Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1650 Cutting Yuan ([-])
Song Liangzuo's meeting had just ended, but some Sichuan officials had urgently informed Bozhou about the campaign.Yang Yinglong smiled contemptuously when he learned about it, and said: "This new Song Futai is quite interesting. No wonder he couldn't squeeze into the hall at such a young age. He is really ignorant and wants to use force to force me to submit. Mr. Sun, you Is there anything to say about this?"

The name of this Mr. Sun is Sun Shitai, and he is worth mentioning.This person is from Yuyao, Zhejiang. That generation, including Shaoxing, was a place where masters were abundant in the entire Ming Dynasty.Sun Shitai's status in the Yang family of Bozhou is also quite special, equivalent to a military adviser, and only resourceful people can take up this great responsibility.

However, Sun Shitai is different from ordinary masters. He learned the art of emperors, and it is the "hegemony" in it - the knowledge of helping others achieve dominance.It is said that Sun Shitai watched the stars at night when he was in the capital, and saw the "guest star offending Ziwei" in the southwest. He thought that there was a change of dynasty, so he visited the Ming Dynasty and finally found Yang Yinglong in the southwest.

In fact, Yang Yinglong had no objection earlier, he was just a local emperor for a long time, and his arrogance and domineering became a habit. Later, something happened and he had to send his son Yang Kedong as a hostage to Chongqing.

Here is an old event that is rarely talked about in later generations, but it has a lot to do with Yang Yinglong's "rebellion", so it is worth mentioning.As mentioned before, in order to retaliate against the Fifth Division, Yang Yinglong used various means to deal with the Fifth Division and accelerated the pace of persecution of the Fifth Division.

Since Gao Pragmatism moved many chieftains from Guangxi to Annan in those years, most of the former chieftains in Guangxi were converted to land, the authority of the imperial court in Guangxi was greatly enhanced, and the economic development of Guangxi has also been rapidly improved in recent years under the planning and arrangement of Gao Pragmatism. , and finally turned from a financial bottomless pit of the imperial court into a cash pool, which gave the imperial court the confidence and motivation to gradually reform other chieftains.

Under such circumstances, the above-mentioned conflicts between Yang Yinglong and the five divisions under the jurisdiction of Bozhou fermented. The five divisions reported Yang Yinglong's crimes to the Ming court.

In fact, the issue of Bozhou had entered the court's field of vision as early as the Jiajing period. At that time, the ministers of Sichuan and Guizhou sparked disputes over the ownership of Bozhou for the benefit of the province.This time, the report of the five subordinate divisions of Bozhou was delivered to the imperial court, and the imperial court intervened in the Bozhou issue, which made the originally simple issue complicated, and at the same time made the chieftain of the Yang family of Bozhou lose the initiative to deal with this issue.

With the loss of the initiative to solve the problem, Yang Yinglong is afraid that the intervention of external forces will damage the interests of the chieftain of the Yang family in Bozhou.During this period, Yang Yinglong's behavior became more and more radical, but the radical behavior did not solve the problem. Instead, it escalated the problem to the conflict between the chieftain of the Yang clan of Bozhou and the imperial court, which eventually led to the complete break between the chieftain of the Yang clan of Bozhou and the imperial court.

The first is the issue of Sichuan and Guizhou officials' rivalry. After Guizhou was established as a province, the importance of Bozhou's geographical location gradually became prominent, and it became the object of competition among Guizhou officials.Banzhou has a superior geographical location, connecting Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou, and is an important strategic location.Bozhou is located in the north of Guizhou, adjacent to Sichuan. Its economic development was earlier, and its economic development is better than other regions in Guizhou.

Sichuan's advanced production methods and population first entered Banshu, so Banshu's agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce all developed well.Bozhou's geographical location is superior, its economy is developing well, and its local soldiers are powerful, which naturally become the key to the competition of Sichuan and Guizhou officials.

The second is the problem of the surrounding chieftains. Their heads were vacillating at both ends, which gave the Ming army a certain opportunity.Among the chieftains around Bozhou, Shizhu chieftain and Yang's chieftain in Bozhou have a good relationship, and the two sides were married to each other during Yang Yinglong's period.Shizhu Ma's chieftain (Qin Liangyu's husband's family, Baiganbing is his family) hoped to protect each other, and thus politically married Bozhou Yang's chieftain, and Yang Yinglong also hoped to use Shizhu Ma's power to expand his own strength.

However, this relationship dissipated with Yang Yinglong's rebellion against the Ming Dynasty. Chieftain Ma of Shizhu did not fight against the Ming Dynasty with Yang Yinglong, but instead fought against each other.In the original history, Chieftain Ma of Shizhu contributed a lot in the Pingbo War, and even saved the Ming army's crisis. However, Song Liangzuo had no intention of using Chieftain Ma at this time.

Yang Yinglong was called to Chongqing to stand trial before, and in the end he spent [-] gold, but there is a mystery in it that was not clear in the previous article.Since the imperial court had been preparing for the decisive battle against the Yuan Dynasty before, the matter of the Southwest Chieftain was basically required to be delayed as long as possible, and everything would be easy to handle when the Yuan Dynasty was over.Southwest officials could not get the support of the imperial court's military power, so they had to show their power to Yang Yinglong's previous illegal behavior, but it was difficult to force.

The situation was deadlocked until last May, when Wang Shiqi, the prefect of Chongqing, rode alone to the meeting and met Yang Yinglong in Songkan.This time, Yang Yinglong didn't use the art of war, but played acting instead.He tied himself up, knelt down by the side of the road, wept and pleaded guilty, and went to meet Wang Shiqi on his knees, kowtowed until his head was bleeding—by the way, it was Mr. Sun Shitai who taught him this move.

Not only that, he also donated twelve scapegoats, including Huang Yuan, A Lamb, and A Miao, to offset his guilt, and accepted a fine of [-] gold to assist the court in picking wood.In the end, the Chongqing side agreed that Yang Yinglong should be dismissed, and his eldest son Yang Chaodong would act as his deputy. His second son, Yang Kedong, would be temporarily detained as a hostage until Yang Yinglong paid the full amount of the fine before releasing him.

Is Yang Yinglong sincerely surrendering, or is it a plan to delay the attack?There is no clear record in historical materials.At that time, Gao Yushi discussed with his colleagues in the field and believed that Yang Yinglong might indeed have a plan to pay a fine for atonement within this period of time, otherwise he would not hand over his second son as a hostage.Of course, after paying the fine and redeeming the second son, he may still rebel again, but there should be a period of relative peace in the middle, which is the main reason why Gao Wushi only recalled Liu Ting to Sichuan at a leisurely pace. .

However, people are not as good as heaven, and an accident happened, killing the hope of peace: Yang Kedong died in prison.The time of death was shortly after Yang Yinglong and the imperial court reached a plea agreement and signed an atonement agreement. Not military intelligence), Gao Yushi finally missed this important message.

In fact, Yang Kedong's death was a natural death - not only did Chongqing officials report it in this way, but it can only be deduced from reason.Because the Chongqing officials really had no reason to let go of Yang Yinglong and his eldest son Yang Chaodong, and gave up [-] gold in financial revenue, only asking for the relatively unimportant Yang Kedong's life.You know, at this time Yang Yinglong had only paid half of the fine, which was the [-] gold mentioned above.

But Yang Yinglong, who was immersed in the pain of losing his son, obviously didn't think so, and Sun Shitai, who consciously made a mistake in his advice, became a little angry and began to pour dirty water on Chongqing officials and even the court.

Yang Yinglong strongly demanded that the local officials in Chongqing return Yang Kedong's body, but because they had to consider the majesty of the imperial court, the officials obviously couldn't do whatever they wanted, so they refused on the grounds that the survey report had not been completed, and urged Bozhou to pay the ransom.

Now Yang Yinglong was naturally furious, and he said, "If my son is resurrected, the money will be sent." Then he led his troops to drive more than 1000 monks to hold a soul-calling ceremony, and drove back to Bozhou. back home.

It is understandable that Yang Yinglong also has the grief of a loving father, but it does not constitute an excuse for him to vent his anger on the public. The Ming court obviously held the same view.

Why vent your anger?He has done too many evil things, so here is just one example.Another whistleblower, Song Shichen, who reported on Yang Yinglong's rebellion, had his father Song Luan beaten at home by soldiers led by Yang Yinglong.

What Yang Yinglong did was: rape his daughter in front of his father, rape his wife in front of her husband; force the captives to sit naked in the bushes and use them as live targets for shooting arrows; ), and then set fire to the tail of the snake. The burning snake ate the pain and crawled into the belly of the human being. Both the human and the snake died tragically.

During the above period, Sun Shitai played an important role.Unlike Yang Yinglong who only wanted to restore his ancestral property and protect Bozhou himself, Sun Shitai's goal is very clear: to win the Central Plains and change the dynasty.He also put forward suggestions such as making thick knots and tending seedlings, rebuilding Hailongtun, recruiting troops, rectifying internal affairs, dispatching attacks, and using offense as defense-Sun Shitai really wanted to rebel.

On the one hand, the pain of losing a child is hard to overcome, and on the other hand, I know that Guizhou and Sichuan will not let me go if I don’t pay the ransom.Yang Yinglong finally decided to take action, and seizing land to raise seedlings is one of them.

At this time, the Miao people were fierce and aggressive, good at using swords, strong bows and poisonous crossbows, and shooting. In short, they were somewhat similar to Guangxi wolf soldiers, and they were a mountain army with extremely strong combat effectiveness.Such an army is more than enough to deal with the five divisions with the same surname and the Guizhou army. Yang Yinglong's policy of "seizing land and raising seedlings" is to seize the land of the five divisions and seven surnames again, and distribute it to the Miao people who obey his orders to plant.At the same time, the wives and daughters of five divisions and seven surnames were also robbed, and Bozhou became a hell on earth for a while.

Sun Shitai knew very well that the principle of "distanced friendship and close attack" lies in the gap between the imperial court and the war. He suggested that Yang Yinglong pretend to ease the relationship with the imperial court.Therefore, at the end of last year, Yang Yinglong and his eldest son Yang Chaodong each paid tribute to 20 giant trees for the emperor's mausoleum.For this reason, the Ministry of Industry also jumped out to say a few good words for Yang Yinglong-now that the timber in Guangxi is becoming more and more commercialized, it is getting harder and harder to get this kind of super giant timber.

As mentioned above, Songkan was inspected. After that, the five long-law lands of Huangping, Caotang, Baini, Yuqing, and Chong'an under the jurisdiction of Bozhou were assigned to Guizhou.At this time, under the deterrence of Yang Yinglong's powerful force, Sun Shitai offered good conditions and encouraged the five divisions and seven surnames to return to their homeland... Well, no matter what the motive was, at this time the five divisions and seven surnames partly defected to Bozhou.

This is what Guizhou doesn't want to see, but Sichuan thinks it's none of my business, so it doesn't care.Guizhou took a look, okay, you don't care about me.

So Jiang Dongzhi, the governor of Guizhou, couldn't bear it anymore. Maybe he felt that he could also reproduce the high-practical brilliance of the year, and easily surrendered and ruled the chieftain. Therefore, he ordered Yang Guozhu, the governor of the capital, and Li Tingdong to lead [-] troops to recover the lost land of the Fifth Division. Suppress Yang Yinglong.Yang Yinglong sent his son Yang Chaodong and younger brother Yang Zhaolong to fight against Feilian Fort in Huangping.

Feilian Fort is located in Weng'an County in later generations, and it is named Feilian Spring.The trees here are verdant and the terrain is prominent, Yang Yinglong set up an ambush here in advance.

To put it bluntly, most of the ambush warfare is a routine. There are various detailed descriptions in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", nothing more than giving you some sweetness first, luring you to advance step by step, and finally falling into a trap.What is the result of this battle?After the battle, the Bozhou army pretended to be defeated and went to Tianbangtun, lured the officers and soldiers to the battlefield where there were heavy troops to ambush, and wiped out all three thousand officers and soldiers, including Yang Guozhu and Li Tingdong.

Such a big event happened at the end of last year, and the court almost didn't know the real situation!
Guizhou officers and soldiers sent troops hastily and led to the annihilation of the entire army. Of course, they dare not confess to the court honestly, but such a big matter cannot be concealed, so what should we do?Of course it was a play of words: in December, the Guizhou side vaguely reported major events to the court, saying that Yang Yinglong "killed officials and soldiers despite his evil".

However, the highly pragmatic emperor student is not easy to fool, and even can see at a glance that there must be tricks in it. An urgent decree is issued to ask Guizhou to explain in detail, and those who do not report or lie about military information will be severely punished.Seeing that the cover could no longer be covered, the Guizhou side had no choice but to admit the defeat honestly.

The emperor originally focused on cutting yuan, but before cutting yuan, Guizhou suffered a big defeat first, which made him so angry that he couldn't hold back his temper.So Zhu Yijun ignored the punitive measures of the cabinet and Xini, and decreed that a large group of officials, including the governor of Guizhou Jiang Dongzhi, should be dismissed from office and replaced by Guo Zizhang as governor.At the same time, the war against Bozhou was handed over to Sichuan, which has a stronger military force. Song Liangzuo was also sent to Sichuan urgently at that time.

Since Sun Shitai, a military adviser, has learned "dominance", he is naturally relatively good at military affairs, but it does not mean that he has no perspective on the overall situation, so he immediately answered Yang Yinglong's question.

Sun Shitai said: "Grand Master, if Bozhou goes to war with the government army, it will have a great impact. The relationship in this matter is very sensitive. The two provinces of Guizhou and Shu have made up their minds to reform the land and return it to the local people. If the Taishi shows weakness at this time, Bozhou Yang The clan will be ordered to return to the fields to work in agriculture, and its glory will no longer be there.

This battle has to be fought, but the grand master must remember that only this one battle, after the war, he should immediately swear an oath to the court and beg the emperor for mercy.The only person who can stop the two provinces is the emperor. After that, he should act cautiously and not give others a handle. As for the future, he should take it slowly. "

Here he called Yang Yinglong the grand master, which is different from the Mongolians who called Gao Yushi and other officials in the frontier as grand masters. Yang Yinglong's grand master here is because he called himself "the [-]th generation grandson of the Tang Taishi", which means "I have a very rich ancestor", Sun Shitai But do what you like.

These years the imperial army was at its peak, Yang Yinglong really didn't think he could replace Zhu Ming, nor did he think he could fight against him for a long time, his goal had always been to keep his family business, so he nodded in agreement.

Sun Shitai asked Yinglong how he planned to deploy. Yang Yinglong replied: "Song Liangzuo's troops are divided into three groups, and the troops are scattered, so they can be defeated separately. I can pretend to deploy the main force to bluff all the way, and hide ambushes at Loushan Pass, making people use false surrender as bait. , to lure the main force, and attack the west. Once the main force of the Ming army is defeated, the rest of the stragglers will retreat on their own. At that time, peace talks will be possible."

Sun Shitai thought it was feasible, and showed his master's professionalism, carefully detailing Yang Yinglong's arrangement.Mr. Sun opened his mouth and spoke clearly and logically, which made Yang Yinglong very satisfied.

Then Yang Yinglong summoned the generals of Bozhou and said: "The two provinces of Guizhou and Shu have recently made things difficult for Bozhou. The defeat of Guizhou was not far away last time. This time they dared to send troops to violate our jurisdiction. Since Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, Bozhou has never fought Invincible, the ancestors of Ercao in all dynasties were all Bozhou heroes, and it is for this reason that the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty recruited us to submit to Daming as the chieftain of Miaojiang, and ruled this place from generation to generation.

Now the cruel officials are rampant, without the permission of the court, they are facing us with swords and soldiers. In order to protect the peace of Bozhou, this Grand Master is willing to go into battle in person and defeat the enemy.Afterwards, I will report to the emperor and return justice to the state, and I ask for your help! "

After Yang Yinglong finished speaking, the crowd became passionate.The Bozhou army also dispatched [-] troops this time, abandoning the pass and setting up an ambush.Guo Cheng led more than [-] Sichuan soldiers on the north road of the Ming army without knowing it, and marched straight; The Ming Army Command was stationed at Baishikou.
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