The weather in Thang Long Province in March is already very hot.
Li Qiande touched the blisters at the corner of his mouth, feeling a little irritated.
Among the concubines in the palace, there was still no movement in the stomachs of any of them.
The ministers in the court began to urge him to select a child from the clan and adopt him into the palace.
How could he?
The lesson of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Dynasties was not enough?
Besides, he is still young and can afford to wait.
Thinking of the Northern Dynasty, Li Qiande asked the ministers around him: "Is there any movement in the Northern Dynasty recently?"
The minister replied: "Your Majesty, according to reports from business travelers who went to the Northern Dynasty, after the first month of this year, cities in Lianzhou, Qinzhou, Yongzhou and other places in the Northern Dynasty were repairing city walls."
"Repair the city wall?" Li Qiande became confused: "Do you know why?"
It's a bit unusual to repair the city wall for no reason.
Li Qiande easily remembered what happened more than ten years ago.
At that time, the two Guangxi transit envoys of the Northern Dynasty were secretly preparing to use troops against Dai Viet.
Then it was discovered by Dai Viet, who then decisively struck preemptively.
Unfortunately, although Dai Viet's elite troops defeated the Guangxi Xiang army of the Northern Dynasty, they were completely defeated by the elite troops transferred from the northwest by the Northern Dynasty.
Fortunately, the yellow dragon protects me and God blesses me.
Heavy rains poured down the Furiang River, and diseases frequently occurred among the troops of the Northern Dynasties.
It finally allowed Dai Viet to survive the crisis of national subjugation.
Afterwards, they relied on peace negotiations and the fact that the Northerners were not used to the climate in Dai Viet, and slowly relied on negotiations to get the Northern Emperor to return the land in Dai Viet that he had occupied during the war.
After that battle, Vietnam became more and more concerned about the movements of the Northern Dynasty.
"I don't know!" the minister replied: "But so far, our merchants can still enter the Northern Dynasty normally and trade with them."
"That is, Guangyuan Prefecture Yang Zhizhou Yannong Zeizhihui is still in Wuyang, Wuha and other places, and is still training Dong Ding. It seems that they want to invade Guangyuan!"
"Therefore, Yang Zhizhou begged the imperial court to send an envoy to question the Northern Dynasty!"
Li Qiande said "oh" and said: "Then send an envoy to Yongzhou in the Northern Dynasties, question the military envoys, order them to abide by the agreement, and transfer the Nongtai Zhihui back to Yongzhou!"
"Let me make it clear: The traitor Nong is not only a traitor to our country, the Great Yue, but also a traitor to the Song Dynasty."
"It is not a blessing for both countries to have thieves stay at the border forever!"
For Li Qiande, based on his experience in the last war, he knew that there were several warning signs for the Northern Dynasty to take action against Dai Viet.
First, of course, is to put an end to trade between the two countries.
But now, Dai Viet caravans can still travel normally, which shows that the Northern Dynasty has no intention of taking action.
Otherwise, when the army is mobilized, Dai Viet caravans will naturally encounter them. If they see them, they can give early warning in time.
Secondly, ships will be built in its inland rivers.
Now, there is no such sign.
As for repairing the city wall?
Li Qiande felt that it should be normal maintenance of the city in the Northern Dynasties.
Besides, the walls they built were only for defensive purposes.
Li Qiande naturally wouldn't have much reaction to this.
What's more, Li Qiande also knew that in the Northern Dynasty, the young master was now in power, and the harem listened to the affairs behind the curtain.
Judging from his own experience, at such a time, the Northern Dynasty would definitely focus on stability and would not easily raise troops.
After all, doubts about the young master's country are the worries of every dynasty.
Therefore, I no longer pay attention to the Northern Dynasties.
He instead began to pay attention to the recently unstable areas in the south, including the three states of Buzheng and Maring.
These three states are the result of the expansion of territory during his reign.
They were all taken from the hands of the Champa people in the south.
But it is precisely because of this that the contradiction between Dai Viet and Champa has accumulated profoundly.
So far, two Vietnam-occupied wars have been fought.
The first time Dai Viet won and occupied three states, but the second time it suffered a defeat and lost troops and generals, so they had to negotiate a peace and stop the war.
And everyone knows that the third war has been brewing.
The Champa people refused to give up their obsession with regaining the three states.
And Dai Viet will never give up on destroying Champa, eliminating this major trouble behind itself, so that Dai Viet can fully attack the Northern Song Dynasty and realize the ambition of a Dai Viet Kingdom.
It swallowed up Guangxi and Guangdong of the Song Dynasty, occupied Lingnan, and dominated Tiannan.
This is the hometown of Zhao Tuo in the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Going one step further, he coveted the south of the Yangtze River and drove to Jiankang. This is the story of Chen Baxian in the Southern Dynasties.
Even everyone knows it's hard.
It’s hard to reach the sky!
But people always have to dream, and so does the country.
What if it comes true? Right.
Therefore, Li Qiande ordered: "Go and get the report document on the recent movements of the Champa people and Zhenla. I want to check it carefully."
Destroying Champa and Zhenla is the life goal Li Qiande set for himself.
In this way, his descendants will have the opportunity to look forward to Lingnan.
…
Di Yong's army marched on the official road in formation.
On the Li River, countless bamboo rafts are slowly descending.
The bamboo rafts were loaded with grain and copper coins.
In the official road, young and strong civilians drove mules, horses, donkeys and oxen, pushed handcarts, chicken carts, and gathered into a long dragon.
The soldiers of the First General Yulong were walking on the road in leggings and light clothing.
Their armor, weapons, and weapons are all on the vehicles in the hands of the young men.
"General Manager!" A Qingqiu came to Di Yong and reported: "The Yongjiang Inspection Department has come to report that more than ten Jiaozhi merchants have been captured again."
Di Yong nodded and said, "I understand."
This is the first batch of Jiaozhi merchants that his army has captured since setting off from Guizhou.
The magistrate seemed to be working very hard.
But Di Yong knows that if you can only be a thief for a thousand days, there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days.
Therefore, the Cochin people will definitely know about the movement of the army going south.
The local officials' arrests were just stalling for time and just putting on a show for the people of Cochin.
This is also one of the temple calculations.
To alert the snake!
Throw the problem to the Cochin people.
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Guangyuan Prefecture, Guangyuan City.
Yang Jingtong looked at the embarrassed and ragged businessman kneeling in front of him.
"The uncle of the Northern Dynasty appeared in Shun'an Prefecture?" Yang Jingtong asked him.
"yes!"
"Have you seen it with your own eyes?" Yang Jingtong asked.
"No." The merchant kowtowed: "If you saw it, how could you have a chance to escape?"
Yang Jingtong suddenly began to ponder.
"Uncle of the Northern Dynasty, why are you going to Shun'an Prefecture?" Yang Jingtong couldn't help but think of the adopted son of a high-ranking official of the Northern Dynasty who he killed on the road when he attacked Guihua Prefecture last year.
He was also worried that if he killed such a big shot, he would be blamed by the Northern Dynasty.
They were worried for a while, but the people of the Northern Dynasties didn't care and didn't even hold them accountable.
Just when he was relieved, he heard that some relatives of the Northern Dynasty emperor had arrived in Shun'an Prefecture.
This inevitably made him suspicious.
What happened to the Northern Dynasties?
If the rich and well-off officials are not enjoying the blessings in Bianjing City, why would they come to such a remote and miasmatic place in the south?
In this damn place, the mountains are high and the forests are dense. The only things left for the poor are dense forests and gold.
etc……
gold?!
Yang Jingtong stood up.
Could it be that those damn Nong family sold the secret of gold?
This made Yang Jingtong a little flustered.
However, for just gold, the Northern Dynasty would not send an uncle here.
It would be nice to have a minister.
so……
Yang Jingtong asked the businessman: "That uncle, have you heard his last name?"
"It seems his surname is Gao?" the merchant replied, kowtowing.
"Surnamed Gao?" Yang Jingtong turned around and glanced at his cousin Yang Jingwen. Yang Jingwen immediately said: "The empress dowager of the Northern Dynasty emperor was named Gao. It is said that this empress dowager was the queen of the Northern Dynasty general Gao Qiong, and her family had a long history. Ye Mao, there are hundreds of them."
"Oh!" Yang Jingtong nodded. It made sense for a big family with hundreds of people to send one person south.
It is estimated that this person is a less favored branch of the clan.
Otherwise, Yang Jingtong couldn't figure out why he gave up the luxury of Bianjing and ventured south.
After thinking about it, Yang Jingtong said to Yang Jingwen: "Jingwen, you have always been familiar with the affairs of the Northern Dynasty. Why don't you go to Shun'an Prefecture to pay a visit to the uncle of the Northern Dynasty and find out what his purpose is?"
"Let's see what his intentions are when he goes south."
"If he really came here for the gold, he would be in trouble."
Yang Jingtong became worried.
How much gold does Shun'an Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture have?
Probably only in the Tiger Leaping Grand Canyon.
But that place is only suitable for gold mining during the dry season. During the rainy season, the floods will spread and the food will be stopped.
Moreover, most of them are gold sand, and there are no big gold nuggets.
But Guangyuanzhou is different.
The gold in Guangyuan Prefecture is particularly large.
So far, the highest record is the piece of raw gold that Nong Zhigao's father Nong Fuquan paid tribute to Thang Long Palace decades ago. After weighing, it weighed more than 110 taels.
According to legend, the Nong family also hid several extremely large pieces of raw gold.
The largest legend weighs more than twenty pounds.
It is said that Nong Zhigao once thought that if the Northern Dynasty accepted him, he would be willing to give him a title and make him the hereditary military envoy of Guangyuan Prefecture.
Then he would pay tribute to the Northern Dynasty with that piece of gold.
However, the Northern Dynasty looked down upon him at all.
That's why Nong Zhigao's rebellion happened.
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Yongzhou.
Zhang Dun welcomed another chieftain to Yongzhou.
And this chieftain is a heavyweight.
Moreover, he is different from all other toasts.
He came by divine decree.
Inspection envoy of Sizhou during the Song Dynasty, commander of Zhongsheng Rebel Army, in charge of public affairs in Lunan, Tian Shiru!
Sizhou inspection is a hereditary native official position of the Tian family since the Tang Dynasty.
The loyal and brave rebel army is the military name given by the late emperor's imperial decree.
In charge of all public affairs in Lunan, the late emperor gave the Tian family a reward because he felt that the Tian family had conquered all directions for the Song Dynasty and pacified Luzhou Qi Di, Nanping Li Guangji, Jiaozhi Liu Ji and other thieves.
Since Xining, whenever the imperial court deployed troops to the southwest, the Sizhou Tian clan had always been at the forefront.
They were the pioneers under Wang Guangzu's command to pacify Luzhou.
It was also Sun Jiao's help in establishing the Nanping Army, and it was also a friendly force that fought side by side with Xining's Southern Expedition and Yanda.
The late emperor once praised the Tian family's loyal and victorious rebel army: the divine army is unparalleled in the world!
This loyal and victorious rebel army of the Tian family participated in almost all military operations of the Song Dynasty in the southwest.
They are famous for their expertise in mountain ambush and forest warfare.
The silent poisonous crossbow arrows in one hand frightened those who heard it and terrified those who saw it.
This time, Tian Shiru brought 1,500 loyalist rebels stationed in these areas from Nanping, Zizhou Road and other places to help in the battle.
The reward given to them by the imperial court was very simple.
Each rebel who goes to war will be given a thousand yuan as settlement expenses.
Very cheap, right?
But they are happy.
Last time, they assisted Wang Guangzu in quelling the rebellion of his beggar brothers in Luzhou, and the late emperor gave them a reward of three thousand.
I’ll give you a thousand dollars just before setting off this time!
To these people, the imperial court was too generous.
Therefore, the morale was high, and after receiving the order, they immediately went south.
Note: There is an unearthed "Epitaph of Tian Yougong, the Young Master Siguo Gong given by Song Dynasty" for examination.
PS: According to records, the Tian family also married a concubine of Huizong.
Therefore, after Jingkang, the Tian family deeply felt the hatred of the country and the family, and had been working hard for the Zhao family.
According to historical records, Tian's Loyal Victory Army fought bravely and had typical characteristics of mountain troops.
The Tian family was the army that resisted to the end in the Southern Song Dynasty.
It is really unusual for a chieftain to dedicate his descendants to the Zhao family for more than a hundred years.
According to historical records, these Tian family rebels were lightly armed, brave enough to fight, brave, and good at poisonous crossbows.
PS of PS, the chieftain of the Yang family in Bozhou was still the little brother of the Tian family at this time.
It seems that the Yang family is also a chieftain who resisted the Yuan army like the Tian family.
Historically, during the Xining Yuan Fengyuan Youshaosheng era, the Tian family's rebel armies were widely stationed in Nanping Army, Zizhou Road, Chengdu Fu Road, Luzhou and other places.
Judging from historical data, military discipline is even better than that of the official army of the Song Dynasty, because there are historical records that the local government was reluctant to leave the rebels and wrote to the court requesting to keep records of the rebels.
