Borrow the day to change the day

"Brother, I heard that the year before last, the imperial court specially sent back the white-armed soldiers at the request of Zhu Shangshu, just to deter the southwestern chieftain. Could it be that this has no effect?"

Hearing Zhong Jinwei's question, the Guizhou businessman took a look this way, and found that there were big men in brocade clothes sitting beside Zhong Jinwei, who should be wealthy customers.

It is a good thing to be able to make friends with a local tyrant with the same mentality as the people of later generations, especially businessmen.So the Guizhou businessman turned around and explained to Zhong Jinwei: "Shizhu Qin Zongbing is very powerful, but she is in Xichuan. The southwest is mountainous and the roads are not easy to walk. Therefore, the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou are more afraid of guarding in Xichuan. The local Zhu Shangshu."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he suddenly realized that it was a road problem.

This was in the seventeenth century, and the ethnic minorities in the southwest of Ming Dynasty were generally self-governing.For most chieftains, roads are rarely repaired until they are connected to the outside world.Basically, they all like to close the door and be the emperor themselves, which is the best.

Chieftains like Qin Liangyu, because they have led the army to go out, know that blocking is not the way out.Therefore, Qin Wang Jingshi made great contributions, and one of the rewards was to get cement so that he could build a cement road leading to the outside world.

When Zhong Jinwei thought of this, he got something again.He thought for a while, then asked the Guizhou businessman again, "Is the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou really that serious?"

"Ah, if the situation wasn't severe, I would have gone back a long time ago. If I stay in Guangzhou one day longer, the goods will be backlogged for one day, and the cost will be one day higher!" Hearing this, the Guizhou businessman couldn't help shaking his head and sighing again.

After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei stopped talking. He finished his lunch early and went back to his room.

As soon as he entered the room, Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Baichuan, who followed him, "How is the power of the factory guard in the southwest?"

Gu Baichuan listened to Zhong Jinwei's questioning during dinner just now, and he knew that the Duke was worried about the situation in the southwest again.He had already thought about it, and now he heard Zhong Jinwei's question, and immediately replied: "Master, there are many chieftains in the southwest, and relatively speaking, there will be fewer factory guards, but there are still."

Zhong Jinwei listened and walked around the room twice, obviously thinking about the problem.After a while, he stood up and said to Gu Baichuan: "The situation in the Southwest seems to be very serious, although the actual situation is unknown, but there must be a reason for it. Just in case, we must strengthen the grasp of Southwest intelligence."

When Gu Baichuan heard that Zhong Jinwei was about to give another order, he straightened himself up and listened carefully.

"First, send more factory guards to the southwest secretly to monitor the chieftains of all ethnic groups. If there are not enough people, you can immediately report to the prince and ask the emperor to send people from other places."

"Second, I had some ideas just now, and I will write a memorial immediately and send it to Beijing urgently."

After listening to Zhong Jinwei's order, Gu Baichuan immediately agreed, "Yes, Duke."

Zhong Jinwei immediately walked back to the table in the room and began to write the memorial.

Now that the north has been settled, the capital in hand is much stronger than in previous years.There are many cards to play against the chieftains of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.Reminded by the Guizhou businessman just now, Zhong Jinwei had a new idea.

In his memorial, he suggested to the emperor that it is best to send part of the Beijing camp to the southwest.Cooperate with Zhu Shangshu and Shizhu Qin Zongbing to solve the problem of Southwest Tusi as soon as possible.Otherwise, such a gunpowder keg, I don't know when it will explode.

The situation of the southwestern chieftain is different from that of the Liaodong Jianlu. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei suggested that it is best to send out the special forces, that is, the Thunderbolt brigade.If, when necessary, a beheading operation is carried out to take away the first few restless chieftains in one fell swoop, it would be best to reduce the turmoil in the Southwest.

In this way, the cost is the lowest, and it is also very effective for the ethnic minorities in the southwest.

However, in order to completely solve the southwestern chieftain problem, it is still necessary to reform the land and return it to the local people.That is to say, the hereditary system of removing chieftains, setting up prefectures and counties, which are managed by officials directly appointed by the imperial court for a certain term.

Zhong Jinwei suggested to Emperor Chongzhen that it is best to complete the reorganization of the northern army after the comprehensive reform of the land.In this way, in case the chieftain refuses to accept the imperial court's policy of reforming the land and returning the land, there will be enough strong soldiers to quickly deal with the chieftain who resists the reform.

Before this policy of reforming the soil and returning the local people is fully implemented, it is recommended to dig the foundation of the Southwest Tusi first, that is, the imperial court uses the excuse of helping the Tusi to pay for the construction of cement roads in the Southwest.

As long as the transportation is convenient, there will be several advantages.The first troop deployment was smooth, and the situation could be responded quickly;

Second, there will be more opportunities for ethnic minorities to get out of the mountains. When they see the outside world, they will have ideas.If the chieftain wants to fool his own tribe, it will become difficult.

Regarding this point, a very good use is that if the chieftain wants to rebel, not so many people will follow.Because the knowledgeable tribal people knew the strength of the Ming army, so they would not follow blindly.

Third, convenient transportation will inevitably bring benefits to all ethnic minorities.If you want to get rich, build roads first.After this road is built, it will inevitably drive some tribal people to become rich.And rebellion is a serious crime. If it is not forced, few people will follow the rebellion.

In this way, he will not be fooled, and his life will start to get better again, and no one will follow the chieftain to rebel.At that point, if the chieftain wants to rebel, some of the people in his tribe may be the first to inform.

After Zhong Jinwei finished writing the memorial and read it again, he handed it to Gu Baichuan and asked him to rush it to the capital.

Seeing Gu Baichuan turn around and go out to arrange the matter, Zhong Jinwei secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that the Southwest side would not become chaotic so soon.Otherwise, when the several measures in the memorial are arranged, even if there is a commotion in the southwest, it should be calmed down quickly.

In fact, Zhu Xieyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War and superintendent of military affairs in Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, only contracted a minor illness occasionally, but the rumors became more and more outrageous, and it turned into a serious illness.

Therefore, there was no immediate rebellion in the southwest, but as soon as Zhong Jinwei's memorial was published, the court's attention was focused on the southwest.

Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind to solve the powder keg that would explode in the southwest according to Zhong Jinwei's suggestion in the memorial.

Of course, these are all things to say later, and the memorial is only being sent out now.

Zhong Jinwei arranged this matter again, and according to the plan, he left the inn and went to Shibosi by the Pearl River Estuary.

Of course, the group of them did not ride a horse this time, otherwise it would be too eye-catching and not in line with the purpose of Weifu's private visit.

The Pearl River is full of ships, including fishing boats and cargo ships, inland river boats and ocean-going giant ships.

On the pier, countless people flowed.Some came to the pier to look at the goods, or were helping to hook up with merchants, and some were busy moving goods to and from ships, and so on.

Zhong Jinwei saw the most skin colors here, including whites, blacks, and Arabs from time to time.

The group of them walked and watched, and suddenly saw a group of people in front of a restaurant, pointing and pointing.

Zhong Jinwei was just wandering around to see if he found anything.So seeing a crowd gathering over there, I went over to have a look.