Liu Chengzong said earlier that he wanted to take possession of this palace as his own, but he was unwilling to accept it.
Nangsuoqianmo Palace is the symbol of Nangqian Wangzhu family’s rule over Nangqian, not to mention their talisman.
Whoever captures this fortress can rule a radius of 600 miles.
But because this incident was connected with the three-day fall of the city, monk Gama could only laugh at the arrogant Liu Chengzong.
In the past four hundred years, this fortress has only been attacked by people inside and outside, and has never fallen due to a force attack.
He believed that the local chiefs in Nangqian still wanted the Zhu family, and if they found an opportunity to reoccupy the fortress in the future, they could also rely on the castle to drive away the Liu family.
They are the eternal rulers of this land, just like the sun rising and the moon setting.
How to describe the thoughts of Monk Gama?
This is difficult for him to accept. In his long life, all he has received is that this palace is the strongest fortress in the world.
But in just six months, it was breached twice in succession.
The previous time it could be said that it was a coordinated effort inside and outside, but this time... including climbing the mountain, it only took Liu's army less than two hours to plant the Liu-character flag on the castle.
The defenders were very determined to resist. Monk Ga Ma climbed up the mountain. From the mountain platform to the inside of the castle, there were corpses everywhere.
The white horse that came out of the city to meet the enemy was as it was. The body was placed on the platform. A big hole was made in the left shoulder by an iron bullet, and the iron knife was still firmly held in the right hand.
Placed next to the white horse as originally shown are sixteen tiger heroes, all wearing tiger or wolf skins and having made great contributions in past wars. Some died from projectiles, while others died from close combat.<
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Lan Maruben died behind the city gate. The chainmail armor on his body was no longer available because it was beaten with holes by broken iron.
The corridor was stained with blood, and the tapestry on the wall was still inlaid with broken bones and iron pieces. The corpses were all moved out, and Black Horse Ruben was among them. It took people a long time to recognize him from the helmetless corpse. The deputy general of our army died on the rooftop platform of the castle. According to the prisoners, he was killed by a stray bullet as early as the battle began.
Except for Baili's mute Daiben who was captured, the following three lieutenants were all killed in battle.
Three of the six Jiaben were killed, one was captured in the city, and two escaped. One of them fell off a cliff and died, and the other broke his leg. They handed over their sabers and helmets at the foot of the mountain and surrendered to the Mongolian soldiers.
Of the more than 600 defenders, only 94 surrendered in the city. More than 300 corpses were found, and some were hiding in the mountains or falling into the ravine to the east.
It was a ravine that not even the condor could fly over, and Monk Gama didn't think those people could survive.
In fact, Ga Ma understood that the defenders had no chance of resisting without resoluteness. When the castle was being built, no one considered escaping.
There is no way out except to hold on.
However, only four people from the siege army died, and three of them were knocked off the cliff by the prisoners who pretended to surrender.
In the end, the man didn't die in the battle. He was shot at close range by the tiger hero with a musket. It wasn't until the Liu-character flag was planted on the top of the castle that he finally couldn't hold on and died.
Monk Gama's worldview collapsed, and the fortress as solid as a snow-capped mountain was breached at the cost of just one person.
In the past, he was worried that Liu Chengzong would not be able to stay in Qinghai Tibet for a long time, that his power would not be able to extend to Nangqian, and that he would not be able to be provided with protection after surrender.
But when the Lion Army took two hours to capture Nangsuo Qianmo Palace, he couldn't help but worry that Liu Chengzong wanted to rule the place too much.
He went to Liu Chengzong at night and said: "I don't want this palace anymore. I hope the generalissimo can let my housekeeper go down the mountain, find a suitable place to build a manor, and give me some land."
The oil lamp is always on, making the small room filled with smoke at night.
Liu Chengzong turned over the Thangka with surgical instruments and skeletons drawn by Ngawang Dai and listened to Chen Shifo's translation.
He raised his head and glanced at the Gama monk who was close at hand. The monk's expression was awkward.
What does it mean to build a manor and grant land? It's like Liu Chengzong wants to take all Nangqian as his own.
The last heir of a large feudal family that has ruled for hundreds of years within a radius of 600 miles has only two choices in this situation.
If you really want to let go of your power, just pack up and talk about asking for a piece of land to build a manor in Juerwan or Haibei, and ignore Nangqian's affairs.
If you want to seize power, you should sit here and talk to Liu Chengzong about canonizing chieftains and paying tribute from generation to generation as promised.
In Nangqian, the hereditary land of the family, giving you some manor land will tell all the local lords in Weizang that cooperation with Liu Chengzong will not end well.
Liu Chengzong raised his finger, his smile was filled with anger, and he shook his head and said: "Gama, Gama... My army regained your homeland for you, and so many good soldiers were killed and so many good soldiers were injured, but you still regard yourself as an outsider.
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"Outsiders?"
Monk Gama saluted and asked, "What does the general think I should do?"
"You will be the chieftain here, go get your land back, and let the whole Nangqian return to your hands. If you want to rebuild the Genbeng Temple, then rebuild it, whatever is allowed, but the law."
Liu Chengzong looked at Monk Gama and said, "The law must be obeyed by me."
Monk Gama shook his head and said: "No more repairs. The master who established Genbeng Temple once said that if this temple is destroyed, no one can rebuild it."
"Then don't repair it."
Liu Chengzong didn't care about this matter, he cared more about the law. He couldn't forget the law that a human life is only worth a straw rope.
"What kind of law does the Generalissimo want to enact?"
Liu Chengzong was not eager to express his thoughts. He just said to Ga Ma: "You are my official. What kind of laws do you think I will promulgate?"
Monk Gama felt relieved when he heard this. It was like a promise. With such military protection, he no longer needed to be afraid no matter what.
In fact, what he fears most is that Liu Chengzong treats him as an outsider, because he has also heard that this lion was a rebel who fought against landlords in Han Dynasty.
"Abolish chieftains and nobles, abolish slaves, tear down temples, prohibit lending, equalize land and exempt taxes?"
After monk Gama finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "The generalissimo should promulgate stricter laws on slaves, ensure the power of the nobles and temples, and let the nobles and monks pay more tribute."
When Master Chen translated this sentence, he looked carefully at Liu Chengzong... He didn't want to be dragged out and chopped into pieces by the furious Liu Chengzong just because he translated this sentence.
Fortunately, Liu Chengzong was not angry because of these, he just asked calmly: "Why did you say that?"
Ga Ma took it for granted: "The generalissimo is Han, and the army is also Han, and they are all rebels of the Ming Dynasty. I followed the army south, and I often heard that the sergeants wanted to fight back to the Han Dynasty and needed money, grain, minerals, livestock and treasures." p>
Monk Gama said: "The Generalissimo said that I am an official. Since I am an official in Nangqian, I have to help the Generalissimo do these things. He abolished the slaves of the chieftains, nobles and slaves, demolished the temples and banned lending, and equalized the land and exempted them from taxes. I cannot be allowed to do so.
Help the Generalissimo do this."
Liu Chengzong nodded: "Go on."
Monk Gama became even bolder. He said: "Nangqian has only 20,000 people in a radius of 600 miles. The land here cannot withstand intensive cultivation. A slave can only earn 30 tsampa per acre per month, but he can harvest
From forty catties of grain, a farmer can only harvest fifty catties of grain."
He spread his hands and said: "The slave eats ten catties and I keep ten catties. He eats five catties on the rest of the way and can give fifteen catties to the generalissimo. A farmer eats fifteen catties and keeps twenty-five catties. If you hand them over, I will keep them."
Five pounds, the five pounds given to the generalissimo were eaten on the road."
After monk Gama finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "The general's army is like the gods in the sky, capable of defeating everything on earth. No matter what they want to do, the monks, laymen and nobles on the earth dare not say anything. Anyone who dares to speak will have their tongues plucked out."
The head was chopped off, the skin was peeled off and hung on the mountain...but we got nothing."
Liu Chengzong understood.
It seems that there are always two roads in front of him.
One way is very easy and simple. You only need to grab money or let others grab it in another way. As long as no matter where these things come from, you can always get everything you want.
But all this clearly reminds him that you are a conqueror, not a ruler.
If you want to rule a land, you must not simply take away the best things here. It is like leaving food in Heshui County and relieving the victims in northern Shaanxi.
It is easy to abolish something, but it is difficult to replace it with it.
There are 20,000 people in a radius of six hundred miles, and the population density per square kilometer is 0.2... Even a simple march of Liu Chengzong to the south can temporarily double the population density of this vast land.
The road network is fragmented, covering high mountains and barren lands. It may be too luxurious for ordinary people to talk about business.
The narrow room fell into a long silence.
Master Chen looked at Liu Chengzong who was in deep thought, racking his brains to think of something to say and help.
But he couldn't figure it out.
Until Liu Chengzong raised his head: "I need secular chieftains, Nang Qian. All chieftains will be secular chieftains. Without monk officials, can you do it?"
"It's hard."
This time there was no need for Monk Gama to speak, but Chen Shifo said: "Without temples, it is equivalent to no Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, no market, and no pawnshops that lend money... There are many people in the Han Dynasty, and it is worth practicing Confucianism in every county. It is not worth it here."<
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Liu Chengzong nodded. In fact, there was something deeper that Master Chen did not say.
Monks have the motivation to build temples and can also profit from it, but if they are secular nobles, they do not have the motivation to practice so much Confucianism, market, and pawnshops.
What's more, even if there is this motivation, it is definitely not Liu Chengzong's original intention.
It wasn't until here that Liu Chengzong's expression finally relaxed. He shook his head and still looked at Ga Ma: "I need you to be a secular leader, can you do it?"
Ga Ma smiled and said: "I must be a secular leader. I need to get married and have children in order to continue being chieftain."
"That's fine, but before that you have to recruit an army to fight. I will deal with King Baili. Together with the Mongolian herdsmen, attack all the surrendered and rebellious nobles in Nangqian and take back their land."
Monk Gama keeps talking freely because he understands this land and the underlying reasons for these current conditions.
It seems that this room is too small, and Monk Gama knows that this is because the mountain is too high, the castle is too high, and the three-story living room needs more support, so the room can only be small.
Only when it came to fighting, Ga Ma's expression changed.
This will be a big purge.
"Commander, if this happens, there will be no nobles in Nangqian."
"I'm not asking you to kill them, I'm asking you to take back their land and take Nangqian completely into your hands. I may install some officials. My people need to learn to govern the place."
Liu Chengzong nodded and said: "But those lands will belong to you, and you will not be the nominal lord of Nangqian, but the actual lord of Nangqian."
Nangqian is a natural choice for Liu Chengzong.
King Baili's army destroyed the temple, and the war destroyed the original power structure. When the war is over, these things will be slowly restored according to the will of the people on this land until they are restored to their original state.
The three or four years after the war were a period of power vacuum and redistribution.
It is very suitable for reform experiments, but it is not Liu Chengzong who has the final say on how to reform, but the people here.
"You need to take control of power and implement something more progressive. What is progress? It is not progress that only equalizes land and eliminates taxes all at once. There is great resistance and you push forward... You don't understand this."
Liu Chengzong looked at Monk Gama, stood up and said with a smile: "The transition from Tubo slavery to serfdom is progress in itself, and the transition from slaves to slaves is also progress."
"Abolition of the abuse of corporal punishment and ensuring the safety of slaves is a huge step forward."
Liu Chengzong never believed that he needed to achieve perfection in one step.
What he needs to do is not much, nor is it difficult.
All you need to do is move forward tenaciously no matter how big the obstacle is, and every inch you advance will make you better.
The greatest significance of the existence of the Nangqian chieftain was that in Liu Chengzong's plan, it was used to withstand the backlash of the reform.
Everyone is happy if they succeed, but even if they fail, they will gain more experience in ruling Qinghai and Tibet.
"Follow me steadily. Don't just focus on Nangqian. Nangqian is too small. You should look at the entire Qinghai-Tibet. The small changes you make will make your name known to future generations."
On the face of Monk Gama, he was happy to get a large amount of land, but also worried about facing a powerful enemy. He opened a knife to himself. How painful it would be!
"Commander, this matter can be left to the Mongols. If I want to fight against those nobles, how can I recruit troops from them?"
"You can't let the Mongols do it all for you. Of course you will conquer your land. You can promulgate the first law. You will recruit slaves under your nobles to follow you. Those who fight bravely will be punished by you.
The price of a sheep is redeemed from its owner."
"Then based on their military merits, they will be given land ranging from twenty to one hundred acres. Surrendered slaves who fought bravely can also receive such rewards."
Ga Ma curled his lips and said that the land would still be given to the slaves.
Liu Chengzong laughed and said: "This is so much land. You will confiscate the land of many nobles. Even if you free 15,000 slaves and give them all 100 acres of land, it will only be 15,000 hectares of land."
"Go quickly." Master Chen said with a smile: "The lands of those nobles are beckoning to you. In the end, you will receive taxes from fifteen thousand people. You will make a lot of money!"