At the beginning of the fourth year of Yuanzhen's reign in the Tang Dynasty, a report from Li Daozong, the general manager of Jiaozhou, came to Chang'an.
Li Daozong has led his army to Panyu, that is, Guangzhou. Wherever he passed, the prefects of Jiaozhou counties sent envoys to accompany him.
Lou Jing, the prefect of Jiaozhi County, even came to Panyu in person to see him and presented a picture album of the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan. It can be said that he was very eager to join him.
Most of the nine counties in Jiaozhou were the territory of South Vietnam during the Han Dynasty. Later, they were destroyed by the Han Dynasty and counties were set up.
In fact, during the Pre-Qin Dynasty, this place had already been included in the sphere of influence of the Central Plains Dynasty, and then it was repeated. By the Han Dynasty, the subordinate relationship was formally established.
Most of the population here are Southern Barbarians. They immigrated here one after another during the Qin and Han Dynasties, forming a relatively complex ethnic composition. The customs and customs are also very different from those in the Central Plains, so some people often launched rebellions.
In the pre-Sui period, Pei Ju led his troops to pacify dozens of counties in Lingnan, including nine counties in Jiaozhou. At that time, the barbarian leader Li Fozi rebelled, and the Sui army only sent a few hundred people to capture him, escort him back to Chang'an and behead him.
It can be seen that Jiaozhou is poor and weak only because of its geographical environment. It became a place where prisoners of the Central Plains Dynasty were exiled, and the local indigenous people generally called them exiles.
Over the past few hundred years, the exiles and the local indigenous people have continued to marry each other, forming very complex local forces of various sizes. None of them are very powerful, but they belong to the category of local snakes.
At the same time, they are also standard outsiders. During the war period in the late Jin Dynasty, they didn't care who became the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. As long as you have that strength, we will kowtow to you.
From time to time, they will cause trouble to show their sense of existence, but in the end most of them are the result of a mess.
For example, during the Southern Liang Dynasty, Chen Baxian led an army to quell Li Ben's rebellion in Jiaozhou. After returning to the dynasty, he ousted the emperor from power and established the Nanchen regime himself.
Zhiqiu He served as the general manager of Jiaozhou. He stayed here for more than ten years and managed the place pretty well. Especially when he surrendered to Xiao Mian, he had a battle with Ning Changzhen who came to conquer, and almost defeated Ning Changzhen.
The entire army was truly wiped out.
Later, Xiao Mian took the initiative to surrender to Xiao Mian, but Xiao Mian had no choice but to try to win him over. When he went north to Henan, he even made him the commander-in-chief of the army on the east route.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Xiao Mian killed all the kings, but there's no one left to help him.
The people of Jiaozhou felt that Qiu He had governed Jiaozhou for more than ten years and his administration was tolerant and benevolent, which had brought a lot of benefits to the people of Jiaozhou and saved Jiaozhou from the ravages of war, so they erected a monument to him in the local area.
With Qiu He as the foundation, when Li Daozong came back, he encountered no resistance and successfully informed the counties of Jiaozhou that the general manager of Jiaozhou had been replaced. From now on, everyone will be a citizen of the Tang Dynasty.
The reaction of the people of Jiaozhou was mediocre. The emperor in the north was going to change every once in a while. The people of Jiaozhou were in a remote place and did not pay much attention to the changes in the north. They had long been accustomed to this situation.
After Li Daozong took office, he first spent some time to appease and meet with officials from various counties, but there was no movement from Jiuzhen and Rinan counties. Li Daozong inquired from people from various counties, and Lou Jing, the prefect of Jiaozhi County, gave the most detailed information.
Since those two counties were far away from the Jiaozhou administrative office and had many contacts with Linyi and Funan, they probably had the support there and did not want to serve as officials of the Tang Dynasty.
Fuyu and Linyi are both small countries in the south. They also had contacts with the Central Plains during the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, they still belonged to a matrilineal clan society and were ruled by the queen.
Fuyu is larger. Due to its relationship with Tianzhu, the people of Fuyu believe in Buddhism and have a relatively docile temperament. They have always been very respectful to the Central Plains dynasty.
Since the Han Dynasty, envoys have been sent from time to time to make offerings, most of which brought some gold and silver artifacts, as well as various sea pearls, animals such as rhinos, and local specialties.
汜 minus bXW*X.*co 汜. It’s a pity that they didn’t meet those generous monarchs later, so the return gifts were generally made of silk and satin, not much, and the symbolic meaning was heavier. Getting the return gift meant that you got the Central Plains Dynasty.
If you agree, you can live in peace with the Central Plains Dynasty.
It's pretty much the same as a vassal country. If someone comes to attack you, you can come to me to complain. You are also welcome to go into exile.
If you want me to send troops to help you quell the chaos and restore the country, it depends on my mood.
In other words, the Central Plains' sphere of influence expanded here, and its influence followed. However, because it was too remote and the geographical environment was not suitable for Central Plains people to live, the dynasties of the past dynasties had little interest in it.
For example, during the reign of Emperor Mu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, King Funan presented an elephant. Such a huge thing frightened the kings and ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They thought it was too troublesome to feed this thing, so they asked envoys from Funan Kingdom to take the elephant back. It was really
mean.
Later, during the Daye period, King Funan felt that since it was not appropriate to give an elephant, he gave a rhinoceros instead. This time, he gave the right gift. Yang Guang liked this kind of rare thing. He was overjoyed and rewarded the envoy generously, and kept the rhinoceros in the royal palace.
In the Imperial Garden, he died soon after.
It can be said that the Funan people admired the Central Plains Dynasty very much.
The situation in Linyi is similar, except that he is not as submissive as Funan, and there will be rebellions from time to time.
When they first came into contact with the Central Plains Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, they were very unhappy and often invaded the border. Later, they were beaten all over by the Han Dynasty, and then they became more honest and followed the example of Funan to provide supplies to the Central Plains Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty
We had trouble twice, but nothing came of it.
During the Daye period, Yang Guang became impatient and sent Sui general Liu Fang to simply destroy Linyi and establish Linyi County.
When the chaos broke out at the end of the Sui Dynasty and no one could care about this place, Lin Yi took advantage of the situation to return to the country and had the ambition to spy on the three counties of Jiuzhen, Rinan and Jiaozhi.
In fact, they have always believed that this narrow strip of land belongs to them and has been occupied by outsiders.
After Li Daozong calmed down, he prepared to raise troops to take back the old Sui land. Of course, this also included Linyi County. Turning Jiaozhou's nine counties into ten counties was a real achievement.
He waited until now to start taking action. In fact, he was not just trying to appease the place, but to let the soldiers he brought here adapt to the climate here. By winter, he felt that they were almost ready.
The military situation in the south is different from that in the north. It is rainy and hot and humid in summer and autumn, which is not suitable for fighting. It is much better in winter.
Li Daozong reported to the court that in addition to mobilizing troops, he also wanted the court to send envoys to Funan as soon as possible and order the king of Funan to send people to pay tribute. He would lead his army to use this campaign to intimidate Funan.
If there was no movement there, he wouldn't mind going south and destroying Funan as well.
Mi He Mi. In the eyes of the officials and generals of the Central Plains Dynasty, these small southeastern countries only matter whether they can beat you, not whether they can defeat you or not.
During the Daye period, the former Sui Dynasty used troops on all these corners, and it can be said that they were invincible in all battles. After capturing Chang'an, there were several kings in Luoyang. The national strength of the former Sui Dynasty at that time was evident.
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