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Chapter 1066 The Episode of the 19th Year of Wanli
Daming's use of troops in the southwest is different from that in the north. In the north, it has been suppressed by Mongolia for so long, and it knows soft methods such as peace talks and exchanges, but in the southwest, it is a typing.

The Yang family is so tossed about in Bozhou, the reason why the Ming officials pretended to be confused is nothing more than fear of trouble, there are barren land on the left and right, and they are all members of the Nine Miao clan, so let him fight and kill, it is good to have a sense of proportion, but the Yang family is so If they don't know how to restrain themselves, they even attack the prefectures and counties where the Han people live, and kill officials and gentry.

The local officials around Bozhou also knew that the officers and soldiers in Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang were too weak to fight. If they hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to destroy them, they would be defeated by the soldiers of the Yang family and the army would collapse, not to mention that the Yang family received the supplies of the officers and soldiers. Ordnance, gathering captives will greatly increase the power, and the floating of people's hearts is a terrible trouble.

Right now, the chaos in the Yang family has not yet spread, and the local government can tell the above that they are preparing slowly, and that if they are going to suffer a big defeat, all the people in charge will be sentenced to prison.

Therefore, since the 18th year of Wanli, the Yang family was unable to fight from Bozhou in a hurry. The terrain was a barrier for him, and it was also an obstacle. Officials in Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang have been mobilizing forces to prepare. And active in the court.

Those who really have a relationship are those who have been transferred away, and those who have a lesser relationship are complaining about their grievances and sending the real situation to the capital on the one hand.

In Sichuan, Guizhou, Huguang and even the surrounding areas, in the political system of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli's lineage did not have much influence, and they still belonged to the traditional civil servants' jurisdiction, although it is quite awkward to say so.

The central members of the six cabinet ministries are all experienced in officialdom and can clearly see the truth behind the bureaucratic articles. According to Wang Xijue's words:

"...If you don't send people over, I'm afraid the situation will soon be corrupted."

Once the tone is set, according to the previous rules, a civil servant will be sent to take charge of the matter. This is Li Hualong, the military governor of the three provinces of Sichuan, Chu and Guizhou.

Although Li Hualong was born as a Jinshi, he was unlucky back then. He didn't have the opportunity to gain qualifications in the capital. He went to a local county and became a magistrate. After a few years as a senior officer, he returned to Nanjing again.

You can't enter the capital, but there are very few officials who have such rich experience in office and have done a few solid things in office. The chaos in Sichuan is suitable for such capable ministers.

Li Hualong knew a lot about the military as a border town governor, but after going to Sichuan, he found that the situation here was much more difficult than he thought.

Sichuan, Huguang, and Guizhou are not without soldiers who can fight. In fact, the proportion of soldiers who can fight is still very high. However, most of these people are so-called Miao soldiers, that is, they are themed by the southwestern ethnic groups such as Miao and Yao who have been naturalized for a long time. Infantry, these soldiers are indeed much stronger than the guard soldiers who have been lax for a long time.

But in the current situation, these forces cannot be used, because these Miao soldiers are also governed by the naturalized chieftains, and Bozhou is also under the chieftain regime. If you use Miao soldiers to fight, don’t be subdued by the Yang family in Bozhou. opponent's strength.

In fact, many chieftains close to Bozhou took the initiative to ask for a fight, because the Yang family violated their interests, even though they were of the same clan, they absolutely couldn't bear it.

Governor Li Hualong still puts caution first, not because he doesn’t want to use it, but because the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chu have too little and too little power to use. If there is a slight problem, people’s hearts will fluctuate, and the whole province will collapse. We must be cautious and dare not do anything mistake.

While Li Hualong sent people to deal with Yang Jiaxu and the Snake, everyone pretended to ask the crime, and at the same time mobilized forces from all over the place to surround him.

After all, the Yang family's Bozhou is a small place, and the power that can be mobilized is as good as the sky. He has laid down dozens of fortresses around Bozhou, two prefectures and counties, and hundreds of villages, but that's all. , and then outward, the soldiers and horses of the three provinces will compete with him, which is a see-saw situation.

What Li Hualong did was quite satisfactory. He mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the place to gather around Hejiang County, hoarded food and grass, recruited civilians, and waited until he reached an absolute superiority in strength before launching a general attack.

However, the terrain of Bozhou is dangerous, and the combat power of the Yang family and the allied Miao soldiers is quite strong, so it is necessary to make enough margin, that is to say, the greater the certainty, the better. The governor of the province knows that there are no [-] soldiers, and there are no [-] soldiers that can be used for a year's food, so you must not move lightly.

It will take at least three years to mobilize these people and food, and try not to disturb the capital and the local area as much as possible, without causing too many twists and turns.

To be honest, three years is not too much time, especially when dealing with such an enemy, what Li Hualong has done can be regarded as his duty, and it is a completely safe approach.

But in the 19th year of Wanli, Li Hualong's friend in the capital wrote a letter. The letter was quite straightforward. At the beginning, it only listed a few battles from Guihua City to outside the customs, which took no more than a month. The mobilization of less than [-] troops is a complete victory for destroying the country and killing the king. If the internal rebellion in Bozhou takes such a long time, if it is brought up in the future, it may be regarded as evidence of incompetence and impeachment.

Seeing this letter, Li Hualong was quite helpless. In all fairness, his preparations were quite satisfactory. No matter who he is, he should be judged as mature and prudent, but what he said in the letter was also true. Under the circumstances, there is really no way to do anything else.

Not to mention the great victory, the recent victories of the Forbidden Army in Shaanxi Border Town also ended quickly and the results were brilliant. If he fights like this on his own side, there will inevitably be hidden dangers in the future.

When the forbidden army goes everywhere, it means that where the emperor firmly controls, the civil servants will have much less right to speak in the local area. For example, there were almost no commercial taxes in Shaanxi and Shanxi. Tax supervisors were also dispatched, either to exploit and extort ruthlessly, or to collect taxes according to the rules.

In the face of the swords of the imperial army, the local officials and gentry did not have the courage to play tricks on the inner officials, and they all paid their taxes obediently. Everyone has seen the bloody consequences of not paying.

Li Hualong knew that the reason why the cabinet appointed him to Sichuan, Guizhou and Chu to supervise the extermination of thieves was to avoid the interference of the imperial army, but under such a situation, why should he bear the responsibility for this crime? an excuse for political opponents to attack
After being the governor of Liaodong, Li Hualong also wanted to make progress. After all, in the position of governor, it is inevitable to want to develop upwards.

What really made Li Hualong determined was the actions of the merchants from Sichuan and Huguang. The merchants flocked to Songjiang in February. Of course, Li Hualong knew that there were merchants among them who were related to him. Needless to say, even the merchants flocked to Songjiang. I don't care about taxes, Baba used to be a member of the Imperial Army system, so why would I bother to blame myself here.

Invite the imperial army to come in and let the imperial army clear up the battle. If you win, the governor will also share the credit. If you lose, you don't have to worry about taking the main responsibility.

There is a very important rule in the officialdom that is to understand each other. Although Li Hualong's memorial went to the capital, although the six cabinet departments were helpless, they could only accept it. The solution is always better, and some people privately said that the battles of these regiments of the Imperial Army are in grasslands and plains. The terrain of Banzhou is special, and it is a smoky and humid place.

The Yang family in Bozhou is nothing more than a barbarian in a whole place, which is nothing in the eyes of the court chiefs, but it is a good thing to make the forbidden army system, which is now more and more influential, suffer a disadvantage.

The people in the cabinet have no resistance, and the Emperor Wanli is full of confidence in the Forbidden Army. Tian Yi and Zou Yi, who are in charge of rituals, understand what it means if the Forbidden Army enters Sichuan, Guizhou and Chu to fight against the chaos. The more places the emperor can seize, The greater the power of the inner court, the more tax supervisors can be sent to the local government, which also gives the palace an extra position and outlet.

The center has reached an agreement on several aspects, so the next step is who to send, several regiments of the Imperial Army, strictly speaking, several towns, and the closest to Sichuan is Shaanxi.

However, Ningxia is also under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi, which occupies a vast area. Although Li Tao has four regiments in his hands, plus the rest of the elite backbone of more than 3 people, the scope of defense is also large. On the contrary, Ningxia is close to the Hetao. The armed forces of the merchant group are large enough to allow the imperial army to be drawn out.

As a matter of course, Sun Xin, the chief general of the Imperial Army in Ningxia Town, was selected. As for whether the Li family considered that Bozhou's terrain is complicated, the Imperial Army might suffer a disadvantage if they went, so they worked it out and let Sun Xin go here, this is unknown.

The Ningxia Forbidden Army dispatched two regiments, the Shaanxi Forbidden Army dispatched a 300-man artillery team, and another 1000 pacesetters from Ningxia and Shaanxi, as well as 700 so-called volunteer cavalry armed as the main force of the merchant group. A total of [-] people entered Shaanxi. Go to Hanzhong and enter Sichuan to calm the chaos.

For Shaanxi, the main force of the war is not too involved with the province. For Sichuan, this is a guest army who came to help, and with the friendship of Li Tao, the supply of food and grass is very convenient.

What's more, there are more than 6000 horses. Although the supply and supplies are quite a lot, it is not a huge amount.

The army does not need to bear the burden of food, grass and luggage, and there are people to receive accommodation and expenses along the way. The marching speed of the forbidden army can be raised to the highest, and the speed of the pacesetters and cavalry from all provinces is not slow. In the middle of the month, the imperial army entered Sichuan and reached Bozhou.

If Wang Tong was not the chief general, the rules of the imperial court could not be changed. As usual, the civil servants were in charge, and Governor Li Hualong was duty-bound. As for the supervising army, Zhao Jinliang was on patrol and was immediately arrested.

From the perspective of the palace, it is true that Long Live Lord and Zou Yi and Eunuch Zou have taken care of the little Eunuch Zhao to the extreme. Zhao Jinliang and Eunuch Zhao are already working in various important yamen in the palace at such an old age. The palace office has accumulated experience, and it must be a great achievement to supervise the army this time.

Sun Xin is calm and mature, which is rare among his peers. Such a personality is not a problem, but he lacks a bit of drive and determination at important times. For example, at this time, he is afraid that he will suffer in the unfamiliar land of Bozhou. , the undefeated imperial army is not only military prestige, but also many other things, he can't afford this responsibility, of course, he has no reason not to go when the emperor orders generals.

Helpless and apprehensive, before departure, Sun Xin sent a fast horse to Wang Tong’s side to send a letter to ask Wang Tong for advice. Wang Tong’s reply letter was sent when Sun Xin entered Sichuan. The letter said very simple ". In Daming, there is no enemy that the Huwei army can't defeat, what you have to do is not to underestimate the enemy, not to advance rashly, follow the righteous path, and push the enemy's lair step by step."

This letter made Sun Xin calm down. Wang Tong also sent a private letter to Zhao Jinliang, which also stated very simply, saying that Daming had treated the southwestern chieftain for too long, so that they didn't know how to be in awe. Don't go this time. If you are afraid of killing people, you need to have enough prestige, and then you can display your benevolence, benevolence and righteousness.

On Li Hualong's side, Wang Tong didn't have any private letters, but the big businessmen from Sichuan and Huguang took the initiative to approach Li Hualong, willing to help Master Wang and do what they could.

The so-called assistance used to be to give money and food, but these big businessmen provided more information to the imperial army than this. Bozhou is not a peach blossom garden. If you want to survive, you have to communicate with the outside world. At least salt must be bought outside. Chu's big businessmen made a lot of money between the acquisition and sale.

When I went to Songjiang Mansion once, I had to show kindness to Wang Tong. The Forbidden Army is the best way to express goodwill. Everyone threw away all the previous relationships. In fact, don’t look at the fact that the government is gradually closing It's tight, but there have been merchants selling salt and weapons to the Yang family, and behind this merchant there are shadows of some big bosses in the government. Anyway, they can't delay making money, and everyone thinks this is a small disturbance.

The first battle of the imperial army that wiped out the Yang family was not fought against the Yang family, nor with the Miao soldiers allied with the Yang family, or the bandits who took advantage of the situation to make trouble. Instead, they went to Zigong to wipe out the biggest salt lord in the area.

The salt production in Sichuan is huge, and the salt gangs in Sichuan are also self-contained. Apart from smuggling them to the Huguang area, the real profit is selling them to various ethnic groups in the southwest. The villages in the mountains are short of salt, and the price is extremely expensive.

Before the Yang family in Bozhou rebelled, they first bought a large number of salt goods, and then set a rule with this salt lord at a high price, collecting salt continuously. With this, many Miao villages and Yao villages served him. This kind of news has always been popular among everyone. I knew it well, but I just pretended not to know, but when the forbidden army arrived, everything was different. The wealthy merchants in Sichuan immediately sold the news as a favor. The Yan Xiao could mobilize nearly three thousand people, which was quite difficult. group.

Up and down in Sichuan, from Li Hualong to the merchants below, all feel that the enemy is too underestimated.——
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