"Your Majesty, when it comes to the war between the Ming Dynasty and Burma, we must talk about the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the south at the beginning of the founding of the country, this period of history is relatively obscure, is Your Majesty willing to listen?"

"No matter how obscure I am, I have to listen, this is a hurdle that I can't get around, Myanmar, I am bound to win."

"Okay, the minister will start from the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty." Li Chunye took a big sip of strong tea, and after talking so much, it is estimated that his throat is about to smoke.

Zhu Youzhen was not in a hurry, "Okay, wait for the quality to continue, I have time today." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister will try to briefly say that if Your Majesty wants to conquer Burma in the south, it is likely to have something to do with these things."

Zhu Youzhen is already listening.

"In the twenty-first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1388 AD), Taizu set up six Xuanwei Divisions in the southwest of Yunnan: Mengyang Division, which governed Mengyang in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River (now Kachin State, Burma); Mu Bang Si, Fu Zhi Mu Bang Si, south of Meng Yang Si (present-day Shan State, Burma); Burma Division, Fuzhi Awa, west of Mubang Division, southwest of Mengyang Division (present-day Bago Province, Burma); 800 Dadiansi, east of the Salween River and west of the Lancang River (present-day Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Kayin State, Myanmar); Chelisi, Fuzhi Jinghong (now Xishuangbanna, Yunnan); Lao Division, Fuzhi Luang Pra (now Laos). ”

"Are these six Xuanwei Divisions the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty or the territories of the Ming Dynasty?"

"It should be in between, the Tusi of each Xuanwei Division is served by the local head, but the Ming Dynasty has a garrison in the local area, and when Burma invaded later, these Tusi also organized troops to resist, basically fighting with the Ming army."

"Oh." Zhu Youzhen didn't understand, how could the army of the Ming Dynasty, with the assistance of the local Tusi, not be able to defeat small Burma, could it be that Burma is also like the nomads in the north, the cavalry is invincible in the world? Unlikely, it is said that Burma is mountainous and not at all suitable for cavalry.

"Taizu to the west of Pinghou, the general of the expedition to the west of Mu Ying to guard Yunnan, the jurisdiction of the territory includes these six Xuanwei Division, General Mu Ying with the army to reclaim land, open up wasteland, and build roads, in order to strengthen the rule of the six divisions."

"Mu Wangfu? Isn't the current commander of the 19th Army, Mu Qiyuan, the descendant of Mu Ying and the successor of Mu Guogong? "Zhu Youzhen has an idea, Yunnan is managed by Mu Wangfu.

"Exactly, Mu Qiyuan is the current Mu Guogong." Li Chunye said in his heart that Zhu Youzhen was not ignorant of the history of the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay, wait, you go on."

"The change in the ownership of these six divisions began when the Shan people established the Ava Dynasty in the north, but after the establishment of the Ava Dynasty, it was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty was still harmonious."

...... "You have left the Ming Dynasty and set up your own door, what kind of harmony are you talking about?" But Zhu Youzhen did not interrupt Li Chunye's narration.

"In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1555 AD), the Donghu Dynasty destroyed the Ava Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty did not interfere, but the Donghu Dynasty began to encroach on the land of the Ming Dynasty."

“……”

"In the fourth year of Wanli (1576 AD), the Donghu Dynasty began to invade Mengyang on a large scale, but was defeated by Mengyang Tusi Si Ge and was forced to withdraw its troops; In the seventh year of Wanli (1579 AD), the Donghu Dynasty attacked Mengyang again, Si Ge was captured, refused to surrender, and was killed by Mang Yinglong, the king of Donghu, and a large area of land in Mengyang and Mubang was occupied by the Donghu Dynasty. ”

"Only the local Tusi fights, what about Mu Wangfu? What about the Ming court? "Zhu Youzhen was furious, this is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and only the local Tusi can't fight the enemy alone, right?

"Your Majesty is angry," Li Chunye can't help it, time can't go back, the years have passed in a hurry, he can only explain the history of the time to Zhu Youzhen, "The Ming court appeased the Donghu Dynasty and repeatedly appeased Mang Yinglong, but Mang Yinglong never ignored it. ”

"A bunch of bastards." After Zhu Youzhen scolded, he remembered that he was scolding Emperor Wanli, his nominal grandfather, and he quickly changed the topic: "Waiting, is there anything else?" ”

"Ming Wanli nine years (AD 1581), Donghu Wang Mang Yinglong died, his son Mang Yingli succeeded to the throne, continued to expand to the north, Ming Wanli ten years (AD 1582), Donghu Dynasty third large-scale invasion of Yunnan, the front of the army pointed to Yaoguan (now Yunnan Shidian County), Wanli eleven years (AD 1583) in the first month, Donghu army successively invaded Shidian (now Yunnan Shidian), Shunning (now Yunnan Fengqing), Zhanda (now Yunnan Yingjiang), deep into Tengyue (now Yunnan Tengchong), Yongchang, Dali, Menghua (now Weishan, Yunnan) and Jingdong, the imperial court was shaken. ”

"This time the imperial court is going to move seriously, right?" Zhu Youzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was on that bloody battlefield.

"Your Majesty is right, this time the imperial court took Liu Wei as the Tengyue guerrilla and Deng Zilong as the Yongchang general, and fought back with all its might, defeated the Donghu army at Panzhihua south of Yaoguan, and drove the Donghu army out of Yunnan."

"Expulsion, not extermination?" Zhu Youzhen was a little regretful, "The Donghu army has all hit Panzhihua?" ”

"Your Majesty really saw the key, in the twelfth year of Wanli (1584 AD), Mang Yingli raised troops for the fourth time, and was defeated by the Ming army again, and the forces of the Donghu Dynasty were all driven out of Mengyang, Mubang and other places, in the thirteenth year of Wanli (1585 AD), the Cheli Xuanwei knife returned to the Ming Dynasty, except for the Burmese Division, the Ming Dynasty has recovered the remaining five Xuanwei Division."

“……”

"But since then, the Donghu army has continued to invade the Ming Dynasty, especially in the twenty-first year of Wanli (1593 AD), the Donghu army has invaded in a big way, known as 300,000 troops, 100 war elephants, the Ming army gradually disadvantaged, lost a large area of territory, and the war suddenly stopped."

"Hey, the Donghu Dynasty has won a great victory, how could the war suddenly stop? Did the Ming Dynasty agree to their terms, or did there be civil strife in Donghu? Zhu Youzhen didn't believe that the belligerent Donghu would burst into the heart of the Bodhisattva.

"Your Majesty is right, the Donghu Dynasty is indeed an internal problem," Li Chunye said in his heart, this young emperor is really a genius in military affairs, "The Donghu Dynasty invaded the Ming Dynasty at the same time, but also continued to invade the southern Ayutthaya Kingdom, from the twelfth year of Wanli (AD 1584) to the twenty-first year of Wanli (AD 1593), the Donghu Dynasty launched five invasions against the Ayutthaya Dynasty, due to the two-front battle, the five invasions finally failed, to the twenty-second year of Wanli (AD 1596), The Ayutthaya Kingdom has finally begun its counteroffensive. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, the small Ayutthaya Dynasty, after being invaded by the Donghu Dynasty many times, will retaliate and invade, but the huge Daming has never heard of taking the initiative to attack Donghu, "Did the Daming take the opportunity to regain lost territory?" ”

"The part was recovered, mainly because the Tusi in these places took the initiative to submit to the Ming Dynasty. The outside of the Donghu Dynasty was invaded by the Ayutthaya Dynasty, and the inside was also full of smoke, and the Tusi in various places declared their independence one after another, so Donghu was no longer able to invade the Ming Dynasty. ”

"It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not take the opportunity to recover all the lost territory and weaken the Donghu Dynasty, but was only satisfied with temporary peace, once the Donghu Dynasty passed the temporary crisis, it will definitely make a comeback." Zhu Youzhen slowly shook his head and sighed, this is not only because the border trouble in the north of the Ming Dynasty is too heavy, but because the Han people lack strategic vision.

"Could it be that Your Majesty has read this history?" Li Chunye narrowed his eyes again, and the essence in his eyes showed from between his narrow eyelids, "As Your Majesty said, Mang Yingli fell into a ruling crisis, and his younger brother Liangyuan Marquis took the opportunity to expand his power in the north and expand to the north, and in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli (1599 AD), his army attacked Mengyang and was repelled by the Ming army. ”

"Niang Xipi, why is everyone in power bullying Daming?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't wait to smash the case in front of him with one punch, "When I am a big man, I am easy to bully?" These petty people should be slaughtered. ”

Li Chunye was taken aback, he had never seen Zhu Youzhen really angry, he was always calm and light, he was really unhappy, he just frowned and made a straight face, it was rare to see someone scolding his mother like this.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this history is almost over, in the thirtieth year of Wanli (1602 AD), the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1604 AD), the Marquis of Liangyuan attacked the Ming Dynasty twice, and occupied a large area of land such as Mengyang, in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1605 AD), the Marquis of Liangyuan died, and his son Alabilon succeeded to the throne, and in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606 AD), Alabilon commanded 300,000 troops to attack Mubang, and Mubang fell."

"Another king of Donghu with blood on his hands." Zhu Youzhen said coldly.

"After the fall of Mubang, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Donghu Dynasty also ended." Li Chunye also ended the conversation about this period of history.

"It's over? Why? Didn't they continue their assault on Yunnan? Zhu Youzhen felt strange, Donghu's army had an advantage, why did the war suddenly end, could it be that there was civil strife again?

"This, the old minister doesn't know, in short, since then, there has never been a war between the Ming Dynasty and Donghu, and the army of Donghu has not appeared on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, maybe Arabilon is unifying the entire Donghu Dynasty."

"It's okay, I've already sent detectives to these areas, and soon, there should be a message back." Zhu Youzhen also wanted to know what Arabilon was doing, it had been more than 20 years, maybe Arabilon was dead.

"Your Majesty has already sent you to investigate?" Li Chunye was shocked, it seems that Zhu Youzhen is mentally prepared to conquer Burma, so he, the dean of national defense, should also do something.

"It was sent a month ago," Zhu Youzhen diverted the topic, "waiting for the question, to be honest, what do you think of the war against Burma?" Should it be fought or should not be fought? ”

"Your Majesty, to be honest, the minister thinks that this war must be fought, firstly, it is the opening of the Indian Ocean outlet as His Majesty said, and secondly, the Donghu Dynasty has repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot but be punished, otherwise, how do the surrounding vassal states view the Ming Dynasty?"

"Hou Q is right, it seems that the war against Burma is still necessary," Zhu Youzhen has regained his composure, and when he was thinking about the problem, he temporarily put aside his feelings, "But this is the reason in the hearts of you and my monarchs and ministers, if it is put in the court, the ministers are afraid that they will not understand it very well." ”

Li Chunye said in his heart, if you want to do something, why have you considered the opinions of the ministers? The Northern Expedition built slaves, carried out reforms, and even exterminated Shi Fenglai for the sake of army reform, "Your Majesty, what the minister is most worried about is not the opposition of the ministers, what the minister is worried about is that now the South China Sea Fleet is in Taiwan, and it may start a naval battle with Xiyi at any time. ”

"Don't worry about waiting for the hostage, the war against Burma is just a local war for the Ming Dynasty, and the scale will not be too large, maybe this time you and I talk to the monarch and ministers, the war will be over."