Chapter 11 Cheng Zu built the Miao Yin Temple and lost the long live temple of Jiasi Xiu
After returning from the battle, Lu Xian visited Ming Chengzu and begged Chengzu to allow two things, one is that the family has received the grace of the imperial court, and there is no way to repay it, so he implores the emperor to give the statue of Taizu and the statue of Chengzu, so that they can be hung at home for themselves and their families to worship in the morning and evening. The second thing is that his younger brother Luo Zhusi has been kind to him since he was young, and he became a precept early, and he is very serious and careful in his work, and the people around him admire him. Now Luo Zhusi saw that since the beginning of this year, the Zhuanglang area has been drought, the world is scorched, very anxious, want to expand the small Buddha hall in the west of the home into a temple, he wants to sincerely pray that my Buddha will bless our Ming Empire and the people, the five grains are abundant, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, please ask the emperor for permission.
Chengzu listened, this is all a good thing, it is rare for you to be so loyal, and immediately arranged for the court painter to draw the portrait of Emperor Hongwu and himself, gave it to Lu Xian, and ordered Lu Xian to support Luo Zhusi to build a good temple.
Lu Xian was overjoyed, and led his subordinates to browse the scenery all the way, wear the stars and the moon, and hurry up to return home as soon as possible. When he returned home, he hung the statues of Ming Taizu and Chengzu in Yanxi Hall for morning and evening worship, and at the same time began to arrange the construction of the family temple. When the surrounding people heard that Lu Tusi's family was going to build a temple, they were very supportive and consciously came to help.
Besides, Tatars don't remember to eat. In July of the 21st year of Yongle (1423), Arutai attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty again. Ming Chengzu heard that General Alutai led his troops to the south, so he supervised the country with the crown prince, led the Chinese army with Anyuan Hou Liusheng and Sui Anbo Chen Ying, Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng and Baoding Hou Mengying led the left post, Yangwu Hou Xue Lu and Xin Ningbo Bo Tan Zhong led the right post, the British Gong Zhang Fu and An Pingbo Li An led the left leg, Chengshan Marquis Wang Tong and Xing'an Bo Xu Xiang led the right leg, and Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao led the forward, and held the fourth personal expedition. In September, the Ming army arrived at the Xiyang River, and the Tatar prefect Ashi Timur and Gunatai came to surrender, and reported that the Arutai division was also defeated by the Warat department, so the division was not advanced. In October, the Ming army advanced to search in the direction of Suwei Mountain (now belonging to Zhangbei, Hebei), and the Tatar prince also led his subordinates to surrender first, and Chengzu named him the king of loyalty and bravery. and gave him a Chinese name: Jin Zhong. This Jin Zhong was originally a Mongolian prince who was excluded and downcast, but he was treated favorably in the Ming Dynasty, and later he was more loyal. The Ming army then returned to Beijing.
In the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424), Tatar Arutai came again, and the soldiers were in Datong and Kaiping. How could Ming Chengzu accept such a bird anger, summoned the ministers to gather, and immediately decided to go on the fifth northern expedition. Cheng Zu instructed Li Ying, Lu Xian and others to lead the army to Beijing in March, hold a big military parade, and appointed Liu Sheng and Chen Ying to lead the central army, Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong to lead the left wing, Wang Tong and Xu Heng to lead the right wing, Zheng Heng and Meng Ying to lead the left post, Xue Lu and Tan Zhong to lead the right post, and Chen Mao and Jin Zhong to lead the forward. In April, the expeditionary army set out from Beijing and arrived at Xining (present-day Guyuannan, Inner Mongolia), and learned that Arutai had fled to the Taranamur River, so he ordered the troops to pursue him urgently. In June, the advance of the Ming army pursued to the Taran Namur River, but still did not see the Arutai Division, so he ordered the division to be squad. Ming Chengzu died of illness on the way to the class in Yumuchuan.
Hearing the news of Ming Chengzu's death, Lu Xian felt that the sky had fallen and was full of grief. He wept bitterly and did not eat tea or dinner for several days. In Lu Xian's heart, Ming Chengzu is like Emperor Taizong Zhu Yuanzhang, a rare Ming monarch. Ming Chengzu advocated thrift and practiced it; Caring for the people, if there is a flood or drought disaster in the morning, he will come up with a solution in the evening, and never sit idly by; Know how to make good use of people, and be the same as inside and outside; There are heroes and talents, five northern expeditions, and the remnants of Mongolia in Mobei are pacified. The prestige and virtue of Ming Chengzu spread far and wide, and there were thirty countries around the Ming Dynasty that submitted tribute, far exceeding the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, which was difficult for many emperors to expect! Personally, without Ming Chengzu, there would be no place for him today, and there would be no glory for his family today. It was Chengzu who gave him the surname Lu, it was Chengzu who built the Hyde Temple and Miao Yin Si for him, it was Chengzu who had the insight to know the talent, took him to the north three times, and gave him a platform to show his talents, and it was on this platform that he made great achievements and became a feared Ming general of the enemy, and also made his family a giant in Hexi, the northwest barrier of the Ming Empire, and was respected. Lu Xian asked his family to bathe and fast, not to eat and drink, not to make noise and laugh, and respectfully hang the statue of Chengzu like a funeral. He also came up with the idea of building a Banzai Hall at Myoin Temple, dedicated to Emperor Ming.
Cheng Zu collapsed, and Renzong Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne. Renzong is dignified and quiet by nature, with a sense of words and deeds, and likes to read.
Renzong sent an envoy to Usizang. However, the local officials of Anding and Qu Xianwei actually robbed and killed the envoys sent by the Ming court to Wusizang. The government and the opposition were greatly shaken. Ming Renzong was even more furious when he heard the news, and ordered the commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, Tongzhi Li Ying, and the commander Lu Xian, together with the Bili Wei Tuguan, to lead the Xining Zhuwei and the Longben National Division and the soldiers of the 12 tribes to the conquest.
After receiving the holy order, Li Ying, Lu Xian and others quickly led their troops deep into the nomadic area to suppress them, and when the thieves heard the news, they dared to face the battle, and they had already fled far away. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger! Li Ying and Lu Xian pursued relentlessly, and the army crossed the Kunlun Mountains for hundreds of miles, and chased them to Yaling Kuodi, only then did they encounter robbers. Originally, the robbers were lucky, thinking that it was impossible for the Ming army to cross the Kunlun Mountain, even if they crossed the Kunlun Mountain, and it was impossible to go hundreds of miles deeper to pursue, so they relaxed their vigilance. Suddenly found that Li Ying and Lu Xian led a large army to rush over, and hurriedly met the battle in a panic and was defeated. Li Ying and Lu Xian beheaded more than 480 people, captured more than 70 main criminals, captured more than 1,100 people, and captured 140,000 camels, horses, cattle and sheep. This battle effectively deterred the chief of Ganqinghao, re-established the imperial prestige of the emperor of the Ming court, and the king of stability, Sang'er, was panicked and took the initiative to go to Beijing to apologize.
coincided with the collapse of Renzong, and Xuanzong succeeded to the throne. Xuanzong sent an envoy to praise and feast all the meritorious ministers:
"Forcibly kill the envoys and rob the gifts, and lead the troops to kill and kill the people. You can respect the fate of the court, benefit the resourcefulness, be brave, bow down to the soldiers, go deep into the cave of Kou, cut and capture more than 3,000 men and women, and get 30,000 camels, horses, cattle and sheep. that the evil will be destroyed, and the good will dwell in peace, and the roads will come and go, and there will be no harm forever. Loyal and diligent, deeply use Jiayue. At the beginning of my reign, Fang Ren was the commander of the border with Jing, so that all Ruer and others did their best, what Kou did not destroy, what did not succeed, although the ancient good generals, what was the fault. Today, Yang Yong, the director of the special rite department, feasted Raul and others, and the people who got the horses and camels were sent to Beijing, and the cattle and sheep were rewarded to the soldiers who accompanied the expedition. ”
Because of the efforts of the Stability and Qu Xian, Li Yingsheng was the governor of the right army and the left governor, but Shilu did not care about things; Lu Xian was edicted to enter Beijing, promoted to command the capital, and gave platinum, Wenqi, treasure money, etc.
Due to Lu Xian's outstanding performance in previous battles, Li Ying went to the imperial court: "Zhuang Langwei Tuguan commanded 260 people from the Tu army and people under Lu Shijia's department, and the number of 3,000 people was previously attached to the army. Xuanzong granted Li Ying's request, and the 260 people who went out with Lu Xian became the private army of the Lu family, which also marked the official birth of the "Lu Family Army", and since then the Lu family has inherited the jurisdiction of this army for generations. Lu Xian became the actual founder of the "Lu Family Army".
In the spring of the first year of Hongxi (1425), Lu Xian added another happy event, and his wife gave birth to a big fat boy. Lu Xianle couldn't close his mouth, named it, and the word Jingming.
In April of the second year of Xuande (1427) of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanzong sent the eunuch Hou Xian to Tibet. This time, Xuanzong learned his lesson and ordered Lu Xian to escort him. Lu Xian led 3,000 native soldiers to escort him to Siha Matang.
Lu Xian occupied the main road to Qinghai, and when the local Tibetans rebelled, he rushed dozens of miles and recalled more than 1,200 people to ensure the completion of the escort mission. With Lu Xian as the backing, the eunuch Hou Xian successively met with the national teacher of the empowerment of the Fear Muzhupa, the Eight Eunuchs of the Eight Eunuchs of the Interpretation of the King of Interpretation, the King of the Bili Gongwa Sect Lingzhen Baji Prisoners, the Lingzang Zanshan King Lange Zangzang, the King of Nibali Shadi Xinge, the Prince of the Dichong Tower, the Prince Ke Pan, the Auxiliary Sect King Murge Greth Barog Rak Prison Zangba Zangbu, etc., and each gave a difference in the velvet brocade and silk.
Peace without forgetting danger, survival without forgetting death, governance without forgetting chaos. After Xuanzong ascended the throne, the government was harmonious, and the Mongolian Tatar Arutai and Warathuan sent envoys to pay tribute for many years, and there was no major war on the border. In October of the third year of Xuande (1428), Xuanzong was worried that the Mongols would invade the frontier when the autumn was high and the horses were fat, so he reorganized his troops and led his ministers to inspect the north. Xuanzong had the army stationed at Xifengkou to wait for the enemy. The guard general reported that Uliangha led 10,000 iron cavalry to harass the frontier, and Xuanzong selected 3,000 iron cavalry to rush there. When the enemy saw the army coming from afar, they thought it was a garrison guarding the frontier, so they met it with all their forces. Emperor Xuanzong ordered the iron cavalry to be divided into two ways to flank the enemy army, and personally shot the enemy vanguard, killing three people. The wings flew like a cloud, and the enemy did not dare to advance. Then, Xuanzong ordered the continuous firing of the divine machine, and most of the enemy soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and the rest all fled. Xuanzong drove straight forward with hundreds of iron horses, and when the enemy saw the Yellow Dragon Banner, he knew that it was the emperor's personal expedition, so they all dismounted and fell to the ground to surrender, and Xuanzong tied these people up and captured them, and returned with a great victory.
It turned out that after Chengzu's five northern expeditions, the Mongol Tatar Arutai had been declining, and the revitalized Warat people repeatedly invaded the territory of Arutai under the leadership of Tuhuan, forcing Arutai to move eastward. In this way, the Mongol alliance was divided into two: Arutai led the Eastern Mongolian Tatars, and Tohuan led the Sivarat tribes. The war between the two sides continues. The Mongol-Tatar leadership of Arutai was also challenged by Uliangha under his control. During the reign of Renzong, Uliangha sent envoys to seek the aid of the Ming Dynasty against Arutai. In the face of these threats, Arutai once again became a vassal and tried to live in peace with the Ming court. His surrender was warmly rewarded. Soon after Emperor Xuanzong's accession to the throne, Arutai sent an annual tribute mission to Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty rewarded them with precious silk, satin, tea, and other gifts. The Ming court hoped that if Warathan attacked, he would be able to get Arutai's help, but Arutai was too weak to be a strong ally. Due to the incompetence of Arutai, the Uliangha Mongols were encouraged to threaten the Chinese border from time to time. Unexpectedly, when they attacked the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it happened that Xuanzong personally led 3,000 cavalry to inspect the border and repelled the invaders. Xuanzong used practical actions to show the strength of the Ming army. In the spring of the following year, the leader of the Uliangha came to Beijing to pay tribute and apologize for his sins after Temur.
Later, Xuanzong made some changes to the defense of the northwest frontier. In the strategically important south of Kaipingwei, the Ming army, led by General Xue Lu, built fortifications in some cities. After the completion of the fortifications in May of the fifth year of Xuande (1430), Xue Lu suggested that the border defense should be concentrated here and the forward garrison area of Kaiping should be abandoned in order to shorten the supply line. This decision was actually a serious strategic mistake, as it exposed hundreds of kilometers to the Mongols, while at the same time restricting the movement of the Ming army, forcing them to become more and more on the defensive.
The war between Vastun and Tatar Alitai continued. Arutai is the son of the ghost Lichi, Atai, who is a Han. In the sixth year of Xuande (1431), the Tatars were defeated by the Watters. In May, Arutai led 2,000 cavalry to garrison Jining Haizi outside Zhangjiakou, and the leaders of the three guards of Wuliang Hafuer, Duo'e, and Taining saw that Arutai had lost the battle, so they turned to the Ming court. Xuanzong Enzhun Fuer, Duo'e, and Taining were all commanded envoys, and they could come to the Ming Dynasty or go back, but they must strictly control their subordinates and not violate the border again. With the support of the Ming Dynasty, in August of the seventh year of Xuande (1432), Uliangha sent troops to attack Arutai, but was defeated by Arutai and fled to Haixi. Arutai gained momentum and went west to fight against the Watts.
In the autumn of the eighth year of Xuande (1433), Washorn Tuhuan sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and sent envoys to report the Mongol war. The Arutai subordinate traveled west to Yongchang, Liangzhou, and was captured and beheaded by the Ming army.
The descendants of the Erle Boke Han family, Totok Buhua, had been in Yongle, in Gansu Town, the Ming Dynasty, at this time betrayed the Ming Dynasty and took refuge in the tile spur, and was embraced by the people of Tohuan as the general Han of Dai. Dehuan is the prime minister.
In July of the ninth year of Xuande, the troops of Totobuhua and Dehuan attacked Arutai in the Washuhai, and Arutai was defeated. In September, at the Battle of Munasan, Warat routed Arutai and killed him. Warat was indisputably the most powerful Mongol power. Atai, the prince of Arutai, and his subordinate Duoer Uncle were also attacked by Totobuhua and fled to Yijinai, becoming the border troubles of Gan, Liang and Zhuang. Due to the compulsion of life, Atai and his subordinates Duoer Zhibo went to Gan, Liang, and Shandan many times to cause trouble, and killed Chen Xi, the commander of Shandan Wei. In this case, the imperial court asked Lu Xian to send troops to Yongchang. Lu Xian immediately sent troops, attacked Timur, pacified him, and promoted the governor of the right army to the governor of the palace.
In the following year, Atai and his subordinate Duoer Zhibo invaded again, Lu Xian sent troops to Zhangye, killed Ataiduoer Zhibo, beheaded and captured more than 1,200 people, Xuanzong was overjoyed, and sent a special envoy to comfort Lu Xian: "...... However, Erlu lost only the age of my ancestors, tried to serve more from the north, guarded the border and obeyed the law, and now can serve to kill thieves, with the loyalty and diligence of the reward, I hereby add a reward of 20 taels of silver, a big red woven gold silk clothes, to Jing Ergong, Er Qi body I reorganize the heart of the border to compensate the subordinates, benefit the service of the imperial court, will be committed to the border thieves to kill all the border Yongning and Er and so on also have to rest, share the blessing of peace, but the meritorious person is that he has heard that the court will be rewarded, will not be stingy, so I hereby advise the body to cherish me. The ninth day of October in the tenth year of Xuande. ”