The Annan Capital Envoy Division is actually the Annan Kingdom.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict and listed fifteen countries as countries that were not subject to conquest, including Annan. Zhu Yuanzhang did not want excessive expansion that would lead to war.
After the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Dijing was unable to seize the throne. At that time, Vietnam was in the last years of the Chen Dynasty. Powerful ministers controlled the government and massacred the Chen Dynasty clan. A surviving clan member of the Chen Dynasty fled to the Ming Dynasty and asked the suzerain country for help. Emperor Yongle sent an envoy to question Annan. As a result,
The powerful minister Hu was so bold that he dared to kill the Ming envoy, and then raised an army to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Is this okay?
Yongle was furious and sent the famous general Zhang Fu to lead the army to the south. Zhang Fu lived up to the emperor's expectations and pacified Annan in the first battle. So the Ming Dynasty established the Jiaozhi Chief Envoy in Annan, which was equivalent to officially bringing Annan under its rule and making it an administrative unit.
Province.
However, the Chief Envoy of Cochin was established for a total of twenty-one years before it was abandoned. The Annan people rebelled for years and coupled with the great pressure from Mongolia in the north at that time, the Ming Dynasty finally chose to give up.
The Ming Dynasty was forced to recognize the Later Le Dynasty established by Le Li, and Le Li continued to regard the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain state and continued to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
However, after many years, the Le Dynasty was also in chaos. The powerful minister Mo Deng Dung also took the opportunity to control the government, seized power and usurped the throne, and established the Mo Dynasty of Vietnam.
However, the Mo family was unpopular. Yuan Gan, the former right-guard general of the Li Dynasty, fled to Ai Lao, found the youngest son of Le Aizong and supported him as emperor. He was named Li Zhuangzong and fought against the Mo family in Thanh Hoa in the south.
Later, the Li Zhuang sect sent envoys to Beijing to request Emperor Jiajing to attack the Mo family who had usurped the throne.
The following year, Emperor Jiajing appointed Qiu Luan as the governor, and Mao Bowen as counselor of military affairs. He stationed troops at Zhennan Pass in preparation for entering Vietnam to attack Mo. Under the pressure of the soldiers, Emperor Mo Dengyong sent an envoy to Zhennan Pass to ask for surrender, and compiled Annan's land register and household registration.
Dedicated to the Ming Dynasty.
Mo Dengyong and dozens of other ministers tied themselves up and knelt down in obeisance, then entered the town's Nanguan Pass to ask for land from the Ming Dynasty officials.
The Ming Dynasty then followed the trend and demoted Anguonan to the Annan Capital Envoy Department, and the subordinate states to territorial territories. It changed its thirteen provinces to the Xuanfu Department, each with Xuanfu, Tongzhi, etc.
The Mo family is the commander-in-chief of the Annan capital, with a rank of second rank, hereditary, and a tribute every three years.
In name, Annan re-entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
From then on, the Mo family became a vassal and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but continued to proclaim emperor Jianyuan internally.
Decades later, the Li Dynasty in the south was restored and the Li Dynasty was revitalized. The Li Dynasty sent envoys to Beijing to request the restoration of King Annan's canonization. However, the Ming Dynasty still only granted Li the title of Annan Commander-in-Chief on the grounds that the situation was not stable, and also gave him the title of Governor of Annam.
He asked the Li Dynasty to transfer Gaoping, Taiyuan and other places owned by the Mo family to the descendants of the Mo family.
Although the later Li Dynasty was unwilling to do so, it did not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Annan had not returned to the country until this time. It was still the commander-in-chief of Annan, a territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Even outside the Later Li Dynasty, there was a Gaoping area in the northwest that the Mo family had been separatistly ruling.
Later, the Le Dynasty was not stable either. The later Le Dynasty was able to recover because of the Nguyen family. The later Le Dynasty was able to defeat the Mo family and return to Thang Long House, all thanks to the general Zheng Song.
Zheng Song appointed himself the marshal of the capital and the general of state affairs. His father, King Ping'an, controlled the military and political power, and his status was hereditary. Therefore, he was called Lord Zheng. However, Emperor Le was only responsible for listening to government affairs and receiving envoys at court, so the Le family was the emperor and the Zheng family was in power.
It smells a bit like the Japanese emperor and the shogun.
The southern part is entirely controlled by the Nguyen family. Ruan Gan was instrumental in supporting the restoration. Later, after Ruan Gan died, his son Ruan Huang saw that Zheng Jian was suspicious of him, so he asked himself to leave the town of Hue. Hue was the father and son of Ruan Gan.
The base camp that has been operated for many years has won the hearts of the people.
After Nguyen Hoang returned to Hue, he assisted Zheng Song in eradicating the Mo family's forces, but he was still suspected by Zheng Song. At a time when officials from the DPRK and China were attacking Zheng Song who had seized power, Nguyen Huang falsely claimed that he was helping to suppress the thieves and took the opportunity to return to Hue, but he sent troops to guard him.
Guangnan, control the south, and then marry their daughter to Zheng Song's son. By the time Zheng Song reacts, a confrontation between Ruan and Zheng has formed.
Since then, the two sides have experienced several wars, but no one can do anything to the other.
So the Zheng family held the emperor hostage in the north and controlled the government, and they were called the Zheng family, while the Ruan family ruled in the south and were called Lord Ruan.
In addition to the Mo family who ruled in the northwest, the small Annan Kingdom was also shallow and had many idiots.
However, although the north and the south were in confrontation and fighting each other, Zheng and Ruan were also developing with all their strength. Annam was in a rare period of prosperity. The Ruan family in the south followed the west and set up cannon foundries, established naval forces, and built firearms troops. The army had a very strong combat effectiveness.
Going south, he destroyed the Champa Kingdom and captured the Mekong Delta of the Gao Mian people.
In the north, there is actually a separatist force.
It is the Xuanguang Wu family.
After Mo Dengyong usurped the throne, Wu Wenyuan, an old minister of the Later Li Dynasty, took advantage of the Dengyong Rebellion to march to Xuanguang, with tens of thousands of troops, and even asked for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty.
Wu's actions were recognized by the Later Li Dynasty.
When the Later Li Dynasty was still in Anhui Province in the south, the leader of the Wu family at that time was given the title of Wu Wenmi. Because he led the troops in righteousness and was famous for his numerous meritorious services, he was allowed to guard the Tuyuan Quang area.
Beiying Jiaguo Gongwu Wenmi.
The Annan people later also called it the Xuanguang Dynasty or the Longping Dynasty.
Later, the Li Dynasty destroyed the Mo family. Several generations of the Wu family had made great contributions. Shortly after the Mo family was destroyed, Wu Degong led three thousand of his troops to Beijing to meet with him and submit to the imperial court.
Zheng Song, who took power, also promoted Wu Degong to the right governor of the Northern Army Governor's Office, Taibao and County Duke, and was named Anbei Camp. Later, with Zheng Song's consent, he returned to Datong to continue guarding.
However, Vu Duc Gong arrogated the title of king and called himself King Long Binh, openly opposing Li.
Although the Wu family rebelled against Li and colluded with the Mo family to usurp the throne, there was still a Ruan family in the south who was a close enemy. Therefore, Hou Li always tolerated the Wu family. Although he also sent troops to attack,
As long as they beg for mercy and plead guilty, they will still be allowed to continue guarding Xuan Guang.
After Wu Degong's death, his son Wu Gongpi succeeded to the throne, and the later Li Dynasty granted him the title of Duke of Shaofu Zong.
"Did the Wu family also send someone here?"
"Well, the Wu family from Xuanguang Town in Annan also sent people to pay tribute. They want to be canonized by the imperial court."
Zhu Yihai couldn't help but sneer after hearing this.
The current situation in Annan is indeed quite interesting. The emperor of the later Li Dynasty was just a tool, being fought over by the powerful ministers, all trying to coerce the emperor to order the princes.
For example, the Mo family usurped the throne and seized the dynasty. Although they were later defeated, they separatized the Gaoping area, close to the Zhennanguan Pass of the Ming Dynasty, and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty also deliberately kept them to contain Annan.
The Wu family in Xuanguang Town is even more interesting. At that time, they were loyal ministers and raised troops to rebel against Mo. However, in the end, they separated Xuanguang Town in the upper reaches of the Red River and often invaded Taiyuan. They were completely Annan's version of the Three Towns of Heshuo in the Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Yihai had also learned about the current situation in Annan before. Generally speaking, Annan had a large population. When it was conquered in the early Ming Dynasty, it was estimated to be 3.2 million households, and there were many barbarians.
After more than two hundred years, they also conquered east and west, destroyed Champa, seized a lot of Khmer land, and annexed the fertile Mekong Delta, and the population increased greatly.
The Ruan family cooperated with the Dutch in the south. They not only hired the Dutch as guardsmen, but also hired them as instructors, established firearms units, built a navy, and even launched maritime trade. The economy developed well.
Although the Zheng family has not been strong in recent years, with the Mo family and the Wu family in the backyard, and the Ruan family in the south, which is getting stronger and stronger, they can still hold on with the help of Annan's long and narrow terrain and the establishment of forts.
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It is said that the Annan faction had previously sent people to Beijing to congratulate him and request for canonization, but the Tatars ignored him.
Now that they heard about the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty, they all came to pay tribute, hoping to get Zhu Yihai's canonization certification.
However, these four companies each have different needs.
For example, the Mo family relied entirely on the protection of the Ming Dynasty to gain a foothold in the Gaoping area. If not for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, they would have been destroyed by the Zheng family. They came to pay tribute in the hope of continuing to receive the protection of the Ming Dynasty.
If you wish to be the King of Annan or the Commander-in-Chief of Annan, you would be satisfied if you just continue to maintain the status quo.
The Wu family, who claimed to be King Longping, hoped that the Ming Dynasty could canonize them as King Longping, and made it clear that they wanted to split off and do nothing else. Of course, if the Ming Dynasty refused, it would be good to take a step back and give him the title of Commander-in-Chief of Longping City.
Of course, the Zheng family wanted to be canonized by King Annan, and finally get the Ming Dynasty's promise not to protect the Mo family anymore, so that they could eradicate this cancer.
The Ruan family's needs are different. They are more pragmatic. They are separated from the Ming Dynasty by the Zheng family, so they came here actually to launch all-round trade cooperation. Originally, the Ming merchant ships that arrived at the Ruan family's territory every year were
A lot. The import tax they collected on Ming Dynasty merchant ships alone amounted to more than 38,000 guan.
On the other hand, they still accepted the request of the Dutch and wanted to broker a deal so that the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch could have a good negotiation. They were now negotiating with the Ming Dynasty to surround the Dutch castle in Taiwan and block the Dutch's northward route to Japan.
Of course, if the Ming Dynasty was really willing to support the Ruan family to replace the Zheng family, they would certainly be more willing, even if they had to pay some price.
In short, the four Annan families have their own thoughts.
Zhu Yihai has no spare efforts to seize this nominal territory now, but he is still willing to use some means to interfere and gain some benefits.
I recall that the three generations of Zhu Di conquered and guarded Annan and established the Chief Envoy Division. However, they fought for more than 20 years and suffered numerous casualties. It can be said that Xuanzong gave up in the end, which was a helpless move.
At that time, the Ming army still crushed Annan militarily, but the political method was a little worse. They directly established a province, which led to a full-scale resistance by the Annan people. If some methods can be changed and the plan is gradually implemented, it may take more than two hundred years.
It has been truly integrated into the Ming Dynasty long ago.
"Since they are all here, let them all attend the court meeting and banquet." Zhu Yihai explained.
"Would the Wu family also be allowed to participate?"
"Well, the visitor is a guest!"
In the eyes of Queen Li, the Mo family in Gaoping and the Wu family in Xuan Quang were all rebellious, and the Ruan family in the south was even more a traitor. But in fact, the Zheng family was not a traitor who usurped power.
In Zhu Yihai's eyes, the territory of Annan is only in name only, so if there is any rebellion with him, the more chaos, the better. Otherwise, with Annan's peeing, if you let him unify, he won't be able to do it.
How long will it take before your head becomes dizzy?
This time, the four families came together to ask for help. If Zhu Yihai could pass up the opportunity, he would have to get some meat.