Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1022 Canonization
Myanmar.

Every year, October is the dry season for Qin, but it is also the dry season for Myanmar, and the whole country is plunged into excitement.

Xinjing City was built by Sun Kewang, the capital of Myanmar, with the Daguang Pagoda as the center after Sun Kewang occupied the lower Burma region.

At the same time, Taungoo City, where the Taungoo Dynasty was located, was also renamed the Northern Capital, with one south and one north, becoming the core of the Burmese dynasty's rule.

The huge new capital city has a circumference of thirty miles and a height of four feet. The structure of the inner and outer cities is enough to accommodate 50 million people.

Burmese Minister Gu Zhong sat in the carriage, enduring the scorching heat. He opened the curtain, and what he saw was a bustling scene.

Although the entire new capital is a Ming-style structure, it incorporates many Burmese characteristics in specific details, and the Buddhist characteristics are obvious.

Pedestrians in the streets and alleys are mostly Burmese in short clothes and straw sandals, while those in brown cloth shoes are Han Chinese.

Apart from the difference in clothes, in Gu Zhong's opinion, the biggest difference is language.

Most of those who followed Sun Kewang to the south were soldiers and officials from Yunnan, so their speech and conversation were mostly official, and their words and deeds were mostly arrogant.

Ordinary Burmese bowed their heads and did not dare to look directly at them.

Because the Han people occupy the mainstream in Burmese official circles, if the Burmese and the Han people file a lawsuit, they generally favor the Han people.

In this case, let the Han people become more assertive.

Its salient feature is that ordinary Burmese are not allowed to enter and live in the inner city of Xinjing, and only officials and generals are allowed to live there.

As for the Han Chinese, there are no restrictions.

Whether it is the inner city or the outer city, the Han people can live freely.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who followed Sun Kewang to the south had become the foundation of the new dynasty and gained a lot of political benefits.

Whether in the officialdom or in the army, these Han people occupy the mainstream, controlling the Burmese kingdom with millions of Burmese people.

This is generally the same as the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time in form.

"The Manchu Qing relied on a strong army, and the Burmese king also relied on a strong army. Can tens of thousands of Han people really subdue Burma?"

Gu Zhong expressed doubts about this.

He even had some dark guesses that building the capital at the mouth of the sea might make it easier for him to escape into the sea quickly, just like Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, he also had to admit that moving the capital to the south was Sun Kewang's stroke of genius.

If they had been in the north, tens of thousands of Han people would be submerged among the Burmese and unable to move, and the establishment of Xinjing was tantamount to re-establishing the foundation and stabilizing the rule of the entire Burmese dynasty.

Those old nobles and chieftains completely lost their influence on the Burmese kingdom, thus allowing the Burmese king to monopolize power.

You must know that Sun Kewang, in addition to fighting Siam to increase his prestige over the years, the most important thing is to cut off the chieftain and noble forces in Myanmar and centralize power.

In just ten years, Myanmar has entered a feudal society from a slave society, and established county, government, and provincial three-level rule, improving the bureaucratic system.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. The Burmese kingdom with a small number of Burmese people is completely dependent on the prestige of Sun Kewang. Once Sun Kewang passes away, the Burmese kingdom is in danger of collapse.

Gu Zhong's heart sank: "Behind the prosperity there is always a crisis. If Myanmar does not resolve this matter, the death of the second generation is just a matter of time."

He is from the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally understands that on the land of Myanmar, the Sun Family Myanmar established by Sun Kewang is much better than the native Myanmar. Before that, he spoke fluently and did not need an interpreter.

The car curtain was lowered, and all the noise seemed to be isolated from the outside.

Soon, the carriage entered the inner city.

The streets in the inner city are wide, and there are no vendors hawking along the street. There are only spacious and bright shops that sell various commodities, such as silk, spices, tables and chairs, salt and so on.

Most of the people who came and went were people in gorgeous clothes, and their conversations were a little more elegant and orderly.

There are no more than one hundred thousand senior Han and Burmese officials, including their family members, and [-]% of them live in the inner city, so they don't easily step into the outer city and keep their noble lives.

Ordinary Han people feel frustrated living in the inner city, so they can only find some sense of presence in the outer city, so as to obtain a higher life.

Han people are not all masters.

As soon as I got back to the mansion, there was a Burmese court judge asking to see him.

Gu Zhong was taken aback for a moment, and immediately agreed.

In order to stabilize its rule, Myanmar had to succumb to Ming Dynasty and made comprehensive changes in the official system, following the example of North Korea.

Therefore, the book of etiquette Cao Judgment is the Minister of Rites.

Although he, as a minister, represented the face of the Ming court, there was no need to visit him in person.

"It's probably guarding me!"

Gu Zhong's heart moved, and he said: "Let him come in, no, I will meet him personally."

Immediately, he walked away quickly, and saw an old man in his fifties sitting in the living room, with thin cheeks and bright eyes, dressed in a royal blue satin robe and cloth boots, exuding an air of Confucianism .

He is Zhang Xuhan, the judge of Burmese Licao.

As a scholar, although it is not worth mentioning in Daming, he is a leading cultural person in Myanmar, and he is deeply trusted by Sun Kewang.

"Sentence Zhang is polite, why come to me when you have time?"

"Your Excellency, Minister." Zhang Xuhan had a correct attitude, bowed down sternly, and then said with bright eyes:

"His Royal Highness will seal the eldest son of the king as his son, and ask the minister to give some advice."

With his narration, Gu Yuan understood the reason.

The official system in Myanmar basically follows the Ming Dynasty model, only changing a set of names.

Everyone is familiar with this thing, and it can be done easily.

But etiquette is a big problem.

When practicing the throne, Sun Kewang ended the ceremony casually, without considering the issue of etiquette at all.

But now the canonization of the son must be in accordance with the etiquette, so as not to make people laugh.

Zhang Xuhan was very ignorant even as a court judge, and there were no books to refer to, so he could only ask Minister Gu Zhong.

Gu Zhong readily agreed to this.

Afterwards, he said in a low voice: "But Your Majesty is in good health?"

Zhang Xuhan struggled for a moment, then revealed decisively: "I have caught wind and cold for the past few days, and I seem to feel that my health is not good..."

Gu Zhong nodded his head with a solemn expression.

After Sun Kewang entered Burma, heirs had a difficult time. Over the years, several people died one after another. Now only three sons and one princess survived.

It is impossible to regenerate.

And his eldest son is only 12 years old, and he is quite young as the eldest son, and it seems difficult to hold the scene.

It's no wonder that he needs to be invited as an envoy.

Let Daming endorse it to deter those who harbor evil intentions.

After he left, Gu Zhong murmured: "Sun Kewang is only fifty years old, how many years can he live?"

"Could it be that Myanmar will collapse in the second generation?"

In fact, it's not that he never thought about the imperial court establishing a vassal state in Burma, but after considering the situation in Burma, he felt that it was slim.

This is a completely foreign country, with a different language and culture.

There are continuous mountains in the north, and I don't know how many chieftains and rebellions are hidden.

To conquer here, without 5 to [-] people, it is impossible to establish a vassal state after several years of conquest.

It's too expensive, and it's not solid yet.

The court will not agree, and His Majesty will not agree.

The next day, Gu Zhong was worried, so he went to the palace to ask Sun Kewang to see him.

Sun Kewang was very polite to him as a minister, and agreed to his request in a short while.

When he saw Sun Kewang, Gu Zhong stared at his pale face carefully, as if he was weighing how long he could live.

Sun Kewang didn't care about this, he chuckled lightly and said, "The envoy wants to see me, but why?"

"Foreign ministers are presumptuous. Rumors are flying around in the city. I am really worried about the king's health, so I came here specially."

When Gu Zhong said it honestly, he immediately choked Sun Kewang.

He didn't expect this person to be so straightforward.

"The envoy can help the child, and the widow is very happy."

Sun Kewang clapped his hands, and then a group of maids came out, bringing in trays of pearls, agates, gold and jade, which were extremely valuable.

Gu Zhong's heart skipped a beat: "This is the foreign minister's wish, it's not worth it."

"Accept it!" Sun Kewang smiled and said, "It's the saying that you don't get paid for nothing, and the Minister has helped me so much, so a little money is nothing."

As he spoke, he stood up slowly, his old face revealed a little uneasiness and at the same time, some worry.

After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Can the envoy see the crisis in our country?"

Gu Zhong was taken aback.

It’s fine if I’m honest, why are you more honest than me?

After thinking about it, he nodded.

"Myanmar is in danger, and the small clan faces the big country, just like the Mongol Yuan and the Manchu Qing, it is difficult to last long."

"That's right." Sun Kewang sighed: "And then try to make it up, but this kind of thing can't be solved by human beings at all."

"Unless, go to China and enter the barbarians."

"But it will collapse faster."

The foundation of Sun's Myanmar is the Han people, and its shortcoming is also the Han people.

If you go to the Han and enter the barbarians, the Han people will rebel immediately, and they will never wait until the day when the Burmese people rebel.

Of course, the situation is not so pessimistic.

Under Sun Kewang's continuous suppression, the Burmese have no resistance at all.

The Burmese are distributed over a vast territory, and their power is dispersed. With the addition of other tribes and chieftains, it is very difficult for the Burmese to overthrow Sun's Burma.

"What does the king mean?"

Gu Zhong said cautiously.

"I intend to marry a native wife for the son."

Sun Kewang sighed: "The marriage with Daming can only be broken up..."

Although Sun Kewang took several Burmese concubines, he did not give birth to a single heir. Although it is not known whether it was intentional or God's will, it is certain that the Burmese eldest son and other sons are of Han descent.

The marriage between the eldest son and the Ming royal family can not only strengthen the relationship between the two countries, but also can endorse the Sun family and strengthen its legal system.

Now that he has denied his previous plan and let his son marry the Burmese, he is obviously aware of the social division in Myanmar.

It is a good plan to appease the Burmese by means of marriage, although it is a bit old-fashioned.

Gu Zhong frowned.

Marriage with Burma is his plan after taking office, in order to win over Burma, make it obey the imperial court as much as possible, and become a real inner vassal.

Even if it is half of North Korea, it is also excellent.

This can be regarded as his political achievements, and the day of promotion is not far away.

It was a good talk at first, but now he has changed his mind. Isn't this playing him?
What is the situation in Myanmar, the rule is unstable, and everything has turned into bullshit at this time.

Seeing his displeasure, Sun Kewang knew that the money would not work, so he could only use political power:

"After the son canonize, I will make him marry the concubine as soon as possible, and then go to Beijing to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor before the end of the year."

This is to make up for the fault of marriage.

Only then did Gu Zhong look better, but his tone was still bad: "In addition, the two sons of His Royal Highness, Cheng An Jun and Cheng Fu Jun, are going to Beijing. They will go to the Imperial Academy to study and marry a clan daughter as their wife. wife."

Sun Kewang became angry in an instant, but he suppressed it forcibly just as he was about to explode, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."

"But I am sick, and the prince must come back before the end of Shaowu's 20th year."

"it is good."

Gu Zhong showed a bright smile: "Please don't worry, Daming is looking forward to the continuity of the Burmese country more than anyone else."

The eldest son went to Beijing, and the second son went to study in Ming Dynasty.

Even if the crown prince had a rebellious son at that time, the other two princes would definitely lean towards Daming.

……

ceylon.

At this time, Yanbao is already very lively.

After nearly a year of conquest, the scope of the Kingdom of Ceylon expanded several times, and initially bordered the Kingdom of Jaffna.

The number of people under its jurisdiction has reached [-], and the number of soldiers and horses is nearly [-].

At this time they suddenly understood the truth about the Jaffna Kingdom.

This kingdom was not completely controlled by Portugal as claimed, but by the Dutch.

The kingdom of Jaffna has been destroyed, and the royal family has been driven into the mortal world.

However, the Dutch are limited by the population, and only control the city of Jaffna, and the rest of the vast land is controlled by the nobles.

The Portuguese often communicated secretly with these local nobles to obtain materials such as ivory and gems.

So the Dutch replaced the royal family and jointly ruled the entire Kingdom of Jaffna with the nobles. In theory, the Kingdom of Jaffna is still there, but the royal family has become the Dutch East India Company.

"The Portuguese deceived us."

Zhu Ding gritted his teeth and said, "There are hundreds of musketeers and thousands of vassals in the city of Jaffna. With our means, we can't win the country at all."

"Moreover, it will offend the Dutch."

In the past two years in Ceylon, they have understood the strength of the Dutch in the Indian peninsula, and the Portuguese can only take second place and be oppressed by them.

That's why the Portuguese spared no effort to support them, so that they could stab the Dutch with a knife.

"Is there anything else we can do?"

Zhu Ci looked at the two younger brothers who were flustered, and said in a deep voice: "We want to live and live better. Now we can only rely on the Portuguese. In the future, we can only conquer the Kingdom of Jaffna."

"It is also certain to drive away the Dutchman."

"What are you afraid of? As long as we are strong and strong, the Dutch can only sit on the sea."

After boosting morale, Zhu Ci felt a little uncomfortable.

The native kingdom and the Dutch are two different things, and their combat effectiveness is not on the same line at all.

Ordinary natives would scare away immediately when they saw the sound of muskets, but the Dutch would fight back and even use muskets.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came: "The Portuguese are coming—"

A group of people came to the pier.

"My friend, look what I have brought you, Han Chinese, Han Chinese exactly like you."

(End of this chapter)