Yunnan, known for its beauty, abundance and magic, has always been known as the "secret land" by the outside world.

Yunnan is referred to as "Yunnan", and during the Warring States Period, it was the place where the Dian tribe lived. Yunnan, which means "south of colorful clouds", is also named because it is located in the "south of Yunling". As the old saying goes, "A day grows and a zhang grows, Yunnan is in the sky", she is indeed very close to the sky. I don't know how many thousands of years ago, a strong crustal movement caused the valley located in the depths of the ocean to rise abruptly, creating a strange plateau with peaks and valleys and swirling rivers.

From north to south, this place is like a green nine-hundred-mile ladder, rising little by little. The world-famous Jinsha River, Nu River and Lancang River flow almost side by side through here to the distance, crisscrossed by dangerous peaks and canyons, rivers and streams have a long history, and lakes and hot springs are dotted around, creating this magical and beautiful paradise.

During the Han Dynasty, Yunnan County was set up in the central government, which was the beginning of Yunnan's name. Tang was the sixth edict, and later the southern edict; Song is the state of Dali; Yuanzhi Yunnan Province and Yunnan Zhulu Road; Ming placed Yunnan Province, and later changed to Yunnan Political Envoy Division; Yunnan Province was reformed, and the name of the province has been passed down to this day.

"The mountains and mountains are pouring into thousands of seas, and the peaks are planted into thousands of green onions." Yu Zhong did not know who wrote the poem. However, when he was ordered to turn to Yunnan along the Tangbo Ancient Road, all kinds of information about Yunnan did not stop being transmitted to him along the way. I don't know which spy has this talent, but he actually wrote him these two lines of poetry on intelligence, and for this reason, he specially ordered people to get this guy to be an official elsewhere. According to his words, no matter what you do, you have to be professional, and as a newspaper inspector, if you have the leisure to write poetry, it is better to be a teacher.

However, there is also a reason why Yu Zhong demoted this spy for this reason. The Kangxi faction hurriedly sent Alinga to pull him to Yunnan, naturally because something big had happened. And it's a big thing that's hard to solve.

The beauty and abundance of Yunnan are undeniable, but it is not a rich region. In other words, the people here are not rich. Except for the Han Chinese. There are also 25 ethnic minorities here, and the ethnic composition is very mixed. The so-called "one mountain is different races, ten miles of different days" is what it says. Twenty-six ethnic groups live and breed on this red soil plateau, and due to their different natural environments, they present different social and cultural forms. Obviously, the Qing court was not a "government" that could effectively and harmoniously unify this cultural form.

Since Yunnan officially became a province, a large number of Han people have poured into Yunnan to settle down. The ruling method implemented by the feudal dynasties is "rule by man". As the most populous ethnic group, the Han nationality has naturally become the source of officials in the whole world. As a result, ethnic minorities are discriminated against and treated unfairly. As a result, the law and order here have been ups and downs, and it has not been stable, and the ethnic minorities in various places, under the leadership of the leaders or Tusi, often can't stand the oppression and rebellion. Just a few decades ago, in order to obtain a large amount of military expenses from the Qing court, Wu Sangui often found excuses to use troops against ethnic minorities, and therefore, Wu Sangui's rule here made the contradictions between the Han and other ethnic groups reach a peak. After pacifying the three feudatories, although Kangxi also paid more attention to alleviating national contradictions, but. Because the ethnic minorities in Yunnan do not have the same huge population and strong military force as the Mongolian, Tibetan, and Hui ethnic groups. Coupled with long-term cognition, Kangxi does not pay much attention to this place. For the occasional conflict between ethnic minorities and the government, most of them are suppressed by force by local officials. It is precisely because of this that there have always been many hidden dangers in Yunnan. Taken together, these hidden dangers form a force that is strong enough to bring the officials who cause the conflict to the ground.

Yunnan is a province with a very developed mining industry. This has been confirmed in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Yunnan's silver and copper classes ranked first in the country, attracting a large number of businessmen to go, and Kunming also became a big city with "many industrial and commercial people" under the pen of Marco Polo. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the position of silver and copper produced in Yunnan in the country was further strengthened, especially copper. Due to the fact that China is not rich in gold and silver deposits. The development of industry and commerce required a large amount of money, so copper coins dominated trade for a long time.

Yunnan produces a huge amount of copper, coupled with the lack of copper in the Qing court, so the copper mines in Yunnan have always been directly under the central government of the Qing court, and the management is extremely strict. However, this has changed in the last decade or so.

The catalyst for this change was the minting of silver coins introduced by Mader.

In the past, although the silver taels were widely used within the rule of the Qing court. However, copper coins still dominate the entire trading market, and with the development of the country, the Qing Dynasty's demand for copper coins has increased repeatedly, and silver has become the "treasury collection" of the Qing court.

However, after Ma De tried to mint silver coins, due to the huge benefits contained in this "activity" and the applicability of Ma De's silver dollars, the use of silver dollars began to squeeze the living space of copper coins on a large scale. The Qing court itself and many private Tibetan silver began to gradually join the circulation with this trend, which further increased this squeezing trend. In addition, coupled with the mining of copper mines in Japan and Nanyang, the demand for copper in Yunnan began to decrease in the Qing Dynasty.

This matter is naturally a great thing in the big picture. Kangxi and other high-ranking rulers of the Qing court also made a great contribution to Ma De. And this matter is not a good thing for some officials in Yunnan.

Although the Qing court strictly controlled a series of activities such as copper mining, smelting, and casting, and strictly forbade anyone to take advantage of it to make huge profits, the corrupt bureaucracy did not make them foolproof.

The matter came from the Copper Administration Department in charge of Yunnan Copper.

Because of the large demand for copper in the past, the Qing court set up this department in charge of copper affairs.

The current official of the seal of the Copper Political Department is named Zhao Dayshan, a member of the Han Army, because the relationship is hard enough, he has to be awarded this fat difference that can be counted all over the world, and he is not under the jurisdiction of local officials in Yunnan, and he is directly under the household department, and his status is very important. However, the bad thing is bad for this Zhao Dayshan.

After working in the Copper Administration for several years, Zhao Dayshan can be said to have made a lot of money.

However, he was not satisfied. Corruption also has to be reconciled. The so-called "there is no leaky wall in the world", so while Zhao Dayshan made money by himself, he also had to spend a lot of money to fill the appetite of some local real power factions. in exchange for the cooperation of these people. As a result, his annual expenses will be large. Although there is still a lot of input every year, there is an old saying that is good:

No man is content.

Zhao Dayshan would be fine if he took another path, but although this person is more good at relationships, he is too ignorant of the way of management, he doesn't know how to make chickens lay eggs, and eggs regenerate chickens. He only knew how to squeeze the blood and sweat of the miners, which was also a common problem among most officials under the Qing court.

Due to the shrinking demand for copper ore in Yunnan by the Qing court, the household department had already issued an official document to the copper administration department, appropriately reducing the tasks undertaken by Zhao Dayshan. However, perhaps because he saw the silver dollar squeezing the copper coin market, Zhao Dayshan did not convey this matter downward. Although Zhao Dayshan did not know much about the way of business, he understood that the decrease in the demand for copper coins in the imperial court meant that the price of copper in the market would inevitably fall sharply. This meant that in order to make as much money as before, he would have to smuggle more copper. He is not afraid of smuggling. But I'm afraid that I won't have any money. In particular, he didn't know where the price of copper would fall. Therefore, in order to live in the future, he decided to make a big profit before the price of copper began to fall sharply. And then go to find some other fat differences. Therefore, he increased the annual copper mining by a few points. However, before that, he had secretly increased this amount a lot.

As a result, the miners of the copper mine suffered.

The workload in the Yunnan copper mines has always been extremely difficult, so many of the miners here are prisoners transferred from all over the world. It is precisely because of this that these people are extremely difficult to manage. Zhao Tianshan's sudden and drastic increase in workload caused great dissatisfaction among these people, which in turn led to conflicts with regulatory officials. Although these conflicts were quickly quelled. However, Zhao Dayshan privately violated the orders of the household department and increased the amount of mining without authorization. And so, a bigger conflict finally broke out.

The Copper Administration manages tens of thousands of miners, who work hard, get little land, and die in the mines. Moreover, most of the miners have to be trapped in these mines for the rest of their lives, and it can be said that there is no way out. These people already have a belly full of resentment. Zhao Dayshan's increase in mining volume is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. So, after the conflict broke out, most of the miners joined in. Originally, because of the complicated situation of the copper mines in Yunnan, officers and soldiers were stationed in all major mining areas in case of emergency. However, because a few years ago, the governor of Yunnan tried to lead troops into Sichuan to suppress the rebellion of the Tiandihui in Sichuan, and many elite soldiers from Yunnan were sent to Sichuan. Therefore, although the mining area is important, the garrison here has not gone through a major battle. Although these garrisons also fought the miners and eventually suppressed the riot, many miners broke through the blockade of the mine and rushed out.

The matter soon reached the ears of Zhao Dayshan, who had been hiding in Kunming, and almost didn't scare the old man of the copper political secretary. The miners rushed out of the mining area in a riot, which is a big crime, and these miners will definitely spread the news that he has increased the amount of copper mining without permission, in that case, he is a crime on top of a crime, and this matter will definitely go straight to heaven, no matter how hard his relationship is, under Kangxi's anger, there is only one way to die.

However, Zhao Dayshan did not wait for death. Yunnan's complex terrain helped him.

Many mining areas in Yunnan are located deep in the mountains and forests, and although the miners have escaped from the mining areas, it is very difficult to get the word out. As long as Zhao Dayshan acts in time and catches and kills all of these people before the news spreads, there will be no big deal. And the riots in the mining area, as long as he has a little more blood and opens up the joints of all parties, there is a great possibility that it will not be transmitted to the imperial court, even if it is transmitted, it can also be said that the big things are small, anyway, the small "chaos" in the mining area has always been constant, and Kangxi may not be able to do anything to him for this matter.

Therefore, Zhao Dayshan acted quickly.

However, the miners are all from a bitter background, how can they have his kind of knowledge? If they can escape from the mining area, they have already thanked the sky, and these miners never thought of breaking Zhao Dayshan down. These people only thought of running away.

Where to flee to? In the consciousness of many miners, the less crowded the place, the safer it is.

As a result, these people eventually fled to areas inhabited by ethnic minorities.

Thereupon......

Conflict!

More serious conflicts.

The officers and soldiers sent by Zhao Dayshan had several "armed fights" with the local ethnic minorities. As a result, a lot of officers and soldiers of the Tongzheng Division were killed, who told them to dare to go to other people's territory to kill people?

In this way, the Yunnan Admiral Yamen couldn't hold it back.

At this time, Bitu had already retired, and the new governor Ha Yuansheng was from Manchurian origin and was transferred from Hubei. Because he has fought a few battles with the rebels against the Qingdi Heaven and Earth Society, he has always regarded himself very highly. Three years ago, he repeatedly asked Kangxi to fight, hoping to make military merits with Feiyanggu and others, but he has not been able to get what he wants. Therefore, after learning that the officers and soldiers of the Tongzheng Division were fighting with some ethnic minority people, Ha Yuansheng, who had long been interested in other generals and receiving rewards for their meritorious service, immediately led the troops to the area where the accident occurred on the grounds of "barbarian life and killing officers and soldiers". Intended to suppress.

"This Ha Yuansheng is really going to cause trouble!"

Advancing all the way to the southeast from the Tangbo Ancient Road, Yu Zhong led his 3,000 soldiers and horses into Yunnan. Along the way, he continued to receive military reports from all over Yunnan. According to the good news that kept coming along the way, the green battalion of the Yunnan army had exterminated the so-called "rebels" of more than 15,000 Miao and Feng tribes. However, the fact is that after receiving the holy decree from Alinga, Yu Zhong ordered the governor to stop attacking these ethnic minorities in the name of the new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Military Zhenyuan. In other words, the Admiral did not take him in the eyes of the Great General.

"This Ha Yuansheng was born in Zhenghongqi.

I heard that he is still the disciple of the king of Shuncheng. It's inevitable that he will be a little arrogant, but Brother Yu still shouldn't be like him. No matter how you say it, he won the battle. Now that the limelight is in full swing, if you insist on picking thorns, it will inevitably be true! Alinga was riding on a horse, and when he saw that Yu Zhong was a little displeased after reading the newly arrived military report, he smiled and said.

"Tell the truth? Am I still jealous of this (stupid) child? Yu Zhong sneered slightly and said. (Sichuan dialect, "silly" pronounced haer)

"People who know you General Yu naturally know that you won't be jealous of a little admiral, but, Brother Yu, there are many people in the world. Those who are jealous of you are gone......" Alinga laughed.

"Jealous of me?" Yu Zhong understood what Alinga meant. Since he was in the army, although he has not made many meritorious deeds, he is all prominent, and he naturally attracts envy. At this time, Ha Yuansheng has repeatedly uploaded good news, which in the eyes of those who are ignorant, it naturally shows that this Yunnan Governor has a lot of ability, if he stands up and speaks at this time, or orders to blame Ha Yuansheng, those who are jealous of him will naturally help Ha Yuansheng speak. said that he deliberately suppressed others, etc. If this kind of thing happens, even if it cannot affect the status or power of other places, it will inevitably have some negative impact on his imminent entry into the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. And that Ha Yuansheng is still the doorman of the king of Shuncheng.

That's the Iron Hat King, not a good look.

"Brother Yu", Alinga saw that Yu Zhong didn't think much of his words, nor did he think about it, he smiled lightly and continued: "Brother Yu, this time the Holy Lord ordered you to be in charge of Yungui, but he was worried that Ha Yuansheng would lose face and make the court lose face, so he sent you over to town. Now that he has won many battles, he has also shown some talent, why don't you give him a favor and show the emperor for him. In this way, it can win his heart, and he can help more in the future, and secondly, it can also make this Admiral sell again.

Perhaps, by the time you arrive in Kunming, this "chaos" has been calmed down. ”

"If only it were that simple." Yu Zhong sighed, "Originally, the miners fled a few people out of the riot, and no matter how troublesome things are, it is only the Tongzheng Division's family." However, as soon as Ha Yuansheng stirred up like this, the whole of Yunnan became a pot of porridge. Hmph, could it be that for the sake of a few miners, those Miao people, Feng people, Naxi people and other ethnic groups will follow the rebellion together? Are you kidding? This time, this Ha Yuansheng has had no merit no matter what he says. ”

“…… Brother Yu! Alinga raised an eyebrow. Yu Zhong is right. If something happened to the Tongzheng Division, it is understandable that Ha Yuansheng sent troops to arrest those miners together, even if he can't catch them, no one will say anything. However, the current situation can be seen just from the good news of this Ha someone. …… Anti, anti, anti, except anti is anti! The ghost will believe that the people of all ethnic groups will rebel together for the sake of those miners, and the cat in this, as long as you are not a fool, you can understand it when you think about it. This is also the reason why Kangxi hurriedly ignored Yu Zhong and sent him to Yungui halfway as soon as he came back from India. When Yu Zhong was in Sichuan, he used both soft and hard, and finally became very friendly with the local Yi and other ethnic minorities. Even those ethnic groups that used to be very xenophobic sent people to guide the way when the Zhongda army entered Tibet. Moreover, Yu Zhong led troops to invade India, and it took less than two years to take root there, which is also a symbol of his ability. In the entire Qing Dynasty, no official has ever been able to achieve this level. Therefore, in order to pacify the "chaos" situation in Yunnan as soon as possible, the only way to do this is to make a hard trip to Yuzhong. Alinga had long expected that Yu Zhong would not give the troublesome Ha Yuansheng good fruit to eat after arriving at his destination, but Alinga didn't expect it. Yu Zhong said this not long after he entered Yunnan, did he want to do it immediately......?

"Brother Yu, no matter how you say it, Ha Yuansheng is also a commander, leading a provincial military, not to be neglected. Besides, at this time, he has outstanding military achievements, and even the emperor is not easy to condemn! Are there some things that we will talk about later? Alinga thought for a moment and said to Zhong.

"It's too late to talk about it later!" Yu Zhong shook his head, he didn't understand, why didn't Kangxi transfer Ha Yuansheng away, could it be that with Kangxi's shrewdness, he couldn't guess what the hell this Ha Yuansheng was doing? Do you have to watch this guy do bad things here? Fifteen thousand! How many ethnic minorities are there in the whole of Yunnan? Even if it's a false report. Cut down two-thirds and there are still more than 5,000 people! How many stockades do you have to flat? God knows how many of these are unjust souls?

"Brother Yu. Don't be impatient in everything, otherwise, I'm afraid it will backfire. And. There is no evidence for many things, and it may not be Ha Yuansheng's fault! Therefore, listen to my brother's advice, and it is better to be cautious in everything. Seeing that Yu Zhong did not listen to his own persuasion, Ah Linga continued, looking like he was all thinking about Yu Zhong.

"Hey-"", Yu Zhong suddenly laughed, and stared at Ah Ling'a for a while, "Ah Da, when did you become so indecisive?" As far as I know, you've always been afraid of heaven and earth. Why is it like a different person this time? ”

"Brother Yu, don't be joking." Alinga smiled bitterly. When is the struggle for power and profit in the court not your life and death? Even if he has a close relationship with Kangxi, can he still be close to those princes? Since the eighth child was sent to Japan to "mediate", although he is still in a high position, he is not as supportive as before. Later, the old eighth lord rose to the rank of county king and was named the king of the county, but he had to leave from the office of the Lifan Yuan because of his unfavorable affairs. Since then, he has been in an idle position, and there is no longer the scenery of the past. In the past, there were people such as the eighth, ninth and tenth, and there were many people in the Eight Masters Party.

He has also offended people, but as soon as the feng shui turns, he begins to be unlucky. In the past few years, he has been worn off, and coupled with Kangxi's beatings from time to time, his temper has been rounded out a lot. Recently, he was appointed governor of Yunnan. Although this is a feudal official, but, compared to before, he has really fallen from the central government to the locality, how can he still be the same as before?

"If you don't want to say it, forget it." Yu Zhong didn't embarrass Ah Ling, "We have to hurry up." That Ha Yuansheng is disobedient, I don't want to take over a "messy" stall at that time. ”

"Brother Yu, what are you going to do? You can't just deal with one Ha Yuansheng, right? Alinga asked Yu Zhong again.

"This guy has made so much trouble, so naturally we have to deal with him first. Otherwise, wouldn't it be for everyone to imitate? In that case, wouldn't there be no peace? Yu Zhong said.

"Imitation of all? I think he imitates your surname! Alinga saw Yu Zhong's expression firm, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, so he didn't talk anymore. However, he was muttering in his heart.

And it's no wonder. In the entire ranks of military generals in the Qing court, Yu Zhong is now in the third place. However, this position has always been controversial. Because, in the eyes of many people, the credit cannot be called a credit. Flat Taiwan? Isn't it just the plain of Taipei? Is it still difficult to fight the mountains and land of Tainan? Hit Japan? People in Japan are honest, you call bullying honest people! Flat Tibet? There are many people who bully few people, and most of them may be the credit of robbing people such as Yue Zhongqi. Expedition to India? Take advantage of people's illness and ask for people's lives, what's the big deal? Moreover, among the four great achievements, two of the main ones, the attack on Japan and India, were all unauthorized wars. This naturally made many generals unconvinced. I didn't see how hard he fought with someone, why did he win? Definitely pick up the soft persimmons, go shit luck. Although Alinga also knew that there was a saying that "no great merit is made by a good fighter", he, like most people, was only envious of what he had achieved, but denied what he had done. And the most criticized and eye-catching thing about these deeds in Yu Zhong is that he went to war without authorization and invaded other countries but was rewarded for his merits. Moreover, his "deeds" of killing more than 300,000 Japanese people in a fire by someone have long been spread all over the world, so how can such a person who kills people without blinking an eye say anything about others?

"Someone!" I didn't know that Alinga was criticizing herself in her heart, so Yu Zhong shouted behind him.

"Listen to the commander's order!" The herald immediately rode to Yu Zhong's side.

"Immediately go to Ha Yuansheng's army to pass my general's order, tell him to immediately stop all military operations, and not to fight with anyone without authorization, otherwise, I will kill him!"

"Order!"