Chapter 193 If you want to fight, you have to ask for money first (4 updates exceed 10,000)
"Continuing the rise and fall" is something that Ming Dynasty has always liked to do, but Gao Pragmatic, the "great scholar of the world", has no interest in it - of course it can be done if it is beneficial, but if it is not beneficial...hehehehe, today's weather
Not bad. Have you eaten?
With his highly pragmatic eloquence, it was of course easy to deceive the two princesses and princes of Nanzhang Kingdom, who neither spoke Chinese fluently, so I won’t go into details.
In short, he has a pragmatic attitude, which means he still seems to support them, but as for sending troops, he has to wait first.
What are you waiting for?
Oops, that’s a lot. You think such a big thing must have the permission of the court, right? Even if the court gives permission, it’s still necessary to discuss how to fight this battle, right?
Whether to send troops from Yunnan alone, let Annan also send troops to help, or let Guangxi also shoulder part of the task of sending troops... This all needs to be carefully discussed.
Even if it is agreed upon, we still need to make preparations for sending troops, right? Mobilize those troops, which generals to choose, how much food needs to be collected and stored in advance, how much military pay needs to be prepared, how many routes to send the troops, and what are the goals, in case something unexpected happens in the battle situation
How to deal with changes...etc.
All in all, there are so many things that can't be settled in a short while. We either don't fight. If we want to fight, we have to ensure that we win. We can't do what your father did and fight Cambodia (this is what Mingren called it at this time).
He was actually defeated and died.
Even our great Ming Dynasty, a country of etiquette, cannot be punished without teaching, and we may even issue an edict to that white elephant king Mang Yinglong of Burma. Maybe this guy will give up after being severely scolded by the edict.
, then maybe you siblings can return to the country without fighting, and maybe you, the sword master, can safely inherit your father's position...
Each of these reasons given by Gao Jingshi sounded very reasonable. The Dao family siblings (let’s call them that, casually) were stunned for a while. It seemed that they were convinced by Gao Jingshi and felt that this matter
You really can't be in a hurry.
In fact, Gao Pangshi just used the three successful skills of a time-tested official to do Tai Chi a few times. In fact, if he is now the governor of Yunnan and he is sure, he can decide on his own whether to do it or not.
Fight a war with Burma.
This is no joke, nor can it be said to be "provocative", because...even though Myanmar is so awesome now, in fact, in the political system of the Ming Dynasty, it was just a Xuanwei Department - the Myanmar Xuanwei Department
that's it.
The Myanmar Military and Civilian Propaganda Department was a local administrative agency of the Ming Dynasty. It was one of the "Three Propaganda and Six Consolations" established by the Ming Dynasty on the Yunnan border.
The Xuanwei Department was directly under the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, but was soon abolished)
In the first year of Yongle, the leader of Burma, Narada, sent an envoy to find Jian to pay tribute. He said that Mengyang in Mubang was blocking the tribute road. In response, the superior issued an edict to establish the Burmese Xuanwei Department, with Luota as the
Xuanwei envoy. In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, Myanmar's Xuanwei envoys received tribute from Mang. From then on, the Xuanwei envoys of Myanmar's Xuanwei Department began to take Mang as their surname.
In the early years of the Jiajing reign of King Sejong, Mang Ji-sui of the Myanmar Xuanwei Department served as the Xuanwei envoy and was stationed in Awa City (near today's Mandalay). In the fifth year of Jiajing's reign, Mengyang chieftain Silun attacked Myanmar, destroyed the city of Awa, and captured its Xuanwei
In the year of Weimang, there was no plan for killing and plundering, so he divided the land with Hanlie, the chieftain of Mubang.
The Ming Dynasty ordered Yan Shitai, the prefect of Yongchang Prefecture, to go to him, but he did not listen. Ji Sui was actually killed by Meng Yang Chieftain Silun and Mengmi Chieftain Sizhen.
Silun, the chieftain of Mengyang, killed Mang Ji Sui, and in the following year established his son Sihongfa as the king of Ava City. He also divided the Xuanwei jurisdiction of Myanmar with Sizhen and Hanlie, and the Ava dynasty existed in name only. Mang Ji
The youngest son, Mang Ruiti, who was 6 years old, fled to Taungoo for refuge.
The historical background of Taungoo is relatively complicated and will not be described here. However, in theory, it is also part of the Three Annals and Six Weapons of Myanmar’s Xuanwei Division. It was not until the reign of Mangshui Ti’s adoptive father, the Burmese leader Ming Jiyu (1486-1531), that he announced his separation.
Ava's independence laid the foundation for the establishment of an independent Bamar dynasty.
In the tenth year of the Jiajing reign, Mang Ruiti, who was only fifteen years old, succeeded to the throne in Toungoo. From then on, the most powerful dynasty in Myanmar history was established, known as the Toungoo Dynasty in history.
In the 29th year of Jiajing, Mang Ruiti passed away. Mang Ruiti's son and brother-in-law, Mang Ruiti's wet nurse, succeeded to the throne.
Brothers).
In the 34th year of Jiajing's reign, Mang Yinglong led his army to capture Ava and destroy the Ava dynasty. Then he refused the Ming court's offer and continued to go north to attack Mubang, Manmo, Mengyang, Mengmi, and Che under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
All the kingdoms here.
Gao Yingshi felt that Mang Yinglong's actions proved that he no longer regarded the Ming Dynasty as his superior or "superior country". Myanmar had completely become an independent country and had turned to occupy the Ming Dynasty's territory. After his death, his
His son Mang Yingli also adhered to this idea and continued to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Historically, it was not until the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606) that the Ming-Burma War gradually came to an end because both sides had no energy left to continue fighting. However, at this time, the "Liuwei", except for Chexuanwei Division in the tenth year of Wanli,
Except for the re-submission to the Ming Dynasty in three years, the rest of the Five Welfares were owned by Myanmar. The Ming Dynasty basically only kept the "Three Propaganda".
This result was of course very annoying to Gao Pragmatic. As a spectator of history in his previous life, he could only lament this with regret, but now that he has come to the Ming Dynasty in this life, he feels that he still needs to take care of this "nosy".
However, the root cause is not to help the Nanzhang Kingdom "continue to rise and fall".
The purpose is different, and the means of handling will of course be different. But having said that, what he just said to the Dao family sisters is not completely shirk. Of course, the preparation work must be really done.
It’s just that the war with Myanmar is obviously different from the war against Annan this time. Apart from some nominal problems, there is still one most practical trouble: from the beginning, the war against Annan is highly pragmatic. Cen Ling,
Huang Zhiting and others jointly launched a private war, so the Ming Dynasty court did not send any troops or pay out any money - this is also an important reason why Gao Pragmatic's handling of Annan was quickly recognized by the court.
You have gained a lot of benefits just by sitting at home, so what else can you do? We are all decent people, so we can’t do without some food and appearance.
But if a war is to be launched against Burma, it obviously cannot be a private war. The imperial court will definitely need to send troops, and from all angles, the troops must be based in Yunnan - at this time, Yunnan is the real "
"Greater Yunnan", the three announcements and six consolations are all nominally under the jurisdiction of Yunnan!
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the battle is decided to start, the troops will be sent to 80,000 if not 100,000, and then a large number of chieftains' younger brothers-Sanxuan Liuwei and Yunnan's internal chieftains will probably send troops, among them Meng
Maybe the Xuanweisi, such as Yang, Mengmi, and Mubang, who have been suppressed by Myanmar in recent years, can all come out, and the internal chieftains-the chieftains in Yunnan who are equivalent to the Cenhuang family in Guangxi, then let's see
How are the rules in Yunnan set? In short, no matter how few there are, troops must be sent to follow, even if it is just a meaning.
In this case, Yunnan will have an army of at least hundreds of thousands when it moves. Although the chieftains are all "***", let alone not getting military pay, and even the food and salary are paid by themselves, but the military pay of the Han army is indispensable, right?
If the battle is won, the chieftains can't be stingy with their rewards, right?
Then this is very problematic, because it is hard to say whether the court is willing to spend such a large amount of money.
The imperial treasury is indeed much richer now than it was ten years ago, but correspondingly, a lot of the money is spent on "continuing construction" and "ordnance upgrades" - this is influenced by Gao's pragmatic theory
, he believes that money is waste wherever it is kept, and it is meaningful only when spent. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the principle of "currency is an equivalent exchange object" in later generations. If money is not exchanged, it will not produce value.
As a result, although the annual income of the imperial court increased significantly, the amount of money in savings did not increase much. It only made up for the accumulated debts over the years (the magical Ming Dynasty often owed officials salaries and various allowances).
Under such circumstances, Gao Pragmatic wanted to find an opportunity to launch a "preventive war" in Myanmar. The first thing he had to do was not to make a war layout or tactical plan, but to quickly think of ways to convince the court to spend the money.
