Pan Yun said softly, "He is a subject of my Ming Dynasty. No matter what crime he committed, hiding and skulking is never a solution. I respect his courage in becoming a rebel, but where darkness breeds, evil grows. By hiding like this, he has left the Dai people and Han people plunged into dire straits because of his rebellion, still trapped in the whirlpool. Has he made up his mind to be a rat?"
Pan Yun said mildly, "You should still send him back."
The Laos envoy looked utterly awkward. Under the oppressive gazes of Ming Dynasty's officials, he lowered his head and respectfully answered, "Yes."
Laos sheltering Si Jifa had been an accident. Before this, he had always been hiding around Burma.
When the late Emperor met disaster in Datong, Si Jifa, who had been hiding in Burma, immediately gathered men to strike back into Luchuan. But Wang Ji's great army pressed down upon the border. Not only did it frighten Si Jifa into inaction, it also sent envoys to Malacca City to rebuke the Burma Office.
At this time, Burma was divided into three offices: the Burma Office, the Diewula Office, and the Dagula Office. The three offices were not peaceful among themselves either. All three submitted to the Ming Dynasty and revered it as their suzerain state.
The Diewula Office and Dagula Office were deeply dissatisfied with the Burma Office's suicidal conduct. Thus, during the period when Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, the three sides clashed a few times on a small scale.
Among them, the Dagula Office reacted most fiercely and wanted to kill Si Jifa.
Panicking, Si Jifa fled through Siam to Laos. At the time, seeing the Ming Dynasty in the midst of transition between old and new rulers, the king of Laos