Xiao Chen is not only a romantic and talented man, but also a prince of the former dynasty. If we say that he is worthy of being the eldest princess of Myanmar, he is worthy of it.
The problem is that I only covet your beauty, but I don’t want to marry you.
If it were Murong Danqiu... I would be very willing.
Duanmu Nanqiao will also work.
Moreover, it is not you, Liu Ruyun, who has the final say on this matter.
Today's feudal society does not allow this kind of free love.
Girls from ordinary families need orders from their parents. As the matchmaker said, you are a princess, can you marry whoever you want?
Besides, I'm still a eunuch in theory. Will your father marry you to a eunuch?
"I know you don't believe me, you never believe me!" Liu Ruyun suddenly lost her temper, "I said I would marry you, and no one can stop me."
"It's not that I don't believe in you, it's that I don't believe in your father, or that Prince Jiba!" Xiao Chen said loudly.
"What? This is Prince Saiba!" Liu Ruyun originally had a stern face, but was very amused by Xiao Chen.
"I don't care what Seba is, he's a damn bastard anyway!" Xiao Chen said.
I thought it was bad luck, but it happened to this bastard!
"Haha, you know?" Liu Ruyun covered her mouth and smiled.
"What do you know?" Xiao Chen was stunned.
"If you don't know that he has always wanted me, then why are you jealous of him?" Liu Ruyun misunderstood, because Xiao Chen really didn't know.
Damn it, is this even a thing?
What the hell, this bastard not only wants my life, but he also covets my woman!
Prince Saiba has always coveted Liu Ruyun's beauty. When Liu Ruyun was sixteen years old, he personally went to Myanmar to propose marriage, but Liu Ruyun did not like that rude and rude guy.
Firmly refuse to agree.
I would rather be Li Wanjiang's noble son than his princess.
Li Wanjiang is at least a hero, but Prince Saiba is a wolf with ambition!
His purpose in marrying Liu Ruyun was, of course, because he was greedy for her beauty, but he also wanted to use it to control or even annex the entire country of Myanmar!
Liu Ruyun's ambition is not small either.
The purpose of marrying Li Wanjiang was to use her beauty to seduce him, even control him, and make him a mess from top to bottom, so that she could find opportunities to take advantage of him.
Who would have expected that God would not follow people's wishes, and I really did not expect that the brave Li Wanjiang would turn out to be an incompetent man!
From the day she entered the palace to now, Li Wanjiang has never touched her... Instead, she has been taken advantage of by Xiao Chen, a brat!
But in the past few years in the palace, she has also noticed that the Zhou Dynasty is actually quite chaotic, with constant partisan disputes, estrangement between father and son, empty treasury, frequent famines, continuous wars, and people's livelihood...
The Japanese kingdom in the East China Sea watched like a hawk, and various tribes in the north watched with eager eyes. Among them, various resistance organizations such as the Tianxuanhui were involved in rebellion.
The Western Region is not stable either. Murong Heng, the Duke of Western Province, has a hundred thousand soldiers, but he is an old minister of the previous dynasty. Li Wanjiang has never fully trusted him...
Under such circumstances, if Burma and Siam jointly launched troops to attack the southern border, it would naturally be very difficult for Li Wanjiang to deal with it.
But Liu Ruyun feels that the time is not yet ripe, and Myanmar should not be the first to attack.
It is best to wait for others to rebel first, and then they send troops in the name of King Qin. Then it will be just and justified, and there will be room for advancement and retreat, and they can maximize their own interests.
However, the King of Myanmar was coerced and induced by Prince Saiba and insisted on raising an army in a hurry, which made Liu Ruyun very angry.
He sent a letter to the Burmese king to clarify the interests and advise him not to act rashly for the time being. However, the Burmese king was hesitant and continued to mobilize troops to southern Xinjiang under the urging of Prince Saiba.
At this moment, Li Wanjiang offered to let her go home to visit relatives...
Liu Ruyun was both a noble concubine and a hostage in the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as she was in Li Wanjiang's hands, the Burmese king and the Burmese generals who were loyal to her would be wary. Now that Li Wanjiang is sending her back directly, doesn't this mean he is letting the tiger go?
Li Wanjiang is not that stupid.
The reason why he did this was to deliberately let Burma and Siam take the initiative to attack Zhou Dynasty, so that he could legitimately send troops to quell the rebellion.
Because he can't take the initiative to send troops. There are so many small subordinate countries around the border that are vassal to the Zhou Dynasty. If he attacks Burma without any reason, wouldn't everyone in those subordinate countries be in danger? They will definitely unite to deal with the Zhou Dynasty.
In other words, Li Wanjiang has already thought deeply about this and made plans.
Although Dazhou now has various problems, its military strength is still strong.
In particular, King Zhongcheng Li Wanyun had an army of 100,000 men, all of whom were brave and skilled warriors. They had been fighting for many years and had almost never lost a battle.
Although Burma and Siam claim to have an army of half a million, they may not be his opponents.
Li Wanjiang's move was probably due to two considerations.
One is to use a demonstration to let those with evil intentions see the power of the great Zhou soldiers, so that they will be afraid and dare not act rashly.
Secondly, because of money, the Great Zhou Dynasty had been in war for many years, most of the fields were deserted, and it suffered from continuous natural disasters. It can be said that it was scarred and full of waste.
However, there has never been any war in Myanmar, and the weather has been good for more than ten years. There is a bumper harvest almost every year, and there is too much food to eat.
Although the King of Burma did not have any great talents or strategies, he was well versed in economics. He not only encouraged the reclamation of farmland, but also vigorously supported the development of other industries, especially commerce, which was extremely developed.
He purchased various porcelain, silk and other goods from Dazhou, which is rich in resources, at low prices, transported them to southern ports, and sold them to the other side of the ocean through shipping, earning a huge profit from them. From this alone, he earns tens of millions every year.
The income of money!
I heard that the palace of the Burmese king was built with gold bricks...
Is it ridiculous that even though you are so rich, you still cry out to Zhou about your poverty every year and ask for all kinds of relief?
This is also the main purpose of Li Wanjiang's decision to use troops against Myanmar.
What he lacks most now is money.
So why is Li Wanyun unwilling to fight this battle?
But he also has his own considerations.
First of all, if there is a war, life will definitely be devastated and the people will be affected. Especially in southern Xinjiang, which has finally been stable for a few years and the people have just lived a good life for a few days, who the hell is willing to go to war?
Secondly, this battle is actually not easy to fight. Due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, it will definitely be difficult to fight.
Secondly, the terrain in northern Myanmar is complex, with many bumps, mountains and rivers, making it extremely difficult for the army to move.
Moreover, the most powerful thing about the Great Zhou Dynasty is the cavalry, but in the mountainous terrain, the cavalry cannot give full play to its advantages and cannot be used effectively.
There is also the logistics supply.
With an army of 100,000 people, how much food and grass are needed to feed the people and horses every day?
All this grain and grass needs to be transported from southern Xinjiang, which requires at least 300,000 civilians, as well as countless carriages and horses. The grain and grass they consume every day is an astronomical figure!
He also had to send troops to guard the grain roads along the road to keep them open, which would result in his weak military strength.
Someone asked, doesn’t Myanmar have plenty of food? Why not just rob them?
Then you are oversimplifying the problem. They are not stupid. Even if they are burned, they won’t leave any of them for you, okay?