On the third day of May, the Ming Dynasty court issued an edict, appointing the Imperial Censor as the censor of the capital, governor of Yunnan, Jianchang, Bijie and other places, in charge of military affairs, and superintendent of grain and wages in Sichuan.
Myanmar.
At the same time, the imperial edict clearly mentioned that in addition to being responsible for the aftermath of Myanmar, Liu Shizeng would also "temporarily assist Huang Zhiting, Liu Wei, Deng Zilong and other military affairs in Myanmar, coordinate military pay and food, and discuss merits and rewards."
The so-called aftermath work for Burma is actually a negotiation issue for Burma. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not intend to set up Burma's Chief Secretary, Burma's Chief Secretary, Burma's Governor's Department, Burma's Governor's Department and other institutions. Therefore, in theory, Myanmar will still be a tributary state after the war. Of course,
In name, it may be at most an external Xuanwei Department—the kind that basically doesn’t care about the outside world.
In this case, Gao Jingshi's previous Yunnan War Baobao plan must be put on the agenda quickly, otherwise the "investors" of this money will not be satisfied.
Liu Shizeng actually negotiated the issue of profit sharing on behalf of these investors. There is no doubt about this, but the latter additional power is more interesting.
Liu Shizeng was the governor of Yunnan, and Liu Wei and Deng Zilong were already under his control. Logically speaking, there was no need for special explanation. However, Huang Zhiting's department was not in charge of Liu Shizeng, so this time it was specially added - even if the wording was
"Jiu Xiang".
What does "Jiuxiang" mean? "Jiuxiang" means "temporary help". In name, "Jiuxiang" means "temporary help", but this was impossible in the Ming Dynasty - you must know that most governors also "support military affairs"
, isn’t he actually the leader of the local military affairs? Unless there is a governor above him who is more focused on military affairs.
There was no governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty. The top leader in military affairs in Yunnan was the governor of Yunnan. The status of the governor could not be placed below that of the generals, so his temporary governor was actually a temporary trustee.
It stands to reason that this is an infringement - Huang Zhiting's identity is the deputy governor of Annan, and of course his rank is not as good as the governor of Yunnan. However, Annan has its own special characteristics, which is equivalent to a special administrative region that appeared hundreds of years in advance. The court has a clear policy
It stipulates not to interfere in Annan's internal military and political affairs.
So what should we say this time? Did the imperial court change its mind and start interfering in Annan's internal affairs?
No, on the contrary, this suggestion was put forward by Gao Pragmatism.
Gao pragmatically did this for two main purposes: First, it was to shut up some people, thereby showing that although Annan has its independent side, it is always an internal identity of Ming Dynasty. When necessary, Ming Dynasty can still
Jurisdiction; secondly, be pragmatic and get your money back.
What does it mean to get back the money? When the Annan Expeditionary Force entered Burma, Annan paid all the military pay, food, ammunition, etc. in advance - in fact, Gao Pragmatic paid for it himself. Now that the war is basically over, what will happen in the next period of time?
You can’t pay for it yourself, right? What’s more, there are rewards.
So the final analysis of this matter is that Gao Pragmatic temporarily transferred some kind of "name" in exchange for real money and silver from the court to fill the hole.
Is the imperial court willing to pay this money? It’s hard to say if it’s placed in other countries, but it’s totally fine if it’s placed in the Ming Dynasty.
Because in the Ming Dynasty, most of the time, fame was a hundred times more important than actual benefits. Therefore, the court needed this reputation, and Gao Pragmatic needed to make up for the shortfall. This way, both parties would get what they needed, and get the best of both worlds.
The more important point is Liu Shizeng himself. He was born in the Chen Party. Now that the Chen Party has declined greatly, Chen Yubi has secretly defected to the "Gao Party" group. For Gao Pragmatic, letting half of his family name his name
If you take care of it, you don't have to worry about any trouble.
In addition, there is another very interesting phenomenon, that is, Annan originally had two expeditionary armies, but now only Huang Zhiting's one has been nominally handed over to Liu Shizeng. Ruan Huang's troops in charge of Nanzhang and Siam have never been in charge of the expedition.
Mentioned in the edict.
In other words, the Ming court was not responsible for what this army did.
After learning the news, Liu Shizeng immediately set off south, and when the news passed through Jinghua's interior reached Ruan Huang's hands, he suddenly had an understanding.
It is probably not feasible to attract external forces from Myanmar to force Na Li Xuan to move closer to Annan. The next thing can only be done by oneself. Prime Minister Gao Gao did not put his troops under Liu Shizeng's care.
It should also be to allow myself to "act cheaply".
Freedom is very free, but this matter is not very easy to handle.
Ruan Huang originally brought only 15,000 soldiers and horses into Nanzhang. Although the Nanzhang army was weak in combat, he had a good start in capturing the thief and the king with almost no casualties. The next step was to spread the word throughout the country, and finally he
When we left Nanzhang and arrived in Siam, we actually had 30,000 soldiers...
But relying on these 30,000 troops to capture Siam was completely out of the plan. Not to mention the whole of Siam, Na Le Xuan alone had 30,000 troops on hand. With his temperament, since he could oppose Burma,
Of course, it can also oppose Annan and even the Ming Dynasty.
Ruan Huang thought about it, but couldn't come up with any good ideas. He simply used the excuse that the mountain road was difficult to walk and temporarily stopped the army for a day. He was bored in the marching tent and thought hard about how to break the situation.
As a result, what Ruan Huang was waiting for was Naresuan's messenger who asked him three times a day to arrive at Phitsanulok as soon as possible and launch the battle of Chiang Mai with him.
At this time, Ruan Huang suddenly had an idea.
While quietly sending a messenger to Siam's capital city, Ayutthaya, he patted his chest and assured Naresuan's messenger that he would leave immediately. He also specifically inquired about Phitsanulok's deployment in detail, and finally slapped his thigh to express why he had to go to Phitsanulok himself.
How about going around in a circle? Wouldn't it be better to lead the army straight to Chiang Mai by yourself?
In fact, the messenger was not an ordinary messenger, but a trusted general under Na Li Xuan. He was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still asked Ruan Huang what he meant.
Nguyen Huang came up with a plan: In order to prevent the Burmese army in Chiang Mai from escaping immediately after learning of its domestic difficulties, he suggested that Na Li Xuan not wait any longer, but directly send troops to Chiang Mai. Nguyen Huang also changed the marching route and attacked directly.
Chiang Mai helps.
Ruan Huang opened the map and analyzed it to the general, saying that judging from the distance, after Naresuan arrived in Chiang Mai and launched the offensive, he would definitely be able to reach Chiang Mai within one day at the earliest and within three days at the latest. This to three days
Although the day time may seem inconspicuous, it is related to whether the Burmese army can escape smoothly. If it escapes, it will always be a threat to Siam...
The general understood what Ruan Huang meant, and after thinking about it again and again, he agreed that it was okay: Our army's main purpose of going north this time was to hold back the 30,000 Burmese troops as soon as possible, so that when Ruan Huang arrived, we could launch a general offensive.
Great! Right now, the Burmese army has 30,000 troops, and our army is also 30,000. Could it be that our army can’t hold it for even three days?
So the general rushed back to Phitsanulok overnight to report the news. After hearing this, Naresuan felt that the suggestion was far-sighted politically and militarily fine, so she agreed and immediately sent troops northward. At the same time, she sent the general again.
Make a trip and let Ruan Huang know the result.
At the same time, he also kept an eye on it and asked the general to see whether Ruan Huang really changed his marching route and how fast he was traveling.
The result was no problem. Ruan Huang also sent troops overnight to attack Chiang Mai. After meeting with the trusted general under Narixuan again, he entertained him well and then politely sent him "back to the deputy king to perform meritorious service."
, and at the same time ordered to break camp and continue on the road.
The general returned happily to report the news. After hearing this, Na Li Xuan was completely relieved and headed towards Chiang Mai to kill the general with full confidence.
But what the Black Prince didn't know was that Ruan Huang didn't continue driving to Chiang Mai after seeing off the general. Instead, he changed direction and went directly to the big city.
Ayutthaya is the capital of Siam, and the King of Siam, Maha Tamaroja, who was also promoted as a puppet by the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar, is located in Ayutthaya, and Tamaroja is of course Naresuan's father.
The location of the great city was about 150 miles north of Bangkok in later generations. After the decline of the Sukhothai era, King Uthong moved here to establish a new capital. It has been more than two hundred years since Siam was in various
center of meaning.
Ruan Huang's coming to Dacheng was a risky move. What he meant was that if Tamaroja knew the situation, everything would be easy. If he didn't, then no wonder he was so tough.
However, in his heart he was inclined to believe that Tammarajana would know his fortune, because Jinghua had already investigated all the information about Tammarajara and informed it to Ruan Huang.
Generally speaking, the characteristic of Tammarajara is that he is afraid of getting into trouble.
After the rise of Mangshui, what was later known as the Thai-Burmese War broke out. In the 27th year of Jiajing, King Mangshui of Burma took advantage of the internal strife in the Siamese royal family and the turmoil in the country to lead a large-scale invasion. The following year, the capital Ayutthaya was besieged.
The city (which is called "Dacheng" in this book according to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese people in Thailand in later generations also called this place Dacheng.) retreated because they could not conquer it for a long time.
In the 42nd year of Jiajing, the new Burmese king Mang Yinglong invaded again. The following year, he captured Ayutthaya and took the King of Siam and most of the royal family members and residents captive to Burma, where he established a new puppet king.
In the second year of Longqing's reign, Siam's efforts to get rid of Burmese control led to another large-scale attack by Mang Yinglong. From November of this year to August of the following year, Ayutthaya resisted the siege of the Burmese army for ten months, but eventually due to internal rebellion
It fell. Mang Yinglong executed the former puppet king and established the pro-Burmese and timid prefect Peng Sanluo as the puppet king.
This puppet king is Tamaraja.
Perhaps because the previous puppet king died tragically, Tamaroja has always been very afraid of conflict with Myanmar. After handing over his original post of governor of Phitsanulok to his son Naresuan who has been established as the crown prince (i.e. deputy king)
After taking up the post, people were sent from time to time to warn him not to act recklessly, especially not to have any plot against Burma, lest he get burned.
Ruan Huang judged that for such a person, even Burma could make him behave like a dog, so in his eyes, the Great Ming Dynasty, which has now defeated Burma, should be equivalent to a completely invincible god. He said
When the banner of the Ming Dynasty was sent to the big city, Tammarajja would never dare to resist, and could only let him, Ruan, round it, flatten it, and play with it at will.
The more critical situation now is that after Naresuan raised his army, the king of Tammarajara lost his voice and expressed neither support nor opposition.
Ruan Huang felt that he should feel that he was in a dilemma - if he supported it, the whole family would be buried with him if he failed; if he opposed it, his son would not get help from him, but he would be held back by himself, and he would be afraid that he would die faster.
At that time, it was hard to say whether I could be forgiven by Myanmar.
But this problem is not a problem for Ruan Huang. As long as he forces it and makes Tammaraj publicly express his support for the Ming Dynasty to bring order to chaos and punish the people, he can easily gain power in Siam - as long as he loses his name to
Tammarajana can just carry it.
At that time, although Naresuan was "the first to advocate righteousness", it was of no use. He was only the deputy king and the crown prince. The king of Siam was still Tammarajja. Tammarajja had every reason to order all parts of Siam to obey him.
Order, in this way, even if other places "raise high the flag of righteousness", the flag can only be gathered under the banner of Tammarajara.
As for Tammarajara himself, he should have been controlled by Ruan Huang at that time.
What is called magpie's nest and dove accounting? This is magpie's nest and dove accounting.
With Tamaroja in hand, Na Li Xuan's strength would not be able to expand, and Siam's domestic power would be indirectly controlled by Annan. Ruan Huang handed over the largest certificate of nomination to Gao Cheng.
As for what to do next, it depends on what Gao Cheng wants. Anyway, Ruan Huang asked himself, with the power he currently has, he can only do this step at most.
You must know that Nanzhang is now controlled by similar means. With the addition of Siam, he is actually controlling two countries with only 15,000 troops. And if these two countries really want to fight back...
I dare not say it, but the explosion of 200,000 rebels is really not a strange thing.
So for this matter, I have to act quickly, and secondly, the high school prime minister needs to take over quickly, otherwise, the real strength is simply too weak, the nights are long and there are many dreams, who knows when something will happen.
Ruan Huang himself really doesn't have any "double-mindedness". After all, he only has 5,000 troops at hand, which is not as much as the Thang Long garrison he brought. The weapons and equipment are even more incomparable, and this Thang Long garrison cannot be him.
Can be won over.
If you still have to consider "double-mindedness", then you are completely tired of life. It is better to make great achievements honestly and gamble on the courage of the high school prime minister.
Ruan Huang's march was extremely smooth. Because when Na Li Xuan announced the uprising, in order to prevent the opposition from easily suppressing him, he had already informed various parts of the country in advance that he was supported by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had sent the Annan capital commander.
The troops under his command served as the vanguard to support him.
In other words, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty is now the boss behind the Siam Uprising, and Annan's army is the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty.
And how powerful is the Ming Dynasty? It just won a great victory in the Battle of Toungoo in Myanmar. With a weak force of 20,000, it defeated the main force of the Burmese army of 60,000, almost annihilating it! What's more, the Ming army was also an Annan army.
Therefore, no one dared to stop Ruan Huang's troops from flying southward.
And Ruan Huang didn't care if he went all the way deep. If the Siamese suddenly broke out and launched an attack, it was hard to tell whether he would be able to escape or not. He would just run towards the big city.
On May 11th, Ruan Huang's troops arrived at the gate of Dacheng. Ruan Huang personally stood in front of the army and sent his personal guards to call the door.
"Listen to the truth: In accordance with the Holy Order of the Emperor of Heaven, King Tammaraj of Siam is ordered to come out of the city to pay homage! After burning the three sticks of incense, if Tammaraj does not leave the city, it will be regarded as a violation of the Holy Order and a treasonous traitor.
...In this way, our army will surely conquer the city and rebuild Siam!"
After that, the guard turned around and went back without even negotiating with the people in the city.
After just one stick of incense, the north gate of the city opened wide, and Siam King Tammarajja held the land register, household registration and the royal seal in his hands. He led all the civil and military officials out of the city and walked towards Nguyen Huang respectfully.
Ruan Huang raised his chin slightly, but finally relaxed. Only then did he suddenly realize that his back was already wet with sweat.
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