The war in Myanmar paused for a few months after the rainy season arrived in June. However, the grass-roots kings of various families who had fought for two years and had accumulated deep hatreds had no idea of using the respite to build a unified national front.
Just like when the Manchus attacked the Southern Ming Dynasty, a few so-called "orthodox" stabbed each other in the back. Under the unified crushing of the imperial court, the Burmese parties did not feel tired and attacked each other until they were all destroyed.
Several major newspapers in the country have reported on the war in Myanmar, which has stirred up the hearts of the people in the country. Several relatively profound articles have talked about ethnic issues, and have explained the principle of brothers fighting against each other and resisting humiliation from outsiders several times from different angles——
The effect is not bad.
On December 12, the eighth year of Wanli, Bago City was captured by the Ming army. Under the escort of the Portuguese Diego and several mercenaries, Mangyingli left Myanmar by boat and fled to Malaga.
On January 21, the ninth year of Wanli, Luo Wanhua, the governor of Myanmar, entered Bago City, which Liu Xian had cleaned up. Afterwards, he issued a Chinese-Burmese bilingual notice to calm the people, and sent troops to guard various places.
On the third day of February, Governor Luo Wanhua, escorted by the Ming army, traveled from Bago to Dagon Village at the intersection of Lishui River and Lai River, and visited the Ruiguang Pagoda enshrining the hair relics of the Buddha.
After paying homage to the Buddha's relics, Luo Wanhua spoke to the surrendered Burmese officials and issued an imperial edict to rename Dagon to Yangon, which in Burmese is "the city where the war ended".
According to the post-war arrangements of the Governor-General's Office, Myanmar will be divided into eight provinces. They are: Lishui, Burma Central, Bagan, Bago, Yangon, Gommu, Dagu La and Yunha Province.
When Luo Wanhua demarcated these provinces, he basically disrupted the original spheres of influence of all parties in Myanmar. When naming them, except for Bago and Yangon, all the other provinces used Chinese names.
Among them, Yunxia Province is adjacent to Yunnan and includes most of the chieftain lands such as Mu State and Meng State, making it the largest of the eight provinces.
At the same time as the province was established, Luo Wanhua was also responsible for completing the construction of Yangon City before the fifteenth year of Wanli. At that time, the governor-general's headquarters, which was temporarily living in Bago, would be moved to Yangon.
Due to the brutality of the Burmese civil war and the overwhelming superiority of the Ming army, the former Burmese nobles and chieftains were now out of ten. Those who saw the opportunity quickly, such as Si Hanyu, the lord of Awa City, saw the Ming army's strength and directly opened the city to surrender.
, handing over the Lishui Delta, he was naturally praised - he was directly promoted to the chief envoy of Bago.
Si Han Yu and other Burmese people were included in the governance system, and most of the resistance of the Burmese people was broken down. Under the leadership of Si Han Yu, the small forces that were already facing attacks from powerful neighbors were happy to see the rule of the Ming court: Ruoming
Two years after Tingwan entered the scene, these forces will definitely be eaten away to the bone.
As for those who were originally stronger, they were all the focus of the Ming army. During the entire conquest process, those who defended their territory or wanted to negotiate with the Ming army about the terms of surrender were all massacred. It was impossible for the Ming court to occupy new territories.
It also retains larger forces and forms a separatist situation.
At the end of the eighth year of Wanli's reign, when Zhu Yijun received the report on the Burma strategy, he lamented at the Privy Council meeting: "Managing political affairs in a newly expanded land is much cleaner and neater than having to deal with the difficulties in the country."
No one dared to answer this at the time. But after it was spread out at the meeting, the chieftains in the imperial clouds, Guizhou and other border areas who were still lucky and unwilling to change their soil and return to their hometown were scared to death.
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In April of the ninth year of Wanli, the situation in Myanmar stabilized. The officials urgently transferred by the imperial court took their respective positions and set up a governing team according to the design of the Governor-General's Palace. Although there was still a serious shortage of local officials, the surrendered Burmese officials were used to temporarily maintain order and restore order.
Agricultural production is not very difficult.
In May of the ninth year of Wanli, Si Han Yu reported to the Governor's Palace that Rujiri, a missionary from Goa, asked to see the Governor and said that he had brought a personal letter from the Portuguese Governor of Goa.
Before Luo Wanhua left Beijing to take office, he had discussed with Zhu Yijun many times the various situations that the Western Barbarians would face when conquering Burma. After reading Si Hanyu's report, he immediately asked him to send Rujili to the Governor's Palace.
Michel Ruggieri was born in a city in south-central Italy in the 22nd year of Jiajing (original year 1543, the same below). He obtained two doctorates in law while studying. He joined the Society of Jesus in the 6th year of Longqing (1572).
In the fifth year of Wanli, after he completed his studies in philosophy and theology, he applied to go to Goa to preach. In the sixth year of Wanli, he arrived in Macau, began to learn Chinese, understand Chinese customs and habits, and changed his name to Luo Mingjian.
While in Macau, Luo Mingjian carefully read the southern newspapers for several years and found that the great eastern country had undergone tremendous changes from top to bottom. At that time, he wrote to the Archbishop of Lisbon, believing that the time was ripe for missionaries to enter China.
When Luo Mingjian wrote the letter, he also showed it to his senior Fan Li'an. Fan Li'an also deeply believed that Saint Xavier's long-cherished wish of not entering China would soon be realized for the two of them.
Zhu Yijun had heard of Matteo Ricci in later generations, but did not know much about Fan Li'an and Luo Mingjian.
Although he sent people into Macau to obtain relevant information, he was not in a hurry to start the exchange process between the East and the West from the highest level of the empire - the reform was just beginning, and the more variables there were, the more complicated things became.
Therefore, he had accepted the memorials of Li Jisi and Wang Pan, two successive prefects of Zhaoqing. The two missionaries had no clue and only knew how to send gifts to Wang Pan. Wang Pan smiled and accepted the fact that his own inscriptions were excluded.
The son didn't mention it.
After Luo Wanhua became the governor-general of Myanmar and launched a war of aggression against Myanmar, Luo Mingjian and Fan Li'an, who were waiting for news but could not get any news, discussed it and acted separately. Luo Mingjian went to Goa to look for opportunities, while Fan Li'an went east to Japan.
While they were acting, Zhu Yijun also judged that the Ming Dynasty would inevitably encounter Portugal in Southeast Asia.
Portugal and Spain were the first generation of European colonial explorers. Although their main colonial idea was to control sea routes to make super profits, the Portuguese still had many interests in Bago, Myanmar.
Because of this judgment, before Luo Wanhua took up his duties, Zhu Yijun had already explained the ways and means of dealing with Xiyi.
After being around Zhu Yijun for many years and being reminded by the emperor, Luo Wanhua is no longer what he used to be. In the entire bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty, Luo Wanhua also has an international perspective and aspect, and he can also be ranked among the top ten.
Therefore, when Luo Mingjian entered the governor's residence and met Luo Wanhua, he was surprised to find that he was facing a kind Chinese official who had a certain understanding of Portugal, Spain and European countries - this simply made him overjoyed.
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He first performed a Western-style bow, intending to kneel down and kowtow if Governor Luo was unhappy. But Governor Luo was not unhappy because of his bow, and instead nodded slightly in return.
Luo Mingjian handed over the letters written by Alfonso, the Portuguese Governor in Goa, and Bishop Vincennes. When Luo Wanhua took it, he found that it was in Portuguese, so he handed the letter to the person next to him and asked him to find an interpreter to translate it.
Luo Mingjian hurriedly asked in unsophisticated Chinese: "Your Excellency, Governor, can I help you translate?"
Luo Wanhua nodded and said, "Of course." Then he handed the letter to him.
The letter from the Governor of Goa was very polite. After paying tribute to the Governor of Luowanhua, he stated in the letter that the chaos in Myanmar that has lasted for more than two years has left the spice trade and gem trade in the entire region in a state of chaos.
As a result, the profits of the A-Nagasaki-Malaga route have been reduced by 15%, which is detrimental to all stakeholders.
Now that the Ming Empire has incorporated Myanmar into its territory, I, Alfonso, Governor of Goa, on behalf of His Majesty Felipe II, respect the interests of the Ming Empire and have no objection to the Ming Empire's inclusion of Burma in its territory.
In return, I hope that Governor Luo will protect the interests of the Portuguese Empire in Bago and take appropriate care of Portuguese merchants and ship owners. The Goa authorities are also willing for the Portuguese to continue to engage in transportation business in stable Bago.
After hearing Luo Mingjian's translation, Luo Wanhua sneered and said: "What Governor Alfonso said is interesting. Burma is the land of China, and its leader was originally our ambassador. Because he launched a rebellion, His Majesty the Emperor destroyed him.
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"What? Now that Alfonso says 'no objection', the court and the governor should thank him?"