One hundred and fifty-seven chapters Taozhou Wei

Taozhou Wei is very special, a place like this, it is difficult to find similar in the whole of Daming.

The basic framework of the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty is: provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. But this is not necessarily the case - in some places, the emphasis is more on military significance, so there is a "guard". There are two kinds of "Wei" in the Ming Dynasty, one is like "Tianjin Wei" and "Weihaiwei", which can be understood as a city fortress (of course, the scale is much smaller than today's cities); The other is similar to the "fu" and has a very large area under administration. For example, Songpanwei in Sichuan Province has an area similar to Boryeong Province and is larger than Long An and Shun Qing.

Taozhou Wei belongs to the latter category.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taozhou Wei belonged to the frontier region - it cannot be understood by the concept of what is called "national borders" today, because until the Manchu Qing Dynasty, almost all the great emperors did not recognize any "national borders": we call it "China", which is located in the center of the world, except for the various provinces in the imperial management system, the others are vassal states. All in all, the whole world is ours, the commander-in-chief of the earth is the Son of Heaven, and everything else has to be called "king", one level lower. The difference between countries is only that some can reach it, and those who can beat you to pay tribute and those who are too far away to reach it, and it is not uncommon to take care of what you can't see. Under this logic, in the eyes of the imperial court, England, France, and Germany were ...... with the Miaoyi in the southwest, the Tibetan Tusi in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the Annam Ryukyu in Korea There is no essential difference*.

In order to expel the remnants of the Tartars, Hongwu sent people to appease the tribes in Tibet, but the chieftains all held a wait-and-see attitude. Until the third year of Hongwu, Xu Da led the army to march westward, and Deng Yu "entered Kehe Prefecture from Lintao", "Yuan Province Tubo Xuanfu envoy He Suo Nanpu and others, with the gold and silver medals awarded by the Yuan to seal the edict of the left deputy general Deng Yujun surrendered". It is easy to understand: these gang leaders are either Da Yuan's consolation envoys or Dalu Huachi (palm seal officer, military and civil justice are grasped, but the jurisdiction is limited, only one city and one place), whether Da Yuan will make a comeback and no one is sure that he will take refuge in the past, which is irresponsible to the entire tribe.

Considering its important military significance of "controlling Fanrong in the west, covering Huanglong in the east, and Hehuang in the north", and being located in the Central Plains leading to Qinghai, Sichuan, and Tibet, the grandfather set up Taozhou Wei here. The checkpoint is divided into two sections, the inner way is mainly to prevent the Han rebellion, and the outer way is to prevent the invasion and nuisance of various ethnic groups. Taozhou Wei adopted the method of "flowing land to participate in governance": the so-called "liu" was to flow officials, who were managed by officials sent by the central government, and "tu" continued to rely on the leaders of various tribes to let them assist. This is called "managing the soil with the flow and governing the soil with the soil." ”

This is also the case in other places, why do we say that Taozhou Wei is very different from other places? Because there are two major differences. First, no matter whether they are local officials, they are all military positions, and there are no civilian officials such as prefects and local prefects, and the official positions are all commanding envoys, commanding envoys, and commanding affairs, and the military and the people are in charge. Second, the so-called "liuguan" - most of the military governors of the Ming Dynasty are hereditary, so they are called liuguan, but they are actually retained officials, and their ancestors have been the boss in Taozhou Wei for generations, which is no different from those hereditary tribal leaders and local officials.

In the initial period of the Taozhou garrison, the various tribes were not very peaceful: in the past, the Great Yuan was the head of the autonomy, and the Great Khan did not care much at all, but now suddenly there is a Han official above the head of the people, and everyone is not adaptable, and the two sides do not trust each other, do not understand, and from time to time there are misunderstandings or miscalculations, so they rebel, rebel, and rebel after two years...... But since the imperial court set up Songpanwei in Sichuan, the situation has changed completely.

To the north is Taozhouwei, which is blocked by mountains, and to the south is Songpanwei, and most of the tribes are sandwiched in between. In addition to stirring up trouble between various tribes and making them fight each other, as long as you see which tribe has grown stronger recently, Song Panwei will find an excuse to stab you in the back, and when you see that the blood is almost gone, stop immediately, and never kill you completely, on the contrary, it will also provide you with some help, help the son and nephew of the leader to take the throne, and let you continue to restrain other families for the imperial court - fighting with the Han officials, Tibetan compatriots are not enough to grow a hundred heads.

Each prefecture in the Ming Dynasty has its own special products: some produce salt, some produce tea, some produce porcelain, and some produce rice...... Taozhou Wei is bigger than many prefectures, and naturally has its own specialty: fierce people! Let's put it this way, in other places, you have a few battalions of soldiers in your hands, and you may be able to run amok for a while, at least in one province. But not here, as long as you dare to get it, you won't be destroyed if you can't go far! And, without exaggeration, not even a splash!

Because there are walled forts here - those who can be named such as Changqi Fort, Huangbeard Fort, Prime Minister's Fort, Meng Zongqi Fort, and Sun Baihu Fort...... Eighty-two in total. There are also passes - Heishi Pass, Songling Pass, and Ganbuta Pass...... More than thirty in total! Well, there are also three high side walls and deep trenches that stretch for hundreds of miles. There are garrisons in every walled fort, pass, and city wall, although the number is not too many, but they help each other, and when one is attacked, dozens of families go to help! Just a few battalions of soldiers, fighting hard, gnawing all the way, how far can you go?

We have talked about it before, not to mention a rogue like Zhang Hu, even when Lu Yuguang entered Sichuan Ping by the imperial court's order, he touched a nose of ash in the mud village: as soon as the door of the village is closed, the wall is armed, and the posture of letting you die here if you dare to rob me, who dares to come nonsense?

But Zhang Hu still passed without danger.

The leaders of the Axi Cave Cluster Division and the Zhanzang First Cluster Division not only sent Tibetan guides for Zhang Hu, but also greeted the other village leaders, and repeatedly warned Zhang Hu Fangge: The salt and tea bricks in your hands are treasures, and you can exchange barley and yak meat with each village in a friendly manner along the way. We Tibetans are hospitable, and if you are a solo traveler, we will entertain you with food and drink even if you have nothing, and we will fill your package with food when you leave. But you must not steal, then we will chase you to the edge of the sky, and you must not rob, otherwise all the tribes will put aside their grievances and fight with you to the last man...... Also, the leaders who can only find us to point you out, the Poplar Toast, the Zan Toast, and the Sunyang Toast...... These tribes must go around, they are all real court officials, and they have repeatedly suppressed us with the court, and it will be difficult for them to find out!

Zhang Hu's purpose was to go north, and he never wanted to throw his life here, so he honestly followed the instructions of a few leaders, and it was not until he crossed Taoshui in the old Taozhou Village (now Lintan, Gannan) and approached Lintao Mansion that Yan Minwang, the commander of Taozhou Wei, got the news.

Yan Minwang's leader is called Li Yao, and he is the commander of the Taozhou Weidu in this term. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the position of commander could be hereditary, but later it was banned, with the exception of Taozhou Wei. The ancestor of the Li family is called Li Teng, and he was awarded the command of Taozhou Weidu during the Hongwu period. The next few generations of descendants are all outstanding military achievements: his son Li Da was awarded General Zhaoyong for his merits, and his grandson Li Xian followed Mu Ying to fight against the eighteen rebellions in Taozhou, and Zhu Ji (a variant of "Ji") Shizhou Tusi Achang Qiqi (pronounced "point"), awarded the title of Xuandehou, and his great-grandson Li Long was also posthumously awarded the title of General Zhaoyong...... Knowing that thousands of thieves had entered the country so deeply, Li Yao, who grew up listening to the glorious deeds of his ancestors here since he was a child, was furious!

The Li family, which has been hereditary for more than ten generations, has already regarded Taozhou Wei as their own territory, not to mention that a large number of thieves are passing under their noses, even if it is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, as long as they dare to come nonsense, Li Yao will arrange someone to teach them a lesson! This is good, you thousands of people and horses, just like this, obviously want to sneak attack Lintao Mansion, this news spreads, not to mention that the court may misunderstand that I am not in control of the good Tufan here, even if you finally know that it is a thief sneaking over, a dive is hundreds of miles? What does the Li family in Taozhou eat in Shizhen? I can't imagine that the inheritance that the ancestors exchanged for their lives will be destroyed in their own hands!

So Li Yao gave Yan Minwang a death order: chase after Lao Tzu and kill them all to Lao Tzu!

Yan Minwang also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: Master Li trusts himself very much, he usually doesn't take care of things, and he has the final say in big and small matters. This is good, the thieves entered and walked most of the Taozhou Wei themselves were kept in the dark, until they were discovered by the people in the mud village after crossing the Taoshui, and they knew that the thieves had touched their noses! Li Yao greeted Yan Minwang's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, so General Yan decided to vent his anger on Zhang Hu. called a few commanding servants under his command: Song Bangning of the Song Zhong family, Wang Xian of the Wang Xingjiba family, and Yang Guolong, the Tusi of the Yang Tusi (Zhengde Nian gave the surname Yang, and the then Tusi Wangxiu changed his name to Yang Hong, and the descendants all took the Han name)...... Ordered everyone to send people to chase Zhang Hu with them - can they completely exterminate and put it aside, if they can't hand over hundreds of heads to the imperial court, Lord Li, well, especially himself, this good life will come to an end.

After passing the water, Zhang Hu knew that Xingzang had been exposed, and accelerated his march to the north, thinking that he would leave this land as soon as possible except for the ruthless people who had lost their lives with you. I Longguan is located at the junction of Lintao Mansion and Taozhou Wei, which has been peaceful for a long time, and there is Lijia Town in the south, like other places in the Ming Dynasty, can the civil officials let go of the opportunity to deduct military salaries? The defenders were only twenty or thirty old and young, so they were rushed down by Zhang Hu. No one knew the road anymore after leaving Taozhou Wei, so Zhang Hu could only touch all the way north with a black eye, and took Dingqiang (now Guanghe County, Gansu) by mistake.

Ding Qichen, the prefect of Lintao, was shocked when he heard the police: the guards in Ganzhou belonged to the rule of Lintao Mansion, and not long ago he had just asked the commander Lu Guangyu to perform a bull's head cutting for the imperial history Jiang Yuanbiao, and then Lu Guangyu led the troops to quell the thieves. I heard that the thief was scared by the thief and peed his pants, why, was he beaten back by the thief, is it ...... Did Zhang Thief hear that he was going to beat him and wanted to come to the door to settle accounts and take revenge? Lu Guangyu, who is useless, took away more than half of the soldiers who could fight in Lintao Mansion in one go, and now Zhang Thief has come back from killing, how can it be good?

Governor Ding was pondering, whether to find someone to tell Zhang Hu that he was just to organize a juggling show for Lord Jiang, not to have a bad time with you, you should not worry about the humble position, or simply find a rope to hang yourself, and get the good news that the commander of Taozhou Wei Yan brought two thousand Han mixed troops to chase after Zhang Hu, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately instructed: The local state and county will fully cooperate, whether you have it or not, money, people, and food will be prepared for Commander Yan! You can give Commander Yan whatever he wants, and if Commander Yan doesn't ask for it, you have to be ready to send it over, don't talk nonsense!

*Why did the imperial court send Yang Fang, Marquis of Guoyong, to meet the enemy? Because he has a wealth of experience in fighting and winning against "Yi" - he defeated Zhang Ge and put down the rebellion of "Sichuan Zhuyi" not long ago! Miao Yi is Yi, Yingyi is also Yi, isn't it the same...... Don't laugh, this is Daoguang's cognition.

* The so-called nation of the Ming Dynasty is not today's standard, simply put, a tribe is a race. Therefore, there were many more "nationalities" in the Ming Dynasty than we have today - today it is fifty-six nationalities and fifty-six flowers, and in the Ming Dynasty, five hundred and twenty flowers bloom under a small Niyang Tusi!