As Wang Jiayin wandered in the middle of the meeting, an angry shout from a Burmese Mon leader finally pulled him back into the real world. Wang Jiayin, who was expressionless, quickly understood from the interpreter on the side what the little leader's anger was for.

In the war against the Taungoo Dynasty in Burma, which began in October last year, in addition to the outsiders such as the Ming army, Nanzhang, Siam, and European colonizers, the main participants in the coalition were the Arakan people in the west and the Mon people in the south, as well as some tribes near the Yunnan border.

The Arakanese, whose main area of activity is close to the Chittagong region, are in a period of decline in the struggle for power among the tribal chiefs of various tribes with the death of the previous virtuous king. Therefore, although they participated in the coalition, they did not ask for more benefits, and even part of Lower Burma, which they had previously seized from the Taungoo Dynasty, was now developing towards an independent state at the instigation of the Ming and British.

As for the Mubang, Menggen, and Manmo tribes near the border of Yunnan, after seeing that the Ming Kingdom was strong again, they quickly fell to the former old suzerain, the Ming Kingdom. Although the Ming Dynasty did not restore the status of the three regions of Xuanwei this time, it divided the three regions and part of the adjacent areas of Myanmar into the East Burma Shan Autonomous Territory, which became independent from the Kingdom of Burma.

As a result, the Kingdom of Burma is now in a situation where the Taungoo Dynasty, centered on the city of Ava, and the Mon Alliance, centered on Bago, are facing each other.

Although King Talong was one of the few more capable and thoughtful monarchs in the Donghu Dynasty, after quelling the civil strife caused by the war for the throne, he first abandoned the national policy of foreign expansion, devoted himself to the recovery and development of the domestic economy, and distributed land to the landless peasants, in order to seek domestic social stability first.

However, despite his efforts, the Donghu Dynasty lost a large amount of population and wealth in the previous foreign and civil wars, which made the domestic aristocracy and the tribal power represented by the Mon people bigger, so that he had to move the capital to Ava in the center. In addition, the neighboring Ming Dynasty began to change its national policy and began to expand its power outward, which caused drastic changes in the internal political situation of Myanmar.

This was the outbreak of this conquest of the Kingdom of Burma by the coalition led by the Ming Kingdom. It should be said that except for the armies of the Ming army, Nanzhang, Siam and Mon, others are more like they came to fish in troubled waters in this war. However, the strength of the coalition forces has far exceeded the power held by King Talon, so the coalition forces have achieved brilliant victories in both the eastern and western battlefields.

And just when King Taron was trapped in the lonely city of Ava and was almost powerless to return to the sky, the coalition forces suddenly stopped and proposed to make peace with King Talon.

The Siamese and Mon generals were actually resolutely opposed to peace. Siam wanted to completely eliminate the feud of the Taungoo Dynasty and not give it a chance to turn over, and even wanted to take the opportunity to reach into Burma. The Mon, on the other hand, wanted to take their place and take the entire kingdom of Myanmar into their own hands.

However, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yungui of the Ming Dynasty, who commanded the war, had no intention of discussing it with them at all, and directly bypassed the Western Front of the coalition army and reached an agreement with King Taron of Ava, and withdrew from the battlefield in the east, thus establishing a de facto truce.

And without the allied army, mainly the logistical support of the Ming State, the Siamese army did not dare to penetrate deep into central Burma to attack the city of Ava, God knows if those Mon people would cut off their logistics and let them fight to the death with King Talong. The world has become more and more sinister, and the heavenly kingdoms like the Ming Dynasty have begun to pay no attention to it, and they naturally dare not entrust their back roads to the Burmese.

After the Siamese also changed their tune, the lonely Mon had to accept the peace talks. It's just that these Mon people only discovered today that the peace agreement approved by His Majesty the Emperor was a little different from the one they had approved before.

In the agreement announced today, the Kingdom of Myanmar is divided into two parts, Upper Burma and Lower Burma. However, it is necessary to separate a part of the area west of Awa from Mubang, Menggen, and Manmo, and recognize that these areas belong to the Ming Dynasty. In addition, for the Savage Mountain area north of the Myitkyina-Kumenling-Pathe Kaishan line in northern Myanmar, this place did not belong to any country or region before, and is now also recognized as owned by the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, the Mon people can still accept it. But then the land compensation for all sides of the coalition army, plus the land rewards for the meritorious soldiers of the Ming army who participated in the Western Front, made the Meng people angry. When they were about to win a complete victory over the king of Talong, the Mon people had to accept peace, and they thought that the coalition should compensate them elsewhere, such as asking him to cede a large area of land and pay them a large amount of money.

But in the agreement, although the Mon people gained several enclavies in the Ava region, it was still quite good and fertile land. But these enclaves were invariably far from the Mon territory and were surrounded by the Donghu Dynasty. In other words, the Mon people may be able to gain some economic benefits from these lands, but once the war resumes, these lands will fall back into the hands of the Donghu Dynasty, which is tantamount to sending a group of hostages to the other side.

What made them even more angry was that for the land cessed by all sides of the coalition forces, there were still many lands that originally belonged to the Mon people. As for the indemnity of the coalition parties, it was not borne by the Taungoo Dynasty independently, but by Upper Burma bearing 70% of the indemnity and Lower Burma bearing 30% of the indemnity.

But doesn't this Myanmar refer to the area controlled by the Mon people in the future, for these Mon leaders, this agreement is really too absurd. They obviously won the battle, but now they have become the side of the land reparations. Naturally, the young and vigorous leader stood up to protest to Su Yue.

Although he had heard the content of the agreement before, Wang Jiayin still felt hot and dry after listening to the protests of the Meng people who were interpreted, and could only try his best to endure it.

However, Su Yue obviously did not have such a psychological burden as Wang Jiayin, he put away the text of the agreement in his hand, and replied indifferently and calmly to the leader of the Meng tribe who protested to him: "For your protest, I can only say that I personally feel very sorry.

However, as a plenipotentiary negotiator appointed by the Ming Emperor and mutually agreed by all parties in the coalition forces, I do not think that there is anything unfair and unjust about this agreement.

I believe that this peace agreement has done its utmost to accommodate the interests of all parties and to take into account the aspirations of the people of Myanmar for peace. And as long as the majority of the coalition forces approve it, the peace agreement can enter into force.

I hope that you will remain calm and not undermine the overall situation of stability and unity in Myanmar for your own selfish purposes. And you've already had enough in this war, so why bother to ruin your friendship with the Ming for some land and reparations? ”

After listening to Su Yue's words, although some of the older Meng leaders were still full of anger, they finally shut up and began to weigh what harm they would do to themselves if they ruined their friendship with the Ming Dynasty.

But the young leader who jumped out first refused to give up, and continued to question Su Yue angrily: "You said that we have gained enough, may I ask this angel, can you tell me, apart from making our soldiers bleed, making our people lose their land, and making our children hungry, what did we Meng people get from this damn war?" ”

Su Yue was speechless for a while, but Reed, the British representative standing beside him, immediately relieved him of the siege and said to the young leader: "Didn't you get your freedom from the tyrannical king, isn't that enough?" ”

After hearing the words of the Englishman, the young leader of the Meng people let out a few sneers, then said a few words, and then turned and left the conference room. Su Yue and the others heard the interpreter stammering to them: "Since we can get freedom from King Talong, then we will not give up our freedom again." If you want land and reparations, come to me with your sword first. ”

With the departure of the young Meng leader, many Meng leaders retreated one after another, and although the remaining Meng leaders did not get up, their eyes kept rolling, and they seemed to be a little uneasy.

The representative of the Netherlands couldn't help muttering: "This is too rude, it is indeed a group of barbarians." ”

The Ming generals standing behind Wang Jiayin were all angry, but they were still waiting for Su Yue, who was standing there silent, to make a final decision.

Su Yue clenched his hands into fists on the table in front of him, leaned forward slightly, glanced at the five or six Meng leaders left on the other side of the table, and then smiled at them and said, "It seems that those people were a little excited just now, and it seems that this meeting can't go on today." Why don't you go back and persuade those people not to be presumptuous, and that we can reconvene this meeting in seven days? ”

The remaining leaders of the Meng people, who were already a little restless, quickly got up and explained a few words to Su Yue after hearing this, and hurried out to catch up with those companions. As soon as these Meng people left, the representative of King Talong, who was sitting in the corner, slowly got up and said goodbye to Su Yue and retired.

When the Burmese had left, the room was lively, with several representatives of the European colonizers, Siam and Japan expressing their dissatisfaction with the departure of the Mon, and the British and Dutch even thought that the Mongols should not have been let go just now. Su Yue comforted these representatives a few words before letting them retreat.

After only the Ming people were left in the conference room, Wang Jiayin's subordinate Hui Dengxiang said urgently: "Since these Meng people are so ignorant, it is better to let the last general bring someone over tonight to kill him, and then set a fire to burn him clean." Let's just say that they didn't use fire properly at night, and no one ran out, and then the adults ordered a few more obedient Meng people to be the head..."

Hearing that the others were still echoing Hui Dengxiang, Wang Jiayin couldn't help frowning and reprimanded: "Shut up, Ambassador Su hasn't spoken yet, don't mess around, we are here now to represent the imperial court, how can we do such things casually?" ”

"Even if it's not casual, you can't do it. Sure enough, it's a bandit and a thief. Su Yue secretly complained in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face: "After all, Yangon is already under my Ming rule, and if there is any murder and arson here, I am afraid it will damage the prestige of my Ming Dynasty and the Governor's Palace." Let's wait a minute, maybe they'll wake up..."

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