There are many chieftains in the southwest, and the chieftains in Yunnan are both numerous and powerful, and the situation is more special.
"Where the hundred barbarians live, there are chieftains." It was not until the Zhengtong period that the imperial court readjusted the southwestern border of Yunnan and established the "Three Xuans and Six Weis."
The three Xuan refers to the Nandian Xuanwei Si, Ganya Xuanwei Si, and Longchuan Xuanwei Si; the six Wei refers to the Cheli Xuanwei Si, Myanmar Xuanwei Si, Mubang Xuanwei Si, Babai Dadian Xuanwei Si, Mengyang Xuanwei Si, and Laos Xuanwei Si.
In addition to the domestic part, the scope of the Three Xuans and Six Weis also roughly included present-day Myanmar, northern Thailand and central Laos, all of which were "those in central Yunnan that could be dispatched."
After the tenth year of the Jiajing reign, Mang Shwe Ti established the Toungoo Dynasty. As the Ming Dynasty declined, the Toungoo Dynasty grew stronger, and the chieftains of the three Xuan and six Wei tribes under the Ming Dynasty successively submitted to the Toungoo Dynasty.
After finishing his official duties, the emperor pondered for a while, took out a red card with gold characters from the drawer of his imperial desk, looked at it carefully, stroked it, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The system of golden red cards was implemented in the outer administrative areas of Yunnan during the middle and early Ming Dynasty. It played a very important and positive role in frontier management, protecting the country and borders, and mediating and resolving internal conflicts within the organization.
However, the implementation of this system was gradually relaxed in the late Ming Dynasty, and the implementation of the letter of credit and the gold-lettered red card system in the southwestern border was basically abandoned.
In the first year of the Wanli reign, the Ming Dynasty awarded gold-lettered red cards, certificates and letters to the Yunnan border administrative area for the last time. There was no record of awarding gold-lettered red cards and letters thereafter, which was equivalent to the Ming Dynasty rulers abandoning this frontier management system.
Myanmar, on the other hand, was advancing step by step, even learning the Ming Dynasty's gold-lettered red card system, sending envoys to lend a helping hand and solving problems for the chieftains of the weak foreign political regions. As a result, the weak foreign political regions, without the support of the Ming Dynasty, turned to Myanmar one after another.
A red card with golden characters! A chill flashed in the emperor's eyes. He was determined to restore this system and restore the majesty of the Ming Dynasty when it was strong.
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