In the study room of Qianqing Palace in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin and others were urgently summoned to the palace again by Emperor Hongzhi.
"Look, since the civil hierarchy was announced to the world, turmoil has occurred all over the Ming Dynasty."
"The chieftains in the southwest are resurgent. They not only kill the exiled officials sent by the court and demand the restoration of the previous chieftain system; there are Turks and Uighur tribes in the western regions, and the Hui tribes rebelled, saying that our court did not treat them equally, and demanded that the court recognize their tribes. The leader is a local official and has jurisdiction over one area."
"In addition, here in Uzang, the trumpets and chieftains of Uzang rebelled against the Ming Dynasty again, killed the imperial officials, restored the serfdom system, and even invaded Gansu."
Emperor Hongzhi threw the pile of emergency memoranda in his hand to the ground, and he looked very angry.
"Hmph~"
"Sure enough, they are all wild ambitions. I can't stand just such a policy. I started a rebellion when I mentioned it. I asked for power from the imperial court and killed the imperial officials. It is simply lawless. I, Ming, are nowhere to be found in my heart. I am nowhere to be found. This emperor."
Emperor Hongzhi was naturally not angry about the civil hierarchy. What he was angry about were the tribes from all directions who had been obedient and submitted to the Ming Dynasty. He originally thought that they had submitted to the rule of the Ming Dynasty and would no longer rebel.
Who knows that all this is no different from what Liu Jin said. The reason why they are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty now is because of the powerful military force of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not following the Ming Dynasty sincerely.
These places are different from the traditional two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and the people here are also different from the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. They obey the Ming Dynasty, but essentially they are not the same family as the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, they are not truly integrated with each other. Therefore, if you can rebel against the Ming Dynasty today, you will be able to rebel tomorrow. This also further proves the necessity of the system formulated by Liu Jin.
Because only when we are truly integrated together and share the same culture and ideas can we be considered a family. Otherwise, even if we surrender to the Ming Dynasty for a while, if the Ming Dynasty weakens over time, we will eventually part ways again.
Now that there is just a civil hierarchy, the chieftains in the southwest, the tribal leaders and nobles in the western regions, and the trumpets and chieftains in Uzang can't stand it anymore, and they all kill the officials in the imperial court and start rebellions.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the court should deal with this matter quickly and severely."
"This is just a policy of the imperial court. These local tribes have already rebelled. They are not sincerely loyal to our Ming Dynasty. They are still considering the interests of their own tribes and not the interests of the entire Ming Dynasty. Consider that the form is still the same as before. In name, it is surrendered to our Ming Dynasty and is a part of our Ming Dynasty. In fact, it is still a country within a country, each governing its own affairs and not obeying the decrees of the imperial court."
Liu Jian thought for a while and immediately stood up and said.
There is no doubt that this must be severely attacked. Eliminating the power of these tribes, especially the rule of these tribal leaders and nobles, is what the court needs to do most now.
Only when the leaders and nobles of these tribes are eliminated, or the foundation of their rule is eliminated, can the Ming Dynasty truly implement the rule of appointed officials in these places, thereby achieving the goal of truly integrating these places into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. .
"I think what Liu Gong said is true!"
Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others also stood up and expressed their opinions.
Regardless of the fact that all of them are civil servants, in the past, I am afraid that all of them would be the most opposed to war. However, times have changed. The Ming Dynasty has strong military force and is about to create an unprecedented prosperous age. Naturally, these tribal leaders and nobles cannot be tolerated.
Where is the commotion?
"Your Majesty, the Southwest Chieftains are nothing to worry about. In the past few years, the Southwest Chieftains' power has been greatly weakened due to their conversion. Now there are only a few people who are willing to follow them to resist the imperial rule. It is just their last bit of strength. The imperial court only needs to give an order.
The local garrison can easily destroy them."
"The tribes in the Western Regions don't have to worry too much. Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, is in charge of the Western Regions, and there are 100,000 troops from my court, which can easily wipe them out."
"What really needs to be cautious is Uszang. Uszang is a vast area with few people and it is a plateau area. There are very few Han people here. Although the imperial court has abolished the serfdom system in Uszang, the foundation of the imperial rule here is still weak.
, mainly rely on these trumpets and toast."
"This is also the reason why Uzang chieftain and Xiao Xiao dared to rebel and attack Qinghai and Gansu, because here, except for a small number of floating officials, our court has no power."
"So I think it will not be difficult to suppress the rebellion here in Uszang. Uszang is a vast area with few people, extremely scarce materials, and limited strength. My court is in Qinghai and the garrison in Gansu is enough to suppress it easily."
"But if we want to completely solve the problem of Uzang, we should completely abolish the serfdom system, attack the chieftains of Uzang, the foundation of the rule of the trumpet, and at the same time send a large army to Uzang."
Liu Jin thought for a while but stood up and said.
The most serious problem is actually Uzang. As for the Southwest Chieftains, the tribes in the Western Regions are not of concern at all now. After the Southwest Chieftains have returned to their hometowns in the past few years, their strength has been extremely weak. It is just the Southwest Chieftains who are making their final struggle.
As for the tribes in the Western Regions, he had killed all the tribes in the Western Regions last winter, and with Yang Yun in charge and an army of 100,000, there was no waste.
The leaders and nobles of these tribes just feel unbalanced in their hearts. I have already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, what else do you want?
They are just making a final struggle for their own dignity. None of them will give up their status and identity in their own tribe easily.
The real problem is that Us is hiding here.
The altitude of Uzang is too high, the land is sparsely populated, and the natural conditions are harsh. The imperial court did not even settle here, because the land here is not fertile and cannot be used to grow any farmers. It can only grow highland barley, and the yield of highland barley is too high.
very low.
Secondly, the pastures here are far inferior to the grasslands in the north, the grasslands in the Western Regions, etc. For grazing, only yaks can be grazed, which grow slowly and taste bad.
It can be said that the natural conditions in Tibet are really poor. Even if the imperial court formulates an immigration policy, it is estimated that few immigrants will be willing to go there.
Isn’t it sweet to immigrate to Liaodong, the Western Regions, and the river? You need land, beautiful women, good natural conditions, and a prosperous life.
If you really can't immigrate to Nanyang, it's okay. You can get three crops of rice a year, endless fruits, and you can make a fortune by growing sugar cane. Isn't this a bad life?
No matter how difficult it is to immigrate to overseas colonies, Australia, or the Golden Continent, that would still be a good idea. Overseas colonies have introduced many policies to attract Ming people to immigrate.
Australia's kangaroo meat is said to nourish yin and yang, so you can eat it all. You can graze on the fertile pastures. You can't even dig out all the gold in Huangjinzhou. As for the land and pastures in Huangjinzhou, you can cultivate them at your own discretion.
If you can reclaim 10,000 acres, it will be yours.
Therefore, no one is willing to immigrate to Uzang. There are too few Han people here, and it is too difficult for the court to shake the dominance of Uzang trumpets and chieftains.
"Your Majesty, what Liu Jin said is reasonable. I also think that we should send a large army directly to Uzang and at the same time completely abolish the serfdom system in Uzang."
"At the same time, the imperial court should also strictly require the speakers and chieftains of Uzang to learn Chinese characters, change their surnames, and take Chinese names. Only by persisting for a long time can Uzang be permanently included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Mao also stood up and said.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly after hearing this, thought for a moment and then asked: "Zhang Mao, how many troops does our Ming Dynasty have now?"
"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty has an army of 700,000, a navy of 100,000, and a total force of 800,000, including 100,000 troops stationed in the Western Regions, 100,000 troops stationed in the Hezhong region, 50,000 troops stationed in Qinghai and Gansu, 50,000 troops stationed in the northern grasslands, and 50,000 troops stationed in Liaodong.
There are 50,000 troops stationed in the capital, 100,000 troops stationed in the southwest, 100,000 troops stationed in Nanyang, 50,000 troops stationed in Huanghuangzhou, 10,000 troops stationed in Australia, and a total of 90,000 troops stationed in other provinces."
"The Navy's Bohai Fleet is thirty thousand, East China Sea Fleet is thirty thousand, and Nanyang Fleet is forty thousand!"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately read it out like a treasure trove. Such a huge empire only had 800,000 troops.
However, with these 800,000 troops, the Ming Dynasty has already swept across all directions, because these 80 troops are completely different from the more than 2 million military households in the past.
All of these 800,000 troops are compulsory soldiers, they are all purely professional soldiers that are completely separated from production, and all of them are armies that are managed and trained using the militarized management of later generations.
Although the number is much smaller than that of the previous military households, the combat effectiveness is enough to completely destroy the previous military households. You must know that sweeping the Western Region only mobilized an army of 200,000, and its own casualties were minimal, with only 50,000 cavalry.
The Kazakh Khanate, which was strong enough to fight, surrendered.
This is the current Ming army. There are not many soldiers, but they are very sophisticated and powerful in combat, sweeping across all directions.
"Starting from next year, we will expand the army by another 300,000 people, dispatch 100,000 troops to Uzang, completely abolish the serfdom system in Uzang, and at the same time vigorously implement the policy of comprehensive Ming Dynasty in Uzang."
"The troops stationed in the Southwest and the Western Regions are ordered to suppress the rebellion in the shortest possible time. Therefore, those who participated in the rebellion must be punished the most severely, especially the chieftains and tribal leaders and nobles."
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while, and after thinking about it, he said very domineeringly.
An army of 800,000 may not be enough, especially since the army only has 700,000, and the Ming Dynasty's territory is too vast, so the army must be expanded.
Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi now understood that he must take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty was now strong enough to completely resolve these matters.
