"When we study Chinese history, it is not difficult to find that most of the ancient territory of China was established during the Ming Dynasty during the Ming Taizong period!"
"Although during his reign, there was still a large part of the land that only had a polite tributary relationship with China, rather than actual territory."
"However, even though it is not the case, it is already on the list that the Ming Empire is preparing to conquer!"
"The expansion of the Ming Empire's territory, or to be precise, the expansion of China's territory, was a very obvious turning point in the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Ming Dynasty was different from previous dynasties. During the Han and Tang dynasties, their goal was in the north. During the period when the dynasty was at its most powerful, they did not hesitate to spend huge amounts of manpower and material resources, even if they occupied useless and barbaric areas that could not be effectively ruled.
land, but they still have to use troops against the north because they have completely eradicated the threat posed by the nomads in the north of the empire!"
"But the expansion of the Ming Dynasty started from the south... First they annexed Burma, which is today's Xinnan Province, and then they annexed Annan, which is today's Jiaozhi and Annan provinces."
"Later, they found excuses to annex Champa, Ailao and other places at that time. Chinese historians believe that these large-scale annexations in the south were training for the future conquest of the north!"
"However, there are still a lot of objections to various opinions in the international community. Because from a strategic and economic point of view, the Ming Empire was in a period of transformation at that time, and it had unlimited greed for various seaports and long coastlines!
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"This is also one of the biggest reasons why the Ming Empire was able to dump goods all over the world after entering the industrial revolution."
"In addition, from a military analysis, the reason why the Ming Empire wanted to annex these vassal states that had only had tributary relations with China in history was to protect China's core Central Plains hinterland with an island chain defense method."
"This has been completely verified after two world wars!"
"This is also the reason why the Ming Empire and even today's Zhongxia can exist as the hegemon of Asia. The historical Annan Champa Ailao Chenla has become the most important export port, military defense port, and military port in Zhongxia today.
commercial port!"
"And this is the most fundamental reason why our country, Japan, which has been excluded from the system circle by China and Xia, has been unable to develop its economy and prosper its people's livelihood no matter how hard it tries for hundreds of years..."
"Because the greedy Ming Empire occupies the best geographical location, the most important mineral area, and the largest trading port in Asia."
"Today's Midsummer is based on the Ming Empire's hundreds of years of external expansion. As mentioned before, the Ming Empire's tried and tested method for the expansion of neighboring countries is to find excuses to annex!"
"For example, Annan at that time was a country independent from the Ming Empire, with independent national characteristics, culture and national structure."
"In order to annex Annan, the Ming Empire used methods commonly found in the history books of the Central Xia Dynasty in order to inflict crimes!"
"He kept squeezing Annan's living space, depriving Annan of his right to speak, and listed dozens...or to be precise, he framed dozens of crimes against Annan for disrespecting the Ming Dynasty."
"These crimes make the Ming Empire's use of troops against Annan seem reasonable and legal. But now it seems that it is nothing more than a kind of hegemonism. Of course, this is also one of the most commonly used methods in the world by Zhongxia."
"Standing on the moral high ground to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, create a crisis of public opinion, and smear and distort other countries."
"For hundreds of years, the Ming Empire used this arrogant and overbearing method to greedily annex and expand, creating today's integrated system of Greater China and Xia..."
-------Taken from 1952, the leader of the Japanese Independence Party Ichiro Kishida's letter to the people for independence and freedom!
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Dealing with a country is actually the same as dealing with a person.
If a person wants to persecute another person, he must collect so-called scandals and evidence of crime. Then he will label himself as a messenger of justice, thereby persecuting the other person until he never recovers.
This was Zhu Yunxi's strategy towards Annan.
He wants the world to believe that the reason why the Ming Empire wanted to annex Annan was because Annan provoked it first.
The reason why Annan should be included in the territory is because Annan was always in ruins and saved the seven million people of Annan from the tyranny of rebellious ministers and traitors.
Because Annan is different from Korea and Burma.
For most of the history, Annan was part of the Zhongxia system. It was because of the weak national power during the Southern Song Dynasty and the chaos in the Central Plains that Annan was completely independent from the Zhongxia system.
Despite this, there are still a large number of scholars in Annan who yearn for the Celestial Empire, and the people also regard the Ming Dynasty as the orthodox parent state.
Under such circumstances, if the same tactics used in Korea and Burma were applied to Annan, it would really be counterproductive and even cause endless hatred.
Historically, Zhu Di was keenly aware of this when he conquered Annan, and was able to unite some forces in Annan to completely defeat Li Ji Yao, and captured their father and son alive and cut them to pieces with a thousand knives.
But Zhu Di also made a fatal mistake, that is, he was too lenient. As a result, in the middle and later stages, descendants of the Annan royal family surnamed Chen continued to cause chaos.
In this regard, Zhu Yunxi's strategy was that he would never use Annan people to govern Annan. He would not expropriate Annan violently, but he would not allow Annan's powerful officials and gentry to continue to grow.
While selecting capable ministers to govern Annan, they constantly dispatched floating officials. In addition, in order to paralyze Annan's powerful families, Annan scholars were allowed to participate in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, and a certain degree of convenience was provided, and official positions were granted in places far away from Annan.
A hard knife, ready to kill at any time.
At the same time, the New Deal was used to eliminate the social structure similar to serfdom in Annan and let the people of Annan know the goodness of the Ming Dynasty.
And this is a soft knife.
Hard knives can be used for a while, while soft knives can be used for many years.
In short, no matter how you say it, using troops against Annan is natural, but it is also an arrow on the string.
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There was a rumble of thunder, and the belated spring rain came unexpectedly.
The sky seems to be leaking, and the world is a waterfall, airtight.
"Since ancient times, the so-called ancestral family law can only be trapped by middle- and lower-level talents! But today's emperor has great talents and broad plans, and naturally he refuses to stick to the rules!"
In the reception pavilion in the suburbs outside the capital, Li Jinglong looked at the continuous rain outside and said with a smile to He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards beside him.
"In the past few months, Annan has been accused of more and more crimes!" Li Jinglong continued to laugh, "The native official of Siming Mansion in Guangxi gave the emperor another statement yesterday, saying that Annan did not abide by the treaty and sent troops without permission.
People come here to clear up wasteland and farm... Haha!"
He said what he said, but He Guangyi seemed not to hear him and remained silent.
Ever since the last incident involving He Laoliu made him lose face and stripped him of his python robe, he had become taciturn.
"This person who is about to enter the capital this time... Chen, a descendant of the Annan Chen Dynasty royal family..." Li Jinglong said, turning his head slightly, "What is Chen?"
"The balance!" He Guangyi said two words slowly.
"Yes, Chen Tianping!" Li Jinglong continued to smile, "Do you know why the emperor asked you and I to go out of the city to greet you with such a high standard?"
He Guangyi raised his head, his vision was hazy and he couldn't see the horizon at all.
"Xiaoguan doesn't know. He only knows that he can do whatever the emperor asks him to do?"
He sat on the bench for several months, and suddenly received an imperial decree asking him to accompany Cao Guogong Li Jinglong out of the city to pick up the children of the Annan Chen Dynasty royal family who were escorted by Guilin Zuowei in Guangxi to Beijing.
In his heart, he felt a little emotional that the emperor was finally willing to treat him well, but he also felt more and more uneasy.
Too many words will lead to mistakes, don’t say too much!
"Ha!" Hearing this, Li Jinglong smiled, "This Chen Tianping! It's not a person!" He said with a grin, "It's a big article!"
He Guangyi lowered his head again, as if Li Jinglong was not speaking to him.
"Lao He?" Li Jinglong looked at him and whispered, "Is it what happened last time? It's my fault that I didn't...ah!"
"I don't dare to lower my rank!" To say that I feel resentful in my heart is actually not without it.
After all, if Li Jinglong could have given him some advice at that time, He Guangyi would have ended up falling out of favor.
But when it comes to real resentment, He Guangyi also knows that he can't blame anyone else.
Helping someone is a favor, not helping someone is a duty.
"You are still young!" Li Jinglong sighed, "This person, only by experiencing the ups and downs himself can he know the path of life. Where are the ditches and where are the bumps?"
"Don't think there's anything hard to do if you're wronged now! It's better to be wronged now than in the future. If you fall down now, get up while you're young and still have the strength!"
"When you get to my age, if you make a mistake, you will be so damn powerless if you want to get up again!"
At this point, Li Jinglong turned around again, "You, don't think so much, just be at ease and do your job well!"
"I would like to thank Mr. Cao Guang for your teaching!" He Guangyi cupped his hands and said.
Li Jinglong wanted to say something more, but suddenly in the heavy rain, a horse came galloping towards him.
On the knight's armor, rain poured down.
"Sir! We're here!" the knight shouted on his horse, "There's still three miles at most!" He added, "Ailao military and civilian comfort envoy Diao Xiangui is also accompanying us!"
"Huh?" Li Jinglong stood up awkwardly.
The so-called Ailao military and civilian envoys were actually the rulers of Ailao.
His military and civilian propaganda envoy was an official status granted by the Ming Dynasty.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? What do the people along the way do for food?" Li Jinglong stamped his feet.
Although he was an envoy to comfort him, he was also the leader of a country. He came to the Ming Dynasty quietly, which was a shocking event.
Besides, what on earth is he going to do here secretly at this juncture?