"Father, you'd better get an idea, right? Nowadays, there is an undercurrent in the city of Bangkok, but there are many shameless people who are already secretly communicating with the so-called Siamese [***]. "In the heavily guarded palace, the crown prince of the Han dynasty named Zheng Buddha looked at his father, King Rama I Chaopiye Chokri.

He had just turned 50 years old, and he was in the prime of life and energetic, but in the past year or so, this ambitious Rama I had become gray, and his face was wrinkled like that of an old man in his sixties and seventies.

The original straight spine has now become slightly hunched, and it is no longer possible to find the majesty of pride and confidence written on the face more than a year ago, and the originally firm eyes are full of hesitation and uncertainty at the moment, but more of the desire for life and the fear of death.

Seeing that his young and powerful father had become what he is now, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart by killing Luo Songtong, but he couldn't care about it anymore, so he could only ask again. "Father, we still have a great army of 100,000 men in Siam, and most of our generals are still loyal to you. The so-called Zheng Xin's grandson Zheng Xiong, according to Erchen, is obviously an impostor, and we are still righteous. ”

"Actually, back then, Zheng Xin's children were all killed by me, but at that time, there was chaos in Thonburi City, and it was not unusual for one or two to escape." Rama I's face showed an expression that looked like crying and laughing, and the crown prince couldn't help but shudder when he saw that he killed Luo Songtun, and quickly looked away.

Rama I didn't care about his son's actions, and said to himself: "What if Zheng Xiong is real? Even if it is the Zheng Xin lineage, all of them have been wiped out, that empire really wants to destroy me Siam, even if it fabricates a Zheng Xionglai, what can I do about it? ”

"O king, I regret it...... "Rama I's wry smile appeared on his wrinkled face." In the past ten years, I have been worried all the time, for fear that the Great Qing Kingdom would know that I had killed Zheng Xin and killed so many Chinese, and it was precisely because of the fear of reprisals that I had to falsely claim that I was the son of Zheng Xin, and call the Great Qing Kingdom a tribute under the name of Han, and even let my descendants also have a Han name. ”

"Also, I also underestimated that Liang Pengfei, no one thought that he was just a thief, he could really win the world, he was born as a pirate, and he was a member of the Qing Kingdom and Liangguangren, and according to Nanyang, he knew everything about my Siam, if I had known earlier that there would be today, if I had taken the world, let Zheng Xin be a monk, not slaughter his clan, and not kill those Chinese...... It seems that I should have planted the cause, and now, I am the Kerry family, and I have finally been retributed. ”

"Father, don't give up, it's been done so far, and it's too late to regret it. Now, the catastrophe of Siam is imminent, and I hope that my father will be excited, gather a large army, and fight them to the death, or we will withdraw from Bangkok, gather our troops and horses, and make other plans. Yi Kill Luo Songtun knelt on the ground, and at this time, he was already in tears.

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He figured ...... Hehe, what else can you do? Now, in the Indochina Peninsula, what other country dares to disobey the orders of the Chinese Empire? Tears glistened in the corners of Rama I's eyes.

"Father, isn't there still Burma?" The crown prince Zheng Fo's eyes lit up and said loudly.

Rama I sat down in his chair and shook his head: "Burma? Hmph, Wang'er, I tell you that Zheng Xin is precisely because of the restoration of Siam for me, the defeat of the Burmese thief army, who invaded the capital of Siam and even the king starved to death on the way to escape, and recovered the land of Siam, and ascended to the throne as a foreign race in one fell swoop. If I really borrowed a soldier from that Burma, it would be when you and my father and son died. ”

"Today's Burma, the Northern Expedition to China, do you really think that China cannot deal with Burma because the domestic turmoil has not been pacified?" Rama I is also worthy of being a hero who has won a country, and at this moment, he can see it more clearly than the king of Burma.

"Look at the situation of my Siam now, they instructed those countries of Central and South China to invade my Siam on a large scale, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but they did not pay attention to the Burmese invasion of the country, and I heard that the Burmese invasion of Yunnan almost did not meet with resistance, do you think this is commonsense?"

"And now, the south of Burma is full of smoke, and the north is still peaceful, hmph, I dare to predict, I am afraid that all these changes have been in the calculations of the pirate-born Liang Fuhrer."

Wow...... Crown Prince Zheng Fo couldn't help but gasp: "Father, what do you mean is that he wants to occupy the entire Central South?" ”

"I don't know, but I can predict that the lords of the Indochina Peninsula will no longer have the freedom and autonomy they used to have." Rama I's face was full of emotion and helplessness. There was a dead silence between the father and son, only the sound of the small footsteps outside the dormitory, and the occasional shouting and scolding of the guards echoed in the palace forbidden.

"Wang'er, let's go." After a long time, the crown prince Zheng Fo even thought that his old man who had closed his eyes was asleep, and at this moment, Rama I's mouth went to spit out such a short sentence.

"Father?!" The crown prince Zheng Fo couldn't help but be surprised, and raised his head in amazement, but saw that his father didn't know when he stood up and walked to him.

Rama I Zheng Hua helped up the crown prince Zheng Fo, and said with a reluctant face: "Wang'er, although Liang Pengfei is ruthless and cunning, he is the most credible, whether it is Zheng Lianchang, who was said to be dominant in the Chinese Sea, or Cai Lian, who is famous for his murder, they are all mortal people, but after they agreed to Liang Pengfei's conditions, Liang Pengfei really let them live......"

"Father, no, my son will not leave you."

"Bastard, do you want to die with me?!" Rama I's eyes widened and he shouted in a low voice, but this low shout was like thunder, shaking the Zheng Buddha cold. "Father, you ......"

"The letter from the head of Liang, I think you have also read it, the letter said, as promised, I am old, it doesn't matter if I die, my grandson is too young, and he can't stand the hardships of toil, and you, in the prime of life, leave Bangkok, leave Siam, find a place to be incognito, be a happy man, as long as you have escaped this catastrophe, although I can't rule Siam with the Kerry family, but at least, our people can survive, as long as they can remember that their ancestors, who were once the monarchs of Siam, ruled this land, I'm satisfied, even if the head of Liang really turns his face ruthlessly, and you, my prince, you can pass on the bloodline of the Chakri family......"

Zheng Buddha fell to his knees and sobbed, and Rama I, whose Han name was Zheng Hua, patted his son's head in pity. "Wang'er, I finally figured it out, the Chinese empire that used to always underestimate us, or even didn't look at us at all, only treated us as a group of ignorant mosquitoes, and the Chinese empire that was given away with 10,000 gold has changed, and it has become more powerful, don't think about avenging me, unless this empire collapses, otherwise, don't send us to death easily, I have arranged a stand-in for you, I have arranged for a henchman to escort you out of the city overnight, remember my words."

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“…… Son, son, the son remembered. The next day, a white flag was raised at the head of Bangkok that broke the hearts of the supporters of the Bangkok dynasty, and Rama I wrote a letter of surrender to his grandson Zheng Fu, and his son Zheng Buddha died of poison in the ashram, and then, according to his instructions, the palace guards burned the ashram and collected the ashes of the two and offered them into the pagoda.

Zheng Fu led the soldiers of Bangkok City out of the city and surrendered, Zheng Xiong in Bangkok City, restored the Thonburi Dynasty, and Zheng Fu was ordered to enter the temple as a monk, and was closely monitored until his old death.

After Zheng Xiong ascended the throne, he immediately submitted his vassal to the Chinese Empire, forever a subordinate of Tibet, and greatly promoted Sinology in Siam, using Chinese characters as the official language and language, and according to the policy of Emperor Zheng Xin, a large number of Han people were moved into Siam, and given the status of the former Emperor, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of those Siamese nobles again, but after several bloody and brutal suppressions, Siam, like Na Annan and other Indochina countries, gradually integrated into China.

In the large camp of the coalition army outside the Siamese capital of Bangkok, Li Dashuang, the supreme commander of the coalition army and the commander-in-chief of the Central and Southern Field Army, was listening to the report of his subordinates.

"General, we have agreed to King Zheng's request and promised to give him 30,000 Chinese soldiers, including 10,000 flintlock muskeers. In addition, King Zheng also begged that we could leave a regiment of the regular army as his Praetorian Guard, the Siamese royal palace and his own safety, because he was really worried about the Siamese people. ”

"Well, okay, promise him, in fact, even if he doesn't make these requests, I will send people to his side, after all, the young master has already given thousands of instructions, and our dignified Chinese empire is not a stupid bird who does things for nothing and does not take money. No one stayed by Zheng Xiong's side, and I was really not at ease. Li Dashuang said with satisfaction, anyway, all the people in the military tent are his own people, so Li Dashuang did not have the slightest intention of concealing his words. These words immediately attracted the echoing voices of the generals in the tent.

Li Dashuang said again: "By the way, tell King Zheng that according to the agreement between him and my young master, the border will be opened to allow Chinese to enter Siam to live, in addition, the Chinese have the priority to enlist in the army, and there will be a Chinese school throughout Siam, with Chinese characters as the official language of Siam...... By the way, isn't he worried about those Siamese troops? This is easy to do, now that the Siamese matter is over, General Ben wants to lead the coalition army to Burma to crusade against the Burmese King Meng Yun who dares to fight with us, and let him send 30,000 Siamese soldiers and horses to accompany him, as well as those newly surrendered Siamese generals. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dashuang laughed a few times: "General Ben will stop some of his troops and horses at the border between Burma and Siam at that time, and he can return to Siam at any time." And in the city of Bangkok, there is a large Chinese army guarding it, and those who are disgruntled in Siam can only stare dryly. ”

"High, the general is high, in this way, even if those Siamese people have the intention to rebel, I am afraid that they will be powerless." A staff officer next to him smiled repeatedly.

(To be continued)