The Dongxu Dynasty had not been established for a long time, but it had indeed fought a lot of wars with the surrounding countries. It had been fighting since Mang Yinglong established the foundation, and basically, it was invincible in the surrounding areas. It had even destroyed Siam, which used to be a traditional powerful country, several times. Its capital had been burned down several times, which showed how powerful its military force was. However, the weakness of such a powerful country was very obvious, which was that the civil service was not flourishing, and the country's foundation was insufficient.
The so-called lack of a country's foundation, in a word, was that it flourished quickly and fell quickly. Just like the Alexander Empire, which had appeared briefly in the past. When Alexander the Great was still alive, it was so arrogant that it threatened to conquer from the west to the east, and its destination was China. Unfortunately, Alexander died, and the great empire that spanned across Europe and Asia instantly fell apart and no longer existed. It had only been 13 years.
A country with a strong foundation was like Huaxia. Even though it faced the danger of being subjugated, it did perish several times, but in the end, it could recover with its strong foundation. Even when the Manchurian Qing Dynasty was in an extreme decline, the western countries also made it clear that no country could colonize and rule the whole of China.
That was the most precious treasure that our ancestors had left for us, which was called foundation.
The Dongxu Dynasty had only been established for a short time. Most of the time, it had been fighting, and the civil administration was not flourishing. The people's sense of identity and loyalty to the country had not been fully established. The reason why a country was strong was entirely because of its powerful military force. Just like Cao Wei, it was extremely powerful because of the existence of Cao Cao. However, once Cao Cao died, the flaw of the country's lack of foundation was immediately revealed. If Cao Pi wanted to replace the Han Dynasty and become the emperor, he had to win the support of the aristocrats with the Nine Levels of Middle Officials and obtain the foundation of the aristocrats.
If a country founded on military force wanted to exist for a long time, culture was indispensable, and the civil administration had to flourish. A military government could not last long, and the military rule was only an expedient measure. The current Dongxu government was like a military government, and it had not entered the stage of a normal civil government. The country's strength was maintained by military force, and its diplomatic state was very bad. Once a strong foreign enemy appeared, the enemies that had been suppressed in the past would attack together, and the country would instantly fall into danger.
This situation seemed to confirm the current situation of Myanmar's Toungoo Dynasty.
Ever since the news of the Ming Dynasty Army heading south spread, the whole of Myanmar had been in an extremely unstable state. The oppositionists, who had been suppressed by Mang Yingli's military power in the past, began to stir up trouble for him. Today, the granary was on fire. Tomorrow, the armory was robbed. Today, the fields were destroyed. Tomorrow, a large number of unknown bandits appeared and robbed the government's warehouse, leaving no money behind.
The weak internal foundation of the Toungoo Dynasty was completely destroyed. The war maniac Mang Yingli finally realized the importance of infrastructure construction and the weakness of his control over the whole country. Everything in the past was like a castle in the air, and it felt like a building was about to collapse. Before the Ming Army attacked, the whole country was already in a state of panic. Even in some important food-producing areas, rumors of the Daming Siamese Allied Forces attacking had already spread, causing panic among the people.
Today, Mang Yingli led a team to attack the bandits here, and the next day, he led a team to stay in the city to maintain stability and explain the rumors. He was busy from day to night, but still could not stop the panic and panic in the whole country. Under such a background, he repeatedly asked the Myanmar troops who were confronting the Ming Army at the border of Yunnan to speed up their retreat and not to continue fighting. Anyway, the Ming Army could not catch up at all. Leaving a small number of troops to defend the strategic areas, a large number of troops and horses came to the capital, ready to go to the border of Siam.
The weakness of his rule was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. Not long after, there was a rebellion among the Mon people in Myanmar. The reason was that they resisted his forced taxation.
In order to prepare for the upcoming war, he checked his warehouse and memory, and was surprised to find that the property he had obtained from the years of conquest had basically been used up. Under the aggressive military, his country had no time to rest, and could not provide him with enough food and money to support the war. Under the strong pressure from the Daming and Siam, he had to increase taxes on the tribes and people in the country.
In the 50 years since the founding of the Toungoo Dynasty, there was not a year without war. In the first few decades, everyone became richer and stronger as the war went on. That was because Mang Yinglong knew how to control and pay attention to production. He did not excessively exploit the people and gave them enough time to produce. However, after Mang Yinglong's death, Mang Yingli only paid attention to the benefits and pleasure brought by war, but did not understand what was needed to start a war.
After a group of capable old officials left by Mang Yinglong died, Mang Yingli's government gradually became weak, and could not organize the grass-roots government to provide enough food and fodder for the army.
If the normal production could not be maintained, Mang Yingli had no money, but he needed money to fight a war. What could he do? Then he had to levy taxes! This was the only way. He increased taxes again and again to barely maintain the war. However, as time went by, people's patience gradually reached the limit.
Finally, the Meng tribe was not willing to continue enduring. After learning that the Daming Dynasty and the Siam Kingdom were going to attack Mang Yingli together, they decided to openly rebel against Mang Yingli's rule. They would never give the life of their people to Mang Yingli for a meaningless war. They would rather eat the food themselves than give it to Mang Yingli.
When Mang Yingli heard the news, he was furious. He roared and was about to lead his guards to attack. However, since ancient times, when the tree fell, the monkeys would scatter. The rebellion of the Meng tribe led a large wave of tribes who were unwilling to give the food to the losers to rise up together. The southern territory of Myanmar was in flames. For a moment, Mang Yingli did not know who to beat, because everyone had rebelled, and those who did not rebel also refused to pay taxes.
Mang Yingli was so angry that he wanted to mobilize the main force to suppress the rebellion first and then deal with the Daming Dynasty and the Siam Kingdom. However, he was stopped by his confidant.
"Your Majesty's biggest enemy is the Ming Kingdom and the Siam Kingdom in the north. It's not them. They just don't want to pay taxes and have no intention of rebelling against the country. However, the Ming Kingdom and the Siam Kingdom are looking forward to our complete destruction. Your Majesty, who is our real enemy? The Meng people will follow the winner. As long as we win, the Meng people will definitely obediently give us food. But now, we can't let the army suffer too many losses! "
Although Mang Yingli was so angry that he lost his mind, he was not muddle-headed. He knew what was important and what was not. If he was defeated, everything would be over. However, if he won, these people would still be at his mercy. The Ming Kingdom was just famous. It had been established for a long time, but it was already rotten inside. It only looked strong on the surface. The Wei Nation was a useless country. If it was him, he could also beat the Wei Nation into pieces. He laughed!
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