Chapter Ninety-Five: Behind the Great Teng Gorge

Zhu Qizhen naturally didn't know that Xu Youzhen was already trying to save his face.

After handing over the matter to Xu Youzhen, he sent Xu Youzhen away.

He then wrote down several edicts and sent them to the Cabinet, asking the Cabinet to form a holy decree. Then send it down. There is mainly Li Shi, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who sent an envoy to Japan and canonized the king of Japan. In addition, because the DPRK is busy with shipping to the western part of the strait, it is necessary for Wang Ying, the chief military officer of the shipping department, to be stationed in the DPRK this year and next, and to select a DPRK port to set up a guard post along the coast of Shandong to assume the responsibility of maritime defense.

If yes, etc.

The meaning of Zhu Qizhen's writing is only one or two sentences, and it is enough to explain it clearly. The cabinet was originally born in the secretarial team, and finishing and polishing is the basic foundation.

Of course, if the Emperor's decree is too outrageous.

The Prime Minister of the Cabinet is about to come and ask for a meeting.

Although the cabinet was a little confused about these two holy decrees, after Xu Youzhen went to see Chen Xun, he naturally understood what was going on.

There is a high probability that they will not refuse.

Chen Xun also doesn't have this confidence.

Xu Youzhen came to the capital, since it was in the name of reporting on his work, it was impossible to just see Zhu Qizhen and finish it.

He has a lot on his plate.

There are no precedents for many affairs in North Korea, some of which can be done according to the rules of the Ming provinces, and some of which cannot. This is going to have to deal with the six parts.

The establishment of a provincial-level ruling body in North Korea is not possible without friction with the Sixth Ministry.

Therefore, Xu Youzhen is afraid that during this period of time, he will have to meet frequently with the big figures of the six cabinets.

Zhu Qizhen knew that it was impossible for Xu Youzhen to hide it from Chen Xun, after all, Chen Xun was also Xu Youzhen's backstage. In this regard, Zhu Qizhen is very clear that if a cabinet chief assistant does not have a few local Austrian aids, what is the matter?

So although it is said that the forbidden Chinese language cannot be leaked, it is impossible for Xu Youzhen not to tell Chen Xun.

That's the rule of politics.

Zhu Qizhen said to Wang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard: "Have you found out the matter in Guangxi?" ”

For any military matter, Zhu Qizhen is extremely cautious.

However, on the whole, Zhu Qizhen still does not pay enough attention to Guangxi. After all, the strategic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty is in the north. And to the southwest of Guangxi is Vietnam.

The Ming Dynasty is already in the northwest of Vietnam, making a big move.

After King Xiang gained a firm foothold in Luchuan, there was no danger in the southwest of Yunnan. When Wang Ji and Cao Nai were rectifying military affairs, they intentionally or unintentionally put several troops and horses around Yuanjiang.

And the Yuanjiang River is the upper reaches of the Red River.

It's not aggressive, but it also makes Annan very nervous, not to mention that North Korea is dying again.

How could Annan not be worried.

If the imperial court again used troops on a large scale in Guangxi, it was even likely to cause an overreaction from Annan.

After all, the beam between Daming and Annan is deep enough. emperor

The attitude is not only known to the officials, but also to the envoys who came to Beijing to know Annan.

The emperor couldn't swallow this breath when he was a child, not to mention that now the emperor's prestige is rising.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to kill Annan, but he has priorities.

Now that the matter of the tile spur is the most urgent, Annan must let it go, and it will not be too late to put it in a few years or even more than ten years. Guangxi, as a province near Annam, at this time, it is better to be quiet than to move.

And rightfully so.

Therefore, Guangxi's strategic level in Zhu Qizhen's heart is low, and it is normal for Zhu Qizhen not to pay attention to it. 、

It's just that the previous dispute between Han Yong and Liu Pu made Zhu Qizhen have to think hard about what made the two have such a big difference in opinion.

Both of them are actually capable people.

Needless to say, Han Yong's achievements in disaster relief during his tenure as governor of Jiangxi were amazing. Naturally not some foolish person? And Liu Pu may not be a famous general. But after guarding Guangxi for many years, there is no problem most of the time.

And he can be the leader of the current Jingnan Honorable Group. There are also two brushes.

Therefore, he ordered Jinyiwei to investigate what was behind the Great Tengxia Rebellion.

Two months later, a report came out that wasn't detailed enough, but it was basically telling.

"The old files have been identified, and all kinds of intelligence have been summarized here." Wang Yu coughed violently twice, feeling a little dying, and said: "The minister has ordered to give Guangxi Jinyi Wei Qianhu to mobilize capable forces to sneak into the Dateng Gorge and find out the inside story of the thief. ”

Then he held the stack of paperwork in his hand with both hands.

Zhu Qizhen said: "You can sit down." Let me see. ”

Zhu Qizhen took the paperwork, his hand sank slightly, and his heart sank slightly. knew that he underestimated the inside story.

Without him, these documents are about an inch or two thick. All the documents in the palace were written in the standard pavilion style, and even if the font was small, it was more than twice the size of the later No. 5 font. Coupled with the paper used in the palace, it is naturally excellent. But it is also slightly thicker than the paper of later generations, after all, the brush uses more ink in the back.

But even so, this two-inch-thick document is less than 100,000 words, or even more.

If the problem of Datengxia is only that some ethnic minority people, who do not obey the king, often live in the mountains, and go down the mountains from time to time to plunder.

Zhu Qizhen would not have seen these tirades.

Moreover, listening to what Wang Yu said, that is, many of these are old files, that is, Jinyiwei has already found out, and it doesn't feel right, but Zhu Qizhen doesn't pay attention to it, so it is not presented to Zhu Qizhen's desk.

Zhu Qizhen opened it and took a closer look.

A considerable part of this is to sort out the things about Datengxia in Guangxi since Taizu. Zhu Qizhen can see that the first so-called Guangxi Yao Rebellion was in the eighth year of Hongwu.

And not once, eight years of Hongwu, fourteen years of Hongwu, and eighteen years of Hongwu

There were three rebellions. There is also Emperor Taizu's instructions on this matter.

In general, it is shown widely. Not for the Yao people in the deep mountains and old forests, but for the expedition. As long as the upper and lower levels are blocked, each one guards its own boundary.

This idea is also the idea that has been adhered to from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present day of Zhu Qizhen.

It's just that why the chaos in Datengxia is getting bigger and bigger.

Even to the point of being able to conquer the county seat?

Zhu Qizhen read it carefully, and it took a while to understand.

Time has passed, and Emperor Taizu's law can no longer be used today. Datengxia is no longer just a problem of Datengxia. It's a lot of problems that are entangled.

An extremely complex situation has been formed.

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and hesitated in his heart.

Thinking of Han Yong and Liu Pu's respective opinions again, Zhu Qizhen didn't know who was right and who was wrong.

The situation in Guangxi is complicated enough, not to mention the plan of the Northern Expedition. It's even more complicated.

A thought popped up in Zhu Qizhen's heart, and he said secretly: "In such a situation, something big must happen in Guangxi." ”

The Datengxia problem in Zhu Qizhen's understanding is the Datengxia problem in the Hongwu period, that is, the problem between the mountain people and the common people who are organized into households.

But that's no longer the case.

First, there is the problem of transportation.

What is the Great Tengxia Gorge?

The narrow Dateng Gorge is a section of the river in the northwest of Xunzhou. This river is called Liujiang in the upper reaches, Qianjiang in the middle reaches, and Xunjiang in the lower reaches.

It flows into the Xijiang River.

The Dateng Gorge refers to the 160-mile river in the Qianjiang River.

This section of the river meanders in the middle of the mountains. There is a big vine in the middle, which is as big as a bucket, and the people on both sides of the strait can come and go through the big vine.

Therefore, it is called the Great Tengxia Gorge.

Compared with everyone, you can also see that those who can come and go on the big vine are definitely not the Han people.

This river is the main transportation route from eastern Guangxi to western Guangxi. What's even worse is that this is also related to one issue, that is, the issue of table salt.

Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty is actually not coastal.

So Guangxi has to eat Guangdong salt.

After the reform of the salt law and the implementation of the salt drying law in the Ming Dynasty, the salt industry flourished. But Guangxi is still a salt-deficient place. The people who lack salt more than the people of Guangxi are the mountain people who live in the mountains.

After all, people cannot live without salt.

And this section of the river is full of salt-carrying boats, what will these mountain people do? And it is clear.

Someone will probably say why don't they buy salt?

These mountain people, or the Yao people, if they can have money to sell salt, they can also sell salt legally, and they are black households and thieves in the eyes of the government.

The salt industry has a lot to do with it, the salt road is not passable, and the toasts in Guangxi can't stand it.

This raises additional questions.