Chapter 672 Southwest Longitude and Weft - Two Fan Kingdoms
"Your Highness, these two foreign countries have never sent people to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty before." He Fu said: "These two foreign countries are both to the west of Ava City."
"One of them calls himself Rakhine State, the envoy's name is A Yuan Han, and the name of his country's leader is Nara Mikara. I talked with the envoy A Yuan Han many times and learned that their country is southwest of Bagan City, across the Arakan Mountains.
The place, the seaside.”
"Another country calls itself the Ahong Kingdom, and its envoy is named Su Mengfa, who is the younger brother of the country's leader Su Dangfa. The country is located to the west of Mengyang Tusi, across the Naga Mountains, and the country's leader is a Dai nationality." (Today's northeastern India.)
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"The Ahong Kingdom was conquered by Luchuan before, but many chieftains in Luchuan were canonized by the Ming Dynasty. After Luchuan's power declined, they no longer paid tribute to Luchuan."
"This time, after hearing that His Highness sent troops to Myanmar and won a great victory and occupied the plains in central Myanmar, these two countries sent envoys here," He Fu said.
"I and the local people in Awa learned that the Rakhine State is not strong and it is only because of its special geographical location that it is not ruled by Bengal in the west or the Burmese in the east..."
"Wait a minute," before He Fu finished speaking, Zhu Chu interrupted: "Bangladesh in the west? Isn't Bangladesh already in India?" Although Zhu Chu is not good at geography, he also knows that Bengal is India.
a part of.
"Your Highness, this is Bangladesh to the east of India. Arakan State borders Bangladesh." He Fu said.
"Myanmar is actually so close to India?" Zhu Zhen said with some surprise. He never knew that Myanmar and India were almost touching each other. (At this time, the Brahmaputra Valley in northeastern India was not part of India.
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"Yes, Your Highness." He Fu said with great certainty. In fact, he only found out about it a few days ago.
Zhu Chu immediately calmed down his emotions. Whether Myanmar and India are next to each other has no impact on him now. He said: "These two countries, remember you just said that they want to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty? They even pay tribute to our Minfan dynasty.
also?"
"Yes, your highness. I have talked with these two envoys many times, and I feel that the envoys from the Rakhine Kingdom are very eager to maintain friendly relations with our Min Fan, probably in order to use the power of your highness, the Min Fan, to compete with the Fan Kingdom in Bangladesh.
"He Fu said.
"It's not surprising. Didn't you say that the local people in Awa say that the Rakhine State is not strong? It's not surprising that they are trying to win over our Min vassal country in order to fight against some country in Bangladesh." Zhu Zhen asked: "What about the other Ahong country?
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"I asked Dao Mudan, the chieftain of Meng Yang, and Dao Yubin, the chief of Qianhu, that Meng Yang had more contact with the Ahong country. Dao Mudan said that the strength of the Ahong country was not weak, and was stronger than Meng Yang; Dao Yubin once
As an envoy, I went to the Ahong Kingdom. He said that there are many plains there and there are many places suitable for farmland, but they are all on the banks of the Brahmaputra River. The Indians call it the Brahmaputra River. It is very narrow and long. It is a little far away from this river.
The place where we live is the mountains, and even though the mountains are not high, we can’t farm.”
"However, this also made the Ahong Kingdom easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they were not in a hurry. When I talked with the envoys of the Ahong Kingdom, I felt that they were no different from the Fan countries in Nanyang who just wanted to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. They were willing to form a brotherly country with Min Fan, but
I am only willing to pay tribute to His Majesty." He Fu said.
Zhu Ming thought for a while and said: "In this case, Gu will meet them tomorrow and formally inquire about their purpose; if they want to go to the capital to pay tribute, Gu will go to the capital with him."
"Yes, Your Highness." He Fu said.
"But He Fu, I don't think you are someone who is willing to talk to the envoy of Fan State like this. He Fu, don't misunderstand me. I don't think you don't have the ability, but I think you don't have the patience." Zhu Zhen said.
"I can't hide anything from Your Highness! In fact, I sent the chief historian of the Prime Minister's Office to contact them and report back to me. But I also met them twice." He Fu said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
Zhu Zhen also smiled and reached out to pat his shoulder, although he actually knew that He Fu's embarrassed expression was fake.
The next day, Zhu Chu received the two envoys. The reason why they came to see him was exactly what He Fu said. A Yuanhan, the envoy of Ruokean Kingdom, expressed his willingness to surrender to Min Fan, and at that time he knelt down and presented many gifts.
Zhu Chu accepted his surrender. However, if he gave the gift in order to get a generous reward, then his plan was in vain. Zhu Chu was not rich, and he was not a heavenly king. The value of the gift in return was not high.
Moreover, he did not regard Rakhine State as an independent country. Since he was willing to surrender to Min Fan, it was a regime similar to the chieftains such as Meng Yang and Mubang. For such a regime, the Ming Dynasty always made them pay taxes, and was subject to
Regimes identified as foreign countries are treated differently.
He stared carefully at the face of the Arakan envoy A Yuan Han, but he didn't see anything. He just bowed and thanked Zhu Ming very normally.
‘Sure enough, all the people who can be messengers are those who have not changed their expressions when Mount Tai collapsed in front of their couch.’ Zhu Ming thought.
Afterwards, he received the envoy from the Ahong Kingdom. Zhu Zhen looked at Su Mengfa, the envoy from the Ahong Kingdom who knelt down and kowtowed, and then looked at Dao Baifeng who was the translator next to him.
The Ahong Kingdom and Mengyang have been married many times. There is a woman in Dao Mudan who is the daughter of the former monarch of the Ahong Kingdom and the sister of the current monarch Su Dangfa. It just so happens that this woman is the mother of Dao Baifeng, so Su Dangfa and this
The next envoy, Su Mengfa, was Dao Baifeng's uncle.
However, this did not allow Zhu Xi to treat him preferentially. Su Mengfa still had to perform a full set of etiquette before he could stand up and speak.
After hearing what he said in person, Zhu Zhen simply agreed to form a brotherly state with the Ahong Kingdom, gave each other gifts, and agreed to take him to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, they both said some unhelpful words, and Su Mengfa withdrew.
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When he walked out of the palace, one of his followers said to him: "Master, why don't you say hello to Dao Baifeng on the spot? She is my niece, so it is only natural to say hello."
"No, even if we want to have a relationship with Dao Baifeng, we must not have direct contact with Dao Baifeng. This is Zhu Chu's capital. Even if he can't fully control it now, any small moves we make will be discovered after he stabilizes his rule.
, contact with Dao Baifeng will be counterproductive."
"If you want to build a relationship, you must go through Meng Yang, bribe Meng Yang's people, and ask them to say good things about us when they meet Dao Baifeng, but don't say anything specific, just to increase her good impression of our Ahong country. Anyway, we and Meng Yang
People are separated by the Naga Mountains and there is no conflict with each other. Meng Yangren will not be unwilling."
"Many times, being circuitous is more effective than being straightforward."
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