Yang Yinglong, this fellow, was really not a person who knew his place.
It was not known if he was born to be rebellious, or if he was a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers. Facing the Daming, he dared to resist. He acted like he was the number one in the world, and then he really raised his troops. What a joke.
Now that the Daqin had replaced the Daming and strengthened its rule, the management of the Chieftains was obviously stronger than before. For example, there was a census of the population and the amount of land. However, there was no mention of taxes, which made people suspicious.
Some people were just suspicious and did not think too much about it. However, some people were restless and started to threaten themselves. They thought that the Daqin was going to attack them and kill their families, so they had to fight back.
When the Qin Army was on the northern expedition, these people wanted to take advantage of the chaos. However, they did not expect the Qin Army to be so sharp. In order to guard against them, they even left a sizeable garrison in various places, taking on the responsibility of the central dynasty. This made many people timid.
When the Daqin took out the magic weapon of land reform, the Han people surrendered. Of course, there were some who were more cunning and fled to the territories of the Chieftains to ask for political protection.
The officials of land reform and the Qin Army did not chase after them, so they survived. However, the news of the Daqin's land reform reached the ears of the Chieftains, which made them wary.
It was not that they were wary that the land reform would hurt them. In their eyes, it did not matter whether the land reform was carried out or not. In any case, it was all the same. It could all be attributed to the Han people attacking them. Therefore, they prepared to fight back.
In the end, even when the Daqin announced its establishment, the Qin Army did not show any signs of attacking.
Among the Chieftains, Yang Yinglong was the one who jumped the most. He was also the one who insisted that the Daqin would attack.
For this reason, he kept collecting money and expanding his army in his territory, which made the people and some small officials miserable. They all wrote to the Governor of Sichuan, Wang Xiangqian, for help.
Wang Xiangqian was very dissatisfied with Yang Yinglong because of his resistance to the census and land statistics. Now that he got the news, he was more certain that Yang Yinglong was plotting something. Therefore, he wrote three letters to ask Xiao Ruxun to prepare.
Without Wang Xiangqian's letter, Xiao Ruxun knew more details than Wang Xiangqian. Black Water was not an idle person. He knew how many eunuchs Yang Yinglong had in his family.
However, right now was the time for Liaodong to mobilize troops and annex the Jurchen tribes of Jian Province. It was not the time to start a war in Sichuan. Xiao Ruxun told Wang Xiangqian and Ma Qiancheng to be steady and cautious. Now was not the time to start a war. The imperial court did not have the energy to start a war at this time.
Not only did they not have the energy, but once the war started, it would cost a lot to mobilize the army. Fortunately, the harvest in Jiangnan this year was very good. The potatoes and corn planted in Jiangnan had a big harvest, and so did the rice. The granaries in Jiangnan were quickly filled.
If the war was to start, they would need to use ships to transport the food from Jiangnan to the war zone. This was also a waste of time. Although Xiao Ruxun had given the order, it would take at least a month for the food to arrive.
There were about fifty to sixty thousand soldiers in Sichuan. They were mainly responsible for guarding and protecting the cities in the Han territory. Many of them were the original troops of the former Ming Dynasty.
The real elites of the Qin Army were stationed near Chengdu and in the Shizhu Proclamation Office. There were more than twenty thousand elite soldiers each. They were the main deterrent force in Sichuan.
The land reform in Sichuan had not yet been carried out, so the situation was very complicated. Except for the area near Chengdu and the Shizhu area, most of the areas were used by the original troops to maintain stability. If the war started, Sichuan would definitely be reshuffled.
This was Xiao Ruxun's goal. After the war, the land reform in Sichuan would be completed. Then, he would go directly to Yunnan and Guangxi and take these two places under the control of the central government.
Although this was good, it would require a lot of energy from the imperial court. Once the war started, there would be no rest. The entire imperial court would have to revolve around this matter. Therefore, the imperial court had to concentrate its energy. There could not be any trouble in other places.
If Yang Yinglong did not rebel according to his schedule, he would definitely mobilize the elites of the Black Tortoise Camp in Changde and Xiangyang. That would be very distressing for him.
Therefore, he allowed Ma Qiancheng to deploy troops to Chongqing to deter Yang Yinglong and let him behave for a while. However, he might have more time to prepare than in the original history. His strength was slightly stronger than before, but his courage had doubled.
Therefore, after the first time he was threatened by the reinforcement of troops in Chongqing, the second time he actually sent troops to Sanyuan Dam. There were five thousand of them. In a provocative manner, he showed off his muscles to Ma Qiancheng and to him, the Emperor of the Daqin.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun directly smashed the teacup.
"How dare you!"
Xiao Ruxun stood up, his eyes full of killing intent. "A mere chieftain dares to provoke the Daqin. You don't know what's good for you."
"Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Dozens of main officials of the General Staff Department spoke together. Liu Huangchang said more straightforwardly, "Previously, Yang Yinglong retreated out of fear and accepted the census and land requirements. This time, he actually took the initiative to send troops to Sanyuan Dam. In the name of training troops, it is actually a provocation. The contrast between before and after is so big. If there is no one behind him, I'm afraid it will be very difficult."
"What do you mean?"
Xiao Ruxun looked at Liu Huangchang.
"Your Majesty, I think that the replacement of the Daming by the Daqin made some people think that they can do whatever they want. They are unwilling to accept the rule of the Daqin and want to break away from the Daqin to be independent. Yang Yinglong jumped the most happily, and they are also happy to add fuel to the fire.
In places like Guizhou and Sichuan, there are chieftains everywhere. During the Yongle era of the Hongwu Emperor of the former Ming Dynasty, the chieftains of Guizhou and Sichuan were afraid of the military power of the former Ming Dynasty and had no choice but to submit. During the Yongle era, there was internal strife among the chieftains. Emperor Yongle of the former Ming Dynasty carried out the policy of reforming Guizhou and announced the establishment of the Guizhou Government Commissioner, which was directly governed by the central government.
However, in the past 200 years, the former Ming Dynasty's rule has been declining, and they can only control the important cities. The rest of the places are managed by the chieftains. They have a large number of farms, silk farms, tea farms, and so on. Apart from offering offerings, they rarely pay taxes. Therefore, they have soldiers and money, and it is easy to imagine that they do not care about the central government. "
Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath.
"Bozhou Yang Clan, Shuixi An Clan, Shuidong Clan, Sizhou Tian Clan."
Liu Huangchang nodded.
"Your Majesty, these four chieftains have great power in Guizhou and Sichuan. Although they cannot be compared to before the Ming Dynasty, they are much stronger than during the Yongle era of the Hongwu Emperor. After all, this is their ancestral land. For more than 800 years, they have been rooted here for generations. It is extremely difficult to eradicate them. Even if Emperor Yongle could reform the land, he could not eradicate them."
Xiao Ruxun sat back on the throne and thought for a while.
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