For Emperor Liu Wenji, the Andong Kingdom had long been a concern. When he was still the prince and grandson, he had not had a good impression of Anton. He had seen Emperor Taizong worried about the situation there many times.
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When he succeeded to the throne, the Andong Kingdom also caused him countless troubles in a place that was difficult for ordinary people to see. Liu Wenyuan, the king of Anton, was almost unable to restrain the challenge to Taizong's direct succession. In the past ten years, Liu Wenji was accompanied by various
I'm afraid half of the criticism and rumors came from Anton.
Liu Wenji rarely gave a positive response to this situation, but if he didn't have an attack, it didn't mean that he was not clear in his heart. Not only did he have a clear understanding of the situation, but he also kept it in mind and was always waiting for an opportunity.
To be precise, Liu Wenji should be waiting for the right time. After ten years of management, his throne was consolidated, imperial power was established, military and political power was basically in his hands, and the development of the empire and internal conflicts were restored to a good state.
On the other hand, Liu Wenyuan, King of Andong in the sixth year of Jianlong's reign, was almost fifty-eight years old. If Liu Wenyuan was in his prime, with his ambition and temper, once he was pushed into a hurry, he might do anything.
But at this age, Liu Wenyuan had to worry about Andong Guo and his princes and grandchildren even if he wanted to make trouble.
The emperor Liu Wenji is ten years younger than Liu Wenyuan. To put it bluntly, he is bullying his old age, and he will wait for these ten years. If Liu Wenji is older in a few years, even if he has the will, he will not be able to do it.
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Therefore, some things can only be done within a specific window. Once you miss it, it may be forever. In fact, from the line "Xia Song-Wang Qinruo-Emperor", we can see some problems.
Otherwise, the evil of human trafficking has not been eliminated in the empire for a day or two, and local spontaneous attacks have been going on for many years. Why did Xia Song cause such a huge uproar after a small inspection and a memorial?
The key is that even though there were various contradictions and problems in the Andong Kingdom during the Jianlong era, its unprecedented prosperity in a thousand years had already posed a de facto threat to the empire. Among all the feudal states, Anton was very different!
Emperor Shizu spared no expense to assist Anton and support its development, intending to consolidate the northeastern border defense of the empire. More than half a century later, the empire hatched a prosperous Haidong Kingdom, and the barbarians on the northeastern border basically surrendered, but instead
is a greater threat.
From the central point of view, the Anton Kingdom must be weakened. Even if it is to maintain its 80,000 troops all year round, it must take some action. Anton is not like the Anxi Three Kingdoms. It also faces serious external threats, religious wars, and so on.
Does that region of Northeast China need such a large standing army? What is the intention?
Therefore, the turmoil in the sixth year of Jianlong's reign inevitably came! This was also a major outbreak of conflicts between Anton and the imperial court in the more than thirty years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Xia Song's memorial was not a secret matter. Even before it reached the capital, someone in the central government was already discussing it. And the emperor, as expected, paid special attention to it and held an imperial meeting on the matter. It was an enlarged meeting.
In addition to the Prime Minister of the Political Hall, the attendees also included representatives of the royal family, nobles and ministers of various ministries.
As for the black industry, everyone has the same opinion and speaks loudly, but when it comes to the Andong Kingdom, the differences in attitudes are obvious. There are those who are silent, some who are vague, and some who are angry and verbally criticizing.
There are countless precedents that prove that the so-called meeting is just a formality, especially in this era of autocratic monarchy. The larger the scale, the more people there are, the more mixed the words, and it is difficult to make any real progress in the handling and resolution of the incident.
The really important decisions may have been decided long ago in the closed-door meeting between the emperor and the prime ministers, and even in the Chongzheng Hall, the tone was set. Such a meeting was held more just for the sake of fame and righteousness, and it seemed more futuristic.
It’s just the human heart.
During the discussion in front of the Imperial Palace in Guangzheng Palace, two resolutions were finally formed. The first was to further clarify the criminal nature of the illegal trade of "trading to Han people", increase the punishment, strengthen the crackdown, and then require local governments, especially those along the coast, to
, rectify related affairs and protect the people of Han Dynasty.
This is, of course, just a political attitude, or even a propaganda slogan. After all, as long as import and export can be carried out normally, and as long as profits remain high, there will always be those who try the law. At the same time, if we really want to carry out an effective crackdown, we can only rely on an imperial edict and local officials.
Self-consciousness is not enough.
The second point is to ask the Andong Kingdom to give an explanation to the court on this matter. More than 200,000 Han people were sold as goods to the Andong Kingdom. It is simply appalling and cannot be justified by nature.
In response to the anger and concern over the incident, Liu Wenji even sent the envoy Xiao Jing to Suihua to declare the edict in person.
With Anton's intelligence in the empire, especially within the capital, even as far away as Suihua, he was very smart. In fact, as early as the beginning of Xia Song's memorial, Anton King Liu Wenyuan had already received the news that the people running the Anton route
The dozen or so families of human traffickers were not the only ones caught by Xia Song. The rest of the traffickers quickly evaded or fled to Suihua City, which could bring them warmth when winter came.
Liu Wenyuan was angry about this at first, but he didn't take it seriously, and in his opinion, it was really not a big deal. However, because it affected Anton, he paid some attention to it.
However, as public opinion intensified, especially as the denunciations in the court became more and more strident, Liu Wenyuan began to realize that something was wrong. However, he still did not take any action, and even some "concerns" and "questions" from Gyeonggi Province were ignored.
There was no reply, just silent observation, reviewing the development of the situation, even as if watching a play.
Therefore, as soon as the decision of the Royal Council of Guangzheng Palace came out, it was transmitted to Anton at a flying speed. Then in the Suihua Palace, Liu Wenyuan became furious! This is too much!
In response to this incident, Liu Wenyuan also urgently convened a meeting of the upper-level military and political leaders of Anton. All the dignitaries of Anton who were involved in human trafficking were present. Then, the senior officials of Anton were also excited and furious. They cursed Xia Song as a traitor and even insinuated that the emperor was fatuous.
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In the eyes of Anton's powerful people, Anton is not the only country that engages in human trafficking. Countries in Southeast Asia are the largest export destinations, and those overseas feudal countries are even less restrained in this regard.
However, the other countries in the imperial court, without asking or attacking, came to Anton. Such scheming intentions were obvious! For decades, the imperial court had a lot of prejudice against Anton, and there were repeated suppressions. In the past, there were still
He restrained himself, but now he doesn’t even want to pretend. Do you really think that Anton is made of clay? The clay man is still very angry!
As a result, the political meeting turned into a grievance meeting, and all the things about old sesame seeds and rotten millet were uncovered by the powerful Anton people with "good memories". In the minds of many powerful people in Anton, they were the ancestors of the ancestors.
According to the imperial edict, in response to the imperial court's call to open up a solid frontier, we just came to the bitter and cold land of Andong.
Decades of hard work by two or three generations have finally yielded results. Life was just getting better, and the imperial court set up such obstacles. Their ancestors were the founders of the empire, and they also worked hard to consolidate and stabilize the northeastern part of the empire. Without them, the northeast would not be known.
How many barbarian rebellions are there?
However, complaints are complaints, and if they really turned their words of praise into actual actions, it would not be that far away. On the contrary, Anton King Liu Wenyuan, through such a meeting, briefly tested the sentiments of Anton's upper management.
In terms of attitude, when it comes to dealing with the suppression by the imperial court, everyone has basically the same mindset. After so many years, those who are willing to stay in Anton and develop into a family with current power and status, their hearts must be towards Anton.
The result of Anton's high-level meeting was that Anton should be tougher. You can't take advantage of the righteousness of the court and ask for anything from Anton. Anton Kingdom is a kingdom granted by Emperor Shizu, not Taizong.
, let alone you Liu Wenji.
Therefore, when the Lifan envoy rushed all the way to Suihua City on behalf of the imperial court, he did not even see Liu Wenyuan's face. He did not give him the face of an angel of the imperial court and did not take him seriously at all.
Of course, judging from the results, Xiao Jing's trip was not in vain, and it fulfilled his mission. He brought dozens of heads with "famous brands" on them from Anton back to the capital. Didn't your court want an explanation? This is an explanation.
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Dozens of heads were all disposed of according to the list of prisoners listed by the imperial court. However, Liu Wenyuan did not do anything to destroy his own foundation. The names were those names, but the people were not those people, but Suihua
For some of the death row prisoners in the prison, Liu Wenyuan did not use any means to cover up this.
You can imagine how angry the imperial court was when they received such a reply. They knew that King Anton was arrogant and domineering, but he didn't know that he was so arrogant. He didn't take the imperial court seriously at all. This is tolerable.
Intolerable?
A group of ministers, represented by Kou Zhun, immediately intensified their condemnation of Anton and advocated some severe and tough measures to suppress Anton's arrogance. As for Liu Wenyuan's performance, some upper-level officials in the court who were originally neutral,
There are also many dissatisfactions. Even if you are emotional, you can't ignore the agreement between the clan and the vassal and the courtesy of the vassal.
If some serious measures are taken as suggested by Kou Zhun and others, there will be a lot of opposition and resistance within the court, especially the military nobles. There is nothing more powerful than the army in this world. If you want to be tough,
, we must deal with the military meritorious officials.
Of course, Liu Wenji's tough measures did not include military means for the time being. He had not yet reached that point. At the same time, he was still more accustomed to using political means to solve problems. So he used old tricks again. Liu Wenji issued an order to patrol the north and summoned
Liu Wenyuan, the king of Andong, questioned Youzhou.
The content of the edict was strongly worded, but the emperor's decision to go north in person also gave Liu Wenyuan face. However, Liu Wenyuan did not "understand" the emperor's intentions, and sent the envoy to reply: He is old and frail, and he is suffering from foot diseases.
, I cannot travel far, please forgive me, Your Majesty.
In fact, there was another sentence in Liu Wenyuan's reply: If your Majesty is interested, please move to Suihua. However, such a reply was really disrespectful to a minister, and the clerk responsible for drafting it did not dare to write it down.
But even so, Liu Wenji was completely angered by Liu Wenyuan, and immediately launched a northern patrol. Compared with the southern patrol a few years ago, there was much more movement. Within the capital, there were 50,000 forbidden troops accompanying him. Some people believed that he was going to the northern expedition.
In response to the emperor's northern inspection tour, Liu Wenyuan sent another report, saying that the Jurchen tribes were rioting and invading the border. He asked for orders to quell the rebellion and control the violence. On the edge of the Liaodong Road, riots by Wanyan and other Jurchen tribes also occurred, and some even invaded the state border.
Kill the looters.
Things were just developing in a suffocating direction step by step.
In the autumn of the sixth year of Jianlong, the emperor visited the north and Luan Jia arrived in Youzhou. He received a secret report from Wanyan Shilu, the governor of Songmo, or a counterattack: King Andong intended to rebel!