(I really want to continue the previous chapter and write in detail, but...)

"Your Majesty, Mangui, reported to our Emperor that he took an oath in June of the ninth year of Tianqi and entered Tibet in July. Along the way, the resistance between monks and officials was extremely strong. No temple sold our army's food and grass, no city accepted our army, and no one

The monk agreed to the appointment of local officials by our army...

On July 18, the leading detachment of our army arrived at Chaka City. After the captain, Captain Hei Mingxiao, entered the city, he clashed with the local monks. The monks were so distraught that they ordered monk soldiers to attack them. Captain Hei was outnumbered, and all three of his party were killed. The monks

The officer threw his head off the city wall, causing our soldiers outside the city to be filled with grief and indignation. The following officer was Hei Minglian, the younger brother of Captain Hei Mingxiao. When he encountered this incident of his brothers being killed, his blood suddenly surged.

, so he ignored my emperor's earnest teachings of "attacking the heart first" and rashly led his troops to attack the city. After the city was defeated, he killed all the monks, officials and many other nobles in the city...

On September 26, thirteen monasteries in Kham, Uizang and other places gathered about 20,000 people to attack our advance detachment. The commander of the detachment, Sun Zushou, led the detachment of more than 3,000 soldiers and defeated them. One thousand, three hundred of the enemy were killed.

There were more than 16,000 prisoners, and the fighting power of the Tibetan troops can be seen from this.

However, although our army has won a great victory, our emperor's idea of ​​"pacifying a peaceful march is the first choice and not using swords unless absolutely necessary" has come to nothing. The failure of my ministers to carry out my emperor's will is punishable by death!

In addition, the deeper I go into the snowy area, the more shocking I see and hear. The upper-level monks and officials have the power to kill and kill the serfs under their command. They usually destroy people at will, but if they arise, they will skin people alive to control them.

Thangka. Or even on the birthday of the monk, his minions killed people on the spot, pulled out the wet intestines, and used the head to celebrate his birthday. The monk wanted to make a utensil, but also killed people on the spot, saying that his fresh skull would be convenient for blessing. There is also a match rope eliminated in the Ming Dynasty.

Guns flowed into Tibet, and Tibetan nobles actually used living people as targets to test the power of guns...

Along the way, we often see people from the lower classes digging mountains into caves. The men have unkempt hair and dirty faces, and the stench is unpleasant. The women are not fully clothed, and their faces are yellow and skinny. Some people may ask, since the river is so close, why not take a bath in it. The answer is, the river is the private property of the monks and officials.

, in order to avoid cruel punishment, they did not dare to bathe in the river, which would pollute the water of the monks and officials.

We also see that the so-called free people in the snowy areas, such as hunters, farmers, craftsmen, etc., are few in number and are severely oppressed. The taxes set by the monks and officials are numerous, which are still more than a hundred times more than those in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty before the tax reform of our emperor.

If you give birth to a child, you must pay a birth tax, otherwise the baby will be killed. A baby with double eyelids will pay about one silver dollar per child, and double the amount for a baby with single eyelids! There is also a new shoe tax, a new clothes tax, a cow hoof tax, a chicken tax, an egg tax, and a cooking material tax.

, butter tax, highland barley tax and other complex and shameless taxes... There is also the inexplicable ear tax. It is said that people who have long ears must pay a tax, and those who do not pay the tax have their ears cut off... Such exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes are difficult for the people to afford.

But if he is not careful, he will owe a huge debt and eventually become a slave. From then on, he will be a slave for generations and his life will be precarious.

As a military commander, I usually pay less attention to people's livelihood. However, after I entered Tibet today, I also know that although our people in the Ming Dynasty have many difficulties, even before our emperor took over the country, the ordinary people in our Ming Dynasty, compared with the Tibetan people,

The blessings are already profound.

Now, my large army entering Tibet has become a quarrel with the local monks and officials. I beg my emperor to allow my army to take advantage of it. I asked myself that after leading the army for a long time, I don't know how many dead souls there are under my command. I said that my heart has been as solid as stone. However, after entering this world,

After a trip to hell, I realize that my compassion still exists! I hereby make a solemn oath not to hang the people in the snowy area upside down, and I wish to live here forever!

Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief of the Xinjiang Garrison Corps and Commander-in-Chief of the Army Entering Tibet, Mangui.

October 16, the ninth year of Tianqi."

This time, Mangui's memorial reached Zhu Youdong first: His Majesty the Emperor has already visited the Chongqing Mansion of the Chief Secretary of Sichuan.

After reading Man Gui's memorial, I realized that Zhu Youdong was a time traveler. Before he time travel, he had some understanding of the cruelty and darkness of the serfdom system in the snowy area before liberation. But when this vivid text was placed in front of him, he couldn't help but

Gasped.

However, after taking a breather, he still fell into the long exam.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, has a harsh living environment and a fragile ecosystem. Transportation is very difficult in the 21st century, and its output is also very limited. Logically speaking, after taking over such a place, the Ming Dynasty will not actually make much profit.

In ten years, there will even be repayments.

Moreover, in this game, whether his final opponent is Philip or Iprahim, by the time everyone fights in the end, even if the technology has developed to a very high level, it is estimated that those two will really send out an army to attack

He would never choose to march from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under any circumstances. Of course, if he wanted to conquer India in the future, he would never consider crossing the Himalayas from here.

Therefore, from a purely utilitarian point of view, in a game like this where the opponent's body is destroyed, it doesn't matter whether the snow area is captured or not. It can even be said that if it is captured, the economic losses will be huge.

Moreover, it now seems that it is not only an economic problem, but also a large part of his strength in the military.

Yes, the combat effectiveness of the monk soldiers in the snow area is indeed not worth mentioning, but you can't stand up to the number of temples in the snow area. And based on the current social situation in the snow area, don't even mention destroying the Buddha: this is really too advanced.

That's right, no matter how shameful and dirty things behind the temples in the Ming Dynasty are, at least in terms of appearance, everyone says that 'monastics are compassionate' and 'monastics cut off the worldly world and don't care about worldly affairs'. But

Monks and officials in the snow area, hehe...

In the 20th century, a Japanese scholar, Kawaguchi Ekai, wrote a monograph: "Three Yearstibet". In this book, his observation of Tibetan religious life is truly penetrating: "The idea of ​​serving all living beings is in the minds of Tibetan monks."

, it’s really not worth looking at...'. As for the moral quality of this generation of lamas, Kawaguchi also had no praise for it: 'Most of the monks and nobles who never marry for life have other interests, and the dissolute life of low-level soldiers and monks, especially

It’s hard to ask. The venue for an ordinary meeting to welcome gods is a place where people’s desires are rampant... The noble monk seems to be sincere, but secretly engages in corruption and deceit. He is a person who does evil under the mask of false kindness... The life of a senior monk is extremely comfortable.

, each has a private house or nunnery, and has seventy or eighty servants of various types...'.

Therefore, these monks and officials are bastards now. But due to reality, you can’t kill them all in one fell swoop: in the harsh living environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, people need faith, unless they really plan to live on this land

Create a no-man's land, otherwise the sects here will have to tolerate their existence.

However, tolerating the existence of these sects means that troops must be stationed in this area, and the cost will be overwhelming. If we also consider that the snow area will only have a population of two million, and we have to deal with these two million people.

Light corvee and scant tax... In the end, the income and expenses are equal, and it is definitely not worth the loss.

Therefore, from a purely utilitarian point of view, even if we want to bring the snowy area under our rule, the easiest thing is to learn from the Qing Dynasty and just send a minister to Tibet - those serfs are worse off than dead.

What do I do? There is really no need to destroy other people's serfdom while retaining local sects - this is an extremely thankless job. Sooner or later, the central government will suffer backlash, that is, the fighting power of Buddhists is compared with that of Xingyue believers.

The difference is too far, and there won’t be much splashing.

But...Zhu Youdong took the exam for a long time, and finally sighed: I am a human being. Although I have played many conspiracies and tricks in the nearly thirty years since I traveled across time, after all, I have a bottom line.

. I really can’t stand facing this inhumane system.

That's all, I admit it's a waste of money and troops, but as a human being, you still have to do what you should do.

"Founderization."

"My slave is here."

"Go and call me the teacher of the eldest son of the emperor, named Li Jia."

On this tour, he thought that it would be better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, so he took his two sons with him to teach them through words and deeds. Of course, because his eldest son Ciyi was only eleven years old, and his second son Ciyan

They are only eight years old. Therefore, for the continuity of learning, some of their teachers also accompany them throughout the process.

Therefore, one of the teachers of the emperor's eldest son, Li Jia, the president of Fangshan University, is also among the inspection team at this moment.

"Your Majesty, what's the point of calling students here so late? Oh, the climate in Chongqing at the end of October is not very comfortable. It's going to be very cold now."

"Huh, you guys have been indolent and indolent for so many years. Learn from your classmates. Some of them are in the army and navy, and they drill every day. Some are in uniforms and travel all over the world. Just you, I let you

You are Yi'er's teacher, you are wearing fine clothes and delicious food every day, and you are not happy anymore."

"Oh, Your Majesty, students will definitely enjoy themselves in a comfortable place. If students are sent to a difficult place, they can also endure hardship."

"Oh? Are you serious about this?"

"Seriously. Wait, Your Majesty, do you want to exile me three thousand miles again?"

"Nonsense! Is that place in Singapore a place of exile?"

"After many years of construction by Mr. Chen, Singapore is certainly no longer a place of exile. But when I first went there, it was really a difficult road. It makes me cry when I talk about it."

"Okay, okay, my blood was boiling just now, but after your troubles, the whole atmosphere was completely destroyed." After saying this, Zhu Youdong directly handed Man Gui's letter to him: "Read it quickly, read it.

Let’s talk when you’re done.”

"Oh." After taking the letter and reading it at a glance, Li Jia closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said, "The emperor wants the student to go to the snowy area to be the civil affairs officer?"

"Well, I want you to go to Lhasa to be the minister stationed in Tibet and command the Uizang, Kham, and Amdo Tripitakas."

The joking face that originally looked like he was trying to die now became rarely serious: "What does the emperor want his ministers to do?"

"On the premise of retaining local temples and some monks, destroy the local serfdom, distribute the land to the people, and liberate the serfs there."

"Your Majesty, this is forcing people to do something difficult. It is clearly written in General Manchu's memorial that the temple is the city and the city is the temple. Is there any reason to operate on someone without tearing their clothes?"

"There is no other way. I have not set up officials there for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty. If the local ruling class is completely destroyed at once, the snow area will be in chaos. Moreover, the people in that place have believed in various local beliefs since they were born.

How could the sect be wiped out so suddenly? No way, if you kill the monks to save them, they will kill you to avenge the monks!"

"...Okay, I understand. I can't turn a blind eye to such a tragic thing. I will take over this matter."

"Very good. When you go there, you must focus on publicity and guidance, and let the locals change their minds. Only in this way can long-term peace and stability be achieved. Of course, in order to allow those monks and officials to talk to you calmly, I will not only mobilize a team

In addition to the personal guards dispatching you, Mangui will also try his best to cooperate with your work."

"Yes." He took a deep breath again: "When will I set off?"

"Hey, Ci Yi actually likes you very much, and you have taught him well over the years. Let's do this, you have a good talk with Ci Yi, and then set off as soon as possible. I will deal with the relevant official appointment procedures later.

Founder drafted the decree and rushed it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Beijing for completion."
Chapter completed!