Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 154 Internal Contradiction
Mu's chieftain, as a force, extends south to Lijiang, north to Uszang Qamdo, east to Beitengzhou, and west to Limasi (Kachin State, Myanmar).

It has more than [-] native soldiers of Naxi, Yi, Bai and other nationalities, and is a veritable big chieftain.

The reason why Zhu Youjian didn't let the Guizhou government's mansion restrain the growth of wood is because the current Qianguo mansion is really a waste.

If he remembers correctly, in history, his imperial brother asked Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan to lead troops to suppress She Chongming, but these two people were afraid and did not move forward.

In contrast, Mu Zeng was much more powerful. At the age of eleven, he inherited the magistrate of Lijiang, but the Tibetans in Xiangcheng, Litang, Daocheng and other places refused to accept it, and [-] cavalry went south to rebel.

Compared with the Mu family who were dozens of years old, Mu Zeng led his family to defeat the enemy regardless of his young age, and personally held the drums and beat the drums, daring arrows and stones to advance.

Such bravery, even the local Han officials wrote down the words of praise that "the husband is not a young man".

Seeing that the young master is so brave, all the soldiers in Mufu fought bravely. After winning a big victory, they took advantage of the victory and pursued to Muli, Xiangcheng, Batang, Mangkang, Yanjing and other places in Wusi Tibet.

This is still in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, and now Mu Zeng is thirty-three years old, and he is in his prime.

In addition, Mu Zeng's ancestors all advocated the study of Han poetry and book culture. Mu Zeng loved books since he was a child, and he was familiar with classics and history books.
Use Mu Zeng's soldiers and horses to deter Wu Sizang, stop Wu Si Zang's internal fighting, and transfer troops to Mu Zeng's command.

These are the soldiers and horses that Yunnan can really dispatch, and they are also the only soldiers and horses that Zhu Youjian can look up to besides the Eight Passes of Yunnan.

In addition, if Mu Zeng has made great achievements this time, it may be time to use Mu Zeng to strengthen Ming Dynasty's rule over Wusizang and Duogan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at his royal brother, but found that the other party was frowning.

After noticing Zhu Youjian's eyes, Zhu Youxiao hesitated and said:

"It's okay for the Duke of Qian State, but the Mu Clan of Lijiang, although they are loyal to our Daming, it's probably inappropriate to send them and soldiers from Wusi Zang, Duogan and other places to participate in the siege..."

Zhu Youxiao made a mistake, or it may be said that since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrat class have made a mistake.

That is, they dare not reuse foreigners, and they will not easily transfer foreigners to participate in internal affairs.

The Mu family is different from the Shizhu Ma family. The Ma family can be traced back to the Fufeng Ma family in the Han Dynasty.

But the Mu family is a real "foreigner". If they also participated in the rebellion on the way, the loss to Daming would be even greater.

Zhu Youxiao's worry was not unreasonable, but Zhu Youjian knew that Mufu was reluctant to leave Daming at all.

In the Yuan Dynasty, they were at most arrogant in the Lijiang Mansion, but with the support of the Ming Emperor, they had a great time opening mines in the eastern part of Wusi Tibet.

He only needs to bear the tribute of two thousand taels of silver every year, and the rest of the silver is his own.

So that sometimes the Mufu felt that it owed the emperor too much, so it actively donated money and war horses to Daming, and sent soldiers to help the imperial court many times in battles, becoming the top chieftain in the province.

Even if the Mu family voted clear later, Zhu Youjian didn't find it strange.

Donating salary, donating horses, sending troops, and finally being discriminated against by Ming officials, no one can stand it.

Don't you see that the chieftain of Guizhou was only owed a few months of salary, and then he was encouraged to rebel. In comparison, the Mu family is simply loyal.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian, who knows everything, can only sigh and say:
"Brother, don't worry about Mu Zeng. Mu Zeng and Lijiang Mu Clan are beneficial to my Ming Dynasty."

Seeing that his younger brother said so, Zhu Youxiao could only frowned and turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Order the Supervisor of Rites to draft an imperial decree, confer the title of Dr. Mu Zeng Zhongxian, the prefect of Lijiang, and take over the post of Secretary You Buzheng, the governor of Yunnan, and order him to stop the internal fighting among the tribes of Wusizang, and then order Wusizang and Duogan Gewan Husuo dispatched troops under Mu Zeng's jurisdiction and moved them to Beiteng Prefecture, and those who violated the order will cut off the tea and horse trade!"

"The maidservant leads the decree..." Wei Zhongxian responded, his tongue twitching in his heart.

Cutting off the tea-horse trade would be the fate of the chieftains of all Wusi Tibetan tribes.

Once the tea-horse trade is cut off, at least tens of thousands of people will die in Wusizang every year because of the lack of tea.

As soon as this decree is implemented, it is estimated that the most anxious ones are the Zangbahan and Gelug sects, as well as the kings of the ten religions and the major ten thousand households, who are fighting hard.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, it is just tea, and it is enough not to drink it, but for Tibetans in this era, no tea means no water, and they can only suffer from skin diseases and die in pain.

This is the method Tibetans are most afraid of being used by the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty did not garrison Wusi Zang, Wusi Zang and Duogan, and the Tibetans in Erli Junminfu and other places have been honest for more than two hundred years.

This method is so powerful that Zhu Youjian couldn't help thinking about it after hearing about it.

If it is possible to mobilize a sufficient number of Tibetan soldiers, even if there are not many, then they can be used by Ming after the war.

This concept is huge. Even if there are only dozens or hundreds of Tibetan soldiers alive after the First World War, as long as they are given the official position of Ming Dynasty and let them lead the army, then it will be much easier to solve the problem of actual control of Wu Sizang. up.

To put it bluntly, the embarrassment of the Tibetans is due to the low temperature period of the Little Ice River, which made the valley unable to support too many people, so the population of Tibetans has remained at around one million.

But what about moving them?For example, moving to the Western Regions and using living Buddhas to deal with the greened Western Regions is much simpler than letting the Han people and Taoism deal with the Western Regions.

In the Western Regions, as long as the population structure of the Han people is maintained, the Tibetans are the second, and the Mongols are the last, the problem of greening can be solved.

The bitter cold in the Western Regions was for the Han people in the Central Plains, but for the Tibetan slaves living in the plateau and river valleys, it was like singing songs of turned serfs.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian had an idea in his mind, and then said:
"Brother, I want to send someone to command this Tibetan army."

"Huh? What? My brother has taken a fancy to these Westerners?" Zhu Youxiao was very curious, but Zhu Youjian said with a smile:
"Anyway, it's useful. My brother just asks if he agrees."

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao smiled and patted Zhu Youjian on the shoulder, and Zhu Youjian also said to his royal brother:
"Cao Wenzhao, the Yumajian guerrilla, went to Beiteng Prefecture, and returned the Tibetan soldiers to the Duogan Camp. Cao Wenzhao was promoted to be a general of the Duogan Camp. How about the control of returning to the Yumajian?"

"Cao Wenzhao?" Zhu Youxiao went through his memory and had never heard of this person, but since it was his brother's idea, he agreed.

"It's possible, but I'm afraid my brother will have to raise the money and food for the armor of Ganying by himself."

"Brother, don't worry!" Zhu Youjian bowed pretendingly, but Zhu Youxiao helped him up with a smile and said:

"Even with the intervention of the Mu family and the Duke of Qian's government, there are only [-] to [-] soldiers in the southwest. Can this amount of troops solve the problem of Chongming?"

"Alas..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian sighed and said, "I need the help of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

After all, he pretended not to give up and said: "If it is true that the three major chieftains are against each other, then the only way is for Sun Yingyuan to bring Teng Xiang and Wu Xiang to suppress it."

"You slippery..."

Seeing Zhu Youjian playing tricks, Zhu Youxiao knew that it was his younger brother who reassured him, so he deliberately enlivened the atmosphere.

Looking at Zhu Youjian in front of him, he couldn't help but smile and feel relieved, and then he said with concern:
"Judging from the current training speed of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, it will take a few months before we can abolish the soldiers and horses of the three towns in Shanxi?"

It was very difficult for Zhu Youxiao to wait. After all, the arrears of the three towns of Shanxi and Liaodong and the military salary all needed to be paid from within.

But Zhu Youjian has no choice. There are still more than [-] new recruits without armor. According to the speed of the armor factory, it will take three months.

In addition, they have only been training for more than two months, and it is impossible to abolish the three towns in Shanxi at present, so he can only bite the bullet and say:
"Probably another three months."

"Okay...then I'll procrastinate." Zhu Youxiao sighed, and at the same time an eunuch walked to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and said:

"Long live, Elder Ye Ge and Liu Gechen ask to see you."

"Xuan!" Zhu Youxiao responded, and then said to Zhu Youjian:
"They must have known about my younger brother's return, and they probably came to ask about it."

"Then why don't I hide?" Zhu Youjian looked around, but Zhu Youxiao said with a smile:
"How to hide? Just face it!"

After all, he asked Wei Zhongxian to move a chair, and sat in front of the big bathtub with Zhu Youjian, talking about some things that were wrong with the model, and making corrections.

After a cup of tea time, footsteps sounded outside the hall. Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu appeared at the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, bowing to each other:
"My minister, Ye Xianggao (Liu Yixiu), please see Long Live..."

"Come in!" Zhu Youxiao responded, and said to Wei Zhongxian, "Show me your seats."

"Yes..." Wei Zhongxian ordered people to move chairs, and then told the eunuchs in Qianqing Palace to retreat one after another.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao signaled Wei Zhongxian to give the handwriting to the two, and explained by the way:

"As expected by King Qi, She Chongming in the southwest is really uneasy and kind, and is now secretly communicating with the Shui'an family and the Shuidong Song family in an attempt to plot rebellion. There are many chieftains in Guinan responding privately."

"This matter needs to be dealt with immediately." Ye Xianggao's long beard trembled, and his facial features were almost wrinkled, which is enough to show that he attaches great importance to this matter.

After all, during the Battle of Bozhou that year, he also studied the southwestern chieftains, and knew that these three were the three largest chieftains in Guizhou, and understood their horror.

Once they raise troops, Daming's finances will have problems, which will lead to even worse situations.

"King Qi has already dispatched troops..." Zhu Youxiao said, and incidentally told Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu what Zhu Youjian said just now.

If both the cabinet and the six ministries were present, he would definitely not tell the whole story, but if there were only these two people, he could still be entrusted.

Sure enough, when they heard that Mu Zeng and Wusi Tibetan soldiers were going to be transferred, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across their faces.

Regarding this point, Zhu Youjian could see clearly, but there was nothing he could do.

To put it bluntly, because of the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been living in the shadow of the Song Dynasty.

Song Dynasty's diplomacy was weak, while Ming Dynasty's diplomacy was tough, even mindless toughness.

To deal with Mongolia, the policies of the Tang Dynasty could be used, but the Ming Dynasty refused to do so, because the humiliation of the Song Dynasty made all officials maintain their superficial toughness.

There is also the north-south problem. The Tang Dynasty was not so serious, but after hundreds of years of separation at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, people in the south of the Yangtze River looked down on the people in the north, people in the north looked down on the people in Liaodong, and people in the Central Plains looked down on people in the northwest and southwest.

This kind of situation, which has been governed for hundreds of years, is only slightly better, but it is a situation within a nation.

It is even more absurd to let a nation with conflicts within itself accept foreigners selflessly.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian didn't have to go to the court, otherwise, once he said this in the court, he would probably be attacked by the officials and censors.

Fortunately, Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu were able to tell right from wrong, and knew that apart from the Mu family, there were not many soldiers loyal to Daming in the southwest region to mobilize, so they didn't say much.

But after learning about this, Ye Xianggao bowed and said:
"If this is the case, I suggest that Du Wenhuan, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, be transferred to lead [-] troops under his command and go south to Sichuan."

"What happened to Du Wenhuan?" Zhu Youxiao was puzzled, but when Liu Yixiu saw this, he handed the memorial to Zhu Youxiao for him to have a look.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at ten lines, frowned as he watched, and handed the memorial to Zhu Youjian.

This move made Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu frown slightly, but they didn't say anything.

Zhu Youjian also watched all this, and then said:

"Although there are a large number of northern captives in Hetao, since they belong to forty-two branches, each branch has no more than four or five thousand soldiers and horses, and the few have no more than a thousand horses, so there is no danger."

"This looting, clearly said to trouble Du Wenhuan, but has been avoiding Du Wenhuan's soldiers."

"If you want to blame it, you can also blame Guyuan Town for its poor defense, so you can dismiss the commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town, let Li Rubai take the crime and perform meritorious service, and Li Ruzhen will follow as the deputy general."

"Did crime and meritorious deeds?" Hearing this, Ye Xianggao understood that King Qi didn't want to kill Li Rubai.

But this is not surprising. For those who know soldiers, although Li Rubai is not handsome, he has no problem being a pioneer.

It would be perfect for him to guard a place like Guyuan, but it would be a pity to kill him.

Ye Xianggao nodded slightly, and this action made Liu Yixiu feel a little resentful.

As a member of the Donglin Party, although Liu Yixiu is sensible, he inevitably has a temper, that is, he thinks that those who harm the country should be killed, and those who are defeated should be shrouded in horse leather.

So he bowed and said, "Release Li Rubai like this, I'm afraid it will cause discussions in the government and the public."

"In the battle of Saerhu, although the army was defeated, I don't blame everyone. I underestimated Nurhachi." Zhu Youjian wanted to calm down the matter of Saerhu as soon as he opened his mouth.

What he said was also against his will. How could Daming have no problems in the battle of Sarhu?From the emperor to the cabinet, the six ministries, Yang Gao, and the generals, one counts as another, and there are problems.

But Zhu Youjian is very embarrassed at the moment. During the time when the generation of Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou has not grown up, he must use veterans to stabilize Daming's basic situation, and naturally he will not let go of anyone who is valuable.

Therefore, he didn't feel that what he said was meaningful, but continued:
"In addition, when Yang Gao was reinstated, he was ordered to go to North Korea to supervise and inspect whether North Korea had private trade with Hou Jin."

(End of this chapter)