There is a saying in the academic circles of the empire: the son is in the north, and the godson is in the pillow.

The pro-son here refers to the empire's colonies in North America, why do you say pro-son, because at present, the North American emperor has more than 10 million people, and the Chinese nation accounts for ninety percent of the population, and the rest are foreigners and Indians who have not yet been sinicized. And the godson refers to North Korea.

In 1871, when the province of Ying was added to the empire, Korea was faced with an awkward situation: it was not the territory of the empire, but it was surrounded by the territory of the empire. After 1871, some parliamentarians and officials also proposed that Korea should be swallowed altogether, but the empire was also faced with the awkward question of what reason to annex Korea, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the northern part of Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province of Korea was annexed on the grounds that it would punish Korea for defecting to Houjin.

At this time, the king of Joseon was Gojong Yi Hee, who ascended the throne on December 13, 1863. Because of his young age, his biological father, Li Yuying, was in charge of government affairs (Li Xi was the second son of the monarch of Xingxuan Courtyard). Not long ago, in 1873, Gojong turned 21 years old and proclaimed himself in power. But what I want to say here is that during the period when Daewonjun was in charge of government, Li Xi has been studying in the imperial school, and the current king of Korea speaks Chinese with a Beijing flavor and basically does not understand a word of Korean, but fortunately, the Korean high-level has always had the habit of using Chinese to communicate, even after their so-called King Sejong invented Korean. Such a monarch who grew up in China, a king who was influenced by Chinese culture and Chinese thought, and a king who has an endless affection for the empire, what reason does the king have to annex his country.

Since the unification of the empire in 1840, North Korea has been firmly following the empire, whether it is an economic treaty signed with the empire or unconditionally contributing its own market for imperial merchants to dump. This godson is almost better than his own son, and his own son has had a trouble with himself! The godson, on the contrary, worked hard and did not complain. (Note: In 1869, the Imperial Congress proposed to impose additional commercial taxes on the industrial products of the North American colonies, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among the North American Emperors' Collar Council, announcing that if Congress raised tariffs, North America would stop selling all kinds of minerals and agricultural products cheaply to the mainland, and then some members of the Congress even proposed to the cabinet to ban the North American Emperor's Collar Council, but fortunately, Congress also knew that North America was the Emperor's land, and the government could not manage it.) It was only after the emperor intervened and reprimanded the parliament. ）

In any case, more than 20 years of commodity dumping and capital exports have actually turned North Korea into a pauper. However, the Korean people have been resentful for a long time, and they dare not smash the shops of the country and smash the foreigners, and the merchants of the country do not dare to hit the government officials who are angry. From 1840 to 1870, there were 50,784 large and small riots and rebellions in Korea, causing 426 political and economic disputes at home and abroad. From 1844 onwards, the empire formed the Korean Front and stationed it in Korea to maintain the rule of the Yi dynasty. North Korea's armament was actually a mess, and after the Korean Front was stationed in Korea, North Korea simply disbanded all its armies, leaving only the palace guards (the Praetorian Guard was used by the emperor, and the Korean king had always been at the rank of county king in the Central Plains Dynasty, and he had no right to use the term Praetorian Guard).

In 1873, after Li Xi came to power, he had to face a situation that could not be worse. The North Korean economy is rotten, North Korean officials are basically *, and his father, Daewon-kun, is still eyeing him behind his back. The 21-year-old Korean monarch is also a young man who has been educated in the modern ideology of the empire. From 1873 to 1875, Li Xi successively promulgated a series of decrees from all walks of life, such as the "Direction of Korean Economic Development" and the "Korean Farm Bill", to learn from China's development, and even simply tied himself to China's economic system. For example, in the "Direction of North Korea's Economic Development", it is clearly stated that it is necessary to vigorously introduce Chinese capital and encourage Chinese businessmen to build factories in North Korea, while ignoring North Korea's local industries. In today's terms, it will be to work on making North Korea a part of China.

Economically, we want to move closer to China, but politically, we don't need to, because North Korea has always done this, and the history of the godson for thousands of years does not need Li Xi to interfere at all, what he has to do now is to win over the commander-in-chief of the Korean Front of the empire, Li Yucheng, this Li Yucheng is a famous general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, and now he is a lieutenant general of the empire. Li Yucheng, commander-in-chief of the Korean Front, is actually more like the emperor of North Korea and the emperor, and with the support of the emperor, he can sit firmly! Of course, what he can't see clearly is that the real Emperor Taishang is the empire, and Li Yucheng is the specific executor-

Siam is also known as Thailand, and some of its ancestors were ancient Chinese who originally lived in Yunnan, China, and moved south to the Indochina Peninsula to escape the Mongol invasion. Siam has been culturally influenced by both Chinese culture and Indian culture, especially the Buddhist culture that came from India to the west, and it is still a religious country where all people believe in Buddhism.

In the mid-14th century, the Thai leader King Utong annexed the territory of the Sukhothai Kingdom and established the Ayutthaya Dynasty (Ayutthaya Dynasty).

After the middle of the 16th century, the once prosperous Ayutthaya fought a protracted war with Burma, and the border was often mired in war, and the northern vassal state of Lannatay was sometimes forced to submit to Burma. In April 1767, Kyoto was captured by the Burmese army, the property was looted, the population was plundered, the royal family, temples, private houses and classic cultural relics were all burned down, and it was also at this time that the Western powers began to invade the Siam region.

In the 18th century, during the Burmese invasion, under the leadership of the Chinese national hero Phraya Dasin (Zheng Xin), the Siamese people bravely resisted the foreign invasion and won the struggle for the restoration of the country. Subsequently, the capital was moved to Thonburi, and the Thonburi Dynasty was established, and Taksin was proclaimed king. He continued to lead the repulsion of Burmese army attacks and reunite the divided country.

In the mid-to-late 18th century, the Thonburi Dynasty gradually seized power by the general Chao Phhaya Jieji, who later became Rama I, until 1782, Rama I officially ascended the throne, built the capital of Bangkok, established the Chokri Dynasty (Bangkok Dynasty), and the Thonburi Dynasty perished. The funny thing in this is that Rama I, who was older than Zheng Xin, asked for canonization in the name of Zheng Xin's son when he wrote to the Qing Dynasty.

In the eyes of Lin Hong and the cabinet, Siam is now dispensable except for rice, and this vassal state is not taken seriously by any one except themselves.

When the empire annexed Burma in 1841, there was an idea of wiping south to destroy Siam, but at that time, Burma was unstable, and some of the troops were in India to suppress the rebellion, and after the Malay Peninsula had already gained control of the Strait of Malacca, the empire's annexation of Siam* declined. After all, with the Burmese Empire, there was an outlet to the Indian Ocean, and Siam was in the middle of the Indochina Peninsula, and Siam was a chicken rib when the empire had not yet annexed Vietnam. Fortunately, Siam was also self-aware, and the letter to the vassal finally did not make the cabinet and the military make up their minds to annex Siam.

At this time, the king of Siam was the famous Chulalongkorn in history, and like the historical monarch, the aspiring monarch was overwhelmed by the country's weakness and began a reform movement in 1868, when he succeeded to the throne. Of course, the reform was still heavily influenced by the Chinese Empire, and the Empire was also a beneficiary of this reform. Reform requires money, the empire can give Siam no return, but Siam has to exchange territory: the east bank of the Mekong and all of the river; Battambang, Siem Reap, and Poetry; Malay Province (including the four princely states of Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Perlis). These lands were essentially historically ceded to Britain and France.

The Siamese Cabinet and Congress did not care at all, because Siam was also sandwiched between the territory of the Empire, with the provinces of Nam Viet and Mekong to the east, Laos to the north, Myanmar to the west, Temasek and Malacca to the south. It is precisely because the territory of Siam is under siege that the empire, from the government to the army, never wanted to destroy Siam, because there was no point