Back to business, news of Wu Bikui's rebellion came. Mu Tianbo was shocked and immediately discussed with the governor Wu Zhaoyuan and the inspector Wu Wenying how to deal with it. At this time, Wu Bikui had already captured Dayao and sent troops to Dingyuan.
Although the three big bosses in Yunnan usually keep each other in check, when encountering this kind of thing, they react in the same way. They immediately mobilize their troops to deal with it. If the troops are insufficient, they summon the chieftains from various places to send troops to assist and report to the court at the same time.
Moreover, each of them issued a copy. The axis is the Wubikui rebellion, but the expressions are very different. The reason is very simple. Yunnan has never been monolithic! In other words, this is the case wherever there is a vassal king.
There is no vassal king in Yunnan, but there is Prince Mu's Mansion.
With the imperial court's cruel methods towards the vassal king, can a family that has ruled Yunnan for hundreds of years take it lightly?
impossible!
Perhaps only Emperor Taizu truly trusted and reassured Mu Ying, but subsequent emperors did not think so.
Yunnan is not just the Mu Prince's Palace, there are also governors and three departments (the Dudu Command Division, the Administrative Envoy Division, and the Provincial Envoy Division). This is a complete set of government teams. The purpose is to prevent the Mu Prince's Palace from being dominated by one family, and to contain and control the government. For the purpose of surveillance, for the imperial court, the term of office of local officials was limited. What they were afraid of was that they would develop their own power after serving as officials in one place for a long time. What's more, if a family that has guarded Yunnan for hundreds of years would not be restrained, It is inevitable that the tail will not fall off. If by chance, there is a Duke of Guizhou who wants to rebel, it will be in big trouble. Therefore, although the Mu family has a high reputation and a lot of power, it is still subject to many restrictions. When encountering major events, the general military officer of the Mu family would discuss the matter with these leaders. Moreover, from the early Ming Dynasty to the mid-Ming Dynasty, these government leaders worked very hard. In history, many Dukes of Guizhou were also affected by the Yunnan local government. The impeachment of officials, for example, Mu Chaobi, the Duke of Guizhou during the Jiajing period, was impeached by Wang Zheng, the censor of Yunnan, and was scolded by the Emperor Jiajing. During the Longqing period, Mu Chaobi was impeached again. This time, the court directly ordered Mu Chaobi to live in peace and power was transferred to his son Mu Changzuo. Finally, Mu Chaobi was sent to Nanjing and imprisoned until his death.
However, in the later stages, when the imperial court had too much time to take care of itself and Emperor Shan Gao was unwilling to take care of it, the local government soon colluded with the Mu family. Under normal circumstances, they would not break up with each other.
But this time it was different.
Because the situation has changed, because Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, the situation has changed, and the situation at the court thousands of miles away has also changed. Although he is still powerless, he has become able to fight. Whoever fights will be disabled!
It has been almost a year since the rise of Dongchang. No matter how far Yunnan is, all kinds of rumors have spread, which makes the people in the government team have to be careful. In the past, the court had no time to care about them or was powerless, but it is different now. , Xungui will arrest and beat them whenever he wants. The governor is nothing, and the third division officer is nothing. If he really treats them, the Mu family cannot protect them.
Therefore, Wu Zhaoyuan and his team's tricks are a bit subtle.
On this day, Mu Tianbo summoned Wu Zhaoyuan and others to the Duke's Mansion for discussion. Because the emperor's secret decree had arrived, he rushed for eight hundred miles. Many horses were killed on the road and many people were replaced. It took ten days to arrive, and by this time Mu Tianbo had already arrived. An army of chieftains was gathered to prepare for the encirclement and suppression. At the same time, Wu Bikui's rebels had already captured Yao'an in Dingyuan (today's Mouding County).
But Chongzhen's secret decree made him stupid: remove Li Dazhi from his military post, negotiate peace with Wu Bikui, and guard against Sha Dingzhou and never let him enter Kunming! To be honest, not only Mu Tianbo was dumbfounded by this secret decree, Wu Zhaoyuan and others were also confused. Wu Bikui's territory was in the northwest of Kunming. From there, he went all the way to Kunming in the southeast. Mu Tianbo and others gathered in the south of Kunming. A group of chieftains went north to fight. Now most of these chieftains have arrived outside Kunming City to prepare for war. But at this time, the emperor inexplicably issued a decree for peace, and he even asked for peace with a young chieftain. What's the matter? And why did Li Dazhi remove his capable subordinates? What happened to Sha Dingzhou? His father, Sha Yuan, was a die-hard supporter of Prince Mu's Mansion. What should we beware of? Besides, this guy hasn't arrived yet because of the long journey (here By the way, the territory of Shadingzhou is the mouth of the Nanbao River, which is later known as the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It is south of Kunming and very close to Vietnam.
However, a few people quickly realized that the imperial court had no choice but to value peace. The north had to guard against the Tatars, the west was still confronting the invaders, and Jingxiang was still fighting. It was really powerless to do so, and it was also afraid of this. While the fight was going on, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the situation and had no choice but to sue for peace and turn the big deal into a trivial matter.
But if peace was reached with Wu Bikui, wouldn't it encourage his arrogance and even cause a chain reaction for other chieftains to follow suit, and Yunnan would also be in chaos.
This makes Mu Tianbo very difficult to make a choice. He wants to listen to the opinions of Wu Zhaoyuan and others, but Wu Zhaoyuan and others dare not make random ideas. After all, it is an imperial edict. If you disobey it, you will be rebelling. The consequences may be serious, but if you follow the edict, Their actions may also lead to chaos in Yunnan. At that time, the court might also accuse them of being unfavorable in their actions.
More importantly, Wu Zhaoyuan also received a secret order, asking him to urge Mu Tianbo to obey the order and not to make arbitrary opinions.
In fact, before coming to Prince Mu's Mansion, Wu Zhaoyuan was prepared to act according to the order. However, after arriving, everyone analyzed it and felt that if he followed the order, it might lead to greater chaos. It seemed that the court was too busy with things and did not consider the decision-making here. , but if I explain the pros and cons at this time, I am afraid that Wu Bikui will break into Kunming every time.
It is a serious crime to resist an order, and big things will happen if you follow an order. How do you make a choice?
Mu Tianbo decided to fight first and then make peace. It would be too shameful for him to negotiate peace with Wu Bikui without fighting. It was the face of the imperial court and the face of Prince Mu's palace.
So it’s not too late to beat him first and let him know how powerful he is before we can talk about peace. Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it’s impossible for them to know too much in detail. Even if they are discovered later, they can evade it and say that they only received the news after the beating. As long as we finally reconcile with him and stabilize the situation, it will be fine.
Wu Zhaoyuan and others also agreed. In fact, they also knew what Mu Tianbo was thinking, which was that the Mu family had not fought for many years, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to establish his authority.
But a few people ignored an important issue. Did the imperial court really not consider that it would cause other chieftains to follow suit when they asked them to negotiate peace? Did they really not think carefully about it?
Perhaps Emperor Chongzhen would not think it through fully, but how could Li Banghua and others in the cabinet not expect that they would follow suit? Even if he did not expect it, how could Chang Yu not think that the reason why he was talking about peace was not because he really wanted to talk about peace, but because he wanted to Delay the time and wait for him to deal with it. He knows how to cure this disease effectively with one shot!
But what he was most worried about happened. The local government bosses and the Mu family were still prepared to solve the problem in their own way. They continued to summon the chieftains to come to Kunming to encircle and suppress Wu Bikui, and still made Li Dazhi the vanguard officer according to the original plan. After all, He had invaded Wu Bikui's territory many times, and he hated and knew each other's ways.
As for Sha Dingzhou, Mu Tianbo was still not alert to him, and his preconceptions caused him to misjudge because his father, Sha Yuan, was very loyal to the Mu family, and Sha Dingzhou also visited the Duke's Mansion and did not meet him. There was something strange and strange, and I guessed that who might have deliberately caused trouble and reported it to the court just to alienate his relationship with Sha Dingzhou, but the court actually believed it.
And Mu Tianbo didn't care much about Sha Dingzhou at this time, because he hadn't arrived yet.
