Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 756 Meeting at Hoan Sword Lake

Hoan Kiem Lake is the most famous of the many large and small lakes in Thang Long City. It is located in the central area of ​​the city. It is a long and narrow oval from north to south, with an area of ​​about 180 mu. It's not too big, and there are some lakes that are bigger than Hoan Kiem Lake.

This place was originally a tributary of the Er River. In the past, there was a waterway that connected with the Red River not far to the east. Later, it was cut off by the embankment and became a lake. It is famous in later generations and is the first scenic spot in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

Since it can become the first scenic spot, the beauty is naturally beautiful. The trees around the lakeshore are green and covered with shade.The lake water is as clear as a mirror, elegant and demure.

However, Hoan Kiem Lake at this time is still relatively "original ecology". Although there are already some pavilions and waterside pavilions, they have not been properly managed, and it looks a bit desolate, which makes Gao Yushi feel that it is not worthy of the name of later generations.

Of course, the reputation of Hoan Kiem Lake in later generations is also related to legends. What makes Gao Yushi even more interesting is that the word "Huan Jian" in this "Huan Jian Lake" is related to a person who has a lot to do with Daming. Character related.

According to legend, in the 16th year of Yongle, on the eve of the Lanshan Rebellion, Li Li, the later Taizu of the Later Li Dynasty, got a sword with the word "Shuntian" engraved on it by chance.Later, I picked up a sword hilt, which has special power when put together.

According to Annan folklore, Li Li, an Annan hero, used this sword to defeat "700 million Ming troops", and later became king and established the Houli Dynasty.

Ten years later, one day when Li Li was on a boat on Lushui Lake——Lushui Lake was the former name of Hoan Kiem Lake—a golden turtle surfaced, swam to the side of the boat, and said to Li Taizu: "The enemy The army has been defeated, please return my sword." As soon as Li Taizu finished speaking, the sword on Li Taizu's waist suddenly shook and fell into the mouth of the golden tortoise, and the golden tortoise dived to the bottom of the lake with the sword in its mouth.

Li Taizu and his officials were very surprised. They thought it was a god, so they called the golden tortoise the golden tortoise.Later, it is said that the sword was returned by the immortal, and inserted into the lake, leaving the handle on the water, forming a small pagoda in the center of the lake.

Now, Gao Yushi has confirmed the nonsense of this story—the small island in the center of Hoan Kiem Lake does not have the dilapidated small pagoda of later generations.

This well-known small island in later generations is now just a small deserted island of tens of square meters, except for weeds, there is nothing to see at all, but the big island in the lake in the north is interesting. King Ying, who fought in the war, sent people to build some pavilions and waterside pavilions, so he could barely stop to rest.

Therefore, Gao Wushi put the meeting with the prince and princess of Nanzhang here.

Gao Wushi, wearing a red silk flying fish suit, stepped across the mahogany bridge from the shore to the island. Two young people, a man and a woman, had been waiting by the lake pavilion for a long time.

These two young men were dressed in the same clothes as Daming, and when they saw Gao Yushi approaching, they immediately stepped forward and bowed to salute.

"The eldest daughter Biajue and the eldest son Nuojiaogumeng of the Laotian Military and Civilian Propaganda Department's Consolation Envoy Setattila, refer to Gao Qiuzhen, the imperial censor of Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, and may the Lord Gao be protected by all Buddhas."

The protection of ten thousand Buddhas?Is this the auspicious words of Nanzhang Kingdom?
But it doesn't matter, although Gao Yushi doesn't believe in Buddhism, some Buddhist sayings are quite philosophical, and Gao Yushi doesn't reject it.

He returned a half-respect casually, and he smiled and said: "You two have come here to work hard, and I was supposed to be busy in the past few days, so I have neglected you a lot, I hope you will forgive me."

The two "Princess" and "Prince", both dark and skinny, didn't even dare to speak, and said some polite words, but their Chinese was not only a bit awkward, but also had a heavy Yunnan dialect accent. I don't understand half of it.

Gao Wushi then introduced the two people behind him: "These two are Annan's right-hand men, Chieftain Cen and Chieftain Huang. In the future...you may still have to deal with each other, so you might as well get to know each other."

The black and skinny prince who was about fifteen or sixteen years old seemed not to be good at words, he just bowed obediently, and the black and skinny princess Bijue, who was about in his early twenties, said a few more words, roughly meaning "please advise me" talk.

Seeing that she followed what he said just now and called Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting "Cen Tusi" and "Huang Tusi", Gao Wushi couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm afraid no one will mention these two titles in Annan from now on. Call their new positions in the Annan Metropolitan Commander—Cen Ling, the guardian of the west of Beijing, and Huang Zhiting, the guardian of Haidong.”

The titles of the Annan people, those in the past, are now abolished in name, such as Yingwang, Dunhouwang, etc., the previous official positions are also abolished in name, and it is definitely not allowed to be left and right— —You are all members of Daming, although Daming allows you to do your own thing, but you can't be too presumptuous, right?
In the past, Daming didn't want to get involved, so you just messed around, but now you can't continue messing around, so Annan's official position has almost been downgraded once.However, they were "accustomed to being independent" after all, and the imperial court did allow them to do their own thing internally, so this time, they basically established a new system that imitated the Ming Dynasty, but with a lower-key name.

However, the Jingxi Guardian Envoy and Haidong Guardian Envoy are two newly established official positions, which are purely tailor-made for Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting. "Compared to Daming, it is roughly equivalent to Bing Bei Dao.

However, except for the Shenglong City and Haiyang Xuanfu Division that Gao Yushi named and occupied in the northern part of Annan and wrote it in the "Jinghua Sixteen Articles", the rest of the area is owned by them respectively, so these two "military equipment" The real power of "Tao" is quite huge.

However, the actual strength of the two of them in Annan is not strong, each has only 2 people, and they are not all direct descendants. Therefore, whether it is "Jingxi" or "Haidong", there are new and highly pragmatic reorganizations. The army is stationed, which can be regarded as supporting them.

The troop arrangement of Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan is also very interesting - they are all transferred from Thang Long City, Mo Yulin's troops are dispatched to Yingdu Prefecture, Ruan Juan is dispatched to Hue Prefecture, and the name of the deployment is even more interesting, which is "Nghe An, Hue Xinfu, at the request of the Jinghua Group, the Metropolitan Commander temporarily sent troops to clean up and defend."

But with the high-practical troops on hand, it is obviously enough to guard the south. Where do they need their help?
The main reason for doing this is nothing more than because Gao Yushi was quite satisfied with Mo Maoqia's lackey performance, so he temporarily transferred them away so that Mo Maoqia could feel at ease as a dog. Those who are temporarily transferred to the south at the request can naturally return to the north at any time.

In fact, according to Gao Pragmatic's plan, Mo Yulin's Department was used to threaten Mo Maoqia, while Ruan Juan's Department actually existed to check and balance Mo Yulin.

The three people with different names and strengths are an interlocking chain of mutual containment set up by Gao Yushi. As long as Jinghua is slightly biased, he can affect the entire "chain".

It's subtle, a little complicated, but... it's very pragmatic.

"Cen Shijun, Huang Shijun." Biyajue then met Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting again.However, her level of understanding of Chinese culture is still problematic. Although the word "shi" is included in the "guardian envoy", it is actually wrong to use the title of envoy.

Fortunately, everyone knew the identity of the other party, and they were more tolerant of it. They didn't say anything to explain it, but the two sides greeted each other again.

Hoan Kiem Lake is already a highly pragmatic private residence—although the "district" only exists in the planning, and the Annan Metropolitan Commander is still arranging to mobilize craftsmen and prepare building materials, but it has become a highly pragmatic site after all, so he Then he showed the demeanor of the host's house and asked everyone to sit down as guests and hosts.

"Mr. Dao, Miss Dao, the two of you are here to see me. I heard that it is because Laos was bullied by Burma, so that the status is out of order?"

The Xuanweisi of Laos in the Ming Dynasty, and the actual line of monarchs of the Nanzhang Kingdom, can be traced back to Piluo Pavilion, King of Nanzhao during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years of the Tang Dynasty.

Piluoge was called Khun Bolong by the Laotians, and Jong Sai's "History of Laos" said that Piluoge "left behind seven sons, all of whom were sent to rule several areas of the empire. As we all know, Kunluo was sent to rule Nanzhang, namely Luang Prabang, became the ancestor of that dynasty, which has ruled until now, and other brothers were sent to rule Yunnan, Annam, Lanna, Ayutthaya, Khammung (now called Thakhu) and Chuankuo."

No one knows whether this is the case, but Daming did identify it according to this genealogy, and translated it according to the habits of the Han people. In "The Ministry", the "knife" of Duan Yu's mother Dao Baifeng.

"Disorder of respect and inferiority" is a polite term. The throne of Nanzhang Kingdom was first usurped by the prime minister, and then vacated by Mang Yinglong of Burma who then established the monarch. This is not "disorder of respect and inferiority", it is pure "Lost country".

But Daming only treated the Nanzhang Kingdom as the Laos Propaganda Department, and Gao Yushi could not describe them as a country—as an official with high political awareness, he must of course "maintain a high degree of consistency with the central government", so I had no choice but to vaguely say "disorder of respect and inferiority".

Fortunately, the two siblings, who have lost their country for ten years, have recently made up for the Han culture because they asked Daming. In addition, they have received a certain amount of Chinese teaching when they were young, so they can barely understand the meaning of high pragmatism .

The princess of Nanzhang Kingdom, Biyajue, clasped her hands together, bent down to salute, and said, "Yes, Lord Gao, after our father died in battle, Prime Minister Sensurin usurped the throne not long after, and was attacked several times by the Burmese White Elephant King. Later, he died, and the White Elephant King appointed Wu Balu, our brother's uncle, as a puppet... We complained to Yunnan, but Yunnan ignored it, so I had no choice but to raise troops. It was going well, but I was heard The White Elephant King was defeated, and now our siblings have no place to go, so we can only come to ask you, Mr. Gao... I heard that you are a great Confucian in the world, so you must definitely uphold justice for us, right?"
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