Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Old Story of Songpan

Fan Hong said: "There is no note from Lord Yu, but there is one note from Qiu Yushi. ”

Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned and said, "Take it." ”

Fan Hong said: "Yes." ”

Immediately sent someone to bring a copy over, Zhu Qizhen opened it, frowned, and said coldly: "I see, I am really a big fool, it has only taken more than ten years to understand that the root is here." ”

What did Qiu Jun say in the recital? said about Songpan.

In the early years of orthodoxy, Luchuan, Songpan, Guangxi, and the entire southwest were in shock, and Zhu Qizhen made a compromise on the matter of Songpan while using troops in Luchuan.

It was to withdraw Songpanwei from the Songpan area and let Songpan be controlled by Tusi.

After all, in Zhu Qizhen's view, Songpan is located in the northwest corner of Sichuan, close to the mountains, the road is difficult and dangerous, there are many deep mountains and old forests, and it takes too many people to attack it, and it also takes a lot of cost to rule here.

It's better to give up.

It's only now that I understand one thing, that is, why Emperor Taizu has set up a guard in Songpan again.

Emperor Taizu also knew about these kinds of drawbacks.

And Emperor Taizu himself is not a person who likes to expand his territory, he also said it clearly in the Ming Ancestral Teachings.

So why do you have to garrison 10,000 or 20,000 people in Songpan?

Zhu Qizhen didn't think about it at the time, but now looking at Qiu Jun's recital, he suddenly realized that this is an important trade route, that is, an important passage for transporting tea from Sichuan to Qinghai.

Now Qiu Jun has also found out that passing through Songpan is an important route for tea smuggling.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly understood a lot of things.

At the beginning of the Songpan Rebellion, the Songpan guards were unwilling to go on an expedition to Annam, so they wanted to take the initiative to attack the Songpan troops and cause chaos, so they could not go.

But he never thought that the fire he lit could not be extinguished by himself.

The reason why it can't be extinguished is because there are only old and weak people in the guard, and most of the young and strong are not there.

Where did they go, they went to run merchants.

At that time, Zhu Qizhen was a little strange, but he didn't think about it.

After all, in many places, the geographical output is not much, and the people mostly do business, and there are many such situations. Zhu Qizhen didn't care, such as Huizhou, such as Shanxi.

But when I think about it now, it's a problem everywhere.

If Songpan is really deep in the mountains and old forests, and the Han people live together, such a situation is relatively backward, why do some people still run business, which is contrary to some of Zhu Qizhen's impressions.

But at this moment, Zhu Qizhen figured it out.

It is because this is an important commercial route that the imperial court wants to set up guards here, and because of this, the local guards feel that farming makes little money and are willing to run business.

Think of the so-called running business, which is to sell tea.

Time

Zhu Qizhen has a clearer understanding of what happened back then. Songpan is not under the control of the Ming Dynasty, is it good or bad for those big merchants?

Zhu Qizhen couldn't say clearly for a while.

After all, Zhu Qizhen has not experienced the underlying ecology. But from Qiu Jun's twists and turns, among the proposed smuggling routes, the most important is this one, after all, although this one is difficult to walk. But it is much closer than detouring from Sichuan to Shaanxi and then entering the Qinghai area.

It is also beyond the control of the imperial court.

"Do you want to fight a battle in Songpan?" Zhu Qizhen meditated in his heart.

This is something that Zhu Qizhen has never thought about.

After all, from Xuande to the early years of orthodoxy, the Songpan court fought three or four times, and each time it was delayed.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen compromised and withdrew the army and sealed the Tusi. I even thought about sealing a prince here.

If there is another war, it will not be a blessing for the court to start a war on both sides.

For the sake of tea and horse taxes, fighting a local war, it is likely to fall into the quagmire. Is it a good deal or not?

Zhu Qizhen couldn't think of the pros and cons for a while.

He wanted to ask the cabinet, but after thinking about it, he sighed slightly. Jiang Gui is no longer there, it was Jiang Gui's Songpan who was flat-bottomed at the beginning, and he was stationed in Songpan for a period of time, and then counting the high-level officials of the imperial court, it seems that there are very few people who participated in the counterinsurgency back then.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly thought of one and said, "Where is Wang Ao?" ”

When Fan Hong heard this, he was immediately a little hurried, and said, "It seems that he is in the position of governor of Liaodong." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is he still the governor of Liaodong?" ”

Zhu Qizhen remembered that Wang Ao, the governor of Liaodong, had served for several years.

Fan Hong said: "Wang Ao was unhappy with Cao Shoufu at the beginning, so he has been serving as the governor of Liaodong in recent years and has not moved. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to it, and his heart was full of feelings.

Wang Ao is also a veteran minister who has risen step by step among the magistrates, and most importantly, Wang Ao participated in the Pingsongpan Rebellion during the Xuande period.

This is a capable minister.

But Zhu Qizhen can't keep an eye on every minister.

The governor of Liaodong is also a very important position, before Haixi was not established as a province, Haixi, Liaodong, and even Zhaozhou were the territory of Liaodong Province.

The governor of Liaodong is responsible, but there are many guards in Liaodong, and there are very few places he can govern.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen has wronged this old minister.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Transfer Wang Ao back to Beijing." ”

Now it seems that Zhu Qizhen is happy to dismiss several university scholars in one go. But it is not necessarily without sequelae.

Zhu Qizhen's every move will inevitably be over-interpreted.

Zhu Qizhen secretly reminded himself that he must pay attention to this.

For example, Wang Ao just sat on the cold bench for a few more years in Liaodong, if he was

In a fit of anger, if you don't control it, maybe you will punish the ten clans, and such a thing will happen.

Therefore, it is important to control anger.

But before that, Zhu Qizhen also asked Wang Ji and Meng Ying about this matter.

Meng Ying naturally didn't answer, he had a lot of experience in leading troops, but he didn't get to Songpan. Wang Ji said some things, after all, when he first fought Songpan, Wang Ji was in the military department, but the inside information he knew was similar to the archive that Zhu Qizhen saw.

After all, Beijing and Songpan are thousands of miles apart, and there are naturally a lot fewer to Beijing through the twists and turns.

At the end of February, Wang Ao entered Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen immediately summoned him and consulted Wang Ao about Songpan that year.

Wang Ao retired from the table and saluted and said: "Your Majesty thinks that the ministers are deceitful and reckless, please punish the sins of the ministers." Ranchen was in Songpan back then, what he saw and heard, all recorded in the folds, up to the heavens, since His Majesty had seen the minister's old chapter, but also asked the minister, the minister really had nothing else to say. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately heard a strong resentment from the words of this old minister.

Wang Ao is more than ten years older than Yu Qian, and he is the same age as Wang Ji, and now he is nearly eighty years old, at this age, he is spitting in Zhu Qizhen's face, and Zhu Qizhen is not good at the beginning.

Not to mention, Zhu Qizhen let him sit on the cold bench in Liaodong for ten years.

Even if there are many good news in Liaodong, there is no name of Wang Ao on these good news, and even Xu Youzhen is his subordinate, he can also cross him to make suggestions to Zhu Qizhen, which shows that above the officialdom, Wang Ao is regarded as Sanyang, the remnant of Cao Nai, and how much he has been wronged.

Zhu Qizhen could only say: "The old gentleman is angry, how can the minister suspect the old gentleman, but now the matter of Songpan is very involved, I want to use troops against Songpan, what are the disadvantages of it, and ask the old gentleman for guidance." ”

Wang Ao said: "Your Majesty, the minister, the things of the year are more than 30 years ago, and Your Majesty wants to use the things of the past to use them today, which is really a sword for a boat." The minister heard that His Majesty appointed Yu Qian as the governor of the three sides, so why not hand over this matter to Yu Qian. ”

"Your Majesty uses people, if you believe in it, you will use it, if you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, what can you do?"

Zhu Qizhen listened, Wang Ao's words were a little emotional, but the truth was right, Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor, should not solve all problems, but find a person to solve all problems.

Otherwise, there are all kinds of affairs in the world, can Zhu Qizhen solve them one by one?

It's simply impossible.

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "Mr. is reasonable, I have been taught. Mr. has been in the bitter cold land of Liaodong for a long time, and he will be cultivating in Beijing in the future. ”

Wang Ao said: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty had done this a year or two ago, the old minister would have readily agreed, but now, it has not been done. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why is this? ”

Wang Ao smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know? It was the battle with the Tile Spurs that reached a critical juncture. ”