As China's three neighbors in Southeast Asia, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos are small and geographically important countries for China. But in terms of relationships, it is more friendly with Thailand. Thailand is historically known as "Siam", a name given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, the small countries of Southeast Asia hoped to be recognized by daming in order to establish the legitimacy of the regime.
In 1377, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang named King Ayutthaya the "King of Siam", so the name "Siam" was officially fixed.
Not only Thailand, Japan, Burma is more urgent need of the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty official recognition, "Japan" this name is given by Wu Zetian, otherwise it has always been called "Wu Guo", but also quite suitable for them, it is said that Wu Zetian gave the name after regretting it, in order not to lose the credibility of the big country, there is no way. After the Burmese mutiny, they hurriedly ran to the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di and asked for a canon, otherwise their regime would be ineffective.
Historically, Myanmar has had a long feud with China and Thailand, and for hundreds of years, Myanmar has been blind and has repeatedly provoked disputes on the Chinese border. Of course, Myanmar's feud with Thailand is the longest, and they call it a feud.
At that time, if we talk about the economy, Thailand was the richest of the three small countries in Southeast Asia, and the degree of wealth exceeded that of Myanmar and Laos, so why did Myanmar repeatedly invade Thailand, but Thailand was powerless?
Myanmar has a longer history than Thailand. Thailand was ruled by Chenla in the 13th century, while burma's 7th-century state of Phogan flourished, shocking the smaller surrounding countries.
In the 11th century, the Bagan Dynasty of the State of Biao was established, and its military strength reached its peak, at which time the Siamese Dynasty was established, maintaining friendly exchanges with the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
Thailand sometimes went to war to protest Burmese aggression, but the real fiasco was during the Ming Dynasty, when the Thai royal family was busy tearing each other apart, and Burma took the opportunity to invade, and soon hit the Thai capital north of Bangkok. This battle was like the shame of Jingkang, Thailand had exactly the same catastrophe as the Song Dynasty, the royal noblewomen, princesses and female relatives of the people were all caught in Burma and the enemy country as toys, men were taken as slaves, and the loss of dignity was very tragic.
In 1584, Nari xuan the Great came out of nowhere, much to the astonishment of Burma. He declared Thai independence and invaded Burma, winning many battles, not only killing senior Burmese military generals, but also capturing countless elephants and occupying large areas of Burma, burma almost fell to the ground.
What is the origin of this Narixuan the Great?
Narisuan the Great, nicknamed the "Black Prince", was one of the Five Emperors of Siam, and when he was a child, there was a massacre in Thailand, and countless slaves were sent to Burma, and he was also sent to Burma as a proton. In 1871, at the age of 16, Nari declared his return to Siam to be enthroned, when he was made vice-king and responsible for defending the city. At that time, there was a particularly good time, the Ming Dynasty was provoking civil unrest in Burma, the two factions were fighting each other, the new king of Burma, Mang Yingli, thought that Na Li Xuan was still an obedient proton, so he asked him to send troops to help him fight the rebellion, Na Li Xuan of course was not so stupid, he deliberately let the elephant team go slowly, slow until they were both defeated, he could return to the Dynasty.
Mang Yingli sensed that Nari Xuan was rebellious and wanted to send troops to conquer Thailand, but it was too late.
In 1590, Narisuan officially succeeded to the throne as King of Siam. Until the death of Naresuan the Great, Burma not only failed to brush its presence in Thailand, but lost a lot of territory, and was about to be squeezed to the edge of the cliff, they held back, suffered, and finally put Napoleon in Thailand to death. After the death of Naresuan the Great, Burma rose up in resistance, and the two sides fought fiercely for many years, and in 1665 Burma finally expelled the Thai army from Burma.
Thailand and Myanmar have maintained calm for more than a hundred years, mainly because there are no more prominent people in the country, so they have to separate their own. More than a hundred years later, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the two countries fought fiercely again, and Burma rushed to the Thai capital very arbitrarily, destroyed Thailand again, captured countless slaves and returned, and set the capital on fire.
At this time, a Chinese hero descended from the sky, he was Zheng Xin. Thailand has voted the most bullish emperor in history, and Marsh the Great is one of them.
Zheng Xin, originally from Huafu Village, Chenghai County, Guangdong Province, China, attended the entire curriculum at the age of 13 and is proficient in four languages, including Thai and Chinese. Later promoted to marquis, he soon regained large tracts of land in the north and south, re-glued broken Thailand, and expanded its territory to the maximum.
In any case, Myanmar is not so easy to fight. After the fall of the capital, King Zheng believed that if he wanted to restore the territory, he should first expand the territory, because the frontier was an important gateway, the gate was open, could things not be lost?
In order to boost morale and lay down the Jiancheng City, Zheng Xin adopted the Chinese allusion of the broken cauldron, the sergeant ate dinner, smashed all the pots and pans, and went to the city for breakfast tomorrow. The trick worked, and the foodies fought until the goal was completed and they were fed in the city.
Later, Zheng Xin believed that it was necessary to use Jiancheng as a base to continue to expand the territory and expel the bandits, so he used the rainy season to build warships and recruit people to join the army, and when the rainy season passed, he set out from Jiancheng with elite troops, crossed the Chao Phraya River, and recovered Thonburi City, until the Burmese old nest, Burma lost its armor and fled. From the fall of Thailand to Burma again, Zheng Xin spent several months.
After Thailand's independence, although Burma was still dissatisfied, it did not set off a few waves, and when the British colonists invaded Burma, Burma became a British colony, and Thailand was finally completely safe.
Laos, which is two-thirds the size of Yunnan, was once a prosperous and wealthy country, and after the establishment of the Lancang Kingdom in the 14th century, Laos became a unified multi-ethnic country, with its economic and military strength reaching its peak. In the mid-19th century, the rising Siam invaded Laos, Laos fluttered twice, it was occupied, and Laos was destroyed by Thailand.
As early as 1778, Marsh the Great of Thailand annexed the Kingdom of Vientiane, one of the two divided states of Laos, and the Vientiane Kingdom became a vassal state of Thailand.
Later, Laos rebelled against Thailand, and was destroyed by Thailand, and the whole territory was occupied.
Then the French colonists came and forced Thailand to spit out Laos to it, and there was no way, Thailand had to give it to the French colonists. Poor Laos was occupied by the United States and Japan one after another, and it was not until later that it became independent.
In thailand, Myanmar and Laos, there are direct conflicts with China, and myanmar is the most conflicted. This territory, which has belonged to China since ancient times, is extremely arbitrary, rebellious, and has the characteristics of barbarism.
During the Tang Dynasty, Yunnan Nanzhao was the most powerful, invading the then State of Qi in Burma, plundering on a large scale, and in the Yuan Dynasty, Burma jumped up and down, and finally the dynasty was attacked by the Yuan army.
In the Ming Dynasty, Burma was still more respectful to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and what changes were made to the Ming Dynasty at the first time, changing the official recognition, and the heart was also steadfast.
During the Wanli dynasty, Burma was dishonest and fought a war with the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. During the Qing Dynasty, Burma invaded the Qing border, and the 4-year Qing-Burma War ended in the defeat of the Qing Dynasty.
Today, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos are all independent countries, but can the past grievances really be written off?
Recently, Thailand and Laos people have said that they are 70% similar to Chinese, thailand simply said that the civilization of the Yellow River Basin was created by their Thais, but was driven to Thailand by Chinese, so admired China, chaotic relations, is it really good?