Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 506
"Da Ming is certainly powerful, but we are not trash!"

When the news of Nachuka came back to the Zangpa Khan's forces, the Zangpa Khan Phuntsok Namgyal, who had already assembled [-] troops in Lhasa, suddenly had a bad face.

The chieftain of Naquka had [-] soldiers and horses, but he was destroyed without even holding on for a day. What about them?
Phuntsok Namgyal's mood was very complicated, but the other Tibetan and Pakistani nobles were ready to die.

Without him, it is all because Daming's conditions for Zangba are unacceptable to them.

Sun Chuanting asked the monk to bring back five conditions, which are:

First, free all slaves.

Second, abolish serfdom, follow the Ming Dynasty in terms of system, and accept the governance of the Uzang Chengxuan Zhengshisi after the Ming Dynasty, and the common people pay taxes to the Chengxuan Zhengshisi.

Third, the land of all nobles and serf owners must be handed over to Daming, but Daming will distribute the land in the Hexi Corridor to all nobles and serf owners, and grant them scattered ranks and corresponding official positions with real power.

Fourth, private fights should no longer be waged in the name of religion, and soldiers and horses need to be disbanded.

Fifth, after going to Hexi, you need to live and pay taxes in accordance with the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" and the New Deal of the Ming Dynasty.

Among these five conditions, the first one alone will kill all the serf owners.

The greatest wealth in the hands of serf owners and nobles is serfs. Among the 26 nobles sitting in the palace at the moment, there are as many as 16 serfs in their hands.

Even if these 16 serfs were sold to countries such as the Mughals in the south and the main domain at the price of three or two per person, they could reap nearly 50 taels of silver.

Now the Ming Dynasty has to make them give up five 10,000+ taels with one word?
You must know that whether it is the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, their influence on U-Tsang is very limited, so U-Tsang is basically decided by the nobles.

Now Daming wants the Uzbek nobles to give up all their power and interests, and then they only get loose ranks and vacancies. Such conditions are too ridiculous.

"There are at least 10,000+ slaves in Zangba, plus the main domain and Zhe domain, at least 20. Do you want us to give up two slaves with 10,000+ people? Which of you is willing?"

A nobleman asked other people, and the others shook their heads, and Phuntsok Namgyal, who was the Great Khan of the Zangba Kingdom, also had a very bad face.

What Daming wanted this time was not simple benefits, but to change their thoughts and lives.

For many aristocrats who were born in aristocratic families, releasing serfs and giving them freedom is more uncomfortable than robbing them of their silver.

Leaving aside the value of these two 10,000+ serfs, the other one is to abolish their power to tax the common people, and the common people will pay taxes to the Uzang Cheng Xuanzheng Envoy Division.

Phuntso Namgyal didn't know if the emperor of Ming Dynasty knew how many civilians were hidden in Usi and how much taxes these civilians had to pay, but he knew that these nobles were unwilling to hand over the taxation rights of the common people, not to mention the serfs.

Commoners in Uzbek, in addition to farming, also need to work on some handmade products every year. After these handmade products are sold, they need to pay taxes ranging from 50 taels to [-] taels to the nobles.

Normally, this tax is levied from the beginning and stops at the age of 60.

If you can’t pay taxes, you have to go to serf owners and temples for loans, covering more than [-]% of the serfs in Tibet.

The interest rates of these usury loans are extremely high, ranging from 30% to 50% for large loans, and as high as 150% for small loans.

Under interest rates, it is very easy for civilians to inadvertently bear debts that cannot be repaid in several lifetimes, and they will be knocked down from class, and the whole family will become slaves.

As long as they become serfs, they will be slaves of serf owners for generations, and they must reproduce so that future generations will also become slaves.

If anyone dared to escape, they would be thrown into a cell if they were caught.

In prison cells, hard labor is the lightest punishment, while gouging eyes, cutting noses, beheading hands, cutting feet, cramps, and skinning are commonplace.

In order to practice, the monks in power in the old Uzbek would use a large number of human bones and skins to make some "magical instruments", and the sources of these "materials" were captured slaves and selected slaves.

Abusing slaves who are lower than their own class is a means of fun for many nobles. Now that Da Ming not only wants to take their interests, but also wants to take their fun things, they will naturally not agree.

"beat!"

"I also support fighting!"

"We can bring together Zhuyu, Zheyu and Qiangtang, as well as Guge in the west, Ladakh, and Yaze to defeat Ming."

"Although their army has nearly 4 people, we don't have nothing."

"Yes! With enough slaves, we can pull out 10,000+ people!"

For their own interests and privileges, the nobles began to encourage Phuntsok Namgyal without knowing the Ming army, but Phuntsok Namgyal was not dazzled by their instigation, but said:
"The Ming army used rapid-fire firecrackers. According to the monks' words, they could shoot three times in ten breaths."

"In addition, they carry artillery. If we want to fight them, we must be prepared for heavy losses."

Phuntsok Namgyal was doing psychological training for the nobles, but after hearing this, the nobles not only did not feel timid, but instead thought of a way to deal with the rapid-fire guns of the Ming army.

"We can use a herd of yaks to start the battle. I don't believe that four 10,000+ yaks can't break through the car formation of the enlightened army."

Some aristocrats in Tibet, especially those close to northern Tibet, their parents had heeded the call of the Ming Dynasty to fight in Qinghai, so they knew that the Ming army mainly used chariot formations to deal with cavalry.

Therefore, they pretended to be clever and thought that the current Ming army also relied on chariot formations, artillery, and muskets to fight, and they didn't know the horror of breech-loading guns.

"Qiangba, send someone to inform the nobles everywhere that Ming is going to annex the entire Wusi Tibet, free all the slaves, and let the nobles get ready."

"March [-]th, I hope to see their army in Lhasa."

"Yes!"

Phuntsok Namgyal finally decided to use force to defend his interests, and his decision was supported by all nobles.

However, the interests of the nobles are difficult to give up, but the temples do not have so many interests.

"We can follow the call of "Manjusri Bodhisattva" and move to Hexi, Xining, and Yunnan, but we have to figure out which faction Manjusri Bodhisattva supports."

When Phuntsok Namgyal and the nobles decided to send troops, the monks in Uzang also discussed in the Potala Palace whether to surrender to Ming Dynasty.

For this group of Uzang monks, they still welcome the Ming Dynasty to Tibet. After all, for monks and believers who believe in Tibetan Buddhism, the image of the "Manjushri Bodhisattva" of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty not only existed in the early Ming Dynasty, but also It lasted until the end of the dynasty's rule.

At the beginning of last year, many monks from Tibet went to the capital to pay homage to Zhu Youxiao and the Manjushri Bodhisattva in their hearts.

It is also because the monks in Tibet often travel between Tibet and Daming, so they can clearly feel that Daming is stronger than before, and it is impossible for U-Tsang to be Daming's opponent.

In the view of most monks, the Ming army marched into U-Tsang mainly to compete with the nobles for their interests, because the conditions given by Sun Chuanting did not restrict the preaching in Tibet.

Not only that, but Sun Chuanting encouraged them to go to the Western Regions to preach, but they needed to change their teachings.

Sun Chuanting did not say exactly how to change it, and the monks had no idea.

But since he knew that Da Ming was invincible, surrender was a certainty.

What they are more concerned about now is which school of Uzbek Buddhism Daming supports.

You must know that during the development of Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Jonang, and Gelug branches emerged successively.

From the beginning of Ming Dynasty to the end of Ming Dynasty, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug were the three sects with great social influence. The religious leaders or agents of the three sects were all granted by the imperial court of Ming Dynasty.

For Tibetan Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty, it was extremely important to obtain the support and recognition of Ming Dynasty. After all, they have been brainwashing believers that the emperor of Ming Dynasty is the incarnation of Manjushri Bodhisattva, so they have to justify themselves.

In addition, only factions supported by the Ming court can obtain the qualifications to enter the court for trade. This qualification is the key to the prosperity of a sect.

The monks in Lhasa are all the Karma sect of the Kagyu sect, but in the 37th year of Wanli, Emperor Shenzong abolished the eight tributes of Uszang Mahayana, Mahayana, Protector, Chang Hexi, Dongbu Hanhu, etc. Qualifications, only the King of Chanjiao and the King of Assistant Jiaojiao are allowed to pay tribute.

The Dharma Kings who were disqualified were the Gelug Sect and the Karma Sect, while those who retained their qualifications were the Sakya Sect and the Drikong Sect.

Therefore, the Gelug Sect and the Karma Sect who were stuck in the middle seemed somewhat passive.

If they are the sects that are allowed to pay tribute, then there is no need to say anything now, just wait for the Ming army to call, and then bring the believers to welcome the heavenly army.

However, after Emperor Wanli banned them from paying tribute, no matter whether it was Emperor Taichang or the current Emperor Tianqi, they did not reopen the Karma Sect to pay tribute, which made the monks hesitate.

"Maybe we can wait and see, maybe Manjusri Bodhisattva didn't think of which faction to support."

An older monk tentatively opened his mouth, and a monk next to him also nodded when he heard the words:
"According to the arrangements of the Manjushri Bodhisattvas of the past dynasties, even if they don't support us, they won't suppress us. You can wait and try."

"During this period, it is better not to release the "Buddha gold" to civilians."

The monks called lending "Buddha gold", and they don't know what the Buddha would think when he heard it.

In short, as the discussion between the nobles and the monks ended, teams of sentinels rushed out of Lhasa and rushed to various places.

The place where the news reached first was the Gelug sect in the south of the mountain.

Because the system of the Gelug Sect is too different from other factions, it is often targeted by the Zangba Dynasty and other sects. Therefore, the Gelug Sect welcomes the entry of the Ming army into Uzang.

Both the Kagyu and the Gelug Sect welcomed the entry of the Ming army into Tibet, so the Sakya Sect, which was the only one qualified to pay tribute, would naturally not object.

Although Tibetan Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty had a great influence, generally speaking, the issue of local governance was still a matter for the nobility.

Due to the entry of the Ming army into Tibet, the process of integrating politics and religion was interrupted. For a while, temples and nobles in various parts of Uzbekistan had two attitudes.

The temple is not strong enough, so it can only be cowardly, but the nobles choose to be tough.

These news were inquired by some Jin Yiwei and handed over to Sun Chuanting, but Sun Chuanting didn't take it seriously.

He was waiting for the grain from Sichuan, and at the same time, Hong Chengchou, who was in Luchuan, also received an imperial edict from the capital.

"Bong Tian Hao said! Hong Chengchou, the former Ping Burma economic strategist, has made outstanding contributions. He is hereby specially conferred on Nan'anbo, the chief envoy of Luchuan, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and the University of Zhongji Temple. He also conferred his wife Li as Mrs. Nan'an at the beginning. Hope... ..."

On the sixth day of March, when the imperial decree from the capital city was sent to Dongyu City, Luchuan Province, Hong Chengchou, who had bowed and accepted the decree, was completely blank when he heard the content of the imperial decree.

After he received the imperial decree, his first reaction was...

"Successful..."

I don't know what kind of mood it was with to send the eunuch who passed the decree away, but at this moment Hong Chengchou had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Congratulations to uncle for being promoted to Wenxun!"

"Congratulations, Uncle!"

At the gate of the palace in Dongyu City, Mu Yi and others celebrated for Hong Chengchou without knowing why, but only Hong Chengchou knew that he was "played" by Zhu Youjian.

After the Hongwu Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty and before the Tianqi Dynasty, there were three people who obtained titles as civil servants. From the beginning to the end, they were Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, Weining Bo Wang Yue, and Xinjian Bo Wang Shouren.

These are the three civil servants who were knighted for military merit in the Ming Dynasty, and without exception, they all lost their qualifications to enter the cabinet after taking the title.

But now it's better, he Hong Chengchou became the fourth person to be knighted as a civil servant in the Tianqi Dynasty, after Xiong Tingbi, Yang Hao, and Yuan Yingtai.

But the problem is that he not only won the title, he also became the six ministers, entered the cabinet, and became a cabinet minister.

In the eyes of outsiders, Hong Chengchou can be said to be an extremely human minister. Except for Li Shanchang, Liu Ji and others in the early Ming Dynasty, there is no other civil servant who can compare with him.

But the question is, what will happen to these two people?
In other words, excluding these two people, what will Hong Chengchou experience as the first person to join the cabinet after the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty?
It's okay to talk about it on the side of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but the attitude towards him from the civil servant's side may not be so good.

In addition, what made Hong Chengchou feel the most uncomfortable was because Zhu Youjian's actions seemed to be paving the way for someone.

"Sun Chuanting..."

A man like Hong Chengchou naturally knows who Zhu Youjian is paving the way for.

With him Hong Chengchou as No.1, it will be much easier for Sun Chuanting to join the cabinet as a nobleman.

There are pros and cons for honorable beings in the cabinet. In the era when it is necessary to expand the territory, civil servants who have made military achievements are also the army behind them. Therefore, even if they enter the cabinet, they still need to care about the feelings of the people below.

This also led to the cabinet ministers needing to find some battles for the army, so that the generals in the army would not be eager to see through the war.

In addition, the generals who have been tempered in the army will control the war better than pure civilian officials, and they know how to seize the opportunity.

It can be said that Zhu Youjian picked out all the shortcomings of Daming over the past 200 years, and then used various methods to make up for them.

Hong Chengchou could get a signal from it, that is, the position of chief assistant was still his.

This made him a little happy, but at the same time he was very uncomfortable with Zhu Youjian's behavior of using himself to pave the way.

Others may feel uncomfortable because of Zhu Youjian's attitude, but what makes Hong Chengchou uncomfortable is that he is like a pawn at the mercy of others.

What he wants to do is to be a chess player, not a chess piece...

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou tightened the imperial decree in his hand, and then exhaled a foul breath to calm down a little.

"How's the encirclement and suppression going?" He asked Mu Yi, and Mu Yi hurriedly bowed back when he heard the words: "Dongwu's defeated army has been hiding in the mountains, and from time to time they let the Burmese people help them."

After Ping-Myanmar was successful, Hong Chengchou immediately swung the butcher's knife at the chieftains and nobles in Luchuan. Not to mention thousands of people were beheaded, and the nine ethnic groups involved with them were also filled into the labor force, and the period of reform through labor was 15 years.

The number of nine clans with thousands of people can be described as huge, and the number of people involved has reached nearly a million.

As for the fields in their hands, Hong Chengchou naturally took them back to the chief envoy.

"Have you calculated the yellow books of the chieftains?" Hong Chengchou walked back to the palace. Although it was the palace of King Dongyu, it was actually about the size of a Ming county palace.

"It's all counted. According to the yellow books of Luchuan chieftains, Luchuan has a total of more than 460 million mu of cultivated land." Mu Yi said, and explained:
"However, looking at the terrain of Luchuan, if it is really necessary to reclaim it, I am afraid that the number of reclaimed fields can exceed tens of millions."

"Well, what happened to Ahaomu and the little Brahman kingdom in the north?" Hong Chengchou walked into the palace and asked someone to bring a chair under the throne to sit down.

He is not the same as Huang Long's carefree personality. He will not do things that are easy to be caught by others, such as sitting on the throne.

"The two Qin generals have sent troops, and it is estimated that they will be wiped out in ten days. Uncle, should the place name of Luchuan be changed?"

Mu Yi proposed to change the name of the place, and Hong Chengchou nodded when he heard this:
"His Royal Highness's handwritten letter was sent back. Someone from the capital has already escorted Song Mutica to the south. His Highness is going to let Huang Wenlu send troops to land directly in the big city of Siam, and support Song Mutica to ascend to the throne under the orders of the Qing emperor."

"You should always pay attention to this matter. Once there is news from Huang Wenlu, immediately mobilize the mobilizable troops and horses to go south, and send troops to the frontier to attract Siamese troops."

"As for the name change, I will report it to His Highness again, and ask His Highness and Long Live to set up a government for Luchuan and change the name of the county."

"Those millions of reformed-through-labor workers are temporarily asked to build the roadbed from Shalian to Longchuan, whether it is the railway, the government road, or the county road."

Hong Chengchou arranged all the affairs of Luchuan in a few words, and at the same time he finished the arrangements, Zhu Youjian, who was far away in the capital, was frowning for a piece of information in his hand.

"Tiger and Rabbit Dun moved north?"

In the Chengyun Hall of King Qi's Mansion in the capital, when the weather in the capital was getting warmer in March, Li Ruolian from Fusi of Beizhen brought a message that Lin Danhan from Mobei had moved north.

"Reporting to Your Highness, it can be said that it is a move to the north."

Li Ruolian stood in the Chengyun Hall, which looked like a large library, and replied respectfully:
"We instigated some small lords in Harqin. According to them, after the looting last year, Huduntu got a lot of craftsmen and food, but he was always afraid that His Royal Highness would lead the army to retaliate. Plan to move north."

"However, after discovering that Your Highness, you did not send troops, Huduntu ordered to fish and herd horses in the sea, and barely survived the winter."

"After the spring of this year, Huduntu gave up the pastures around the Yuerhai area to Subudi in Harqin, and he is planning to move his family westward."

"They are going to go to Moxi with the Jirijisi tribe, and then go south to enter the territory of Wala."

Li Ruolian told Lin Danhan's plan, but Zhu Youjian squinted his eyes: "Entering the land of Wala? Interesting..."

If Zhu Youjian remembers correctly, the situation in Wala is not good now.

The Wala in the Ming Dynasty population was the Oirat Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty, but at present, the Wala who lived in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains for a long time is mainly composed of Junggar, Heshuote, Durbert, and Turhut. In addition, there are Hui Special small tribe.

It can be said that Junggar is only a part of Wala, and the strength of the whole Wala is not strong at the moment.

The current leader of Oala is the Heshuote tribe, and the great khan of the Heshuote tribe is currently Gushri Khan.

At present, Oala has begun to rise under the leadership of Gushi Khan, but they have the three major tribes of Khalkha in the north of Mobei in the east, the Kazakh Khanate in the west, and the Yarkand Khanate in the south, and Tsarist Russia in the north is also relying on the river east. Advance, and keep nibbling away at the land of Wala.

As all the Oirat tribes are multiplying and thriving, this has made the already tense pastures even more stretched.

Faced with such a critical situation, Gushri Khan began to mobilize his troops, sending envoys to Ufa to contact officials of Tsarist Russia, and internally to appease the increasingly powerful Junggar tribe.

According to the original historical trend, Gushi Khan will try to transfer internal conflicts to external conflicts and continue to use troops against the Kazakh Khanate.

However, as they became stronger, Tsarist Russia began to conflict with them, and Oala fell into a battle with Tsarist Russia and could not get out for a while.

This situation would last for several years until invited by the monks of the Gelug Sect to take control of Qinghai-Tibet, Gushri Khan began to lead the Oirat army into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, leaving his nephew to stick to the hometown of Heshuote in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

Later, the leader of Heshuote was deprived by Galdan of Junggar, Junggar fell into a war with the Qing Dynasty, and the Heshuote Khanate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau completely became a soy sauce existence.

Zhu Youjian remembers this series of history clearly. However, because Monan Mongolia was beaten and disabled by his troops, the three tribes of Mobei were also trembling. In addition, he asked Cao Wenzhao to train the [-]th Battalion in Qinghai. It will also be recovered by Sun Chuanting, so Gushi Khan will probably stay in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains honestly in his life.

Now Lin Dan Khan is trying to snatch Oara's pasture. Although he doesn't know if Mobei Sanbu and Subudi will go with him, even if he is alone, it may be enough for Gushi Khan to drink a pot.

Lin Danhan looks like a rookie, but it was on the Mengqing battlefield and the Mingmeng battlefield.

If he really took his 10,000+ followers to go, I am afraid that the current Wala will fall into a war with Lin Dan Khan.

If Lin Danhan not only went by himself, but also took the three major tribes of Mobei and Karaqin together, then as far as the current Wala is concerned, I am afraid they will be forced to move west by Lin Danhan.

The population of the Western Regions has been decreasing since the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Yuan Dynasty, after the Mongolian massacre, there were even thousands of miles of uninhabited people.

Even though Junggar unified the Western Regions and involved Central Asia in history, its tribes were only 60, and its soldiers were less than 6.

This is true for Junggar, which unified the Western Regions and controlled Central Asia, not to mention the current Oirats and Yarkands.

Lin Danhan's westward move this time, it is estimated that not only Wala and Yarkand will have headaches, but Tsarist Russia will also have headaches.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Youjian figured it out, he didn't want to fight Tsarist Russia at the moment, because his main task was to secure the peace.

However, if some harsh words are released, and the troops are mobilized to scare the three major divisions of Khalkha and Harqin, and let them all move westward with Lin Danhan, then it will probably be very interesting...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile.

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