Chapter 877 Untimely birth
"Cuan Ganfu is quite ambitious. I heard that he is your cousin? But thinking about it, the two branches of your Cuan family don't have much kinship. Even though you belong to the same Cuan family, I'm afraid you hate each other more than anyone else." ? They all want to get rid of them quickly? Xi Cuan and Dong Cuan are originally a family, originally born from the same root, is it too urgent to fry each other?"
By Qilu Lake, Qin Lang was feeding the seagulls again.
Tonghai in southern Yunnan doesn’t have much New Year’s atmosphere, although the expeditionary soldiers and new immigrants still tried their best to create some New Year’s atmosphere under the simple conditions. Soldiers and immigrants from the north made dumplings, steamed big white steamed buns, cut down many peach trees, cut them into pieces, and wrote the names of door gods or heavenly kings on them.
Some people are very old-fashioned. On the peach wood are the names of the two old door gods, Shentu and Yu Lei, while others write the names of the new door gods, Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong, and others write the names of Qin Qiong and Qin Lang, the kings of the two days.
Two pieces of peach wood, write the name of the door god, and hang on the door, it can drive away evil spirits and protect the house.
A few years ago, many merchants specially shipped a lot of goods for the New Year, such as red lanterns, wine for festival drinking, brand new fabrics, clothes, shoes and socks, and so on.
Since the establishment of the Tonghai Governor's Mansion, the Red River waterway has become more and more busy. The three wharves and river ports established by Qinlang on the north bank of the Red River have also become more and more prosperous. With the presence of the Tang Dynasty garrison, merchants come here with full loads of goods.
Although it is wild here, war often means business opportunities and huge profits. Barbarian slaves, gold, ivory, rhinoceros teeth, silver, fur, medicinal materials, wood, etc., these things in the mountains used to be inconvenient to transport, and they were often bought Threatened by barbarians' attacks and looting, and now the Tang army controls the Red River, the waterway is safe, and several major transportation lines are lined with beacon piers, military depots, and post stations, and there are patrolling sergeants. Camping in the wild can be fully loaded with various goods for trading.
King Cuan Gui sat on his knees beside Qin Lang, very quiet.
Wearing Ge clothes, like an honest village head.
"I heard that your grandfather Cuan Wan raised troops against the Sui Dynasty several times back then, all because the Sui army wanted to open up Yunnan and connect Guizhou, Shu and Jiaogui?"
King Cuangui remained silent, but his wife, the Wuman female knight, Acha, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but said, "Wei Gong didn't know something. Back then, the Sui Dynasty unified the Central Plains and ended the division between the North and the South. Then they inherited the strategy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Nanzhong region started to work, first of all, setting up the Nanning Prefecture General Manager Office in Yunnan, and sending Wei Chong as the Nanning Prefecture General Manager."
"When Wei Chong first arrived in Yunnan, he made an alliance with our Cuan clan by high-fiving. They agreed that as long as our Cuan clan respected the Zhengshuo of the Sui Dynasty, we would keep the structure of Yunnan unchanged since the Jin Dynasty. We believed him. However, this Wei Chong was a liar. He lied to him. After gaining our trust, we secretly investigated the garrison situation of our various departments, stole our defense secrets, and then secretly summoned King Shangzhu to lead the army south."
Wang Changshu broke into Yunnan and caught Cuan by surprise. Cuan suppressed his efforts and still maintained restraint. He acquiesced to Wang Changshu's garrison in Yunnan and watched them break through their promise.
"However, the Sui Dynasty made great progress and regarded our concession as weakness. They began to send more officials here, and unilaterally began to set up prefectures and counties in Yunnan, appointed officials, and stationed troops. Our consent. Those officials sent from the Central Plains cruelly oppressed us, and some even plundered their wives, which completely disappointed the Dian people and aroused public anger. Later, my father-in-law had to lead the Dian people to revolt at the request of everyone and expelled the Dian people. Officials and soldiers of Nanning General Manager's Mansion!"
"Later, Shi Wansui led a large army to conquer. Based on the idea that peace is the most important thing, we took the initiative to hold an alliance and peace negotiation with the Sui people. Shi Wanshi asked us for the treasure of the Cuan clan, a big pearl with a diameter of one inch, and promised Will stop the war. But after they cheated our town treasures and countless gold and silver wealth, they suddenly launched an attack, robbed alliances and people, and arrested all our leaders and generals. Later, after he blackmailed our countless treasures, Only then did my father-in-law and other leaders be released."
"Shortly after, Shi Wansui entered the court, and his deception and extortion were revealed. Emperor Sui condemned and punished him, and executed him. However, after the Sui Emperor killed Shi Wansui, he refused to recognize the peace agreement reached with us and sent troops again. When we came to attack, we had to fight again. However, at the most critical moment, Liu Kui and Yang Wutong, the leading generals of the Sui Emperor, secretly recruited some members of the Cuan clan. As a result, my father-in-law and the others were defeated and captured, and were taken to Chang'an to be executed..."
After that battle, the Sui Dynasty established the Gong, Xie, and Kun prefectures by the Dianchi Lake, and the power of the Cuan family was greatly reduced.
"For us, that battle is unforgettable. The Sui people are our eternal enemies, but compared to the Sui people, the betrayal of us by Cuan Ganfu and his son Dong Cuan is the most unforgivable."
Qin Lang just smiled at these words.
"What you said is completely different from what is recorded in the history books of the Central Plains. I don't say who is right or who is wrong. I only say that history is always written by the victor. In the war that year, the final victor should be the Sui Dynasty on the surface. However, not long after, the Sui Dynasty also voluntarily gave up the rule of Yunnan, the Nanning General Administration Office was abolished, and the officials and soldiers were withdrawn, so speaking of it, it was indeed Cuan Ganfu and his son who were the last fishermen to win."
"Whoever benefits is suspected. You always talk about how bad Wei Chong, Wang Changshu, Shi Wansui and other Sui Dynasty officials were, how they broke their trust, how they blackmailed and persecuted them, and how they said that the Sui Emperor was not trustworthy. But in my opinion , although more than 30 years have passed since then, but looking at it now, there are traces to check. The Cuan family ruled Nanzhong for four hundred years, but after that war, it was almost destroyed. The loss was the heaviest. Xiaozong's Dong Cuan benefited greatly from it, jumped up and replaced him."
"After that battle, your grand patriarch Cuan Wan was captured in Chang'an and beheaded, and your young master Cuan Hongda and his brothers and uncles were also captured in Chang'an and were not slaves of officials. Instead, Dong Cuan took advantage of the opportunity to seize the territory, and even later Taking advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui people were forced to voluntarily give up the Dian land and entrusted them to take care of it. Think about it, all this is not like a conspiracy from beginning to end by Dong Cuan? What is this called? Luring wolves into the house, It’s a good plan to kill tigers and devour wolves with a knife!”
"Whether it was the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, or the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, although your Cuan family controlled most of the southern and central regions, you have indeed always paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty. The ministers appointed by the imperial court governed the region on their behalf. You should admit this to yourselves. Therefore, the Sui Dynasty unified the Central Plains, then marched into the Nanzhong area, set up the Nanning General Administration Mansion in Yunnan, and then sent troops to station, set up prefectures and counties, and dispatched officials. There is no problem, unless you do not recognize that you are a part of the Central Plains Dynasty, unless you deny your status as an official in the Central Plains, but if you deny it, how can you prove that you are a part of the Nanzhong area? What about the legitimacy of its rule?"
"Speaking of it, in fact, it was your Cuan family who took advantage of the turmoil in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty to come to the Nanzhong area with the status granted by the Shu Han back then, and started to operate. Settled here, took root, and managed it. During the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, for more than three hundred years, the Central Plains was not stable, so they also relied heavily on the Cuan family to manage the Nanzhong area."
"The Sui Dynasty came to take back this property, but your Cuan family refused, so there was a war, but you couldn't fight it, so in the end Cuan Wan was captured and killed in Chang'an, and his head was sacrificed to the Taimiao. Cuan Hongda and others were confiscated. Slave. Of course, Nanzhong is far away from the Central Plains, the sky is high and the earth is far away. The imperial court is not familiar with this area, so in the end they appointed Dong Cuan to manage it. Due to civil strife, the land of Dian has been taken over."
"After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor asked Cuan Hongda to return to Dian and let him be the governor of Kunzhou. This can't be regarded as giving Dian to you, right? It's just that the son of the old steward came back to be the governor. The new manager is just taking care of this property for Datang again, right?"
Eighteen years have passed since Cuan Hongda returned to Yunnan. During these eighteen years, Dong Cuan was afraid of the Central Plains court and did not dare to force you. It can be said that without the Great Tang, how could your husband, father and son regain a foothold in Yunnan? Even the various branches of Xicuan are actually only willing to let you come back to be the masters of Xicuan because of the support of Datang. In fact, it is just so that someone can resist the aggressiveness of Dongcuan on their behalf. , are unwilling to give up the interests in hand. "
"Eighteen years since you came back, it's been a lot of fun fighting, but it's always hard to tell the winner. In fact, Dong Cuan's power is far stronger than yours, but you have the imperial court standing behind you, Dong Cuan dare not It’s too chaotic, and I’m afraid it will attract the army of the imperial court. If they hadn’t deliberately suppressed it, Dianchi Lake would have been under the control of Cuan Qianfu and his son. Immediately send troops to help you father and son put down the chaos, after all, this is just Dong Cuan's tentative move."
King Cuan Gui still knelt and listened quietly, without saying a word.
Qin Lang picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp.
"Acha, you are a heroine, but you are not as good as your husband when it comes to twists and turns. In fact, your husband knows more about it than anyone else. Your husband has more ambitions than your father-in-law. Cuan Hongda is a man Chang'an has been a slave for eighteen years, and his ambitions have long since been wiped out. After returning to Yunnan, he is still relatively submissive to Tang Dynasty, and he has no ambitions. But your husband is different. Although he was a slave in Beijing as a child, after returning , but with great ambitions.”
"It's just that I want to tell him that he was not born at the right time. In this era and the situation, it is impossible for Tiantang to allow the land of Yunnan to return to the era of the Cuan clan's separatist regime. For more than ten years, although the imperial court has always treated the land of Yunnan Nothing big, but according to the sphere of influence of your tribes, many Jimizhou counties were set up, and you leaders were appointed as governors, and you were entrusted with self-government, and your taxes were not collected."
"However, that was in the past. Everything has passed. Now I can clearly tell you that I can clearly see Cuan Ganfu's small thoughts. He wants to take this opportunity to intimidate me and test my attitude, haha. Of course, I also have a clear understanding of your ambition to return to the king. You don't want to use the way Cuan Qianfu father and son did to punish him again, don't want to provoke a war between the imperial court and Dong Cuan, and don't even want to reap the benefits of a fisherman. Let me tell you the truth, if there is a war, there will be no victims left by swords and arrows, no matter whether it is east or west, I will wipe it all out, and no one will try to take advantage of it!"
"Of course, if you can adapt to the current situation and obey the imperial court, the imperial court will also fully consider your interests and arrange for you properly. You should think carefully about where to go!"
King Cuan Gui was still moved after all, he felt as if a mountain was pressing on his body, the weight made him keep prostrate, and finally his whole body was almost stuck to the ground.
The feeling of being seen through at a glance made him extremely uncomfortable. The calmness, calmness, self-confidence and calmness he had always been proud of were ruthlessly shattered at this moment.
Cold sweat like rain.
King Cuangui knelt on the ground, "The Nanzhong Cuan family wishes to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty from generation to generation, and dare not have the slightest second heart!"
Qin Lang condescendingly looked at King Cuan Gui who was kneeling in front of him. He didn't believe his attitude. Such a person would usually have a firm mind.
"King Cuan Gui, you are now the commander of the Yaqian of my Tonghai Governor's Mansion, right?"
"The last general listens to Wei Gong's dispatch!"
"You and Acha go back, and I will give you a month. When you come back, bring me the heads of Cuan Ganfu, Cuan Chongdao, and Cuan Rijin's uncle and nephew to see me. It will be your certificate of honor. If you can do it, then I will tell the imperial court that you will be the governor of Yaozhou, and as for your father, he can rest in peace and not have to worry about these troublesome things anymore."
The governor of Yaozhou, Yaozhou is in the west of Kunzhou, and it is a new governor's mansion established by the imperial court.
King Cuan Gui gritted his teeth.
"Have you hesitated? It is impossible for the governor of Kunzhou to give it to you. You also know that the imperial court has set Kunzhou as the governor of the world and awarded it to Ma Zhou, the doctor of the imperial history. Governor of Yaozhou, although Yaozhou Mansion is newly established, it is definitely not as good as Kunzhou, but it is not far from Kunzhou, and you are familiar with it. Of course, the most important thing is that it is far away from Dongcuan. After going there, there will be no further friction and disputes with Dong Cuan neighbors."
"Think about it carefully. If you can understand the current affairs and follow the general trend, you may eventually be able to win the title of the hereditary governor of Yaozhou. Although your Cuan family has occupied most of the dams on the Qianyun Plateau for four hundred years, now only Yaozhou is left. The state capital does not seem to be much, but don’t be greedy, if you are greedy, you will have nothing by then.”
"Being able to keep a Yaozhou mansion is better than having nothing, right?"
King Cuangui raised his head, "Cuan Ganfu, Cuan Chongdao, Cuan Rijin and other prefectures and counties have a large number of supporters, and now they are gathering the various branches of Dongcuan and Wuman tribes to take their heads in a month. Xian, I’m afraid I’m powerless.”
"Hehe, I believe in your ability, you can do it, if you can't do it, just explain one situation, that is, you intentionally can't do it, you want to raise your self-respect!"
(end of this chapter)