Chapter 226: Wanli of Schadenfreude
Just when Wanli was undecided, he wanted to clean up Li Rusong and prevent the warlord from separating, but he was also afraid that the hundreds of thousands of Liaodong troops under Li Rusong would rebel and kill directly in the Forbidden City. The two letters arrived in the Forbidden City almost at the same time, causing Wanli to almost collapse:
Qi Jin, the chief soldier of Jimen, reported that the three ladies of the Mongolian Tumut Department personally led 300,000 Mongolian iron horsemen to go back and forth near Jimen. The third lady claimed to be hunting, but no one dared to underestimate its huge 300,000 iron cavalry, Qi Jin himself had ordered to strengthen the defense, ready to fight with the Mongolian iron cavalry at any time, and at the same time asked the imperial court for reinforcements.
Ningxia general soldier Ma Gui wrote a letter, and tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry also appeared in Ningxia, colluding with the local Huihui, and wanted to provoke war in Ningxia. The situation in Ningxia as a whole is grim, and it is hoped that the imperial court will allocate reinforcements.
"What the hell is going on! Could it be that Li Rusong really colluded with the Mongols and wanted to overthrow my Zhu Ming? But why is there no movement in Liaodong now? Now that the armies of Jimen and Ningxia have been pinned, the troops of Shanxi, Datong, and Xuanfu are not the opponents of the Liaodong Army at all, so it stands to reason that he should do it now? At this time, Wanli was full of headaches, and he was expecting to rely on the elite soldiers of Jimen and Ningxia to attack and coerce Liaodong on both sides and force Li Rusong to submit, but now it seems that it is impossible at all. In case the Mongols kill from these two sides, he will definitely die, thinking suspiciously, Wanli remembered another thing:
When Zhang Juzheng had just died, when Wanli was in power, he spent money like water and wanted to enjoy the comfort of being an emperor, but he not only spent the inner treasury. Because of this, he was held hostage by civil officials with money. At that time, it was Li Rusong who constantly transported a large number of treasures and treasures from Liaodong every year, and in the name of the emperor's birthday, they were continuously transported into the royal treasury, so that Wanli was completely free from the control of civil officials and could enjoy himself as he wanted.
"If this Li Rusong wanted to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne, he wouldn't be so bloodless? With so much gold and silver treasure, he can expand a lot of troops! Liaodong is bitterly cold, and it is difficult to get money. Besides, hehe, his father is still pinching it in my hands, and I'm not afraid that he Li Rusong will not obediently obey" Thinking of this. Wanli couldn't help but smile.
At that time, Wanli used Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, to be loyal to the country, and he was old. Li Rusong's father Li Chengliang was named Taifu and placed under house arrest in the capital, as a hostage to contain Li Rusong, and at the same time, he was also investigating whether Li Rusong and Li Chengliang's father and son were loyal to him. At that time, Li Chengliang did not hesitate to resign from the post of Liaodong General Army. Came to the capital. To a certain extent, Li Rusong has added a lot of points.
Ancient people and their emphasis on family affection. Especially the relationship between father and son, if Li Rusong rebels regardless of it, Li Chengliang will definitely die. In that way, people all over the world will regard Li Rusong as an unfaithful and unfilial person. At that time, Li Rusong became the bad guy pointed out by Qianfu, and even if he broke through the Forbidden City, it would be impossible to sit firmly.
"In this way, it was indeed those idiots and fools who did something that shouldn't have done something that forced Li Rusong to be anxious. He had to kill those people as a last resort? But Li Rusong killed the minister without permission, does he still have me in his eyes?! Is there still this Daming Jiangshan Sheji?! And if I don't punish this person severely, how can I face the hundred officials of the Ming Dynasty! What a headache! Holding his head and thinking for a moment, Wanli said angrily.
Now things in Liaodong are like tofu falling into the ashes, and they can't blow or fight, which makes Wanli very distressed. And at this moment, an urgent military report from Yunnan completely freed Wanli from this trouble: something happened in Yunnan!
At the end of the 13th century, the once-glorious Bagan Dynasty in Burma collapsed, after which Myanmar entered a period of great division. The northern part of Myanmar formed the Awa dynasty centered on the city of Ava (near present-day Mandalay) ruled by the Shan people, while the southern part formed the Baigu dynasty centered on Baigu (present-day Bago) ruled by the Mon. From 1386 to 1425, the two countries clashed continuously, known as the "Forty Years' War". In addition to these two large countries, there are also Taungoo, Mubang, Mengyang, Mongmi, Arakan and other countries, among which the Burmese Taungoo is the strongest. After the Shan ruled Ava, the Burmese could not bear its oppression and moved to Taungoo. During the Forty Years' War, Taungoo was far away from the war zone and undevastated by the war, and became a refuge for the Burmese fleeing war and famine, so the population continued to grow.
Mang Rui Ti (Burmese name Delin Rui Ti) was founded in 1531 in Taungoo, hence the name. There have been fifteen generations of kings. After the Shan ruled Ava, the Burmese could not bear its oppression and moved to Taungoo. During the Forty Years' War, Taungoo was far away from the war zone and undevastated by the war, and became a refuge for the Burmese fleeing war and famine, so the population continued to grow. As early as the time of Mingji, Donghu married Awa and obtained the "granary" area of Kyaukxi, which promoted the development of agriculture; He also formed an alliance with the powerful Baigu Dynasty to contain the invasion of the Ava Dynasty. Just as the Ava Dynasty and the Baigu Dynasty were fighting each other and losing both, Donghu was recuperating and gathering strength. In 1535, Mangruiti began to attack the Baigu Dynasty. In 1539, after the defeat of the Baigu Dynasty, Mang Ruiti implemented a policy of uniting the Mon people, making the Mon soldiers use them, and employing 700 Portuguese soldiers with modern weapons and warships. In 1541, it captured the important port of foreign trade. At the time of his death, central and southern Myanmar was largely unified.
After the death of Mang Ruiti, his son Mang Yinglong was ambitious and repeatedly led troops to invade the Yunnan region of the Ming Dynasty:
In the seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1579), the Burmese army attacked Mengyang, and large areas of land such as Mengmi, Mubang, and Mengyang fell under the rule of the Donghu Dynasty, despite this, the Ming Dynasty still did not take active countermeasures, on the contrary, in the eighth year of Wanli (1580), Rao Renkan, the governor of Yunnan, sent people to appease Burma, but the Burmese king Mang Yinglong ignored it.
In the tenth year of Wanli (1582), the Burmese army broke through the dry cliff and entered Yaoguan (now Yaoguan, Shidian County, Yunnan). In the eleventh year of Wanli (1583), the Burmese army burned and plundered Shidian (now Shidian, Yunnan), attacked Shunning (now Fengqing, Yunnan) and Zhanda (now Lianhua Street, Yingjiang County, Yunnan). From the eleventh to the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ming army counterattacked and temporarily expelled the forces of the Donghu Dynasty from Mubang, Mengyang, Manmo and other places.
After the thirteenth year of Wanli (1585), the Burmese army continued to invade the Yunnan border of the Ming Dynasty. Due to the decay of the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it was unable to consolidate the achievements of the self-defense counterattack in the 11th to 12th years of Wanli, and the Mengyang, Mubang and other regions were successively controlled by the Donghu Dynasty.
At the end of the twenty-first year of Wanli (1593), the Burmese army invaded on a large scale, claiming to have a large army of 300,000 and 100 war elephants. After the Burmese army invaded and occupied Manmo, it divided its troops into three routes, attacking Lasa (in present-day Longchuan County, Yunnan), attacking Shafang and Mangshi (present-day Luxi, Yunnan), and attacking Shanmulong all the way.
At present, the Burmese army is massing in the area of Mangshi in Yunnan Province, and at the same time forcing Siam, Laos, and the surrounding Tusi to lead reinforcements, which has now threatened Mu State. The local Ming Dynasty officials and Tusi hurriedly sent urgent letters, asking the emperor to send reinforcements as soon as possible.
At the same time, the Mu family, who was guarding Yunnan in the era, also sent a distress letter to the imperial court, saying that the Burmese army had more than 300,000 people, and it was difficult for the local Ming army to resist it alone, and asked the imperial court to send reinforcements as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Yunnan is lost, it will certainly cause great turmoil to the southwestern border of the Ming Dynasty.
"Haha, it's good to come, it's good to burn and loot!" Seeing the story about Burmese soldiers burning, looting, and killing the people of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan, Wanli not only did not feel angry, but gloated loudly, as if he was crazy.
Wanli suddenly the sun tonight was really bright, unexpectedly happy, and he finally didn't have to worry about how to punish Li Rusong and prevent the warlords from separating the country. Because the Burmese have already given themselves the best way, and they do not have to worry about the trouble of empty treasury and no military spending after the three major battles of Ningxia, Korea and Sichuan.
"Hehe, Li Rusong can't stay anymore! Since the Liaodong Army is already too big to lose, let them go to war with the Burmese. If Li Rusong happily obeys, then let him raise his own salary, lead the elite of the Liaodong Army to fight, fight to the death with the 300,000 troops in Burma, and fight both defeats, and then I can come forward to clean up the mess, which can not only deter those vassal states and let them know the power of the Ming Dynasty, but also get rid of a problem of elbows and armpits. If Li Rusong does not comply, I can stand in the name of righteousness, take advantage of the tragic death of those untouchables in Yunnan, use the power of civil officials to denounce Li Rusong, and gradually divide the Liaodong Army, and finally make Li Rusong a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous scum! Walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, Wanli said excitedly, not noticing that Zheng Guifei's eyes were shining on the side, and he quietly remembered everything he said.
Wanli tossed excitedly for a long time before stopping, he had decided to use the Liaodong Army to fight Burma, an army that has lived in the cold places of Liaodong for a long time, and it is also a cavalry, to the hot and mountainous place in Yunnan, the combat effectiveness must be greatly reduced, and the cavalry raid combat method that he is good at is difficult to play a role. Although the combat effectiveness of the Burmese army on the opposite side is not as good as that of the Liaodong army, it is better than the adaptation to the climate and the huge number. In this way, the two parties will definitely fight to the death, and both sides will lose, and Wanli will be able to happily reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Poor Wanli didn't know that he thought he was a great emperor, and he played such a clever trick, and finally pushed him into the abyss of death! (To be continued......)