prosperous age

Chapter 966 1055 Southwest Affairs

"Sit down first, Lubu, and serve tea."

Li Chengliang walked into Wei Guangde's room with anxiety. After hearing Wei Guangde's words, Lu Bu asked him to sit on the chair on the left side of the outside room, and then brought him a cup of tea.

Li Chengliang had been in the capital for a long time. At first, he guessed that the imperial court might use troops against the southwest. However, for such a long time, he did not find any signs of instability anywhere under the rule of the Right Army Governor's Mansion.

In fact, if Wei Guangde had not deliberately explored the details of the border areas outside Yunnan, the Ming court would never have imagined that outside the southwest border, there were already people sharpening their knives and planning to encroach on the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Yes, the Ming court conferred three titles and six consolations around Myanmar, but because there was no actual rule, it was just a symbolic unity using local chieftains. Although the Ming Dynasty delimited the so-called territorial map, it included this area as well. It was included, but in fact the court didn't pay attention there at all.

The territory refers to the areas actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty, such as Liaodong and Yunnan.

The land outside is only a nominal territory, and it is not really a concern.

Li Chengliang had the same idea as other Ming Dynasty officials. Naturally, he did not expect that the cabinet's concern was not actually on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but on the territories outside the territory.

Li Chengliang was still puzzled when someone from the cabinet suddenly appeared today.

Although everyone was of the same rank, Li Chengliang didn't dare to put on any airs.

The cabinet had a transcendent status in the Ming Dynasty, so Li Chengliang rushed here as soon as possible and waited for the summons.

Unfortunately, he arrived too quickly. When he arrived at the cabinet, he realized that the three cabinet ministers had gone to the palace to see him but had not returned.

While waiting, Li Chengliang was wondering about the purpose of the cabinet summons. He even thought that it might be the imperial court casting silver coins, and he, the Zuo Governor, was asked to personally lead the Huben, Liushou and other guard posts in Beijing to protect the distribution of silver coins minted by the imperial court. To various places.

During his stay in Beijing, he also heard that the mainland seemed to be uneasy, and there were bandits of all sizes everywhere.

We can't let him, a dignified left governor, be responsible for arresting and chasing thieves.

In his wild thoughts, someone asked him to check in at Wei Guangde, and he immediately followed him here.

While waiting, Li Chengliang stole a glance at Wei Guangde, who was busy writing an official document. He was too young.

Among the high-ranking officials in the dynasty who were all in their forties and fifties, Wei Guangde, who was in his thirties, was really young.

But people are good at taking sides. When the court officials looked down on the direction of the wind, they decisively chose to take sides with the unpopular King Yu.

Although King Yu was short-lived and did not remain emperor for long, in the past few years, he had successfully become one of the cabinet ministers and became a well-known figure in the court.

Qi Jiguang was able to mobilize at will, not just because of the support of the young man in front of him.

Thinking of losing his real power as a result, Li Chengliang felt dissatisfied.

However, after his experience in officialdom, he has also developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger, so although he sat down now, he did not sit down firmly.

Well, just because of the difference between civil and military affairs, Li Chengliang, a first-rate left governor, could only regard himself as a subordinate in front of Wei Guangde, rather than a communication between officials at the same level.

After writing the draft, Wei Guangde posted a note on the memorial, then put down his pen, stood up and walked to the main seat outside.

"Mr. Wei Ge."

Seeing Wei Guangde coming out, Li Chengliang immediately stood up and bowed.

"Captain Li, please take a seat. There is no need to be polite."

Wei Guangde made a gesture of invitation and asked him to do it again.

The lubu at the door brought tea at the right time and quickly left.

"Ruqi, I call you this so you won't be seen outside."

Because he had not had much contact with Li Chengliang, Wei Guangde spoke politely at first.

"Wei Ge's old words are serious."

Although Wei Guangde is younger than him, because of his status, he cannot see outsiders there.

In fact, if Wei Guangde keeps calling him by his name, it means that he is close to him, which is not a bad thing.

Although he behaved very humbly in front of Wei Guangde, what he thought in his heart was another matter.

Afterwards, Wei Guangde asked about Li Chengliang's adaptation during his time in the capital.

After all, it was Bian Zhen who was transferred back to the capital, and because of his sudden rise to a high position, Wu Xun in the capital would not look down upon him.

In the past, although the imperial court would grant the official position of governor to border army generals, it was mostly for the purpose of gaining merit and improving their rank. Governors like him who were directly in charge of government affairs were very rare.

Because he stole other people's errands, Li Chengliang's life in the capital was not very good during this period. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was walking on thin ice.

"Mr. Wei Ge, the last general is a rough martial artist. He grew up in the border areas since he was a child. He still prefers to stay in the border towns to defend the frontiers. He is really not used to life in the capital."

After Wei Guangde asked him how he was doing in the capital, Li Chengliang chose to complain. He would not say that he was ostracized by nobles, but could only say that he was not used to life in the capital.

Whether life in the capital is good or not, it is certainly good. Unfortunately, if there is financial support from Liaodong, he will naturally have a good life in the capital.

As for the exclusion of nobles, that's all. Just don't take it to heart.

Anyway, the current Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army does not have much power. Like Wei Guangde, it only approves some official documents governing the capital and the garrison.

However, he still wanted to make achievements and obtain a title, so he did not want to stay in the capital to kill time.

"It was my suggestion to keep you in the capital. I heard that you have eight sons, and they are the famous Li Family Army among the border troops."

Wei Guangde chuckled.

"Mr. Wei Ge, I have eight sons, but five of them are still young and have not yet entered the military camp. Only three sons fight with me on the battlefield."

Li Chengliang didn't understand the reason why Wei Guangde said this, so he answered cautiously.

"You have achieved great results in Liaodong these years. This is the main reason why I keep you here. Maybe you have also made some assumptions."

Wei Guangde asked again.

Hearing Wei Guangde be so direct, Li Chengliang understood a little bit. Mr. Wei Ge really came from a military family. He didn't like to turn around when talking and doing things. He always went straight. That would be easy. Just say it straight.

"Yes, the general has thought that maybe something happened in the southwest, so the imperial court kept me in the capital to prepare."

Naturally, he would not ignore the information he had learned from the Ministry of War.

When he arrived at the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, he had been checking the documents of the Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Guangxi and guard posts under his rule.

But in fact, only the Ministry of War has retained the key documents. What was left in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army were all useless memorials, such as farmland, military household population, etc., which did not touch the key points at all. Moreover, thousands of families were killed in Burma, and it was a matter of the Jiajing Dynasty. How could Li Chengliang have thought so far ahead.

Therefore, the official documents he read were all documents that had been exchanged in Southwest China in the past few years, and had not been touched by the Jiajing Dynasty.

"There is indeed something going on in the southwest. I just don't know if you, a general who has been fighting in the north all year round, are sure of making a triumphant return in the southwest?"

Wei Guangde asked, still smiling.

"Mr. Wei Ge, the Governor's Office has not received any news about police in the southwest."

Li Chengliang asked in surprise when he heard what Wei Guangde said.

No matter what happens, as long as it involves fighting, it usually doesn't happen by accident. It takes a long time to brew before it breaks out.

Even if the local government conceals something, the Weisuo and Dusi will report the situation to the Dudu Mansion.

Just like now, the Right Army Governor's Office has received some warnings, but it is still far from an outbreak.

Most of the time, there are many conflicts between local officials and chieftains, and there seems to be a possibility of conflict.

However, local generals don't actually have much say in this kind of matter, and it's all the civil servants who mess around.

In order to obtain more benefits, they suppressed the tribes under their rule.

Because the health center had to receive money and food from the local area, it was also controlled by local officials. In addition to making some preparations, it could only watch and did not dare to say anything.

Of course, there are also local generals and civilian officials who collude with each other. It depends on whether they can take you or not.

Li Chengliang quickly went through it in his mind. There seemed to be no sign of a rebellion breaking out under his rule, but what did Wei Guangde mean?

"hehe."

Wei Guangde just chuckled. He had already roughly guessed Li Chengliang's judgment, which was that he thought the local government was suppressing the rebellion.

After laughing, he said: "Captain Li made a mistake. The thing you have been summoned to deal with in Beijing is not local counterinsurgency.

Due to the complex terrain in the southwest, it did have some influence on our Ming army's suppression of the Tusi rebellion, but wherever the court needed to use battlefield warriors like Zuo Dudu, local guards were enough. "

Wei Guangde's words are also true. Most of the rebellions were settled by just mobilizing guards along the way and bringing a few guard posts.

Even if the other party has a great reputation and can bring many small tribes to participate, it is just a matter of dispatching general soldiers and mobilizing a few more people. There is really no precedent of sending governor-level officials from the capital to the battlefield to quell the rebellion. .

"southwest."

Wei Guangde's words made Li Chengliang suddenly enlightened, and he finally knew where he had gone wrong.

He actually thinks the same as others. Most people will only focus on the country and fail to see the territory outside the territory.

Wei Guangde's words actually revealed a lot of information to him, that is, the military operation he was asked to command was most likely not on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but a war outside, and it seemed that the scale was not small.

It's no wonder. After looking through the documents sent by Southwest, there was no sign of the outbreak of the war. It turned out that the war was not happening here at all.

With Wei Guangde's reminder, Li Chengliang naturally thought of two directions. One was the Wusi Zangdu Commandery Division and the Duogan Xingdu Commandery Division, and the other was the Sanxuan Liuwei outside Yunnan.

The Usi Zangdu Command and Envoy Department, referred to as the "Usi Zangdu Department", was the highest military and political authority in China's Ming Dynasty over most of the present-day Tibet Autonomous Region except Qamdo, as well as Sikkim and Bhutan.

朵甘行都指挥使司，简称朵甘行都司，是明朝在青藏高原东部的军事管辖区名，下辖1卫2法王封地3宣慰使司5招讨司4万户府16千户所。

In fact, these two command and envoy departments are mainly responsible for the central and eastern regions of Tibet. In the west, there is also the Oris Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion, which is in charge of the Ali region of Tibet today.

The Ming Dynasty's Tibetan policy actually did not go beyond the Yuan Dynasty's reward system. It was all carried out by rewarding local nobles and chieftains.

The Ming Dynasty's rule over Tibet mainly adopted the policy of restraint system and multiple feudalism. It established administrative agencies in Tibet, granted officials, restored post stations, and controlled Tibet through the tea-horse trade.

The Ming Dynasty also attached great importance to various religious forces in Tibet, adopted multiple confederations, and canonized three Dharma kings and five religious kings, achieving the goal of maintaining local stability and ensuring smooth connections between Tibet and the mainland.

In order to maintain the stability of Tibet, Tomorrow has gained the support of local nobles and religious leaders through recruitment, rewards, multiple feudal institutions, and the integration of politics and religion. At the grassroots level, it has implemented the system of capital commanders and guards, integrating military and political affairs. .

From the beginning to the end, the Ming court did not send ministers to supervise Tibetan areas, nor did it station troops. It only required regular tribute and the canonization of successors.

After all, Tibet is located on a plateau, and it would be very troublesome to send troops there.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and established the Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent officials to Tibet with imperial edicts to order all ministries to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

The edict said that Zhu Yuanzhang "ordered the general to lead his troops and establish peace in the sea. The subjects praised him as the lord of the world. The country was named Daming, and the founding of the Yuan Dynasty was Hongwu. I followed the way of my former king and used Kangli Shu. But Tubo, the country lives in the west, and now China is unified. I'm afraid I haven’t heard of it yet, so I’m hereby issuing an edict.”

In the same year, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also sent Xu Yunde, an official from Shaanxi Chengxuanzheng Envoy Department, to Tibet to carry out the second edict, "ordering the chiefs of all ethnic groups to appoint their old officials and come to Beijing to confer duties."

However, at this time, Tibetan officials were still loyal to the Yuan Dynasty and did not surrender. It was not until the Ming army captured Tao, Min and other prefectures, and invaded Tubo and other places in the Yuan Dynasty that the Xuan comfort envoy Sidu Marshal's Mansion was the seat of Hezhou, and the Tubo Xuan comfort envoy He Suonan Pu then descended to Ming Dynasty.

In the third year of Hongwu, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty died of illness. Under this situation, the northwest Tibetan leaders who were originally loyal to the Yuan Dynasty gradually returned to the Ming Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Hongwu's reign, Tibet's hereditary lord of Zhenxiwu Jing King Bunala carried a seal issued by the Yuan Dynasty and led the leaders of the Tibetan tribes to Nanjing to pay money to the Ming Dynasty and express their submission to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty confiscated the seals granted to them by the Yuan Dynasty, and awarded them the titles of Commander-in-Chief of the Hezhou Guard and Commander-in-Chief of the Jingnan Guard, respectively, and allowed their descendants to inherit the title. Their subordinate officials were also awarded the positions of Qianhu, Governor and Governor.

In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, Namgyalpa Zangbu, the regent of the late Yuan Dynasty, led more than sixty people to Nanjing to meet with Ming Taizu and express his surrender.

Namgyalpa Zangbu was named "The Master of the Blazing Buddha Treasure" by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and was given a jade seal. He also twice recommended more than 100 old Tibetan officials from the Ming Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and they were all awarded official positions at all levels. .

In this way, the Ming Dynasty established its rule over Tibet to this day.

Thinking of a rebellion in Tibet, Li Chengliang felt shuddering for some reason.

If the army went to fight there, it would be very troublesome. Not only would it be difficult to transport supplies, but even the soldiers might not be able to adapt to the environment there.

Who said that these days when troops are deployed against Tibet, most of them start from Shaanxi and take the Qinghai-Tibet line.

Of course, there are also those departing from Kawachi.

But no matter which way he took, whether it was Shaanxi Dusi or Sichuan Dusi, they were all under the rule of his Right Army Dudu Mansion. Even if he didn't want to go, he couldn't.

As for the other direction, that is the three announcements and six consolations that the imperial court also canonized outside Yunnan.

Compared to going to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Li Chengliang obviously preferred that something happened in Yunnan.

But what surprised him was that Yunnan Dusi did not report police training.

(End of this chapter)