"Your Highness, what else do you have to say?" Li Weizuo saw Zhu Yongxing yawning slightly tiredly and hurriedly prepared to leave.
Zhu Yongxing walked back and forth in the room to clear his mind again, and said: "Our Ming army used war to promote peace in Annan, not to destroy their country. Therefore, there will always be negotiations in the end, and the candidate for this negotiation is Chu.
It must be Chang Shi Yicheng. You have come back at the right time, so you will participate as an official of the Ministry of Rites, and you must get the most beneficial results. I will briefly explain this charter first, and you can think about it in detail. When Yicheng arrives,
You can discuss it later."
The more he continued to give him tasks, the more it showed that Zhu Yongxing valued him. Li Weizuo quickly sat upright and listened to Zhu Yongxing attentively.
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As the drums and whistles sounded, two young Siamese men wearing flower garlands danced to the music, showing off their fit bodies and martial arts postures to the surrounding audience.
"This ceremony is very sacred. You can see that they are all very serious. They pray to the sky and the ancestors for success." Zhu Yongxing explained softly to Mengzhu beside him: "Siamese boxing is fierce and vicious, and the moves include head
Bump, bite, punch, kick, stomp, trip, elbow, knee, shoulder, arm. Push, grab, press, wrestle, etc. It can be used on any part of the body.
Then use it, which is a boxing technique that is particularly suitable for actual combat."
Mengzhu listened to Zhu Yongxing's enthusiastic explanation, blinked her eyes, smiled and whispered: "The Mengshan Ke tribe also has warriors who are good at fighting, why not give it a try?"
Zhu Yongxing quickly shook his head. Such a competition is meaningless. Personal bravery will not play a big role in the battle. No matter how skilled you are, you will not be able to influence the situation of the battle.
"Your Highness, can Siamese earth boxing compare to our Chinese martial arts?" Yang Guoxiang asked somewhat unconvinced.
"Haha, how should I put it?" Zhu Yongxing chuckled and raised his glass to greet the Siam envoy opposite. He said to Yang Guoxiang: "Chinese martial arts is indeed broad and profound, with many sects, but when it comes to actual combat, I still favor Siamese boxing and its moves.
Simple, ferocious and deadly. But to be successful, you have to practice it from an early age."
Muay Thai is a traditional fighting technique in Thailand. It is characterized by the ability to use elbows, knees and other parts to attack at a very short distance. It is a very cruel martial art. In Chinese martial arts, there are Wen Lian, Wu Lian and Heng Lian. Muay Thai should
It belongs to horizontal training and has strong lethality.
At the end of the round, even though the performance played a large role, Zhu Yongxing still took the lead in applauding.
"Your envoy has come all the way. Thank you for your hard work." Zhu Yongxing, who was wearing a scholar's uniform, smiled and motioned to the Siamese envoy who came to offer a toast to excuse himself and sit down to talk.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Zheng Lanma Bodhi was able to speak fluent Chinese, which was not surprising to Zhu Yongxing who had already understood a lot of things.
"I am very moved by your country's attachment to the Celestial Empire." Zhu Yongxing said loudly: "A friend in need is a friend indeed. Please convey my greetings and thanks to your king after your envoy returns to your country."
"Your Highness's kindness will be conveyed to the foreign ministers." Lanma Bodhi sat on the chair and bent down to express his gratitude. "Your Highness is determined to forge ahead. He first defeated the Qing army in Tengchong and then sent troops to conquer Annan. The foreign ministers are very impressed." Lanma Bodhi said.
Seeing that Zhu Yongxing spoke calmly and had a kind attitude when receiving him, Bodhi smiled and complimented him.
"It's just a small victory. The road to Ming's rejuvenation is still long and arduous. We still need help from many parties to reverse the situation!" Zhu Yongxing said modestly. He solemnly said: "In order to thank you for your deep friendship in helping your country during times of crisis, our Ming Dynasty is willing to work with Siam from now on.
As a country of brothers, we support each other and fight against powerful enemies together."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness." Deputy envoy Chao Phraya beamed with joy and said with cupped hands, "I wonder if Your Highness would like to send troops to Burma to welcome him after his campaign against Annan?"
Lanma Bodhi frowned slightly, as if he thought the deputy envoy was a little too impatient, but after the words were spoken, he had to add a few words, "The Burmese people are vicious and unpredictable, and the Ming emperor is not suitable to live for a long time. I heard that the Burmese side dared to greet the Ming Dynasty.
It’s really infuriating that the army is so rude and obstructive.”
"Myanmar, you have betrayed me repeatedly, and I swear to destroy you." Zhu Yongxing covered his face with frost, and smacked his wine glass heavily, appearing to be very angry, but he paused for a moment, then slowly shook his head, and said sadly: "You are just using weapons without permission, you might hurt me.
Your Majesty, since the Qing army is facing a formidable enemy, we still need to wait patiently before regaining Yunnan!"
Although it was considered a temporary rejection, Zhu Yongxing's words did not mean death. Ramma Bodhi and Chao Phraya looked at each other and were not surprised. After all, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were still fighting wars, and the Ming army was still at a disadvantage.
Attacking Burma again is obviously too weak. However, there is still hope for the Ming army to attack Burma, and aiding the Ming army is not a failure. Recovering Yunnan, well, this is the first goal of the Ming army, which is very reasonable.
, and it is not a prevarication with illusory and unattainable excuses.
"His Royal Highness's conquests in the south and in the north have indeed shown the potential to raise the king to seek hegemony." Lanma Bodhi raised his hands and said: "I think the history of the Ming Dynasty and Siam's joint attack on Burma will also happen again. Our country has no doubt about it."
Zhu Yongxing smiled and nodded, and said firmly: "It is also our Ming Dynasty's wish to jointly attack Burma and renew the friendship between brotherly countries to fight against the enemy. Although our Ming Dynasty is currently unable to attack Burma, we are still willing to lend a helping hand to Siam.
Show your sincerity. How can we help? Your envoy will know after a few days."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Ramma Bodhi and Chao Phraya thanked each other, but they didn't know how the Ming Dynasty would help. Since Zhu Yongxing didn't mention it immediately, he naturally wouldn't ask further.
From a vassal state to a brotherly state, Zhu Yongxing does not think there is any disadvantage. China has had vassal states since the Western Han Dynasty, but Chinese dynasties have mostly adopted a soft policy towards vassal states and rarely interfered in their internal affairs, but provided them with free services.
Protect.
This is essentially different from the international relations between modern Western countries that appear to be equal but are actually one of the weak and the strong; and the kind of control and being controlled, oppression and oppression, and exploitation between the mother countries and colonies of Western colonial countries.
There is a world of difference between being exploited, plundering and being plundered.
However, China's vassal states are basically just the face of the Celestial Empire, creating the so-called prosperous age of "all nations come to the dynasty". China has received very few substantive benefits, or even reciprocal benefits. For example, paying tribute, in order to show that it is "the Celestial Empire".
The wealth and generosity of the country. The Chinese dynasties always followed the principle of "little comes and goes favorably" and gave large amounts of rewards to tributes, the value of which far exceeded the items paid by the tributes. Therefore, each vassal state always
I am happy to come to China to pay tribute.
Don’t lose face but be dignified, don’t talk about false etiquette but be practical. Zhu Yongxing believes that the strategy towards vassal states should be more flexible, not just a form of satisfying one’s ego, nor a one-sided generosity that only assumes responsibility but asks for nothing.
In fact, from the time Zhu Yongxing decided to take Annan eastward, he had already broken the old practice. Although it was under the banner of crusade against injustice, he had already plundered the land and resources of the vassal countries for the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.
The way of thinking and action is getting closer to that of the Western powers.