Wanli 1592

Chapter 312

Faced with Xiao Ruxun's fast pace and divine thinking, the two generals said that they hadn't kept up with the pace of thinking. After waking up, they realized that what Xiao Ruxun wanted was probably the status and situation like that of Yunnan Mu Palace.

The Mu Palace in Yunnan has been in Yunnan since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Although the imperial court also has officials in Yunnan, the land of Yunnan is not so much managed by the Ming government as it is managed by the Mu family. When the emperors of all dynasties appointed bureaucrats, they would Tell them that in Yunnan, they should ask Mu Wangfu for more opinions, and when dealing with government affairs, they must not bypass Mu Wangfu.

It can be said that it is Mu Ying's credit to be able to bring down Yunnan. It is Mu Ying's credit to govern Yunnan and make Yunnan completely subordinate to the Central Plains. It is Mu Ying who tamed the unruly Yunnan chieftains and made them old Honestly professing ministers and paying taxes, with the existence of the Yunnan Mu Palace, there was no chaos in Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Yunnan has a heavy imprint of the Mu Palace.

And what Xiao Ruxun wants to achieve is nothing more than to make Myanmar the second Yunnan, expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the south to the Indian Ocean, and obtain a southern outlet to the sea. It is beneficial to leave a ray of hope for Daming when necessary, and more importantly, to use the convenient location here to actively communicate and trade with Western countries, and to bring all the scientific knowledge they currently have to arm their own troops.

It is not that the eastern army does not have firearms troops. These days, the Burmese, Thais, and Vietnamese all have firearms troops. They are not as elite as those in the West. They are extremely powerful and maintain dignity and independence. Foreigners dare not make mistakes, but why do they take another 200 years? Are they all reduced to colonies?How strange is it that a Western army of just a few thousand can conquer a Southeast Asian country?

The generation difference in weapons brought about by the leap in science and technology is an important factor that makes the eastern army weaker than the western army. They are arming their own army with science, enhancing the power of firearms through various means, and making firearms look brand new.

In the mainstream era of Huomen guns and arquebus guns, the power brought by technology is not very great. The power of firearms represented by the East is not much different from that of China and the West. Even though they are slightly behind, they are still superior to the West in some aspects. There are strengths and weaknesses between each other, and there is not much difference in combat power between each other. At that time, the Ming army would not suffer losses when fighting against the army of any Western country, and it was not difficult to win. But after the development of firearms to the era of flintlock guns, everything All have changed.

From matchlock guns to flintlock guns, from ignition to bottom fire, from smoothbore to rifled, from front loading to breech loading, Western firearms have undergone earth-shaking changes in the following 200 years, and such changes are based on the pursuit of empiricism and What China with its strange skills and obscene ideas could not take the initiative to carry out, and at that time, it happened to coincide with the seclusion and establishment of the country by the Qing Dynasty, and the only external factor that could push China forward was also isolated.

Not only did China miss the last chance to catch up, but the entire Eastern countries missed this opportunity during that period due to various weird reasons.

Xiao Ruxun will not allow this kind of thing to happen again. Under the condition that he has the ability to save the overall situation, all of this will be changed. After fighting with Japan, he saw that Japan was defeated by Ming Dynasty because of its backwardness and lack of weapons. After the tragic situation of the army hanging and beating, he became more determined.

More than 200 years later, that would be the fate of the Qing army.

Propelled by such thoughts, Xiao Ruxun's idea of ​​restarting the light of hope in Myanmar became more and more firm. He just had such an opportunity, and he must not let it go, but he definitely couldn't do it alone. For this kind of thing, he needs a lot of helpers and a lot of money to do such a thing.

Residents along the coast of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian have a tradition of going to Nanyang long ago. Their hometown complex is not very serious, and they also have a tradition of daring to venture and fight. Therefore, they are the most recruitable immigrants. Among these people, there will be People with special skills are recruited, and it is not very difficult to work hard in Myanmar.

Reclaiming wasteland, developing mineral deposits, and opening up commerce, as long as the political situation is stable, it is definitely not difficult to develop in such a place full of gold.

He told Deng Zilong and Liu Ting of this idea, and also told some of his cronies and generals. After receiving most positive opinions, Xiao Ruxun didn't hesitate anymore, and started to make arrangements, such as using Shi Xing's Guan Guan arranged for his father's retirement, and secretly found a buyer, appraised some precious antique collections that his father had operated in the capital for many years, and then sold them.

These things can't be done within a few days, but with the help of his father himself, it can be done very safely, so on the sixth day of June, under the arrangement of Shi Xing, Xiao Ruxun went to the table to ask for the army to go out Dongwu Kingdom, and six days ago, the official document delivered by Daming to the Siam Kingdom was already heading south, and the army went to Dongwu Kingdom one step ahead.

This time, the imperial court's reply was extremely fast, most likely because they were in a hurry to drive Xiao Ruxun away, and the previous preparations were almost done. The fleet began to load ordnance, supplies, food and grass early in the morning, and the troops that needed to be recruited along the way were also arranged early. Alright, Xiao Ruxun put in the form here, and then began to arrange for the troops to board the ship in Tianjinwei to prepare for departure. The whole process only took less than three days.

The emperor still did not show up, not even a word of news. An imperial decree issued by the cold cabinet represents the emperor, or the emperor is represented. This is very different from the emperor who secretly summoned Xiao Ruxun to arrange the expedition. Xiao Ruxun was puzzled , but got no news.

Are the courtiers going to get rid of the emperor and start handling the government?

Although according to the political system of the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor is just a mascot, as long as the officials are available, the imperial government can still operate normally, but the appointment and normal retirement of so many officials still need the emperor's order. If the emperor doesn't care about anything, There will be a large number of vacancies among court officials, and there will also be a large number of old officials who should have retired but could not. The administrative efficiency of the empire has fallen off a cliff.

Can the failure of the three kings confer together really make the emperor so lost?Xiao Ruxun remembered that Emperor Wanli had fought with his courtiers for nearly 30 years before he finally compromised and became discouraged. Now he is only 30 years old, so it’s not time to be discouraged yet, right?What happened?
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