Zhu Zhen has decided to move the palace outward. Although it is comfortable to stay in Yongchang, there is no possibility of development. It is just guarding the southwest border for Yunxi. Only by moving the center of rule outward can there be a future.
In addition, Ava City is at the junction of two large rivers and is located in the plains of central Myanmar. It has convenient transportation and developed agriculture. Unlike Mengyang, Mubang and other Tusi areas, which are full of mountains, rivers and tropical jungles, it is a very suitable place to be a capital.
The second reason why he sent troops to attack Ava instead of attacking places like Mengyang or Mubang was that there was no way to govern a place like Mengyang after conquering it. He could only weaken their strength and then withdraw.
"Then what do you plan to do with the army brought back by Lord Ava?" Mu Ang asked again.
"Defeat them, but don't annihilate them all. The prisoners who are from the nearby prefectures will be released and returned home. Some of those near Ava City will be brought back to Yongchang, Dali will be distributed to various places, and some will be incorporated into the Ava Right Guards." Zhu Ming said.
"In that case, Your Highness, I think you should meet Narota." Mu Ang said.
"Narota? The original prince of Ava who was captured? What happened to him?" Zhu Zhen asked rhetorically. He didn't think that a prince of a country that could almost declare the country's subjugation was worthy of attention.
"Your Highness, Narota cannot be ignored. I have talked with Meng Yang's Dao Yubin and others. They are all very afraid and resentful of Narota and want me to order his execution immediately." Mu Ang said.
"Oh, then it's worth seeing." Zhu Zheng said. It can make these local officials jealous and resentful, which shows that this Nalota is very special.
After a while, a man in his thirties wearing brocade clothes walked into the hall where Zhu Chu and Mu Ang were discussing, under the supervision of two Ming soldiers.
He first looked at Mu Ang, then at Zhu Chu, and then immediately knelt down towards Zhu Chu and said in less standard but understandable Chinese: "Nalota, the minister of the defeated country, has met His Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty Min Fan"
."
Zhu Chu's pupils shrank. A prince from the Fan Kingdom who was thousands of miles away from Yunnan was able to recognize the clothes of the Prince of Ming Dynasty and speak fairly fluent Chinese. He was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Get up." Zhu Zhen waited for him to stand up and said: "The small country of Ava has repeatedly violated the border of the Ming Dynasty. To support justice, it sent troops to Ava. When the heavenly soldiers came to the territory of Ava, you should have been captured without mercy, but you dared to resist the heavenly soldiers.
Do you know your guilt?" Political correctness must be established.
"I, Ava, have never invaded the borders of the Ming Dynasty. I have only attacked the land of the chieftains in Luchuan." Nalota said calmly: "Besides, the Ming Dynasty should first inform me, Ava, of bringing order to the country. How can I
To punish without teaching?..."
After hearing these words, Zhu Zhen paid more attention to him. Generally speaking, captured people either show their "backbone" for various purposes and are tough-mouthed, or they grovel and pretend to be crazy and stupid in order to survive. The representative of the former is Wu
Cheng Hou Sun Hao, the representative figures of the latter are Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and Liu Chan, the later leader of the Shu Han Dynasty. Even the subjugated princes like Na Luota have varying degrees at most, and there are few who are neither humble nor overbearing.
But Zhu Zhen didn't see anything abnormal in him. He spoke like an envoy visiting the Ming Dynasty. This is the most abnormal thing now.
"I finally understand why you suggested that I meet you." Zhu Zhen said to Mu Ang.
Zhu Ming exchanged a few words with him and then said: "No matter what, I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and what I do is justified."
"Is the prince still in good health these days under my Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhen said very bluntly, changing the subject.
Although what Zhu Chu said seemed to be very humiliating, Narota felt relieved: "Zhu Chu also called me prince, which shows that he has no intention of destroying Ava." He immediately replied: "The defeated minister
Being able to save a life is already a great favor from Ming Dynasty and His Highness, how can we continue to pick and choose."
"You say this, which shows that you are still dissatisfied with the treatment given to you." Zhu Zhen said loudly to the two people supporting Narota: "What negligence did you two have towards Prince Narota?"
The two men immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I have no disrespect to Prince Narota."
"Your Highness has misunderstood the meaning of the defeated minister. I am not dissatisfied with His Highness's arrangements." Narota also said immediately.
Zhu Chu then pretended to reprimand the two men, said a few words to Narota, and asked him to go down.
There was one thing that Narota guessed half-rightly, that is, Zhu Zhen had decided to destroy Ava, who used to be more powerful, but he had no intention of destroying their family.
"Your Highness wants to confer Narota as a local magistrate or magistrate of a county after defeating the army led by Lord Minggis of Ava?" Mu Ang said.
Zhu Zhen nodded. "In the past few days, I have interrogated the prisoners and learned that there is another country called Bago more than a thousand miles south of Ava, whose strength is not inferior to Ava."
"We traveled nearly a thousand miles from Yongchang to Ava, and it was really beyond our ability to go to Bago City (located near Yangon, Myanmar), which was more than a thousand miles away."
"But we can't just let it go. Even if they know that Ava is now ruled by the Ming Dynasty's vassal, they may not stop coming to invade, so I plan to," Zhu Zhen pointed to a captured map of Ava.
He went to a place on the road and said: "This place is called Ren'anqiang. It is the southernmost big city controlled by the Ava Kingdom. Although it seems to us that it is not troublesome to defeat it, it is already a strong city for these barbarians.
Already."
"I plan to establish Ren'an Qiang Prefecture, and grant Ren'an Qiang City and the area to the south to Narota, so that he can resist Bago."
"Aren't you afraid that Naluota will rebel and join forces with the Bago people to attack Ava?" Mu Ang asked.
"From the conversation just now, I have seen that Narota is a smart man. Since he is a smart man, he will not do such stupid things. As long as the Ming Dynasty does not decline, and our Minfan dynasty does not fall to the point of being vulnerable,
There is no need to worry about Narota betraying him. As for what will happen in a few decades, who knows what will happen at that time?" Zhu Zhen said.
The two of them had made a plan, and Zhu Zheng was planning to go back and talk to Dao Baifeng again - he had been too busy these days and had no time to talk to Dao Baifeng affectionately. It happened that he had some time today and wanted to go back to spend time with her.
But Mu Ang suddenly said: "Your Highness, I just noticed that the name you use your Highness often changes, sometimes you are alone and sometimes you are mine. As the king of Min Fan, your Highness should be more careful."
"It's not like this when talking to you! I don't talk like this to other people. I was used to hanging out with you in the past, and I didn't pay attention to what I said. From now on, I will just pay attention to you." Zhu Zhen said.
"It seems that this is my honor." Mu Ang said exaggeratedly.
"I dare not ask you to call yourself a minister. You are the commander of Yunnan Province appointed by His Majesty, not a minister of our Min Fan." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.
The two of them laughed and laughed for a while and then dispersed.
