Chapter 269: The Close Connection Between Yunnan and Guizhou
The previous governor of Sichuan was Qiao Bixing, who was honest and capable. He did not cling to civilian officials and appointed reliable military officers.
However, the governor of Guizhou is Zhang Heming. Although he has some military ability, his character is very average. Sometimes he is too ambitious and has blackmailed many chieftains. The chieftains secretly promoted the propaganda in various Miao villages, which damaged the reputation of the court. During his several years in Guizhou, his officialdom was relatively poor.
Chaos and extremely poor relations with Sichuan.
Later, the governor of Guizhou was replaced by Li Sheng, who was pragmatic and modest, and the situation in Guizhou improved.
However, the successor governor of Sichuan, Xu Keqiu, had mediocre abilities and relied on appeasement and concessions to stabilize the situation.
The result, of course, was that the She'an family was allowed to continue to expand, and they also played tricks that were inconsistent with each other to deceive the court and officials.
Xu Keqiu always thought that the Shuixi'an family was more evil, while the Yongningshe family was more loyal.
If it weren't for Sichuan's Left Chief Envoy Zhu Xieyuan, who had experience in Guangdong and Shaanxi, knew military skills and was very talented, and was handling the details for Xu Keqiu, I'm afraid the situation would have become worse.
Wang Hongyu thought for a while, Xu Keqiu's behavior would probably bring resistance to his actions. On the other hand, Guizhou Governor Li Sheng, after listening to their introduction, he felt that he was a more pragmatic and tolerant official.
Now Sichuan has made preparations with Shizhu and Youyang. They have trained new soldiers and horses together. They have also established good contact with General Hou Liangzhu of Central Sichuan and others. A group of military veterans are being gathered.
But it would be impossible to make any more preparations, because the civil servants would not be able to move forward due to the relationship.
Governor Xu Keqiu was a civil official with real power, and military officers had no way to influence his views.
It seems to be a similar situation to Yuan Yingtai again...
Wang Hongyu did not intend to be bullied by civilian officials again, so he had been deploying in central Sichuan, but he was not in a hurry to take the lead.
After listening to the introduction this time in Guizhou, I feel like there is a chance~
Li Tingqian introduced: "I can contact Governor Li Sheng. If arrangements need to be made in advance, he will usually listen to appropriate suggestions."
As a great scholar in central Guizhou, he was relatively familiar with Governor Li Yang.
Wang Hongyu thought for a while and realized that there was really one thing that was too far away from him. It would be best for the governor of Guizhou to promote it.
"The Yunnan-Guizhou side is the key to cutting off the chieftain's retreat. The strength of Governor Yuan Keli and the 200-year-old Mu family are very important in intimidating the small group."
As soon as he said this, everyone knew what to do to trouble them.
Li Tingqian said: Yuan Keli, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, is a very prestigious official. He has visited twice before and it is time to meet him again.
Several other Guizhou scribes were also familiar with Yuan Keli.
Seeing this condition, Wang Hongyu said bluntly: "Sichuan and Guizhou are separated by two powerful chieftains, She and An. Once a war breaks out, they will be separated into two battlefields.
On the contrary, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou can support Guizhou with roads and inns, directly threatening the flanks of the An family in Shuixi, while the She family is far away and cannot stop them."
When everyone thought that this was indeed the case, he was indeed a figure like the God of War in Hunhe. They had not realized this strategic idea before.
If you want to deal with the She family in the south of Sichuan, you should increase your troops in the direction of Sichuan and prepare for war; if you want to deal with the Anjia in the northwest of Guizhou, you should increase your troops in the direction of Guizhou and prepare for war.
I never expected to actually start a fight and threaten the enemy from the flanks in a head-on battle.
"Not only that, once the enemy threatens the Yangtze River shipping, attacks Chongqing and other east gate areas, and threatens the transportation between Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang, then at this time, the supplies transferred from Yunnan will become very important."
Generally speaking, when entering Sichuan and Guizhou, the first choice is along the river, the second is to go from Shaanxi to Hanzhong and then enter Sichuan, and then take the plank road from the south of Huguang, which is later Hunan.
Obviously, it is much more convenient to take the waterway than the mountain road, so once the chieftain rebels, he will definitely try to threaten the waterway. And if the waterway is threatened, the enemy will definitely attack Chongqing, this key city.
Therefore, Chongqing will become a focus of competition.
But the Ming army could not only hope that everything in Chongqing would be safe and that the waterways would not be threatened, but also that there would be logistical routes that the enemy could not imagine.
That is the road behind Yungui.
The purpose of urging Yuan Keli to go to the southwest was to make the enemy unprepared at this time.
Li Tingqian and other members of Wang Xuemen promised to facilitate more contacts between Governor Li and Governor Yuan Keli, especially to repair the road from Yunnan to Guizhou and to build supply points in the villages and towns along the way.
The key to the road between Guizhou and Yunnan lies in Pu'an Prefecture in the southwest corner.
This place was also home to the chieftain of the Long clan of the Yi ethnic group who passed down from the Song Dynasty.
Since Yongle, this area has been gradually transformed and Pu'an Prefecture was established. The surrounding twelve camps of Yi tribes are under the jurisdiction of Pu'an Prefecture, but the leaders are all from the Long clan chieftain branch. Therefore, the imperial court has a great degree of control over the Pu'an area.
It also depends on local officials.
At that time, Pu'an Prefecture's influence was actually limited to the borders of the prefecture, and its management of the twelve battalions under its jurisdiction was relatively limited. During the Hongzhi period, the Miao Chieftain Milu Rebellion also occurred. In the end, a total of 80,000 troops were mobilized, which took 5 months.
The moon has just calmed down.
The city in Pu'an Prefecture has never been built, and it is even worse than other counties in Yunyang. It doesn't even have earthen walls, and it's just a bigger town.
During the Wanli period, Pu'an Prefecture moved into the Acropolis, that is, the state capital and the guardhouse were combined. On the one hand, it was related to the material and economic foundation for the prosperity of Pu'an Acropolis; on the other hand, it also allowed the prefecture to move into the guardhouse.
There is a city wall, so it is directly protected by the garrison.
Now Pu'an Prefecture is basically stable, the trade between Yunnan and Guizhou is becoming increasingly rich, and the local post stations are protected by soldiers and horses. It has been considered a success in reforming the country.
There is a long way to go to reform the situation in other areas, and it cannot be accomplished overnight.
But the trend has arrived.
Shejia, Anjia want to do the opposite, right?
There are still some toasts ready to make a move, right?
I, Wang Hongyu, just happened to wipe them all out and take over all their land, population, and resources.
Li Tingqian introduced the origin of Guizhou Tusi, and Ai Youlan, Lu Delong, Ran Zongkong and others provided supplements.
Wang Hongyu gave appropriate guidance, and Nangao Academy and Wang Xuezi both spoke actively, and carefully discussed the examples of Guizhou's reform of the country and its return to the local people, combined with the examples of those who had already changed the country and returned to the local people.
Chieftains have been officials for generations and have dominated one area. Some chieftains are tyrannical and lawless, carrying out political oppression and economic plunder of the people within their borders. Chieftains have provoked armed fights or wars for power and profit, resulting in loss of life and rebellion against the imperial court.
The Ming Dynasty only partially continued the chieftain system from the beginning. According to the size of the area under the jurisdiction of the hereditary chieftain, the Ming Dynasty first established three civil service positions: Tuzhifu, Tuzhizhou, and Tuzhi County.
This arrangement in some way incorporated the chieftain into the official system of the Ming Dynasty government, weakening its local color and strengthening its administrative color.
This created conditions for the implementation of the "return to local rule" in the southwest Yunnan-Guizhou region, that is, changing the hereditary chieftains into mobile officials appointed entirely by the imperial court, thus strengthening the imperial court's control over the southwest frontier.