Like the top leaders of all countries of this era, the nobles of Siam did not care about the standard of living of their citizens, as long as they could ensure that their position was stable and that they could ensure their own luxury, then it would not matter if all the citizens were half starved to death.

And the conditions offered by the Chinese Empire are to satisfy this psychology.

As long as they agree to sign, foreign invasion, the empire helps them defend the country; The bottom rebelled, and the empire helped them suppress it; The courtiers rebelled, and the empire did not recognize them and would help them maintain legitimacy.

What's more, with the signing of the treaty, the empire itself would not pose a threat to the foreign states, otherwise there would be no guarantee that the empire would not annex them if it only paid tribute as before.

For the royal family and the top management, after signing the treaty, the empire will also let them enjoy a more luxurious life than before - the Han people are the first in the world in terms of enjoyment, and after the industrial level is improved, there are naturally more good things to enjoy.

In the case that there is no need to pay too much attention to the life of the bottom and their own safety and worry-free, the high-level people in Waifan will naturally move towards a luxurious life, even if one or two people can occasionally appear to wake up, it will not help the overall situation.

To put it bluntly, the empire is to turn Waibo into a comprador regime that grovels to itself, and if it can do this, then it is only natural to give some benefits.

The King of Siam did not have the same strong ambitions as the King of Donghu and the previous King of Jiaozhi, and he did not want to annex the surrounding territories, increase the national strength, and obtain the capital to compete with the Chinese court.

What the King of Siam wanted was his own security, status and the security of a luxurious life, and since he could achieve this goal as long as he signed a treaty, the Siamese envoys naturally did not hesitate too much.

In October 1789, the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Siam signed the Treaty of Jinling, in which Siam agreed to all the demands of the Chinese in exchange for the Chinese Empire canonizing the King of Siam as the King of the Outer Tibetan Prefecture of the Empire.

Siam thus became the second prince-level foreign kingdom in China, and at the same time, the Treaty of Ganghwa between China and Goryeo and the Treaty of Jinling with Siam became the model of treaties between the Chinese Empire and the foreign power of Tibet.

This was the result of the republic's expansion in the direction of Southeast Asia in 1789 - militarily killing only one country, but actually swallowing two.

Moreover, the submission of Siam has made the empire geographically divide the last two countries of the southeast peninsula, Chenla and Donghu, and then the empire continues to expand, so there is no need to worry that they can unite and resist the Chinese attack together.

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"If you deal with them one by one, Zhenla will not be much stronger than Champong, and Donghu is probably about the same strength as the original Jiaozhi."

Xu Shiyang said to Xu Muhe with some smugness:

"In other words, as long as we don't make mistakes ourselves, neither of these countries has the ability to resist for more than a year, and then it's easy to destroy one country in a year."

"That's your problem."

Xu Muhe had no waves in his heart, and the great achievement of destroying the country seemed to be unable to cause any emotional fluctuations for him.

This is probably because the Chinese Empire has been destroyed countless times under his tenure, or, as he said, the expansion after this year is entirely Xu Shiyang's own problem.

"Father thinks, for the rest of this year, you shouldn't focus on things like expansion, let's think about the enthronement ceremony first."

"Just leave the enthronement ceremony to the Ministry of Rites, I have no opinion."

What etiquette to use to ascend the throne may be very important to traditional civil officials, but Xu Shiyang doesn't care at all, as long as he doesn't make it too ugly and completes the enthronement ceremony smoothly, he doesn't have any opinions.

"Why don't you care about such a big thing?"

Xu Muhe seems to be a little dissatisfied with this, unlike Xu Shiyang, he has indeed been very attentive to this kind of ostentatious ceremony, just like the previous Taishan Fengzen.

"Moreover, before ascending the throne, there is also a Zen throne ceremony, which must be there, and we can't let fools and fools think that I am forced to abdicate!"

"Father, you can afford it with all your might." Xu Shiyang shook his head and said helplessly: "I'd better focus on other work." ”

Ascending the throne is not as simple as changing the emperor, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry that Xu Shiyang has been in charge of are easy to say; There are many work processes in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Households, which Xu Shiyang needs to be familiar with in advance; The Criminal Department was a very unfamiliar department to Xu Shiyang - he had a lot of influence over the Criminal Department, but he had no idea how it worked.

Also, after the emperor abdicated, some of the old ministers promoted by the emperor at the beginning may have to retreat.

For example, Xu Shiyang's uncle, the emperor's elder brother, and Xu Mujiang, who was in charge of the household department before, was worried that his nephew would settle his old accounts after he ascended the throne, so he had already written a letter to prepare to retire with the emperor.

Of course, the emperor planned to stay in Jiangnan after his retirement, because it was a little more prosperous, and there were many more places and ways to play than in the north.

Xu Muhe planned to go back to his hometown in Qi Province, where the Xu family's clan and ancestral grave were.

There are many officials who plan to retire, and they are not limited to those appointed by the emperor, there are also many people around Xu Shiyang who plan to retire.

Among them, the person with the highest official rank is Gongsun Sheng.

This former Taoist priest, who once served as the chief of the general staff of the Chinese army, served as the secretary of the military department and even the second auxiliary minister, was previously considered to be the number two person under Xu Shiyang, and because of this, the Taoist sects of the empire have always had an inexplicable good impression and goodwill towards the empire.

In the early days of the Jiedu Envoy, the King of Qi, and the early empire, this statement was true, and under normal circumstances, if Xu Shiyang personally went to the front, then the highest official of the military department sitting in the rear was Gongsun Sheng.

On the other hand, if Gongsun Sheng went to the front, then Xu Shiyang would usually not be in person.

However, after the empire unified the north and the south, the situation changed completely, because the subsequent war did not need Xu Shiyang to play in person, even if it was a war of annihilation, at most, Li Jinghuai, Feng Sanhu, Lin Chong and other lieutenant general-level officers could be dealt with as commanders.

For this reason, this year, the empire attacked the city, and Gongsun Sheng also asked himself to be the commander - he has not yet made a great contribution to destroying the country (Xu Shiyang himself was the commander of the destruction of the country before, and then he let the lieutenant generals do this).

In fact, in addition to Gongsun Sheng's desire for a great achievement in destroying the country, the purpose of his request also has a little tentative meaning - others may not know, but Gongsun Sheng knows that Xu Shiyang has always hated Buddhism and Taoism equally, and he can kill Shaosen Temple, and he will not mind killing Quanzhen or Wudang.

One reason why this was not done was that the Taoist temple did not commit as much as the Shaosen Temple (not that they did not commit a crime).

Another reason is probably that Gongsun Sheng still has some face after all.

It's just that I don't know to what extent this face can affect Xu Shiyang's decision.

Gongsun Sheng felt that if Xu Shiyang allowed him to obtain a great achievement of destroying the country, it would prove that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still patient with him.

But if Xu Shiyang does not allow it, then it is difficult not to remind people of the old things in the history of previous dynasties when the founding emperors purged the heroes - the king, where do you need your subordinates to make a backup for him?

As a result, Xu Shiyang did not agree with Gongsun Sheng's task of attacking and destroying the city.

Therefore, Gongsun Sheng thought that he was already suspected of being a meritorious master, and Xu Shiyang was naturally fine when he was still alive, but if Xu Shiyang was unwell, then Xu Daizhuo would probably be worried that he would not be able to suppress himself.

So in the end, when Xu Shiyang was ready to ascend the throne, Gongsun Sheng submitted his resignation. And he did not choose to go overseas to explore, but planned to return to Laoshan in Qi Province and continue to cultivate.