Chapter 252 [Miscellaneous Anecdotes]

On the evening of the 6th day of the first month of September, the emperor arrived at the Kuanhe River to meet the enemy, Ming Xuanzong personally went out to shoot his forward and kill three people, and divided the left and right iron cavalry into two wings to attack the enemy, and defeated the leader of the rebels of the three guards of Wuliangha, captured the weapons and horses, and returned carelessly.

Due to the announcement of the end of the incident of the political envoy Si'an Nanguo, the people who were far away from the country still did not pay tribute, so on the 9th day of June 1430 in the fifth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Ming Xuanzong ordered the eunuch of the Ming Division: Zheng He, to send an envoy to the West; Twenty countries, including the kingdom of Kurumus, the kingdom of Ceylon, the kingdom of Guri, the kingdom of Manraka, the kingdom of Kochi, the kingdom of Burawa, the kingdom of Mugudushu, the kingdom of Lambali, the kingdom of Sumatra, the kingdom of Rasa, the kingdom of Tashan, the kingdom of Aru, the kingdom of Gambari, the kingdom of Adan, the kingdom of Zofhar, the kingdom of Zhubu, the kingdom of Kayil, and the envoys of the old port, recorded this trip according to the book "The Most Holy Record of the Heavenly Fang".

Therefore, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty personally led 61 large treasure ships and 27,550 people as the seventh voyage, and the fleet set sail from Longwan County, Nanjing, Nanzhili, Tianfu, and arrived at Liudajia Port two days later.

On June 15, due to the rebellion of the Qu Xianwei tribe before, Ming Xuanzong specially ordered Ming Xiningwei to command the minister: Shi Zhao, as the general, and the governor of the Ming Left Army: Zhao An, Ming Daning were the commanders: Wang Yu, the left and right generals, and the Ming Si Li eunuchs: Wang An, Wang Jin, together with the Ming Si Rite Eunuchs: Wang An, Wang Jin, together with the Xining Wei and Andingwei, Handongwei, Hezhou Wei, and other soldiers and horses to go to the crusade.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Tatar Ministry from moving south, the imperial court hereby moved Kaipingwei to Dushi and abandoned the land for 300 li, so as to shrink the territory and effectively use the Great Wall to resist the invasion of the Tatar Department.

On July 27, Ming Xuanzong also issued an edict for making boats and other matters, and the eunuchs who accompanied him were; Wang Jinghong, Li Xing, Zhu Liang, Yang Zhen, and others according to the records of the Ming Dynasty "Records of the Former Hearing and Going to the West", which contains; There are a total of 27,550 people in the official academy, flag army, fire chief, helmsman, squad leader, general officer, clerk, clerk, doctor, iron anchor material, craftsman, sailor, and people.

On the 8th day of the first month of September, Ming Xuanzong began to set up a special "governor" in the yamen of the Ministry of Officials: Zhao Xin, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, the governor of Jiangxi Chengxuan, the frame of the Ming Army, the Qing Minister, Zhao Lun, the right servant of the Ministry of Households, the governor of Zhejiang Chengxuan, the member of the Ming Rite Department: Wu Zheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, the governor of Hu Guangcheng, the governor of the Ming Imperial Palace, and the supervision of the Imperial History: Yu Qian, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Henan Chengxuan, the political envoy of Shanxi Chengxuan, and the member of the Ming Criminal Department: Cao Hong, For the right attendant of the Criminal Department, the governor of Beizhili and Shandong Chengxuan, the political envoy of the Ming and Yue Prince's Mansion: Zhou Chen, the governor of the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, the governor of the Southern Zhili, pacified the place of taxation and grain.

However, at this time, the governor was still temporarily dispatched, and there was no fixed area after the completion of the order, so it was not allowed to bring his dependents in case it was unfavorable.

On the 8th day of the beginning of October, the Ming Tatars and the king of Ningjun invaded Liaodong and commanded the envoys to plunder, and was commanded by the Ming Liao Haiwei to know the same thing: Huangfu Bin, hearing the news, hurried to the east of the secret city to resist the enemy, he took the lead in the fierce battle from early morning to dusk, the arrows were exhausted, and even the ammunition was finished, and finally was slashed and killed by the Northern Tatar infantry! His son Ming Liao Haiwei Zhenfu: Huangfu Bi, who died in battle with his father in battle.

Followed by the Dingliao 6 guards (Dingliao Zhongwei, Dingliao Left Guard, Dingliao Right Guard, Dingliao Qianwei, Dingliao Guard, Dingliao Guard) and Ming 30,000 Wei Qianhu: Wu Gui, Ming 30,000 Wei Baihu: Mao Guan, brave and abnormal charge in front of all fought and died, and finally reinforcements arrived to force Tatar and Ningjun Wang to retreat.

On December 27th, the commander of the Ming Xi Ningwei led the troops to Qu Xianwei, and frightened the commander of the Ming Qu Xianwei: scattered and thought, and fled directly to his henchmen Mingqu Xianwei Qianhu: Kuxian and Totok did not spend, and so on to attack the Ming army, but was surrounded and attacked by the Ming army left and right, killing many enemies and capturing more than 340 people and men and women of Mingqu Xianwei, and seizing countless camels, horses, cattle and sheep.

The frightened Ming Qu Xianwei commander has always been cunning and fierce, and pretended to surrender and was forgiven by Ming Xuanzong, but he still continued to do evil and refused to repent, and regretted and feared that he planned to plunder again.

In 1431, in the sixth year of Ming Xuande, Ming Xuanzong learned that the king of Manraka wanted to come to the Ming Dynasty in person to pay tribute but was hindered by Siam, so he specially ordered the Ming priest and eunuch: Zheng He, to convey an edict to the king of Siam, asking Siam to be friendly with its neighbors.

On February 26, the Ming army fleet arrived at the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Director Le County Inspection and Inspection Department to prepare for the voyage. In Changle County to inspect the village division stayed for about half a year, during which the Ming Si Rite Eunuch had led the Ming Xingping Left Guard, Xingping Right Guard, Xingping Wei commanders, thousands of households, hundreds of households and state and county officials, arrived in Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Department Meizhou Yu sold wood and stone, rebuilt Meizhou Tianfei Palace.

And in Changle County inspection Zhai Si Nan Mountain next to the Sanfeng Pagoda Temple, built the Changle Tianfei Palace, set up the "Heavenly Concubine Lingying Record" tablet, and cast a bronze bell, engraved with the inscription "eternal immortal offerings, pray to ensure the safety of the West, auspicious wishes, the Ming Dynasty Xuande six years old Xinhai midsummer auspicious day, the ceremonial eunuch Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and the official army and a cadre, etc., the heart of casting a bronze bell. The inscription also records six voyages before and after.

On the 9th day of the beginning of December, the Ming army fleet anchored and went to sea, and only after visiting the Champa country, Java country, the old port Xuanfu envoy, and Manraka country, did it arrive in Sumatra.

Then go to visit the country of Zufar, the country of Raqi, and the country of Adan, and the eunuch of the Ming Si rite himself led the treasure ship of the great (Zhouzong) through the country of Ceylon and the country of Guli, and went straight to the country of Kurumus, when the eunuch Hongbao arrived in the country of Guli, the country of Guli was sending a ship to the country of Mecca, and Hongbao sent a messenger and seven messengers with musk, magnets and other objects to follow the ships of the country of Guli to visit the country of Mecca, bought back all kinds of precious beasts, and drew a map of heaven.

On the 8th day of the first month of the first month of 1432 in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, the four countries sent envoys to the court, but only the Muromachi shogunate did not come to pay tribute for a long time, forcing Ming Xuanzong to send the Ming priest and eunuch: Shibayama, to envoy the Ryukyu Kingdom, so that the king could convey the Muromachi shogunate to give the spring edict.

On March 20, Guo Lian, a secretary of the Ming Dynasty, replied to the Ming Shaanxi Inspectorate and Envoy: Lin Shijian, declaring that "it is advisable to establish schools in various health centers to educate the children and grandchildren." ”

The meeting of the officials and the relevant courtiers held that the guards were adjacent to the Fuzhou county and the children and grandchildren of the officers could be allowed to study in the Fuzhou county schools, and the guards that were far away from each other, or one or two guards, or two guards and two guards, or two guards and three guards could set up a school together to educate their children and grandchildren to learn and succeed, and they could go to the institute to participate in the township examination.

On May 25th, the commander of the Ming Nuer Gandu: Kang Wang, due to his old age and inability, begged the imperial court to ask his son, Kang Fu, to take over his position, and Ming Xuanzong accepted his request to grant him Zhishi, and appointed Kang Fu as the "Commander of the Nuer Gandu".

In order to show its support for the trust of the Ming Nuer Gandu Commander Tongzhi: Kang Fu, the imperial court once again appointed the Ming priest and eunuch: Yishaha (Haixi Jurchen) as the Qincha, and asked him to lead 2,000 officers and soldiers on 50 large ships, carrying a large amount of materials to escort the new officials to their posts.

Later, on February 18, 1433, the Ming army fleet returned from the country of Kurumus, and on the way, the Ming priest and eunuch: Zheng He, fell ill on the ship because he was too tired, and finally died in the place where he passed through the country of Guli.

On February 21, when they came to the capital of Nuergan, they saw that Yongning Temple had been destroyed, and after inquiry, they learned that this was a bad thing done by the local Jilie charming, and after figuring out the reason for this incident, the eunuch of Mingji took into account the overall situation and won the strength of the local people of all ethnic groups, and did not investigate and punish the residents who participated in the demolition of Yongning Temple, but immediately organized forces to rebuild the temple.

In order to describe the reconstruction of Yongning Temple, the stone stele was carved again, and the inscription was titled "The Reconstruction of Yongning Temple", which is the same as the stele of "Yongning Temple", which is inlaid and engraved; Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Jurchen, these four scripts.

On the first day of March, when the Ming Si Rite Eunuch: also lost Ha, when he returned to the capital, Ming Fu Tiwei commanded the same knowledge: Buddha slaves, with seventeen people also came to the capital to pay tribute, they to His Majesty the Ming Emperor into the local property, received the Son of Heaven's preferential treatment and reward, with the Ming Si Rite Eunuch out of the patrol officials were also rewarded and encouraged by the imperial court, the "rebuild Yongning Temple" stone tablet, is also the Ming Empire's effective rule Nuer Gandu command of the historical witness of the region.

On the 2nd day of the first month of May, the Muromachi Shogunate Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshino, on behalf of the Emperor Kozona, sent the Ming Ningbo Wei Han people, and the monks of Tenryuji Temple: Ryumuro Michibuchi, paid tribute, and when Ming Xuanzong met with the envoys of the Muromachi Shogunate, he still sent a letter to the Shogunate King with the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, calling the Muromachi Shogunate Shogunate Shogun Shogun "Muromachi Shogunate King: Gen Yoshikyo? 〉。

Later, when the letter was transmitted, the Muromachi shogunate Seiyi General presented his majesty to the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow Son, and wrote, "The sun is shining, the Ming Dynasty is all countries, the sea is spring, and the Yuanhua War is the Quartet. Huaxia barbarians return to the soil, grass, trees, insects and fishes, Gong Wei Emperor Ming Emperor, Shenwen Shengwu Zeng Zhi Ciren, the royal unification of the car book is the same, the disadvantages of the Yu drum horn are not stopped, Yugong mountains and rivers, in the east, Luoyi in the world, the heart of the north, I hereby send the Miao Mao elder, the deputy envoy Qingyu first, I would like to hold the party, the favor of the light, hope to push the Dan heart, Qu Ci Su Cha, I would like to hear it, the source of righteousness and sincerity was fearful, and the head was cautious. ”

This move was praised by Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, and he gave the Muromachi shogunate lottery coins and the Ningbo Wei landing to pay tribute.

On the 3rd day of the first month of May, Guizhou Cheng announced that the political envoy Si Ming Wuluo prefect: strict self-discipline, and said that "the chiefs of the Zhigu Governor's Office, the Answering Chief's Lawsuit, and the Shigeye Chief's Lawsuit gathered to loot and plunder the Tongren Mansion, the Pingtou Zhike Governor's Lawsuit, and the Wengqiao County and other places to coerce and lure the barbarians to rebel together, and they also wanted to pull the Shiji Niang Chief's lawsuit, as well as the Tu army of the Xiaoziping Chief's Lawsuit and Wu Bilang's Chief's Lawsuit to oppose his imperial court's appeasement.

In the end, the chief of Xiaoziping asked the official army and the Turkish army to guard the important places respectively, and appeased while chasing.

So the general army of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the right army: Xiao Zhu, built twenty-four fortresses, and guarded around it, but the troops were scattered, and it was difficult to resist the rebel Miao people after all: Wu Bu jumped, slaughtered the Ming and Qing Langwei Zhenfu: Ye Shou, and the force was even stronger.

Therefore, the general army of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty played "the remnants of the Miao people: Wu Buer, fled to Xiaoziping to collude with the local people: Long Budeng, and attacked the territory of Huguangcheng and the political envoy department, and the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, Hu Guangcheng announced the political envoy division, and Guizhou Cheng announced the political envoy division, and the Turkish army divided the way and attacked and suppressed. ”