Han’s Son is Not a Slave

The news from Guangdong was so headless that Zhou Shixiang didn't understand what happened. [Full text reading] It was Zhou Shixiang's idea to let Xu Yingyuan, Guo Shao and the others return from Annan to Guangdong, and this idea was borrowed from the former Manchu and Qing Guangdong Governor Li Suitai's staff, now the sixth official of the military commander's office, and the official of the Ministry of Personnel. Yongzhi proposed.

Gui Yongzhi proposed to let the two teams that report victory in Yunnan return from Annan, mainly because the Taiping Army had not yet entered Guangxi at that time, so the victory team could not return directly to Guangdong from Guangxi. For safety reasons, taking Annan back to Guangdong is the best way.

At that time, when Gui Yongzhi proposed to take the way of Annan, Zhou Shixiang also specifically asked about Annan. He knew that this Annam was the Vietnam of later generations, and that Annam in history belonged to China for a long time, and was hostile to China for a long time. In the early Ming Dynasty, Chengzu and Xuanzong used a large number of troops against Annan. In the eyes of Zhou Shixiang, who has lived in two generations, Annan is undoubtedly a capricious villain, and it is most appropriate to call him a white-eyed wolf. Like the Japanese country, which also inherited the culture of the Han nationality, the small country of Annan is full of ambitions for China.

There is a famous saying in later generations that if the country is difficult to return, there will be chaos. This statement refers to the country. And abroad, if China is in trouble, the Japanese state in the east and Annan in the south are also one of those who will disrupt China.

Gui Yongzhi proposed to take Annan to return to China because Annan recognized the orthodoxy and legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty regime since Hongguang, so he believed that there was no problem in returning to Guangdong from the vassal of Annan, and the relative distance was better. close.

Gui Yongzhi searched for the relevant Qing archives and retrieved some archived Nanming archives, and told Zhou Shixiang that in the second year of Longwu, the Li Dynasty sent the main envoy Ruan Renzheng, the deputy envoy Fan Yongjin, etc., together with the governor of the Ming Dynasty, Lin. Participated in the voyage to Fujian to seek the seal of the Longwu regime. When the Qing troops occupied Fujian, some of Annan's envoys were captured to Beijing. After the Yongli regime was established, Annan envoy Ruan Renzheng went to Guangxi to meet the newly enthroned Yongli Emperor. Yongli dispatched Hanlin Pan Qi to give an edict, official orders, and gold and silver seals to accompany the envoys of Annan, and went to Annan to confer the Supreme Emperor of the post-Li regime as the king of Annan. In May of the first year of Yongli, Pan Qi went to Zhennan Pass. Later, the Li Dynasty sent the Minister of Rites, Ruan Yi, and the Minister of Household, Ruan Shouchun, to take them to Shenglong, and the Ming envoys performed the conferring ceremony. In the second year of Yongli, he was stationed in Nanning, and went to Nanning to pay tribute. In the fifth year of Yongli, the envoys of Yongli arrived again after the canonization, and Li Shiquan sent Zheng Jian as the deputy king of Annan.

All these show that Annan is willing to be close to the Yongli regime and recognize his status as a suzerain to Annan. However, Gui Yongzhi's judgment is limited to the surface, which is not completely in line with the current attitude of Annan towards the Ming Dynasty, and even misjudged the impact of the Ming and Qing wars on Annan, a Chinese vassal.

Since the Mo Dynasty of Annan, the Ming Dynasty has always adopted a repressive attitude towards the Annan regime. Zhongxing in the Li Dynasty was in the name of restoration, and the Ming Dynasty did not improve his treatment because of this. He ordered him to plead guilty at the South Pass, dedicate himself to a golden man, and made King Li the commander-in-chief of the capital of Annan. In this regard, although the Later Li Dynasty was very dissatisfied, in order to gain the approval of the Ming Dynasty, it could only compromise. Since then, Annan was not allowed to seek the title of the king, and he continued to challenge the authority of the Ming Dynasty in terms of tribute.

Until the Qing troops moved south, in order to gain the support of Annan and other vassals, Yongli issued an edict to officially upgrade the title of King Annan, but at this moment Annan also fully understood that the situation of the Ming Dynasty was different from the past. The Yongli regime that lost most of the country has been unable to gain Annan's respect and fear. Yongli's show of favor can only make Annan think that the Ming Dynasty is weaker and weaker, and the former disrespect will become more and more intense. After Yongli moved to Kunming, the disrespectful faction of the Ming Dynasty in Annan completely gained the upper hand.

In addition, after the envoy of Annan who went to Fujian in the second year of Longwu to seek the canonization of the Ming Dynasty was captured by the Qing army and sent to Beijing, Annan and the Qing Dynasty actually had contact. At first, Annan was still afraid of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that the outcome of the Ming and Qing wars was difficult to judge, so he sent envoys to pay tribute to the Yongli court many times. However, with the continuous failure of the Ming Dynasty, since the eighth year of Yongli, Annan never sent any personnel to pay tribute to the rebellion, nor did he send troops to help the Ming army resist the Qing army according to the edict of Yongli.

Because they did not help the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing army, there was no conflict or contradiction between Annan and the Qing Dynasty. As the Qing army gradually advanced south, Annan began to change his attitude towards Nanming. After the Qing army entered Guangxi and Yunnan, Annan had already started to establish suzerainty relations with the Qing Dynasty. In order to gain the recognition of the Qing Dynasty, some radical pro-Qing factions in Annan even prepared to assist the Qing army in encircling and suppressing the Ming army on the border.

Compared with Annan, Korea, another Ming vassal state, always served Ming as his father. Emperor Taizu designated Korea as a country not to be conquered. During the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to help Korea resist Japanese aggression. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the two sides cooperated many times to fight against the expansion of the post-Jin Dynasty, and formed a deep friendship in the common battle. Although there are some contradictions, such as Ding Yingtai's participation in the impeachment of North Korea, these contradictions are far less than the "reconstruction grace" of the Ming Dynasty against the Japanese army to North Korea, so North Korea's friendly attitude towards the Ming Dynasty is very sincere. The DPRK responds to every request, and even now, the DPRK is still trying to launch a war against the Qing in order to save the suzerain state of China.

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Annan completely fell to the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty, including the Taiping Army, knew nothing about it. At this time, he was still in the dark, thinking that Annan was a vassal of Daming and was close to Daming, so the Taiping Army and his party, who had no problem at all, got into the Annan people's bag as if they had been thrown into the net.

After a fire broke out in Kunming, Xu Yingyuan, Guo Shao, and Liang Shuangxi went to rob Princess Changle, but on the way they became the Yongli Dynasty official reception team. Dali Temple Shaoqing Liu Mi, Zuo Yudu Censor Qian Bang and other 126 permanent officials, and 74 Yunnan local officials, together with their families, there are more than 2,000 people.

With such a large team of court officials and their families, the two or three hundred Taiping troops under Xu Yingyuan and Guo Shao alone would not be able to protect them, let alone bring them all the way to the border of Annan. Fortunately, Guangping Bo Chen Jian gathered more than a thousand former kings of Shu in time, which made the strength of the guard team stronger, and the chieftains who passed all the way south did not dare to plunder lightly.

When they were in southeastern Yunnan, the team ran into several other important officials of the Yongli court, but they were Fu Gang, a great scholar, Gong Yi, the minister of the household, Zheng Fengyuan, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Hu Xian in the military service. From Fugang's mouth, Xu Yingyuan, Chen Jian and the others knew that the emperor had been instigated by Ma Jixiang to leave Burma and abandon the country.

Under Xu Yingyuan's persuasion, the scholar Fugang resolutely agreed to go to Guangdong. Because Fugang was the second assistant in the cabinet and was known for his prestige, he decided to go to Guangdong. The Minister of the Household, Gong Yi and others had no opinion. They were already desperate for state affairs, and even more desperate for their own future. Other places are in the hands of the Qing army, and it is difficult for them to return to their hometown. In addition, Princess Changle was also in the team, so they had no reason to refuse.

Along the way, this team made up by Xu Yingyuan was united as one~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Whether it is Yongli court officials or those old officials of the Shu king, they all know that their only way out now is to go to Guangdong, so they are united, but they are screwed. become a rope. The Qing army was far away, and the target was the emperor, so they were not worried about chasing them. The only trouble was the food and drink of thousands of people. Along the way, Fugang went to several villages as a scholar to seek food aid, but the income was very small. Most of the local officials were not friendly to this team that was more like a disaster. As a result, Liang Shuanghu was angry, and led his troops to destroy a stockade, killing all the natives in the stockade, and grabbing enough food for everyone to eat for three days. Since then, every time he went to a village, Xu Yingyuan would first send officials of the Yongli Dynasty to negotiate with the chieftain. If the negotiation failed, the soldiers of the king of Shu under the commander of Chen Jian, Guangping Bo, would attack the village. In this way, he broke through countless stockades all the way, and finally reached the border of Annan.

Since Annan was a Ming country, the great scholar Fu Gang went to discuss the matter of borrowing with the stationed Annan officials. Annan's promise was very straightforward, and he sent food for the Ming army to use that day. This made Fu Gang and others feel relieved, and Xu Yingyuan didn't think much about it. At the request of the Annan people, the Ming army escorted Princess Changle into the Annan border, but they were placed in three locations. The reason of the Annan officials was that the place was too small, and the Princess Changle and the troops were too sudden, so they could not vacate enough rooms for the princess and her party for a while.

This reason is obviously not a problem, and the Annan people also showed enough sincerity. In line with the guest and the master, Xu Yingyuan and his party entered the Annan border according to the arrangement of the Annan people. That night, thousands of Annan soldiers and horses suddenly appeared and sent the troops to the border. The Ming army, who has entered dreamland, is surrounded. (To be continued.)