People in the Song Dynasty were lawless. Chapter 313 of the main text: Inspecting the Yellow River. The fifth year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty came to an end after the last heavy snow.
At the end of the year, Di Qing returned to the capital, bringing back envoys and letters from the Le Dynasty.
After the fall of the Annan Li family, Di Qing followed Zhao Jun's instructions and supported a twelve-year-old descendant of the former Li Dynasty to come to power.
Because the Pre-Le Dynasty was not popular among the people, it had to rely on the rule of the Song Dynasty.
The child who was supported didn't understand, but the other adults in the Li family did. So after the Li family regained power, they flattered Di Qing to the extreme.
Internally, they immediately strengthened their own power and brutally suppressed the opposition. Externally, they worshipped the Song Dynasty as their parents, not only comparing Zhao Zhen to the father country in a memorial, but also surrendering to the King of Annan, no longer acting as the king in public but the emperor in private, much like Zhao Gou before.
Now the entire national power was basically in Di Qing's hands. For a time, Di Qing became the emperor of Annan and was unrivaled in the limelight.
However, Di Qing did not stay in Annan for long, because the court would not allow a senior general to lead troops outside for a long time. Therefore, all the civil and military officials in the court submitted memorials, and Zhao Zhen recalled him.
Di Qing asked Yang Cha, the transport envoy of Guangxi Road, to temporarily take charge of Annan. After that, he left a group of troops in Thang Long Prefecture and Jiangnan Prefecture, which were later Hanoi and Haiphong in Vietnam, and returned to his country with the envoy and letter of the new king of Annan.
As the transport envoy of Guangnan West Road, Yang Cha was actually sent by Zhao Jun to handle this matter, so he naturally took it to heart.
Now the imperial court has moved the administrative center of Guangnan West Road from Guizhou to Yongzhou, which is equivalent to moving it from Guilin to Nanning.
Firstly, the development of Yongzhou is indeed better than that of Guizhou. Secondly, it is possible to develop relations with Annan nearby and control the situation in Annan.
It is true that Yongzhou is close to Annan, but the living conditions there are extremely harsh after all. It is impossible for the Song Dynasty to personally annex Annan, so Yang Cha naturally cannot stay in Thang Long all the time.
So he let Nong Zhigao stay in Annan to serve as the governor of Annan of the Song Dynasty, in charge of the Song Dynasty's army stationed in Annan.
Nong Zhigao was still a little unhappy.
joke.
He finally became a local official of the Song Dynasty and dreamed of being promoted and transferred to Bianliang.
No one would want to go to Annan, a place with a deserted environment and extremely hot climate.
But Yang Cha had his reasons for asking him to go to Annan.
First of all, Nong Zhigao was more familiar with the situation in Annan, which helped him to control the situation.
Secondly, as the leader of a minority ethnic group on the border, Nong Zhigao could properly handle the issues concerning minority ethnic groups on the border between Annan and the Song Dynasty.
The last and most important point is that Nong Zhigao and his tribe had a sworn enemy relationship with Annan, and the Annan people would never accept him. This completely eliminated the plan of the officials sent by the Song Dynasty to establish themselves as kings by taking advantage of the court's remoteness.
Therefore, based on these three reasons, Yang Cha let Nong Zhigao be stationed in Annan first, and promised to report his merits to the court. This made Nong Zhigao reluctantly stay in Annan as the young emperor.
In this way, the entire Song Dynasty army in Annan will be transported by ship and garrisoned in Guangxi and Guangdong, putting Jiaozhi completely under the control of the Song Dynasty army.
But again, the reason why the army was dispatched this time was nominally because the Vietnamese Ly Dynasty had repeatedly invaded the border of the Song Dynasty, so the country used thunder-like means to destroy the Ly family, not to annex Annan.
The people of Annan still ruled themselves, but naturally they could no longer be like the Ly Dynasty, who had a king outside and an emperor inside. Instead, they called themselves the King of Annan and formally established the Annan vassal state of the Song Dynasty.
This can be considered as giving Annan a fig leaf.
As for who is in power behind this, I can only say that those who understand will understand.
In addition to Annan, other neighboring countries such as Liao, Western Xia, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan also sent envoys to celebrate.
The Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia were particularly shocked to learn that the vast Annan was destroyed in just two months and that the Li family had replaced the dynasty.
Apart from the Liao Kingdom which made a few sarcastic remarks and secretly accused the Song Dynasty of overbearing behavior, the other countries all praised the Song Dynasty for its wisdom and decisiveness.
After all, the Song Dynasty had a legitimate reason to send troops this time, and it had informed all other countries. In addition, the result of this expedition also frightened the surrounding countries, so no one dared to interfere.
As the new year drew to a close, Zhao Zhen handled diplomatic affairs, received foreign envoys, held various celebrations, and also sent envoys out to express congratulations to various countries.
The East Asian community all celebrates the Lunar New Year, so the end of the year is also the busiest time in the East Asian community and the time when communication is most frequent.
This year, in addition to the major neighboring countries, many countries in the Western Regions, Central Asia, and the Middle East sent envoys early. With the prosperity of trade, the influence of the Song Dynasty further expanded.
Strictly speaking, the countries in the Western Regions, Central Asia and the Middle East have nothing to do with the Song Dynasty. Apart from trade exchanges, they are not involved in international politics.
But Zhao Jun had made advance arrangements. When he toured the country in his early years, he had already instructed local officials in Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places to take the initiative to send people abroad to understand the customs and promote exchanges and cooperation.
In addition, the handicraft industry of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and its products were popular in the Middle East and Europe, which made the white-robed monarchies in the Middle East attach great importance to them.
The Middle East is now in the late Abbasid Dynasty. This powerful empire, which once defeated the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, is now facing serious internal divisions.
Starting from the eighth century, there were as many as seven or eight independent kingdoms of varying sizes. In the era without the oil system, their lives were not rich, and under the nomadic system they also needed to engage in business to survive.
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