Chapter 973 - Asian Development Bank (2)
Although he joined the China Alliance, he was already tantamount to choosing a camp.
But Rama VI still doesn't want the relationship between Thailand and China to become too close, after all, no one knows how far this newly born [China Alliance] can go, success or failure?
Moreover, subconsciously, Rama VI was not without vigilance and hostility towards China.
Of course, Rama VI's wariness of China is no longer about China's possible annexation of Thailand. After all, King Rama VI himself knew very well that it was not very likely that China would choose to annex Thailand, as can be seen from his choice to form the [China Alliance] and invite countries including Iran, Thailand and Japan to join this alliance.
China's ambitions are now more akin to forming a vast alliance than to make itself a vast empire with no one before or without a successor in its territory.
Of course, this would be the case, and Rama VI had suspected that perhaps it was because he had annexed too much land at once, which led to rebellions in new territories, and therefore had to slow down.
But perhaps China will not continue to annex other countries, but that does not guarantee that China will not do anything else that might 'annex' Thailand, including supporting the Chinese in Thailand.
As with other Southeast Asian countries, there are definitely a lot of Chinese in Thailand. Relatively speaking, the situation of the Chinese in Thailand is somewhat better than that of other countries, especially in places such as the Philippines or Indonesia, which were controlled by European colonizers.
And this also makes the Chinese in Thailand have quite a strong strength. At the same time, Rama VI was very wary of the Chinese in the territory.
In fact, one of the most famous policies of King Rama VI during his tenure was the policy of assimilation of the Chinese. There is no way, who said that the status of the Chinese in Thailand has always been not low, and even the ancestors of Rama VI killed the former king Thonburi the Great, who was a Chinese. Overthrew the emperor of the Thonburi Dynasty.
The first of the Bangkok Dynasty, that is, these emperors called Rama, must have been the emperor known as Rama I.
Yet actually. For a time, King Rama I used to claim to be the son of Thonburi the Great. That is, the heir of the Thonburi dynasty. and also got a Chinese name for himself, that is, Zheng Hua, because the previous Thonburi Emperor was named Zheng Xin...
Of course, Zheng Hua is indeed Zheng Xin's son, but he is a righteous son, and the age difference between the two seems to be only two or three years old. Zheng Xin's Thai name is Taksin the Great, known as 'Taksin the Great' or 'Thonburi the Great', and is one of the five great 'Emperors' in the minds of the Thai people.
Rama I's original name was Thongluan. is Zheng Xin's cronies, who were named generalissimo and crowned him prince, but as mentioned earlier, in fact, the two are only two or three years apart.
Zheng Xin's father, Zheng Da, was born in Huafuli, Chenghai, Guangdong, China, and crossed to Siam during the Yongzheng period, lived in Ayutthaya, and was a stall owner. Zheng Xin was born in Ayutthaya. He began his education at the age of 7 in a Theravada Buddhist monastery. After 7 years of study, he became a royal chamberlain.
Once, according to legend, he and his friend who was also a novice in the temple went out of the temple to make a dervish. I met an old Chinese fortune teller, who looked at the palmistry and told them that the two of them would become kings. Of course, they didn't take it seriously, but later Cheng Xin was indeed called the King of Siam, and Thong Luang really became Zheng Xin's successor, Rama I.
Before Cheng Xin became king, it was when the Burmese invaded Thailand, and a considerable part of the territory of Thailand had already fallen. At the same time, Zheng Xin led his followers to constantly resist the invasion of the Burmese.
Thankfully for the Thais. It was at this time that the Burma-Qing War broke out.
To ensure your own safety. The Burmese had to withdraw from Thailand, and Zheng Xin took advantage of the situation. He drove out the invading Burmese and was proclaimed king on December 28, 1769, known as the Thonburi Dynasty. In 177o, he eliminated the separatist forces in various places, unified the whole of Siam, and carried out several military expansions in Cambodia. He also sent envoys to China and entered the court to claim his vassals to the Qing court. The Thonburi Dynasty was established and became the famous Thonburi Emperor.
If the story only ends here, then Zheng Xin will undoubtedly become a hero, after all, as a Chinese became a king, Zheng Xin is very rare in the past thousands of years of history.
However, 12 years later, in the 47th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1782), Zheng Xin was overthrown by a coup d'Γ©tat, and Rama was on the front line in Cambodia at that time, and when Rama returned to Siam, he ordered Zheng Xin to be executed.
As a result, the Thonburi Dynasty died, almost no different from the Qin Dynasty. In history, it only existed for 13 years, which is even one year less than the Qin Dynasty, which died ββββββ Qin Dynasty, which seems to be 14 years.
The Thai kings of the past generations were also wary of the Chinese. It's just that Thailand is different from indigenous areas like the Philippines or Indonesia. Thailand is right under China's nose, and if you do something like the natives in the Philippines or Indonesia, it's hard to say how the Qing Dynasty would react at that time.
After all, during the period when Qianlong was in power, China's national strength had begun to decline, but it was still a behemoth compared to Thailand. If it is not done well, even if the Qing Dynasty can't destroy Thailand, it will be no problem to turn the world upside down, like Burma.
It is precisely for this reason that Rama I lied that he was Zheng Xin's son, and gave himself the name of Zheng Hua, in a vain attempt to deceive the Qing familyββββββ it cannot be said to be deceived, after all, he is indeed Zheng Xin's son, but he is just a righteous son.
Later, although the Qing Dynasty continued to weaken, especially after the Opium Wars and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As for the Sino-Japanese War, that is, the First Sino-Japanese War, Thailand completely saw the weakness of China, but Thailand at that time still had a certain fear of China, not to mention that China was still a whole at that time.
It wasn't until later, when the Manchus fell and China was never unified and fell apart, that Thailand finally began to have ideas. This period. It was also the time when King Rama VI ascended the throne.
It was after the accession to the throne of Rama VI,. King Rama VI himself kicked off the wave of Chinese exclusion.
Of course, this is in the original history ...
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Albeit in the original history. King Rama VI can be said to be the vanguard of Thailand's anti-Chinese movement. But in this era, because of Yan Shao's relationship. China has long been a whole. Therefore, although there is a certain anti-Chinese movement in Thailand today, the momentum is very different from that in history.
Especially after the end of the Battle of Shandong, China, which had won a great victory, showed its strength. King Rama VI even hurriedly covered up the anti-Chinese incident in China to prevent the incident from being known to China.
And after China sent an expeditionary force to Europe to participate in the war, successively made military achievements in Verdun and the Somme, and made a desperate effort in the process of the collapse of the Romanov dynasty, no one in the whole of Thailand dared to mention the word 'anti-Chinese'...
It's just that...
If you don't mention it, it doesn't mean that you don't think so in your heart. On the contrary, it is precisely because of China's prosperity that Rama VI and many Thai officials are thinking more. Although the ensuing situation made Rama VI and others have to admit that China did not come to annex them. But what if TongguΓ² supported the Chinese in Thailand to ascend to the throne, just like the Bangkok Dynasty replaced the Thonburi Dynasty back then, overthrow them and establish a Chinese dynasty?
This is probably what Rama VI is most worried about at the moment, no, I am afraid that not only Rama VI, but also many high-ranking members of the Bangkok dynasty are worried.
It's just as if they couldn't refuse the 'goodwill' of Britain and France. They also cannot refuse China's 'goodwill'. What's more, no matter how you look at this matter, Thailand has a hundred benefits and no harm, and in the end, Rama VI chose China's side.
But!
This does not mean that Rama VI wants to build a closer relationship with China. At least for now...
And if China controls the economy, then even if you don't want to be intimate, I'm afraid you won't be able to...
It's just, can you really refuse?
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"President, there's a reply from Thailand..."
In the living room, just as Yan Shao and Elaine were taking advantage of their rare free time to play entertainment between the family, a staff member of the presidential palace walked to Yan Shao's side and whispered.
"Oh? Is there finally a reply? Saying this, Yan Shao didn't put down the large handful of playing cards in his hand. Instead, he asked without looking back. "What is the Thai response?"
"King Rama VI of Thailand has officially agreed to join the 'Bank' Tiyì and only wants to be the original member state. Thailand can take a higher share of this..."
"That's no problem," he said, looking at the cards in his hand. Yan Shao picked out some of them and threw them out, and then continued. "Sue Hu Wenqing, let him do his best to negotiate this matter with the Thais, as for the signing of the agreement, there is no need for the Thai government to send a delegation over, let their ambassador in Beijing be fully responsible..."
"Got it!" With that, the staff member had already turned around and left the room, leaving only Yan Shao, Elano and the others still playing poker there.
"Is it a 'bank' thing?" Looking down at the cards in his hand, Elaline asked.
"That's right." Yan Shao nodded. "This time the Thais finally nodded." Saying this, Yan Shao looked at Katerina, who was just sitting next to Elainor and 6 Ying and the others, and did not participate in the rest. "Now that the Thai government has given the nod, the original plan can also be canceled."
"Be careful, if the Thais are playing tricks on us...", Katerina frowned slightly as she pursed her rosy lips. It's better to go with the original plan, at least then the Thai government will be a puppet in our hands..."
"Don't worry..."Yan Shao chuckled, not worried at all. Rama VI believed and understood the implications of this, and since he chose to agree, it showed that he was not going to change his position, and most importantly, there was no turning back. As he spoke, Yan Shao looked at Elaine. Are you right..."
Indeed, this plan is not just about helping the allies build themselves. At the same time, it is also the economy of the control allies, at least part of it. At present, both Iran and Thailand have a part of the army that is under our integration, which means that this part of the army. After the reorganization, we will be deeply affected. Coupled with the economic control, in a few years, even if the Thais want to regret it, it will be impossible..."
Elaline is not only very proficient in economic mountains, but also can be said to know a little bit about military affairs.
After all, she is also from a military family, and she knows a little bit. Naturally, it is clear that with the help of the Wehrmacht, these Thai * teams will be deeply impressed by China. And during this time, the Special Affairs Bureau does not seem to be idle, and often helps the Thai government to do some work, so that some high-level officials of the Thai government. There are also high-ranking generals in the army who are closer to China...
If Rama VI really plans to play tricks on Yan Shao in the future, he only needs to blink an eye, and Yan Shao can make the whole of Thailand unable to eat and walk around.
Of course, it is precisely this influence that makes Katerina propose a new ideaββββββ to change the government or even the royal family of Thailand.
Just as King Rama VI feared, the Special Affairs Bureau came up with a plan, which was to try to overthrow the current Bangkok dynasty, and then select a capable and powerful Chinese among the local Chinese to become the new 'Thonburi the Great'...
And so it goes. Even if the new puppet is not the kind that is very easy to control, it will be more or less controllable than someone like Rama VI.
King Rama VI had always wanted to hide the anti-Chinese behavior at the beginning of his reign, but how did he think about it? What he did in the past has actually been unearthed by the Special Affairs Bureau?
This is also the biggest reason why Caterina doesn't trust him, and he really doesn't deserve Yan Shao's trust.
However, at the moment, Yan Shao has no intention of overthrowing the Bangkok Dynasty, after all, it is definitely not an easy thing to set up a new dynasty, even with the participation of the National Social Government. But now Yan Shao urgently needs to make Thailand as a strong country as possible...
In this way, the original plan will naturally not be able to come up. After all, after the old dynasty was overthrown, it was impossible for the new dynasty to stabilize without a few years of hard work.
Even in later generations of China, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Isn't there also a remnant of the resistance that took years to wipe out...
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Seeing that Yan Shao seemed to have his own thoughts. Caterina wasn't holding on either.
That's right, get rid of the current Bangkok dynasty. It's really good to change to a more honest one, but there are pros and cons to everything, and what Yan Shao considered is not unreasonable. Since Yan Shao felt that it was more in China's interest to preserve the current Bangkok dynasty, Katerina naturally did not have to stick to it.
What's more, she doesn't think that under the surveillance of the Special Affairs Bureau, the Thai people can do anything to harm China's interests. So after holding on for a while, Caterina didn't continue to persevere.
Seeing that Caterina didn't stick to her original plan anymore, Yan Shao smiled and didn't say anything, and soon the family refocused on the game in front of them.
Whether it is for Yan Shao, or for Caterina and Elano and others, several people cherish the game at the moment, after all, everyone present is usually busy. Although the family can still be reunited at night, the games played are almost all adult games, and it is difficult to have any chances like now...
I don't know how long it took, but as it got darker, the game finally ended...
On the second day, while the people were still going out as usual, they were soon attracted by the newspapers on the newsstands, and by the vendors.
In the latest issue of the newspaper, the latest policy announced by the national government is published. In the China Alliance, China, Thailand and Iran jointly funded the establishment of a bank to provide low-interest loans to friendly countries within the alliance or outside the alliance.
Undoubtedly, this act quickly attracted the attention of many people, including the great powers. After all, borrowing money itself is also the favorite money-making business of the great powers, and the reason why the Americans were able to become a great power in the original history is not because the United States borrowed a lot of money to Britain in World War I...
In the past, although China also borrowed a lot of money, at that time, Britain and France were the ones who borrowed money, so naturally there was nothing. What's more, this kind of thing is often done by powerful countries, and there is no need for Britain and France to reactββββββ they did it to China back then.
But right now...
This kind of bank formed by a certain alliance is unheard of and unseen, and even countries like the United Kingdom or the United States do not know what kind of impact this 'bank' will have in the end.
But in any case, with this turmoil, there is at least one thing they still remember, and that is the name of this bankββββββ [Asian Development Bank].
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