Chapter 288: Determining Indochina (Page 1/1)

Although the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty are more harsh, he has no other way but to accept it, but the Ming Dynasty has always been more lenient to the vassal state, and the prince will not be restricted from his freedom when he goes to Beijing, which can be regarded as acceptable.

After the Ming army occupied Taungoo, they disbanded the Burmese army, and then selected 10,000 soldiers to form the King's Guard, which was responsible for garrisoning Taungoo and other major cities to protect the tax collectors sent by the king.

At this time, the Ming navy had occupied the coastal cities of Yangon and Mendo in Burma, and built a naval base here, especially the naval base in Mengdo, garrisoned by 5,000 guards, Mendo borders India, whether by sea or land, it is easy to reach India, it is a very important city.

When Donghu returned to Shun, the Southern Military Region of the Ming Dynasty and the South Vietnamese coalition army had also opened to the border of Nanzhang, the Nanzhang army could not resist the wolf-like coalition army at all, and was soon captured the capital Vientiane, Tong Kang was seriously ill, and was frightened and died, the Ming army set up Tong Kang's younger brother Wei Sai as the king of Nanzhang, and Wei Se submitted the table album to the Ming Dynasty, and officially became the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

So far, the five countries of Burma, Nanzhang, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Siam in the Indochina Peninsula have all become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty set up naval bases in Yangon, Maungdaw, Bangkok in Siam, Nha Trang in Cambodia, Hue and Thanh Hoa in South Vietnam, and Guards bases in Vientiane.

Myanmar ceded the land north of Monsar to the Ming Dynasty, and the southern palm ceded the land north of Bokeo to the Ming Dynasty, so that the distance between the Ming and the capitals of these countries was reduced to less than 300 miles, and if there was a change in its country, it could send troops to pacify it in a short time.

These countries are rice-producing areas, and the Ming Dynasty stipulated that Myanmar should pay an annual tribute of 1 million stone of rice, Nanzhang would pay an annual tribute of 500,000 stone of rice, Cambodia would pay an annual tribute of 500,000 stone of rice, and South Vietnam would pay an annual tribute of 800,000 stone of rice, while the Ming Dynasty would give annual gifts according to the market price.

This system of tribute is actually equivalent to a transaction, and since it is a transaction, there is a very important principle: fairness. The Ming Dynasty's purchase of rice at the market price was a reflection of this fairness, so the vassal states were very satisfied.

And sinicization has always been the most important policy of the Ming Dynasty to foreign vassals,These countries were originally deeply influenced by Han culture,Like Siam's main ethnic group, the Dai people actually came from China,So there was no resistance to Sinicization education in these places。

For example, in South Vietnam, their official language has always been Chinese, and the folk use both Chinese and mumble. After Mo Jingkuan officially returned to the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Han Chinese came to South Vietnam and began to teach the South Vietnamese Chinese and Chinese characters. After the Ming Emperor decreed that the Nanyue people were allowed to participate in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the enthusiasm of the Nanyue people for learning Chinese rose rapidly. The South Vietnamese people were proud to be able to recognize and write "Confucian characters" (that is, Chinese characters), and then Mo Jingkuan stipulated that all South Vietnamese officials must speak Chinese, and after writing Chinese characters, the promotion of the Chinese language ushered in a very good period. Even the South Vietnamese on the fringes of the city began to speak Chinese, and despised those who spoke the language, believing them to be from the countryside.

The famous history book of South Vietnam, "The Complete Book of the History of Da Yue", was originally written in Chinese characters, but the number of this book is small and it is not widely circulated. On the grounds of re-surveying and printing, the Ming court collected all the "Complete Records of the History of Dayue", revised and printed them, and then sent them back to Chinese schools throughout South Vietnam. As for the content of the revision, of course, it is to beautify the relationship between China and South Vietnam, so that the South Vietnamese people know that the South Vietnamese are originally descendants of China and that South Vietnam is an inseparable part of China.

The sinicization education in South Vietnam has been going on for several years, encountered some problems, and accumulated some experience. Therefore, after the submission of Burma and other countries, these experiences can be applied to Myanmar and other countries, and the goal of the Ming Dynasty is to make Chinese speakers in these places the mainstream in about 50 years, and do their best to suppress their original languages, preferably to make them rare languages that only researchers can do.

And the submission of these countries has also made the Tusi in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places more honest. Because part of the rice in Myanmar was transported by land to Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, if the Tusi were honest and obedient and supported the school sent by the Ming Dynasty, they could get some food assistance, and such a good thing was very attractive to the natives who did not live a comfortable life in ordinary times.

After taking Indochina under its command, the only people the Ming had to deal with in Asia were the Portuguese who occupied Malacca and the Dutch who occupied Java. It's just that these two countries have signed non-aggression pacts with the Ming Dynasty, so for the time being, the Ming Dynasty can't find a reason to deal with them, and everyone maintains peace on the surface.

The Indochina Peninsula was decided, and Daming began to plan for international students. In fact, the international student program has been going on for some time, and students with strong language skills are selected in the hall of Beijing Normal University to learn European languages with missionaries, mainly Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, because there are only missionaries who know these languages.

When the priest of Jinnige wanted to return to the Holy See to report on his duties, Zhu Youxiao sent Wang Zheng to live in Europe with him. Wang Zheng, who was an envoy of the Ming Emperor, learned Italian and German, and was a Catholic himself, making him a suitable candidate for diplomacy with Europe.

Of course, the fact that the emperor was going to send an envoy to Europe was very controversial in the imperial court. Most officials believe that China can only position other countries as vassal states, and that no country in the world can stand on an equal footing with China. In Sun Chengzong's words: "How can a barbarian be able to establish any diplomatic relations on an equal footing, either by sending troops to wipe them out or by making them pay tribute to China?" ”

Sun Chengzong had a lot of dealings with the Portuguese and the Dutch in the South China Sea, and it is conceivable that he was against them, and of course other officials would oppose them. Among the cabinet and various ministries, only Xu Guangqi and Sun Chuanting supported this matter. Xu Guangqi did see some points where the West was superior to the Ming Dynasty, so he felt that he should communicate with the West in addition to missionary. And Sun Chuanting now has blind trust in the emperor, thinking that as long as the emperor thinks it is good, it must be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao has no choice, if even these ministers can't understand the meaning of the transportation West, then it is obviously impossible to hope that ordinary people can understand. So after discussing with Xu Guangqi, he decided to popularize Western scientific knowledge to the ministers, so that they could understand that there were some things in the West that were actually superior to the Ming Dynasty.

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