Qian Song

Chapter 468: Li Biao "forced the palace" (please vote for me!)

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After the Daqian Dynasty regained the Dali Kingdom, its territory had surpassed the Tang Dynasty and became the largest dynasty in Chinese history.

however--

Li Cun's pace of expansion did not stop because of this.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, Li Cun appointed Yang Yizhong as the marshal of the capital, and transferred Chen Tuan back to Indochina to serve as the Central and Southern Propaganda Envoy. Then he sent two armies with the cooperation of the Donghai Navy and Nanhai Navy from Annan Road and Dingnan Road respectively. Invasion of the Angkor Dynasty.

Seeing that Dali was so obedient to the Daqian dynasty, Suryavarman II was already prepared for the Daqian dynasty's attack. He devoted his entire country to gathering 30 war elephants and [-] troops to control them. Personal expedition, hoping to withstand the attack of the Daqian Dynasty.

But firearms are the natural nemesis of timid war elephants, and aside from the weakness that war elephants are afraid of firearms, the military strength of the Qian and Wu armies is not at the same level at all. Therefore, Suryavarman II has no Defeated in suspense, the Angkor Dynasty, whose territory "reached the sea in the east, Bagan in the west, and Karosi (later the east coast of the Malay Peninsula)" in the south, was merged into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

in fact--

Li Cun has long had ambitions for Indochina.

No.

It should be said that Li Cun has always been determined to win Srivijaya, which controls the Strait of Malacca.

There is no way, the Strait of Malacca is related to the safety of the lifeline of maritime trade of the Daqian Dynasty. If a force blocks the Strait of Malacca, then the Daqian Dynasty, which currently relies heavily on maritime trade to earn finances, may be in danger.

Therefore, Li Cun had already started to seek Srivijaya a long time ago.

But first of all, Srivijaya has always been very eye-catching, never embarrassing the ships of the Daqian Dynasty, and congratulating the Daqian Dynasty every year, and never giving the Daqian Dynasty an excuse to send troops to attack Srivijaya.

Secondly, if you want to seize the Three Buddhas, you must first seize the Angkor Dynasty, the Queen's Kingdom, and the Dharabodi, especially the former and the latter, because these two countries have firmly blocked the Daqian Dynasty from seizing the Three Buddhas. On the road to unity.

Also, with the Angkor Dynasty and Tuo Luo Bo Di blocking the way, even if the Daqian Dynasty captured Srivijaya, it would only capture an enclave.

Let's put it this way, without first conquering the Angkor Dynasty and Tuo Luo Bo Di, the Daqian Dynasty cannot connect Srivijaya to the territory of the Daqian Dynasty. If that is the case, even if the Daqian Dynasty captures Srivijaya, it will not be able to do so. Sooner or later there will be a day of loss.

And if the Daqian dynasty captured the Angkor dynasty, Dharabodi, and Srivijaya, it would definitely be impossible to lose another Queen Kingdom and Bagan.

In this way, the most ideal result is to draw the entire Indo-China Peninsula into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

In order to achieve this goal, Li Cun has been taking advantage of the Daqian Dynasty's status as the suzerainty of these small countries on the Indochina Peninsula to cause constant internal strife among them.

For example, the Daqian Dynasty would transfer the territory that belonged to the Queen's Kingdom to Tuoluo Bodi;

For example, the Daqian Dynasty would vaguely grant the same piece of land to the Angkor Dynasty, the Queen Kingdom and the Toluobodi Kingdom;

For another example, the Daqian Dynasty would create conflicts between these small countries in terms of religion and folk customs.

As a result, there has been no peace in the Indo-China Peninsula in these years, and there have even been constant wars.

Among them, the biggest contradiction comes from the two small countries of Fallen Lobodi and Queen Kingdom.

To be honest, the conflict between these two countries is not just instigated by the Daqian Dynasty - the conflict between them has been going on for a long time.

To put it simply, Tuoluo Bodi was built by the Meng people, while Queen Kingdom was built by the Thai people. Before the Daqian Dynasty destroyed the Li Dynasty and Champa City, there were frequent wars between the two countries.

The most famous war between the two countries was that Tuoluobodi sent 2 people to attack the Queen's Kingdom, but they were shot to death by the Queen's medicine arrows (that is, poisonous arrows).

Since then, there have been constant frictions and even fights between the two countries.

Coupled with the fact that the Daqian Dynasty was mediating from it, the conflict between Luobati and the Queen Kingdom became even greater.

Such contradictions have restricted the development of both countries and made both countries very weak.

The same is true for the Angkor Dynasty.

In fact, these small countries on the Indochina Peninsula are not unaware of the sinister intentions of the Daqian Dynasty.

But this did not affect the fight between these small countries on the Indochina Peninsula at all.

It is not even ruled out that these small countries in the Indochina Peninsula are deliberately fighting in order to create a big country to unify the Indochina Peninsula and then compete with the Daqian Dynasty.

Some people may want to say that in the past, the Daqian dynasty did not reveal its ambitions, and these small countries on the Indochina Peninsula fought back and forth. Now that the Daqian dynasty has begun to destroy the Angkor dynasty, can the other small countries still fight? Aren't you going to learn a lesson?

Yes.

These small countries on the Indochina Peninsula have not learned any lessons.

Take the Kingdom of the Queen and the Fallen Lobodi as examples.

After the Daqian Dynasty destroyed the Angkor Dynasty, both Luobodi and the Queen Kingdom felt that danger might befall them at any time, so the two countries also thought about turning their hostilities into friendship.

However, it was just like the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty before they were wiped out by Mongolia.

At that time, both the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty also felt that Mongolia was going to destroy them. Some wise men among them also thought that the two countries should unite to resist the Mongols. However, the deep-rooted hatred prevented them from working together in the same boat. When Mongolia destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty still had the knife of the Jin Kingdom behind it.

It's the same here. When the Daqian Dynasty attacked the Queen Kingdom, Luobudi not only failed to help the Queen Kingdom, but also took advantage of the situation to rob the Queen Kingdom's territory and population.

in short.

The young Queen Harry Penchai XVII, who had just ascended the throne for less than three months, felt that her country's medicinal arrows were very powerful and wanted to compete with the Daqian Dynasty.

But Harry Ben guessed that the Seventeenth King was too superstitious about the medicine arrows that his kingdom had established in Indochina. He simply didn't know that in the face of firearms with absolute range and overwhelming range, the medicine arrows of their kingdom were actually no different from ordinary bows and arrows.

The results are self-evident. In one battle, Qianjun destroyed the [-] troops that the Queen's Kingdom had assembled from all over the country, and then it only took seven days to reach the capital of the Queen's Kingdom.

Harry Ben guessed that although the seventeenth generation was young and a female generation, she was proud and proud, and she actually wanted to stick to it.

But the ministers of the Queen Kingdom have clearly realized that the Daqian Dynasty sweeping across the east is simply not something that their little female king can fight against. What's more, the Qian army has already arrived at the city.

Therefore, the ministers of the Queen Kingdom joined forces and launched a mutiny, and then kidnapped their Queen Haripunchai XVII and the royal family and clan of the Queen Kingdom, and dedicated them all to the Daqian Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, Qian's army continued south to attack Duoluo Bodi.

Tharaboti did not unite with the Queen Kingdom, but it formed a military alliance with Srivijaya behind it.

But the Angkor Dynasty, the small overlord on the Indochina Peninsula, and the Queen Kingdom, which was good at using medicinal arrows, were no match for the Daqian Dynasty, not to mention the weak alliance of these two small countries.

Under the invincible offensive of the Qian army, in just over two months, Luobati and Srivijaya were successively incorporated into the territory of the Daqian dynasty. The Strait of Malacca, which Li Cun particularly wanted, was completely fell into the control of the Daqian Dynasty.

So far, in Indochina, only Bagan has not been incorporated into the territory of the Dagan Dynasty.

Subsequently, the Daqian Dynasty ignored the current king of Bagan, Emperor Rattihopad, who repeatedly sent envoys to beg for help, and unreasonably attacked Bagan by land and water.

After Jiang Xituo's death, the successive kings of Bagan either indulged in luxurious feasts or built temples extensively. As a result, they wasted people and money, and the country's power declined.

When Emperor Rattihopal came to the throne, he became even more tyrannical and cruel, and rebellions broke out everywhere.

——Emperor Rathopha was in the wrong position. There is a legend that he was the son of his mother having an affair with a guard. Therefore, all the brothers of Emperor Rathopha disobeyed the rule of Emperor Rathopha. Emperor Rathopha was Resistance forces can only be suppressed by bloody means.During this process, the Shan forces in northern Bagan grew and continued to invade Bagan southward.So much so that Bagan became even weaker.

How can such Bagan be able to block the Qian army that has swept across the entire East Asia and the entire Southeast Asia?

At this point, Indochina was completely integrated into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

Ordinarily, all the people in the Daqian Dynasty should be very happy when the Daqian Dynasty has achieved such impressive results.

But the fact is not the case.

Li Biao and many ministers of the Daqian Dynasty are more worried than ever before!

The concerns of Li Biao and others are not unreasonable.

yes.Judging from the territory, the Daqian Dynasty is truly unprecedentedly powerful, and it is estimated that no one will come in the future. Li Cunjue definitely created a miracle.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Cun has surpassed the Qin Emperor and Han Wu Tang Sect.

But most people simply don't know that behind this great glory, there is actually a huge crisis hidden.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the Indochina Peninsula that Li Cun just recovered.

You know, there are many ethnic groups in Indochina including the Tai, Mon, Bamar, and Shan ethnic groups, and the ethnic issues are extremely serious. Some of them have even been fighting for thousands of years.

What is even more troublesome is that there are almost irresolvable religious issues in Indochina.

Here in Indochina, there are two main religions:

One is Buddhism, and Buddhism is subdivided into Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism - these two kinds of Buddhism are also incompatible with each other;

There is also Brahman (that is, Hinduism in later generations).

There are many conflicts between these religions, and each one wants to destroy the other and then quickly.

For example, the Angkor dynasty was mainly controlled by Brahmins.

The reason for this situation is that the original Buddhists of the Angkor Dynasty were driven out of the Angkor Dynasty by the Brahmans by any means.

Let’s talk about a more vivid example.

In the process of annihilating the countries in the Indochina Peninsula, a large number of royal, royal, clan, and clergy daughters from the Indochina countries were sent to Li Cun's harem.

Most of these women have faith, and some are simply high-level priests themselves, or even saints.

After these women entered Li Cun's harem, they wanted to develop followers of their respective religions in Li Cun's harem and turn Li Cun's harem into their holy place. Some bold believers even tried to recruit Li Cun to the harem, and even To be their leader.

Seeing this, Li Cun didn't care what these women believed in, so he asked them all to take off their clothes, and then kneel down in a row regardless of their beliefs.

After that, Li Cun personally spanked each of them, and then told them about the rules of faith in his harem, that is, in his harem, there is freedom of belief, and you can preach, but no coercion is allowed, and no molestation is allowed. fight.

Again, although Li Cun didn't believe in religious beliefs, he had always been in awe of them.

Throughout the ages, countless wars have been motivated by religious beliefs, and some wars can even last for hundreds or thousands of years.

The key point is that religious beliefs can never be killed. A single spark can start a prairie fire.

Furthermore, many of the women in Li Cun's harem have nothing to do and have some faith. It is also a good thing for them to participate in some religious activities.

But then again, some of the women in Li Cun's harem caused such troubles because of religious issues.

One can imagine how serious this religious issue would be if it were to extend to the entire Indo-China Peninsula.

Moreover, there are only ten thousand religious women in Li Cun's harem (Li Cun encourages non-belief, so most of the women in Li Cun's harem still have no faith), and they also have a common man, Li Cun. , if we have something in common, it will naturally be easier to solve.

If this were the entire Indo-China Peninsula, you can imagine how troublesome it would be to manage it.

Of course, this is just trouble, not ungovernable.

Li Cun, who has been baptized by the information explosion and destroyed so many countries, must have long ago summarized a set of methods to deal with religious issues.

The Daqian Dynasty actually promulgated religious laws long ago, specifically supporting freedom of belief to a certain extent.

Let me emphasize, only to a certain extent, not as a strong support.

The basic proposition of the Daqian Dynasty is: two constitutions and one encouragement.

The two constitutions are:

Article [-]: Government officials must be non-believers. Once a government official is confirmed to have joined any sect, regardless of his position, he will be dismissed immediately;

Article [-]: No religion is allowed to have arms. Once discovered, they will be destroyed immediately.

The purpose of these two constitutions is that religion can never have secular power.

In other words, since these people of faith want to serve God, they should honestly be outsiders and stop caring about worldly power.

One encouragement is that the Daqian Dynasty encouraged loyalty to the emperor, patriotism and atheism.

It must be said that the set of things formulated by Li Cun is still effective.

To take a step back, if things really get too bad or threaten the rule of the Daqian Dynasty, Li Cun will not rule out using force to reshuffle the situation.

Therefore, whether it is ethnic or religious issues on the Indochina Peninsula, they are just troubles, not insurmountable.

Furthermore, all the small countries on the Indochina Peninsula had previously practiced slavery.

It was Li Cun who liberated all the slaves.

Therefore, the Daqian Dynasty actually had a basis for rule in the Indochina Peninsula.

What's more, Li Cun also formulated a national policy to move 2000 million Han people to Indochina.

Moreover, in order to avoid future troubles, the Daqian Dynasty also moved all the nobles from various countries to the inland.

Finally, Li Cun used the railway to connect the Indo-China Peninsula with the Daqian Dynasty.

Li Cun believed that after all his methods were used, the Indochina Peninsula would definitely become an indivisible territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

But then again, Li Cun also knew that ideas were just ideas. If he wanted to implement all his ideas, it would test the level and ability of the administrator.

This is why Li Biao and others are worried. After all, they need to implement all these things.

In fact, it doesn't matter. Li Biao and others will only have to work harder at most. With the big policy set by Li Cun, they can definitely handle these things as long as Xiao Gui and Cao follow.

Therefore, what Li Biao and others are most worried about is not these, but that as Li Cun continues to expand, the Qian army has now exceeded 350 million, and at least 150 million of them are adapted from the surrendered troops in the areas recovered by Li Cun. of.

what is this?

This is a powder keg. If it explodes, it may ruin the great power of the Daqian Dynasty.

Also, the Daqian Dynasty was extremely powerful and wealthy, but to support 350 million troops, the annual military expenditure would be as high as 4000 million yuan!

If this were the best years during the Zhao and Song Dynasties, the fiscal revenue for one year would be barely enough to support the 350 million troops!

And this is only the situation in peacetime. If it were in wartime, the annual military expenditure of these 350 million troops would exceed [-] million yuan!

Li Biao didn't know if others could afford to support so many troops. Anyway, he couldn't afford to support so many troops!

What worries Li Biao and others even more is that Li Cun's pace of external expansion has no intention of stopping here.

——Li Biao and others have discovered that Li Cun is secretly gathering troops to the southwest and Mobei regions. In other words, Li Cun will continue to fight, and the Daqian Dynasty will continue to expand!

When is this a head!

Some people have begun to feel that the biggest threat to the Daqian Dynasty is none other than their wise, powerful and inexhaustible Emperor!

Some people even began to worry that Li Cun, the founder of the Daqian Dynasty, might be the gravedigger of the Daqian Dynasty.

As the crown prince of the Daqian Dynasty and the future emperor of the Daqian Dynasty, Li Biao felt that it was necessary for him to have a frank and honest talk with his father, Li Cun...

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