After several months of investigation, Ruan Yuan also had a clear understanding of the Vietnamese documents. On this day, Ruan Yuan summoned Yunnan officials and informed them of the status of the Vietnamese letters.

"Please read this letter from the Vietnamese again. Now I understand everything." Ruan Yuan pointed to the letter and said to everyone: "This time, these Vietnamese people's plan to hide the truth is really powerful.

Ah. First of all, they suggested that Chao Jinzhou, Yizhou, Laizhou and other places looked like the border state capitals of Vietnam, right? But I sent people to the border to inquire in detail, and found that there are no such states and counties in the northern border of Vietnam! They

The Zhaojin, Yizhou, Laizhou, etc. actually refer to the Tusi Village under the jurisdiction of Jianshui County, Lin'an Prefecture. One is called Mengsuo, the other is called Menglai, and there are four villages there, called Mengla and Mengding.

, Meng Nong, Meng Bang, the local people often refer to these six villages together, referred to as Liu Meng." (In the current "Chinese Historical Atlas", the word "Meng" in Liu Meng is all called "Meng".) Ruan Yuan

As he spoke, he also took out a map of Yunnan, pointed it out to everyone one by one, and said: "These six powerful places have paid money and food to Lin'an Prefecture as early as the Qianlong period. They have long been the undisputed territory of the Qing Dynasty."

, the Vietnamese used the name of Izhou Laizhou just to give us the illusion that these things really happened in Vietnam. If we made the wrong step in the first step and did not identify the six mighty lands, we would rashly give them to them.

If Vietnam replies to the letter and investigates or not, then no matter whether we investigate those cases or not, the other side will just insist that these six fierce places are what they call Laizhou! How can we avoid disaster by dealing with them safely? "

"Is this...is this matter really that serious?" Iribu listened to Ruan Yuan's explanation of the meaning of the Six Meng, and he was a little confused. It seemed that a Vietnamese document calling the Six Meng the territory of Vietnam was not enough to influence the situation.

This place belongs to you.

"Xinnong, these tricks used by the Vietnamese are not brilliant at all. When I was in Guangzhou, I often negotiated with the British. Their methods of extracting chapters and sentences and forcing words to make sense are much better than these Vietnamese.

.After dealing with the British, and then coming back to see these Vietnamese, don't you need to be more cautious?" Ruan Yuan also smiled at him and said: "As for the cases mentioned by the Vietnamese, one is that Diao Yun'an was killed by the Yunnan soldiers.

When asked, they made up the name Diao Yunan, and there is indeed a local person with a similar name, namely Mengsuo chieftain Dao Wen'an. Since it was Mengsuo chieftain Dao Wen'an who was questioned by the officers and soldiers, then this is purely a domestic matter within our country.

What reason does Vietnam have for coming to inquire? The second thing is the so-called Diao Yongdian and Diao Yongdian were captured by the officers and soldiers of Lin'an Prefecture. I also asked Lin'an Prefecture in detail and gave all the names of the prisoners arrested in the past two years.

After reading it again, it turns out that Meng Lai Tusi's younger brother is called Dao Zhiding, and Dao Wen'an has an uncle named Dao Yundian. Meng Shuo and Meng Lai Tusi fought with each other last year, and the lawsuit went to Lin'an Prefecture. The local investigation confirmed that Dao Zhiding

, Dao Yundian and two people participated in the fight, and the circumstances were serious, so they were locked up. No matter what the final verdict was in this case, it was still a matter of six fierce men, but it had nothing to do with Vietnam! As for Vietnam, it was just thinking

I went through all the trouble and confused the two names into two homophonic names, thinking that if we didn't dig deeper, we would admit that these two people were not domestic chieftains, but ordinary people of Vietnam, and then default that the Six Meng is the territory of Vietnam! But in fact,

, they have no right to intervene and ask about this matter, and they have no right to ask us to release the two Dao clans! Do you understand? "

"I understand, then... Mr. Ruan, what should we do next?" Iribu asked Ruan Yuan.

"Send a note to Vietnam and explain all the matters here, so that Vietnam cannot take chances again." Ruan Yuan immediately replied: "Of course, I still need to be cautious in replying to the note this time, and I will

Tell the emperor everything here, and try to have a negotiation with the Vietnamese side at the border. At that time, we will list the evidence one by one and explain to them that the Six Strongholds are undoubtedly the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Only in this way will Vietnam be able to

I am convinced and can't cause trouble again. Therefore, it is up to me to handle this note. I will check the old files carefully during this period. If there is any clear evidence of the payment of money and food by Liu Meng, the documents of the negotiations between the emperors Gaozong and Renzong,

They must be listed one by one, and the evidence is sufficient, so that the other side will not engage in sophistry. But...there is another matter now, which is related to the Xiangbailing Lisu people. I wonder who among you can supervise it for me?"

"Since the general manager has important things to do, I would like to go down as a low-ranking official." Among the officials in Yunnan, one person suddenly asked Ruan Yuan to invite him. However, Ruan Yuan felt that he was quite unfamiliar when he looked at him.

"This sir is..." Ruan Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Back to Chief Ruan, the lower official is Pan Gongchen, the new chief envoy of Yunnan." The chief envoy named Pan Gongchen immediately replied to Ruan Yuan: "At the beginning of this year, Wang Chutang Wang Fantai was dismissed from his post to the north, and the lower official was changed to Yunnan Fan.

Sir, I haven’t paid a visit to President Ruan before, so I was negligent.”

"It's not that you're negligent, it's that I'm old and can't remember many things. I should have invited you to meet me. Pan Fantai, since you are willing to go to Yongchang, then I will leave this matter to you.

You, over there in Xiangbai Ridge, two years ago, in order to prevent the savages, I relocated more than 300 households of Lisu people there. In the past two years, the savages have settled down, many people have returned, and the Lisu population in Xiangbai Ridge has also increased.

They have lost a lot of money, so the land previously given to them is not enough. This year, the imperial court has temporarily paid them money and grain to support their expenses. This is not a long-term solution. I have made it clear to the emperor that I will spend 20,000 taels of silver in the vassal treasury.

, purchased fields for them east of Xiangbai Ridge. Now you need to purchase fields for them. You also need to properly resettle the Lisu people. You must divide the fields for them. Don't favor one and favor others, and let them compete for land.

Do you understand?" Ruan Yuan had heard of Pan Gongchen before and knew that he had served as chief envoy before he was transferred to Yunnan, so he taught him the work of settling the Lisu people.

"The general administration has such an important responsibility. It can be seen that the general administration trusts the subordinate officials. The subordinate officials must be handled properly, which will definitely bring peace to the Lisu people." Pan Gongchen also paid homage to Ruan Yuan.

Soon, Ruan Yuan began to look for old documents, read all the documents between China and Vietnam during the Qianjia period, and collected records of money and grain taxes paid in the Liumeng area for many years. In September, Ruan Yuan officially sent a note to Vietnam, about

Vietnamese envoys met at the border to discuss the ownership of the Six Meng.

Half a month later, the negotiations between Ruan Yuan and Vietnam officially started. On this day, China and Vietnam set up tents at Mabai Pass on the border. Seeing that the Vietnamese envoy had arrived, Ruan Yuan said to the Vietnamese envoy based on the evidence he had obtained:

"I have read everything you said and informed the emperor of your matter. This so-called Yizhou and Laizhou is a fictitious place. You can't use it as the six powerful lands under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty to disrupt it.

Name, trying to deceive us. Diao Zingding, Diao Yongdian, I have checked all the people, there are people with the same pronunciation of his name in our country, they are all from the Six Fierce Chieftains tribe, but they have nothing to do with you in Vietnam. Before you in Vietnam

In the 47th year of Qianlong's reign, Li Weiqi asked the Qing Dynasty for the land of Liu Meng in the name of Zhaojin and Laizhou. At that time, Emperor Gaozong

That is to say, this place has been returned to the country for a long time and has nothing to do with Annan. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong, Ruan Guangping requested to clean up Xinghua Town. Emperor Gaozong knew that it was you and others who messed up the border village names again, so he was also not allowed. In the tenth year of Jiaqing, you

He also requested that the Six Fierce Lands be attached to the outside, but was severely reprimanded by Emperor Renzong's decree. Such old documents are all there, which is enough to prove that the Six Fierce Lands are our territory of the Qing Dynasty and have nothing to do with Vietnam! If you don't believe it, I am here too

I brought you the book of dry food delivered by the Six Meng Chieftains every year during the Qianlong and Jiaqing years. You can take a look at it again. In short, there is no doubt that the Six Meng Chieftains were directly under the territory of the Qing Dynasty."

"Sir Ruan, what you said about Li Wei Qi and Nguyen Quang Binh was our country's previous imperial court and has nothing to do with our current king. The two previous emperors' replies to their edicts should not be used as the basis for the current talks, right?" The Vietnamese envoy looked at Ruan Yuan.

His refutation was well-founded, and the objective evidence was extremely abundant. Naturally, he knew that he was at a disadvantage, so he had no choice but to argue forcefully.

"Your Majesty, are you sure you want to insist on this reason?" Ruan Yuan was no longer polite and asked him: "Now the father of Lord Ruan of your country is the king of Vietnam who was conferred by Emperor Renzong before. The name of Vietnam is also

It was created by Emperor Renzong who changed the name of the Annan Kingdom. In other words, the current king of your country is recognized by our country. You, Lord Ruan and his son, are naturally orthodox as far as Vietnam is concerned. Since you are orthodox, you should inherit the previous dynasty.

The boundary agreement recognizes the edicts and edicts of our country's emperors to your previous dynasties. Otherwise, how can you prove that you are the orthodoxy of Vietnam? What's more, the most recent edict on our side was in the 10th year of Jiaqing.

It was awarded to you by that time, wasn’t it?"

"This..." When the Vietnamese envoy heard what Ruan Yuan said, he was in a state of confusion. He knew that if he continued to cling to the Six Fierce Lands, then according to the results of Ruan Yuan's debate, the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty would become a country that openly defied the Qing Dynasty's edict.

At that time, the legitimacy of the Ruan Dynasty will naturally be questioned. In comparison, the Six Meng controversy is already a trivial matter. Thinking of this, I had no choice but to plead with Ruan Yuan: "Your surname, Mr. Governor, I heard that your surname is Ruan.

There are many people with the Ruan surname in our country. Maybe they were the same family thousands of years ago. Are you so heartless and have no regard for the friendship between the same people in the past?"

"Your Majesty, my surname is Ruan, but I am also the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty?" Ruan Yuan smiled at him.

Seeing that Ruan Yuan was fully prepared, the Vietnamese envoy also knew that if he continued to persist and went to the step of using force, the situation would become even more passive for him. After all, the Qing Dynasty had just pacified Zhang Geer at this time, and Yunnan had also increased its artillery firepower.

, once a war breaks out over the Six Fierce Lands, it seems unlikely that Vietnam will win. By then, its losses will not be limited to the Six Fierce Strongholds.

As a result, the Vietnamese envoy also bid farewell to Ruan Yuan and returned home. After that, Vietnam stopped talking about the Six Fierce Lands, and Ruan Yuan successfully safeguarded the sovereignty of the Six Fierce Lands.

The so-called Six Fierce Lands also experienced many changes in the future historical development. Sixty years after the end of Ruan Yuan's "Six Fierce Notes", the Qing Dynasty and Vietnam re-demarcated the national boundaries. The southern part of the Six Fierce Lands became Menglai.

, the three villages of Mengsuo were assigned to Vietnam, and the current Jiangping Town in Guangxi was exchanged with Vietnam, as well as part of the former Vietnamese territory east of the Xiaojuma River near Mabaiguan. In the north, Mengding, Mengla, Mengla, Mengding, Mengla, and Mengding have been occupied to this day.

It was still part of the territory of China, and was renamed Yuanyang and Jinping counties. In each county, the Hani people cultivated the fields in the mountains and created terraced fields. One hundred and eighty-three years after the Liumeng Notice, the "Hani Terraced Fields" were applied for and became a world cultural heritage.
Chapter completed!