The Yunnan Province in later generations had an area of ​​about 390,000 square kilometers, while the Yunnan Provincial Administrators of the Ming Dynasty had an area of ​​more than one million square kilometers.

In order to manage this vast territory, the court divided Yunnan into "inner border areas" and "outer border areas" and adopted different ruling methods.

The inner border political district is the core area of ​​Yunnan Province in later generations. The imperial court established prefectures and counties, and sent officials to directly manage it. The outer border political districts include western Yunnan, southern Yunnan, as well as the entire Myanmar, most of Laos and northern Thailand. The chieftains are all "in the middle of Yunnan to serve the king and can be dispatched", so they are organized into the Three Xuanfu Departments and Six Xuanfu Departments, and are awarded "gold-font and red card" and seal Kanhe, which manages these ethnic areas for generations.

The so-called "Three Propagandas and Six Comforts" were also controlled by Yunnan Chengxuan Government and the Ministry of Education. Xuanfu, and Xuanfu envoy exercised local power with the "gold-font red card" granted by the court. At the same time, they had to pay regular tributes and pay fixed taxes annually. They were ordered to submit to the court for commissions during wartime.

The Ming Dynasty's golden-word and red card system is much stronger than the simple policy of banishing chieftains in the past. With less than the nine-sided fraction, it is definitely a miracle that the southwest territory can last for nearly two hundred years without loosening.

However, the long-term lack of power of the imperial court will eventually make San Xuan Liufu lose his awe, and the Indochina Peninsula inevitably slides into the jungle world where the strong prey on the weak.

In the fifth year of Jiajing, a civil war broke out in Sanxuan and Liuwei. The Myanmar Xuanwei envoy was destroyed by the three families including Meng Yang Xuanwei envoy, and the territory was divided by the three families. The Myanmar Xuanwei envoy's son Mang Tirui fled to the mother's house of Dongyu and established the Kingdom of Dongyu.

Because Mang Tirui resented the Ming Dynasty's failure to save him, he stopped tribute and began to invade the Ming border. His descendants also had the intention of being unjust and began to attack everywhere and expand their territory.

When the throne of Dongyu reached Mang Yinglong, he was even more crazy and refused to recruit Ming court and continued to attack foreign Yunnan. However, he did have the strength. After years of conquest, only the "San Xuan" and the Cheli Xuan Wei Office were still struggling to support it and did not surrender to Myanmar.

However, the court still did not take decisive attacks on the treason of the Dongzhao regime, which openly divided the country and incited the independence of the various prosecutors and comfort departments, but instead allowed it to do so and tolerated it.

This further encouraged the arrogance of Mang Yinglong's gang. It is said that they had openly shouted the slogan of "Invade Yunnan Prefecture and capture the Duke of Qian alive."

In terms of emotion and reason, the Ming Dynasty should seriously solve the Myanmar issue. Zhao Hao also reported to his father-in-law about the decay in Yunnan, but for some reason he had never seen the court's actions.

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For Zhao Hao and Jiangnan Group, Myanmar's status is also very important.

It goes without saying that Zhao Hao’s current strategic direction is to inherit the route of Emperor Yongle back then.

Although Zhu Di was to consolidate the Western tribute system, Zhao Hao was to make his century-old immigration. No matter which strategy was used, it required the executors to take long-term and effective control of the Indochina Peninsula.

That year, Zhu Di pointed out that if we want to forever bring the countries of the South China Sea to the kingdom, we must adhere to the policy of advancing together with sea and land. For this reason, he sent Zhang Fu to lead his army to the Southeast Peninsula to pacify Jiaozhi and Annan. It echoed the Zheng He fleet and jointly consolidated the Ming Dynasty's tribute system by land and sea.

Zhu Di sent troops to Annan to control the Indochina Peninsula, because the Indochina Peninsula was not only a tool for the Ming Dynasty to penetrate the South Ocean, but also served as a frontier for the Ming Dynasty to advance the West. It was also a very rich place - later generations, Bangkok, Thailand, Yangon, Myanmar, and Hanoi, Vietnam, were known as the three major granaries in Asia. The high-quality wood from Myanmar and Thailand are also an extremely important strategic resource in the Age of Discovery.

As I said, the existence of the fleet is temporary, but the Indochina Peninsula is always there.

As long as you control the Indochina Peninsula for a long time, the South Ocean can return to China forever. If you can't take the Indochina Peninsula, if one day the Coast Guard fleet disappears like Zheng He's fleet, the South Ocean will be at risk of losing connection with the mainland again.

However, the situation in the Indochina Peninsula is too complicated. Myanmar, Thailand, and Annan are all difficult to deal with. Laos and Cambodia are not fuel-efficient.

Moreover, the navy can conquer, at least the island countries of the South Ocean. If you want to conquer the Indochina Peninsula, you must take deep inland combat.

The peninsula has a hot and humid climate, rugged and complex mountains, dense jungle and rivers, and the elusive army are enough to make those who are clear-headed.

The world is so big that there are places with higher cost-effectiveness. Zhao Hao cannot place his precious manpower and material resources in such an imperial cemetery.

As he said in his book "The Age of Discovery":

'The world is a feast in this era. Please remember that all your strength should be used to prevent other diners from entering the table. As long as no one can compete with you, all the dishes on the table are yours. The difference is just to eat early and eat late. Remember not to waste your precious strength on difficult bones - no matter how hard the bones are, they are just dishes and will not compete with you for food.'

Therefore, in the general strategy formulated by Zhao Hao himself, although the Indochina Peninsula is important, it requires wisdom and no effort when managing. Even if it is forced to use force, it must be done to ensure twice the result with half the effort. The group must not be trapped in the quagmire of the Indochina Peninsula.

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The black prince who came to the door was very timely.

Mr. Zhao was so happy that he was worried about not knowing how to start the game of chess in the Indochina Peninsula. He really wanted to sleep but someone gave him a pillow!

Because even if he did not intervene, the black prince would lead Siam to escape the rule of Burma four years later.

The reason why the Black Prince was able to succeed was that just next year, the heroic ruler of Myanmar, Mang Yinglong, would die of illness, and the successor Mang Yingli was a fool with great ambitions and talent...

As long as the operation is done properly, the black prince can handle two of the three small strong men.

So in the eyes of Mr. Zhao, this black prince is a rare treasure. As a result, he only cares about being intimate with his treasure, but completely ignores the charming Green Queen.

This made the heroine of the big mud who was ready to seduce Mr. Zhao very disappointed. She couldn't help but wonder, is it because I am not sexy enough? Why did that rough man become so excited when Mr. Zhao spoke?

Zhao Hao didn't know that the Green Queen had already included him in the ranks of Longyang Jun, and was still there talking to the Black Prince with great enthusiasm:

"The prince and his son are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. I will definitely report to the emperor and ask the court to make the decision for Siam."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Tianchao." The black prince spoke in a very authentic Chinese and bowed to Zhao Hao gratefully: "When the Tianchao soldiers attacked the rebellious thieves, we will raise the flag of righteousness to resist Dongshuo. At that time, attacking the rebellious thieves on both sides will definitely make the rebels lose sight of one thing."

"Hahaha, it's extreme, it's extreme." Zhao Gongzi nodded and smiled, "But although Siam and Myanmar are bounded by mountains, Myanmar is condescending and occupying all the advantages of the territory, so the Burmese people will always cross Bilao Mountain to attack Siam. And you Thai people have to attack back if you want to fight back, which is really a disadvantage."

"Young Master really knows our two countries very well." The black prince sighed and said, "Yes, it is because of the great loss on the terrain that we have repeatedly lost under the Burmese people. Even the country has lost in recent years."

"In fact, it's not difficult to turn the situation around." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "For example, will I use a fleet to transport your army to Madaban Bay, and will it surprise the Burmese?"

"Yes, so good!" The Black Prince suddenly stood up when he heard this, and danced with excitement: "Sixty miles from Madaban Bay along the Bogu River is Mang Yinglong's pseudo-duty Bogu City! I have been a hostage in Bogu, and I know that the thieves attacked from all sides, with heavy troops outside, and the nest is very empty! The army suddenly appeared under Bogu City, and I will definitely be able to capture the thieves' pseudo-duty in one fell swoop!"

If he could also conquer Bogu, he would clear the shame of Siam being captured by Mang Yinglong twice, and his black prince Panalai would also become a national hero of Siam and boost the decline of his country for decades!

This huge temptation made the black prince, who had been suffering from hardships since childhood, completely lost his calm background. He folded his hands together, crawled in front of Zhao Hao, kissed his toes and said, "If the young master can lead my army to attack Bogu, he will be the shame of the past! My Siam royal family will be the Buddha throne that the young master has been worshipped for generations."

"You can't do it, get up quickly." Mr. Zhao smiled and bent down, touched the black prince's head and said, "Do it well, I'll take good care of you."

"Yeah." The Black Prince seemed to have been triggered with a proton constitution, as well as a puppy. "The little prince will follow the instructions of the young master in the future."

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Of course, Mr. Zhao could not rely solely on his mouth to attract his younger brother, and he had to be a little tough guy. He waved his hand and gave the Black Prince a thousand Spanish mechs and twenty Spanish artillery.

Do you think it’s not enough? That’s right. Because this is a free trial package. If you think it’s useful, come back and buy it. Mr. Zhao has some Spanish arms!

After receiving this generous gift, the Black Prince became even more well-behaved. He immediately expressed that Siam was willing to follow Annan, Aceh, Bazhang, and Johor, and also offered land to support the Ming Dynasty.

Before the Black Prince came, he had always wanted to restore Siam independence.

But after watching the parade of sea and land, he realized that the Celestial Empire would sooner or later destroy Myanmar's rebellion. At that time, Myanmar would not reset the Xuanwei Office, but would change it to Myanmar's prefecture.

Although Siam was only a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it was too close to Yunnan. Of course, he knew that the court would use "changing land and returning to the current" to punish the rebellious chieftains and deprive them of their hereditary power.

Although Myanmar is too far from Yunnan Prefecture and has no roads in the mountains and forests, it is not realistic to send officials from Kunming to Bogu management. But now the Ming Dynasty's forces have penetrated into Southeast Asia. As long as the blockade of Malacca is broken, the fleet can drive straight into Madaban Bay.

His Highness, the Deputy King, who had been in charge of Siam for many years, all divided the prefectures and counties for Myanmar for the Ming Dynasty.

But in that case, compared with the Myanmar Prefecture, Siam will become an outsider again. At that time, the Ming Dynasty fleet will in turn protect Myanmar, and it is possible that it will even be possible to land in the Gulf of Siam with Burmese troops!

The big city is not far from the sea...

So the Black Prince thought about it and decided to join the Ming Dynasty first. He thought that Siam had become a vassal state of Myanmar anyway, so it would be better to become a part of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the Celestial Empire will be evenly matched. And only in this way can we gain enough benefits in the future war of Bian Burma, such as taking the opportunity to grab the Siam Yan land, Bilao Mountain. This is what Siam really needs.

Moreover, another small strongman in the east, Annan, had long been requesting the land to surrender, and had been demoted from the Ming Dynasty to the territory.

The neighbors all do this, so the Black Prince doesn't feel bad at all.

Whether it is a king, a governor, or a general envoy, they are just a title. As long as Siam has been his family for generations, is there any difference in what titles to use?
Chapter completed!