Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 308 Tibetan monk, Cai Ruolan, Minister of Tibet
Zhu Cihong did this not because he wanted to start a war with the Tibetan monks, but because the plateau nobles and the monks had serf soldiers who were inferior to the beggar-like guards.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Cixiang felt that he had insulted himself by starting a war with them.

The reason why he sent [-] troops was to show the military power of the imperial court in front of the nobles and monks on the plateau, so that it would be much more convenient to talk to them later.

The dozens of officials brought by the army were representatives sent by Zhu Cihuang to rule the plateau on behalf of the Ming court.

The plateau is vast and sparsely populated, and the climate is very harsh. It is simply whimsical to set up officials to rule this place. Zhu Cihong, who was a liberal arts student in his previous life, naturally knows it.

So he intends to deter the nobles and monks on the plateau, and it is enough to use dozens of Ming court officials to manage and rule them.

The common people and serfs on the plateau believed in Tibetan Buddhism very devoutly, and so did Mongolia. So as long as the monks were controlled, Ming could spiritually control the Tibetan plateau and the Mongolian plateau.

And if the Tibetan nobles are controlled, Ming can control the Tibetan plateau politically and physically, ensuring that it will not break away from the Central Plains court due to the instigation of Western colonial powers in the future.

The chief general of the [-] officers and men on this trip is a general under Gao Jie's account named Zhang Gong. He followed Gao Jie to participate in the peasant uprising at first, and later followed Gao Jie to surrender to the army. Over the years, he has fought hundreds of battles. It can be said that he has experienced many battles and has rich experience.

And the leader among the dozens of officials was Cai Ruolan, whom Zhu Cihong sent all the way from the capital. He was originally a Jinshi during the Tianqi period, and he was a trivial official in the capital.

Occasionally, Zhu Cihong met him in the six yamen, and thought he was still a little talented, so he was sent to Sichuan and Shu, and wanted him to be the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to comfort the soldiers and people of Sichuan and Shaanxi on his behalf.

However, he later realized that the problems on the Mongolian grasslands and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were more urgent and important, so Zhu Cihong temporarily reassigned him as the Minister in Tibet.
And the dozens of officials on this trip, most of them were petty officials he took away from the capital, or were demoted officials from Sichuan and Shu, who were specially granted by Zhu Cihong to perform crimes and make meritorious service on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

That's right, this time Zhu Cihong copied the policies of the later Qing Dynasty again. That's why the time traveler is good. He can directly copy the mature policies of later generations without having to go through so many detours.

From Sichuan to Tibet, although the distance on the map is only two fingers, in fact, it has to travel thousands of kilometers across mountains and mountains.

And when they entered the plateau, they would experience altitude sickness. Although it was nothing to those who could survive in troubled times, it was enough for them to be in a hurry for a while.

So Zhang Gong, Cai Ruolan and his party set off from Chengdu in Sichuan and Sichuan, marched for a month, and finally arrived at the center of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Lhasa.

Before arriving in the city of Lhasa, thousands of people led by Tibetan monks and nobles were waiting outside the city.

These monks and nobles only thought about their own prosperity and a life of fine clothing and food, so they did not want to have a conflict with the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Gong and others marched along the way without doing anything to hinder them.

I just want to serve these people well and send them away as soon as possible.

But soon they were dumbfounded, because people like Cai Ruolan would stay here for at least three years, unless a war broke out between them and Daming, it was impossible for the ministers stationed in Tibet and the yamen to disappear from Lhasa.

"I am the living Buddha of the Gelug sect, Sabdanji. Who is the minister of the Celestial Dynasty?" After the Ming army stopped, a lama came out of the welcoming crowd, clasped his hands and asked who had the final say in the team in front of him. .

The Gelug Sect, also known as the Yellow Sect, is more popular among the Mongols.

"I'm an angel, Cai Ruolan, the minister in Tibet and the governor of Qinghai-Tibet." Cai Ruolan, dressed in a neat official uniform, stood out from the crowd and said to Sabdanji.

After Zhang Yong wiped out the invaders fleeing to the northwest, Gansu and Qinghai were also recovered by him by the way, so Zhu Cihong set up government offices in these two places, including Tibet by the way, and appointed a Qinghai-Tibet governor.

In fact, it only has status and power in name. A place as big as Qinghai-Tibet is still a plateau. Even if all the people living on it are obedient people, Cai Ruolan can't help it.

"Oh, I don't know why the angel came here." Sabdanji said with a slight bow.

Facing the people from the Central Plains, he respected them quite a bit. After all, if there were no geographical barriers, the Xixue District has a population of several 10, and Sichuan, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places can send random people to wipe him out.

"Your Majesty, Pingliu Bandits inside, and Mie Island outside, I think you all know." Cai Ruolan didn't answer Sabdanji's question, but asked him instead.

"Naturally." Sabdanji nodded.

Although the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is far away from the Central Plains, and tens of thousands of miles from the Northeast, monks and nobles like Sabdanji still have a certain understanding of what happened in East Asia, but they don’t know the specifics. , at most know who wins and who loses.

"Very well, is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's minister on the shore of the land, Daming used to be tolerant of Erxue District, but he didn't want to make peace with Mongolia and Mizhou in recent years and betray Daming."

As soon as Cai Ruolan came up, he asked the teacher to blame him

Not only because of the Ming Dynasty's national power, but also because these Tibetan living Buddhas like Sabdanji really have contacts with Mongolia.

"Fortunately, the Holy Son of Heaven is coming to court, and the Zhierfan monk is only doing missionary work, so he pardoned your capital crimes. However, death crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes are hard to forgive. Therefore, the Son of Heaven sent me and a group of officials here to manage Tibet."

"In the future, I will manage military and civilian affairs in Tibet, Qinghai and other places.
Cai Ruolan's tone was very domineering, and she did not give Sabdanji any room for maneuver.

Of course, according to the comparison of the strengths of Daming and Tibet, Sabdanji should not have any qualifications to bargain with Cai Ruolan.

This is actually not his idea, but Zhu Cihong's idea
(End of this chapter)