Ruan Youyi's careful thinking is really not worth mentioning in front of Gao Pragmatic, he just hopes that Gao Pragmatic will be as happy as many officials in the Ming Dynasty, as soon as he heard that the daughter and son of King Nanzhang came to ask for help, he immediately got carried away and devoted himself to this great cause of "rising and falling".

But it is clear that Gao Pragmatism is not that kind of person.

A hundred birds are in the forest, it is better to have a bird in his hand, he is even two mouthfuls away from Annan to swallow, how can he learn from the best example now and run to help Nanzhang people restore the country?

The pair of sisters and brothers who came were the children of King Nanzhang, and they were not his high-level and pragmatic children, could he be an old man?

However, the "White Elephant King Bo Yinxi" mentioned by Ruan Youyi has attracted a high degree of attention from Gao Pragmatic.

White Elephant Wang Bo Yinxi is not very familiar with this statement, but he is very familiar with this person's other name: Mang Yinglong.

He was the third king of the Taungoo dynasty of Burma, and during his reign he established Burmese hegemony over Indochina, which was under his authority for the entire southeastern peninsula, with the exception of the Malay Peninsula and Annam, which were under the influence of the Portuguese. In the history of later generations, he was known as the "Three Great Emperors of Burma" along with Anuradha and Yongjiya.

This man not only unified Burma, but also destroyed the Burmese Ava Dynasty, which was unable to defeat even the powerful Mengyuan Iron Cavalry at the beginning, and then marched eastward and took control of Lannatai, Ayutthaya, Lancang and other places.

But what he hated most about Gao was his covetousness of Yunnan. This person spent many years and sent troops north four times to cut off the "foreign domains" of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan one by one, and the Ming Dynasty on the one hand because of the local officials "more things are better than less things", on the other hand, busy with internal reforms, has not paid enough attention to Mang Yinglong.

In the seventh year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong went north for the fourth time to cut off the Ming Dynasty's foreign domain Mengyang, Gao Pragmatic had mentioned this matter to Guo Pu, but Guo Pu did not realize that Mang Yinglong's strength had reached its peak, and only regarded his actions as a battle between the foreign vassals, so that Yunnan Governor Rao Renkan sent a messenger to preach Mang Yinglong, but at this time Mang Yinglong was too lazy to respond.

It was precisely because of this incident that Gao Pragmatic found a way to send Liu Wei to Yunnan in advance.

In other words, Gao Shishi began to prepare for the historical "Ming-Burma War" last year.

In the history of the Ming-Burma War, the Ming Dynasty has always been in an advantageous position before the outbreak of the "Wanli Three Great Expeditions", especially after Liu Wei and Deng Zilong arrived in Yunnan, they conquered Burma on a large scale, defeated Mangyingli, and achieved a decisive victory in "entangled Zhuyi and bloody Weiyuan Battalion".

However, the forces of Mang Yingli have not been completely eradicated, and Liu Ling clearly realized that "although the territory has been cleared, the chieftains of Mang are wanton, and if they are not eradicated urgently, it will eventually spread as a curse." Therefore, we should take advantage of the victory to discuss, "After the peace, another plan is to change the soil and set up the stream, and in addition to pacifying, it is more appropriate to build a fortress and set up a general to control the key points, and set up the yamen of the division and the horns." The policy of accompanying the tuntian is to have enough food, and wealth can make rich, and the guarantee is firm in the form; He also trained the natives to be foot soldiers, and the strength could be strong, and the border was almost untroubled. …… The peace of southern Yunnan will always be safe.

However, Liu Wei in history, like his son Liu Xian, did not have a civil official who could speak as a backer in the court, and his plans were not valued by the court at all, and the court not only did not give support, but transferred Liu Wei in the fifteenth year of Wanli.

As soon as Liu Wei was transferred, the situation in the southwest immediately went bad. In the sixteenth year of Wanli, as soon as Liu Wei left, Burma immediately raised troops and captured Mengmi Xuanfusi.

Then Burma waited for the Ming Dynasty to react, but in the eighteenth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty did not react at all, so Myanmar couldn't hold it back and sent troops to attack Meng Gong and Meng Guang. Then, the Ming Dynasty originally transferred Deng Zilong back to Yunnan to prepare for a counterattack, but it didn't take long for the Wanli Three Great Expeditions to break out, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.

Until the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, because the three major expeditions emptied the treasury and the internal treasury, the Wanli Emperor continued the cold war with the courtiers, and no longer had the energy to manage several foreign vassals in Yunnan, and those areas that had been content to be the foreign vassals of the Ming Dynasty for nearly two hundred years were all occupied by Burma. In particular, the loss of the two great Xuanwei Divisions of Mengyang and Mubang made the Ming Dynasty lose prestige in the southwest.

This battle between Ming and Burma, which lasted for decades, was said to be "a series of victories and thousands of miles of lost land" in later generations.

And this battle, although it was mainly fought with Mang Yingli in the later stage, if you really want to count it, it should start from the time of Mang Yinglong. Although Gao Pragmatic knew about the battle between Ming and Burma, his eyes were mainly limited to Yunnan and Burma, but he ignored the situation in Southeast Asia.

Why can I only fight you on the front line in Yunnan?

He couldn't help but think that Mang Yinglong seemed to have died this year, and then Mang Yingli began to plan the remaining foreign domains in Yunnan, and it seemed that he should start a large-scale invasion of the north after the next year.

So, if I pacify Annam within this year, can I contact the Yunnan side and attack in advance in two ways to defeat or even destroy Burma, a fierce enemy in the southwest?

Well, this idea should be feasible, after all, whether it is Ayuthaya, or Laos and other places, they are very dissatisfied with the rule of the Burmese, if I remember correctly, in the later period of Mangyingli's reign in history, because the war with the Ming Dynasty weakened a lot, these places rebelled and became independent.

So, if I send troops from Annan to the west in the name of the Ming Dynasty's consistent "rise and fall", and cooperate with Liu Wei to send troops from Yunnan to the south, and attack Burma on both sides, wouldn't Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli's father and son be in a dilemma?

In particular, this year should happen to be the year of Mang Yinglong's illness and death, Mang Yingli will face such a situation as soon as he succeeds to the throne, his prestige is definitely not as good as his Laozi Mang Yinglong, if he eats one or two more big defeats, maybe this seemingly Nantian hegemony of the Donghu Dynasty will collapse!

Of course, this matter is not without trouble, and there are even more troubles.

First of all, the pace of pacifying Annam must be accelerated, otherwise the situation in Annam is uncertain, how can it be possible to send troops westward for thousands of miles, all the way through Laos, Ayutthaya to Burma? Not only must we quickly defeat it, but we must also find a way to send as many Annan soldiers as possible over when the time comes, leaving the family guards of the descendant line and the wolf soldiers of the Cen Loess Division of the semi-descendant line to play a magpie's nest and dove occupation - of course, the family guard group and the wolf soldiers must also send some out, otherwise the Annan people may not be obedient, this is the details of the political game, and it will not be too late to talk about it when the time comes.

The second is to convince the imperial court, which may be easy, or may be as difficult as the sky, and it is impossible to say now. But there is some preliminary work that must be done now, such as promoting the Burmese threat in the upper echelons of the court, and trying to make the court feel that the battle is not a loss—at least not too much. Wait for these, you have to start thinking of a way to do it, otherwise when the time comes, you will say that you will fight Annan, not to mention that the serious cabinet will not agree, but I am afraid that Zhu Yijun will look confused: Burma is such a wild place, what to do to beat him, there is no place to spend more money?

The last is to cultivate the Belt and Road Party in advance - well, the Belt Road Party has now taken the initiative to come to a pair of sisters and brothers, but this is not enough, just a Laos is of little significance, this country is a country of mountains and forests, although the area seems to be cost-effective in the Indochina Peninsula, but the population is limited, the economic strength is also poor, I am afraid it will not help too much.

The more important thing is to go to Ayutthaya to find the leading party.

Ayutthaya is the future of Thailand, that place is simply the kingdom of rice, and later generations have been the world's largest rice exporter until it was overtaken by India in 2016.

However, the trouble now is that Gao Shishi not only knows little about Laos, but also knows about Ayutthaya just as little, except that he knows that rice is abundant in that place, and the rest of his knowledge is basically zero.

This is definitely not good, not to mention that Gao Shishi himself can't pass this hurdle, even if he has the courage to fight, he can't convince Zhu Yijun and the cabinet!

Gao Shishi groaned and asked the three Annam generals, "I heard that in addition to Laos, Ayutthaya is now under the control of this white elephant king?" Now there are people in Laos who insist on resisting, but I wonder if Ayutthaya also rebelled against the tyranny of the White Elephant King? ”

The three of them all shook their heads, and Mo Yulin said: "Yes, there must be, but at present, there should be no characters worth mentioning. ”

Gao Shishi frowned slightly, and asked again: "Is Burma's rule over Ayutthaya a direct occupation, or is it a puppet king?" ”

"Raise the puppet king." The three of them said at the same time.

"So, who is this puppet king now, and is it possible that he will have a different heart for Burma?" Gao pragmatic continued to ask.

This time, the three of them hesitated for a moment, but in the end, it was Ruan Ti who opened his mouth and said: "The current king of Siam is called Maha Tanmaraja, this person has average courage, as soon as the Burmese army arrived, he took the initiative to surrender, which shows that he is not a hero." ”

Gao Shishi frowned slightly, who knew that Ruan Ti continued: "However, his son seems to have some ability. ”

"Oh? What is this person's name? ”

Ruan Ti said: "What is the name of his son, the last general has forgotten for a while, but his nickname is quite famous, called 'Panalai', which means 'Black Prince', and this person is now the 'Maha Ubara' of Siam, that is, the vice-king of Siam, and he is only ...... Uh, it should be around twenty-five. ”

Gao pragmatic's eyes lit up.

Twenty-five years old, that's a fat age......

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