On the other hand, the expansion of the empire's direction of occupancy was also very smooth.

Or, it was a bit too smooth.

The Imperial Marine Army occupied the entire territory of Chameng in just two months. The Chameng Army, which claimed to have a million troops (actually less than 60,000, including auxiliary soldiers), caused less than 300 direct casualties to the empire.

And that's nothing. At the beginning of the war, Chameng realized that he could not resist the invasion of the Chinese army, so he asked for help from other nearby countries.

Their reasons are simple and realistic: China cannot be satisfied with destroying Champa, but the first one is Champa, and it will definitely be Zhenla, Siam, and Dongshu, which is more dependent on the west.

Now, only when everyone gives up the mentality of luck and unite to fight against China together can they have a chance to survive. If they still control their own separate resistance, they will only be annexed and destroyed by China one by one.

This statement is correct, but it is useless. Chameng and Zhenla, Zhenla and Siam, Siam and Touo are all hostile relations. It is really too much to expect them to unite.

What's more, the King of Siam had a son-in-law who was a Han Chinese. He believed that Siam was not the same as other countries and should be qualified to obtain a status similar to Goryeo.

In addition, the Emperor of the Tou Dynasty (professed to) believed that he had the strength to resist the invasion of the Chinese army alone. In a sense, his idea was not completely arrogant, because the Tou Dynasty was a regional power and often suppressed Dali in the past, and Siam could not breathe. In addition, the Tou Dynasty's north junction with China was complex and the terrain was dense and the original forest was dense. It was not completely unreasonable to think that the Han army could not penetrate the Tou Dynasty.

This series of reasons led to the complete bankruptcy and failure of Chameng's policy of connecting neighboring countries to fight against China, which destined the demise of Chameng and other Southeast Asian countries.

Of course, not all of them will perish. At least if Siam, who is tactful, can be more respectful, it may not be impossible to continue to survive as a foreign country like Goryeo.

Around mid-July, the King of Siam sent an envoy to Jinling and requested the enthronement of China.

When the Siam king refused Chameng's king for help, they were very determined, but from the perspective of the mission composition, they were still a little uneasy - all the male members of the mission were Han or Han ancestry, and none of the men of pure Siam ancestry came.

But many women came.

The King of Siam knew that King Goryeo had selected all his daughters of age and was a concubine for each of the Chinese royal family. Although it seemed wronged to be sent to someone to be a concubine at that time, looking back and forth, it was a little different - is that a concubine? That was to be a concubine for the princess and princes of the empire!

Is there any way to save your own family better than this?

What's even better is that the prince born to a foreign concubine has no support from the foreign relatives, and cannot pose a threat to the Queen Mother Palace, nor will he get involved in the whirlpool of fighting for the throne (not qualified), causing trouble to his family.

The empire will definitely bear the favor. Even if they cut some land for China, they will at least not really destroy their daughter-in-law's country.

Such a great benefit was not to be moved by the King of Siam, so he packed all his daughters, the royal family, top ministers, and daughters of the noble family of appropriate age.

Of course, the King of Siam did not expect to send a few princesses to solve his own safety problems. All the relatives in this world who gave away their daughters would have a lot of wealth.

Siam is naturally no exception this time. According to the Han envoy who was a lobbyist for the King of Siam, if the Chinese emperor agreed to marry a marriage, the noble daughter of Siam would marry a princess as a concubine, each person would be given a dowry of 1,000 taels of gold; if she had the chance to marry a higher one, then she would be given a dowry of 1,000 taels of gold!

For Siam, this is not a small amount, but for China, this little gold only has a symbolic meaning.

The empire was not the poor Tartars in the north in the past, and they did not need to rely on the money brought by marriage to make up for the financial gap. In fact, the royal family did not like the princesses who paid tribute to Siam - because they were not beautiful.

However, the Empire had no intention of keeping the generous gifts that came to the door.

Therefore, when the cabinet negotiated with the Siam delegation, it proposed that those noble Siam girls could be accepted and distributed to the princes and princes of the generations as concubines.

The gold for dowry can also be accepted, but it is impossible for the Siam king to get the treatment of a prince like Goryeo with only these.

Because Goryeo surrendered early, the emperor had not even been king at that time, and it was time and time.

Moreover, Goryeo not only handed over the princess marriage, they also ceded two territories, and accepted the "guidance" of the Chinese Empire in many aspects such as military, diplomacy, and education, and also handed over customs to the empire to control.

This unilateral attitude and policy of completely openness to China is the main reason why Goryeo is seen differently and can survive as the prince of the foreign powers.

Therefore, if Siam wants to gain a similar status to Goryeo in the Chinese civilization circle, then Siam should make concessions in the following aspects:

First, in terms of territory, several ports along the coast of Siam should be handed over to China, and correspondingly, the customs should be headed by the Chinese and directly responsible.

Second, Siam received comprehensive "guidance" from the Chinese Empire in three aspects: military, education and diplomacy.

Third, the entire Siam region allows Chinese people to travel, live, open factories, mine, and do business. The Chinese Empire ships have the right to sail freely in the Siam waters and inland rivers. The Chinese who commit crimes in Siam should be handed over to the Chinese Empire for trial. Siam has no right to interrogate and torture Chinese civilians or above.

Fourth, the embassy of the Chinese Empire was established in the capital of Siam. The embassy was regarded as the territory of China and allowed no more than one thousand troops to be stationed in China.

Fifth, the replacement of the Siam throne requires formal recognition from the imperial family of the Chinese Empire in advance, otherwise it will be illegal, and the empire has the right to sanction or even crack down on the Siam king who illegally ascended the throne.

Sixth, the rice that can be exported by Siam will be purchased and sold by the Empire's state-owned grain and oil company. These rice should not be less than 30 million stones per year (the new stone of 100 kilograms per stone in the Huaxia Empire).

A covenant that only seeks but does not give back cannot last for a long time, so the empire also promised to give Siam many preferential conditions.

The first is that the empire agreed to cede part of the territory of the Toho dynasty in the future to compensate for the losses of Siam's loss of coastal ports.

In addition, the empire guaranteed the existence of Siam and did not recognize anyone outside the Siam royal family to replace the throne of Siam princes.

Finally, the empire agreed to export various luxury goods to the Siamese royal family and nobles at a lower price to satisfy the enjoyment of the Siamese royal family and noble people.
Chapter completed!