The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 293: Tusi Reform
The battle of Fotu Pass is still going on, and the deafening shouts of killing can be heard every day.

It seems that the Beijing Camp is still somewhat inferior to the Bozhou Army.

Thousands of naval warships were constantly pulling the Shenjiying soldiers, food, and even food carts and artillery carts to Chongqing City.

The Yangtze River and Jialing River near Chongqing City are densely packed with naval warships.

The more than 100,000 cavalrymen of the Shenwu Camp also galloped all the way, passing through Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Pingyang Prefecture, crossing the Yellow River, passing through Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and heading straight to Bashu.

The Bozhou Army is invincible in the Bashan and Shushui areas. If the Beijing Army wants to quell the rebellion this time, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Everything seemed to be developing in the direction envisioned by the three great families of Puzhou. The only strange thing was that the Beijing camp had mobilized more than 200,000 troops for reinforcement, but the Puzhou army did not seem to need any reinforcement at all.

Yang Yinglong did not send an order to Bozhou to quickly recruit young and strong men to provide support. In fact, this guy did not even send a single order to Bozhou.

Could it be that the Bozhou army has already secured victory?
No one really knows how the Battle of Fotu Pass went.

Of course, this does not refer to anyone outside; the people inside are still very clear.

They are just acting!
The problem is that the news here cannot be spread out.

No matter who the chieftain generals under Yang Yinglong were, as long as they sent someone out to report the news, they would soon be sent by Yang Yinglong to guard Erlang Pass or Longdong Pass.

Then there is no more then.

Erlang Pass and Longdong Pass are like bottomless pits. No matter how many people are thrown in, no sound comes back.

Yang Yinglong is cleaning out the traitors.

Wanli was mobilizing troops.

They performed at Fotu Pass for nearly half a month, and finally all the soldiers and artillery carts of the Shenji Camp were brought over.

As for the grain carts, there is no rush to use them at the moment, because Chongqing Prefecture, including the Bozhou Xuanwei Division and the Yongning Xuanfu Division to the north, are all accessible by water, and grain and even the soldiers of the Shenji Camp can be transported by naval warships.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, Yang Yinglong was summoned to Chongqing Prefecture City and came to the lobby of the government office.

He walked in carefully and saw a few familiar faces. Qin Liangyu and Ma Qiancheng were there, Deng Zilong and Liu Jing were there, and Sichuan Governor Li Hualong had also returned.

However, these people are not qualified to be ranked first on the left or right.

The first one on the left is an old veteran who is quite elegant.

This is most likely the Ming Dynasty's God of War Qi Jiguang!
The first person on the right is an old man who looks smart and capable, and he is wearing a dragon robe.

Who is this?
As soon as Yang Yinglong came to the empty seat next to Qin Liangyu and Ma Qiancheng and stood still, Wanli, who was sitting in the main seat, said solemnly: "General Yang, the Jinyiwei followed the clues and found the biggest traitor around you."

what?
Is there a bigger one?
Many local officials and generals from the Five Departments and Seven Surnames have betrayed him!
Yang Yinglong was secretly surprised and asked carefully, "Your Majesty, who is this person?"

Wanli stared at him, his face full of solemnity as he said, "She is your favorite concubine, Tian Cifeng. She was sent by the three great families of Puzhou. All the traitors under your command must obey her.

Her original surname was not Tian, ​​and none of the Tian family knew her origins. She was sent to the Tian family by someone from the three great families of Puzhou. As for her surname, her original name, or where she was from, no one knew.

what?
Upon hearing this, Yang Yinglong shuddered all over and said in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

How is this impossible?
Wanli reminded him: "Think about it, according to the rule of appointing the eldest son as the heir, who should you let inherit your position as the envoy?

"Tian Cifeng is just a concubine. She gave birth to a bastard son and has no right to inherit the position of Xuanweishi. If we follow the rules, shouldn't your Xuanweishi position be passed on to your second son, Yang Kedong?"

If Yang Kedong really died, he would most likely designate his eldest son Yang Chaodong as the heir, because his other sons were still young!
Hearing this, Yang Yinglong was still a little reluctant to believe it and said, "How is this possible? How is this possible?"

Don’t you believe it yet?

Wanli shook his head slightly and sighed, "Think carefully, did you really kill your wife Zhang and your mother-in-law Guan? Let me tell you, you didn't kill Zhang and Guan at all. They were killed by Tian Cifeng's henchmen!"

what?
When Yang Yinglong heard this, his whole body shook and he almost fell to the ground.

This woman is so vicious!
Seeing this, Wanli sighed slightly and said, "This woman must be eliminated. Do you want to do it yourself or should I send someone to do it?"

How could I have the heart to do this?
The problem is, if we don’t get rid of this woman, the Yang family will never have peace.

Yang Yinglong said with a pained expression, "Your Majesty, please help me."

That works.

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "When the time comes, I'll let Kedong bring people back with you to do it."

Yang Yinglong still felt a little reluctant and said, "Your Majesty, Chaodong's crime doesn't deserve the death penalty, right?"

You are just too sentimental.

However, being sentimental is a good thing, and it is better than being cold-blooded and heartless.

Wanli nodded slowly and said, "Okay, Yang Chaodong will be demoted to a commoner."

Yang Yinglong quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Your household affairs are almost dealt with, now it’s time to talk to you about serious matters.

Wanli said solemnly, "I have decided to reform the Tusi system. From now on, Tusi will also follow the Dusi Weisuo system. A Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan Dusi will be established in the southwest. You will be appointed as the Duzhishi. The position can be hereditary, but you must abide by the laws of the court. From now on, the civilians of the Xuanweisi, Xuanfusi, and Changguansi will be registered and managed by local officials just like the civilians of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

You can only manage the garrison troops under your command, and no longer manage the local civilians. What do you think of this change? Do you agree or disagree?"

Isn't this similar to cutting the toast?

The question is, can he refuse?
Now the city of Chongqing is full of troops from the Beijing Army, and there are even thousands of artillery pieces!
Also, the road back to Bozhou was blocked by the chieftain soldiers of the Shizhu Xuanwei Office, so they couldn't go back at all.

More importantly, this emperor is notoriously rebellious and will chop people if he makes them angry.

Can he make the entire Bozhou army be chopped down by His Majesty?

Yang Yinglong hesitated for a moment, but then quickly bowed and said, "I will obey your Majesty's orders."

Well, you know the truth.

If you follow me, I will give you some benefits. If you don’t listen to me, I will kill you!
Wanli nodded slightly, then explained in detail: "Actually, this change is not without some benefits to you.

You can also lead troops to fight for the country, and the military merit rewards will be calculated according to the Beijing Camp and the Border Army. In other words, as long as you lead the army to annihilate 50,000 enemies, you can be promoted to Duke.

By then, you'll have five hundred thousand mu of land, prisoners of war as slaves, and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses. Your life there will be much better than living in your mountain den now."

Oh, the military merit rewards are calculated the same way as those for the border troops of the Beijing Camp.

That would be great.

It was easy for him to lead his army and annihilate 50,000 enemies.

This is equivalent to giving him the title of Duke!

Yang Yinglong bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli asked again, "Also, I heard that you offered tribute of golden nanmu wood. Do you have a lot of golden nanmu wood here? What about other precious woods?"

besides?

What does this mean?
Yang Yinglong said carefully, "Your Majesty, we have a lot of golden nanmu trees here, as well as a lot of other precious woods, but the ones that were easy to cut have all been cut down."

It’s good to have it.

Wanli explained in detail: "You can also do timber business. You can cut as much timber as you want within the jurisdiction of the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Regional Administration.

For ordinary wood, I will charge you per foot, one foot is one tael of silver. For precious wood, I will ask the father-in-law to estimate the price for you, five to ten taels per foot. I will charge you as much as you cut."

There are too many naval warships at the moment, and more and more naval soldiers need to be equipped. There is no manpower to be spared to cut wood, but the shipyard needs a steady supply of wood.

He was planning to let the chieftains and soldiers from Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan replace the navy soldiers to cut wood.

As for the money spent on buying wood, they can easily earn it back by selling valuable furniture.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yinglong still said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. We have almost cut down all the easy-to-cut wood here. Most of the remaining wood is deep in the mountains and old forests. We don't have many boats and can't take a large number of people in. Moreover, it is difficult to transport the wood out. Relying on vines to make rafts is too time-consuming and laborious, and it is also unsafe."

Isn't this simple?

You don't have ships, but the navy does.

Wanli said without hesitation: "I can send a navy warship to bring you people into the deep mountains and forests. You just cut the wood, and the navy warship will transport the wood. Is that okay?"

Isn't this picking up money?

Yang Yinglong nodded repeatedly and said, "No problem, no problem."

Wanli asked again: "Do you think many chieftains agree to the reform?"

I agreed to this because I was afraid you would hack me down randomly.

Yang Yinglong estimated, "Your Majesty, I don't think most chieftains would agree."

Upon hearing this, Wanli said coldly: "Anyone who dares to disagree is disobeying the order and will be wiped out!"

Sure enough, if you don’t agree, cut it down.

Now there's a battle to fight.

Yang Yinglong thought about it silently and felt relieved.

There are many chieftains in the southwest. Once the battle starts, the military merit of leading an army to annihilate 50,000 enemies is nothing to him.

He essentially traded the title of envoy for a duke, and still made a ton of money.

As for the civilians under his command, it would be better if they were replaced with captured slaves.

The key point is that the Yang family's foundation of hundreds of years has been preserved, and the status of the Duke is much higher than that of the Envoy.

This business is a sure win!

(End of this chapter)