East Factory Governor

Chapter 794

Dongwu (that is, the official name of Myanmar in Ming Dynasty), Awa.

This is a relatively flat area in central Myanmar, which is extremely rare in Myanmar, which is full of hills and mountains.

And because of the irrigation and moisture of the Ayeyarwady River, the unique environment allows it to have countless natural fertile fields and fertile soil, which has long become the granary of the entire Myanmar.

In history, any force is coveted here.

The ancestors of the Shan nationality in Myanmar once relied on this fertile soil and water to establish an ancient dynasty, which is called the Ava Dynasty.

Only since the 13th century, the Ava Dynasty, dominated by the Shan people in the central part, and the Baigu Dynasty, dominated by the Mon people in the south, have been fighting continuously for 40 years, known as the "40 Years War" in history.

In the end, both sides suffered losses, resulting in a large number of homeless refugees fleeing to a small country called "Tungoo".

So this small country reaped the benefits and gradually became stronger.

When the two dynasties of Ava and Baigu were finally exhausted from fighting, Toungoo was finally strong enough, and it showed its fangs and wiped out the two dynasties in one fell swoop.

Subsequently, it unified the whole of Myanmar and established the most powerful dynasty in the history of Myanmar - the Toungoo Dynasty.

But today's Daming, the official prefers to call it "Dongwu".

If the Dongwu dynasty is the most powerful dynasty in the history of Myanmar, then Dongwu, which is currently in the reign of King Thalung, is the most powerful among the mighty.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Talong succeeded as king of Dongwu.

This is a very accomplished king. He implemented a series of reforms, such as abandoning unnecessary foreign expansion wars, allocating land to unemployed farmers, and devoting himself to the recovery and development of the domestic economy.

He Long also has the pride of a generation of heroes.

Although he no longer plundered the land of the Ming Dynasty, he also refused to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the ambitious Thalong decided to move the capital from the Baigu area in the south to the Awa area in the center in order to further control the granary in Myanmar and realize the long-term rule of the dynasty.

The time to move the capital began in the eighth year of Chongzhen.

However, unlike the history, the news that Talong wanted to move the capital to Awa had been widely circulated among the aborigines in the Awa area since the beginning of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

The aborigines here are mainly Shan people, and the rich Awa was cultivated by their ancestors for generations.

After the establishment of the Dongwu Dynasty, they were allocated some land, but it was much less than before.

They put up with it, who made them now under the rule of the Burmese?
But now, many people have rumored that King Thalung is going to move the capital to Awa, and at the same time, he wants to take most of the land in Awa back to the royal family for the Burmese to cultivate.

As for them Shan aborigines?Either live in the same place as a tenant slave for the Burmese, or move further north to the deep mountains and old forests.

This rumor spread more and more widely, and by October of this year, hundreds of thousands of Shan people all knew about it.

They are seething and angry!

Taking away their fertile land is simply a signal to drive them all to extinction!

The Shan people have always been tough and have never really surrendered to anyone-even during the 40 Years War, they never flinched.

Many Shan people secretly contacted each other and agreed that if he really moved the capital, they would sacrifice their lives for the inheritance of their ancestors!
And at this time, a group of mysterious Shan people suddenly stood up and predicted that the time when he moved the capital would be the time when the dynasty collapsed!
Where did the prophecy come from?

They uttered an extremely strange name: Wu Sheng Lao Mu.

According to those people, King Talong's insatiable greed has angered Wusheng Laomu, and he will send divine soldiers to bring down divine punishment.

When many people heard about it for the first time, they asked what is an old mother without birth?

Those Shan people asked back, "Do you know about the Ming Dynasty?"

Many people nodded, "I know."

"Do you know that there is a man named Qin Shuhuai in the Ming Dynasty, who has already ruled the world?"

Many people shook their heads now. After all, there was no news in this era. Many farmers had never left their homes in their entire lives, and they didn't know that things outside were normal.

But there are still a few people who nodded, they are the leaders of the clan, and naturally they have heard some outside news after visiting the city a lot.

"That Qin Shuhuai is the disciple of Wusheng Old Mother! Just wait and see, if the king dares to occupy our territory, Wusheng Old Mother will definitely let Qin Shuhuai bring the heavenly soldiers to bring divine punishment!"

Many ethnic groups have coexisted in Myanmar since ancient times, and the conflicts between ethnic groups have not been resolved until the 21st century. By that time, even some areas would support themselves and would not listen to the orders of the authorities.

Even during Thalom's reign, it was no exception.

Although Talong implemented a series of policies to alleviate ethnic conflicts, due to the deep-rooted conflicts of various ethnic groups for thousands of years, as well as the still prevailing serfdom in Dongwu, the ethnic conflicts here are only suppressed temporarily. And it was never really resolved.

Instigated by some people with ulterior motives, an undercurrent surged in the Ava area.

And King Long, for the sake of the empire's strategy, it is obviously impossible to give up the plan to move the capital.

……

In July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong led a huge fleet to another battle with the Dutch in Java, and finally defeated the Dutch fleet at the cost of losing three battleships, and occupied the main ports of Java, forcing the people on the shore to The Dutch can't go to sea.

The headquarters of the Dutch East India Company was trapped on land.

At this time, as of September, 39 new battleships were launched in Weihai Port, and another [-] ships were under urgent construction. The Great Ming Beiyang Navy was beginning to take shape.

This huge empire is not far from completely controlling the Far Eastern Ocean.

This also means that the plan to attack Myanmar in the second year will be ready.

At the beginning of July, Hua Chen and Lao Dao came from Tianjin together to report the educational affairs to Qin Shuhuai.

The reports of the last few times are naturally based on information from the Dongwuawa area.

As early as last year, Qin Shuhuai found a group of Shan people who fled from Yunnan, and found some Shan people who took refuge in Zheng Zhilong's fleet, took them to the White Lotus Sect headquarters in Tianjin, and asked Lao Dao to send people to them Teaching the teachings.

These Shan people may not really believe in the White Lotus Sect, but after a period of training and immersion, they gradually become familiar with the teachings, and some even really believe in the White Lotus Sect.

Afterwards, Hua Chen returned from Fujian, personally selected about fifty of the most reliable Shan people, gave them generous rewards, and even helped them start a family in Tianjin.

After about a year, it was time to use them.

All these Shan people were secretly sent back to Ava, and they took advantage of being Shan people to spread the White Lotus religion locally.

Of course, the most important thing is to let them spread rumors that Thalom is about to move the capital and seize the land of the Shan people, let the Bamar represented by Thalom occupy the rich land in the Ava area, and let the Shan people become serfs.

This matter is based on the fact that Talong really moved the capital to Awa in the eighth year of Chongzhen in history, and occupied a large amount of land of the Shan people.

This incident caused strong dissatisfaction among the Shan people, and what Qin Shuhuai wanted to do was to escalate this dissatisfaction into a violent resistance.

The ethnic conflicts in Myanmar have always been sharp. If the Shan people resist, then others such as the Mon and Karen people may join the resistance team, because they all have blood feuds with the Bamar represented by Thalom.

At that time, if Ming's army attacks the Talong regime again, it will be like adding wings to a tiger, and it will get twice the result with half the effort.
(End of this chapter)