On June 18, the second year of Dabao of the Han Dynasty,
Zhang Wenbiao, the former governor of Hengzhou in the Chu region, surrendered to the court. The emperor personally received him in the court hall, along with the returned generals and officials headed by Zhang Wenbiao.
Meng Chang, the former king of Shu who entered the court earlier, was named An Le Gong by the emperor's decree because he was the first prince to return to the court to accompany him in the court.
Later, Emperor Liu Yuan and Long Yan of the Han Dynasty expressed their strong congratulations on Zhang Wenbiao's return to the court, and expressed great expectations for the civil and military prospects of the Manchu Dynasty. Finally, it was decreed that Zhang Wenbiao be granted the title of Marquis of Guiyi Nanxia, and Prince Xing's Mansion was granted a Dihou Mansion.
Zhang Wenbiao burst into tears of gratitude and took the initiative to present a map of the Chunan states. From then on, the Chunan states were included in the Lingnan territory. Moreover, in order to show his loyalty, Zhang Wenbiao sent his two daughters to the palace to serve the emperor.
This year everything seemed to be going smoothly in Lingnan. First, the Kingdom of Shu returned to the dynasty, and Lingnan successively sent generals and ministers to Shu to prepare to take over and reorganize the territory in Shu. Although it is not yet accurate, at least it has shown the general trend of returning Shuzhong to Han.
Then Zhang Wenbiao from the Chu region returned to the dynasty. In later history, this meant that the entire Chunan was included in the territory of Lingnan, which was regarded as a milestone in the advancement of Lingnan from the north. From then on, the land of Chu and the middle of Shu became a thoroughfare, and there were no obstacles in the world that hindered Lingnan's footsteps.
Of course, the most important thing is that after the Lingnan Han Dynasty occupied the geographical advantage of Chunan, they established a strong base for the northward navy in the Xiangjiang River. This model of development based on base areas is naturally a method Liu Jixing learned from later generations. Because the leaders of this era naturally cannot be like those of later generations, so this method is the best.
Only by gaining a foothold in Chunan can we break the myth of Wuling and establish a favorable base for advancing northward to the Central Plains. With the territory of Chunan, it can form an echo with Shuzhong. Because of this golden passage, the famous pattern of the Five Dynasties dividing the world was formed.
From then on, Lingnan used the west as a barrier, crossing from the Chu region to the middle of Shu, and completely crossing to the Central Plains. Although the Shu Road is as difficult as the Lingnan natural dangers, with the Lingnan Mountain Troops crossing over, the Shu Road seems to have been traversed from scratch. In the following years, this thoroughfare became a nightmare for the Central Plains and the greatest advantage of the Three-Point World.
Li Yu, who later became the king of the Tang Dynasty, lamented that because Lingnan had this thoroughfare, it was a greater threat than Jiangbei in the Central Plains. Later, the Tang State was able to return to the country, and it can be said that it was closely related to the base area established by Lingnan in Chunan at this time.
Of course, at this time, due to the underdevelopment of information and the vigilance among various local governments, such important news was unable to spread quickly. Such a major event happened in Lingnan, and it was unexpectedly impossible to obtain this kind of information in a short time.
Liu Jixing took advantage of this time difference to quickly respond to his troops. At the same time, it also intensified the secret party's propaganda in various places, and even continued to concoct various incidents, increasing the internal pressure of the separatist forces in various places, allowing the dispatched forces from various places in Lingnan to quickly gain a foothold.
With the return of Zhang Wenbiao, there was no longer any obstacle to Lingnan's northward advance. Liu Jixing accelerated the dispatch of generals who had received new education to build a large number of military forces along Yongzhou and Hengzhou to consolidate Lingnan's base in southern Chu. The base area bounded by Wuling became a powerful barrier for the Lingnan Han Dynasty to advance northward into the Central Plains.
Lingnan even appointed Pan Chongche, the former Shaozhou deputy marshal of troops and horses, as the military envoy to the northern camp, and He Guo, the commander of the Yongzhou military and horse capital, as the deputy envoy. They massively mobilized refugees and common people to serve as soldiers, established the Chu Volunteer Army, and practiced day and night to deploy defenses. Go north.
At the same time, Lingnan announced a piece of news that shocked the world, that is, Guo Jing, the king of Xiangxi in the Chu region, was actually the envoy of Lingnan Northwest Road. This time, he was appointed by the emperor as the Military Envoy of Southern Chu, and his soldiers were appointed as the First Regiment of the Han Chu Volunteer Army. Guo Jing was appointed as the commander of the first regiment.
At this point, there was no need for Lingnan to hide anything. Through Guo Jing in the Chu region, he personally sent a letter to Langzhou Jiedu envoy Zhou Xingfeng, hoping that he would be the vanguard of his northward march. If Zhou Xingfeng agrees, the imperial court will appoint him as the commander of the Second Regiment of the Chu Volunteer Army of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time, he will be appointed as the military envoy of Northern Chu.
Although I don't know what kind of reaction Zhou Xingfeng will have after receiving Liu Jixing's letter, at least the person who sent the letter was so excited that he couldn't sleep at all after hearing the news.
Subsequently, the garrison areas headed by Daozhou, Chenzhou, and Guiyangjian became the base areas for Lingnan's defenses to advance northward, and soldiers from Lingnan were continuously moved here. A large number of soldiers and civilians were moved in to cultivate the land. While the soldiers and civilians worked together to build iron and steel walls in several places in a short period of time, they also vigorously developed production and promoted local development.
Although there were a few people who opposed it, they were unable to stop Liu Jixing. Under the vigorous propaganda of secret party propagandists, Liu Jixing is gradually being portrayed as a saint, a rare wise king in the past and present.
But Liu Jixing intended to make Chunan develop rapidly, because in later generations this was indeed a land of plenty. It's just that after the battle between the horses, the Chu land was already devastated. The situation of ten rooms and nine empty houses, after this rapid development, became the Jiangnan of Chu land in a short period of time.
Although everything was carried out under circumstances where it was difficult for outsiders to know immediately, with Lingnan's methodical layout, all this seemed to be bearing fruit soon.
Few people in Lingnan know what is happening in the outside world. But what happened in Lingnan? With the spread of caravans from various places and the layout of Lingnan in Chu, it has gradually mastered large areas of land in Sichuan, but it is becoming more and more known throughout the Central Plains.
At the same time, at the Meridian Gate of the Han Palace in Prince Xing's Mansion in Lingnan, blood flowed again on this day after several beheadings of corrupt officials had been held since the beginning of Dabao. Because on this day outside the Meridian Gate, the imperial court carried out the first execution in history!
The people who were executed this time were Xiao Yuan, the former commander of Ximen Youya of the Han Dynasty, and Zhao Yuan, the county lieutenant of Bao'an County under the jurisdiction of Prince Xing's Mansion.
One's position is neither high nor low, and the other is a major official in a county under the jurisdiction of the capital city. The common feature is that they are all officials of the imperial court. The crimes they committed were breaking the law and blackmailing the officials who returned to the imperial court.
I don’t know if this is the sorrow of two people or the honor of two people.
Because the two people's positions in Dahan are really not too high, but because of this incident, it became one of the most famous news in Dabao's second year.
Especially in this era when there are too many subordinate officials in the imperial court, these two people are not even known to many people. But the crimes they committed, and the punishment they finally received, were the executions ordered by Emperor Liu Yun of the Han Dynasty himself!
From this, the Han Kingdom in Lingnan declared to the world that the subjects of the Han Kingdom must abide by the law, otherwise no matter what situation you are in, you will be punished by the law!
