He Huan endured it for a long time before continuing: "When I saw that this child's wings were stiff, he wanted to rebel against God! My father also frowned and divided into the war faction and the peace faction.
The Lord and the faction still feel that in such a small place, a group of barbaric children are fighting, and we adults should not intervene.
The main war faction believes that if this naughty child is left alone, other children will follow his example and become disobedient, and then the entire southwest border will collapse."
Everyone nodded, "That makes sense!"
"Anyway, after arguing and arguing, we finally decided: if the child disobeys, he will be beaten!"
"The famous three expeditions to Luchuan began."
After He Huan talked about the three expeditions to Luchuan, everyone realized that war is not as simple as beating children. The common people are the worst!
"The Ming army conquered Luchuan three times in nine years, mobilized millions of troops, and used all the strength of the entire south of the Ming Dynasty. Finally, Si Renfa was captured alive, and Wang Zheng of Qianhu in Yunzhou took him to the capital.
Si Renfa knew that he would be humiliated if he went to the capital, so he went on a hunger strike. Seeing that he was about to die, Wang Zhengxiao cut off his head and sent it to the capital for hanging."
"So cruel."
"The three expeditions to Luchuan were finally over. The hanging head also showed the strong military strength and influence of the Ming Dynasty, which shocked the chieftains on the border of Yunzhou.
But it was not a complete victory. There was a fourth time that did not start. After Sirenfa died, his eldest son Sijifa also died in the battle, and each tribe proclaimed Sirenfa's younger son Silufa as king.
Why do these tribes still refuse to submit to the Ming Dynasty and support the Si clan at this time? Or is it because we just said that wherever the Ming army's sword struck, it was cut down by both the army and the people."
Everyone nodded, wars in the past were really cruel, and there was no way to avoid hurting the people.
"The Ming army went on another expedition. But they were really tired. They fought for nine years and were lonely. They looked like a naughty kid. They fought for nine years and were still unconquered. Why?
To Daming, he is just a disobedient child. But to Yunzhou, he is the eldest brother. As we have said, sometimes the eldest brother is really more effective than the father.
Brothers, we are similar in all aspects. Dad, there is a generation gap, but we are far apart. You are a bunch of wild children who are despised by the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, so I don't care about you. But brothers ride elephants and play war games together all day long."
"You listen to your brother, not necessarily to your father. Ming Chao also discovered that this child's wings are too hard, and the more he fights, the more rebellious he becomes.
Because the people's rebelliousness has been aroused. If you kill one person, they will support another one. There is no way to eradicate the root cause. I don't want to fight.
Si's wife was also beaten to pieces and was a little afraid of her father. In the end, the two armies set up a stone boundary across the Jinsha River and swore an alliance: If the stone dies and the river dries up, we will have to cross."
"The Great Jinsha River is the Dulong River, as it was called during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It also flows to Myanmar and becomes the Irrawaddy River."
The tourists nodded and gained more knowledge about geography and history.
"So far, the three expeditions to Luchuan have come to an end. After the war, the Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties and the guard posts were empty. Due to frequent wars, the price of rice in Yunzhou soared and many people starved to death. It can be said that they paid a heavy price."
Everyone was silent. Although Xiao Bailong's words were humorous, war was cruel.
"More serious consequences are yet to come. The nine-year campaign exhausted the manpower and financial resources of the south, and led to an uprising of the Miao people.
During the Three Expeditions to Luchuan, Si Renfa was captured by Burma. The Ming Dynasty promised to give Si's land to Myanmar, so they offered Si Renfa. Therefore, the relationship between the surrounding ethnic groups has become very complicated, full of hatred, and wars continue.
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This is exactly what Liu Qiu, the peace advocate, said, subtracting one Luchuan and giving birth to two Luchuan. After the Si family retreated from Ruili, the Ming Dynasty and the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar began to compete for the control of various Dai chieftains with Ruili as the center.
The Ming-Burma War.
The Si family retreated to Myanmar and was finally destroyed by the Toungoo Dynasty, forty years before the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The Luchuan Kingdom can be said to have accompanied the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years!"
"They are really in love and killing each other!"
He Huan said: "And two hundred years after Burma dedicated Si Renfa, it also dedicated Emperor Yongli."
One tourist lamented: "It's a complete sacrifice!"
"That's right!" He Huan said, "The Anshi Rebellion broke out the year after the Tang Dynasty conquered Nanzhao, and the Tumubao Rebellion broke out the year after the Ming Dynasty conquered Luchuan.
This was all caused by the large-scale use of troops against the southwest, which resulted in empty treasury and empty military camps. Both the Tang and Ming dynasties turned from prosperity to decline due to the Southern Expedition. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is called the Battle of Luchuan - a small corner that disturbed the world.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing-Burmese War broke out several times. Later, Myanmar became a British colony and signed a border treaty with the Qing Dynasty. A lot of our land was lost at that time."
Everyone was silent.
"It is the lessons of war and peace, blood and tears in the southwestern border areas of past dynasties that led to today's ethnic friendly policy."
The tourists nodded.
"Country boundaries are generally divided by geography and humanities. The most common one is geography, which is divided by rivers and mountains. According to humanities, the same ethnic group is divided into the same country.
Yunzhou is connected to Southeast Asia and South Asia by mountains and rivers, and Ruili is bordered by Myanmar on three sides, starting with the Ruili River as the boundary river.
However, the continuous penetration and friction between the two sides in the past dynasties have resulted in the current situation being neither divided by geography nor by humanities.
Every field and every village is a dividing line, and such a long and intertwined dividing line makes it very special."
He Huan opened the map on his mobile phone and showed the tourists the jagged dividing lines.
"This is where we are going now." He Huan pointed to a point on the map, "Did you see it? The boundary line is concave toward us. Our side is called Yinjing, and the opposite side is called Mangxiu. It is the same village, but it is divided into two parts.
Two countries were united, forming the spectacle of one village and two countries.”
"ah!"
He Huan took them to One Village and Two Countries and told them along the way the historical reasons for the formation of One Village and Two Countries.
"When we discovered that this village was on the national boundary, the national boundary had already been drawn, and important national affairs could not be tampered with. So the same village was of different countries."
"Pity!"
After arriving in both countries, it has become a tourist attraction and a wonder. However, the people in the same village belong to different countries, and their feelings are still very complicated.
"Although the nationalities are different, because we have the same roots, the same language and the same customs, the two sides still communicate as usual. We cannot cross the border at will, but they can.
The relationship between the two parties is also very deep. Because we have developed better, many children from across the street come to our school to study. They are international students at a young age. They go abroad to go to school and return home after school."
The village has beautiful scenery and strong ethnic customs. There are yellow dividing lines everywhere and warning signs reminding tourists not to cross. This spectacle is also sad.
Yesterday everyone felt that human beings were insignificant in front of nature. Now in front of the country, we feel the insignificance of human beings again.
This is another consequence of deep travel!
He Huan looked at them. Other tourists were curious. But the Little White Dragon Group knew the historical reasons and could not check in and take photos like they were curious.
Simply take them away, "One village and two countries have formed a boundary line that is concave towards us, but the close contact does not belong to us. And now we are going to Jiegao Port."
He Huan opened the map and said, "Our country protrudes across the river to the opposite side, and is in close contact with the opposite side. The opposite side is Muse, Myanmar."
When we arrived at Jiegao Port, if there were not the mighty border guards, we would still not feel that we are two countries. After passing through the country gate, we can see Muse on the opposite side.
I don't feel like it's protruding anymore. I just feel like the two countries that were recessed just now are one and the same.
Everyone already knows that historically, this has been one. And historically, it has been continuously divided into the current boundaries.
Isn’t it another form of analyzing Luchuan land?
"Let's go! Let's go to Wanding. This is the last stop on the Burma Highway in my country."
Ruili is not that big, so just follow it and you'll be there in a short while. Wanding is even smaller.
"Then Wanding Bridge." He Huan pointed to the bridge inside Wanding Port, "It was built during the construction of the Burma Highway. This is where the anti-war supplies entered our country, and the expeditionary force entered Burma from here, and also from here.
The bridge that drove the invaders out is now the bridge between the two countries."
Wanding, because it is on the boundary river, this geographical division makes everyone feel much more comfortable.
However, because it is a border bridge, you cannot actually cross it. There is a railing in the middle of the bridge that prohibits crossing, and there are border guards guarding it.
From this end of the bridge, everyone could see the foreign country just around the corner. The houses, roads, cars and pedestrians on the opposite side were all clearly visible.
Many tourists ran to the railing to take pictures.
No one in the Little White Dragon Group went to take pictures. When you truly understand the history and culture of a place, you no longer have the desire to check in and take pictures at every point.
After walking all morning, He Huan took them to a Dai village for a meal of spicy and sour Dai dishes, which made everyone full of energy again.
While watching the peacock dance in the village, a man in gorgeous feathers came on stage.
Tourists were surprised, "The peacock dance is actually performed by men!"
He Huan said: "Because male peacocks have gorgeous wings and open their tails! In nature, males are beautiful, sing and dance, and win the favor of the opposite sex! So we men, don't give up on yourself!"
The tourists laughed and pushed him, "Then you go up and jump!"
If you really can't dance this kind of dance, He Huan just sits on the stool.
The vigorous singing and dancing of the elephant foot drum combined with the peacock dance are not at all as soft and graceful as everyone thinks. But it is precisely because of this that we can feel the strong character of this nation.
In the afternoon, I felt the customs of the Dai people in the village. The current customs of the Dai people are singing and dancing. It seems that they have only been like this in the past. This is what most tourists feel.
But what the little white dragon group felt was different after all.
Ruili is really small, so you can finish it in one day.
In the evening, He Huan took them to the Shwedagon Pagoda. "The construction history of this Shwedagon Pagoda is a secret. The only record is that when the pagoda was being cleaned in the 1980s, a gold and silver rubbing was found, which said in Dai that the pagoda was rebuilt in 1756."
, that is, during the Qianlong period.
When was it first built? There are only legends. It is said that when the princess of Guozhanbi Kingdom was pregnant, she was very afraid of the cold. One day, the princess went to the balcony to bask in the sun and fell asleep covered with a gorgeous red silk quilt.
A golden eagle that was circling in the air looking for food saw a blood-red object on the balcony, so it swooped down and took the princess away. It flew to a distant forest and stopped on a tall kapok tree, ready to have a feast.
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After the princess woke up, she roared wildly, and the golden eagle flew away in fright. However, the kapok tree was too high and the princess could not get down to the ground, so she had to eat wild flowers and fruits on the tree to satisfy her hunger. Soon she gave birth to a son on the tree.
Later, an elder passed by the tree and found someone on the tree, so he cut the branches to make a ladder and rescued the mother and son. The princess asked the elder: How long does it take to get to the Kingdom of Guozhanbi from here?
The elder said it would take a long, long time, so the princess had no choice but to live with the elder."
Everyone laughed, "This must not be Elder Tang!"
"They named the child Hunxiang Wu, which means Mr. Fulu! When Mr. Fulu was fourteen or fifteen years old, the gods gave him a very magical dingqin.
As long as this harp is played, the wild elephants living in the forest will follow the rhythm of the song, gather around Master Fulu, and obey his command.
With the help of the elephants, Prince Fulu returned to Ruili, the capital of the Kingdom of Guozhanbi. By this time, his father had passed away, the tribes were killing each other, and the people were withering away.
Prince Fulu summoned elephants to unify the scattered tribes into a powerful tribal alliance, ended the chaos, established the Damengmao Kingdom, and made Leiyun the capital, which is a village in Ruili today.
Mr. Fulu also changed his name to Zhao Wuding. Zhao..."
He Huan looked at the tourists, who immediately replied: "Your Majesty! Chief!"
He Huan smiled. The tourists also felt that they had answered the teacher's knowledge points and were very happy.
"Ding comes from Dingqin. Zhaowuding means the mighty King of Qin!" He Huan continued, "After the founding of the country, Zhaowuding implemented five unifications: unification of tribes, unification of language and characters, unification of laws and regulations, and measurement and calendar.
Unity, unity of religious beliefs.
The Kingdom of Guozhanbi became powerful from this. Legend has it that this pagoda was built by Zhao Wu. This story is also spread in the Shan State of Myanmar. Shan is the name of the Dai people in Myanmar."
"So it can be seen that they have a common history and ancestors. Looking at the time, it is also after the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Central Plains was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
This legend also reflects sideways. After Ailao returned to the Han Dynasty, with the end of the rule of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains fell into civil strife and had no time to take care of Yunzhou. The Dai people established a country in Ruili.
The Guozhanbi Kingdom is even more mysterious because it has nothing to do with the Central Plains. But a thousand years later, the Luchuan Kingdom was born in Ruili. This is very ancient. It can also be seen that the Dai people moved south.
In addition to Banna, there is a Dai Autonomous Prefecture, and Dehong is also a Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. So in addition to Banna, this is also a place with a strong Dai ethnic customs."
He Huan asked tourists to take off their shoes and led them into this magnificent pagoda.
"Buddhism is a very adaptable religion. Unlike other religions, gods and saints hardly change. When Buddhism spread to the Central Plains, it merged with Confucianism and Taoism. When it spread to Tibet, it merged with Bon religion.
When it spread to Yunzhou, it became connected with the mythical figures in Yunzhou's history. Because it was connected with the ancestors of the local people, it became easier to spread.
Dai script was born with the introduction of Buddhism and originated from Indian Brahmi script. Before, the Dai people only had language and no writing.
It was for the purpose of spreading Buddhism and Buddhist scriptures that the Dai script was created. With the creation of the Dai script, much of the history they recorded was related to Buddhism.
Therefore, Buddhism and temples play the role of education and schools in the Dai area."
He Huan explained Southern Buddhism and its inextricable relationship with the Dai people.
"A religion that teaches them writing, it is no wonder that it will become a religion believed by the whole people. The Guozhanbi Kingdom in Zhaowuding is speculated to be in the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty. But before the Western Han Dynasty, there was already a Shu body poison path in Ailao country. Therefore, Buddhism also passed through the Shu body poison path, evolved into Southern Buddhism, and was introduced to Yunzhou, our country."
In the hall, several Dai women knelt down and worshiped devoutly.
Everyone also paid homage to this Buddhist temple that was built at an unknown date.
Coming out of the Golden Pagoda, the evening breeze blew, the bells on the Golden Pagoda jingled, and the sound of Buddha was sent far away. The sunset shrouded the Shwedagon Pagoda, making it even more magnificent. Dai women wearing bright tube skirts walked down the golden steps barefoot
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At this moment, everyone stood still and felt like they were standing in ancient time.
The always playful Mr. Wang said: "I found that it is good to have faith."
He Huan nodded, "When there was no history, we only had myths and legends. But aren't myths and legends history?
We are standing here now, and we did not appear out of thin air. It took millions of years to stand here."
A group of people looked at the border town shrouded in the sunset. Although their lives only lasted a few decades, they had millions of years of blood flowing through them.
The sunset was still very beautiful, and the border towns in the mountains could not wait to light up the lights. Myanmar on the opposite side also lit up the lights, and the pagodas everywhere were magnificent and merged into one.
Jewelry and solemnity, exotic customs and various languages all meet here.
After taking everyone to dinner, He Huan led this group of shopping madmen and went straight to the jewelry night market.