Chongzhen Chat Group

After the great court meeting, the civil and military officials dispersed, and the relevant yamen were busy with the establishment of the junior military preparation hall. But Wen Tiren, the first assistant, asked for an audience.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen roughly guessed that Wen Tiren was probably coming to him about the salt policy. After all, he had said that after his victory, he would give a simple way to solve the salt policy problem. It was obvious that Wen Tiren was probably very curious and had been holding back for many days and didn't want to wait any longer. Or maybe he wants to speed up the reform of the salt policy and worry about state affairs!

No matter what the situation was, Emperor Chongzhen actually didn't mind. The reason why he didn't take the initiative to mention this matter was mainly because he had just returned to Beijing and the rewards and punishments for the Liao Campaign had just been implemented. As for the reform of the hereditary system, this has shaken the foundation of the Ming Dynasty after all, and we must take advantage of this opportunity to deal with it as soon as possible. The original plan was that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to wait until today's affairs were arranged and then pay attention to the salt policy after they were implemented. But since Wen Tiren came to see him, it would be fine to talk to him.

After the decree was issued, Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne and did not want to deal with other matters, so he entered the chat group to read the news. It doesn't matter if you don't see it, I'm a little surprised at first glance.

There was a private message from Yunnan. To be precise, it was a message from Min Hongxue who was currently in Mengmi. He said that there was a rebellion of chieftains in the south of Yunnan, near Annan. He was going to lead his troops back to Kunming and then go to attack the chieftains. .

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised by this matter. He didn't expect that there was a big war in western Yunnan, and even such a major event as the death of Dongwu and the renaming of the Tang Dynasty, there were actually chieftains who wanted to rebel. This is really courageous!

With this in mind, he carefully understood the rebellion of this chieftain. Perhaps because of the chat group system, Emperor Chongzhen's memory of his past life has obviously improved a lot. After reading the relevant information, I suddenly remembered that in the original history, the Tusi Rebellion did occur here, and it was large-scale and lasted for a long time. It was known as the "Shapu Rebellion" in history!

In the original history, because Pu Mingming, the chieftain of Ami Prefecture in southern Yunnan, greatly increased his strength after joining the "She'an Rebellion", he launched a rebellion in the fourth year of Chongzhen. Pu Mingming died in the battle in the fifth year of Chongzhen, and his wife Wan still led him The people continued to cause chaos in southern Yunnan. Later, the Wan family recruited Sha Dingzhou, the chieftain of Annan, as his son-in-law. Shapu merged into a larger group, and was eventually suppressed by Li Dingguo.

However, in this plane, there have been many changes due to the butterfly effect. Although Pu Mingxing's strength had greatly increased, when he was about to rebel, news of a victory in the north came, which made him hesitate for a while. Then, Min Hongxue, the assistant minister, became the imperial envoy and arrived in Yunnan to train troops. This was even more shocking. Him, making him dare not act rashly. As everyone knows, it is also because of this that he, who was originally killed in the battle, is still alive.

Ami Prefecture is a bit far away from Dongwu. When Min Hongxue conquered Dongwu, he did not recruit Pu Mingxing. After the battle of Donggo was over, Pu Mingxing was a little hesitant and in a dilemma. He was powerful, and the surrounding chieftains and the Ming army were not very good at fighting. This made his mind swell, and he was unwilling to live like this.

But Min Hong learned that there was also the matter of military training, which made him dare not move. The victory of Dongwu's battle scared Pu Mingming even more. But when he knew the details of Donggo's battle, his mind became active again.

In his opinion, King Talong of Togo was a fool. His deployment was clearly known by the Ming army, and his food routes were not well protected. He could not even detect the army hiding behind it, leading to a complete defeat. . No wonder this King Talong, contrary to the previous King Dongwu, did not dare to conquer everywhere, but just wanted to recuperate. It turned out that he was just an incompetent person!

Pu Mingming also discovered that the soldiers and horses trained by Min Hongxue were all owned by the Tang State, and the elite Baigan Army was also far away in the Tang State to exterminate the remnants of Dongwu and would not return for a long time. Even later, even the imperial envoy Min Hongxue was stationed in Mengmi, leaving Yunnan empty.

In addition, Pu Mingming also heard some rumors that the imperial court was going to change the status quo, and this was what the chieftain was most afraid of. In the previous battle of Dongwu, the main reason why some chieftains were willing to be Dongwu's internal responders was also because of this. Therefore, Pu Mingming was a little worried that if he did not do anything when he had a large number of troops, once the imperial court began to focus on the matter of reforming the land and returning it to the countryside, it would be difficult for him to resist.

However, this time, Pu Mingxing finally decided to rebel. Judging from the information provided by Min Hongxue, there were two important factors.

First, Pu Xing's wife Wan, named Wan Cailian, was the daughter of a businessman. She was greedy for power and was unwilling to be deprived of her power by the Tu Queen, so she encouraged Pu Xing to rebel.

Secondly, this cannot be confirmed yet, but Min Hongxue also reported that a war seemed to be breaking out in Annan. The Ruan family in the south sent a messenger to Amizhou, and had contact with the Wan family and Pu Mingxuan one after another. Soon after, the general reputation was reversed.

At the end of the message, Min Hongxue went to court to plead guilty. Such a thing happened in his jurisdiction, and he admitted his guilt. I hope Emperor Chongzhen can give him some time and he will be able to lead the troops to put down the rebellion.

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't take this into consideration, or Min Hongxue didn't really care about Annan's affairs, but he did! Annan had a plan. When I heard that there was a war going on in Annan, I immediately contacted the chat group members around Annan to learn more about Annan's situation.

At this time, Wen Tiren had been led into the Wenhua Hall by the chamberlain. However, when he saw the presence of Emperor Chongzhen, he understood that the emperor was probably in the chat group, so he did not disturb him and quietly waited for the emperor to come out of the chat group.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen roughly understood the situation in Annan through the chat group.

In fact, in the past, the northern and southern forces in Annan had been at war. Just before he personally conquered Liaodong, there was a war in Annan. The Zheng family in the north was defeated. Later, the Ruan family in the south took a rest. After a short period of time, a large-scale counterattack and retaliation began, and now the fighting is fierce.

However, judging from the current situation, the Ruan family in the south seems to have received great help from the Folangji people, and the battle situation is quite favorable.

Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that the Portuguese would be so actively involved in Annan affairs. What was the secret behind this? He thought for a while and didn't understand, so he didn't think about it anymore. Instead, he connected with his arrangement. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he was overjoyed. Prince Fu had just returned, and he had the opportunity to start the matter of enfeoffment of Prince Fu. .

With this in mind, he did not reply to Min Hongxue immediately and left the chat group to think about it carefully. Only then did he realize that Wen Tiren was already waiting below.

As a result, Wen Tiren was tragic. This time, he did not mention the opportunity of the salt policy, so Emperor Chongzhen spoke first and talked about Pu Xing's rebellion.

Rebellion is a major event at any time. When Wen Tiren heard this, he had to put aside the salt policy and replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, now that Liaodong has been pacified, I think that I, the Ming Dynasty, have enough energy to completely solve the problem of the chieftains in the southwest!"

His words made Emperor Chongzhen a little stunned. He didn't expect that Wen Tiren would answer like this. Could it be that he had considered it before?

Thinking like this, he concentrated his energy and continued to listen to Wen Tiren's explanation: "Although Governor Zhu led the troops to suppress the Tusi Rebellion in the Southwest, it lasted for so many years, and the damage to the Southwest can be imagined. In the past, The imperial court was actually prepared to deal with the rebellion among the chieftains but lacked the strength, so it often adopted the strategy of using chieftains to control chieftains. However, in this way, it not only had the advantage of mutual consumption of chieftains, but also the possibility of strengthening chieftains. The veteran believed that this universal reputation must be It has grown a lot of strength from it, holding the military, political and financial power of the territory, and it is caused by the growth of ambition!"

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen nodding, Wen Tiren continued: "Therefore, I believe that using barbarians to control barbarians is a last resort. The imperial court already has the ability, so it should send out heavenly troops to suppress it to show the power of heaven!"

Emperor Chongzhen felt that it made sense and was a little curious at the same time, so he asked: "Qing Wen has already planned this?"

"The southwestern chieftain consumes a lot of energy from the imperial court, so I have to pay attention to it!" Wen Tiren immediately admitted after hearing this.

Indeed, in the original history, the Ming Dynasty finally perished and did not survive the natural disasters. In the end, there were three major blood-sucking disasters.

The first is the establishment of captives in Liaodong. This is the biggest disaster, needless to say.

Second, disaster relief was not successful and bandits were rampant, which destroyed the economic foundation of the Central Plains and was also a huge disaster.

And the third one is the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion. Starting from the She'an Rebellion in the first year of Tianqi and ending with the Shapu Rebellion, the entire southwest of the Ming Dynasty was turned into a mess, causing the financial and military resources here to be diverted at all. If you don't go out, you will use it to suppress the bandit rebellion and the Liaodong rebellion.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty was at war all over the country from the Northeast to the Central Plains and then to the Southwest. A three-sided war would consume such manpower, material and financial resources. No matter how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, it would not be able to withstand such consumption! Of course, it was precisely because they were not strong enough that these places could not be pacified immediately. This led to a vicious cycle and eventually drained Daming's blood.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, after listening to Wen Tiren's answer, nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, I didn't have the time to worry about the chieftains in the southwest before, but now it is really time to take care of it. The policy of the chieftains in the southwest should also be at an important stage." It’s time for change!”

The chieftain is the local emperor. Although the court also has means to restrict it, it is limited after all. The military, political and financial power in the territory were controlled by the chieftain himself. Even if it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, how can we endure a country within a country!

However, the chieftain system has continued the policies of the Yuan Dynasty since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It is unrealistic to change it immediately. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wen Tiren: "This matter must be discussed in the long term. Wen Qing should plan ahead and write the countermeasures in a memorial for me to review."

At this point, he changed the topic and said: "As for the general reputation chaos this time, I decided to send Zhu Xieyuan there and solve the feudal issues of Annan and King Fu together!"

This plan is different from the previous plan. Originally, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to transfer Zhu Xieyuan to Guangxi and then plot against Annan. Unexpectedly, the chieftains in southern Yunnan rebelled, so he changed his mind and planned to transfer Zhu Xieyuan to oversee the military affairs of Guangxi and southern Yunnan.

Min Hongxue, on the other hand, continued to be responsible for the affairs of the Tang State. After all, the King of Tang did not have the ability to truly gain a foothold in Dongwu on his own and stabilize the situation from being counterattacked by Dongwu's remaining forces. The Tang Dynasty feudal Dongwu incident is the bones of a thousand-mile horse, and there must be no accidents. Otherwise, if the vassal kings here start to continue their overseas feudalism, the Tang king will be counterattacked and wiped out, which will inevitably affect the overseas vassals of other feudal kings.

After carefully explaining Emperor Chongzhen's plan, Wen Tiren immediately seconded the plan and even suggested that Prince Fu should take action. In this way, Zhu Xieyuan's military expenses for deploying troops to suppress the popular reputation rebellion could all fall on King Fu. Because according to the emperor's plan, the suppression of Pufa and the conquest of Annan, and the transformation of the country into Fuguo, must be solved together.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and agreed. However, he guessed that King Fu would complain when he saw that military expenditures for suppressing Pu's reputation were also added. But now that the imperial court has solved the Liaodong issue and the financial situation has eased, he will be able to bargain at that time.

After this discussion, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to Zhu Xieyuan through the chat group and sent him to Yunnan to quell the rebellion. At the same time, he told him not to rush to suppress it, but to limit the area where it caused rebellion, and then use this to train King Fu's troops. This would give him a reason to ask King Fu to provide military expenditures, and when the time is right, he would solve the rebellion and the Annan issue in one fell swoop.

After receiving this decree, Zhu Xieyuan looked up at the sky and murmured to himself: "Are you young? Why do you think you are more scheming than this old man!"

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but smile. The Ming Dynasty was suffering from many disasters, and it was a blessing for the Ming Dynasty that such a "monster" emperor suddenly appeared!

As a result, he and Wen Tiren of the capital were all busy on this matter. Even King Fu of Luoyang, after seeing the crown prince coming back to report what he had learned to the Tang Dynasty, finally felt relieved and started busy.

History has almost changed beyond recognition, and the fate of many people has completely changed!

For example, Li Zicheng, who in the original history drove Emperor Chongzhen to death and finally lost the country he had just conquered to the Qing Dynasty, has now followed Emperor Chongzhen's order and went to Siberia, and has already made peace with the invaders of Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion. Get started.

For Li Zicheng, he was prepared in advance, knew what kind of opponent he would be, and had studied in the Military Academy. With a thousand elites, the Tsarist Russian invading army of hundreds or hundreds was simply not enough. If you encounter them once, you will either be defeated or destroyed, with almost no exceptions.

To be honest, these troops of Tsarist Russia's eastward invasion are not actually Tsarist Russia's regular troops at all, but are composed of various criminals and desperadoes. Compared with the elites drawn from the established areas led by Li Zicheng, they are very different. Far away! It is necessary to win the battle, but it is strange to lose the battle!

However, Li Zicheng also remembered Emperor Chongzhen's reminder that his biggest enemy was the harsh weather in the north. As for the Tsarist Russian invading army, they may learn lessons after suffering repeated losses. We must also be careful about this.

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