Papi Luoja was overjoyed, but suddenly felt a little uneasy, and asked Ma Jixiang uneasily: "If I were to serve His Majesty the Great Ming Guangwu Emperor, would His Majesty agree to canonize me as the King of Siam?"
You took the bait! This guy took the bait!
When Ma Jixiang heard that this person had just used a very humble title of "servant" instead of calling himself "I" as he had done before when talking to him, he knew that he had taken the bait.
In fact, this Papi Luoja was born in a wealthy Siamese family and received Chinese education since he was a child. Naturally, he knew the difference between various claims. The reason why he was arrogant before was because he believed that the Ming Dynasty needed him because of his military power. Now, listen to
When he said that he hoped to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty and become the king of Siam, his attitude immediately became humble. Not to mention humbly calling himself a "servant", even if he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a thousand times, he would be absolutely willing. p>
"The most important thing is that King Nare is the king, and you are the minister. According to my opinion, if you go directly to Shu and request to be the King of Siam, the Holy One will probably not allow it," Ma Jixiang said gloomily. p>
"Then you still advise me to make myself king?" Papi Luoja was discouraged and changed his title.
Ma Jixiang sneered, "Under normal circumstances, the Holy Father would never agree. It's just that he is very old and wants to repair the imperial mausoleum as a resting place for the dragon in the future. However, there have been wars in the past few days and the treasury is quite insufficient. If you can
Thinking about your father’s thoughts and worrying about your father’s worries, what does it mean to be a mere king of Siam?”
Papi Luoja understood and realized that this angel was asking for money from him! According to his words, as long as the money was sufficient, the Ming Emperor could still make him the King of Siam.
Humph! I have long heard that these Ming Dynasty officials are greedy for money and need yellow and white for everything, and it is true! But it’s okay to clearly mark the price and be honest. Anyway, after the coup, the wealth accumulated by the royal family for hundreds of years has been taken away by themselves.
Not short of money, just buy this Siam Kingdom!
Thinking of this, he didn't waste any time and asked directly: "How much money is needed to make His Majesty the Ming Emperor appoint a servant as the King of Siam?" If there is a hope of becoming a king, the title will be changed to "servant".
Ma Jixiang has studied the national conditions of Siam and knows that the country has not fought a major war in seventy years. It also focuses on developing trade, has many ports, and the national treasury is still very rich. After thinking about it, he stretched out a finger: "One million taels
”.
Papi Luoja took a breath when he heard that there were indeed more than 1.3 million taels in Siam's treasury, all of which were the property saved by the previous kings. However, it costs money to reward meritorious soldiers, and it costs money to fight the French.
Use money?? In all aspects, there are many places where money is needed, and it was all given to Ming Dynasty. What should I use it for? So, he stretched out a slap and said, "Fifty thousand taels, and now there is only half a million taels left in the Dacheng treasury. No matter how much it is, the servants will not be able to use it."
I can’t take it out!”
Ma Jixiang was ecstatic. The main purpose of his coming to Siam was to expel the French. Blackmailing Papi Luoja was just a temporary idea. Unexpectedly, he actually got 500,000 taels! The Holy Spirit is now preparing to deal with the red barbarians in Malacca.
He was short of military expenses, but he managed to get 500,000 taels for the Holy Emperor in one go. He didn’t know how he would praise himself!
His heart was ecstatic, but there was a moment of hesitation on his face. After a while, Fang said: "Fifty thousand taels, it's half a million taels, but there is one more thing. The commander-in-chief must do it thoroughly!"
"Oh, what's the matter?"
"The entire royal family of Siam must be slaughtered. In this way, the Holy Father cannot find any member of the royal family to inherit the throne of Siam, so he can only make you the king."
"The angel's plan is very good, so I will implement it immediately."
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Papi Luoja was worthy of his military style and acted vigorously and resolutely. After listening to Ma Jixiang's words, he immediately searched for the royal family members in the big city and captured more than 300 men, women and children.
The next day, King Nare, Yapaiyatuo, Hualkan and more than 300 members of the royal family were executed.
The sky above the big city was filled with a strong smell of blood, but because Papi Luoja had already ordered the city gates to be closed and the news was strictly blocked, the French outside the city still had no idea.
Although the French army was small, Papi Luoja knew that this army equipped with huge ships, cannons, and muskets was not easy to deal with. To capture the thief, capture the king first. He sent an envoy to Bangkok to summon the French army in the name of King Nare.
Commander Defarges came to the city to discuss hiring French instructors.
Defarges had no idea what was going on, and he was detained as soon as he arrived in the city. Papi Luoja forced him to give an order to the French troops stationed in Moji and Bangkok, lay down his weapons, and surrender to the Siamese army.<
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But although the French army was leaderless, the arrogance of the Gallic roosters made them unwilling to lower their high heads. The French armies in both places elected Chaumont, Louis XIV's envoy, as the new commander.
Chaumont, who was appointed at the critical moment, was worthy of his new position. Seeing that there were few French troops and that they were scattered in two places and easily defeated by the Siamese army, he ordered the French army to move all the artillery and supplies to Thonburi near Bangkok. This place is close to the sea.
It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He wants to resist the attack of the Siamese army here.
Seeing that Defarges was useless, Pabloja simply put him back to shake the morale of the French army. Then he concentrated an army of 30,000 and launched a fierce attack on the French army of less than 2,000.
Because they were fighting on home soil, the Siamese army had high morale. Generals Basong and Chalumphum took turns to fight. However, the French army's fortifications were strong and supported by naval guns. The intensive artillery fire and bullets cost the Siamese army three lives.
The price of thousands of people is still nothing.
Papi Luoja became fierce and mobilized all the troops from across the country to fight again. The number of troops attacking the city increased to more than 50,000, but he still could not defeat the city of Thonburi. Instead, he suffered more than 4,000 casualties again.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do about the French army, he had no choice but to besiege the French army and at the same time ask the Ming army to enter Siam as soon as possible to assist in the battle. At the beginning, Ma Jixiang promised that 20,000 Ming troops would be his backing in one month.
Unexpectedly, no matter how hard they waited, they didn’t come. After more than two months, the conflict in Malacca broke out, and the 20,000 Ming army backup still hadn’t arrived.
Fortunately, the French army was small, and it was difficult to supply after being surrounded for a long time. They took the initiative to send people to negotiate with Papi Luoja. In the end, the two sides agreed that the French army would withdraw from Siam, and Siam would not cause trouble during the journey, and all French prisoners would be released. This matter,
It comes to an end.
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"Ma Jixiang knows how to handle things! He drove away the French without even letting me send a single soldier, and he also helped me get 500,000 taels of silver. Although he is a little less loyal, talents are rare!" said the old man in the Qianqing Palace in Nanjing. The emperor expressed such emotion,
He is not a stingy person, and has always been rewarded for his merits. He immediately promoted Ma Jixiang to the second rank of Hussars General Wu Sanguan, and Hu Li, a thousand households in Jinyiwei Southern Xinjiang, was promoted to the governor of Jinyiwei Town.
After driving away the French, they obtained five hundred thousand taels of silver. The only flaw was that even though they knew that Napa Biluoja had committed regicide with his ministers and messed up Gangchang, he still had to hold his nose and canonize him as the King of Siam.
Regarding this matter, Zhu Hengjia was unhappy and once wrote a limerick to defend himself:
"Expediency"
Two thousand barbarians invaded southern Xinjiang,
Siam's rebellious ministers are rampant again.
And it’s a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves,
Next year I will set a new course.
According to this poem, some Ming history experts believed that if Emperor Guangwu had lived a few more years, he would definitely deal with Napa Piluoja and help Siam reestablish itself.
They actually don’t understand Emperor Guangwu. This monarch himself ascended to the throne through conspiracy and usurpation. How could he really care about Siam’s affairs? The so-called helping the Siamese people to establish political principles is just a joke.< /p>
