Chapter 2 Changing Course
Gong Brownjie, the big leader of Zhan Zheng, suddenly raised troops to invade Litang in the south and surrounded the official village of Litang Tusi.
When the court received the report, it was very nervous.
Zhan Zheng and Litang are located in the traffic channel from Sichuan to Tibet, and if there is chaos, Tibet's economy, people's livelihood, and the connection between the mainland and Tibet will be greatly affected.
Also, Zhan is a very sensitive place to the land of projectiles. The Tang Dynasty here belonged to Tibet, and the Yuan Dynasty entered China, and the folk customs were fierce, and it was difficult to become a king. Since the beginning of the eighth year of Yongzheng, this dynasty has used troops against Zhan several times, and divided Zhan against the upper, middle and lower Zhan pairs, called "three Zhan", divide and rule. But Zhan has had his ups and downs, and has never been truly obedient. During the Daoguang period, Gong Brownjie controlled the "Three Zhans", and the power of the imperial court had actually been squeezed out of Zhan Zheng.
Every year, Tibet has to purchase a large amount of tea from the hinterland, and the tea horse enters Tibet, and Zhan Zheng and Litang are the only way to go.
In the territory of Litang, Zhan was unscrupulous against the soldiers, and all goods that entered Tibet from the interior, not just tea, were robbed. Litang Tusi was not as strong as the force, so he had to shrink in the official village, stared dryly, jumped and stumbled. Later, even the official documents exchanged between the imperial court and Tibet were snatched up and read by the Zhan soldiers; At the same time, they began to destroy bridges and roads everywhere.
At this point, although the flag has not yet been fired, it can be said that the opposite of Gong Browner has been revealed.
Zhan is the mastermind behind the intrusion of Litang is Bei Dan Dunzhu in Lhasa.
Bei Dandunzhu's calculation was that Tibet's economy and people's livelihood were extremely dependent on various materials imported from the mainland. The passage of tea and other goods from the mainland into Tibet. Once cut off. Tibet will be full of complaints, and he can take the opportunity to build momentum and return to the public to complain against Xia Zha, and Xia Zha's regent position will definitely not be able to sit steadily. When the time comes, he will come out, clean up the situation, and turn the tide. Can the regent's seat run away from under my ass?
He sent people to lobby Gong Blanger and promised many benefits, including how I will do to you when I come to power. Gong Brownger's heart was moved: Not to mention anything else, if you grab all these existing goods in Tibet, you can make a lot of money.
However, when the time comes, will the imperial court interfere?
Cut. Interfere with the hair! This is our own Tibetan business, so the court is not interested in meddling in things! Last time. Rezhen and Xia Zha fought to the death, did the court let go of a fart? That's the regent and chief Kalon! You are a small head, Litang, a little toast, the two of you fight against each other, to the court, it is just a cat and a dog fighting, and you won't even look at it!
"Little head man", "little toast", "cat, dog", although it doesn't sound very good, but Gong Brownger admits that what Bedan Dunzhu said is reasonable, and makes up his mind: Okay, I'll do it!
Xia Zha was really anxious, and in desperation, he applied to the minister in Tibet: The imperial court can't ignore it!
King Gong received the report and was greatly embarrassed.
Originally, Gong Brownger's situation was close to rebellion, and he should have sent troops to encircle and suppress it. But when King Gong thought of the difficulties of the Qianlong Dynasty's two expeditions to Jinchuan, he couldn't help beating the drum in his heart and hesitated.
Some people suggested that it would be better to "use Tibet to control Tibet" and ask Tibet to send its own troops to fight the right people, and it would be best to defeat it; I really can't beat it, and besides, anyway, it's not a loss of face for the court.
King Gong accepted the suggestion.
Shaza had a big surprise.
There was no way, and since the imperial court refused to send troops, it had to solve the problem by itself. However, allowing Tibetan troops to enter Sichuan can be regarded as a "giving policy" to some extent.
Bedan Tonzhu was even more unexpected: What? Really?!
However, he is not without a way to deal with it.
Both Shaza and Bedan Tondrup insisted that their cronies should lead the troops.
In the end, Shazha and Bedan Tondrup reached a compromise and entered the Sichuan Tibetan army, which was jointly led by Plomba and Zongdui, of which, Puromba was Xiazha's man, and Zongdui was Bedan Dundup's man.
At this time, Xia Zha didn't know what kind of consequences this arrangement would bring.
Shaza used all his strength to eat milk, and cobbled together a force and handed it over to Plomba and Zongdui.
As soon as he entered Sichuan, the Zongdui Department began to make trouble, and he did not contribute to the work for various reasons, and later, he did not even come out of the work, and the coordination with the friendly forces and the cooperation with the gods and horses were even more difficult to talk about.
At the same time, the operational deployment of the Plomba Department is always clearly understood by the other side, and the head is broken and bleeding everywhere - strange!
The Tibetan army was defeated again and again, and its morale was low, and this battle seemed to be impossible to fight.
Both the imperial court and Lhasa were anxious and asked, what is going on?
Zongdui replied that the emperor did not send hungry soldiers, and the soldiers could not eat enough, so how could they fight?
Your supply of food and grass...... It should be enough.
Inadequate! We want a salary! Ask for silver! Lhasa didn't have it, so we asked the governor of Sichuan to raise it for us! We can't get the money, we ...... Hmph, just stay in Sichuan, don't go!
Xia Za was exhausted and couldn't afford to get sick. Soon, he died with hatred.
Bei Dan Tonzhu was overjoyed: the Buddha opened his eyes, this is even more wonderful than I had planned!
The position of regent can no longer run away!
He had already put enough effort into Man Qing and Li Yupu. As he wished, at the strong instigation of Li Yupu, Man Qing folded up, and asked Bei Dan Dunzhu to take over the post of regent.
Man Qing's decision, in the "three-person team" that investigated and handled the dispute between Rezhen and Xia Zha, except for Li Yupu, Tang Huaiwu and Ma Tengjiao did not agree. Bedan Dhond's ambitions have been exposed; Zhan is the stranger of the battle, and he can't get rid of it. However, Man Qing only listened to Li Yupu alone, Tang and Ma, and they were helpless.
However, at this time, the imperial court was already in charge of Guan Zhuofan.
Guan Zhuofan rejected Man Qing's request, and bluntly reprimanded him for being "mediocre" and ordered him to immediately "return to Beijing to report on his work".
At the same time, the 12th Dalai Lama's scripture teacher, Dezhu Living Buddha, was appointed as regent; Tang Huaiwu was appointed as the acting "deputy minister".
The "deputy minister" is the deputy of the "minister stationed in Tibet," and when the minister in Tibet is not there, he does the work of the minister stationed in Tibet. The status of the minister stationed in Tibet is high, and the bottom line is at least a noble title such as a squire and a cabinet bachelor, and Tang Huaiwu is a guerrilla, and it is absolutely impossible for him to act as a minister in Tibet, and Guan Zhuofan appointed him as an acting "deputy minister," which is actually equivalent to the matter of a temporary minister in Tibet.
Everyone can see that the imperial court has changed its course, and there will be great changes in Tibet.
However, these are nothing, what is really shocking is: the imperial court issued an edict to send a Xuan army to enter Sichuan to suppress the tribute; After Zhan Zheng and Litang were settled, the ministry immediately went to Tibet to "sort out government affairs."
*(To be continued......)