Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 494 The First Year of Kangding
The first year of Kangding is a special year.

Kangding is the year name proposed by Fan Zhi, which means that the world is stable and the people are prosperous and peaceful.

Emperor Shi only thought of Kangding's love song, but he didn't refute the old man's face, and agreed to his proposal. Fan Zhi was quite proud of this, and he didn't go to the book for a month to say the emperor's fault.

In the first year of Kangding, the whole country celebrated the unification of the south, and the world was settled.

In the first year of Kangding, Qin rarely had a war, and was not making military preparations before the war. All energy was spent on taking over Jiangnan, Wuyue and dealing with people's livelihood issues.

In the first year of Kangding, for the first time in a hundred years, the people in Hebei, Hedong, Central Plains, Guanzhong, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jingchu, and Shu did not have to consider the threat of war, but could live in peace and stability.Even though the Liao Kingdom still exists in the north, last year the emperor’s tens of thousands of troops went northward, reaching Youzhou in a few days, and captured thousands of people. I can still vividly remember the frightened Liao people sending cattle, sheep and daughters. Suffering is not so worried.

In the first year of Kangding, the Liao Kingdom, Korea, and Dali would honestly send envoys to say hello to each other during festivals.

In the first year of Kangding, envoys were sent to Beijing from various places in the southwest to request surrender.

The so-called Zang Cang Man is just a general term of this era, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first opened up the Southwest Yi and established Zang Cang County near the Zang Cang River.

It is probably the main body of Guizhou in later generations, plus the part of Sichuan and the part of Yunnan.

The area is vast, but the population is small, only about 20 to [-]. According to reports from officials adjacent to them, there are no city walls in the Zangmang area, and most of them live scattered as tribes. The natural conditions are relatively good. The original words of the local officials in Shangshu It is called "the soil is hot and rainy, the rice and millet are ripe again, the people have no corvees, and in case of war, the people are soldiers, there is no writing, and wood carvings are used as contracts. The robbers are paid three times, and the murderers are redeemed for thirty times. Nasi family."

It means that the climate in that area is very good, rice can be harvested twice a year, there are no cities, the people live scattered in a tribal way, there is no military service, no corvee service, if there is a war, ordinary people are called as soldiers, there is no writing, and those who steal must be compensated Three times, if the murderer gives the victim's family [-] horses or cattle to redeem the death penalty, otherwise he will pay with his life.

Generally speaking, it is a relatively primitive state. If such a place does not surrender to Qin, there is no city, no professional army, it is definitely not the opponent of the Qin army. It is very wise for them to surrender.

Emperor Shi didn't want to embarrass them, and allowed them to live according to their own customs, but the court had to send officials to monitor, mainly in terms of customs and cultural and historical records.

Because the people there are not like other places, they have accepted the system developed by the Han Dynasty for thousands of years, and moving the rules of the court rashly will cause turmoil.

It’s like a mess in Afghanistan. At the beginning, it wasn’t their leaders messing around, but they were too advanced. They wanted land reform, abolished usury, liberated women, suppressed religion, etc., but the result was extremely low cultural level, The local people who had no contact with the outside world immediately rose up across the country.

For social reform and institutional reform, it depends on the actual situation. Regarding the current situation near the Zangzang River, after local officials’ on-the-spot investigations and reports, Emperor Shi felt that it is better to keep it as it is. After decades, the local people and the outside world The common people have fully contacted and communicated, and it is not too late to implement it slowly.

Long, Fang, Zhang, Shi, and Luo, the five great clans near the Zangzang River all sent people to Beijing to express their submission, and all the people who came were their children.

Emperor Shi entertained them, and then led them to inspect the water army at the Bianshui Camp, and inspected the Dragon and Tiger Army at the Beida Camp.

After they came back, although everyone ate a mouthful of dirt, they didn't complain, and there were even more rules at the banquet. Emperor Shi raised his glass and refused to drink, so none of them dared to let go.

In the end, Emperor Shi also had a showdown. They accepted the conferment of the imperial court. As officials of the imperial court, the local area remained in its original state, and the tax could be a little less than that of other areas, because the production method in the tribal state did not pay much.

However, the imperial court had to send officials and troops to station in that area of ​​traffic arteries, because further to the west was the boundary of Dali.

If they agree, they will retain their wealth and power. If they disagree, they will send troops to go there. Their choice is naturally to agree.

Then the imperial court decided to send troops to the vicinity of the Cangjiang River, and let the people who went there first inspect it, and planned to set up troops there as a base for future advances. As for where to advance, it is self-evident.

Make preparations for entering Dali once the time is right.

But Yunnan is not easy to fight.
In fact, the previous Tang Dynasty had no power to control Yunnan.

In other words, there were very few people who really controlled Yunnan in history. Only the Han Dynasty ruled Yunnan relatively firmly. Make it obey the command of the prefect of Yizhou County.

After the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the central government was cut off, and the local Han people began to indigenize.

It was completely different in the Tang Dynasty.

Unlike the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty relied more on and supported local forces to manage Yunnan, which made it difficult for the central government to respond effectively to local forces.

After that, the long war with Yunnan also dragged down the Tang Dynasty. The two Tianbao wars and the destruction of 20 Tang troops in Yunnan were important reasons for the Anshi Rebellion.

Needless to say, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty did not really completely take over Yunnan until its demise, basically co-ruling with the local forces in Yunnan.

Up to the Ming Dynasty, there were several large-scale Han migrations to Yunnan, but the number of revolts was still too high.

Today, almost 70 years have passed since the fall of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with Shu, Jiangnan, and Lingnan, Yunnan is not that big.

If he smashed an army of 20 in Yunnan like Tang Jun, the great momentum would be wiped out.

Emperor Shi's tactics are pigeon tactics. Dali now respects him, and he doesn't want to gamble on the fate of the army or the country in the mountains of Yunnan. .

When fully prepared in the future, it is best for Dali to surrender on its own. In this regard, the local forces in Yunnan have been sensible in most of history. As long as you give practical benefits, I will sell you face and call you big brother. Anyway, face Well, it's worthless.

Or wait until there is no restriction from the Liao Kingdom, and when Dali Kingdom is really ready to fight to the end, he will mobilize the whole country's army, flying dragons to ride on the face, and go straight there. Anyway, Yunnan has a small population, so he does not believe that he can still lose in this way.

In the first year of Kangding, half a year passed without knowing it. Emperor Shi also liked to go to Xiao Hunian's place when he was free from many complicated affairs.

Without him, he found himself becoming more and more lazy, and Xiao Hunian was worthy of being a Khitan woman with good riding skills. By June, Xiao Hunian was also pregnant.

Emperor Shi was also looking forward to this child, and he proudly thought that if he was a boy, he would be crowned King of Liao if he took over Shangjing in the future, and if it was a girl, he would be crowned Princess of Liao.

After pregnancy, Xiao Hunian became much gentler, her brows were not as wild as before, and she seldom talked about leading troops to fight. Shi Congyun knew that she didn't want to think that if the south was settled, the sword in the emperor's hand would surely be Pointing north, for her, this is contradictory and painful.

In July, Emperor Shi made Zhou Nuying, Fu Er, Xiao Hunian, Xiao Huanghua and Empress Dowager Fu concubines all at once.

The previous few ministers have no objection, the position of the concubine is not enough for her to seal, who can say anything about the current prestige of the emperor.

But it is indeed a bit unsightly for Empress Dowager Fu to be included in the harem, and Emperor Shi can't do anything about it. In fact, Empress Dowager Fu objected, but he couldn't wait. What can children do.

Anyway, he has a thick skin, so it doesn't matter, people in the world can talk as they like.

As a result, the court's reaction was unexpected. This time, even Fan Zhi didn't come out to blame him. Everyone seemed to have ignored him, and acquiesced in the fact that he occupied the empress dowager.

Emperor Shi waited for many days and saw that no one was impeached. He himself couldn't believe it. A few days later, at a banquet, he tried it out and publicly dragged Empress Dowager Fu to meet the officials in Shanglin Garden. No one said anything.

Emperor Shi couldn't help sighing, people, it's just a matter of getting used to it, how good it is now, he did it right at the beginning!
(End of this chapter)