At this time, in Siam.

Today's Siam belongs to the Ayutthaya Dynasty period, with prosperous economy and military power. King Narai's rule was stable and it was in its heyday.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, Ayutthaya sent envoys to visit China more than a hundred times, up to six times a year.

From China, they obtained silk and porcelain, which were highly profitable in the international market at that time. China also obtained agarwood, ivory, and rhino horn from Ayutthaya.

Because of the importance of the Strait of Malacca, diplomacy was very early.

As early as 1516, Portugal signed a treaty with Siam, stipulating that the Portuguese could live, do business and preach in Ayutthaya, Tanassarin, Moji, Pattani, Liukun and other places.

Spain, Britain, France also signed contracts one after another, and even many Japanese.

Therefore, compared with Southeast Asian countries, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam was more open and knowledgeable about firearms.

It is precisely because of this that when Southeast Asian countries fell into colonies in history, Siam, because it opened earlier, understood the importance of diplomacy, balanced the left and right between Britain and France, and barely maintained its independence.

Escaped colonization and even Japanese invasion.

After Sun Kewang unified Myanmar, it was named Dian Kingdom.

Due to the indescribable fear in his heart of the Ming Dynasty and concern for the remnants of the Toungu dynasty, he directly moved the capital to the south.

From Taungoo City, we traveled hundreds of miles south to reach the Bago area, which was later known as the Yangon area.

The land here is fertile, and the delta plain formed by the impact of the Ravaddy River has raised a large population.

Therefore, Sun Kewang built a city here and renamed it Xinjing, while Toungoo City in the north was designated as Beijing, following the example of the Ming Dynasty in implementing the two-capital system.

Since the Toungoo Dynasty roughly unified Myanmar, it took Sun Kewang several years to truly quell the civil strife and lay the foundation of the dynasty.

In fact, there were only a few hundred miles of land directly under the Toungoo Dynasty and a population of less than one million. The rest of the land was just a few loyal chieftains who only had the obligation to pay tribute and lead troops.

To put it bluntly, it is a replica of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, Sun Kewang divided the entire Myanmar into two capitals and thirteen provinces, and governed the world based on the province, prefecture, and county model, and mixed the chieftain system.

The central government establishes a cabinet, and the inner court uses the Supervisor of Ceremony as a check and balance.

They copied the Ming Dynasty without shame.

It’s not their fault. They have been exposed to the systems of the Ming Dynasty since childhood. How could they not stick to it?

It's better to copy it completely than not to resemble what you learned.

Zhang Xianzhong's messy retro system was just renamed. Thinking of completely separating it from Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang adopted this suggestion.

In fact, the civil servants made Sun Kewang agree with just one sentence: "Does the king want Zhang Xianzhong to be the ancestor?"

Good guy, although Sun Kewang is his godson, he has already changed his surname back to his birth name. Now the world he conquered is worthy of the name of Taizu.

If it were Taizong or Gaozu, wouldn't it be a huge loss?

The reason why he did not proclaim himself emperor but king was actually because he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would attack him.

Over the years, he was fighting against Siam and running the country at the same time. It can be said that he was very busy.

Although the results of the battle against Siam were very small, he achieved his goal of weakening the chieftains. The area under direct control became much larger, expanding from thirteen provinces to eighteen provinces.

Borrowing troops to reduce the vassal state is nothing more than this.

How could those chieftains be his opponents?

However, for the sake of prestige, Sun Kewang finally worked hard and gathered tens of thousands of troops. He destroyed the Lanna Kingdom in northern Thailand, which was the Ming Dynasty's Babai Dadian (Chiang Mai) and Ba Bai Zhe Nai (Qing Lai).

A Xuanwei Department.

It expanded hundreds of miles and its prestige became increasingly powerful.

In other words, the territory of the Dian Kingdom at this time has exceeded that of the previous Burmese dynasties, and it can be said to be extremely prosperous.

At this time, Sun Kewang, who had ruled the Dian Kingdom for nearly ten years, was almost fifty years old. He had been busy for most of his life and began to curb his ambitions.

From the previous expansion, it has reached the current stability and stability.

Compile household registration, establish prefectures and counties, establish armies, accept concubines, establish hundreds of officials, build ancestral temples, establish imperial examinations, promote farming, strengthen the army, suppress rebellious people...

One after another, one internal matter after another completely absorbed his energy into internal affairs, so at this time, he began to think of a truce.

The war that has been going on for several years will finally come to an end.

Xinjing.

At this time, a group of chariots and horses, guarded by many soldiers, hurried to the city gate.

"who?"

"A new envoy from Siam!"

The general looking at the gate immediately asked.

After receiving the accurate answer, his face lit up: "Hurry, Your Majesty is impatient. Follow me into the palace."

Inside the carriage, the Siamese envoy opened a corner of the carriage curtain, his face suddenly full of novelty.

The city gate inlaid with copper nails is completely different from other countries in South Asia and looks very eye-catching.

The tall city walls and extremely wide moat make the entire New Capital look very solid and difficult to destroy.

There are gates and arrow towers on the city walls, and guards patrol the gates for protection.

"Even if there are hundreds of elephants, I'm afraid they won't be able to do anything to this city."

The envoy exclaimed.

Soon, the carriage went to the city, and the scenery of Xinjing appeared before his eyes.

The road paved with bricks and stones is very flat, extremely clean, and does not feel muddy at all.

You know, even in the dry season, there is light rain, and all kinds of sludge piles up in the streets, which smells bad. It is inevitable in any city in Siam, but not in Xinjing.

The streets are full of people and traffic.

Vendors in colorful clothes were shouting about their goods, and stalls set up on the side displayed a dazzling array of goods, attracting many people to come and buy.

What made him envious was that even the common people were dressed in commoners and decent clothes, just like the nobles of Siam.

You must know that among the people, ordinary people are like banana leaves, and they can be covered by leaves. Those who can afford commoners are nobles.

For a moment, he felt a little ashamed.

Because the clothes of the customers coming and going from the shops were more gorgeous than his.

Then, he saw a group of officials carrying swords, walking arrogantly on the street. The people along the road quickly gave way, which was obviously a common practice.

Soon, he passed by buildings one after another, with brick and tile structures, gray walls and earth tiles. They were very different from Siam, which made him feel particularly novel.

In a short time, he arrived at the palace.

A team of guards stood in front of the door, their eyes shining, watching everyone who entered the palace with vigilance.

Even though someone was leading the team, he still went through several inspections.

"It seems that the King of Dian is still afraid of death."

The pillars of the palace are painted deep red and covered with yellow glazed tiles, making it appear solemn and majestic.

Entering the main hall, you can see a large number of flower windows with their bottoms facing upward, exquisite and elegant jade paving, and some ancient calligraphy and paintings and camellia patterns hanging on the walls, which demonstrate the profound cultural connotation of the palace.

In the hall, two rows of beaded curtains were pulled aside. The white marble throne was majestic and upright. An old man with slightly frosted temples was dressed in a yellow dragon robe. He seemed to be in a high-ranking position.

On both sides, there were many ministers standing, standing in accordance with the civil and military classes, which was very regular.

Such pomp and majesty made the Siamese envoys tremble with fear:

"Foreign Minister Basong Chalunpeng has met the King of Dian."

"Get up!"

Sun Kewang was sitting on the dragon chair, with the soft backrest cushioning his waist, and his face was slightly pale.

Everyone has a compensatory effect on themselves. After years of fighting and traveling thousands of miles to Burma, he naturally took in concubines and reproduced children.

Now that I am getting older, I have more ambition but less strength.

Now there are only six sons and three daughters, and in recent years they have even withered away, with no heirs born.

"If your country wants to sign a peace treaty, what are the conditions?"

At this time, Yang Changzhi, who served as the chief minister of the cabinet, asked calmly.

"Our country is willing to offer 10,000 shi of grain, 5,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 taels of gold to form a friendship forever——"

The interpreter on the side quickly translated.

"Not enough." Yang Changzhi said casually: "Your country has to pay tribute of another three thousand shi of rice every year."

The previous conditions have been negotiated, but the subsequent tribute is additional.

In fact, for Siam, with three crops of rice a year, food is not a problem at all. The biggest difficulty is silver and gold.

In South Asia, precious metals are in short supply.

After hearing that they only wanted food, the envoy thought for a moment and agreed.
To be continued...