Chapter 94: The Signing of the Treaty of Ayutthaya
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Looking at the mighty team of the Nanzhong army crossing the river to the north, the people of King Songtan and his entourage, who were observing the movement at the head of the city, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"King!" Zheng Zhao, the neutral Chinese minister who analyzed the pros and cons for King Songtan, knelt down and kowtowed, "Congratulations to my king, every evil turns into good fortune, and the death is auspicious." His Majesty went to the camp of the Nanzhong Army to pay the seal letter, and General Zheng Anhua, the battalion officer of the Guards Battalion, said that this time he came to receive the troops from the north to return to the division in the south. Soon we will pass through Ayutthaya, and I hope that our king will not panic, and the army will not enter the city, but just pass by. I also hope that I will sign a peace treaty in Siam as much as possible. So as not to have many dreams at night. ”
King Song Tan did not reply to Zheng Zhao's request for a while, but just looked at the large group of people who were going far north, a little distracted.
"Have any of you counted the artillery numbers of the Celestial Empire's army?"
Fiercely, King Song Tan came up with such a sentence. Suddenly, the civil and military officials of all sizes in the city fell into the clouds and mist. However, there was a military attache at the head of the city who whispered, "The Ming army's large and small artillery has a total of two hundred and thirty-one artillery. Compared with the six-pounder guns of the Dutch and Portuguese, the eight-pounder guns were as good as the others. ”
"Shhh The people in the city couldn't help but gasp collectively, so many artillery numbers, if they were placed under the city and bombarded day and night, for a few days, the walls of the big city would not exist.
The city wall is gone, and the people in the city are still good? The lives of their own families and their children's jade silk have all become trophies of the Ming army! Thinking of this, the ministers of the Lord's Peace Faction and the Neutral Faction were all glad and secretly admired their vision. Only the ministers of the main battle faction are still worried in their hearts while secretly taking chances.
"I'm Wang Yingming! Defuse a catastrophe of swords and soldiers for my Great Siam! It is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva under my Buddha's seat! "There is one who has a good heart and an eye, and he kneels and kowtows to the mountain, and shouts long live.
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
After everyone's sycophants had reached a climax, King Song Tan opened his mouth a little proudly, "You know at this time, why did you agree to the peace terms of the Nanzhong Army?" Zheng Aiqing, you quickly repair a book, and order Cha Lun Peng to quickly sign peace terms with the Ming people. Then, he was ordered to find a way in Ha Jing to test whether those cannons could be sold to our country. ”
"King, the ministers will do it immediately. It's just that my country seems to be able to cast artillery on its own, but why should we purchase the artillery of the South China Army? ”
Speaking of this, King Songtan's face immediately darkened, "It's not Wo Luo Wen's house!" In the military newspaper, it was said that the Ming artillery fire was sharp and fierce, so they were defeated in the first battle. When I saw it today, it was true. ”
"Please kill Wo Luo Weng to thank the world!" When the king saw that the perpetrator of the war, Voloon, had a hesitant face, he naturally thought about his intentions and offered to punish the culprit.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister also seconded it!" ……
A month later, in Ha Tinh, after Chen Lun, Oh Cha Lun Pong, persistently begged Gasa to roll and play lazy tricks, and finally signed the peace document in his capacity as the Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of King Song Tan of Siam.
The main contents are as follows:
Because the king of Siam and the Ming Dynasty were in charge of the rebellion against the Zhulu Army, the President Ma official and the superintendent of money and grain and civil affairs, and wanted to explain the recent discord and stop the provocation, so they agreed to establish a permanent peace treaty. It was the King of Siam who sent Jun to order the Minister of Cha Lun Phong; Daming Nanzhong rebelled against the Zhulu Army, President President Ma, supervised the management of money, grain, civil affairs, special envoy plenipotentiary, and An Tianhong, director of the Nanzhong Rite House; It is good for the public to compare with each other the orders they have been given to act cheaply and the orders given to them with full powers, even if they have drawn up the various articles, which are displayed on the left:
1. After that, the King of Siam and the President of the Southern Rebellion of the Great Ming Dynasty, President Ma, and the Governor of the Money, Grain, and Civil Affairs shall remain in peace forever, and the people to whom they belong shall be friendly with each other, and those who live in other countries shall be blessed by that country.
2. From now on, the King of Siam will allow the people of the Ming Dynasty to bring their families to live in five ports along the coast of Siam, including Chaban, Lataklaban, Sriracha, Phuket, and Songkhla, and trade is unhindered; Merchants in the south of the Ming Dynasty employed Siamese people in five ports including Laem Chabang, and the Siamese government was not allowed to interfere; In addition, the Southern Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty rebelled against the Zhulu Army, President President Ma, and the superintendent of money and grain sent consuls, stewards, and other officials to live in the five cities, specializing in business affairs, and exchanging official documents with the local officials; Let the people of the Ming Dynasty and Nanzhong follow the list described in the following article and pay the goods tax, money and other fees clearly.
3. Due to the long distance of the merchant ships in the south of the Ming Dynasty, there are often damage that need to be repaired, and they should be given coastal land for repairing ships and storing the materials used. Today, the King of Siam, Brigadier General Eun of Chao Phraya River, gave the Daming Nanzhong rebel Zhulu Army President Ma President and Governor of Qian Liang and the hereditary lord of the throne Chang Yuan to defend the lordship and let him legislate and govern it.
4. The King of Siam graciously approved 300,000 taels of silver to compensate for the casualties and material losses caused by the unprovoked attack on Wang Baobu of the Southern Chinese Army of the Ming Dynasty in the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.
5. All the merchants and people of the southern Ming Dynasty who trade in Siam shall set up merchants in accordance with the regulations, also known as public merchants, and the king of Siam shall not continue to follow the rules in the future, but all merchants and other merchants of the southern and central Ming Dynasty shall go to the respective ports to trade, regardless of which merchants they trade with, they shall be at their convenience; And to the amount of merchants and other merchants who have accumulated debts in the south of the Ming Dynasty and are at a loss to pay them back, it is now determined that 300,000 taels of silver will be used as the amount owed by the merchants, and the Siamese officials will be repaid.
6. Due to the unfairness of the officials of the Siamese State to the Ming Nanzhong expatriates in Surin Province, etc., it is necessary to allocate sergeants to seek justice, and the navy and army expenses are now determined to be 400,000 taels of silver, and the King of Siam is allowed to compensate for them.
7. How the above three discretionary silver amounts totaling 1 million taels should be paid in installments are listed on the left:
At this time, the bank was 300,000 taels;
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, 150,000 taels of silver were paid in March, and 150,000 taels of silver were paid in June, for a total of 300,000 taels of silver;
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, 100,000 taels of silver were paid in March, and 100,000 taels of silver were paid in June, for a total of 200,000 taels of silver;
In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, 100,000 taels of silver were paid in March and 100,000 taels of silver in June, a total of 200,000 taels of silver.
Since the fifth year of the Apocalypse, since the eighth year of the Apocalypse, a total of 1 million taels of silver have been paid in four years. If the amount is not paid on time, the interest rate will be raised by 5 taels per 100 taels per year.
8. All the people of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are soldiers or civilians in Nanzhong or other places, and who are now forbidden in various places under the jurisdiction of Siam, will be released by the King of Siam with his permission.
9. All those who are Siamese nationals, who previously lived in the towns where the Nanzhong people of the Ming Dynasty were based, or who had dealings with the Nanzhong people of the Ming Dynasty, or who followed and waited for the officials of the Nanzhong of the Ming Dynasty, were sent by the King of Siam to the decree of the Emperor of Siam, and the whole country was transcribed, and they were completely exempted; And all those who are Siamese nationals and were imprisoned and suffered for the middle affairs of the southern Ming Dynasty will also be released.
10. In the second article of the preceding article, it is stated that the import and export taxes and taxes shall be paid in the five places where the merchants and merchants of the southern Ming Dynasty live and trade, and the customs and fees shall be agreed upon, and the ministry shall issue a notice, so that the merchants of the southern and central Ming Dynasty can pay according to the rules; Now it has been agreed that since the goods in the south of the Ming Dynasty are taxed in a certain port, they will be allowed to be transported all over Siam by Siamese merchants, and the customs where the road passes through shall not increase the tax regulations, but only according to the valuation rules, and the tax increase for every two will not be excessive.
11. After the King of Siam allowed the peace treaty to be carried out and paid the 300,000 taels of silver allowed at this time, the soldiers of the Southern Chinese Navy of the Ming Dynasty immediately withdrew from the sea in Ayutthaya and Bashu (Bashu in Thailand), and no longer blocked the trade of merchants in Siam. To Ratchaburi and Pattaya will also be retreated. Only Ubon Ratchasima, Chathani, Sisaket, and Lai Et are still under the temporary guard of the Ming Nanzhong sergeants; After all the negotiated funds were paid, and the former Haikou ports had been opened up for trade with the people in the south of the Ming Dynasty, the sergeants stationed in the two places withdrew and ceased to occupy them.
12. On the day of the conclusion of the treaty, the president and governor of the army of the Ming Dynasty, President Ma, and the governor of the Qianliang Civil Administration, formed an alliance with the Siamese State to discuss Zhenla. The land of Zhenla is bounded by the Biandan Mountain Range, the east of the Biandan Mountain is owned by the official Yamen of President Ma of the Southern Central Committee of the Daming Dynasty, the west of the Biandan Mountain is owned by the Siamese State, the Kaopa Weihan Mountain Temple is the inherent land of Siam, and the Manraka Peninsula, Jinzhou Island, Borneo and other places are the territories of the Daming Old Port Propaganda Envoy, which is a part of the sacred and inviolable inherent territory of the Daming.
13. The above articles are all related to the discussion and offer, and the envoys of the two sides shall respectively present to the king of Siam and the President Ma of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Ming Dynasty to rebel against the Zhulu Army, and the governor of the money and grain and civil affairs shall be approved by themselves, and the two sides shall have a copy to show their trust; However, the two sides were far apart, and they were not allowed to arrive at once, so they were to compile two separate volumes, and first the Minister of Siam, the Minister of Cheap Action, and the President of the Daming Nanzhong Rebellion against the Zhulu Army, President Ma, supervised the management of money and grain, and the special envoys of the civil affairs were each appointed as their masters, and the seal letter was sealed, and each of them held one volume as a basis, so that it could be properly carried out without hindrance on the same day in accordance with the articles of the peace treaty. to the one who made the peace.
In the fifth year of the Great Tomorrow Enlightenment, the third month of the Second Ugly Day was held by the Great City Line, the Great Ming Nanzhong Rebellion, the President Ma, the President and Governor of the Money, Grain, and Civil Affairs, and the ship Shengli to defend the ship.
Signature of both parties:
The King of Siam sent Jun Ling to act cheaply as Minister Cha Rumphong.
Daming Nanzhong rebelled against the Zhulu Army, President President Ma, supervised the management of money and grain, and the special envoy plenipotentiary of the civil affairs department An Tianhong, the director of the Nanzhong Rite House.
(However, according to the secret revealed by people hundreds of years later, the lower reaches of the Chao Phraya River, this rice paradise, was actually used by the Siamese authorities to offset the war reparations with the price of 100 taels of gold per 100 li.) This group of guys who eat the food of their ancestors and cut off the way of their descendants! )
(This is not the most fatal, also hundreds of years later, some people raised the issue of the historical ownership of the region of Manchuria, Jinzhou Island, and Borneo, and the Chinese government was very calm to take out the historical documents of that year.) "Look, this was recognized by the local government of Siam at that time! You can come up with other evidence! ”)
Outside of the treaty, there were also some shady discoveries: for example, the South China Army sold all kinds of weapons and the Kingdom of Siam to defend against the invasion of the northern Burmese. The first batch of 10 large Franc machines purchased was delivered immediately after the contract was signed. The price is not expensive, and the large Franc machine weighing 500 catties is only priced at 8,000 taels of silver. And it includes after-sales service, maintenance, personnel training, etc......
On the same day, Voroe was beheaded in Ayutthaya, and his family property became an official. A total of 700,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of gold. Jewelry, ivory and other items.
This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being. Let's pull the camera back to the day.
"Lord, are we really not going to fight the big city?"
While riding his horse and whipping to urge the troops to march, Zheng Anhua, the former battalion officer of the Guards Battalion, pressed the handle of the knife on his waist and asked Li Shouhan in the caravan with a questioning probe.
Shouhan waved his hand, signaling Mo Jin, who was next to the car, to stop the car, jump out of the car, and move his waist and legs on the side of the road. Although it was a march in the plains, it was also a bumpy road, which made the defenders have a sore back.
Looking at the thousands of soldiers in front of him, although they were covered with mud on their faces by the enthusiasm of the early spring sun and the dust on the long-distance march, their mental state was still full, and the steps under their feet were still vigorous.
Although the military discipline of the Nanzhong Army was strict, it was only forbidden to make loud noises during the march, and it was not forbidden to talk in low voices, and from time to time, bursts of cheerful laughter came out of the queue.
"Brothers, sing a song!"
Shouhan waved the long knife in his hand.
"The pace should be precise and steady, the artillery standard should be high, the cavalry should be brave and strong in charging the enemy, and the guards should be important and strong. The pace is fine, the horse is fast, the artillery is fierce, the troops are strong, the country is strong, it is really glorious! 1. Persuade all the soldiers to learn by themselves, practice marksmanship accurately, and the army is powerful to outsiders; Second, persuade to be loyal and martyrful. Walk the triumphant return to the sun, and comfort the army ...... with pot pulp. ”
"March, march, the most rugged mountain roads......"
Bursts of singing rose and fell in the ranks. Drives away people's fatigue.
The affairs of the generals were compiled into songs and sung, this was not the invention of Shouhan, and he didn't know whose patent it was, but he just took it. This is much easier for ethnic minority soldiers who speak Chinese characters slowly, and even speak Chinese very well.
Recruits enlist in the army with "Recruit Song", have "Eat Song" when eating, get up with "Get Up Song", sleep at night with "Sleep Song", during training, there are "Gymnastics Song", "Target Shooting Song", "Save Bullet Song", and tactical requirements have "Use of Terrain Song", "City Building Song", "Night Battle Song", "Night Attack Song" and so on.
Watching the troops stride north in the heroic and neat singing, Shouhan turned around and asked Zheng Anhua: "What did you say?" Why not hit the big city? Why should I fight Ayutthaya? He deliberately made a puzzled expression.
"Count, how many wagons we brought with us to Siam? What's on board? Also, why is there such a hurry to march and hurry? Sixty miles a day? ”
"Use your brain!" Shouhan unceremoniously knocked Zheng Anhua's helmet with the whip in his hand.
"Use your brain?" Zheng Anhua simply took off his helmet and let the bun be blown by the wind, evaporating the hot sweat in the hair. He let the wind blow his somewhat wet hair, and at the same time looked at the mighty marching procession with some boredom.
Behind the queue of the former battalion of the guards, were the vehicles of the baggage battalion. The front guard battalion was the elite of the combat troops, and the elaborate troops were neat and strict, while the baggage battalion was mostly composed of vehicles, horses, and people. If the combat unit is a dragon that swallows the heavens and the earth, then the baggage battalion is a boundless sea of clouds surrounding this five-clawed golden dragon.
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