If you cause trouble, you need to pay a price to settle it.
Obviously, Harima, Tsongkhapa, Kunze Sipa and others who serve the Buddha firmly believe that the Buddha is right and so are the Buddhists. If they have to find a fault, it must be the rebellious lords. 's fault.
But I ran over and told the people of Ming Dynasty that it was all their fault and that we were loyal to Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty might not accept it unless we sent some gifts.
Drakpa Gyaltsen made a suggestion, and Tsongkhapa and Harima chanted the Buddha's name directly.
After reciting the Buddha's name, there was no movement and no one objected.
This means they acquiesced.
Drakpa Gyaltsen sent Namkha Gyaltsen, who was the head of Rinbung Dzong, to bring eight hundred of the strongest and bravest slaves to Lolong.
Lijiang Prefecture, Tong'an Prefecture.
Yuan Yue examined the map with cold eyes.
Guo Yao stood by the sand table, discussing countermeasures with Jiang Chen.
Yunnan Capital Commander Yu Rang and commander Cheng Kuan were reviewing official military documents.
Guo Yao walked towards Yuan Yue and asked his doubts: "The Ancient Tea Horse Road is divided into north and south. Why don't we choose to take the main road to the north, but instead choose to take the small road to the south. In this way, the marching speed will be much slower. Once If someone blocks the road, we may also be in danger."
Yuan Yue's eyes moved upward from Lijiang Mansion.
Guo Yao is right, the Ancient Tea Horse Road is not one road.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, most people chose to take the Tang-Tibo Ancient Road in the north.
Starting from Guanzhong area, passing through Qinghai, starting from Dengma in the northwest corner of Sichuan, crossing the Jinsha River, passing through Qamdo area and Nagqu area to Lhasa. Or from Chengdu, enter Ya'an, Kangding, Batang, Mangkang, then turn to Qamdo, Luolong, Nyingchi, and arrive in Lhasa.
That road is still possible.
However, Yuan Yue still chose the southern route, starting from Kunming to Pu'er and Dali, and then moved his army to Lijiang Prefecture, staring at the plateau. From here, he could go north to Mangkang, then turn west and enter Qamdo. , Luolong, Linzhi, you can also go directly west from Lijiang into Chayu and head towards Linzhi. ..
And Lhasa is just west of Nyingchi.
Yuan Yue said: "Although taking the northern road is safer overall, the situation in Sichuan Province is different from that in Yunnan Province. We can't just look at whether the road is feasible, we also need to look at the logistics and the rear. You must know that Yunnan Tusi It will be pacified at the earliest, and there will be no instability in the rear here. But Sichuan Province is still in the process of reforming the land and returning it to the countryside, and if you take that road, you will inevitably pass through the area controlled by the chieftain."
Yu Rang smiled bitterly after hearing this. If you just said that the Yunnan chieftains rebelled first, wouldn't it be...
Indeed, after the chieftains made a fuss in the car, the chieftains from all over Yunnan no longer had the power to resist the Ming Dynasty. With the use of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, their proud geographical advantage was gone. In this case, they could only surrender completely. , and obey the arrangements of Yunnan Dusi, Chief Envoy, etc.
Yunnan took the lead in pacifying the chieftains from various places and steadily promoted the reform of the local chieftains. As for Sichuan, there are still people who jump out from time to time and shout "I don't accept it." It will take time to completely pacify the situation.
Logistics are weak and vulnerable to attack. If the rear is not stable, the front will be prone to problems. After comprehensive consideration, it is safer to enter Duogan, Uzang and other places from Lijiang Prefecture in Yunnan.
Yuan Yue raised his hand and pointed to the location of Qamdo on the map: "We want to get here."
Guo Yao, Yu Rang and others came over.
Yu Rang nodded heavily: "It is true that Qamdo cannot be crossed. Only by conquering there, a section of the Ancient Tea Horse Road to the north will be cleared. It will be much more convenient for Sichuan to enter Uzang in the future."
Guo Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Establish your authority in Qamdo, right?"
Yuan Yue glanced at Guo Yao. This descendant of Guo Ying was not simple.
This person made great contributions in quelling the rebellion of Che Dao Gengmeng, especially going deep into Che Che's lair and plundering Dao Gengmeng, causing Dao Gengmeng to rebel, but it seemed that he did not rebel, and fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty inexplicably. As for him, The large-scale troops assembled became the military merit of the Ming Dynasty.
Yuan Yue said with a smile: "Establishing authority is something that must be done. If we don't establish authority and don't shed blood, what will happen here?"
Most people would never know that the majesty of the Ming Dynasty cannot be offended. "
Guo Yao looked at the room, but did not see Chen Cheng there, and whispered: "If there are too many killings, I am afraid it will cause internal unity in Uzang, which will not be conducive to our entry into Uzang."
Yuan Yue shook his head: "The land is vast and the people are sparsely populated. The weather is cold and the ground is freezing. How can there be unity?"
Jiang Chen agreed with Yuan Yue's judgment.
Uzang is a huge mountain, and the people here are very scattered by the mountains and rivers. The population in some places is very small, not even 500 households, and such a place is already considered to have a large population for them.
Not to mention the entanglement of interests, distrust and ambition between each other, let's just say that the lords of Uzang, big and small, were restricted by the geographical terrain itself and could not easily gather together. What's more, the more people gather, the more lethal the firearms are.
Chen Cheng walked in from outside and said: "Three months ago, a caravan did come down from the mountain and arrived in Kunming. It had already returned when we were stationed in Dali. We found out that their caravan was mainly composed of Used to find out information."
Yuan Yue nodded repeatedly: "So, the people inside Wuszang already know the situation in Ming Dynasty and know that we are here."
Chen Cheng nodded: "Yes, we can march now. Then we will stay at a certain place and wait for the reaction of the Us Tibetans. I believe that these people will definitely take action, especially the masters."
Yuan Yue looked at Chen Cheng: "You are familiar with Drakpa Gyaltsen of Pazhu. What do you think he will do?"
For the entire Uzang, the Ming Dynasty valued, except for those scattered lords, the largest force, the largest lord, the most threatening, that is, the Pazhu regime, whose leader is Drakpa Gyaltsen.
This person had been to the Ming Dynasty, accepted the canonization of Emperor Jianwen, and expressed his submission to the Ming Dynasty. It was just that when Uszang blocked the Tea Horse Road, Drakpa Gyaltsen did not stand up to oppose it. At least he did not kick out these lords and open the way for the Ming Dynasty, and remained silent for a long time.
This kind of silence belongs to wait-and-see, which means that I will wait and see what happens. If Ming Dynasty fails, I will be independent. If Ming Dynasty succeeds, I will surrender.
This posture of sitting on the wall and falling with the wind made Yuan Yue very unhappy. But this person cannot be simply killed. The area controlled by the Pazhu regime is not small. South of the central part of Uzang, many places are under its control. If Drakpa Gyaltsen is killed, the entire Pazhu regime will collapse. , when those places are left unchecked, they will become a mess.
Emperor Jianwen's attitude was very clear, that is, fight for it if you can, wait for more troops to be stationed in the future, and then find ways to weaken and dismantle the Pazhu regime to ensure that the Ming Dynasty has unique military and political control in Us ***.
The premise is that Drakpa Gyaltsen is willing to kneel down.
Chen Cheng looked at Yuan Yue and said solemnly: "Based on my understanding of Drakpa Gyaltsen, he will definitely choose to surrender after learning that the Ming army has entered Uzang. He is a person who understands the overall situation and what is going on. You can do anything, but you can't do anything."
"He has seen with his own eyes the power of Ming's firearms, and with the intelligence sent back, Ming has eliminated powerful enemies one after another. Now it is enough to free up his hands to completely eliminate all the power of Wu Zang. Wu Zang's power is even greater than that of Yuanting's army. It cannot be stopped, let alone the Ming army which is far superior to the Yuan Ting army."
"For the benefit of the regime and the continuity of the ethnic group, Drakpa Gyaltsen would not choose to resist the Ming Dynasty. This is why he signed a garrison agreement with the court. Therefore, as long as the army goes up and the passage is opened, Drakpa Gyaltsen will definitely send people Contact us to discuss garrisoning."
Seeing how determined Chen Cheng was, Yuan Yue nodded slightly and asked, "Where are those masters?"
Chen Cheng chuckled: "When there is a disaster, these masters are probably the most willing to surrender. Compared to the big and small lords, the masters are probably the most spineless."
Guo Yao disagreed and stood up to refute: "It's not that the masters of Uzang are spineless, but they don't care who hands Uzang. No matter who controls Uzang, their master is the Buddha. Just like The monks of Tianjie Temple are nominally the emperor's subjects, but in fact they are disciples of the Buddha and act according to the Buddha's teachings."
Serving the Buddha is their most important thing. As long as they don't smash their Buddha statues, burn their temples and classics, and kill their Buddhists, then
They don't care who is in charge of Uzang.
They kneel down and worship, just for the Buddha.
This is a group of people who have a lot of influence but not much of a threat.
Yuan Yue turned sideways and looked at Yu Rang: "The logistics matters will be left to you. No matter what, we must not be short of logistics."
Yu Rang assured solemnly: "Don't worry, the Yunnan Dusi and the Chief Envoy have joined forces and mobilized a total of 20,000 traders, bearers, pack teams, horse gangs and civilians to meet your 10,000-strong army needs. There will be no problem."
Yuan Yue naturally carried half a month's rations with him when he marched.
Although this expedition involves climbing high plateau mountains, because there are mountain roads that are feasible, and the Ancient Tea Horse Road was originally opened for tea and horse exchange, it is natural that horses can also be traveled.
Yuan Yue's army was still dominated by cavalry, but the cavalry did not ride horses, but pulled their horses forward, and all the main cargo was placed on the horses. Because on the plateau, people tend to have difficulty breathing, and it is obviously unbearable to carry a large amount of supplies, so they can only meet the needs of supplies in this way.
Yuan Yue finally went on an expedition in order to complete the last lost territory of the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Ting was the master here, and Ming Dynasty naturally needed to inherit it.
Guo Yao, Jiang Chen and others chose to go out with the army to visit the place that is said to be the closest to the sky.
At the same time as Yuan Yue's army was setting off, craftsmen from the Jinling Propaganda Department began printing Jianwen Newspaper. After the first newspaper was printed, it was immediately given to Zhou Mengjian, the director of the Propaganda Department.
Zhou Mengjian unfolded the newspaper, looked at the words on his head, and felt a little excited. He said in a deep voice: "For the sake of eternal foundation, and in accordance with the wishes of Taizu, starting from July 7th, Peiping will be upgraded to Beijing and the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"
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