Wang Xinyu came to Burma not only to rescue Yongli, but more importantly, to occupy a territory in Myanmar and open up the connection between the Nanyang Army and Li Dingguo. If all the Ming troops were withdrawn from Burma, who would guarantee the safety of the route to the Irrawaddy River? Once this golden waterway is lost, the goods urgently needed by Li Dingguo's side cannot be delivered, and Wu Sangui's side will turn his face. Therefore, Wang Xinyu was very dissatisfied with the Burmese envoy's proposal.

"We can withdraw our troops, and we can not support the rebellious Mon and Karen people, but the cost of sending troops this time is very high, and you must compensate us for the military expenses of sending troops! I don't want much, 30 million taels of silver! Also, the route to the Greater Jinsha River must be open to us! In addition to this, the vassal states had to pay tribute to the upper kingdoms, and wasn't Burma rich in gold, ivory, and jade? You have to pay a certain amount of these specialties every year. Wang Xinyu said.

The Burmese envoy said: "These villains can't be the masters, and they must go back to report to the king, and then send someone to negotiate." ”

"Okay! Anyway, sooner or later, you'll have to send someone to sit down with us, and we'll negotiate the details when your negotiator arrives. Wang Xinyu said.

After the Burmese envoy left, an officer of the Ming army of the Mon nationality asked worriedly: "General, after recklessly releasing your Son of Heaven, do you really want to promise them and give up on us?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "How can we give up our allies? You can continue to occupy your southern regions; The Karen continue to occupy their northern region, which is your autonomous territory, and the Burmese have no right to interfere! We can continue to provide you with weapons and equipment. It's just that we don't invade their territory either. ”

"As long as the general does not give up on us, we will swear allegiance to the general!" Then the Meng officer said.

After the Burmese envoy returned, he told Mang Bai about the Ming army's intention to open the Irrawaddy River, and the fact that the vassal states wanted to pay tribute to the upper country, and the Ming army demanded that Burma pay tribute to the upper country every year with their abundant gold, ivory, and jade.

"The opening of the Irrawaddy River, and the tribute, it's nothing. You can promise them. Even if we don't agree to them, they will walk on the river themselves, and they will rob us of our gold and silver treasures everywhere. It's better to say yes. As long as they can withdraw their troops, these conditions are nothing. "Mangbai said.

"But, but......" The messenger hesitated for a long time, unable to say the next word.

"But what?" Mang Bai couldn't wait to ask.

At last the messenger mustered up the courage and said, "But they still want us to compensate them." ”

"Reparations? How much compensation do they want? ”

"Back to the king, they opened their mouths, and as soon as they opened their mouths, they asked us to take out 30 million taels of silver to pay compensation." The envoy turned his heart and said the price offered by Wang Xinyu.

"Talk to them about the price, the compensation of 30 million taels of silver is too high! This is simply deceptive! "Hear about thirty million taels of silver. His pale face turned pale.

"Thirty million taels of silver?" All the Burmese civil and military officials in the hall were stunned.

Myanmar's annual financial revenue is only four or five million taels of silver, and the Ming army actually asked for 30 million taels of silver as soon as they opened their mouths!

Bianya was furious: "This is also too deceitful! Thirty million taels of silver? King! We can't give them a tael of silver! If they want to fight, they will fight again! Anyway, their son of heaven is in our hands! ”

"Hit? Keep fighting? If we continue to fight, we will be ruined! Several of our armies have been pinned, even if they defeat the enemy and come back for reinforcements, they will not be able to break through the city of the Ming army outside! What's more, the artillery of the Ming army is just outside the city, and it would be good if Ava City could support it for ten days! A Wenchen said.

"For the sake of our Burma not to destroy the country, we still have to talk to them." Another Wenchen said.

"It's too expensive! We'll have to talk to them and get them to lower down a little bit. Mangbai roared angrily.

Next. Negotiators sent by the Burmese arrived at the Ming army camp, and the two sides began to negotiate.

Signing an alliance under the city is not a good thing. As soon as Wang Xinyu came up, he bit the price, 30 million taels of silver. Not a tael of silver is missing! In addition, Wang Xinyu objected to the Burmese proposal that the Ming army should not support the Mon and Karen people. He said: "Usually you oppress them, and it is normal for them to resist. If we don't support them, won't they be wiped out by you? And we can't abandon our allies either. But we can guarantee it. The Mon people only operate in the mouth of the Dajinsha River for one generation, and they will not let them go north to threaten you; In the same way, we can ensure that the Karen do not go south, in the mountains of the northwest, so that they do not pose a threat to you. ”

The Burmese believe that the amount of compensation is too large, and that Burma's financial revenue for a year is not much, and it is really impossible to pay, and the Ming army should reduce it. As for the Mon and Karen people, they were originally rebels in Burma, and the Ming army should not support them, these people should all be eliminated.

Wang Xinyu said: "They should have their own autonomous territory, and you should not invade their autonomous territory, so that there will be no conflict between the two sides." If you invade their autonomous territory, it is only natural that you will be counterattacked. And these people have been incorporated into our Ming army, they also belong to our people, we must ensure the safety of their families' lives and the safety of their land and property, otherwise who will dare to join the Ming army in the future? ”

On the issue of the amount of compensation, Wang Xinyu made certain concessions, reducing it to 25 million taels of silver, and allowing the Burmese to pay off all the compensation in installments over 10 years, including the compound interest, 4 million taels of silver per year.

The Burmese side thinks that it is still too high, their financial income is not very high, and it is difficult to bear the huge amount of compensation, and hopes that the Ming army will lower it for them a little more.

After some fierce bargaining and three days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached the following agreement: the Burmese would pay an indemnity of 18 million taels of silver to the Ming army, to be paid in installments, to be repaid in 20 years, and with the double interest, the Burmese would pay 1.7 million taels of silver a year. In addition, Myanmar, as a vassal state, pays an annual tribute of 20,000 taels of gold, 1,000 pieces of ivory, and 3,000 pieces of fine jade and jade.

The Burmese side opened up shipping on the Irrawaddy River, and Ming ships could navigate freely on the river. After the Burmese released Yongli, the Ming army began to withdraw from the city of Yawa. The Mon and Karen soldiers attached to the Ming army also withdrew their troops from Yawa City. South of Bago on the Irrawaddy River is the autonomous region of the Mon people; To the north of Minjin Mountain is the autonomous area of the Karen people. The Tatmadaw is not allowed to invade the autonomous region at will. The Ming army withdrew to the north and south respectively, and after retreating to Bamo and Bago, the Burmese side released the crown prince and empress of Yongli.

Although this agreement made Mang Bai feel aggrieved. felt that it was a shame for Burma, but Mang Bai believed that as long as the Ming army retreated, it would give Burma a chance to breathe, and when the Burmese side gradually regained its strength, any compensation could be relied upon, and even those so-called autonomous regions would be recovered, and Ba Mo would be recovered.

Mang Bai believed that since the Ming army had the strength to defeat Wu Sangui, sooner or later it would have to go on a northern expedition. Go to war with the Qing army. At that time, Bamo and other places will be empty, and at that time, Burma will be able to repay its debts, until it sends troops to capture Bamo, and even takes advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the Ming army and the Qing army to stab a knife in the back and occupy Yunnan.

Like the ancestor Mang Yinglong, Mang Bai never took the agreement between Da Ming and them in his eyes. At that time, Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli tore up the agreement with the Ming Dynasty many times, brazenly sent troops to invade Yunnan, and once captured Tengchong, Dali, Xishuangbanna and other places, until they were later defeated by Deng Zilong. The Burmese army was forced to withdraw from Yunnan.

Since it is an installment payment, 1.7 million taels of silver will be paid a year, and the Burmese side must pay this money immediately. The wishful thinking of the reckless is that the first indemnity is inevitable. As for the future compensation, Mangbai plans to repay the debt.

After the compensation of 1.7 million taels of silver paid by the Burmese side was settled, Li Dingguo distributed the money. He left 200,000 taels of silver to Yongli as the expenses of the Yongli court, and the remaining 1.5 million taels of silver. According to the distribution of credit, Wang Xinyu received 700,000 taels, and Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan each received 400,000 taels.

After both parties sign the agreement. The Burmese side put Yongli back.

Mang Bai knew very well that Yongli at this time had become a hot potato, which caused the Ming army a headache, because as soon as Yongli came back, he would immediately issue an order for the Ming army to withdraw as soon as possible, so as to rescue his prince and queen.

In the middle camp of the Ming army, a red carpet was spread, and the gongs, drums and firecrackers rang out in the camp, ready to welcome the return of Yongli to the dynasty.

Seeing that the gate of Yawa City was wide open, there were Burmese soldiers who opened the way inside, and Deng Kai, the chief soldier of the Royal Forest Army, stood on both sides with more than 2,000 Royal Forest soldiers.

After these royal guards were rescued, Wang Xinyu issued them armor and weapons, and armed them again, which could be used to protect the safety of Yongli in the future. Although they are all cold weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, they are enough.

When he saw Yongli, wearing a gold-patterned dragon robe on a red background and a black winged crown (Note 1), appear inside the gate, Deng Kai shouted: "Welcome to the Holy Driver!" ”

"Welcome back to the court!" The guards on both sides drank.

Li Dingguo, King of Jin, Bai Wenxuan, King of Gongchang, Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Zhongxian, Duke of Qianguo, and Wang Xinyu, the governor of Qiongzhou, knelt at the gate of Dayingzhai according to the size of their official ranks and titles to welcome Yongli Hui Dynasty.

"Everyone, love Qing Ping!" Seeing this group of Ming civil and military officials he was familiar with again, Yongli's eyes were moist.

Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, Guo Zhiqi and others burst into tears, stood up, and gathered around Yongli to ask long and short questions.

"Everyone, Aiqing has worked hard!" Yongli tears rained down, and he was so excited that he was almost speechless.

"Your Majesty has suffered!" Li Dingguo wiped his tears with his sleeve.

Yongli walked into the camp of the Chinese army, sat down on the chair in the middle, and then made an order: "I have returned, I will wait for the class to return to the court!" ”

Li Dingguo stepped forward and said, "Now that Your Majesty has returned, we should also leave here!" ”

Yongli asked, "Which one is Wang Yu, the governor of Qiongzhou?" When I was trapped in the city, I saw that King Qin's army was the first to come with his banner, and I wanted to reward him! ”

"The minister is here!" Wang Xinyu hurriedly stood up, walked to the middle, knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty has suffered!" ”

"I didn't expect Wang Aiqing to be so young! What a hero out of a teenager! This time, Wang Aiqing has the greatest credit, and I want to crown you king! Since Wang Aiqing is the governor of Qiongzhou, then so let's do it, I will make Aiqing the king of Nanhai County! Yongli smiled and stroked his beard, giving Wang Xinyu a reward as the king of the county.

"Thank you!" Wang Xinyu hurriedly bowed.

Although he is only a county king, not as big as Li Dingguo's prince, he is already on an equal footing with Bai Wenxuan and others.

Yongli wanted to drive back to the dynasty, Li Dingguo wanted him to go to Bamo, but Yongli resolutely refused to go back to Bamo, and refused to listen to Wang Xinyu's proposal to go to Qiongzhou, but first learned about the situation in detail, and then asked Wang Xinyu to take a look at the map.

"Let's go here, it's heavily guarded, I think it's the safest place!" Yongli's finger is on the map at the location of the city of Anuradha at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.

"Your Majesty!" Li Dingguo and others went up one after another to advise.

Li Dingguo opened his mouth and said: "If Your Majesty goes to Anuradha and it is far away from Bamo, I am afraid that it will take several days for the holy order to reach Bamo, which will be inconvenient." ”

Guo Zhiqi said: "Your Majesty might as well go to Qiongzhou, after all, it is our Ming Dynasty's territory." ”

Yongli shook his hand and said, "Ba Mo is too close to Wu Sangui, and Qiongzhou is too close to Shang Kexi. Singapore is too far away, and I have to wait for the prince and queen to return to the court in Anuradha . Anuratuo at the mouth of the Dajinsha River is the territory of the Qiongzhou army, where I am also at ease, and a little closer to the prince and queen. ”

In fact, Yongli wanted to hide far away in Singapore, the safest city, or Yanping City, but considering that the crown prince and queen had not yet returned, he wanted to wait in Jiangkou.

"Since Your Majesty has already decided, then the ministers will welcome Your Majesty back to Anuradha . Wang Xinyu said.

Li Dingguo arranged for Bai Wenxuan to go back to Bamo first, and he accompanied Yongli to Anuruda with Mu Zhongxian, Guo Zhiqi, Wang Xinyu and others.

After arriving at Anuruda at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River, Yongli was full of praise for the construction of the new city at the mouth of the river. Wang Xinyu gave up the largest mansion in the city and temporarily used it as the imperial palace of Yongli, and then gave up several other mansions to serve as the mansions of Li Dingguo and Guo Zhiqi and others.

Besides, after Yongli came to Anuradha , the Ming army still controlled the route of the Irrawaddy River. But both the Karen and the Mon began to withdraw their troops and return to their autonomous regions. Mang Bai's side did not immediately fulfill his promise to release the crown prince and queen, but continued to hold them hostage. After a long time, after the Burmese army's military strength was restored, the Burmese guarded the hostages a little, and Wang Xinyu developed a group of local Burmese Tiandihui members among the Burmese, waiting for the opportunity to rescue the prince and queen of Yongli. After seeing the crown prince and queen rescued, Yongli ordered a large-scale army to attack Burma, and the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty was declared extinct. Of course, that's another story.

Note 1: The emperors in the TV series are all yellow dragon robes and yellow winged good crowns, which is wrong. The dragon robes of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are colorful, with various colors such as yellow, red, blue, and purple. As for the Wing Shan Crown, as long as it is worn by a living person, it is all black. The Yellow Wing Crown was only worn after his death. The director of the TV series asked the emperor to wear a yellow wing crown when he was alive, and if the Ming Emperor knew about it, he would definitely be so angry that he would crawl out of the grave and cut off their heads. (To be continued.) )