The ministers who were left behind by Zhu Gaochi were Yan Keng and San Yang.
At the same time, since Zhu Zhanji is not very old and is not as old as his father who has often assisted in government, he relies even more on these four people.
With their assistance, the Xuande Dynasty officially kicked off.
The first thing he had to solve was the problem of Jiaozhi.
There has been rebellion there for many years. It can be said that it has been in chaos since Jiaozhi was conquered. The Ming army stationed there was almost always in a state of counterinsurgency, and spent a lot of food, grass and silver there every year.
And these newly enthroned emperors already have an idea of this issue.
Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji, his way of dealing with problems was very strange.
You might call him a softie, but he's definitely not.
If an emperor who can personally lead three thousand elites to fight against tens of thousands of Ulyankha cavalry and win them, and lead hundreds of cavalry to patrol the border many times, shocking the Mongolian tribes, is a softie, then there are not many hard goods.
But for Zhu Zhanji, those border issues that were extremely complicated for other emperors and even cost a lot of money and food to solve seemed simple.
Is Cochin Leli making trouble? Then withdraw the Ming army and make Li Li the King of Cochin.
Luchuan Xuanwei envoy Sirenfa invaded Nandian, Tengchong and other places? Mu Sheng was ordered to focus on appeasement.
Dao Xianjie, the Xuanwei Secretary of Laos, and Dao Jihanxuan, the native official of Ningyuan Prefecture, assisted Jiaozhi in fighting against the Ming Dynasty? Let them be.
The guard station outside the Great Wall was repeatedly invaded? Then don’t use the health centers and shrink them across the board!
Wala defeated the Tatars and Uliangha successively, and attacked the Haixi Jurchens? Don't act rashly!
Compared with Hongwu Yongle's emphasis on land, Xuande obviously cares more about "people".
"Since Renzong was not diligent and far-sighted, Xuanzong inherited it." This is no joke. Although these two father and sons are good at running the country, their methods of handling border wars are not appropriate.
In the end, it resulted in the famous "Xuande Abandoned Lands" in history. The Ming Dynasty's territory was severely reduced. In the case of Mongolia, due to the abandonment of a large number of strategically important places, the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains gradually turned from offense to defense in foreign wars. .
He also completely abandoned the principle of supporting the weak and defeating the strong in the Yongle period, and even reprimanded the Ming army soldiers who drove away Oala, which made Oala further grow in power and eventually led to a huge disaster!
At the same time, the indulgence of the southwest also caused the Ming Dynasty to lose its prestige. The countries in the southwest gradually ignored the Ming Dynasty and invaded Yunnan several times, burning, killing and looting.
What Zhu Zhanji did left serious hidden dangers for his descendants.
But historically, this has been unanimously recognized by civil servants.
They don't agree with sending troops, that's right.
The Xuande Dynasty was a dynasty that saw the rise of civil servant power. During the ten years of Emperor Xuande's rule, the civil servant group got rid of the situation of being firmly suppressed by the two generations of emperors Hongwu and Yongle and began to grow in power.
At this time, who would hope that the power of the generals and nobles will expand again in the battle and compete with them?
This time, it's the same.
Sanyang was full of praise for Zhu Zhanji's decision, saying that it was a move that benefited the country and the people, which made Zhu Zhanji's lips curl up.
Everything in history seems to be repeating itself.
Fortunately, in this Ming Dynasty, there is an additional general who has experienced hundreds of battles, and an additional person who has a clear understanding of the overall situation!
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
In the midst of the praises, the voice of opposition was so eye-catching that even Sanyang could not help but look at it. That person was none other than Chen Guogong Yan Keng, who had been silent!
Even Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting in his seat, was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that the important minister whom he had taken as his confidant would suddenly deny his decision.
"Chen Guogong, why did you say this?" Although he was surprised and a little unhappy, Zhu Zhanji still spoke and asked.
He knew that his old minister would definitely not act without aim.
"Your Majesty, there must be no truce in Jiaozhi! If you give up the war now, not only will the efforts of Taizong and countless Ming soldiers be in vain, but it will also cause the Ming Dynasty to lose its prestige and be despised by all parties!"
"What will descendants of Qianqiu think of the Xuande Dynasty, and what will they think of you? That you are an emperor who can't even defeat Jiaozhi, and that our Ming Dynasty, Xuande's so-called prosperous age, is actually beaten by its own vassal states and asks for peace?"
"If this is the case, future generations will probably rank you with the Zhenzong, saying that there will be no pioneering king after our dynasty, the Emperor Taizong!"
Yan Keng's words shocked everyone!
Yang Shiqi and others looked at him in astonishment, almost writing "cow" to him.
Brother, you are really brave!
But Yan Keng was not afraid. From the fact that Zhu Zhanji issued an order to the censors to speak freely as soon as he ascended the throne, it can be seen that this was a broad-minded emperor, and he even praised those officials who spoke out.
It's definitely okay.
Sure enough, when Zhu Zhanji heard this, his face turned red, but the "outrage" and "beheading" he imagined did not happen. He suppressed his excitement and said coldly:
"How could our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty be defeated! This is just because I pity the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for their hard work, so I came up with this strategy! How could future generations not know!"
"However, how can you block the long mouth of the market? Since the Han Dynasty destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom, Jiaozhi has always been the old land of our country. There has been no Jiaozhi in the past dynasties, only the Song Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty has given up on Jiaozhi, wouldn't it mean that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed? Comparing it with the previous Song Dynasty? Can’t the title of weak Song Dynasty be applied to our Ming Dynasty? His majesty lost his land, can he be called a wise king? "
The words were like cold water in his pocket, calming and sobering up the young emperor.
The name of abandoned soil should never be taken seriously!
He gradually began to consider his policy towards Cochin. As an emperor, the importance he attached to his posthumous name was unimaginable to modern people.
Zhu Zhanji also read poetry and books. Now that he thought about it, he soon discovered that Jiaozhi had indeed existed as a territory of the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time.
It's just that the Song Dynasty lost it for hundreds of years, so that the Ming Dynasty did not recover for a while.
If you think about it this way, if Yongle regains his land, Xuande will lose his land again. This will be an indelible stain on Xuande.
After all, other northern Xinjiang and other areas are just uninhabited deserts. If they are lost, they will be lost. The Han dynasties were only able to control the grasslands at their peak. Most of the time they were independent. There is nothing to say, but Jiaozhi has been in the Han Dynasty since the Han Dynasty. It started when Emperor Wu established the governor of Jiaozhi, and it continued until the Tang Dynasty!
Not only that, Jiaozhi can be said to be the only place since ancient times that has successfully broken away from the rule of the Central Plains dynasty and established itself. You must know that what is implemented there is not a restriction, it is a county!
This is going to be a bad head start.
The rest of the vassal states may have their own ideas and disobey the Ming Dynasty's rule. After all, you can't even defeat Jiaozhi under the rule of counties. So, as a vassal state with its own political power, how can I still be afraid of you?
San Yang, who was beside him, couldn't think of any words to refute for a while, so he could only look at him calmly and scold Fang Qiu.
"In this case, Chen Guogong, do you have any good suggestions? The turmoil in Jiaozhi consumes countless money and food every year, and causes countless casualties among soldiers. Taking advantage of this situation is not an option. The Ming Dynasty's finances may be dragged down."
Zhu Zhanji's voice softened. At this time, the look he looked at Yan Keng was not as angry as before, but was clearly full of fear and gratitude!
"I have a plan, I will definitely make Jiaozhi pacified and become a border province of our Ming Dynasty, no different from the mainland!"
"Oh? Tell me quickly!"
These words aroused Zhu Zhanji's curiosity. He straightened his expression and listened carefully.
"My strategy is nothing more than three points."
"Treat everyone equally, migrate, and Chineseize!"
The reason why Yan Keng proposed to treat everyone equally was because the chaos in Jiaozhi was actually caused by the Ming Dynasty itself.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty held the idea of going to heaven and conquered the country, but they really did not regard the people of Jiaozhi as human beings.
Let's put it this way, at this time, the official administration in the Ming Dynasty was still Qingming, but under the Ming Dynasty, Jiaozhi was like the late Yuan Dynasty. Officials used various clever names and imposed arbitrary taxes, but the court pretended not to notice.
The original Jiaozhi actually welcomed the Heavenly Soldiers to be stationed here, and was very proud to be a member of the Heavenly Dynasty.
The officials did this, which eventually made the people miserable, and war broke out everywhere.
Therefore, Yan Keng raised this point and asked the court to govern Jiaozhi as it governs the mainland, and must not be biased.
If you want to just grab a handful and leave like the Western colonists, then whatever you want, but if you want to rule for a long time, you must not treat others as outsiders and treat them equally.
Eliminate local officials and appease the people.
Needless to say, migration and sinicization are both commonplace.
It is nothing more than migrating people from the interior to Jiaozhi, and at the same time promoting the various cultures of the Ming Dynasty there, making them just like the Han people.
These are all effective methods, and much of China’s assimilation was accomplished using these strategies.
(End of chapter)
