In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...
During the Jiankang period, the Hu people were in chaos. At the beginning of the Jianyan period, the Song army chased the Jin people north to Liaodong. After the empire was settled, Emperor Guangwu of Song held a grand banquet. A Taoist priest came forward and said that there was a continent in the South Sea called Australia, where there were immortals. He asked for a number of ships to seek elixirs. The emperor rebuked him and said, "This is just a trick. However, I have heard that outside the Nine Provinces, there are great
"There are rare and precious animals in the Nine Provinces." He wanted to send envoys to search for rare treasures. He started maritime affairs and built large ships. The largest ships were a hundred feet long and could carry tens of thousands of tons of cargo. The emperor personally named them "He" to show his favor to the barbarian countries. At that time, there was a son of the Zheng family in the navy. When he was young, he followed the sea merchants to the South Seas several times, as far as India, and then became an angel.
The mission returned after several years of sailing south, and the treasures it brought were incalculable. The whole world was shocked, and even the small counties in the north were not short of things from the South Sea. Zheng's son Jin said: "There are many islands in the South Sea, and there are hundreds of foreign countries, with a lot of pearls, jade, corals and spices. We sailed south again to Australia, which is Wubi, and there are giant rats there, which can jump and walk when people stand. Australia
The natives thought the journey to the south was boundless, so they returned. In India and the Arab world, they were too hasty to leave. "Some people presented a number of standing rats to fill the imperial gardens. The emperor loved them very much, so he gave a great reward to Zheng's son and the crew who accompanied him.
The emperor said: "The Song Dynasty is a superior country. Bringing spices, pearls and jade from all nations to the superior country, and using the superior country's cloth, silk and craftsmanship to bribe the barbarians, this is a great thing that benefits the people." After a year, he sent another fleet to the South Seas, and the gains were even greater. As for the sea merchants, some traveled alone, some traveled in groups, and their traces were all over the oceans.
There were many wild people and jungles in Nanyang. The emperor used education to educate them, abolished the chieftains and sent tens of thousands of good family sons to be princes and governed them according to Song law. The princes paid a lot of tribute every year, and the angel led a fleet to the south to offer meat, fruits, water and firewood. Therefore, the Song Dynasty was able to communicate with the countries of Daqin and Daqin. At that time, the emperor rectified the internal affairs.
There were many people in prison. A prison guard said, "We can exile the prisoners to Southeast Asia." The emperor agreed and sent all the prisoners to Australia, where they were all terrified and obedient.
After a long period of peace, the emperor went on an eastern tour. An official presented a tripod with animal patterns and green rust. The doctor said, "This is an important artifact of the Zhou Dynasty. According to the inscription, the Shang people crossed the sea to the east, and the Duke Tai of Qi sent a navy to chase them. They returned to Penglai and made this tripod." The emperor sighed and said, "For a long time, the Shang people have not heard the teachings of the sages." So he sent an envoy to find the way.
He sailed eastwards to search for Penglai. A son of the Ge family recommended himself to the emperor, who granted him the imperial seal and gave him the name "Lunbu", which means "to spread the Analects of Confucius among the merchants of Penglai".
After several years, he returned and presented gold, silver, and spices. The gold and silver were all ancient, and even the doctor could not identify the spices. Ge said: "Penglai is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains. Its people have yellow skin and black hair. They work in agriculture, but they despise life and love death. They are brave and offer sacrifices. They must be the remnants of the Shang Dynasty."
The emperor said: "Penglai is located offshore, and its people do not desire education. We should teach them the teachings of saints and wise men." He named the second prince the King of Penglai, and appointed Duke Yansheng as prime minister. He sent dozens of large ships, 5,000 soldiers, and 3,000 boys and girls to the country.
Penglai was far away and had little contact with the Central Plains. After a few years, it offered gold and silver utensils and spices as pledges. It offered exotic animals, whose fur resembled that of sheep and whose bodies resembled those of ostriches, which were called alpacas. It offered exotic grass, which ripened in half a year, and yielded a certain amount of grain, which was called jade millet.
The emperor was good at archery. He once hunted in the imperial garden and caught kangaroos, ostriches, long-necked unicorns, and several camels and sheep. All of the above were exotic animals. The emperor was delighted and returned to tell his ministers: "I hunt in China, and you ministers hunt in the four seas. From Penglai in the east to Daqin in the west, there are loyal ministers everywhere. My country can be said to have never set." The ministers all said:
Bow and congratulate.
After six generations, the Song Dynasty became corrupt and powerful officials usurped the throne.
When the King of Penglai heard about this, he proclaimed himself the emperor, calling himself "Mei Song", and sent envoys to rebuke the false emperor. The false navy was powerless and could not stop him. The so-called Nanyang princes and Australian prisoners still regarded themselves as "Song ministers", and did not want to return to their country, nor did they pay homage to the Emperor of Penglai.
When Zhao Bilie, the king of Eastern Mongolia, heard about this, he was furious and led his troops into the Central Plains, calling himself "Mongol Song" and killing the false emperor. However, Zhao Bilie was originally a barbarian. Everyone was dissatisfied. Zhao Bilie had no choice but to fight back to the north and never return.
The country was in chaos, and the Ming Emperor came to power more than a hundred years later. He imposed a maritime ban, and it was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty that sea merchants were allowed to trade with foreigners. A few years later, iron ships were anchored in Qiongzhou.
When the Song Dynasty fell, a relative of a concubine's family led his family servants to escape the chaos and sailed to Australia, where they found an oasis and used it as a temporary palace. Later, they found a lot of good minerals and settled there, succeeding the former emperor of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the country was called "Australian Song". At the beginning of the Chongzhen period, the land in Australia collapsed, and more than 500 young men boarded an iron ship and fled.
He escaped and went to Qiongzhou. He worshipped the Song Dynasty of Australia as the emperor, established the Senate, implemented republican politics, and respected the original learning.
The Au Song Dynasty relied on maritime trade as its foundation, and used iron ships to sail around the world, forcing the smaller states of the Song Dynasty to submit to it. At that time, the Au Song Dynasty's territory spread across the outer nine states, and the Senate named itself the "Republic on which the Sun Never Sets" based on the story of Emperor Guangwu of the Song Dynasty.
However, there were those who wanted to visit the homeland of Aosong, but were unable to return. One day, the Aosong people were good at strange and lewd skills, and their father was angry and punished them; another day, the Aosong people fought each other, and only a few hundred people were left.