"According to what you said, wouldn't you just sit back and wait for them to come to Banzhou to change my Yang family's life?"

In Banzhou City, when Yang Sheng asked Yang Gang with a questioning tone, Yang Gang was also at a loss at the moment.

Although he had seen the Ming army's arquebus and infantry coordination in Nanjing, he did not expect the Ming army's infantry and cavalry to be so sharp, especially the silly-looking line gun tactics.

Judging from Yang Gang's recollections, the Ming army at that time had no more than 5,000 musketeers, but even so, they still carried out three rounds of guns in half a word or even less time.

With just three rounds of guns, he killed nearly 2,000 of his 3,000 elites.

Yang Gang still can't forget such a terrifying scene, which is the main reason why he pulled his father to retreat at that time.

Judging from the speed at which the Ming army collected the 3,000 elites under its command at that time, at most one more round of fighting, the 10,000 soldiers and horses under his father would be defeated, and Qu Neng, who was eyeing him, would also lead the cavalry to cooperate with the infantry to harvest the entire battlefield.

The Ming army's infantry and cavalry means, he experienced it once and didn't want to experience it again, not to mention that in terms of the situation of the Nanjing military parade, the infantry and cavalry means were only five points of the Ming army's strength, and the real killer weapon was probably that artillery.

Thinking of this, Yang Gang's whole person shuddered.

"Father's ......"

"General, general!"

Before Yang Gang could speak, a general surnamed Yang ran into the yamen of the Xuanwei Division.

"What's wrong?"

Yang Sheng was still angry at Yang Gang's weakness, so he looked at the clan general with an ugly face.

"Oh no, Yong'an Horse Station has been breached!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Sheng couldn't sit still and stood up, with surprise on his face and couldn't help asking:

"When I came back from the withdrawal yesterday, I only arranged 3,000 soldiers and horses there, and reinforced the official army's wooden village to a high base, how could it be broken so quickly?"

"It's artillery!" The clan general seemed to have thought of something terrifying, and said tremblingly:

"The officers and soldiers brought hundreds of artillery, they only attacked once, and the civil wall of the wooden village was destroyed to create a gap, and the officers and soldiers attacked the wall along the gap, and the people below could not resist it at all."

"......" Yang Sheng's face became even more ugly, he didn't expect that the artillery of the Ming army could actually destroy the rammed earth wooden wall, you must know that the thickness of the wooden wall reached eight feet.

Being able to break through such a wooden wall means that their artillery may pose a threat to Banshu Castle.

"Father, we can take advantage of this time to negotiate with Mu Chun, if we miss this opportunity, we won't have it!"

Yang Gang was originally worried about the Ming artillery, but now when he heard that the Ming artillery was so sharp, he had no pre-war calmness in his heart, and the whole person was completely subverted by the Ming army's never-before-seen offensive methods.

"What's the use of throwing in now?"

Yang Sheng angrily scolded Yang Gang, but after calming down, he also felt that Yang Gang was right.

"Yong'an is still seventy miles away from us, so let's take my official seal now, take some gold and silver from the treasury and go to Yong'an Horse Post to find Mu Chun, and I will stay and continue to gather all the Tusi."

"If Mu Chun has the intention of talking, then we will talk to them."

"If he is not willing to talk, then you should also try to delay the time and wait for the soldiers and horses of the Tusi to assemble."

"I, the Yang clan, can also pull out 60,000 soldiers and horses, so I don't believe that his firearms can defeat so many soldiers and horses!"

Yang Sheng said as he turned around and took out the official seal from his desk and handed it to Yang Gang, and personally taught:

"If Mu Chun asks you, why did we raise troops, you will say that the imperial court built the palace, and the people were killed and injured too much in the deep mountains to cut down large trees, as long as the imperial court is willing to stop the conscription of the people of Banzhou, my Yang family can accept to change the land and return to the stream, hand over the governance and population of Banzhou, and only keep half of the cultivated land."

After all, Yang Sheng is a Han toast, although he is contaminated with the customs and culture of the local people, he knows best what the steps of the Han court are.

If he said that the Yang clan rebelled to resist the opening of the land and return to the stream, then Mu Chun would never easily agree to their surrender.

But if he changed his excuse and used the people as the foundation, then even Mu Chun would have to report to Nanjing before making a decision.

Even if everyone knows it's an excuse, no one will debunk it.

Just as Yang Sheng thought, in the early morning of the next day, when Yang Gang came to the south of the wooden village of Yong'an Horse Post with more than ten cavalry, Mu Chun, who learned of his arrival, also sent someone to bring him into the Yong'an Horse Station.

"Kiln ......"

Walking in the wooden village of Yong'an Horse Station, Yang Gang could feel the pressure coming from all directions, and almost all the Ming troops in the village who were preparing to set off were staring at them.

It is true that the Ming army defeated the Yi soldiers the day before yesterday, but this does not mean that the Ming army did not pay for casualties.

In the battle the day before yesterday, the Yi soldiers lost more than 4,000 lives, and the Ming army also lost more than 100 lives.

Although it seems that the Ming army has regained that breath, for the soldiers and the middle and low-level military attachés, the hundred or so lives are their robes and brothers.

"Let's go inside."

After passing through the extremely "long" camp, Yang Gang was taken to the front of the Chinese army's wooden house.

He walked into the wooden house with apprehension, and in the dim wooden house, there were only a few candles that allowed Yang Gang to see the faces of Mu Chun and the others clearly.

"You met me the day before yesterday, why did you make peace today?"

Mu Chun raised his chin and looked at Yang Gang standing at the door with contempt.

Like him, there are Mu Sheng, Qu Neng, Qu Yu, Qu Tao and others.

"This battle is true and misunderstood......"

Yang Gang stubbornly said the rhetoric that his father had taught him, although even he thought this excuse was absurd, but Mu Chun, a shrewd person, chuckled.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, just solve the misunderstanding."

Mu Chun's words made Qu Neng, Mu Sheng and the others suddenly turn around and look at him in surprise.

After they turned around, they saw Mu Chun's smiling face, and Mu Chun himself raised his chin and motioned for the soldiers to give them a seat.

Seeing this, the two soldiers brought a chair to Yang Gang, and he also sat down after saluting, but judging from the sitting posture, he was very worried.

In this regard, Mu Chun leaned back in his chair: "In this matter, I will play Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is magnanimous, you can exempt the people of Banzhou from servitude, and at the same time, you will be exempted from your mistake this time." ”

An hour ago, Mu Chun was still telling the generals that the Banzhou Yang clan was a rebel, but now the Banzhou Yang clan's rebellion has become a mistake.

Yang Gang naturally received such an obvious signal, so he hurriedly said:

"How dare you ask Your Majesty and the court for forgiveness, I have made a mistake in Banzhou, and I will naturally be severely punished."

"This incident was caused by my father and son's ignorance and mistaken belief in Diao Min's provocation, which made such a fuss."

"My father sent me here to explain the matter, and secondly, he was ashamed and begged to resign from his official position as a consolation envoy in Banzhou, as a sign of atonement."

Yang Gang endured his heartache and said this sentence, he knew very well what the price of saying this sentence was, it represented the collapse of the Banzhou Yang regime that had been inherited for more than 500 years, and from now on there would be no Banzhou Yang Tusi, only Banzhou Yang's criminal ministers.

"It's good that Yang Xuanwei can have such an idea, but I have to play Your Majesty on this matter, please make a decision."

"In addition, if your father and son committed such a negligent act, it is not good to stay in Banzhou anymore, and it is up to Your Majesty to decide where to transfer your father and son's family."

Mu Chun was tempting, testing the bottom line of the Yang family and his son, and at the same time telling them what the bottom line of the imperial court was.

With the influence of the Yang clan in Banzhou, even if they have no official position and have removed their military power, their prestige is still in the local area.

If they continue to stay in Banzhou, there will still be hidden dangers in Banzhou, and this is not allowed by Mu Chun.

"My father and son are all arranged by the imperial court......"

Yang Gang was a little reluctant to leave Banzhou, and even he felt that his father was unwilling to leave Banzhou.

It's just that now people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and they can agree for the time being, and then discuss with their father when they go back.

"In that case, let's go back with your father for the time being and wait for the court's will."

Mu Chun saw that Yang Gang agreed on the surface, and let him return to Banzhou.

"The lower official retired ......"

Yang Gang carefully returned the salute, then got up and exited the wooden house, and left the Yong'an Horse Post under the leadership of the Ming military attaché.

After he left, Mu Sheng said, "Could they be a delaying tactic?" ”

As soon as Mu Sheng spoke, Qu Neng and the others looked at Mu Chun, but Mu Chun said:

"If you surrender sincerely, then you can avoid a war, after all, our army's goal is to change the land and return to the stream, which is to break the local hereditary Tusi in Guizhou for thousands of years, not to kill more people than anyone."

"As long as the Banzhou Yang clan and the more than sixty Tusi under his command accept the change of land and return to the stream, then there is no reason for the imperial court to continue to attack them."

"With the size of Sichuan and Huguang, it is enough to eat them."

"If it is the Yang family's father and son's plan to delay the army, it will not hinder."

"It's better for them to gather their soldiers and horses to fight us than for us to stretch the front line and go deep into the mountains to search one by one."

In Mu Chun's opinion, as long as the task can be completed without leaving hidden dangers, then this battle can be completely avoided.

They have already understood the topography of Guizhou, and the imperial court has only three main official roads in Guizhou, and the other roads are rugged paths.

With such terrain, the Ming army had to build roads if they wanted to fight, so it delayed time.

It is best to send troops to conquer without a fight, and the second is to send troops to attack.

"If this Yang father and son really surrender, it will be a little weak."

Qu Neng only felt that he was just getting interested, and he was interrupted by Yang Gang's request for peace, and he couldn't help but despise the father and son.

"It's no surprise that they'll surrender."

Mu Chun picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, moistened his throat before saying:

"What they rely on is nothing more than Loushan Pass, Yamen Pass, Sangmu Pass and other five passes on the periphery of Banzhou, and now our army relies on winning Loushan Pass and driving straight into Banzhou City, how can they resist?"

"For now, wait for His Majesty's Zhu Pi, and then pay attention to the movements of his father and son, and the most important thing is to transport grain and grass to Yong'an Horse Station."

He glanced at Mu Sheng, and Mu Sheng also hurriedly said: "Sichuan's political envoy Jian Yi has sent a man to transport 500,000 Shi Changping grain from Chongqing Prefecture to Qijiang, but the people in Qijiang are insufficient, and I am afraid that it needs to be requisitioned from Sichuan." ”

"You negotiate with the officials of the Sichuan Political Department on this matter, in short, before Your Majesty Zhu Pixuan is returned, the grain storage of Yongan Horse Post shall not be less than 100,000 stones."

"Yes!" Mu Sheng responded, and then everyone walked out of the wooden house one after another, and each returned to his temporary residence.

When they returned to their residence, Yang Gang hurried back to Banzhou and brought the news to his father.

Sitting in the yamen of the Xuanwei Division, Yang Sheng was a little apprehensive, after all, as far as Mu Sheng meant, whether they could keep half of the fields in Banzhou depended on the face of the imperial court.

"If we don't have this half of the fields, we will continue to rebel!"

Yang Sheng spoke viciously, but Yang Gang thought of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu he saw in Nanjing, shook his head and said:

"According to what I saw last time in Nanjing, Your Majesty should be very generous, and should not take all the land."

"As for the East Palace, he is very persistent about the land, but he just took the land and distributed money and food instead."

"In short, the convening of the toasts cannot be stopped!" Yang Sheng got up and walked back and forth a few times, and analyzed:

"If the conditions given by the imperial court are satisfactory, then we will negotiate the conditions with the officials and soldiers in front of the Tusi and take them to relocate."

"If the talks are not good, I will take them to fight with the officials and soldiers again."

His thoughts coincided with Yang Gang, and the father and son bowed their heads at the same time.

At the same time, the Tusi of Banzhou came to help one after another, and the expedited by Mu Chun also arrived in Nanjing City seven days later.

Nanjing at the beginning of winter is already slightly cold, and the fire path and fire wall in the Wuying Hall are also filled with fuel, and the whole palace cannot be said to be all warm, but it is not so cold.

"If Yang Sheng is willing to move out of Banzhou and hand over Banzhou, then it will not be a problem to give him half of the cultivated land in Banzhou."

Zhu Di looked at the urgent recital from Mu Chun in his hand, and generously agreed.

Compared with him, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting next to him, didn't think so.

"If he has half of the arable land and controls the tenant farmers on the arable land, then even if he moves elsewhere, he still has the capital to make a comeback."

"Erchen means that Yang Sheng, his second son Yang Gang, and his eldest grandson Yang Jiong will be awarded the official position of Sanpin Sanjie Jiawuxun, and then the Yang family will move to Chengdu Mansion and allocate 5,000 acres of cultivated land to him as a farmland."

"In this way, their father, son, grandfather and grandson can all receive two shares of the three products, even if they are demoted by hereditary rank, they can also ensure that the three of them are rich for ten generations."

"As for Zhuangtian, the output of 5,000 mu of farmland in Chengdu is comparable to the output of tens of thousands of mu of farmland in Banzhou."

Zhu Gaoxu did not give much to the Yang father and son, at least not much compared to the hundreds of thousands of acres of Banzhou fields in their hands.

But that's what happened to them, not to mention their history of rebellion.

In Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, it is already a great grace to give them 5,000 acres of farmland and three hereditary ranks and martial arts from the three ranks.

If Yang Sheng was still dissatisfied, then Zhu Gaoxu wouldn't mind using force to eradicate the entire territory of Banzhou.

What's more, in Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, Yang Sheng will most likely agree, after all, the Yang family can survive until the Wanli period, mainly because of weakness.

But if they were tough, they would have disappeared into the long river of history just like Sizhou Tian and the rest of the toasts.

"Dick, you ......"

After listening to Zhu Gaoxu's handling method, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel that Zhu Gaoxu was a little radical.

In his opinion, Yang Sheng can hand over hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land, so it's nothing to leave half of it for him, anyway, it's for nothing.

However, in Zhu Gaoxu's view, all land is a means of production that promotes the local economy.

Drove out the Banzhou Yang family, then migrated away from some of the local people, and then left some of the people to divide these fragmented cultivated land equally, so that the local people could be self-sufficient, this is what Zhu Gaoxu wanted.

No matter what nationality it is, as long as there is a bite to eat, the people at the bottom will not want to rebel.

As long as the cultivated land is received by the imperial court and then distributed equally to the local people, then the hatred of the local people towards the imperial court can be eliminated immediately, and human nature is so realistic.

"Father, according to what I said, this Banzhou Yang family is not worth mentioning, and what you really need to care about is the Sizhou Tian family."

Zhu Gaoxu set his sights on the Tian family, after all, compared to the Banzhou Yang family, which could only set up two prefectures after changing the land and returning to the stream, the Tian family, which could set up eight prefectures in the jurisdiction, was the giant on the road to changing the land and returning to the stream.

"Well, they wanted to take Chenzhou, but they were repelled by Gu Cheng."

Zhu Di looked at another note, and Zhu Gaoxu also said when he heard this: "Let Qianguo Gong clean up the Yang clan as soon as possible, and then fight the Tian clan with Cao Guogong and Gu Cheng, and the war can end in one year at the earliest." ”

"When the Yang clan and the Tian clan collapse, the Song and An clans should be able to see the situation clearly."

With world-leading arquebuses and cannons, the stone fort of Southwest Tusi was no longer a threat, and the only thing that could limit the Ming army was transportation.

The first step is to reform the land of Guizhou Province, and once the completion of Guizhou's land reform and return to the river, the next step is to completely build infrastructure.

The natives of Guizhou were relocated to Sichuan to reclaim wasteland, so that Sichuan could once again become the granary of the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

If the Guizhou Post Road is expanded, then the imperial court can supply the southwest army with two large granaries in Sichuan and Jiaozhi respectively, and reform Yunnan and Guangxi to return to the river.

Because of environmental problems in the north, the Ming Dynasty was easy to vomit out no matter how much it ate, but this is not the case in the south.

"Just follow what you want."

Zhu Di saw that Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be thinking about something, and at that moment Zhu criticized the music and handed it to Wang Yan, and at the same time said:

"Xie Jin, these barbarians have been rushing from the north to the south for so long and haven't come back, and it's really a bit troublesome without them to help deal with the slack."

Although the Imperial Court Scholars were only responsible for organizing and making recommendations, these two points alone could relieve the emperor of his burden.

After getting used to the system of palace scholars, he suddenly left them, and Zhu Di was really a little uncomfortable.

"The system of the palace scholars is good, but there are still rules to be set."

Zhu Gaoxu remembered the reason for the increasing power of the cabinet, so he did not forget to remind Zhu Di.

"What rules?" Zhu Di took a sip of tea and asked absentmindedly.

"You are not allowed to hold the position of a scholar of the palace with the official position of the six ministries." Zhu Gaoxu spoke in a deep voice, and Zhu Di nodded when he heard this.

"If this palace scholar is added to the official position of the six scholars, then the power will become greater, although it will not be able to check and balance the imperial power, but it will also bring a lot of trouble."

That's not a small problem......

Seeing Zhu Di say this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but think of the things in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the cabinet disobeyed the emperor.

For Zhu Gaoxu, the scholars of the palace just keep their current position honestly, don't go any further, and don't go backwards.

"By the way, do you have any news about the west?"

Zhu Di suddenly thought of something in the west, obviously asking about the country of Timur, and Zhu Gaoxu recalled some things he remembered in his previous life.

If he remembers correctly, after Timur's death, the Timurid empire fell into civil strife, originally two grandchildren were fighting, and later mixed with one son's Shahru.

Zhu Gaoxu does not remember the details of what happened during this period, but he remembers that in the end, Shahru won the throne, and the Timurid Empire was thriving under his management, the domestic economy was restored, and the economic and cultural exchanges with the Ming Dynasty were very frequent.

Compared with Timur, Shahru's ascension to power was a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

"At the moment, the country of Timur is in civil strife, and Timur's two grandsons are vying for the throne, and there is an endless war in the country."

Zhu Gaoxu briefly told Zhu Di about Timur's situation, and Zhu Di stroked his beard after hearing this: "In this case, who do we support?" ”

"You don't have to support anyone, you just need to wait quietly." Zhu Gaoxu said, and at the same time thought of Annan and Nanyang, so he reported to Zhu Di.

"In the past two years, there are not a few people from Guangdong and Fujian who have migrated to Annam, Jiugang and Luzon."

"Judging from the situation last year alone, the number of people who migrated to Annam was as high as 50,000, and they were basically incorporated into the health center, and the tuntian was divided equally."

"At present, the imperial court already has fifteen large and small guards in Annam, more than 80,000 military households, and more than 300,000 people."

"In addition, the number of mouths in the Old Port and Luzon has also reached more than 580,000 in the former and more than 76,000 in the latter respectively."

"However, nearly 80% of the nearly 580,000 people in the old port are local natives."

Zhu Gaoxu said, Zhu Di was also slightly surprised: "I didn't expect that the barren land of Nanyang could support so many people." ”

"The land of the South Seas is mainly malaria and miasma." Zhu explained: "If we can bring back medicinal materials from Dongzhou (South America) that can reduce the symptoms of malaria, then the fertile land of Nanyang can be developed." ”

"However, in a lonely place like Nanyang, once the imperial court encounters a crisis, it is easy to rebel and stand on its own."

"Because of this, the garrison troops in Nanyang must be strictly controlled, and soldiers and horses must be sent from Daming to station, and the relatives of the soldiers must be left in Daming, so as to control the generals and soldiers."

"Got it." Zhu Di got up, obviously not very interested in these things.

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but think of his mother, so he asked worriedly: "Is my mother okay lately?" ”

"......" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's question, Zhu Di did not answer immediately, but said after groaning:

"Compared to when I first came back, I lost a little weight, and if this continues, I'm worried that your mother won't last a few years."

When he said this, Zhu Di's face was a little gloomy, and Zhu Gaoxu also felt a tightness in his heart.

"I'm ......" Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say, so he could only stand up and salute back:

"I'll go back to the Chunhe Hall to ask and see if there is any progress on the side of Annan Hospital."

"Go ahead." Zhu Di sighed, and Zhu Gaoxu also left the Wuying Hall in avoidance.

(End of chapter)

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