Chapter 23: Ming Zheng Tusi

  In July 1912, after a period of rest and reorganization, the Third Division of the Sichuan Army set out from Kangding to embark on its western campaign.

  Without mentioning the Sichuan army's swift advance to Tibet and Lhasa, Yang Xing was left in Kangding Prefecture to assist General Yin Changheng with logistics.

  Yang Xing had previously advised Yin Changheng to avoid another Tibetan separatist situation, and it was necessary to garrison troops, eliminate pro-Dalai Lama and Shang monks, and eradicate local forces with separatist intentions.

  Now that Kangding has been occupied, the first to be executed will be Aiyi Zhai, the Tusi of Minzheng. The Aiyi Zhai Tusi is the "earth emperor" of Kangding City, whose ancestors sold out the interests of the Han people during the Shunzhi era and were rewarded by the Qing court as Tusi, becoming the legitimate "earth emperor" of Kangding City, a position they have held for over 200 years, with their power deeply entrenched in the city through generations of operation.

  During the late Qing Dynasty's "gaitu guiliu" movement, Jia Yizhai lost his legitimate position as the Tusi of Kangding City, but due to owning land in various counties of Kangding and having over a hundred shops within the city, as well as tens of thousands of serfs, such immense power made him the de facto underground Tusi of Kangding City.

  After the Qing court abdicated, Jia Yizhai sent someone to India to unite with the 13th Dalai Lama who was exiled abroad and conspired for Tibet's independence, thereby regaining his own honor as the Kangding Emperor.

  Thus there was the Kangding Rebellion, thus there was Da Zhan Sangdong leading nearly ten thousand troops to arrive at Kangding Prefecture, thus there was the bloody battle of Pian Gou Liangzi, and thus there was the siege of Kangding.

  But Jia Yiquan was unlucky, and unexpectedly the ambush in Dasan Tudong ended in defeat. Unexpectedly, more than 10,000 Zang troops could not hold Kangding City, and after a round of shelling, the Zang army's courage was exhausted, and Dasan Tudong was actually killed.

  Jia Yizhai was just about to escape when the Sichuan army suddenly occupied Kangding City, leaving no way out. He couldn't bear to part with this ancestral property either. Thinking that Han people had always used Tibetans to govern Tibet and couldn't do without these local officials, how could they make the Tibetans believe in them?

  In addition, colluding with Dalai Lama, no one knows, and adding his power in Kangding, just shaking a little, the city wall of Kangding will tremble, and then return to Neifu very safely.

  After that, Kangding City quickly returned to calm, and the Hans had no retaliatory measures.

  Jia Yiqu felt very proud of this adventurous decision, thinking that the Hans would unite with local tusi and other dignitaries to ensure control over the Tibetan region as in the past.

  After thinking of this point, Jia Yucui suddenly felt at ease and gradually relaxed his vigilance, going in and out of various places as he used to.

  With ten long escorts, walking on the streets of Kangding City, he didn't know that a pair of sharp eyes were staring at him tightly from behind.

  However, Jia Yiqu did not know that after entering Kangding City, Yang Xing had already set his sights on him.

  Yang Xing analyzed to Yin Changheng, if not eliminating the Mingzheng Tusi Jia Yizhai and his forces, then although the Sichuan army occupies Kangding City, it cannot firmly control Kangding City, and use this as a base point to provide stable military supplies for the front-line soldiers.

  Yin Changheng repeatedly shook his head, believing that Tibet's customs were special and the interests of the local chieftains and lamas must not be harmed.

  However, Yang Xing did not give up. Through interrogation of prisoners and sorting out the documents from the command center of Dazan Sandong, he finally found evidence of Jia Yizhai's collusion with Dalai Lama.

  Seeing the iron-clad evidence, Yin Changheng was shocked and immediately prepared to lead his troops to arrest Jia Yizhai.

  Yang Xing shook his head and said: Commander-in-Chief, if we only arrest Jia Yi-zhai for colluding with Dalai Lama, although we can capture Jia Yi-zhai, it will be difficult to make him lose face and eliminate his influence.

  Yin Changheng was shocked and asked: Zheng Dong, what can be done?

  Yang Xing went up and whispered a few words, Yin Changheng was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.

  As Jia Yizhai walked by with his head held high, Yang Xing said to a lama beside him whose eyes were spewing out flames of revenge: "Dawa, this is Jia Yizhai, the scoundrel who killed your elder brother, demolished your house, brutally beat you and forced you to become a lama. This is the same Jia Yizhai who led a group of soldiers to your lama temple, demanded that the abbot apologize for sheltering the Sichuan army, and eventually drove the abbot to his death."

  This twenty-year-old lama gritted his teeth and said to Yang Xing: "Sir, this is Jia Yizhai. Even if he disguises himself as a small grey man, I can still recognize this evil tyrant. My master supported the change from Tibetan local rule to Chinese imperial rule, but was hated by this evil rascal, who used the power of the rebel army to destroy our lama temple and take away our great lama and several other lamas."

  Yang Xing hummed in response and whispered a few words into Davar's ear. Davar listened intently, nodding repeatedly.

  That afternoon, under the leadership of several lamas, hundreds of former serfs gathered at Jaya Zha's home to denounce his crime of killing their master.

  The tyrannical Emperor Jia Yi Zhai was once found by a group of despicable farm slaves outside his door, and immediately several thugs rushed out of the house, beating the lamas and farm slaves with fists and kicks.

  The news that Jia Yizhai brutally beat the lamas and the agricultural slaves spread, and it is unknown who instigated it. The normally gentle lamas and the agricultural slaves who were willing to be slaves and servants this time did not work, and they actually came from all directions to Jia Yizhai's Mingzheng Tusi Mansion.

  By the afternoon, more than a thousand lamas and serfs surrounded the Mingzheng Tusi Mansion. Seeing the increasing number of lamas and serfs, Dawa's energy was even stronger.

  He immediately led the crowd to rush into the Mingzheng Tusi Mansion, and although the thugs of the Tusi Mansion were evil, they saw so many people under the command of Dawei, and with a fierce charge, they broke through more than a hundred thugs and rushed into the Mingzheng Tusi Mansion.

  At this time, Jia Yucun felt the severity of the situation and saw thousands of Tibetans rushing in, he was shocked and fled to the government office, not daring to come out.

  It's strange to say, several lamas and more than a dozen serfs ran to the backyard. They used to be well taken care of by the great lama. Hearing that Jia Yi-zhai locked up the great lama in the water dungeon in the backyard, after breaking through the encirclement, several people rushed to the legendary water dungeon.

  Less than two minutes after entering, the backyard suddenly emitted a shrill scream, followed by bursts of wailing cries throughout the castle.

  After a long time, more than 100 lamas and serfs led by Dawa came to the temporary office of the Governor-general of Sichuan and Tibet, claiming that the former tusi Jia Yizhai had killed the Grand Lama of the lama temple and several other lamas, and demanded that the Governor-general administer justice.

  Jinglue Envoy Yin Changheng was shocked upon hearing the news, never expecting Jia Yizhai to be so brazen. He immediately ordered his deputy officer, Yang Xingquan, commander of the Model Brigade's First Regiment, to handle this astonishing matter with full authority.

  After receiving the order, Yang Xing quickly assembled a company of over 100 soldiers and rushed to the original Mingzheng Tusi Mansion, arresting a group of people from the Mingzheng Tusi Mansion.

  Arriving at the gate of the mansion, I was shocked and dismayed to see groups of Tibetans with sorrowful faces, their heads hung low as they came one by one to the dungeon.

  Those former serfs saw a pile of bones, swarms of ants and flies devouring the bones, and the robes on top of the bones were covered with dust, some making vomiting sounds, and intermittent bursts of wailing.

  Dawa Lama knelt beside the ashes, his face filled with sorrow, reciting words from memory, telling the assembled serfs of the master's unfortunate fate.

  Yang Xing saw all this and his stomach felt extremely uncomfortable, like thousands of mosquitoes buzzing around. He vomited several times in a row, clearing out everything he had eaten that morning.

  At this time, the coroner reported that the deceased was basically identified as an old lama in his 50s who had been tortured by having his tendons pulled and starved to death.

  Can't bear to look back at the corpse infested with mosquitoes, it's midsummer now, the corpse emits a strong stench, mosquitoes are sucking on the dry corpses of lamas and others, those who come to visit can't help but feel nauseous.

  The young lamas of the Davatzi Temple carefully identified the corpses, silently washing the bodies of the brutally killed lamas with water. The whole scene was extremely sad.

  But there was no way to hold back the discomfort in his stomach, so he walked forward, comforted Dawa and other lamas, and then rushed to the front hall to prepare for the trial of a group of criminals.

  At this time, a long-winded Wang Erhu came to Yang Xing's side and said with a worried tone: "The front hall has already had over a thousand peasant slaves and lamas. These people heard that the camp is investigating this case and have come to appeal to the camp."

  Yang Xing was overjoyed and then returned to normal. Under Wang Erhu's leadership, he arrived at the front hall. ?? Patriotic warlord 23

  Thousands of tattered and worn-out peasant slaves and lamas knelt in front of the platform, crying silently, demanding that Yang Xing punish Jia Yizhai and his gang.

  Seeing this, Yang Xing repeatedly bowed and helped up one person after another, asking the crowd if they had any grievances. He told them to report their cases, and he would definitely take charge for everyone.

  Under a whole series of exhortations, two lamas were pushed forward to the platform to accuse Jia Yiqing of fifty major crimes.

  Yang Xing was shocked and immediately ordered people to bring Jia Yifu to confront him with the farmers and lamas.

  The next day, under the organization of Yang Xing, a grand public trial meeting was held in front of the Mingzheng Tusi government office. At the meeting, Jia Yizhai and his accomplices were humiliated and dressed up, one by one, and brought to the podium.

  Looking at Jia Yi-zhai and others who normally appear dignified and elegant, they actually look like clowns, their ugly appearance is exposed, the peasants below can't help but burst into laughter.

  Yang Xing wanted exactly this effect, only when everyone saw the ugly side of Jia Yiru and others would they not be intimidated like in the past, and dare to stand on the opposing side of the Lama forces and the Tusi forces.

  After the slaves and serfs accused them, based on the principle of seeking truth from facts, 40 crimes were finally verified.

  After a thorough investigation, the shocking case of Mingzheng Tusi's murder of Dalai Lama in Kangding Prefecture was also solved dramatically after Jia Yizhai's betrayal. It turned out that Jia Yizhai believed in the words of the Fengshui master and thought that the location of the land was excellent. If he died and his body was placed on the cliff next to the lama temple, his descendants would surely become Kalon.

  The cruel Jia Yizhai, in the midst of war and chaos, led dozens of men to capture the Grand Lama, throwing a group of lamas into the dungeon, ultimately leading to this tragic human catastrophe.

  But these 40 charges are enough to bring down Jia Yiqi and his gang.

  According to the verdict, Jia Yi and his wife, son and 30 accomplices were all sentenced to death.

  According to the trial results, after reporting to the Governor of Sichuan and the Minister of War, it was decided to sentence Ming Zheng Tusi and a group of accomplices to death.

  On a day in early September, the streets of Kangding Prefecture were crowded with people. After the public trial of Jia Yizhai's brutal murder of a high-ranking lama, he was paraded through the streets and then executed on the spot.

  Looking at the downfall of people like Jian Yi Zhai who were once evil and tyrannical, seeing Jian Yi Zhai trembling all over before being beheaded, the entire Kangding Prefecture was in an uproar. The people of Kangding made a parasol for the messenger Yin Changheng.

  After solving this long-standing tumor that has been oppressing Tibetans, Kangding Prefecture is filled with joyful voices, and everyone uses happy songs and dances to thank the Sichuan army officers.