Chapter 9 Elimination of Internal Troubles
"Your Majesty, the good news in the province is reported. Commander Chen will conquer the enemy camp. The enemy chief Yang Hanying requested surrender. He and the captured chiefs have been escorted to Beijing!" When Zhao Bing was immersed in the past, Wang De suddenly trotted over and reported.
"Oh, the Bozhou war has been completed!" Zhao Bing turned around and took the battle report and said in surprise.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, I will be peaceful and peaceful in the world!" Wang De congratulated.
"Haha, this kid Chen Dun has finally grown up and can stand alone!" Zhao Bing patted Wang De's shoulder, unable to hide his joy.
After several years of operation last year, with the support of the Song Dynasty, the Cunbai Army conquered Dali, wiped out all the Yuan army and tribal troops in Yunnan, captured Duan and the King of Annan of the Mongol Yuan. The rest surrendered, and all the Li surrendered, and then Dali was pacified. A few Duan were stripped of their titles and the royal family were imprisoned in Shaoxing; the chiefs and relatives who rebeled from the Mongol Yuan were killed and moved to another place to resettle.
At the same time, the local officials system that followed the thousand-year-old was deposed, and the state government was established and the officials sent by the court to manage. Regardless of Han Li, the land was distributed according to the population, and taxes were collected according to the law. The tribal army and the Cunbai army were reorganized into state army, and the treatment was the same as other departments and were dispatched by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. This policy has been implemented in many places to help the Li people get rid of the control of tribal leaders and truly become the people of the Song Dynasty.
Two years ago, Zhao Bing strongly advocated Chen Dun to lead the newly formed 11th Army to Bozhou. Although Bozhou was included, it finally calmed down the unstable factor in Guizhou. What he felt even more gratified was that Chen Dun also gradually grew up and had a general under his command. His battle also showed not only military capabilities, but also rare political vision.
When Chen Dun first arrived in Bozhou, the Yang family did not completely break up with the imperial court and was still bargaining. After arriving in Guizhou, he did not rush to put pressure on his own. Because he knew that his 11th Army had just been formed, and although veterans with practical experience were added, they were more new recruits, and there was a lack of understanding between them, and they still needed training and running-in.
So Chen Dun stepped up the training of the troops, while continuing negotiations with Yang and the Snake, and took the opportunity to understand the situation of the local and Yang. At the same time, he joined hands with the local government to take action to impose an economic blockade on Bozhou. However, he did not use blatant signing and banning, but secretly put pressure on merchants who were engaged in trade with him, so that they did not dare to trade with Bozhou, which was difficult for them to sell.
Bozhou immediately felt the pressure, and they also understood that it was the court who used this to warn them and wanted to force them to surrender. The Yang family is an old family. After many dynasties, they naturally had a way to solve it. So they used the same trick again, bribing officials with a large amount of money and dumped them at a low price. But this time it didn't work. They found that Chen Dun was too unruly, and the money was taken, but the matter was not done. No matter how low the price was, no merchant dared to buy their goods.
After several tests, Yang knew that it was meat buns that beat the dog, but they would not surrender because of this little thing. They could cultivate grain and support themselves, but salt, cloth and iron tools needed to be obtained from the outside world. They suddenly found that daily necessities were several times the price overnight, which forced them to use their savings. In this life of not gaining money, Yang's family was still able to persist, but some small tribes soon could not hold on.
On the other hand, Chen Dun took every opportunity to publicize the benefits of returning to the Song Dynasty to those lower-level tribes, so that they could move out of barren lands, gain their own land, get rid of the control of tribe leaders, and gain full freedom. In the increasingly difficult situation, some tribes who could not survive, and even small tribes began to escape from Yang's control and surrender to the court.
This ambiguous situation did not last long. After Chen Dun completed military preparations and Yang still refused to change the territory and return to the empire, he began to increase the blockade, cut off all channels to Bozhou, and began to persuade the An family and other chieftains of the Yang family, who were vassal of Bozhou, to surrender and disintegrate their alliance. Some tribes that were not in harmony with the Yang family began to negotiate with the court, which angered the Yang family and instigated people to retaliate against them.
Chen Dun realized that the biography of Bozhou began to split, and Yang's control began to decline. He did not launch a rash attack, but he still maintained contact with Yang on the surface. He secretly took advantage of the situation and sent a small group of troops to attack those stubborn tribes. Their target was not to kill people, but to "Zexi".
The 11th Army was formed with the Imperial Mountain Brigade as the backbone. Most of the soldiers and generals were Li people from Qiongzhou and Guangdong and Guangxi. They lived in deep mountains and jungles since childhood, passing through mountains and forests like walking on flat ground. The conflicts between tribes in the past also made them familiar with various tactics and means. After rigorous military training, they learned the application of firearms, which made them look like tigers and fought in familiar environments like fish in water.
Zexi is equivalent to the official warehouses of each department. The taxes and accumulations collected from the ministries are collected. They are used as reserves on weekdays, and when encountering famines and wars, they are used to relieve the ministries and people as military funds. It can be said that they are the foundation of their survival. Once the family is lost, they will lose the confidence to confront each other. Therefore, Chen Dun's hand is very poisonous and his positioning is very accurate, and he hits them in one go.
The successive attacks caused Zhu Li to suffer heavy losses, but at first they did not realize that it was the Song army, but they suspected that the hostile tribes were doing it. Those who were close to the court believed that it was the Yang family, while the tribes that were alliance with the Yang family believed that it was the revenge of those tribes close to the court. For a moment, the suspicion between the two lis was further deepened, and the contradictions also turned from intrigue in secret to openness, and they did not hesitate to fight each other.
When the Yang family discovered that this might be the means by the Song army to separate them, it was already a little too late. The tribes were already red in their eyes and had no trust in each other. If they could still defeat the tribes with their reputation and strength on weekdays, but now the imperial army is eyeing them and people are dispersed, they feel powerless. They can only mediate from it, secretly support the tribes close to them, and try to save the situation.
But after a year, due to the blockade of the Song army and the destruction of Zexi's accumulation, the fields were deserted and even damaged by opponents, and famine inevitably occurred. Chen Dun took the opportunity to surrender the tribe that surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and not only gave relief, but also promised to submit a letter to the court to request the seal after the work was done, attracting some tribes to descend the mountain and accept resettlement.
For the remaining stubborn tribes, or tribes that are swaying from side to side and still have a lucky mentality, the only choices left for them are to break the blockade and go down the mountain to rob. But they also understand that it is difficult to defeat the court. After all, the surrounding areas have been occupied by the Song Dynasty, and they cannot obtain foreign aid. The ultimate goal is to force the court to accept their conditions.
Chen Dun had already had a solution at this time. He built camps and built bases on major traffic roads, but could not go out, and at the same time arranged mobile troops to provide reinforcements at any time. The number of tribes that went out to rob were fewer, and they were unable to break the basement equipped with firearms. If there were too many people, there would be danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Song army. After several encounters, the tribes had gained very little except for losing their manpower and could not break the blockade.
Life is getting harder and the Yang family is not a monolithic part, and they have their own thoughts. At present, the leader of the Yang family is Yang Hanying, who is only ten years old. He inherited the position of Bozhou pacifier, who was granted the title of the Yuan Dynasty, and his mother Tian family is in power. Faced with increasing pressure from the court, the Tian family intends to accept the title of the court in order to avoid the disaster of extermination of the clan, and gives up all official positions and become an idle rich man.
The Tian family's idea was supported by the two branches of Yang Bangguang and Yang Bangzheng. They were originally Jinshi of the Song Dynasty and had fame. During the negotiations, the court promised not to pursue their crimes of rebellion against the Song Dynasty, retain their fame and fortune, and could enter the capital to become officials. In comparison, they were also a good way out for them. Moreover, they had also realized the determination of the court to change their territory and return to the current situation. If the stalemate continued, once the court lost patience, it would be a disaster for the extermination of the clan.
But just when the Tian family was determined to surrender to the Song Dynasty, they died inexplicably one day. Then the other branches, led by Yang Bangjie, began to force the palace, seized financial power, controlled the clan army, and planned to win over several tribes to fight with the Song army. Although Yang Hanying was young, he also realized what had happened. His mother must have been afraid of the incident of surrendering to the Song Dynasty and killed him.
The two brothers Yang Bangguang and Yang Bangzheng were marginalized at this time and realized that they would be implicated if they were still alive, and even ended up with the same fate as the Tian family. So after discussion, they took Yang Hanying and his tribe and asked the Song army to surrender. Yang Hanying cried to Chen Dun and told her that she was willing to give up everything and avenge her mother.
The fortress is often breached from the inside. Yang Hanying's request for surrender and Yang Bangguang's betrayal not only greatly reduced the strength of the Yang family, but also made Chen Dun's army famous. Under the guidance of Yang Bangguang, Yang Hanying, the real patriarch, was also recruiting surrender. The battle was extremely smooth. It took only two months to start the war to defeat the remaining Yang family. Seeing that the situation was over, the threats asked to surrender one after another, and Bozhou was pacified...
The pacification of Bozhou marks that the territory has been unified and no internal troubles have been affected. At the same time, it also has a realistic significance. The policy of restraining the indirect rule of the past vassals has been transformed into a change from the direct rule of the court, which strengthened the internal control and eliminated the basis of civil strife. This changed the implementation of the policy on ethnic minorities for thousands of years, which of course made Zhao Bing very excited.
Zhao Bing immediately summoned the officials to discuss the aftermath of Bozhou, and agreed to Chen Dun's request to commend the meritorious soldiers in the quelling of the rebellion. He appointed Yang Hanying as the Marquis of Pingyuan, posthumously named his mother Tian as a Shuren, and gave him the mansion to go to the capital to study in the Imperial Academy. He pardoned Yang Bangguang and Yang Bangzheng for rebelling against Song, restored his fame and fortune, and was granted the title of Tongyi Doctor and Dazhong Doctor, and was appointed to be appointed to the official after entering the capital. The participants were questioned and the person in charge was threatened to move to another place to resettle.
Chapter completed!