Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1071

The emperor intends to take action against the local emperors in Lingnan, but his attitude was already obvious years ago.Years ago, Ning Changzhen, the prefect of Ningyue County in Lingnan, presented Hepu Dazhu, while Feng Xuan of Yongxi County went to Libu.

But the emperor did not accept it.

The emperor refused to accept the tribute from the two counties, and his attitude was very subtle.

Originally, it was normal for localities to pay tribute to the emperor, but what is abnormal is that this time the two counties paid tribute to Pearl and Libu, but they were not in the same way as before. They paid tribute in the same way as they did to the Central Dynasty many years ago. .

This method of paying tribute fully shows that Ning Changzhen and Feng Xuan wanted to return the relationship between Lingnan and the imperial court to before the Sui Dynasty.

At that time, the Central Plains court's policy towards these local magnates in the south of the Five Ridges was a system, that is, as long as they surrendered to the central court and were included in the territory of this system, then they would fully enjoy the autonomy of their own territory.

The officials are appointed by themselves, the army is recruited and controlled by themselves, and the taxes are set by them. They don't even pay taxes to the court, but only a symbolic tribute.

This is the relationship between the imperial court and Lingnan they are used to and want to return to.

The Ning family has been in Lingnan West Road for several generations. It is a hereditary local leader and owns several counties.And Feng Xuan is Feng An's brother, and also the father of Ning Changzhen's daughter-in-law.

When Feng Xuan was still in the Sui Dynasty in his early years, he participated in the rebellion. Later, his grandmother Mrs. Xian relieved him of military power. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Feng Xuan joined Xian Baoche in the rebellion. After Xian Baoche was defeated, he had no choice but to follow the advice of his brother Feng An and surrender to Qin. towards.

But now, they are fighting fiercely with Ning Changzhen again, trying to achieve self-government.

At this time, the land in the South of the Five Ridges was actually very barbaric and backward. It was the so-called south of the Five Ridges, where the people were mixed.Except for Nanhai County (Guangzhou), Guilin County and Jiaozhi County, which are the three coastal ports or important places in the mountains, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they have always been the key points for the Central Plains Dynasty to control Lingnan, other counties, especially mountainous areas There is almost no control, and in the land of Lingnan West Road, the control is even weaker.

Because of this, the long-term implementation of the detention system here is just like the imperial court's control over the Yunnan-Guizhou area, where it has no actual control.

Last year when the imperial court fought in the Northwest, Ningyue County prefect Ning Changzhen, Hepu County prefect Ning Daoming, Yongping prefect Ning Chun, Yongxi prefect Feng Xuan, and Yulin County prefect Tan Dian and others discussed in secret many times. talk over.

They all want to get rid of the Qin Dynasty's attempt to further control Lingnan, and want to return to the era when each was king.

Later, Ning Chun opposed the rebellion and withdrew from the alliance, and Feng An of Gaoliang County was not willing to conspire with them at all.

In order to test the attitude of the imperial court, the tribute was changed from the tribute to the tribute this time before.

The emperor directly rejected their tribute, and when the news was sent back to Lingnan, Ning Changzhen and others began to step up their plots. When the information reached Luoyang, Luo Cheng also stepped up his deployment.

But before Li Jing could return to Lingnan, Jin Yiwei rushed to fight against Lingnan.

Ning Daoming, the prefect of Hepu County, took the lead in raising troops in Hepu, followed by Feng Xuan, the prefect of Yongxi County, who also raised troops to respond, and then Tan Dian, the chieftain of Liao, who was as famous as the Feng family in Lingnan, also led Zhuxidong to raise troops.

In a short period of time, most of the five counties of Ningyue, Hepu, Yongxi, Yongping, and Yulin at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi fell, and many slang and bureaucrats in Xidong were incited.

The emperor received the urgent report and could not summon Li Jing, Li Xizhi, Feng An and others immediately.

"Li Jing was appointed as the commander of the left governor of Guangdong Province and the prefect of Nanhai County, Feng An was appointed as the commander of the right governor of Guangdong Province and the prefect of Gaoliang County, and Li Xizhi was appointed as the commander of the left governor of Guangxi Province and the prefect of Guilin County. Qiu He was appointed as the commander of the Zuodu Governor of Guangnan Road and the prefect of Jiaozhi County."

Because the two chiefs, Ning Chun and Chen Longshu, were unwilling to conspire to cause chaos, the emperor decreed that Ning Chun be the prefect of Yongping County and the commander of Guangxi Daoyou Commander, and Chen Longshu be the prefect of Cangwu County and the third-rank general Wu. order.

"The situation in South of the Five Ridges is quite complicated, and there are mixed Han and local people, but no matter what the situation, you must not tolerate the rebellion of these people. You should return to Lingnan immediately, first lead the troops to recover the cities of the counties, and then enter Yunwuyunkai Mountain to encircle and suppress Tandian, etc. Liao, this time, we must completely flatten these traitors."

After hastily sending Li Jing and others back to quell the chaos, Luo Cheng couldn't help but have a headache.

Want to recuperate, want to slow down, but these people just don't give the opportunity.

They all stared at the court, and when they saw the court's vitality was seriously injured, they all wanted to lie down and suck a few mouthfuls of blood.

However, when Li Jing was waiting to go south, the emperor still did not send troops to Li Jing.Li Jing also said that the soldiers in Lingnan were enough to quell the chaos.

And Luo Cheng didn't want to send troops all the way around the south of the Yangtze River before the three feudal lords were settled. It would be too troublesome and costly.

Li Jing was able to pacify Lingnan a few years ago when the dragon crossed the river. Now that he has operated for several years, he believes that he will be able to quell the rebellion. It may take a little longer, but Luo Cheng can't control it anymore.Anyway, in Lingnan, there hasn’t been any real tax collection in the past few years, relying on Nanhai Port, Jiaozhi Port, and Guilin City. The benefits of the ship.

This time the emperor transferred Li Jing to be the prefect of the South China Sea, and personally took charge of Nanhai County. He also wanted to guarantee the largest commercial port along the coast of the South China Sea. The army was destroyed.

As for trusting Ning Chun and Feng An, that was a last resort.

"It's really troublesome, can't you give me three or five years?"

Another night passed, and it was just dawn.

"Your Majesty, the admiral of the imperial city is asking to see you."

"Xuan."

Li Xian came here in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, Xiong made a move. The Zhang Zhung people raided the Tubo embassy. They took advantage of these days when the King Wu couldn't help it, the gates of the city gates were not closed at night, the lanterns on the street and the night market all night, they suddenly attacked the embassy in the early hours of the morning. Fortunately, we were prepared.”

"Let's talk about the result, how many people were arrested?"

"A total of more than 100 Zhang Zhung participated in the attack, as well as dozens of barbarian mercenaries. In addition, we also arrested dozens of cover-ups afterwards."

"In the Tubo embassy, ​​more than 20 Tubo warriors died and more than [-] were injured. The Tubo envoy Gal Dongzan was also slightly injured. Princess Saimaga was only slightly frightened, but not injured."

"Can you prove that the attackers are Zhang Zhung people? Can you prove that they were sent by Li Mixia?"

"Your Majesty, the Tibetans can prove that Li Mixia's subordinates were among the attackers, and some of the captives confessed that they were sent by Li Mixia."

Luo Cheng nodded.

"Very well, we have everything we want. Now let's bring Princess Qianmaga into the palace. As for Tubo and Zhang Zhuong, let them bite dogs and bite dogs!"

The two dogs can save him some troubles if they are torn apart. Luo Cheng rubbed his temples. Recently, there are too many troubles.

(End of this chapter)