First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Linyi State, which occupied the city, was Rinan County in the Western Han Dynasty and Linyi County in the former Sui Dynasty.

After the Sui general Liu Fang destroyed the country, the country was briefly subjugated for several months. Its king Fan Fanzhi went into exile on an isolated island in the South China Sea. After Liu Fang died of illness, the Sui army reorganized and Fan Fanzhi resurrected and re-entered Champa to restore the country.

After the Tang Dynasty swept away all the heroes, Fan Fanzhi sent envoys to pay tribute in the sixth year of Wude, and became a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty again.

Fan Fanzhi is now over [-] years old, old and frail, and all state affairs have been handed over to his son Fan Touli.

Fan Touli is now in his forties. He has been taught by Fan Fanzhi since he was a child. He has studied Han culture carefully. He is also a first-rate talent in the small Linyi Kingdom, capable of both civil and military affairs.

For many years, Fan Touli has firmly held the position of prince without wavering. His power in Linyi Kingdom is second only to Fan Fanzhi. There is no such struggle for power and profit. Fan Touli's younger brothers and Lin Yi's ministers He also has great respect for Fan Touli.

It has to be said that this is also Lin Yiguo's destiny.

Champa. The layout of this small city refers to the style of the Central Plains. It is also boxy. The middle and tallest building is the royal palace. To the north of the palace is the ancestral temple of the Linyi royal family. When the Sui Dynasty general Liu Fang conquered Champa , then he carved a stele in the ancestral temple of the royal family in Linyi to commemorate his merits.

In the harem, which is actually the backyard, King Fan Fanzhi has not left the palace for several months and has been kept in the deep palace. The front hall is basically given to Prince Fan Touli, which is actually the front yard.

In a side hall, which was actually an ear room, Prince Fan Touli listened to the report with a solemn expression, his face solemn and his brows furrowed.

Seeing that Fan Touli didn't say anything for a long time, a young man sitting down couldn't bear it and shouted directly: "Father, although I don't know the origin of that group of people, since they dare to kill Zhenla people, they must follow Funan People are involved, why don't you ask me to lead the troops to Funan, so that we can clarify our innocence to the people of Zhenla."

"Innocent?" Fan Touli's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he snorted coldly: "Do you think you can clarify it? Now Ishanasian (i.e. Ishanavarman) must have determined that it was us. You are eager to clarify now, how can you It’s not like you’re asking for help.”

This young man is Fan Zhenlong, the son of Fan Touli, who is now in his twenties.

Fan Zhenlong was very anxious when he heard this. He slapped the desk and said, "What a coward. Otherwise, the Funan people would be useless and we wouldn't be so passive."

"Father, go and persuade Aweng, we can't let the Zhenla people continue to be so arrogant," Fan Zhenlong shouted unwillingly, "Otherwise it will be our turn next."

"Either we unite with Funan to kill the Zhenla people's prestige; or we send troops to Funan and take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits. We can't just sit back and watch the Zhenla people get stronger and stronger."

After hearing his son's words, Fan Touli covered his head with his hands and seemed a little painful.

Both father and son understood the truth behind the death of lips and teeth, and what Fan Zhenlong said was extremely reasonable. Either unite with the weak Funan to fight against the powerful Zhenla, or simply send troops to Funan to get a share of the pie. In short, the Zhenla Kingdom cannot occupy Funan. of land and resources.

This is a quite rational analysis, but it just doesn't work out as expected.

Just because the military power was still in the hands of King Fan Fanzhi, Fan Fanzhi was over seventy years old and had experienced the disaster of destroying the country. He acted more cautiously and did not dare to offend the Zhenla people. He always remained neutral and watched Zhenla annex Funan. Although Fan Fanzhi was old and feeble, he may have understood in his heart that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, so he paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. He thought that in this way he could be protected by the Central Plains Dynasty, so he was indifferent to Zhenla's rise to power. To put it simply, there is no ambition and no desire to compete.

"Father, now that Aweng is ill in bed and unable to take charge of the affairs, all the government affairs are left to you, and you also hold the military power in your hands. Why is this necessary?" Seeing this, Fan Zhenlong couldn't help but cautiously probed: "Why don't you go and find him? Aweng... tell me?"

This "talking about it" is worth pondering.

However, Fan Touli was furious when he heard this, and immediately glared, "Shut up! Your Aweng's decision cannot be questioned by you, a fool like you."

Fan Zhenlong just curled his lips when he heard this, with a fearless look on his face, and said bluntly: "Anyway, just sitting back and watching Zhenla become stronger will sooner or later be a disaster for me, Lin Yi. Father, are you just going to watch Lin Yi go into the abyss?"

"How are you doing?" Fan Touli also knew the courage of his son and asked directly with raised eyebrows.

Fan Zhenlong has been described in one word since he was a child, and that is "brave". When he was born, Linyi was in chaos. When he grew up, he had a radical personality. He never backed down when encountering difficulties, but only faced them head-on. Sometimes Fan Touli really doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"The imperial guards are not allowed to be mobilized. My father still has private soldiers in the clan. Why don't you give them all to me to command? While Ishana's troops are all in Funan, I will also disguise myself as a man in black and go and plunder them." ".

"In the books of the Central Plains, this is called fishing in troubled waters."

Fan Touli was also startled when he heard Fan Zhenlong's extremely bold idea, but after thinking about it calmly, it seemed that it was indeed feasible!
  Since the mysterious man in black came and went without a trace and robbed Zhenla of all the food and grass, and Yishana had nothing to do about it, then he, Linyi, could fish in troubled waters like this and get some money from it. What a benefit.

Seeing that his father was hesitant, Fan Zhenlong directly jumped into the case and said, "Father, there is nothing to hesitate about. Those Zhenla people are greedy and want to annex Funan. Not only do they also disturb us, we will have no peace and no business. If this continues, Lin The city will only become weaker and weaker, while Chenla will become stronger and stronger."

"I don't want all private soldiers. I only need five hundred. I can disguise myself and loot a lot to make up for the expenses."

Linyi has a small territory, few people, and weak national power. To be honest, Fan Touli has been in a state of distress since he came to power. He wanted to expand the army and train troops, build docks, and repair the city, but it was hard for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

Now that he heard this, the frightened Fan Touli was also moved. He immediately agreed with Fan Zhenlong's behavior and directly assigned [-] elite private soldiers to him.

It's just that after Fan Zhenlong left, Fan Touli always felt uneasy and vaguely felt that something was not good, but now that the matter had come to this, he could no longer repent.

On the original track, Fan Touli was both civilized and military, and he was more dignified and never took risks. After the death of the old king Shang Bovarman, that is, Fan Fanzhi, Fan Touli succeeded to the throne of the king, named Jian Dharma Bodhidharma. , the first time he paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and then worked conscientiously to maintain the steady rise of Linyi until he died of illness in the last years of Zhenguan.

After Fan Touli's death, his son Fan Zhenlong succeeded to the throne. Fan Zhenlong was radical and brave by nature. After inheriting the rich inheritance left to him by his father, he became extremely ambitious and raised troops to plunder the surrounding tribal countries.

However, Lin Yi had been at peace for a long time, and none of the civil and military officials wanted to start a war. When Fan Zhenlong went on an expedition, his general Mahamandojia launched a mutiny on his own, taking the opportunity to assassinate him and massacre the entire Fan family. The Fan family in Lin Yi had been hereditary for hundreds of years. The entire clan was exterminated.