Qiming 1158

Chapter 803 As an upper country, how could Daming seize the power of a vassal state?

Su Yonglin really needed a stable and stable place in Hexi.

There is a saying that the Yellow River can only benefit from all kinds of harm. The Ningxia Plain and the Hetao Plain have the reputation of being in the south of the Yangtze River because of the existence of the Yellow River.

This can be said to be an important strategic support point for the Ming army to recover the Western Regions to the west and attack the grassland areas to the north.

Su Yonglin needs at least a corps-level military force here to provide logistical support for a strategic strike.

This requires the entry of a large number of grass-roots officials to organize the scattered farmers, change the original more extensive agricultural production mode in Xixia, and restore a considerable degree of peace and stability, so that the people can produce stably without worries.

This is the case locally, and so is the central government. It would be better to say that the central government needs higher-quality officials to restore peace.

So Su Yonglin carefully selected 150 official officials who were born as Fuxing members, headed by Zhou Lin, the left servant of the Ministry of Justice, and sent them to Xixia to hold important central positions.

This area of ​​Xixia is equivalent to a province of Daming, and later plans to build the upper-level organization according to a province, so Su Yonglin decided to rebuild the political structure of Xixia in the way of Daming province from now on.

The original Xixia central organization is quite complete. Although the small area is really small, the number of officials is far more than that of a province.

A province in Daming does not need so many institutions and officials. It is naturally not many for a country, but for a province, it is simply redundant officials to the extreme. Abolished and rebuilt according to the rules of Daming Province.

After the administrative and military affairs of the whole country of Xixia have been transformed according to the regulations of Daming provincial level, it is almost time for Daming to officially regain this lost land.

At present, the officials dispatched by the Ming Dynasty still need to follow the instructions of the King Xia and the Queen Mother in name, and assume official positions through the appointment of the King Xia and the Queen Mother, exercise power, be accountable to them, and strive for the prosperity of Xixia.

But in fact, Empress Dowager Ren and Li Chunbao only have the power to sign and authorize, and they have no qualifications to say no. All the decrees proposed by the Ming Dynasty require them to agree unconditionally and cannot raise any objections.

In terms of life, they will be placed under house arrest in the Xixia Inner Palace, and they cannot go out at will. All food and clothing expenses will be provided by Ming officials, so they can stay in the palace.

As for receiving ministers, foreign guests, attending court meetings and other normal government affairs, all of them will be handled perfectly by the officials of the Ming Dynasty. They only need to be marionettes.

Of course, the Daming Emperor would not hold the Xixia dynasty for long.

Emperor Daming solemnly promised that now he is only temporarily managing the state affairs of Xixia, so as to prevent Xixia from falling into a split due to chaos, which will lead to the death of the people and the destruction of the family.

As the upper kingdom, how could Daming seize the power of the vassal state?

This is impossible.

Of course, as for whether the Queen Mother of Xixia and the little king will decide to let Xixia attach to Daming and take the initiative to end their independent status for other reasons, that is another matter.

Anyway, Emperor Daming didn't know about this matter, he didn't know at all.

Ah!
Before all the officials arranged by Su Yonglin arrived in Xixia to take over the regime, Su Haisheng used the coercive force of the army to control the central area of ​​Xixia. After the first round of cleaning, he began to prepare for the second round of cleaning.

Because it occupied the core essence area of ​​Xixia, and then followed the unfinished business of being respected, he eradicated four-fifths of the senior officials and dignitaries of Xixia through various charges, and obtained astronomical wealth and food by raiding their homes. , With this money and food, Su Haisheng is fully capable of continuing to wage war.

And this is an act jointly authorized by Su Yonglin, the Staff Council and the Privy Council.

Considering that after the beheading tactics, local officials and military leaders in Xixia may not be willing to wait and die, Su Yonglin authorized Su Haisheng to have the power to wage war.

When the local officials and military leaders of Xixia clearly resisted the rule of Ming Dynasty, they were allowed to send troops to attack.

This is of course necessary.

For example, Ren Chunzhong and Ren Deren, who thought it was a funeral but unexpectedly survived, both hurriedly fled to the Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing. They felt that it was not enough, and they fled to the Hetao area of ​​the Weifu Military Division in Heshan. Safety.

Wu Lag, the head of the Weifu Military Division in Montenegro, is not a party member, but a loser in the struggle of the prairie Mia'erqi who fled to Xixia.

Later, because of his bravery and skill in fighting, Wurager gradually gained the trust and promotion of Ren Dejing. He became an officer of the Weifu Army in Montenegro. Because he faced the threat of the grasslands and the Ming Dynasty, he mastered [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. .

After escaping here, Ren Chunzhong, Ren Deren, and Brother Jin who escaped with them feel safe. They have no plans to escape further, so they plan to watch the situation here and see what to do next.

Wu Lag had already learned about Ren Dejing's mutiny, and he thought his good day was coming, but before he could receive the reward, Ren Dejing's order to deploy troops was sent, and he immediately led his troops south to King Qin. Assist Xingqing House in defending the Ming army's attack.

Wurag was shocked, and he didn't know what was going on. Why did the Ming army call?

He had heard of the mighty and mighty Ming army. Before the Ming army attacked the grasslands, some tribesmen in Kelie's group who were defeated by the Ming army rushed to Xixia to seek refuge, and were taken in by Wulage. , Wu Lag learned the brutality and good fighting of the Ming army.

But Ren Dejing was his benefactor, so he decided to send troops to the south to help Ren Dejing tide over the difficulties.

The army here was reorganized and was about to set off. Ren Deren and Ren Chunzhong escaped and told him that Ren Dejing was over, and Xixia was almost over. The Ming army captured Xingqing Mansion and completely dominated the central Xixia. Everyone It's all dangerous now.

Wuragg was really panicked now, so he quickly ordered the army to defend on the spot, not to go further south, and then sent a large number of spies south to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he hid Ren Deren, Ren Chunzhong and Brother Jin to avoid the limelight. .

He inquired about the news of Le for a while, and summarized it. He learned that the Ming army was executing Ren Dejing's comrades on a large scale. A large number of officials and dignitaries in the core and elite areas of Xixia around Xingqing Mansion, as long as they had something to do with Ren Dejing, they were all Killed by the Ming army.

The reason is that Ren Dejing slaughtered the king and slaughtered the royal family.

This was the request of Empress Dowager Ren, the survivor of the Xixia royal family, and the current Xixia king, Li Chunbao, to the Daming Emperor, so the entire Xixia ruling class was killed.

Wurag's heart was half cold. He guessed that, with his identity as Ren Dejing's comrade, once the Ming army found out, he would probably die. Although he had [-] troops in his hand, he believed that the Ming army would not be able to escape at all. Will be afraid of his [-] troops.

As long as he was moved, he would die on the spot.

How to do it?

run away?

But where to run away?

South?

Certainly not.

East?

That is the same province of Minguo University.

north?

It is a grassland where the weak eat the strong.

west?

It is a vast desert and unknown risks.

Wuragg suddenly felt that he had nowhere to go.

Amid such panic, Wurag received an order from Xingqing House in the name of the Queen Mother and the King.

Local officials and officers need to take the initiative to surrender to Ming officials and army generals. They must not resist or disobey their orders. Otherwise, once a conflict occurs and causes casualties, everyone's faces will be ugly, but—

On the basis of voluntary surrender, local officials and army generals will not be held accountable.

The Ming State's revenge against Ren Dejing's comrades has ended. As long as local officials and military generals surrender to the Ming State and obey their orders, they can guarantee not to be held accountable.

No matter whose subordinates he was before, who obeyed his orders.

(End of this chapter)