Chapter 023: Bold Toast
During the British rule, Kokang belonged to Denny, also known as Xingwei, which belonged to Mubang, and the current Kokang Tusi is Yang Wenbing.
Yang Wenbing's cousins Yang Chunjin and Yang Chunpei competed with each other for the hereditary rights of Tusi, and the British government finally awarded the hereditary rights to Yang Wenbing. He succeeded Toast in 1927.
In 1942, the Japanese army invaded Burma in World War II, the British ** team could not protect Kokang, and the Japanese army attacked Yunnan from the direction of Burma. However, I only found out after talking to Yang Wenbing.
Yang Wenbing saw Wang Hanzhang's lieutenant general uniform from afar and greeted him, "General Wang came from afar, and he missed the welcome!" ”
Wang Hanzhang also responded enthusiastically under the protection of the soldiers: "Yang Gong, I have admired the name for a long time!" ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, exchanged a few words, Yang Wenbing pointed to a young man on the side and said, "General Wang, this is the dog Yang Zhencai." ”
Wang Hanzhang has been observing since the beginning, the young man is in his early 20s, very energetic, Wang Hanzhang praised: "Well! looks dignified, and I believe that in the future, I will definitely be able to carry forward the courage. ”
Yang Zhencai looked disdainful, in his opinion, Wang Hanzhang's age was similar to him, to be honest, he was not convinced by Wang Hanzhang.
Yang Wenbing knew that his son was very stubborn, and asked him to get married last year, which was the same, "General Wang, don't mind, the dog is so virtuous, if he can think of half of the general, I will be at ease." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "Take your time, everyone's experience is different, I envy Brother Zhencai's life!" ”
Yang Wenbing said: "Hehe, patronizing and talking, please excuse me, I have been fortunate all the way from afar, and I have prepared some wine and food for General Wang to catch the wind." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "Then thank you Yang Gong, by the way, there is a regiment of Japanese-style equipment here, you send someone to accept it." ”
Yang Wenbing's face couldn't hide the surprise, "Give it to us?" ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "Of course, Yang Gong is my Chinese descendant, guarding the country for the country and fighting against the Japanese invaders, so he naturally needs weapons and ammunition, and he will not have the support of Yang Gong in Myanmar in the future." Wang Hanzhang originally wanted to wait until Yang Wenbing's attitude was clear before sending it, but now he has changed his mind, the equipment of a regiment is nothing, and it will be better to send it now, which also shows that he trusts him very much.
Yang Wenbing said: "Then thank you General Wang, in fact, we really need these weapons and equipment." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "I also think so, it is not easy to be resolute, if it were not for the country's internal and external troubles for a hundred years, the British would have occupied Kokang." Wang Hanzhang wanted to test Yang Wenbing's attitude and see if he was willing to join China.
Yang Wenbing said: "I have always believed that I am a descendant of the Chinese nation and the Yan and Huang people, and I had no choice but to call the British a minister, but my strength was too weak." ”
Wang Hanzhang is very satisfied, it seems that Yang Wenbing is still interested in Huaxia, so the next thing will be easier to talk about.
Wu Wenhe saw that his son was ignorant, and he was afraid that he would ruin the fun at the wine table, so he asked his son to accept the weapon, and he led Wang Hanzhang to dinner.
There were a lot of people at the wine table, and Wang Hanzhang also learned about Kokang and the surrounding situation, so it is not very convenient to talk about him here.
When Yang Zhencai counted the weapons and ammunition, he found that Wang Hanzhang was really generous, with 800 rifles, 50 light machine guns, 20 heavy machine guns, 50 grenadiers and mortars, and two Type 92 infantry guns, and a number of ammunition.
After Wang Hanzhang arrived in Xingwei and other states, he found that the northern part of Myanmar was called the land of Myanmar, but in fact it was not, these people did not think that they were Burmese from their bones, but the British forcibly incorporated them into the jurisdiction of the Governor of Myanmar for the convenience of management, in fact, they directly wanted the British to pay taxes, and Wang Hanzhang finally understood why Myanmar in later generations was so chaotic.
Although Yang Zhencai has received a lot of Western-style education, Chinese education is also traditional when he is young, and when he educates the children of the Yang family, he has always taught them that Kokang is the private property of the Yang family, and Yang Zhencai naturally accepts this. He was not friendly to Wang Hanzhang, in fact, he was worried that Wang Hanzhang would meddle in Kokang's affairs, and even seize Kokang. Now seeing Wang Hanzhang sending so many weapons and ammunition, he knows that Wang Hanzhang definitely has no intention of seizing Kokang, at least not now.
He knew that Wang Hanzhang's ambition was the whole of Myanmar and Southeast Asia, and that there was a small Kokang, and Kokang was only a small part of it.
After two hours of wine table culture, Wang Hanzhang can finally rest, it is really tiring to eat like this, you said that everyone eats and chats, isn't it good to drink.
Seeing Wang Hanzhang being poured in, a group of bold and powerful people laughed proudly, they didn't know that Wang Hanzhang was actually pretending to be drunk, but he was also a little drunk, his head was still groggy, but his consciousness was still sober.
Wang Hanzhang was quickly carried down to rest, but as soon as he slept the next morning, Wang Hanzhang got up and looked at his watch, it was past ten o'clock, and the sun was already shining on his buttocks.
The servants saw Wang Hanzhang get up, immediately brought toiletries, and when Wang Hanzhang finished washing, it was immediately delicious porridge, but Wang Hanzhang was also very fast, ten minutes before and after, and the future generations ate by themselves is very fast, as long as it is not hot, a bowl of rice is generally solved in 4 or 5 minutes, porridge 1 or 2 minutes can be, the bowl of later generations is much larger than the current bowl, and now the bowl here is the same as the small bowl used by the city people in later generations, and a bowl of porridge Wang Hanzhang drank it in two sips.
After drinking the porridge, Wang Hanzhang immediately went to Yang Wenbing to discuss the matter of taxation.
Yang Wenbing was very leisurely at this time, he was still very nervous a month ago, at that time the Japanese devils were coming, and his family property would not be guaranteed, but now the expeditionary force army has defeated more than 100,000 devils, and the expeditionary force is currently huge, and there is no problem with his own family property for the time being. Now that Wang Hanzhang has sent so many arms to him, and Burma is now dominated by Han people, and he is a Han himself, the expeditionary force will naturally not harm himself, and those other Tusi who have offended themselves and persecuted the Chinese can clean them up at any time.
When Yang Wenbing was in his heart, he was frightened to report that Wang Hanzhang was coming, and Yang Wenbing immediately cleaned up his emotions and greeted Wang Hanzhang.
"General Wang slept well last night."
Wang Hanzhang said: "Very good, very good, Yang Gong's environment here is good, if you don't come here, you think this is a poor country!" ”
"Hehe, General Wang said with a smile, let's just live on this one-third of an acre, don't we!"
Wang Hanzhang said: "That's right, by the way, Yang Gong, there is another thing to ask you about this time, you are familiar with Myanmar, and you will definitely be able to help me." ”
Yang Wenbing said: "General Wang, please speak." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "This is estimated to defeat the Japanese for a while and a half will not be so fast, so the expeditionary force is afraid to stay here for a long time, it is estimated that it will take three or five years, but hundreds of thousands of people rely on the Yunnan-Burma road will definitely not work, there will not only transport a large number of military supplies to the country, but also often bombed by devil planes, so I plan to collect taxes in Burma, you are familiar with Myanmar, so I want to hear your opinions, it is best to recommend some talents to come, don't shirk!" ”
Yang Wenbing thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid it's not easy for the British to explain the tax, after all, Burma is their colony." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "The British are running away, so you don't have to worry, you just need to help me as much as possible, as long as you do a good job and assist me, you will definitely not be treated badly in the future." At first, he was still begging, but now Wang Hanzhang has become a commanding tone when he speaks.
However, Yang Wenbing was not disgusted, he thought for a while and said: "In Mubang, Kachin State, the British at the junction of China and Myanmar will never be directly managed, but directly handed over to the Tusi, and then the Tusi can pay a certain amount of taxes every year, in fact, it is also very simple, these Tusi do not want outsiders to enter their territory, otherwise it will be very troublesome." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "If we want to occupy Myanmar for a long time in the future and immigrate here, what advice does Yang Gong have?" ”
Yang Wenbing looked at Wang Hanzhang in astonishment and said, "Is this serious? ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "I don't know, it's just possible, after all, the importance of Myanmar is self-evident, if you can't control Myanmar, then it is possible that when you are invaded by Japan or Soviet Russia in the future, you will still face today's problems." ”
Yang Wenbing said: "If you don't consider the British, you still need strong troops, otherwise the Tusi of those states will definitely rebel, and we can only find a family to kill the chicken and show the monkey." ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "I understand, let's not talk about this, is there anyone who wants to make a contribution, help introduce it, but you must be loyal and reliable." Wang Hanzhang knows that Yang Wenbing probably doesn't have any better suggestions for this, and he will secretly help himself when he rules in the future, so he still hopes that it will be of greater practical significance to get some useful people from Kokang.
"That's no problem, those children of our family can't stay in Kokang for a long time, they should be allowed to go out and see the world." Yang Wenbing had already thought that it would be best to get the other cousins and cousins out, so that he would definitely not threaten his rule, and it would be troublesome if he stayed in Kokang.
Two days later, Yang Wenbing helped Wang Hanzhang recruit more than 300 people, including his nephews, some of whom were not only literate, but also knew how to learn Western.
On July 3, Wang Hanzhang left Kokang with satisfaction, and Yang Wenbing was also very satisfied with Wang Hanzhang, this time not only got a large amount of ordnance, but also sent away the nephews of the family, and the status of himself and his son was more secure.