Records about Yelang Kingdom are mainly found in Historical Records Biography of Southwest Yi. According to archaeological data, it is generally believed that Yelang Kingdom existed in China during the Warring States Period.
Because _ _ River is the junction of Liupanshui City and Pu 'an County, Liupanshui and Bijie Hezhang Leke Site are considered to be the location of Yelang ancient country. Xinhuang dong autonomous county was once named Yelang County.
According to Records of the Historian, Yelang was the largest country in southwest China at that time, and it was "the first place to get the moon is near the water". Emperor Wu wanted to attack Nanyue, so he sent Tang Meng to Nanyue. He found a paste made locally in Sichuan and learned that it came from Yelang, so he wrote to Emperor Wu that Yelang could be used to control South Vietnam.
Therefore, Liang Wudi sent Tang Meng as a special envoy to Yelang, met his leader Yelang Hou, and gave him a lot of money. He agreed to set up a county magistrate in the local area and took his son as the county magistrate. Yelanghou thought his country was far away from the Han Dynasty, so he agreed temporarily, but he refused to obey the Han Dynasty many times. Later, the famous saying "Who is bigger than Korea" became the allusion of the idiom "Yelang is arrogant".
In the Qing Dynasty, Pu Songling wrote in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "Driving a cannon car makes you arrogant. Rely on the wrath of the Wolf, diffuse to Hebo for honour. (Translation: The artillery truck soon became arrogant. A domineering wolf just doesn't respect Hebo. It was not until the Han Dynasty destroyed South Vietnam that Yelang began to enter the DPRK, and Emperor Wu named Yelang king.
According to Hanshu, in the second year of Emperor Xiandi's peace (the first 27 years), Yelang Wang Xing turned against Han, and the Han Dynasty sent troops to annihilate Yelang. Change a county. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the title of Yelang County appeared briefly.
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The ancient Yelang Guoxing originated from Yelang Town in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later replaced the Kingdom of _ _, becoming the largest tribal alliance in southwest China. There are many small tribes in the territory. The Yelang monarch called himself Yelang King and controlled these small tribes until the Qin Dynasty.
In order to strengthen the control of southwest China, the Qin Dynasty implemented the county system in Yelang, and Yelang was suppressed. After the demise of the Qin Dynasty, Yelang rose and refused to submit to the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, in order to explore South Vietnam, Liang Wudi sent Tang Meng to South Vietnam. Tang Meng reported to the court that in order to conquer South Vietnam, Yelang must be used and passed down the river through Yelang territory, so as to conquer South Vietnam quickly.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty agreed with Tang Meng and appointed Tang Meng as general. He took people from Bashu to visit Yelang and met with Wang Duotong. The two sides discussed setting up a county in Yelang, and Duotong agreed.
So the court classified the northern bank of Wujiang River controlled by Yelang as Guanghan County, and merged it into Qianwei County, where it is now located in Zunyi County. Then a large number of civilian workers were recruited from Bashu and other places, and a post road was built in Yelang, which was called "five-foot road" in history.
Soon the Xiongnu in the north posed a threat to the Han Dynasty, and due to limited financial and material resources, it was impossible to carry out large-scale development in the southwest. On the advice of Prime Minister Gong Sunhong, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty temporarily stopped the development of southwest China, only reserved some strongholds in China, and set Yelang City, the city of Yelang Kingdom, as Yelang County, and Guo Lan as Galand County, and sent a captain to guard this place.
At this time, there was unrest in Qianwei County, north of Yelang, and Han Chinese officials stationed in Qianwei County fled to the north, which was out of the management of the imperial court. Then there was another rebellion in South Vietnam, and the court sent troops to crusade again through Yelang, so it began to develop the southwest again.
Because a large number of local civilian workers were recruited during the development process, many civilian workers died, and Lan Guojun took the lead in protesting. The imperial court sent troops to destroy Galand and then South Vietnam.
After the pacification of South Vietnam, the imperial court began to carry out a thorough reform of Yelang, and all counties and counties that had previously left Yelang and Qianwei County were reformed to be _ _ counties, in which counties and counties were ruled by Galand County and a captain was ruled by Yelang County.
At this time, Duo Tong, who had been named Duke Yelang by the court, was unable to fight against the Han Dynasty, so he surrendered to the court. After Duotong surrendered to the imperial court, the imperial court made him the Yelang King and appointed Tongting as his fief to safeguard the title of Yelang Kingdom.
At this time, Yelang State was not a completely independent Yelang State in nature, but a vassal fief of the Han Dynasty. Administratively, it had to listen to the words of the _ _ county satrap. This Yelang country lasted from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the Year of Peace in the Han Dynasty. Because of the conflict with other small tribes, Yelang Wang Xing refused to listen to the mediation of Chen Li, the prefect of _ _ county, and Chen Li killed Yelang Wang Xing accordingly.
After Yelang Wang Xing was killed by the satrap Chen Li, Xing's father-in-law Weng Zhi and his son fought against evil. Chen Li sent troops to suppress and killed Xing's father-in-law. Xing's evil whereabouts are unknown. At this point, Yelang Kingdom ceased to exist and disappeared from history. It took four princes 1 10 years from the beginning of Duotong to the end of Xing.
Judging from this process, in fact, the real Yelang State no longer exists in many contemporaries, and the later Yelang State was only the "vassal state" of the Han Dynasty.
The disappearance of Yelang Kingdom was not conquered by force, but gradually weakened by gentle reform and swallowed up like bamboo shoots, so its disappearance process seemed a little long and gentle, which led to it becoming a great mystery in history.
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