"Your Majesty, although many nobles in the Shu region have kinship or collusion with the rebels, but now they have sent a large number of Tiqi to arrest Yang Yinglong for his rebellion, which may cause chaos in the entire Sichuan!"
"It's better to just give instructions and give them instructions so that they know how to respect them, and let the imperial envoys behind him deal with them based on the actual situation."
When He Jiliang visited the court that day, he advised Zhu Yijun to stop the matter.
Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice: "I would rather let Sichuan be in chaos for a few years than tolerate the traitors and ruin the counter-insurgency work! Nor can we leave the difficulties to future generations and make them encounter greater hidden dangers, so there must be no objections to this matter !”
Xue Jimao, the imperial censor, followed up and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of a foolish minister, it is better to pacify Yang Yinglong's rebellion now than to suppress it. To pacify it can make it peaceful, but to suppress it will not only waste teachers and money, but also appear again." A large number of casualties and even a large number of ravines will not only increase the burden of pensions and support for the imperial court, but it is also not in line with His Majesty’s benevolence!”
"As for the reform of the land, it is better to go slowly than to rush. Now that the imperial court has shown kindness, I believe that future generations will be able to handle it better."
…
"absurd!"
"Are you still less inspired than before?"
"Since the beginning of the country, it has been two hundred years since I reformed them. Have those chieftains followed the rules?!"
"It can be said that over the years, the southwestern chieftains have been completely unruly. They always rebelled and surrendered, surrendered and rebelled again, causing many Han and Yi people to die tragically. It can be seen that the policy of restraining and appeasing has long been out of date. Just when it is time to change the soil and return to the locals, a Conquer with all your strength and gain eternal peace in the southwest!"
"As for the casualties caused by the campaign, they are a last resort for the development of the country. They can only be accepted and cannot be avoided. If they are not dealt with today, they will still have to be dealt with in the future!"
"What's more, the fate of soldiers is to either be buried in horse leather or to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. My virtue is to let them either die in battle or have their wives and children, instead of letting them just be a burden to the people who are favored by the imperial court in vain!"
"As for the extravagance of wages, why worry about it? With the wealth of the country today, if we don't change the situation and return it to the current situation, do we have to wait for future generations to waste money and empty the national treasury before we change the situation?"
After Zhu Yijun said that, he looked at Xue Jimao.
"yes!"
"I am stupid!"
Xue Jimao had no choice but to retreat sadly.
Zhu Yijun had to admit that these bureaucrats who opposed the reform of the land and returned home wanted to leave the problem to future generations, and he did not know whether they would be embarrassed to put on the airs of their ancestors in front of their descendants in the future.
After Zhu Yijun secretly complained, he added: "So, this time Yang Yinglong's rebellion must be suppressed with all our strength! No matter how many officers and soldiers are killed or how much money is spent, this rebellion must be put down and the place must be governed by exiled officials. place!"
"A decree was sent to the chief ministers in the southwest to inform the Han barbarians how many people were killed in the battle, and the court would allocate a certain amount of silver dollars based on the number of casualties in addition to the pension money to build a local academies as a place for the children of local farmers to study. Eli becomes king!”
"yes!"
After Zhu Yijun's decree was issued, it further stimulated the nerves of the Han Yi in the southwest.
For ordinary Han people and ordinary ethnic minorities such as Yao, Zhuang, Miao, Tu, and Yi in the southwest, they need to achieve class crossing through reading.
After all, reading is less risky than rebellion, and it is more in line with the thoughts of farmers like them.
Therefore, when Rao attacked Bozhou next, he still suffered heavy casualties because of the many dangers. However, soldiers from various chieftains in the southwest continued to join him. Even if their chieftain leaders were unwilling, the middle and lower class landlords below also forced their leaders to take the initiative. He requested to send troops so that he could establish an academy here, and some of his children would be able to win the imperial examination in the future.
"Loushanguan was breached?"
Yang Yinglong asked Yang Chaodong in shock that day.
Yang Chaodong nodded: "The third brother was also captured."
"How can this be!"
Yang Yinglong couldn't help but slap the table and said.
Yang Chaodong said: "There are too many officers and soldiers. Those wolf soldiers and local soldiers are not afraid of their lives. They are not afraid of cliffs, floods, insects and beasts. No matter how dangerous our pass is, we still cannot defend it!"
"Zhu Yijun must have spent a lot of money!"
After Yang Yinglong said this, he asked Xiang Yu Maochang: "How are the contacts among the Han people going? Did they persuade Zhu Yijun to recruit us?"
"No!"
"A secret message came from Beijing. Before we had time to contact him, the nobles who supported the old rites had already taken the initiative to let a few officials test the emperor's will. As a result, the emperor made it clear that he would annihilate the rebellion at all costs, and even sacrificed his life in various places to do so. The number of officers and soldiers will determine the size of the academy raised locally.”
"In addition, the cabinet has requested an imperial edict to ask the governors of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Huguang to issue 10 million taels of treasury bonds to raise funds based on the Shijian Silver Mine, as a special fund to pacify the southwest and develop the southwest!"
"A large number of Tiqi have begun to appear in Chengdu and Chongqing to arrest nobles who have contact with us."
"Zhu Yijun is really determined to change his ways and return to his hometown!"
After Yu Maochang said that, he looked at Yang Yinglong.
After hearing this, Yang Yinglong sat down in his chair dejectedly.
At that time, Yang Yinglong’s cousin He Hanliang suggested:
"Now it seems that we can only force the An family, She family and other chieftains to rebel together!"
Yang Yinglong immediately sat up and looked at He Hanliang: "You mean to attack them if they don't want to rebel together?"
"That's right!"
"Now that Fotuguan can't be taken, and the chieftains have all been drawn into divisions, we have no choice but to find another way out!"
"If the An family, She family, etc. don't plot rebellion together, they will attack them to gain a breathing space. When the imperial court's financial resources are exhausted, they will probably turn to the strategy of appeasement;"
"What's more, Zhu Yijun is using conspiracy. Everyone in the world knows that he wants to eliminate not just our Yang family, but all the chieftains. As long as we help him eliminate most of the chieftains, he doesn't need to spend so much effort. Clear us out!"
He Hanliangdao.
Yang Yinglong nodded: "If we don't eliminate these chieftains, they will help the court to eliminate us! Since everyone is not united, don't blame me, Bozhou, for not being loyal!"
After Yang Yinglong said this, he ordered troops to send troops to the Yongning chieftain, but he wanted to eliminate the Yongning She family first.
"Young man named Yang, I will fuck your ancestors!"
"I didn't mess with you, why did you come to attack my city gate!"
The She family, who originally planned to just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, cursed because of this. Due to lack of strength, they had to surrender and joined forces with Yang Yinglong to rebel. In the end, the Shuixi'an family had to join in, and more chieftains rebelled.
But there were also more chieftain soldiers mobilized to attack these chieftains.
The entire southwest was immediately turned into a mess because of this. There were fierce battles every day, with a large number of casualties and officers being awarded officers every day.
However, most of the people consumed are the lives of Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Tu, Yao and other ethnic minorities.
And these ethnic minority chieftains and cave masters also knew that the purpose of the imperial court was to consume them, but they could only attack each other. After all, they were scattered.
Some chieftains have greater conflicts with each other than with the Han people!
What's more, for chieftains who are close to Han territory, the benefits of participating in quelling the rebellion are more cost-effective than joining the rebels.
Therefore, both sides could only force their own people to fight desperately because of Yang Yinglong's rebellion and Zhu Yijun's insistence on suppression, even spending money to confer a large number of officials and titles, and staged a game of life or death.
This kind of killing will not end in a few years or even ten or twenty years, or even several generations.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry to see the results immediately. He just asked the officials in the southwest to promptly expand the results of returning natives to the countryside while suppressing the rebellion. When the chieftains in a place were eliminated, they would immediately move Han people there, even if many Han people could not be moved temporarily. It is necessary to intensify the Sinicization of the indigenous people, build schools, set up medical clinics, build water conservancy projects, encourage farmers and mulberry trees, and do practical work in the name of pension and relief. In short, it is to develop the economy, increase local productivity, and abandon slavery and serfdom.
(End of chapter)
