The Burmese wanted to benefit from both Yongli and Zhu Yongxing. Yongli was under house arrest and was completely passive. Zhu Yongxing, in turn, wanted to use the Burmese to trap Yongli and buy time for himself. Since the Burmese regarded Yongli's monarch and ministers as
Of course, the hostages would not be allowed to enter Yunnan easily, which gave Zhu Yongxing a lot of room for maneuver.
The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Even if it is a genuine imperial edict, as long as it is not good for him, Zhu Yongxing can still accuse it of being a fake edict and a conspiracy of the Burmese people. Temporarily agreeing to the Burmese people's request and acting weak is also part of the plan.
We can send people to monitor and observe Yongli's emperor and ministers nearby, and win over and divide some officials, such as Ma Jixiang and others. If these emperor's close officials relay Yongli's will or words, it will obviously be more convincing.
Zhu Yongxing, Yicheng, and Zheng Zhaoren even discussed the possibility of a posthumous edict. If something unexpected happened to Yongli, whether the chief minister Ma Jixiang or the eunuch Li Guotai and others could announce the ownership of the throne so that the transfer of imperial power could be carried out in a legitimate manner.
Although I feel it is not very mature, it is still a last resort. Since the prince is dead and the Yongli monarch and his ministers are controlled by the Burmese, it would be more prudent to proceed slowly.
The road map for usurping the throne and seizing power gradually became clear. First, seize the title, and then supervise the country. The country has no heir, and the elder brother will eventually succeed the younger brother. The righteous name will be in his hands.
"The country is undergoing great changes. All the descendants of the Emperor Gao must work together to revive the country. After success, the one who enters the country, His Highness, has unparalleled achievements and holds great power. The Emperor should also abdicate."
"Those who have meritorious deeds will never be judged. If His Highness can regain the provincial capital, it will be half the foundation of the Zhongxing Dynasty and he will be famous. Compared with those who supported him when he first entered Diancheng and were on the verge of having a narrow land, the rules will be more difficult to judge for thousands of years."
For all eternity, justice will still exist. If we can revive the Emperor Ming, then who will fight for the merits?"
The persuasion of Zheng Zhaoren and Yicheng made Zhu Yongxing determined to regain Kunming as soon as possible. Before, he was worried about welcoming Yongli back, but now that Yongli has voluntarily stayed in Myanmar, he no longer has any worries.
"Attack the king first. After recovering the provincial capital, then monitor the country." Zhu Yongxing felt that since his worries were gone, it was time to speed up the counterattack. Military achievements and prestige were something he had to work harder to obtain.
Kunming is not only a provincial capital, not only of great political significance, not only an opportunity to greatly increase one's prestige, but also other things. If he remembered correctly.
After the Burmese envoy's tossing, Yi Cheng and Zheng Zhaoren truly became Zhu Yongxing's loyal confidants, including the Zheng family forces behind them. Although they kept the truth of the prince's death in their stomachs, they "decided the strategy".
The merit of "supporting the establishment" cannot be escaped. Moreover, as bystanders, they usually observe carefully, and their minds are not focused on money, food and military affairs like Zhu Yongxing. Therefore, they can see more clearly than Zhu Yongxing.
I am also more optimistic. I think that when the time comes, there will be many officials competing for these two credits.
"Standing in Myanmar for a long time, in addition to paying attention to the emperor and ministers, I also have the opportunity to see the reality of the Burmese people and understand their internal contradictions."
Zhu Yongxing agreed to most of the demands of the Burmese people and lost some money. Naturally, he felt unhappy and began to make plans for Burma again. "The king of Burma has a brother who is quite ambitious and seems to be able to win over. In addition, there are many ethnic groups in the country, and they are quite
There are some ethnic groups with extraordinary strength and dissatisfaction with the Bamar people. If we can provoke civil strife among them, it will save a lot of effort."
As for the strength of Myanmar, Zhu Yongxing sneered when he thought of the fact that the Myanmar army was beaten to pieces by tens of thousands of remnant Ming troops in history. But now he can't take action to deal with Myanmar. If he can provoke civil strife in Myanmar, he will be defeated without mercy.
The effect is also a very good thing. Considering the long term, occupying Burma, entering India, and learning more about Burma's reality in order to win over the differences is not a useless effort.
Zheng Zhaoren respectfully agreed. He was used to obeying orders unconditionally, because Zhu Yongxing might not say anything, but if he said it, it would be somewhat certain. The younger brother of the king of Burma is ambitious; there are dissatisfied ethnic groups in Burma. With these two important points, he
Write it down carefully.
"There is no need to be anxious or forceful, lest the Burmese people notice and want to do harm." Zhu Yongxing warned again.
This is what makes Zhu Yongxing different. He comes from the thinking of later generations and attaches great importance to human life. This natural concern for his subordinates made Zheng Zhaoren even more grateful and agreed.
Zhu Yongxing thought about it again and gave up the idea of moving to southwest Yunnan. Although it was close to Myanmar, if anything happened, it would be easy to deal with it nearby, but with his identity there, it was not that simple to move anywhere.
It has involved military, political, public support and morale.
The negotiation with the Burmese envoy has been completed, and most of Burma's demands have been agreed to, and money and gifts have been sent. Finally, this matter that had made Zhu Yongxing think about it and troubled his brains was basically settled. Then he discussed arrangements with Yicheng
After preparing several Yongli edicts brought by the Burmese envoys and the forged edicts mixed in them, Zhu Yongxing and Yicheng returned to Mengzi.
It has been more than two months since we were going back and forth. Although it took some time to deal with the envoys from Myanmar, fortunately, we were still in time for the Chinese New Year. Even though he was on the road, Zhu Yongxing continued to receive intelligence and issued orders.
The various armies are commanded by remote control, and military supplies are distributed. As soon as a major event occurs, they will move according to the time and launch a counterattack.
The number of muskets manufactured by Annan Arsenal and Yongchang Arsenal finally exceeded 100 muskets a day. Including those purchased from the French, it is expected that nearly 10,000 flintlock muskets will be distributed to various theaters during the counterattack. And the hoarding over the past few months has
Reserves, the Ming army will also have the ammunition and supplies needed to launch a campaign.
But Zhu Yongxing realized that the increase in firearms would put pressure on logistics. Fixed-load ammunition obviously could not meet the needs. It could only satisfy a part of the army first, and the rest were still loaded with powder shot. And the production of bayonets could not keep up. Zhu Yongxing
He ordered that samples of bayonets be sent to various private blacksmith shops, and after they were made, the army paid for them.
The finances were stretched again, and Zhu Yongxing lamented that this war was indeed a waste of money. He had tried his best, but still couldn't make enough money. He had no choice but to ask for help from the business group again, and issued 300,000 yuan of National Liberation Bonds.
After receiving three civilian titles, I finally passed this new year.
He has a distinguished status, but he is also heavily in debt and has to be supported by his wife. It is really embarrassing. Zhu Yongxing looked at the additional maids in the house and thought of the gifts he had just received from the Mengshan Ke clan and the Long family.
I can't help but smile bitterly at the gift of money. I have no choice but to shamelessly pretend to be ignorant and find a way to make up for it later! (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!