First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 304 Lingnan Wind and Cloud
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Until night fell, Gao Chong only felt hungry, only then did he realize that it was getting late, and more than an hour had passed before he knew it.

Huan Fasi drank the tea in the cup again, Gao Chong rubbed his stomach and smiled when he saw this, "The Taoist priest really has a lot of knowledge, I admire you, it's getting late, let's go back after dinner."

As for Huan Fasi, even though Gao Chong could not understand his flattering temperament, he had to say that this Taoist had traveled all over the world and covered a wide range of subjects. It is really suitable for people to do intelligence.

Huan Fasi hurriedly got up when he heard the words, his attitude became more and more respectful, he bent down to salute and said: "My son is busy with military affairs, so I don't want to bother you if you need anything, but please summon at any time."

I thought that I would travel all over the world when I was 20 years old. I have traveled from north to south for more than [-] years. I am also very familiar with the local conditions, customs, and geography of mountains and rivers in various parts of the world today.

There is an island in the south of Lingnan, and this Huanfa heir knows about it. After all, there have been prefectures and counties in the past dynasties, but in the middle of this island, the highest mountain is Wuzhi Mountain, the longest river is Limu River, and there is a kind of coconut on the island. The fruit, the juice is sweet...how did this Mr. Gao know?
Also, there is a larger island to the east of Quanzhou, which Huan Fasi also knows, Liuqiu, but which is the highest mountain in Liuqiu, Huan Fasi doesn't know.

Huan Fasi has always been very proud of his more than [-] years of traveling, and he has been fooling Wang Shichong since then. Of course, in the strict sense, he is not fooling. Well-informed.

You must know that in this era, the life trajectory of most people is limited to this state, or even this county.

There are very few people like Huan Fasi who travel around, firstly, the roads are difficult, secondly, bandits are rampant, and the most important thing is that ordinary people don't have the leisure time like Huan Fasi.

Farmers, woodcutters, fishers and hunters are generally active in villages and towns, and traffickers and pawns travel in prefectures and counties. Merchants who can cross prefectures and counties are the best caravans in the local area. On the road, only a carefree person like Huan Fasi could travel around.

Seeing being hanged and beaten by Gao Chong in the area he is most proud of, Huan Fasi is naturally more respectful in front of Gao Chong, fearing that he will lose his value and attack him again. But at this time Huan Fasi didn't dare to climb up the pole, so he politely refused.

When Gao Chong saw this, he didn't want to stay. He got up and sent Huan Fasi out of the tent to save face. After sending the frightened Huan Fasi away, Gao Chong ordered Kaohsiung to bring food. Looking at the map of Lingnan, Gao Chong was sure to win.

Whether it should be said or not, the information Huan Fasi just said about Feng An in Lingnan was also of great help to Gao Chong.

Feng An's experience is also quite legendary. Furthermore, the Feng family itself is quite legendary, and the Feng family's origin in Lingnan is also extraordinary. They are the descendants of Feng Hong, the lord of Northern Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

When the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty approached the city, Feng Hong fled to Goguryeo, and later sent his son Feng Ye across the sea to return to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Feng Ye has since settled in Lingnan.

Feng Rong, the grandson of Feng Ye, served as the governor of Luozhou in Nanliang.

Xian Ying is the well-known Mrs. Xian. At the age of 23, she was elected as the leader of the slang tribe. "Holy Mother", Emperor Wu of Chen named her General Pingyue Zhonglang, Mrs. Tai of Jiashilong County. After her death, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty pursued her posthumous title of "Mrs. Cheng Jing".

Mrs. Xian was loyal and loyal all her life, loving the people and being loyal to the emperor, and made outstanding contributions to maintaining the stability of Lingnan. She successively belonged to the Liang, Chen, and Sui Dynasty. Both "Sui Shu" and "Northern History" are her biography, and she is a veritable heroine.

Feng An is the grandson of Mrs. Xian. His father, Feng Pu, was the prefect of Shilong. Feng An devoted himself to learning under the guidance of his grandmother since he was a child. He was very resourceful and brave. .

When Mrs. Xian was alive, she oppressed the tyrants in southern Lingnan. After Mrs. Xian passed away, the tyrants from all over the country rebelled one after another.

After the death of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Feng An had a premonition of chaos in the world, so he hurried back to Lingnan. Relying on the prestige of the Feng Xian family, he quickly mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Loyalty, attached to the Central Plains Dynasty, without self-reliance, led several states such as Cangwu and Gaoliang to submit to the Great Chu Taiping Emperor Lin Shihong.

What Gao Chong admired the most was Feng An's deeds of "taking off his hat to quell the chaos" last year. In the third year of Wude, Gao Facheng and Xian Baoche separated Guangzhou and Xinzhou and rebelled with tens of thousands of troops.

Feng An led his troops to put down the rebellion. In front of the formation of the two armies, Feng An took off his helmet and shouted, "Do you know Feng An?"

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the rebel army, they dropped their helmets and armor and knelt down to him. Feng An's troops put down the rebellion in Erzhou without bloodshed, and captured the bandit leader Xian Baoche and others alive.

What a prestige it is to take off one's hat and put down the rebellion, no wonder Huan Fasi said that Feng An's name is known to everyone in Lingnan.

After quelling the rebellions in Guangzhou and Xinzhou, Feng An separatized several states, with more than [-] soldiers and horses, and separated from Qiuhe in Jiaozhou to the south of Lingnan.

His subordinates persuaded: "The world is in chaos today. Although Li Tang came into being at the right time and swept all sides, he was beyond the reach of Lingnan and had no merit in enlightening. Duke Ming occupied more than [-] states, with more than [-] soldiers and horses, covering thousands of lands. Here, Zhao Tuo of Nanyue back then was only in the land of nine counties, so he could be called king and emperor, and now Duke Ming has no title, why not become the king of Nanyue?"

To be honest, if Gao Chong sat in Feng An's seat, he might not be able to withstand the temptation. Like Zhao Tuo, he would set himself up as king and take ten thousand steps back. It's shameful, after all, after Zhao Tuo lost the title of emperor, the Han Dynasty named him the king of Nanyue, and he still dominated one side in Lingnan, so he could be called the emperor.

But Feng An just declined, and said to the outside world: "My family has lived in Lingnan for five generations. The governors of the prefectures and counties are all named after my family. We have everything in the world, such as wealth, status, and reputation. I often worry that I will not be able to bear the heavy responsibility. You are ashamed, how dare you follow Zhao Tuo's example and separate yourself from one side?"

After these words spread, the people in Lingnan admired Feng An's character even more and supported him loyally. Feng An then called himself the governor of Lingnan, attached himself to Lin Shihong externally, and stopped fighting;

Under Feng An's governance, the land of Lingnan was stable and peaceful, and it looked like a paradise in this troubled world.

(End of this chapter)