When the two most important commanders in Lin Yiguo's development and entrepreneurship have a disagreement or even break up, it will inevitably have a major impact on the development of Linyiguo, and this impact must also be negative.
When an irreconcilable conflict arises between the two, one party will surely die, and the winner is undoubtedly Liu Wenyan, who holds the righteousness of the king after all.
In the sixth year of Jianlong of the Han Empire (1023), Maohou Liu Gong was granted death in Jinzhou, the capital of Linyi. He was less than fifty years old, and people at that time lamented him.
The death of Maohou was undoubtedly a great loss to Lin Yi. This interrupted Lin Yi's high-spirited pioneering and enterprising trend since the founding of the country, and actually affected Lin Yi's attitude towards the country.
The annexation process of Chenla Kingdom in the north.
This incident can be said to be the biggest stain in the life of Liu Wenyan, who has been a wise man for a lifetime, and the most criticized thing. After all, no matter what Liu Gong's fault was, at least his crime was not punishable by death, and the reason for his execution was
It’s also an “unfounded incident”
If you really want to say what Liu Gong is guilty of, it can only be said in eight words: great achievements shock the master, but great talent is difficult to control.
For decades, Liu Gong has been Lin Yi's number one hero and warrior, well-known in Southeast Asia. Of course, he deserves this honor and achievement.
By the sixth year of Jianlong's reign, more than half of the 11 states controlled by Lin Yi were conquered or pacified by Liu Gong's troops, and the rest were basically participated by him.
In the early days, Liu Shu established the eight states of Jin, Qing, Phu, Ping, Ninh, Shun, Song, and De on the basis of the old city of Champa. Later, during the war between the empire and Chenla, he took the opportunity to capture the lower Mekong River delta area.
After ten years of immigration and development, Jiangzhou, Jianzhou and Maozhou were established.
The latter three states were conquered by Liu Wenyan and Liu Gong together, but it was Liu Gong who was responsible for the subsequent consolidation of operations and the continued attacks on Zhenla Kingdom.
You must know that Lin Yi's "strategy of annihilation" against Zhenla was proposed and implemented by Liu Gong, and achieved great results. Lin Yi's complete annexation of Zhenla was also launched in Liu Gong's tenth year
It was only formed after years of exhaustion and harassment.
Although the reputations of Liu Wenyan and Liu Gong in Linyi are a bit like "a moment of great success", if we compare their actual achievements and achievements, Liu Wenyan is much weaker than Liu Gong.
Because of his hard work and meritorious service, Liu Shu named him a general, made him a military envoy to Chenla, granted him the title of Marquis of Mao, and made Maozhou his residence and food town. Maozhou was roughly where Phnom Penh was located in Cambodia in later generations.
It is conceivable that Liu Shu's favor and trust in Liu Gong, his adopted son and commander-in-chief, was the highest among all nobles. Even his princes, grandsons and first cousins such as the Fu family, no one could receive such treatment.
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Therefore, in addition to Liu Wenyan's suspicion, the dismal ending of Liu Gong was probably also a very important reason.
At the same time, Liu Gong was originally a small slave in the Duke of Chu, but he gradually became the mainstay of Lin Yi. He was also adopted as the adopted son by Liu Shu, and his reputation spread far and wide to Southeast Asia. His experience was inspiring and he was also popular with countless people who went to Southeast Asia.
Respected by Han merchants and people.
In the process of the Han people's large-scale colonization of Southeast Asia, countless heroes and successful people emerged, but those who could achieve such a starting point as Liu Gong and achieve such great achievements and reputation were really rare.
Even if we only talk about Linyi's country, while he was jealous and ostracized by the old nobles, Liu Gong had extremely high popularity in the minds of the middle and lower class scholars. Liu Shu could tolerate this kind of popularity, and Liu Wenyan used practical actions to
, showing his attitude.
Mao Hou Liu Gong was tired of his reputation.
Before he was recruited to Jinlan City, Liu Gong might have had a premonition, so he gave a solemn explanation to his eldest son Liu Kan, asking him to remain loyal to the royal family no matter what happened.
However, when the news of Liu Gong's death came back to Maozhou, Liu Kan was so angry that he completely forgot about his father's explanation and raised Maozhou troops to rebel in the name of revenge.
Because of Liu Gong's local prestige and influence, he had many followers and made a great noise. Liu Kan also quickly led his army to conquer Jiangzhou and advance to Songzhou (Ho Chi Minh City) in the east.
On Liu Wenyan's side, he was still hesitating about how to solve the problem between Liu Gong's family and the army and people of Maozhou. When news of the rebellion reached the royal city, there was no hesitation anymore.
So Liu Wenyan personally led an army of 30,000 people to the south, and Liu Kan led the crowd to attack him. The two sides fought in Songzhou. In terms of military command ability, Liu Kan was not even close to his father, but Liu Wenyan was in his prime and had the commanding ability.
He did not fall behind, but became increasingly sophisticated. Coupled with the political offensive and naval superiority, it was only a matter of time before the Maozhou rebels were defeated.
Under the command of Liu Wenyan, it only took Lin Yiguo one and a half months to put down the "Liu Kan Rebellion". However, in order to eliminate the negative impact from Liu Gong's death to the Maozhou rebellion, Liu Wenyan spent three or four years before finally finally
eliminate.
Of course, it is difficult to eliminate it completely. The negative political effect of Liu Gong's death was much greater than Liu Wenyan imagined. This even caused Lin Yiguo's ideological confusion to a certain extent.
In contrast, Liu Kan's Rebellion was only the most direct and violent reaction. At the same time, it caused serious economic damage to the four southwest states, including Songzhou. The lower Mekong River Delta area has been operating for twenty years
, nearly half of it was destroyed.
Militarily, it not only reduced Liu Wenyan's prestige in the army, but also destroyed Lin Yi's most elite Maozhou Army. Basically all the soldiers were liquidated, and Lin Yi's military strength was greatly damaged.
These effects required Liu Wenyan to pay a greater price to heal and make up for it. However, if Liu Wenyan had any regrets, at least when Liu Kan rebelled, he did not.
On the contrary, he was very lucky at that time. Liu Gong's reputation among the military and civilians was so great, and his family's influence in the "Land of River Island" was so huge. If it was not curbed, what would happen?
However, Liu Wenyan could only taste the bitter consequences slowly in the next few years.
Because of this rebellion, the Zhenla Kingdom in the north became interested. When they learned that Liu Gong, who had oppressed them for twenty years, was killed by the King of Linyi, the Zhenla Kingdom was full of people celebrating. After the civil strife in Linyi
, the whole country rejoiced, at least the princes in the Tonle Sap Lake area who were frequently attacked and plundered by Linyi were all happy and gloating about the misfortune.
So, taking advantage of the end of the civil strife in Linyi and the ups and downs of the country, the Zhenla Kingdom once again mustered up the courage to unite with the princes who had already formed actual independent regimes in the country, gather 70,000 troops and 10,000 war elephants, and launch a southern expedition.
, intending to regain the land and cities that had been taken away by Lin Yi for more than thirty years.
Faced with Zhenla's counterattack, Liu Wenyan had no choice but to accept the challenge, and once again went on a personal expedition, gathering an army of 40,000 land and sea troops, 3,000 cavalry, and hundreds of artillery pieces, which could be described as an elite force.
With Lin Yi's decades of accumulation, it is not too difficult to maintain an army of this size. However, after the Maozhou Rebellion, people's hearts and morale were not so easy to recover. That is to say, under the stimulation of the national war, the soldiers were still relatively
Fight bravely.
However, in this so-called largest national war between the two sides in the past 25 years, it took Liu Wenyan half a year to achieve a decisive victory over Chenla's army.
After this battle, Lin Yi's army, led by Liu Wenyan, wiped out 20,000 enemies and took over the vast area southwest of Tonle Sap Lake. Lin Yi's army spread further north, and could reach the capital of Chenla at dawn and dusk.
Arrived.
This directly contributed to the Chenla royal family moving westward to avoid disaster, and was also a sign of the complete collapse of the Chenla regime. From then on, the Chenla court was basically an empty shell, with no restraints on princes and tribes from all over the country.
It can be said that the vast area in the central part of the peninsula (mainly the modern Thai area) has formed a chaotic situation with many warlords.
This situation was originally a good opportunity for Lin Yiguo to seize the opportunity to annex, but due to the civil strife and war before and after, Liu Wenyan was also powerless.
In contrast, Linhai State, which had established a stronghold along the "Gulf" (Bangkok Bay) early on, took the opportunity to expand to the great plains in the central part of the peninsula.
As the king of Linyi, Liu Wenyan knew very well that he could not just focus on military conquest and rule. He had to put more energy into the construction of the national system, the stability of public security and the recovery and recuperation of the military and civilians. And this is also
The most important work of his short reign was left.
Liu Wenyan passed away in the twelfth year of Jianlong (1029) at the age of fifty-two. He only reigned for eight years. He died diligently and was given the posthumous title Huan.
As the king of Lin Yi, Liu Wenyan's reign was not long, but from the time of the prince, his contribution to Lin Yi from its creation to its development and growth cannot be denied, and is even crucial.
The continuous expansion during the period of Liu Jirong, who succeeded the throne, laid a solid foundation.
And the point of "the son conquers the world, and I rule the world" is most thoroughly reflected in the father and son duo of Liu Shu and Liu Wenyan.
Speaking of the family of Liu Gong, the Marquis of Mao, after putting down Liu Kan's rebellion, Liu Wenyan carried out a severe liquidation, seized his title, barbarized his clan, and uprooted his family from Maozhou.
However, Liu Gong was not extinct because of this. His third son, Liu Jiong, was saved under the protection of the princess because he was Liu Wenyan's son-in-law. However, he also lived in trepidation during the days when Liu Wenyan was in power.
Before Liu Wenyan passed away, perhaps because of his inner guilt, or perhaps because of the remembrance and nostalgia for Liu Gong that the government and the public could not get rid of, Liu Wenyan restored the title of Maohou and succeeded Liu Jiong.
Of course, the status and treatment of the restored marquis were vastly different from those during the Liu Gong period. But when Liu Jiong's lineage was passed down to the 7th generation, the Liu family also rose again and became the Linyi Kingdom.
A powerful minister who once seized the highest power in the country and led Lin Yiguo to participate in the "Southern Struggle for Hegemony"