Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 565 Luo Yi Town Lingnan

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Kicking Yuwenshu to Yunnan and throwing Yuhuaji to Dunhuang as a soldier, Luo Cheng finally felt a little more at ease.

Although Yuwen's family failed to be killed, the emperor wholeheartedly protected it, and this result is already good.

However, Luo Cheng hoped that Yu Wenshu could gain a foothold in Yunnan, and even be able to stabilize there.After all, Yunnan, since ancient times, has always been on the edge of the Central Plains dynasty because it is too far away from the political, cultural and economic center of the Central Plains, coupled with the complicated geographical terrain.

The local people are self-sufficient, and men farm and women weave. Although they are backward, they are also contented.

In addition, they have not produced any decent characters for a long time, and most of them have established a loose relationship of dependence and subordinates with the Central Plains Dynasty, so they are quite comfortable.

Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty always wanted to open a passage to the Western Regions. After he was blocked in Hexi, he thought about opening a passage to the south, passing through Tianzhu to contact the Yuezhi Kingdom, and then attack the Huns together.

In order to realize this strategic plan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to send people deep into Yunnan, and set up four counties in the Dali area of ​​Yunnan, Yeyu, Yunnan, Xielong, and Bisu, which were under the jurisdiction of Yizhou County.

From the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, this was basically the case in the Central Plains. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally failed in his plan to go south to India, the Central Plains Dynasty has since entered the Yunnan area.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the lords separated their regimes, their control over Yunnan declined even more. In the land of Yunnan, some barbarians also began to develop, and some Han people also became powerful and powerful.

So in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, although Yunnan had always been on the territory of the dynasty at that time, it was actually just a declaration of sovereignty on the map.

By the time of the Sui Dynasty, a relatively powerful family appeared in the land of Yunnan, the Cuàn family, located in Nanning.

This Cuan family is actually from the Han nationality. It can be regarded as the development of Han officials in the local area. After hundreds of years, it gradually turned to the southwest and became a local tycoon. Instead, it was called Nanman.

This kind of situation is actually very common, especially in the south, whether it is in the Lingnan area, or in the Vietnam area, or in Yunnan or even western Sichuan, there are too many.

In the past, the Han family was mighty and powerful, relying on the background of the Central Plains dynasty, relying on relatively advanced technology, and then being good at doing business with the Central Plains, so it gradually became stronger.Coupled with the intermarriage and marriage with the local native leaders, he gradually integrated into it, and even became the leader of one party in the end.

For example, the Feng An family in Lingnan at this time. The Feng family was originally the Northern Yan royal family. Later, when the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed Yan, a branch of the Northern Yan royal family fled to the Southern Song Dynasty.When the Feng family was in the north, they had intermarried with the Han and had been Sinicized. After arriving in Lingnan, they actively intermarried with the local slang, the Xian family. After several generations of intermarriage, the Feng family became the most powerful in the eastern part of Lingnan.

The contemporary head of the Feng family, Feng An, also went to the east to conquer Goguryeo with Yang Guang, and achieved the post of General Zuo Wuwei.

In addition, the other two major families in Lingnan, the Ning family and the Chen family, are also powerful Han Chinese who went south in the early years.

The Cuan family in Yunnan is actually the same as Feng Ning and Chen's three great powers in Lingnan. They all came from this way, but Yunnan is more remote.

At the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty,
Cuan Zong, the leader of the Cuan tribe, accepted the invitation and was awarded the governor of Kunzhou, but he rebelled not long after.

The reason for the rebellion was that the Central Plains had no control over Yunnan, and they still had to dictate and even demand a lot, so the Cuan family rebelled naturally.

Later, Emperor Wen sent his general Shi Wansui to quell the rebellion. He destroyed more than [-] tribes of the Cuan family and captured more than [-] people.

Cuan had no choice but to surrender again. This guy was also smart, and directly bribed Shi Wansui with a lot of gold and silver treasures, and then Shi Wansui let him go back to the mountain, so he rebelled the next year.

Later, the imperial court sent Yang Wutong to lead troops to quell the rebellion, captured Cuan Ji and his son Cuan Hongda again, and escorted them to Chang'an.

After these two rebellions were put down, the leader of the Cuan clan was eliminated, the Cuan clan suffered a fatal blow, and its power was reduced.

But within a few years, Emperor Wen died of illness, and Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, but Yang Guang, who had just succeeded, was busy fighting the rebellion of his brother Yang Liang, and later he was busy dealing with Tuyuhun and others.

On the contrary, Yunnan was neglected. Daye simply withdrew the general manager's mansion in three years, and then regarded it as giving up the land of Yunnan.

In the further south of Yunnan, there is also the Pu tribe, also known as the Burmese Kingdom. They are a branch of the Ailao tribe, and they also came out of Yunnan. At this time, they lived in the Lancang and Nujiang river basins.

In fact, as early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the surnames formed by the local Han tyrants fought fiercely with the natives and barbarians, and merged with each other, but later, there was only one surname group of Cuan surnames left.

They entrenched Nanning, only in form to Fengzheng Shuo of the Central Plains Dynasty, but in fact they closed their doors and consolidated their power in the local area.

Later, the Cuan family was also divided into two Cuan Man, namely Dong Cuan and Xi Cuan.

The Cuan clan took possession of one side, and the imperial court granted them the position of governor and prefect from afar, and they inherited it from generation to generation, extending two thousand miles.

At present, Yunnan, which was called the Nanzhong region by the Sui Dynasty, is more chaotic than before. There is no Cuan family as the dominant family. Now there are scattered tribes everywhere, and the leader Xingsui.

The Baiman of Xicuan in the east of Yunnan and the Wuman of Dongcuan were not subordinate to each other.

On the Erhai Lake, the Liuzhao tribes also began to rise one after another.

In the Nanzhong area, the tradition for thousands of years is that the various ministries often engage in predatory wars with each other. This kind of fighting for many years makes it difficult to develop at all, and it is all lost in internal fighting.

Luo Cheng's proposal to transfer Yu Wenshu to Nanzhong is also in line with the emperor's mind.

After the destruction of Tuyuhun in the fifth year of Daye and the destruction of Goguryeo in the ninth year of Daye, the emperor is now worried that he has no opponent.

I was forced to give up the Nanzhong area back then, and now I can just go back and take it back.

Taking advantage of the current chaos among the ministries of Nanzhong, it's time to make a move, and never let them fight for a boss to dominate one side.

In fact, Luo Cheng's proposal was made because he knew about the emperor's recent investigations and discussions from Luo Yi, so he took advantage of the situation.

He even proposed to the emperor.

"To control Nanzhong, the key is to have an important traffic road. This road is not only the way to march, but also the lifeblood to maintain the rule."

"Do you have a suitable route reference?" asked the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, if the traditional method is used to build a road from Huchuan in the middle of Shu to Nanzhong, not only the road to cross is too far away, but also the mountain road is difficult to walk, especially the distance from the Central Plains to the middle of Shu is already long and difficult. The road is too far and difficult to travel, so it is not suitable."

"I think it is better to build a road from Jiaozhi County in the south of the Lingnan to the Nanzhong area, from Jiaozhi to Kunzhou via Butou, and then build a road north to Rongzhou in the south-central part of Sichuan, and build a road to Ba in the northeast of Kunzhou. Han's Zangke County Binhua."

"In the future, we can also build roads westward from Kunzhou to Yunnan County on the Erhai Sea."

Luo Cheng's route is actually an adjustment of the order. Traditionally, it is considered to enter Yunnan from Sichuan or Guizhou, but Luo Cheng proposes to enter Yunnan from Vietnam.

The main passage is on the Jiaozhi side. In this way, you can take the route of Jiaozhi, Yulin, and Guilin by land to directly connect to the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, or you can go east to Nanhai County via Jiaozhi, Yulin, and later generations. Guangzhou can also enter Ganzhou in Jiangxi to the north, and then go to the Central Plains via the Ganjiang River.

Alternatively, reach Cochin directly by sea.

In this way, taking Jiaozhi as the starting point, the distance from Jiaozhi to Kunzhou will be greatly shortened. Although this road is still thousands of miles away, it not only greatly shortens the distance from Chengdu to Kunzhou, or from Chongqing to Kunzhou. , especially the roads are better repaired.

Of course, if this road is built with Jiaozhi as the starting point, it will have another important effect, that is, it can greatly enhance the imperial court's control over Jiaozhi, the southern territory of South Vietnam.

"From Jiaozhi to Nanzhong, on the thousand-mile road, build a city every one hundred miles, which can be used as a county, and a big city every two or three hundred miles, which can be used as a military town. A fort is built every twenty miles, which is both a post station and a fortress. The military station, such a belt and road, can ensure that the imperial court's control over the Nanzhong region will continue to increase. When the castle on this thousand-mile road is truly stable, the entire Nanzhong region will also be stable."

Opening a road from Jiaozhi to Nanzhong is something that Yang Guang never thought of. Before that, he thought of going from Berkshire (Chongqing) to Luchuan (Luzhou) and then entering Nanzhong, and then from Xiezhou and Gongzhou in the north. Go south to Nanning state to Kunzhou and then west to Yunnan.

This is a traditional way to enter Nanzhong, but it is more difficult to walk.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that when you return to Nanzhong this time, you can also bring Cuan Hongda, the son of Cuan Zong, with you. The imperial court can appoint him as the county guard, and use Cuan's influence in Nanzhong to lure all the tribes to join you."

The more Yang Guang listened, the more excited he became.

At the beginning, he abolished the state and changed it to a county, and even did not change the names of several states in the Nanzhong area, because he had actually abandoned this area.

"That's right, keep Cuan Ji in Beijing and send his son Cuan Hongda back to Nanzhong." Yang Guang said again, "We can set up four counties in Nanzhong, Dong'an, Nanning, Kunming, and Yunnan, and use Yu Wenshu as the prefect of Nanning. Cuan Hongda is the prefect of Kunming."

Of course, all the monarchs and ministers knew in their hearts that Cuan Hongda, the prefect, was just a puppet of the Sui army. He was not really asked to be the prefect. The huge influence of Nanzhong came to accept the various ministries.

At that time, we will pull and fight while repairing and stabilizing the road.

"It is reported that the three largest chiefs of the Cuan clan in the Nanzhong area are Cuan Rijin from Kunzhou, Cuan Guiwang from Nanning, and Cuan Chongdao from Yunnan.

"You can return to the prefect of Wang Andong according to Cuan, and Cuan Chongdao is the prefect of Yunnan."

There are currently three Cuan clan leaders in Nanzhong, but only two of them are appointed as prefects, and Cuan Hongda is sent back to be the prefect of Kunming, but Cuan Rijin, who is the strongest in Kunming, is not allowed to be the prefect. This is to win over the weaker two families first. Suppress the strongest family.

Break each one.

"I never imagined that you, Shicheng, have such a clever plan for Nanzhong even though you are in Liaodong, okay." Finally, the emperor looked at Luo Yi, "Before Aiqing said that she would resign as Prime Minister, but I tried to persuade you to stay and refused to stay, then I will appoint you as the prefect of Jiaozhi, and the Lingnan comfort ambassador, responsible for building roads from the territory of Jiaozhi to the border of Kunming."

"I know that you and Yu Wenshu are not on good terms, but this time I hope you two can work together to stabilize Nanzhong together."

Luo Yi was stunned, and Luo Cheng was also stunned. He originally planned to let Luo Yi go to Qinghai, but now he went around and sent Luo Yi to Jiaozhi instead.

This is not right.

But the emperor was in high spirits at this time, and he was so absorbed in imagining how to conquer the Cuan in Nanzhong that he didn't notice the helplessness on Luo Cheng's uncle and nephew's face at all.

(End of this chapter)