Qin Jianxun led four intelligence bureau experts to secretly go south and return to Yongning, Sichuan to spy on his old enemy She Chongming and report the chieftain's rebellious actions to General Liu.
Liu Zhaosun has been paying close attention to the She'an Rebellion recently.
The attention paid to Tusi even exceeded that of North Korea and Houjin.
Historically, before the Hunhe War broke out, the chieftain of Yongning launched a rebellion in Chongqing.
Now half a year has passed since the bloody battle in Hunhe River, but She Chongming has yet to take action.
Maybe this is the butterfly effect of time travellers.
When Liu Zhaosun heard the words She Chongming for the first time, he immediately thought of Anlu Mountain in the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, compared with An Lushan, who brought an end to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this little Sichuan chieftain is not worth mentioning.
Liu Zhaosun once doubted whether She Chongming still had a chance to rebel. After all, Liaodong had been pacified.
However, based on the comprehensive judgment of various intelligence, this low-end version of An Lushan will repeat the tragic trajectory when the dream of rebellion is carried out to the end.
Dreams always have to be had, what if they come true?
Liu Zhaosun didn't know much about the specific process of the She'an Rebellion.
According to historical records, Yongning Chieftain She Chongming had early ambitions. (Note 1)
Before introducing She Chongming, let’s briefly understand the Southwest She family.
In the Ming Dynasty, the policy of restraint was implemented in the southwest and eastern Liaoning. Simply put, it allowed local chieftains or tribes to govern themselves, pay taxes regularly, and dispatched exiled officials. A combination of various measures continuously weakened the power of local chieftains.
This process is extremely difficult.
This chieftain joined the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the She family as the Xuanfu Secretary and guarded his territory for the rest of his life.
It's a pity that the scum She Chongming finally emerged.
The collection of Chieftains of the She family was passed down to Shechong Zhou Dynasty, because there were no descendants.
It is convenient for She Chongming to be inherited as a clan member.
In the first year of Tianqi (1620), Liaodong was in crisis. Guizhou and southwestern Sichuan sent elite troops to assist Liao.
"Chongming requested to mobilize 20,000 horses and infantry to assist Liao, so follow them.
She Chongming and She Ziyin had long planned to add fuel to the chaos of the Ming Dynasty.
Uncharacteristically, She Chongming took the initiative to mobilize troops to aid Liao this time. In fact, he secretly ordered his son-in-law Fan Long, party member Zhang Tong and others to prepare for rebellion.
After She Chongming led his troops to Chongqing, they stayed in the city for a long time and did not march north.
The more the court pressed, the more the She family delayed.
In the end, until all the chieftain soldiers had finished leaving, and even the second batch of white pole soldiers led by Qin Bangping and others rushed to the Hunhe River, She Chongming still stood still.
Finally, he let his confidant Fan Long lead the troops forward.
Of course, Fan Long did not go to deal with Hou Jin, but turned around and pointed the butcher knife at the officials and people of Chongqing.
In September of the first year of the Qing Dynasty, She Chongming killed Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, Zhang Wenbing, the prefect of Chongqing, Wang Shike, the same magistrate, and Wang Sanzhai, the official, and captured Chongqing.
The rebels divided their forces into four groups, one digging the water mouth of Kuizhou, one occupying Zunyi on Qijiang River, one occupying Luzhou, and one section of the plank road in western Sichuan.
After the capture of Chongqing, he was extravagantly revered as the Ming Dynasty Emperor, and appointed prime ministers, five government officials and other officials...
Since then, the chieftain rebellion that shook the southwest of the Ming Dynasty and lasted for more than ten years began with great vigor.
After She Chongming proclaimed himself emperor, he named himself "Daliang", made He Ruohai prime minister, established five offices and other institutions, and claimed that he must capture Chengdu.
In this regard, "The Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty" describes it this way: She Chongming "shocked the whole of Shu in one fell swoop, and his force was unstoppable" [Note 2].
But She Chongming besieged Chengdu for two hundred and two days and ultimately failed.
In the second year of Tianqi (1622), An Bangyan led 20,000 troops to Bijie in the name of aiding Sichuan. In response to She's rebellion, he called himself "King of Luodian".
This was the famous "She'an Rebellion" in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.
Subsequently, local officials in Dongchuan, Sichuan, Zhanyi, Yunnan, and No. 12 Pier in Hongbian, Guizhou responded one after another, cutting off the government and military aid to Guizhou and Yunnan, and the southwest region fell into chaos.
Until June of the first year of Chongzhen (1628), the Ming Dynasty appointed Zhu Xieyuan as the Secretary of the Ministry of War, bestowed Shang Fang with a sword, and was promoted to Shaobao. He served as the military affairs officer of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hu, and Guangxi and the governor of Guizhou. He was responsible for countering rebellions and the war was under control. Big change.
In April of the second year of Chongzhen (1629), Zhu Xieyuan condemned Guizhou General Xu Chengming and others to send troops from Yongning to recover Chishuiwei (now Chishuihe Town, Xuyong County, Sichuan), which opened the prelude to the decisive battle with the main force of the rebels.
In August of the same year, under the joint operations of Sichuan Governor Zhu Xieyuan, Sichuan Chief Military Officer Hou Liangzhu, and Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan, they beheaded An Bangyan, She Chongming and 143 rebel leaders, basically wiping out the main force of the rebels. "Southwest Wonderland".
In the spring of the third year of Chongzhen, the remaining remnant troops were completely eliminated. At this point, the "She'an Rebellion" was completely ended, and the two major chieftain forces in the southwest were eradicated.
Of course, according to another historical narrative, this period of history is that Yongning chieftain She Chongming could not bear the difficulties caused by his exile (mainly asking him for money), so he had to lead the Sichuan people to revolt.
No matter what the historical truth is, it has to be said that the timing of this chieftain's rebellion was really perfect.
The Ming Dynasty in the first year of the Apocalypse was not very peaceful. Saarhu had just suffered a disastrous defeat, and the Shaanxi civil uprising had already begun.
At this time, the chieftains are making trouble again in the southwest, and it is possible that the Ming Dynasty will fall apart.
In fact, She Chongming's idea is very simple and pure.
He just wanted to follow the old path traveled by Yang Yinglong, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others, and give him a kick while the Ming Dynasty was "besieged on all sides".
Liu Zhaosun knew very little about the She'an Rebellion. He only knew that this battle had been fought intermittently for more than ten years. The rebels and the Ming army fought until the end, cutting off food and grass, and reaching the point of cannibalism.
In Guiyang City, the price of human flesh is clearly marked, and a pound of human flesh can be sold for five coins.
Liu Zhaosun estimated that it was a more tragic war than Hunhe.
Now that I have come to this world, I should find someone to personally experience the brutality of the war in the Southwest.
Waiting and waiting, the capital has been unable to send back any news.
In the past, a newspaper was sent back to the capital every seven or eight days.
It has been almost a month since Liu Zhaosun returned to Kaiyuan, and he has not seen even a secret report.
He suspected that Shen Lian had been murdered or had completely surrendered to Wei Zhongxian.
This Jin Yiwei, who was born as the captain of the Zhejiang Army Banner, has a pure nature, but he is caught between Kaiyuan and the imperial court. He is destined to have a tragic fate.
Liu Zhaosun thought of this subordinate and couldn't help but worry about him, and secretly said in his heart:
"Shen Lian, Shen Lian, you must come back alive."
If Shen Lian was not there, the capital's intelligence line would be cut off, so Liu Zhaosun sent two more experts from the Intelligence Department to the capital to investigate.
At present, the main energy is still used for military training and farming, because there will be another big war to fight soon.
Next, throughout April, Marquis Pingliao was busy supervising the farming and training new soldiers every day, and occasionally went to the workshop to inspect, without daring to relax.
Every five or six days, he returns to the General Military Mansion to reunite with his family.
I don’t know where Yang Qing’er knew that Jin Yuji and her husband finally had skin-to-skin contact.
The two talked and laughed freely. Although they were deeply affectionate as sisters, as the imperial wife, Yang Qing'er realized that Jin Yuji might give birth to a little marquis for her husband.
It is of course impossible to say that Yang Qinger is not jealous or angry at Jin Yuji.
At the moment, Liu Zhaosun concentrated on comforting his wife, coaxing her to sleep every day while he lay beside her.
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, March of the second year of Taichang was over.
Entering April, there is still no news from the southwest.
Liu Zhaosun vaguely felt that the situation in the southwest was getting out of control.
"Is reincarnation about to begin again in purgatory?"
Note:
[1] Zhang Tingyu. Ming History Volume 312[m]. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 1974.
[2] Gu Yingtai. The whole story of Ming history [m]. Zhonghua Book Company, 1977.724.
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