"Your Majesty, although the system of official transfer is good, the chieftains in the southwest may not necessarily cooperate with the imperial court."
Liu Bowen said slightly hesitantly:
"After all, these chieftains are accustomed to being emperors in their own one-third of an acre of land. If their official positions are suddenly changed, these chieftains will probably directly rebel."
"At that time, we will have to spend more time on an expedition to the southwest. I'm afraid the gains will outweigh the losses."
Although the policy of reforming the land and returning it to rural areas is a good one, if no one is willing to implement it, it will only be a waste of water.
With the temperament of those chieftains, if they could obey so obediently, then the chieftain system would not have continued from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew the key to this matter, but he was not worried at all. Instead, he said with a smile:
"This matter has already been carried out in the southwest, and most of the chieftains in Qinzhou have been sent to the capital."
"We just need to follow the steps step by step. We believe that it won't be long before the Tusi Rebellion in the southwest will be completely put down."
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of pride. This was what his prince should do. As for whether Li Jin's credit was involved, Zhu Yuanzhang directly selectively ignored it.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang handed the secret letter on the table to Liu Bowen and asked him to take a good look at Zhu Biao's political achievements in the southwest.
Liu Bowen hurriedly took the secret letter. After reading the entire letter, he finally had a general understanding of what Li Jin and Zhu Biao were doing in the southwest.
In the letter, Zhu Biao not only told about his conversion, but also explained the reasons why Li Jin had raised food prices from beginning to end, in great detail.
Before Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang, although they heard the reasons why Li Jin raised the price of grain mentioned in the memorial of Jin Yiwei Baihu, in the end, none of the parties involved, Zhu Biao, could explain it clearly.
After understanding all this, Liu Bowen said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has written to the Emperor requesting support from the navy, money and food. I consider this matter to be of great importance and should be implemented as soon as possible."
"Of course we know."
Zhu Yuanzhang took it for granted that this was a request made by his precious prince, and he naturally had to satisfy it as soon as possible.
If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there was always someone standing behind his prince, I don't know what he would think.
"Bowen, how do you think we should treat these chieftains who were sent to the capital by Biao'er?"
Liu Bowen pondered for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has made it very clear in his secret letter that we should follow the example of buying a horse with a thousand gold, and give these chieftains official posts and rewards, and reward them heavily, so as to set an example for all the chieftains."
"I suggest that the emperor can directly reward these chieftains heavily in the Fengtian Palace and in front of all the civil and military officials, so that these chieftains can return to their hearts."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, and Zhu Biao explained the power of example in his letter, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to treat these chieftains favorably.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang felt that these people were just unfamiliar wolves, and even if he rewarded them, they would probably run back.
But then I thought about it, Yingtian Mansion is more than ten thousand miles away from Qinzhou?
With the household registration system established by himself, how could these chieftains travel across mountains and rivers and escape safely without their permission?
After thinking about this, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer struggled, waved his hand and said:
"In that case, the matter is settled."
"Tomorrow morning, we will reward these people generously. I hope they will not be ignorant of praise, otherwise they will not blame me for being cruel."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his face sank slightly, which made Liu Bowen in the palace feel a chill coming to his face.
These days, Liu Bowen only felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's power seemed to be getting heavier and heavier.
...
The next day, Fengtian Temple.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat high on the dragon chair, handling the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty as usual with Zhongshu Sheng and the six ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
Due to the recent conquest of Japanese islands, the Ming Dynasty's expansion of territory, and related matters such as opening up the sea, the early dynasty took longer and longer.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's character, it was naturally impossible for him to delay matters until the next day. He seemed to have endless energy, and he did not dare to miss anything about the country's government affairs, and handled everything meticulously.
For people like Zhu Yuanzhang, although he is cruel and has a strong desire for control, he has to admit that he is a good emperor who does his duty.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang, has any emperor been able to do everything personally and handle all the affairs of the Ming Dynasty every day?
Even Zhu Di, who created the prosperous age of Yongle, had to summon San Yang into the cabinet to help him handle this complicated government affairs.
Zhu Yuanzhang was like a diligent old cow, cultivating the land of Ming Dynasty with his own hard work.
By the time everything was done, it was already noon.
From the fourth watch to noon, more than three hours had passed. Some of the old ministers were a little unsteady on their feet, such as Lv Chang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Shanchang, the Prime Minister of the Zhongshu Province. They all wanted to go down to the court to rest immediately.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was still in high spirits and said:
"We heard yesterday that the chieftain of Qinzhou in the southwest is willing to return the management rights of the natives of Qinzhou to the imperial court."
"They themselves also want to study in the capital, and we are very happy."
"In that case, call them all up, and we will reward them heavily."
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, most of the civil and military officials in the DPRK were a little confused.
The southwest chieftain wants to completely exchange the hereditary rights to manage the native people in the southwest?
When did this happen? How come they didn't get the news at all?
Regarding the chieftain system, the officials naturally knew it very well, that is, they were the real chieftains.
The southwest is far away from Yingtian, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. No one can control these chieftains, and they are naturally the same as the emperor.
Will they hand over their rights honestly? Could it be that these people have all lost their minds and gone crazy?
Everyone was in disbelief. After all, there was no way they would do such a stupid thing when they were getting along.
But what shocked them was that next, hundreds of chieftains were indeed brought into the Fengtian Palace.
Each of these people were wearing strange clothes, and they all looked very shabby. These clothes were very different from the silk in the south. I didn’t know what material they were made of. It looked like they were the clothes of the chieftains in the southwest.
While the civil and military officials were in shock and confusion, the chieftains knelt down one by one and shouted long live.
The weird accent convinced the officials that these were indeed the chieftains from the southwest. After all, the civil and military officials from all over the world had never heard of such a weird emphasis.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw how cooperative the chieftains were, he felt very happy and said happily:
"You have sincerely surrendered to our Ming Dynasty, and I am very happy in my heart."
"From now on, we will confer you and others the title of Imperial City Secretary Wai Lang, a fifth-grade official. You will not be on duty for the time being, and you will receive a salary of twelve stones from the court every month."
"We will reward you with a mansion in the capital. When the time comes, we will bring your parents, wives, and children to the capital to enjoy family happiness, and let you enjoy your old age in the capital."
"What do you think?"
"We don't want to live our old age in the capital, nor do we want to enjoy the glory and wealth. I just ask His Majesty the Emperor to let us return to Qinzhou!"
Just when the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth were about to burst with joy, a sudden voice broke Zhu Yuanzhang's beautiful fantasy and directly shocked the officials.
