"Ji Xin, there is news from the other side. The six tribes are finished. Twelve tribes participated in this siege and killed about seventy to eighty thousand people. Na Ang sent people to escort twenty thousand young men and thirty thousand young women to us, saying that they are gifts for Daming."
Yuan Huang walked into Xiao Ruxun's tent and told Xiao Ruxun the latest situation at the frontline.
"Only fifty thousand people? The six tribes added up to more than five hundred thousand people, and they divided the rest? "
Xiao Ruxun put down the military report in his hand and looked up at Yuan Huang.
"That includes the old, the weak, the sick, and the young. They sent twenty thousand young men and thirty thousand young women. They are all young and strong and have the ability to work."
Xiao Ruxun nodded. "At least they know what's good for them. This time, I don't want to make a move. There's no need to dirty my own hands. Let them clean up their own mess and get rid of the troublemakers. Then, those tribes will be well-behaved and can obediently go to the west to live. The rest of the world will belong to us."
"You are right to say that. But, Ji Xin, don't forget that you have not confirmed that you can keep Myanmar forever. Are you so sure that you can keep Myanmar forever? If this appointment is not made, you have no confidence at all. Even if the appointment is made, where can you find people? Do you expect those officials to migrate people for you? Don't even think about it! Even if someone is willing to come, we have to negotiate with the local government and then send ships to pick them up. It is all money and food! "
Yuan Huang rolled his eyes at Xiao Ruxun. "Do you think it is easy to start from scratch? The Mu Clan of Yunnan has been in charge of Yunnan for two hundred years. A single war has already exhausted Yunnan. If Yunnan is like this, then what about this uncivilized land? You've killed all the indigenous people, and you want to move people over, but how many people would be willing to come to this uncivilized land? "
Xiao Ruxun said, "Let's get in touch with the affected areas in the mainland first. The refugees will always be a problem. If we don't solve the problem of the refugees, the local authorities will have problems as well. These refugees can turn into bandits and rebels at any time. If a place is targeted by the refugees, the local authorities will definitely have a headache. If we approach them at that time, they will definitely cooperate with us.
These days, I have also been asking about the news in the mainland. Guanzhong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Henan, and Shandong have been hit by disasters. In short, these years, Daming has been suffering from natural disasters, and after the natural disasters, there are man-made disasters. A large number of refugees have lost their homes. These are all hidden dangers. They are overcrowded, but there is no one here. Isn't it wonderful? "
Yuan Huang thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense.
"You're right to put it that way."
Xiao Ruxun smiled and said, "That's why I wrote a memorial to the imperial court. I said that you are worried that there is no place to put the refugees and are afraid that they will rebel. It's okay. Come to me. I'm short of people. Send as many as you have. I'll send a boat to pick them up. We will each take what we need. Do you think the big men in the capital will be happy?"
Yuan Huang did not say anything. He looked at Xiao Ruxun and suddenly laughed.
"You treacherous and cunning Hsiao Jixin!"
Xiao Ruxun was right. The big men in the capital were worried about the increase in the number of refugees and the great hidden danger to public security. Autumn was coming, and winter was not far away. The weather was getting colder and colder, and the probability of these refugees dying was getting higher. Once some refugees knew that they would die if they did not get help, they would make up their minds and rise up. That would be a big problem.
Unfortunately, there was no silver in the national treasury, and there was no food in the warehouses. There was nothing they could do.
In fact, it was not that there was no silver or food. In the private warehouses of the officials, there were mountains of silver and oceans of food. Every day, there was a feast of fish, meat, silk, and satin, so where did all the silver and food come from? Weren't they all ripped off from the Daming? Ask them for it? Wouldn't that be the same as asking for their lives? How could they possibly hand it over? Even if the emperor personally went to beg for it, it would be impossible. Unless they learned from Li Zicheng and used a pair of tongs to crush their heads, they would not be able to dig out the tens of millions of taels of silver.
But Zhu Yijun would not do that, and neither would Wang Xijue.
At this very moment, Wang Xijue was staring at Xiao Ruxun's report of victory. He could not help but feel excited and astonished.
Xiao Ruxun won again. In more than three months, he spent more than a hundred thousand taels of silver to destroy Myanmar. The bandit leader Mang Yingli was killed, and his entire clan was exterminated. He beheaded more than seventy thousand people. Not only did he destroy Myanmar, he also greatly increased the Daming's prestige in Southeast Asia, causing more than twenty small countries to collectively pay tribute and re-join the Daming's tributary system.
This Xiao Ruxun, there was no battle that he could not win. In three battles, he won three victories in a row, the number of people he beheaded was more than a hundred thousand. He was as powerful as the founding general of the Daming, he solved Daming's problems in the north, east, and south. He also re-established the Daming's prestige, the Daming's prestige soared, he had face, he also had power.
Myanmar was completely finished, the Daming's more than ten years of border trouble no longer existed, Yunnan was safe, a thousand li of Myanmar's territory belonged to the Daming, the Daming dynasty's territory could extend all the way to the sea in the south. Opening up new territory, expanding the territory for a thousand li, it was a great merit.
Before he had time to vent the pleasure of victory, two matters were placed in front of Wang Xijue, urgently waiting to be solved.
First, Xiao Ruxun volunteered to stay in Myanmar, the reason being that he wanted to stabilize the place, prevent the bandit army from reviving, and guard the southern border for the Daming. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun requested to set up a military town in Myanmar, with him as the garrison officer, to guard Myanmar and guard the country's border.
Second, considering that Myanmar had just been conquered, it was not the territory of Shenzhou, there were no Han people, if they wanted to occupy it for a long time, they needed a large number of immigrants to fill it, so that it could become a permanent territory of the Daming. Xiao Ruxun requested to transfer the refugees to live in Myanmar, to lighten the burden of the Daming, and also for Myanmar to obtain labor force, to speed up the degree of development. He learned from the local people that there was a copper mine in Myanmar, although he did not know how big it was, there must be. He hoped to develop the copper mine and offer it to the emperor.
Two matters were placed in front of Wang Xijue, making him overjoyed.
Really, someone sent him a pillow just when he wanted to sleep.
He was worried about the increasing number of refugees in various places, and the urgent problem of the government. Xiao Ruxun directly requested to arrange for him to bring the refugees to Myanmar to settle down, reclaim the wasteland, explore the mineral resources, and develop the local area, so that the Daming could permanently occupy this territory.
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