Chapter 1402 Qin Grand Master Xi Ci Luoyang, Wang Shumi Tiannan Xuanwei
The first year of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, late March.
The Taishi, Shangzhu Kingdom, King Qi, and King Qin Lang of Lusong finally set off to return to the south of Luoyang. The emperor personally sent them to the outskirts of Luoyang.
The monarch and his ministers staged a true story of regret and reluctance.
Those who followed Qin Lang to the south, besides Lang Di Renjie, the number one scholar in this year, there were about 30 new scholars, and the Qin family also recruited more than 200 Juren and more than 1,000 scholars in Luoyang. There are more than 2,000 junior college students in the school.
There are more than 3,000 artisans of various kinds and more than 5,000 industrial workers.
There is even a group of more than 3,000 brides married in Luoyang and surrounding areas.
Besides them, there are Cui Yixuan, Wei Xuanzhen, Xiao Chen, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Dou Dexuan, Xue Yuanchao, Lu Chengqing and other former prime ministers, as well as their relatives and friends. Together, there are several thousand people.
These people were actually exiled. Even Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu apparently resigned and went to Luzon for retirement, but in fact they just kept some face, and they were still forced to exile in Luzon.
The Supreme Emperor abdicated, the Qin family embraced the new emperor, and fell a lot of powerful and powerful nobles. These people were originally going to be exiled to Lingnan or the Western Regions. In the end, Qin Lang asked the emperor to send them all to Lu Song. The home is responsible for supervision.
The emperor gave the grand master a lot of face.
Although the Qin family knew that the Qin family was plundering the court's wool again, for the new emperor, this was a trivial matter.
Qin Lang is willing to return to the emperor, this is the greatest loyalty and sincerity, and it is only natural for the emperor to give some rewards.
As Qin Lang left with these losers, the imperial court sent people to Lingnan and other places to recall the Changsun family, Gao family, Chu family, Liu family, Du family, Yu family and other people who were determined to be the eldest grandson Wuji's rebellion case during the time of the Supreme Emperor. An exile from the patriarchal family.
Before Qin Lang formally resigned, he did two important things.
One is that the chief examiner took the imperial examination in the first year of Longshuo, and the other is that he completely vindicated Changsun Wuji's treason case.
Of course, Qin Lang also overthrew Wei Xiao, Cui Zheng and a large group of people before.
Even if Qin Lang leaves at this time, the power structure in the Longshuo court has been delineated. Even if Qin Lang is lost in the center of the court, the structure will not change for at least ten years, and the new emperor Li Zhao can only be within this framework. work.
As for the future, unless there are some earth-shaking changes, it is still impossible to make major changes.
Qin Lang bid farewell to the emperor and boarded the ship.
The cable is untied, the anchor is stowed, and the sails are spread out.
The boat moved forward slowly, Qin Lang stood on the deck and waved to the monarchs and ministers who were seeing him off on the shore.
"Luoyang, Luoyang!"
Xu Jingzong held a glass of wine, looking at the majestic Luoyang city that was gradually moving away, feeling a bit complicated.
Besides, Li Yifu stood on the deck with his hands behind his back. He wore a black soft horned head, a white shirt and a leather belt around his waist. He was just dressed like an ordinary scholar. He looked at Luoyang City and remained silent.
The former prime minister, who was only fifty years old, was obviously a bit disappointed.
Forced to leave Luoyang, although he still retained a bit of face, he left Luo as an official prime minister. Compared with Cui Yixuan, who was expelled from citizenship and became a citizen, Changliu was managed by Cui Yixuan, etc., but he still felt unwilling.
He glanced at Qin Lang, seeing the smile on his face, he could only sigh in his heart.
He knew in his heart that Qin Lang did save face for him, otherwise Qin Lang would directly treat him like Cui Yixuan, Xiao, Shen Weixuanzhen and others, and he would have no room to resist.
He, Li Yifu, was forced to leave Luoyang, but that Grand Master Qin left voluntarily.
It is said that Cui Yixuan once persuaded Qin Lang to stand up for himself in place of Tang, but Qin Lang flatly refused.
Li Yifu feels that the risk of usurping the throne is quite high, but if Qin Lang really wants to take the risk, the possibility of success is still 50-50, but Qin Lang is sober enough not to do it, which still makes him extremely admired, anyway, if If it were him, he probably wouldn't be able to refuse a try.
Luoyang, it is estimated that I will never come back in this life.
Li Yifu, vice president and dean of the San Francisco University of Luzon, thought about this new identity, and felt a little bitter. The dignified former Zhongshuling, the prime minister of the empire, once ruled the Tang Dynasty for thousands of miles, and hundreds of millions of people, but now he wants to go to a wild island. Be a teacher?
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The fleet traveled all the way south, sailing on the Grand Canal.
Although there are many locks on the canal, the sailing is relatively smooth and stable. Because there are too many people traveling together, they are divided into several groups.
However, Qin Lang and the others were not in a hurry to rush on their way. Whenever they encountered a big city, they would always stop to replenish and rest. They would even send people into the city to recruit talents, craftsmen, immigrants, and even marry immigrant brides.
Walking all the way, the journey is extremely lively.
For these people's flattery, Qin Lang greeted them all with smiles, and also welcomed the concubines and grandchildren they sent with drummers.
Anyway, there are few adults in Luzon, and there will never be too many people.
"Grandpa, newspaper."
Xiaoan sent a stack of newspapers to Qin Lang. He was also one of Qin Lang's grandsons, ranking second. Like Xiaozhong, he was also a young man in his early twenties, and Kong Wu was strong. After Xiaozhong stayed in Luoyang, he served Qin Lang in front of him.
"Princess Wang defeated the Little Brahman Kingdom, trapped its capital, and captured its king.
Qin Lang opened the newspaper, and sure enough, several newspapers reported this great victory on the headlines.
Comparing the information in the newspaper, Qin Lang sorted it out, and then he almost figured out the victory.
The Little Brahmin Kingdom is probably the Manipur Basin and Naga Hills area of India in later generations, and its core is the Manipur Valley.
Adjacent to the Lishui Governor's Mansion on Yongchang Road in the Tang Dynasty today, the Minuo River originates from the Naga Mountains, and this is also the place where the Shendu Road opened in the Han Dynasty must pass.
But just looking at the terrain, we can tell that because of the barrier of the Naga Mountains, this area is not easy to cross, and because it is all mountainous, it is relatively backward.
Wang Xuance had already been promoted to a co-signer of the Privy Council because of his meritorious service, but he was still going forward and insisted on fighting this battle, and the results were astonishing.
Qin Lang thought about it for a while, and realized that the strength of this little Brahmin country was relatively weak, far inferior to that of the Pyu country.
After Wang Xuance and Wu Shisheng wiped out Huyue, they are now strong and powerful, with excellent equipment and sufficient food and grass.
Opening the passage to the west to the Bay of Bengal was originally one of the established strategies of the Supreme Emperor Li Yin. Wang Xuance's military deployment this time was well prepared. He recruited many barbarian soldiers from Yongchang Lishui, as well as the newly conquered Huyue native soldiers. As the vanguard guide, then the elite of the Southern Expedition of the Great Tang Dynasty followed, gathered soldiers and horses in Lishui, and marched westward, all the way to the Manipur Valley.
Although Lishui is 800 miles away, it is only 180 miles from the frontline stronghold on the banks of the Mino River to Wangcheng. Say, not a problem at all.
The little Brahman Kingdom didn’t even have time to stop it along the way, and was finally beaten directly to the king’s city. It barely gathered some troops to fight a battle to defend the capital, but it was broken after less than a month.
This is still Wang Xuance's intention to besiege the city and fight for aid, deliberately luring the enemy to come to aid, otherwise he wouldn't be able to last for so long.
As soon as the capital city was destroyed, the entire Brahmins collapsed, and the leaders of the local states all over the country professed their vassals one after another, paying tribute and giving gifts.
Wang Xuance occupied Wangcheng, and using Wangcheng as his base, he controlled the small Brahman Basin plain in this mountainous area, which is more than 120 miles long and 60 miles wide. As for the surrounding hills and mountains, he didn't bother to manage them.
After a short rest, Wang Xuance summoned some chieftains of the Brahman Kingdom and asked them to take the soldiers as their guides and continue westward.
To the west is the coastal Arakan State, also known as Raakin State, which is also a small country. They have the Naga Mountains on one side and the Bay of Bengal on the other. They are between the mountains and the sea and control a long and narrow coastal area. The distance also makes them less dangerous. It is said that the country has been established for a thousand years.
But in the final analysis, it is still just a country like a little Brahmin.
Arakan, roughly in the area of Rakhine State in the later Myanmar, borders the Little Brahman Kingdom in the northeast, the Mino Kingdom in the southeast, and the Great Qin Brahman Kingdom in the northwest.
Later generations, Chittagong, the great port of Bangladesh, was a small fishing village in Arakan at this time.
Qin Lang couldn't help sighing, Wang Xuance is awesome.
Don’t look at it and say that from the Lishui Governor’s Mansion to the Bay of Bengal, there is only one Naga Mountain, but this mountain is not easy to climb, but Wang Xuance, the two wars destroyed the two countries.
It was almost effortless to fight, and most of the time was spent climbing mountains and ridges.
Chittagong is located at the mouth of the Ganges River. On the official map of the Tang Dynasty, the Tibetan River has always been regarded as the main river. Therefore, from the Tibetan plateau to the Bay of Bengal, it is called the Tibetan River.
Jida is just southeast of the estuary of the Tibetan River. There are two rivers flowing from the mountains in the east. Now Jida is just a small fishing village, but here is a good natural port. Since the Tang Dynasty has reached here, it is here to establish Starting from a port, it will not only become an important supply port on the sea trade route, but also a strategic fortress for the Tang army to control the area west of the Naga Mountains.
Lishui, Xiaoqin Brahmin, and Jida, a traffic road has been opened up, and there is an additional estuary in the southwest, and even this estuary. It can be directly connected to the Xichang Road of the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Fan.
North of Chittagong is the Bengal Plain, a natural granary.
Even the Naga Mountains, which is the dangerous land that Datang called Daheishan, have crossed, so who can stop Datang from taking all the east bank of the Tibet River?
There was no news in the newspapers that Wang Xuance returned to the court after destroying the little Brahmins and the Arakan Kingdom. This guy, he was obviously promoted to be the governor of the West Mansion, but he still fell in love with the Southwest and would not return.
This guy, doesn’t he really want to take down the Daqin Brahmin again?
Wang Xuance is very familiar with Tianzhu. This guy single-handedly wiped out the king who usurped the throne in Zhongtianzhu decades ago. Now all the strong and powerful are drinking horses in the Bay of Bengal and approaching the mouth of the Tibetan River. What can stop this guy from swinging his troops north again, and occupying the Bengal Plain and Assam?
"Xiao'an, please write a letter to San Francisco for me, asking them to gather some manpower and prepare a fleet, and go to Arakan now..."
Qin Lang asked Luzon to go to Arakan now to build a dock shop at Chittagong in later generations.
To grab the land as early as possible, the Tang army has already occupied Arakan, and the Qin family is the first to develop it. Whoever goes first will surely seize the opportunity.
(end of this chapter)