In April of the ninth year of Baotian in Dali, Yangjume City.
This ancient city with a strange name is located on the narrow plain on the west bank of Erhai Lake, with Erhai Lake to the left, Cangshan Mountain to the right, Longshou (Guan) to the north and Longwei (Guan) to the south. As long as the north and south passes are guarded, this narrow piece of flat land between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake will be a self-sufficient nest.
Relying on this favorable terrain, during the Nanzhao era, the Cang'er area became the capital of Nanzhao, first in Taikoo City (about fifteen miles south of Yangju City), and then moved north to the current Yangju City What a city. Later, the throne of Nanzhong fell into the hands of the Duan family of Dali, and Yangjume City became the best capital of the Duan family of Dali.
Unlike the Nanzhao Kingdom, which was very warlike and fond of fighting, after the establishment of the Dali Duan clan, they focused their main energy on pursuing the longevity of the country and only wanted a safe and stable life. It has no ambition to expand its territory externally, nor does it want to eradicate powerful ministers and barbarians to monopolize power internally.
In short, living a comfortable life is better than anything else... Living such a life, Duan of Dali turned himself into a little white rabbit-type emperor who was harmless to humans and animals. So after Gao Shengtai, the powerful minister of Dali, accepted Duan Zhengming's abdication and became emperor for two or three years, he felt that it was more satisfying to be a powerful minister, so he left a will on the eve of his death, asking his son Gao Taiming to return the throne to Duan. He made Duan Zhengming's brother Duan Zhengchun the emperor.
After Duan Zhengchun became emperor, not only did he not think of using his "yang finger" to stab the rebellious officials and traitors of the Gao family to death, but he also behaved like a little white rabbit. He was not only afraid of the powerful Prime Minister Gao Taiming, but also his own wife. Gao Taiming's aunt Gao Shengjie. He also left a wonderful article in praise of his wife that has been passed down to future generations, saying: The state has a woman, and the family has a lovely wife. It is also a good thing that a husband is not as good as his wife. Don't go west when your wife tells you to go east. Go east and talk sweetly, and go west to compete in martial arts and poems. The husband is born with no talent, and it is difficult to compare with the beautiful wife with red makeup...
Compared with the real Duan Zhengchun, the Dali Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun in Jin Yong, who was romantic by nature, flirted with women everywhere, and liked to mess with chivalrous women even if he didn't like nice women, was simply a dignified man and a slutty husband!
However, Duan Yu is much more powerful than his father Duan Zhengchun. He does not follow his father Duan Zhengchun, but follows his mother, Gao Shengjie, a hero among women. Moreover, his mother, Gao Shengjie, has been urging him to learn martial arts and martial arts since he was a child, and he has developed great skills!
On the front line, he was once assassinated by two members of the Gao family who were highly skilled in martial arts! In the end, the two masters couldn't beat him, and he beat them all over their heads (there was no need for the Six Meridians Divine Sword!), and they were captured alive on the spot. Then Duan Yu, who was still a charlatan, brought in the second assassin of Yi Shi... In the end, one of these two assassins committed suicide because of his shame!
This ability, this method... Zhao Kai may not even have it!
What's even more powerful is that Duan Yu is also good at using power. He is obviously a harmless "white rabbit-type" emperor, but he takes advantage of Gao Mingtai's opportunity to abolish the elder and establish the younger to incite internal strife in the Gao family. He deposed Gao Zhichang, Gao Mingtai's successor (he was assassinated because of this) and then promoted Gao Mingtai's eldest son, Gao Mingshun, to take the throne, thus regaining part of the imperial power.
And the most amazing thing is that he is not afraid of his wife!
His wife's surname is also Gao, and she is Gao Taiming's daughter. Of course she is domineering. But I can only watch him attract concubines... Although those concubines were sometimes beaten by Empress Gao, even Concubine Mu and Concubine Wang De were beaten, but Empress Gao did not dare to beat Duan Yu after all. !
And under the rule of him, an emperor who was excellent in both literature, Taoism and military strategy, and who was not afraid of his wife, the Dali Kingdom was certainly prospering!
Now in the ninth year of Tianbao, Duan Yu, who has been in power for thirty years, finally ushered in the highlight moment of his life in his capital city of Yangjumei - Lu Daqi, the envoy of the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Zhang Boyu, the envoy of the Southern Emperor. They all came to visit him, the Dali Emperor, with gifts!
It's okay if the envoys of Emperor Danan come to give gifts to Emperor Dali... Danan and Dali are both grass-roots teams, and the emperors of the two families are not very good, so it is common for them to carry each other's sedan chairs.
But the Emperor of the Song Dynasty gave gifts to the Emperor of Dali... This was something unprecedented since the founding of the Song Dynasty!
This is not a gift sent by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the King of Dali, but a gift in the name of the emperor to the emperor!
This shows that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty recognized that the Emperor of Dali was as old as him... So far, only the great states of Liao and Jin, not even Xixia, can enjoy this kind of treatment.
Unexpectedly, Dali Kingdom would reach such a peak under Duan Yu's governance... Duan Yu felt as if he was floating in the palace of Yangju City.
Dali really prospered in his hands! He is the master of Dali Zhongxing!
Of course, Zhao Chen would not give gifts to Duan Yu for no reason... He wanted to join forces with Duan Yu to beat up Annan and Li Chao!
The war between the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Li Dynasty of Annan began this spring!
The navy and army of the Southern Song Dynasty launched a sea-wide expedition under the banner of "The Southern Emperor came out and Tianli prospered". Twenty thousand troops landed at Dazhan Haikou and the Xiangjiang estuary north of Dazhan Haikou. At the same time, they also gave a share to the king of Champa. "Treaty of Equality" - there aren't many of them, just 21 of them. The main requirements are as follows: 1. Champa City accepts the protection of the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty and pays 500,000 stone Champa City meters per year as protection fees; 2. Champa City State cedes Dazhan Haikou and Xiangjiang Estuary to the Southern Song Dynasty; 3. Champa City State cedes Dazhan Haikou and Xiangjiang Estuary to the Southern Song Dynasty; 3. Champa City State Cut off all contact with the Annan Kingdom, and follow the Song Dynasty to conquer Annan; 4. The Southern Song Dynasty asked the king of Champa to protect the spread of Confucianism...
When the news reached Sheng Long, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Kingdom immediately knew that something was wrong!
My lips are dead and my teeth are cold!
The "21 Articles" imposed by the Song Dynasty on Champa made it clear that they would annex Champa step by step!
Moreover, the Champa Kingdom has been beaten in turn by Danan, Zhenla, and Song Dynasty for so many years, and now it has become immobile.
If Zhao Chen, the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty, was allowed to be ruthless, the country would be destroyed within ten years of occupying the city.
Isn't Danan dead by then?
Therefore, while Danan Kingdom sent troops to support the city, it also sent an envoy to Yangju Macheng to contact the Emperor of Dali, Duan Yu, to attack the Song Dynasty together.
And Zhao Chen also thought of Duan Yu, and also sent an envoy to Yangju Mingcheng to become brothers with Duan Yu - Duan Yu was his brother and Zhao Chen was his brother! Then the brothers work together to destroy Annan!
This is such a huge honor... Being the elder brother to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!
However, Duan Yu did not agree immediately because he didn't know what "Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty" meant?
"Xueshi Lu," Duan Yu spoke Chinese very well, so he spoke directly to Lu Daqi in Chinese, "What do you mean by the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty? When did the officials of the Song Dynasty call themselves Southern Emperor?"
Lu Daqi glanced at the tall, burly and extraordinary Dali Emperor, and said with a smile: "I want your majesty to know that our Song Dynasty now has two official families! One is called the Southern Emperor, and the other is called the Northern Emperor."
ah! There really is Beidi!
Duan Yu was stunned again and again, and after a long while he murmured: "How can one country have two masters?"
"Why not?" Lu Daqi glanced at Gao Shunzhen, the Prime Minister of Dali and the Duke of China, who was sitting on a chair to the left of Duan Yu. "Master Gao, what do you think?"
Gao Shunzhen is the son of Gao Mingshun. Although he is the head of the Gao family in Wuman today, both his father and son were raised by Duan Yu, so they have a more respectful attitude and do not dare to call themselves the "Lord of the Gao Kingdom".
However, the deferential attitude of the two father and son also dissatisfied the members of the Wuman Gao clan, so that the internal conflicts of the Gao clan increasingly intensified... Therefore, Lu Daqi's question put Gao Shunzhen in a dilemma.
If he denies the name of "Lord of Gao", then the opposition within the Wuman Gao clan will be even more dissatisfied.
But if he recognized the name of "Governor Gao", Duan Yu would be dissatisfied!
It’s hard to deal with both ends!
"Ah, why did the Song Dynasty establish two official families?" Gao Shunzhen had to change the subject.
Lu Daqi smiled and said: "The country is large but ruled in the south, so we established two emperors. The Northern Emperor has Shuntian Prefecture in Beijing as its capital, while the Southern Emperor has Fenghua Prefecture in Nanjing as its capital."
"Fenghua Mansion? Where is it?" Gao Shunzhen, the leader of the Kingdom of Gao, actually didn't know where the Shuntian Mansion in Beijing was? But it must be in the north... The only thing Dali needs to consider is the Southern Emperor.
"Fenghua Prefecture is the original Guangzhou."
Guangzhou became Fenghua...
Duan Yu frowned, why did the Southern Emperor of the Song Dynasty escape to Guangzhou?
"Why did Guangzhou become Fenghua?" Duan Yu asked, "Is there any explanation?"
"Fengzhe means worshiping Heaven." Lu Daqi said, "Transformation means enlightenment. Fenghua means worshiping Heaven to educate and transform!"
"Enlightenment from heaven?"
"What does this mean?"
Duan Yu and Gao Shunzhen became more and more confused as they listened.
"It means educating all people according to the principles of heaven!"
"What is the law of heaven?"
"What is it?"
At this time, Lu Daqi took out a fish belly book and handed it to one of Duan Yu's internal officials with both hands, asking the latter to pass it to the Dali Emperor, "Your Majesty, please take a look... This is what appeared in Guangzhou during the twelfth lunar month last year." A copy of the fish-belly book, one of the auspicious things sent from heaven! This was sent down from heaven and hidden in the belly of the fish."
"The book hidden in the belly of the fish? Let me see...the emergence of the Southern Emperor and the rise of Dali?" Duan Yu's eyes lit up when he read out the six words on the book hidden in the belly of the fish.
He is Nan Di! As soon as he appeared, Dali prospered! This is God's will!
"Your Majesty, it's not Dali Xing..."
"What?" Duan Yu's face suddenly darkened.
"It's Tianlixing...that's Tianzi'er!"
Duan Yu's face became even darker, "Why is it the sky? It's obviously the big one!"
It turns out that these fish-belly books were not very well made. The horizontal line above the word "天儿" was too short and looked a bit big.
Gao Shunzhen also echoed from the side, "Yes, that's great! It means that our Dali is going to be prosperous! Your Majesty, this is auspiciousness from heaven! We should celebrate it!"
These words spoke to Duan Yu's heart... As an emperor, he still lacked confidence, so he had to try his best to build momentum for himself.
Now that the Song Dynasty envoy has sent the auspicious auspicious message of "the emergence of the Southern Emperor and the prosperity of Dali", of course we must celebrate it.
Yes, you still have to go up...and you can't cry to death when Wang Zhongfu and Yang Xuan come to question them?
