"Governing Myanmar Chapter 4 Myanmar Province and Lao Province

"Ruling Burma?" Li Tengfang's eyes were bright, and he faintly confessed the reason why Zhu Youzhen asked him to send an envoy to Ayutthaya and inspect Burma.

"Is Aiqing willing?" Zhu Youzhen saw that Li Tengfang did not answer, so he had to ask.

"The minister is willing, the minister is grateful to the lord Longen!" From the deputy minister of the cabinet to the governor of a province, he was only promoted by half a level in his position, but Li Tengfang valued the merits of naturalizing Myanmar, once he naturalized the whole of Myanmar, he would definitely be able to leave a glorious page in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and it would never be annihilated in the long river of history as before.

"If Aiqing goes to the post of governor of Burma, I still have three requirements," Zhu You smiled, "First, the literacy class for children should accommodate all Han children, even those of other races who can speak Chinese characters, and there must be no Han people who don't know their own characters." ”

"Your Majesty is right!" Li Tengfang knew that compulsory education had begun in the five northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and every Han child should be literate, no matter where he lived.

"Second, don't be greedy for ink," Zhu Youzhen quickly swept Li Tengfang's face, and found that his face was slightly red, yes, people with a sense of honesty and shame will not lose the bottom line of morality, "Don't talk about the past, in the future, you must rely on the promise on the honest paper, don't think that I can fool the past if I am in Beijing." ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister will never be greedy for ink, although His Majesty will let Jinyi Wei supervise." Li Tengfang chuckled in his heart, although he had no intention of being greedy for ink, but Zhu Youzhen attached so much importance to the greedy behavior of officials, who knew if there was a brocade guard by his side?

Zhu Youzhen changed his tone, quite serious, "Myanmar is a newly recovered land, and the daily expenses may be different from being an official in Beijing, and I don't give Aiqing a fixed salary, Aiqing can take his family to work, and I will allow Aiqing to reimburse all the family expenses, but let me see the bill." Zhu Youzhen wanted to see how much his family would spend in a year as a provincial governor to provide case-by-case support for the future high-salary#pension.

"Thank you for your majesty's love," Li Tengfang naturally didn't know Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, "But taking your family to take up the post is not in line with the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

"Aiqing don't worry, 一qiē有朕作主∧dǐng∧diǎn∧小∧ said, .2 "3.▽os_(); "Myanmar now belongs to the border provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and it is too far away from Beijing, so it is not easy to make a round trip, unlike the provinces in the Central Plains, which are provinces outside the Guan, and I will also allow the chief official to bring his family in the future." ”

"The minister Xie Xià's trust, the minister is in Burma, and he should repay His Majesty," Li Tengfang wanted to kneel again, but was stopped by Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, what is the third requirement?" ”

"Well," Zhu Youzhen diǎn head, Li Tengfang is an urgent son, just suitable for the current ruler of Myanmar, vigorous and resolute, "vigorously develop industry and commerce, so that the people of Myanmar can live a better life, and they will yearn for the Ming Dynasty more." ”

"The minister understands that the people of Myanmar are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, let them live a good life, and they will be more enlightened compared with the past."

"Aiqing is right," Zhu Youzhen hesitated for a while, "Aiqing went to Myanmar to take up a post, due to the long distance, the term of office may be longer, I will always pay attention to Myanmar, in a few years, if the people of Myanmar live a stable life, I will divide Myanmar into the sixth province in the south, and officially become the core area of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Six southern provinces?" Li Tengfang did not yet know the true meaning of the core area.

"Myanmar will be included in the six southern provinces, along with the original five southern provinces." Zhu Youzhen had to repeat.

Li Tengfang somewhat understood, I don't know why, Zhu Youzhen attaches great importance to Myanmar Province, for him, it is both a heavy responsibility and a driving force, "Your Majesty, Myanmar is newly returned, and the people are probably not as familiar as other provinces."

"Myanmar was recovered by the Guò War, and now Myanmar is almost in ruins, but after the big break, it will inevitably usher in Dali, in fact, the naturalization of the people of Myanmar is easier than that of the southern provinces, and Aiqing must seize this golden opportunity."

"The minister understands, and the minister must live up to His Majesty's trust." Li Tengfang bowed to Zhu Youzhen while thinking about something.

"The work in Myanmar is still long, Li Aiqing, it's noon now, Aiqing will stay and dine with me!" Zhu Youzhen didn't wait for Li Tengfang to reply, so he said to the guards beside him: "Inform Wang Aiqing of the Personnel Department to come and have dinner with me." ”

The guard agreed to leave, but Li Tengfang's gaze showed that he didn't understand what Zhu Youzhen meant.

Zhu Youzhen laughed, "Aiqing, have you forgotten that the appointment of provincial-level officials requires an official certificate issued by the Ministry of Personnel, and today I will ask for personal favors for Aiqing." ”

King Pavuba Yurava and King Tsutishan were summoned by Zhu Youzhen and soon ended their meeting.

King Pawu Yurava is dedicated to the Buddha, and yearns for the famous mountains and rivers in the Ming Dynasty, he resolutely refused to accept Zhu Youzhen's edict, Zhu Youzhen estimated, after he lost his most beloved princess, he has been discouraged, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, he will never turn over any waves, and he will go with him, so that he can also save a fortune.

King Tishan was named Chang Shanbo, which made him a little disappointed, and after a long time, he remembered to thank Zhu Youzhen.

Even the little Sulu king, Habamara, was made an auxiliary prince, and Laos was much larger than Sulu. He is Chang Shanbo, not even Hou Ye.

But he didn't dare to argue with Zhu Youzhen in person, and Li Tengfang, who was familiar with him, had already gone to Myanmar to take up his post, so he had to get through guò relations and find Huang Liji, the red man in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Huang Liji is the prime minister of the cabinet, and he has a lot of things in the cabinet, but he can't let him eat behind closed doors when he asks for a meeting, after all, he has just enshrined Chang Shanbo, "Chang Shanbo, is Jingshi still used to it?" ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Jingshi is the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty and even the world, and compared with Lancang, it is a paradise on earth." King Tishan made no secret of his praise for Jingshi, he was not dissatisfied with Jingshi, but dissatisfied with the title of Chang Shanbo.

"Chang Shanbo is anxious to see me, but what is not satisfied?"

"All satisfied, all satisfied," said the king of Qiang Tishan, "but there are very few Sulu kingdoms, and their Sudan ......" He hesitated, hoping that Huang Liji would understand what he meant.

It turned out that the title was too low, Huang Liji hated this kind of person who did not contribute anything to the Ming Dynasty, but he wanted to use his mouth to do some propaganda in the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, thinking of this, he lowered his voice: "Chang Shan Bo knows that in addition to the auxiliary prince, there is also a former king living in Jingshi?" ”

"And a king?" King Tishan didn't understand what Huang Liji meant, "Then what kind of title is he?" How did I not know? ”

"Not only Chang Shanbo doesn't know, but even many people in the Ming Dynasty don't know," Huang Liji gently looked away and looked at the wall that was nothing peculiar, "This person is the former king of Ladakh, Seng Gnamgyal, however, he was not entitled, but in the prison of the Judicial Yuan. ”

"In the prison of the Judicial Yuan?" King Tishan was shocked in his heart, and he had a faint bad feeling.

"The Ming Dynasty did not judge the size of the vassal state of the surrender, but determined the title of the edict according to the sincerity of the submission and the attitude of the king." Huang Liji is no longer like a conversation between friends, but fully demonstrates the strength of Daming, so strong that others have no chance to choose.

King Tishan finally understood what Huang Liji meant.

Although the country of Sulu was small, Habamala took the initiative to submit, and the whole country gave up their religion and converted to Confucianism of the Ming Dynasty, so Habamala was also crowned as the highest title of auxiliary prince.

Ladakh met with the Ming swordsmen, and the king Sanggnam Jay was defeated and captured, not only did he not have a title, but he also did not have freedom, and he was likely to be imprisoned for life.

He forced the king of Tishan to be somewhere between the two.

The Lancang Kingdom was forced to submit to the Ming Dynasty under the oppression of Puti, so he was named Chang Shanbo.

If it wasn't for Puti who coerced him to hand over the king's seal at that time, if the Ming Dynasty had sent troops to the Lancang Kingdom, his fate would probably be similar to that of Sangha Nanjie, who would have either died in battle or been imprisoned by the Ming army.

The king of Tishan was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and he took the initiative to submit to the Ming Dynasty, he would never have imagined that now he was enshrined as Chang Shanbo, and it was already the emperor's majesty who was extraordinarily gracious.

He waved his body to Huang Liji, "Thank you for the reminder from Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Xiao Wang knows that he is wrong, Xiao Wang will definitely be a good man in the Ming Dynasty from now on, and he will never add a burden to the imperial court." ”

Before the Burma War, Zhu Youzhen held a special court meeting, and under his personal lobbying, the cabinet supported him to recover Burma, so the post-war reconstruction of Burma also received extensive support from the cabinet.

The Ming Dynasty added a new province - Myanmar Province, which is the twenty-fifth province of the Ming Dynasty.

The construction of Burma Province does not require the investment of the Ministry of Finance at all, and the income from the Burma War is enough to build roads and ports in Burma Province.

Zhu Youzhen originally planned to place the capital in Bai Gucheng, the national capital of Donghu, but later thought that Daguang in southern Burma would become the naval home port and commercial center of the Ming Dynasty, as well as other ports on the southern coast, such as Bosheng and Mongmian, which would sooner or later become the overseas trade center of Burma.

The cement avenue to be built, starting from Dali and passing through Tengyue, connects directly to Ava to highlight the location of the capital.

After the Burma War, Laos returned to the Ming Dynasty in a peaceful way, and the cabinet naturally laughed, who would dislike their land too big?

Later, when he heard Li Tengfang say that the land area of Laos is about the same as that of the entire Jiangnan Province and two or three times the size of Zhejiang Province, he made up his mind to establish a province.

Lao Province also became the twenty-sixth province of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Youzhen attached more importance to the strategic location of Burma Province, and he mainly used the payment of pensions in Ayutthaya and all kinds of property seized by the Taungoo Dynasty in the construction of Burma Province.

Myanmar and Laos, Zhu Youzhen doesn't have to worry, he is worried about Yunnan.