Chapter 966 1055 Southwest Affairs

"Sit down first, Lubu, serve tea."

Li Chengliang walked into Wei Guangde's duty room with a nervous mood. After hearing Wei Guangde's words, Lubu asked him to sit on the chair on the left side of the outer room, and then brought him a cup of tea.

Li Chengliang had been in the capital for quite a while. At first, he guessed that the court might use troops in the southwest, but during such a long time, he did not find any signs of instability in the jurisdiction of the Right Army Governor's Office.

In fact, if Wei Guangde had not deliberately explored the details of the border areas outside Yunnan, the Ming court would never have dreamed that outside the southwest border, someone was already sharpening his knife and intending to nibble away at the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Yes, the Ming court conferred three Xuans and six Weis around Myanmar, but because there was no actual rule, it was just using local chieftains to form a symbolic unity. Although the Ming Dynasty included this area when it drew up the so-called territory map, in fact, the court did not pay attention to it at all.

And the territory is the area actually controlled by the Ming court, such as Liaodong and Yunnan.

The land outside was just a nominal territory, and they were not really concerned.

Li Chengliang had the same idea as other Ming Dynasty officials. Naturally, he did not expect that the cabinet was not concerned about the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but the territory outside the territory.

Today, the cabinet suddenly summoned him to see him, and Li Chengliang was still wondering.

Although everyone had the same rank, Li Chengliang did not dare to put on airs.

The cabinet had an extraordinary status in the Ming Dynasty court, so Li Chengliang rushed here as soon as possible to wait for the summons.

Unfortunately, he came too quickly, and when he arrived at the cabinet, he found out that the three cabinet ministers had not returned from the palace to see the emperor.

During the waiting time, Li Chengliang was guessing the purpose of the cabinet's summons. He even thought that the court would mint silver coins, and he, the left general, wanted him to personally lead the tiger guards, garrisons and other guards in Beijing to guard the silver coins minted by the court and distribute them to various places.

During his time in Beijing, he also heard that the interior seemed to be not peaceful, and there were bandits of all sizes in various places.

It's impossible to let him, a dignified left governor, be responsible for the affairs of arresting and chasing thieves.

While thinking about it, someone asked him to go to Wei Guangde's duty room, and he immediately followed here.

While waiting, Li Chengliang stole a glance at Wei Guangde who was busy writing official documents. He was too young.

Among the high-ranking officials in the court who were all in their forties and fifties, Wei Guangde, who was in his thirties, was really young.

But he stood on the side well. When the court officials looked down on the wind direction, he decisively chose to stand on the side of the unpopular Prince Yu.

Although Prince Yu had a short life and did not serve as emperor for a long time, in these few years, he successfully became a cabinet minister and became a big figure in the court.

Qi Jiguang was able to be transferred at will, not because of the support of the young man in front of him.

Thinking of losing real power because of this, Li Chengliang felt dissatisfied.

However, after the experience of officialdom, he has also developed the ability to hide his emotions, so although he sat down at this moment, he did not sit firmly.

Well, because of the difference between civil and military officials, Li Chengliang, the left governor of the first rank, could only regard himself as a subordinate in front of Wei Guangde, rather than an exchange between officials of the same level.

After writing the draft, Wei Guangde pasted one on the memorial, then put down his pen, stood up and walked to the main seat in the outer room.

"Wei Ge Lao."

Seeing Wei Guangde coming out, Li Chengliang immediately stood up and bowed.

"Li Dudu, please sit down, no need to be polite."

Wei Guangde made a gesture of invitation and asked him to sit down again.

The reed cloth at the door brought tea and water in time, and then quickly retreated.

"Ruqi, I don't think it's strange to call you like this."

Because he didn't have much contact with Li Chengliang, Wei Guangde said very politely when they met.

"Wei Ge Lao, you are too polite."

Although Wei Guangde was younger than him, he would not be polite because of his status.

In fact, if Wei Guangde kept calling him by his name, it meant that he was close to him, which was not a bad thing.

Although he was very humble in front of Wei Guangde, what he thought in his heart was another matter.

Afterwards, Wei Guangde asked Li Chengliang about his adaptation during his time in the capital.

After all, he was transferred back to the capital from a border town, and because he suddenly rose to a high position, the military heroes in the capital would not look at him well.

Although the court would give the official position of the governor of the border army before, it was mostly for the purpose of conferring merit and improving the rank. It was very rare for a governor like him to directly manage the government affairs.

Also because he took away other people's jobs, Li Chengliang's life in the capital during this period was not very good. It can be said that he was walking on thin ice.

"Wei Ge Lao, I am a crude warrior who grew up in the border area since I was a child. I would rather stay in the border town to defend the border. I am really not used to life in the capital."

After Wei Guangde asked him how he was doing in the capital, Li Chengliang chose to complain. He would not say that he was excluded by the nobles, but could only say that he was not used to life in the capital.

If we talk about whether life in the capital is good or not, then it is good, but if there is financial support from Liaodong, he can live a very good life in the capital.

As for the exclusion of the nobles, it is just that, don't take it to heart.

Anyway, the current Five Military Commandery does not have much power, just like Wei Guangde, reviewing some official documents governing the Dusi and Weisuo.

However, he still wants to make achievements and want to get a title, so he doesn't want to stay in the capital to kill time.

"It was my suggestion to keep you in the capital. I heard that you have eight sons, and they are the famous Li Family Army among the border troops."

Wei Guangde chuckled.

"Mr. Wei Ge, I have eight sons, but five are still young and have not yet entered the military camp. Only three sons fight with me on the battlefield."

Li Chengliang didn't understand the reason why Wei Guangde said this, so he answered cautiously.

"You have achieved great results in Liaodong these years. This is the main reason why I keep you here. Maybe you have also made some assumptions."

Wei Guangde asked again.

Hearing Wei Guangde be so direct, Li Chengliang understood a little bit. Mr. Wei Ge really came from a military family. He didn't like to turn around when talking and doing things. He always went straight. That would be easy. Just say it straight.

"Yes, the general has thought that maybe something happened in the southwest, so the imperial court kept me in the capital to prepare."

Naturally, he would not ignore the information he had learned at the Ministry of War.

When he arrived at the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, he had been checking the documents of the Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Guangxi and guard posts under his rule.

But in fact, only the Ministry of War has retained key documents. All that was left in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were useless memorials, such as farmland, military household population, etc., which did not touch on the key points at all.

Moreover, thousands of families were killed in Burma, and it was a matter of the Jiajing Dynasty. How could Li Chengliang have thought so far ahead.

Therefore, the official documents he read were all documents that had been exchanged in Southwest China in the past few years, and had not been touched by the Jiajing Dynasty.

"There is indeed something going on in the southwest, but I don't know if you, a general who has been fighting in the north all year round, are sure of making a triumphant return in the southwest?"

Wei Guangde asked, still smiling.

"Mr. Wei Ge, the Governor's Office has not received any news about police in the southwest."

Hearing what Wei Guangde said, Li Chengliang asked in surprise.

No matter what happens, as long as it involves fighting, it usually doesn't happen by accident. It takes a long time to brew before it breaks out.

Even if the local government conceals something, the Weisuo and Dusi will report the situation to the Dudu Mansion.

Just like now, the Right Army Governor's Office has received some warning training, but it is still far from an outbreak.

Most of the time, there are many conflicts between local officials and chieftains, and there seems to be a possibility of conflict.

However, local generals don't actually have much say in this kind of matter, and it's all the civil servants who mess around.

In order to obtain more benefits, they suppressed the tribes under their rule.

Because the health center had to receive money and food from the local area, it was also controlled by local officials. In addition to making some preparations, it could only watch and did not dare to say anything.

Of course, there are also local generals and civil servants who are in cahoots with each other. It depends on whether they can take you or not.

Li Chengliang quickly went through it in his mind. There seemed to be no signs of rebellion breaking out under his rule, but what did Wei Guangde mean?

"hehe."

Wei Guangde just chuckled. He had roughly guessed Li Chengliang's judgment that he thought the local government was suppressing the rebellion.

After laughing, he said: "Captain Li made a mistake. The thing you have been summoned to deal with in Beijing is not local counterinsurgency.

Due to the complex terrain in the southwest, it did have some influence on our Ming army's suppression of the chieftain rebellion, but wherever the court needed to use battlefield warriors like Zuo Dudu, local guards were enough. "

Wei Guangde's words are also true. Most of the rebellions were settled by just mobilizing guards along the way and bringing a few guard posts.

Even if the other party has a great reputation and can bring many small tribes to participate, it is just a matter of dispatching general soldiers and mobilizing a few more people. There is really no precedent of sending governor-level officials from the capital to the battlefield to quell the rebellion. .

"southwest."

Wei Guangde's words made Li Chengliang suddenly enlightened, and he finally knew where he had gone wrong.

He actually thinks the same as others. Most people only focus on the country and fail to see the territory outside the territory.

Wei Guangde's words had actually revealed a lot of information to him, that is, the military operation he was asked to command was most likely not on Ming territory, but a war outside, and it seemed that the scale was not small.

It's no wonder. After looking through the documents sent by Southwest, there was no sign of the outbreak of the war. It turned out that the war was not happening here at all.

With Wei Guangde's reminder, Li Chengliang naturally thought of two directions. One was the Wusi Zangdu Commandery Division and the Duogan Xingdu Commandery Division, and the other was the Sanxuan Liuwei outside Yunnan.

The Usi Tsangdu Command and Envoy Department, referred to as the "Usi Tsangdu Department", was the highest military and political authority in China's Ming Dynasty over most of the present-day Tibet Autonomous Region except Qamdo, as well as Sikkim and Bhutan.

Duogan Xingdu Command Division, referred to as Duogan Xingdu Division, is the name of the Ming Dynasty's military jurisdiction in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It has 1 Wei, 2 Dharma King's fief, 3 Xuanwei Division, 5 Recruitment Division, 40,000 households and 16,000 households. Place.

In fact, these two command and envoy departments are mainly responsible for the central and eastern regions of Tibet. In the west, there is also the Oris Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion, which is in charge of the Ali region of Tibet today.

The Ming Dynasty's Tibetan policy actually did not go beyond the Yuan Dynasty's reward system, which was carried out through the reward system of local nobles and chieftains.

The Ming Dynasty's rule over Tibet mainly adopted the policy of restraint system and multiple feudalism. It established administrative agencies in Tibet, granted officials, restored post stations, and controlled Tibet through the tea-horse trade.

The Ming Dynasty also attached great importance to various religious forces in Tibet, adopted multiple confederations, and canonized three Dharma kings and five religious kings, achieving the goal of maintaining local stability and ensuring smooth connections between Tibet and the mainland.

In order to maintain the stability of Tibet, Ming Dynasty obtained the support of local nobles and religious leaders through various forms of recruitment, rewards, multiple titles, and the integration of politics and religion. At the grassroots level, it implemented the system of the Commandery and the Guards, integrating the military and politics.

From beginning to end, the Ming court never sent ministers to supervise the Tibetan areas, nor did it station troops. It only required regular tribute and the enthronement of successors.

After all, Tibet is located on a plateau, and it is very troublesome to send troops there.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and established the Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent officials to Tibet with an imperial edict, ordering all tribes to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

The edict said that Zhu Yuanzhang "ordered the generals to lead the army to pacify the country. The subjects elected him as the master of the world, the country was named the Great Ming, and the reign was Hongwu. He followed the way of my previous kings and used the people to benefit the people. However, your Tubo country is located in the west, and now China is unified, I am afraid that you have not heard of it yet, so I hereby issue an edict."

In the same year, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also sent Xu Yunde, an official of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration Commission, to Tibet to issue a second edict, "ordering the chieftains of all ethnic groups to raise their former officials and come to Beijing to be appointed".

However, at this time, the Tibetan officials were still loyal to the Yuan Dynasty and did not surrender until the Ming army captured Tao, Min and other states, and conquered Hezhou, the seat of the Yuan Dynasty's Tubo Xuanweishisi Duyuanshuaifu, and then the Tubo Xuanweishi He Suonanpu surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

In the third year of Hongwu, Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty died of illness. Under this situation, the leaders of the northwestern Tibetans who were originally loyal to the Yuan Dynasty successively submitted to the Ming Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, the hereditary lord of Tibet, King Wujing of Zhenxi, Bunara, carried the seal issued by the Yuan Dynasty and led the leaders of the Tubo tribes to Nanjing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty to express his submission.

The Ming Dynasty confiscated the seals granted to them by the Yuan Dynasty, and granted them the titles of Hezhou Guard Commander Tongzhi and Jingnan Guard Commander Tongzhi respectively, and allowed their descendants to inherit the title, and their subordinates were also granted the titles of Qianhu and Suozhenfu.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, the former Yuan Dynasty's acting imperial teacher Nang Gaba Zangbu led more than 60 people to Nanjing to meet Ming Taizu and express their surrender.

Nang Gaba Zangbu was named "Chisheng Buddhist Treasure National Master" by Ming Taizu and was given a jade seal. He also recommended more than 100 Tibetan officials of the former Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty twice, and all of them were granted official positions at all levels.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty established its rule over Tibet to this day.

Thinking of a rebellion in Tibet, Li Chengliang felt a little chilly in his heart.

If the army went there to fight, it would be very troublesome. Not only was it difficult to transport supplies, but the soldiers might not adapt to the environment there.

Who said that most of the troops sent to Tibet these days started from Shaanxi and took the Qinghai-Tibet Line.

Of course, there were also those who started from Sichuan.

But no matter which way he went, whether it was Shaanxi Dusi or Sichuan Dusi, they were all under the jurisdiction of his Right Army Dudufu, so he couldn't go there even if he didn't want to.

As for the other direction, it was the three Xuans and six Weis that the court had conferred outside Yunnan.

Compared to going to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Li Chengliang obviously preferred that something happened in Yunnan.

But what surprised him was that the Yunnan Dusi did not report the warning.