Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 310: Your Majesty, the rebellion in Guangxi and Guizhou has been put down!
In the second year of Qianxi's reign, it was mid-May.

Hall of Martial Arts.

Zhu Gaoxu was reviewing the memorials when Changsheng came in from outside the palace with a joyful look on his face. He saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War, would like to see you with the news of victory?"

"Let him in."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard the word "good news", his expression did not change at all. He put down the memorial calmly as usual, nodded and gave instructions.

"Wei Chen, Minister of War, Qi Tai, pays homage to Your Majesty. Long live my emperor."

Qitai bowed and saluted.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said: "Stay flat."

"Your Majesty, the rebellions in Guangxi and Guizhou have been put down!"

Qi Tai first told the most important news, and then slowly said: "The Ministry of War has just received two good reports, one from General Shan Yun of Dangman. General Shan reported that the Dateng Gorge rebels have been put down. Now all the people in Guangxi have All rebellions have been put down."

Having said this, he handed the military report to Kang Ping.

Kang Ping bowed and walked quickly to the imperial table, and presented the memorial to Zhu Gaoxu.

When Zhu Gaoxu took the report, he made a nasal sound of "hmm" to show that he was listening.

The main reason why he is so calm is that he has received too many good news from Guangxi and Guizhou recently.

Just last month, after Shan Yun returned to Guangxi according to the order, he raised troops to attack Wei Wanhuang, Wei Chaolie and other rebels and defeated them.

At that time, the rebels were unwilling to surrender and retreated to the top of the mountain. Due to the steepness of the mountain, they hung up the wood with canes and piled stones on top. As soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, the rebels cut off the canes and pushed down the wood and stones. As for the officers and soldiers being blocked.

Shan Yun thought of a way. He sent people to find hundreds of cattle and sheep. In the middle of the night, he ordered people to tie torches to the horns of the cattle and sheep, and then beat gongs and drums behind the cattle and sheep to drive them towards the rebels. .

Because it was night, the rebels on the top of the mountain couldn't see clearly what was going on down the mountain. They mistakenly thought that the officers and soldiers were coming, so they hurriedly cut off the canes and pushed down the wood and rocks to block them.

After daybreak, all the wood and rocks in the hands of the rebels were exhausted. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to climb the mountain, and finally won a complete victory.

Since then, Shanyun's troops have suppressed rebellions in Xuzhou, Liuzhou, Pingle, Guilin, Yishan, Sien and other places.

At the beginning of this month, Shanyun believed that the barbarians in Qingyuan and Yulin would not be able to surrender unless they were severely damaged, so he requested the court to send more troops.

Zhu Gaoxu issued an edict to dispatch 500 soldiers from Guangdong Dusi Guards Station to Shanyun.

After Shan Yun received the reinforcements, he divided his forces and captured and killed many barbarians. He also personally commanded his troops to attack the Dateng Gorge rebels and achieved a complete victory.

It can be said that the good news that Qi Tai delivered just now was completely within Zhu Gaoxu's expectation.

"Shan Yun has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion. He was promoted to Tongzhi, Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army. He was given a red woven and gold robe as a reward."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Qi Tai and ordered: "As for the other meritorious soldiers, we will follow Shan Yun's instructions. After verification, they will all be approved."

"The minister leads the order."

Qi Tai bowed to accept the order, and then continued: "Your Majesty, another good news comes from Pingman General Xiao Shu. General Xiao reported that the chaos in Shuixi Xuanwei Division and Pinglang Chief Sui has been calmed down. At present, everywhere in Guizhou The rebellion has all been put down."

In February of this year, Zhang Nu, a man from Aodong, Zhenyuan Prefecture, robbed and plundered the people. He was captured by He Menglin, the chief of the Manchang Litigation Division in Ping'e Yixi, Sizhou Prefecture. Zhang Nu's father, Mr. Yin, gathered more than [-] people to support the lawsuit. The slave was rescued and wanted to attack his cave village.

Xiao Shu, the commander-in-chief of Huguang and Guizhou Province, sent Yang Tongliang, the chief of the Nandong Division of Chixi, Xinhua Prefecture, to appease him. General Yin set up an ambush on the road and killed Yang Tongliang.

Therefore, Xiao Shou sent Huguang Du Commander Zhang Ming to mobilize [-] soldiers from Yuanzhou, Chenzhou and other guards to carry out encirclement and suppression. They joined forces at Qinglang Guard to conquer Aodong, kill Yin Zong, wipe out all his associates, and quell the turmoil. .

At the end of February, the soldiers and civilians of Songnongli, Shitidong, and Houxidong of Xuanfu Division in Youyang were attacked and robbed by Sizhou Cao Cao Chief Xiang Mouping, Changnan, Mouguchang, and Akun for successive years.

Hou Xi and other cave chiefs gathered the local people to resist, captured six of the bandit leaders alive, and beheaded them on the spot. However, the robbers were still rampant, so Xiao Shou sent people to appease them, and at the same time prepared to mobilize Sizhou and other guards and Youyang Xuan The officers and soldiers of Fusi carried out a campaign.

Forced by the intimidation of the officers and soldiers, Cijiadong Changmou Guchang and others surrendered. They returned all the property they had robbed, buried the people they killed in local customs, and compensated them with horses and other materials. They vowed not to commit the crime again.

Xiao Shou then ordered the troops to stop and calmed down the uneasy situation on the Guizhou border.

At the beginning of March, Song Zhidao, the newly added chief official, robbed the residents, and Xiao Shou sent officials to appease him. Song Zhidao continued to be evil and gathered barbarians from all over the cave to plunder, so Xiao Shou sent troops to suppress the arrests, captured Song Zhidao's weapons and sent them to the capital. Punish and behead.

The barbarians from Guaoxi, Baxiang, and Kunzhubi villages under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Envoy Division in Guizhou lived in the deep mountains and dense forests. For many years, they attacked and robbed surrounding villages, plundered property, kidnapped women, dug up human tombs, and killed and injured officers and soldiers. It caused a lot of trouble. The civilian army was uneasy.

Once the officers and soldiers of the guard station were dispatched to pursue them, the barbarians in the villages fled and hid in the deep mountains and forests.

The local official Liu Dexiu came to issue an edict, but the leader of the barbarians in the villages, Zhuo Bangtong, not only refused to obey, but also wanted to kill him. Fortunately, someone from a neighboring village came to the rescue and was spared from death.

So Xiao Shou sent the capital commander Su Bao and Xuanwei envoy Song Bin to lead troops to first attack Kunzhubi Village, and then destroy other villages, beheading dozens of rebels, and the barbarians in each village surrendered in fear.

In mid-March, after the violent death of Han Guan, the commander of the Guangxi capital, rebellions broke out among the barbarians in Guangxi. After the barbarians in Guizhou learned about the rebellion in Guangxi, they also raised troops to rebel.

Puding Weixi Fort Chief Sui Agu, Aha and others caused chaos, while Di Zhai Chief Sui Ganchao gathered people to kill people and rob money.

Si Luo Fudang, the chief official of Duyun Wei Fengning, burned down the temple and killed the native official's family.

Pingyue Wei Guwang Jia Nong, Jia Nu, Qing Ping Chief Si Pingruo and other strongholds Aye and Guba Zhai Gezi Ming each gathered a crowd to rebel.

Lu Ping in Pu'an Prefecture gathered a crowd to cause chaos and killed Zhang Fu and others from a hundred households who went to appease him without permission.

After Xiao Shou took office and became the Pingman General, he, together with the Commanding Department, the Chief Secretary, and the Ancha Department, adopted a combination of pacification and suppression, so that those who were in trouble everywhere surrendered one after another and quelled the rebellion.

By mid-April this year, with the exception of the lawsuits between Shuixi Xuanweisi and Pinglangchang, all rebellions in Guizhou had been basically quelled.

Shuixi Xuanwei Si Aguan and Hexuan rebelled. They gathered more than [-] people to attack the officers and soldiers, killing many people, and occupied the local mountains and forests as their nests. With the cooperation of Su Di, the leader was captured and killed by a plan, and the evil chaos was brought under control.

Chief Pinglang sued the barbarian bandits Jina, Alu and others for occupying the territory of the deputy chief of the department. They burned down the nearby village, confiscated livestock and killed and injured the villagers. This was an evil act. Professor Xiao repeatedly sent people to appease the barbarian bandits but refused. So Xiao Shou used troops to suppress it, captured the barbarian thief Jina alive and imprisoned him. Soon Jina died in prison.By the beginning of May, through Xiao's clever use of the strategy of combining pacification and suppression, all rebellions in Guizhou had been quelled.

"Xiao taught his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion. He was promoted to Tongzhi, Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army. He was given a python robe as a reward and consolation."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Qi Tai and ordered: "As for the remaining meritorious soldiers, all will be approved after the Ministry of War has verified that they are correct."

"The minister leads the order."

Qitai bowed again and accepted the order.

Seeing that Qi Tai had no intention of resigning, Zhu Gaoxu knew that the other party should have something else to do, so he asked, "Qi Qing, has something to report?"

"Your Majesty, the barbaric general Shan Yun impeached the Liuzhou Guard commander Wang Lun for killing Liang and taking credit."

Qi Tai said in a deep voice: "This is General Shan's impeachment memorial."

As he spoke, he took out a memorial from his sleeve pocket, held it in his hands, and raised it high.

Kang Ping took the impeachment memorial and forwarded it to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the memorial, glanced at it briefly, and then put it down casually.

When the Liuzhou rebels were looting everywhere, the barbarian general Shan Yun sent Liuzhou Guard Commander Wang Lun to attack the rebels.

However, after the barbarian rebellion in Liuzhou subsided, the local native people in Liuzhou reported that Wang Lun massacred the surrendered barbarians and took their heads as rebels to report.

In other words, what Wang Lun killed was not ordinary people, but surrendered rebels. Strictly speaking, it was not considered killing good people and taking credit.

"Do Shan Yun and Wang Lun have any personal grudges?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

"Your Majesty, General Shan has been transferred to Guangxi for a short period of time. He is stationed in Guilin Mansion on weekdays. He should not have any personal grudges with Commander Wang of Liuzhou Mansion."

Qi Tai said respectfully: "In my opinion, General Shan's impeachment of the king's commander must be out of public interest."

Zhu Gaoxu did not express his position, but called Kang Ping over and gave instructions.

After a while, Zhao Junchen, who had white hair and beard, came to Wuying Hall.

"Old minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor."

"Exemption."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said.

"What do you think of General Zhao, General Shan Yun?"

Zhu Gaoxu said bluntly.

Zhao Junchen thought for a moment, then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, General Shan is loyal, brave, benevolent and righteous, has a public heart and cares about the country, and is not a small-minded person."

Qi Tai, who was standing next to him, understood clearly. Zhao Junchen's words were tantamount to saying that Shan Yun would not abolish public affairs for personal reasons, and the public would avenge private revenge.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to hear the specific details, Zhao Junchen's words were enough.

"Old General, please step back."

"The old minister retire."

Zhao Junchen bowed and said.

"Qi Shangshu, how do you think the court should deal with Wang Lun, the commander of the Liuzhou Guard?"

After Zhu Gaoxu watched Zhao Junchen leave, he turned to look at Qi Taiyan and said.

Qi Tai thought for a while and said tactfully: "Your Majesty, I think that although the king's commander killed the envoys, they were all barbarians. He should be treated with leniency."

"Then I'll fine you a year's salary as a warning to others."

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice.

Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty is wise, and the humble ministers follow the orders."

"Qi Qing, there is something I don't understand. Can you help me clarify it?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty, I will tell you everything I know."

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, why have the barbarians in Guizhou and Guangxi rebelled repeatedly?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked a question that gave Qi Tai a headache.

"Your Majesty, this matter is a long story, and I won't be able to tell the truth for a while."

Qi Tai didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he considered his words carefully and said, "But in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the principle of 'people who are not of my race must have different minds.'"

"Qi Qing thinks, how should the imperial court act to prevent another barbarian rebellion in Guizhou and Guangxi?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked reluctantly.

(End of this chapter)