"There is hope for the Ming Dynasty to revive the Ming Dynasty. The Liaoning salary collection will actually be suspended! This is something Zhu really could not have imagined."
Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy to the left of Sichuan, couldn't help but sigh up to the sky after receiving the imperial edict to suspend the Liao pay collection.
Xu Ruke, deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard, also echoed: "What Fan Tai said is true. This is really unexpected. Looking through ancient history, once taxes are levied, it will be difficult to exempt them, because those in the dynasty will hardly give up their benefits!" Now, His Majesty has issued an edict to suspend the Liao pay collection, which not only shows His Majesty's love for the people, but also shows that the government's money and food administration has improved, and the Ming Dynasty's increasing deficit has been reversed, and it is indeed a sign of the ZTE!"
"In this way, our local officials will have an easier job. In recent years, due to the increased taxes imposed by the Liao Dynasty, the complaints of the Han people and barbarians in Sichuan against the government and the court have increased a lot. In addition, many unjust officials have imposed excessive taxes. Nowadays, the chieftains from all over the country, especially the Yongning chieftains, are increasingly disobedient to the imperial control. The suspension of Liao’s salary collection can somewhat alleviate the people’s resentment and suppress the restless thoughts of the chieftains!”
Zhu Xieyuan continued.
Xu Ruke nodded: "However, there are many criticisms of His Majesty among the scholars, saying that he is mean, ungrateful, and cruel. I never expected that His Majesty would issue such an edict to benefit the people!"
Zhu Xieyuan smiled and said: "People in the Scholars have always valued political debate over practical matters, and the public opinion of the Scholars has always been controlled by the Jiangnan scholars. These Jiangnan scholars grew up in gentle and gentle villages. How can they understand the sufferings of the people? Only you and I, who have worked in places other than Jiangnan for a long time, know why Mr. Yangming was able to make great contributions after enlightening the Tao in Longchang. There is no other reason than that he only knows things like food, rice, oil and salt."
Xu Ruke laughed: "This is the correct explanation."
"Zhong Cheng wants to see the Second Duke!"
At this time, Sichuan Governor Xu Keqiu's staff came to Zhu Xieyuan and Xu Ruke and handed over their hands to report.
The two of them hurriedly came to Xu Keqiu's place.
As soon as Xu Keqiu saw the two people coming, he said: "You two have come just in time. I have something to discuss with you. Now Yongning Chieftain She Chongming has written again and said that he wants me to recommend him to the court for him to lead the chieftain. The soldiers like Qin Liangyu’s white-poled soldiers went to Liaodong to fight for the imperial court. I don’t know what you two think. Should we recommend She Chongming to the imperial court and ask him to lead troops to Liaodong to fight?”
"The lower official thinks it's not possible! This She Chongming is different from Qin Liangyu. She Chongming has been expanding his army and recruiting Han people into his territory as new households. He obviously has expansion ambitions. Although Qin Liangyu is also a chieftain, he has always been He did not expand his army. He only expanded his army after the imperial court issued an edict to expand the white-pole army. There was no sign of recruiting refugees! She Chongming even withheld taxes and grain and demanded 30,000 hectares of newly cultivated land! This man was quite ambitious. , so the official believes that the court should be informed clearly so that the court should not believe his words easily!"
Zhu Xieyuan spoke.
Xu Ruke therefore agreed: "The lower officials also think it is unacceptable. This extravagant Chongming secretly mines and develops smelting. Not only can the lower officials not believe what they say, but they should also ask the imperial court to send back some white pole soldiers and some Sichuan soldiers in case anything happens. occur!"
Xu Keqiu therefore nodded: "What you two said is reasonable, so I will report our opinions to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to make a decision."
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"This She Chongming asked Shangshu to send troops to Liaodong. He was really active. Last month, he asked Shangshu to send troops to Liaodong. I had already rejected him once. This time, Shangshu asked to send troops to Liaodong. What did the local officials in Sichuan say? "
After Zhu Youxiao received She Chongming's memorial, he inquired about Fang Congzhe.
Fang Congzhe said: "Sichuan Governor Xu Keqiu and others have said that She Chongming has been secretly expanding his army, forming alliances with surrounding chieftains, and even mining and smelting iron. He is quite restless and actively requested aid from Liao. He may have other intentions, so he does not agree with the imperial court. Allow him to lead troops to Liao, and ask the imperial court to send more troops to Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places to prevent other changes, such as bringing back the Baigan soldiers and some Sichuan soldiers."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and told Liu Ruoyu: "Summon Wang Xiangqian, Xu Guangqi, Guo Hu, Chen Ce, Niu Bingzhong, You Shigong, and Qin Liangyu to the political hall to discuss military aircraft."
"yes!"
Liu Ruoyu retreated because of this.
After a while, scholar Wang Xiangqian, Minister of War Xu Guangqi and veteran Qin Liangyu all came to the political hall.
"Please take a look at this memorial. This is She Chongming's second memorial. It still asks me to allow him to lead troops to Liao."
As soon as these people arrived, Zhu Youxiao handed She Chongming's memorial to Liu Ruoyu, and asked Liu Ruoyu to pass it to Wang Xiangqian and others.
Wang Xiangqian first read the memorial, pondered for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, this She Chongming obviously has no good intentions. How can any chieftain take the initiative to request troops? From my perspective, he is building a plank road in secret and secretly wants to serve the imperial court. But in fact, they have hidden evil intentions and actively request troops to paralyze the court and make the court relax its vigilance. The Ming Dynasty has been uneasy in three places since ancient times, the first is the nine sides, the second is the southwest, and the third is the southeast coast, so we cannot relax To be on guard against the southwest, local officials in Sichuan should be on strict guard against She Chongming and other chieftains.”
"This She Chongming may have started the rebellion by requesting to send troops to Liaodong. Once the imperial court agreed, he would definitely use this as an excuse to incite the people in his jurisdiction and incite discord between the imperial court and the people on the grounds that the imperial court wanted them to go to Liaodong to die. The possibility of conflicts between local barbarians and people leading to rebellion cannot be ruled out."
Xu Guangqi also started talking at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded, then looked at Qin Liangyu and asked, "What does Qin Aiqing think of this?"
In Zhu Youxiao's view, Qin Liangyu was also a Southwest chieftain. Although he was more Chinese than other chieftains and had a stronger sense of belonging to the imperial court than other chieftains, as a general who was a chieftain, he should know the southwest chieftains better than himself. .
Qin Liangyu immediately replied: "Reporting to your majesty, the chieftains in the southwest have always been a place of control. Each chieftain has his own territory and subjects, and he can also appoint local officials and assistants. Therefore, whether his loyalty or not depends entirely on the personal conduct of the chieftain. , but it is very different from the place governed by official officials in the Central Plains. From my perspective, I cannot rule out that She Chongming has different intentions!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but admit that the senior officials involved in military affairs he was currently using were quite knowledgeable in military affairs.
In Zhu Youxiao's memory, She Chongming did take the initiative to request the Ming Dynasty to lead troops to the Liao Dynasty and then suddenly rebelled. In the end, An Bangyan, the chieftain of Shuixi in Guizhou, also rebelled and successively captured Chongqing, Neijiang, Guangzhou and other places. , the war spread to Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Huguang, and lasted for nearly ten years, causing great turmoil within the Ming Empire and costing countless money and food.
This made it impossible for the Ming Empire to concentrate all its efforts on dealing with the Liaodong Donglu.
This was the same as during the Chongzhen period. Due to the large number of rogue bandits causing chaos, the imperial court was unable to concentrate all its efforts on dealing with the Donglu.
And for this reason, Zhu Youxiao was angry with She Chongming and these restless chieftains who were about to start a war.
"I believe that a war will inevitably break out in the southwest. She Chongming will rebel, not only She Chongming, but also other chieftains."
Zhu Youxiao said solemnly at this time, and then looked at the ministers present.
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