Because the origin of the Yufan Xiao family is somewhat different from the traditional military merits, honors, and clans that were used to form overseas vassals. Because the ancestors who made this family develop were actually the same family.
He was born as a humble son-in-law.
It is said that this person's real name was Lin, and he was the third among his peers. His parents had been exiled to a foreign country due to a famine very early on. Because of his good looks and proficiency in writing, he was able to sell himself into Jinling City at that time. He was a little-known merchant of the Xiao family who dealt in silk and silk.
s home.
As a result, because he was a talented man and good at work, which was not acceptable to outsiders, he fell in love with the widowed mistress of the Xiao family; and then under her secret arrangement, he married the second daughter of the Xiao family who became pregnant out of wedlock.
, so the family name was changed to Xiao.
Later, this Lin Sanlang/Xiao family's surrogate son-in-law showed rare quick wit and ingenuity in the business methods of merchants and real estate; not only did the Xiao family's only remaining orphaned daughter and widowed mother survive several turmoil and crises,
Because of this, he also took the road of palace envoys for in-house procurement.
Therefore, when the Xiao family left their ancestral home in Jinling and came to Shangjing to buy a new home, they were already one of the few wealthy families in the local area. And relying on the connections within the family, the Xiao family's son-in-law once again married an older man.
The eldest daughter of the Xiao family, who is still waiting for marriage, has completed a counterattack that mainly turned against guests.
However, this rather inspiring story of exchanging slaves for masters has not ended yet, but has just begun; because the middle-aged Xiao family’s adopted son-in-law actually met a fashionable man at that time during a banquet.
The bold and bold widowed princess became an inseparable guest.
Then, relying on his identity as an open lover and in fact an industry manager, the Xiao family's ancestral son-in-law used the commander of Princess City as a springboard to successfully intervene in the business of Zongzheng Temple and the Imperial Palace, and defeated many competitions step by step.
He eventually became one of the imperial merchants named by the Tianjia.
But at this time, it was already the middle and late period of the Hundred Years of Great Opening-up era initiated and initiated by Liang Gongsuo personally. The emperor supported by Empress Dowager Ruiming had also reached the third generation; with the death of those heroes who had been suppressed, the old
In the past, there were already signs of the rise of the three Fuzheng families.
Therefore, among the vassal princes in the world and the nine barbarians on all sides, the territory adjacent to the central land and the Tang Dynasty that can be developed and conquered has been divided and occupied by seven or eighty-eight. In this case, if you want to continue
Opportunities to seal border vassal lands are becoming increasingly rare.
However, at this time, the Xiao family's ancestral son-in-law once again made an incredible decision. First, he joined the line with the oldest Xiao family in Lanling; then he directly paid a lot of money to a certain person, and he had a title but no descendants.
With the same name as the Xiao family, he became a member of the national nobility.
However, according to convention, the princes/lords outside Kyushu who can be divided into vassals are basically the families of heroes, expedition soldiers and their descendants who voluntarily joined the Guoping vassal. There are also a small number of predecessors who were able to join the army because of their meritorious service and management.
Recruit volunteers from chambers of commerce and aristocratic families to open up the barbarian region.
Then there are some examples of clans that have been sent abroad and ministers who have failed in political struggles over the past dynasties; and even a few living princes who, at the cost of giving up their own lineage, took a group of ministers and guards to join the vassal outside the territory; such as
The current co-owners of the nine Zhaowu surnames in Hezhong are from the lineage of the former Hanzhong kings.
However, with the consolidation of the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty and the successive establishment of vassal vassals, this opportunity seems to be becoming less and less; especially as the final process, it is necessary to obtain the Liang Dynasty, known as the "dai Muhai (princes), landless vassal lord"
It was dually recognized by the Jingzhao clan, the Lifanyuan headed by it, as well as the local vassals and public vassals.
Therefore, according to the rules followed in "Xin Yi of Zhou Li" and "Taixing Dali Yi", any newly added vassals and fiefs must be scrutinized carefully and strictly; a lot of exchange and compromise games need to be carried out secretly.
During the reign of each emperor, only a handful of vassals could be added.
In contrast, it is relatively simple to open up the threshold for entering the vassal area in those areas outside the territory. If you can conquer a city in a foreign territory with many foreign barbarians, you will become the city lord (county magistrate).
Since the land is a defender (provincial governor, prefect, general, guard, and defense), he can even seize the country's attachments in one fell swoop.
That would be extraordinary; both the previous city lords and ministers could only be promoted to official positions by the court, and they would use this as an opportunity to open trade and shipping routes, and request support and product imports from the East; until the stable rule lasted for more than 20 years.
In the year or when it is passed to the next generation, you can apply for the corresponding vassal/spylord title from the imperial court.
However, if there are deeds of seizing the country and offering territory to others, as long as the situation lasts for five to ten years, you can directly apply for the court to send envoys to confer lordship/spylordship. Of course, this kind of thing is quite frivolous.
The case of Mao Fengjiao. After all, after conquering the outside world, there is no small country that is weak enough to capture it.
If you just conquer a group of uncivilized native chiefs and claim to be the founder of the country, it will only become a joke. After all, this kind of thing may be hidden from the country for a while, but it cannot be hidden for many years.
The predecessors of the Tang vassal and the ministers who developed the outer lands and established a firm foothold.
Moreover, in this kind of matter, the cost of trying to deceive the Eastern Kingdom by using lies is also extremely serious; it can be so serious that it can trace the origin of the descendants of the relatives, the qualifications of studying in the imperial examination and becoming an official;
He was driven into the army to atone for his sins.
However, in this extremely cautious matter, the Xiao family's ancestral son-in-law found a loophole and flaw, or he played a side job. As the commander and Duke of Gongzhuyi, he secretly
Launched a crowdfunding campaign to jointly expand territory and establish a country in foreign lands.
For this purpose, an extremely detailed information was collected from the Honglu Temple, the Hakka Envoy and the Lifan Yuan; as a demonstration of the possibility and basis for pacifying a small country in Tianzhu in the Five Directions; and he was persuaded by his old friend, that at that time
Emperor Guangming, who was about to abdicate, privately expressed his approval.
Therefore, he used the amount of money raised by crowdfunders as a criterion, and promised a series of official positions, power, and benefits such as village head, city lord, governor, etc. after the completion of the project; he attracted an astronomical amount of money from all over the capital at that time.
Financial resources. If this was a Ponzi scheme, it would have exploded by now.
However, he really used the social connections and people of these crowdfunders/shareholders to purchase equipment, food and grass in the South China Sea, buy boats and materials, hire followers from various ethnic groups and recruit children from various families to follow...
This incident was so huge that even the Nanhai Office was alerted.
Finally, after a series of inhumane twists and turns, in the second month after the new emperor Shun Ning ascended the throne and announced a general amnesty for the whole country, nearly 30,000 armed volunteers, business groups, guards, and civilians arrived.
, a large fleet of exiled prisoners and naturalized people of various ethnic groups sailed to the land of Tianzhu in the five directions.
After that, I went there for several years. During this period, true and false news and experiences came back one after another. Many of them were ambushed by the Tu tribe many times, or were defeated and completely annihilated, or most of them contracted diseases due to acclimatization, which led to the failure of the trip. However,
As the adopted son-in-law of the Xiao family who owes a huge debt to Tianwen, he feels at ease.
On the contrary, due to the mutual restraint of all parties, apart from being unable to leave the capital, he had been living a very happy life with his wife, children and grandchildren. As a result, after a royal dynasty, news finally came back; he was heading to Wufang Tianzhu.
, and finally captured a small country called Nebonne.
Although it is a small country in the mountains with only a dozen cities located in the upper reaches of the Ganges tributary, it still has a history that has been passed down for hundreds of years and is only described in a few words in the Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the government and the public were in an uproar over it, and even summoned
The Lifan Yuan and the Hakka envoys discussed the matter at court.
Although there are many people who point out that this is obviously contrary to the internal vassal and external system of "Xinyi of Zhou Li" and "Taixing Daliyi"; it is an opportunistic move and is suspected of trying to seize and destroy the country's rules and regulations. However, all aspects are involved in it.
There are too many interests, and obviously there are more people citing scriptures and fighting for them;
Among them, even the ancient legend of the Three Generations and the examples of the Eastern and Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were cited as their respective proofs and arguments. In the end, Empress Dowager Ruizhen, who was hiding in Benei in disguise, suddenly sent a message to Emperor Shunning.
Only then did this heated controversy end completely.
Therefore, the Xiao family's son-in-law got what he wanted and got the vassal/spylordship granted by the imperial court - Marquis of Yu (Yu); but he also lost all the rights and interests except his name and routine tribute. Because
, the person who actually won the vassal state was Ningping King Li Chen, the youngest son of Emperor Guangming and the younger brother of Emperor Shunning;
The ministers, generals, city lords, and even the heads of small towns in the territory of Nibonne were all divided up by various sponsors. What Xiao could get was the state minister Kong Kong, who had never taken office and could only take over from a distance.
Name. It can be said that the results of a lot of hard work are almost all wedding dresses for people.
In the end, the Empress Dowager Ruizhen still added 500 houses to his name on the grounds that the trend could not last long, but the rules and regulations of the country could not be shaken, so that he would not get nothing. But he sold himself out.
Although he was born as a refugee, he was able to lead a family with a small surname and become a double candidate for the title of Lord of the Kingdom or Spyker, which is enough to be praised by the world for a long time.
But this is not the end. In order to preserve the double title of the lineage, in his later years, he arranged for his son with Xiao's daughter to marry the adopted daughter (illegitimate daughter) of his old lover; thus completing the fusion of the two bloodlines; and truly consolidating the bloodline.
As a new vassal, the Xiao family's marginal position among the princes was eliminated.
Therefore, the current property under the name of the Xiao family of Yufan has also inherited the style of its ancestors; it is a hodgepodge of various backgrounds. In theory, as long as you pay a sum of money, you can officially become its most basic minister and minister.
The feudal lord, and then enjoy some marginal conveniences.
For example, when the vassal officials and ministers pay tribute to the master, they have priority and a certain amount of tax reduction, and they are not easily disturbed by local subordinates. Therefore, even if the Xiao family of Yufan does not have an inch of land, they can rely on this
The privileges and established interests of the past dynasties have always kept the family intact.
However, it has also caused considerable trouble and distress to the current investigation by the Kingo Street Envoy and the Royal Prosecutor's Office. Especially after checking the scene afterwards, it was found that the other party had cut off their arms to survive and decisively abandoned all traces. I want to
To get more clues, we may even have to go far away from Gyeonggi Province, or even go to the Kanai Road.
And this also involves the jurisdictional duties of the left and right street envoys, as well as the scope of authorization from Yushi Santai; as well as the feedback and decision-making among the upper levels after the matter is fermented; at least it is impossible to have immediate results in a short period of time.
. So, Jiang Tian, who had obtained the third temporary status, could finally go home and have a good sleep.
This time on the way home, there were no more surprises; instead, there were two more gatekeepers from Kingo's left and right Yi Zhonglang's mansion wearing folded robes, black robes, scarlet crotch and black leather armor.
), around my colleagues. Therefore, almost no one without a discerning eye would come forward to cause trouble.
However, after Jiang Tian returned to Qingqi Garden and placed them in the foyer, he found that someone was already staying in Tingliu Xiaozhu, and he couldn't help but become vigilant. Because, whether it was the Kodak duck who came to visit,
Even the manager Lao Gu who has been given instructions will not break in without permission.