the war money totaling one million taels of silver.
"Is the leader of the thieves mentally ill? If he is ill, he should seek medical treatment. He actually wants to commit suicide in front of me?" Yong Jiya seemed to be happy when he heard the news, and he laughed and cursed at the ministers in front of him.
"Haha... He just has a brain convulsion. I really can't understand how the Manchus and Siamese would be defeated by such a brainless kid." Burmese general Gong Nai Ya echoed back.
At this moment, Burma, which had defeated the Manchus, was in high spirits. In their view, Zhang Rui would not dare to come to Myanmar to stir up trouble unless he had a mental problem. He just wanted to make a name for himself in the world by having fun talking.
But is Myanmar so easy to take advantage of?
"Gongmai, please take someone to kill those thieves. Put all the principals in dog cages and send them back to them." Yong Jiya decided to deal with the envoys of the Yi Dynasty in the same way as the envoys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
"Yes, Your Majesty, General Mo will do it now." General Gongmai, who was named by Yong Jiya, immediately came out of the queue and responded.
"Hmm..." Yong Jiya nodded lightly, as if he was dealing with something trivial.
And just when Gongmai was about to turn around and leave, he heard a deep old man's voice: "General Gongmai, wait a moment. Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"Mo Kebo, you are an old minister who has followed me, what else can't you say?" Yong Jiya said angrily as he looked at the speaker.
"I thank the king for his trust. The king should know that King Wu Lunshi of Siam has abdicated to Wen Lin!" Mokbo said after bowing to Yong Jiya.
"I just received the latest intelligence yesterday, and there is such a thing. I am now going to send troops to meet that boy Wenlin. After all, Siam is the land we really need in Myanmar." Yong Jiya said without any hesitation. replied.
