Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The turn of winter and spring is the time for rice planting in Annan.

Da Luo Palace, which had just been renamed from Thang Long Palace, and Thien Duc Palace, which was ravaged by Shenli's rebels, gave a large amount of fertile and fertile land to the officials, craftsmen, doctors and soldiers brought by Zhu Kang.

The original owners of these properties were either confiscated and exterminated by Zhu Kang, or massacred and robbed by the rebels.

The original tenants on the land, as well as the war refugees, were also assigned to Zhu Kang's men to farm the newly awarded land.

The 500 soldiers assigned to Zhu Kang by Yang Zaixing were all those who had not yet married.

All of these people were also granted marriage by Zhu Kang, and the women they married were mainly from the female relatives of criminal officials. For example, several clan sisters of Du Yingwu and Du Siwu, as well as the daughter of the rebel Shen Li, were given marriages to several Ming officers.

Even if the rest of the soldiers already had wives in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Kang encouraged them to take concubines in Annan.

There were many Annan people displaced by the war, including women who had lost their families, as well as maids and maids from the criminal officials' homes. The soldiers could choose at will.

In early spring, two fleets landed at the mouth of the Taiping River.

One fleet comes from Guangzhou and one fleet comes from Qinzhou. Some of them were the family members of Zhu Kang's men, some were scholars arranged by the imperial court, and some were businessmen from Guangdong and Guangxi recruited by Zhu Kang.

Those scholars are all those who have failed in many examinations, and they are mainly scholars over thirty years old.

The status of a scholar can only be maintained for three provincial examinations. If you fail to pass the exam three times in a row, your status as a scholar will automatically be cancelled.

Many talents from Guangdong and Guangxi who failed the exam three times have become disheartened.

When they heard that they could be professors and evangelists in Annan and be allocated fertile land, they signed up to join Zhu Kang.

There are also some merchants from Guangdong and Guangxi who have traded with Annan before. After learning that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu was the regent of Annam, and that he could also pick up shops in Da Luo Mansion (Thang Long Mansion) for free, he also asked his bastard son and his servants to come and settle down.

With the arrival of these family members, scholars, and merchants, Zhu Kang felt more confident.

But the local nobles and officials were extremely dissatisfied!

"Your Highness, there were many disputes when granting land, so we can only cut through the mess quickly." Xie Hong said.

Zhu Kang asked: "What kind of disputes are they all about?"

Xie Hong said: "We don't understand each other's language, and we are not familiar with the local conditions. When we grant land, we rely on local officials to implement it. Some local officials take the opportunity to occupy the land, and there are also people who allocate the land indiscriminately, harming the interests of the Ming Dynasty officers and Annan landowners. Although I sent people We have been monitoring, but it is difficult to find out completely, so we can only kill a few of them to scare the monkeys. Those Annan landowners who have been occupied by officials will naturally have to return it, and those who have no officials will have to consider themselves unlucky. "

"When you first arrive, there is nothing you can do about it. Everyone must familiarize themselves with local affairs as soon as possible." Zhu Kang understood the difficulty of implementation. Due to the language barrier, he was also very depressed when communicating with the locals.

Annan became independent in the Five Dynasties. Although scholars can write Chinese characters, fewer and fewer people can speak Chinese, and a sense of national independence has gradually emerged.

Zhu Kang took out a book: "This is compiled by the Hanlin History Museum. It was just sent to the soldiers and their families. The imperial court printed five thousand copies."

Xie Hong took it with both hands and was overjoyed when he saw the title: "With this book, Annan will be settled ten years later!"

The name of this book is "Jiaozhi Zhilue".

The opening chapter talks about the origin of China and regards Baiyue as a branch of China.

The ancestors of the Jiaozhi people belong to Luo Yue, one of the Baiyue people. Therefore, the people of Jiaozhi also belong to the Chinese ethnic group.

The first country in the Jiaozhi area was established after the ancient Shu Kingdom was destroyed by the Qin Dynasty and was founded by Pan Nan, the prince of the Shu Kingdom. The capital is Guluo City (near Shenglong City), which is called Ouluo Kingdom, also known as Anyang Kingdom.

Then came the Southern Expedition of the Qin State, Zhao Tuo's independence, the establishment of three counties in the Han Dynasty, the rule of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the separatist regimes of the Five Dynasties...

In other words, the book "Jiaozhi Zhilue" regards Annan in ancient times as part of China. It has always belonged to China since then, and it has been less than two hundred years since it was separated!

Zhu Kang asked: "How should this book be promoted?"

Xie Hong said: "Gather scholars who can speak Chinese and study every day. If they pass the exam, they will be awarded or promoted, and then let them take the "Jiaozhi Zhilue" to spread. We also order the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China to select and send The descendants of the family went to the Imperial Academy to learn how to speak Chinese, and everyone had to recite "Jiaozhi Zhilue".

"This is still a bit slow." Zhu Kang was not satisfied.

Xie Hong said with a smile: "Then sell this book to the outside world. From now on, Annan's newly appointed officials, as well as the assessment before promotion, will all take the "Jiaozhi Zhilue" test. If the "Jiaozhi Zhilue" test fails, the new subject will be a Jinshi. No officials are allowed, and those who are already officials are not allowed to be promoted!”

Zhu Kang nodded: "Very good!"

This approach can be effective in the current Annan, because they consider themselves "Little China in the South of China" and regard the surrounding foreign races as barbarians.

Moreover, Annan does not have any official history book.

Only after the independence of the Five Dynasties, some unrecorded historical materials gradually appeared.

Vietnam's first official history book, called "Historical Records of Dai Viet", would have to wait another hundred years to come out!

Even the "Historical Records of Dai Viet" cannot avoid China.

"Historical Records of Dai Viet" records as follows:

Diming, the third grandson of Shennong, gave birth to a son who ruled the north. When he was touring Lingnan, he gave birth to a son who ruled the south and was called King Jingyang.

King Jingyang married the daughter of Lord Dongting and gave birth to Lord Luolong, who was of the blood of the Dragon King of Dongting.

Luolongjun married the fairy Nuoji and gave birth to a hundred sons, thus forming Baiyue. Therefore, Luo Longjun is the ancestor of Baiyue. Moreover, the ancestors of the Baiyue people had the blood of both dragon and fairy clans.

Among those one hundred sons, one was named Hung King, the true ancestor of Vietnam.

The country established by King Xiong was called Wenlang Kingdom, which extended to the South China Sea in the east, Bashu in the west, Dongting in the north, and Husun ​​(Champaign) in the south. The land of Jiaozhi is just one of the fifteen divisions of Wenlang Kingdom.

The above myths are nonsense enough, but what follows is even more hilarious.

Prince Pan of the ancient Shu Kingdom actually annexed the Wenlang Kingdom. Although the Xiong King had divine power, he was not well equipped with weapons. He drank and had fun all day long. He was still drunk when the Shu army came to kill him. In the end, he vomited blood and fell into the well and drowned. How did the descendants of the Dragon King of Dongting drown?

Next, I wrote about the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and then Qin Shihuang sent troops southward, Zhao Tuo, the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Southern Dynasties...

To be honest, except for the mythological part, "Historical Records of Dai Viet" is pretty normal, at least more normal than the Korean history book.

Even the mythological content refers to "Shangshu" and Chinese mythology.

The author of "Historical Records of Dai Viet" admitted that the Vietnamese were descendants of the Shennong family and that their origins came from China (mainly from Bashu, Dongting and Lingnan).

However, their narrative angles are different, and they always regard themselves as the invaded - from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China has been invading Jiaozhi.

There is not even a shadow of this book at present. When the Ming Dynasty compiled "Jiaozhi Lue", it only needed to change the narrative angle.

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Scholars who could speak Chinese in Daluo Prefecture and surrounding prefectures and counties were all summoned to attend lectures, and there were more than fifty people in number.

Xie Hong gave lectures in person.

A large map sent from Luoyang was hung up. Xie Hong pointed at the map and said, "Who knows what kind of map this is?"

No one answered.

Xie Hong smiled and said, "You can all come over and take a closer look."

More than fifty scholars gathered around and saw labels such as Chang'an and Luoyang.

"Jiaozhi Protectorate and Songping County!"

One of them suddenly shouted and pressed his finger on Da Luo Mansion (Thenglong Mansion).

Everyone carefully observed the Jiaozhi Protectorate and compared it with the map of the entire prosperous Tang Dynasty. They suddenly felt that Annan was so small.

Xie Hong asked everyone to return to their seats and distributed "Jiaozhi Zhilue".

He began to talk about the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and then elaborated on Ju Ming's definition of China, including Bashu and Baiyue.

Xie Hong said: "There is a history book in China called "Huayang Guozhi", which clearly records that Pan, the prince of the ancient Shu Kingdom, went south to establish the Ouluo Kingdom. It was the first kingdom in Annan recorded in history, and its territory at its peak included The Guangxi Province of the Ming Dynasty even included the Dali Kingdom, and its capital was in Daluo Prefecture, which was also the former Shenglong Prefecture. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Ming Dynasty to buy "Huayang Guozhi". This book is not widely circulated. Rare.”

Since it is recorded in ancient history books, it is not made up by the Ming Dynasty.

The more than fifty Annan scholars present did not feel depressed after hearing this, but felt a sense of pride in their hearts.

It turns out that our ancestors were so awesome.

The first king of Annan turned out to be a prince of the ancient Shu Kingdom. He was also considered an orthodox noble of China. Moreover, the territory was so large that it included the entire Dali Kingdom and the Guangxi Province of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Ouluo Kingdom was destroyed by the Qin State," Xie Hong continued. "At that time, hundreds of thousands of Qin troops went south, married local women and had children. I am afraid that some of you here have ancestors who are descendants of the Qin army. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo established his own country..."

Today I will only talk about a general outline, and it will be finished in less than two hours.

Xie Hong finally concluded: "The above are all from Chinese history books, and anyone can verify them. The citizens of Ming Dynasty and Annan are all of Chinese ethnicity. Although you live in a corner, you belong to the Yan and Huang orthodoxy. Don't belittle yourselves. "It's a pity that since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, after being separated from China for two hundred years, there are very few scholars who can speak Chinese."

"As the saying goes, how can scholars forget their ancestors? In the future, Annan's imperial examinations must take the "Jiaozhi Zhilue". People who are already officials must also take the "Jiaozhi Zhilue" before promotion.

"You all can speak Chinese, so you must study this book seriously. In two months, the imperial court will take an exam for you. Those who pass the exam will be promoted to a higher level if they have official status, and they will be conferred an official title immediately if they don't!"

Is it related to being an official?

Immediately, an official said: "My family has a genealogy, and it is clearly written. My ancestors moved from Nanhai County!"

Xie Hong smiled and said: "Then your ancestors are from Guangzhou."

There is another scholar who is not an official and has no genealogy in his family. In order to please Xie Hong, he made up the origin of his ancestors on the spot: "My ancestors moved from Luoyang during the Tang Dynasty!"

Xie Hong said with a smile: "If your ancestors had not migrated, they would now be people from the capital of the Ming Dynasty."

The scholar laughed, as if he was really from Luoyang.

For a period of time, these guys took "Jiaozhi Zhilue" and spread it everywhere, telling everyone that their ancestors came from China, and that Jiaozhi had always been Chinese territory.

If anyone refutes it, they point to historical records as proof.

Annan's nobles and bureaucrats were also ordered to send their children to study in the Imperial College. At one time, more than 200 people were enrolled, and the professors and lecturers were all talents who had just moved from Guangdong and Guangxi. These young children from official families were brainwashed after just a few classes. They went home and asked their grandfather and father to look up their genealogy to find out where in China their ancestors came from.

Such a high-profile implementation of "Jiaozhi Zhilue" made many courtiers feel like they were facing a formidable enemy, but they did not dare to oppose it for the time being.

Until Zhu Kang issued an order to make "Jiaozhi Zhilue" a compulsory content for the imperial examination, finally an Annan minister could not help but jump out.

The result of the handling was very simple-

"The traitor Du Yingwu was defeated and fled. Recently, it was found that Du Yingwu sent people to secretly contact the remnants and wanted to stage another coup in Daluo Prefecture. The court has arrested several people and tortured them severely..."

"The traitor confessed that Li Tao, the Right Censor-in-Chief, Tong Li, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, Yuan Kan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, and Ruan Yanzhi, the Doctor of the Ministry of Revenue... All of the above are remnants of Du's traitors. They should be arrested and interrogated..."

After the interrogation, some people were released without guilt and read "Jiaozhi Zhilue" from then on.

Some people found out that they were indeed the remnants of Du's traitors, and all of them were confiscated and exterminated!

In just two months, Jiaozhi broke out four local rebellions. The Ming soldiers only went out once, and the remaining three times were not big, and King Zhiming led his troops to suppress them.

By the way, King Zhiming also found a family tree at home.

The family tree shows that the founding monarch of the Li Dynasty of Annan came from Jinjiang, China...

This is not a fabrication, but it's true!

The royal family of the Li Dynasty of Annan was originally from Raoyang, Hebei, and moved to Jinjiang, Fujian. There were also people from Jinjiang who served as officials in the Ming Dynasty. One of them became a sea merchant, initially traveling to Zhenla, and gradually moved to Jiaozhi and settled down.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Fujian became stable, and they even returned to their hometown in Jinjiang to continue the family tree.

King Zhiming Li Yangzhen took out the royal family tree and let the ministers read it at the court meeting, which instantly made everyone speechless.

Zhu Kang naturally wanted to return the favor and wrote a letter to Luoyang to help ask for a title.

From now on, Li Yangzhen is not only the King Zhiming of Annan, but also the Shangyi Marquis canonized by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ming even sent people to Annan to propose marriage and marry Li Yangzhen's daughter as the Concubine Zhen of the Ming Dynasty.