Vol 3 Chapter 593 The strange situation on the Southeast Asian peninsula

On June 20, 1869, the death of King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam (the predecessor of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia) made Europeans who were paying attention to the Far East because of the British and Upper Burma wars stunned. Is it good or bad for the French Empire that the Kingdom of Siam waged war? No one knows, but many people are curious about the cause of his death.

It turned out that King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam contracted malaria on the 8th of 1868 after participating in an expedition of scientists from the British Empire to observe the total solar eclipse in Sanliyu, 140 miles south of Bangkok. At least I never heard of a critical illness, but I didn’t think about it. This time, the condition was announced. It turned out that it had been 10 months before he died on June 20, 1869.

The Crown Prince of Siam, Chulalongkorn, succeeded to the throne and was named Rama IV. At this time, he was only 16 years old. Due to his young age, he did not reach the legal age, so there was Rama IV’s favorite minister, the current military chief of the Kingdom of Siam, Shopayee Surivong, as the regent, and Rama IV. Princess Anna of Dutch descent who was the most favorite of the Fourth King during his lifetime (there is indeed Anna in history, if you don’t believe it, you can check it) sat under the curtain.

The Kingdom of Siam seems to have entered a period of chaos in the court.

Chulalongkorn is the ninth son of King Rama IV. He is the first son of Queen Namphip Lapilong. He will be specially favored by King Rama IV since he was a child. At the age of 8 (born in 1853), his mother At the age of 8, he was promoted to Duke Kun of Shaohua (the fourth-class title of the royal family).

Before Chulalongkorn was 8 years younger, he was educated in British style, because he knew that his father Rama IV signed the Second Siam-British Treaty with Britain in 1855, so Chulalongkorn started at that time. British education is the mainstay. Although the Treaty of Siam and the Treaty of Siam and the United States were signed in 1856, the attitude of King Rama IV was still dominated by the British. Chulalongkorn’s British style Education is stereotyped.

However, in 1861, Anna of Dutch descent became Chulalongkorn’s “fancy” woman, and finally became Chulalongkorn’s most beloved princess in 1862 (that year Chulalongkorn).

Due to the death of Chulalongkorn’s queen mother in 1861, when Anna became a princess, Chulalongkorn, the direct prince, was adopted by Rama IV to the name of Princess Anna at Anna’s request.

So under the influence of Anna, Chulalongkorn began to change the British education to Dutch education after the age of 9. At the age of 10, he was able to speak fluent Dutch. He not only learned Dutch, English, Balinese and Sanskrit, but also Learn subjects such as shooting, horse riding, martial arts, riding like a horse, fast history and literature

Due to Anna’s favored house and Wuxia, in order to train Chulalongkorn to be an ideal successor, King Rama IV sang Chulalongkorn with him when he was in power to learn how to handle state affairs, and began to follow Who learns to deal with international affairs, starts to learn Western.

England, France and Spain have all been there. But the one who went to the most was the Netherlands, especially the Far East of the Netherlands, because he had studied in Jakarta before.

Therefore, with the succession of Chulalongkorn this time, many people realized that the pro-British Rama IV era came to an end, and the pro-Dutch Chulalongkorn started from this era.

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On June 25, 1869, the world focused on the relocation of the king of the Kingdom of Siam, but the British and Burmese were unaffected. The British used 20,000 British regular troops in India this time, 30,000 in Upper Burma, and 10,000 left behind in the newly occupied largest town of Kachar.

Just when everyone thought the British regular army would win, to everyone’s astonishment, Britain lost again.

Honestly, England was defeated at Sealet, and it was completely defeated.

There were 20,000 British troops and more than 8,000 damages. Except for fleeing the battlefield, Chin State did not pursue the victory, but the lower Sagaing Province under the management of the capital Mandalay Province was not so polite. Immediately, 20,000 people stood by, and when the British retreated, they immediately pursued them. So the 12,000 British troops who thought they had escaped had to flee west again, and finally stopped in Dhaka, the largest city in Bangladesh.

Because, there is the largest pier in the east of the Brahma Putra River, the largest river in the British colony of Bangladesh.

There the UK’s largest naval port in Bangladesh is located.

With the pursuit of Upper Burma, the British naval fleet here has been cutting the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River. Faced with the British Navy, Upper Burma had to stop. However, under the pursuit of the army of Sagaing Province, the occupied territories advanced to Mymensingh, Kishorganj in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, and Dongji in the south.

And Chin State has also advanced westward to Kulami.

British Empire, London.

Inside Buckingham Palace, needles can be heard falling.

It wasn’t that there was no one inside, but everyone held their breath, for fear that the sound of breathing would attract Queen Victoria’s cannibalistic gaze to herself.

Just half an hour ago, an urgent telegram from the Far East brought all the cabinet members and senior generals of the Ministry of Defense of British Disraeli gathered here.

“20,000 British troops faced 30,000 natives, and they were dignified, and they were defeated so beautifully. Wow, they are truly heroic warriors of the great British Empire. The British Empire is now shining brightly.”

Queen Victoria’s eyes fell on Prime Minister Disraeli, staring at him sharply, and said sharply: “Our British Prime Minister, can you tell me what’s going on?”

Everyone’s body trembled, including Disraeli.

He couldn’t help raising his head, pretending to be calm and serious: “I’m about to report this to Your Majesty.”

Different from the past, it used to be a reward, but now he uses the word as a report. Obviously, he bowed his head to the queen.

The audience here are all political old fritters, and they still don’t understand. This shows that the Tory leader has officially begun to obey the Queen’s orders.

I saw Queen Victoria’s majesty for a long time, and no one could guess her thoughts.

Even Russell of the Whig party.

Just when everyone was silent, Queen Victoria’s voice came.

“Come on, I’m very interested in this”

Hearing this, Russell gritted his teeth and sighed: “It seems that Queen Victoria is unwilling to support the Whig party alone. In the future, the rivalry between the Whig party and the Tory party is inevitable, and the Whig party has a long history. Governing will be gone forever”

While Russell sighed, Disraeli gave his “reason”.

“The reason why our British Empire failed in the Far East was not because of our incompetence, nor because our attack formation was wrong, but because of the great increase in the strength of Upper Burma, we underestimated and suffered defeat.”

Speaking of this, Disraeli’s face was full of helplessness: “We can’t blame our soldiers, they are still heroic, just because they are facing the upper Burma soldiers who are not much worse than themselves, and they are still one-third more. In a number of situations. I think even if the French army faces this situation, they will definitely lose.”

Russell sneered in his heart: “It’s completely evasive. The strength of Upper Burma has skyrocketed, and the French have also been moved to compare the defeats. Obviously, against the backdrop of the protracted war between France and Siam, Disraeli’s blame is in place. , but would Queen Victoria approve of that reason?”

Sure enough, Queen Victoria sneered and asked with a sneer, “How do you think the natives like the soldiers in Upper Burma managed to fight against us without knowing it? I think it’s not just the elites here. If you don’t believe me, even the British nationals can’t fool you.”

Queen Victoria changed her words and stared at Disraeli with a cold face: “Your explanation is difficult to convince them, do you think I will believe it?”

Disraeli first showed a burst of panic, and then hurriedly explained: “Naturally I’m not willing to lie. Your Majesty, just before I came to the palace, I received the latest news from the front line.”

Russell thought with a sneer: Here again, if one plan fails, another plan is born?

Disraeli didn’t know what his foreign secretary was thinking. He was judged a bit unnatural by Queen Victoria, so he blurted out:

“It’s the French Empire behind the scenes”

Russell’s expression changed immediately after hearing this, he forgot to laugh, and hurriedly looked at Disraeli.

Queen Victoria is no longer cold and has become an inquiry.

Everyone else also raised their heads to look at Disraeli, no, except for the military, apparently they knew a little bit about the inside story~www.readmtl.com~ Disraeli had a cold sweat on his back, and hurriedly said : “The Xia Saibo rifles of the French Empire appeared in the upper Burmese army, and not only a small group, but thousands of them. Your Majesty, the French Empire dared to use the Burmese natives to block the British. This is definitely beyond our expectations. Unexpectedly, the Xia Saibo rifle had fought with Italy before, France: Italy lost 38:1000, even if it is a bit exaggerated, but its power can be seen in general, this 1866 rifle plus the familiar location of the Burmese indigenous people We are defeated by others, but this is justifiable.”

Russell asked at this time: “The Prime Minister is sure that it is the Xia Saibo rifle?”

Disraeli looked back at him and said, “If it’s fake, you can ask someone from the military if you don’t believe me.”

When Queen Victoria heard this, she looked at the military representative, and all she got was a nod. Russell looked at it, but she had to say in her heart that Disraeli should not have the guts to deceive the Queen.

“That is to say, Napoleon III dared to interfere in the affairs of our British Empire? I didn’t provoke him, but he dared to provoke me, very good.”

Queen Victoria turned her head to Russell and said, “Immediately summon the French ambassador in London to publicly protest France’s war against Britain in Burma. The First Fleet was launched, and the bombardment exercise began on the middle line of the English Channel. As for the direction.”

She said fiercely: “Shot to the east.”

In the end she said: “Prime Minister Disraeli, immediately hold a press conference to convene a press conference from various countries in London, to announce that the reason for our failure was because of France’s intervention, and now it is no longer whether it is France or not, and the suspicion of the French Empire is confirmed, including me. Only then can we escape from this failed war, otherwise, everyone will become the object of national questioning, and the British Empire will also become the laughing stock of the world.”

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