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Thousands of Datong troops crossed the moat, and the facing city gate suddenly opened, and two or three thousand Burmese troops knelt outside the city gate and surrendered.

Yang Zhan led the cavalry to rush in from the city gate, and the city was already in chaos.There are rioting soldiers who kill and set fire everywhere, and people who are crying and fleeing are everywhere.Many Burmese soldiers killed the whole family of the residents, changed into civilian clothes, and hid in the house to pretend to be ordinary people.

The internal strife finally came to a conclusion. A group of noble generals knelt down at the street to welcome Yang Zhan.

Hei Lutao has been cut to pieces, and Mangbai, the king of Burma, is still alive.

"You are Burmese King Mangbai?" Yang Zhan asked condescendingly while riding on the horse.

Mangbai trembled: "General, please forgive me, general, I will give you the money, please let me live."

Yang Zhan glanced at the nobles and generals again, and comforted him: "You have done a good job. I will tell His Majesty the truth and keep your titles and fiefs. Of course, the premise is that you are obedient."

As soon as the translator spoke, the nobles and generals were overjoyed: "Long live His Majesty the Emperor of China, and a thousand years old, General!"

Myanmar's political system at this time was relatively complicated, belonging to a mixture of counties, feudalism, and slavery.

First of all, all the land in the country belongs to the king.

Secondly, the king, like the emperor of Zhou, only directly governed a part of the area.The rest of the area was entrusted to the royal family, nobles and officials. (Northern chieftains also belonged to feudal lords)

There are three kinds of people: Amdan, Asan, and Zun.

"Amdan" belonged to those who served, mainly artisans and soldiers.

"Asang" belonged to the taxpayers, mainly farmers and businessmen. (Myanmar has divided counties and counties. The king can send people to collect taxes, but half of the tax revenue belongs to the lord. If the king takes too much, he will be regarded as a tyrant)

The two groups of Amdan and Asan can be flexibly transformed.

As long as the king decrees, the taxpayer will also serve, and those who serve will also pay taxes.

"Zun" means slaves, not only princes and nobles have slaves, but also slaves are raised in temples.Princes and nobles often donate slaves to the temple, which is regarded as a great act of respect for the Buddha.

For the feudal lords, as long as their fiefs are not taken away, it doesn't matter whoever becomes the king, and they can even accept a change of dynasty.

The plan formulated by the Chinese imperial court is to support the Mon nationality to establish a country in Lower Burma, and then support the Dai people to establish a country in Central Myanmar.A pile of toast in northern Myanmar was thrown to these two countries as lords.The Bamar lords who defected and surrendered can also retain their fiefs and continue to be nobles in these two countries.

One can imagine how chaotic these two small countries will be in the future.

The contradiction between the old and the new nobles, as well as the national feud, can be played out with a dog's brain.

No matter what happens in the future, anyway, at this moment, the lords kneeling in front of Yang Zhan are all happy.Their plan succeeded, killing the king and treacherous ministers, and they were forgiven by the heavens, and they could continue to be local nobles.

Yang Zhan said: "The city is too chaotic, you should take care of it. Also, no one is allowed to take away the property of the King of Myanmar. Take me there to receive it."

"Yes!"

Burmese nobles and generals have become dedicated to their duties one by one.

They led the army to quell the riots in the city, and they were honestly optimistic about all kinds of spoils.Even when the Datong army wanted to confiscate food and grass, these guys took it out all at once.

Even the Beiye Sutra and the relics were left there untouched.

What is disrespectful to Buddha?

Such ignorant thinking has long been thrown behind.

Those who are destined to get the Buddhist treasures, the generals of the Celestial Dynasty are obviously destined people.

After Ding Jiasheng entered the city, he put on a show and personally sent the Beiye Sutra and relics back to the monastery where they were enshrined.

In the end, I kept a copy and said to the abbot of the temple who did not get back the Buddhist treasure: "This conquest of Myanmar was initiated by the provocation of the king of Myanmar. The 36 shell-leaf scriptures should be returned to their original owners. But His Majesty also believes in Buddhism. Therefore, please leave a Beiye scripture, please go back to Nanjing Baoen Temple to enshrine, and hope the master can understand. We don't take it for nothing, these treasures and grains will be left in your temple to worship the Buddha."

"Amitabha, it is the will of the Buddha that the Bayeux Sutra can be enshrined by His Majesty!" The abbot was indeed a virtuous monk.

Was the Buddha treasure taken back for nothing?

of course not.

Eat people with short mouths, and take people softly.

These temples sent monks to publicize the good deeds of the Datong Army everywhere.He also said that the military disaster was caused by the king of Burma, and the king of Burma and his treacherous ministers should bear the blame for all the crimes.

After some operations, the people and soldiers in the city felt that the Datong Army was a good person who respected Buddha.The Chinese emperor, who was far away in Nanjing, received the Buddha's will and sent troops to punish the Burmese tyrant.

Mangda, King of Burma, has been harming the people for several years, and the government and the opposition have long complained about him.

Now everything is straightened out, the Burmese king is a tyrant, and the Buddha issued a decree for the Chinese emperor to send troops to conquer.

No matter how many people died, it was all caused by King Myanmar!

What the monks said, the Burmese soldiers and civilians firmly believed.

Bagan City is the religious center of Myanmar, and these remarks will definitely spread in the future.No matter how fierce the fighting is here, it is the nobles who are doing the crimes, and China and the Chinese emperor are always good.

Chapter 874 [Pingnan Military and Civil Mansion]

"The coalition forces of the Siamese and Mon tribes have conquered Toungoo City." Ding Jiasheng took out a military letter with a strange smile, "The Burmese in Toungoo City... have been killed, and there are piles of corpses inside and outside the city. There The [-] Datong Army is ordering the Siamese and Mon people to collect and burn their bodies to prevent the plague from breaking out after the weather gets warmer."

Yang Zhan sighed: "What a great hatred."

Ding Jiasheng said: "In the past 100 years, Siam has been surrounded by the capital many times, and the capital has even fallen twice. The Mon people have been oppressed for a long time, and they were slaughtered every time they revolted. This time they found an opportunity, they must pay for their blood. paid for."

Taungoo City is the old capital of the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar. It has been less than 30 years since the capital was moved. There are a large number of Burmese nobles living there.

It is estimated that [-] to [-] Burmese people in the city were slaughtered.

In addition, in the entire lower Burma region, the Burmese landlords who did not have time to escape were almost completely killed.Even if they ran away, the land was taken away, and many Burmese farmers became slaves, while the Mon slaves were freed.

Ding Jiasheng sent an order to be taken to Dongyu by the envoy.

Toungoo City.

Yang Dongkui asked, "What did the general of the Celestial Dynasty say?"

King Nalai sighed, "Oh, General Ding told me to withdraw, saying that the war in the north is over."

Yang Dongkui said in relief: "Your Highness, it's good to withdraw the troops, this time we have already gained a lot."

Siam did gain this time, and took the opportunity to take down two big cities and a large coastal area-Myanmar's territory in the Malay Peninsula, and all the south of Mawlamyine was swallowed up by Siam.

In addition, Siam also grabbed a lot of goods.

The Siamese and Mon allied forces robbed casually along the way, and the five hundred fellow troops were too lazy to take care of it, and they couldn't do it at all.But half of the things they robbed must be handed over to the Datong Army, and the rest can be distributed by themselves (there must be some private possessions not to be taken out).

As the king who had just seized the throne, Narai had won successive victories and expanded a large area of ​​land, which was enough to consolidate his dominance.

No loss, and a lot of money.

What worried King Narai was that China was also expanding to the south, and its influence on the Indochina Peninsula was becoming stronger and stronger.

Moreover, Yaosi will definitely become a subsidiary force of China, and will completely break away from Siam's control in the future.Eight hundred jurisdictions, that is, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and other areas of Thailand in later generations.

The arms can't twist the thighs, since China wants to withdraw the troops, King Lai can only take the troops back home.

Once the Siamese army left, the Mon people finally relaxed.

The leaders of the Meng uprising army led their troops northward one after another, almost snatching them all the way.When they saw the Burmese landlords, they killed them, and when they saw the Burmese people, they robbed them. Even the Burmese who fled from Bagan and returned to their hometown were defeated, and more than 2000 people were killed by the Mon army on the way.

Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan, who stayed in Bagan to do post-war work, did not lead troops to Awa, the capital of Myanmar.

They have earned enough military exploits, so they have to leave some for the friendly army.

A few days later, good news came one after another.

Huang Yao's army successfully conquered Anzhengguo City.

The inspectors led by Lu Liangqi left the Tusi coalition army and most of the luggage, marched quickly across the mountains and valleys, and rushed to the city of Awa from the east.Knowing that the king was defeated on the front line, the army in the capital of Burma surrendered without resistance.

Immediately, generals from all walks of life gathered in Ava for a meeting.

Huang Yao was the first to speak and said: "The north cannot just swallow Mengyang and Mubang. Although the border is good for offense and defense, the food grown cannot supply the army. In the future, if there is another war, the army food will have to be transported from Yunnan. At least Anzhengguo City must be taken It is also occupied, and there are large plains along the river that can be cultivated."

Lu Liangqi also said: "Meng Gen has to occupy it too, and connect with Mubang, and spend decades building post stations and post roads along the way. Otherwise, [-]% of the time when sending troops to fight in the future will be spent on traveling across mountains and mountains. "

"I agree, after all, Xizuo doesn't know how to fight, and the information provided must be corrected." Ding Jiasheng supported.

The generals joined together to go to Shu, and while waiting for the order from the imperial court, they still called the chieftains of northern Burma, the Burmese lords, and the leaders of the Mon tribe together.

Huang Yao said to these people: "The Dongyu Kingdom has been destroyed, and a new dynasty should be established in this land of Burma. The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty ordered to establish a kingdom in the south, with the Mon people as kings, and another kingdom in the north, with Dai People come to be the king. The chieftain Daomu prayed in the car, he has always been loyal and obedient, and he has made great achievements in sending troops this time, so he can be the king of the Dai people."

Dao Muqian was stunned for a while, and then he was overjoyed.

In fact, he is not even a toast, the toast in the car is his nephew.And there are mountains everywhere in the car, how can it compare to the fertile Central Burma Plain?

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Dao Muchan was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed to the north: "Thanks to your majesty's appreciation, if I become a king, I will be loyal to the heavenly dynasty for generations, and I will be the fence of the heavenly dynasty forever!"

These words belonged to the heart, at least at this moment, Dao Muchan was very grateful to Emperor Zhao.

Huang Yao also said: "Menglian Tusi and Meng Gong Tusi are the left and right prime ministers of the Dai Kingdom. You can bring your soldiers and clansmen and move here to choose a fiefdom. You can discuss with Dao Muchan about how."

The two chieftains were a little confused, but the Central Burma Plain was fertile and rich, so they didn't have much conflict.

Huang Yao continued: "The rest of the chieftains can choose to move to the Dai country, or they can stay in their original places and become mayors."

Just when those little chieftains were hesitating, "King of the Dai Kingdom" Dao Muchan took the initiative to send out an invitation: "You all come, as long as you come, each of you will have a fief, and each of you will be a high-ranking official!"

Dao Muchan's thinking was very clear. He came to be the king of the Dai country. He was not familiar with the place, and his military strength was not enough, so he couldn't suppress the locals at all.And those chieftains in northern Myanmar are also outsiders, so they can gather together to keep warm, form a community of interests, and jointly suppress local forces.

The little chieftains were a little moved. Their original territory was at most half the size of a county, and some even only ruled a few villages.If they move here, the land will be larger in an instant, and the land will be more fertile.

"I...I would like to go to Dai country." Chieftain Meng Long from Mubang was the first to express his opinion.

The original territory of this product is not small, but the territory is all mountainous, and there are only 2 or [-] people under its rule.

"I want to go too."

"Count me in."

More than [-]% of the small chieftains are willing to relocate.

They have already understood that China is clearly going to annex the territory, so what's the point of staying as the mayor of the town?It's better to go south to get the fiefdom.

Huang Yao said: "Go and discuss how to divide the land yourself. Remember, only the clansmen and private soldiers within the fifth service are allowed to move southward, and the people on the original land are not allowed to take away! Private soldiers are what you have raised for a long time. You are not allowed to treat ordinary people as private soldiers. Also, keep your slaves! If you don’t have enough territory, you can go further south to Meng.”

These northern chieftains were immediately thrown out of the venue to discuss how to divide up the territory.

Huang Yao asked the Meng people again: "You haven't elected a king yet?"

The leader of the Mon tribe looked at each other.

They have already chosen, but the number is a bit large, there are three kings.

A king who came from the Meng people who followed Ding Jiasheng to the north.A king, from Bago City.A king, from Maduba.

Huang Yao said helplessly, "Go back and discuss it."

A group of Meng leaders will hold meetings every day and fight each other while driving.

After tossing for more than half a month, the constitutional monarchy was actually adopted.

The Mon people are proficient in business. They had contact with European colonists more than 100 years ago, and they also have some understanding of the political systems of the Netherlands and other countries.

Candidates for the king from Bagu who can prove their royal descendants.Therefore, he has the highest legitimacy, and he became the king without any suspense.

The other two candidates for the king, one became the lord of Prome and the other the lord of Maduba, which can be understood as two dukes.

The rest of the leaders also obtained their own fiefdoms.

These nobles are about to form a council meeting.Taxes, corvees, laws, etc., need to be decided by the council, and the king is not allowed to modify its content without authorization.

At the same time, the political rules of the Taungoo Dynasty remained, for example, the king had the right to send tax collectors to collect taxes on the lands of various lords.In the Toungoo Dynasty, the king and the lord shared a [-]-[-] share, while in the new Meng Kingdom, the king could only take [-]% of the tax at most, and the remaining [-]% of the tax revenue had to go to the lord.

The division of power in Myanmar is almost decided in this way.

The Kachin are still slash-and-burn farming, and many of them have been transferred to China.The Karen ethnic group is widely distributed, but it also appears to be very scattered, and some of them have also been assigned to China.

The Burmese have been completely reduced to a ruled nation. This thunder will explode sooner or later, depending on how long Dai and Meng can suppress it.

Pego is the capital of the Meng Kingdom, and Ava is the capital of the Dai Kingdom. The border between the two countries is drawn in the Makui area to the north of Prome.

Bangladesh has a larger land area and a long coastline, which is suitable for trade and business, but most of the rice fields can only be harvested once a year.

Although the Dai country has a smaller land area and is completely landlocked, many rice fields here can produce two or three crops a year.

In addition, the Yangon region of Myanmar was ceded to China to build a port city.

Thailand's mud sea (Bangkok) was given to China to build a seaport.

At this time, Bangkok was just a small fishing village.From Bangkok to the sea, there are mangroves and swamps everywhere, so it is called "mud sea" by the locals.As far as Siam is concerned, it doesn't matter if Bangkok is sent out, it's just a little awkward, after all, China will station troops there.

The Datong army withdrew one after another, leaving a division in Ava, 500 soldiers in Yangon, and 500 soldiers in Bangkok.

The first batch of immigrants organized by the imperial court were sent to Yangon and Bangkok first.They were all moved from Guangxi and Yunnan, relatively able to withstand the hot and humid weather, and the number is not large, only 2000.