Thai immigrants in the late Ming Dynasty

There is a hero in Water Margin, nicknamed Hunjianglong, named Li Jun. At the end of the book, many Liangshan heroes died and left. But only this Li Jun finally became the king of Siam, which is the best in the book.

The article said that after Song Jiang and others pacified Jiangnan, Li Jun moved with the army. When he arrived in Suzhou, he had a false stroke, so that Tong Wei and Meng Tong could stay and Song Jiang could go back to North Korea first. Song Jiang was afraid of delaying his trip, so he had to leave Li Jun and return to Beijing for a pilgrimage. After Song Jiang left, Li Jun took his children's brothers to Yuliuzhuang according to the Old Testament, found four people to pay insurance, built a boat, went out to sea from Taicang Port, went abroad, and finally became the Lord of Siam. As for how to become the king of Siam, chenchen's novel Water Margin was also told in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

After Li Jun left Song Jiang halfway, he lived in seclusion in Taihu Lake. Later, oppressed by corrupt officials and fishing tyrants, he led Tongwei Meng Tong and others to sail to the sea, came to the attached Golden Island of Siam, occupied and claimed to be the Grand Marshal of the East. Since Li Jun claimed to be the Grand Marshal of the Eastern Expedition, Siam has been sending troops to fight bandits. However, every time in vain, Li Jun's army arrived at the gates of Siam. Marseille, the Lord of Siam, sent messengers to make peace, and both sides agreed to make peace and were willing to recruit Huawei's right-hand man.

Later, there was civil strife in Siam, and treacherous court official Tao murdered Masai Zhen and became king on his own. Mr. Li led all the soldiers of Jin Ao Island into Siam City to quell the civil strife. Therefore, Li Jun is regarded as the Lord of Siam. Because he was born in Dasong, he regarded Dasong as a new moon and made a formal tribute.

These stories have eyes and noses. Is Li Jun really the King of Siam? In fact, the answer is uncertain. But even if Li Jun becomes king, he is definitely not the king of Siam. The reason is that in the Song Dynasty? Siam? Doesn't it bark? Siam? .

First of all, Siam is China's name for ancient Thailand. In the Water Margin, Gao Qiu was the commander-in-chief for the second time, and Wang Jin fled in the first year of Zheng He, that is,11,while Thailand did not have a real historical record until 1238. Prior to this, Thailand had been in the sphere of influence of Angkor in Cambodia. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were some on the land of Thailand. Siam? And then what? Luo Huguo? Two countries, until 1377, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, conferred the title of King Dacheng? King of Siam? The name Siam was officially confirmed, that is, when Shi Naian wrote Water Margin.

Secondly, it is the source of Li Jun's image. In Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were 36 people under Song Jiang. Mixed dragon general Li Hai? No one in history, and this? Mixed dragon general Li Hai? There is no record of going to sea.

Of course, in the history of Siam, there really was such a king of China, Daxin, also called Zheng Xin. However, this happened 600 years after the Water Margin and 400 years after the novel Water Margin was written. 1767, the Ayutthaya dynasty was destroyed by the foreign enemy, the Bombay dynasty, and Thailand was incorporated into the territory of Myanmar. Thaksin, a descendant of China chaozhou people, led the Thais and drove the Burmese out of Thailand in 1769 two years later, and Thailand successfully restored the country. In the same year, Marsh ascended the throne and became king, established the Wuli Dynasty, and completed the unification of Thailand.

Because Marsh was a national hero of the Thai people, he led the Thai people to restore the country. Later, the Thai people called Marsh the Great, which is known in history. Daxin emperor? . Thai people also set the annual 65438+February 28th as? Huang Zhengjie? To commemorate Marsh's great contribution to Thailand. What is even more surprising is that Zheng Xin comes from Chaoshan, where there is a Jieyang city, and Li Jun also comes from Jieyang town in his novels.

The drama of the novel story and the contingency of historical real events are perfectly mapped in Water Margin.