The eldest son of the red mansion

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No one knows why Lurong Dengpa Rinpoche came up with the idea of ​​fighting against the Central Plains people, only that he has already taken action, and he has expelled the supervisors sent by the central government to western Tibet.

After Jia Ke received the news, he immediately ordered Xiao Yue's army to stop advancing and prepare to enter Tibet at any time to put down the rebellion.

As for why they didn't march immediately, it was because Sun Yan, the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department, believed that they should be courteous before soldiers, so that people in the world could be convinced.

So Jia Ke sent a person from the Ministry of Rites to go to Tibet with his own edict of accountability. If the other party can repent, Jia Ke can also temporarily endure a semi-independent kingdom.

Because the Central Plains has just fought a big battle with the black food. Although it is said to have won a decisive victory, it also cost a lot of money and food. Marching is the coldest winter in western Tibet, I am afraid that the soldiers under his command will not be able to adapt to the environment.

However, the officials here brought Jia Ke's imperial decree, but when they arrived in western Tibet, they were kicked out without even meeting the Rinpoche Rinpoche.

This is because the Central Plains Dynasty has been the suzerain state for many years, and it still has some deterrent power to Western Tibet, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not even save its life.

And after this emissary was driven out, he did not follow the way he came back to Sichuan and then went to Beijing, but went directly north, crossed the Gobi Desert, and came to Yumen Pass, where he wanted to join Xiao Yue's army.

However, Xiao Yue's army was originally stationed outside Yumen Pass, after receiving the order from the envoy, the army immediately moved out and returned to Yumen Pass within three days.

As soon as Xiao Yue arrived at Yumen Pass, the officials of the Ministry of Rites immediately took out a copy of Jia Ke's secret decree and read it out in front of Xiao Yue and the commander of the Eight Banners.

The general meaning of this decree is: Luorong Dengpa living Buddha in western Tibet, who disobeyed the imperial court's order and had an irregular heart, specially appointed Xiao Yue as the marshal, led the troops into western Tibet, and quelled the rebellion. The crime of treason is dealt with, but severe punishment is absent.

After Xiao Yue received the imperial decree, he did not raise troops to enter West Tibet immediately, because the weather was already cold, and these troops under his command were still wearing summer clothes, so they had to wait for the court's supplies before they could march into West Tibet.

Naturally, Jia Ke would not let his soldiers go to Tibet to die. He had already ordered the governor of Shaanxi to prepare winter clothes for the army and fodder for the horses.

If it was necessary to prepare so many supplies in the previous court, it would have cost a lot of money, and it would take a while for the court to complete the preparations.

However, since Jia Ke boarded the plane, the implementation of the taxation system, the government and the gentry pay food together, and the collection of commercial taxes, the imperial court is now very rich.

For example, Shaanxi, which was originally a place of bitter cold, has now prepared all the winter clothes, food and grass in just over a month after receiving Jia Ke's order.

After the governor of Shaanxi prepared the supplies, he immediately sent someone to notify Xiao Yue.

When Xiao Yue got the news, he sent 1 cavalry there. Why did Xiao Yue send so many horses?That's not because there are already swords drawn between Tibet and West, and there are many ethnic minorities here who believe in Tibetan Buddhism. If these people make trouble, the materials will disappear halfway.

This time, Xiao Yue really fell for it. On the way back to the barracks with 1 people carrying supplies, they really ran into those believers of Tibetan Buddhism, who rushed to grab the military supplies.

As a result, these people ran into 1 Eight Banners cavalry, and were immediately chased by these cavalry like rabbits, running around all over the grassland, but in the end they still did not escape the encirclement and suppression of the Eight Banners cavalry. The villages and small towns frightened all these people, and they never dared to think about this batch of supplies.

It was already two months later when Xiao Yue received the supplies, and it was about to enter late autumn and early winter.

Xiao Yue summoned all the generals under his command and the commanders of the Eight Banners to discuss whether to march now or wait until next spring to march into western Tibet.

These generals in the Central Plains naturally didn't want to go to fight in a bitter cold place like Tibet in the cold weather like winter.

It was everyone who silenced Xiao Yue and let the army temporarily rest, and wait until next year when the spring blossoms and flowers bloom, and then send troops south to conquer western Tibet.

But the Eight Banners cavalry disagreed, because these people originally lived in the north, and the bitter cold was not much worse than Tibet, and they had no aversion to fighting in winter.

And the representative of them, Jirigla, is Jia Ke's hard-core confidant. When he saw the generals in the Central Plains, they were afraid of the cold and refused to go south. Fighting again, I think those people in western Tibet think the same way, so we will do the opposite and give them a surprise attack in winter. At that time, we will be able to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost."

What Jirigla said made the generals in the Central Plains silent. Don't they know this simple truth?It's just that I'm afraid of the severe cold and don't want to toss in this winter.

Xiao Yue sat above the commander-in-chief, watching these people quarreling below, he understood what the two groups of people meant.

"I understand what you mean, but I think what Jirigla said is reasonable. If we wait until next spring, those who want to come to Tibet are ready. If we fight again, we will have to compete with them layer by layer. In the end, we will win, and we have to lose a lot. Why don't we just go south and try to destroy them at the lowest cost. As for the cold weather that is not conducive to marching, that is also very easy. Those people in western Tibet have many yaks in their homes, etc. When we conquer a land, we will collect these yaks to transport military supplies, and if the soldiers are tired, they will go south with the yaks. What do you think?"

The Eight Banners generals below naturally had nothing to say, but the Central Plains general saw that the chief general had said everything, so they could only bite the bullet and agree with what they could say.

Everyone in Xiao Yue agreed with his point of view, and immediately ordered: "The army hastened to rest for three days, each put on winter clothes, and after three days, the whole army set off immediately and marched into western Tibet."

After listening to Xiao Yue's order, the generals below bowed their hands and said yes, then they withdrew from the big tent, each rectified their troops and horses and prepared to go.

Chapter 789 Serf

Three days later, Xiao Yue led the army and set off from Yumen Pass to the west of Tibet.

There is still a long distance from Yumen Pass to the west of Tibet, and there is a journey of more than 1000 miles along the way.

Fortunately, this is a march in the country, and there is no need for much precaution. The journey along the way is still very fast. Half a month later, Xiao Yue's army has arrived at the edge of western Tibet.

At this time, the Living Buddha Ji Luorong Dengba in Xizang also knew that the soldiers of the Central Plains Dynasty had arrived at the edge of Tibet.

It is not without reason that Jirigla dared to resist the Central Plains Dynasty so frantically.

The first thing he relied on was that the terrain in Tibet was complex and the weather was different from that in the Central Plains.

The second reason is his religious identity, because in the current religion of Western Tibet, he is a living living Buddha, and in Western Tibet he firmly believes in such things.

That's why Lurong Dengba was able to rule in western Tibet for such a long time.

Lurong Dengba got the report this time, knowing that the Central Plains is bound to win this time, he must not take it lightly.

Lurong Dengba Living Buddha.Immediately ordered 3 people to advance to Nagqu District. Nagqu is the gateway to the north for Tibet. As long as they can stay here for a few months, with the harsh natural conditions in western Tibet, the people of the Central Plains may be killed by nature here. destroyed.

Xiao Yue led the soldiers into Tibet, and was immediately hit by nature.

Almost all of his troops suffered from altitude sickness, struggled with every step forward, panted, and their legs refused to obey commands.

Xiao Yue was not well prepared for this situation, so a large number of non-combat attrition occurred in the army.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Yue could only garrison temporarily, and then ordered the troops to send those soldiers who could not hold on out of Tibet.

In this way, the army has been garrisoned for nearly a month, and the soldiers slowly adapted to the climate of the plateau. Only then did Xiao Yue continue to march.

After Xiao Yue walked in western Tibet for a period of time and found out the people, and got to know the local situation, he realized why Jia Ke hated these Living Buddhas so much.

It turned out to be in Western Tibet.These living Buddhas of Lamaism are a piece of sky above the people, and this god has no mercy, and cruelly oppresses the people at the bottom to the extreme.

It is precisely because this kind of oppression is so cruel that the upper class came up with the strategy of using religion to paralyze the people below, otherwise, these unbearable slaves at the bottom would have risen up and rebelled long ago.

Xiao Yue discovered that in western Tibet there existed a serf system that had been abolished by the Central Plains dynasty for thousands of years.

The cruelty of the serf system shocked even Xiao Yue, who was the ruling figure of the upper class of the Central Plains.

In western Tibet, it is often seen that the houses of the slave owners are tall and magnificent, decorated with all kinds of Buddhism, and the ornaments are solemn and solemn, while the houses of the slaves are like a nest, so they are considered relatively wealthy families, and many people even wear clothes. Just lying in the yard.

Moreover, the land rent in western Tibet has reached the insane [-]% split. Of course, the serf owners get [-]% and the serfs only get [-]%.

This is quite benevolent. Some people directly gave all the crops in the fields to the serf owners themselves, and only gave the serfs some pig food to keep them alive.

What's more cruel is that as long as the serf owners have a little bit of trouble, they will vent their anger on these serfs. They have come up with various methods, such as cutting off their hands and gouging out their eyes.

That's not counting, and the monks in those temples said on the surface that they served the Buddha with a pure heart and few desires, but in fact, all of them had human faces and animal hearts.

These lamas don’t have a day, and they lack the service of women. The source of these women is the serfs and the nuns who converted to the Buddha.

If those women and nuns are good, they can still survive. If they don't obey, those lamas will immediately torture these women to death in order to fear that the matter will be revealed.