The toast conference opened, the toast of the three provinces was gathered together, at least one or two hundred, and the whole Kunming city was very lively.

At the conference, Fang Yuan simply said polite words, then got back to the point, and said coldly, "Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, you will definitely get eternal peace!" From now on, we will increase the business and trade ties between the three provinces and Jiangnan, and the government and business chambers of commerce will invest in the three provinces on a large scale, and will also purchase a large number of local products from the three provinces, support the people's livelihood of the three provinces, and promote the prosperity of the three provinces. ”

Being able to do business with the rich Jiangnan, and even attracting the investment of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, is definitely a great good thing for the three poor and remote provinces, and it is inevitable to benefit the people, and the returns of these toasts will be even richer.

All the toasts bowed down to Fang Yuan in unison, "The regent is magnificent, nine thousand years old!" ”

Fang Yuan summoned them, not to listen to the sycophants, so he made the toasts get up and said in a deep voice, "But there are two culprits, but they don't want the three provinces to be stable and prosperous, and they want the three provinces to be in turmoil, should these two people be killed?!" ”

All the toasts echoed in unison, "Kill!" Damn it! Who is it? Who is it? ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "One is Mu Tianbo from the previous Mu Wangfu, this person doesn't want to serve the court, and he rebels without authorization, which is disloyal; After the defeat, it is unfilial piety to abandon the eighty-year-old mother; dragging Yunnan into war, and the people are not able to make a living, which is unkind; It is unjust to flee to Burma in defeat and abandon their allies. Should this kind of unkind and unrighteous person be crusaded?! ”

These days, Mu Zhonghan corresponded frequently with Mu Tianbo in Myanmar, and despite Mu Zhonghan's repeated hard persuasion, Mu Tianbo still rejected the idea of returning. His wishful thinking was to wait for the Ming army to retreat, and then borrow troops from Burma to return to Yunnan.

And the king of Burma also refused to hand over Mu Tianbo's decree and sheltered Mu Tianbo and his party.

Fang Yuan also lost patience with this kind of diehard, instead of waiting for Mu Tianbo and the Burmese State to make the first move, it was better to strike first, send troops to conquer Burma, slaughter all the Burmese kings and Mu Tianbo, and include Myanmar in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Fang Yuan directly characterized Mu Tianbo as an unfaithful, unrighteous, unkind and unrighteous person, but he didn't plan to give Mu Tianbo a way to live. In order to show his loyalty and protect the entire Mu clan from being implicated, Mu Zhonghan could only draw a line with his father and take the lead in coming out and saying, "Minister, I think we should crusade against Burma and promote the power of the Great Tomorrow!" ”

With the people of the Mu family taking the lead, all the toasts echoed in unison.

Fang Yuan was very satisfied with Mu Zhonghan's attitude, and said unhurriedly, "Okay, this time, the three provinces will join forces to jointly crusade against Burma!" Those who are willing to send troops to crusade against Burma with the army of great benevolence and righteousness are allowed to loot the Burmese royal palace for ten days on the day of victory. The jewels and women belong to you, and the land and the young and strong belong to the Ming Dynasty. Silver, divided in half. ”

The conditions he offered were also very generous. Because the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is obvious to all, even the Manchu Tartar soldiers have to retreat, why should a mere Burma resist the lion of the Ming Dynasty? The Tusi sent troops, but they were just stained with the light of the Ming army and participated in the distribution of benefits. Although there were losses in the expedition, the risks were far less than the gains after the war, and the deal was quite a good deal.

The reason why Fang Yuan brought all the Tusi from the three provinces into Burma and preferred to give them a piece of the war was nothing more than three reasons.

First, by using their relationship with Myanmar, they can divide and divide Myanmar. The second is the equal distribution of interests, everyone's good is really good, if you eat alone, these toasts will not stab the knife in the back, so that the trick is unpredictable. The third is to let these Tusi send troops together, which can create a big momentum, no matter how poor their combat strength is, at least they can strategically contain the Burmese army on all fronts, as long as they can stretch the show of the Burmese army, the elite of the Ming army can break through the defense line of the Burmese army.

When it comes to righteousness, all the toasts just echo it, and no one takes it seriously. Talking about interests, they were very excited, and instead of the perfunctory response before, they got up together, brandished the war knife at their waists, and shouted, "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Fang Yuan also stood up, raised his wine glass and said loudly, "Okay, Zhu Tusi, after you go back, you will immediately gather the soldiers and horses of your headquarters and go to Burma with the lion of my Ming Dynasty!" Today, you will not be drunk or return, and on the day of victory, I will drink again with you in the Burmese palace! ”

Fang Yuan announced the first sinner, Mu Tianbo, and when everyone's emotions calmed down a little, he shouted, "Mu Tianbo is the first sinner, and another sinner is Zhang Xianzhong. This person is insidious, cunning, capricious, and without him, the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou will not be at peace. I suggest that since Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan has become extremely vicious, it is better for Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to completely sever their ties with Sichuan and destroy all the wooden bridges, stone bridges, pontoon bridges, and ferries that are connected with Sichuan. ”

As soon as he said this, all the toasts were taken aback, and even the generals under his command did not know why. When Li Dingguo was fighting before, when it was time to dismantle the pontoon bridge to snipe Li Dingguo's retreat, Fang Yuan was strictly ordered not to dismantle it. Now that the war is over, it is the time to restore people's livelihood and should not demolish the pontoon bridge, but suddenly ordered it to be demolished, what is Fang Yuan making trouble?

The crowd could no longer fathom his mind.

Yunnan and Guizhou both border Sichuan, and there are at least seven or eight Tusi near the border with Sichuan.

Chishui Tusi, Lijiang Tusi, Qujing Tusi and other seven Tusi stood up together and begged Fang Yuan for mercy, "Regent, this, what kind of pontoon bridge and ferry are being demolished for no reason!" ”

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Demolishing the pontoon bridge and ferry, that is to isolate Sichuan and cut off all its foreign aid." ”

Fang Yuan previously adopted a pacification policy against Sichuan, and did not cut off Sichuan's trade with the outside world, but only because he wanted to use both appeasement and appeasement to force Zhang Xianzhong to surrender obediently. But Zhang Xianzhong obviously didn't understand Fang Yuan's feelings, and dared to send reinforcements to support Mu Tianbo.

This violated Fang Yuan's bottom line.

Since Zhang Xianzhong did not want to surrender in peace, he could only besiege Sichuan's economy, as long as Sichuan could not conduct trade with the outside world, it would not take a year or two for Zhang Xianzhong's so-called Daxi regime to collapse. There is no need to send troops to Sichuan, so that they can sit and wait to be killed.

There are four economic and trade ties between Sichuan and the outside world, which enter Sichuan through Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Huguang. Now Huguang is a war zone, and the goods of Sichuan cannot cross the Yangtze River. The Qin king of Shaanxi was the first to look at the horse, and the trade route in the north was also cut off.

The only thing that can still be exchanged with the outside world is to sell goods to Sichuan through the ancient tea horse road in Yunnan and Guizhou. As long as this ancient tea horse road can be cut off, it can completely cut off the communication between Sichuan and the outside world.

To cut off this ancient tea horse road, relying only on an administrative order, or sending a sergeant to garrison it, it will be half the effort, and it will not be blocked. The only way is to get these border Tusi to take the initiative to cut off business with Sichuan.

The destruction of the pontoon bridge is just a threat to the Tusi of the provinces on the border of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. If they wanted to keep these treaty ports, they had to follow Fang Yuan's instructions and impose a severe economic blockade on Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates.

As Fang Yuan expected, these toasters said in a loud voice, "Regent, if you want to cut off the foreign aid of Zhang Xianzhong, a rebellious minister and thief, you don't need to destroy bridges and ferries. In the future, we will contact the Tusi of several provinces in southern Sichuan, and we will never do business with Zhang Xianzhong's thieves again. All the goods transported by Zhang Xianzhong will be seized and handed over to the imperial court! ”

What Fang Yuan wanted was their promise, and only by mobilizing these toasts to come out together to resist Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Zongmin could it be possible to truly blockade Zhang and Liu Erkou in Sichuan.

Fang Yuan said solemnly, "Okay, since you have promised, I will believe you once." I will arrange for Jinyiwei to make an unannounced visit, if there is any business with Kawachi in the future, then Hugh blames me for destroying the bridge and destroying the ferry! ”

The seven toasts said in a loud voice, "Don't dare, don't dare, obey the regent's order!" ”