Chapter 1062 1153 Silencing and Rebellion
“Father, Father.”
Li Rusong shouted and rushed into the yard. Li Chengliang came out with a frown and yelled at him: "Do it rough." What? Chased by a dog? ”
"Hey, if it were a dog, I would just hit it with a knife. I really wouldn't run away."
Li Rusong rushed to Li Chengliang with a playful smile. He immediately thought of the reason for coming and couldn't help but said anxiously: "Dad, I just received this The news is broken.”
"What?"
Li Chengliang was shocked at first, and then calmed down immediately.
Meng Yang was able to persist in not falling for two months, which was actually beyond his expectation.
Faced with the overwhelming Burmese army's offensive, Si Ge relied on his few men and horses to hold on to a few mountain passes. It was very rare for him to resist for such a long time.
“When did it happen?”
Li Chengliang asked calmly.
“Three days ago.”
Li Rusong replied hurriedly: “It is said that Han Qian, the chieftain of Gengma, hooked up a leader named Huo Ba and let the Burmese army invade Mongolia. Yang.
Si Ge was unprepared and suffered heavy losses. Meng Yang could no longer bear it. ”
“Is there any news about Si Ge?”
Li Chengliang is more concerned about these chieftains in the southwest. As long as these chieftains are not killed, they will inevitably resurrect.
In fact, even if they themselves are killed, as long as there are still descendants alive, they can run back to the Ming Dynasty.
After the situation in the southwest subsides, relying on the imperial edicts, seals, talismans and crowns that were awarded back then to prove the identity, it is possible that the lost things can be recovered from the imperial court.
Of course these are not what Li Chengliang wants to give.
To put it mildly, it means leaving trouble in the future.
Therefore, in Li Chengliang's opinion, it would be best if all his heirs were killed.
As for the collateral factions, there are many, and the court will definitely not recognize them.
“That’s not clear. The news only said that Si Ge was defeated and the Burmese army was chasing him.”
Li Rusong said with a smile.
He is the eldest among the brothers, so he is usually the most respected by Li Chengliang. He has participated in many military aircraft, so he naturally knows what his father is thinking.
This was true in Liaodong and also in the southwest. Li Chengliang completely regarded him as his successor and trained him, and even spent a lot of money to invite famous teachers and scholars from the pass to teach him.
This famous teacher and scholar is actually the famous Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang in history.
Xu Wei failed in the imperial examination in his early years, when Japanese pirates were rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, so Xu Wei worked as an aide under Hu Zongxian, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River to suppress Japanese invaders, and planned for him.
So, Xu Wei not only has good knowledge, but also has outstanding military capabilities.
After the fall of Hu Zongxian, Xu Wei was imprisoned as an accomplice and tortured. Although he was released later, he was impoverished.
When he was in poverty, he received invitations from Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang from Liaodong who were still in Jizhen.
But in the end, Xu Wei did not choose the more familiar Qi Jiguang, but went to Liaodong alone to become the teacher of Li Chengliang's son Li Rusong.
It was not Wei Guangde who proposed the elimination of the chieftains in the southwest, but the result he wanted was to eliminate the chieftains first before he could have a chance of long-term peace and stability in the southwest.
As long as there is a chieftain in the local area, the people there will only listen to the chieftain's words and will not choose to obey the orders of the court.
Li Chengliang saw through this, so he adopted this strategy against the chieftains in the southwest.
"Are you just chasing?"
Li Chengliang's eyes flashed, and then he said to his son: "You pick some skilled people to go over, and you must not let them come out alive."
Li Rusong understood what his father meant. Even if Si Ge escaped the pursuit of the Burmese army, he would not be allowed to escape to the Ming Dynasty alive.
Looking around, thinking of a direction to run in, there was only Ming Dynasty.
The surrounding area has been occupied by the Burmese army, and he has no other place to go.
Si Ge, in order to express his loyalty to Mu Changzuo, Luo Rufang and others, killed the men sent by Mang Yinglong to Meng Yang to persuade him to surrender. This was regarded as a deadly feud with Mang Yinglong and he would never accept surrender.
I just didn’t think that Daming had other thoughts. He was unmoved by everything he did and still had no intention of sending troops.
Even if such a person saves Daming, he is afraid that the seeds of hatred towards Daming have already grown in his heart and cannot be resolved at all.
After all, almost all of the family's hard-earned foundation was destroyed in his hands.
Such a deep hatred will never be eliminated even after several generations.
Li Chengliang is actually a ruthless person. Of course he knows how to eradicate the weeds, otherwise he would not have been able to stand firm in Liaodong for decades and build up the strength of the Liaodong clan.
Any family that he regards as a target will be mercilessly killed by him.
Such behavior is a strong deterrent both internally and externally.
As for the fact that he let Nurhachi go in history, perhaps it was not only because he accidentally killed his family, but also because he wanted to show it to other Jurchens.
After all, making the Jurchens surrender requires more than just beating and killing.
Only by dividing and dismantling the Jurchen forces and allowing them to fight against each other can Ming rule over Liaodong be realized.
It’s just that he made a mistake and actually left behind a natural talent, and allowed him to develop among the poor white mountains and black waters, and became the talisman of the Ming Dynasty.
"Dad, I understand."
Li Rusong replied, turned around and walked out.
He wanted to select people from his personal guards to go to the border. First, he wanted to find out information about Meng Yang's direction. The most important thing was to intercept and kill Si Ge and his family so that they could not escape into the Ming Dynasty alive.
But as soon as he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Luo Rufang, the security guard, rushing in.
Looking at the way he was in a hurry, it was obvious that he had gotten the news about Meng Yang and came here to ask Li Chengliang for advice.
"Master Luo."
Li Rusong pushed aside and saluted Luo Rufang.
“Rusong, is your father in there?”
Just after Li Rusong went out, Li Chengliang had already returned to the house, so Luo Rufang did not see Li Chengliang even though he was at the entrance of the courtyard.
“In the house.”
Li Rusong looked back at the yard and replied hurriedly.
"Then I'll go in and look for him."
Luo Rufang didn't care to talk to Li Rusong. She lifted the hem of her official robe and hurried into the yard.
When Li Rusong saw Luo Rufang like this, he curled his lips and continued walking out.
But it was still strange in his heart. It was supposed that the person who had the latest news and came to look for his father, shouldn't it be the Duke of Guizhou, Mu Changzuo?
The Li family is new to Yunnan and has no foundation, so it is normal for the news to be delayed. Now even Luo Rufang knows the news. He is an official. Although he has only been here a few years ago, the Duke of Guizhou, as a local leader, should not know the news anyway.
At this time, Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Guizhou, who was scheming in Li Rusong's heart, was also walking back and forth in his room, obviously feeling very irritable.
He knew the news earlier than the Li family, but although he was anxious, he never left the yard.
Yes, his news channels are much wider than those of new wealthy families like the Li family.
Although Li Chengliang was very secretive about their trip to the southwest, there was still a hint of it in his usual conversation and behavior.
Luo Rufang didn't notice it, but Mu Changzuo, who grew up in the Duke's Palace of Guizhou for a long time, did.
You need to know what the situation was like in the Duke of Guizhou's mansion before Mu Changzuo took over the throne. People who are not familiar with that period of history would never imagine that it was really a mess.
Therefore, Mu Changzuo is actually very sensitive to people and objects.
Moreover, neither Wei Guangde nor Li Chengliang would have thought that the Mu family, which is located in a remote place, has actually been hiding its own intelligence network in the capital.
The root of this intelligence network is not in the market or officialdom, but in the Jin Yiwei.
Which yamen in the capital of the Ming Dynasty is the most familiar with news from all sides and understands information from various places, the first one is Jin Yiwei.
The people of Jinyiwei are not only rooted in the streets, but also have spies lurking in various places to collect information. Even in the mansions of many dignitaries, there are also spies from Jinyiwei dormant.
However, the palace has no intention of touching them. Naturally, even if some people are guilty of obvious crimes, Jin Yiwei will not take care of them.
They are just butcher knives in the emperor's hands, and they will chop them down only under the emperor's will.
Although Jin Yiwei's power was surpassed by Dongchang for a period of time, Dongchang still had to rely on Jinyiwei for law enforcement.
The Mu family left the capital, but they did not dare to leave completely, so Mu Sheng, the third generation head of the Mu family, had already begun to cultivate an intelligence collection network in the capital.
In order not to attract attention, they start from the lowest level and slowly help them climb up.
As generations passed, people from the Mu family had already taken root in Jinyiwei.
However, most of the people trained by the Mu family do not go to hundreds of households, but develop into the Experience Department, which is in charge of various documents and books in Jinyiwei.
In other words, their people do not take military positions but civilian positions.
And this choice has never been noticed by anyone, allowing them to hide it well.
The civil service bureau in Jinyiwei is naturally the Experience Department. It is a civilian department in Jinyiwei and is responsible for sending and receiving official documents of the agency.
There is often a lot of information hidden in these official documents.
Several meetings between Wei Guangde and Li Chengliang in the cabinet were recorded and placed in the Jinyiwei archives warehouse.
After Li Chengliang arrived in the southwest, the Mu family sent news to the capital, and the clues were discovered by the Mu family.
Although the information is not comprehensive, after all, Wei Guangde and Li Chengliang met not only in the cabinet, but also in the government and other places, but Mu Changzuo had some guesses based on the information he collected.
According to these analyses, Mu Changzuo has given up on rescuing Sige, and even before Li Chengliang made the decision, he had already sent dead soldiers to the border to prepare to silence him.
There are many chieftains in the southwest, and their relationships are actually quite complicated, and many of them are even unknown to outsiders.
When the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was very high, the chieftains in the southwest region had many illegal things.
For example, during the Chenghua period, Zhou Binwu, a businessman from Jiangxi, induced Meng Mihan to bribe Wan An and others, a scholar from the Shoufu University who were "corrupt about the world", to act as a protective umbrella for his annexation of Mu State's land. , help him speak in the court.
As a local leader, the Duke of Guizhou's Mansion was naturally the main source of information for the court to inquire about. Even the news from the Mu family to the capital could influence the court's final decision.
It can be said that the Duke of Guizhou is to blame for the current situation in Myanmar and other places.
Three announcements and six comforts rushed to send property to the Duke of Guizhou and even the capital, asking him to help speak and act as a protective umbrella.
It is not surprising that the imperial officials took the lead in accepting bribes, sheltering bad guys, and triggering conflicts between chieftains. It is not surprising that the southwestern barbarians began to resent the imperial court.
The Ming court improperly hired people and lost its prestige. This is the root of the chaos in Myanmar.
Of course, the chaos is like this, and it has something to do with the decline in the ability of the previous generations of Dukes of Guizhou. After all, they have gotten away with it.
These all happen under the table. After the cabinet is changed, it will naturally not be noticed.
Mu Changzuo is now worried that Li Chengliang will find out about this and report it to the court.
After all, after doing so many things, it is impossible not to leave any clues.
However, suspicion is suspicion. As long as there is no conclusive personal or material evidence, it will naturally not affect the overall situation.
But if Siga came over and resented him for standing still and talking nonsense to Li Chengliang, the situation would be completely different.
And Mu Changzuo was not familiar with Li Chengliang and didn't know how ruthless he was, otherwise he wouldn't have anything to worry about and would have sent someone to intercept and kill him.
In fact, what Mu Changzuo was thinking about at this time was that even if the chieftains in the southwest were captured by the imperial court, they must not be left alive, and they could not be allowed to attack the Duke of Guizhou's government, or use this to blackmail them into exonerating them.
Anyway, two of the three main talkers in Yongchang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty have issued death orders for Si Ge, and only the patrol censor Luo Rufang, who is least valued by Si Ge, is If you really want to save him, you have to say that this is a huge irony.
"Quick, climb over the mountain in front and you will reach Nanya Pass.
As long as we enter Nanya Pass, we will be safe."
In the mountains to the east of Meng Yang , a group of nearly a hundred people were moving forward with difficulty, and the leader was none other than Meng Yangxuanwei envoy Si Ge.
After encountering the betrayal of his subordinates, Si Ge realized that he was unable to continue to persist, so he abandoned his soldiers and horses and let them continue to resist. He took his personal guards, picked up a family of children, and ran away to the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Sige could no longer trust his generals because he didn't know if others had betrayed him.
Abandoning the main road and thinking of leading people on a dangerous mountain road that was not suitable for large armies, they trudged hard and finally approached the border of the Ming Dynasty.
Although his choice was extremely slow, he did avoid the danger of being chased along the way.
So far, the fact that they have not been pursued by the Burmese army is proof of this.
However, the road was difficult and dangerous. He could persist because of his survival mentality, but his men couldn't accept it.
The most important thing is that during this escape, all his men abandoned their families and followed Si Ge to escape while also protecting his family.
And what happens next?
The uncertain future is what makes it difficult for these personal guards to stabilize.
What Si Ge didn’t know was that several captains of the personal guards had already negotiated privately several times, considering whether to tie up Si Ge and give it to the King of Burma in exchange for glory and wealth.
Yes, Mang Yinglong is still very popular in Myanmar because rewards and punishments are clear. The chieftains and soldiers who follow him will receive generous rewards every time they win a war.
Although wars are frequent, everything seems insignificant in the face of easy money.
And because the Burmese army has been marching all the way, no one now doubts Mang Yinglong's commanding ability and the combat power of the Burmese army.
This is also the reason why many militaristic countries can cover up all domestic conflicts just by relying on military victories.
Not only a spiritual victory, but also a material gain.
"We can't wait any longer. Let's take action tonight and tie them up while they are sleeping."
"Where are those people?"
"Tie them all up. Let those who are willing to let go and kill those who don't. ."
After a moment of silence, several team captains nodded quietly.