"Your Highness, these two countries have never sent anyone to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty before." He Fu said: "These two kingdoms are on the west side of the city of Ava. ”

"One of them called himself Rakhan and his envoy was named Ayuan Han, and his lord was called Naro Migara. The minister and the envoy Ayuan Han talked many times and learned that their country was in the southwest of the city of Bagan, across the Rakhine Mountains, on the coast. ”

"Another country called itself Ahongguo, and the envoy's name was Su Mengfa, who was the younger brother of the country's leader, Su Dangfa. Its country is located west of Mengyang Tusi, across the Naga Mountains, and the country is dominated by the Dai people. (present-day northeastern India)

"Ahong was conquered by Luchuan before, but many Tusi in Luchuan were canonized by the Ming Dynasty and Luchuan's strength declined, and they no longer paid tribute to Luchuan."

"This time, after hearing that His Highness had sent troops to Burma and had won a great victory to occupy the plains of central Burma, these two countries sent envoys here." He Fu said.

"The ministers and the local people of Ava learned that the Rakhine country was not strong, and it was only because of its special geographical location that it was not ruled by the Burmese in the west Bengal or in the east,......"

"Wait," Before He Fu could finish his words, Zhu Yang interrupted: "Bengal in the west? Isn't Bangladesh already in India? Although Zhu Yang is not good at geography, he also knows that Bengal is part of India.

"Your Highness, it is Bengal in the east of India, and Rakhine borders Bangladesh." He Fu said.

"Myanmar is so close to India?" Zhu Yang said with some surprise. He never knew that Burma and India were almost pressing. (At this time, the Brahmaputra Valley basin in present-day northeastern India was not counted as part of India.)

"Yes, Your Highness." He Fu said with great certainty. In fact, he only found out a few days ago.

Zhu Yang immediately stabilized his mood, and the fact that Myanmar and India are not next to each other has little effect on him now. He said: "These two countries, I remember that you just said that they wanted to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty? Or even pay tribute to my Min Domain? ”

"Yes, Your Highness. The minister talked with these two envoys many times, and felt that the envoy of the founding country was very anxious and wanted to maintain friendly relations with our Min Domain, probably in order to use the power of His Royal Highness Min Domain to compete with the Fan Kingdom of Bengal. He Fudao.

"It's not surprising, didn't you say that the locals of Ava said that the strength of the Rakhin country is not strong, and it is not surprising that they are trying to win over our Min clan in order to fight against some country in Bangladesh." Zhu Yang asked, "What about the other Ahong Kingdom?" ”

"The minister asked Meng Yang Tusi Dao Mu Dan and Qianhu Chang Dao Yubin, they Meng Yang and A Hong Guo have more contact. Dao Mudan said that Ahongguo's strength is not weak, stronger than Meng Yang; Dao Yubin once went to Ahong as an envoy, and he said that there are many plains there, and there are many places suitable for farming, but all of them are on the Brahmaputra River, which is called by the Indians on both sides of the Brahmaputra River, which is very long and narrow. A little further from the river are the mountains, which are not high, but they are also not suitable for farming. ”

"However, this also makes Ahong easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they are not in a hurry, and the ministers talk to the envoys of Ahong and feel that they are no different from those in Nanyang who just want to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and they are willing to form a brotherly country with the Min Domain, but they are only willing to pay tribute to Your Majesty." He Fudao.

Zhu Yang thought for a while and said, "In this case, tomorrow Gu will meet them and formally inquire about their purpose; If you want to go to the capital to pay tribute, you can go to the capital with you. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." He Fu said.

"But He Fu, I don't think you are the one who is willing to talk to the envoy of Fanguo like this. He Fu, don't get me wrong, it's not that you don't think you don't have this ability, but that you don't have the patience. Zhu Yang said.

"I can't hide anything from Your Highness! In fact, it was the minister who sent the long history of the Prime Minister's Mansion to contact them and report back to the minister. But the minister had seen them twice. He Fu said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

Zhu Yang also smiled, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, although he actually knew that He Fu's embarrassed expression was faked.

The next day, Zhu Yang met with the two envoys. They came to see him with the same meaning as He Fu said, and the envoy of the founding of the country, Ah Yuanhan, expressed his willingness to submit to the Min Domain, and knelt down to offer many gifts at that time.

Zhu Yang accepted his submission. However, if he offered a gift in order to get a rich reward, then the calculation would be in vain, Zhu Yang is not rich, and he is not a gift from the Heavenly Empire, and the value is not high.

Moreover, he did not regard Ruokai as an independent Fanguo, since he was willing to call the Min Domain, it was a regime similar to Mengyang, Mubang and other Tusi, for such a regime, the Ming Dynasty has always made them pay taxes, and the treatment of the regime recognized as Fanguo is different.

He stared carefully at the face of Ayuanhan, the envoy of the founding country, but he didn't see anything, he just saluted and thanked Zhu Yang very normally.

'Sure enough, the people who can be messengers are the ones who have collapsed in front of the couch and their faces have not changed? Zhu Yang thought.

After that, he received the envoy of Ahong. Zhu Yang looked at Su Mengfa, the envoy of Ahong Kingdom, who knelt down and kowtowed, and then looked at Dao Baifeng, who was acting as an interpreter beside him.

Ah Hongguo and Meng Yang have been married many times, and Dao Mudan has a woman who is the daughter of the former monarch of Ah Hongguo and the sister of the current monarch Su Dangfa; It just so happens that this woman is Dao Baifeng's mother, so Su Dangfa and Su Mengfa, who was the envoy this time, are both Dao Baifeng's uncles.

However, this did not make Zhu Yang treat him preferentially, and Su Mengfa still had to perform a full set of etiquette before he could stand up and speak.

After listening to his own words, Zhu Yang also very simply agreed to form a brotherhood with Ahongguo, gave gifts to each other, and agreed to take him to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In the end, the two of them said something that was not nutritious, and Su Mengfa retreated.

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When he walked out of the palace, one of his relatives said to him: "Master, why don't you greet Dao Baifeng on the spot?" She is the niece of the old man, so it is natural to say hello. ”

"No, even if we want to have a relationship with Dao Baifeng, we must not directly contact Dao Baifeng. This is Zhu Yang's capital, even if he can't fully control it now, after he stabilizes his rule, any small moves of our will be discovered, and contact with Dao Baifeng will be counterproductive. ”

"If you want to pull the relationship, you must go through Meng Yang, buy Meng Yang, and let them say good things about us when they meet Dao Baifeng, but don't say anything specific, just increase her good impression of our Ahong Kingdom. Anyway, we are separated from the Mengyang people by a Naga Mountain, and there is no conflict with each other, and the Mengyang people will not be unwilling. ”

"A lot of times it's more useful to be roundabout than to be straightforward."

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Thanks to the book friends for the drift of the section and the United Russia Party for the reward.