The Indochina Peninsula is at the crossroads of China and India, sandwiched between two major civilizations, and therefore inevitably influenced by them.

The proximity to China is naturally influenced by Chinese civilization, while the southwest of the Indochina Peninsula is Indianized.

From the perspective of religious beliefs, the countries on the Indochina Peninsula generally believe in Theravada Buddhism from India, and some believe in the best religion from the Middle East.

The country that believes in Confucianism is actually only Vietnam, so Vietnam calls itself "Tiannan China", which is much more arrogant than the "Little China" of North Korea, and regards itself as "China" and "China" like Japan.

Before the arrival of Western colonizers, Vietnam and Korea basically wrote Chinese characters, and historical books and classics were recorded in Chinese characters, which can be regarded as an extension of Chinese civilization, and even Japan was greatly influenced.

If the time is extended, it is not limited to one or two hundred years, starting from the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor, to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, to the Spring and Autumn Period, the wars, and the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, Chinese civilization has continued to radiate its influence from the Yellow River Basin, assimilated the Yangtze River Basin, and then crossed Lingnan, assimilated Baiyue, and was still assimilating the southwestern Zhuyi in the Ming Dynasty.

Vietnam and North Korea are actually quite sinicized, and if they continue to develop, they may not become part of China.

It's a pity that China declined, the Han people were conquered by the Manchus, and the Han people became inferior people, making slaves to the Manchus, so naturally no one continued to worship you. This led to a gradual contraction of Han cultural influence, which, combined with the rise of the West and the rise of nationalism, interrupted this assimilation.

Gaoping City, in the palace of the Mo Dynasty, Sun Kewang was wearing armor, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet on his head, and his hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife, leading Liu Zongmin, Ai Nengqi and others to walk in the palace.

To tell the truth, the palace is far from being comparable to the royal mansion in the Central Plains, at most it is the level of the Hou Mansion.

However, Sun Kewang was still a little surprised, because he found that Gaoping City was no worse than Yunnan, and its population and wealth far exceeded most cities in Yunnan and Guizhou.

At this time, everyone walked into the palace, and the buildings inside were all in Chinese style, and there was no feeling of being in a foreign country.

Sun Kewang walked into a big hall, there are twelve mahogany top beams and pillars in the hall to support, there are Chinese character couplets on the pillars, there is a plaque above the main hall, there are three Chinese characters on the book "Qiancheng Palace", below is a high platform, there is a gold lacquer chair on the high platform, it is the throne, there is a huge Nanmu screen behind the throne, and the Chinese characters are also densely packed on it.

At this time, Sun Kewang unceremoniously walked to the throne and sat down, touched the armrest of the chair with his hand, and said with a smile: "It's not bad!" ”

"Wang, from the distance point of view, the connection between Annan and the Central Plains is actually closer than Yunnan. Take the sea road, half a month can go to Guangzhou, take the land route, the north is Guangxi, and out of Yunnan is mostly mountain roads, to the road rugged and long, so here has basically formed a set of county system close to the Central Plains, and Yunnan is still full of Tusi. Prime Minister Xu Yixian saluted.

Sun Kewang leaned his back against the throne and couldn't help asking: "What is the origin of this Gaoping Mo's family, the territory with a big nose, and he is so rich." ”

Liu Zongmin also said: "Don't they all say that the south is a barren land, how can it look okay?"

Xu Yixian explained: "This Gaoping Mo clan was usurped by powerful ministers, they seized the throne of the Li clan in Annam, and then they were defeated by the Li regime, and the remnants shrank in Gaoping. The Mo clan had ruled Annam for decades, and naturally accumulated some wealth, if they hadn't been sitting on the mountain, the king would have been able to get more money and food. ”

Saying that, he paused, and said: "This Annan is the Jiaozhi County set up by Qin, which has been influenced by the Central Plains for more than a thousand years, most of the land has been developed, and the rice is double-cropped and three-cropped, as long as there is no war, it is actually a rich place." In the south of Annam, there used to be Champong, Zhenla and other countries, and Champong rice came from there, and there were records before the Song Dynasty. Since there was a country hundreds of years ago, it should not be a barren land when it has developed to the present. ”

Xu Yixian doesn't know much, Annan is close to China, how much can he know, and no matter how far away it is such as Champa and Zhenla, it is completely unclear.

Sun Kewang's eyes narrowed, as if he was interested, "This king now occupies Gaoping, and if you continue to the south, it will be the Li family, and then south will be Zhancheng and Zhenla?" That Li clan, who defeated the Mo clan and occupied the entire Annam, should be richer than the Mo clan, right? ”

Xu Yixian was slightly stunned, understood Sun Kewang's thoughts, and hurriedly persuaded: "King, the land of Annan is not easy to control. The Ming Dynasty also occupied this place back then, but it couldn't make ends meet, and finally had to evacuate. Although Annan was influenced by the Central Plains, and the cultural, educational, and governance systems of the Central Plains took root here, Annan gradually broke away from the control of the Central Plains since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and with the help of the culture of the Central Plains, it formed a centripetal force, which was difficult for outsiders to conquer. ”

Sun Kewang was a little disapproving, "So what, it's just a small country!" ”

Xu Yixian said: "Great King, the minister read some of Mo's books and found that Annan actually imitated the Central Plains and established a tributary system centered on himself. They bowed down to the Central Plains Dynasty, but outside the eyes of the Celestial Empire, they regarded themselves as emperors, used their own era names, and treated the surrounding barbarians with the idea of Yixia Great Defense. They consider themselves to be "Tiannan China" and want to educate their neighbors. Following the example of the Central Plains Dynasty, the surrounding tribes showed their submission to them and paid tribute on a regular basis, and a tributary system had been formed. Moreover, their tributary system is different from the great power tolerance of the Central Plains Dynasty, their tributary system is often to coerce the other party to become their own vassals by force, and then annex the vassal states step by step, which is completely different from the Central Plains' love for tributary states! ”

Xu Yixian continued: "It can be seen that Annan has formed a self-centered mind, and this kind of place is often relatively difficult to conquer. ”

Sun Kewang frowned, stroked his beard, but his eyes gradually flashed brightly, and he muttered: "Tiannan China, tributary system, educate the surroundings~" Suddenly Sun Kewang patted the armrest of his thigh and said happily: "This matter should be done by this king!" ”

Starting from the former Li Dynasty, Annam paid tribute to the Central Plains on the one hand, and imitated the Central Plains Dynasty on the other hand, establishing a tributary system and educating the surrounding barbarians.

Of course, the Cham and Khmer people must have something to say about this, it was not indoctrination at all, but naked aggression, but Annam did occupy the coastal Champa city through this means, and drove the Khmers out of the Mekong Delta, realizing the control and indoctrination of these places, and erasing the culture of the original peoples, so that they integrated into Annam and became a part of Annam.

Historically, during the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam, their tributary system reached its peak, with as many as thirteen countries paying tribute, and the Nguyen Dynasty's "Da Nan Shilu" even directly referred to the Chinese as "Qing people", while the Vietnamese were recorded as "Han people" and "Han people", and they wanted to assimilate the Zhenla people with "Han style".

Xu Yixian's original intention was to persuade Sun Kewang not to fall into Annan and avoid repeating the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect his words to open up a train of thought for Sun Kewang, if the emperor of the Central Plains can't do it, it is actually not bad to be the emperor of Tiannan first.

In an instant, Sun Kewang came up with an idea, based on Yunnan and Guizhou, to establish his own tributary system, to fight against the Central Plains, and when the time is ripe, to compete for the world.

At this time, everyone in the hall was frightened by him.

Sun Kewang came back to his senses and saw that Xu Yixian and the others were looking at him, he immediately stood up from the throne, his eyes flashed, and he walked towards everyone with a big laugh, "Haha~ Come, everyone is coming, today this king wants to talk to you about this king's ambitions~~~~~~"

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