Chapter 119 (3) Don't be too busy

However, Qianlong was the most sinister. As early as when he ascended the throne, he had already issued an order to explicitly prohibit mining.Because Qianlong was worried that the miners would gather and form a strong force, threatening his power.However, Wu Shangxian went to Burma to develop a mine to make a fortune, and his life was nourished and happy, which made Qianlong even more ashamed. In order to kill Wu Shangxian, Qianlong pretended to be overjoyed, and allowed Wu Shangxian's Maolong silver mine area to be included in the territory, and then sent officials to Maolong to prepare for it.As the saying goes, before the golden wind blows, the cicada is aware of the impermanence and death without knowing it. Wu Shangxian didn't know that Qianlong was such a bastard.

In fact, King Mandala of Burma sent envoys to China a year ago, begging the two countries to restore diplomatic relations and continue to pay tribute to the empire.The governor of Yunnan at that time knew best what this meant—it meant that he had to keep dealing with Burmese people. If Qianlong didn’t like it if he didn’t pay attention, it would be a family raid, so he flatly refused.One more thing is worse than one less thing, peace is a blessing. Under the rule of people like Qianlong, you must not be troublesome, otherwise you will die miserably. Wu Shangxian was ignorant, and brought the 1,200 soldiers he trained in the silver mine—these soldiers belonged to his personal armed forces.He has his own armed forces, but he is completely unaware of Qianlong's jealousy, which is really sad.Wherever his army passed, all the tribes sent people to follow them, and they went to see the Burmese king Mang Dala together.At this time, Mang Dala was worrying about the disturbances of various tribes. He was overjoyed when he heard Wu Shangxian's suggestion, and immediately expressed his request to the court to pay tribute.

After receiving Mang Dala's request for tribute, the governor of Yunnan-Guizhou, Shuose, and the governor, Turbinga, burst into tears, saying: Wu Shangxian, you bastard, you are dying, and you are dragging us into the water, are you lacking in morality?If you allow Burmese to pay tribute, there will be a lot of contacts here, and Qianlong will follow you, and sooner or later you will be ransacked and wiped out... There is no other way, the two discussed, and they must not allow Burmese to pay tribute.But if you don't agree, I'm afraid Wu Shangxian won't give up, and the consequences will be even more serious.

Well, let's hold a departmental work meeting to see if we can pass the responsibility to the subordinates. So a meeting of ministers and Taoists was held, and leaders at all levels participated in the meeting, including the chief envoy, the inspector, the grain road, the salt road, the east, and the west.At the meeting, everyone spoke one after another, scolding Wu Shangxian for defrauding others, and letting him go through so many things, I’m afraid how many people will be affected by him... Tired of scolding, everyone voted unanimously: it is not acceptable to accept the tribute from the king of Burma, because of the timing immature.

But Qianlong was very surprised when he received the report here, and said: Why is the time not ripe?Isn't that mature? Ready to play! King Mang Dala of Burma was overjoyed and immediately sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute.Unexpectedly, when the envoy arrived in Beijing and was kowtowing to Qianlong, he heard a loud "boom", and the Shisanmeng on the border between Qing and Burma had already made a big commotion. What is Thirteen Meng? The so-called Thirteen Mengs refer to the thirteen places under the jurisdiction of Pu'er Prefecture in Yunnan Province, namely: Meng'a, Menglong, Mengla, Mengwang, Jiulongjiang, Cheli, Yibang, Liuyun, Mengzhe, Pulong, How many are Zhengdong, Mengwu, and Wude?Count, no more, no less, exactly thirteen fierce.The thirteen fierce chieftains attacked each other with the various tribes of Burma, and the Burmese king Mang Dala was not strong enough, and he had lost the hearts of Burmese for a long time, so he thought of paying tribute, and wanted to rely on the Qing court to win back the bad situation.

But this bad situation, is it so easy to get over it? Thirteenth entered the country and started fighting. The chief of Delenbu, the largest tribe in Myanmar, took the opportunity to organize a team, and broke into the palace of the Burmese royal without any explanation, killed the Mandala guards, and captured Mandala. At that time, Mang Dala was very depressed, and said: Meng Bi, you are so aggressive and aggressive, what are you going to do? Meng retorted: "Nothing, I just want to invite the king to inspect Mengjiang." Inspecting Mengjiang... Mang Dala asked suspiciously: Why should I inspect Mengjiang?

Meng retorted: Don't ask so many questions, you will know when you get to the place... I can't help but drag Mandala and leave.It was dragged all the way to the river, and the head of Burmese king Mang Dala was pushed into the river. Half an hour later, when he pulled his hair and pulled it up again, the Burmese king had been dead for a long time. However, Qianlong didn't know that the Burmese king Mang Dala was dead, and he was issuing an imperial decree, ordering Shuo Se, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, to take action immediately to get rid of Wu Shangxian and his gang of criminals.Se Shuo couldn't bear to do it, and was scolded by Qianlong.In desperation, Se Shuo invited Wu Shangxian to come to the government for a drink. Wu Shangxian arrived in a big way, but Se Shuo sighed, and countless soldiers poured out from left and right. In the official prison.

Officers and soldiers broke into the Maolong Silver Factory, announcing the disbandment of Wu Shangxian's personal guards, including the silver factory workers, an armed force with tens of thousands of people was easily put down. Since then, Wu Shangxian was killed in prison. It is said that he was starved to death. Wu Shirong, the son of Wu Shangxian, fled to Yunnan, and the Maolong Silver Factory declined from then on. But I don't think that although Wu Shangxian is naive, the powerful armed force he possesses is an important force to maintain the balance on the Sino-Myanmar border.The disappearance of this force led to an imbalance in the confrontation between Myanmar and the Qing Dynasty, which eventually triggered the four-year-long Sino-Myanmar War.