Chapter 211 Pacifying the Top,

This letter is written in Chinese characters, the writing is smooth, the handwriting is neat, I read it and secretly praised myself, this Annan King Chen Huang's cultivation is much stronger than me, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, just this good hand, I am far inferior,

For a long time, although Annam has its own unique spoken language, but does not have its own script, so it has been using Chinese, until recent years has successively invented its own national language of the language, which is a kind of language mixed with Chinese characters to record the language of the nation, however, in the upper class society such as the Annam royal family, or advocating Han culture, which includes speaking Chinese, using Chinese,

Chen Huang mainly said two things in the letter, the first thing is about the acceptance of the Mongolian canonization of the Kingdom of Annam, since the annexation of Dali by the Mongols, the northwest of the Kingdom of Annam is convenient for Mongolia to adjacent, His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire knows that the land of Annan is weak and weak, although my people of Annam are all thinking of the Celestial Empire, but they are powerless to fight against the Mongols, and they can only accept its canonization in desperation, Chen Huang is ashamed, His Majesty is the holy monarch of the Heavenly Pilgrimage, since he should understand the hardships of the king of the small country, Huang asks His Majesty to understand,

understanding

This is originally a world of the weak and the strong, the land of Annan, the territory is dense with mountains and forests, compared with Mongolia, the poor and remote land is naturally lonely, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 300 years, the center of gravity has been in the north and west, there is no time to take care of the south, is to Annan can still live a good life, when Mongolia destroyed Dali, Annan can no longer be alone, take a policy not to offend,

Although I can understand Annan's helplessness, can I understand,

I continued to read, and the second thing mentioned in the letter was that it recently occurred in Guangyuan County, which is located in the northern part of Annam and the Guangnan West Road of the Southern Song Dynasty (its seat of governance is in present-day Guilin, not in Nanning, the capital of present-day Guangxi Province). Nong Fu and others were not found in Guangyuan County and the area of Fuyouzhou (now eastern Jingxi, Guangxi) on Guangnan West Road of the Celestial Dynasty, fearing that they would become the second of Nong Zhigao, so they asked His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty to investigate them to ensure the safety of the two places.

I have seen the name of Nong Zhigao in the story of Di Qing, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Nong Zhigao rebelled, once captured part of Guangxi and Guangdong, and even besieged Guangzhou, the seat of governance on Guangnan East Road, for 50 days, and then was defeated by Di Qing, who was then the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and finally did not know what happened.

After reading it, I said, "Envoy Chen Yuan." ”

"Chen Yuanzai."

"You go to the inn first, I have to think about it before I can reply to your monarch."

Ma Tingluan said: "Your Majesty, the envoys of Chen Yuan and others are visiting secretly, so the minister asked the officials of Honglu Temple to arrange their residences. ”

"Yes, Ma Aiqing arranged it by herself."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Chen Yuan retires."

Ancient dynasties like to regard themselves as the Celestial Empire, for the surrounding neighbors, as long as the surface surrenders, say some flattering words, you can make the dragon face happy, so as to get a large number of rewards from the emperor of Middle-earth, these neighbors once they become strong will disturb our borders, and even have to march into the inland areas inch by inch, if they are strongly counterattacked by the imperial court, they will become a turtle with a shrunken head, begging for mercy in a low voice, most of the emperors of the past dynasties like to show the style of the so-called great power Celestial Empire, flaunting themselves as the king of benevolence and righteousness, most of them are not to blame for the past, at most they are reprimandedand then remember that these neighbors are not living well, and will increase the reward,

But this kind of "benevolence" will not make our neighbors sincerely surrender after all, and this phenomenon has remained unchanged for thousands of years, which also confirms the famous saying of the ancients, if it is not my race, its heart will be different.

"Little Seven."

"The little ones are here."

"Chuan Jia seems to say, Weng Yinglong, Ma Tingluan and the eight academicians of the Government Council will come here in the afternoon to discuss matters."

Although Wang Yao, Wu Jian, and Zhang Jian were appointed by me to join the Government Council, I only rely on the memories of later generations to know the names and simple experiences of these three officials who once worshipped the prime minister and entered the cabinet, but I know very little about the detailed deeds of the three of them, so I also want to know the surnames and insights of these people.

Wang Yao, the thirteenth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1220) Jinshi, the second year of Jingding, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu and the scholar of the Guanwendian University, for the Qing Dynasty to cultivate strong, the first year of Xianchun knew the Privy Council and the power to participate in the governor's affairs, because of the discord with Jia Xiangdao, and has always been the main war, so it is also disliked by Li Zong, so he has been idle at home for a long time, Xianchun was promoted to the left prime minister at the beginning of the tenth year, and has always adhered to the anti-Yuan,

Zhang Jian, Chunhu four years (1244) to the provincial test and the first, tired officials to the middle of the scholar, the servant Zuo Lang official, Chongzheng Hall storytelling, into the signing of the Privy Council and the governor, and then promoted to the same knowledge of the Privy Council, Xianchun ten years (1274), for the right prime minister and privy envoy, Zhang Jian is generous, usually with people, often agree with other people's views, scholars call it "Manchao Huan", said that there is no principle in its dealings,

As for Wu Jian, I only know that he served as the left minister in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and I don't know anything else.

I know relatively much about Liu Mengyan, one is because of his special surname, and the other is because he is one of the famous Han anniversaries in Chinese history.

According to the historical records, Liumengyan is a deceitful person, good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, after the champion, the successive officials Zongzheng Shaoqing, the secret pavilion revision, Fujian promotion, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, the tired official Xuanfeng doctor, Duanming Palace bachelor, the first year of Deyou (1275), appointed as the same Privy Council and the governor, and worshiped as the right prime minister and privy envoy, the governor of the road military horse, although ordered in times of danger, but retreated, said that the illness was not out of the house, until the queen mother came to his home, only began to serve as the left prime minister, soon, in the first year of Duanzong Jingyan (1276) to reduce the yuan, After Wen Tianxiang was defeated and captured, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, respected Wen Tianxiang's talent and personality very much, treated him as a guest, and sent people to persuade him to surrender many times, so he used torture, but Wen Tianxiang was still loyal and unyielding, and some Song ministers asked Emperor Yuan to release Wen Tianxiang as a Taoist priest, and Emperor Yuan also had this intention, but Liumengyan stopped him: "Tianxiang is out, and he is calling on Jiangnan righteous people to resist Yuan, where will my generation be." Thus strengthened Kublai Khan's idea of killing Wen Tianxiang, for the newly established Great Yuan Empire, Liumengyan can be regarded as a meritorious minister, but the "History of the Song Dynasty" repaired by the historian of the Yuan Dynasty did not have his "Biography", on the contrary, he set up a "Biography" for Wen Tianxiang, praising him as one of the great men in the Song Dynasty, it can be seen that even if it is an enemy, those who betray the country and the nation are also looked down upon, it is rumored that until the Ming Dynasty, all descendants of the surname to participate in the imperial examination, must first declare that they are not descendants of Liumengyan, only to be eligible for the examination, After Liumengyan descended to the Yuan Dynasty, he was also the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, indicating that he also has a certain ability.

For these prime ministers, I should use their strengths to avoid their weaknesses,

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

I told Jia Yidao and others in detail about the content of the letter from Chen Huang, the monarch of Annan, and then said: "Ma Aiqing, you first tell me about Nong Zhigao. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ma Tingluan got up and said, "Nong Zhigao, a native of Fuyouzhou, about two hundred years ago, Nong Zhigao's father Nong Quanfu was the governor of Fuyou Prefecture (now the eastern part of Jingxi, Guangxi) at the junction of our dynasty and Annan, and attached to my dynasty, and later, Nong Quanfu was long in power, claiming to be Emperor Zhaosheng, at that time Annan was still in the era of Jiaozhi Kingdom, Jiaozhi monarch then sent troops to conscript, Nong Quanfu was beheaded after the defeat of the army, Nong Zhigao's son inherited his father's business, established the Dali State in Fuyu Prefecture, intended to fight against Jiaozhi, and then was defeated by Jiaozhi, and was released by the monarch of Jiaozhi after being captured, After four years, the Southern Heavenly Kingdom was built, and the Jiaozhi war had mutual victories and defeats, and at the same time on the book of our dynasty, and our dynasty was at war with the Khitan, Western Xia, so there was no reply, after several repetitions with my dynasty, and launched a war with my dynasty, and successively defeated several local defenders of my dynasty, once occupied the south of my Liangguang Road, Emperor Renzong had to send troops to conquer, appointed Di Qing, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, as the commander, led 200,000 troops to the south to quell the chaos, and finally, under the command of Marshal Di, fought hard several times before it was eliminated, detailed process, Your Majesty can check the historical materials of our dynasty. ”

Nong Zhigao is the leader of the Zhuang clan, the leader of the Gu clan, who is not only against the insatiable Jiaozhi monarch, but also does not tolerate his own Great Song Dynasty, whether he is a hero or an anti-thief, can only be commented on by future generations,

China is a multi-ethnic country, so it has always oscillated between the "great unification" and the Han nation, which makes many things difficult to conclude to this day.

After listening to it, I said, "Everyone, let's talk about your opinions." ”

Ma Tingluan said first: "Your Majesty, although it is unrighteous for Annan to accept the canonization of Mongolia, it is understandable, now the enemy of our dynasty is Northern Mongolia, and the minister thinks that he can ignore the barbarian land of Annan, as for the descendants of the Nanon family, His Majesty should send someone to investigate, if there is any objection, it should be strictly investigated." ”

I nodded and motioned for everyone to continue,

Wang Yi got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although Lord Ma's words are reasonable, but it is not advisable, Annan is a subject country of our dynasty, how can you accept the canonization of others, this wind can not be long, Your Majesty should order Liangguang Road to send troops to conscript, and destroy it by surprise. ”

Liu Mengyan objected: "Lord Wang's words are inappropriate, Annan is full of mountains, if our army can't quickly subdue it, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not attract the Mongols, and when Annan is not destroyed, our dynasty may fight with the Mongols first." ”

Wang Yao's face showed displeasure, and he said mercilessly: "Lord Liu, aren't you afraid of the Mongols." ”

Chen Yizhong said: "Lord Wang, this is not a matter of fear or fear, Lord Liu is right, if Annan is intertwined with the Mongols, then our dynasty will have one more front, which is not cost-effective." ”

Wang Yao also knew that what Liu Mengyan said was not completely unreasonable, but he was the main battle faction, and he had always been unaccustomed to seeing Liu Mengyan, Wang Yao snorted and sat back in his chair,

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Zhang Jian said: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang, what Lord Liu's words have made sense, and the minister thinks that it is better to discuss the latter issue first." ”

"Okay, that's fine." I smiled, it seems that this chapter is really as it says in the history books, good sir, too,

For the latter question, everyone's opinion is the same, after all, the Nong Zhigao Rebellion caused a lot of losses to the imperial court, no matter what the reason, the Nong Zhigao Rebellion was a rebellion,

"Weng Aiqing, immediately send the letter to the Provincial Criminal Department, and order the Guangnan West Road Criminal Prison to secretly investigate Nongfu."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I then asked, "Master, what do you think of the first question?" ”

Jia Rudao saw me and named him, and said with a slight chin and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the king of Annan sent an envoy to visit, which is enough to see his heart to the Song Dynasty, but he is afraid of the Mongolian force, so he secretly visited our court, so the old minister agrees with the words of Lord Ma, although the actions of the king of Annan make our dynasty uncomfortable, but the Mongolian side is the great enemy, Your Majesty should be appeased, so as not to completely throw Annan into Mongolia, although the land of Annam is barbaric, but if it is occupied by the Mongols, our dynasty is bound to suffer from the enemy, and our dynasty is a big country, and it should have the demeanor of a great power, and the body of Huaiyuan, The minister thought that it was really wrong to take advantage of the danger of the people to send troops to Annan, and it was better to use the method of Fusui to influence them. ”

Wen Tianxiang also said: "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with the words of the Taishi, Lord Ma, and the words of Lord Ma are based on appeasement." ”

Among the ten ministers, only Wang Yao and Wu Jian thought it was incomprehensible and should send troops to ask for it, and the rest of them agreed to appease.

Judging from the debate between the two factions, the appeasement faction is indeed more reasonable, while the crusading faction's viewpoint, although righteous and awe-inspiring, seems too radical and gives people a sense of ill-consideration.

No wonder the emperor Yanjing of the Song Dynasty didn't like war, as Jia Yidao said, appeasement is enough to show the strength of a great country, and there is no need to fight with others, isn't it a matter of spending some money,

"It's true that only appeasement is the best policy." I thought,