After successfully sitting on the throne of Yangju City for two months, the smile on Zhang Xiancun's face turned into a sad look.
If you weren't in this position, you wouldn't know how complicated the situation is. You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you're not a master!
Zhang Xiancun's most intuitive feeling now is that there are too many rebels.
Although Zhang Cheng and Liu Zaisheng suppressed two major rebellions in succession, rebellions by small tribes and small-headed people of various ethnic groups are occurring one after another.
At the same time, how will the soldiers who are willing to stay in Dali be enfeoffed, how will the soldiers who want to go back to the Central Plains be rewarded, and how will the eight tribes of Xishan who come from Yugao City be settled?
What benefits should be given to the Black Cuan 21 who surrendered in advance? How should those who resisted with Dali be punished? How should the white people Duan, Gao and Dong be arranged?
Each and every one of these is troublesome.
However, fortunately, Guo Rong is here. This historically talented Zhou Shizong has already felt a little bit of the feeling of being a king after training in Nanxi Mansion for three or four years.
He smiled and said to Zhang Xiancun: "Don't worry, Your Highness. I observe how saints deal with things and read about the governance of the country by the wise kings of the past dynasties. Suddenly I discovered that when this king governs a country, everything is always smooth.
The kind of situation where the whole world surrenders with just one word will never happen. Even if the First Emperor governs the world with Qin's strict and violent laws, it is impossible for everyone to obey.
Your Majesty has just established a country. It is actually a good thing if someone rebels. They are small and weak and can easily be defeated. Anyway, there are so many soldiers and generals below. It is best to give them something to do. If there is any rebellion, just put it out. "
Guo Rong's calmness gave Zhang Xiancun good psychological support, and made the young man who had waited for six or seven years to finally get the throne of his own and wanted to be like his sworn brother Murong Nobunaga, King of Yan, much calmer.
Zhang Xiancun thought for a while and then asked Guo Rong with a smile, "That's the case, but what can a certain family do now?"
"Wait!" Guo Rongyan said concisely and concisely.
"Wait?" Monk Zhang Xiancun was confused.
In his opinion, there are constant rebellions all around, the soldiers and generals have not yet been awarded rewards, hundreds of thousands of people are piled up in Dali Kingdom, and the money and food consumed every day is astronomical. It is the time to deal with the problem quickly, how can we do it? Wait?
Fortunately, Guo Rong didn't wait for Zhang Xiancun to ask, and continued: "The reason why we have to wait is because His Highness is still just the founding Duke at this time.
A duke would definitely not be able to support a country with millions of people like Dali, so he had to wait for the saint's edict to decide what to do next. "
At this point, Guo Rong paused for a moment before continuing: "If the saint conferred the title of a county king, then I suggest that your highness give up the territory east of Yangju City and concentrate on preparing to go west."
"That's not possible." Zhang Xiancun waved his hand confidently. If he is a county king, it means that Zhang Xiancun is just the king of the inner vassal. After guarding here for ten or eight years, he may be transferred. Go back.
In this case, Zhang Xiancun's threat to the throne, especially the crown prince's position, would be too great. His father would not arrange this, and it would also violate the agreement between father and son.
Guo Rong felt relieved when he saw Zhang Xiancun was so sure. He only asked this question because he wanted to test Zhang Xiancun's certainty on the matter.
Now it seems that the saint really wants the eldest prince to be king here, just like Murong Nobunaga.
"I don't think so." So Guo Rong immediately echoed, "Then I would like to congratulate the king. If he is granted the title of king, then His Highness will be qualified to grant titles to his own vassals.
I believe that Dali is not as far away from China as the four provinces of Lelang, Korea, Chaori, and Penglai. It has been the land of the country since Zhuang Qi, King of Yunnan, and Tang and Meng invaded the southwest.
Therefore, even if it is an edict, first of all, the power and responsibility of the monarch are too great, so it is not necessary.
In addition, the land in eastern Yunnan must be divided into small groups, with multiple inspection envoys, and gentlemen and gentlemen must be cautious.
Western and southern Yunnan are mainly the three places of Lishui Jiedushi, Yongchang Jiedushi and Yinsheng Jiedushi. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the products are not abundant. There are many people who are not convinced by Wang Hua. It must be frightened by Fang Bo, and it cannot be done. The title is too small.
The Huichuan Governor's Mansion in northern Yunnan has always been a place of contention between the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao. Many people now believe that it is the land of the country, but was defrauded by Nanzhao. I suggest that part of it should be handed over to the country.
This not only highlights His Highness's high integrity, but also with this concession, the imperial court can also settle the rewards for the tens of thousands of soldiers coming from the imperial court. "
The land in eastern Yunnan mentioned by Guo Rong is probably Kunming, Qujing, Xuanwei, Zhaotong, Liupanshui and other places in later generations.
These places are close to the Han Dynasty and have developed economies. Among them, Kunming, Qujing and other places must be directly under the direct jurisdiction of the king. Other places can only have more small chieftains like inspection envoys. This strategy is very correct.
Western Yunnan refers to places such as Baoshan in Yunnan, Myitkyina, Myanmar, Mengong, Bhamo, Jiangxinpo and Naga Hills in India in later generations. These places were poor and inaccessible places in later generations.
Southern Yunnan is to the north of Pu'er, Jinghong, Mengla and Vientiane in Laos.
In western and southern Yunnan, except for Baoshan, Jinghong and other places which are not bad, the rest are poor places. If we want to seal some inspection envoys who can only mobilize two to three hundred people, we will definitely not be able to suppress them.
Therefore, Fang Bo, who can dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers, is needed to rule, and when necessary, the royal court in Yangju City is needed to support it.
As for the Huichang Dudufu in northern Yunnan, which was later known as Xichang, part of what Guo Rong said was specifically the two sites of Xichang City and Panzhihua City.
This place is indeed the focus of competition between Nanzhao and Datang. It is also a key gateway to the north of Dali. Its importance is no less than that of Hanzhong to Shuzhong.
Abandoning this place, on the one hand, means that Zhang Xiancun's son-in-law country is defenseless against Zhang Shengren.
On the other hand, it can indeed save a large sum of rewards that Dali cannot afford now.
It is indeed a good deal to use part of the land of the Huichang Governor's Mansion in exchange for the imperial court's own reward for the 50,000 or so soldiers dispatched this time.
Zhang Xiancun was overjoyed. This plan sounded very suitable for his country of Dali!
However, he was still a little embarrassed. The reward and daily consumption of 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers was not a small amount, and he didn't know if his father would agree.
Guo Rong chuckled, "The saint will definitely agree. For King Yan's Eastern Expedition, the imperial court has borne more than 70% of the cost, and this is true for the adopted son. Now that his biological son wants me to pay four to five million yuan, the saint will definitely agree. "
Right! Zhang Xiancun nodded fiercely. The old man paid at least 4 million guan for his sworn brother Murong Nobunaga, which almost drained the wealthy families in Jiangnan and Jiangbei. The bank issued two banknotes for this, and now he only needs 400,000 guan. , I should give it anyway.
Just as the two were discussing the remaining details, there was thunderous cheers outside. Zhang Xiancun immediately took Guo Rong's hand, and the two almost ran out of the palace.
The Dali Palace was built at the southern foot of Cangshan Mountain, overlooking the entire Yangju City. Zhang Xianchun looked around and saw more than ten riders approaching with the silver-platinum sun-and-moon banner representing the emperor. The banner was also brought along by the rapid galloping. The strong wind kept blowing.
The sound of drums and cheers attracted the soldiers and generals from the entire Yangju City. Under the eyes of everyone expecting, the messenger who arrived in advance loudly informed Zhang Xiancun:
The imperial court of Jin granted Zhang Xiancun, the Duke of Dian Kingdom in Kaifu, the title of king, named the country Chu, and named him the King of Chu. He opened the third division of Bafu and gave him the name Qin.
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Regarding Zhang Xiancun's country title, Zhang Yan had actually thought about it for a long time. The only country names that could be used were Zhuang Qi's King of Dian, King of Yunnan that Piluo Ge got from Tang Xuanzong, and King of Chu who he could barely relate to.
Among them, the King of Dian is really not nice to hear, and he is not one of the hundreds of kingdoms granted by the Emperor of Zhou, and it also implies a bit of a barbarian king in the frontier.
The title of King of Yunnan was originally a two-character title, which did not conform to the most noble tradition of the Central Plains' one-character king. Later, it had too strong a meaning of separatism and independence.
After much selection, only the title King of Chu was the most suitable.
Chu is one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. He has always been considered domineering among the best kings.
In addition, the Bai people have Zhuang Qi, King Dian, who is said to be the descendant of Zhuang Qi, and Zhuang Qi can barely be regarded as a marginal member of the Chu royal family.
Moreover, during the Spring and Autumn Period, he dared to say domineeringly, "I am a barbarian!" 'The Chu State actually played the role of the Zhou Dynasty in the south.
In Chinese history, the development of the south of the Central Plains began with the Chu State.
Although they could say "I am a barbarian" at that time, in fact, after being ridiculed by the Central Plains countries, they wanted to break the pot for practical benefits.
But in their hearts, the people of the Chu State absolutely did not want to think of themselves as barbarians. On the contrary, they presented themselves to the south of the Yangtze River as a large, civilized country from the Central Plains.
In the Chu State at that time, even though you were a barbarian from the mountains and forests, as long as you recognized the King of Chu as their king, learned the language, culture and way of life of the Chu State, and were willing to send hostages to the capital of Ying, then they would treat you as a Chu person with great strength. If you are big enough, you can be included in the aristocracy of Chu State.
This resulted in the extremely complex composition and origin of the clans and nobles of the Chu State. It also resulted in the fact that although the Chu State was large, it could never gather its vast territory to form a joint force, giving people a feeling of being big but not strong.
But for later generations, this strategy of the Chu State made a great contribution. Genetic surveys showed that in the vast area south of the Yangtze River, many local wealthy families who considered themselves Han people were mostly split from the Chu royal family and nobles. This gave The Central Plains Dynasty created a lot of claims and strong centripetal force.
Zhuang Qi's maternal ancestors were most likely from the local wealthy families in the Yunnan-Guizhou region and were integrated into the Chu State. That's why he knew clearly that the Dali area was rich in products and capable of making contributions.
Only then can we know the geography along the way and be able to reach the Dali area quickly with the productivity at that time. (This is purely the author’s conjecture and is not true, just take a look.)
So now, Zhang Yan has given Zhang Xiancun the title of Chu. Firstly, he can win over the most powerful white people in the area. Secondly, it can be regarded as a kind of inheritance.
After receiving the title of king of Chu, Zhang Xiancun was also very excited. He naturally knew that the title of Chu was full of Zhang Xian's expectations.
During the banquet for the ministers, Zhang Xiancun said to He Ning, who came to serve as an angel in person: "Seriously, in the pre-Qin Dynasty, the bells and drums were used by kings to summon warriors, and after the First Emperor, they were replaced by yue.
Your Excellency gave the name of King Yan's brother to Yue, and gave me the name of Qian. The hope of fist and fist can be seen clearly in the words.
Please repay everyone. The Chu vassal will definitely bear in mind the responsibility of opening up the territory and spreading the land to the Xia king and the people. "
This is the tacit understanding between father and son. Zhang Xiang only used one word to let Zhang Xiancun understand what he should do.
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In the first month of the ninth year of Shaoming Dynasty (AD 954) in the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Zhang Kun of Chu officially began to issue edicts in Yangjue City, changing Yangjue City to Dali.
The original source of the principles of the Dali Kingdom should be this ritual. Now Zhang Xiancun changed the principles to rituals, which implies the restoration of the old name and the restoration of the Zhou rites.
Later, it was improved to Kunming Prefecture, Shisang County to Chuxiong Prefecture, and Wumeng City to Jianwei Prefecture. These three prefectures, plus Jianchuan Prefecture (in the Lijiang area) and Capital Dali in the north, became the places under the direct jurisdiction of the king.
And 50,000 soldiers were built in the capital and four prefectures, of which 10,000 were in the north, responsible for guarding the capital and the royal city, and 40,000 in the south were responsible for suppressing the local area.
In the Central Committee, Zhang Xiancun appointed Guo Rong as the prime minister.
The little black bear Zhang Liechao served as the military envoy of the Beifu and controlled the imperial army for him. However, the little black bear will obviously return to the central government in the future. In the Chu vassal, one is to help Zhang Xiancun and the other is to accumulate experience. After the little black bear leaves, the northern army envoy will It’s time for the king to take on the role.
Li Chongjin was the military envoy of Nanfu and established a military envoy's office, responsible for the garrisoning, dispatching, and assembly of 40,000 households of Nanfu troops.
Zhang Yongde is the prefect of Kunming and deputy military envoy of the Nanfu Army, responsible for guarding the important town of Kunming.
Dong Sankuo was the prefect of Chuxiong, and more than 20 people from the Dong family were appointed as patrol envoys, who were scattered around to guard.
Gao Fang's son Gao Tong was appointed as the prefect of Jianchuan. More than 20 patrol envoys from the Gao family were ordered to disperse and guard various places.
At the same time, big families such as the Duan family, the Baiyi (Dai) Dao family, etc. also have their own rewards. Basically, the clan leaders and elders stay in the heartland, and the warriors in the clan are separated and sent to various places to serve as inspection envoys.
The rest of the soldiers who followed Zhang Xian to Yunnan were each given a reward, including four noble men, eleven noble men, and more than seventy patrol envoys.
At the local level, Zhang Xiancun made Zhang Fei the Bo of Lishui and the envoy of Lishui Festival. His capital was Jinbaocheng (Myitkyina), with 44,000 households of various ethnic groups under his jurisdiction, totaling 250,000 people.
Another one, An Shouqian, who brought a large number of frustrated people from Hedong and Daibei and Laoya soldiers, was named Yinshengbo and served as Yinshengjiedushi. His capital was Yinsheng City (Jingdong), and he had jurisdiction over tribesmen of all ethnic groups. Thirty thousand households, a total of 190,000 people.
Represented by An Shouqian, the old soldiers and generals who could not find their place under Zhang Zhou's new policy finally found a place to stay.
An Shouqian was the son of An Shuqian who was cheated by Zhang Zhi and acted as a peacemaker everywhere, and who was also detained by Liu Zhiyuan.
An Shuqian married his daughter to Zhang Xiancun as a concubine. At the same time, Zhang Xiancun also married Princess Yongle, the youngest daughter of Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he was the second investment target of Hedong Daibeiwu people after Murong Nobunaga.
But this group is extremely complex, and not all of them are Hedong Daibeiwu people. There are actually three forces in it.
One is the Qiang people from the Eight Tribes of Xishan who regard Zhang Xiancun as a son of Buddha, the other is some warriors from the edge of Helong recruited by the aunt herself for her son, and the rest are the frustrated people from Hedong and Daibei under An Shouqian.
Although An Shouqian was an earl, that was because the An family had bet almost all their wealth on Zhang Xiancun and deserved the reward.
In fact, the other two groups only listened to Zhang Xiancun. An Shouqian could control the small things, but not the big ones.
In this way, the entire Chu vassal framework was established, and the migration of the Azhali sect began.
But as Guo Rong said, the war to quell the chaos within the Chu vassal will not stop at all. It will take at least five or eight years of fighting to truly suppress it.
However, the most important war at present is not to quell the civil strife, but to send people immediately to exterminate the remnants of the Dali Kingdom entrenched in Tonghai Dudufu (Gejiu).
The reason why there is such a rush is because the Tonghai Dudu Mansion is close to Annan, and there is a large river - the Red River - that runs from Dali to Annan.
This great river originates from the Dali Kingdom and flows to Annan into the sea, bringing the rich Red River Delta to the land of Annan. This is also the only great river that flows to Annan from the territory of the later Republic.
The terrain of Annan is actually very conducive to defense. At this time, the roads around Zhennanguan are still covered by jungle. If you want to walk, you have to go through at least 200 miles of primitive jungle, which is very difficult to walk.
If you go out by sea, the Red River Delta is also very deceptive. This broken bay looks calm above, but there are undercurrents below. The time of low tide is so damn unpredictable. You might have warships landing one second, but the next You will be stranded in seconds.
When the Southern Han Dynasty attacked Annan, they fell into this trick. Originally, Jing Haijun was beaten by the Southern Han army and cried for his father and mother, but Wu Quan played a dirty trick and buried a hidden stake in the sea in advance.
The Southern Han Army did not know that the tide here was ebbing quickly, and they were fighting smoothly. As a result, the sea ebbed, and the warships were taken back into the sea, and then suddenly hit the hidden piles that were originally hidden deep in the water. Even the flagship of the coach Liu Hongcao was hit. Turn over, and finally the whole army is wiped out.
Therefore, in the cold weapon era, there was only one move that they could not resist when attacking Annan, and that was to attack them from the Tonghai Governor's Mansion, along the Red River and by land and water.
The Red River has abundant water flow. As long as you cross Laoshan, there are no dangers and you can go straight to Hanoi.
In history, Nanzhao dared to attack and occupy Jinghai navy several times during the Tang Dynasty, and it was from here.
It will be the same even in the later republic period. Why did Vietnam accompany us to train troops in Laoshan during the counterattack?
It's because they know that there is no danger for Vietnam to defend after passing Laoshan. If they don't fight us here or defend Laoshan, Hanoi will be a whore with her legs open. She can come in when she wants and leave when she wants.
Why don't you want to invade even if you don't give up? Yue monkeys are not fools. Whoever invades poor places like Hekou and Pingbian will gain nothing at all.
There was no other option, and he was afraid of being beaten, so he could only occupy the old mountain to build fortifications. Even if his heart was bleeding and all the men died, he could only stand hard.
Therefore, if Zhang Yan wants to regain the Jinghai Navy, sending troops from the Dali Kingdom is the most important step, so the Tonghai Dudu Mansion must be recovered as soon as possible.
At the same time, Ma Zhaoyuan, the horse-killing talent, also formally wrote to Zhang Yan because he found out how to arm the armor with morality against Liu Sheng of the Southern Han Dynasty.
Didn't you say that you are a loyal vassal? It's that simple. Now only Jing Haijun is left and has not been recovered. The imperial court officially ordered the navy and army of Nanhan to cooperate to recover Jing Haijun.
What? You said you won't go? Then you, the loyal vassal, must be pretending.
The bones of your brother Liu Hongcao, Liu Sheng's brother, are still buried on the seabed south of Jinghai Haijun. Tens of thousands of athletes from the Southern Han Dynasty have yet to avenge themselves. Why don't you try again?
Go, it will be easier if you go there. When you come back, all the soldiers and generals of the Nanhan Navy and Army have been bribed. On the way back, they surrounded Prince Xing's Mansion. It depends on whether Liu Sheng calls for help or not. I will save you. He was rescued to Luoyang, the capital of heaven.
(End of chapter)
