"Currently, there are three main forces in Kuizhou, namely our Ming Dynasty official army, Zhang Xianzhong's partial army and the thieves and bandits Yaohuang Thirteenth Family.

Because there are many dangerous mountains and rivers in Kuizhou, it is easy for both the army and the bandits to hold on to the dangerous ground.

Therefore, it is difficult for the bandits to capture the entire territory of Kuizhou, and it is difficult for us, the Ming Dynasty, to exterminate all the bandits.

But speaking of it, the thirteen gangsters among them are mainly active in the large mountainous areas at the junction of Kuizhou and Baoning, and to the north of the Tongjiang and Dongxiang lines.

When its army is in great strength, it can march eastward to Guangyuan, westward to drive Kaixian, and southward to Yingshan.

If they were tightly suppressed by the government, they would retreat into the high mountains of the Big and Small Bashan Mountains, or even go north to Hanzhong.

Therefore, although the Thirteen Yellow Families originated in the early years of Chongzhen, they were never able to eradicate them. Instead, Sichuan's military strength gradually weakened due to repeated encirclement and suppression campaigns."

Long Wenguang said and stopped here.

Zhu Yusao asked: "Who is the leader of the Thirteen Families? Do you know the details of the Thirteen Families?"

Long Wenguang smiled bitterly and said: "Reporting to the Supervisor, the Thirteen Yaohuang Families are actually not just thirteen groups of thieves. I don't know how many groups there are and who is the leader."

Zhu Ailao stopped asking.

Because on the other side, Hao Guangming had already read to her the information about the Shake Thirteen Family.

Only then did she realize that the Yellow Thirteen Family had a close relationship with Zhang Xianzhong.

It was formed by the two bandit leaders Yao Tiandong and Huang Long (both pseudonyms) who were left behind when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and colluded with local bandits, bandits and local tyrants in northern Sichuan.

Even though the Central Plains War from the eighth to the tenth year of Chongzhen Dynasty caused Yao Tian to move, one Huanglong died in the battle, and the other was captured and scraped alive in the capital. The bandits they left in northern Sichuan were not wiped out, but were used to shake the Huang Shisan family.

The title continues to cause chaos.

At the same time, Zhu Yuluo could better understand why Zhang Xianzhong wanted to take Sichuan as his foundation.

Not only because Sichuan has good natural conditions, but also because he is very familiar with Sichuan.

It is said that when Zhang Xianzhong was young, he followed his father to do small business, traveling back and forth between Sichuan and Shaanxi.

After the uprising in the early years of Chongzhen, he led his troops to fight in various places. In fact, he entered Sichuan three times in large numbers.

The first time was in the seventh year of Chongzhen. As soon as he came in to conquer Fengjie, he was scared away by Qin Liangyu who came with white pole soldiers.

The second time was in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and the third time was in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen.

Although the Thirteenth Family of Yaohuang inherited the thief and bandit armed forces established by Huang Long in the Seventh Year of Chongzhen Emperor Yao Tiandong, after the death of the two, the so-called Thirteenth Family of Thirteenth Bandit and Banditry continued to arise and die, and today they are still related to Zhang Xianzhong

There are probably not many people left.

Therefore, after the Daxi Army invaded Kuizhou, not only did the Yaohuang Thirteen Family not help the Daxi Army, some even joined the official army in attacking the Daxi Army.

This also proves another thing. After many years of suppressing bandits, the Thirteen Huang Family and the local government and army have also colluded.

In later history, not long after Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi regime, almost all of Sichuan rebelled, including the Thirteen Huangs, who were also a major force in the anti-Daxi army.

While Hao Guangming was recounting the information he had found about the "Thirteen Families Who Shake the Yellow Emperor," someone in the Chengyun Hall suddenly knelt down to Zhu Aelao.

"There is something that I have not told you about the Thirteen Famous Families, and I would like to ask the state to punish them."

The person kneeling is Zeng Ying.

Everyone looked over after hearing this, but not many were surprised. They seemed to have expected it.

Zhu Aao asked directly: "What is Zeng Zongbing talking about?"

Zeng Yingdao: "My generals Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, are all from the Thirteen Yaohuang clan. Li Zhanchun's original bandit name was Tuotian Wang, and Yu Dahai's original bandit name was Zhentian King, also known as White Dragon."

In fact, Hao Guangming and Zhu Yasuo knew something about Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai when they looked up Zeng Ying's information. They just regarded the two as ordinary bandit leaders in Sichuan and did not contact the Thirteen Huangs.

Therefore, hearing what Zeng Ying said, Zhu Yushuo was a little surprised.

But she had no idea of ​​blaming Zeng Ying for this.

She said: "It is a good thing to be able to get the bandits to surrender. What's more, they took refuge with you half a year ago, before I entered Sichuan at that time.

By the time you meet me, they have already made many military exploits under your command. There is no need to doubt their loyalty, so why should they report anything?

However, since these two people are in your army, you must know something about the Yellow Thirteen Families, so get up and talk about them."

"Yes." Zeng Ying stood up and provided a very important piece of news, "The Thirteen Yaohuang Families now have more than twenty groups of bandits, large and small, and Wu Dading, the king of Zhengtian, is temporarily the leader of the alliance.

These thieves and bandits are called alliances, but in fact they are just gathering for profit. Their relationship is complicated but loose.

Moreover, these thieves also have different styles of behavior. Some are just people like Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai, but there are also vicious villains who like to kill innocent people and even cannibalize people.

In addition, they have a deep collusion with the local landlords, the government and the army. In recent years, many of the so-called bandit suppression efforts by the government and the army have been nothing more than showmanship.

Of course, their transformation from rogue bandits to sitting bandits has reduced military disasters in other parts of Sichuan."

On the other side, Hao Guangming introduced Wu Dading to Zhu Aona.

This person is not worth saying much, just one sentence: he is a villain with certain fighting ability, good at speculation but capricious, despicable and selfish.

Therefore, after Hao Guangming finished reading Wu Dading's story, Zhu Yuyao had an idea on how to deal with the Thirteen Yaohuang Families.

When Zeng Ying was asked to return to the ranks of generals, Zhu Yuluo asked: "Who is the chief official or general in Kuizhou in Ming Dynasty now? Is it credible?"

When he said this, Zhu Aao's eyes mainly fell on Long Wenguang and Liu Linchang.

These two people had previously participated in politics in northern Sichuan and the other in eastern Sichuan. They both knew something about Kuizhou, which is located in the northeastern corner of Sichuan.

The two hesitated for a while, and Long Wenguang came out first and said: "I was in Shunqing to supervise the battle before, and I have been away for nearly two months. The situation in Kuizhou is complicated and changeable. I really don't know if there is still a master in Kuizhou now."

Officer, chief general."

Liu Linchang also didn't know much about the situation in Kuizhou, so he didn't speak.

Then Zhang Jimeng came out and said: "I'm going to report to the supervisory state, and the sentencing envoy Sichuan Dongqianshi Ma Gan will be stationed in Dazhou for a few years, and he may be able to use it."

On the other side, Hao Guangming quickly found Ma Gan's information.

"Ma Gan, courtesy name Leshui, was born in Kunming, Yunnan, and was elected in the sixth year of Chongzhen.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, Ma Gan became the prefect of Guang'an in Shunqing Prefecture. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong broke through Yang Sichang's siege and suddenly entered Sichuan, which was relatively weak in military strength. He captured cities and territories with overwhelming force.

Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, urgently recruited Ma Gan to take charge of the affairs of Kuizhou Prefecture. When Ma Gan arrived in Kuizhou, almost all the east of Xinning in Kuizhou fell, so he led some officers and soldiers to guard Dazhou.

The bandits besieged Dazhou for more than thirty days but failed to break through. Later, Yang Sichang sent troops to relieve the siege. Due to his meritorious service, Yang Sichang was promoted to the rank of Qianshi in Eastern Sichuan and was stationed in Dazhou.

In history, after the fall of Chengdu, Ma Gan was appointed deputy censor of the capital and acting governor of Sichuan. He sent Zeng Ying and others to conquer Chongqing and defeated the generals of the Western Army Liu Tingju and Liu Wenxiu successively.

In the second year of Longwu, the Qing army approached Chongqing, and Ma Gan stationed in Neijiang, refusing the Qing's surrender.

Then he defended Neijiang and fought bloody battles for more than 20 days. He ran out of aid and food, and died unyielding when the city was broken."

After reading, Hao Guangming couldn't help but said: "I discovered one thing. It seems that most of your Ming Dynasty officials who are not Jinshi, such as Juren and Gongsheng, are very capable and loyal."

Zhu Aao thought about it and found that it was indeed the case.

Take the officials in Sichuan as an example. Chen Junchong and Ma Gan were both from Juren; Zhan Tianyan was from Bagongju and had a lower status among literati.

At this time, Hao Guangming said again: "I think it may be because these people have a lower status among literati and are difficult to be accepted by the civil servant group with Jinshi background, so they are more willing to do practical things to prove themselves.

Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, there were many more people to be elected than to be awarded Jinshi. Ma Gan and others were able to stand out, serve as officials as juren, and achieve great results. They are quite outstanding talents.

As for officials with Jinshi background, although there are many who are mediocre and incompetent, there are also many who are outstanding.

It’s just that in the eyes of future generations, officials with low starting points such as Ma Gan and Chen Junchong will inevitably become more dazzling after they have achieved respectable deeds.”

After hearing this, Zhu Yasuo wanted to chat with Hao Guangming, but unfortunately it was not convenient in this formal meeting.

She then said to everyone in the palace: "In that case, I will send the news of my appointment as Supervisor to Dazhou to Ma Gan, and promote him to Deputy Supervisor.

Also tell him that after the autumn harvest is over, the Supervisory Office will send a large army to Kuizhou to wipe out the local bandits."

"yes."

Afterwards, a dozen of the monarchs and ministers set their sights on the southwest and southern edges of the large map.

Long Wenguang came out again and said: "Reporting to the Supervisory State, there are many chieftains in various prefectures in southwestern Sichuan. They have not been invaded by thieves before. The government offices and guards in various places are operating as before.

I think that as long as these places know that the Chief Secretary, the Chief Inspector and other Sichuan officials have obeyed the orders of the Supervisor, they will definitely comply.

Apart from this, only the two Xuanfu divisions, Yongning and Shizhu, need special attention."
Chapter completed!