Myanmar's geographical location was quite good. Not only was it connected to China, but it also had a large sea border and a good port. It was very suitable for the development of the sea transportation industry. Compared to China, it was much closer to the ships of the westerners. If they had Myanmar, China would be able to contact the westerners more directly and save a lot of shipping expenses. It would be more convenient to go to the sea directly from Myanmar.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun's plan was to attack Mawlamyine, and then directly attack the capital of the Dongyu Dynasty, Bogu, to destroy it. Then, they would split into two groups and attack Naypyidaw and Yangon respectively. After controlling a few large population centers, Myanmar would be completely destroyed.
A small tribal country like Myanmar had a lot of limitations. It was not like China and other mature western countries. After many years of construction, it had enough population, and there were many cities on the country's territory. The cities were connected to each other, and it had achieved complete control of the country. Myanmar did not have a lot of population, and there were even fewer settlements. Many places had not been developed, and it was still a barren land. As long as they took down a few big cities, the country would be finished.
It was not like China. China had a large population and a large territory. As long as there was one city that had not been taken down, China could still continue to resist. To destroy China, they had to take down all the cities in China. After thousands of years, the Chinese had a very clear sense of patriotism. If the cities were gone, they would escape to the mountains and continue to fight as guerrillas. However, the Burmese would not do that. Their infrastructure was very poor. Even if the country's military was strong, as long as the military was destroyed, it would immediately decline, and then the country would be destroyed. There would be very few people who remembered the previous dynasty.
To deal with some small countries, they often only needed to attack a few cities.
Mawlamyine, Bogu, Yangon, and other places where the Burmese lived were the main targets of attack. As long as these targets were taken down, Myanmar would be finished. The Toungoo Dynasty's control over its land was very weak. From the periphery of the capital to the remote areas, the degree of decline in control was also very high. It was not like the Great Ming Dynasty, which set up two sets of administrative teams, Nanjing and Beijing, to achieve control over Jiangnan and Jiangbei.
Basically, according to Na Ruixuan, the place that Mang Yingli had the strongest control was the surrounding area of Bogu. This guy did not trust the people of other ethnic groups. He was the most gentle to the people of his own ethnic group. If he let the people of his ethnic group live by his side, not only would his ethnic group be at ease, but he would also be at ease. Thus, he relaxed his control over other places. He did not have the support of the people in other places. Before the war started, the people in these places could not wait to declare a rebellion to welcome the imperial army.
This was tantamount to telling Xiao Ruxun that as long as the Ming Army took down the surrounding area of Bogu, eliminated the political power of Mang Yingli, and promised the other ethnic groups autonomy, they would directly come to surrender to the Daming Dynasty. They would also be willing to pay taxes and tribute. As long as the Daming Dynasty was gentle enough, they would not rebel and would even cooperate with the Daming Dynasty to implement the rule.
Of course, Na Ruixuan did not expect that Xiao Ruxun was planning to occupy Myanmar. He also did not expect that the Daming Dynasty was also planning to set up a military town to tie up Xiao Ruxun and prevent him from returning to the capital to support the emperor. Myanmar became the territory of the Daming Dynasty because of the common goal of all parties. Of course, this was also justifiable, and no one could say anything about it.
Who asked you to go against the Daming Dynasty in Myanmar? Not to mention, during the Yongle Era, this was still the territory of the Daming Dynasty. At that time, there were still the Myanmar Consolation Division and the other four Consolation Divisions managing it. It was only after the decline of the Ming Dynasty that they were unable to continue managing this place and could not obtain better economic benefits, so they simply gave up. This gave the local aborigines an opportunity to take it back.
Xiao Ruxun did not intend to just rule this place. He wanted a real rule. If he wanted a real rule, especially the control of the coastline, then he had to use military force. The territory that he conquered was the most reliable. If he still had to use the policy of controlling the territory that he negotiated, it would not be in line with Xiao Ruxun's strategic plan.
It was not that these autonomous territories could not exist, but they could not exist in the important areas. In the important areas, Xiao Ruxun would definitely think of ways to migrate Han people to fill them up. These aborigines would have to leave the important areas and live elsewhere. Xiao Ruxun would give them a certain amount of financial subsidies. If they did not leave, then it would be easy to deal with them. He could directly send troops to suppress them. The territory that they conquered was the most useful!
On the way to Moulmein, Xiao Ruxun started to plan the memorial to the imperial court and the supporting forces in the capital. Through some operations, he would move the Xiao Family's foundation to Myanmar and form a second Mu Family in Yunnan. He would try to get as many soldiers as he could and then spend some money to move his family to Myanmar. Or he could recruit refugees from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong to settle down in Myanmar. He would recruit Chinese people from Southeast Asia to settle down in Myanmar and return to Daming's embrace.
Xiao Ruxun felt that the imperial court would not easily hand over the 30,000 soldiers to him. Moreover, there were a large number of Guangxi Wolf Soldiers among the 30,000 soldiers. These Wolf Soldiers would not be willing to settle down here and would return home. After the 10,000 Wolf Soldiers left, his military force would also weaken. At that time, he would have to rely on refugees from various places to fill up his military force.
The policy to attract refugees was easy to set up. There were so many undeveloped wilderness in Myanmar. As long as they were developed, they would immediately become fertile fields with high yields. It was normal for crops to be harvested three times a year. It was close to the sea and could directly trade with India and some countries in the Middle East, Northeast, and Africa. It would attract Westerners to invest and trade. As long as the policy was in place, it would be very easy to develop this area.
At the same time, he had to pay attention to maintaining contact with his country. He had to think of ways to develop this land into a trade center between European foreigners and Daming. Foreigners could come here to buy Daming's products, and Daming could also attract their gold. From here, they could exchange with each other, and they could save a long journey by sea.
Myanmar could also attract merchants from Yunnan and Sichuan to do business in the south. From the sea route, as long as the relationship with Siam was maintained, they could also use Siam's port to shorten the distance and save costs. Soon, Myanmar could become a bridgehead for communication between Daming and Westerners. Here, the imperial court would not set up many obstacles, and they would not worry about anything. Everything would be handled by Xiao Ruxun himself.
Those people only hoped that Xiao Ruxun would not make trouble in their backyard. As for the wilderness of Myanmar, they would not pay attention to it at all. Otherwise, they would not sit back and watch the Mu family of Yunnan control Yunnan for nearly 300 years. Xiao Ruxun hoped that he could soon obtain the qualification to control Myanmar. Only by controlling Myanmar could he do things in Myanmar openly, attract talents to Myanmar for development, and explore a reasonable model, which could be used to transform Daming in the future.
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