Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Shen Zhanran's knot was still unresolved, and he also thought that he had a close personal relationship with Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu and others, which could be said to affect the whole body.
In order not to affect the overall situation, he reassured: "Shen Qing, Li Jing is loyal to us, and we will go to the rescue personally. You don't have to worry about this!"
A look of gratitude flashed across Shen Zhanran's face, and then he thanked her again and again.
Gong Yonggu on the side heard this and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, are you really planning to go south?" Chinese website
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Although the Jurchens are coming fiercely, they sent out troops in a hurry and their food and wages must not be sufficient. They should be prepared to fight to support the war."
"As long as you defend Datong and deny them supplies, their military morale will definitely be unstable."
"In addition, they are almost out in force this time, Shengjing must be empty, and we have ordered Anguo Gong to attack Shengjing. I believe that they will retreat within a month at most, so there is nothing to worry about."
"On the other hand, Zuo Liangyu is entrenched in Shanxi. If he is allowed to open up Henan and Huguang, the harm will be greater than that of the Jurchens."
"We originally planned to let Li Ruolian seize the eastern part of Henan and take the opportunity to threaten Jiangnan, but there is no news about him so far. We must deal with the matter personally."
Seeing the worried look on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Gong Yonggu consoled him: "Your Majesty, Commander Li is very resourceful. Maybe he has captured the eastern part of Henan at this moment, so you don't have to worry too much..."
Zhu Yuanzhang had other plans for going south, and the mention of Li Ruolian just now was just an excuse. Seeing Gong Yonggu's persuasion, he nodded slightly, and then brought the topic to the battle situation in Datong.
When he learned that Gong Yonggu had implemented zoning management in Datong and that the spread of the plague had been contained, he couldn't help but take another look at Shen Zhanran.
Then he once again told Gong Yonggu to stick to the city and not to go to war rashly, and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate two million to Gong Yonggu to use for stationing troops and motivating soldiers.
Gong Yonggu was worried about the silver issue. When he heard this, he immediately knelt down to thank him.
After Zhu Yuanzhang kindly helped him up, he looked at Shen Zhanran and said, "Shen Qing, although you are not going to the battlefield this time, your responsibility is more important than the battlefield."
"Not only do you have to ensure that Datong has enough money and food, but you also have to train new soldiers and be ready to help Datong at any time, and then..."
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he stopped again, hesitated for a while, and then continued: "Moreover, we are worried that the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou will cause chaos. Please take the time to go to the cabinet and draw up a plan with Fan Jingwen and others."
"One thing is to divide the chieftains and not allow them to stick together. If necessary, we can appropriately encourage mergers among the chieftains."
"Secondly, we must weaken the influence of Gaituguiliu and eliminate as much as possible the hatred of the chieftains towards the imperial court."
"At the same time, I ask Mu Tianbo and the Xuanwei Division in various places to treat the chieftains well during this period. If anyone causes trouble for no reason and triggers a rebellion, we will annihilate his three tribes!"
Shen Zhanran felt a little disappointed because Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to farm in the suburbs of Beijing and even refused to let him enter the capital.
At this moment, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang entrusting him with important tasks again, I couldn't help but feel doubtful.
It turns out that the reason why he repeatedly tested before was not because he was instigated by Li Zushu and worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would do something like "the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks".
In fact, he was well-read and well aware of the principle that monarchs and ministers share hardships and wealth, so he had made up his mind from the beginning, just to demonstrate what he had learned in his life, and then leave after settling the world.
However, as Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more murderous, he worried that his ideals would not be fully realized because he knew too many secrets that he should not know.
For example, the golden dragon incident was enough to make him die thousands of times.
That's why he tested Zhu Yuanzhang, just to confirm that Zhu Yuanzhang could and was willing to tolerate him before stabilizing the world.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang treated him coldly after the test, he did not kill him, which made him worried and happy at the same time.
He originally thought about how to win back Zhu Yuanzhang's trust, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang had just demoted him and then entrusted him with important tasks. For a while, he couldn't clearly see the other party's intentions.
Seeing that Shen Zhanran didn't answer, Zhu Yuanzhang thought he was hesitant, so he pretended to be concerned and said: "Shen Qing, we know this is difficult.
If you have any concerns, please speak up! "
Hearing this, Shen Zhanran came back to his senses and said respectfully: "Your Majesty has thought carefully. I have no difficulties with this humble minister. I just have two small suggestions. Please ask your Majesty for your judgment!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Shen Zhanran acting uncharacteristically, he was overjoyed and said with a smile, "If you have any suggestions, it doesn't matter!"
Shen Zhanran collected his thoughts and bowed: "After the imperial court defeated Yang Yinglong in the Battle of Bozhou, it split the land of Bozhou into Zunyi Prefecture and Pingyue Prefecture, which were placed under the jurisdiction of Sichuan and Guizhou respectively."
"Because the imperial court's reform of the country once again aroused the worries of the chieftains, this led to the She'an Rebellion in the first year of the late emperor's reign. Therefore, if Your Majesty wants to stabilize Yunnan and Guizhou, it is indeed the best strategy to weaken the government."
"It's just that rebellions are rampant now. If the imperial court just makes empty promises to appease, Wei Chen is worried that the chieftains may not believe it, so Wei Chen thinks that your majesty might as well canonize a few more border chieftains to show that your majesty has no intention of returning to his homeland."
"At the same time, I am sealing several domineering and powerful chieftains, intensifying the conflicts among the chieftains..."
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Shen Zhanran's story, and while approving in his heart, he also secretly made up his mind to solve the toast problem in this life.
It turns out that the chieftain system continued from the Jisi system implemented in the Tang Dynasty, and was perfected into the chieftain system in the Yuan Dynasty. It was a way for the imperial court to use local officials to govern local people because it was unable to take care of the southwest border.
Under this system, the imperial court recognized the hereditary status of chieftains and granted them official positions. Chieftains from various places promoted the imperial system, regulated the people in the jurisdiction, and implemented indirect rule.
However, under the rule of the chieftain, the land and the people are hereditary owned by the chieftain, and the judiciary, finance, administration, and military affairs can all be autonomous, just like a state within a state.
Therefore, the chieftains in their territory only implemented policies that were beneficial to them, so that the court's policies could not be truly implemented.
In view of this, after Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, he only continued part of the chieftain system.
According to the size of the areas under the jurisdiction of hereditary chieftains, he established three civil service positions: Tu Zhifu, Tu Zhizhou, and Tu Zhixian.
In this way, the chieftains were incorporated into the Ming Dynasty's official system, and the hereditary chieftains were changed into mobile officials appointed by the court, which prepared the way for the return of native officials.
Zhu Yuanzhang's reform of native land and return to exile was actually very simple, that is, to abolish the chieftain system and appoint exiled officials to directly rule, implementing the same system as other places.
Although the implementation of this policy strengthened the Ming Dynasty's management of ethnic minorities, it also intensified the conflicts between the Ming Dynasty and the chieftains, resulting in frequent unrest in the southwest frontier.
As the strength of the Ming Dynasty weakened in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the situation from being too turbulent, the attitude towards the chieftains was sometimes soft and sometimes hard, slowly encroaching on it, and it has not yet achieved full success today.
"Qing Shen, your suggestion is very good. Just implement it. In addition, you should also pay attention to Wu Sangui's movements."
"Although he made a lot of achievements in suppressing the rebellion, he also took the opportunity to kill Wang Yongji and weaken Gao Di's power."
"Now Shanhaiguan is under his control. Once there are changes, the capital will be the first to bear the brunt, so you must pay attention to this matter, and..."
After Zhu Yuanzhang confirmed Shen Zhanran's suggestion, he warned again.
Shen Zhanran listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, a light flashed in his eyes, and then he bowed and obeyed.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away in Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui also frowned.
