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Siam was originally called Siam Hu. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang named King Ayutthaya as the "King of Siam", and the name Siam was officially fixed.
Generally speaking, Siam has always been relatively submissive to China, unlike Jiaozhi, which was always capricious.
There were many Han Chinese in the capital of Siam, and they called their capital Ayutthaya "Ayutthaya", so Siam was also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty.
The Siamese admired the Han people very much. When a Han Chinese came to their home as a guest, they would always ask their wives to come out to entertain them. If a Han Chinese took a fancy to his wife, he would go and tell others: "My wife is beautiful, and the Chinese like her." He was proud of this.
No matter what you do, you always need a reasonable reason to justify it. The reason for attacking Sulu, Brunei, Dongwu, and Jiaozhi was because they were enemies of the Qin Dynasty first, so it was justified to send troops to attack them.
And Siam had always been very submissive, so there was really no reasonable reason to attack it.
When Di Zhongxing was asked by Qin Mu, he replied: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to keep Siam. When the Great Qin conquers the Malay Peninsula, Dongwu, and Jiaozhi, Siam will be equivalent to a country within a country in the world. It is okay to keep it as an embellishment."
Di Zhongxing's words touched Qin Mu. The Qin Dynasty was now expanding vigorously, and other small countries saw only the fierce side of the Qin Dynasty. If Siam was kept and helped to restore its country, this act of benevolence could resist the fierceness brought by the expansion.
Let other countries believe that the Qin Dynasty does not only have a fierce side. As long as they are respectful to the Qin Dynasty, they can not only keep their country, but also get the protection of the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Mu nodded and said, "How about this, let's be a good person and let the South China Sea Fleet allocate a few hundred troops to directly help Siam restore its country. However..."
Qin Mu said this and asked Di Zhongxing to approach the globe. He then pointed to the narrowest area in the south of Siam that extended to the Malay Peninsula and said, "After helping Siam to restore its country, I would rather give it more land in the north. But here, this narrow area must be given up by Siam and belong to our Great Qin."
Di Zhongxing actually couldn't understand why the emperor went to so much trouble to get this narrow strip of land. He just thought that the emperor had predicted that there might be gold mines there, so he didn't ask any more questions and agreed immediately.
In fact, it is not a gold mine. Qin Mu is preparing for a rainy day. This narrow strip of land stretching to the Malay Peninsula. In the future, when technology is advanced, a canal can be dug to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
After its excavation, the voyage from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean can be shortened by thousands of nautical miles.
After the Qin Dynasty controlled the Strait of Malacca, it could choose not to dig it, but it could not allow others to dig it, so it was necessary to include this narrow area into the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Mu went on to say, "In addition, the western part of Siam must also be incorporated into the territory of the Qin Empire, even if it is only a narrow strip of land. First, Siam must not have an outlet to the Indian Ocean. Second, we must ensure that after conquering Dongwu Kingdom in the future, the Qin Empire will have a land route directly to the Malay Peninsula."
Qin Mu remembered clearly that in later generations, China wanted to build a Pan-Asian railway from Yunnan and Guangxi, China, through the entire Indochina Peninsula, and directly to Singapore. However, because this railway played an extremely important strategic role, it encountered many obstacles and could not be implemented.
For the future, even if Siam is retained, its territory cannot be allowed to separate Daqin Bengui from the Malay Peninsula.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. Currently, Siam's territory has not expanded to the Indian Ocean. The narrow north-south passage to the west has always been controlled by the Kingdom of Dongwu. After our Great Qin conquers Dongwu, the territory on the coastline facing the Indian Ocean will also belong to our Great Qin. In this way, it can extend from Yunnan all the way to Temasek."
"That's fine. Then let's keep Siam as an embellishment of the Great Qin. There is Korea in the north and Siam in the south. Both are countries that the Great Qin has helped to restore. We have done our utmost to be kind and righteous."
"Your Majesty is wise and wise." Di Zhongxing bowed and said, "I wonder if Your Majesty has any other instructions?"
"Not for now. Let the Royal Navy set off as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After seeing Di Zhongxing off, Qin Mu examined the globe alone for a long time. He intended to use foreign wars to divert the attention of domestic officials and citizens and reduce the resistance to reform.
After the judicial reform is completed, the administrative structure can be further improved, and the legislative, law enforcement, procuratorial and judicial powers can be separated and made independent of local administrative power. Then the performance appraisal system for officials can be improved, official property registration can be implemented, lifelong accountability can be promoted, local administration can be made open and transparent, and a corresponding supervision system can be established to prevent official corruption.
This is a closely linked whole, and if even the supervision mechanism is not perfect, everything else is fake.
Now the Qin Dynasty was once again facing a situation of fighting on three fronts, but the 50,000 Mongolian troops of Li Ding in the north and the 30,000 Tibetan troops of Su Jin in the west did not require the court to worry about. They also did not attract much attention from officials and civilians.
Therefore, it is necessary to make a bigger noise in the southwest and let the navy launch a full-scale attack on the Indochina Peninsula, and fight wherever they can. This kind of war is similar to Western colonization, and the court does not need to invest anything. On the contrary, it will make a lot of money for the court.
The only ones left were Cui Feng in Yunnan and Ma Liuliang in Guangxi. These two places would cost a lot of money. Moreover, they were both in mountainous and densely forested areas, making it difficult to fight.
What's more, Mu Tianbo is raising the banner of Prince Zhu San. This war must be fought and fought hard. Otherwise, if this banner is allowed to be raised in Yunnan, it will inevitably cause considerable trouble to the Qin Dynasty.
Cui Feng, the general of the Southern Expedition, also had a clear understanding of this. Ever since Mu Tianbo raised the banner of Zhu Cihuan, he had been reporting to the court while actively preparing for war.
He successively mobilized 20,000 Tusi troops from Wuding, Yao'an, Mile, Hequ and other Tusi, plus 20,000 Qin troops, with Bai Wenxuan as the vanguard general, and pressed towards Baoshan which was defended by Mu Tianbo.
Going south from Dali, through Baoshan, Mangshi, Longchuan, and across Hanlong Pass, you will reach the Dongwu Kingdom. Now, several states south of Baoshan are under the control of Mu Tianbo and have become one with the Dongwu Kingdom.
Seeing that Cui Feng began to mobilize the army, Mu Tianbo knew that something was wrong and urgently sent people to ask for reinforcements from the Dongwu Kingdom.
The Great Qin Emperor had already issued an imperial edict to attack the Dongwu Kingdom, and the King of Dongwu, Talong, naturally knew the principle of the lips and teeth being cold. If Mu Tianbo was wiped out, the Dongwu Kingdom would have to face the powerful Qin army directly;
In order to keep Mu Tianbo as a barrier, He Long once again sent 20,000 troops into Yunnan to support Mu Tianbo, and sent his most combat-savvy prince Ping Dali to lead the army.
After Cui Feng's 40,000 troops arrived in Dali, they rested for a while and then continued to march south;
Along the way, Yaoan chieftain Jili complained frequently, because among all the chieftains, he not only had the most troops mobilized, but also had to provide his own food and fodder. When they reached Yongping, he even delayed his march on the grounds of lack of food and fodder.
In the big tent, Jili, with bird feathers in his hair and half of his arms bare, was cursing: "Miao Xi, that coward, is so cowardly and timid that he dares not even speak out. He deserves to die."
Wu Jushan, the counselor beside him, said while drinking tea, "Don't pay attention to him, Chief. We have sent the most troops this time. There is news from the south that Long has sent 20,000 troops to reinforce Mu Tianbo. With a powerful enemy at hand, Cui Feng must rely on the chief. He will not dare to do anything to the chief. I guess he will have to obediently send food and grass to the chief tomorrow."
To be honest, Jili was still a little uneasy because he didn't get any response from the other chieftains this time.
Cui Feng was not a kind leader. In the past two years in Yunnan, if any chieftain was disobedient, he would immediately order other chieftains to attack. After conquering the chieftain, he would let everyone share the spoils equally. In total, seven chieftains had been destroyed.
After listening to Wu Jushan's words, he felt much more relieved and decided to hold on.
In Cui Feng's tent, generals such as Bai Wenxuan, Chen Ruizheng, and Chen Guimin were furious and shouted at Cui Feng to capture Jili and execute him.
Song Qing, the chieftain, stopped him and said, "General, if you kill Ji Li now, I'm afraid the 20,000 chieftains' army will get out of control. The battle hasn't even started yet, and you're already in chaos. What's wrong with that?"
Cui Fenghu's eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly: "Jili thinks he can threaten me at this time, but he has made a wrong calculation. I want to see who dares to follow him and mess around."
Song Qing said anxiously: "General, why don't you give them some food and grass? As the saying goes, the emperor doesn't want hungry soldiers. Give them some food to keep him quiet. Deal with Mu Tianbo first, and it won't be too late to take him back later."
Cui Feng immediately said, "You can see how broken this road is. It's so difficult to transport food and grass. If we don't let them find their own food and grass, we won't have to fight. We will be too busy just to supply them with food and grass."
"this... ... "
Cui Feng immediately shouted, "Come here, beat the drum to gather the troops!"
.(To be continued..)
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