Yang Zheng was about to speak, but suddenly wanted to test him, and said: "From the perspective of the military advisor, how should this official go to Annan to arrange?" ”

Xu Lang knew that Yang Zheng was inspecting himself, so he didn't panic, and said with a deep sigh: "The current situation seems to be unfavorable to the imperial court, but it is not!" ”

Yang Zheng glanced at Xu Lang with both eyes, and when he saw that his eyes were blazing for such a moment, he knew that he had already thought about Annan, so he spoke so calmly.

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Zheng asked quietly.

Xu Lang poured himself a glass of liquor again, raised his head again, gritted his teeth, drank a glass of water and wine, and said: "It's very simple, it's my Daming who controls the situation, if I'm still reluctant to give up Annan, even if Li Li and the people of Annan have three chapters, I'm afraid it will be difficult to change the overall situation?" “

Yang Zheng nodded secretly, judging from the previous life, in the third year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji was forced to fight in the Ming Dynasty for many years, plus the main general was killed, the whole army was defeated and retreated, and Li Li sent an army to pursue it in a big way, so he won a big victory. This decisive battle forced the Ming army to negotiate peace.

After the war largely subsided, in November of the second year of Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, Li Li sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to request the canonization of Chen Hao as king. The Ming Dynasty immediately named Chen Hao as the "King of Annam", and the general Wang Tong led the troops to retreat, and the entire anti-Ming war came to an end. After independence, Annan is still a vassal state of China, and the Ming Dynasty has never had two hearts, so it can be seen that the initiative is still in the Ming Dynasty, this situation is indeed with Xu Lang said, it seems to be unfavorable, but it is actually the attitude of the imperial court, if the imperial court continues to use troops, it may not be undesirable! can see this, which shows that Xu Lang's twilight is not shallow! “

Yang Zheng nodded and said: "The words of the military advisor are very true, the current situation is indeed up to me!" ”

Seeing that Yang Zheng recognized his statement, Xu Lang felt a little bit like meeting a bosom friend in the mountains and rivers, and he had no scruples, and continued: "The second point is from Li Li? ”

Yang Zheng said: "Can the military advisor explain that this official is very stupid?" ”

Zhang Ben and Huang Fu each glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: "If these words are heard by my Ming people, I am afraid that someone will think that someone has slandered the Ming officials?" ”

Xu Lang didn't have so much thought, he wanted to show others what he had learned, and he couldn't hear the modesty in Yang Zheng's words at all, so he thought for a while and said loudly: "Next, come here Lili!" ”

Yang Zheng knew that this was just a conversation, and there must be something to say below, so he didn't rush to interrupt.

Sure enough, I heard Xu Lang continue: "Li Li is not the queen of the Chen family, but he has wolf ambitions, this time he took advantage of the situation to send an envoy into the Ming Dynasty, and strive to get the canonization of our dynasty as the "King of Annam", and asked the Ming Dynasty to recognize Li Li as the actual ruler of Annam, but unfortunately this trick was not enough to confuse me Emperor Ming, the emperor did not agree, Li Li had to find a Chen named Chen Hao, this person was originally called Hu Weng, is the "son of a beggar", "after the false name of Chen".

The reason why Li Li supported Chen Hao was because during the uprising, Li Li thought that "people think about Chen, so he set up to follow the people's expectations" and "wanted to resign to respond to the people". After Li Li expelled the Ming army, if he wanted to register as the emperor, killing Chen Hao must be the first step, and this person can use it! ”

Yang Zheng had to admire Xu Lang's unique vision, the words contained in his previous life, it was true, after Li Li expelled Wang Tong of the Ming Dynasty, he first killed Chen Hao, and then ascended the throne and became the emperor. Regarding the cause of Chen Hao's death, one said that he knew that the Chinese people were not convinced, and when he fled, he was captured by the imperial court, so he drank poison and died; One said that he "died by diving on a sea ship"; One said that he was chased and killed by Li Li when he was absconding; One said that Li Li once said, "I won the world with a hundred battles, and Hao was in the big position", Chen Hao absconded in panic and was finally chased and killed by Li Li.

But this move attracted the attention of Zhu Zhanji, but asked Li Li to visit the descendants of the Chen Dynasty in the country as the king, after several envoys returned, Li Shuntian four years of the first month, Li Li's envoy to the Ming court stated to the Ming court that "a large collection of people, all over the Chen descendants, no seeing", the Ming court had to respect the fact that Li Li held power, ordered him to "have the right to handle the state affairs of Annam", and was named "the king of Annam", stipulating that Li Li would pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty once every three years, and each tribute must cast two gold people, called "substitute gold people".

Scholars in previous generations believed that the two "substitute gold figures" may have been killed by Liu Sheng and Liang Ming, two Ming generals who were killed in the Battle of Zhiling. As for Li Li's request for the title, the scholars of the previous life made the following explanation: "Because our country is very different in size compared with China, and we are alone in the south, without any wings, such a blind enemy resists and refuses to bow a little, and there will never be peace." Although it is superficially subordinate to China, in fact, it still remains independent inside, and the Chinese do not interfere in China's internal affairs. It is also a kind of tactful diplomacy that can bring stability to the country. "This is just a nice coat, the real purpose is very simple, to gain the recognition of the Ming Dynasty, so as to claim the emperor and ascend the throne!"

Xu Lang saw that Yang Zheng was pondering, and did not mean to stop, and continued: "Third, Annan still has a target to fight for, if your lord can win the support of the mourning prison and occupy the people, and cut off Li Li's right arm, the big thing can be done!" ”

Yang Zheng said: "Can you really do this? ”

Xu Lang said: "Yes! After a pause, he said, "But it's hard?" ”

Yang Zheng rolled his eyes and said in his heart: "Your grandfather, aren't you kidding me?" “

But Xu Lang's next words made him feel a little ashamed.

"It's hard, but I'm sure you can do it?"

Yang Zheng said: "I have been poor for 20 years, and I have never assessed Annan, how can this official He De do this step?" “

Xu Lang stared at Yang Zheng word by word and said: "Because adults give people hope, hope is a spark, although the spark is small, once it is formed, it also has the potential to burn the prairie ......?" “

Yang Zheng stared at Xu Lang and said: "A good spark can start a prairie fire, with the assistance of military advisors, pacification of Annan is just around the corner!" “

After talking about state affairs, the depressing atmosphere was suddenly swept away, and everyone began to eat and drink, because of Xu Lang's expression just now, not to mention Gao Hang and Shen Yanqiu admired him, even old bureaucrats like Huang Fu and Zhang Ben also admired this down-and-out scholar, and he couldn't help but have a few more glasses on the wine table.

When the banquet came down, Xu Lang was full of drunkenness, Xu Kun was afraid that his own family would talk nonsense after drinking and offend the master in front of him, so he didn't wait for Yang Zheng's instructions, helped Xu Lang to the second floor, and let him rest early.

Yang Zheng and Shen Yanqiu are husband and wife, since it is an upper room, after washing, Yang Zheng took Shen Yanqiu's little hand, but he didn't fall asleep for a long time, thinking about Xu Lang's words in his mind, the first point, the second point, now in his own efforts, has basically been realized, it can be said that the current unfavorable situation has been greatly improved, his first priority here is to fight a good battle, obtain enough capital, in order to implement one country, two systems, Hong Kong and Macao can implement one country, two systems, in the final analysis, it is the expression of China's comprehensive strength. If this were not the case, Britain's toughness might not have been willing to promise that Hong Kong, which had been occupied by itself for a hundred years, would be returned to China.

But Wang Tong's defeat, Liu Sheng's death, and the defeat of the 70,000 army made the morale of the entire Ming Dynasty low, and it was not easy to win a turnaround battle in a short time.

Ailao country is one of the ancient civilizations in the history of Yunnan, its Ailao founding monarch, it is said that there is a woman named Sha Keo, because of the river fishing, touched the sinking water and became pregnant, gave birth to ten sons. Later, Shen Mu turned into a dragon and asked "Where is my son"? The nine sons were frightened away, and the only young son did not go, and sat on his back with the dragon on his back, so he was named Jiulong. When Jiulong grew up, Xiong Ji was outstanding and was promoted to be the king. At that time there was a woman named Nuboxi, who also had ten daughters, and all the brothers of Jiulong took them as wives, and their children and grandchildren multiplied, and they were scattered in the valley. After Jiulong's death, the generations followed one after another, and Xiao Wang was separated.

It is said that the Dai people (nickname: Huayi Dai) left in the mountains of Ailao are one of the Jiulong brothers.

Since then, the Ailao State has been wandering outside the Central Plains, until the second king Liu Maung, in the twelfth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, led 77 Yi kings, more than 50,000 households, and more than 550,000 people to join the ranks of the Chinese nation, so that the ancient Baoshan step from the slave society into the threshold of feudalism. The Han Dynasty took advantage of the situation and took this opportunity to implement the county governance to the entire Ailao Land of "3,000 miles from east to west and 4,600 miles from north to south", and set up Yongchang County under unified jurisdiction. In order to show the merits of Liu Maung's subordinates, Han Ming gave him the "Wailao Wang Zhang" with a nature and font similar to the "Seal of the King of Dian" given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and held a grand court celebration.

Since then, the Ailao State has survived, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, most of the land occupied was in the border between Annam and Yunnan, and when it was at war with the Ming Dynasty, Li Li had made friends with Ailao, and the king of Ailao, Lan Hengden, allied with it. But at the instigation of another fugitive rebel leader, Lu Wenlu, Langhendon reneged on the covenant. In November of the 19th year of Yongle, when Li Li was fighting with the Ming army, he was attacked by Ailao. Later, one of Le Li's favorite nephews, Li Shi, was also killed by the Wai Prison Army, and since then the two sides have formed a hatred, which can be regarded as one of the reasons for the unstable border defense of Annam.

While the Cham people are descendants of the Cham inhabitants, the Western Cham people in Cambodia are mixed descendants of the Cham and Malays. Their original Cham language belongs to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family. The Spanish people in Cambodia have a population of tens of thousands, retaining some of the original social characteristics, namely the dominance of maternal uncles; But in other respects it has been completely mixed with the Khmer way of life and speaks the Khmer language. Converted to Islam from the Malays, the Ming Dynasty occupied the coastal area south of central Annam, and had contacts with Li Liduo, which can be said to be one of the most important reliance of Li Li in Annam.

After thinking about it on the chou couch, I have enough confidence in my heart, but how to collect the mourning prison and occupy the hearts of the people still needs to be calculated by Annan.

I slept well all night, and before it was bright on the second day, I saw Gao Hang coming over, first hugging his fist at him, and after performing the etiquette of his superiors and subordinates, he lowered his voice and said: "General Zhang and General Jin's 8,000 soldiers have set off from yesterday?" ”

Yang Zheng nodded, no one on Jinyiwei's news network dared to doubt it, and counting the time, it was time for Zhang Yi and Jin Yixiao to set off, so as soon as Gao Hang said, he was not surprised, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you?" ”

Gao Hangdao: "I went out of the capital yesterday, and today I am going straight to Yunnan along the official road?" “

Are we going to wait for the two generals to come together? Gao Hang glanced at Yang Zheng and asked.

Yang Zheng shook his head and said: "The current Annan can't lead to a war for a while, the situation is not good for us, we need to understand before we can make plans, Zhang Yi and Jin Yixiao 8,000 soldiers and horses are not much, but the army comes to Yunnan, the movement is too big after all, and it is indispensable to arouse Li Li's vigilance, so it is not easy for us to wait for them!" “

Gao Hang understood Yang Zheng's intentions, that is, taking advantage of the current situation to be unclear, Weifu entered Annan to explore the truth and truth, so that he could know himself and the enemy, and he would not be defeated in a hundred battles, but as a Jinyi guard, this move was too dangerous, but it was better to go with the army, at least the army was there, and the safety of the commander could still be guaranteed.

Yang Zheng seemed to see his thoughts, and said with a slight smile: "The army is of course chic and mighty, but you have forgotten, the purpose of our trip is to relieve the worries of Annan in the Ming Dynasty, so as to concentrate on treating the Mongols, it can be described as a difficult task, as the commander-in-chief, if you always put your own life and safety first, can you still expect him to win the battle with such a commander?" ”

Gao Hang shook his head and said, "It seems that it can't!" ”

Yang Zheng laughed and said, "Of course not, do you know why Prince Yue can often win battles?" ”

Gao Hang said: "Could it be that Lord Yue, like Brother Yang, has paid a private visit to Jin Bing's micro-service?" ”

Yang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Of course not, what kind of character is Prince Yue, how can he be so sneaky?" ”

Gao Hang touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "No, I have never heard of Prince Yue's private visit to fight, but there are a lot of emperors of the Song Dynasty who went to Qinglou to meet the singer?" ”

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ps: Regarding the previous chapter of the national warriors, many book friends asked, here's a little bit to say: Xiao He used four words to evaluate Han Xin, called "the national warriors". What is a national soldier? Guoshi is the best talent in a country, and if you add Wushuang, it is the best talent that is unique.

"Shi", it is the adult man of the nobility. There are four levels of nobility: the highest level is the king, the son of heaven, the second level is the princes, the third level is the doctor, and the fourth level is the scholar. The Son of Heaven, princes, and doctors are all eligible to be crowned, but scholars are not crowned. Therefore, the Son of Heaven, the princes, and the doctors are crowned men, and the scholars are uncrowned kings. In addition to Han Xin, according to the records of the "Historical Records" and the "Book of Han", there were many "scholars" in the Han Dynasty at that time, and some of them were very respected, called "national scholars".

At that time, the "scholars" in society had two characteristics, that is, gentlemanly demeanor and chivalrous courage. A true gentleman, if he is a gentleman, he has chivalrous courage; If he were a chivalrous man, he would have a gentlemanly demeanor. Some of the Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty, who are known as the pillars of the country, are also called "national scholars", and the "scholar" class, which produced many talents in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, has developed in the direction of specialization after the "separation of civil and military". According to the saying before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the national warriors also had honorific titles for warriors, and at that time, among the samurai, they attached great importance to and advocated "fist bravery" and "technical attack". In spring and autumn, after a long period of hard practice, samurai from all over the world often gather together for competitive activities and learn martial arts.

"Guanzi•Seven Laws" describes the grand occasion of the martial arts competition at that time: "The Spring and Autumn Corner Test, with the training of the elite as the right. …… Collect the heroes of the world, and have the heroes of the world. Therefore, it moves like a bird, moves like thunder and lightning, and sends it like wind and rain. Don't be in front, don't harm behind, go out alone, don't dare to be trapped. "This kind of competition has a bit of a sense of fighting and competition in later generations. The specialization of martial arts has led to the emergence of a group of heroes with outstanding martial arts and extraordinary courage among the samurai group. "Chinese•Zhao Yu" describes the late decisive battle between Wu and Vietnam, "King Wu is handsome and virtuous, and he is heavy with Lu, and above Gusu." The "virtuous" here refers to the shacklers among the folk samurai. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when wars were frequent, they were specially selected as elite soldiers, and their social status also changed, which was the so-called "national soldiers".

"Kokushi", which literally means a warrior in the country, was originally used to refer to warriors who were selected from among the samurai by rulers of all ranks. "Zuo Chuan•The Sixteenth Year of Chenggong" contains the battle between Jin and Chu Yanling, and the generals of the Jin army were deeply troubled by the Chu army. The "national warriors" mentioned here refer to the selected warriors in the Chu army. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with. "Guanzi•Xiao Kuang" records what Guan Zhong said to Qi Huangong: "You have 30,000 priests to run rampant in the world. It can be seen that it plays a pivotal role in the military. The "priests", "virtuous scholars", "junshi", "caishi" and "jiejie" that appear in the pre-Qin classics actually refer to "national scholars".

In the Spring and Autumn Period, when "the tyrannical widows, the strong robbed the weak", they were particularly valued by the powerful. The ruler selected the "kokushi" from among the samurai, which was of a mandatory nature. At that time, the princely states had a strict legal system for recommending and selecting samurai. The ruler of the state of Qi stipulated: The folk martial arts "have the power of fists and brachial strength, and those who show off the crowd, and those who have sued." If there is no accusation, it is called a deception, and its sin is five." The selection of a samurai was subject to rigorous testing, which was not easy to pass.

Xunzi•Yibing records the test method used by the Wei clan, a nobleman of the Jin Kingdom, to select samurai: "(First) take them by degree (suitable stature)." The armor of the three genera (upper body, hips, legs and feet), the crossbow of twelve stones, the fifty arrows of the bear, the crown with the sword, the three days' food, the middle of the day and the hundred miles. After the selection of the best samurai, "they were reinstated to their households (exempted from forced labor) and their farmlands (not taxed)" and adopted by the state "for the sake of alien houses", while "eating their parents and wives as hostages".

Therefore, after Wu Tu became a "national soldier", although his living conditions improved, his personal life was not completely free. Although the selection of kokushi was not the result of the free choice of the samurai in the "shi" class, it nevertheless enabled the samurai to leave their homeland where they had settled for generations and gradually become an active force in society. The samurai gathered together, breaking down their previous isolation and allowing them to coalesce as a single social group. The selection of national warriors has also promoted the development of various martial arts, which have created good conditions for the production of chivalry. 、

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Son of Heaven was weak, and the princes were in power." The fierce annexation war, culminated in the hegemony of the five powers, caused great social turmoil. The frequent changes in the political map have shaken the fixed relationship between the "national scholars" and the monarch, and a situation has emerged in which "the state has no fixed relations, and the scholars have no fixed master". In the past, he was a "national soldier" who was a "person with a job". Nowadays, it is in a state of free flow of "scholars", so "national soldiers" have become an important component of "travelers".

Zheng Xuan's annotation of "Zhou Li•Diguan•Shishi" said: "You, those who have no lawsuits. It can be seen that the so-called "travelers" were in fact a kind of special civilians with free status in civil society at that time, who had special skills that ordinary civilians did not have, either specialized cultural knowledge, or superior martial arts and swordsmanship, so they were separated from agriculture and had the characteristics of traveling around the world and moving freely. Among them, some of the "Confucian scholars" are known as "lobbying" to become famous, and some are known as "study tours".

As "travelers", the samurai value more than the personal honor and integrity of the real profit. They traveled among the nations and helped others in the form of "rangers", thus becoming "heroes of the nation" who were active in civil society.

The word "national warrior" was spread to Japan after the Tang Dynasty, and later Japan was more advocating force, so the samurai can also be called "national warrior", if they can defeat the enemy, invincible, called "unequaled", so it can also be understood as "national warrior unequaled" "shi" itself is a very unique concept. When I was a child, I read "Two Peach Kills Three Soldiers", and under the influence of comments, I always read Yan Zi's deception. Later, I finally understood Gu Yezi's words before he died: "The second son died." Metallurgical only child. Unkind. Shame on you. And boasting. Unrighteousness. Hate what you do. Immortal, courageous. In ancient times, there were countless generous people, so this is actually about "self-discipline". Not moved by the environment, not trapped by selfish desires, and keeping their hearts alone, often going against the current, not being able to prosper the times, so they have no worries about life and death, this is the most unique ideal of our nation. In addition to Han Xin, "Three Kingdoms * Zhou Yu Lu Meng Lu Xun Biography", "Later Han Shu * Ji Huang Biography", "Han Shu * Yuan Ang Biography", "Qing History Manuscript * Liang Qichao Biography" and so on have the saying of "Guoshi Wushuang".