【FAQ】
First, why open warehouses to release grain when military supplies are in short supply?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
First of all, the Qiu Fu thieves used the method of hoarding food to lure the hungry people to join them. Now that the government distributes food for free, hungry people will not join the bandits. This is called removing the firepower from under the cauldron.
Secondly, local prefectures and counties had no defenders and were unable to defend themselves against the bandits. When the thieves came, the official warehouse was plundered by the thieves. Therefore, it is better to distribute it to the people before they come. Failure to release food is tantamount to endangering the enemy.
Second, why not set up a beacon tower?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
First of all, the main purpose of setting up a beacon tower is to solicit reinforcements. Now that all the troops and horses have been mobilized by me, there are no reinforcements in the rear. The beacon tower has lost its function, which is a waste of manpower and material resources.
Secondly, the beacon tower will disturb the military and civilians, easily spread panic, and cause our army to become chaotic without fighting.
Third, why are people who are greedy for life and fear of death selected for investigation work, and why are they not given weapons?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
If a brave and fearless warrior is equipped with excellent weapons and allowed to serve as a ranger scout, then when he encounters the enemy, he will inevitably be greedy for merit and fight, and will attack if he is not convinced. If he fights with the enemy, he will easily die gloriously and will not come back to report the news.
As for the intelligence personnel who are investigating the enemy's situation, I don't ask them to steal many heads, I just ask them to brighten their vision.
Fourth, how do you know they were faking surrender at the beginning?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
As I said before, the two armies have not yet fought, and the thieves are at their peak, and the thieves are huge, and they have not suffered any hardship, so why should he surrender? It must be a false surrender, a arrogant plan. When we relax our spirit, we will be easily ambushed.
Fourth PLUS: After 3 days and 83 battles, Qiu Fu suffered enough and was trapped in an isolated city and asked to surrender. How did he know that it was a fake surrender?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
Because he has suffered enough. Hundreds of people are trapped in the isolated city, and the water source has been cut off by us. They have only two options, either surrender or fight to the death to break out. What is surrender? Open the gates and lay down your weapons. And they only surrendered verbally, so it must not be a real surrender, but a false surrender, a delaying strategy.
Fourth (Three Souls Edition): In the end, Qiu Fu personally led a hundred or so of his party members to leave the city and surrender. This was a true surrender. Why did he still kill and arrest everyone?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
First, surround and kill those who surrender.
Secondly, return to the PLUS version of Q&A. What does Qiu Fu want to talk to me about? I will not accept your surrender, your head is mine too.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether you, Qiu Fu, surrender or not after all this defeat. Just another way to die.
Fifth, why block the way of the thieves first? Aren't you worried that the thieves will jump over the wall and fight to the death?
Wang Shi said the reason is simple.
The bandits would not disband and return to their fields after escaping. Instead, they would break up into small groups and become bandits who dispersed throughout the region. They would harass the southeastern region for a long time, not only affecting the prosperity and development of the local economy and public security, but also blocking the imperial tax revenue.
Therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on destroying them and accomplish all the results in one battle.
At this point, all the generals were so impressed with the civil servant in front of them that they felt inferior.
The celebration banquet is almost done. Wang Shi suddenly issued another order, "Pull out the evildoer Xu Ze from Yuyao County and Chen Yao from Cixi County and kill them!"
The generals looked at each other. Don't just look at it stupidly, continue to ask for advice.
Marshal Wang, who is the commander-in-chief of one party, why did he personally punish two ordinary people?
the reason is simple.
Xu Ze, Yuyao County, the leader of local evil forces, monopolizes the profits of fish and salt and disrupts market operations;
Chen Yao of Cixi County, pretended to be someone else and rose to the rank of county magistrate (presumably suspected of murder, see the gangster and Ma Bond in "Let the Bullets Fly").
Both men are leaders of major gangs involved in gangs.
Wang Shiyu earnestly warned everyone that Qiu Fu and his people are actually little flies. Although they make earth-shattering noises, they will only hurt the empire's skin; these two seemingly insignificant commoners are the big tigers. They take advantage of others and prey on the common people. Quietly shaking the foundation of the empire, the crime is extremely heinous and cannot be forgiven!
This should be an unexpected gain on the Wang-style anti-special front.
In August, Qiu Fu was sent to the capital and beheaded in the east city of Chang'an.
Good things come in pairs, and soon after, the court received good news: Bozhou (now Zunyi City, Guizhou Province), which had been captured by Nanzhao, was recovered.
Internal and external troubles are the two thorns in the throne of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty. Now, I can finally sit firmly on the throne.
Yizong of the Tang Dynasty announced that he would change the Yuan Dynasty to "Xantong" and grant amnesty to the whole country.
However, the irony is that just when the people across the country were still immersed in the joyful and festive atmosphere of the "First Year of Xiantong", the imperial court received another piece of bad news that was embarrassing: Nanzhao Kou Annan.
[The Beginning of Disaster—Nanzhao]
Nanzhao, a kingdom in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. In the local language, "zhao" means "king". The Central Plains area is customarily called "Barbarian". During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang "captured Meng Huo seven times" to defeat the Southern Barbarians, and those who were defeated were their ancestors.
"When Shu was conquered by Zhuge Liang, everyone surrendered." - "Old Book of Tang"
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were many small states in the Erhai area. The most powerful were the Six Zhaos. One of them was called the "Mengshe Zhao". Its geographical location was in the south, so it was also called "Nanzhao" by the Central Plains people.
The Tang Dynasty adopted the strategy of "using barbarians to control barbarians" and "diplomating far away and attacking near". Naturally, it had to support Nanzhao unconditionally in terms of geopolitics. In terms of strength, Nanzhao was almost at the bottom among the six imperial edicts, but with the support of the great powers of the Celestial Dynasty, it quickly conquered the other five imperial edicts and became the regional hegemon. This was a strategic mistake made by the Tang Dynasty, which sowed a bitter fruit for itself.
Whenever major powers interfere in regional internal affairs and seek to maximize geopolitical interests, one of the important rules is to fish in troubled waters and artificially create conflicts and chaos through religious, racial, cultural and other differences, thereby causing all forces in the region to have serious consequences for the major powers. dependence, and then strive to become a puppet of a major power and a regional agent of a major power.
To this day, a certain hegemonic power still creates conflicts and conflicts in many hot spots in the world, disrupts regional peace and stability, and then plays the role of the world's policeman, calling itself a beacon of the world.
When Nanzhao became the unique overlord in the region, it inevitably had a centrifugal force against the Tang Dynasty and was unwilling to surrender.
During the more than 100 years of its existence, Nanzhao had changed its country names many times, such as "Da Meng", "Dali", and "Da Fengmin". It also had "Hetuo", "Dragon's Tail", "Dragon's Tail" and "Dongwei" in the Central Plains. Another name for "Jumei", "Yangjian", etc. For the convenience of description, this book will refer to it as "Nanzhao" regardless of period. Please do not point out clerical errors or flaw in the following text.
When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, all the surrounding countries and tribes expressed their vassalage, paid tribute, submitted submissions, and requested canonization. The Tang Dynasty was like a prosperous time when all nations came to court. And when it declined, it was encroached and invaded by these foreign barbarians.
King Nanzhao also said that "his descendants will always be ministers of the Tang Dynasty." Looking through history, the answer is hehe.
In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (738), King Piluoge of Nanzhao was named "Guiyi" by the Tang Dynasty and granted the title of Duke of Yue. Pi Luo Ge bribed Wang Yu, then the governor of Jiannan, to ask the court to combine the six imperial edicts into one. Pi Luo Ge "swept Liu He" and became a barbaric version of Qin Shihuang.
After Piluoge completed the great cause of unification, he defeated his neighbor Tibet, and his national power became stronger and stronger, which inevitably created a centrifugal force against the Tang Dynasty. However, Piluoge still had a clear understanding of the strength comparison between Datang and Nanzhao, and continued to maintain the sect-vassal relationship, and the Tang Dynasty also tried to win over him. On the surface, the relationship between the two countries seems to be extremely harmonious, and they maintain a fragile relationship of dependence tacitly.
In the seventh year of Tianbao (748), Pi Luoge passed away and Zige Luo Feng ascended the throne. At that time, the Jiedushi envoy of Jiannan was Xianyu Zhongtong, and the prefect of Yunnan was Zhang Qiantuo. These two feudal officials of the Tang Dynasty were quite rude to Nanzhao. Especially Zhang Qiantuo, one of his hobbies is to break shoes and stretch his lower body towards Nanzhao, and he is the wife of the leader of Nanzhao.
After Geluofeng came to the throne, Zhang Qiantuo ordered him to send his wife over and give him a cuckold so as not to break the rules. Ge Luofeng did not agree. So Zhang Qiantuo sent someone to Nanzhao to insult Ge Luofeng for not knowing the rules. At the same time, he reported to the Tang Dynasty that Nanzhao was disobedient and wanted to launch troops against Nanzhao.
Geluofeng couldn't bear it anymore, so in the ninth year of Tianbao (750), he used force to kill Zhang Qiantuo.
Xianyu Zhongtong, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, organized troops and horses, launched a counterattack, and invaded the capital of Nanzhao in one fell swoop. Ge Luofeng had to apologize, and made a soft threat about Tubo, saying that Nanzhao has been invaded by Tibet all year round. If the Tang Dynasty did not help him, he would have no choice but to surrender to Tubo. If the Tang Dynasty did not help him, According to Nanzhao, "The land of Yunnan is not owned by the Tang Dynasty!"
Xianyu Zhongtong actually imprisoned Nanzhao's envoys and continued to attack Nanzhao. However, he was defeated by Nanzhao.
Therefore, in the eleventh year of Tianbao (751), Geluo Fengzhen left the Tang Dynasty and attached himself to Tubo. The leader of the Tubo Kingdom recognized Ge Luofeng as his younger brother, and the two countries formed a country of brothers.
Subsequently, Yang Guozhong (brother of Yang Guifei) recruited more than 100,000 troops in an attempt to take back Nanzhao, but was defeated again, and the army of more than 100,000 people was almost wiped out (the deceased was 189).
Next, came the "Anshi Rebellion". Nanzhao took the opportunity to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty and took advantage of it.
In the fourteenth year of the Dali calendar (779), Ge Luofeng's son Feng Jiayi died before Ge Luofeng. The crown prince was deeply loved by Ge Luofeng, so he took Feng Jiayi's son - Ge Luofeng. His grandson, Yimouxun, was established as the crown prince. The name Man is a mouthful, but it is actually equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang passing the throne to Zhu Yunwen.
This Yimouxun loved reading (he was quite knowledgeable and intelligent). When he was in power, Nanzhao finally returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty. There is a very interesting story in this:
When Ge Luofeng took advantage of the "Anshi Rebellion" to plunder the Tang Dynasty, he kidnapped a small county magistrate named Zheng Hui. During the Tianbao period, Zheng Hui took the Ming Jing Ke. The Ming Jing Ke was far less valuable than the Jin Shi. There is a saying that "thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jin Shi", which means that a 30-year-old is considered very old if he takes the Ming Jing Ke. , 50 years old is considered young in the Jinshi department. Therefore, those who can enter the central government are generally "jinshi". As for those with Ming Jing Ke's academic qualifications, they can only serve as small county magistrates in remote villages.
However, Zheng returned to Nanzhao and became the most educated senior intellectual in the area. He was highly regarded by Luo Feng, the head of the country, and asked him to be the teacher of his son Feng Jiayi and train the next generation of Nanzhao's successors. Feng Jiayi died young, and Zheng Hui became Yimouxun's teacher and continued to play the role of "emperor's teacher". After Yimouxun ascended the throne, he made him his son - Xunmeng Cou (Xun Ge) advise) the teacher.
As the "Emperor's Master" for three generations, Zheng Hui was very strict with education. Historical records record that "Although he searched and dreamed, he returned with a tart." What happened to the monarch? What happened to the prince? If you don't study hard, you'll be beaten! In Nanzhao, there was no one whom Zheng Hui did not dare to fight.
Later, Zheng Hui took the position of prime minister (Qingpingguan) in Nanzhao. Under Nanzhao's system, there were six prime ministers in the same dynasty who were in power together. However, in Yimouxun's dynasty, there was only one actual prime minister, Zheng Hui. Yimouxun only consulted Zheng Hui for all military and state affairs, and those five The prime ministers all looked up to Zheng Hui and followed his orders. If they made any small mistakes, Zheng Hui would slap them (or if he did, he would often slap them).
Zheng Ying should be the strictest tutor in history.
After Nanzhao became vassal to Tubo, although Tubo was nominally a brother to him, in reality, he treated Nanzhao as a slave and imposed exorbitant levies, which made Nanzhao miserable. Yimouxun often showed unwillingness and regret.
Zheng Hui often analyzed the interests for him. He said that before Nanzhao paid money to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty advocated etiquette, treated the barbarians with kindness and restraint, implemented super-national treatment, and never bullied Nanzhao. But when you look at Tubo, it is completely Nanzhao was treated as a second-class citizen and a slave.
Finally, Yimo found his mind and began to plan to destroy Tubo and return to the Tang Dynasty.
Later, the envoys traveling to and from the Tang Dynasty were captured by Tubo. Tubo was furious and ordered Nanzhao to send the children of ministers and generals to Tubo as hostages. The exploitation and oppression of Nanzhao became even more brutal.
At that time, the war between Tubo and the Uighurs was inextricable, so they recruited troops from Nanzhao and asked Nanzhao to provide 10,000 troops. Yimouxun tried his best to show weakness, saying that Nanzhao had few poor people and could only provide 3,000 soldiers and horses. After some bargaining, he finally agreed to send 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Yimouxun first sent five thousand soldiers and horses into the Tubo territory, and personally led tens of thousands of troops to march at night. Then he joined forces with the five thousand soldiers inside and outside to launch a surprise attack on the Tibetan army. They won a great victory, occupying 16 castles and capturing five Tibetans. The king captured more than 100,000 of his troops. This sneak attack on Tubo became Nanzhao's letter of submission to the Tang Dynasty.
As a result, Datang officially accepted Nanzhao's good baby who had returned from his own way. He was given a gold seal of Nanzhao and engraved with "Zhenyuan Book Nanzhao Seal".
In the third year of Yuanhe (808), Yimouxun died, and his son Xunge persuaded him to take over the throne. The Tang Dynasty granted him the "Yuanhe Book of Nanzhao Seal".
Since the return of Nanzhao, diplomatic relations between the two countries have become normalized, with each other paying tribute and greetings. There were several minor frictions during this period, and Nanzhao promptly apologized to eliminate the misunderstanding. Generally speaking, the relationship between the two countries is relatively harmonious, and each country develops its economy.
However, with the gradual decline of the Tang Dynasty and the growing strength of Nanzhao, the peaceful relationship between the two countries became increasingly fragile.
War is about to break out.
