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Chapter 237 Abstract Annan Chicken Game

Beizheng, also known as Beihe Kingdom, is a very abstract regime.

Its abstractness lies in the fact that you can find the shadows of all dynasties in China in this regime, and you can even see the repeated jumps between the left and the right in later generations.

Then, it can still survive tenaciously by patching up.

Zheng Jian, the first generation Zheng Lord of Beihe, was a typical example of a son-in-law who betrayed his master.

He was originally Nguyen Gan's son-in-law. After Nguyen Gan's death, he expelled his brother-in-law, Nguyen Gan's son Nguyen Hoang, and took over most of the family property.

This forced Nguyen Hoang to move south and establish the Quang Nam Nguyen Lords regime in Hue.

The third generation ruler of Zheng was named Zheng Song, who was a combination of King Wuling of Zhao and Yuan Benchu.

In terms of martial arts, he reformed the system and basically defeated his biggest rival, Mo Chao, and accomplished the feat of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes.

But after he achieved some success, he actually divided the territory and power equally among his sons, hoping to restore family harmony from then on.

Well, they were quite harmonious. King Wuling of Zhao was not as radical as him, but he still starved to death in Shaqiu. Zheng Song would definitely not be spared.

This gentleman was thrown to the roadside by his servants. He was a tyrant of a country, but he eventually starved to death in a stinking ditch. It is said that he struggled for several days before dying.

From then on, successive Zheng rulers began to rush forward on the abstract road.

They either transform into Cao Cao, wishing to rub the King of the Le Dynasty in their hands, or suddenly become full of moral sense and become a model of loyalty to the emperor.

This kind of back and forth was so intense that even the nominal monarch, the King of the Later Le Dynasty, suffered from PTSD.

No one can stand the powerful ministers below who keep switching back and forth between Cao Mengde and Zhou Gong!
The reason why the rulers of Zheng Dynasty jumped back and forth so much throughout the dynasties was because of the internal struggles that divided them into two very strange factions throughout history.

When other political parties fight with each other, they use their governing philosophy, political views, and even regions as their banners to unite the parties and seize power.

But Beizheng was not like that. It was a civil and military struggle between the noble families of Beijing and Han and the "Jiedu Yabing".

Most of the Jinghan families in Beizheng have been preserved since Gao Pian defeated Nanzhao and recovered Annan.

Many of them can even trace their family background back to the era of the Twelve Lords when Annan first established itself.

The Jieduya soldiers of Northern Zheng came from the Imperial Guards established by Zheng Jian, the first ruler of Zheng.

In the past, Zheng Jian established the Royal Guards in the name of protecting King Le and beat up the Nguyen Dynasty in the South and the Mo Dynasty in the North. After defeating the Mo Dynasty and taking control of Hanoi, it became a custom.

The third Zheng ruler Zheng Song changed the royal guards to recruit only from the three prefectures of Dongjing (Tokyo Prefecture) where Hanoi is located, and Thanh Hoa and Nghe An (Nghe An Prefecture) where the Zheng family originated, and called them the Three Prefectures Army.

The Sanfu Army was specially responsible for guarding the capital and was superior to other local troops, so they were also called superior soldiers.

The idea was good, but it soon got out of control. Among the sources of soldiers for the three prefecture armies, Tokyo Prefecture quickly became corrupt. As a capital city, it would be strange if it could produce elite soldiers.

When the only people left in the Three Prefectures Army were from remote areas like Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, it would be easy for them to band together in the capital and monopolize the power of the Three Prefectures Army's guards.

Therefore, starting from the fourth generation of Zheng Lord Zheng Za, the Three Prefectures Army quickly completed the construction of the election law of the Imperial Guard and the military democracy system of the Jiedushi Yabing.

They would kill anyone who dared to harm their interests, even the chief of staff of the Zheng shogunate.

Later, even if no one harmed their interests, they would still kill the followers, and they would kill them in front of the Lord of Zheng.

Their purpose was to get rewards by causing trouble, and the Zheng rulers of all generations were unable to control them.

Well, Lord Zheng sidelined the King of the Later Le Dynasty.

Zhang Qi and other generals of the Three Prefectures Army sidelined the Zheng ruler.

Then, in order to gain the support of the soldiers under him, the general had to take the lead and join them in forcing the King of Zheng, which was tantamount to being held hostage by the soldiers.

The military governors of the Tang Dynasty all called him an expert.

Naturally, some people will not be able to stand their messing around.

Then, another force emerged to check and balance the Three Prefectures Army, that is, the noble families of Jinghan.

They controlled the prefectures and counties other than the Three Prefectures Army, and relied on the aristocratic families and clans to organize garrison troops, forming a local armed force that was opposite to the Three Prefectures Army and the imperial guards - the garrison troops, commonly known as the One Soldier.

It then became the only hope for the Zheng ruler to balance the three prefecture armies.

However, these people also have political needs. They are Confucian scholars, and their emphasis is on one word:

Loyal! Sincerity!
However, loyalty was not to the Zheng Lord, but to the King of the Le Dynasty. However, this kind of loyalty was very flexible.

They didn't care how the Trần Lord treated the King of the Le Dynasty, even if the king and queen had to eat coarse food, they didn't care, but they had to make the Trần Lord show the King of the Le Dynasty enough respect as a subject to his master.

Therefore, this formed the basis of the dual nature of the divine rabbit for successive Zheng rulers. When the three-province army became powerful and implemented the election law for the royal guard, the Zheng rulers were very rude to the kings of the Le Dynasty.

When the noble families in Jing and Han became powerful, the Lord of Zheng would transform himself into the Duke of Zhou and become the model of a wise minister admired by Confucianism.

But Lord Zheng also had his moments of strength, when he could find a capable man to help him control the unruly Three Prefectures Army, and then use the Three Prefectures Army to suppress the high-ranking officials in Beijing and Han.

Thus, the abstract combination of Northern Zheng was completely completed. For two hundred years, the Zheng lord was in Tokyo (Hanoi), jumping left, center, right, center, and left.

At present, the tenth generation Zheng Lord Zheng Sen is in this position because he is lucky to have someone who can help him control the three prefecture armies.

Huang Wufu, Duke of Ye, a famous general in Vietnamese history.

Although this man is a eunuch, he is very resourceful, strategic, and brave. He is not a useless eunuch like Tong Guantong, but a beggar version of Sanbao eunuch.

Under his leadership, the three prefecture armies were basically obedient, and the high-ranking officials in Beijing and Han were unable to interfere with the central government.

Therefore, even though Zheng Sen, the ruler of Zheng at that time, was a sinister, petty, vindictive and short-sighted person, the situation in Northern Zheng was far better than that in Southern Nguyen.

By this time, Huang Wufu had already personally led two thousand elite troops from Xijing to the Linhxi Long Wall, where the Northern Zheng and Southern Nguyen states faced off. Northern Zheng also adopted a dual-capital system, with the Eastern Capital in Hanoi and the Western Capital in Vinh Loc County, Thanh Hoa Province to the south. This capital controlled the Ma River and held great strategic importance.

"Father, the spies from Guangnan have sent another message." The one who came on horseback was Huang Tingbao, the nephew and adopted son of Huang Wufu, Duke of Hui.

This man was handsome and had a reputation for bravery in the army. He married the sister of Zheng Sen, the ruler of Zheng, and liked to take in talented people.

As long as you have the ability, Huang Tingbao can help you solve any crime, so he has gathered some talented people from the Northern Zheng territory under his command.
For example, the intelligence investigation into the Southern Nguyen was carried out by people recruited by Huang Tingbao.

"That Zhang Qin Hui is reckless. At this critical moment, he even went back on his military pay. So when the Tay Shan bandits headed north again, the regular troops in Hue took the opportunity to cause trouble, and the northerners and foreign troops in Hoi An were completely unable to move out."

Huang Wufu stroked the beard on his chin. It was rare for a eunuch to grow a beard and look masculine.

After hearing Huang Tingbao's report, a look of disgust appeared on his bronze face.

“When a country is about to fall, there will always be evildoers, such as Yang Guozhong in the Tianbao period and Jia Sidao in the late Song Dynasty.

Abao, have your people find a way to enter Changyu Fort. As long as the guard is willing to cooperate, whether he wants money or an official position, we can satisfy him."

Huang Wufu is a little anxious now because he feels threatened.

About five years ago, a prophecy was circulating in Beihe: 'One field of grass will produce eight trees.'

The numbers one for grass and eight for field together form the character "Huang". So people started saying that this was a sign that Huang Wufu would replace Zheng.

Oh my god, the eunuch is going to be the king, right? You’re the one who could think of that.

Huang Wufu knew who spread the news; it was the soldiers and generals of the Three Prefectures Army under him.

They wanted to support Huang Wufu. Although there was no precedent for a eunuch to become king, Huang Wufu still had an adopted son, Huang Tingbao.

These people hope to support them, father and son, in exchange for the merit of following the emperor.

But Huang Wufu did not want to fall out with Lord Zheng because that was too dangerous. As long as he borrowed the power of the three prefecture armies, he would be unable to control them in the future just like Lord Zheng.

Moreover, he saw through the political model of Beihe and did not want his descendants to enter Tokyo and become the meat-stuffed buns between the high-ranking officials of Jinghan and the Jiedushi soldiers.

He felt that the only way to escape this fate was to take over the Southern Nguyen during the chaos, let Huang Dinh Bao go to Hue to become the Nguyen Lord, and become the ruler of a country in the south, thus escaping the political model of Bac Ha that was on the verge of extinction.

Therefore, Huang Wufu was very concerned about the situation in Hue, but he then frowned in some confusion.

Because in recent years, there have been a lot of new songs in Beihe that are both spoken and performed, and are different from Guangqiang.

The most common ones are two types of model operas. The first one depicts the treacherous Qin Hui framing loyal officials and the death of Grandpa Yue at Fengbo Pavilion.

Then the second part will be performed immediately, 'Bearing great shame to protect the master, killing the traitor but maintaining loyalty.'

Although this play does not clearly indicate what the story is, the treacherous minister in the play is called Qin Hui, and the loyal minister is simply called Prince Consort.

"Fuck you!" As a victim of the prophecy, Huang Wufu was very familiar with this propaganda model. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he cursed out loud.

"What does Mo Wu want to do? Isn't he reaching too far?"

Huang Tingbao vaguely heard his adoptive father cursing someone. He asked doubtfully, "Father, are you talking about Mo Wu Mo Xuande? This man seems to have some tricks up his sleeve."

"He has more than just some tricks." Huang Wufu's face was gloomy. "A Bao, remember, this man will definitely be the biggest rival of us father and son in the future."

"If we can enter Hue this time, we must control Nguyen Phuc Thuan and his nephew Nguyen Phuc Duong."

Aren't you pretending to be a loyal minister? I have your master in my hands, and I am holding Lord Nguyen hostage to command Jiading. Let's see what you can do!
Huang Tingbao couldn't figure this out, but he had to remember what Huang Wufu had told him, so he hurried down to prepare.

. . . .

Huang Wufu from Beizheng has already headed south. Zhang Fuluan has just come to his senses. This Xishan bandit is not an ordinary bandit, but is about to become a big force!
In fact, Zhang Fuluan is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart and has a kind of beauty like the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan.

This can be seen from the fact that when the Guangnan court was in financial difficulties, he was still able to collect taxes to ensure the operation of the country.

But after more than a decade in power, Zhang Fuluan became completely corrupt. He could not control his own greed at home, and was unable to restrain his two sons and nephews externally.

The stupid moves he made along the way were just a reflection of his mind being filled with too much greed and his judgment being completely unbalanced.

Therefore, when the real disaster came, Zhang Fuluan still had the strength to fight. The main reason why he dared to withhold the military pay of the regular soldiers some time ago was because he had an armed force in his hands.

This elite force was called the Qingshe Army, but was entirely a private army raised by Zhang Fuluan with a large amount of silver and money. There were about three thousand of them.

Now, when the Tây Sơn army had captured the Guangnan camp, Zhang Fuluan immediately dispatched his 3,000 men, and ordered them to escort 5,000 regular camp soldiers to the outside of Hoi An city to resist the Tây Sơn army.

Cai Sheng felt a little uneasy, so he went to Zhang Fuluan to advise him, "The Qingshe soldiers are our foundation. If they leave Beijing, how will we be safe?"

Zhang Fuluan waved his hand nonchalantly, "I have already mobilized most of the troops in Hue, leaving only 600 of Nguyen Phuc's Hushe soldiers in the city.

They have always been respectful. Besides, we both have hundreds of retainers, and the imperial guards obey my orders. What is there to be afraid of?"

Cai Sheng thought it was right. Zhang Fuluan and they had controlled the government for more than ten years and had no rivals at all.

Although Ruan Fu was a member of the royal family, he was always timid and fearful. Not to mention Zhang Fuluan, even if he saw himself, he would take the initiative to retreat to the side of the road. He would never dare to have any second thoughts.

So Mr. Cai stopped persuading him and turned around to prepare military equipment and supplies. Since his own direct subordinates were going out to risk their lives, he naturally had to be well prepared.

The Hue court not only has shares in Prince Dinh, but also shares in Prince Dinh's treacherous ministers. If the Tây Sơn bandits succeed, they will still have only one way to go, and that is death.

However, these two guys have been rich and corrupt for too long, and their keen political sense has been completely wiped out.

Even if Ruan Fu is weak, he can't take this as evidence!
　Friends, the limited free is a recommendation, not set by me, and I usually only know about it two or three days in advance.
　　

(End of this chapter)