Chapter 162: A Strategy to Stabilize the Southwest

Zhang Fu could naturally feel Zhu Qizhen's uneasiness, and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Guangxi and Songpan are not worried." ”

"Shanyun is in Guangxi, when it is used to control the razor, and to attack the Tusi with Tusi, the imperial court only needs to give a slight reward, send a strong general, and lead the people, which is enough to break the enemy."

"Although Shanyun is gone, the old ministry is still there, so it's not difficult to break it."

"It's just that Guangxi has been uncertain repeatedly, but because there are many barbarians and few barbarians, they have repeatedly rebelled, so they want to eliminate this matter, not in martial arts, but in literature."

"Please send a virtuous minister to guard Guangxi. Then Guangxi will no longer be chaotic. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "But I don't know if there is a candidate for Guogong?" ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty asked the wrong person, Yang Shoufu should be asked about this matter." ”

Zhu Qizhen slapped his forehead with his palm and said, "But I lost my words." ”

This is the most trustworthy point of Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu does things for people, and he is very accurate. His positioning is very clear, and he really has a wide reputation as the local town guard minister, Zhang Fu really hasn't heard of it at all?

It's just that he is a military minister, and this recommendation should not be made by him.

Except for the time when Zhang Fu was fighting for his son, most of the time he kept his duty and did a good job within his own position, and he didn't interfere in external matters at all.

Single-mindedly seeking children at home.

Zhu Qizhen said: "So what does the Duke of Guogong think about Songpan? ”

Zhang Fu secretly glanced at Zhu Qizhen and said, "In the opinion of the minister, it is better for Songpan to give up." ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "Give up Songpan? ”

Zhang Fu said: "In the land of Songpan, the mountains are steep, and Your Majesty will recruit it with a large army, which is naturally invincible, but now there have been three Songpan rebellions, even if Your Majesty is Songpan, it is inevitable that there will be four, five, or six times?" ”

"In vain and in vain, it hurts the soldiers."

"The minister thought that he would send a minister to tell the toasts and give up Songpanwei."

Zhu Qizhen immediately frowned, although he didn't speak, he already represented his attitude.

Zhu Qizhen has been trained in the city government in the past few years, and his mood is invisible, it is already instinctive, so the frown he showed was not that he was really angry, but hinted to Zhang Fu, I am not satisfied with your plan.

Zhang Fu naturally saw it clearly. But Zhang Fu is not Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen probably saw Zhu Qizhen's face change, and he was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, because Wang Zhen was a eunuch, and his net worth and life were in the palm of Zhu Qizhen's hands.

But Zhang Fu is the prince of the country and the minister of the pillar of the country.

Although he was worried about Zhu Qizhen's reaction, he still had to say what he thought was right.

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty, during the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu thought that Songpan was located in the valley, which was not conducive to garrisoning, so he dismissed Songpanwei, but later, because Songpan was located

The main road was reset, and the Songpan Wei was reset. ”

"From Songpan Wei to Shaanxi, Qinghai."

"But now the imperial court has no intention of using troops in the northwest, and this Songpan passage is not necessary."

"In order to preserve this passage, we have used troops year after year, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"The minister thinks that it is the right way to strike the army, move back to Songpanwei, and make peace with Songpan Tusi."

Zhu Qizhen listened to it, and he had to admit it in his heart.

What Zhang Fu said makes sense.

If it weren't for the fact that the place was too bitter, the guards would have fled completely, and they would not have been served by the toast. Now the use of soldiers in Songpan has also made the burden on the imperial court not light.

Because the expedition to Luchuan is imminent.

The imperial court's support for Yunnan was supported by two provinces because of geographical reasons.

One is Huguang and the other is Sichuan.

Because these two places are close on the road.

If Songpan uses troops, it will certainly be impossible for Sichuan's grain to be transported to Yunnan, and it will only aggravate the grain burden in the Huguang area.

You must know that transporting grain in ancient times was never a simple matter, let alone having to cross the mountains of Guizhou. It's difficult to think about it, and you lose supplies from Sichuan.

The price of grain in Huguang is bound to rise.

In addition to what Zhang Fu said before, the land of Songpan has been peaceful and chaotic, and the gains outweigh the losses. The timing is also not right.

The battle of Luchuan is imminent, so it is natural to focus on Luchuan and not be distracted.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen doesn't approve of this plan.

The reason is simple, it is the continuation of the battle for routes.

Zhu Qizhen decided on the battle of Luchuan and divided the king of Xiang into Luchuan. It is to reverse the fact that since Renzong, the imperial court has given up foreign interference and has repeatedly retreated.

It took a lot of effort for him to barely pass.

Now abandoning Songpan's words undoubtedly sends a clear message to all parties, that is, the emperor's decision has been shaken.

So from that aspect.

Zhu Qizhen decided not to allow Songpan to be abandoned, so Songpan would be bloody, then Songpan Tusi would be killed, and Songpan would be killed into a no-man's land.

Zhu Qizhen must not take half a step back.

Zhu Qizhen's side gave up Songpan and fell into a great passivity in promoting foreign wars in the future.

What Zhang Fu said is not wrong.

Based on the logical consideration of war, Zhang Fu is too right, the soldiers are not vacant, and the troops must be sent only if they have interests, and Songpan is almost a place where birds don't in this era.

No matter how many troops are invested, there will be no gains.

But once politics is mixed with war, anything strange can be understood.

Zhu Qizhen said to Zhang Fu: "The world is left by the ancestors and ancestors, and I dare not lose half an inch." Now Luchuan is in turmoil, so that the southwest Tusi has a light dynasty, so Songpan must be uneven. ”

Zhang Fu listened, he was also an old fritter, and naturally knew the logic behind these words

Ji, and immediately said: "The minister knows his mistake, if His Majesty intends to conquer Songpan, you can ask the Sichuan Metropolitan Division to send troops to clear it." ”

"In the opinion of the minister, the rebellion of Songpan was weaker than once, when Xuande was three years old, there were hundreds of thousands of rebels, although there was an exaggeration below, but in the opinion of the minister, almost all the strong men in Songpan participated."

"Then he was leveled by Chen Huai."

"Chen Huai's killing was not light, so that the thirteen clans of Songpan and the imperial court formed a deep feud in the sea of blood. This has been a lot of rebellion, but the imperial court has consumed a lot in Songpan, but the thirteen clans of Songpan have also consumed a lot. ”

"So this rebellion, in fact, is worse than the first time, I don't know how much, probably thousands of soldiers are enough to pacify."

"What the minister is worried about is only how to deal with the future, this grudge is incomprehensible, and Songpan is chaotic, just around the corner."

"If Your Majesty really wants to conquer Songpan, please use Chen Huai."

Zhu Qizhen was surprised and said, "Enable Chen Huai? Although Chen Huai can fight, his character is not enough to defend one side. Let him go? Wouldn't it add to the mess? ”

Zhang Fu naturally knew Chen Huai's temperament, although he was brave on the battlefield, he was also a brutal character.

Even, the Songpan Rebellion has continued to this day, and Chen Huai has played a great role.

After all, the cause of the Songpan Rebellion, as mentioned above, is that Qianhu Qian Hong did not want to go to Vietnam to fight, so he killed the local Tusi, pretending to be a rebellion in the Tusi, and his life was in the imperial court.

After the court is calmed down, if it is appeased, maybe this matter can be calmed down.

However, Chen Huai guarded the local area, did many injustices, obtained goods from the hands of Tusi, and was extremely greedy, which caused a deep hatred between the two sides, and the local people of Songpan naturally pinned their hatred for Chen Huai on the imperial court, and rebelled as soon as they had strength. Rebel at the first opportunity.

Zhang Fu said: "Since the grudge is difficult to solve, then use a knife to solve, and now Songpanwei is only tens of thousands of households, almost every household has rebels, so Chen Huai broke it, and ordered these to be placed in Sichuan Prefecture, Songpan has no people, naturally it is impossible to make chaos." ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he naturally understood how much bloody things were involved. secretly said in his heart: "It's so ruthless." ”

The reason why Chen Huai was used was because he took a fancy to his tyrannical temperament.

In fact, Chen Huai may not have good intentions towards the people of Songpan, after all, because of the Songpan incident, Chen Huai was originally a rising star in the Ming Dynasty, but he has been idle in the capital for many years.

Let Chen Huai not have fire in his heart.

And people like Chen Huai will never reflect on what he did wrong in Songpan, but will feel angry with the people of Songpan.

In fact, Chen Huai was not idle during the orthodox years, and briefly succeeded Fang Zheng as the chief soldier of Datong, but was soon withdrawn. It's because he doesn't rule strictly.

It can be seen that Chen Huai has no intention of repenting.

However, Chen Huai is not good in a thousand ways, but it is not, as a knife, it is still fast and ruthless enough.