I want to be emperor

Chapter 601 The Treaty of Chu Siam Bangkok
The army needs to be supported regardless of whether it is fighting or not. A war means more supplies, higher shipping costs, and more ammunition. The additional military expenditures of the Chu army for this operation are actually not as much as imagined, and they are exhausted. It's about one million taels.

If you fight casually, you will have to spend millions of taels of silver in military expenditures... Isn't the tens of millions of military expenditures of the Great Chu Empire a waste of money every year...

Well, what's more important is that the expedition to Siam seemed to be of a large scale, but in fact the intensity was very limited, and it took three ground battles with thousands of people or more to survive.

Once when landing, once in Thonburi, and once in Ayutthaya City.

In fact, the intensity of these three battles was not high, and the Chu army didn't even have much ammunition.

When many soldiers landed, they carried only 40 sets of fixed lead ammunition, but most of them left more than [-] rounds after they finished fighting the city of Ayutthaya...

During the war period that lasted about a month, many soldiers actually fired only a few shots.

The intensity is not high, and the ammunition consumption is not much, so the battle cost is naturally not that high.

As for personnel salaries, food and drink...staying in the camp without fighting, you have to eat and get subsidies...

For the Chu army, the main expenditure during the war is the cost of personnel and mules and horses. The increase is limited.

The second is the consumption of ammunition, which depends on the intensity.

The Chu army has a lot of guns, especially artillery, and the cannons are worth ten thousand taels of gold.

The artillery itself is not worth much, but the ammunition is expensive... to be precise, the gunpowder is expensive.

Therefore, as the intensity increases and more shells are fired, the extra battle costs will rise sharply.

If the intensity is not high and not many shells are used, then the additional battle costs will be relatively small.

Of course, how much money was spent on this war is actually a muddled account. If fixed expenses are included, then it will be too much.

But this is not important. How much military expenditure the Chu army has spent is just a matter of saying what it says, at most it is a reference to the other party's ability to pay.

The compensation of 1000 million Chu yuan is already a price increase. As for the higher price, it is meaningless, because even if it is 1000 million taels, the Ayutthaya Kingdom cannot afford it...

The Great Chu Empire almost robbed their entire capital, and only a few million taels of property were confiscated... How could the Dacheng Kingdom spend another 1000 million taels? It's impossible.

But this is not important... Anyway, there are banks in the Great Chu Empire. If you don’t have enough money, you can ask our financial bank for a loan, and then use tariffs and other taxes to mortgage the repayment.

Ten years to five years is not enough, just 50 years to 100 years, financial banks are not in a hurry to earn interest!

The two parties negotiated and negotiated in various ways, and finally reached a final agreement!
This is mainly because the Toungoo Dynasty has already fought, and the Ayutthaya Kingdom is eager to end the hostility with the Great Chu Empire, and is counting on the Great Chu Empire to release more than 1 of their prisoners of war.

The Ayutthaya Kingdom is still waiting for the return of more than 1 prisoners of war to rearm and send them to the Western Front to resist the Toungoo Dynasty.

Agree to some harsh conditions of the Great Chu Empire, that is, become a puppet state and pay compensation, but if you don't agree... If you continue to drag on like this, the Great City Kingdom will perish...

So on June 13th, [-]th year of Chengshun, after some difficult negotiations, the plenipotentiaries of both parties signed the treaty at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, the base camp of the expeditionary force of the Great Chu Empire.

The agreement reached did not include the right of military passage or the right of supervision. Regarding this point, the Ayutthaya Kingdom is very firm... It would rather cede the territory and pay compensation than be a puppet.

Therefore, the main content of the treaty is that the Ayutthaya Dynasty paid tribute to the empire, and the Great Chu Empire canonized the king of the Ayutthaya Dynasty as the King of Siam.

Well, the name Ayutthaya Kingdom is actually not the exact name of the country. It is just the name given by contemporary Chinese merchants to the contemporary dynasty of the Siam Kingdom.

Therefore, the official credential and canonization use the name of the Kingdom of Siam.

Siam fully opened its market to the empire, and imperial merchants had the freedom to live and do business throughout Siam.

Moreover, if the nationals of the empire committed crimes in Siam, they could only be handed over to the empire after arrest by the Siamese side. According to the laws of the empire, the empire would judge by itself. The Siamese side could not try and punish the nationals of the empire without authorization.

This is extrajudicial power... The empire's reason for this is that you don't even have a formal law, and you just say that my empire's subjects have broken the law, isn't that nonsense!

Then there is the indemnity. The 1000 million that the Great Chu Empire yelled at the beginning is impossible. The Ayutthaya Kingdom does not have so much money, and the installment payment after the loan is enough... To avoid forcing them too hard, it is also to give the Ayutthaya Kingdom Leaving some family property to continue to fight against the Taungoo Dynasty of Myanmar, so the Great Chu Empire made a concession and directly discounted it in half, only 500 million Chu yuan.

In order to pay the indemnity, the Ayutthaya Kingdom borrowed from the Dachu Empire Finance Bank, with a 20% discount on delivery and extremely high interest. The repayment was in installments of [-] years, and was mortgaged by customs duties and other taxes.

It is to open a comprehensive market, and the two sides jointly determine the tariff quota for the goods traded between the two sides. When the imperial goods are exported to Siam, the Siamese side's tariff shall not exceed 5.00%.

In addition to paying tribute, canonization, extrajudicial jurisdiction, indemnity and opening the market, the most important thing is the cession of territory!

According to the treaty between the two parties, the Kingdom of Siam ceded the Chao Phraya River estuary, a square area about [-] kilometers wide on both sides, and extended [-] kilometers inland. A total of [-] square kilometers was given to the Great Chu Empire as an imperial merchant to live, live and do business. What is used is not a concession, but a direct cession.

This means that the estuary of the Chao Phraya River, the most important river in Siam, fell directly into the hands of the Great Chu Empire. To some extent, relying on this place, the empire can completely control the foreign trade in the northern region of Siam.

Even Siam's own ships cannot pass through this [-]-kilometer-long Chao Phraya River without the permission of the Great Chu Empire.

Because this place already belonged to the territory of the Great Chu Empire, the Great Chu Empire named this place Bangkok.

Also ceded is most of the control area of ​​the Malay Peninsula of the Kingdom of Siam.

Originally, the empire only wanted a port in the east and west of the Malay Peninsula, but later found that it is better to just ask for a piece of land, and then connect the two ports on the east and west coasts into one, and then use it as a supply for the imperial ships when they sail overseas. Points, transfer stations, trading ports and the like.

Since it is necessary to be connected together, a certain amount of strategic depth is required, so it is better to have a larger place.

When negotiating with the Kingdom of Siam, they made some concessions in other aspects, and finally the Kingdom of Siam agreed to control the southernmost piece of Malay Peninsula territory controlled by the Kingdom of Siam, including Pattani, Songkhla and beyond. As far as the Chumphon area in the north, this large area was transferred to the Great Chu Empire.

Of course, in order to obtain this area, the Great Chu Empire also paid another price, that is, this piece of territory was not in the name of ceding, but in the name of purchasing.The Great Chu Empire invested 50 Chu Yuan to purchase this piece of territory from the Kingdom of Siam. This sum of money will be converted into various guns, weapons and other materials to be transported to the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, and used to arm the Siamese army to resist the attack of the Burmese army. .

After obtaining this area, the Great Chu Empire collectively referred to this area as 'North Malacca'.

As soon as the treaty between the two parties was finalized, the Great Chu Empire sent a fleet carrying a regiment of soldiers to the Malay Peninsula to take over the place.

In this way, outside the Portuguese, the Kingdom of Aceh, and the Kingdom of Johor, a new power has also ushered in the Strait of Malacca region: the Great Chu Empire!

Let's not talk about the changes in the forces in the Strait of Malacca later.

Let's say that after finalizing the treaty with the Ayutthaya Kingdom, the text of the treaty was quickly sent back to the Jinling City of the Empire through the communication ship, and I respectfully invite the Holy Judge!

Although the treaty was signed by the plenipotentiary representative, and the two parties have taken corresponding actions in accordance with the treaty, it still needs to be signed by Luo Zhixue himself. Only a treaty signed and approved by Luo Zhixue has a legal basis within the empire, otherwise it will be groundless. .

If the plenipotentiary, that is, the imperial envoy, can sign treaties and betray the country at will, wouldn't the empire be over in a matter of minutes...

The same is true for the Kingdom of Siam, and the treaty still needs to be approved by the King of Siam before it can officially take effect.

The "Chu Siam Bangkok Treaty" will come into force in a legal sense only when the monarchs of both sides have approved it. Forts, camps, ports, fort installations.

And Jinling did not procrastinate. After receiving the text of the treaty, Luo Zhixue directly approved it.

And the Ministry of Civil Affairs prepared to establish administrative institutions in these two overseas territories.

After careful consideration, the Ministry of Civil Affairs considered that there is also Cam Ranh Bay and the Guangning Naval Base in the Southeast Asian peninsula, and it also directly controls the area at the estuary of the Mekong River. In addition, there is also a Dagon in Myanmar.

There are quite a few overseas colonies of this size, and except for the Guangning Naval Base, which is relatively close to the mainland, these places are far away, and they all need to rely on sea transportation.

On top of that, the area of ​​North Malacca is very large...

For this reason, the Ministry of Civil Affairs wanted to set up an agency here to oversee colonial affairs in Southeast Asia, and this suggestion was also approved by Luo Zhixue.

After all, the overseas colonies are too far away, and it would be too troublesome to directly govern them, and the situation in the colonies is completely different from that of the mainland, so it is impossible to directly copy the local administrative model.

After comprehensive consideration, the leased Guangning Naval Base was set up in Guangning County and handed over to Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province. After all, the distance is short, and Guangning may be on the edge of Lianzhou Prefecture.

Other places are temporarily under the jurisdiction of the newly established Nanyang Governor's Yamen.

Nanyang governor's yamen, the northern year when the governor was temporarily stationed in Beijia, that is, "Beida Nian", this place is not actually the territory of the Kingdom of Siam, but a vassal state of theirs, but the strength of this vassal state is very sloppy. They will be directly annexed by the Kingdom of Siam in the future.

Now it is the Kingdom of Siam that has transferred the suzerainty to the Great Chu Empire, and after the troops of the Great Chu Empire landed, the aboriginal royal family on the shore of Pattani was wiped out, and by the way, the name of the place was changed to Beinian county.

This is the overseas territory of the Great Chu Empire, and there is no need for any vassal states to exist!

There are still many situations similar to Pattani, because many of the areas controlled by the Kingdom of Siam in the Malay Peninsula exist as vassal states, including the former Kingdom of Malacca.

When the Kingdom of Siam ceded these territories, it actually ceded suzerainty.

And after the Great Chu Empire landed, when it cleaned up all kinds of local resistance forces, it was wiped out. Otherwise, the follow-up rule would have to face a bunch of vassal states, which would be so troublesome.

The Nanyang Governor’s Yamen will govern Cam Ranh Bay County, Jiulongjiang Province in the lower reaches of the Mekong River, Bangkok County, North Malacca, two prefectures, Pakka Prefecture and Sijia Prefecture, and Dagon County, a total of three prefectures and three counties.

However, in addition to the traditional administrative power, the governor of Nanyang also has some diplomatic and military powers. This is because of the relatively long distance.

If wars and everything need to be decided through Jinling, then it can be delayed for a year and a half.

However, although the governor has the power of diplomacy and declaration of war, it is limited to some small and medium affairs in the indigenous countries in Southeast Asia.

If it is a major event, it still needs to be reported to the local Jinling side.

Diplomacy and wars with Western colonists are also limited to the East India Companies of various countries, excluding the officials of Western countries.

The establishment of the Governor's Office to handle colonial affairs is also a common practice in contemporary colonial countries. Any other reasons are nonsense, but because the distance is too far, there is no way to directly govern it.

But after the declaration of war, the military would still be the one to fight. The Nanyang Governor's Yamen itself did not have the power to command troops.

The governor can only decide whether to fight or not, but how to fight is a matter for the military.

If the military thinks it is unreasonable, it is impossible to directly refuse the order, but the military can also procrastinate and report to the country!

This will also test the political level of the Nanyang governor.

The establishment of the Nanyang Governor’s Yamen was a big step for the Great Chu Empire’s overseas expansion, and Bei Nian (Padain) also quickly became a trading port of the Great Chu Empire in Malay and even the entire Nanyang region from a trading port under the control of Siam in the past. An important military and commercial base.

Especially military bases!
The Chu army dispatched thousands of troops to land in the Beijia area in one go, which made the surrounding forces afraid... especially the Aceh Kingdom, which is a neighbor of the Chu army's Beijia Prefecture, has a green face!

They can already imagine the scene where the Chu army will move southward from the Beijia area and enter the Strait of Malacca area in the future.

Here comes the wolf!
As for the Malacca Strait area, I am afraid that it will no longer remain calm.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Since the Great Chu Empire finalized the Nanyang expansion strategy, although it has been tossing around on the Nanyang Peninsula before, but looking at their course of action, it is clear that this is completely from north to south, all the way... …

And where is the ultimate goal from north to south?

Everyone knows: the Straits of Malacca!
The Dutch know it, the Kingdom of Aceh knows it, the Kingdom of Johor knows it, and even the Portuguese, who are trapped in the city of Malacca, know it.

Before, the Dutch tried to stop them, but they were all ignored by the Great Chu Empire, but if you let the Dutch really go to war with the empire, they don't have the courage and strength.

Therefore, they could only watch helplessly as the empire went from north to south, captured a large number of colonies in just one year, and relied on these colonies as a springboard to directly deploy its fleet and ground forces to the Malay Peninsula.

They worry that in the future, the empire will launch a large-scale offensive in the Malay Peninsula, take the Malay Peninsula into its pocket, and then control the Straits of Malacca.

And this, in fact, is not a worry, but a fact that the future will inevitably come.

Because after the war with the Kingdom of Siam ended, the actions of the imperial military did not stop, but continued to increase troops to the south.

Naturally, this increase in troops is not directed towards the Bangkok area, but towards the newly occupied North Malacca area.

As the main force of the Great Chu Empire fighting in Southeast Asia, part of the No. 13 Division's troops who stayed in Cam Ranh Bay before have begun to gradually transfer to the Beijia area.

It is said to be garrisoned to suppress the local aborigines, but it is really for the purpose of suppressing the civilian aborigines in the area under the jurisdiction. It is not necessary to use the No.13 division that is in a state of combat readiness, but the cheap and easy-to-use second-class division.

In the entire Great Chu Empire, there are only twenty first-class divisions in combat readiness.

Looking at the entire Southeast Asian region, there are only one in total!
That is, the Fifth Division, No.13 Division, and No.14 Division.

Now the No.13 division, one of the three major preparation divisions in the southern region, is moving south, and almost all of them are deployed in the Malay Peninsula. Outsiders may not know it, but those who are well-informed in the empire have basically guessed that the empire's next step will be immediately What are you doing on the peninsula?

Seize the entire Malay Peninsula and fully control the Straits of Malacca!

Then establish a solid rear and bridgehead for the empire in the Nanyang region, and then it will be the time for the Great Chu Empire to expand throughout the Nanyang region.

The market, resources and even trade profits will gradually fall into the hands of the Great Chu Empire.

Not only the Nanyang region, after fully controlling the Straits of Malacca, it can also provide sufficient security and logistical support for the Great Chu Empire to enter the Indian Ocean and carry out colonial expansion on the Indian Peninsula.

Compared with the Southeast Asia region, the Indian peninsula is even more coveted by the merchants of the empire!
There is a vast area, a huge population, and abundant resources.

If the market in the Indian peninsula can be fully expanded and maintained, the industrial and commercial development of the empire can be greatly accelerated by relying on the market and resources in this area alone.

But still the same sentence, the market and industrial raw materials will not fall from the sky, they need force to support them.

When the princes on the Indian peninsula began to boycott the cheap machine-made fabrics of the Great Chu Empire, the high-level officials of the Great Chu Empire had already set their sights on the Indian Peninsula: since the local industrial products of the empire were not allowed to enter the local market, they would use guns to The cannon is forced in!
(End of this chapter)