Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 216
Zhang Yifan heard this, thought for a moment, and then said in a decisive tone: "Father, when the imperial court is conquering the southwest, it must not compromise with the chieftains. It is absolutely not okay to think that the chieftains will surrender to the imperial court and let them inherit the territory!"

"Oh?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and asked immediately: "What's the reason for saying it so absolutely?"

On the other side, Li Shanchang was secretly happy when he heard this.Sure enough, I guessed it right. This great prince-in-law is a hardliner when it comes to foreigners. That’s okay!

You must know that during the discussion just now, the agreement they reached with the emperor was that in order to deal with the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty entrenched in the southwest, it was necessary to win over the local chieftains. As long as the chieftains surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, they would be allowed to inherit the throne. .

But now, the prince-in-law directly vetoed this approach as soon as he opened his mouth, which obviously went against the emperor's will. What a great job!

Li Shanchang thought so in his heart, he was very proud. He suppressed the joy in his heart and looked at Zhang Yifan to see how he would continue to act like a monster?

I really don't understand military affairs, I thought it was a play!If this is the case, who is willing to compromise?
At this time, Zhang Yifan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a serious face, and said seriously: "Father, the imperial court is now powerful, so the southwest chieftains are forced to submit to the imperial court. However, father, have you ever thought about it? It is because the imperial court is strong that the chieftains can Will be submissive. If the imperial court is not so powerful one day, will these chieftains, who are like local emperors, still obey the will of the imperial court?"

This matter is actually not absolute.For example, Qin Liangyu, the most famous female general in the late Ming Dynasty, was the wife of the chieftain. After the death of the chieftain, she led the Shizhu soldiers to fight for the imperial court in the north and south. She was the real "general of the Yang family" and dedicated herself to death!
However, this is just an example, and Qin Liangyu is actually Han.That's why he thought of being loyal to the king and serving the country, and taught his son to be loyal to the king and serve the country.

The real chieftains, or in other words, the vast majority of chieftains, as Zhang Yifan said, when the court was weak, they would not listen to the court's orders, and even rebelled.

It is said that the Ming Dynasty was brought down by the war in Liaodong, but those who said this simply did not see the rebellion of the chieftains in the southwest.

During the three major campaigns of Wanli, the chieftains rebelled, and the She'an Rebellion that followed restricted the grain, grass, supplies and military strength in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty for several years. Afterwards, the chieftains in the southwest rebelled one after another.The final Shapu Rebellion did not end until after Nanming, when it was suppressed by the armies of Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo who surrendered to Nanming.

Actually, not yet. After Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there were actually clans that continued to fly the Ming flag and insisted on staying in the southwest, but in the end, they were destroyed by the local chieftains.

Others don't know all of the above, but Zhang Yifan knows it, because the chieftain policy in the early Ming Dynasty has left countless disasters for future generations, and it is even more troublesome to change the native land and return to the local people.

Now Zhang Yifan has traveled to the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he already has enough voice to influence the policies of the Ming Dynasty. How could he not oppose this chieftain policy with all his strength!
Zhang Yifan knew exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang cared about.Therefore, the reason for his persuasion directly hits Zhu Yuanzhang's vital point, which is that it will affect the survival of the Ming Dynasty. My father-in-law, do you still not care?
Sure enough, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard what he said, he immediately fell into deep thought. It was obvious that he had not thought about this matter from this perspective before.

Li Shanchang was also surprised when he heard this.He knew Zhu Yuanzhang, and as soon as he heard Zhang Yifan's advice, he immediately knew that this reason would definitely impress Zhu Yuanzhang.

But for him, this was expected.

Only Zhu Di was a little dissatisfied after hearing this.Why does this brother-in-law always feel that his descendants cannot compare to his father!Don’t you know the saying that a person is better than a person who is good at it?

He looked at Zhang Yifan a little unhappily, wanting to show his brother-in-law what he could do!
Zhang Yifan saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking, so he opened his mouth and said, "Father, at the beginning of the founding of our Ming Dynasty, our military power is at its peak, and there are many famous generals. It is a good time to expand our territory. If we compromise with the enemy at this time, it will give Daming It leaves hidden dangers and makes it even more difficult for future generations of guardians to deal with it!"

Hearing what he said, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, stared at him, and said seriously: "Do you know that the terrain in the southwest is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and the high mountains and ridges are even more restrictive. As a local force, which way will the chieftain fall? They all have a decisive influence! Once the imperial court has dealt with the remnants of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and then the chieftain alone can deal with it, it won’t be that difficult!"

The implication of his words was actually to tell Zhang Yifan that fighting a war is not as easy as you think, and you can destroy whoever you say you want to destroy.Those toasts are hard to deal with.

As a result, after Zhang Yifan heard what he said, he showed a trace of disdain and immediately replied loudly: "Father, the credibility of the court cannot be underestimated. If you agree to the chieftain now and regret it later, other chieftains and foreign countries will be able to trust you again in the future. Am I the Ming Dynasty? This is not advisable!"

Speaking of this, he said in a very firm tone: "Toast, the chicken and the dog, as long as the strategy is used correctly, it is easy to solve the chieftain!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he became a little angry. He pointed at the Duke of Wei Deng Yu and said, "You ask Deng Qing if the chieftain is a native chicken or a tile dog?"

If Zhang Yifan spoke now about political affairs, his credibility would be very high. After all, Xiangshan County's political achievements are there, but when it comes to actual leading troops in war, Zhang Yifan has no experience at all. He is only 20 years old, and he talks so arrogantly. Talk about it, who believes it?
No, even Deng Yu, a famous general of the generation, said with a serious expression after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "The prince-consort has never been to the southwest. The roads there are steep and the traffic is extremely inconvenient. In a head-on battle, the imperial officers and soldiers are not afraid of any enemy." , but in the high mountains and ridges in the southwest, if the miasma poisonous insects are enemies of the local chieftain army, and if they don’t fight hard with the imperial court, the outcome of the battle will be unpredictable!”

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan chuckled and said: "I know this, so I said that as long as we adopt the correct strategy, those chieftains will be nothing more than chickens and dogs!"

When Deng Yu heard this, he was a little curious. As a famous general who led troops, he wanted to know what good ideas the prince consort would have in a war that even he thought was difficult to fight.
So, he immediately asked: "Dare to ask the prince son-in-law, what kind of correct strategy will those chieftains turn into chickens and dogs?"

Everyone else pricked their ears, wanting to hear Zhang Yifan's answer.Because they simply couldn't think of a way to defeat the local chieftains as if they were native chickens and dogs in that kind of terrain?

Zhang Yifan did not face his question directly, but turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then said seriously: "Father, I heard that most of the areas under the jurisdiction of the chieftains in the southwest are actually serfdom. Not only do they not have their own grain fields, but they are also enslaved by the chieftains. , life was extremely miserable. In this case, isn't the court implementing the law of allocating grain fields to the public? As long as the court treats the people in the areas under the jurisdiction of the chieftains equally and promises that they will be able to allocate grain fields and live a better life than before after they return to the court. Days. Then will they follow the chieftain to fight against the court?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

No one expected that the emperor's strategy against the chieftains was not to use military power to attack the chieftains' army, but to politically disintegrate the chieftains themselves.

This idea was something they had never thought of.For a moment, everyone was thinking about this matter according to the idea mentioned by Zhang Yifan, and no one said anything.

Seeing that each of them was thinking, Zhang Yifan continued: "The reason why we are afraid of the chieftain is not because he has people under his command. And those serfs definitely make up the majority of the people in the chieftain's territory. As long as the chieftain is deprived of his wealth, Allocate some to them and improve their lives. Will they refuse to live a better life than before?" "From another perspective, the imperial court has decided to promote the distribution of grain fields to the public, and the imperial court has established the chieftain territory. , naturally we must implement the law of allocating grain fields to the public, tell them in advance, and let them believe that what the court will do will indeed be done, will they still refuse to submit?"

When Zhang Yifan said this, he raised his voice a little, emphasizing and summarizing: "So, I believe that the difficulty of conquering the southwest is actually to win the hearts and minds of the people. This people's hearts are not the hearts of the chieftains, but the hearts of ordinary people who account for the vast majority of the population. The hearts and minds of the people. The imperial court is backed by strong military power, so it is not too difficult to do this!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded and said: "What Yifan said makes sense. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Chieftains are not terrible. As long as they affect the hearts of the people in the southwest, both Meng Yuan and chieftains in the southwest are not enough." For fear!"

No one understands the importance of the saying "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world" better than Zhu Yuanzhang.

He was able to stand out from the crowd of heroes in the late Yuan Dynasty by winning the hearts and minds of the people.

In the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all heroes came together. At the beginning of the chaos, Zhu Yuanzhang strictly enforced military discipline, always paying attention to military discipline and strictly enforcing it.In this regard, there is a very famous saying: It is better for Hu Dahai to rebel against us than to violate military discipline.

You know, Hu Dahai is one of his most famous generals, and he also recommended Liu Bowen and others, and he is a subordinate that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Yuanzhang himself is an expert in this field. When he was reminded by Zhang Yifan, he immediately had an idea.

If he can easily defeat the enemy, he will definitely not compromise with the enemy.As for treating everyone equally, the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang has always treated everyone equally.

For all ethnic groups, as long as they can serve the Ming Dynasty, their origins will not be taken into account.For example, Mongolia has always been the most important enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but the original magistrate of Panyu County, Daotong, was not a Mongolian; and Emperor Yongle's Beijing camp also had an army composed entirely of Mongolians.

On the issue of how to treat the southwest chieftain, with Zhu Yuanzhang's affirmation of Zhang Yifan's proposal, there is no suspense about the countermeasures to this matter.

As for how to do it, Zhang Yifan doesn't care. With Zhu Yuanzhang's ability, he will naturally make appropriate arrangements.

Li Shanchang saw that the matter had come to an end. Although Zhang Yifan was strong, he was recognized by the emperor.And he also has a brain, and feels that the method proposed by Zhang Yifan is indeed a feasible approach.

This chieftain's policy may not affect Zhang Yifan.As soon as he rolled his eyes, he played to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, what should I do with the Goryeo envoy? Goryeo not only used the reign name of Meng Yuan, but also killed my Ming envoy just like the Japanese country. If the Goryeo envoy is released, What should we do with the Japanese envoy?"

This imperial meeting was mainly about discussing the memorials found in the study of the former prime minister Hu Weiyong. One of them was about military affairs, involving chieftains, Goryeo, Japan, Mongolia and Yuan, etc.

At this time, Zhang Yifan was a little surprised when he heard this: "Did Goryeo also kill our Ming envoy?"

He just remembered that after a few years in Koryo, Toutie dared to attack the Daming Tieling Guard, and there were only about [-] troops, but he reversed halfway, and ran back directly to change the dynasty, and North Korea replaced Koryo.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan originally had no good impression of Goryeo, but at this time he heard that Goryeo had killed the Ming envoy.

When Li Shanchang heard his question, he immediately felt happy and quickly replied: "Goryeo had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. However, the previous King of Goryeo was killed, and the current King of Goryeo not only colluded with Meng Yuan, but also used Meng Yuan's years. He even killed my emissary sent by Daming to buy horses."

In February of the [-]th year of Hongwu, the current King of Goryeo, Wang You, was canonized by the Northern Yuan Dynasty as Prime Minister Zuo of Zhengdong Province and King of Goryeo. Goryeo began to use the Xuanguang reign title of the Beiyuan Dynasty and sent envoys to thank him.

However, Goryeo had two boats, and also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and asked for posthumous titles and titles. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang learned that King Gongmin had been murdered and the Ming envoy was killed, he became more suspicious of Goryeo, detained the envoy, and refused to grant him a title. .

If in the original history, in the 11th year of Hongwu, Emperor Aiyou Shili Dala (Zhaozong) of the Northern Yuan Dynasty passed away, and the Ming Dynasty also released the detained envoys of Goryeo, and Goryeo resumed using the Hongwu reign name.

But in this dimension, the Mongolian Emperor Aiyou Shili Dala did not die when he was 39 years old. On the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yifan was scolded by Zhang Yifan because of the Japanese incident and the killing of the Ming envoy. It affected the Goryeo side and also killed the Ming envoys. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang still ignored the Goryeo side.

At this time, when these matters were discussed in front of the emperor, Li Shanchang took advantage of Zhang Yifan's presence to bring up the matter again.

In fact, Goryeo at this time was a major force influencing Liaodong.

It is somewhat similar to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty wanted to conquer the Mongolian and Yuan remnants in Liaodong and wanted to win over Goryeo. This is why in the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang finally released the Goryeo envoy.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Meng Yuan was the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, in the Hall of Wuying, facing the Goryeo question raised by Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang was also interested in knowing what Zhang Yifan meant, so he looked at Zhang Yifan and asked: "Yifan, this Goryeo is not comparable to a toast, what do you think?" ?”

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