In May of the second year of Tianzhi (the twenty-third year of Qianlong's reign)
The Yi Dynasty announced to the outside world the good news that the royal family would have a child, and at the same time also announced that it would establish a suzerain United Nations system.
For the people of Yi Dynasty, they didn't care much about the latter. What they cared more about was whether the queen could give birth to a prince for the emperor. After all, although the emperor is still young, the royal family is still too thin. Only when there are successors to the royal family can the Yi Dynasty be more stable and they can feel more at ease.
Although the people of the Yi Dynasty did not care about the suzerainty United Nations system, Annan, Champa, Cambodia, etc., who are now the younger brothers of the Yi Dynasty, cannot care less. Shortly after the Yi Dynasty was announced to the outside world, Annan, Champa, and Cambodia sent envoys to announce their joining the suzerain United Nations led by the Yi Dynasty.
June of the second year of natural selection (twenty-three years of Qianlong reign)
After seeing the military strength of the Yi Dynasty, the Nanzhang Kingdom (also known as the Luang Prabang Kingdom at the time) sent an envoy to Guangzhou, announcing that it would serve as the suzerainty of the Yi Dynasty and would no longer pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty.
In order to enter the United Nations of the Suzerains of the Yi Dynasty, Nanzhang gritted his teeth and accepted the annual fee of 5,000 taels of silver. At the same time, Nanzhang also signed a contract to obtain the garrison of the suzerain United Nations at a cost of three thousand taels of silver per year.
The annual payment of seven thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket in the eyes of a big country, but for a small and poor country like Luang Prabang, it is a huge fortune. But even so, Luang Prabang is more worried about whether he can join.
According to the system of the Sovereign United Nations, all member states can trade with each other, which is a fatal attraction for small countries that are relatively short of material.
At the same time, the activities of common people and merchants among member states are protected by the laws of the United Nations. However, the laws of the Sovereign United Nations will never interfere with any national affairs of any member state. The laws of the Sovereign United Nations will only take effect when the people of the member states are unfairly treated by other member states and serve as extradition judgments.
If a foreign country invades a country that is stationed with troops from the Overlord United Nations under normal and reasonable circumstances, it can be understood as a provocation by other countries against the entire Overlord United Nations.
At that time, the garrison of the suzerain United Nations will defend against invasion from foreign countries. At the same time, the suzerain United Nations will also send troops to participate in the war against the invading country.
Only small countries can understand the sorrow of small countries. Now that big countries are willing to support them, how can small countries like Nanzhang not be overjoyed?
Therefore, for many small countries, this suzerain United Nations is simply a refuge given to them by heaven. Not to mention the annual fee of five thousand taels per year, even if it is tens of thousands taels per year, they will not find it expensive, they will only be afraid that the Yi Dynasty will not accept them.
After all, countries that do not join will most likely be isolated or even partitioned in the future. Therefore, even sub-powers like Annan chose to join without hesitation after the Yi Dynasty was announced.
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"Your Majesty, all the ministers have arrived." Looking at Samurai Lun who was sleeping drowsily, the eunuch hurriedly went up to report.
"Let them come in!" After hearing this, Wu Lunshi tried his best to cheer up and ordered.
"Yes, slave, go now." The eunuch immediately turned around and retreated.
After a while, several important officials from the Siamese court came in one after another and bowed respectfully to Wu Lunshi. However, before the ceremony was completed, Wu Lunshi asked anxiously: "Maga, what's going on outside the city now?"
"Back to the king, the enemy troops outside the city have now surrounded the city. Although we sent a message to the surrounding troops to rush back to protect the city, so far, we have not received any information about reinforcements." Maga, Minister of the Ministry of War, quickly came out of the queue and replied.
"How is the fortification of the royal city going? How long can it withstand the army outside the city?" Wu Lunshi continued to ask worriedly.
"The defense work in the city is proceeding smoothly, but..." Maga suddenly stopped talking.
"What, what happened?" Wu Lunshi asked.
"Your Majesty, because the third prince has surrendered to the enemy forces outside the city, he even sent troops to the city gate this morning to persuade him to surrender. Now many city defense soldiers are ready to open the city gate and give up resistance." Maga hesitated for a moment. After that, he said without any worries.
"What? This traitor is so treacherous. I was really blind at first and misjudged him." Wulunshi's anger exploded in an instant. He was so angry that he coughed continuously and even coughed up a lot of blood.
"Your Majesty, calm down and please take care of your dragon body!" Upon seeing this, several ministers present began to persuade him.
"It doesn't matter. Is there any response from the Yi Dynasty to our request for peace?" Wu Lunshi asked after quickly calming down.
"I'm back, but...I don't dare to say anything." Maga knelt down and said.
"The state affairs have reached such a state, what is there that you dare not say? Say it quickly, and I will grant you no guilt." Wu Lunshi said with a slight command.
"Yes." Maga said after a slight pause. "Yi Chao responded that if we want the coalition forces to withdraw, we need to agree to three conditions."
Maga looked at Wu Lunshi and saw that he was silent, so he continued: "First, the ministers who insulted the Yi Dynasty envoy in the royal city must be executed."
Maga looked at Wu Lunshi again, and saw that he still had no reaction, so he continued: "Secondly, Siam needs to pay all the expenses for this coalition expedition, a total of eight million taels of silver. At the same time, Siam also needs to pay Some land needs to be ceded as war compensation."
At this time, Wu Lunshi's weak face looked even more ugly, but he remained silent. Seeing this, Maga had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue talking.
"Third, the enemy demands that the king retire...abdicate the throne to the third prince..."
After saying that, Maga quickly knelt down and confessed.
Looking at Maga, Wu Lunshi wanted to roar, but he knew that the helpless roar would only make the already uneasy subjects even more hesitant.
"Makaya, how long can the money and food from the treasury support us?" After calming down, Wu Lunshi turned to the Minister of Household Affairs, Makaya, and asked.
"Back to the king, since the imperial court received the news from Master Maloguo, it has begun to expedite the collection of grain from the surrounding areas. The current national stockpile of grain is enough to last our entire city for nearly two years." Maca, who is a confidant of Wu Lunshi Ah, at the beginning, he followed Wu Lunshi to ridicule and insult the envoys of Yi Dynasty, and even recommended Wu Lunshi to use a prison car to send the envoys of Yi Dynasty away.
"Very good, you did a good job." Warrior Lun showed a rare smile of relief.
"Thank you, Your Majesty..."
"Is General Kema here? I want to hear what he means." Wu Lunshi looked at the courtiers around him again. He didn't seem to see the person he was looking for, so he asked the eunuch beside him.
"Go back to the king. We have sent someone to notify you. I believe they will arrive soon." The eunuch replied cautiously.
"Well, go and call Maroguo over. I want to hear his opinion." Wu Lunshi ordered.
"Yes, I will send someone right away."
