322 Chaos before war
The Donghu Dynasty was not established for a long time, but there were indeed a lot of wars with the surrounding countries, since Mang Yinglong started the foundation, he has been fighting, and basically he has fought all over the surrounding invincible opponents, and even the former traditional power Siam has been defeated several times, and the country has been burned several times, which shows that its armed forces are strong, but the weakness of this kind of strong country is obvious, that is, the civil service is not prosperous, and the national background is insufficient. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The so-called lack of national heritage, in a word, is that it prospers fast and declines quickly, just like the once-short-lived Alexander Empire, when Alexander the Great was still alive, how arrogant it was, threatening to fight from the West to the East, the destination was China, but unfortunately Alexander died, and the great empire across Europe and Asia fell apart in an instant, and ceased to exist, just thirteen years.
A country with sufficient heritage is like China, even if it is facing the danger of extinction, it has indeed lost several times, but in the end it can be restored by virtue of its strong foundation, even when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in extreme decline, Western countries also made it clear that no country can colonize and rule the whole of China.
That is the most precious wealth left to us by our ancestors, called heritage.
The Donghu Dynasty was founded for a short time, most of the time was at war, the rule was not prosperous, the people's sense of identity with the country and the feeling of following had not been fully established, the reason why it was strong was completely because of the strength of the force, just like Cao Wei, because of the existence of Cao Cao and extremely strong, but Cao Cao went, the defects of the country's lack of heritage were immediately revealed, Cao Pi wanted to be the emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to obtain the support of the scholars with the nine-product Zhongzheng system, and obtain the heritage of the scholars.
If a country established by force is to exist for a long time, culture is indispensable, and civil rule must flourish, the military government cannot last long, and military rule is only an expedient measure, and today's Donghu government is like a military government, and has not entered the normal stage of civilian government rule at all, the country's strength is maintained by force, and the diplomatic state is very bad.
Such a state of affairs seems to confirm the situation of the Taungoo Dynasty in Burma today.
Since the news of the Ming army's southward movement spread, the whole of Burma has been in extreme instability, and the opposition who were suppressed by the military force of Mang Yingli in the past began to be ready to move, constantly looking for trouble for him, today this granary is on fire, tomorrow the armory is stolen, today this field is destroyed, and tomorrow there will be a large number of unknown bandits who robbed the warehouse of the government, and there is no money left.
The weak internal political foundation of the Donghu Dynasty was completely exploded, and the war maniac Mang Yingli finally realized the importance of infrastructure construction and the weakness of his control over the entire country.
Mang Yingli led the team to attack the bandits here today, and led the team to stay in the city tomorrow to maintain stability and explain the rumors, busy in the dark, but still unable to prevent the panic of the whole country, in this context, he asked again and again that the Burmese army on the Yunnan border and the Ming army confronted the Burmese army to speed up the retreat, do not fall in love with the war, anyway, those Ming troops can't catch up at all, leaving a small number of troops to stick to the danger, a large number of soldiers and horses came to the royal capital, ready to go to the Siam border.
The weakness of his rule was evident at this moment, and not long after, a rebellion broke out among the Mon people in Burma against his imposition of taxes.
In order to cope with the coming war, he checked his warehouses and storage, and was surprised to find that the goods obtained from the years of war were basically used up, and his country had no time to recuperate under the exhaustion of the army, and could not provide him with enough food, grass and money to support the war, and under the strong pressure of the Ming and Siam, he had to pay additional taxes to the tribes and people in the country.
In the 50 years since the founding of the Donghu Dynasty, there was no year when there was no war, and in the first few decades, everyone became richer and stronger, because Mang Yinglong knew how to control and pay attention to the truth of production, and did not overly squeeze the civilians underneath and gave them enough time to produce, but after Mang Yinglong's death, Mang Yingli only noticed the benefits and pleasures brought by the war, but did not understand what was needed to start a war.
After the death of a group of capable ministers left behind by Mang Yinglong, Mang Yingli's government gradually became weakened and unable to organize the grassroots government to provide enough food and grass for the army.
If normal production can't be maintained, there will be no money in Mangying, but money is needed to fight a war, what should I do? Then tax it! This was the only way, and the war was levied again and again, barely keeping the war going, but as time went on, people's patience gradually reached its limit.
Finally, the Mon people were unwilling to continue to be patient, and after learning the news that the Ming Dynasty and the Siamese State were going to jointly attack Mang Yingli, they decided to openly rebel against Mang Yingli's rule, and would never hand over the lifeline of their own people to Mang Yingli to fight a meaningless war, and would rather these grains be eaten by their own people than give them to Mang Yingli.
After Mang Yingli learned about it, he was angry and screamed to lead the guards to attack, but since ancient times, the trees fell and the walls were scattered, and everyone pushed them, and the uprising of the Mon people led to a large wave of tribes who were unwilling to give food to the losers to revolt and unite together, and the southern territory of Myanmar was in flames, and Mang Yingli didn't know who to beat and who not to beat for a while, because everyone was against it, and those who didn't oppose refused to pay taxes.
Mang Yingli was so angry that he wanted to mobilize the main army to quell the rebellion first and then deal with the Ming and Siam, but was stopped by the cronies around him.
"The king's enemies are the Ming and Siamese people in the north, not them, they just don't want to pay taxes, and they don't intend to rebel against the country, but the Ming and Siam are looking forward to our complete destruction, the king, which is our enemy? The Mon people will follow the victors, as long as we win, the Mon people will definitely honestly replenish the food and hand it over to us, but for now, we can't let the army lose too much! ”
Although Mang Yingli was dizzy, he was not dizzy, he knew the priorities, if he was defeated, then naturally everything would be over, but if he was victorious, wouldn't these people let themselves rub the round? The Ming Kingdom has only been famous for a long time, but the inside has long been bad, and the surface is strong, and the Wa State is a waste country, if he fights, he can also beat the Wa Kingdom to pieces, a famous general? And he laughed!
In these days, anyone dares to call themselves a famous general!