After solving the problems of the Western Regions and Qinghai, then it will be the turn of Uszang, but due to climate, geography and other reasons, it is still very difficult to directly rule Uszang, and Li You naturally does not have to unrealistically send a large army to conquer Uszang, so he has other arrangements for Uszang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the Yuan Dynasty, the local forces in Wusizang had to accept the rewards of the central dynasty in order to consolidate their political and religious status, and after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he also took advantage of this characteristic to reward the religious and political leaders of Wusizang.

The monks and secular officials of Wusi Tibet, as the head of a jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, must contribute livestock, furs, Tibetan velvet, medicinal materials, Tibetan incense, bronze Buddha, scroll painting Buddha and other local products and handicrafts to the imperial court within the specified time, and the imperial court follows the practice of giving generous gifts to the tributaries with gold, silver, banknotes, silk, satin, cloth, tea, grain and other generous gifts that are several times the value of the tribute, in order to show their concern for the remote areas. This special economic exchange in the form of tribute between the imperial court and the monks and secular leaders in the Wusi Tibetan region played an important role in the implementation of the administrative measures of the Ming Dynasty central government to govern the Wusi Tibetan region.

The Ming Dynasty canonized three Dharma kings and five local kings, all of whom attached great importance to the titles given by the Ming Dynasty and used them to suppress other political and religious leaders with bad intentions.

In addition, Daming also set up tea and horse divisions in Linxia, Tianshui, Lintan, Ya'an, Songpan and other places to manage the tea and horse market in a unified manner, and was responsible for the tea and horse trade in the Wusi-Tibet region; And set up two command envoys in Wusizang, namely the command of the Wusi Zangdu and the command of the Duogan Weidu, and also set up the command of the envoy, the propaganda and consolation of the envoy, the recruitment of the envoy, the ten thousand households, the thousand households and other institutions, to manage military and civilian affairs, build a post road from Yazhou to Wusizang, and set up a post station, which greatly facilitated the transportation between Wusizang and the interior.

But this is still not enough for Li You, and now the Uszangdu Division is still held by the highest-ranking local king, not the military general of the Ming Dynasty; Now there is a good opportunity to formally intervene in Uszang, and now the powerful faction in the Usz-Tibet region, the feudal lord of the Karma Kagyu school, the Sinshapa family, has contacted Zangba Khan, Chotu Khan and Dunyue Dorjee to form an alliance, intending to jointly resist the rapid development of the Yellow Sect.

If it weren't for Li You's interference, the leader of the Yellow Sect was at this critical juncture of life and death, in order to avoid annihilation, so he sent an envoy to Heshute Mongolia to ask for the help of Gushi Khan, Gushi Khan after a detailed investigation, decided to lead a large army from the Western Regions to Qinghai, first eliminate Chotu Khan, and then eliminate Baili Tusi Dunyue Duoji, and then march to Uszang to eliminate the Disi Zangba, but unfortunately now Gushi Khan's Heshute Mongolia has been defeated by Li You, and he himself has become a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty, but this plan can not be implemented.

As a last resort, they had to put the target of their request for help on the Ming Emperor, and hurriedly sent an envoy to ask Li You for help, hoping that Li You could send a large army to keep him safe; Of course, Li You is happy to see this, and he is also willing to send a large army into Wusizang, but it is slightly different from what those political and religious leaders think, this time Li You does not plan to withdraw his troops, he wants to take this opportunity to confirm the status of Wusizang Capital, and establish a permanent garrison in the Wusizang area to directly govern the affairs of the Wusizang region.

In this regard, those envoys who asked for help were naturally not very willing, but they would not send troops if they did not agree to Li You, and without the assistance of external forces, they would be defeated by those opposition, the temples they built would be burned, the monks would be killed, and in the end there would be nothing left, so after a difficult choice, they had to agree to Li You's conditions.

"Wusizang is a barren land, and the climate is harsh, General Mao has worked hard here." In order to encourage Mao Chenglu to complete this task better, Li You directly gave him the title of earl, and agreed that as long as the Wusi Zangdu Division can complete the task well in the future, someone will replace Mao Chenglu as the position of the Wusi Zangdu Division in a few years, and his title will also be promoted to the rank of Marquis, which is almost the apex that the Ming generals can reach, and the Ming soldiers who followed him into the Wusi Zang will also enjoy double pay and priority promotion, so as to offset people's fear of the bitter cold land.

"The last general will thank the emperor, and the last general will definitely handle this matter well." This treatment is even more generous than Cao Wenzhao, Man Gui and others who have made great contributions before, Mao Chenglu did not expect that he would be rewarded with the title earlier than them, and his heart was agitated at the moment, and he hurriedly thanked him, and swore that the curse must be to truly establish the Wusi Zangdu Division.

"I have already said how to deal with the affairs of Uszang, and in the next few days, I will send some people who are familiar with the internal situation of Uszang to your army for training, so you should go down first to prepare for this matter." Among these people were members of the Jinyi Guard, merchants who came and went in and out of Uszang, and local monks.

Mao Chenglu took the order and left, and after he was ready, Li You immediately sent Mao Chenglu to lead 30,000 elite soldiers into Uszang, helping them to block the attack of the Xinxiaba coalition army, but did not kill them all, but instead convened the leaders of both sides for peace talks, forcing them to temporarily accept the mediation of the Ming Dynasty, and re-signed the covenant, according to the provisions of the covenant, both of them are the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, accept the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and any contradictions in the future must go to the Uszangdu Division to appeal to the Uszangdu Division of the Ming Dynasty, if there is a violation, The Ming will join forces with the other side to punish the one who violates the covenant.

In this way, the Wusizang Prefecture was able to rely on the internal contradictions in the Wusizang region and the troops in its hands to gain a firm foothold, coupled with the control of the tea and horse trade and tribute, to imperceptibly intervene in the Wusizang region, and eventually turn it into the direct jurisdiction of the Ming court.

When the situation in Mongolia, the Western Regions, Qinghai-Tibet and other places gradually settled, Li You should also return to the capital, when he came out, he brought 300,000 troops, and when he returned, there were less than 100,000 people left around him, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed in those territories newly incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the new frontier of the Ming Dynasty.