The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 317: King Rende Xingtang's Proclamation to the Gentry, Soldiers and Civilians of Beihe

"Since our ancestors Yan and Huang founded the Central Plains, the Xia and Shang dynasties expanded their territory to all directions. During the Zhou dynasty, King Wu defeated King Zhou, overthrew the tyranny, and took control of the world.

For thousands of years, the Xia emperor used our Chinese culture to educate the people in all directions. Taibo fled to Wu, Qin annexed Yiqu, and Zhuangqiao entered Dian. It was no different.

Since the rise of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, China has been unified and the Baiyue people have been pacified.

Later, the world was in chaos. Zhao Tuo, a general of Qin, inherited the spirit of his ancestors to expand the territory and repel the barbarians, and established the Kingdom of Nanyue in Panyu, which was the beginning of the education in Lingnan.

Emperor Xiaowu of the Western Han Dynasty was a man of great talent and strategy. He defeated the Xiongnu in the north and conquered the Baiyue in the south. The descendants of the Zhao family understood the righteousness and returned to their homeland, thus unifying the world and making the country intact.

In the following seven hundred years, Lingnan and Guangxi began to be influenced by the king's rule and all industries prospered.

It was the Tianbao period, and the drums of Yuyang shook the heaven and earth. The two thieves An and Shi invaded the Central Plains. The world was in chaos, and military governors rose up everywhere. The flags of the kings fluttered on the city walls.

In Lingnan, there was first the Southern Han Dynasty of the Liu family, and then the two Song Dynasties of the Zhao family, neither of which was a unified dynasty.

Guangnan Jiaozhi was thus isolated from the Central Plains. First came the State of Wu, and then the States of Ding, Li, Li, and Chen.

These were all rulers of the Southern Han Dynasty and the two Song dynasties who ruled their own territories.

Afterwards, the Mongols rose in the desert, their iron hooves were unstoppable, the Zhao family and country were overthrown, the emperor and his ministers committed suicide by jumping into the sea at Yashan, and the only place of fame and religion in the world was the Chen Kingdom in Guangnan and Jiaozhi.

At this time when the orthodox tradition was about to be lost and cultural prosperity was about to fade away, King Xingdao Chen Guojun stepped forward, united the natives of Guangnan and Jiaozhi, and the Chinese who had migrated south from the Song Dynasty, defeated the Yuan army several times, and preserved the vitality of the orthodox teachings. His contribution was immeasurable.

My Taizu Gao Huangdi rose from Huaixi, and from humble beginnings he ruled the world. He ruled Henan and Hebei for two hundred years, Youyan for four hundred years, and Hexi and Longyou for five hundred years.

Guangnan was in the last years of the Chen Dynasty. Hu Jin was ambitious and usurped the throne. The descendants of the Chen family then returned the country to the Ming Dynasty by establishing the Chen Kingdom, thus restoring the world that had been divided for 500 years since the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Our Chinese nation has finally been unified and its golden bowl remains intact.

Le Loi was a barbarian from the Nine Realms, ignorant of the classics, rituals, and ancestors. His ancestors ate raw meat and drank blood, wandered through mud and mud, and entered and exited forests, their origins unknown.

He acts with deception and accomplishes things with brutality. He goes against the will of Heaven and is filled with evil, arousing the hatred of both gods and men.

The pseudo-dynasty he established was cruel and tyrannical. At the beginning of the country, clan members and relatives fought like beasts in the Mingtang.

Li Yuanlong died suddenly at a young age, Li Bangji was found dead in the palace, and Li Minyi was killed by his subordinates due to his tyranny. This was all because Li Li acted against the will of heaven and the false Li was lacking in moral conduct.

I, the King of Benevolence and Virtue, am a descendant of the ancient sage Emperor Yu Shun and his ancestor Yu Mu. Our ancestor followed the heavenly army of Emperor Taizong Wen into Jiaozhi, and made great contributions to unifying our country. He was the inspector of the northern city of Jiaozhi.

During the reign of Emperor Sejong Suk, my eleventh great-uncle, King Dengyong of the Mo Kingdom, saw that Jiaozhi had refused to return, so he led an uprising, put an end to the chaos, and brought Jiaozhi back to their country. His contribution was invaluable.

However, Zheng Zhujian is a descendant of a Ming Dynasty general. He has forgotten his ancestors and regarded the enemy as his father. He has helped the false dynasty to survive until now. He has violated the will of heaven and harmed the people. Millions of people in Beihe are left without clothes and food, as if they are in hell. His crimes are heinous and unforgivable.

Today, the benevolent and virtuous King Mo Zhao of Xing Tang, in response to the path of unification of China and carrying on the will of his great uncle, has led 100,000 elite soldiers and is giving orders to the gentry, soldiers, civilians and the people of Beihe.

Said:
Those who are willing to respect the orthodox teachings, follow the Chinese culture, and restore their country to its former glory should be promoted and rewarded without delay, become ministers of the new dynasty, and enjoy the land of kingly rule.

Those who are ignorant of propriety, willingly become barbarians, abandon obedience and follow rebellion, and stubbornly refuse to repent, will be punished when the army arrives. Even if you want to repent, it will be too late. Do not make mistakes!

Beihe, Tokyo, Qingwei County, Zuoqingwei Village, Wu’s Mansion.

Twenty-eight-year-old Wu Shiren's eyes widened after he finished reading the "Exhortation of the King of Benevolence and Virtue to Revive Tang to the Gentry, Soldiers and Civilians of Beihe" in a rhythmic manner.

He looked at his father Wu Shishi, who was sitting in the main seat, nodding his head as if admiring the performance. He then looked at his brother-in-law Pan Huiyi beside him. Seeing that his brother-in-law also had a thoughtful look on his face, he could only turn his head to his ugly friend Deng Chenchang.

"Brother Deng, what do you think of this King Mo? I feel like he suddenly came here from the Kaiyuan and Tianbao eras.

It's already this late, the northerners have already lost both their own kingdoms, and yet they're still thinking about taking back Jiaozhi?"

At this time in Bac Ha, when talking about the literary and artistic lineage, one has to mention the Ngo Cac Van School, who were the most outstanding group of writers, historians, and Confucian scholars in the whole of Vietnam from the late 18th to the early 19th century.

Its founders are Wu Shiren who is speaking now and his father Wu Shishi, as well as his brother-in-law Pan Huiyi and his brother-in-law's son Pan Huizhu, and the great Vietnamese scholar Fan Guishi who was deeply influenced by them.

Deng Chenchang heard Wu Shiren's question and smiled coldly, "Daxuan, I didn't realize this King Rende had come from the Tang Dynasty. I only heard the sound of war and iron horses in this manifesto. Beihe is about to usher in a bloody storm."

"Yes!" Pan Huiyi shook his neck, "Just listening to your brother reading, I felt as if someone was holding a knife to my neck.

This King Mo has not yet entered Beihe, and has not even sent out his troops. It is not certain whether the Qing Dynasty will intervene. It is obvious that he wants the five million people in Beihe to be more sensible.

What does he want to do? He is not even willing to pretend to be nice, and just wants to say that those who obey me will prosper and those who disobey me will perish?
Strange, really strange! "

"You are such a villain, so domineering!" Finally, the founder of the Ng Ka School of Literature, Ng Si-shi, the first place winner of the imperial examination in the 1766th year of Thanh Xuan Phuc () of the Later Le Dynasty, which is equivalent to the top scholar in the Central Plains Dynasty, who served as the proofreader of the Dongge and the prosecutor of Thanh Hoa, stood up and slammed the table.

"Father, where did the thief come from, and where did your arrogance come from?" Wu Shiren immediately stepped forward and asked when he saw his father Wu Shishi speaking.

Wu Shishi narrowed his eyes and said, "Our Southern Kingdom broke away from the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been eight hundred years since then. The Zhao Song Dynasty invaded twice, but failed to recapture it. We can only be considered a vassal.

The Mongols were barbarians with no legitimate reason. They marched south to conquer the country not to unify the country, but to use the power of our southern country to consume the large number of Lingnan Song troops who were subservient to them.

The evil plan of making the Southerners kill the Southerners and bring peace to the world ended up with both sides suffering losses, and the Mongols were able to firmly occupy the land of Lingnan.

At this point, including Liu Xiong's Southern Han, the Central Plains had attacked us three times but all failed. Our Southern Kingdom had gone through five dynasties: Wu, Ding, Qianli, Li, and Chen, and had long since ceased to belong to the Central Plains.

Therefore, when the former Ming Dynasty recovered Annan, the gentry in the south no longer accepted it, and thus the Taizu of our dynasty established the Dai Viet Kingdom of the Later Le clan.

But look at this person, he regards the Southern Han and the two Song dynasties as separatist regimes like our southern dynasties, and the Mongols as the sinking of China.

From this perspective, when the Han Chinese once again unified the country during the Ming Dynasty and controlled the entire world, wouldn't it be natural and flawless to recapture Annan?

Wu Shiyi was stunned for a moment, then he slowly concentrated and thought about it, then he clapped his hands suddenly, "That's right, that's right!

If we consider the Ming Dynasty as the first unified Han dynasty after the demise of the Tang Dynasty, then this is indeed the case with world affairs!

Deng Chenchang stood up, took the manifesto from Wu Shiren's hand and read it carefully again. "Yes, this manifesto is well-written and well-reasoned. It makes people's hearts surge and they wish they could follow in its footsteps. If you look at it this way, our Southern Kingdom of Jiaozhi is just like Henan and Hebei, Youyan, and Hexi and Longyou, which were recovered by the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, 300 years, and 400 years.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, the loss of Jiaozhi was not as long as the loss of Hexi."

"Brother Deng, please don't make any mistakes!" Upon hearing this, Wu Shiren looked at Deng Chenchang in horror.

Although he secretly looked down on Deng Chenchang's ugly appearance, poor background, and his ambition to climb up the social ladder.

But Wu Shiren still knew his ability. Among the Confucian scholars in Beihe, if there was anyone who was truly proficient in both literature and martial arts and could stand on his own, Deng Chenchang must be one of the best.

Wu Shiren heard a strong sense of bias and speculation in Deng Chenchang's words.

Deng Chenchang did not give a direct answer, but said to Wu Shiren: "Daxuan, why don't you ask Mr. Wu Feng why he is so domineering?"

When Wu Shishi heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at Deng Chenchang, then looked at his son Wu Shiren and Pan Huiyi, and sighed and said:

"My two sons, though not great masters of literature, are certainly accomplished men of letters. It's a pity that in other respects they are still like children."

After saying that, he walked over to Deng Chenchang and whispered, "I heard that you quite like A Ren's maid Zizhu. I have made the decision. From now on, Zizhu will be your sweetheart."

"Father!" Wu Shiren called out anxiously. Although he and Deng Chenchang were classmates and good friends, they were not very close.

A few months ago, he brought his maid to a reunion with Deng Chenchang and other classmates. Deng Chenchang was poor and could not afford a maid, but he was very greedy and asked him for purple bamboo. Wu Shiren was of course reluctant to give it to him, so he refused on the spot.

Unexpectedly, his father would give Zizhu to Deng Chenchang at this time.

However, Wu Shiren could never have dreamed that after he rejected and slightly humiliated Deng Chenchang in history, this man swore a poisonous oath to make a name for himself. He ran from Beihe to Jiading and joined Ruan Xiaoqiang and Ruan Fuying, who were still being beaten by the Tây Sơn army and running all over the streets.

Ten years later, Deng Chenchang returned to Bac Ha as a founding hero of the Nguyen Dynasty. He took Wu Shiren and Phan Huy Nghia to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, and publicly flogged them for defecting to the Tây Sơn Dynasty. To vent his anger, he beat Wu Shiren to death with his own hands.

At this time and space, Wu Shiren's cunning father Wu Shishi keenly noticed a side of Deng Chenchang that was different from literati like Wu Shiren and Pan Huiyi, and immediately began to eliminate the hidden dangers.

Deng Chenchang felt a little embarrassed when he heard Wu Shishi say this. He cupped his hands and said, "I was rude last month and asked for a treasure after drinking. I hope Mr. Wu Feng will forgive me."

Wu Shishi waved his hand and said, "I'm not blaming you. It's not a problem for young people to be attracted to beauty. It's just natural.

However, I cannot give this maidservant of mine to you for nothing. Boy, tell me, why is King Mo so domineering?

Deng Chenchang felt much better after hearing this. He coughed and lowered his voice and said:

"This young man has pondered the actions of King Xing Tang for a long time. He is definitely not someone who makes random moves. He is a young thief who likes to plan before acting. He will not easily take action unless he is absolutely sure.

Didn't he know that the Southern Kingdom had been separated from the Central Plains for seven or eight hundred years? Didn't he know how difficult it was to accomplish something that even the Ming Dynasty couldn't accomplish in its heyday?

I think he did it because he knew how difficult it was!"

The two writers and historians, Wu Shiren and Pan Huiyi, blinked twice, with an expression that said, "I still don't understand."

Wu Shishi's face became even more silent. He trembled twice and pointed at Deng Chenchang and said, "Go on, keep talking."

"I have pondered how our great Emperor Taizu could succeed when the Ming Dynasty was so powerful. The answer is simple: timidity.

They wanted to wipe them out, but were reluctant to kill them for fear of provoking rebellion and civil unrest. So they could only proceed cautiously and slowly. As a result, the more they tolerated them, the bigger the situation became.

If the Ming Dynasty at that time had been as ruthless as King Taizu, those who obeyed me would live and those who defied me would die, and heads would have been killed so many times that even ten King Taizus would have been suppressed.

It seems that King Ren Demo has learned his lesson."

As he spoke, Deng Chenchang spread out a map and pointed to the south to show the three people, "Mr. Wufeng, Brother Daxuan, Brother Qianshou, take a look.

King Ren Duc Mo now controls all of Guangnan and has subdued the nobles of Hue.

Jiading was the territory of the Mingxiang people, and the few high-ranking families in Beijing had already defected there.

The Siamese King Taksin to the south was not only Mo Zhao's father-in-law, but Mo Zhao also made great contributions to the establishment of Siam.

Therefore, on the whole, Mo Zhao already owned three wealthy areas, namely Hue, Gia Dinh and Siam, with millions of people. Other areas such as An Dai and Gia Sai were no longer wild, and their grain production alone was not inferior to that of Bac Ha.

This gave him enough capital, and he had no shortage of money, food, supplies, and men, so he would not follow the Ming Dynasty's example and rashly attack and occupy the area, but would treat the entire Beihe as a battlefield.

He is now issuing such a public manifesto in order to select his fellow comrades and make those who are unwilling to return to the Central Plains with him jump out, and then find them and execute them all when he marches to Beihe.

In this way, no one can oppose Jiaozhi's return."

Oh my god! Only then did Wu Shiren and Pan Huiyi realize the extent of the situation.

Pan Huiyi murmured, "There are five million people in Beihe. How could King Mo kill so many? If so many people are against him, how could he still enter Beihe?"

"Stupid!" Father-in-law Wu Shishi couldn't help but curse, "If the five million people in Beihe were all this stubborn, we southerners would have long ago attacked the north with our southern forces and fled to the capital to become the emperor of the northerners.

There is no need to kill all five million. Killing one hundred thousand or eighty thousand, or even just thirty thousand or fifty thousand would be enough.

And I see that King Mo is in no rush to enter Beihe. He has time to take his time. He is already prepared to slaughter Beihe people until blood flows like a river."

After saying this, Wu Shishi bowed to Deng Chenchang and said, "My dear nephew, for us Confucian scholars, this is truly a matter of life and death.

I will help my nephew go south to find out the truth. If King Mo is really like this, we will have room to maneuver.

If he can't enter Beihe, I, the Wu family, will also provide a way out for my nephew."

Deng Chenchang laughed heartily. "Uncle's opinion is exactly what I want. I will set off south soon. Wait for my good news."

(End of this chapter)