Chapter 50: The Trajectory of History
Liu Jixing stood quietly by the lake, which is also the edge of the imperial city of West Lake, since the death of the first emperor Liu Sheng, after obtaining Liu Jixing's consent, the West Lake Yaozhou has become a place where Tang master Tang Shang practiced. Of course, of course, Ma Min, who was favored by Liu Sheng that day, moved over later, and she chose to follow Tang Sheng to learn the Tao, Liu Jixing did not interfere with her, nor did he put pressure on the Ma family of Xingwangfu.www.biquge.info
Liu Jixing didn't let people bother them, and he didn't want to disturb their so-called cultivation, after all, there were too many places to live in the imperial city, and he didn't lack those places. Now that the weather is gradually getting hotter in the south, Liu Jixing has too many things to deal with every day, and there are many things to participate in, and he is usually almost busy.
In fact, Liu Jixing wants to take a good look at the series of plans he has carried out during this time, and clearly analyze the huge net he has cast, to see if he can hold it in his hands now, or put it away at any time.
One is the operation and expansion of power at sea, which has basically met the requirements of its own want. In the later developed era, there were many countries that could not reach the development of the navy, let alone in this era without mechanical power. Under his own ideas and instructions, Wu Yanrou, the envoy of the Great Han Kingdom, was conducting experiments, which were things that even he had never dared to imagine.
Although there were complex power groups along the coasts of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea in later generations, at the overall level of this era, naval armies could only maneuver around the coastal waters. Under the firepower of his powerful building ships, his own fleet, led by Captain Karma, continued to attack, and had cleared out the remaining forces on the sea. The fleet of the Great Han Kingdom has really achieved the posture of a sea hegemon, although this force cannot be fully disclosed, but Liu Jixing believes that this day will not be too long.
On the relatively large islands along the East China Sea, under the guidance of their own clear routes and purposeful attacks, the sailors disguised as pirates basically forcibly landed or openly occupied them. The fleet of sailors has gained the main initiative and deep-water harbors on the coastline bordering and possessing Goryeo, Zhou, Tang, Wuyue and Fujian. You can always play an important role in your own actions.
If it was before, Liu Jixing would never believe that he could afford such a huge fleet, naval army and all kinds of warships. However, facts have proved that he has solved this major problem with the principle of spending all the money of the Liu family and the strategy of raising the war and the people by war. Moreover, the contingent of the navy has been tempered to a greater extent, not only has a large number of navy generals been trained, but also the actual combat capability of the navy has been greatly enhanced.
Then there is the development of the South China Sea, which can be said to have achieved gratifying results. The Han Kingdom now not only completely controls the indigenous peoples of Hainan Island, but also develops the waters around the island, and has also made great progress in its exchanges with the countries of the South China Sea. Now these small countries not only know the power of the Great Han Kingdom, but also want to rely on the Great Han Kingdom.
Of course, in the development of Hainan Island, Liu Jixing has received strong support from a person, who is another king with a different surname in the Han Kingdom, the contemporary Xue King Li Weisu.
Speaking of King Xue, many people in Xingwangfu may know it. But when it comes to Xue Wang Li Weisu, not many people may know his name. Because, in Xingwangfu, King Xue is a symbol, a royal family of the previous dynasty. As for who King Xue is, it is estimated that few people know him.
Because, a few decades ago, it was at the end of the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and today's Xingwang Mansion has not yet been established, and it was collectively called Guangzhou Mansion at that time. At that time, today's Xingwang Mansion was still under the jurisdiction of the Lingnan Jiedu Envoy. Because the emperor is far away, and it is a barbaric place, almost no one in the imperial court is willing to come here to go out of town, let alone the royal descendants who are royal nobles.
On the same day, Liu Chonggui died of illness in the Lingnan Festival of Guangzhou, which happened to be the second year of Zhaozong Qianning at the end of the Tang Dynasty (895). At that time, the imperial court was completely incapable of governing the world, and the warlords in various places were divided into separate forces. However, because the children of the royal family have developed many branches over the centuries, the emperor still ceremoniously sent Emperor Xuanzong's younger brother, Li Zhirou, a descendant of Li Longye, King Xue, to Guangzhou for the future of the Li dynasty, which had never been done before.
First, this can show the court's favor to the clan, and second, it is naturally powerless to show the power of the court. Although no one may sell the face of the royal family, at least no one is stupid enough to openly oppose the imperial court at this time.
So, as a child of the clan, Li Zhirou picked up a good fortune and traveled thousands of miles from Chang'an to Lingnan, where birds do not lay eggs, to replace the dead Liu Chonggui.
At that time, Liu Chonggui had two generals, Lu Ju and Tan Hongxi, and they didn't know who this Xue King Li Zhirou was? I don't really want to obey the emperor's orders, of course, the main thing is that Lu Ju is reluctant to have the right in his hands. They boldly excused themselves with the fact that there was no place to live in the city and turned away the prince Li Zhirou, the king of Xue, and it may only be in this era, let alone in remote Lingnan.
Lu Ju and Tan Hongxi acted in cahoots and manipulated the civil and military power in Lingnan, ignoring the indignation of some surrounding colleagues. First of all, with Lu Ju's personal order, Liu Chonggui's name assigned defense affairs to various places, of course, it was a means of frightening from far and near, and it was even more important for Tan Hongxi to guard Duanzhou and defend Guangzhou.
The glorious Tang Dynasty is no longer prosperous, and it is really pitiful to be the prince of the last days, after Lu Ju was not allowed to enter the door, Li Zhirou really only lived outside the city. Because Chang'an will definitely not be able to go back, and she is unwilling to go, Li Zhirou can only wait pitifully, waiting for God to open her eyes.
At that time, Liu Jixing's uncle, that is, the later Emperor Liu Yin of the Great Han Dynasty, was the assassin of Fengzhou and the right capital of the Ya, and he had been responsible for the military defense of the Hejiang area. When he heard this, he knew his chance had come. It may seem like nothing to do with you, but there are often things that are a great opportunity for some people.
At the end of the third year of Qianning (896), Liu Yin, who was ready, took the initiative to raise troops and went all the way down the Yujiang River (Xijiang) to the east to kill Duanzhou. Tan Hongxi had already heard of this young man's prestige, not to mention that Liu Yin had more than 100 boats in his hands and tens of thousands of troops. Tan Hongxi naturally didn't want to fight with Liu Yin, seeing that Liu Yin was young and promising, he wanted to marry his daughter to Liu Yin in order to stabilize Liu Yin.
Who knew that Liu Yin also happened to plan the plan, and led people into Duanzhou at night, successfully captured and killed Tan Hongxi, and after completely occupying Duanzhou, he went straight down the river to Guangzhou Mansion. Lu Ju was anxious when he saw it, and he couldn't defend Guangzhou to consume Liu Yin, but he was attacked and killed by Liu Yin in a few days.
Then Liu Yin swaggered to become the Sima of the Lingnan Xingjun, and then asked people to greet the unwilling Xue King Li Zhirou, and said some grandiose words to deceive the ghosts, and welcomed Li Zhirou into the Guangzhou Mansion. As a result, the actual controller of Guangzhou, the military, political and financial powers, were all in the hands of Liu Yin. Li Zhirou enjoyed happiness in Guangzhou City, hung the title of prince's festival envoy, and lived a good life, but no one listened to him. Liu Yin also has a lot of respect for this King Xue, anyway, the power is in his own hands.
However, because of the Lingnan War in Guangzhou at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and because Guangzhou was the largest town in Lingnan, the strategic significance was naturally self-evident, laying a solid foundation for Liu Yin's foothold in Lingnan and establishing prestige for the establishment of the Liu dynasty.
Li Zhirou sat in Guangzhou and enjoyed happiness, and he was still the rightful prince of the Tang Dynasty. Although Liu Yin gave orders in the back, at least the name of King Xue was on the official documents, and the relationship between the two of them was good in the past few years. It can be said that each takes what he needs, and it is naturally a pleasure for both guests and hosts.
But at this time, some people were red-eyed, first of all, Shaozhou Assassin Shi Zenggon, who was the first of the warlords of Lingnan states to raise troops to deter them at the end of the first year of Guanghua (898) at the end of the Tang Dynasty. There is also the participation of Wang Yi, the general of Guangzhou, who also transferred the army to cooperate with Zeng Gun, and Liu Yin can be regarded as having seen the world, not only is he prepared, but he is not afraid at all.
Historical sources record this operation succinctly and forcefully: "Broken in the First World War! ”
The head was taken, the territory was easily accepted, and the territory was naturally expanded, Liu Yin was so unhappy, and it also made Li Zhirou understand a truth, it is impossible to mix without Liu Yin in Lingnan. What's more, his own prince seems to be much stronger than those princes in the capital. The surrounding people all know that it is Xue Wang Ye who is sitting in the city of Guangzhou, and the world is still our Li family, although this territory is a bit biased.
In December of the third year of Guanghua (900), Li Zhirou fell ill and died in office. The shrewd Liu Yin naturally took the initiative to report to the imperial court, wanting to appoint Li Zhirou to accompany a son in Guangzhou. However, Comrade Li Ye, Emperor Zhaozong, didn't know what to think, so he didn't agree to Liu Yin's request as a powerful warlord, but tactfully condoled Comrade Liu Yin and sent Xu Yanruo, the secretary of Tongping Zhangshi, to replace him.
In fact, Emperor Zhaozong also understood that if Xu Yan came, it would be for nothing, and Guangzhou must have been surnamed Liu a long time ago. However, at that time, Liu Yin still had to use the imperial court to improve his prestige, and he still didn't dare to turn his face in front of the world. Sure enough, Xu Yanruo arrived in Guangzhou smoothly, and Liu Yin still politely entertained Xu Yanruo and his party.
When Xu Yanruo saw the situation, he cooperated very knowingly, never made trouble for Liu Yin, and often got together with Liu Yin at the appointment, and also went to see Li Zhirou's son, not to mention, and also wrote to Emperor Zhaozong to promote Liu Yin to the deputy envoy of the festival, and by the way, he also took care of Li Zhirou's son who did not leave, recommended him to serve and so on.
Emperor Zhaozong naturally issued a blank check, and Liu Yin was promoted here, not to mention, but also added a county king to Li Zhirou's son, and did not invite him back to the capital Chang'an. Liu Yin's territory was not big at this time, and the forces around him were eyeing him, but fortunately, Xu Yanruo only stayed for a year, and he left like Li Zhirou. When he was dying, he also said good things to Liu Yin in front of Emperor Zhaozong, and let Liu Yin stay in the Lingnan Festival, Liu Yin was only twenty-eight years old this year.
Later, things were the same as the development of history, and the Tang Dynasty was finished under the agitation of Zhu Wen. One of Li Zhirou's descendants stayed in Lingnan and escaped the catastrophe but was not wiped out by Zhu Laosan, and the title of King Xue has always remained unchanged.
Later, Liu Yin and Liu Yan brothers controlled Lingnan and swept away the surrounding forces. After Liu Yin's early death, his younger brother was Liu Jixing's grandfather, Liu (Yan), the younger brother of Liu Yin, the founding emperor of the Han Kingdom, and continued to treat the descendants of the Li family well.
Although, now that decades have passed, the throne has also been in the hands of Liu Jixing. However, the Li family, who is a king with a different surname, has not disappeared, and Li Weisu of the contemporary King Xue is very smart. In Liu Sheng's hands, he only became the prince of Taiping, and opened up many trading houses to make money, of which one-third of the shipping business of the Han Dynasty was from Xue Wangfu. But what is even more unexpected is that two-thirds of Xue Wangfu's income goes into Liu Sheng's pocket every year.
In the maritime trade all the year round, Xue Wangfu's grasp of Hainan Island and the South China Sea is still very strong, especially after Liu Jixing accepted to let Abbas be in charge of shipping, Xue Wang Li Weisu cleverly cooperated with Liu Jixing, which made Liu Jixing gain a foothold in Hainan.
Liu Jixing made a positive return to Xue Wangfu, that is, after ascending the throne, he took the initiative to let a few discerning courtiers match, and welcomed Xue Wangfu, a person who looked pleasing to the eye and was directly related to the lord of Xianning, into the palace, and also expanded the profits of Xue Wangfu's maritime trade.
The specific return of Xue Wangfu was to let Liu Jixing's navy establish the naval port base that Liu Jixing needed in the entire ring line of Hainan Island in just two months, not only to develop the port but also to establish a supply base for building ships, which met Liu Jixing's needs. It is also to go deep into the rivers of the island to establish in-depth forces and develop depth, so as to make better preparations and needs for Liu Jixing's sea base.
These preparations are naturally for the future, as well as Liu Jixing's follow-up development to prepare, in fact, for the current strategy of Jiaozhou Bay, and the future strategy of Jiaozhou, Liu Jixing is not worried at all, under his own strength and preparation, all this will not be a problem.
The South China Sea that Liu Jixing cares about is under his own control, and the influence of the specialties and resources of the South China Sea countries on the Han Kingdom. With the help of Xue Wangfu, there is also the continuous growth of his own water army. Of course, Liu Jixing is still constantly exploiting and oppressing the local ordinary people, but the changes in the lives of these people are rapid, just like the British stationed in the western part of the United States in later generations to develop.
Although it will certainly have an impact on the indigenous and local people, this impact is more than development and progress, and Liu Jixing believes that with his own participation, the historical process of the people of the South China Sea and surrounding countries will be accelerated.
Moreover, what Liu Jixing cares about most is the benign development of his maritime power, and the huge maritime resources will make the Han Kingdom develop faster and better. Liu Jixing is now looking forward to it, and he is also full of strong hopes for the generals he has trained to master the current sea forces.
The second is, of course, external expansion. History is always written by the victors, which is not bad, and it is also the true logic of history! No matter what the factual state of the original history is, no matter how the original history changes and distorts, and what kind of truth exists. At this moment, in the Lingnan Southern Han Kingdom, which is far away from the Central Plains, it seems to have a small deviation because of the outlier Liu Jixing.
At least, in the eyes of the separatist forces in the Central Plains at this moment, these unexpected deviations in the distant Lingnan Xingwang Mansion are normal for them, because they don't know what kind of person Liu Jixing is. For this young emperor, many people are still confused.
The northeast direction is the Fujian Kingdom and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the current Liucong effect in the Fujian realm is because of its own strength, and now it does not dare to make waves, and the information obtained by Liu Jixing, Chen Hongjin is really in the limelight in the Qingyuan Army. As for how far he can go, history has been decided, and whether there will be deviations depends on his own outliers. Liu Jixing believed that as long as he did not make a mistake and the current garrison did not retreat, if he advanced north, he should be able to convince him.
He has a relatively thorough grasp of the history of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he simply has no time to pay attention to his own development now. As the largest military force in the south that day, now under the suppression of the Zhou State, it has lost the ability to fight the deer. His own methodical arrangement and erosion, and the infiltration of the Southern Tang Dynasty are now taking effect. What we have to guard against is naturally the growth of the new generation of generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Liu Jixing is planning how to infiltrate them.
What's more, with the help of Pan Chongche, a veteran, the new generation of generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty should have no one to contend with. And Suizhou is also under the construction of Ququ Quji, and is gradually becoming a huge base and a place for cultivating talents.
What Liu Jixing needs most now is talents, and this kind of rapid growth plan for talents is to exercise in actual combat like the way of later great people. In addition, Wu Sihu's subordinates are also disintegrating and dividing up the Southern Tang border, and every local government close to the border of the Han Kingdom, it can be said that as long as they need it, it is not a problem to go straight to hundreds of miles at any time, which may be something that the Southern Tang government cannot imagine.
According to reliable intelligence, the current Tang lord Li Jing is the same as Liu Sheng that day. What's more, the Southern Tang Dynasty has not developed enough in the direction of the south near Lingnan, although it is said that they are afraid of the Zhou State to move the capital, and later history is indeed afraid of the Zhou State attack, and the ministers of the country really suggested moving the capital together, but it is still far from Lingnan's own sphere of influence.
As for Guo Jing's development in Chudi, Liu Jixing believes that he handed over Chudi to him for development, which is a complete success and has unearthed a peerless handsome talent. If he successfully penetrates the entire western part of Hunan and Chu, and the moat connecting Wuling and Chu will be connected, then whether he attacks Chu or Shuzhong in the future, it will be just around the corner.
The elderly dragon elephant marquis Wu Xun has been stationed in the southwest, and his elephant army is undoubtedly the best weapon against the mountain peoples, of course, Liu Jixing sent dozens of young generals to learn from him. One can control the changes in Dali, the second can deter and aid Jiaozhou, and the third is naturally echoing the song of the border stationed in Jiaozhou.
Wu Xun's position is naturally to attack Chudi and Dali, echoing the song of Jiaozhou, because the song is a young generation of generals after all. However, Liu Jixing's policy is to befriend Dali, which is naturally the best strategy at present, so the Dali border is not the focus is just defense, and the border of Jiaozhou is not relieved, and there should be no big war in the short term.
The use of generals like Qu Sentence is not the focus of Jiaozhou at present, it is just a training ground. Qu Ju will definitely develop in the Central Plains in the future, but he must train himself now, so that he can take charge of a new type of commander in the future. Of course, Jiaozhou has always claimed to be a vassal of the Great Han State, and if there is no strong opposition to his voice, Liu Jixing feels that there is no need for him to take the initiative.
Jiaozhou's current assassination history is Wu Quan's son Wu Changjun, Liu Sheng couldn't control Jiaozhou when he was in power, only slapped his swollen face and became fat, and ordered to send it to Li Yu in the matter, so as to attract Wu Changjun into the court, of course, he didn't think that he would really come to Xingwangfu.
But I didn't expect that the forces in Jiaozhou were also constantly conflicting, Wu Changjun had just inherited his brother's title, and his foundation in the country was not stable. Seeing that the court of the Han Dynasty attached great importance to it, he also hoped that Liu Sheng would acquiesce to hug his thighs, and he really agreed to Li Yu's request. The group arrived in Baizhou, who knew that his nerves were too sensitive, and the people around him were blowing the wind in his ears, so he was afraid that Liu Sheng would kill him, so he lied in Baizhou that there were pirates. In the twelfth year of Qianhe, Liu Sheng never thought that he would come, and he comforted him on the surface, so he didn't stop later.
Liu Jixing feels that Jiaozhou is not the focus now, although in the future, no matter whether he is in the face of history, or hates those white-eyed wolves in later generations, he must teach these people a hard lesson. At present, I have to rely on these people to train my troops, as long as I give myself a little time, then I can prepare to attack after accumulating.
The general pattern of the Central Plains region has changed, although there has been no change because of Liu Jixing's presence and intervention. There are even many people who have not heard of Liu Jixing, and they don't know the existence of this young genius, which is Liu Jixing's advantage.
Guo Rong, the emperor of the Zhou State, was in his prime and was still carrying out his grand plans, but Liu Jixing was counting his death day by day. Meng Chang of Shu is still drinking in the sky, believing that his Shu road is difficult and difficult to go to the sky, but Liu Jixing is thinking about his family's Mrs. Hua Rui. Li Jing of the Tang Kingdom is still struggling and entangled, whether to develop or to go along with it, but Liu Jixing is thinking about how to ** Li Congjia, who is still playing in the mountains and rivers.
Regardless of whether history will deviate or not, at least there have been no major changes yet, and Liu Jixing still has the advantage of an unpredictable prophet at least for now. It is forces like the Northern Han Dynasty, Wu Yue Kingdom and (Southern Han Dynasty) Min Kingdom, although some of them are thorns in the side, but they are not a big problem. And, it seems, the rest of the forces are not worth mentioning.
However, at this moment, under the manipulation of Liu Jixing's magic hand, great changes have taken place in the central Shuzhong region, Chudi and Southern Tang, that is, Chudi Hunan, which has been in turmoil, is happening and brewing a different storm. It is conceivable that in the near future, there will inevitably be a greater deviation in the overall situation of the entire Central Plains.
Now, except for Liu Jixing, it seems that no one in these dramas knows what kind of historical deviations will appear. No one understands the purpose of the young emperor Liu Jixing in the distant Lingnan.
But everyone in Lingnan understands and gradually understands! At this moment, under the leadership of the young emperor Liu Jixing, there were some different changes in the Southern Han Dynasty. In this era of early personal maturity, Liu Jixing seems to be like his grandfather Liu Yan, a young man with outstanding courage. Everyone gradually recognized the fact that the remote Lingnan Southern Han Kingdom was detached from everyone's previous cognition, and seemed to be reviving the unfinished business of the Liu family back then.
Among them, the most melancholy is naturally the forces of the Southern Han Kingdom in Lingnan, that is, Zhou Xingfeng, the Chu land force that has just come out of the dispute, and Li Jing of the Li family dynasty of the Southern Tang Kingdom, who has just been frightened by the Zhou State and ceded the land and surrendered to the domain.
The foreshadowing that Liu Jixing prepared in advance has had an obvious impact in various places at this moment. Although I don't know what kind of situation these preparations will have when Liu Jixing acts, what kind of impact will they have on the Southern Han Kingdom in the future, and even what kind of outcome will it have. However, the influence between the various separatist regimes and the Southern Han State in possession of various local information are obviously inevitable.
However, Liu Jixing also deeply understands that even with the intervention of his own variable, the current situation of political power in various places has not changed. He is just a little bit more information than Liu Gang in history, and he has a little more power in his hands. Although he is not as ignorant and ignorant as Liu Gang, as for the forces that are separating the leaders of various places and regimes, there are basically no changes and conflicts now.
Although he is also the leader of one of the forces, and he has been controlling the huge intelligence agencies and military, under his own leadership, he is adopting the militarized management of later generations. The Great Han Kingdom is now hugging tightly under his own acting. However, no one knows if there will be accidents and changes.
Everything seems to be still moving towards a normal historical trajectory, but Liu Jixing is working hard to change and coordinate the particularity of this era, and many things cannot be changed overnight, but Liu Jixing believes that with his own intervention, at least the entire southern secession regime will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes, and the Central Plains will be a problem in the future. I don't care how big an earthquake my changes will cause.
In history, after Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty and conquered Shuzhong and the Southern Han Dynasty, he once faced the territory of Dali, and said helplessly: "The wild land is not what I want!" From then on, Dali and the Song Dynasty coexisted until the end of the Song Dynasty, when they were finally wiped out by Kublai Khan's army. Now Liu Jixing feels that he is in the worst state, and he can also rule according to the natural barrier of Wuling and Zhao Kuangyin.
It's not that Liu Jixing doesn't want to change history, but now he relies on his understanding and mastery of history, and if he intervenes in history too much, then everything may change. So Liu Jixing went with the natural development, and he just made a push at the right time.
History has its own trajectory!