I am Da Song

Chapter 533 The situation in the southeast

"If the officials have heard of Sangxiang Buddha House, it will be easier to understand the situation in the southeast."

"Sangxiang Buddha House was built by Surya, the current reigning king of the Angkor Dynasty."

"This Surya's full name is Suryavarman II. He is ambitious and warlike. But he is indeed a great talent. The Khmer Kingdom in the south has been divided for decades. It is this Surya who ended Ended the split situation and unified the troubled times. Established the Angkor dynasty."

Zhao Huan frowned, and commented: "If this is in the Central Plains, he can be regarded as a Cao Cao-like figure. Of course, he may be stronger than Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao failed to unify, and he actually ended the war and established a new dynasty."

Tang Yi nodded and said: "It's hard to say what achievements this person has made in the Central Plains. After all, the Central Plains has outstanding people and outstanding talents. Even Cao Cao was rated as the best in the world. His opponent Liu Bei even started as a shoemaker. Liu Bei, the emperor of a country."

"But if Surya is in Taixi, he will definitely not be weaker than King Zhao Huaizhong of Germany and Emperor Manuel of Byzantium."

Zhao Huan felt that what Tang Yi said was very reasonable.

The achievements of Frederick and Manuel are just like that, all relying on the bragging of later generations.Fighting back and forth, the territory did not change at all. In the end, Frederick, who had slaughtered thousands of priests, knelt down at the Pope's feet flatteringly and kissed the Pope's shoes.

Not to mention Byzantium, Constantinople was lost and became the territory of the Puritans.

If the southeast peninsula also has the right to speak, Surya, the founding king who ruled the troubled times, may not have a weaker reputation than Frederick and Manuel.

Because the founding king is really ambitious and ambitious.

Tang Yi introduced: "Since Surya unified Khmer and established the Angkor Dynasty, he has continuously sent troops to crusade against many neighboring countries such as Champa, Annan, Thai, and Mon. In the southeastern peninsula, the two most powerful The country is the Angkor Dynasty and the Ly Dynasty. They almost divided the entire southeastern peninsula."

"Among them, the Li Dynasty has a flat terrain, fertile land, rich economy, and a large population. However, the Angkor Dynasty has many forests, a vast territory, and rich products. It is difficult to distinguish between the two sides."

"In the past few decades, there was not much difference between the two sides. Until our dynasty conquered Shenglong City in one fell swoop, the Li Dynasty was close to the prosperous area of ​​our dynasty, and they were all included in the Holy Dynasty. The essence of the Li Dynasty was lost, and the strength was greatly damaged. .”

"And the 16th year of Jianye this year is an extremely critical year. Suryafu personally conquered Champa and conquered it. The territory of his dynasty expanded to the extreme, bordering the sea in the east, Bagan in the west, Karoshi in the south, and One target is Li Chao."

Zhao Huan quickly had a very clear understanding of the situation.

The Song Dynasty is the center of civilization in this era. Basically, the prosperous area of ​​civilization in any country is the area close to the Song Dynasty.For example, Xixia, his most fertile land is also the frontmost war zone, next to Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty.

The same is true for Liao and Jin in the north. The economic center is in the Yanyun area, next to Hebei in the Song Dynasty.

The reason is whether the land in the Central Plains is fertile or the economy of the Central Plains is developed. Anyway, the best and most developed civilized area is in the hands of Zhu Xia. Other barbarians are desperately approaching the Central Plains in order to obtain a more prosperous economic area. .

The southeast peninsula is no exception, and the local vassal states rely on the trade routes of the Song Dynasty to develop their economies.

The core areas of the Li Dynasty are all in the north of Shenglong City. Once they are all taken back by the Song Dynasty, the barren areas in the south of him can only rely on agriculture to survive. Even if they are closer to the tropics and have greater food production, the economy is still inevitable. Regression of nearly a thousand years.

After all, food can fill their stomachs, but they cannot provide them with enough clothes, tools, and various developed industrial products.Without these advanced technologies and developed civilizations, they can only fill their stomachs, run around in the fields with bare buttocks, and pick up food with bare hands. What is the difference between them and savages?It has completely fallen to the level of war-torn African countries in later generations.

Therefore, Li Chao, who lost the core essence area in the north, became weak in an instant. Without a superpower to support him, he would not be able to recover even after a hundred years.

And the Angkor dynasty next to it will certainly not sit back and watch this good opportunity disappear.

They have unified most of the territory, so they will naturally come to conquer the remnants of the Li Dynasty in the south.

For the remnants of the Li Dynasty, if they were all conquered, it would be more comfortable to be a courtier of the Song Dynasty.

After all, Da Song is really rich, and if he gets an official job in Da Song, it can be said that he will immediately realize the leap in life, and the wealth he can get in a lifetime is beyond the reach of 90.00% of the people in the whole world.

Secondly, they took the initiative to offer soil and surrender. According to the Song Dynasty tradition, this is meritorious service and they should be rewarded.

This is much better than being conquered by the Angkor Dynasty and being forced to be a dog for it.

In this situation, Zhao Huan could understand Li Chao's initiative to donate soil to the Central Plains.

The question now is how to deal with King Surya of the Angkor dynasty.

Zhao Huan asked: "What is this Surya's attitude towards our dynasty? Our dynasty has taken over the entire territory of Li Dynasty. Will war break out with it?"

Tang Yi replied calmly: "This Suliye is definitely a hero. He is very different from Li Gongyun, the founder of the Li Dynasty. Li Gongyun was arrogant and arrogant, and provoked our dynasty. So much so that his prince died in battle, and the king had no successor. "

"And this Suliye can see the situation very clearly. Since he ascended the throne, he has always adopted the national policy of making friends with our dynasty. During the reign of the emperor, he began to send envoys and tributes many times, and actively traded with our dynasty to attract our court. Merchants went to do business and vigorously resumed their domestic production."

Zhao Huan nodded. The Taishang period was actually considered the heyday of the Great Song Dynasty. Militaryly, the Longyou Protectorate was opened up, the Xixia Hengshan battlefield was recovered, and Xixia’s demise was just around the corner. The North even bought back Yanyun.

If it weren't for Zhao Huan's predecessor's operation, almost all of the millions of banned troops were reimbursed in the Taiyuan battle, the Song's martial arts and martial arts were indeed enough to frighten some small border countries.

And when Zhao Huan was in power, he strongly changed the outcome of the Battle of Tokyo, then changed taxes, implemented the conscription bill, and even the Northern Expedition to eliminate gold, completely pushing the Song Dynasty into a prosperous age.

Under such circumstances, the gap between the Song Dynasty and the Angkor Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and it has reached an unfathomable level.

Su Liye was very aware of the situation, and the frequency of sending envoys to pay tribute was more diligent than that of the Supreme Court.

Let's talk about it from their point of view.

After all, the senior officials of Song Dynasty knew that the emperor was not interested in them, but they didn't know it.

Looking at this giant-like neighbor in the north on the map, the territory is so vast and boundless that it really covers the entire world. If you tilt down casually with a little pressure, it will be like the sky is falling to them. A terrible situation.

(End of this chapter)