The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 283 Yinglong Transforms into a Dragon
The three major families in Puzhou took action.

They wanted to force Yang Yinglong to rebel just as they had forced Haobai to rebel.

Wanli saw through the plot of these traitors at a glance, but he did not act rashly.

He decided to wait and see what schemes these guys were up to.

Unexpectedly, this look of his made the cabinet chief Yu Youcai anxious.

Because he wrote on the memorial that it should be handled according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

How to deal with this?

The memorial was sent back to the cabinet, and Yu Youcai came running over with the memorial again.

After the emperor and his subjects exchanged greetings, Yu Youcai held up the memorial and said with embarrassment, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. This Tusi matter is difficult to handle, especially the Bozhou Xuanweisi, which is one of the most powerful Tusi in the entire Ming Dynasty. I really don't know how to handle it."

This is really a bit difficult for you.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then asked, "If we follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how should the Bozhou Xuanweisi matter be handled?"

This one.

Yu Youcai said carefully: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, these crimes must be verified before being dealt with.

From what we can see now, Yang Yinglong's murder of his wife and mother-in-law is likely true, but the other charges are harder to say. If we deal with them haphazardly without verifying the facts, the Bozhou Xuanwei Office will likely disobey orders or even rebel.

The three powerful families in Puzhou wanted to force Yang Yinglong to rebel.

Wanli thought for a moment and then asked, "If it is true that Yang Yinglong killed his wife and mother-in-law, how should the Ming Dynasty laws be used to deal with it?"

Uh, there's no precedent for this!
Yu Youcai racked his brains for a long time before he said carefully, "Your Majesty, the imperial court's policy towards the chieftains is to let them govern the localities. As long as they obey orders and send troops when the imperial court needs them to contribute, that's all that matters.

The imperial court had no clear laws to regulate how chieftains governed the local areas, and I only knew one unwritten rule.

The distinction between master and servant between local officials and the local people is the strictest. This is because for thousands of years since our ancestors, the chieftains have been the masters and the people have been the servants. The chieftains abuse the local people and violate the law. If a girl is beautiful, the local officials will call her in and refuse to marry her off, and they dare not give her away to anyone else.

I have seen local people sue the chieftain for killing innocent people, but in the end, nothing happened."

This means that the chieftains are local emperors, and the imperial court has no control over how they govern the local area.

In other words, Yang Yinglong killing his wife and mother-in-law was his own business, and if the court was not too bored, it should not have interfered.

The chieftain's power is really too great and needs to be restrained.

Not now, though.

Now the three major powerful families in Puzhou want to force Yang Yinglong to rebel. If he issues an order to restrain Yang Yinglong, it will give people a reason to criticize him. These guys may use this as an excuse to deliberately capture Yang Yinglong.

Wanli nodded slowly, then asked, "You mean, Yang Yinglong murdered his wife and mother-in-law, but his other crimes must be verified, right?"

Yu Youcai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

So who should be sent to verify it?

If Guizhou Governor Ye Mengxiong were asked to investigate, it would definitely not work. Ye Mengxiong would definitely do the same as Dang Xin, torturing Yang Yinglong to death and forcing him to rebel.

That’s not right. The Bozhou Xuanwei Office doesn’t seem to be in Guizhou.

Wanli suddenly stood up and took out the map of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Ye Mengxiong did it on purpose.

The Bozhou Xuanwei Office is not in Guizhou, but in Sichuan, so this guy has no control over Yang Yinglong.

It seems that he can't let these guys do whatever they want. He has to send someone to take control of the situation. If Yang Yinglong is really forced to rebel, it will be troublesome.

In history, it took two battles to quell the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou. The second time, it took the mobilization of 240,000 troops to quell it.

It would be best if we could avoid fighting this battle.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then asked, "Bingzhong, what do you think of Qian Yuye going to Sichuan to investigate Yang Yinglong's crimes?"

This is a bit dangerous.

However, if Yang Yinglong did not want to rebel, he would not dare to do anything to the governor.

Upon hearing this, Yu Youcai slowly nodded and said, "Yinglong, Hualong, Your Majesty is wise."

The name is really a coincidence.

Can Li Hualong really transform that Yinglong?

After Yu Youcai left, Wanli looked at the snowflakes falling silently outside the window and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

The Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou was actually nothing compared to the She'an Rebellion that followed. To quell the She'an Rebellion, the Ming court mobilized the forces of the five southwestern provinces and fought for over a decade. The Shuixi An clan was one of the most powerful chieftains in the entire Ming Dynasty, comparable in strength to the Yang clan in Bozhou. Add to that the Xuyong She clan, their in-laws, and the force would have required at least 300,000 to 400,000 troops to suppress them.

This time we may be able to take the opportunity to completely resolve the problem of the southwestern chieftains, because the Yang family of Bozhou and the Xi'an family of Shuizhou are sworn enemies.

During the Jiajing period, the Yang family of Bozhou and the Xi'an family of Shuixi fought for more than ten years because of a personal grudge, and the imperial court did not dare to intervene.

If we can take advantage of the opportunity when the three great families of Puzhou force Yang Yinglong to rebel and let these two most powerful chieftains of the Ming Dynasty fight to the death, it will not only completely solve the problem of the chieftains in the southwest, but also make the three great families of Puzhou lose more than they gain!

As for whether to support the Bozhou Yang family to fight the Shuixi'an family, or support the Shuixi'an family to fight the Bozhou Yang family, he tends to support the Bozhou Yang family to fight the Shuixi'an family!

The three powerful families in Puzhou wanted to use Yang Yinglong to cause trouble for him, so he used Yang Yinglong to completely quell the rebellion in the southwest.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then said decisively: "Send Luo Sigong to come to the audience."

Not long after, Luo Sigong walked in quickly, clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Wanli nodded slightly, then said solemnly, "Sigong, gather a thousand elite secret guards and have your trusted captain lead them. Ride fast horses to Xuzhou, then transfer to a fast navy ship and rush to Suzhou Prefecture to serve under the command of Li Hualong, the governor of Suzhou and Songjiang."

Is this another thousand?

I don't have enough manpower under my command.

Luo Sigong was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted and bowed, saying, "I obey your order."

Seeing this, Wanli asked directly: "What's wrong? Are you short of manpower?"

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Datong Town and Yinshan need too many people."

Wanli nodded slightly, then pondered, "Then recruit another 5,000 secret guards from the remaining Jinyiwei, to make up a total of 20,000 troops."

Now we have enough manpower.

Luo Sigong quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli nodded slightly, and then explained in detail: "Sigong, this time Li Hualong is going to Sichuan to inspect the case of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou.

Behind the case of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou lies the conspiracy of the three major families in Puzhou. The remnants of the three major families in Puzhou want to force Yang Yinglong to rebel.

You only need to leave 100 of the people you send to guard Li Hualong, and the other 900 people should secretly investigate what kind of people the three major families in Puzhou have planted in Bozhou.

Remember, our goal this time is not to punish Yang Yinglong. If we force Yang Yinglong to rebel, we will fall into the trap of the three major families in Puzhou.

Our goal is to thwart the conspiracy of the three major powerful families in Puzhou. The confidant you sent should make it clear to Li Hualong that the main focus should be on appeasing Yang Yinglong.

As for how to resolve the issue of the Bozhou Xuanwei Office later, we must first investigate the layout of the three major families in Puzhou."

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Wanli then gave detailed instructions: "Also, tell your trusted confidant to tell Li Hualong not to go to Chengdu Prefecture, but to stay in Chongqing Prefecture.

Ma Qiancheng, the son of the Xuanwei envoy of Shizhu Xuanwei Division, is the son-in-law of the Qin family, and Ma Qiancheng's wife Qin Liangyu is the niece of the imperial concubine.

Therefore, the Shizhu Xuanwei Office's troops are equivalent to our own troops, and he can use them with confidence."

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said, "Your humble servant understands."

Wanli thought carefully, then pulled out a blank imperial edict and began writing quickly. After he finished, he personally affixed the imperial seal and then held it up and said solemnly, "Have your trusted subordinates deliver this secret edict to General Qin Liangyu, the Zhendong General."

At this moment, Qin Liangyu may not have known that the southwest was about to fall into chaos, so it is unlikely that she would rely on the favor of her uncle to wantonly recruit troops.

He just wanted to tell Qin Liangyu to quickly recruit troops and as many as possible.

At this moment, he was even more certain that this was the conspiracy of the three major families in Puzhou.

Whoever of the southwestern chieftains is loyal to the imperial court and loyal to him as the emperor will be dealt with by the three powerful families of Puzhou!

Yang Yinglong participated in three expeditions, twice achieved the honor of being the first to reach the enemy's territory, and once won countless spoils, so they wanted to deal with Yang Yinglong.

Historically, Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu led the White Spear Soldiers to quell Yang Yinglong's rebellion, and won the first place in military merit in southern Sichuan. As a result, Ma Qiancheng was inexplicably thrown into prison by a military supervisor eunuch and tortured to death!

Eunuchs are the easiest to bribe with money. The eunuch supervising the army at that time must have been bribed by the three major wealthy families in Puzhou. Otherwise, how could an eunuch dare to throw a chieftain who had just made great contributions into prison and kill him.

The consequences of doing so are too serious.

If Qin Liangyu had not been born into a loyal and righteous family, she would definitely have been furious and led her army in rebellion!
The three powerful families in Puzhou wanted to disrupt the southwest, involve the imperial court's military forces, consume the Ming Dynasty's national strength, and create opportunities for the northern barbarians.

Historically, they succeeded.

The rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou was followed by the She'an Rebellion jointly launched by the Shuixi An clan and the Xuyong She clan. Most of the Ming Dynasty's national strength was consumed in the southwest, and eventually the Ming Dynasty was exhausted!
The Jianzhou Jurchens received their divine assistance and were able to conquer the world inexplicably.

Now, he absolutely cannot fulfill the wishes of the three major families in Puzhou.

(End of this chapter)