Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 388: The Battle of Luchuan during the Ming Dynasty ([-])

As mentioned earlier, Zhu Di confessed many things to Zhu Gaoxu before his death, one of which was related to Duke Mu Sheng of Guizhou's conquest of Luchuan.

Zhu Di was a hero of his generation, and he could still remember the crusade against Luchuan before his death. This shows that Mu Sheng's conquest of Luchuan was closely related.

The same is true.

The Luchuan Kingdom originated from Luchuan Road, which was affiliated to the Marshal's Mansion of the Golden Tooth Capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the third year of Yuan Dynasty, the chieftain of Luchuan broke away from the Yuan Dynasty and proclaimed himself king. He changed his name to "Sihanfa", which means "Supreme Tiger King", and named himself "Samada", which means "Supreme Ruler". History books call him Sikefa or Sikefa.

After that, Sikefa went through successive conquests and even annexed the Golden Teeth Xuanfu Division of the Yuan Dynasty.

The Yuan Dynasty also organized troops to attack Sikefa many times. The confrontation between the two sides lasted until the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty. Sikefa, the leader of the Luchuan Kingdom, accepted the canonization of the Yuan Dynasty and was called the hereditary Xuanwei Envoy of Ping Mian Xuanwei Division.

In March of the 16th year of Hongwu's reign, after the Ming army conquered Yunnan, the second son of Sikefa, Silunfa (also known as Silunfa), was appointed as the Xuanwei envoy of the Pingyuan and Myanmar Xuanwei Department. He immediately expressed his support for the Ming Dynasty regime, and in In August of the 17th year of Hongwu's reign, he sent envoys to the court and was granted the seal of Xuanwei by the Yuan Dynasty.

So Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the Ping-Myan Xuan Comfort Envoy Department should be changed to the Luchuan Ping-Myan Xuan Comfort Envoy Department, and Silunfa should still be appointed as the Xuan Comfort Envoy Department.

Although Silunfa submitted to the Ming Dynasty, he relied on his strong military strength and never gave up his ambition to dominate the Funan Peninsula (Indochina Peninsula).

Zhu Yuanzhang could not tolerate the existence of such a strong and independent regime under the Ming Dynasty, so he took advantage of the opportunity to reorganize the administrative divisions of various parts of Yunnan to weaken the power of the Luchuan Kingdom.

Silunfa is a hero, so he can certainly see Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions.

In December of the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, Silunfa mobilized an army of [-] to attack Jingdong Mansion, but the native officials of the Mansion were defeated.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after receiving the news and decided to completely solve the Lucchuan problem. He did not send troops hastily. Instead, after active preparation, he sent three armies to attack Luchuan from August to October of the 20th year of Hongwu.

However, in the first month of the 21st year of Hongwu, Mu Ying, the leader of the right army, led [-] soldiers and defeated Silunfa's elephant soldiers with a three-stage firing tactic.

At this time, many chieftains in Yunnan saw the Ming Dynasty attacking Luchuan and took the opportunity to start rebellions.

Even though the Ming army was busy suppressing rebellions and did not make further attacks on Luchuan, the Ming's invincible and glorious results in Yunnan still greatly stimulated Silunfa.

In March of the 22nd year of Hongwu, Silun sent an envoy to sue for peace, placing the responsibility for the war on his subordinates Dao Si Lang and Dao Si Yang, begging the court for forgiveness, and "willing to pay tribute to Yunnan."

Zhu Yuanzhang considered that Luchuan was indeed deeply entrenched and would be difficult to completely eliminate for a while, so he accepted Sirunfa's peace proposal, but he then sent an imperial envoy to Luchuan with an oral message to severely reprimand Sirunfa.

Silunfa did not dare to resist, and obediently accepted the elephants, horses, oxen, platinum, square objects, etc. requested by Zhu Yuanzhang. At the same time, he handed over 130 seven people including Daosilang to the Ming court for disposal.

After that, Silun paid tribute every three years, and the Ming Dynasty also sent people to Luchuan many times, and the two sides had a close relationship.

After Luchuan completely surrendered, Ming's rule in Yunnan became increasingly stable.

Zhu Yuanzhang achieved significant results in both eliminating the chieftain rebellion and developing Yunnan's economy by paying equal attention to suppression and appeasement.

After the Ming Dynasty pacified Yunnan, the chieftains on the Funan Peninsula that originally belonged to the Yuan Dynasty also accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the Xuanweisi of Burma, Babaidaidian, Cheche, Laos, etc. appeared.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty nominally inherited the Yuan Dynasty's sphere of influence on the Funan Peninsula.

As the Ming Dynasty's foundation in Yunnan became more and more stable, Luchuan began to fall apart.

In the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, Dao Qianmeng launched a rebellion, and Silunfa asked the Ming Dynasty for help.

The Ming Dynasty sent troops to escort Silunfa back to the country and put down the civil strife.After this civil strife, Luchuan's vitality was severely damaged, and many little chieftains escaped from its control.

The Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to separate the three tufus of Mengyang, Mubang, and Mengding and the four long lawsuits of Lujiang, Ganya, Dahou, and Wandian. The Luchuan Kingdom had collapsed.

During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty's power in Yunnan and the Funan Peninsula reached its peak. Zhu Di added three Xuanwei bureaus, namely Dewu La, Da Gu Ci and Demasa.

Zhu Di continued to implement the policy of decomposition in Luchuan. He assigned some chieftains in Luchuan to Meng Yang and Mu Bang, and later promoted Meng Yang and Mu Bang to the Xuanwei Division.

By the 16th year of Yongle, Luchuan had been divided into three prefectures: Mengyang, Mubang, and Mengding, two prefectures of Dahou and Nandian, and five long lawsuits of Lujiang, Ganya, Wandian, Menglian, and Zheledian. Luchuan's power was greatly weakened.

However, as mentioned before, after the establishment of the Sixth Capital Division of the Desert in the 16th year of Yongle, the grassland tribes could no longer pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di began to rest in Nanshan.

Since then, the situation of military generals living on empty wages and civil servants being corrupt has become more and more serious.

By the end of the Yongle period, some border areas began to see a serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the guards.

In addition, Zhu Di's attention was mainly focused on the northern grasslands, and he did not care about the Xuanweisi such as Dewu La, Da Gu Ci, and Demasa who had not paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for several years.

Therefore, Luchuan planned to annex the surrounding chieftains and restore the territory of Silunfa period.

In the 22nd year of Yongle, Luchuan Si Renfa invaded Nandian Prefecture, and then took the initiative to apologize to the Ming court.

In this regard, Zhu Di let it go. In his opinion, Luchuan was just a border barbarian and was nothing to worry about.

From the 15th year of Yongle, when Si Renfa succeeded to the throne of the Luchuan Kingdom, until the 20th year of Qianxi, during these [-] years, he worked hard and worked hard to govern, secretly accumulating strong strength.

In March of the [-]th year of Qianxi's reign, civil strife broke out in the Xuanwei Department of Myanmar. Sirenfa took the opportunity to seize a large area of ​​land west of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, forcing the Xuanwei envoys in Mengyang, Mubang, Mengna and other places to surrender to Luchuan again.

The Ayeyarwaddy River Delta has fertile land and abundant rainfall. It is an extremely high-quality rice-producing area. Luchuan's strength has greatly increased!
In May of the 11th year of Qianxi, Diao Binyu, the envoy of Xuanwei to Meng Yangping and Burma, was weak and unable to calm down the disputes among the tribes under his jurisdiction. Si Renfa took the opportunity to rapidly expand his power.

In December of the same year, Si Renfa invaded Tengyue, Nandian, Mengyang and other places, and occupied Rouyuan (Lujiang). Diao Binyu, the Pingyan Xuanwei envoy, was forced to defect to Yongchang.

At this time, the various tribal forces under the jurisdiction of the Ping-Myan Xuanwei Division were actually in the hands of Si Renfa.

Later, Si Renfa's ambition further expanded and he wanted to restore all the land lost by his father. From February to March of the following year (the 12th year of Qianxi), he sent troops to capture Mengding, Wandian and other places, killing and plundering wantonly.

Mu Sheng, the military governor of Yunnan-Guizhou Dudufu and the Duke of Guizhou, quickly reported the situation to the court.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu ordered Yang Ning, the head of the Xing Department, to go to Luchuan with a gold medal letter and order Si Renfa to return the land he occupied, but Si Renfa refused.

After Yang Ning returned to the capital, he reported the matter to Zhu Gaoxu with added jealousy.

The court officials of the Ming Dynasty unanimously believed that Si Renfa's behavior was tantamount to rebellion. The border barbarians dared to disobey the orders of the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. They should immediately send troops to destroy them. Otherwise, where would the majesty of the Ming Dynasty be?
If the imperial court ignores this matter, how will the overseas countries view the Ming Dynasty once this matter spreads?

After all, the current Ming Dynasty has completed the military reform according to Zhu Gaoxu's plan a few years ago. The guardsmen in the inland provinces have long been replaced by professional soldiers, and the guardsmen in the border provinces are all elite after being screened.

Zhu Gaoxu was not surprised that the courtiers had this reaction.

But he realized that this incident should be the beginning of the "Ming Dynasty Battle of Luchuan" in history.

(End of this chapter)