Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1086 The importance of face-to-face reporting

"...This is the situation." After explaining Mu Ying's plan, Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, my father decreed that outside Sanjiang..."

"Stop, stop, it's not over, is it?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded depressedly: "You regard our decree as a life-saving straw, right?"

"I definitely don't mean that!" Zhu Zhen naturally refused to admit it and shook his head flatly:

"Erchen and Brother Wenying only pay special attention to the emperor's will and hope that every one of them will be implemented to the letter. Back to the topic... I thought it was just a chieftain's mansion, and if it was lost, it would be lost. Unexpectedly, my father We still attach so much importance to the land beyond Sanjiang, only then do we realize that we have misunderstood Shang’s intention, damn it.”

Boss Zhu then snorted: "Of course you are completely wrong. Beyond Sanjiang is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty. We just need to adopt a more cost-effective way to rule Yunnan based on the actual situation. Do you understand?"

"I understand now." Zhu Zhen said suddenly:

"So Erchen and Brother Wenying made a plan, and he stayed in Yunnan to guard the situation. Erchen quickly came back to explain to his father, so that he would not misunderstand us. Even the native chief Silunfa could not defeat us."

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned by Zhu Zhen's self-justification. He looked at the old man up and down: "Is this really what happened?"

"When did you lie to your father?" Zhu Zhen looked at Boss Zhu with clear eyes, as if he had never lied to the old thief.

"Back to my father, I have nothing to say about this defeat." Zhu Zhen stopped defending at this time and said honestly:
"Although there are various reasons, a defeat is a defeat, so I have demoted him eight levels in a row, demoted him to a thousand households, and served him in front of the army."

"Then what happened to Feng Cheng's defeat? This couldn't have been planned by you, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask with a face.

Zhu Zhen felt relieved. Based on his understanding of the old thief, he knew that once Boss Zhu started paying attention to details, it meant that he had accepted this general theory.

"There is a 70% certainty that the snake can be lured out of the hole, but as long as the main force of Silunfa can be lured out, Brother Wenying is 99% sure that the victory will be accomplished in one battle!" Zhu Zhen replied decisively.

"Hmph, I thought you were going to wash the floor for him again." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted with a complicated mood. After all, he approved of his treatment of Feng Cheng and asked again:
"How sure are you?"

Boss Zhu naturally has the ability to expose him, but parents have filters for their children, especially childhood filters. What's more, for Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Dynasty, this rhetoric was obviously more decent and easier to accept than the facts.

"That's pretty much it..." The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth curled up slightly, and there were finally signs of sunshine after the rain.

Therefore, face-to-face communication is the most important. If Zhu Zhen had not made this trip, Boss Zhu would have thought that the situation in Yunnan was about to collapse just by reading the report...

In addition, those officials were making alarmist remarks, saying that the Chu Hai Dian king forced soldiers and civilians to garrison in the villages and forced their family members to enter Dian, which was unpopular. The army in Yunnan only knows how to seize land and forcibly marry locals as mistresses. If military discipline is ruined, it will naturally deteriorate quickly and become vulnerable...

As the saying goes, three people become tigers if they accumulate bones and destroy them. Even Boss Zhu is not exempt from this custom and unconsciously thinks of Yunnan as corrupt. That’s why he was so angry... But when he saw his sixth son in person and listened to his work, Boss Zhu knew that he was worrying too much...

A son knows more than a father, and he understands that Lao Liu knows the importance of things. Even if Lao Liu's words are a bit pretentious, there is no doubt that the situation in Yunnan is much better than he expected, at least it is far from corrupt... …

Everything else is empty, this is the most important thing.

"Then let's do what you two want. If there is a problem, you are the only one to ask!" Boss Zhu was still as resolute as ever, and immediately ordered the prince: "Boss, then I will order all places to suspend mobilization..."

"Yes..." The prince was about to agree, but Zhu Zhen stopped him and said:
"Don't mention it, Father, we have to continue mobilizing! If Silunfa knew that the army was not coming, he wouldn't have put all his efforts into it!" Lao Liu hurriedly stopped him.

"Then the whole country can't act with you two!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Is it easy to mobilize another 200,000 troops to Yunnan?"

"Indeed, if there is no need, don't mobilize troops." The prince agreed. His hair had turned a few gray recently because of the second mobilization.

"Of course it's necessary!" Zhu Zhen insisted:
"Military considerations are one thing, but the more important thing is the population aspect. There are still too few Han people in Yunnan. If they are less than one-tenth of the native people, the situation will be unstable."

As he spoke, he smiled and said, "Father, brother, please help me. The more the merrier... We don't need to mobilize many troops, just give hundreds of thousands of people to Yunnan."

"Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people? Listen to how big this tone is!" Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and said: "Have you settled down the 300,000 people who were left behind last year? You are biting off more than you can chew!"

"It's really settled!" When he mentioned this, Zhu Zhen immediately said with joy: "Why is the emperor making trouble in Yunnan when he is a son? I have put all my efforts into this!"

So he asked the eunuch to open the oversized map of Yunnan he had brought, and explained Yunnan's achievements in the past two years to the emperor and the prince on the spot——

"First of all, we dredged three channels into Yunnan from Huguang, Sichuan, and Guangxi. In two years, we opened and rebuilt 6,300 miles of new roads, and they were all of high standards! We also established carriage and horse stations in accordance with the emperor's decree. Express delivery shop! Now it is no longer difficult to enter Yunnan!"

"Next, we will concentrate our efforts on repairing roads in Yunnan. This year, official roads will be connected between various prefectures. By this time next year, official roads will be connected between states; and by the year after next, all counties will be able to communicate with each other. The official road is now open! By then, it will be more convenient for Yunnan and South Africa to communicate with the mainland, and there will be a road network connecting the whole province!"

"Furthermore, from Yongning to Dali, we set up a fort every sixty miles, set up military garrison, and also delivered orders to and from the post. Today, Yunnan's twenty-three guards, eight imperial guards and eighteen are stationed at key points throughout the province. The land has formed a spectacular scene of thousands of villages!" Zhu Zhen pointed to the dense red roads and dense blue settlements on the map, and said with great pride:
"Today's Yunnan is opening up wasteland everywhere, building roads everywhere, training troops everywhere, and building cities everywhere. It is full of enthusiasm and prosperity. It is no longer the barbaric scene it once was!"

"Back then, Yunnan could easily accommodate 300,000 Han people. Now, after two years of unremitting efforts by all the military and civilians, how could it be worse than before? Let alone 300,000, even if there is a zero at the end, it can still accommodate them!" Zhu Zhen declared boldly.

(End of this chapter)