Chapter 671 Southwest Longitude and Latitude - Returning to the Field and the Buddha
Of course, Zhu Zhen was not willing to form a brotherhood with him: 'How can I, the prince of the heavenly kingdom, be brothers with you and other barbarians!'
But his hands can't reach here yet: although he sent out troops this time with great momentum, the real Han army is only more than 20,000 people. He still has to leave troops to garrison in Yongchang. In the end, the Han army can stay in the newly occupied land.
With no more than 20,000 soldiers, it is already stretched to defend the vast territory from Taigong City through Ava City to Bagan City. There is no room left for expansion.
And since the Burmese people continue to rebel, it means that even if they take over this place, it is still a hot potato. So in the end, he pinched his nose and agreed to form a brotherhood with Bago and become brothers with Rashadari. Although Rashadari
Li is more than twenty years older than him.
As for professing tribulation to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhen had already remembered that Yunxi basically did not accept the new vassalage of a new kingdom, so he just said that he could not guarantee whether Bago's envoys would be allowed to go to the capital and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
Rasudhari didn't care about this. He thought that it would be enough to form a brotherly state with Zhu Chu's Min vassal. He had no idea about the operating mode of the Ming Empire and his vassal.
Rasudhari also married one of his sisters, his father's youngest daughter, to Zhu Chu. However, Zhu Chu did not give her a title, and because she did not understand Chinese or even Thai, Zhu Chu married her
He was handed over to Dao Baifeng for training. But Rasudari didn't care either.
While fighting the Burmese in the field, the Ming army also successively attacked 16 Burmese villages and captured five to six thousand Burmese women and children. Although the captured property was not valuable, at least it gave them no shortage of food.
have eaten.
After hearing that the Ming army was about to retreat, Rasadhari was a little reluctant to give up, but the Ming army had already dealt a heavy blow to the rebellious Burmese people, and the remaining troops in Bago were enough to wipe out, so he did not bother anymore.
In this way, on the last day of October, Zhu Zhen led his troops and the Bago envoy, and went north back to Ava under the farewell of Rasudari.
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"We are finally arriving at Ava City," Dao Baifeng took out a handkerchief to wipe Zhu Chu's sweat and said, "Alang, I haven't had time to go to the river to take a bath during the rush march these days, and I can't be as casual as you men.
, I haven’t taken a shower in three days. The weather here in Myanmar is so hot, it’s so uncomfortable.”
"You can take a shower when you arrive at Ava City." Zhu Ming said: "But it is indeed too hot here in Myanmar. I didn't think it was so hot in Yunnan in Yongchang in the past."
"Yes, yes, I used to feel much cooler in Mengyang than here in Myanmar. It's already early November now. It's time for the weather to get cooler and I need to wear thicker clothes, but it's still very hot here.
"Dao Baifeng complained.
As the two of them were talking, the guard gently knocked on the wood around the carriage window, and then said: "Your Highness, the gate of Ava City is ahead. He Zuoxiang came out of the city gate. Your Highness, you have to speak."
"We are now at the gate of Ava City? Go out on your own horse." Zhu Chu said. He got out of the carriage and jumped to the ground. The guards moved a horse over, and Zhu Chu rode on the horse and came to the front of the team.
Soon he saw He Fu, exchanged a few words with him, and ordered the soldiers to go to their own camps. He and He Fu returned to the temporary palace together; Dao Baifeng went to Meng Yangren's camp first.
station.
After Zhu Chu changed his clothes and felt refreshed, he returned to the front hall and said with a smile to He Fu: "He Fu, why did you come to the gate of Ava City to greet Gu today? Gu remembers that you are not such a stickler for details.
.When I was in Yongchang before, you never greeted Gu when I left Yongchang and returned."
"This time, His Highness personally led the army south to occupy Bagan, and also promoted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in Bago. Naturally, I have to go out to greet him." He Fu also said with a smile.
"Really?" Zhu Zhen laughed again.
"I can't hide anything from Your Highness. If I have something to do, please come to Your Highness." He Fu said.
"Why are you hiding something? What is it?" Zhu Zhen said.
"Previously, His Highness ransacked many people's homes in Ava City. In addition to getting a lot of property, there were also many fields outside Ava City that became His Highness's. I thought that we should reward some of these lands to the soldiers of the Three Guards. They were originally
There is land outside Yongchang City, but now that His Highness has moved to Ava City, they naturally can only come to Ava, but then these ordinary soldiers will not be able to take care of the fields in Yongchang. Your Highness might as well use the fields outside Ava City with them
Exchange the fields in Yongchang so that the soldiers can take care of the land nearby," He Fu said.
"This is naturally what we should do. I also thought about this on the way back. But there is one thing I am a little worried about: not only ordinary soldiers, but also general generals would be better off exchanging fields like this to calm their minds.
.”
"Ke Gu doesn't know if the fields near Ava City are enough. It's okay to exchange all Gu's fields to Yongchang, but if the fields are not enough and the distribution of the fields is unfair, the morale of the army will also be unstable." Zhu Ming said.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already calculated the time, and now the fields outside Ava City are enough to exchange for the fields outside Yongchang City, and I can still be somewhat wealthy."
"And even if it is insufficient, it doesn't matter. Your Highness, Buddhism is also very prosperous here in Ava and occupies a lot of land; but the Buddhism here is different from the Buddhism in China. It is called Theravada Buddhism. Although the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas enshrined are similar, but
There may be differences in doctrine.”
"His Highness can invite Buddhist masters from China to popularize Ming Buddhism. The Buddhist temples here can accept the protection of Ming Buddhism and the support of His Highness. His Highness who is unwilling to accept Chinese Buddhism bans and confiscates the land. In this way, there will not be enough land.
Is it over?" He Fu said.
"Good idea!" Zhu Ming praised. Of course he saw the temples in Ava City, but he just wanted to use these Buddhists to pacify the place and fight against one faction after another. But he did not expect that he could take the opportunity to confiscate the land of many temples.
"It's been two days for Gu. No, Gu is about to go to the capital. I don't have time to talk to these monks. We will arrange this matter after Gu comes back from the capital. Isn't the current land sufficient, and there is no rush. Besides, Gu happens to be in the Central Plains.
Invite some masters to come over." Zhu Ming said.
"Your Highness, I still have something to report to Your Highness, and Your Highness must deal with it before going to the capital." He Fu suddenly said again.
"Huh? Is there anything that I need to deal with before I go to the capital?" Zhu Zhen asked curiously.
"Two foreign countries sent envoys to Ava City, wanting to profess their vassalage to the Ming Dynasty. They can even do so to His Highness," He Fu said.
"Two Fan countries?" Zhu Zhen asked: "Where did the two Fan countries come from? Did they have any tributary relationship with the Ming Dynasty?"