I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 855 The anti-traitor team is dispatched!
The war on the west coast of India came to an end, but another war was brewing in Kunming, Yunnan, more than 3,000 kilometers to the northeast.

The Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, Ling Yunyi, convened civil and military officials including Liu Xian, the Chief of Yunnan, Gu Zhongxu, the Governor of Yunnan, Liu Shizeng, the Provincial Governor, and Zhao Rui, the Counselor of the Ministry of Revenue, in the meeting room of the Governor-General's Office to discuss important matters.

"Everyone, I just received a letter from the Ministry of Public Administration, which stated that the court has issued a punishment for the Duke of Qian.

The former Duke of Qian, Mu Chaobi, occupied the land of the garrison, privately seized military power, embezzled military pay, arbitrarily mobilized troops, and bribed court officials. After being investigated by the Central Procuratorate and the Beijing High Court, the collegial decision was that the evidence was conclusive and the charges were proven, and he was sentenced to death by hanging.

The current Duke of Qian, Mu Changzuo, was found guilty of knowing the truth but not reporting it, embezzling military funds, arbitrarily deploying troops, and using his family generals for personal use. The emperor issued an edict to strip him of his title and remove the Duke of Qian from his title.

Everyone listened quietly. Everyone knew the influence of the Duke of Qian's Mansion in Yunnan.

He had been domineering for so many years, but the imperial court had never been able to touch him.

In the end, it was the Osprey Governor Wang Yi'e who, with the power of suppressing the rebellion in Bozhou and subduing the noble chieftains in southern Sichuan, led 20,000 to 30,000 elite royal troops into Yunnan. He then used his brilliant tactics and swift and resolute actions to gradually deprive the Duke of Qian of his military power.

Finally, when Ling Yunyi entered Yunnan and took over as the Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, Liu Xian and Fu Yingjia reorganized all the troops of the former Yunnan Regional Military Commission, leaving the Duke of Qian's Mansion completely destitute.

The court then issued an edict to summon the current Duke of Qian, Mu Changzuo, and his family to the capital.

Now that the results are out, no matter how much people sigh, it will be of no use.

Ling Yunyi glanced at everyone and continued, "As for the aftermath, the farmland occupied by the Mu Mansion should be uniformly registered and distributed to the officers and soldiers who were eliminated from the garrisons in the name of the Yunnan Agricultural Reclamation Bureau.

The military pay that the Mu family had embezzled over the years should be repaid if it should be paid, or confiscated if it should be confiscated by the state treasury.
Liu Fanshi, Zhao Canzheng, you, the governor and the household department, will have to worry more about this."

"I will obey the orders of the governor."

"The Duke of Qian, Mu's mansion, has a huge influence in Yunnan, and even in Sichuan and southwest Guizhou. Now the imperial law is ruthless, and the title is removed according to the law, but the people in various places are unaware of the situation and may panic.

Yu Tian, ​​have you completed the emergency plan that I asked you to make?"

Ling Yunyi turned and asked a young official sitting in the corner.

He is Ling Yunyi's secretary Li Hualong, with the courtesy name Yutian. He is from Changyuan, Henan Province, and studied under the famous Henan scholar Wu Shi.

In the first year of the Wanli reign, the Imperial College in Beijing was rebuilt into Peking University, which enrolled students nationwide. He was recommended by Wu Shi to apply for the exam and was admitted to the Faculty of Arts of Peking University.

In the fourth year of Wanli's reign, he took part in the national examination and achieved a good result of fifth place. He was only twenty years old at that time.

The national examination was similar to the previous imperial examination. Li Hualong was the youngest person admitted in that national examination and was compared with Wang Yi'e, who passed the imperial examination at the age of 19.

After observing government affairs in the Ministry of Rites for half a year, Li Hualong took the initiative to apply to go to Yunnan to support the border areas.

Ling Yunyi happened to take over the post of Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou and was selecting a clerk. When he heard Li Hualong's name, he included him in the list of candidates.

After a thorough personal interview, Li Hualong stood out and became Ling Yunyi's secretary.

Hearing Ling Yunyi's question, everyone turned their heads involuntarily to look at him, the youngest person in the conference room.

He was wearing a green official robe, had short hair and a straw hat.

Due to Zhu Yijun's "leading" demonstration, the trend of cutting hair short became popular throughout the court, and the younger the officials, the higher the proportion of them cutting hair short.

However, due to historical inertia, the official uniforms and black hats cannot be completely abolished in the short term.

After cutting their hair short, it was inconvenient to wear the black gauze hat, so officials gradually began to wear a cool hat that was modified from a big hat. It was disc-shaped, made of black gauze, and the same color as the black gauze hat, but it was very convenient to wear on the head.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Hualong calmly unfolded his notebook and reported in a calm tone: "In reply to the governor, I have already made a plan.

Together with my colleagues in the Propaganda Section of the Political Work Department of the Governor-General's Office, I have carried out extensive propaganda and enlightenment activities.

First, the great achievements of Prince Zhaojing of Qianning were vigorously publicized in newspapers, while at the same time, various illegal activities of the Duke of Qian's Mansion over the years were published.

This shows that Prince Zhaojing was Prince Zhaojing. The emperor and the court recognized his achievements and entitled him to be enshrined in the main hall of the Taizu Temple. Every year, the court would send officials to the Prince Zhaojing's Mausoleum in Nanjing to offer sacrifices.

However, their descendants did not consider the difficulties their ancestors had to face in starting their business, nor did they carry on their legacy of loyalty to the country. Instead, they brought disaster to the country and the people and repeatedly committed illegal acts. The emperor and the court, in accordance with the law of the country and the people, took the country and the people as the most important thing, and handed Mu Chaobi and Mu Changzuo over to the judicial department for investigation and trial, and convicted them.

It is a just move that complies with public opinion and safeguards the interests of the people.
The second thing was to organize a missionary team to go down to the city of Kunming, Chuxiong, Qujing and other counties, and go deep into the streets and markets as well as the countryside to explain the new policies of the court, such as the policy of changing the land system to officials and reducing taxes and levies, as well as the above-mentioned situation of the Duke of Qian's Mansion to resolve the doubts of the people.

The third is to organize a writing class to write a play based on the bravery of Qianning Zhaojing Wang in conquering Yunnan, as well as the corruption and abuse of power by Mu Chaobi and Mu Changzuo, to highlight the sadness for the unpromising descendants of Zhaojing Wang, the anger at the lawlessness of the Mu family father and son, and most importantly, the emperor cared about the country and the people, and shed tears to execute Ma Su.

Li Hualong spoke in an orderly manner. The conference room was silent. Everyone listened attentively with different thoughts in their minds.

This child has a bright future!

Li Hualong concluded: "I was fortunate enough to hear the emperor's sacred voice at the graduation ceremony of the study class for students admitted to the national examination in the fourth year of Wanli.

The emperor said to the humble officials sitting in the audience, "The people of the Ming Dynasty no longer need a policy of keeping them ignorant. The Ming Dynasty needs to broaden the people's wisdom and accept public opinion, so that hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty can participate in the creation of a new era, let them contribute their efforts and suggestions, and gather their wisdom and strength into a magnificent force to create the world.

As people’s wisdom grows, the country becomes richer!

When the people are loyal to the country, the country will prosper.'”

Li Hualong paused for a moment, and in the surprised eyes of the crowd, he continued, "Your Majesty's teachings are still fresh in my ears, and I dare not forget them for a moment.

The Mu family father and son were convicted, and after going through the judicial process of the procuratorate, the judge, and the magistrate, the evidence was irrefutable, which just reflected the principle of fairness and equality emphasized by the Ming Dynasty law that if a prince breaks the law, he shall be punished with the same crime as the common people. This is a great opportunity to publicize the national policy and the emperor's will."

After Li Hualong finished speaking, silence fell in the conference room.

This is the behavior of officials who come from new-school students. The future of the Ming Dynasty is created by them!

Everyone looked at Li Hualong's young face and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

After more than a minute, Ling Yunyi said, "If you have no objection to Tian's plan, then follow it."

Yunnan Governor Gu Zhongxu turned to the Provincial Governor Liu Shizeng and said, "Liu Fanshi, the Provincial Governor must fully cooperate with Li Lingshi's missionary plan."

"Yes."

Ling Yunyi picked up the teacup and took two sips, then continued, "The Mu family father and son turned Yunnan into the Mu family kingdom, which is absolutely not allowed.

Before this, the Mang clan had repeatedly invaded the border, and the chieftains of the various Meng tribes in Luchuan had repeatedly appealed to Yunnan for help. The imperial court had also repeatedly issued edicts ordering the Yunnan chieftain to boost national prestige, defend the border, and protect good people.

The father and son of the Mu family were so mad that they took this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. They slaughtered the chieftains who did not cling to them, even if they were gathering troops to resist the attack of the Mang family. They turned a blind eye to the chieftains who clung to them, even if there was clear evidence that they were colluding with the Toungoo Mang family.

Such atrocious actions caused wailing in southern Yunnan, and the chieftains of the various Meng tribes in Luchuan became disloyal and were either annexed by Toungoo or surrendered to the Mang clan.

The southern Xinjiang that was pacified by King Zhaojing of Qianning with great difficulty, and the peace that was gained by three expeditions to Luchuan and tens of thousands of heroic sacrifices during the Zhengtong period, were all ruined by the Mu father and son because of their selfish desires.

Such an evil villain, if he is not killed, it will not be enough to appease the public anger!"

Everyone listened quietly.

Mu Chaobi and Mu Changzuo were arrogant and lawless, they occupied farmland, embezzled food and money, controlled the border troops, and turned Yunnan into the Mu Kingdom. These crimes were all correct.

The evidence is solid and irrefutable.

But you say that they need to bear the main responsibility for the Luchuan chieftains' betrayal of the Ming and surrender to the Mang, and the repeated loss of territory in Yunnan, which is a bit too much.

They don't have that ability.

Besides, in a sense, these chieftains who stayed in Yunnan were all under the management of the Mu family and belonged to the territory of the Duke of Qian.

It is impossible for the Mu family father and son to push their territory out, so they must try every means to dig in. However, everyone knows what the Ming border army was like in the past.

The father and son of the Mu family have worked very hard to maintain Yunnan to its current situation.

But I'm sorry, you have already been convicted. Since you already have a lot of charges against you, you don't care about a few more.

If you, father and son, take on these charges, you will avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, if they really start investigating, they might end up leading to Emperor Sejong, which would be embarrassing, right?

Ling Yunyi's words were in accordance with the emperor's will, and they put the final nail in the coffin of the Mu father and son. They also concluded that a lot of land in Yunnan had been occupied by the Toungoo Mang clan over the past few decades.

It was all done by the Mu father and son, no one is responsible.

From now on, everyone will work diligently and conscientiously, defeat Toungoo, recover lost territory, and make more achievements!

Ling Yunyi continued: "Once the internal troubles in Yunnan are completely eradicated, we will focus all our efforts on recovering the lost territory.

This time, the Governor-General and the Military Commissioner followed the imperial edict and dispatched tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals. In addition to the elite troops of Wuxiang, Shenwu, Zhenwu and other armies, there are also mountain infantry regiments formed in western Hunan, western Hubei, Guizhou and southern Sichuan. "

These infantry regiments were all Miao soldiers from the local chieftains such as the Yang family of Bozhou, the She family of Xuyong, the Xi'an family of Shuixi, and the Ma family of Shizhu. They were reorganized by the imperial court and formed into field infantry regiments.

There are currently six infantry regiments, four of which have entered Yunnan, and two have entered Guangxi, preparing to join the Guangxi Mountain Infantry Regiment to carry out a cleanup of the remnants of the Mo Zheng Li clan west of Jinghai and Rinan.

It was initiated by Liu Yingjie, Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Zhang Xueyan, Governor of Jinghai.

"Currently, Yunnan has 11 field army infantry regiments and 7 garrison infantry regiments, but these troops are used to guard Chuxiong, Shunning, Yongchang, Kunming, Qujing and other important places, and to prevent the chieftains with ulterior motives from colluding with the Toungoo rebels to disturb the border.

The strategies of the governor and the chieftain remained unchanged. They still followed the elite troops' attack strategy left by Governor Wang, and dispatched small groups of elite troops in company units to carry out targeted strikes against the stubborn chieftains.

With the help of the political department's propaganda work, these chieftains and their people can be mobilized to recognize the situation and know who has been exploiting them for hundreds of years and who will save them from the dire straits.

The Chief Secretary also implemented benevolent policies to help the orphans and widows, so that the people had food to eat and clothes to wear.
These people can clearly recognize who their enemies are and who their benefactors are, and their hearts will naturally turn to the court. We will use three methods simultaneously to gradually erode the situation!"

"But we need to catch a typical example and send an elite team to go deep into the wolf's den, capture it, and then destroy its lair to deter the villains.

"The governor has chosen a man. Yu Tian, ​​please introduce this thief to everyone!"

"Yes, Governor." Li Hualong quickly put down the teacup he had just taken a sip from and coughed lightly.

"Yue Feng was originally from Linchuan, Jiangxi. During the Longqing period, he went to Longchuan (now southwest of Longchuan, Yunnan) for business and had a close relationship with Duo Shining, the head of the Longchuan Xuanfu Division.

In the third year of Longqing's reign*, Yue Feng lured Duo Shining and his wife to death, stole the gold medal and seal, and defected to Mang clan of the Toungoo Kingdom, falsely accepting their orders and replacing Duo Shining as the envoy.

In the first year of the Wanli reign, Yue Feng sent his son Yue Nanwu, with a large sum of money, to contact the brothers Han Qian, the chieftain of Gengma, Dao Luocan, the chieftain of Nandian, and Fang Zhengtang, the chieftain of Mangshi.

At the same time, Mang Yinglong's younger brother Mengbie and son Awa were invited to lead troops to support him.

This group of bandits led tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Leinong, Zhanda, Ganya, Nandian, Mubang, Laoyao and Sidian, burning, killing and looting countless people.

Governor Wang moved his garrison to Yunnan and sent an elite team to sneak into the main camps of Gengma Tusi, Nandian Tusi, Mangshi Tusi and other chieftains, beheading Dao Luocan, Han Qian brothers, Fang Zhengtang and other extremely evil chieftains, thus bringing peace to the border.

Now the governor has decided to send an elite team to sneak into Longchuan, behead the Yue father and son, and destroy the Longchuan earthen stronghold.

Once the Yue family father and son are eliminated and the spies are cleared, we can proceed to the next step."

Ling Yunyi continued, "That's right! The target of my selection is the spy Yue father and son!
These two, father and son, were originally citizens of the Ming Dynasty, but they had no sense of shame, and instead relied on foreign enemies, instigating chieftains to invade our borders. Their crimes are unforgivable and they should be punished by heaven.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the operation, this governor dispatched Yu Tian to join the anti-traitor team as a staff officer to follow the operation. Commander Liu, who did you choose as the captain of the anti-traitor team? "

"To answer the governor, Gao Guochun, the battalion commander of the second battalion of the third regiment of the Wuxiang Army, An Jiangchen, the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion of the twelfth regiment of the Zhenwu Army, and Ma Lin. The three of them were the top three in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan military training competition in the fourth year of the Wanli reign."

Speaking of this, Liu Xian felt somewhat smug.

The Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou and the Governor-General of Sichuan jointly held a large-scale military training competition. The top three were all his men, so of course he was proud.

"The Bendusi also allocated to them the fifty Type 05 rifles and fifty new pistols issued by the Taipu Temple for actual combat testing, along with all the ammunition."

Liu Xian is much braver, so he goes to the front line to fight in actual combat.

As for whether any guns will be lost and whether all the bullet shells can be recovered, we will talk about it later.

If you win, everything will be fine. If you lose, everything is over.

"When to set off?"

"Early tomorrow morning. We don't know if there are any spies of the Tusi or the Mang clan in Kunming. In order not to alert them, the team will quietly set out from the military camp outside the city before dawn."

"Okay, this Governor and you will all wait for good news."

(End of this chapter)