Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1159 "The Treaty of Huang Zhiting"

Gao Pragmatic, who lives in the capital, is still focused on the formation of the Imperial Guard, while the Siamese side has already been fighting in full swing.

On September 21 of this year, a battle broke out between the Siamese rebels and the Jinghua coalition forces in the Sukhothai area of ​​​​Siam.Surprisingly, Huang Zhiting, who led the army as the coach, did not let the boy wolf soldiers who had made great achievements many times as the vanguard.

Not only did the boy wolf soldiers never get the vanguard position, even the artillery of the Jinghua Garrison in Megatron Tiannan was only in a subordinate position in this battle. The real vanguard was a young general surnamed Liu.The number of troops he led was not large, and he formed a counter-insurgency vanguard with [-] surrendered Woyi Ding as the core and [-] Burmese war surrenders as supplements.

Needless to say, the identity of this general is Liu Xin.

The Battle of Sukhothai has far-reaching significance and influence, a large part of which comes from the city's special status in the Kingdom of Siam.

Sukhothai City was originally under the jurisdiction of the Khmer people. In the era of non-reliable history, it is said that the founding monarch of Sukhothai was the mythical hero King Paluan. He was the child of the goddess Naga and a king. He possessed great wisdom and magic power. Deeply loved by the people, he ascended the throne in 1208 (the first year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty), opening the era of the Sukhothai regime.

However, it is more commonly accepted by historians that in 1238, two Thai generals, Khun Bang Gangtao and Khun Phraman, succeeded in becoming independent and established the Sukhothai Dynasty.Kunbang Steel Pottery was crowned King Inladi and became the first King of Thailand.Although several Thai dynasties were established one after another during the same period, Sukhothai is still regarded as the first dynasty of Thailand in later generations. It has an important influence on Thai culture, witnessing the spread of Thai people to the Chao Phraya River Basin and Buddhism becoming an important state religion. development of.Many Thai paintings, sculptures, and buildings in later generations still have the shadow of Sukhothai in the past.

After the Sukhothai Dynasty, there is today's "Ayutthaya Dynasty", and there is no doubt that the Ayutthaya Dynasty was also deeply influenced by the Sukhothai Dynasty.Therefore, for Siam, the outbreak of the Battle of Sukhothai was like the outbreak of the Battle of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, which attracted worldwide attention and concern.

Liu Xin has a general impression of Sukhothai, because in her eyes, the most important things in this city are Buddhist temples and pagodas.For her who has no religious beliefs like Gao Yushi, these Buddhist temples and pagodas are purely useless. The construction of these things not only consumes people's resources and money, but also continues to consume - you can't just build without maintenance, And the construction of these things means that a lot of land is wasted.

So the atheist Liu Xin did something that made her hated by many Siamese people: she ordered the Buddhist temples and pagodas outside the city to be cleaned up before going to war.The Buddhist temple was used to garrison the army, and the pagoda, which was useless except for viewing, was completely demolished by her, and the resulting bricks and stones were stored for future use.

Of course, she didn't do this simply because she disliked Buddhism. In fact, the main reason was that many Buddhist temples were located too suitable for artillery positions, so she was "fancy".

The Siamese in the city were quickly angered by Liu Xin. Regardless of the offensive and defensive positions of both sides, they took the initiative to attack and wanted to stop Liu Xin's "violence". The main force of the Siamese rebels was first ambushed by Liu Xin with a round of fierce artillery, and then surrendered to Woyi Ding to clear the field.

The Siamese rebels were defeated and lost. Many people saw that the situation was not good and wanted to run back to Sukhothai City, but found that Huang Zhiting's handsome flag was blocked in the back road.

In the end, the main force of the northern Siamese rebels was basically wiped out in this battle. More than [-] people died in the battle, more than [-] were captured, and the rest collapsed.

Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin launched the siege battle without hesitation, and Jinghua Artillery turned around and started bombarding Sukhothai City.Although Sukhothai has a special status, the city defense is not strong (it became a vassal of the Ayutthaya Dynasty at the end of the dynasty, which shows that the defense strength is not good), and the core main force has been lost, and the people in the city are extremely panic. It was broken.

Jinghua coalition forces invaded the city, and Sukhothai immediately fell, and Jinghua "on behalf of" the Kingdom of Siam recovered Siam North.Phitsanulok Mansion, located not far to the east of Sukhothai, was still under the banner of being loyal to the royal family for the time being, and was frightened by the news that Sukhothai had fallen in one day.

Huang Zhiting was easy to speak, and immediately accepted the property sent by Phitsanulok's mansion, and took over 2000 civilian husbands by the way.

Siam North is established, the Jinghua coalition forces left 1 garrison troops to guard the area, and the rest of the army went all the way south and went straight to Ayutthaya. There are rebels, one in the east and one in the Malay Peninsula further south.

Only when Huang Zhiting's army arrived in Ayutthaya did they know that Ruan Huang had put the Siamese King Maha Tamaraja under house arrest when the situation was at its most tense. Now Ayutthaya has been under martial law for more than two months. severe.

After thinking about it, Huang Zhiting specially asked Tamaraja to hold a grand court, and stood on the tower of the palace to greet the people - of course, the wolf soldiers "protected" him to prevent him from making any untimely actions.

This move calmed the hearts of the people a little. Huang Zhiting and others held a meeting overnight to discuss the next direction of counter-insurgency, but everyone seemed to feel that Huang Zhiting's mental state was not very good, as if... very sleepy.

The result of the discussion was then accelerated: first south and then east, because according to the information obtained by Ruan Huang, the rebels in the east seemed to have some connection with the Cambodians.

Then, just when everyone thought that Huang Zhiting would lead the army to the south again, an accident happened: Huang Zhiting announced that Liu Xin would be in charge of the south expedition, and she herself would stay in Dacheng.

As the anti-insurgency coach, it was not surprising that she stayed in the big city, but she had always led the troops in person before, and the sudden change of style this time would easily arouse people's speculation.

However, just the day before Liu Xin's expedition, the reason why Vice President Huang did not go out in person spread from unknown channels: she was pregnant.

The rumors were surprisingly uniform: Although Vice President Huang was in good health and didn't feel much discomfort, he became very lethargic, so he was not suitable for the expedition.

Jinghua's high-level officials in Ayutthaya congratulated their hostess one after another, and geared up to perform well in the next war.

Liu Xin's army set off southward the next day, and arrived in Luo Kun half a month later. It only took eleven days to break through the rebels' defense line and approached the rebels' lair on the southern front.

Seven days later, Gao Jing's fleet arrived late because of avoiding the storm and bombarded the coastal city. Liu Xin's army launched a surprise attack on the other side of the city. He climbed up the tower and opened the gate.

On October [-], the rebellion in southern Siam was put down.According to the previous agreement, there is no need to station too many troops in these coastal areas in the south for the time being, so Liu Xin only left the garrison and returned to the division.

However, the return to the teacher was fake. She did not return to Ayutthaya by land, but pretended to go north. In fact, she led the army to board Gao Jing's ship after only a few tens of miles, and went straight to the eastern coast of Siam to land.

After landing, Liu Xin's troops quickly moved eastward, and arrived at Angkor, an important eastern town that the Siamese had seized from the Khmer (Cambodia) five days later.

The Angkor rebels did not expect Liu Xin's arrival at all, so they just relied on a night attack and siege battle launched by a guard without a night blindness. The eastern city of Angkor changed hands overnight, and the Siamese three-way rebels were completely wiped out .

When the news reached Ayutthaya, the Siamese were completely overwhelmed by the "bad news". In fact, they still don't have a strong national view, let alone a national view. Therefore... since they are defeated, let them be dealt with .

More than ten days later, Liu Xin's army returned to Ayutthaya. Huang Zhiting, who was rarely cheered up, summoned Siam King Maha Tamaraja on behalf of Jinghua Group—yes, summoned!

Huang Zhiting's spirit may indeed not be very good, so he didn't talk nonsense with Tamaraja, and after a few casual greetings, he asked someone to send him a copy of the document and asked him to sign it for the treasure.

What was presented to Maha Tamaraja was a treaty, basically an enhanced version of Annan's "Sixteen Points of Peking".

This article, later known as the "Huang Zhiting Treaty" or "Jinghua Nineteen Articles", reads:
Jinghua Group and the Kingdom of Siam are mutually willing to maintain the overall peace in the southern border of the Ming Dynasty, and hope to further consolidate the existing friendly relationship between the two parties. The following treaties are proposed to be signed:
Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promises that Jinghua Group will become the policy advisory group of the Kingdom of Siam from the date of signing this treaty. The Kingdom of Siam will send personnel to participate in and provide guidance in response to military and civilian affairs.The Kingdom of Siam will fully respect and implement the guiding opinions put forward by Jinghua Group.

Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promised that the King of the Kingdom must inform Jinghua Group and agree with Jinghua Group before appointing a deputy king (crown prince).

Article [-], the Kingdom of Siam promises that if the appointment of the Vice King is not understood and approved in writing by Jinghua Group, the appointment will be invalid.The Kingdom of Siam can choose to make a statement to Jinghua Group, and Jinghua Group must send a special investigation team or negotiation team to negotiate and negotiate with the king or the object designated by the king within one year of accepting the appeal.

Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promises that if the vice king’s designation appeal is not finally understood by Jinghua Group, in order to ensure the unbreakable friendship between the two parties, His Majesty the King voluntarily transfers the right to appoint the vice king to Jinghua Group, and guarantees the Jinghua Group’s designation. The candidate for vice king gave full support.

Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promises that all land and islands within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Siam and its coastal areas, no matter what the name, shall not be transferred or leased to any other party other than the Ming Empire without the consent of Jinghua Group. country or other forces.

Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promised that in order to thank the Jinghua Group for helping the Kingdom of Siam to restore the country and the kingdom to quell the rebellion, it would unconditionally donate the land south of Ayutthaya and around the Gulf of Siam to the Jinghua Group; Jinghua Group made a corresponding commitment , Dingnan City and Dingnan Port will be built within this range. At the same time, in order to thank His Majesty the King of Siam for his generous gift, Dingnan Port will permanently halve the taxation of businesses directly under the Siamese royal family.

Article [-]. The Kingdom of Siam promises that the personnel and designated personnel of Jinghua Group have the freedom of religious belief. The Kingdom and His Majesty the King express their understanding and respect for the freedom of religious belief of relevant personnel.

Article 99: The Kingdom of Siam permits Jinghua Group to undertake the construction of the Dingnan port and city south of Ayutthaya. In order to ensure smooth construction, the coastal areas south of Ayutthaya will be leased to Jinghua Group for a period of [-] years from now on.

Article [-]: The Kingdom of Siam promises that in order to develop the economy and people’s livelihood in the Kingdom, Jinghua Group can open commercial banks, factories, ports, etc. in any jurisdiction of the company, and the tax rate levied by the Kingdom of Siam is uniformly set at [-]%.

Article [-], the Kingdom of Siam promised that Jinghua Group has the right to freely purchase fields, forests and other lands within its jurisdiction, and its land attachments such as rice, forests, minerals, etc., shall be enjoyed by Jinghua Group, and one of them shall produce The taxes required to be paid are all calculated on the basis of [-]%.

Article No.11, the Kingdom of Siam agrees that due to the lease agreement, the fields, forests, mines, etc. in the coastal areas south of Ayutthaya, etc., are owned by Jinghua Group or occupied by Jinghua Group. Agree, no outsiders are allowed to occupy, use or mine in the name of the Kingdom.

Article No.12, the main administrative organization of the Kingdom of Siam must hire powerful Ming people as political, financial, military and other advisers.

Article No.13, within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Siam, the hospitals, commercial firms, schools, etc. established by the Jinghua Group are generally allowed to own the land, which is consistent with the Siamese and has no time limit.

Article No.14, all staff of Jinghua Group stationed in the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Siam are exempted from Siamese penalties. If they are indeed involved in vicious cases such as murder, robbery, and adultery, the Kingdom can collect evidence and request to establish a joint investigation with Jinghua Group The Siamese Kingdom shall not arrest, detain, or try it on its own.

Article No.15, the Kingdom of Siam purchases a certain amount of ordnance from Jinghua Group (for example, more than half of the ordnance needed in the Kingdom of Siam), and at the same time allows Jinghua Group to set up an ordnance factory in any place under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Siam. This is guaranteed by Jinghua Group The needs of Siam's peace and stability are also the expectations of the Ming Empire. The Kingdom of Siam and its people must not set up obstacles to this.

No.16, in order to ensure the stability of Siam, the Kingdom of Siam promises that the armed forces of Jinghua Group and any armed forces authorized by it can be stationed in the Kingdom of Siam at will, and are also allowed to conduct drills, exercises, and operations Wait for any action.

No.17, in order to ensure the stability of Siam, the Kingdom of Siam promised that Jinghua Group can navigate any sea and river in the area under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Siam, and park its fleet at any seaport or river port.

No.18, in order to thank Jinghua Group for its great contribution in this anti-insurgency war, all the properties (including but not limited to land, houses, servants, etc.) All are unconditionally donated to Jinghua Group, and Jinghua Group has full rights to distribute and dispose of them.

Article No. 19. For cases involving rebellion and persons attached to rebellion, if the case has not been resolved or even discovered when this treaty is signed, after the discovery and trial are completed, the fines and confiscation of all stolen goods will be handled by Jinghua Group as in the above example.

Along with the signing of the "Huang Zhiting Treaty", there is also a long detailed rules, which stipulates in detail the rights and responsibilities of both parties under each clause.
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