The "peaceful" resolution of the Gao family's internal strife seemed to have stabilized the Dali Kingdom all at once.

But is it possible?

Because Zhu Kang sent troops to defeat Zhenla, killed a large number of Zhenla soldiers, and ransacked Zhenla's second largest city, it has caused a chain reaction in Southeast Asia.

The Yuya, Jinzhan, Gushu, Pasi and other tribes living on the northern border of Zhenla have broken away from Zhenla's control and joined the rapidly rising Jinto country.

The Jinchi Kingdom thus increased its strength and disappeared from the threat of the southern region. It took advantage of the Gao family's civil turmoil to attack Mengli (Xishuangbanna).

When Gao Zhenshou seized the position of prime minister, Xishuangbanna was also taken down by the Jinchi Kingdom.

Moreover, King Bazhen of the Golden Tooth directly moved the capital and regarded Xishuangbanna as its capital. It was obvious that he would develop to the north next, and even expressed his ambition to destroy Dali.

Where did the Golden Tooth Country come out?

This is a tribal federation with a complex ethnic group, and they are also collectively called "Golden Tooth Baiyi".

The golden-toothed Baiyi gradually merged, and many of their descendants became Dai or Thai people (some also became Bai people).

The Jinchi Kingdom can also be regarded as a country with the Dai people as the main body, especially their capture of Xishuangbanna, greatly accelerating the speed of its ethnic integration.

For hundreds of years, these tribes have survived in the cracks between Nanzhao (Dali), Annan, Zhenla, Bagan and other countries. They have also established regimes twice, but they were all defeated by the great powers and were forced to form alliances between tribes, and the scale of such alliances has become increasingly larger.

They fought with all the surrounding countries, and grew stronger through wars, forming an extremely fierce and warlike folk custom.

Tribal men are only responsible for hunting, fighting, and iron smelting.

Other things, including farming, were done by women and slaves.

Gao Zhenshou, who had just become the prime minister, went south to fight against the Jinchiman because the Jinchi army had already reached Pu'er!

The two sides fought fiercely from winter to spring, and they won and lost each other.

The Dali Kingdom preserved Pu'er, but could not regain Xishuangbanna.

"Father, you can't fight anymore," said Gao Shouchang. "The generals dare not speak out in front of their father, but they came to the child to complain. They first fought against the Thirty-Seven Barbarians, and then crossed mountains and ridges to this point. They had been fighting for more than half a year. Moreover... this is a high-level jurisdiction, so there is no need to fight to the death for him."

Gao Zhenshou said angrily: "Fuck, why is this a high-volume territory? Buer (Pu'er) was originally under the jurisdiction of the Yinsheng Jiedushi, but it was temporarily assigned to Weichu Mansion for the custody. I will naturally have to get it back as the Prime Minister!"

Xishuangbanna and Pu'er produced tea during the Tang Dynasty. The tea trade here was extremely prosperous and could provide continuous wealth.

Gao Zhenshou is reluctant to give up the taxes here!

Gao Shouchang said: "The soldiers are resentful, and it's almost summer. Many soldiers are looking forward to going home to farm. The Jinchi Man moved the capital to Mengli (Xishuangbanna). If they don't destroy their country, they will not stop the army. However, we are a hard-working army, and we will not be able to decide the victory or defeat for a long time. We cannot let the army be consumed all the time."

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight.

Gao Zhenshou, who had just become the prime minister, finally realized the difficulties of high volume.

Those golden-toothed barbarians were really not caused by him, and they must solve this problem now.

As mentioned earlier, the men of the Golden Tooth Kingdom only care about hunting, fighting, iron smelting, and even farming is done by women with slaves. They can always confront each other on the front line, but the army of the Dali Kingdom cannot do this.

The longer it takes, the more unfavorable it is to the Dali army.

Gao Zhenshou was persuaded by his son and began to summon the generals one after another. Through chatting, he found that most of the generals were unwilling to fight Jinchiman to death here.

Some people even suggested giving up Pu'er and relying on mountains and rivers to block the Golden-Tyed Man from heading north in the future.

To put it bluntly, no matter how much tax revenue is here, what's the matter with the nobles whose fiefdom is in the north?

After thinking about it, Gao Zhenshou sent an envoy.

When the envoy saw the king of the Golden-Tooth Kingdom, he said in a arrogant tone: "The Golden-Tooth Baiyi was originally a vassal of Dali. Now you have stolen the king's land. Your Majesty in our country is magnanimous and intends to enthrone you as king..."

Ba Zhen interrupted directly: "I would like to cherish the enthronement of Dali Kingdom? I have been enthroned by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Emperor Zhu was too ungrateful and did not allow me to attack Mengjiao (Jiaozhi). He also abolished my throne because of this incident and wanted to take back the golden seal of the king he gave me. I am not afraid of Dali Kingdom, are you afraid of your Dali Kingdom?"

The Dali envoy was speechless.

The remote barbarians did not know the power of the Ming Dynasty?

In history, Bazhen first went to the Southern Song Dynasty to request a title. Later, in order to avoid fighting on the four fronts, he was forced to agree to Dali's enthronement and called himself "the supreme Buddha Lord of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom."

Now, Annan Kingdom has just been changed to Jiaozhi Province, and he is busy cleaning up the internal situation and cannot care about the Jinchi Kingdom. Zhenla was defeated by Zhu Kang again, and rebellions are everywhere in China, and he cannot care about the Jinchi Kingdom. Dali himself is just shit and does not want to go to war with the Jinchi Kingdom.

In such a situation, how could Bazhen accept the enthronement of Dali Kingdom?

He even wanted to take the opportunity to destroy Dali Kingdom!

Bazhen grinned and grinned with a golden tooth, and angrily scolded the envoy: "Also, you are not allowed to call it Golden Tooth Country anymore. This is Jinglong Golden Palace Country!"

"You were called Jinchi in the Tang Dynasty." The Dali envoy was intimidating his power and saved the word "man".

Bazhen said: "That's a derogatory name for us!"

Golden teeth are really golden teeth. They are made of golden pieces and are only taken off when eating.

They also have brothers, silver-toothed mana and black-toothed mana, who also use silver pieces to make braces, or directly dye their teeth black.

This is a privilege belonging to aristocratic men, and it is not allowed for civilians or women.

The Dali envoy gradually became a good attitude from his initial domineering command, but he still could not convince Bazhen to accept the enthronement.

He had to go back to the city to report the news and come back in a few days.

This time, the negotiations were made, and both sides stopped their troops. Dali admitted Jinchi's possession of Xishuangbanna, but Jinchi Kingdom was not allowed to attack Pu'er area again.

Gao Zhenshou and Bazhen each brought a small army to join forces outside Pu'er City and also asked the Bodhisattva and Buddha to testify.

In early summer, both sides withdrew their troops from Pu'er.

Gao Zhenshou led his army to cross mountains and ridges. Before he arrived in Dali City, there was a fast Malay newspaper: "Buer (Pu'er) is gone!"

"Why is it not?" Gao Zhenshou was shocked. The messenger said, "Jinchi Man Xiaoshou dressed up as a tea dealer and entered the city and kept lurking in the city. Then the Jinchi army rushed to attack, and the Xiaoshou in the city set fire at night, and the defenders rushed to escape because of fear."

Gao Zhenshou was furious: "The barbarian Bazhen called himself the supreme Buddha, and dared to betray the oath made by the Bodhisattva Buddha! Isn't he afraid of being so majestic?"

No matter how much you say, it is useless.

Pu'er was lost, and due to the barrier of mountains and rivers, Dali would better defend the south.

But the premise is that all the territory in the south is abandoned.

In another time and space, the Golden Teeth Kingdom continued to erode the Dali territory, and finally even actually controlled Lincang, Dehong and other places.

Pu'er fell, and Gao Zhenshou's prestige plummeted.

He returned to Dali City urgently to control the king, and took out a lot of wealth to buy the princes of the Gao family, and promoted the titles of nobles of each surname.

Finally stabilized the political situation.

And Bazhen, who took Pu'er, changed his past enterprising spirit and began to build a large-scale construction in Xishuangbanna.

Countless captured civilians and soldiers worked there day and night, and many bodies were dragged and burned every day. They were exhausted.

Not only did he build a new capital, but he also built a Buddhist temple and even invited monks from Zhenla to be the abbots.

Not only is he a king, he also serves as the religious leader - the Supreme Buddha.

Then imitate neighboring countries and establish a three-level administrative system of "Mang-Qian-Nan". Similar to provincial prefectures, counties, but at the level of "Nan" is more like a larger rural tribe. (In later generations, Yunnan and Southeast Asia, many place names have the word "Nan", which is very likely related to the Golden Tie Kingdom.)

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After reading the telegram in Luoyang, Zhu Ming couldn't help but sigh: "It's such a mess. People took over Pu'er. The monarch and minister of Dali actually pretended that nothing happened."

Zhang Tong thought to himself: If King Yu hadn't defeated Zhenla and Annan became Jiaozhi Province again, how could the Jinchi Kingdom dare to go north with all his might?

Of course, this cannot be said. Zhang Tong said: "Dali Kingdom has lost its city and land one after another, and its soldiers have no intention of fighting and their generals have no fighting spirit. We can send troops."

Li Hanzhang said: "I think it can be postponed for two years. The conquering Dali requires countless money and grain to immigrate. In the past two years, I went to the Western Liao Dynasty and immigrated to the Anxi Protectorate. I was about to empty the national treasury. Fortunately, the weather was good and there was some surplus."

"The opportunity must not be missed." Li Bao said.

Ling Guxu retorted: "The Prime Minister of Dali is unpopular, and his national affairs will only become more and more chaotic. I missed the opportunity in front of me, and there will be more opportunities to send troops in the future."

Zhang Guangdao said: "Sichuan, Guangxi and Hunan provinces have already reserved grain and grass more than a year in advance. Military rations have actually been enough. What the imperial court needs to allocate is only various materials for subsequent immigration."

Wei Liangchen asked: "This time we send troops, we have to immigrate to Guizhou. How many immigrants should be determined? In addition to Sichuan, which province should provide immigration? There are more and more people going out to the sea in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, so it is probably not easy to force immigration. Guangxi, Hunan and Hubei are also best not to move."

The ministers argued for a while, and Zhu Ming began to speak.

"In this expedition to Dali, there is no need to send too many troops. The field army and regular army, with a total force of 40,000 troops, will be selected for retired soldiers and trained militias, with a total of 50,000 soldiers as auxiliary soldiers. These auxiliary soldiers try their best to persuade them to stay in Yunnan."

"From Sichuan, Huainan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, the first batch of immigrants was recruited, a total of 150,000 people. They served as grain transporters with the army, and stayed in Yunnan and Guizhou after the war. Three years later, another 100,000 immigrants were recruited. All of them were organized into Baojia, and they practiced in their spare time, and they could cultivate or fight."

"The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Inspectorate all sent people to accompany the army to restrain civil and military officials and prevent large-scale deaths of immigrants! The Imperial Hospital convenes the best doctors in the country and also collects medicinal materials from all over the country to properly prevent and control miasma epidemics among soldiers and immigrants!"

Mr. Pan Lianggui, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "Your Majesty, if there are too many immigrants, the money must be enough, but the food is not enough. If the governments in various places suddenly purchase grain on a large scale, the local grain prices will definitely soar. Otherwise, when the Anxi Protectorate's Office is self-sufficient, there will be no need to transport grain and supply within the pass, and then go to conquer Dali?"

Zhu Ming said: "It is not a big deal to rise a little bit, just keep it within ten cents per kilogram. In the past two years, the weather has been good, and the government and the people have stored grain. In addition, you can also go to Jiaozhi Province to buy grain."

Under normal circumstances, the price of grain is generally around four or five cents.

Grain merchants go to the countryside to buy grain during the harvest season, and even lower the price to one pound or two or three cents, which makes farmers sell it, and they don’t want to sell it.

If you encounter a bumper harvest, in order to avoid low grains and harm farmers, local governments will deliberately raise prices to purchase and buy them at relatively low prices and keep them in regular liquidation positions.

For two consecutive years, the Ming Dynasty has been in good weather and has kept a lot of stocks in the country.

Although the Anxi Protectorate consumes a lot and constantly requires additional immigration, the number of people in northern provinces is only used to settle the warehouse.

Because Sichuan often sends troops to conquer the barbarians, there is not much food there.

Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian suffered a super flood a few years ago, and there were many minor floods in the future. All kinds of constructive recovery require money and food. There are not many food storage.
To be continued...