The fog gradually dissipated.
As soon as I arrived here, I felt that there must be a huge secret hidden in the Madman Village. Its mysterious disappearance must be directly related to the truth we are looking for. And since the old man is the only survivor here, he may have some amazing information.
Insider.
After the thick fog dissipated, Dagushan returned to its former peace. Looking down from the mountain, you can see the clear lake water all the way to the bottom. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe that what just happened was real.
I asked the old man what the reason for the heavy fog just now was. He cleared his throat and replied: "The village has been deserted in recent years. Except for me, I am alone and not even a dog is left."
"Do you know about Nanzhao Kingdom?"
As soon as I heard it, I thought it was interesting and immediately put my ear to it.
The Nanzhao Kingdom was an ancient kingdom located in the southwest of the Central Plains that arose in the eighth century. Its citizens were mainly composed of Wuman and Baiman. It was founded by Piroge, the leader of the Mengshe Zhao.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many tribes living scattered in the Erhai area. They were not affiliated with each other and had so many names that it was difficult to count. Among them, there were six larger tribes, called Liuzhao. They were: Mengshezhao, in today's Weishan Mountain
The county is also called Nanzhao because it is located in the south; Mengxizhao is located in the northern part of today's Weishan County and is the northern neighbor of Mengshezhao; Yuejizhao is located in today's Binchuan and Fengyi counties; Zhenzhao is located in the two counties of Binchuan and Fengyi today;
, in today's Dengchuan County; Langqiongzhao, in today's Eryuan County; Shi Langzhao, in the northeast of Xingzhao.
Before the rise of the Nanzhao Kingdom, the main residents were the Bai Man, centered on the Erhe River (Erhai) area in the west, and the Wu Man in the north. In 648, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ordered General Liang Jianfang to lead the Shu army to defeat the barbarians outside Songwai. There were seventy tribes of barbarians.
A total of more than 100,000 households have joined one after another. Meng is the Wuman surname, and these barbarians may be Wuman other than Meng.
In 649, Xinuluo, the leader of Wuman Mengshe Zhao, established the Dameng Kingdom and called him King Qijia (although he was called a country, it was still just a tribe). At that time, Nanzhao was the strongest and wanted to unify the six Zhaos. The Tang Dynasty wanted to ease the conflict with
The border troubles bordering Tubo supported Nanzhao's annexation of various tribes. In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, Piroge annexed the Five Zhaos with the support of the Tang Dynasty, became the king of Yunnan, established a political power based on the West Erhe River area, and used his clan name as the country
It was named Dameng or Mongolia. The following year, the capital was moved to Taihe City (today's Dali).
Liang Jianfang sent a strange army from Yizhou (Xichang County, Sichuan) to Xi'er River suddenly. Chief Yang Sheng was shocked. He and ten leaders of various ministries went to the military gate to ask for surrender. At that time, Yang Tongwai, the chief of Xi'er River, and Yang Tongwai, the chief of Dong'er River
The leader Yang Lian and the leader Meng Yu of Songwai both entered the court, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty granted them official ranks.
"Tongjian" says that there are dozens of surnames such as Yang, Li, Zhao, and Dong in the Xi'er River area, each of which is divided into one state. There are 600 households in the large states and 200 or 300 households in the small states. There is no big king and they are not unified.
The language, life, and customs are roughly the same as those of the Han people, except that they use December as the first year of the year, which is different from the mainland. They claim to be Chinese. This passage in "Tongjian" is similar to the Songwai Man mentioned in "New Book of Tang".
"Book" said that Songwaiman had city walls and was well aware of the lunar and lunar calendar. It also said that all people west of Dianchi Lake were descendants of Zhuang, and December was the first month of the year. Songwaiman and Heman lived far away from each other, and Songwaiman had a common surname.
They are the Meng clan. "New Book of Tang" lists Zhao, Yang, Li, and Dong as the nobles of Songwai Man, which obviously mistakenly refers to Heman as Songwai Man. "New Book of Tang" records Songwai Man, but there is no "Ziyunben all Chinese"
In this sentence, "Tongjian" combines the descendants of Heman and Zhuang into one. According to the cultural situation, "Tongjian" says it is more true.
Heman is a Baiman tribe outside Xicuan. Heman has no more than five or six hundred households per surname, and each surname is scattered and not unified. Baiman has agriculture, while Wuman lives in the valley north of Xi'er River, and production is backward.
The Baiman had to pay taxes, and the Wuman only paid tribute as a sign of surrender. During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the leader of the Heman came to pay tribute again. At that time, the Nanzhao Kingdom rose, and great changes began to occur in the Xi'er River area.
Tang Lu's "Preface to the Records of Chengdu" records: "In the past, the six southern barbarian tribes did not submit to each other. Whenever the emperor (Tang Dynasty) received a favor, each issued an edict and called the six edicts
." The so-called imperial edict means big leader or great chief. The six imperial edicts are: Mengsi imperial edict, whose residence is from the north of present-day Weishan to Yangbi, also known as Yangbei imperial edict; Yuesi imperial edict, whose residence is from present-day Binchuan, also known as Yangbei imperial edict.
They were called Mozizhao, mainly the ancestors of the Naxi people; Langqiongzhao, who lived in today's Eryuan; Qiuzhao, who lived in Dengchuan, today's Eryuan; Shi Langzhao, who lived in San, today's Eryuan
Ying, Heman is the main force. Langqiong, Zhenyi, and Shilang are collectively called Sanlang. Mengshezhao, whose residence is in today's Weishan Mountain, is also called Nanzhao. The six imperial edicts are roughly equal in power and do not submit to each other. Among them, Mengsi, Yue
Analyzing that the two imperial edicts have the largest territory and the strongest troops, the Mengshe imperial edict is weaker than the above two imperial edicts.
The royal family of Nanzhao was surnamed Meng, and their ancestor was named Shelong. They moved from Ailao to Mengshechuan to avoid their enemies. However, Wuzhao and the Heman tribes were threatened by Tubo and often abandoned Tang Dynasty and joined Tubo. Nanzhao always attached itself to Tang Dynasty, so it got
The support of the Tang Dynasty. In 713, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty granted Piluoge of Nanzhao the title of Taideng County King. In 737, Piluoge defeated the Heman and captured the city of Taihe. The following year, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty granted Piluoge the name Mengguiyi.
, Jinjue became the king of Yunnan. In 738, Piluoge planned to take advantage of the victory and merge the five imperial edicts, and requested to merge the six imperial edicts into one, which was allowed by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
In order to commend Nanzhao Piroge for his contribution to unifying the Erhai region, the Tang court canonized him as "King of Nanzhao" in the 26th year of Kaiyuan. However, Nanzhao's ambitions did not end there. After the success of unifying the six imperial edicts, they hoped that
To rule a larger area, this conflicted with the Tang Dynasty, which hoped that the surrounding small countries would check and balance each other. Shortly after Nanzhao unified the Erhai region, he took advantage of the turmoil in Cuanbu in eastern Yunnan and moved eastward to annex Cuanbu, causing a fierce conflict with the Tang Dynasty.
.Nanzhao defeated the Tang army with the support of Tubo. After the defeat of the Tianbao War, the Tang Dynasty was forced to withdraw from Yunnan. Nanzhao quickly expanded its power and unified Yunnan. Since Nanzhao defeated the Tang Dynasty mainly relying on the support of Tubo, Tubo
The political, military, and economic control of Nanzhao has been continuously strengthened. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Han culture has taken deep roots in Yunnan. However, after the Tianbao War, due to the political and military power of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty withdrew from Yunnan.
The impact on Yunnan has weakened.
Until Geluofeng rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, the land of Xicuan was owned by Nanzhao, and he led his troops to force Xicuan to move to Yongchang City, southwest of Taihe City, with more than 200,000 households. Heman and Xicuan were both white barbarians.
Moving to Yongchang can increase the strength of Nanzhao. Xi Cuan conquered Wu Man (Dong Cuan), and after the migration, Wu Man became independent. The king of Nan Zhao married Wu Man for generations, so Wu Man moved to his hometown in X Cuan.
The Barbarians naturally made peace with Nanzhao and helped Nanzhao defend against attacks from Jiannan. The Wuman people were relatively backward economically and culturally. They only lived around the Dian Lake. They changed from animal husbandry to agricultural tribes. Their cultural level gradually improved and they were close to the Baiman people.
This is also very beneficial to the Wuman. The Nanzhao Kingdom has the Baiman as its foundation and the Wuman as its auxiliary, so it has the conditions for development. The migration from east to west Cuan is indeed a major event for the Nanzhao Kingdom.
After that, Nanzhao engaged in a long-term struggle with the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. However, Tubo's control over Nanzhao was very short-lived. In less than half a century, Nanzhao "abandoned Tibet and returned to Tang". The Tang court conferred the title of Yimo
He was appointed as the "King of Nanzhao" and given the "Nanzhao Seal"; the "Yunnan Pacifying Envoy" was set up in the territory controlled by Nanzhao, and the chief of the administrative region was the "Yunnan Pacifying Envoy", which was concurrently held by the Jiedushi of Jiannan and Xichuan.
It was controlled by the Yunnan pacification envoy.
After Nanzhao once again surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao got rid of the suppression and oppression of Tubo, and its social economy made great progress. The Erhai area became the capital of Nanzhao. In the Shifu area, the former Kunming barbarians and Yunnan barbarians
, Ailao Barbarians, Xi'erhe Barbarians, Bo people, Han surnames, etc. all live in the same area. In the long-term economic, political, and cultural exchanges, they interact and integrate with each other, and the original differences between the barbarian tribes gradually disappear.
, forming a common economic life, a common political system, a common language and a common culture, integrating into a new community of people. The original barbarian names such as Ailao, Kunming, Yunnan, Nongdong, Qingqiao, and Heman also followed.
The disappearance of them was the boundary between "Wuman" and "White Man" in the early Tang Dynasty.
No longer existed, and a common special name appeared. More than a hundred years after the founding of Nanzhao, the Wu barbarians had turned into white barbarians, and the name of the Bai people may have come from this.
"You know the Hengduan Mountains, with dense forests and changeable terrain, are not suitable for cavalry training. According to legend, there was a Wuman leader who loved hunting. In order to please his master, his subordinates specially transported a group of mastiff dogs from Tubo." At this point.
The old man turned his head in Yu'er's direction and took a deep breath, "I believe you also know that it is thanks to this Wuman leader that a giant dog like Yu'er can be produced."
I thought in my heart that what this old man said was very logical. Everyone knows that this crazy village is the core of the forbidden area of ​​Heiyun Village. And Heiyun Village is all Han people, and they are in no way comparable to the Wu barbarians. What this old man said is unreasonable.
Some seek the far away rather than the near.
The old man introduced that although the name of Crazy Village is "village", it is actually a mountain. There is no geographical difference between Crazy Village and Dagushan. I saw that he was getting further and further away, so I quickly changed the subject and said: "
Well... recalling the glorious past, let’s talk about the Nanzhao Kingdom later, let’s talk about the practical things first.”
"Young man, don't think I'm verbose, you can't just listen to half of this story." Helpless, I had no choice but to let his train of thought continue.
"This Wuman leader loved hunting during his lifetime. After his death, he still loved Dagushan and thought it was a geomantic treasure. So there was a legend that he was not buried in the royal tomb after his death, but in Dagushan.
Gushan. His beloved mastiff was also buried together. The strange noise you just heard was his ghost hunting underground with the mastiff."
"Even if the legend is true, we have no way of verifying it. We can't risk our lives to see if the Wuman leader is down there?" I took a deep breath and thought about how to ask the old man about the madman village.
"I've been talking for so long, old man, but I still haven't asked you your name."
"There are many people in Heiyun Village with the same surname, Yun and Yun Dingxiang." The old man did not hesitate and directly said his name.
"Yun Dingxiang? The Yun Ding'e you talked about last time is the same as you..."
"Haha, Yun Ding'e is my younger brother."
"You said he was a fool last time. What happened?"
To be honest, I originally guessed that there might be a big secret between this old man and Yun Ding'e, but now this guess may be overturned, because no matter what, the rift between the brothers is just within the family.
Contradictions are not enough to support the secret of the legend of the Mad Village.
Yun Dingxiang said "Oh" and "Hmm" again, pacing back and forth. My head turned around so much that I felt dizzy, but I still couldn't beat him. I watched him walking around without saying a word, for fear of being an old man.
He fell ill again and hurriedly asked him if he was feeling uncomfortable somewhere.
Unexpectedly, Yun Dingxiang suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed three times. Finally, with a happy look on his face, he said: "God's will is God's will, hahaha!"
I saw him getting more and more excited as he talked, so I hurriedly poured a glass of water over, but Yun Dingxiang said: "I won't drink, I won't drink, it's okay, it's okay, old man, I'm just happy."
However, he laughed for a while, then turned to sobbing. Finally, he held my hand and said, "My child, this is a history of blood and tears. Do you really want to hear it?"
"All ears!"
Seeing that I had made up my mind, Yun Dingxiang simply sat down on the ground and said, "Well, it's too dangerous to go up the mountain now. I'll take you up in a while. I've been holding this matter in my mind for decades. If I don't find two people to talk to,
I'm afraid that when I return to Huangquan in the future, I won't be able to face the Jiangdong elders."
"Yeah?"
Chapter completed!