"For more than two hundred years, my reign has been deeply benevolent and generous, and I have treated all foreigners who served China with kindness. Taizu taught: 'Any foreigner country is not troubled by China, and it is also unlucky for me to raise troops to attack lightly.' '"
"However, there are those who are brave and Yinglong in Donggu, colluding with various ministries, troubling our borders, and hurting our soldiers and civilians. Three announcements and six comforts, half of which were issued by Burma with gold-lettered red cards; they invaded Tengchong, Yongchang, Dali, and Menghua, and plundered without any calculation; more He burned down Shunning and killed the commander of the Chu Xiong Guard. His overestimation of his own capabilities is ridiculous, and his crimes are too numerous to describe. I sent an envoy to question him, but Dongxu was rude and insulted him!"
"Those who are small but do not feel humble, have little power but do not fear the strong, are rude and insult their big neighbors, are greedy and do not know how to make friends, will perish. Of course, it is limited to mountains and seas, and is isolated in a corner, and the land it acquires is not enough to provide for it. Gaining the people is not enough to give orders, but because of my responsibility to protect the people, I have no choice but to attack the sinners in the name of heaven and carry out conquests and executions."
"In the tenth month of the Jiashen period, hundreds of thousands of troops were summoned to the east to resist the heavenly troops. The Chinese thundered at Lishui, and all their troops turned into powder in the food room. Those who responded to the dragon recklessly had their heads in different places, thinking that they were a warning to those who stubbornly resisted the imperial edict. Today, the general will It was first announced to the southwest that all the countries that belong to me will no longer be able to live with you, and I will also tolerate you and pacify the barbarians. If you violate the laws of heaven seriously, you will be punished and you must not regret it."
"I will order the army to attack Burma to be stationed in Manmo. The people who come to the southwest of Jing will obey the imperial court's instructions. You and other subordinates will all come to thank you within the year to show the distinction between superior and inferior. You must listen to the edict!"
The memorial jointly signed by Liu Xian and Deng Zilong, who followed Lubu Feijie to Beijing, was adopted by Zhu Yijun. Subsequently, an edict recording the above words was issued from the capital and will be conveyed to the southwestern states in March of the sixth year of Wanli.
According to the requirements of the edict, all countries such as Sanxuan and Liuwei, Annan, Siam, Babai, Arakan, etc. must send envoys to the DPRK within the year to pay tribute and listen to the imperial teachings. If there is anyone who disobeys, the edict is very clear - the punishment will be upon you and you will not regret it.
The edict gave the reason why the Ming army was stationed in Manmo, that is, "the people of Jingnan are distinguished by their superiority and inferiority."
The most important thing is that the edict did not make arrangements for the status and successor of the Myanmar Xuanwei Division, which gave the relevant forces room for imagination - implying that they can decide the winner first, as long as they pay me tribute and show their respect. . Of course, if there is a fool who cannot understand the fifth meaning of the edict, there is no need for the State to explain it to you.
Ming Daxi, Mang Yingli and Hanba were not fools. After seeing the Ming army kill Mang Yinglong, they stopped attacking Awa and stayed behind Manmo. They all judged that the Ming army had completed the task of punishing Dongyu. ——Therefore, these three families immediately started fighting before the imperial edict was issued.
First, with the support of Yue Feng and Chen An, Mang Yingli successfully ascended the throne as king in Bago, and sent a decree to Ming Daxi to transfer military power to the envoy, and quickly returned to Bago for the funeral. Of course Ming Daxi ignored his elder brother, but instead accused Hanba of betraying Mang Yinglong and massacred all the native people of Mubang living in Mengyang. He swore a large army, claiming to be 200,000, to attack Mubang.
Under the arrangement of Chen Wensui, the governor of Yunnan, Meng Yang's Si Geyi joined forces with Ming Daxi. On the grounds that Mubang assisted Dongyu in attacking Meng Yang, he also launched troops to attack Mubang. The former life-and-death enemies suddenly became teammates fighting side by side - a vivid footnote to the chaotic barbarian sentiments in the Southwest at this time.
At the same time, Ming Daxi's message spread throughout Toungoo, calling on the soldiers and people of Toungoo to join the Timber State to avenge the former king. The response from the Mang Yingli court was very touching: they did not dare to mention that Taungyu's real enemy was the Ming court. It only showed that Daxi had always been rebellious and had long been in cahoots with Si, which led Mang Yinglong into danger.
Among the several forces, Mang Yingli was the weakest. Although they had great righteousness, the treasury was empty and the army was weak, so they could only slowly return to the blood. Although Ming Daxi had an army of 50,000 men, he had no base and insufficient food and grass to support a long-term military operation. Although Mubang has fewer soldiers than Mingdaxi, it still has 40,000, and it has a large territory that can quickly restore blood.
Since then, Mubang seems to be the strongest, but Hanba's shortcoming is that he has a bad reputation, and since he is not the son of Mang Yinglong, he is even more untenable in terms of justice.
But Hanba also had a trick up his sleeve. He put the excrement basin of Mang Ruidi, the first king of Toungoo, who was assassinated by Hou Simixiu of Toungoo Xitang, directly on Mang Yinglong's head. Hanba said in his memorandum that Mang Yinglong won the country unfairly, which led to the militarism and chaos in Toungoo in recent years. I, Hanba, want to bring order to the chaos and protect Mang Ruizan, the son of Mang Ruiti - an illegitimate son who knows where. ——Reestablish Taungoo orthodoxy.
Now all three parties had their own righteousness and reasons, and the entire Taungoo was in chaos as Deng Zilong expected. The seemingly solid alliance immediately fell apart. All the ambitious leaders of the various ministries left the Bago court and returned to their hometowns to establish themselves as kings.
Ming Daxi has the strongest armed force. Without a base, he is like a mad dog, biting everywhere and leaving no grass growing in his path. Mubang's territory became a drag on Hanba. He first divided his troops to defend the city, but suffered heavy losses due to his poor defense of the city. In desperation, they gathered together to find the main force of Ming Daxi. However, they were surrounded and defeated by the coalition forces of Ming Daxi and Meng Yang, and they could only abandon the ground and huddle in defense.
Although most of Mubang fell, after shrinking its defense line, it also reached a balance of power with the Mingdaxi-Mengyang gang (Hanba language), and neither side could do anything to the other.
Mangyingli, who was in Bago, sat on a mountain and watched the tiger fight at the beginning, and called on all the ministries to gather troops, dreaming of wiping out Mubang and Mingdaxi in one fell swoop. However, everyone wanted to replicate Mang Yinglong's great achievements in unifying Myanmar, so the powerful leaders of various ministries went back to pull poles and build mountains. The more Mang Yingli called for, the fewer people there were.
Mangyingli is located in the sacred land of Bago, and has the port city of Boseng leading to the Indian Ocean. The major warlords in Toungoo are ready to move and want to get their hands on this trading city. Therefore, in addition to Si Hanyu, the Lord of Awa City in the Lishui Delta, adhering to neutrality and secretly helping Mang Yingli, Mang Yingli had to fight his way through the grass-head kings before he could meet Mingdaxi and Hanba.
What's even more frightening is that neighboring small countries such as Laos, which was originally occupied by Mang Yinglong, and Siam, which was almost bullied to death, saw that Mang Yinglong had failed to get retribution, and they beat up the fallen dog one after another. Therefore, it is estimated that it will take 30 to 50 years until another heroic leader emerges from Myanmar to end the troubled times.
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Not to mention the chaos in Western countries after the fall of Mang Yinglong, the Ming court's reform cause was still advancing as fast as a spark. In accordance with the spirit of the reform edict, and with the clampdown and crackdown on various voices opposing the reform across the country, from the imperial court to local governments, after the New Year, the organizational framework for the reform was basically set up.
When designing the organizational framework, Zhu Yijun followed the sixteen-character policy of "clear rights and responsibilities, clear division of labor, strong coordination, and streamlined organization" while referring to the management structure of later generations of countries. He repeatedly solicited opinions and made many rounds before finally finalizing the design. .
Because the Ming Dynasty is still an agricultural society. Although under Zhu Yijun's promotion and care, the sprout of capitalism has grown into a small sapling, it still cannot support the huge modern bureaucracy.
Therefore, in addition to integrating the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army into the Privy Council, adding departments and bureaus to the Cabinet and the Attendant's Office, splitting the branch from the Household Department, and establishing several new ministries such as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, the overall structure of the imperial court was only It can be considered a semi-finished product - or a semi-finished product with not even a small amount of it.
Despite this, the positions of second- and third-rank officials in the imperial court have also doubled. For officials all over the world, the important reason for the smooth promulgation of the organizational structure of the reform edict is that there have been more official positions - the cabinet alone has established five departments Bureau, the level is all servant level. As the center of the country's military, the Privy Council consists of the General Office, the Military Administration Department, the Military Training Department, the Logistics Department, the Integrity Inspection Office, the Audit Office, the Military Law Department, the Military Intelligence Bureau, etc. The positions of the second and third ranks in the military system have increased tenfold. ——Used to house a large number of nobles from the former Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Regarding the expenditure of the imperial court, the salary expenditure has not increased much. However, with the establishment of various organizational structures and the rationalization of responsibilities, the work efficiency of the half-baked imperial court with the essence of modern management has been doubled - including the strengthening of the power of the cabinet. played a decisive role.
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