Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 754
Leaving Danzhou, the fleet continued eastward, crossed Tsushima Island, sailed along the northern coast of Japan, and arrived in Kunzhou half a month later. However, Fan Ning did not stay in Kunzhou, but continued northward. He was going to Jingzhou , as the representative of the emperor, he participated in the opening ceremony of the first county of Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is today's Sakhalin Island. There are a small number of Kun people living here. There are mainly three tribes, with a total of more than [-] people. The Kun people in Jingzhou are very simple and have a close relationship with the Jingzhou garrison. , Coral in exchange for food and daily necessities, and even a few soldiers married Kun women as wives.

Jingzhou mainly produces wood and placer gold, especially the precious red pine and amber wood. It has always been Fan Ning's long-cherished wish to build a county in Jingzhou, but the final decision of the court is to merge Jingzhou into Kunzhou and change it to Kunzhou Prefecture. Jingzhou was renamed Jingdao, and there was no plan to build a county for the time being, but a town of [-] households was built across the Kunzhou Strait to serve as the permanent garrison of Jingdao.

But the imperial court built a Pingyi city opposite the Blackwater estuary in Jingzhou.

Pingyi City is a military city, but its area is equivalent to a medium-sized county seat. After the Song Army regained Liaodong, the [-] troops stationed in Pingyi City will withdraw from Jingzhou, leaving only [-] garrisons, together with their families Together in Jingzhou, the time is ripe for the establishment of a county.

This morning, Fan Ning's ship arrived at the Pingyi City Army Wharf. The chief general Yang Fan came to welcome Fan Ning. Yang Fan was about 40 years old and was a commander. Linghe county magistrate is in charge.

Fan Ning went up the cliff along the steps, and asked with a smile, "Where are the county magistrate and other officials?"

Yang Fan said with a smile: "They went to the Kunzhou tribe to negotiate the naturalization of the Kun people to the Song Dynasty. The Kun people have some concerns and need them to enlighten them."

"Is the Kun tribe far from here?"

"Your Highness, it's about fifty miles away from here."

"Then I'll have a look too."

Fan Ning is very clear about the concerns of the Kun people?At the beginning, the Kun people in Kunzhou were also naturalized in the Song Dynasty, but because they colluded with the Japanese Kun people and tried to betray the interests of Kunzhou, they were all sent to Akita by the Song army.

The person who tied the bell is needed to untie the bell. He tied the bell at the beginning, so of course he needs to untie it.

Yang Fan immediately prepared more than a hundred horses, and took Fan Ning and his everywhere to the Kun tribe.

When Fan Ning arrived at the Kun tribe, the whole tribe came out to greet him after hearing the news, as well as Zhao Tan, the prefect of Kunzhou, Luo Ning, the new county magistrate of Jing County, and other officials came out to greet him.

The old chief has passed away, and the new chief is the son of the old chief. Fan Ning also knew him when he often went to Kunzhou. He remembered that he was called Mengwu, but now he looks very old.

Fan Ning has a very high prestige in Kunzhou and the Kun tribe. The chief brought more than 1000 Kun tribe people to bow down to him.

Fan Ning quickly helped him up, "Chief Mengwu, please wake up everyone! We are all old friends."

Meng Wu yelled a few times, everyone stood up, Meng Wu said with a smile: "I heard that the adults will come to participate in the establishment of Jing County, everyone is looking forward to it!"

"Hehe! The chief's Chinese is very proficient!"

Meng Wu could speak a few words of Chinese when he was in Kunzhou, but now he is often with Song Jun, and he has become very proficient in Chinese.

"How about it, are you willing to join the Great Song Dynasty?"

Fan Ning was very straightforward, and asked him straight to the point. Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Fan Ning smiled and said: "You must know the benefits of joining Song Ji, so if you have any concerns, just say it, as long as I decide , neither the court nor the emperor will change it."

This is a big statement, and the prefect and county magistrate next to him are a little dumbfounded, they dare not say this.

Meng Wu said: "Since your lord is so forthright, let me just say that the main reason is that we are used to freedom and don't want to be restrained by the government. In addition, if northern barbarians invade Jingzhou, we will definitely rise up to resist, but other than that, We don't want to engage in war again."

"I understand. One is wanting freedom and not wanting to be governed by the government. The other is not wanting to leave Jingzhou to fight. What else is there, why not talk about it together."

"Plus, we don't want to pay taxes."

"Okay! Let's go in and sit, and then I'll take care of it. In addition, I want to drink your truffle syrup. I haven't had it for many years, and I miss it very much."

"Sir, please!"

Meng Wu enthusiastically invited Fan Ning into the main hall of the tribe, and arranged for someone to greet Fan Ning's subordinates. Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Qin, the prefect of Kunzhou, whispered to Fan Ning: "These conditions are easy to solve. We have repeatedly explained, but he just doesn't believe it. .”

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "That's because your prestige is not enough, let me persuade him."

Prestige actually has two meanings, prestige and prestige, prestige refers to majesty and prestige, and prestige refers to fame and prestige.

It is called prestige to do good deeds with one heart and one mind, and to be broad-minded to others, but if you act both hard and soft, treat people kindly, and kill people with prestige when necessary, that is prestige.

The current Kunzhou government has more expectations but not enough prestige. They have all kinds of good things to say, but people are not afraid of them, so they have nothing to do.

After a while, several girls brought truffles filled with silver cups with ice cubes in them. The truffles are actually gin wine, a wine made from pine nuts and honey, but the alcohol content is very low, similar to that of fermented wine, so it is A drink for all ages.

"My lord, try it and see if it still tastes the same as before?"

Fan Ning picked up the wine glass and took a deep sip, the icy taste soaked all the way to the bottom of his heart. He sighed and said, "No wonder I miss it for more than ten years. After I go to Chu, I also want to brew truffle paddles!"

Meng Wu asked curiously: "I also heard from General Yang that your lord has been confiscated to the state of Chu, what does that mean?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "The Kingdom of Chu is far away in the southern sea, at least [-] miles away, and it takes three months to get there by boat. Because it is too far away, the imperial court can't manage it, but we don't want those islands to be destroyed by aliens." Therefore, some courtiers who have contributed to the Song Dynasty were allowed to spend money to buy the island, and my family also bought an island with an area similar to that of Kunzhou. Because I am the king of Chu, the emperor named the island the Kingdom of Chu."

"Then what is the relationship between Chu State and Song Dynasty?"

"The state of Chu is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Every year, we have to pay tribute to the emperor. All the people are from the Song Dynasty, but we are self-governing. I am the king and canonized by the emperor. My descendants should also be canonized by the emperor of Song when they become kings. , the Song Dynasty didn’t care about us, and everything relied on self-reliance.”

Meng Wu thought for a while and asked again: "I heard that the south is very hot, so it is the same in Chu!"

Fanning chuckled, "The world we live in is hot in the middle and cold at both ends. You are at the cold end and I am at the cold end. It's just that the seasons are opposite and the climate is similar to that of Japan."

Meng Wu pondered for a long time and said: "Then we will also go to seek refuge in Chu State, sir welcome?"

Fan Ning was stunned for a moment, how did it become like this, he persuaded them to naturalize in the Song Dynasty, but they went to Beidao.

"Great chief, that's tens of thousands of miles away from home! Are your tribesmen willing to go?"

Meng Wu sighed, "It's too cold here in Jingzhou. We wanted to go to Akita before, but the Kun people in Akita didn't welcome us, saying we were barbarians, as if they were more civilized. Kunzhou didn't accept foreigners. We always wanted to find A new land to live in."

Fanning suddenly thought that it would be good for them to go to the South Island, and the south of the South Island was more suitable for them.

He pondered for a while and then said: "Let's do it! Anyway, going to Chu with me is the same as naturalization of Song Dynasty. You should be naturalized in Song Dynasty first. As for the three things you are worried about, I can guarantee that your current life will not change, nor will you You will pay taxes, everyone does not have to pay taxes, and the Han people are the same, and you will not be allowed to join the army, but there is one thing, if you have a conflict with the Han people, then the government will have to judge the case and have a fair trial. crime, you won’t discriminate against them, and you won’t take care of them, even if you go to Chu, can you accept it?”

Meng Wu was silent for a moment and said: "Since the adults come to guarantee, I am willing to accept it. In fact, Zhao Zhifu and Luo County Magistrate also said the same. The key is whether their words can represent the imperial court. What should we do if the imperial court admits it?"

Zhao Tan and Luo Ning rolled their eyes when they heard this, why didn't they believe them?

Fan Ning laughed again: "As for the state of Chu, you can send two people to live with me for a year or so, and then they come back to report, and then you decide whether to move to the state of Chu, I always welcome it."

Fan Ning glanced at Zhao Tan and Luo Ning again, both of them smiled without saying a word, if the Kun people were willing to move to Chu, they would be very happy.

(End of this chapter)