As soon as the ceremony was over, Mang Ruiti led his cavalry to rush out of the Meng army's siege, but none of the Meng soldiers dared to intercept him.
Mangshui Ti returned victorious, and his heroic deeds spread throughout the country. The Burmese people were excited, but the Shan and Mon people were frightened by the news. This special ear-piercing ceremony greatly boosted the prestige of the young Mangshui Ti and the Toungoo dynasty.
In the 14th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the Mangrui Ti began to attack the Baigu Dynasty. In the eighth year of the Jiajing period, the Mangrui Ti attacked and destroyed the Baigu Dynasty. The Mangrui Ti implemented a policy of uniting the Mon people, using them as soldiers, and hired soldiers with firearms and warships.
In the 20th year of Jiajing's reign, Portuguese soldiers captured the important foreign trade port of Maduba. When Mangshweti died, central and southern Myanmar were basically unified.
In the 30th year of Jiajing, Mang Yinglong succeeded to the throne. He destroyed the Ava dynasty, conquered the Shan states, completed the second unification of Myanmar, and took a series of measures to develop politics, economy, and culture, with outstanding political achievements.
In the seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Burmese army attacked Mengyang, Mengmi, Mubang, Mengyang and other large areas of land, which fell under the rule of the Toungoo Dynasty. Despite this, the Ming Dynasty still did not take active counterattack measures. On the contrary, in the eighth year of Wanli
, Yunnan Governor Rao Renkan sent people to appease Burma, but the Burmese king Mang Yinglong ignored him.
In the tenth year of Wanli, the Burmese army broke through Ganya and entered Yaoguan. In the eleventh year of Wanli, the Burmese army burned and looted Shidian and attacked Shunning and Zhanda. They killed and looted everywhere they went, which brought great consequences to the local society.
Great damage. In the 11th to 12th year of Wanli, the Ming army counterattacked and temporarily drove the Toungoo dynasty out of Mubang, Mengyang, Manmo and other places.
After the thirteenth year of Wanli, the Burmese army continued to invade the Yunnan border of the Ming Dynasty. As the rule of the Ming Dynasty became increasingly unstable, it was unable to consolidate the results of the counterattack from the eleventh to the twelfth year of Wanli. Mengyang, Mubang and other areas
It was successively controlled by the Taungoo dynasty.
At the end of the 21st year of Wanli, the Burmese army invaded on a large scale. It was said that there were 300,000 troops and 100 war elephants. After the Burmese army occupied Manmo, they divided their forces into three groups, attacking Lhasa along the way, Zhefang, Mangshi along the way, and
Attack the Cedar Dragon.
In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Mang Yinglong’s grandson Anabilong sent 300,000 Burmese troops to attack Mubang. However, the Ming army failed to rescue Ming State and Mubang fell. Chen Yongbin was imprisoned and killed. After the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, China and Myanmar
The wars basically stopped. This is because on the Ming side, the rule of the Ming Dynasty has been in crisis and can no longer regain the vast areas occupied by Myanmar; on the Myanmar side, King Liangyuan died in the 33rd year of Wanli, and his son
Anabilong succeeded to the throne, and after occupying the Ming Dynasty's Mu State, he moved southward to wage a war to unify Myanmar again.
During his reign, Anabilon recovered all the lost territory in Myanmar, especially recovered Shalian which was occupied by the Buddha Langji, and expelled the Buddha Langji people from Myanmar, thereby once again completing the unification of Myanmar.
The occupied Ming Dynasty land must be spit out, and now it is obvious that Ding Yunyi has begun to think about this.
"Use aid to Siam as an excuse to send troops!" Ding Yunyi no longer hesitated: "Turn Siam and Toungoo into our colonies! Ye Dahai, how much power do you need?"
"The decision of the general town has been made, and Dahai has nothing more to say." Ye Dahai pondered for a moment: "I will carefully plan the soldiers and warships. It's just that my subordinates are a little worried...We are here
We sent out troops for the first time, and we definitely can't hide it. How will the Zheng family view it?"
These words immediately reminded Ding Yunyi.
Yes, the Zheng family. What should the Zheng family do?
In the Battle of Satsuma Domain, part of the strength of the Tiger Guards had been exposed to Zheng Zhifeng. Although it was to save the Zheng family hostages, it was enough to make Zheng Zhilong wary. If they send troops to Siam and Taungoo this time, I am afraid they will be even more capable.
This aroused Zheng Zhilong's suspicion.
In the past, I had always been afraid of Zheng Zhilong and was unwilling to have an early head-on conflict, and even formed an alliance with him because of this, but the situation is different now.
Sooner or later, his own Tiger Guards will have a head-on conflict with the Zheng Family Navy...
But now I need an entry point...
"Zongzhen, when you went to Satsuma Domain, a strange case happened in Fujian." At this time, Xie Tian, who had been silent until now, suddenly said.
"Oh, what's the strange case?" Ding Yunyi asked casually.
"The real and fake case of Sister Xia."
Ding Yunyi was stunned for a moment: "Who is Sister Xia?"
"That is the daughter of Jiang Fu, a man from a poor family..." Xie Tian cleared his throat and carefully told the whole story of the case in front of everyone...
...
"Master, now that the family can't open the pot, and our son has no money to get married, how will we live in the future?
Qianhu Jiang Fu retired due to old age, and he and his wife Zhao lived in the suburbs of Beijing. Although Qianhu was a fifth-grade official with a high rank, Jiang Fu was an honest official, his official salary was low, and his family was poor. Jiang Fu and his wife
As an ordinary citizen, he led a pair of children and lived through his old age.
"The only thing I can do now is marry off my daughter to solve the urgent need. However, seeing that my daughter is about to pass the marriage age and there is no suitable husband-in-law yet, what should I do? Should I entrust the matchmaker Zhang Yun to find a suitable family for Sister Xia?" Jiang
Fu was very anxious and said to his wife Zhao.
Jiang Fu's daughter was named Xia Jie'er. Although Xia Jie'er was very beautiful, no one came to propose marriage because her family was poor and she had few relatives.
What Zhao didn't expect was that her husband Jiang Fu sold her daughter to the Lehu Zhang family through the matchmaker Zhang Yun without telling her! Lehu's status was very low and they were untouchables. Lehu in the Ming Dynasty were a kind of semi-untouchables.
As prostitutes have a lowly profession, the imperial court stipulated that they could only wear green headscarves, and the "green headscarf" became a sign of lowly prostitutes. Lehu's status was lower than that of common people, and they were called professional untouchable music lovers. Except for a few exceptions,
Once one enters the Le family, it will be passed down from generation to generation and cannot be removed. Le households cannot enjoy the rights of normal people, cannot be an official, cannot participate in the imperial examination, cannot marry a non-Le family member, cannot enter the ancestral hall, and their names cannot be entered into the genealogy...
...
The Lehu social group has been given derogatory names such as "Tortoise, Turtle Family, Taoist, and Drummer". For example: the title "Tortoise" originally refers to "Forgetting Eight", that is, forgetting "loyalty, trustworthiness, propriety, justice, and integrity".
, shame, filial piety, brotherhood. There is a folk jingle like this: "Wearing a 70% discount button on the head, wearing a collar and sleeveless. With five blessings on the feet and longevity, a foot in the hand is not enough. Walking on the street
. They were lined up in two rows, the pots were on the fire, and the shed workers were waiting on them. They were working in front of others and eating behind them."
These people can only work in this industry for generations, and they can only marry within the same line. The situation of Lehu in the Ming Dynasty was very miserable. In addition to the Lehu left over from the previous dynasty, in the early Ming Dynasty, the old ministers of Yuan and Mongolia were not allowed to be Lehu. What was even more cruel was that
It was King Zhu Di of Yan who launched the Jingnan Campaign. After the invasion of Nanjing, many ministers who were loyal to Emperor Jianwen but not attached to him were killed, and their wives and daughters were classified as music and were never allowed to become good citizens. Most of these people were sent to Shanxi and
Shaanxi.
"I promised my daughter to Zheng Hong from Zheng Zhilong's family." Jiang Fu was afraid that Sister Xia would not agree, so he coaxed his wife Zhao to say.
"I told Sister Xia to Zheng Hong. His family is very rich. If Sister Xia comes to the Zheng family, she will have no worries about food and clothing, and will enjoy happiness all her life." The matchmaker Zhang Yun also deceived Mrs. Zhao and said.
After hearing what her husband and matchmaker Zhang Yun said, and after receiving the money, Mrs. Zhao believed it to be true. "Being related to the Zheng family is a blessing for my daughter, and my Jiang family may also be able to benefit from it in the future." Mrs. Zhao secretly thought to herself.
Happy.
Sister Xia was deceived into the home of Lefu Zhang and realized the truth. But it was too late.
"God, how could you treat me so unfairly! Where can I, a weak woman like me, go for help? It's a shame that I was sold by my biological parents, what else can I do now?" Sister Xia's face burst into tears. She was really crying every day.
The earth and the earth were not functioning well. She did not think about food and tea all day long, she lost a lot of weight, and was about to die.
"Sister, please don't cry anymore. This is the fate of us women. Some are destined to be rich and some are destined to be humble. We always have to survive. When we get here, we can only live a good life by pleasing those princes and grandsons."
After being persuaded by others, in addition to the humiliation, in order to make a living, and not to be looked down upon by Zhang, Sister Xia had no choice but to learn some singing, dancing and singing from Zhang, and was forced to become a singing prostitute.
"My parents, you raised me up, so I am naturally grateful. But now that you have pushed me into a pit of fire, my daughter feels so unhappy! I thought that I was originally the daughter of Qianhu, but now I have become a singing prostitute. I hate you.
!" From then on, Sister Xia resented her biological parents for pushing her into a pit of fire.
Sister Xia stayed at Mr. Zhang's house and cried all day long, ruining the place of laughter many times. Mr. Zhang saw that Sister Xia could not bring him wealth, but brought bad luck to himself, so he had no choice but to sell Sister Xia again.
It was given to musician Wu Yi.
When they arrived at Wu Yi's place, Sister Xia was still crying all day long. Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Wu Yi had no choice but to resell Sister Xia to the musician Yuan Gui. According to Ming Dynasty laws, buying and selling people was illegal. However, at that time,
In real life, personal rights cannot truly be protected by law.
In this way, Sister Xia was resold and resold, and suffered all kinds of bullying, which made her hate her parents even more.
Yuan Gui and his wife are good at enlightening people. They advised Sister Xia: "Instead of torturing yourself, it is better to be happy. Life is just a play. Why bother to make those princes, princes and grandsons happy, and you also get rich clothes and food?"
Not for?"
Over time, Sister Xia began to change her mind. She learned to indulge in the decadent life of a singing prostitute, spending her days feasting and flirting with the princes and princes.
Sister Xia was originally the daughter of Qianhu. Not only was she beautiful and charming, she was also literate, smart and willing to learn, and she was proficient in playing, playing and singing.
Although singing girls mainly sell songs, if they are spotted by rich and powerful people, they are often forced to accompany them for drinks or sleepovers. Many of the people who often interact with Sister Xia in the singing and dancing halls are princes, princes and grandsons.
, are all children of high-ranking officials, among them there is a romantic young man named Kong Dexing, who is from Dongchang in Fujian.
Once, Kong Dexing came to the amusement park to have fun. Seeing that Sister Xia was good at sex and art, he fell in love at first sight.
Sister Xia's heart skipped a beat when she saw that Kong Dexing was born in a charming and free-spirited way and understood women's thoughts, "I wonder what your surname is, and which family your residence is?"
"My uncle Kong Mengqing is in charge of Dongchang. He is the governor of Dongchang and is the most loyal minister in front of Long Live Lord. In front of Long Live Lord, apart from Wang Cheng'en, the most powerful person, he is my uncle. My uncle directly obeys orders.
For the emperor, his status among the ministers was slightly lower than that of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch, but when he presented matters to the emperor, even the eunuch had to retreat because the secrets could not be known to others. There were many things in charge of the East Factory.
, has a strict organization and investigation methods. It sends special agents everywhere to collect intelligence for the emperor, and it is difficult for the subjects to escape from the trap set by it, such as fighting with each other, letting dogs fight for chickens, and trivial matters such as rice and salt.
My uncle not only supervises the East Factory, but also manages the imperial edicts, specializes in managing those disobedient civil and military ministers, and jointly judges prisoners with the three judicial departments. It can be said that all judicial powers from investigation to criminal prisons are controlled by my uncle.
In the hands of the two special agencies, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the three law divisions composed of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple are nothing more than agencies in name only..."
Seeing that Kong Dexing had a romantic life and was born into a wealthy family, Sister Xia thought to herself: If I climb up to the high branch of Kong Dexing now, I will have a good support for my whole life.
One was looking for pleasure in women, the other was looking for glory and wealth, and the two soon became inseparable. "Not seeing each other for one day is like three autumns apart." Yuan Gui and his wife carefully prepared an exquisite courtyard for them, and the two seemed to be living a married life.
Sister Xia often received gold and silver, jewelry, and silks from Kong Dexing. The two indulged in pleasure, singing, dancing, and living like gods all day long.
"Sister Xia, daddy is sorry for you!" Just when Sister Xia was drunk and dreaming, her father Jiang Fu was poor and sick and had no money for medical treatment, so he passed away with guilt for his daughter.
After Jiang Fu's death, Mrs. Zhao had not seen her daughter Xia for two years. Although Ms. Zhao sent her son Jiang Cheng to the Zheng family many times to inquire, the Zheng family said that there was no such person as Xia in the family.
"Sister Xia, where are you?" Mrs. Zhao was very worried and worried. She didn't know her daughter's whereabouts or how she was living. She and her son Jiang Cheng asked people everywhere to find Sister Xia...
"I heard that your daughter, Sister Xia, was receiving guests at musician Yuan Gui's song and dance hall. I also heard that she is now being kept by Kong Dexing, the nephew of Master Kong Mengqing of Dongchang!"
Upon receiving such news, Ms. Zhao felt like she was struck by thunder. She couldn't believe her ears and burst into tears.
"Mom, the only solution now is to bring my sister home as soon as possible, so as not to be bullied outside and continue to embarrass our Wu family!" His son Jiang Cheng looked very excited.
"What my son said is true. Let's go find your sister now!" Mrs. Zhao secretly made up her mind to claim Sister Xia back no matter what.
Soon, Mrs. Zhao's mother and son found the singing venue where Sister Xia was. Mrs. Zhao was so angry that she was trembling all over and said to Yuan Gui: "You damn god, how did you trick my daughter into such a pit of fire? Come back soon."
My daughter!"
"Your daughter is not here at all!" Yuan Gui pretended to be fine.
"You still want to lie to us? Someone has already seen it and told us! I want to take my daughter away immediately!"
"You can't do this. I spent money to buy your daughter. Will my money be wasted? Also, your daughter will definitely not go back with you. If you don't believe it, you can ask your daughter!"
"What are you talking about! Will my daughter not want to get out of this dirty pit of fire with me?"