A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 1019: The Emperor and His Ministers Turned Against Each Other and Sent to the Capital; Yunnan Province pacified the southwest

The Third Year of Great Chapinin
February 26
In the far southwestern border of Daxia, civil strife broke out among the Dali army, which was suppressed by the Daxia army in Dali City.

Apart from the royal Duan family, the only two powerful tribes in the Dali Kingdom - the Gao tribe and the Dong tribe - joined forces to rebel, led their troops to attack the Dali Palace, and captured the Dali Emperor Duan Siping and a group of royal family members.

The next day, after suppressing the unrest in the city, the two leaders Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo sent envoys out of the city to discuss surrender with the commander of the Xia army.

Bai Wang couldn't believe it when he suddenly received the letter of surrender from the city.

But this was a serious matter, so he still sent people into the city to investigate. Only after confirming it again and again did he believe that it was a real surrender.

So he sent people to take over the defense of Dali City, and at the same time sent people to pass the news of Dali City's surrender to Qian King Bai Yu. After all, his father was the commander-in-chief.

He had been demoted by the emperor to the position of deputy general.

March 2
Dali's surrendered ministers Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo, along with their cronies, escorted the prison cart carrying Dali Emperor Duan Siping and his clan members, and surrendered to Bai Yu, commander-in-chief of the Daxia Recruiting Army, governor of Kunzhou, and King of Qian, at the city gate.

"Dong Jialuo, Gao Fang, you are despicable. I swear to kill you. I will never let you go even if I die. You are destined to fall into the Avici Hell after death. You are traitors to your master. Anyone can kill you. You will not die a good death..."

In this solemn scene of surrender, Duan Siping, who was trapped in the prison car with disheveled hair, looked at Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo outside and kept insulting them to express his anger.

Looking at his disheveled hair, if it weren't for the dragon robe he was wearing, no one would have guessed that he was the Dali emperor who believed in Buddhism and was kind to others.

Faced with the insults, Gao Fang sneered and Dong Jialuo looked ashamed.

On the opposite side, Bai Yu, who was sitting on the back of a BMW, with a bald head, wearing a cassock and dressed as an old monk, lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and put his hands together in a Buddhist salute.

He first calmly accepted the surrender of the two.

Afterwards, in his capacity as the Dharma Protector of the Azhali Religion, the Dharma King of the Mahakala Sect, the King of Qian of the Great Xia, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Recruiting Army, he pardoned the two of them for their sins of resisting the Buddha's will and the imperial edict.

He also commended the two men for their contribution in surrendering the city and promised to report to the court and request rewards for them.

After solving the problem of surrendered ministers and soldiers, Bai Yu sent people to escort all the royal family members including Duan Siping to Beijing to be tried by the emperor.

April
After Dali City surrendered and the Dali Emperor was captured, most of the barbarian tribes in Dali surrendered, except for some tribes loyal to the Duan family who refused to surrender.

Daxia suddenly had dozens of states and counties. Although 90% of them were barbarian tribes, at least in name, this was Daxia's land.

Therefore, the Xia army retained Chen Hong, Bai Xuan and other Shu soldiers who had been sent out earlier to continue suppressing the disobedience.

The rest of the reinforcements from Guanzhong and Hanzhong areas returned to their respective garrisons.

As for their merits, when they return to their base, people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office will naturally come down to reward or punish them according to their military achievements.

June 7
After two months of bumpy journey, Duan Siping and other Dali rulers and ministers finally arrived in Kaifeng, the capital of Daxia, after a journey of tens of thousands of miles.

The west gate of Kaifeng Prefecture - Jinyao Gate.

There are eight gates in Kaifeng: the two east gates (Chaoyang Gate and Hanhui Gate), the two north gates (Jingyang Gate and Tongtian Gate), the two south gates (Nanjing Gate and Xuanhua Gate), and the two west gates (Jinyao Gate and Shuntian Gate).

In addition to these eight main gates, there are eight water gates, still two on each side.

Bai Xi, accompanied by Empress Zhu, Crown Prince Bai Mu, and important officials above the third rank stood on the Jin Yao gate tower. Below the gate tower, countless Kaifeng people were crowding around, watching the convoy coming from the west.

Three people were seen running out of the escorting convoy, riding their horses to the foot of the city, then quickly dismounting, running a few steps, and bowing deeply at a suitable place, saying:
"Hou Wenjian, the commander of Kunzhou Guards of Kunzhou Military Governor's Office, Bai Ming of Qianwang Mansion, and Yang Bao of Wumeng Tribe of Quzhou in Yunnan and Qiannan Road."

"Greetings to His Majesty the Holy Emperor. Long live His Majesty."

"Stand up, the person in the car is the ruler of Dali, Duan Siping."

"Your Majesty is holy."

"Bring him to me."

Following Bai Xi's order, the three men did not dare to delay and hurried back to the convoy, brought Duan Siping up, and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Duan Siping was forced to kneel on the ground, looking in a daze at the densely packed Daxia people who were pointing and talking about him.

He looked up at the tall and thick walls of Kaifeng and said, "Is this the capital of the Xia people? Dali is not as good as it."

This was the first time he felt defeated since being captured.

"The saint asks you, are you Duan Siping, the pillar of Dali?"

An eunuch came to Duan Siping and asked arrogantly. Because there was a long distance from the gate tower, and the tower was so tall, it was impossible to see the face of the person on it.

Including Duan Wenjian and the other three, they all relied on voice to convey messages.

Duan Siping was silent for a moment, then replied, "The criminal is Duan Siping."

"The saint has a will."

"We accept your order." Hou Wenjian and the other two immediately knelt down beside Duan Siping to receive the order.

Among the three, even Yang Bao, they all held official positions, so there was nothing wrong with them calling themselves subjects.

"Duan Siping was originally a chieftain in the southwest. He was harmed by his former master, so he rebelled in anger, usurped the high position, and resisted the heavenly soldiers, causing the people in the southwest to suffer. This crime is unforgivable."

"Considering that you are a foreigner who does not know the destiny of heaven, you have also made contributions to the people. Therefore, the heaven has the virtue of loving life and I have the heart to forgive you. I will pardon your death penalty, confer the title of Marquis for disobeying the order, and grant you a mansion in Kaifeng for your shelter. Without the imperial decree, you are not allowed to leave the mansion."

Duan Siping was stunned and did not move for a long time. It was only after Yang Bao beside him poked him that he took the imperial edict from the eunuch who looked dissatisfied.

"The criminal Duan Siping is grateful to the great emperor for not killing me. I wish the great emperor good health and prosperity for the country."

July 13

The imperial court’s decree for post-war recovery was issued to Kunzhou.

"Kunzhou" was changed to "Kunming Prefecture", which remained the seat of the Yunnan-Qiannan Road. Su Wenjun, the governor of the Yunnan-Qiannan Road, was appointed as the first "Kunming Prefecture Governor".

The Kunming Military Governor's Office was established in Kunming Prefecture, which was the Central Military Governor's Office. The three guards of Kunming, Left, Center and Right, were set up. Bai Wang, the prince of Qian, was appointed as the Kunming Military Governor.

Kunzhou Wei was changed to Kunming Zhongwei, with Kang Biao as the commander of the Wei.

Three thousand soldiers from various barbarian tribes were selected to go to the expedition as the Kunming Right Guard, with Bai Jianying as the commander of the guard.

The Rongzhou Guard was renamed Kunming Left Guard, with Zhao Xiaojun as the commander of the guard. As for Rongzhou, the Rongzhou Guard was relocated.

The "Tusi system" was established in each barbarian tribe.

The "Yunnan-Guizhou Road Xuanfu Various Barbarian Tribes Commandery" was established, abbreviated as "Southern Yunnan Commandery" or "Southern Yunnan Xuanfu Office", a third-rank government office located in Kunming Prefecture, responsible for the affairs of various chieftains.

Gao Fang, a former surrendered minister of Dali, was granted the title of Marquis of Xian, Assistant Director of the Military Affairs Department of Yunnan and Qiannan Road, Commander of Nanjian, Lieutenant of Yunqi, and Lieutenant of Zhaowu, and was stationed in Nanjian Division, a sixth-rank chieftain.

Dong Jialuo, the former surrendered minister of Dali, was granted the title of county marquis, councilor of the Yunnan-Qiannan Provincial Government, commander of Jingdong, captain of the Yunqi, and councilor of the court. He was stationed in the Jingdong Office and was a sixth-rank chieftain.

He also appointed Duan Siliang, the younger brother of Duan Siping, the Marquis of Disobeying Orders, as county earl, commander of Lanping, and military cavalry lieutenant, and stationed him in the former Duan family territory as a sixth-rank chieftain.

The rest of the barbarian tribes, both large and small, were at most chieftains of the seventh rank, such as the county magistrate of the Xia Kingdom.

Hou Wenjian, Yang Bao and Bai Ming, who escorted the Duan royal family to the capital, were left in the capital to serve.

Not only that, in order to calm the hearts of the southwestern tribes, Bai Xi also invited the Second Zando of Tianlong Temple, Shi Tongtuo, to come to Kaifeng to teach him Buddhist rituals.

And respected him as the 'National Master of Great Xia'.

The only ones who were national masters with him were Guangyuan, the abbot of Luoyang Liuli Temple, Zhang Zhicheng, the Heavenly Master of Weizhou Heavenly Master Mansion, and Bai Tairan, the leader of the Tianyi Sect of Korea.

Not only that, he also built the "Dahei Temple" in the western suburbs of Kaifeng as a place for the "Azhali monks" to stay when they came to Beijing, and gave it to Shi Tongtuo.

However, although Bai Xi treated Shi Tongtuo with courtesy, the temples in Yunnan and Guizhou still needed to accept the jurisdiction of the Monks and Taoists Department of the Ministry of Rites of Daxia, just like the Buddhist and Taoist temples in Daxia.

Following the example of other routes, a Buddhist and Taoist office was set up in Kunming to handle religious affairs within the jurisdiction of the Yunnan-Guizhou-South China Route.

So within just half a year, under the various soft and hard tactics of Bai Xi and his ministers.

I was worried that the southwestern tribes, which were part of the former Dali Kingdom and had resisted the Xia army and were being liquidated by Daxia, would finally be able to calm down.

When the leaders of the tribes loyal to the Duan family heard that Duan Siping was not only alive but had even gained benefits, Xia Ting sent his brother back to Yunnan to take charge of Duan's tribe.

He was sincerely convinced and completely accepted the rule of Daxia. He personally came to Kunming Prefecture and presented a letter of surrender to the Xia court.

Southwest Suian.

(End of this chapter)