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"Go back to your lord, there are so many chieftains in Yunnan, and there are not a few who are powerful and tyrannical. In the original Yuan Dynasty, all the general managers should not be underestimated, and the Xuanfu envoys and Xuanfu envoys were even more entrenched and responded to every call." Feng Cheng replied:

"The strongest among them, such as the original Duan family of Dali, Yang Ju of Kunming, and An family of Dongchuan, have all been pacified. Only the Si family of Luchuan is still showing off its power due to its remote location - it was the one who captured Yongchang City. them."

"The Luchuan Si clan..." Zhu Zhen always felt that the name sounded familiar, so he asked: "How big is their territory? How many native people are there? How many troops can be mobilized, how many chieftains can be commanded, and what is their combat effectiveness?"

"This..." Feng Cheng was dumbfounded by the question, and after a while he said: "We are investigating, and we will have the results soon."

"Prince Rong Bing," Xie Xiong hurriedly came to his rescue: "Yunnan is too big. Before, our attention was all on Sanjiang, and we lacked understanding of places outside Sanjiang. It was only after the Yongchang incident that we started to pay attention to Lu It’s about Chuansi’s situation.”

Zhu Zhen nodded. This is true. Yunnan in this era was indeed too big. There were two big ones in later generations. With such a large territory and located on the southwest border, we definitely can't just grab it with our beards and eyebrows. We must prioritize it.

Based on the actual situation, Boss Zhu formulated the policy for them that "the land outside the three rivers is suitable for rivers but not for rivers, and the water within the three rivers is suitable for rivers but not soil". Generally speaking, the Nujiang River, Lancang River, and Yuanjiang River are the boundaries. The areas within Sanjiang, including Qujing, Dali, Guangnan and other inland areas, are directly governed by Liuguan. For the "extreme border areas" and "outer border administrative areas" outside Sanjiang, the Yuan Dynasty's use of native officials to govern native people is basically continued. ' policy.

Therefore, Yunnan civil and military forces naturally focused their attention on the area within Sanjiang. Of course, for areas outside Sanjiang, we cannot completely let it go. Even if local officials are used to govern the local people, they must be loyal to the court and abide by the law.

In order to make the native officials aware of the presence of the imperial court, when the Dali Banshi was pacified, Fu Youde sent commander Wang Zhen to lead 2,000 soldiers and civilians and thousands of native troops who had returned to cross the Lancang River to build a city in Yongchang and prepare to garrison.

As a result, before the city was built, it suffered a sap.

Later, Sihanfa led an army of 40,000 to the east, claiming to be 400,000. He captured Tengchong, Yongchang, and reached Mengjie along the way, and then crossed the Lancang River with the Yuan Dynasty to rule...

Nasi Khanfa was indeed a hero of his generation. Later, he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of various Dai tribes against the Mongols and sent envoys to form alliances with various local kings. If anyone dares not to come, immediately send troops to attack and kill them, and directly annex the territory!

The chieftains of various Dai tribes now expressed their support for the Sihan Law. Even the descendants of King Mengpeng expressed their submission. The strength of the Luchuan regime increased greatly.

Zhu Zhen compared the map and found that Mengmao was later Ruili...

Only then did Feng Cheng and others notice the existence of the Luchuan Si family and began to investigate this extremely cruel chieftain.

In the late Yuan Dynasty, the national power declined, and the control over the border ethnic minorities was reduced sharply. Sihanfa, the general manager of Luchuan Road, took the opportunity to break away from the Golden Teeth Xuanfu Department of the Yuan Dynasty, became king in Mengmao, established the so-called "Luchuan Kingdom", and built The new capital city.

After conquering Dali, the Mongols conquered Mengpeng, the Dai government in southwest Yunnan after seven years of hard fighting, and set up the Golden Teeth Xuanfu Division in Yongchang, with jurisdiction over Luchuan, Pingmian, Zhenxi, Mangshi, Rouyuan and Zhenkang Sixth Road.

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In the next few days, a steady stream of information about the Luchuan Si family was put on Zhu Zhen's major case. This behemoth hiding in the jungle finally revealed its true form...

"The next year, Sihanfa returned to the south and conquered Jingmai, Jingxian, Jingdong, Mengli, Lamen, Lakuang and other places..." Feng Cheng did his homework this time, and while reporting, he Flags were placed on the sand table to prevent the prince from being confused by the unfamiliar place names.

"Good guy, this has all reached Chiang Mai." Zhu Zhen could roughly tell that Jingmai was the later Chiang Mai of Thailand; Jingdong was the later capital of Shan State in Myanmar, and there was really nothing else he could do... In short, he could see the flag planting. The location covers almost half of Myanmar and northern Thailand.

"After that, Sihanfa raised another 90,000 soldiers and auxiliaries, known as 900,000, and launched a western expedition until he conquered the Ahong Kingdom." Feng Cheng continued. "It seems that everyone likes to brag about their military strength, regardless of nationality." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but laugh.

But when Feng Cheng planted the flag, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Because this Ahom Kingdom is Assam in eastern India...

"Where have they all gone?" Zhu Zhen rubbed his head, never expecting that there was such a powerful political power hiding under his nose. "The Yuan Dynasty could tolerate it, but is this Sihanfa so outrageous?"

"During the period of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army once launched a large-scale campaign against the Luchuan regime. As a result, Sihanfa defeated the Yuan army in the Luchuan River Valley. They fought again at Santai Mountain and also won a great victory. The Luchuan army took advantage of the victory and pursued it all the way to Dali. "

"The Yuan Dynasty lost troops and generals, lost divisions and territory, and was unable to fight again, so it had to send envoys to declare peace and give rewards. Sihanfa took into account the empty treasury, so in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, which was the first year of Longfeng, he sent his son Mang San He went to Dadu to pay tribute and ask for peace, and the Yuan Dynasty established the Luchuan Pingmian Xuanwei Department there, and conferred Sihanfa as the hereditary Xuanwei Envoy. In fact, it recognized Sihanfa's rule to the west of the Lancang River."

"In the next twenty or thirty years, the two sides ruled across the river and lived in peace. The Yuan Dynasty was busy subjugating the country, and Sihan was busy expanding its territory to the south." Feng Cheng pointed to the large area painted green on the sand table and said:

"Today, the Luchuan regime's sphere of influence extends from Dali, Yongchang in the north, to Siam in the south, to Tianzhu in the west, and to Laos in the east. It can be called the largest hegemon in the south."

"Indeed." Zhu Zhen nodded in agreement and said excitedly: "Only an opponent like Sihanfa is strong enough."

"The prince is right, but Sihanfa is dead." Feng Cheng said softly.

"Dead? When did you die?" Zhu Zhen was a little disappointed.

"The second year of Hongwu." Feng Cheng replied: "I have been dead for more than ten years..."

"How did you die?"

"He died of old age. Na Sihanfa was so long-lived. He lived for seventy-four or five years." Feng Cheng was also convinced and said: "His life was worth it."

"That's it, no wonder..." Zhu Zhen sighed.

No wonder the Luchuan regime didn't take advantage of the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to reach across the Lancang River. It turned out that it was just when the old king died of illness and the new king succeeded to the throne, and there was no succession.

"Then what is the situation in Luchuan Kingdom now?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"After Sihanfa died, his sons fought a lot, and finally his second son Silunfa inherited the throne." Feng Cheng replied:

"This Silunfa is also a hero of the generation. He has led troops to conquer the east and west since he was young, made great military exploits, and won the cruel internal fights. Over the years, he has completely completed the internal integration and paid tribute to his father. The land left behind underwent drastic reforms.”

(End of this chapter)