Section 17 Policy (Part 2)
Deng Ming found that just like the subordinate reported that an elephant was lying on the ground and had been dead for a long time. Next to this hill-like animal, a Burmese man who looked less than thirty was crying loudly, holding the dead elephant's head and constantly stroking the elephant, as gentle as if he was stroking the face of a lover.
"I was so sad that I cried," said a Ming army officer to Deng Ming. After several years of persistent education, these young generation of standing military officers and soldiers used the self-proclaimed "I" more and more frequently in front of Deng Ming: "This Burmese man went around and said, "I heard from the translator that he was 'Don't eat it'."
Deng Ming looked around and saw a few Burmese prisoners in the distance looking at him. It was estimated that those were also found elephant-controlled husbands, and their faces were full of sadness and sympathy.
"This elephant is dead, but the other elephants have not died yet." The officer who had just sent soldiers to report to Deng Ming came over and said to Deng Ming: "The elephant's meat is not delicious, so let's forget it if I see it."
"You are all too tricky. This is meat. You are picky when you have meat to eat!" Deng Ming shook his head and sighed. I remember that two years ago, the officers and soldiers of the regular army were killed by the meat, but now they dislike the old elephant meat... Well, Deng Ming also admitted that elephant meat is not delicious, but it is not delicious. Now he is in the Lijiang Valley area, with river fish and other livestock. The Ming army planned to use elephant meat to make jerky just in case.
Deng Ming's words reminded the Ming army soldiers of the first half of their lives and stopped talking. However, when Deng Ming spoke again, he unexpectedly did not give an order to make the elephant into jerky meat: "Depending on the age of this person, the elephant should not be too old. The elephant who depended on each other died. If he ate his elephant brother in front of him, it would seem a bit too cruel."
He called the Burmese Elephant Husband to the front, and Deng Ming looked around. The family was just as good as the elephant Husband, and there were elephants as mounts. He looked a little richer than the rest of the era, but this man was not fat at all, tall and thin. Deng Ming asked the translator to ask him how he planned to deal with the corpse of the elephant. If he let it be exposed to the corpse in the wild, even if it was not eaten, it would be cheaper for wild dogs and bald birds. The Burmese wiped away his tears and replied carefully that he wanted to dig a pit to bury his elephant.
"What a big pit?" Deng Ming exclaimed.
When the translator translated Deng Ming's suspicion, the Burmese man swore that he was particularly good at digging holes.
"Okay, cheap bacteria." After Deng Ming finished speaking, the translator did not immediately speak to the Burmese people but cast an inquiring gaze, obviously not understanding. Deng Ming waved his hand and said to the translator: "I agree. I won't eat his elephant, but he has to dig this pit by himself."
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Bian Yajian fled the West Bank camp before the Ming army continued to launch an attack. After completing the established target, the Ming army was divided into two, and Deng Ming brought eight thousand western Sichuan troops back to the east coast. Before Di Sanxi followed the river, Deng Ming seriously explained to him: "General Di, if your subordinates want to be free and happy, then stay on the west coast. I will have some military discipline constraints."
Deng Ming did not intend to completely let the army go as he did in Bai Wenxuan. If he did not make it clear in advance, it would be useless to just restrain the Western Sichuan Army. Di Sanxi's subordinates could still disturb the whole way. Moreover, with bad examples of the Jianchang Army, it is estimated that the Sichuan Army would also be affected. Once a large-scale violation of military discipline occurs, Deng Ming will face a dilemma.
Di Sanxi immediately patted his chest to ensure that he could definitely abide by Deng Ming's military discipline. But as soon as he spoke, Di Sanxi regretted it. Most of the people he brought were auxiliary soldiers who were angry all day in Jianchang. Now he finally entered the territory of the barbarians. It would be strange if the auxiliary soldiers were less than ten times, and hundreds of times more angry. Although the number of cavalrymen was small, except for the guards of the Qingyang Palace, they were the close confidants of the general Jianchang. Their father and brother entrusted their descendants to Di Sanxi for taking care of them. It would be fine if they died on the battlefield. If they were engaged in Deng Ming's military law because they killed several barbarians, what would happen?
So Di Sanxi said that he needed to go back and discuss with his brothers. Deng Ming said that despite the discussion, whether he was in Hedong or Hexi, the friendship between me and comrades would not change. If he could barely go together, it would easily hurt his feelings. After some discussion with his subordinates, the Jianchang soldiers were unwilling to be restrained, so Di Sanxi came to discuss with Deng Ming again, saying that they might as well act together with King Gongchang.
Deng Ming also wanted this decision. Although he hinted that the other party had strict military laws, if the Jianchang army violated his military discipline, Deng Ming would be really hard to punish him. They were all troops who went abroad to serve the king. Could it be that Deng Ming could not get through for the sake of the subjects of the enemy country and the soldiers of his country? In the final analysis, Deng Ming positioned himself as an imperialist. At that time, even though he knew there were future troubles, he could only think of another solution.
"Send envoys to inform the villages along the way and ask them to provide food and forage to our army. Anyone who meets the requirements of our army is the loyal and righteous people in Burmese who are caring about the previous kings will not send troops into their village." After returning to the east bank, Deng Ming immediately asked his subordinates to prepare manifesto and ban texts, and inform the purpose and requirements of the Ming army around the valley.
"Who is the most influential person in Myanmar?" China's voice is in the hands of the gentry, but here in Myanmar, Deng Ming did not know whether he was a noble, a warrior or other people.
Chinese people told Deng Ming that most Burmese people are religious people. If they have time, the people hope to go to nearby temples twice a day to get closer to the gods and Buddhas.
"It turns out to be a monk." Deng Ming vaguely believes that religion is the enemy of science. If he wants to make his motherland prosperous, science is the only choice. Therefore, Deng Ming spared no effort to eliminate the influence of religion among the people and the army in western Sichuan. However, this is Myanmar, and Deng Ming had no reason to be a pioneer of science in Myanmar: "Immediately send a list to the temples around me, I - the left governor of the Ming Dynasty, Duke Baoguo, and the admiral of the Yangtze River, and I am also a devout believer. This time, the people who punished the people will continue to be punished for the survival of the ancient kings of Myanmar, and urgently needed the blessing of gods and Buddhas. Therefore, I sincerely asked the monks to come to the army to interview me, pray for our army, and lead the men and women in their temples to pray for our victory. I will protect their temples and industries, and will never allow soldiers to harass the monks and their believers."
"Abide by the order." The officers replied one after another. If anyone here didn't know that Admiral Changjiang had a completely opposite face besides this smiling face, then he would not be a qualified imperial soldier: "What about those monks who refused to come to see the commander and would not pray for our army?"
"I have long heard that Myanmar is a country blessed by Buddha. The former king Mangda, like the Burmese kings of all dynasties, were reincarnations of gods and Buddhas. Therefore, all those who resist our army were Buddha enemies dressed in monks' robes." Deng Ming sneered: "What are you polite to the Buddha enemies? The temple property is confiscated to supplement military supplies. The main evil is to kill him. If he regrets, he can not ask and the land will be distributed to the poor around him."
The middle-level military officer took the order and left. Soon Deng Ming discovered that he had made a mistake of taking it for granted. The Chinese told him that the local temples did not own land. Because Myanmar implemented a land system similar to the Qin Dynasty and the Wangmang Xin Dynasty. The land belonged to the king. The king's officials allocated land to the people, and then collected the output as taxes. The households in Myanmar paid full taxes and performed corvee service. The lower-level military households served in the military and paid taxes similar to those of the households. The middle-level military households paid about one-quarter of the taxes, which were the backbone of the Myanmar army. The senior samurai class was exempt from taxes. They had their own war elephants and elephant control husbands, and were generals and officers in the Myanmar army.
"Is the Burmese King who formulated this system the reincarnation of Wang Mang?" Deng Ming laughed after hearing this. All the land of the Qin Dynasty belonged to the king. This system was actually a copy of slavery. After forcing the implementation of the whole country, it was fiercely opposed by the people of the six countries. It was one of the important reasons for the demise of Qin II. Wang Mang wanted to restore the Qin system and plunder the private property of the world as the king's property, but even the second generation did not support it: "I didn't expect that Myanmar was like this. It's easy to deal with. We will be liberators."
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Before the report of Bian Yajian's defeat was introduced to Wacheng, the Burmese monarchs and ministers had already known the result of the defeat. A large number of corpses went down the Lijiang River. Even far away from Awa ahead, they could see corpses floating past the city every day. There were more places upstream, and there were swollen soldiers soaking and swollen everywhere on the riverside. The warriors in heavy armor sank into the bottom of the river, and there was no chance of being discovered.
When the official battle report of Bianya Jian arrived in Awa, the Burmese royal palace lost its voice, and all the elite main forces in northern Myanmar had fallen into this battle, and it was impossible for them to block the Ming army's attack in the wild.
"King, although we locked up the Ming Dynasty's monarchy, we did not harm it." In the trouble of cursing water, Mu Tianbo seized a knife from the Burmese soldiers and killed several Burmese soldiers. However, Myanmar decided to take this breath in the end. After all, Can Ming still controls Yunnan, so there is no need to execute an important Chinese official like Mu Tianbo for a few soldiers.
The faction that did not support Mangbai's tough measures against Yongli's exile court finally dared to express his attitude: "Since the Ming army came for their emperor, then sending the Emperor of Ming back, will they be willing to stop the army?"
Mang Bai, who was sitting in the Awa Jin Hall, did not say anything, but another faction shouted loudly, believing that this would only encourage the Ming army's arrogance. Although the failure of Bianya Jian was terrifying, the hardliners had no room for retreat. They seized the palace servants and relatives of the exiled court of the Ming Dynasty. Several concubines of Emperor Yongli hanged themselves in the chaos. How could this hatred be easily dissolved? Once the Emperor of Ming escaped and returned to the Ming army, how could it be that he would not order to continue the attack?
Seeing Mangbai's confidants scolding each other, the master and the faction tactfully closed their mouths.
"King, since it's the Ming army, they will always listen to their emperor's words, right?" A confidant in charge of war said loudly to Mangbai.
Chapter completed!