Emperor Ming Dynasty

Over time, drawing on Manchu rule and historical experience, as well as the emperor's advice, the grassland region gradually formed a characteristic political system.

In the early stages of conquest, all nobles, big and small, were recognized, and then their spheres of influence were divided, and private fights were not allowed.

Just to avoid raising Gu and create a big tribe again.

Subsequently, the establishment of Baihu District and Qianhu District, coupled with the addition of traveling judges, allowed the court to control justice and weaken the ruling power of the nobility.

After that, it is naturally the redemption of power, the so-called iron sheep money.

Step by step, the power of the nobles was restrained, thereby stabilizing their rule.

In politics, iron sheep money was used to stabilize the nobility.

Ideologically, they use the Yellow Sect to win over ordinary herdsmen.

Not to mention the economy, the wool trade tied up most people to death, and even the nobles could not escape.

The so-called wool trade is just a common name, including wool, salt and iron, tea, furs, minerals, livestock and other grassland specialties.

In addition, compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was more tolerant politically. Considering that the Mongols were not proficient in culture, they directly established sociology and popularized Confucian culture.

In order to allow the people at the bottom to have their own future, the Naadam Conference directly became a masked imperial examination, directly breaking the monopoly of the aristocracy.

This is indescribable for winning the hearts and minds of the people.

For the first time, the lower-class herdsmen knew that they would become upper-class people and live a richer life than the nobles without war.

The most typical example is when the major vassal states went to develop.He will definitely go around the grassland to recruit his followers.

For example, the King of Liao directly recruited three thousand herdsmen and laid his own foundation.

The Three Temples Policy is its complete form.

Meng En also knew at this time that even though he was not good at archery, he still had a future: railway worker.

The family was eating and drinking, and Meng En rode on his horse before going to the judge's office.

There are now judges in Baihu District, and I don't know when. These judges not only started to judge cases, but also handled civil matters on behalf of hundreds of households.

Such as tax collection, military service, corvee service, and even changes in household registration.

The judge's tent was extremely spacious, with imposing government officials guarding the entrance. The unruly herdsmen lowered their heads and lined up in a long line, as obedient as sheep.

Its power is becoming more and more powerful.

Meng En looked at the judge who was handling the case, especially because he was wearing a green Mongolian robe with official patches embroidered on it. He looked a bit strange, but he was full of majesty.

As soon as the wooden board was slapped, everyone trembled.

Others were Jinshi at the Naadam Conference, and some ordinary herdsmen directly became officials, becoming masters equal to nobles.

The entire family made a leap.

In order to govern the herdsmen in Mongolia, the imperial court compiled a set of laws based on local conditions.

It's very simple, based on three items and expanded.

First, there is no private fighting, and both the victor and the loser are slaves.

Second, the system of primogeniture. The eldest son inherits most of the family property. Anyone who violates this law will be exiled.

Third, the thief becomes a slave.

In order to adapt to Meng Di, in terms of marriage, it is allowed to marry stepmothers and sisters-in-law, but the consent of the latter must be obtained.

And those who insult lamas and emperors are slaves.

Those who did not pay taxes and escaped military service were made slaves.

Basically, although it is slightly uncomfortable, it is generally in line with the thinking of the herdsmen and has been widely accepted.

After waiting for an hour, until the clock in the yamen rang twice, Meng En was received.

He directly explained his purpose of coming, and told him about changing his household registration and being recruited as a railway worker.

"I know!" The judge showed a smile: "This matter has spread throughout Suiyuan. It's not just you, there are tens of thousands of people following you."

"There is a shortage of people in Anxi. There is a shortage of many people."

"The generous monthly money will allow you to buy land there, and you will definitely live a prosperous life by then."

"Remember, do your job well."

Feeling comforted inexplicably, Meng En could only nod in agreement.

Even as an ordinary herdsman, he has his own household registration and identity card.

Ordinary herdsmen naturally have wooden plaques, nobles have iron plaques, and officials have bronze plaques. These are the three distinct levels on the grassland.

As for the lamas, like the nobles, they are also iron-clad.

As soon as I left the Yamen, I suddenly heard comments:
"I will allocate pastures when I go. Is this true or false?"

"It should be true. There are so many pastures in Mobei and Beihai, but there aren't that many people grazing sheep at all..."

After listening for a while, he finally understood that it turned out that they were recruiting herdsmen to settle in the north.

Such generous conditions naturally made the herdsmen excited.

After all, it is common to live without a fixed place on the grassland. It is normal to leave a familiar place and go to a strange place.

"It's a pity that I can't go!"

Meng En shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he was quite calm at this time.

As an ordinary person, when everything is mediocre, it is simply difficult to go to a strange place to make a living.

One wild wolf attack was enough to destroy his family.

Saying goodbye to his family, he went to Shaanxi.

There are many herdsmen like him on the grasslands, no less than ten thousand, and almost all of them come from Suiyuan and northern Shanxi.

The meager resources here force people to run away.

Sometimes he felt it was unfair. Why was he born in a place like this instead of a wealthy place like the Central Plains?
But now, there's hope for change, and that's for the best.

……

For Yuan Zongdi at this time, the environment on the plateau made him extremely uncomfortable.

At fifty-four years old, he was already a senior member of the Chuang Army and was highly relied upon during the Chuang King era.

However, with the establishment of Kang State, veterans like him were not welcomed. The more energetic Li Laiheng suddenly emerged as a leader by virtue of his identity as Li Guo's adopted son.

Even veterans such as Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang have given in.

Originally, he came to the plateau to rob some money and slaves to accumulate property for his children.

But with the demise of Kang and Weizang, the future immediately became bleak.

However, as the peace agreement was finalized, he regained his ambition: to gain fame for his son.

Viscount, earl, just one word difference is thousands of miles away.

An earl is a Spyke, and it stops when he reaches a baronet, and then enjoys the blessings for generations, while a viscount can only inherit it for two or three generations and then it is gone.

For this reason, he risked his life and headed towards Ladakh in the northwest.

"Master, we are still two hundred miles away from Leh!"

Riding the horse, Yuan Zongdi was panting.

Even though he had adapted to the plateau environment long ago, Yuan Zongdi's body was quite uncomfortable after traveling for a long time.

Although the Tibetan horse is large in size, its endurance is half a point less than that of the Mongolian horse, and its speed is even more difficult to match.

But when traveling on the plateau, it would be nice to have a horse to ride on.

Nearly five thousand cavalry were all the troops he had embarked on this journey, and the target was Ladakh.

Ladakh was the Guge dynasty established after the fall of Tibet, and then the Ladakh dynasty was established in the Ladakh region.

In the mid-[-]th century, the Ladakh dynasty was replaced by the "Victorious Dynasty", and the name of this kingdom was also known as the "Kingdom of Namgarh".The Kagyu sect ruled this region.

It is an important base against the Gelug sect of the Yellow Sect.

Historically, in 1819, the Sikh Kingdom united with the Kingdom of Jammu to capture the Kingdom of Kashmir, which was originally part of Afghanistan, and supported the King of Jammu to invade the Kingdom of Namgarh in Ladakh.

The Xizang region provided support in every possible way, but to no avail. Ladakh was annexed by it and became a client state.

The King of Jammu was later the Maharaja of Kashmir.

Ladakh occupies one-third of the Kashmir region, which is the hotly discussed Pangong Lake area.

It can be said that this land has never signed a recognized agreement and China has sovereignty claims.

The special environment of Ladakh makes it the back garden of the plateau, full of various remnants of the party, such as the Kagyu sect, which has basically withdrawn from the plateau.

"Brothers, work harder!"

Yuan Zongdi shouted and continued to move forward.

Thousands of herdsmen, who were forced to work as transporters, followed with grimaces.

The bitterly cold Ladakh region is extremely desolate, with snow-capped mountains everywhere and sparse grass, making it difficult to supply cattle and horses.

In other words, in this huge plateau, only the Brahmaputra Valley is the most suitable for survival, and the rest is almost semi-desert and Gobi land.

Fortunately, there is a guide, otherwise it would be dangerous to get lost.

After crossing the mountains and descending into the mountains, the altitude sickness became less severe and the morale of the soldiers gradually recovered.

At this time, Leh City loomed in the distance.

Yuan Zongdi was overjoyed: "Brothers, the opportunity to make a contribution has come. The money will be equally divided and the women will take it for themselves!!"

Facing the tiger-like Kang army, the Ladakh army was completely defeated.

……

Compared with Yuan Zongdi who traveled thousands of miles to Ladakh, Liu Fangliang was much lighter, carrying [-] troops and horses, and drove directly from Sikkim.

Sikkim is very close to Lhasa. It is the country where the Red Sect, the Nyingma sect, spreads. It has always been a vassal state and a vassal of Xizang.

Although the distance is short, the road is not easy to walk. The road on the southern slope of the Himalayas is narrow and steep, which is inconvenient for the army.

But Liu Fangliang was happy, because Sikkim only had a few thousand soldiers and about [-] people, so it was simply vulnerable.

But just after defeating the Sikkim army and preparing to advance into Lazk, a large army suddenly emerged from the west.

"Where did the army come from?"

Liu Fangliang was shocked.

"Come back to General, he's from Nepal!"

The guide couldn't wait to say: "There are only Nepalese in the west, and they have been coveting our land for many days!"

At this time, Sikkim had not yet been encroached upon by Nepal and Bhutan, and was several times its size in the future.

"You are really looking for death!" Liu Fangliang said through gritted teeth.

To destroy your own future is to kill your parents.

"Brothers, let us teach the Nepalis how to fight!"

……

As a general known for his stability, Tian Jianxiu led his troops steadily and had consistent prudence.

Therefore, he took thousands of cavalry and infantry and headed towards the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Although Bhutan was large in area at this time, its population was almost the same as that of neighboring Sikkim, making it quite barren.

In 1616, Ngawang Namgyal, a monk from Relong Monastery of Drukpa Kagyu Sect in West Zang, fled to Bulukba because he lost the reincarnation dispute of "Drukchen Huofao".

With the support of the local Drukpa Kagyu sect, they gradually unified Bulukba, which is today's Bhutan.

After the death of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1651-1594), the political and religious leader of Bhutan, in 1651, Bhutan fell into internal chaos, with sharp conflicts between the monk group and the secular group.

It can be said that Bhutan is experiencing frequent internal strife at this time and is definitely no match for Tian Jianxiu.

"Although this battle is easy, it has crossed the peak, and it is also a battle to destroy the country. The count is safe!"

Tian Jianxiu smiled widely.

……

At this time, in the plateau area, Prince Zhu Cunqu began to target the nobles on a large scale.

The Dalai Lama's family, the Qiongstutterba family, the hereditary nobles of Tibet, were the prince's first targets.

First, Zhu Cunqu asked the Qiongzhaoba family to leave the Houzang area and transfer it to the Gyantse area.

The so-called Zong means Wanhu District. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the [-] households were called Zong.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the fifth generation of Da Lai appears in his family. This is the power of a traditional noble, and it is of the type that is even more powerful than a tiger.

How can it be tolerated under such circumstances?

Naturally, the Qiongstutter family was reluctant to leave Houzang, which had been in business for hundreds of years, and immediately declined politely.

Zhu Cunqu did not tolerate him and directly held the enthronement ceremony of the fifth generation Banchan.

As early as the 17th year of Shaowu, the fourth generation Banchan passed away and was directly recognized as the reincarnated soul boy. Then it was confirmed in Da Lai, the 20th year of Shaowu, only waiting for the enthronement ceremony.

However, unexpectedly, Kang invaded and the ceremony was postponed repeatedly.

Now that Da Lai and a group of civil and military officials have gone to Beijing, Zhu Cunqu will naturally send Ban Chan to Beijing, but the enthronement ceremony must be established first.

After the fifth generation of Ban Chan was crowned, Zhu Cunqu did not let everyone go.

Facing a group of nobles, Zhu Cunqu directly announced the Qiong Stuttering family's resistance to the imperial court and decided to completely eliminate them.

This is simply shocking.

It was especially hard for the nobles to believe that this was Da Lai's family.

"What belongs to the Buddha belongs to the Buddha, and what belongs to the imperial court belongs to the imperial court. These are two different things!"

Zhu Cunqu said in a deep voice: "It is an honor for the Qiong Stuttering family to welcome a reincarnated soul boy, but they do not practice meritorious deeds, are arrogant and licentious, and are slaves to the people. Naturally, they will be eliminated soon!"

Without waiting for the nobles to react, the Jingying Thunder struck and directly captured the entire Qiong Stuttering family.

All property should be confiscated.

The noble voice was mute.

In his manor, thousands of serfs were terrified and their eyes were filled with confusion.

Now that their master is gone, how will they live in the future?
Dorje was wearing a shabby and dirty robe, staring at those people with different looks with bright eyes, watching them vacate the owner's home.

And those slaves who resisted were naturally left lying on the ground.

As the lowest-ranking Lanson, he didn't care at all.

The serfs were talking a lot, and they all felt that they had to change their masters. They wondered if the new master's house would be better, and would they be able to have enough food?

Dorje also wanted to join in, but his hungry stomach prevented him from speaking.

At this time, a lama suddenly came over and preached that Qiong Stutterba's family had committed extremely evil crimes and that they were the reincarnation of evil ghosts, so they suffered retribution.

Listening to what he said, Dorje felt that this was true. Why were evil spirits so vicious and capable of skinning people to make drums?
Indifference, indifference, having nothing to do with oneself, and remaining silent were the serfs' coping methods.

Once the loan deed was burned, the serfs' eyes became brighter.

When the words of land distribution came out, the serfs looked in disbelief.

Dorje suspected that he was hearing hallucinations.

(End of this chapter)