"Not included in the palace yet?" Yun Xi's face changed slightly: "Is it a barbarian woman? ”

Zhu Yang raised his head and looked at Yun Xi with surprised eyes: "How did you guess this?" ”

"It's a guess! How dare a Han woman not enter the palace like this, especially since they all followed you from Yunnan to the capital. So it must be a southwestern barbarian woman with a lot of peculiar customs. Yun Xi said, "Which toast woman is it?" ”

"It's the daughter of Meng Yang Tusi Dao Mudan." Zhu Yang said.

"Mengyang Toast." Yun Xi recalled in his heart about Meng Yang Tusi. Now Mengyang is a relatively powerful Tusi, one of the three Xuan, which was destroyed by Burma after about 200 years in history.

Yun Xi picked up the Daming map in his hand again and looked at it.

'The geographical location of Mengyang is very important, Yongchang is in the east, Luchuan in the southeast, the central Burmese plain just occupied by the Eighteenth Uncle in the south, Rakhine in the southwest, and the country in the west, I forgot what it was called, anyway, it is the northeast of India in later generations. ’

To the north is the remnants of the Himalayas, and to the northeast is Lijiang Province. It can be said that it is a crossroads location, comparable to Xuzhou in the Central Plains. ’

However, this place is dominated by mountains and jungles, and the cost of the army to conquer Mengyang is too great, and it is difficult to achieve all the results, and the gains outweigh the losses. So it's right for Meng Yanghuairou. Yun Xi thought.

"What position are you going to give this daughter of Dao Mudan?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Concubine."

"It's low, let's be named a side concubine."

"This is a side concubine? I only gave the daughter of the Duan family to a concubine. Zhu Yang asked with some surprise. Although he does like Dao Baifeng, he is very cautious about giving titles. He only has a total of two side concubines. In the future, if Dao Baifeng can give birth to several sons, she may be mentioned as a side concubine.

"The daughter of the Duan family can't give a high position. What you have to do is to slowly eliminate the influence of the Duan family in Dali and other places, how can you give a high position? ”

"But Mengyang Tusi's daughter is different. You look at the map. Yun Xi folded the map of the Ming Dynasty in his hand into a quarter of the original size, leaving only the southwest area, pointed to Meng Yang's location and said: "Look, Meng Yang is this place, and Yongchang is in the east,......。 It is right in the middle of your journey from Ava City to Yongchang Dali, and once the Eighteenth Uncle and Meng Yang are at odds, this road is in danger of being cut off at any time. Therefore, Mengyang toast is very important, and it is intended to be enveloped. ”

"But fortunately, Dao Mudan also wants to have a good relationship with you, so he sent his daughter to you. You also have to repay the favor by crowning his daughter as a side concubine, showing that you attach importance to Mengyang Tusi. Yun Xi said.

"Then, when I officially marry her, I will crown her as a side concubine." Zhu Yang said.

"What are you waiting for after returning to Yunnan? Later, when you return to the palace and see Dao Mudan's daughter, tell her: Originally, Your Majesty thought that you were a barbarian woman and was unwilling to give you a high position, but I argued in front of Your Majesty, and finally asked Your Majesty to agree to crown you as a side concubine. ”

"No, it doesn't mean much to say that to this kind of little girl. I remember that Meng Yang Tusi Dao Mu Dan didn't enter Beijing this year? You talk to Dao Mu Dan about it. Even if Dao Mu Dan thinks that you are showing merit, he can let him know that you attach great importance to Meng Yang, which is beneficial and harmless. Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhu Yang said. He actually really likes Dao Baifeng, and feels that doing so is a bit calculating her, and he feels uncomfortable; However, he was the lord of a feudal clan and understood the reason for doing so, and it would not hurt her, so he agreed.

After saying this, Yun Xi asked with a smile: "Last year's battle of Ava, Uncle Eighteen, the notes you wrote were too brief, and I don't know what happened. Talk to your nephew. ”

"I have already decided to pay tribute to Beijing this year, and I will write a briefer note, anyway, I can tell Your Majesty in person when I enter Beijing." Zhu Yang also said with a smile. Then he gave a general account of the conquest of Ava.

"Haha, these Burmese are too, hey, my nephew doesn't know how to describe it, and he thinks that the army you led is a reinforcement from the Bago government. However, your later reaction was right, and you should beat him hard against such a person who dared to take the initiative to provoke, so that they knew that the Ming army could not be humiliated, even if it was just a misunderstanding. Yun Xi said.

And Yun Xi also remembered that this Burmese should be the ethnic group that established the Burmese state in later generations. For such a nation that will emerge in the future, it is not a bad thing to strike hard.

Then Zhu Yang said that Ruokai and Ahong sent people to pay tribute.

Yun Hee immediately lifted his spirits. Isn't the country of Ahom the northeastern part of later India? The people of this country look similar to those in South China, and they believe in Buddhism, which will be a good help to India in the future.

Yun Xi immediately turned his head and said to Wang Xi, who had already finished stamping and came to stand behind him: "Send an order to the Ministry of Rites to accept the tribute of Ahong State." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi agreed with some surprise. Not only was he surprised, but Zhu Yang was also very surprised. Since Yun Xi succeeded to the throne, he has never accepted the tribute of the new Fanguo, what happened this time, the sun hit the west and came out?

Yun Xi looked at Zhu Yan's surprised expression, and didn't explain much, but said, "In the future, you will understand why I want to accept the tribute from Ahong State." ”

He paused, and then said, "As for this Ruokai country, it can be regarded as a vassal of the Min Domain." I asked the Ministry of Rites to set up the Arakan Military and Civilian Propaganda Mission, and crowned the leader of Rakhine as Tusi. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhu Yang said.

After that, Yunxi commanded a few more words, and Zhu Yang agreed one by one. Yun Xi had nothing to say, and was just about to open his mouth to ask Zhu Yang to step down, but Zhu Xi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to ask Your Majesty." ”

"I'll just say that Uncle Eighteen, you will definitely have something to ask me for. Say, what do you want? Is it population or money? Yun Xi smiled.

"People! Your Majesty, I need a large population. Then Zhu Yang began to pour bitter water: "Your Majesty, there are only more than 250,000 Han people in the entire Yunnan, not counting the military households, even if they are all pulled to Ava City, it is not enough, not to mention that Mu Sheng and Yunnan Bu Political Envoy Department cannot let me pull them all away." ”

"There are a lot of local natives, but the natives in Myanmar are lazy, and they are not as diligent as the Han people; Moreover, these natives are not as reliable as the Han Chinese. Your Majesty, give me 200,000 exiled prisoners. ”

"As for the money, if you can give a little more, you can give more. But more important is the variety of goods produced in the Han region, especially the inferior soju. Now that Yunnan knows the usefulness of soju, the demand for soju has increased greatly, and the wine of fifty wen and one jar in the Central Plains can be sold there for a consistent price, and the demand is still in short supply. And ......," Zhu Yang kept saying.