The one who was sent by King Mangdala to envoy Dashun was the king's younger brother Mangbai, who was the one who caused the curse water in history. But now he is not in power in Myanmar, and there is no Ming emperor to take refuge in.

But there was a Ming emperor who had sent his troops to Siam next door to Burma!

Before leaving the Ava Royal City, Mang Bai had already read the copy of the "Treaty of the Ming Siam Clan", and he was terrified when he looked at it!

It's not that the treaty is harsh - from the perspective of the suzerain's vassal vassal domain, the Treaty of the Ming and Siam Clans is quite mild.

The Ming Dynasty's request to Siam is completely the benefits that the suzerainty should enjoy, and it is not too much at all! If Siam does not give it, the Ming Dynasty will bear the obligation to protect Siam, but it will be a loss.

It is precisely because of the gentleness that the brothers Mandala and Mangbai are afraid!

The powerful states of Annam and Siam had already accepted the Treaty of the Ming Dynasty, and the two weaker states of Chenla and Lancang (Laos in China and Nanzhang in Annam) were also likely to accept the treaty.

In this way, Burma's eastern neighbors will all become part of the Ming World Empire!

And the Tusi in Myanmar who are unwilling to be ruled by Myanmar in Lanna (Lannatai Kingdom, the country of 800 daughters-in-law in Chinese history books), Mu Bang (Shan State) and other places will also take the opportunity to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty - is it not happier to be a vassal than to be a dog to Burma?

When the Ming Dynasty does not attack, Burma will also be greatly injured.

Therefore, Mang Bai accepted the mission of going north to hug his thighs, and then marched to Chongqing, the capital of the Northern Dashun Empire, with the mission and gifts as quickly as possible.

And when Mang Bai entered Yunnan, and then went all the way north, on the way to Chongqing, the Burmese prince, who was extremely cruel to the Yongli monarch in history, felt even more frightened.

Because what he saw was a newly established Tang-style feudal state, and everywhere was filled with a martial and belligerent atmosphere. The soldiers of the Confedera Prefecture who came from the north and south were all simple and daring to fight, and their equipment seemed to be very well-equipped. Therefore, every team of Dashun troops encountered by the Mangbai Mission along the way was murderous and fearless of hardship.

As for their equipment, it was not bad, the infantry had a high armor rate, and almost most of the government soldiers (regular soldiers) had a protective armor. Their weapons consisted mainly of spears, swords, bows and arrows, and firearms. The soldiers armed with these four weapons formed the flower team, with about 40 pikemen, 20 sword players, 30 archers, and 10 gunners for every hundred people.

Mang Bai also found that the firecrackers held by these Dashun guns were all Western-style, that is, the kind of heavy arquebuses called turtledove foot firecrackers by the Han people - the quality of these firecrackers is actually not very good, they are all made by unprofessional Sichuan blacksmiths, but the appearance looks bluffing. In order to avoid exploding, the charge had to be reduced, so the turtledove could only shoot with the power of a shotgun.

However, Mangbai can't see that there is a problem with the quality of the firecracker!

In addition, Mang Bai also noticed that some of the large troops in the march would also carry bronze artillery, although the number was small, but this kind of artillery, which could be dragged by war horses, was still a great threat to the Burmese army that relied on elephants to attack......

And today, Mang Bai arrived in Chongqing, the capital of the Dashun Empire, and saw a murderous and quite serious capital.

There is no atmosphere of wealth and happiness in this capital, and you can't even see a single shop on the street! There were high walls on both sides of the street, and along the high walls stood the Jin Wu army of the Great Shun Emperor - they had an even higher percentage of firearms, almost a third!

The rest are spears in hand, and there is a knife hanging from the waist, so you can know that you can fight at a glance!

In addition, a large group of cavalry appeared, all of them armored lancers, standing in a neat queue at the entrance of the castle where the Emperor Dashun lived.

Mang Bai followed out of Chongqing City to greet him Dashun Zuo Fu Niu Jin Xing, and the army division Song Xiance dismounted together, and then walked through the wooden bridge outside the south gate of the imperial city Chaotianmen (Chaotianmen moved), and passed through the cavalry lined up in two phalanxes, and did not dare to take a breath of the atmosphere.

Entering Chaotianmen, Mang Bai found that it was still murderous inside, without any decoration, and the houses were very simple, but the defense facilities were readily available!

There are no palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial city, or teams of soldiers wearing helmets and armor and carrying spears and firearms.

Mang Bai is a little suspicious, does the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty sleep with his armor in his arms at night?

I finally entered a "Juyi Hall", which is Li Guo's Qinzheng Palace, but there is no palace hall, the area is small, and the decoration is poor, but there are many chairs, a total of ten chairs. Li Guo has a handful, Li Laiheng has a handful, and the eight kings are governed by one person.

Among them, two of the chairs of the Eight Kings were empty, and Li Dingguo and Yuan Zongdi were not in Chongqing. So now eight of them sit on chairs, and all of them are in aqua blue robes!

Mang Bai looked a little confused, so many people were sitting, and their clothes were almost the same, so who should they kowtow to? You don't have to knock every single one, do you?

"Who is the Emperor?" He turned back and asked, "Who should I kowtow to?" ”

There was a general matter who followed and translated his words into Chinese.

Li Guo, who was sitting on the throne, laughed when he heard it, and said: "Here is the emperor's vertical arch, the eight kings rule together, and there is a prince of Fujun, but two kings are not there." According to the rules, you have to kowtow one by one! It's not free...... Throne! ”

Fortunately, after listening to the translation of the general matter, Mangbai breathed a sigh of relief. Now there are eight people to worship, and one person has to kowtow twenty-four times to his head, so he has to be dizzy!

Seeing Mang Bai sitting down, Li Guo asked again: "That Second Army Division, is the treaty ready?" ”

"Emperor, it's ready." Gu Junen was holding the text of the unequal treaty in his hand.

Li Guo waved his hand, "Then read it." ”

"Commandment."

Gu Junen received the holy decree and began to read out the unequal treaty.

The content of the treaty, of course, is also "formatted", isn't this the custom of the Celestial Empire?

First of all, Dashun is the suzerain, Myanmar is a foreign domain, and the new king of Myanmar must go through the formalities of Dashun canonization.

Second, Dashun wants to protect Myanmar.

Third, Myanmar must submit militarily and diplomatically to the command of Da Shun.

Fourth, Dashun was to rent a harbor along the coast of Burma to garrison troops.

Fifth, Dashun should enclose another piece of land near the Tunbing Harbor to raise troops.

Sixth, Dashun should set up pavilions along the leased harbor in Yunnan to protect trade.

Seventh, Myanmar shall not levy taxes on officials and merchants in Dashun, and shall not obstruct the transportation of goods by officials and merchants in Dashun.

Eighth, Burma should protect the academies opened by the Confucian scholars in Myanmar.

Ninth, the subjects of Dashun who committed crimes in Burma were to be handed over to the governor's palace of the Dashun leased land for trial.

There are only nine articles in total, and it is not a copy of the standard terms of the Ming Dynasty, but it is roughly the same. It is to clarify the rights and obligations between the suzerains and the vassal states.

And it is an unequal treaty!

Nonsense, how can the suzerainty and the vassal state be equal?

Legally speaking, part of the sovereignty of the vassal state belongs to the suzerain, and of course it cannot be equal!

"You, why are you the same as Da Ming?" After listening to the translation of the general matter, Mang Bai's face turned blue.

"This is the custom of the Celestial Empire!" Sun Kewang said calmly. "Prince, which one should you not say?"

Mang Bai said: "There's no need to garrison soldiers, right?" ”

Sun Kewang snorted: "You prince looks very clever, why are your brains so confused?" What are you doing here? Isn't it just asking for the protection of the great order? How to protect without soldiers? ”

It seems like that's what happened! How can you protect without soldiers? Empty vernacular is useless!

"That enclosure ......"

"The soldiers have to eat! I don't want you to provide for it, can it be too much to plant your own plots? ”

Not too much! Who would come if they didn't give them food!

"This trade ......"

"It's just a way to borrow!" Sun Kewang said, "Do you still have to collect taxes from the upper country? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Mangbai really can't say which one shouldn't be.

Sun Kewang smiled: "Since it's all right, let's sign it quickly!" After signing, Dashun will immediately send 5,000 troops to protect your Burmese country. ”