8-48 Xiangxi Civil Uprising

This time Liu Ziguang returned to Beijing the first thing is still the same as last time, first go home to visit the pregnant Zeng Cheng, the rainy season has passed, the water level of Xuanwu Lake has dropped a lot, for the sake of safety, Zeng Cheng has returned to live on the lake again, at this time she has been four months pregnant, can see the bulging abdomen, the island has moved several new imperial doctors, even Nangong Concubine has come to see her daughter every once in a while.

Liu Ziguang went home, Zeng Cheng was overjoyed, he had to cook with his stomach up, and he wanted to run out to sell wine, Liu Ziguang allowed her to run around to work, pressed her on the chair, rolled up his sleeves and worked, cleaned the house, and made a few small dishes, the two of them sat happily in the small courtyard to eat, the lake breeze blew the willow branches, which was refreshing, Liu Ziguang had been used to being served by his subordinates for a long time, how could he cook, and the few dishes that came out were either salty or light, but Zeng Cheng ate very happily, Suddenly shed tears while eating, slid down his cheeks to the rice bowl, Liu Ziguang hurriedly stepped forward to take her into his arms, and asked softly what was wrong.

Zeng Cheng's eyes were a little red, and he said, "Xianggong, how good it is if you are at home every day, you don't know how much I miss you these days." ”

Liu Ziguang's tears almost came out when he said this, she has known Zeng Cheng for so long, she has always been a very strong woman, no matter how big the difficulties and setbacks she encounters, she can face them strongly, and never complains, but today she actually said such a thing, it can be seen how big the grievances in her heart are, no wonder, since the newlywed in the past few months, Xianggong has basically not stayed at home for a few days, and as soon as he goes out, it is a month, this time it is a full two months, Zeng Cheng has nothing else to do every day with a baby in her belly, just looking forward to her husband returning home as soon as possible, It's a really unpleasant taste.

Liu Ziguang knew that he owed Zeng Cheng too much in this regard, so he said ruthlessly: "I won't go out in the future, except for fishing, I will accompany you every day." ”

Zeng Cheng hurriedly wiped his tears and said: "Don't, it's good for people to cry twice, I know that Xianggong is a big hero who stands up to the sky, and there must be something big to do when he goes out, don't delay the business because of me." ”

Liu Ziguang was so moved that he secretly vowed to treat Zeng Cheng well and try to compress the task of going out of Beijing in the future.

The next day, Liu Ziguang handed over the decree to the court, and the disaster relief Qincha Hou Sui was still busy in the Huguang area, but his task of quelling the rebellion had been successfully completed, and the court spent relatively little energy to kill Zuo Liangyu and King Ning, the two henchmen, from the emperor to the ministers, were very excited, and there was a voice of praise above the Golden Palace. Since Liu Ziguang is already a first-class marquis, and then he is the prince of the country, so the promotion to the title is exempted, Zhu Youxiao enthusiastically asked the eunuch to take out a pen and paper, splashed ink in public, and wrote the words "Chang Sheng" to Liu Ziguang, which means to praise him for never losing a war, and wish him not to lose in the future, Liu Ziguang of course kowtowed to thanks, and then said that this is all thanks to His Majesty's blessings and other polite words.

King Ning ran away This incident did not bring much trouble to Zhu Youxiao, because his half-hung uncle is not Zhengshuo, and he is not as appealing as Emperor Jianwen, as long as he honestly lives in seclusion and does not come out to make trouble, the kind-hearted Zhu Youxiao does not want to really kill everything, and the affairs of Jiangxi can no longer be thought about, but the land reform and return of Xiangxi Yungui Sichuan is a big heart disease, I heard that He Tengjiao is not going well in Xiangxi, there has been a civil uprising, a large number of Miao people besieged the county, burned the official office, and killed the officials and soldiers, Although it is only a county, it has the potential to spark the prairie fire.

The monarchs and ministers discussed matters in the court, and unconsciously involved the matter of the Xiangxi civil uprising, because He Tengjiao did not belong to any faction, so no one helped him in this case, and some were just people who fell into the well, especially a group of people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who wanted to immediately dismiss He Tengjiao, so that Gao Yifei, who was born in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, could sit in the position of governor, but before the recall, they still had to deal with the matter of the civil uprising, so these people thought of Liu Ziguang, the victorious general, and they didn't care that Liu Ziguang's ass was not hot when he just came home. One after another, they asked the emperor to send Liu Ziguang to go out again to suppress the rebellion in Xiangxi.

Liu Ziguang was furious, and said in his heart, "Don't you dog officials see Lao Tzu An Ansheng living a life, he didn't wait for Zhu Youxiao to answer, so he said viciously: "Ben Hou has been fighting for days, and he has become ill from hard work, I am afraid that he will live up to your high expectations, Ben Hou plans to return to his hometown and take care of his wife who is pregnant with Liujia at home, and ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was dumbfounded, and there was such a big way to pick a child, but this also reminded Zhu Youxiao, isn't Liu Ziguang's bad wife Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, my sister is four months pregnant and sent her brother-in-law out to fight, it is indeed a bit cruel, he waved his hand and said: "The Miao people are all mountain barbarians,

Why did Xu Zhen's victorious general go out, this is too overkill, besides, isn't there still Wu Sangui in Xiangxi, and some soldiers and horses will be transferred from Wuhan, can't the army of the Heavenly Empire still be able to defeat these barbarians with bamboo guns and wooden knives? ”

The emperor has spoken, and there is no room for negotiation in this matter, but there is an old imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate that is funny enough, and he actually followed Liu Ziguang's words and said: "Your Majesty, since the Marquis of Zhenwu has become ill from hard work, and there are constant trivial matters at home, why not grant his request and let the Hou Ye go home to recuperate, the Hou Ye's red shirt regiment can just be handed over to the military department for management, and it is not a way for such a private army to be stationed near the capital." ”

Liu Ziguang said in his heart that I just casually said that you are still serious, and I want to take the opportunity to remove my military power, okay, you have a kind! He came out of the class and said: "Weichen is old, he is twenty-seven, he can't ride a horse or hold a knife, it's really time to retire." ”

In fact, when the old imperial history mentioned that the red-shirt regiment was assigned to the military department, Zhu Youxiao had a spark in his heart, but it quickly disappeared, he knew that the army must be under the command of a suitable general to wield combat effectiveness, such as handing over the red-shirt regiment to this scredibly old imperial history to bring, it will definitely not be able to win, then again, this old guy actually suggested that Liu Ziguang retire, isn't this the demolition of the pillars of my old Zhu family, it really made Liu Ziguang anxious and no longer go to the war, who will help me recover the large territory in the north and west? So Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Liu Aiqing said that he laughed, Zhang Yushi is using the method of agitation to force you to lead the troops into battle, I have an idea, He Tengjiao doesn't have a radio station there, I asked him to bring the latest battle situation every day, and the ministers work together to use the map to command Wu Sangui to fight, isn't it very good, it is the so-called strategizing and winning a thousand miles." ”

The emperor's suggestion was responded to by everyone, and these civil officials felt that they were full of strategy, although they could not go into battle to kill the enemy, but it was no problem to command thousands of troops and horses, since there were advanced communication tools, and the battle situation in front was transmitted to the capital in minutes, why not show their talents in this area. So this proposal was unanimously approved, and the only one who felt unbelievable was Liu Ziguang, fighting a war is not a game of playing games, how can it be commanded by these laymen who are not familiar with the situation thousands of miles away? However, he didn't ruin everyone's excitement, after all, the civil rebellion was just a skirmish, Wu Sangui was still in town there, and the emperor and these ministers would not lose no matter how much they played.

Wu Sangui's army did bring a radio, this thing is not a copy of the Beijing Academy of Sciences, but Zheng'er Bajing imported from the Song Dynasty, expensive, excellent performance, because it is too precious, so placed in Changsha City, and did not go on an expedition with the army, important military information was sent to Changsha through six hundred miles of expedited service, and then photographed to the relay station in Wuhan, and then transmitted to the capital, although the process is a little slower, but it is still faster than rushing to the capital with an expedited fast horse I don't know how many times.

It is not an easy task to follow He Tengjiao to Xiangxi to deal with the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream, and the mountains of Xiangxi are inhabited by ethnic minorities such as the Miao Tujia people, who have long adopted the Tusi system, which is regarded as hereditary autonomy in the nature of small princes, and if they want to change it to the system of appointing magistrates by the imperial court, it is bound to cause a backlash, which is expected.

The imperial court used thunderous means to solve Zuo Liangyu, but the bureaucratic system left by Zuo Liangyu could not be solved by thunderous means, because this is equivalent to cleaning all officials, and the imperial court simply did not have so many reserve officials to be sent to Huguang to use, so these officials can only be used, Zuo Liangyu ruled Huguang period, the dispute over the soil flow was very serious, the Han people looked down on the Miao people, the Miao people hated the Han people extremely much, and the killing of each other continued, and the national contradictions reached an irreconcilable level.

He Tengjiao is a good official who loves the people like a son, in his heart, as long as he is loyal to the Ming Emperor, he is a good citizen, and he is the object of protection, regardless of what nationality he is, his benevolent mind touched those Miao Tusi, plus Wu Sangui's army as a backing, these people finally agreed to change the land and return to the stream, and hand over the power to the magistrates appointed by the imperial court.

If the land is successfully changed, there will be vacancies in some state capitals, which has attracted the attention of a large number of Huguang officials, and the bureaucrats are very sensitive to the grasp of the situation, and soon the political trend of the imperial court and even Huguang will appear, that is, it is necessary to follow the footsteps of the Donglin Party.

These officials are not birdy He Tengjiao, so naturally they also disobey his policy of governance, relying on the army of the imperial court, and not taking the local Miao people in their eyes at all, which provoked a huge contradiction.