He had seen it before coming in. It was a very impressive farmhouse, probably owned by a big family in Qinzhou. There were guards and palace people inside and outside the courtyard. They even built a camp nearby because there was no room for them. There was a lot of commotion.
It's really big.
After entering the courtyard, I found that there were not many people here.
An old man wearing a dark white dragon robe was sitting on the bed, slowly eating fruits and enjoying the beautiful time in the summer evening.
This is Shao Thief - Shao Shude, he really knows how to enjoy it!
Zheng Yuan did not dare to be negligent and saluted immediately.
Well, he did not get a temporary tonsure like Duan Yizong, and it was his first audience, so he still needed to kneel down - since the pre-Tang Dynasty, people outside the country were exempted from kneeling down.
"Get up and sit down." Shao Shude said, "I'm a guest from afar. Let's eat some watermelon together."
"Thank you Da Xiazi." Zheng Yuan immediately stood up and sat down.
"The envoy is of the same generation as Zheng Renmin?" Shao Shude asked.
The palace attendant brought sliced watermelon.
Compared with twenty or thirty years ago, today's watermelons have finally made some progress. In short, there are more flesh, but they are still not comparable to those of later generations.
It was the first time for Zheng Yuan to see this kind of melon and fruit, and he was very curious. But he did not dare to ask more questions. After hearing Shao Shude's question, he immediately replied: "Exactly."
"That is the eighth generation of the Zheng family in Xingyang in Nanzhao." Shao Shude said: "The Central Plains family has no one to rely on in Nanzhao, and they are fighting wits and courage with the indigenous people. In such a dangerous situation, they should surrender to the big country.
, I really don’t know what it means to raise unknown troops without thinking.”
Zheng Renmin's ancestor Zheng Hui was originally a Tang official and was later taken captive. The survivors of the sixth generation of Fen finally became prime minister in Zheng Maisi's generation. Then they seized the great opportunity caused by the failure of the Nanzhao War and the power vacuum.
Setting up a new puppet king and then usurping the throne to establish oneself can be said to be the ultimate act of being a minister.
But the Zheng family's foundation in Nanzhao is actually still shallow. Once it fails, it will be doomed.
Compared with the Zheng family, the foundations of the Yang family, the Duan family, and the Gao family are much deeper. Historically, Yang Qianzhen usurped the throne and established the Dayi Ning Kingdom. Duan Siping, the governor of Tonghai Jiedu, raised an army to defeat Yang Zhao. After the Yang Qianzhen brothers, the Yang family
During the Dali Kingdom, he was still the leader of one party. His strength was only weakened, but his clan was not exterminated.
This is the advantage of having a deep foundation. If you have a tribe, money, food, and soldiers, others won't be able to kill you, and they can just negotiate terms.
Of course, the Duans and their ilk also claimed to be descendants of the Han people. For example, the ancestor of the Duan family, Duan Zhongguo (Duan Jianwei), was the founding father of Nanzhao, so he claimed that his ancestral home was Wuwei and that he was from the Central Plains.
This may be true, or it may be just to put money on their faces. But the Duan family really has a strong foundation, and after the powerful Gao family usurped the throne, they had to return power to the Duan family, and it was impossible to drive them all away.
What does the Zheng family have? Nothing. All their strength comes from the "system". Once they fail within the system, the Zheng family will face disaster.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, knows that our country is too late to regret it. Now we just want to repair it and become my nephew's country forever," Zheng Yuan said.
Shao Shude smiled.
Nanzhao once raised the idea of a kingdom of brothers with the former Tang Dynasty, but was rejected. Now that Daxia has been beaten into such a trap, it is even unwilling to build a kingdom of father and son. The whole kingdom of nephews and uncles has come out, but it still has not given up.
"I heard that in Nanzhao and since the Changhe period, there have been talks about Wang Ji and border areas, but I don't know which are border areas and which are Wang Ji now?" Shao Shude asked.
Zheng Yuan was a little confused. The sage of Daxia did not discuss the peace negotiations between the two countries, but asked about the situation in the country.
"The area under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and Western Capitals and the original Longdong Jiedushi is Wang Ji." Zheng Yuan said: "Lishui, Yinsheng Erfan Town, and Tonghai Dudu Mansion are the border areas."
In fact, compared with the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nanzhao has undergone tremendous changes. Tuodong Town has become Tokyo, and Nongdong Town has become the key to connecting the two capitals. In other words, Dali, Chuxiong, and Kunming have become Nanzhao and Changhe.
The core place is completely different from before.
After years of development, the towns of Jianchuan and Yongchang have increased in number and the situation has become more stable, and they are no longer considered border areas.
In the early Six Festivals, only the two towns of Yinsheng and Lishui and the Tonghai Dudufu, which was established not long ago, were still border areas.
"What's so special about Tonghai Dudu's Mansion?" Shao Shude asked.
This Dudu Mansion was established in the middle and late period of Nanzhao, and would be upgraded to the jurisdiction of Jiedushi in the future. After Duan Siping was wanted, he hid here to farm and herd sheep. He was once chased by the pursuers and escaped with his life by hiding in a Buddhist temple.
Later, he also raised troops from Tonghai, captured the two capitals as the Jiedushi, and established the Dali Kingdom.
Tonghai Dudufu governed Tonghai City (today's Tonghai County), and its jurisdiction roughly included Honghe Prefecture and most of Wenshan Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan in later generations. There was a post road leading to Annan. It was a densely populated area with tribes and a low degree of development.
"There is Anning City (today's Anning County) in the Tonghai Dudu Mansion, which leads to Erhai Lake in the west and Jiaozhi in the south. It is really a place where all directions meet. There are also five salt wells where people can cook vends to feed themselves, and barbarians from all tribes also eat Anning salt."
Zheng Yuan said.
A few dozen miles south of Tokyo (Kunming) is the barbarian inhabited area. This level of development is incredible!
Shao Shude thought for a moment and then asked: "How many cities are there in the Tonghai Governor's Mansion?"
“Originally there were four cities: Tonghai City, Anning County, Baping City (today’s Gejiu Jijie Town), and Jiangchuan County (today’s Jiangchuan County), as well as several Guanyi Tucheng. Posts were set up along the Guan, and people were relocated to settle the area.
Muwanghua, Ji Youfu Hall (now Pingbian County), Quwu Hall (now Xinxian Township, Pingbian North), Lusuozhou (now Ximatang Village, Pingbian), Sixia Hall (now Mengzi City)
), Shazhiguan (now Yundian Town in northwest Mongolia), Nanchanguan (now Nanzhuang Town, Jianshui), Qujiangguan (now Qujiang Town, Jianshui), Jinningguan (now Jinning) and other places. The main tribes
They are Han Niman, Jiuliao, Xiyuan Slang, etc." Zheng Yuan replied.
Shao Shude asked someone to bring a map, spread it out, pointed to one of the maps, and asked: "Anning County, Jinning Hall and other places should belong to Shanchan Prefecture, right?"
"Tonghai Dudu's Mansion and Shanchan Mansion were originally under the jurisdiction of Tuodong Jiedushi, but now Tuodong Town has long existed in name only. The divisions have changed. Sometimes they are assigned to one place, and sometimes they are assigned to that place. It is really common."
"That's it." Shao Shude nodded and said with a smile: "The envoy will answer all questions and he will be rewarded."
Zheng Yuan's face was a little red, and now he looked like a monarch and his minister asking questions, which was a bit weird.
Shao Shude asked someone to bring a writing brush and draw on the map to include Anning County, Jiangchuan County and other places into Shanchan Prefecture. He also put a black dot on the south field hall and wrote a few words: "Prince of Jianshui County"
."
Zheng Yuan glanced secretly, and suddenly his face turned pale. What does this mean? Is Biao Xin going to be demoted to the prince of Daxia and sealed to this place where birds don't shit? This - how is it possible!
"Eat the melon, eat the melon!" Shao Shude looked at the map and did not forget to raise his head to give the order.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Yuan picked up the watermelon anxiously, took a bite with a spoon and chewed it slowly. It tasted good and quite sweet. He couldn't help but wonder if Da Changhe could cultivate this kind of watermelon.
"Let's talk about Lishui Town. How many cities are there?" Shao Shude continued to ask.
"Lishui Jiedushi governed Lishui City, also known as Xunchuan Dachuan City. In addition, there are sixteen cities such as Moulang City, Jinbao City, Menbo City, Anxi City, Xiangbai City, Zhenxi City, and Moling Dudu City.
Its territory borders the Da and Xiao Brahmans to the west, Tubo to the north, and the Pyu kingdoms to the southwest. It is the area that must pass through the poisonous road of Shu in the former Han Dynasty. In the outer area of Yongchang County in the later Han Dynasty, the tribes are mainly Ailao Yi."
Zheng Yuan replied.
"It's not a bad tone. The Ailao people are called Yi people." Shao Shude laughed and said, "Why did Nanzhao want to build Lishui Town in the first place?"
All of this has gone to northern Myanmar. The Jiedushi governor is located in Kachin State, and the cities are actually denser than the Tonghai Dudufu near Tokyo, which is a bit interesting.
Perhaps as Zheng Yuan said, if you want to do business in India from central Shu, you must pass through this place. This is how merchants went during the Western Han Dynasty.
"In the past, Nanzhao appointed the Yongchang Jiedushi to open up the southwest. The Lishui Jiedushi was actually the continuation of Yongchang's westward march. Later, the land was connected to the Pyu countries, big and small Brahmins, which benefited merchants, and large gold mines were discovered
, so Jiedu envoys went south many times, plundering the people of Pius and other countries before returning, and went to Lishui to pan for gold." Zheng Yuan said.
Shao Shude took a brush and touched a little bit in Lishui City and wrote: "Prince of Lishui County."
Zheng Yuan was a little confused.
Could it be that the Zheng family was not sealed in the Tonghai Dudu Mansion, but in Lishui Town? This place is much richer than Tonghai, but - maybe it is the fiefdom of the Duan family, the Zhao family, the Yang family, the Dong family, the Gao family and the like?
He was a little confused, and at the same time he had a vague thought: Could this be the fiefdom of the Daxia clan?
"Let's talk about Yongchang Town." Shao Shude said naturally as he treated a minister.
Zheng Yuan seemed to have been deceived, and answered honestly: "Yongchang Jiedushi governed Yongchang City (today's Baoshan), which included Yongchang, Yueli, Changbang, Axi and other seven cities. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Sheng Luopi
At the time of the imperial edict, he marched westward to Yongchang, followed by Piluoge. During the time of Geluofeng, the barbarians in the southwest had gradually become docile. In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Luopi, a general of Piluoge's tribe, made military exploits and was named the governor of Yongchang by the Tang court.
, officially operated Yongchang Town. During the Tianbao period, Nanzhao built the two cities of Dali and Yongchang. Yongchang City was built on the basis of the original Tuoyu City and the outer city was built."
"In the later period of Nanzhao, a lot of manpower and material resources were spent on Lishui, Yongchang, Yinsheng Sanjie Town and Tonghai Dudu Mansion, constantly relocating people, either moving local barbarians away, or moving in people from other places, and at the same time, they built large cities and overhauled temples and posthouses.
, in order to strengthen the control over various tribes of barbarians. We stationed sergeants in towns and cities, settled in villages, and managed both the army and the people. For more than a hundred years, there has been very little unrest."
"How are the cities of these feudal towns?" Shao Shude asked.
"Take Ruanhua Mansion in Yongchang Town (today's Tengchong) as an example. There are two cities, the large city is about five miles in circumference, and the small city is less than two miles in circumference, which is equivalent to the size of a county in the Central Plains." Zheng Yuan said: "This city is close to Erhai and other places.
The city is different. Although it uses a lot of stone and has a hard texture, it does not have any city defense facilities."
"Why?" Shao Shude asked.
"When Geluo Feng settled in Yongchang, he found that the southwestern Yi people were scattered in the valleys. Their men and women were scattered all over the mountains and plains, and there was no king. It was really easy to rule." Zheng Yuan said: "There are eleven streets in the city, including Jinlun Temple and Heita Temple.
There are many areas such as the Leopard's Den and the Lemon Orchard, and there are nearly ten thousand people living in and around the city."
"With such prosperity, no wonder Yongchang Town is not considered a border area." Shao Shude said.
After saying that, he wrote the four words "Prince of Yongchang County" near Yongchang City, but with a question mark.
The area under the jurisdiction of Yinsheng Jiedushi also had the four characters "Yinsheng Commandery Prince" written on it.
Zheng Yuan's face looked earth-colored.
"Do you understand?" Shao Shude glanced at him and said, "I'll tell you the truth. Since Zheng Renmin came to invade the border, he wanted to die. If he surrendered on his own initiative, he might gain dignity. If he refused to surrender, he would suffer the consequences.
It’s very worrying. The country of Great Changhe may be destroyed.”
After finishing speaking, he threw a military report on the table and said: "I received the news at noon that Yang Qianzhen, the governor of Dongchuan and the governor of Huichuan, has led his troops to surrender and crossed the Lu River as the vanguard of Wang's division.
, invade Nongdong Town. If the situation is like this, the envoy please return."