I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 433 Southwest Concept ([-])

Everyone was silent after hearing this, and the emperor's worries were certainly justified.

The southwestern chieftains have always been a big problem. Although they submitted to the imperial court, the imperial court also set up guard posts in their jurisdiction for surveillance.

But they were local chieftains. They also held military power, had various privileges, owned an army, and even set up private prisons and made their own rules and regulations. It was easy for them to collude with local officials and defy the imperial court.

In normal times, the court would have turned a blind eye and tolerated it.

But now that the Jianqi rebels are wreaking havoc in Liaodong, if the chieftains from the southwest are allowed to do such evil things again and disobey orders, and there are several more Bozhou battles and She'an rebellions, the imperial court will not be able to bear it no matter how rich the family is.

Zhu Youxiao watched everyone lower their heads and think after hearing the words, probably also thinking about what to do.

So he picked up Zhu Xieyuan's inscription on how to arrange the rebellious chieftains such as the Shuixian clan, and said to everyone:

"Not only did I think of this, but Zhu Xieyuan also thought of it. You have all read his question book, and I think some of his suggestions are good.

Although some of the suggestions are similar to the previous measures to deal with Bozhou, they can also be adopted, but some aspects need to be discussed and improved. This is why I called you here for discussion. "

Liu Yisui and others naturally read the contents of Zhu Xieyuan's title book. It can be said that they not only read it, but also discussed the matter together in Wenyuan Pavilion just now.

They also felt that as the emperor said, many of Zhu Xieyuan's measures drew on the previous methods of dealing with Bozhou, but with Zhu Yu in front, there was nothing wrong with him following the instructions.

After the imperial court pacified Bozhou, it took advantage of the great victory to abolish the chieftain in Bozhou and split the Bozhou area into two, establishing Zunyi Prefecture and Pingyue Prefecture, respectively under the jurisdiction of Sichuan and Guizhou.

At the same time, township conventions were held in various prefectures, prefectures, and counties in Bozhou, and social studies were established. Academies in various places created a style of giving lectures, and vigorously promoted Confucian education.In addition, they also surveyed the land, registered households and people, collected taxes, set up garrison guards, encouraged farming, set up post stations, built roads, etc., which are quite detailed.

Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan's suggestions for handling Shuixi are also divided into six points.

One is to change the soil and return to the current situation.

The Shuidong Song family has the smallest influence, with only Kaiyang and Wudang.These two places are both north of Guiyang and very close to each other.Therefore, he proposed to directly abolish the Shuidong Song clan and establish counties in Kaiyang and Wudang, which would be directly managed by the imperial court.

The situation of the Shuixi An family is different from that of the Shuidong Song family. Their land is vast and their history has been in Shuixi for more than [-] years.It has deep roots in Shuixi, has the strongest military force and the largest area. In the past, the Ming Dynasty relied on Shuixi to suppress rebellions in the southwest.

Even after the imperial court put down the rebellion of the Shuixi'an clan, it could not eradicate the influence of the Shuixi'an clan at once. In addition, An Bangyan's son An Wugong still escaped, so he suggested taking gentle and gentle measures against him.

On the one hand, taking this opportunity, various places in Shuixi, whether it is Shuwai (areas west of Guiyang and east of Guli County), or local Zhijin Pass, Nawei Guanzhai, Zhijin, Jinsha and other places in Shuixi, have changed their land. Return.

The Shuixi area was divided into four prefectures: Dading, Qianxi, Pingyuan, and Weining, all of which were under the control of the Chief Secretary of Guiyang. In the four prefectures, a magistrate was appointed, who also sent troops and civilians, and was responsible for taxation, border control, and border management. Resign the lawsuit to put an end to the matter, and start up academia and politics to educate.

In addition, a garrison station was set up in Shuixi for surveillance and management to prevent rebellion.

However, considering that the land of Shuixi is too big, and the chieftains in some places have deep roots in power, if they all change the land at once, it will easily trigger rebellion. Especially the Shuixi An family, although they were executed, they have been officials in Shuixi for generations. It would still be useful if their banners were used to assist in rule.

Therefore, he put forward the second suggestion, which is to build more to achieve the goal but less to achieve the goal.

The so-called "Tumu" refers to the chieftain's general, or to put it bluntly, he is the chieftain's subordinate.In areas under the jurisdiction of chieftains, chieftains relied on various chieftains to manage and rule.

Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan suggested that the best way to dismantle the prestige and rule of the Shuixi An clan in the Shuixi area is to start with these people.

He suggested that the Shuixi'an clan should not be exterminated, but instead select a one-year-old branch to succeed the Shuixi Xuan comfort envoy. They should live in Guiyang City and are not allowed to go out at will, let alone return to the chieftain.

At the same time, the government troops were allowed to continue to sweep through Shuixi to suppress the rebellion. At the same time, a large number of people were promoted and submitted to the imperial court. The local village owners and small tribe chiefs in Shuixi who had previously cooperated internally and externally, reported information to the imperial court, and transported grain and grass became the local local officials.

They only need to accept the jurisdiction of local officials, pay taxes to the court every year, and send troops.As long as this is the case, the imperial court allows them to be hereditary and rule the local area on behalf of the imperial court.

In Zhu Xieyuan's plan, a total of more than 200 local officials were to be set up in Dading, Qianxi, Pingyuan, and Weining, which was an extremely large number.

Zhu Youxiao agreed with this suggestion after reading it. Isn't this the southwestern chieftain's version of the grace order?These local officials had all betrayed the Shuixi'an clan and supported the imperial court before.

Therefore, when the imperial court promulgated this decree, they were the most supportive of the imperial court's rule over them.Because their power comes from the imperial court, their sense of belonging to the Shuixi'an clan will be further weakened. Even if the Shuixi'an clan rebels again in the future, these people will definitely not agree.

In addition, despite the large number of these Tumu, they have no military power. Even if one or two want to rebel, they will not make any big waves.

Zhu Youxiao could even imagine that as soon as this policy came out, it would be quite tempting to the "local officials" under other chieftains. If any chieftains rebelled, there would probably be many people who would join them.

These two articles are about how to divide and manage Shuixi. They can be said to be important measures for the court to better govern Shuixi.

The next piece of advice is about finance and taxation, which is even more important for Guizhou.

The imperial court divided the fields in Guizhou into farmland and field.The so-called tuntian, that is, the land cultivated by the military, has always been tax-free; while the ketian is civilian land and needs to be taxed.Among the fields in Guizhou, farming is the most common.

This is mainly because when the Ming Dynasty was founded, the imperial court established eighteen guards in Guizhou. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, whenever the chieftains rebelled, the imperial court would eliminate the rebels, destroy each chieftain and establish a village, that is, establish a prefectural government or establish a prefecture or county, and gradually Expanded the territory of Guizhou.

However, in the past, when rebellions were suppressed, the land of abandoned chieftains was seldom measured. As a result, although the imperial rule in Guizhou continued to deepen, the money and grain did not increase. Compared with other chief ministers, the grain of the province's land was the lightest, and there was no record of it. Ji, there is no number of acres to test.

Zhu Xieyuan suggested a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he would take advantage of the victory in suppressing the rebellion and conduct an inventory of the private fields that existed in Guizhou after the rebellion was suppressed. In particular, the fields of chieftains in Shuixi, Shuidong and other places should be carefully inspected in order to obtain taxes.

But this is only limited to civilian fields. As for the farming, it is still the same as before, because the officers and soldiers stationed in the Guizhou garrison all rely on the farming. Once the military camps impose taxes, the morale of the military will be chaotic. For the stability of Guizhou and eternal security, it is better to continue to use the old system. There was no tax as before.

But the fact that there is no tax on farmland does not mean that the court does not care about it at all.Therefore, he took advantage of the opportunity to pacify Shuixi, set up guard posts in various places in Shuixi, and vigorously promoted military settlements.And moderately clean up the Guizhou farmland to calm the morale of the army.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this suggestion. It seemed that Zhu Xieyuan also knew that the military settlements were definitely a big pit. It was already unclear how many military settlements there had been since the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, he did not dare to clean up the military camps at will, but cleaned them appropriately.As for how to keep it in moderation, I guess it should be handled with care and put away after a little tidying up.

However, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care very much about this. In his opinion, even if all the military villages in Guizhou are cleared, how much tax revenue will be generated.

As long as there is no chaos in Guizhou and the local chieftains and Yunnan chieftains can be suppressed, Zhu Youxiao will allow the chaos in Guizhou's farming to exist.

These three items can be said to be the most important contents of all the suggestions. As for the rest of the contents, Zhu Xieyuan also explained in detail, but they are all measures on how to better govern Shuixi, Shuidong, etc.

For example, Article [-] suggested that schools should be established in Shuixi, social schools should be established, township covenants should be established, and Confucian temples should be built. The court could encourage or fund nearby Confucian scholars to go to Shuixi for education. He even suggested that the court increase the number of students from Guizhou to participate in the imperial examination. The number of people on the list.

To this end, he also gave the example of 48 people in Yunnan's rural examination, while Guizhou only had 25 people. This number is really small, so it is recommended to increase the number of places.

The fifth item is to continue to build stations and roads on the basis of Longchang Jiuyi, which will not only facilitate the delivery of military documents from the imperial court, but also facilitate the lives of local people.

As for the last one, it is very strange. It is not just for Guizhou, but also involves the Chief Secretary of Sichuan.

He believes that the borders between Guizhou and Sichuan have been intertwined for a long time and are difficult to manage.For long-term peace and stability, it is recommended to redraw the border between Guizhou and Sichuan.

Especially in the northeastern part of Guizhou Province, there is an urgent need to sort it out. This area borders Sichuan, but many chieftains straddle Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, making governance very troublesome.Therefore, he also put forward some specific suggestions on demarcation, such as Shaxi County in Zunyi, which should be placed under Guizhou, etc.

These are Zhu Xieyuan's six suggestions. They are well-founded and based on the actual situation in Guizhou. Therefore, many measures are very effective and reasonable, and Zhu Youxiao also agrees very much.

What makes Zhu Youxiao even more interested is that Zhu Xieyuan also clearly stated in the title book that many of the suggestions in it were put forward by Hong Chengchou, the left counselor of the Chief Secretary of Guizhou, and he only adopted his opinions.
However, whether it is Hong Chengchou's or Zhu Xieyuan's, in Zhu Youxiao's view, as long as it is easy to use, these suggestions only need to be improved before they can be implemented.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Xieyuan has been the governor of the five provinces for nearly a year now. He also knows a lot about Guizhou, so the six principles for governing Guizhou he proposed are very reasonable in my opinion.

However, one of them, the increase in the number of places for the imperial examination, I think is worthy of discussion. Compared with other chief secretaries, Guizhou Culture and Education is still a little weak. If the number of places for the imperial examination is rashly expanded, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among scholars in other provinces. "

(End of this chapter)