I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Although many civil officials would rather die than obey, there are still some black sheep without the slightest integrity who wrote this handwritten letter for the rebels.

However, Zhu Youxiao, who was about to pacify Sichuan, had no interest in playing political games with such a small person like Zhang Tong.

The reason is very simple, since you can be put down directly by force, why do you want to play politics with you?

For this kind of rebellious behavior, military conquest has always been the most effective means of declaring the imperial court's force.

Zhang Tong is still daydreaming, and the imperial court's counter-insurgency army is also non-stop.

"Great elder, the little emperor led his army to Ningchuanwei, our army was defeated, and Chongqing Prefecture was also besieged by the Ming army!"

"How could this be... I, I have a hundred thousand elite soldiers!"

Zhang Tong shook, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. His face was pale, and he felt dizzy, his blood rushed upwards, and he fell unconscious.

When he woke up leisurely, he suddenly realized that he had been tied up and tied to a horse.

Zhang Tong kept struggling and shouted: "What are you going to do! Where are we going?"

At first, no one answered, until someone got impatient, they turned sideways, slapped him first, and said:

"What are you shouting about, what are you shouting about?"

"Send you to the emperor to plead guilty!"

Zhang Tong turned pale with shock, and struggled more intensely, but it was unknown who tied it up, the more he struggled, the stronger he became.

It wasn't until he was a little out of breath that he shouted:

"I have [-] elite soldiers, enough to fight against the imperial court. If you let me down, I will make you elders!"

"whispering sound--"

Zhang Tong's daydream-like remarks caused the surrounding chieftains to laugh, and said, "Even the king of Daliang was arrested in Bozhou, you should save yourself."

"You want to die, but we still want to live!"

But She Chongming fled to Bozhou after the defeat in Nanchuan, planning to make a comeback.

One of his chieftains, named Zhang Ling, led all the chieftains to defect and submit to the imperial court. After a fierce battle, She Chongming was defeated again. At this moment, he was bound to Chengdu to plead guilty.

Zhang Tong was taken aback when he heard it, and then lowered his head without any further struggle.

History is always surprisingly similar. She Chongming defeated Nanchuan and fled to Bozhou. He had a chance to make a comeback, but Zhang Ling suddenly turned around and defeated him.

Zhang Tong was in Xichuan, with some military strength in his hands, and was planning a strategy to resist the heavenly soldiers, but he was also bound by the chieftains and sent to Chengdu to ask for surrender.

Chapter 128 Zhu Xieyuan's Suggestion

Chengdu, the main hall of the town government.

Zhu Youxiao overturned the table with one hand, and the local documents piled up on it were swept away, causing everyone to panic and kneel down.

Wang Chaofu was standing outside the hall with the documents in his hands. He was calculating rapidly in his mind, and his face gradually became stunned. The sudden anger of the emperor made the alarm bells ringing in his heart.

When you are with the emperor, always remember to be cautious in your words and deeds.

In the hall, there were a few guards in Jinyi who came to play the game. Looking at the official clothes, they were all from the Zhenfu Division.

I don't know what they said that made the emperor so angry.

Sichuan Chief Soldier Hou Liangzhu was also uneasy, wondering if His Majesty knew that he had demolished the bell tower of Yongxiang Temple and rebuilt some private houses into the city.

This is indeed a helpless solution. The rebels were building a high platform outside the city at that time. If they did not do this and let them seize the commanding heights, Chengdu would be in danger.

After struggling for a while, Hou Liangzhu finally couldn't help but speak, saying:

"Elder-in-law, do you want me to ask His Majesty for a crime—"

Wang Chaofu was thinking about whether to go in at this time, when he heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, turned around and asked:

"What's the crime for the Chief Marshal to plead for?"

"I led troops to demolish temples and houses without authorization, and His Majesty is already angry with me..." Hou Liangzhu was worried, "Eunuch, later, you have to say something nice for me!"

"It was for this."

Wang Chaofu supported his forehead, and said, "Your Majesty, it's because of the news from Beijing, it's not against you, so you can rest assured that the Chief Soldier Hou is here."

"Oh——" Hou Liangzhu calmed down, and after a while, he still asked, "What's the news in Beijing?"

"It's about promoting sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang. Don't ask too much."

The two were talking, but they heard the two Jinyi guards in the hall yelled to obey the order, then turned around and left the main hall, mounted their horses and headed north, as if returning to Beijing with an urgent order.

Wang Chaofu looked down at the document wrapped in yellow silk in his hand, thought for a while, but retreated slowly, no longer intending to go in.

Hou Liangzhu didn't know what he was thinking, a little anxious, he came up and said, "Shouldn't we go in and ask?"

Hearing this, Wang Chaofu glanced at him.

This guy is a good fighter, he can keep Chengdu under the siege of a large group of rebels, and even take the initiative to attack, but why don't you understand this?

He sighed and explained:

"Now that the emperor is in a fit of anger, these documents are not a good thing. Let's find someone else to do the job that we are asking for."

"Rational, reasonable..." Hou Liangzhu nodded repeatedly and followed behind him.

The news that came just now is still a good thing ahead.

The promotion of sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang went very smoothly. The characteristics of excellent planting and high yield are obvious, and they are deeply loved by the people.

Logically speaking, the next step is to promote planting in Huangzhuang throughout Gyeonggi.This was what Zhu Youxiao had repeatedly emphasized before leaving Beijing.

It is also a matter of course to implement it now.

But the problem is that when the Ministry of the Capital Division was discussing this matter, someone spoke up, and as soon as it was implemented in the entire capital, they encountered difficult problems.

When sweet potatoes were promoted in a Huangzhuang near Tongzhou, they were obstructed by the local royal family, resulting in fatalities.

In this matter, the imperial family and the civil officials who opposed the implementation stood together.

The emperor's relatives are very large, and the emperor himself is not in the capital. Wei Zhongxian dare not deal with it casually, and Zhang Weixian also wants to avoid suspicion.

As a result, the ministry's proposals are pending, and sweet potatoes cannot be promoted in Gyeonggi for a long time. When Zhu Youxiao received the news, he had already missed this year's summer planting date.

The point of Zhu Youxiao's anger is that the summer planting of sweet potatoes in Gyeonggi was postponed because of troubles caused by the royal family. With this delay, I don't know how many people will starve to death!

They shouldn't have ended like this!

As soon as I left, there were no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys were called kings. Instead, the royal family members who usually kept a low profile jumped out one by one, and began to take the lead in opposing the promotion of sweet potatoes.

Let the poor people not starve to death, let them resist like this?

……

The next morning, Zhu Youxiao sat up moaning.

Several months of life in the army really left him covered in bruises, and riding a horse for a long time also made the inside of his legs a little numb.

After a good night's sleep in Chengdu, although his body was no longer sore, Zhu Youxiao still felt pain on the inside of his legs when he walked around.

"The feeling of marching and fighting is indeed much more difficult than flipping cards in the harem..."

Zhu Youxiao murmured a few times, looking at the heavy armor and swords on the table, he suddenly understood why many emperors liked to stay in the deep palace and never come out.

Without it, it is simply not the emperor's job to lead troops to fight!

Pulling back the curtain of the bed, the sun streamed in, and in the dusty morning light, Wang Chaofu knelt on the ground and served a cup of warm tea.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, reached out to take it, and drank it silently. The tea passed through his mouth several times before being spit out into the copper basin prepared by the little eunuch.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Youxiao took another cup of warm tea, drank it quietly, and said suddenly.

Wang Chaofu paused slightly, and said respectfully:

"My lord, the rebel generals Zhang Tong and She Chongming have been taken to Chengdu, do you want to meet?"

"What can I talk to them about?" Zhu Youxiao didn't show any joy on his face, he put the teacup on the table, and while wearing the armor under the eunuch's service, he said:

"Let Hou Liangzhu cut them down and pass them on to the Southwest."

Not long after, the well-dressed Zhu Youxiao returned to the main hall and sat in the first place. After listening to the civil servants and generals saluting, he said quietly:

"Zhu Xieyuan."

A civil official with an upright appearance came out and said, "The minister is here."

"I'll give you three days to submit a statement to the chieftains in Sichuan who responded to An's rebellion and followed Qin Liangyu to resist the rebels."

Zhu Xieyuan was originally the Zuobu political envoy of Sichuan. Not long ago, he was ordered to become the governor near Xichuan.

In the Battle of Pingshe and Chongming, he cooperated with Hou Liangzhu and Qin Liangyu to successfully contain Zhang Tong's rebel army around Chengdu, buying time for the arrival of the conscripts to calm the situation.

After he obeyed the order, he seemed to have something in his heart, his eyes were lost in thought, and he sighed again and again for a long time.

Zhu Youxiao just got up, seeing him like this, he paused with his boots on the ground, sat back down again, and asked:

"Zhu Xieyuan, if you have something to say, speak up."

"Yes." Zhu Xieyuan saluted without ambiguity, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty really can't see what the land of Sichuan and Shu under your feet has become."

"The phoenix tree has fallen, and the pond is full of lotus. Is your majesty going to leave like this?"

"Of course I won't just leave. If you're worried about this, you don't have to!" Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and said quietly.

Zhu Xieyuan raised his head again and saw that his eyes were flushed, and said: "Since Your Majesty won't leave, then we must rectify the southwest. If Your Majesty wants to rejuvenate Daming, a stable rear is essential!"

"Since Hongwu, Guochao has carried out the policy of reforming the land and returning it to the people in the southwestern provinces. It has been implemented to this day, but the effect is very little!"

"Now that the rebellion has been quelled, it is time to declare to all directions and use force. Your Majesty can force the chieftains to return to their native lands, and re-demarcate the chieftain land boundaries for them."

"The big chieftain must be eliminated. From now on, there will never be another big chieftain family like Shechongming in Sichuan."

"As for the little chieftains, they can turn their places into prefectures, prefectures, and counties, and the imperial court will send officials to govern them. If there is any dissatisfaction, they will be forced to change by sending troops to conquer!"

"The system of chieftains inheriting from generation to generation is really not advisable!"

Chapter 129 Your Father Is in My Hand

The scorching sun at noon poured into Chengdu, and after discussing for a long time, Zhu Youxiao, who was already a little tired, opened his eyes again, and then all the expressions of the officials and generals in his eyes were contained in his pupils.

After a long time, he said quietly:

"According to what you mean, the southwest war is not over yet?"

Zhu Youxiao did this on purpose. In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he already understood what Zhu Xieyuan said, and gave him a chance to show it.

Just now Zhu Xieyuan said that although She Chongming and Zhang Tong were dead, the chaos was not just that. It was not easy for the emperor to come to the Southwest once, and the next time might be many years later.

Therefore, if the situation in the southwest is not completely stabilized, all previous efforts will be wasted.

"Yes!" Zhu Xieyuan said repeatedly: "Since An Bangyan and An Xiaoliang have arrived in Chengdu, they cannot be allowed to return to Shuixi."

"Sooner or later, the west of the water will turn back, so we must get rid of it as soon as possible!"

"As for the issue of Fuding in Sichuan and Guizhou after the war, I believe that in order to solve the Southwest issue once and for all, conquest should be supplemented and assimilation should be the main focus!"

Hearing the word "assimilation", Zhu Youxiao's eyes tightened.

In fact, although the imperial court had won victories in Zhu Youxiao's and Lu Qin's routes, it was just that the reinforcements were dispatched in time. During this period, the local Ming army was almost completely defeated.

Even Qin Liangyu can only stick to the stone pillar and has no plans to make progress.

Of course, after Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, the description of the Pingshe'an Rebellion in history books can only be how inhumane the rebels were, and the army of personal conscripts was invincible all the way.

As for the corruption of the Ming army in the local area, and the alienation of civil and military affairs, these will not be mentioned.

In Guizhou, Governor Li Xun and Yushi Yong'an were able to agree on An Bangyan, but the two had conflicts in private.

When An Bangyan came to face the saint, Shi Yongan felt that this was a good time to pacify Guizhou, so he kept urging Li Xun to concentrate his troops and send troops first to pacify Shuixi.

With the strength of the Ming army in Guiyang, Li Xun did not have enough self-protection, so he refused to take the initiative to attack, and did not save Shi Yongan any face.

The latter couldn't bear the face, and decided to lead his troops out of the city to crusade against Shuixi, but was stopped by Li Yang when he left the city.The two quarreled at the city gate for a while, like shrews swearing at the street.

Before this matter spread to Chengdu, Guiyang was well known on the street.

So, the next day, Shi Yong'an played to the capital to impeach Li Xun, the governor of Guizhou, and the Shui'an family for communicating with each other and obstructing the great cause of quelling chaos.

Shi Yongan gave a gift to Wei Zhongxian, and it was the latter who recommended him to be a superior. Strictly speaking, he belonged to the Wei Party.