Chapter 1027 1022 [Someone is always looking for death]
The Ming army was victorious in the Korean Peninsula, but there were still some ignorant barbarians who actually took the initiative to provoke the Ming Dynasty!
The Sichuan Third Division and the General Soldier jointly sent an urgent report——
The Tibetan tribes in Qizhou, Hengzhou, Weizhou, Zhizhou, Tangzhou, Juzhou, and Shizhou killed cattle, horses, donkeys, and dogs to set up altars and alliances, and gathered more than ten thousand Tibetan soldiers to besiege Maozhou.
There were 500 Ming garrison troops in Maozhou, and the governor and the commander temporarily recruited 3,000 militiamen. The officials and the people defended the city (only a low earth wall and no moat) for four days, looking for opportunities to leave the city for a night attack and defeat the Tibetan coalition forces. But the Han people in the suburbs
Hundreds of people were killed because they were too late to enter the city.
The commander of Maozhou led the army to counterattack, defeated Shi, Dang, and defeated the three states, killing the barbarian chieftains and more than 20 barbarian generals.
The remaining barbarian soldiers returned to their respective Jisi Prefectures, sent envoys to request the alliance to negotiate peace, and demanded large amounts of money and silk.
Sichuan civil and military officials planned to send troops to completely conquer, but were afraid of taking on the responsibility of border provocation, so they asked the court for next instructions.
There are a large number of the above-mentioned rebellious areas in Jizhou Prefecture, and in fact they only include Li County, Wenchuan County, and Maoxian County.
Ju Ming convened a meeting of the cabinet, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, tapping the urgent report with his fingers: "I really didn't understand it. The Tibetan tribes in western Sichuan came to attack the Ming Dynasty on their own, and it was normal for them to seek peace after losing. But at the same time they were asking for peace.
, but he also asked for money and cloth from the Ming Dynasty. Who lost the battle?"
Li Hanzhang laughed and said: "How can barbarians know how to reason?"
Fang Mengqing said: "They were spoiled by the former Song Dynasty. This unprovoked rebellion is just to force the court to give money."
Li Bao took out the collected information about the former Song Dynasty:
"These barbarians have always been like this. Initially, it was the barbarian chieftain Dong who sought an official position, and Song Renzong appointed him as the governor of Jisi Prefecture. He sometimes rebelled and sometimes rebelled, so he was capricious."
"The former Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Ji was so happy that he had great achievements, and officials from all over the country were eager to expand their territory. They lured the barbarian chief Dong Shunzi, and Dong Yanbo attached himself to them. They changed Baozhou to Qizhou in the Tang Dynasty and Bazhou to Hengzhou in the Tang Dynasty. They awarded the second Dong Tuanlian
Envoys, military envoys, retainers and other positions. Every year, they will also give 12,100 guan of money, 14,700 stone meters, 2,850 bolts of silk, and silk satin, brocade, tea and salt.
, some silver.”
After reading this piece of information, all the cabinet ministers despised it.
It is naturally a good thing to open up territory and expand territory, but this kind of expansion during the Huizong period of Song Dynasty is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
The barbarians who surrendered to the imperial court not only did not pay tribute, but also needed money from the Song Dynasty.
Except for Song Huizong’s good looks, the Song Dynasty gained nothing!
Li Bao continued: "More than ten Jisi Prefectures over there rebelled repeatedly during the Zhenghe period of the former Song Dynasty. The Song army only defeated them and did nothing else. Moreover, the former Song Dynasty court would still return to the barbarian chiefs who surrendered after being defeated.
He will be rewarded with an official position and an additional monthly salary will be given to him."
"The latest rebellion was at the beginning of our army. We captured the Lizhou Road at that time, and the barbarians took the opportunity to attack the Song Army in Maozhou. The Song Army held on for more than two months, until His Majesty sent a partial division to recover Shiquan (Beichuan).
In the past, we solved the siege of Maozhou. At that time, all the civil and military forces in Maozhou surrendered to us."
Li Hanzhang went on to say: "Because they were beaten hard by us, after His Majesty took over Sichuan, these barbarian chiefs were relatively peaceful. Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the barbarian chiefs headed by Dong took the initiative to submit to the Ming Dynasty and asked for canonization."
"But when Emperor Hun of the former Song Dynasty conferred upon them, he gave them more than 10,000 guan of money, more than 10,000 stone rice, nearly 3,000 bolts of silk, silk and satin, salt, tea, and a certain amount of silver every year. However, the Ming Dynasty conferred only some official salary.
The Tibetan chiefs must be extremely dissatisfied with this. Over the past ten years, the chiefs have asked for rewards many times, but the court has ignored them."
"Due to the abundant supply of horses in the north and southern Sichuan, the number of horses purchased in western Sichuan is decreasing day by day. Zhufan has lost the profits from selling horses, and his life will definitely become more and more difficult. This rebellion is just for money!"
To put it more directly, the appetites of the Tibetan chiefs in the Jisi Prefectures under Maozhou were spoiled by the former Song Dynasty.
They failed and rebelled many times, never winning a battle, but they reaped benefits every time.
This is because the cost of countering rebellion in the former Song Dynasty was too high. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the riot was so big that the imperial court had to dispatch Shaanxi border troops to suppress it.
Compared with dispatching troops thousands of miles away, the barbarians could be appeased by giving them some money and food every year. The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty thought this method was too cost-effective.
The Song Dynasty felt good about giving it, and the barbarian chiefs felt good about taking it, so it naturally became a habit.
The Tibetan barbarian chieftains plan to follow the previous rules and cause trouble several times to get the Ming court to reward them with money and food!
Ju Ming asked: "Are the Nokawa tribes still honest?"
The Yechuan tribes, located in the Xiaojin County, Baoxing, and Luding areas, belong to the Jisi land under the jurisdiction of Yazhou.
Li Hanzhang said: "The dynasty no longer rewards the various tribes in large quantities, and the tribes in Nochuan are naturally dissatisfied. But there is a tea-horse trade road there, which I heard can lead directly to India. As the tea-horse trade road becomes more and more prosperous, some of the tribes in Nochuan
The tribe is relatively respectful to the imperial court."
Shi Yuangong said: "But there is a hidden danger. The Yechuan tribes that occupy the trade roads have developed rapidly in recent years. According to the news sent back to the Military Intelligence Department by the merchants, there are wars there almost every year, and various tribes are attacking each other. There have been
At least five tribes have been annexed. If things continue as they are, in another 20 to 30 years at most, the Nogawa 46 tribes will be unified. Even if they are not unified, several large tribes will be formed."
Qian Chen said: "Tribes that are not on the Tea Horse Trade Road will try their best to lead troops across the border every year and go to other tribes' territories to rob Han caravans. Sichuan merchants who want to trade with Tibet must gather at least a hundred people to dare to set off, and they have to
Hire ex-soldiers to protect property.”
Ju Ming pointed to the large areas of Hongyuan, Aba, Zoige and Malkang: "What kind of power is here?"
Shi Yuangong said: "The tribes of Tubo are like a plate of scattered sand."
Ju Ming asked again: "Do the Jisi prefectures under the jurisdiction of Maozhou have enough Han people?"
Shi Yuangong said: "There are many Han people, and there are even scholars taking part in the imperial examination."
Xie Fangshu, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, came from Weizhou, the state that participated in the rebellion.
Ju Ming said: "Since there are enough Han people, we can directly change the land and return to the Han Dynasty. This year we will send troops to wipe out the barbarians around Maozhou (Maoxian), and all the barbarian chiefs who have repeatedly rebelled will be wiped out. Especially the Dong family, who was the former Song Lao
They get the most benefits, but they take the lead in every rebellion. Feed the unfamiliar white-eyed wolves!"
"Kill them all?" Zhang Bor asked.
Ju Ming said: "Those barbarian chiefs' families were killed without leaving any male behind. Even if they led their troops to surrender, they would be killed. They surrendered countless times in the former Song Dynasty, and each time they surrendered, they would lead their troops to rebel. As for the barbarian generals,
Barbarians, after being captured, they will be executed by drawing two out of ten!"
"Each Jizhou prefecture was merged into counties, and officials were assigned to govern them. The land that was most suitable for farming was moved to the surrounding Han people to settle there. Immigrants were recruited from Long'an, Mianzhu, Shenquan, Yongkang and other counties, and at least 5,000 Han people had to be moved there!"
"yes!"
All ministers took orders.
Ju Ming continued: "Next year we will send troops from Yazhou to pacify the Yechuan tribes. We will recruit immigrants in the area under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture. The population there is increasing, and many of them are landless farmers. If they are not willing to apply, they will be forced to recruit, and at least eight immigrants will be required.
Senzae is farming in the Nogawa area!”
The Yechuan area can be simply understood as the Big and Little Jinchuan, but it is only a small part of the Big Jinchuan, and there are more areas such as Luding County and Baoxing County. There were originally forty-six sections of Yechuan, one of which was as large as more than a dozen villages and powerful.
A tribe is equivalent to thirty or forty villages.
Now the forty-six ministries are accelerating the merger. If we don't take action now, it will be difficult to unify the ministries.
Ming Dynasty is not Mongolia, so there is no rush to collect snow areas in one fell swoop.
This year, we will capture Jisi Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Maozhou, and next year we will capture the Yechuan tribes under the jurisdiction of Yazhou, and at the same time move the people there to stabilize the territory.
If you don't do this, you will have to repeat the mistakes of the previous Song Dynasty, and the remnants of various tribes will continue to rebel.
How did the Mongols solve the rebellion problem?
After conquering a place, they forced local leaders to send troops and took their tribes to attack another place. They used war to reduce the population and continuously snowballed the territory. The potential risk of rebellion was eliminated with the casualties on the battlefield.
This method is very useful during expansion, but wherever the Mongolian army passes, social production is often destroyed!
Use two years to resolve the border troubles in western Sichuan, ten years to consolidate the territory, and then attack Songpan, Hongyuan, and Ruoergai. The ultimate goal is to connect with Gannan and Longnan.
As for most areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they are temporarily under Jisi rule.
Ju Ming emphasized: "Before Sichuan generals send troops, ask the caravans for precautions. On high mountains, breathing is difficult, and you may even die suddenly!"
The specific combat plan was formulated by the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and Ju Ming no longer had to personally intervene.
For the Ming Dynasty, these two battles were small battles, and there was no need to bother soldiers from other provinces. The Sichuan civil and military forces could handle them themselves.
What really needs attention is the terrain and climate. The high mountains and deep valleys all over the place are too troublesome. It is very likely that the barbarians will sneak into the mountains to fight guerrillas.
The imperial military meeting ended and the ministers dispersed one after another.
The barbarian chieftain Dong wanted to gain benefits from the rebellion, but their information was too limited, and they thought that the Ming Dynasty was still following the practices of the former Song Dynasty.
Rebellion?
court death!
Even if the Dong family surrenders this time, their entire family will be wiped out.
The ancestors of those guys were either authentic Han people or Chinese Qiang people. But now they have been completely Tuboized, leading foreigners to rebel from time to time. Emperor Zhu's patience has reached its limit.
At this moment, we are far away in Hengzhou (northern Wenchuan).
Although Dong Yanbo, the governor and chief of Hengzhou, suffered a defeat, his tribe's losses were not great.
He was waiting for the Ming Dynasty court to appoint him an official and reward him with money.
Dong Yanbo had a lot of official positions in the former Song Dynasty, and was awarded tens of thousands of dollars, ten thousand stones of rice, and thousands of silk every year. The Ming Dynasty was really stingy, and he took the initiative to submit, but the benefits he received were not a fraction of those in the former Song Dynasty.
If Emperor Zhu doesn't give an explanation this time, he will continue to rebel next year and continue to cause trouble until the court gives money and food to the officials!
He has many allies. The Dong family alone has four chiefs.
The Dong family has been operating here since the Tang and Tubo periods, and the Ming Dynasty, which was only founded more than ten years ago, is far from complete.
("Reforming the Late Qing Dynasty" is really good, I finished watching it overnight last night.)