Chapter 808: Anti-Smuggling and Expedition of Burma
After Doron resigned and left, Louis XIV took a deep breath of fresh air and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
How long has it been since Duolun took a shower? This body odor can kill someone!
What Louis XIV didn't know was that Doron also took a deep breath after leaving him.
I’m also complaining about how long it’s been since Louis XIV took a shower…
Well, they disliked each other, but neither of them had the idea of taking a bath.
…
The night is dark and windy!
The sea breeze blows away the heat in the air.
Although it is winter now, the climate in Nanyang is like this all year round.
Very hot!
A small island west of Malacca.
The two boats met on the east side of the island, and after lighting torches at each other for a while, they finally confirmed each other's identities.
Then, the two ships began to approach each other.
The bearded John looked at the group of people on the opposite boat and said.
"My dear friends, you are finally here!"
"Why are you always late every time?"
There was a lot of resentment in John's words.
On the opposite ship, a Huadaolang with his bare upper body and well-defined muscles also spoke.
"John, you know that what we are doing now is a beheading business."
"If you are blocked by the imperial patrol boat, the consequences will be disastrous. For the sake of your own life, you must be safer."
The two ships came next to each other, and Huadaolang and John hugged each other, looking very enthusiastic.
But it only appears.
Because, while the two of them were embracing each other passionately, the crew members on both sides of the two boats were holding weapons, looking on guard.
Huadaolang looked at John with bright eyes and asked.
"Did you bring the goods?"
John nodded and said.
"Don't worry, my dear friend, I have brought them all, and they are all high-quality Indian tobacco."
As he spoke, John grinned, showing his big yellow teeth.
Huadaolang heard this, nodded and said to the person behind him.
"Inspection!"
Not long after, the person behind him finished inspecting the goods and turned to Huadaolang and said.
"Master Hua, after testing, they are all good quality products with high purity!"
"Enough!"
Seeing this scene, John spoke.
"I brought the goods, where's the money?"
When Huadaolang heard this, he did not hesitate and ordered someone to open a box at his feet.
The box was opened, and there was no reflective gold or silver inside. Instead, there was a pile of banknotes.
But seeing this scene, John became even more happy.
"Haha, paper money?"
"Why did Brother Hua think of using banknotes for transactions this time? I mentioned to you a few times before that we could use banknotes for transactions, but you sternly refused."
Paper money is easy to carry, and for people like them who are involved in the beheading business, it is much rarer than gold and silver.
Huadaolang laughed and said.
"Why does Brother John ask so many questions? Just pay the money in one hand and deliver the goods in one hand."
John heard this and nodded.
"Yes, yes, my friend, you are right, I really don't need to ask so many questions."
After inspecting the goods and banknotes, the next thing is very simple.
Both parties paid the money with one hand, delivered the goods with the other, and then left.
This small, uninhabited island has once again returned to absolute silence, with cool moonlight shining through, and only the sound of waves lapping against the rocks can be heard from time to time.
…
After getting the money, John and his party quickly headed west.
To the west, not far from the island, there were several large ships waiting to pick them up.
In the past few years since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the trade volume between the East and the West has expanded year by year, and the transaction volume between the two sides has continued to rise.
However, among the rising trade volume between the two sides, the increase is basically the sales of Daming.
Ming Dynasty's trade surplus with the West is rising at a very fast rate every year.
A large amount of gold and silver produced in Europe, America, and Africa continued to flow into the Ming Dynasty.
In order to reduce the trade deficit between Western countries and the Ming Dynasty, it was not feasible to reduce the trade volume.
They can only find ways to increase the types of goods they sell to Daming!
Various goods produced in Europe were really not competitive in Ming Dynasty.
And tobacco soil is the only commodity these people can come up with after careful consideration.
And because opium was strictly prohibited contraband in the Ming Dynasty, they could only engage in the duck fillet trade through smuggling.
John was a representative sent by a group of businessmen from England.
And Hua Daolang and others who were doing business with them were actually pirates and merchants from the Southeast Asian region, engaged in smuggling business.
As the distance to the uninhabited island got further and further away, and the outline of the ship was faintly visible in the distance, John's heart, which he had been holding on to, finally relaxed a little.
The small boat he was riding in quickly approached the direction of the big ships. He touched the thick stack of banknotes in his arms with one hand, and John's face was filled with deep intoxication.
Not long after, the small boat John was in came to the big ship.
Through the gangway lowered from the ship, John quickly boarded the ship. As soon as he boarded the deck, he couldn't help but speak.
"Guys, I'll go back..."
However, before he had finished speaking, someone put a revolver to his head.
Tian Tongcheng chuckled and said to John in half-baked English.
"Congratulations on your arrest, Mr. John!"
The moment John had the gun pressed to his head, his first reaction was that someone was trying to take advantage of him.
But when he raised his head and saw clearly the official robe of the Ming Dynasty on the person in front of him, John's heart suddenly sank.
Because, if someone is taking advantage of others, we might be able to talk about it, and at worst, spend money to buy peace.
However, it is people from Ming Dynasty's anti-smuggling team who are attacking him now.
There is no way to talk about this!
Because Ming Dynasty's anti-smuggling team will not negotiate with them.
"This... Sir, is there any misunderstanding between us? We are just a group of ordinary businessmen and have not violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty..."
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Because he knew that in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they were selling tobacco and soot, if they were caught at the lowest level, they would be sentenced to life-long hard labor, and they could easily be beheaded or imprisoned.
At the highest level, you can even play Jiuzu Xiaoxiao Le.
And once his case comes to light, I don't know what kind of sentence he will be sentenced to, but his life will definitely not be saved.
Even if he is sentenced to Lingchi, it is not impossible!
As for saying he is a foreigner...
Sorry, the Ming Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty. Foreigners who commit crimes will only be one level more guilty than the people of the Ming Dynasty without any preferential treatment.
The current Ming Dynasty court has a very tough attitude toward the outside world.
It seems like there are four big words written all over my body: If you don’t accept it, then do it!
When Tian Tongcheng heard this, he glanced at Yang Yi in front of him with a stern look, and just curled his lips and said.
"John David, a native of London County, England, once served in the British Royal Navy, rising to the rank of chief mate of a ship. After retiring, he became a maritime merchant and traveled to and from the East-West trade routes several times..."
Tian Tongcheng directly told John's life story, as if to say, I have already said this, are you still pretending to be ignorant?
When John heard this, the beard on his face began to tremble.
But finally he spoke.
"I...I plead guilty!"
Tian Tongcheng narrowed his eyes, waved his hand and ordered.
"Take it!"
John and his party were all captured, and some who tried to resist were shot dead.
After taking everyone into custody, Tian Tongcheng ordered people to search the ships that they had seized by surprise.
Not long after, someone reported it.
"Director, there is a result!"
"After searching, it was found that there were a total of 610 boxes of soot on these ships."
"However, according to the account books we seized, the original amount of smoke and soot on these ships should have been 1,050 boxes."
"In other words, more than 400 boxes of tobacco have been smuggled east of Malacca!"
When Tian Tongcheng heard this, his eyes narrowed, but he couldn't help but be speechless.
One thousand and fifty boxes of cigarettes, calculated according to the Ming Dynasty Law, no one from the captain to the sailors on these smuggling ships could survive.
The management will probably be sent to Tai Hospital to contribute to medical progress...
Moreover, the owners behind these ships may be wanted by Ming Dynasty!
As for international public opinion...
Today's Ming Dynasty doesn't care about this. If it says it will deal with you, it will deal with you.
It’s no use asking for mercy!
"What's going on with Huadaolang's group of people?"
Tian Tongcheng asked.
When people from the anti-smuggling team want to investigate smuggling, they must pay attention to one person's ability to get both stolen goods.
It was impossible to attack only John and other sellers, while sparing the buyers like Hua Daolang.
The team member who came to report answered.
"Still following!"
"The brothers over there are not in a hurry to take action. What they are saying is that they are going to put a long line to catch big fish and find out the upper and lower lines of Hua Daolang and others."
For things like smuggling tobacco and soil, it is actually not difficult to transport goods into the Ming Dynasty.
The sea is so big and the sea area is so wide. In this era without radar, the Ming Dynasty's patrol ships simply can't see it.
As long as you are careful and avoid the Ming Dynasty's patrol ships, you can deliver the goods into the Ming Dynasty mainland.
The really troublesome thing is bulk cargo!
How to sell the goods shipped into the Ming Dynasty without leaving any trace is the time when connections and skills are most tested.
Therefore, the anti-smuggling team is not in a hurry to take action against smugglers such as Huadaolang.
The purpose is to find out who is behind them!
Tian Tongcheng yawned and then spoke.
"Let the brothers prepare, pull anchor and return!"
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. We have solved such a big deal this time. Once the rewards from the court are distributed, everyone can have a good New Year."
"..."
On the other side, Hua Daolang and others also passed through the sentry post set up by the Ming Dynasty in Malacca in the dark, and then landed on a beach in the Aqi Sultanate.
And unloaded the goods!
On the shore, there were already people waiting to pick them up.
With so much cargo, if they wanted to leave the port of Malacca, they would definitely not be able to escape the court's inspection.
But if they go by land, it is possible.
The Ming Dynasty's control over Malacca was not as strong as imagined.
Today, the Ming Dynasty can only control some important ports and fortresses, and build cities and settlements near the ports.
We didn’t really go deep into the tropical rainforest of Malacca!
To a certain extent, the Ming Dynasty and a large sultanate near Malacca only had a nominal vassal relationship.
Ming Dynasty cannot actually control them!
This is because those sultanates recognized their religious beliefs in the Ming Dynasty and did not force them to convert or have to preach to them.
Otherwise, in the past few years, Ming Dynasty's main energy was on local wars, and there was really no way to do anything to these sultanates.
Of course, it's not that Ming can't defeat them, but it's not necessary.
The current climate near Malacca is a real tropical rainforest, which is even hotter and humid than that of Luzon.
The people of the Ming Dynasty simply couldn't stand the climate here, and it was impossible for them to immigrate here on a large scale.
In this case, the Ming Dynasty only needed to control the Malacca waterway and ensure smooth trade routes with these sultanates.
There is really no need to destroy these sultanates or anything like that!
No motivation, no energy!
It was through establishing relationships with the dignitaries of the Aqi Sultanate that Huadaolang and others were able to smuggle contraband in large quantities to the east of Malacca.
After passing through the Sultanate of Aqi, the goods continued to flow eastward.
For the sake of safety, these goods did not take the Nanyang sea route, but landed in Siam, passed through Indochina, and were transported to Guangxi and Guizhou.
Transportation across the border mountains!
Then, with the help of corrupted local officials, it was time to carry out bulk cargo matters.
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In the first month of the fourth year after the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Court Meeting!
At the great court meeting, there were ritual music and bells ringing.
Countless Chinese and Chinese civil and military officials, foreign envoys, and ministers of vassal states were all kneeling in the direction of Fengtian Hall to pay their respects.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"I wish your majesty may the sun and moon hang in the sky and may you be blessed with good fortune and good fortune for many years to come!"
"..."
Zhu Hongyu was deeply impressed by the scene of countless people bowing in unison amid the congratulations.
Looking at the foreign envoys and envoys from the vassal state below who were kneeling to pay homage, Zhu Hongyu's eyes were incomprehensible.
Today's Ming Dynasty can perhaps be said to have a saying: "Nine heavens open and close the palace, and all nations worship their crowns in beautiful clothes", right?
The atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty should be nothing more than this!
But today's Ming Dynasty is far from reaching its peak.
"No gifts, stay on your own!"
Zhu Hongyu said warmly.
After he finished speaking, in the square in front of Fengtian Hall, the crowd of people kneeling in darkness stood up one after another to worship and congratulate him.
Zhu Hongyu looked around and then began to read out the first edict of the new year.
The content of this first edict was a letter to heaven and earth, asking for good weather and good harvests in the coming year.
This is already an old habit!
After the reading of the edict, which was almost a ritual, Zhu Hongyu glanced at the eunuch serving the edict next to him.
The eunuch who served Zhao took a step forward and spoke.
"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says:"
"The destiny of heaven is constant, and the rise and fall of the country is a theorem..."
"In the past, the Ming Dynasty was in ruins, Zhaozong was hunting in the south, and the emperor was stationed in Burma, which really made Burma's mountains and rivers shine with splendor."
"But the king of Burma, Mang Bai, was so loyal and righteous that he was no better than a beast. He did not want to repay the Ming Dynasty's continuous generous rewards to Burma for two hundred years, and rebelled brazenly, which would lead to the disaster of cursed water!"
"As a result, the emperor was in trouble, hundreds of officials were cut off, the majesty of the celestial dynasty was lost, and the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was lost."
"It's intolerable, but it's intolerable!"
As soon as the eunuch Shizhao said this, everyone in the venue was a little confused.
Because everyone could hear murderous intent in his tone.
Almost everyone was thinking, Ming Dynasty is going to attack Burma!
Judging from the wording of this message, it is probably that he is preparing to completely destroy Myanmar, rather than just teach him a lesson.
Immediately afterwards, the voice of the eunuch serving the imperial edict proved to them what they were thinking.
"Now that I have a great tomorrow, all the people of the country are in service, the treasury is full, the soldiers and armor are ready, the soldiers are well-prepared, and everyone is united. It is the opportunity to send the king's troops to defeat the unconquered subjects and conquer the barbarians to wipe out the world!"
"I am ordering all the state governments in the world, as well as all the vassal states at home and abroad, to immediately prepare to send out troops, go out to conquer Burma, and many other matters, and there must be no mistakes."
"In this battle, his country will be destroyed, his species will be exterminated, his descendants will be exterminated, and his ancestral temple will be destroyed!"
"To rectify the world's audio-visual situation and demonstrate the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Appreciate this!"
The moment the eunuch's voice fell, everyone realized that Myanmar was about to end!
This time the Ming Dynasty is serious and really wants to completely destroy Myanmar!
Moreover, this imperial edict is not only for the civil servants and military generals of the Ming Dynasty, but also for all the vassal states in the world.
The emperor’s meaning is very clear!
I'm going to be that kid who stabbed my eldest brother in the back, and all the younger guys have to come and help me.
If you don't come, you have a guilty conscience and you just want to be a 25-year-old boy!
When the time comes, there will be no need to say what will happen.
The moment Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, all civil and military officials in the court bowed down to him.
"My emperor is wise and all ministers obey his orders!"
For example, envoys from the Le Dynasty, Quang Nam Kingdom, Champa Kingdom, Siam, Cambodia, Lan Xang Kingdom, etc. from a large area of the southeastern peninsula also paid homage one after another.
Even the envoys sent by the Tokugawa Shogunate, who were currently fighting the Manchus to the death, also bowed down!
Even the envoys sent by Wu Sangui and Wu Zhou State bowed down and said they obeyed the order.
Now they can only accept the order!
There is no other choice!
Otherwise, I believe that Ming Dynasty would not mind adding a few disobedient brothers to the list of conquests.
Did the Ming Dynasty really need the help of these vassal states to conquer Burma?
Isn't that a joke?
With the Ming Dynasty's national and military power, even if it wanted to sweep across the entire East Asia, let alone Myanmar, it would not be a problem.
Now, the purpose of the Ming Dynasty is to recruit soldiers and horses from all the vassal states in the world to go to war. In addition to demonstrating the national majesty of the Celestial Empire, it also demonstrates the prosperity of the emperor's edict and the prosperity of all nations.
The most fundamental purpose, to put it bluntly, is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Burma is the chicken that wants to be killed, and other vassal states are monkeys that want to see the chicken killed.
Since the chicken is to be killed to scare the monkey, the monkey must be present.
Otherwise, from watching the monkey killing the chicken to the chicken being killed, it would only be a matter of Zhu Hongyu's thoughts.
…
The great dynasty meeting was over, and after the dynasty dispersed, the envoys from each vassal state left the palace one after another, each preparing to send messages to the country.
He was preparing to send the news to his own king that the Ming Dynasty was conquering Burma and recruiting military servants from the vassal state.
Let them prepare early at home!
On the Ming side, Ming Dynasty also began to make extensive preparations for the invasion of Burma.
Now that the emperor had made up his mind to conquer Burma and read out the imperial edict at the great court meeting in front of envoys from all countries, there was no room for change in this matter.
What they can do now is to cooperate with the emperor as much as possible and make preparations for the invasion of Burma.
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Nanjing city, embassy district!
Envoys from Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France and other countries gathered in the British embassy.
Several ambassadors had solemn expressions on their faces, and their faces were so gloomy that they seemed to be dripping with water.
Logically speaking, the Ming Dynasty wanted to attack Burma, and it should have nothing to do with them.
It’s the Burmese people’s fault to worry about!
But what you need to know is that in terms of the current division of maritime territory, despite various internal conflicts among Western countries, they have a very tacit understanding to block the Ming Dynasty east of Malacca.
Put an end to the possibility of Ming Dynasty forces penetrating and developing west of Malacca!
However, now Ming Dynasty is going to take action against Myanmar.
Myanmar has a large coastline to the west of Malacca.
Once the Ming Dynasty really destroyed Burma and swallowed up Burma's territory.
Then their attempt to block the Ming Dynasty's power east of Malacca was completely failed.
By then, Ming Dynasty may even use Myanmar as a springboard to directly threaten India and expand its sphere of influence from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean.
This is what they are worried about!
Could it be that when the time comes, Western countries will retreat again and shrink their sphere of influence to India?
British Ambassador to Ming Dynasty Green said.
“We must not sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty’s tentacles crossing the Strait of Malacca!”
"We must unite to fight against the evil Ming people for Myanmar's freedom and democracy."
Green's intention is very clear: he wants to provide help to Myanmar.
Although they did not have the guts to directly go out and fight with the Ming Dynasty, they still dared to secretly provide some support to Myanmar, sell a batch of arms to Myanmar, and provide some military officers to Myanmar.
The French ambassador on the side also spoke.
"I think if we can provide enough help to our Burmese friends, Burma may become a quagmire that hinders the pace of Ming Dynasty's foreign expansion."
The French ambassador expressed support.
Although France and Britain are almost out of their minds in Europe and are feuding, this does not prevent them from advancing and retreating together in the East.
After all, in the face of such a behemoth as the Ming Dynasty, these Western countries can only have some say if they unite.
If they had not united, the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence might have expanded to the west of Malacca.
The Dutch and Portuguese envoys on the side also expressed their support.
The Dutch envoy spoke.
"We can provide certain help to Myanmar, but we must not do it too obviously!"
"You must know that the Ming Dynasty is our largest trading partner in the East. Once we lose the friendship of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be a good thing for us."
Spain's fate is an example.
Under the Ming Dynasty's suppression, Spain almost lost their entire share of East-West trade.
The Ming Dynasty is the absolute master of the entire East. In the East, once you offend the Ming Dynasty, the consequences will never be better.
Portugal, which was concentrating on doing business and not interested in fighting for hegemony, stood up and expressed its approval.
Portugal is a small country, and its trade with the East can even account for a large part of their treasury revenue.
To a certain extent, Portugal is currently the European country least willing to offend the Ming Dynasty.
Several ambassadors rushed to finalize the matter of aiding Myanmar.
Then they began to prepare to use their influence to influence businessmen in their respective countries and prepare to urgently sell a batch of arms to Myanmar.
…
In the palace, Zhu Hongyu looked at the report handed over by the Jinyi Guards, his face not looking good.
Because, the Jinyiwei detective heard about the plans of Western countries regarding Myanmar and reported the matter.
In addition to the spies arranged by the Ming Dynasty in various Western embassies, the source of the information also came from the ambassadors of Portugal and the Netherlands.
In other words, after the Portuguese and Dutch ambassadors discussed the matter, they chose to backstab the British and French.
As for the reason, it’s easy to understand!
The reason why Britain and France wanted to block the Ming Dynasty's power east of Malacca was entirely out of the perspective of competing for hegemony.
Britain and France have profound national power and have ambitions to compete for hegemony.
They wanted to colonize India.
However, the Netherlands and Portugal do not.
Portugal is a small country. Counting all over Europe, it is not his turn to stand up and compete for hegemony!
And the Netherlands is a purely merchant country, and the throne can even be bought with money, let alone anything else.
In Europe, the current main contradiction between Britain and the Netherlands is not actually the contradiction between the hegemony of the two sides, because the Netherlands is not prepared to compete for hegemony at all.
The fundamental contradiction between Britain and the Netherlands was entirely because Britain was jealous of the interests of Dutch sea coachmen and promulgated the Navigation Act, which greatly harmed the interests of Dutch merchants.
That’s why there were several Anglo-Dutch wars!
To put it bluntly, the British took the initiative to provoke and bullied others too much.
The Netherlands and Portugal were obviously more concerned about trade gains than fighting for hegemony. This report clearly wanted to use the Ming Dynasty to take a big bite out of the trade share of Britain and France.
Zhu Hongyu is naturally happy to see this happen.
For the Ming Dynasty, compared with powerful countries like Britain and France, countries like the Netherlands and Portugal that had no intention of competing for hegemony were obviously more pleasing to the eye.
It’s all about trade, but who should we trade with?
Since the Netherlands and Portugal took the initiative to show their kindness to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hongyu would naturally express his feelings.
This order increased the share of trade with the Netherlands and Portugal.
Of course, that's what he said, but Zhu Hongyu would not make it too obvious.
It would only allow those merchants in the Ming Dynasty to give priority to supplying goods to the Netherlands and Portugal, rather than directly cutting off the trade volume between Britain and France.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Hongyu does not want to completely break up with Western countries now.
Nowadays, a lot of Ming Dynasty's annual economic growth comes from foreign trade.
Zhu Hongyu will never have trouble with money!
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Early February, four years after the Ming Dynasty was restored!
Almost a month after Zhu Hongyu's imperial edict to attack Burma was issued, the Burmese side finally received specific news.
Mang Bai received the news while having sex with the beauty on the bed.
Just as Mang Bai was panting and trying hard to pull out the radish, a young eunuch ran in from outside, also panting.
The young eunuch didn't care that Mang Bai was busy at work. He presented a stack of documents to Mang Bai with a panicked expression and spoke.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, something happened!"
"Something big has happened. On this New Year's Day, the Emperor of Heaven will issue an edict to invade Burma. Here is the edict..."
Mang Bai wanted to get angry because his work was interrupted, but when he heard what the eunuch said, he suppressed his temper.
He took the memorandum from the eunuch's hand and opened it to read.
The moment Mang Bai saw the Ming Dynasty's call to conquer Burma, he felt his eyes darken, especially when he saw the murderous words of "Destroy his faults, exterminate his species, exterminate his descendants, and destroy his ancestral temples."
time.
I felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
What the hell...
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However, at the beginning, he never imagined that the already cold Ming Dynasty would be able to make waves again.
Isn’t this a complete idiot?!
In order to please the Qing Dynasty, he decisively launched the Curse Water Disaster, and later handed over Yongli to the Qing Dynasty.
Now is the time for him to pay the price for his original choice!
With a look of panic on his face, Mang Bai had no intention of continuing to pull carrots with his concubine, and gave instructions to his personal eunuch with a gloomy face.
"Quickly, go and meet the adults in court!"
Mang Bai eagerly wanted to summon his ministers to discuss how to deal with the attack from the Ming Dynasty.
Without letting Mang Bai wait long, a group of Burmese ministers arrived at the palace.
Looking around, Mang Bai spoke.
"I'll tell you some bad news. At this year's New Year's meeting, the Emperor of Heaven announced that he will send troops to Burma to destroy our country and exterminate our descendants!"
"This is the message sent by the Emperor of Heaven to conquer Burma. Let's talk about it. How should we respond?"
As soon as Mang Bai said these words, chaos was immediately visible to the naked eye.
The faces of Myanmar's civil and military ministers all had expressions of fear and panic.
"This...this, oh my God!"
"The Ming Dynasty is coming for real this time, and I, Myanmar, are finished!"
"Your Majesty, why don't we, Myanmar, take the initiative to plead guilty to the Ming Dynasty and ask for leniency from the Ming Dynasty?"
"..."
One by one, the ministers made suggestions.
It can be seen that in the face of the threat from the Ming Dynasty, their attitudes are very pessimistic.
Mang Bai: "..."
Mang Bai suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke.
"Please apologize? Haha, do you think it is useful to apologize?"
"Don't forget what we did during the Curse Water Disaster. It can be said that we trampled under our feet all the majesty that the Ming Dynasty royal family had established by ruling the world for more than two hundred years."
"Do you think that such a thing can be turned over just by pleading guilty?"
Taking a deep breath, Mang Bai continued.
"Even if I, the king of Burma, go to Nanjing to plead guilty in person, I will not be able to get through this matter no matter how the emperor behaves."
"This time the Ming Dynasty declared war on Burma, it was not only to take revenge for the cursed water disaster, but also to kill chickens to scare monkeys, and to use our heads to re-establish the majesty of the Chinese dynasty."
"And if the Ming Dynasty wants to re-establish the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty, it can only kill all the rebellious officials and traitors like us who participated in the cursed water disaster!"