I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 482 Northern Myanmar
The British envoy respectfully withdrew, and Zhu Yijiong continued to review the memorial.

One piece was randomly selected, which was a report from the Ministry of Household Affairs, mainly reporting on the tax details across the country.

This is also Zhu Yijiong's current habit. Randomly approving memorials can at least effectively prevent ministers from making small moves in the order of memorials.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the national tax revenue has stabilized since last year.Moreover, customs trade, commercial taxation, etc. are also increasing year by year. Although the proportion of land tax is still not small, it is no longer the overwhelming advantage it had at the beginning.

This is good news. Although land tax is important, if it accounts for too much proportion, it will easily overwhelm other industries and be unfavorable to the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Only the industrial revolution can quickly keep up with the wave of great navigation and world colonization. Otherwise, productivity cannot be improved, and even if we occupy those overseas lands, we will not be able to digest them.

Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly, raised his pen and said: "Read it."

Just give a one-word reply. If you say too much, it will make it easier for the ministers to think too much.

After approving this letter, I took out another one.

After reviewing for half an hour, most of them were reports from various provinces and ministries.While there's no good news, there's also no bad news.

As the Ming Dynasty regained Han territory, the situation in the past two years, not to mention how good it was, was not as bad as when the army was first launched.At least there won’t be severe droughts, snowfall in June, or Taihu Lake freezing.

In addition, the imperial court has always unswervingly implemented the New Deal Reform and the New Salt Law to curb the powerful landlords and force them to break up the powerful landlords when they saw too many people.

Even though some local officials gradually became corrupt during this period, the overall impact was not too great.In particular, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had just launched a nationwide investigation not long ago. Officials from all over the country have put their tail between their legs and behaved themselves, and the officialdom has become much clearer quickly.

In such a good year and good environment, the population of various provinces has been experiencing a spurt of growth in recent years. It does not matter whether the court's policy of encouraging childbirth is announced or not.

When life gets better, the people themselves are willing to have more children, and even begin to be willing to have daughters, because there is enough food to support the female population who cannot afford the labor force.

Zhu Yijiong continued to "read" for half an hour. Although the review gave her back pain, she was in a good mood.

On the side, the old eunuch who was accompanying him saw that the emperor had stopped to rest, and quickly waved to the palace maids standing in the distance. Two young palace maids quickly ran up to massage the emperor's shoulders.

The court system in the front hall is strict. Not only are there only two maids accompanying them, but they also have to stay three meters away from each other. Even the old eunuch is no exception.

After enjoying the beauty's shoulder squeeze for a moment, the girl's tender little hands made Zhu Yijiong rarely relax.

After resting for a moment, he looked up at the clock and saw that it was still early. Zhu Yijiong picked up his pen and continued to review the memorial.

Zhu Yijiong frowned as soon as he took out one letter and took a few glances at it.

The governor of Yunnan reported: "King Daninge of Toungoo in Burma sent an envoy to Kunming in Yunnan to request submission to the new Ming Dynasty and to grant the king's gold seal."

Myanmar took the initiative to recognize China's father, which seemed to be a good thing, but soon Ongkan, the king of Chiang Mai in Myanmar, also sent an envoy to pay tribute and requested that China be included.

Then, after hearing the news, the three chieftains, Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi, all sent envoys one after another, quietly came to Kunming to pay tribute, and asked for the seal of the envoys.

Good guy, is Myanmar divided into five equal parts?

King Toungoo, King Chiangmai, Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi all came to Yunnan to pay tribute, and all requested to be annexed as Chinese vassals.

The governor of Yunnan was so dizzy that he could only quickly report to the emperor and ask for a decision.

The reason why Myanmar is so eager to pay tribute to China is not because Ming China's reputation is big enough, but because Myanmar is now at the end of its dynasty.As early as a few decades ago, Myanmar's Toungoo dynasty failed. Not only did the royal family fight among themselves, causing a significant decline in national power, it was even forced to give up external expansion and adopt internal contraction.

Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi were the hometowns of China in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the late Ming Dynasty, they were annexed by the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar and killed many local chieftains.

Mubang, Mengyang, Mengmi basically have a blood feud with the Toungoo dynasty of Myanmar. When the Toungoo dynasty was strong, they did not dare to act rashly. Now that it is weak, they just quietly come to annex China, which is still no problem.

Historically, Chieftain Mubang had this idea, but unfortunately the matter was exposed in advance, and the Qing Dynasty was not enthusiastic about it. Chieftain Mubang had no choice but to give up in order to protect himself.

During the later Qing-Burmese War, the Qing army once regained the chieftain areas of Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi. However, Qianlong didn't know what the fault was, so he just gave them all to Burma with a wave of his hand. , only in exchange for an insubstantial surrender and tribute from Myanmar.

Not to mention Mubang and Mengyang, Mengmina is the largest jade producing area in Yunnan, so it was just given to Myanmar for nothing.

It is indeed the "prosperous era of Qianlong", and it is indeed not short of money!
Of course, what doesn’t belong to you doesn’t belong to you after all.Of these Chinese lands that were swallowed up by Myanmar, every last one became a warlord in northern Myanmar. Mubang became the Shan State (Dai ethnic group) of northern Myanmar warlords in later generations.

Nowadays, Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi are all still in the hands of Myanmar, and the enclosed memorial never mentions the return of the territory. However, he actually has the nerve to come and enclose it, and also wants to grant the gold seal of the King of Myanmar.

However, as the Ming Emperor, Zhu Yijiong quickly realized that Myanmar's Toungoo dynasty was probably reaching its end.

Because the king of Chiang Mai, Ong Kan, who was included in the other request, was a Burmese rebel, and his rebellion was so high that even the Taungoo dynasty could not suppress it.

In history, it was precisely when we saw that the Toungoo dynasty could not defeat even the Chiang Mai rebels that both the Mon people, the second-class citizens in Myanmar, and the neighboring country of Manipur, all jumped out to act like monsters.

Manipur was the most abstract. It first tentatively attacked Burma, and then the king of Burma, Mahadama Santibodhi, became furious and sent an expeditionary force to attack Manipur.

As expected, they lost the fight.

Then they sent an expeditionary force... and lost again.

At this time, Manipur discovered that Burmese food was like a dog. Fortunately, they were not polite and directly sent troops to invade Burmese territory. They won many battles along the way and were so unstoppable that they almost captured the capital.

The Mon people in the south also saw the Toungoo dynasty pulling their hips so hard, so they fortunately killed the governor and took the opportunity to restore their country.

By the way, this Burmese King Mahatama Yesuodibo Emperor is the son of the current Burmese King Daningene and the last king of the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma.

It can be said that the King of Chiang Mai was originally supposed to be the first to win, but as a result, the Toungoo dynasty was too weak to be defeated. Therefore, in just a few decades, internal rebellions broke out and enemy countries continued to invade from the outside.

Why do you feel that this script is a bit similar to my Qing Dynasty?
Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and wrote to approve: "Read it. The Ministry of Rites is ordered to immediately engrave the golden seal of the King of Chiangmai, Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi to announce the consolation seal, and send the canonization envoys to the canonization. He Xiangming was transferred to the governor of the Yunnan-Guizhou Army, and controlled The troops and horses of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and the Yunnan chieftain department are also under control. The Yunnan governor must fully cooperate. There is no need to mobilize troops this year, but within two years, I will see Mubang, Mengyang, and Mengmi return to the Ming Dynasty."

The Xuanwei Department of Nanyang's Jiugang has just been decided, and Zhu Yijiong plans to take action against Myanmar again.

Of course, this is not considered militancy. The Xuanwei Division in Jiugang just needs to dispatch the navy, and they are not fighting alone. The British can help, plus the indigenous servant army.

At that time, we will have to take the opportunity to confer several vassal states to consolidate the rule of the Xuanwei Division in the old port.

As for the conquest of Burma, it is not urgent, and it is just right to make use of the chieftain tribes in Yunnan.

　Very busy

　　
　
(End of this chapter)