Although Thanh Hoa City is Li Li's hometown and the current hometown of the later Li Dynasty, the city is not that big, at most it is the size of two Xinzheng counties.
Before Gao Pingshi's army entered the city, as the censor of the Guangxi patrol, he first informed the two wolf soldiers of Cen and Huang and the surrendered troops of the Mo Dynasty, saying that the rewards for military merit would be calculated and allocated to him, and that they were not allowed to loot without permission when entering the city.
The chieftains of the two families, Cen and Huang, also restrained the wolf soldiers, saying that Qinghua and Waiqinghua might be the places for their two families to repay their merits. The plunderers regarded them as robbing the chieftains, and then they took out the money that Gao Pangshi had given them before and rewarded them first. Wolf soldiers, stabilize the morale of the army.
The lower-level soldiers of the Mo army were a little unhappy about this, thinking that the Zheng family was their biggest enemy. Now that they were defeated, they were about to settle their old scores. However, the senior officials of the Mo army were quite in favor of this. Both generals Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan said: Gao Gong's desire to become Huang Shangshu will be Annan's blessing for all generations.
The "Huang Shangshu" mentioned by Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan was Huang Fu, the Ming Dynasty's chief envoy and inspector of Jiaozhi during the Yongle Dynasty.
During Huang Fu's stay in Jiaozhi, in addition to doing his best to "register the people, set taxes, build schools, appoint officials" and various daily administrative tasks, he also "called his elders several times to proclaim his virtues and warn his subordinates not to disturb them harshly". "In particular, we resolutely resisted and fought against some powerful figures who used their power to disturb the people and cause local chaos. The most typical example is the fight against the eunuch Ma Qi.
In the fifteenth year of Yongle's reign, Zhongguan Ma Qi went to Jiaozhi in the name of guarding and supervising the army. He "asked for the treasures in the territory and caused a commotion." He stipulated that every year, Jiaozhi must pay tribute to 10,000 fans and 10,000 emerald feathers. He also took the opportunity to plunder and plunder folk treasures and antiques. History records that "Qi is violent and cruel, and the people suffer hardship. In three years, there are four or five cases of interrogation."
Due to the sudden change of Ma Qi, the situation in Jiaozhi suddenly became serious again. In addition to assisting Jiaozhi General Fengcheng Hou Li Bin to put down the rebellion and focus on attacking Li Li, who was the most powerful, Huang Fu also actively took measures to appease the people. It was Chengzu's trusted eunuchs who surrendered, but carried out resolute resistance and struggle.
The struggle between Huang Fu and Ma Qi played a great role in reducing the burden on the people and easing the unstable situation in Jiaozhi that was intensified by Ma Qi's raids. Ma Saomin's move was difficult to succeed due to Huang Fu's resistance. He couldn't help but hate Huang Fu so much that he wrote to Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty "falsely accusing Fu of having different ambitions." However, because Chengzu knew Huang Fu very well, Ma Qi framed him Didn't succeed.
Under the combined power of Huang Fu and Li Bin, the rebellion of Li Li and others was quelled for a time. By the time Renzong came to the throne in the 22nd year of Yongle reign to summon Huang Fu back, Li Li had been defeated and fled to Laos, and the threat was eliminated for a time.
In the 18th year of Huang Fu's stay in Jiaozhi, he was considered to have "respected the people as his sons, punished and disciplined the injured, and commanded the officials of every county and town to carry out the administration of Fuzi. In the newly created country, the government decrees were drawn up, no matter how big or small they were." His move was highly praised by the people of Annan, and he was loved by all strata of Cochin. When he was about to return home, he "had people to help him carry him around and couldn't bear to say goodbye, and couldn't bear to say goodbye." There was a scene where tens of thousands of people took the initiative to see him off.
Not long after Huang Fu left Jiaozhi, the eunuch Shan Shou came to power. The disputes for power among the upper-level officials in Jiaozhi became increasingly fierce. Government and military orders came from many sources and fell into chaos.
Seeing an opportunity, Li Li led his troops to fight back to Jiaozhi from Laos in an attempt to make a comeback. At a time when the enemy was facing the enemy, the civil and military officials in Jiaozhi were unable to act in a unified manner.
Although Chen Qia served as Minister of War and Secretary of the Ministry of War, he was unable to save the situation. He asked Chen Zhi, the general who controlled the military, Fang Zheng, the commander-in-chief, and Shan Shou, the lieutenant-general and governor, to join forces to attack Li Li, but none of the three listened. He dispatches.
Shan Shouyuan had a good relationship with Li Li and wanted to take care of him, but when Li Li attacked the city and plundered the stronghold, he supported his troops and did not go to rescue him. Although Chen Zhi was a military general, he "had no general strategy and was afraid of thieves. Because he used his support to fool the dynasty and paid attention to Fang Zheng, he stopped the troops from advancing and the thieves had no scruples." Fang Zheng was brave but incoherent, and he and Chen Zhi were incompatible with each other and did not cooperate with each other, so they suffered repeated defeats. As a result, Li Li became more powerful and occupied more and more territory.
Chen Qia had no choice but to ask for help from the imperial court, but Wang Tong, the general sent by the imperial court to conquer the barbarians, was also a mediocre man. He did not listen to Chen Xia's dissuasion and easily entered the army. As a result, he was defeated in an ambush. After that, he couldn't get up. "After losing a battle, he lost his courage and acted erratically. He did not follow the orders of the court and cut off the land south of Qinghua from thieves. He evacuated all the palace officials, soldiers and civilians and returned to Dongguan." He also held peace talks with Li Li in private, which greatly affected the morale of the Ming army.
Another general, Liu Sheng, underestimated the enemy too much and died in an ambush as soon as he entered Jiaozhi. At this critical moment, the officials of the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi had to jointly submit a petition to the court, asking Huang Fu to return to Jiaozhi to take charge of power. , to appease the people.”
Xuanzong then summoned Huang Fu and said: "Qing Hui has loved making friends for a long time, and friends miss you, so we can make a couplet again." The minister of the Ministry of Industry is still the minister of Zhan, and he is responsible for the second secretary. Huang Fu was ordered to face danger for the second time and went to Jiaozhi again.
But when Huang Fu arrived in Annan in September of the Xuande year, a mutiny had already occurred in Jiaozhi. Xuanzong was preparing to end the Cochin War. Part of the Ming army had withdrawn from Cochin, and most of Cochin was controlled by Li Li. Not only was Huang Fu unable to recover, but he was unfortunately captured by Li Li's army on the way back from Cochin.
This history book says: "After Bi Zhi, Liu Sheng was defeated and died, and Fu returned to Jiling Pass. He was held by a thief and wanted to commit suicide. The thief Luo bowed down and cried and said: "My lord, please pay me to the parents of the people, but the lord will not go. I, Cao, would not have been like this (Wufeng's note: this passage means, "Sir is the father-in-law of the people of Cochin. If you don't leave, we won't be like this."). "Hold on.
Li Li heard about it and said: "China has sent officials to govern Jiaozhi, making everyone like Huang Shangshu. How can I rebel?" He sent people to guard him, gave him a platinum throat root, and sent the shoulder code out of the country. Go to Longzhou and take all the officials who were left behind.
Huang Fu turned the corner this time, mainly due to his huge prestige in the hearts of the people of Cochin, and even his enemies admired him extremely. Moreover, Huang Fu also showed the awe-inspiring and unyielding integrity of a Chinese civil servant at the critical moment of life and death. When he failed to commit suicide, he "denounced the Cochin people who captured him and ordered him to obey", but the Annan thieves actually sent him away in tears.
After he returned to the country, he immediately "took all the gifts given to him by the Cochin people and returned them to the officials." It can be said that he has achieved perfection in every aspect.
Now Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan call Gao's pragmatic behavior "desire to be Huang Shangshu", which is obviously a very high praise.
Gao Pragmatic knew very well that he was definitely not here to come to Huang Fu, but he might as well make some use of the Annan people's admiration and memory for Huang Fu to make some articles.
Therefore, when Cen Ling arrived on the second day and before the army entered Thanh Hoa, Gao pragmatically announced in a high-profile manner that the southern expedition to Li Zheng and Zheng Ni was to fight against the thieves. Tomorrow the soldiers would not conquer a meter or seize a penny, " Except for "Li Ni, Zheng Ni and others who have rebelled against property", the Ming Dynasty will not confiscate a penny or an acre of land from the people of Annan. At the same time, it will also help the Annan Metropolitan Government to compile folk registers, pay land taxes, build schools, and build new buildings in Annan. Officials, water conservancy construction, mining...
In a word, with the "assistance" of his high position, the Annan Metropolitan Government will implement a lot of measures to benefit the people, and at the same time, it will also give the literati who "have no rebelliousness" the hope of becoming an official.
Compared with the military, who can only form strongholds and fight stupid wars, Gao pragmatically is much more experienced in civil affairs. A three-chapter agreement distinguishes Li Ni, Zheng Ni and his rebellious ministers from the "broad masses of the people". He faithfully implemented the Red Dynasty's political philosophy of "uniting the majority and attacking the small group".
Well, in terms of head count, this is definitely a small group, but Gao Pangshi is clear in his heart. What he is doing now is to fight against local tycoons and divide their fields. The Li family is the "royal family", and the Zheng family is like the shogunate later. Killing them to death would be much more cost-effective than confiscating 100,000 Annamese people. In addition, the so-called "rebellion" depends entirely on Gao Pragmatism, who thinks that whether he is rebellious or not, there are many wealthy people who can be defeated, so why bother? Are you rushing to compete with ordinary Annan people for food?
So, amid the jubilation and singing that made no distinction between friend and foe, Gao Pingshi led the army and marched into Thanh Hoa City.
