My life skills in Daming Liver

By the time the news that Buyan Taiji was defeated and that only one thousand of the three thousand cavalry had escaped reached Bansheng City, it was already December.

At this time, the weather in the northern grasslands has turned cold, and the herdsmen have herded their livestock and horses into tents to prepare for the winter.

At this time, it was no longer possible to organize an attack on Wuyuan City.

Anda Khan is a smart ruler. His ability to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty and open a tribute city shows that he has a clear understanding of his own strength.

Just as Yu Dayou expected, it was no longer possible to go to Wuyuan at this time.

As a result of the Battle of Wuyuan, the name of Yu Dayou, the Lord of Wuyuan City, spread across the grasslands. Many Han slaves tried their best to escape to Wuyuan City, and even the Han people from Bansheng City showed up. escape.

The loss of three thousand cavalry can only be regarded as distressing for Anda Khan.

But the establishment of a Han city like Wuyuan City on the grassland was Adahan's biggest worry.

Anda Khan held a Golden Account meeting in his Golden Account. Not only the Mongolian military nobles attended this meeting, but also Han Chinese seal officials like Qiu Fu were invited to participate.

An Dahan first asked a thousand-household chief who had escaped to describe the situation of the war. After hearing the news of the "divine thunder" and "divine fire" encountered in Wuyuan City, the cavalry was defeated and was chased by Yu Dayou. The Mongolians present The generals were all stunned.

After the head of the Thousand Households finished speaking, An Dahan said:

"You are disloyal if you cannot protect your young master."

"You ran back from the battlefield because you were not brave."

"Since you have brought back important news, I will kill you alone, but your wife and son will be demoted to slaves."

After saying this, two Mongolian warriors rushed into the king's tent and dragged the crying captain out.

After a while, a bloody head appeared in the golden tent.

The Han officials present shivered, but the Mongolian generals did not react at all to the bloody scene. Even the third lady sitting next to An Dahan did not blink an eye.

"Qiu Palm Seal, what kind of weapon is Wuyuan City using? Is it some kind of evil magic?"

When his name was called, Qiu Fu immediately said: "This should be a new Ming Dynasty firearm, not a magic weapon."

"Firearms? Are they just cannons and cannons?"

The Mongols are no strangers to firearms. The Ming court also arranged a lot of firearms in Jiubian. Even going back a little earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang's army had a lot of firearms. Firearms made a big contribution in driving the Mongols out of the Central Plains.

Qiu Fu said: "It's the firearms. According to the Han people who recently escaped from the pass, Southeast, which is at war with the Ming Dynasty, has a powerful firearm that can explode a city wall of several feet, and a cannon that can erode several meters. , very powerful.”

"The Liaoyang Jingqi of the Ming Dynasty were all wiped out by such firearms."

"Now Mingting is studying Southeast, developing and manufacturing firearms."

An Dahan frowned and said, "How could such a firearm appear on the grassland?"

Qiu Fu couldn't understand either.

At this time Huang Taiji said:

"Father Khan! The Lord of Wuyuan City must have the support of Ming Dynasty! These firearms are supported by Ming Dynasty!"

All the Han bureaucrats present trembled. Huang Taiji had the strongest anti-Han stance, and he clearly opposed it when the tribute was awarded.

An Dahan glanced at his eldest son and said:

"In this case, take my flag and seal and ask Ming Dynasty about Wuyuan City!"

"If it is really supported by the Ming Dynasty, you will ask for compensation from the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty does not comply, you will threaten to tear up the tribute!"

Huang Taiji immediately accepted the order excitedly, and An Dahan said to his young wife:

"The White Lotus religion of the Han people spread very quickly among the herdsmen. The teachings of our Mongolian shamanism are barbaric and there are no books. If the Han officials have been in power for a long time, Qilagut, you have always been wise, can you teach me how to teach me?"

The third lady immediately bowed and said:

"Great Khan, you are the heir of the Golden Family. Have you forgotten the deeds of Xue Chan Khan?"

Xue Chan Khan is Kublai Khan. Anda Khan has regarded Kublai Khan as his idol since he was a child, and he is naturally very clear about Kublai Khan's deeds.

He immediately said: "Are you talking about the old incident between Xue Chan Khan and the national master Pasiba?"

Sanniangzi immediately said: "Exactly, I heard that there was another wise man in Tibet who was comparable to Phagpa. He was reincarnated as Su Hui at the age of twenty and was regarded as the Khenpo of Sera Monastery."

An Dahan immediately said: "Such a talented person is willing to come to our grassland to preach?"

Sanniangzi said: "The Khan has forgotten that these great lamas regard preaching as the most noble cause. As long as the Khan invites him, he will come happily."

Sanniangzi was born from a tribe in western Mongolia, that is, a tribe in the western Qinghai region, and has close ties with Tibet.

The tribe she came from believed in the Yellow Sect, so she naturally suggested to An Dahan to use Tibetan Buddhism to suppress the White Lotus Sect.

"I don't know the title of this great lama. I will send someone to invite him to the grassland right now. I will honor him with the etiquette that Xue Chan Khan did to the national master Pasiba!"

The third lady said: "Suonang Jiacuo."

Regardless of the fact that it was already winter, Anda Khan still sent an envoy to Tibet, asking Suonang Gyatso to go to the grassland to preach the Dharma.

At the same time, at the other end of the Himalayas, Ada Khan's distant relative, King Akbar of Delhi, who claimed to be the heir to the Timur Empire, finally began his personal expedition.

Akbar's father Humayun inherited from Babur a large and extremely unstable military empire.

The name of this empire was Mughal Empire.

Akbar was only thirteen years old when he inherited the throne. After his father's death, the empire fell apart. With the help of his men, Akbar gained a firm foothold step by step.

Akbar regained the capital Delhi, and then expelled the powerful officials, allowing his uncle Khan Bajram Khan, who had helped him, to retire in Mecca.

Now Akbar finally took charge and took control of power.

Akbar asked his uncle, Bayram Khan, to retire and at the same time took control of Bayram Khan's territory, the Fergana Basin, the richest in Central Asia.

After acquiring this fertile area known as the crossroads of Central Asia, Akbar saw a path to wealth.

That is the Silk Road that has been cut off for a long time.

In the Fergana Basin, a regime once arose here during the Han Dynasty, and its name was Dawan.

Goa, occupied by the Portuguese, controlled the routes to the East, and Goa's wealth made Akbar jealous.

But Goa was in South India and was not within the control of the Mughal Empire, and it was beyond Akbar's reach.

Even if they controlled Goa, they would not be able to get a share of the Maritime Silk Road with the shipbuilding and navigation capabilities of the Mughal Empire.

If the sea trade route doesn’t work, what about on land?

The Fergana Basin was a crossroads, and the Mughal Empire was even more so.

To the west of the Mughal Empire was the Safavid dynasty established by the Persians. This was also the period when this dynasty flourished.

Further west of the Safavid dynasty is the famous Ottoman Empire. Now the Ottoman Empire is allying with France. It is staring at Vienna in the core area of ​​​​the Habsburg family. The strength of the country is evident.

Can we restart the Silk Road?

Akbar decided to send an envoy to the east to see if he could open up this golden trade route.

The situation in the north, because of Yu Dayou's small change, caused a series of butterfly effects.

At this time, it was already December in the southeast. In previous years, this time was a slack time for farming, but now the workshops everywhere are still spinning, and there is no intention of taking a break during the New Year.

Su Ze took Fang Ruolan and his son to Nanjing, but Fang Wanghai had just completed the construction of the banknote customs in Fujian, and he went south to Guangzhou to set up the banknote customs without stopping.

This year, Su Ze's family always got together less and separated more. When he saw his son who had grown up a lot, Su Ze couldn't help but sigh.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the affairs of the Governor's Mansion have become less busy. When Su Ze has nothing to do, he takes his son to play in the mansion, or accompanies Fang Ruolan to play in Nanjing City.

Xu Wei, the governor of Southern Zhili, was very busy every day, and Su Ze also delegated some of the government affairs of the governor's office to him.

Xu Wei couldn't bear it anymore and went to the Governor's Mansion with the documents.

Su Ze teased his son. After all, it was a blood relationship. The father and son had become familiar with each other in the past few days, and the little guy was grinning.

"Chang Wen, didn't you say that the governor's office of Nanzhili is busy with things, so how come you have time to see me today?"

Xu Wei was so angry that he was so busy not because of Su Ze!

Xu Wei held back his anger and said: "Grand Governor, I still need to trouble you to take a look at the matters in Guangxi."

Su Ze said: "My room master finally couldn't hold on any longer. If we surrender, we'll surrender. Haven't we already arranged for the fourth brigade to enter Guangxi to quell the Yao rebellion?"

"The Yao rebellion is easy to put down, but the problem of Han barbarians in Guangxi is a big problem, and the Ming court was unable to solve it for two hundred years."

"Besides Guangxi, the problem of Han barbarians in Yunnan and Guizhou is even more serious. Does the Governor have any good ideas?"

Among the three border provinces, Guangxi’s problem is considered the least serious.

The conflict between Han and barbarians in Yunnan and Guizhou is more serious, and there are more chieftains in Guizhou than in Guangxi, and they cause trouble every day.

Of course, Su Ze knew the seriousness of the Southwest issue. In the historical timeline before he traveled, the Bozhou Rebellion in Guizhou led to one of the three major expeditions in the Wanli Year. The Wanli court mobilized almost half of the world's salary and soldiers. The rebellion in Bozhou was finally put down.

Although the Boshu Rebellion originated in the southwest, its influence spread across the country and affected the entire southern economy.

The three major conquests of Wanli almost wiped out the Ming court's finances, and the rebellion in the south gave the northern tribes room for development. This is also the reason why many historians believe that the Ming Dynasty fell to Wanli.

The southwest issue was so thorny that Xu Wei put down what he was doing and came to Su Ze for help.

Su Ze handed his son to Fang Ruolan, waited until his wife and son left, and then said:

"Reforming local officials to return to local officials must be done. The system of local officials has left endless disasters, and it is necessary to use local official officials to govern the southwest."

Xu Wei nodded, this was the consensus of the Governor's Office.

"Promote Confucianism, add schools in the southwest, select scholars separately for the southwest imperial examination, and set up martial arts examinations in the southwest."

Xu Wei was shocked and said: "Grand Governor, if the Southwest recruits scholars alone, wouldn't other places be dissatisfied? Wouldn't this be unfair to the scholars from other provinces?"

Su Ze said: "Three southwestern provinces, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, why is Yunnan the least chaotic?"

Xu Wei was stunned for a moment and said: "Prince Mu's Mansion in Yunnan?"

Su Ze nodded and shook his head and said: "The imperial examination is the most popular in Yunnan, and local talents can be promoted, so it is natural for them to study knowledge."

"And the imperial examination took top talents away from Yunnan. Without leading talents to lead the local rebellion, there would naturally be no chaos."

Su Ze said: "After the Fourth Brigade pacifies Guangxi, it will open a separate school in Guangxi and recruit Han Yao people who are proficient in Confucianism as official officials."

"In addition, martial arts examinations are held among various tribes of the Yao people, and those who can understand Chinese and have excellent results can study in military schools."

Su Ze added: "Actually, there is another way, but I don't want to use it."

"any solution?"

"Tibetan Buddhism."

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"Tubo used to be able to compete with the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it declined rapidly after the Tang Dynasty. Since then, it has been living on the plateau and has never caused any splash. Mr. Wen, have you ever thought about why?"

Xu Wei was stunned for a moment.

Su Ze said: "Since Padmasambhava came to Tibet to preach in the mid-Tang Dynasty, Tibetan Buddhism began to rise on the plateau, and now there are Buddhist temples all over Tibet."

"Everyone in Tibet makes offerings to the Buddha. Some people don't even have enough to eat themselves, so they have to make offerings to these monks. Tubo also declined accordingly."

Su Ze didn't say a word. In the historical timeline before he traveled, Anda Khan led Nanjiacuo into the grassland. After the Yellow Sect flourished in the grassland, Mongolia also declined rapidly.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Mongolia was very stable.

The Yellow Sect requires the entire grassland to support monks in addition to nobles, which greatly increases the burden on ordinary herdsmen.

The Yellow Sect is a religion that is beneficial to the rulers. After the Qing government controlled the top religious leaders through the Golden Vase, there was almost no trouble in Tibet and the northern grasslands. (Except Zhungeer)

Su Ze changed the subject and said, "But I don't want to use this method."

"These monks are not engaged in production, but they still want to ride on the heads of the people. Those monasteries are hiding filth and evil, which is really a way to fool the people."

"The barbarian chaos in the southwest is still a problem of Han barbarians, and ultimately it is a problem of survival."

"Living conditions in the southwest are not good, and there is not enough food to eat. If there are careerists who instigate people, they will naturally rebel."

"Whether they are Han Chinese or barbarians, people will rebel if their lives are not good. This is not a national problem, but a problem of the rulers themselves."

Guangxi is also an old rebel base. The most famous Taiping Rebellion in the Qing Dynasty started in Guangxi, and Hong Xiuquan was also a Han.

"Return to the land and develop the southwest. If we can have enough food and warm clothes, who will rebel?"

“As long as we can develop, the problems in the Southwest can be solved in five years, ten years, or twenty years.”

Su Ze added: "In addition, monks and Taoists will be established under the governor's office and set up in each province. Starting from Nanzhili, the monks and Taoists will be inspected. Monks and Taoists without ultimatums will not be allowed to live in temples and Taoists. All the land occupied by temples and Taoists will be Take it back to the government and unify it, and then grant the land."

"Change the Zisun Temple to the Jungle Temple. The abbots of temples and Taoists cannot be hereditary. They must be selected and appointed from outside temples with the approval of the monks and Taoists. The selection must be through public examination and competition."

"Family temples, villages and temples are not allowed to encroach on property, and there is no tax or exemption privileges. Monks and Taoist monasteries in various places investigate obscene worship, and all worship of evil spirits and evil spirits must be destroyed. Ancestor gods and folk gods are not allowed to hold rituals in public. They must be held in the monastery. Taoist registration."

Su Ze said so many things in one breath, Xu Wei quickly wrote them down.

Su Ze stood up and said: "We in the Southeast do not restrict religion, but do not use religion to fool the people. If the people are wise, the country will be strong, and if the people are ignorant, the country will be weak!"