The Portuguese, who wanted to establish their own colonial empire in Burma, naturally could not stand idly by as the Ming Dynasty's armies moved south to Burma.

The new monarch of the Taungoo dynasty in Burma, Talun, of course, was the same.

Therefore, at the end of last year, Emperor Chongzhen divided several Yungui Tusi who participated in the pacification of the Hao'an Rebellion into northern Myanmar, and these elites who survived the southwest battlefield soon caused one massacre after another against the local natives in northern Myanmar.

Some small tribes in northern Burma such as Mengyang, Mengmi, Manmo, Bamo, Mubang and other places inclined to the Ming Dynasty immediately submitted to the newly sealed Tusi of the Ming Dynasty, while those tribes inclined to the Donghu Dynasty were expelled and slaughtered by the battle-hardened Yungui native soldiers under the command of Sha Dingzhou, An Shirong, Luo Ganxiang, Pufuyuan and others.

It had always been used as a buffer zone in northern Myanmar between the Taungoo Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and it suddenly fell into chaos.

The Burmese, who had followed the Taungoo Dynasty into the north, began to flee the cities and villages of northern Burma in a big way.

Naturally, this situation soon aroused the high alarm of the current king of Ta Loung, the king of Taungoo, and the Portuguese colonists in Burma.

However, today's Donghu Dynasty, after the expansion and civil strife of the year, especially after the lesson that most of the elite troops were almost completely annihilated by the Ming army decades ago, not only can not be compared with the experienced Shuixi remnants of the Anlong Division, the Qingmiao Soldiers of the Luo Ganxiang Division, the Wusa Yi Soldiers of the Anzhong Sanctuary Division, and the Yunnan native soldiers of Shadingzhou, Pufuyuan and others, but also has no courage to lead the army north to resist the Ming army.

In the end, the current monarch of the Taungoo Dynasty, the so-called Burmese king Tharong, who had not been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, could only turn to the Portuguese for help and ask the Portuguese to turn to it.

In the eyes of Ta Long, the king of Donghu, the Portuguese are a western colonial power, and they have already occupied a place on the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty did not dare to do anything, so please ask the Portuguese to mediate, maybe the Ming will listen to the Portuguese.

If the kings and ministers of the Ming Dynasty did not listen to the Portuguese, then the Portuguese might support themselves and arm themselves to fight against the Ming people who went south.

It was with this thought in mind that he invited the Portuguese to come forward, and the interests of the Portuguese in Burma were also threatened by the southward movement of the Yunnan-Guizhou Tusi army, so the two sides hit it off.

This time, Perez came to the Ming Jingshi to meet Emperor Chongzhen, and the most important purpose was this, hoping that the Ming court would order to restrain the Ming Tusi army in Yunnan, and it was best to order them to withdraw from northern Burma.

This idea of the Portuguese Perez, in the eyes of the current Emperor Chongzhen, is of course a joke.

All of this was arranged by Emperor Chongzhen, how could he withdraw his own arrangement?

Seeing that his two cabinet ministers were about to refute angrily when they heard Perez's words, Emperor Chongzhen made a downward gesture at them, signaling them to be calm, and then said to Perez:

"I don't know exactly how many Portuguese there are in Burma, or how many Portuguese there are in the whole East, but I think Mr. Peres himself must know this!

"Today you came to meet Yu me, saying that Burma is the sphere of influence of your Portuguese, I want to ask you a question, have you ever asked the opinion of the Ming court on this matter?!"

"Without the permission of the Ming court, all the activities of the Portuguese in Myanmar are illegal!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped and looked at Perez coldly and stopped talking.

The Portuguese envoy from the Governor's Palace in Manchuria, Perez, was not afraid, and after listening to Emperor Chongzhen's words, he immediately said:

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor! Today's world is no longer the world of the past, and the East of today is no longer the East of the past!

"And we, the Pridogas, only obey the orders of King Pridoga! And our king has also granted us the freedom to act anywhere in the world! ”

At this time, although everyone in the study didn't understand what this Portuguese meant, they also knew that this Portuguese didn't have that much respect for their emperor, so everyone was angry, just waiting for the emperor to give an order to take down this bold red-haired devil for questioning.

However, after listening to Perez's words, Emperor Chongzhen did not laugh angrily, and after laughing for a while, he still said to Perez with a smile:

"In that case, I have nothing to say to you, or to you Portuguese. The entry of the army under the Governor's Mansion of Yungui into Myanmar was the decision of the Ming Imperial Court!

"You Portuguese can have different opinions, if your Goa Governor's Palace, Salian Governor's Palace, or Manraka Governor's Mansion are capable of stopping the Ming army's movement in Burma, then please, do what you think you should do!"

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words came out, everyone in the study, not only Perez, who was received, but also the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty who accompanied and guarded him, were also surprised.

Perez was surprised that this Ming Emperor was not only not afraid of Westerners at all, but also seemed to have a very clear understanding of Westerners.

And what surprised the Ming civil and military officials in the imperial study was that now the young emperor actually said something similar to a declaration of war to the Portuguese envoy in front of him so lightly.

You must know that although the Portuguese suffered several defeats under the hands of the Ming Dynasty, many of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, whether it were muskets or artillery, were copied from the Portuguese.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Portuguese were the teachers of the Ming Dynasty on the issue of armaments in the past.

In this case, if there is really a war with the Portuguese, whose firearms are no less sharp than the Ming Dynasty or even surpassing, none of the civil and military officials in the imperial study who accompanied them to meet will be sure of victory.

But in this case, the young emperor dared to say something similar to what belongs to you to fight, is this a blessing or a curse?

Just when there was silence in the imperial study and the Portuguese Perez was in a dilemma, Emperor Chongzhen continued:

"If the Portuguese insist on having complete freedom of movement in Burma, then the Ming Dynasty also has freedom of movement for Hao Jingao, which was leased to Portugal, and is no longer subject to the previous agreement between the Ming Dynasty and your country! Mr. Perez, take my words back to Manrakal and tell your governor, and even your king! If you Portuguese have a king! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and added: "Oh! That's right! You Portuguese, you may need to report this news to your overlord, Sidenia! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen's last sentence came out, Perez, who was originally in a bit of a dilemma and couldn't get off the stage, was even more shocked in his heart, it seems that the emperor of the Eastern Empire really understands the situation in Europa and Portugal!

Beginning at the end of the fifteenth century and continuing until almost the entire sixteenth century, it was the golden age of the Portuguese.

This small country on the Pyrenees Peninsula relied on its thriving seafaring industry to occupy colonies far larger than its mainland area around the world, becoming the second largest colonial trading empire in the 16th century after Spain.

However, by the end of the 16th century, and especially the beginning of the 17th century, the golden age of the Portuguese was a thing of the past.

The country of the Portuguese was occupied by Spain in 1580 A.D. in the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and then the two countries fought intermittently for half a century of war, until the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1640 A.D., the Portuguese finally got rid of the entanglement of the Spaniards and achieved complete independence.

So at the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, the so-called king João IV of the Portuguese was self-appointed by the Portuguese.

And the king of Portugal who is truly recognized by European countries is King Philip IV of Spain.

Because King Philip IV of Spain, who was born in the Habsburgs, the largest royal family in Europe, also served as the king of Portugal.

The Portuguese War of Independence has been fought for almost 50 years now, there has been a truce between the two countries for many years, and Portugal is basically in a semi-independent and close to independent state, but Spain and other European royal families have not yet recognized the independence of Portugal, and King Philip IV of Spain is still the king of Portugal.

The final solution to this problem will not be until ten years later, when Philip IV of Spain agrees to relinquish the Portuguese throne.

Therefore, this problem can be regarded as a weakness of the Portuguese.

Because you can't even guarantee the independence of your own country because you have been occupied by the Spaniards, who else can you scare?

Now that Emperor Chongzhen has told this situation, Perez is helpless and anxious.

Helplessly, this Eastern monarch and Chinese emperor actually knew the internal affairs of the Western countries, and the situation of Portugal's foreign power at this time must not be hidden.

The anxious thing is that the colonial trade on the southwest coast of Myanmar is an important part of the Portuguese colonial rule in the East, if the Ming army advances all the way south, then can the Portuguese continue the colonial trade in Burma?