"What, Hou Sui caught it?"

In this regard, Zhang Mingwei was still a little surprised, so he confirmed and asked.

The messenger nodded hurriedly and said in detail: "Those natives have long been resentful of them, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil, so after hearing that they were defeated, when the court officials and soldiers passed, they spontaneously stopped the Hou Sui family who wanted to escape, as well as Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng. In addition to Hou Sui, Hou Fangyu, Hou Fangxia, and Zuo Mengeng were all killed by them, but they only offered their heads. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei sighed a little emotionally, this is a typical example of self-destruction if you do too much injustice, and good and evil will be rewarded in the end!

This Hou Sui, if it were just him, would definitely not rebel. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no rebellious civil officials.

However, dragged down by his son and wanting to save his son, he sent someone to assassinate Liang Zhixian, intending to cover up the truth about the fall of Shangqiu, and finally embarked on the road of rebellion.

Now that he was caught, his son was killed, and he himself was dedicated to the court. Even if you don't know the details, you can't guess that it must be his son who has attracted the most anger from the natives, and he has been caught.

From this, it can be seen that the son does not teach the father, and in the end it is inevitable to cheat the father. This point, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, will not be an exception.

For this result, Zhang Mingwei still likes it. Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu were captured alive, and this pair could be sent to Jingshi neatly.

Soon, this matter was left behind him, and what he promised before was to be realized.

Register the natives here? Measuring the land? Distribute as promised.

Another advantage of these toast territories is that they have beaten the toast head? Almost all of the land was given to the imperial court. Because within the territory of the toast? Basically, the land belongs to the Tusi head. Land reform here, compared to the Central Plains? It's a little simpler.

In this vigorous land reform, Zhang Mingwei also led the 20,000 horses he brought? Drove to Maras? That is, where the Panzhihua of later generations is located.

Subsequently, he sent people to inquire, inquire, investigate? I finally found Panzhihua Iron Mine, one of the top ten iron mines in later generations. And minerals such as refractory clay, coal? It was also discovered one after another under the purposeful search.

During this period, because of the turning of the earth dragon, Liu Zhibo, the governor of Sichuan who was sitting in Chengdu, and Qin Liangyu, the general soldier, opened the passage as quickly as possible and led the troops over.

Found that everything here is under the control of the imperial court? Even when Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu were caught, they were naturally relieved and admired at the same time.

It's like there's nothing that Xingguo Gong can't do? As long as he goes out, the enemy will eventually be wiped out.

Zhang Mingwei saw them coming? The passage came at the right time.

It's a local affair, and he can't stay here forever? called Liu Zhibo and Qin Liangyu? Tell them what happened here? Let them focus on the development of Panzhihua in the future, and if necessary, also move more people over.

Including the entire Sichuan war, there were some prisoners who had to undergo labor reform, and they could be escorted here for development.

Then, Zhang Mingwei led the troops and divisions, and on the day when he left the Sichuan Xingdu Division, the natives from all over the country rushed to Jianchang to see him off.

If they didn't do anything else, they knocked down the toast for the Duke of Xingguo and Princess Kunxing, so that they could have their own fields, and they could also let their children go to school, and they would have the opportunity to go out of the mountains in the future! Just this is enough for them to bring the old and the young to see them off.

Looking at the dense crowd of people seeing them off, even if they didn't understand the language, seeing their reluctant looks, Liu Zhibo couldn't help but sigh with envy: "The princess and the prince benefit the people here, and all the people send each other, such a grand occasion is enough to be passed down through the ages!" ”

As a civil official, many people have pursued this. However, in the process of pursuit, many people lose their hearts and eventually slide to the other side of this pursuit.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "As long as you can build this place into another Chengdu according to the plan, and make the people here rich, you will definitely be remembered by the people here!" ”

As soon as Liu Zhibo heard this, he immediately said: "The chapter has been sent to the Beijing Division, as long as the emperor approves it, the lower officials will be able to justify it, and use the manpower and material resources of the whole Shu to build here, and it will never live up to the expectations of the national public!" ”

If it becomes the steel producing area of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest, and there is the second largest river valley plain in Sichuan Province that can produce grain, after stationing heavy troops from the imperial court, it will definitely be able to exert strong control over this area, at least neighboring Yunnan, and even Tibet. From then on, it was no longer a place where the few people lived.

………………

When Zhang Mingwei led the troops back to Chengdu, it was already August of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.

From the first day of March of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he began the road of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty with the full support of Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning.

On the Liaodong side, the army was reduced, the place outside the Shanhai Pass was abandoned, the Liaodong military and civilians were moved to the land of Gyeonggi to strengthen the strength of the Great Wall defense line, the eight major Jin merchants were eradicated, and the town of Dongjiang was rebuilt.

Internally, the decisive battles between Kaifeng and Huguang, as well as the Sichuan War, drove the thieves to Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty, and returned a peace in other places!

In almost a year and a half, such a thing was done, which is actually a bit exaggerated. Of course, having the golden finger of a traverser and having the insight beyond this era is like opening a hanging, in fact, it can be understood.

In short, before March of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty had signs of the death of the country, but after the August of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty had the appearance of Zhongxing! Anyone who compares them will be filled with emotion.

Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing is one of them, after returning to Chengdu, she couldn't help but say gratefully to Zhang Mingwei: "Mr. for the sake of Daming, he really has to work hard and work hard to make such a change!" ”

Zhang Mingwei smiled and said: "Aren't you always by my side, you are also fighting in the south and the north, and you are also working hard!" ”

Zhu Yujiao listened, and immediately smiled sweetly, with a little pride in her expression, and talked to Zhang Mingwei about all kinds of things in the past year and a half, her feelings at that time, surprise, thrill, surprise, etc.

However, Zhu Yujiao didn't finish speaking, and was interrupted by Sun Chuanting.

He had come to report on the reorganization of the thieves and the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou.

In general, the reorganization of the thieves is almost complete. Including the officers and troops similar to the field army, the local army in Tuntian, and the parts that need to be reformed through hard labor.

The various state capitals in the south of Sichuan are mainly focused on restoring the people's livelihood, and the troops are mainly transferred to the place where the south and Yunnan and Guizhou meet, and they are ready to pursue Li Zicheng's troops.

However, there is a problem, he is the governor of the three sides, and he is actually in charge of the Qin land, and his main responsibility is to defend the steppe Tatars. The order I received before was also to rescue Sichuan.

Now that the war in Shu has subsided, if he wants to lead troops into Yunnan and Guizhou, it is not within his purview.

While they were talking about this, Emperor Chongzhen's will arrived, which was a reply to the previous recovery of Chongqing and the great weakening of Li Zicheng's subordinates. Of course, there are rewards and so on.

Those who were picked up before were all restored to the general army, not to mention the general soldiers, including the thieves who were recruited and secured, and they were also allowed to play by Xingguo Gong. Among them, Li Dingguo and Li Guo had the highest military ranks, and were deputy generals, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Tian Jianxiu were generals, and the others were guerrillas.

These are all good things, and they are all happy things. However, at the same time as the holy decree, there was also a letter from Jingshi.

This letter was also sent to Zhang Mingwei by Emperor Chongzhen, but it can't be regarded as official business, and it's still bad news.

Zhang Mingwei's students, Fang Yizhi and Huang Zongxi, were doing an experiment on a steam engine when an explosion occurred, killing one and injuring five.

The one who died was Fang Yizhi's family, who was actually an assistant. Fang Yizhi and Huang Zongxi were both injured by the explosion to varying degrees, with Fang Yizhi being the most serious, with one hand crippled.

After this incident, many people had opinions about the steam engine, saying that this thing was too dangerous, and it was better not to do it well. Especially on the side of Guozijian, the momentum is even greater.

Fang Yizhi's father, Fang Kongzhi, heard the news and asked to ban this kind of strange and obscene skills. It is even more strict that Fang Yizhi must not touch the steam engine again. And reprimanded Fang Yizhi, what steam engine pulls a carriage, a ship and the like, it is simply impossible to achieve!

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen also interceded with him in the letter, saying that Fang Kongzhi regretted that his son was a good official, and he went to build a steam engine and was crippled, and it is understandable that he would oppose it so much.

However, Emperor Chongzhen said that the matter of the steam engine must be promoted, so that Zhang Mingwei can rest assured.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen himself had watched the documentary, and of course he knew what the historical development would be, and it was impossible to order it to stop because of this matter.

However, because of this incident, public opinion in Jingshi was relatively unfavorable at this time.

Huang Zongxi's mother, Yao Shi, the daughter of the famous bibliophile Yao Shunyu, also rushed to Beijing to take care of Huang Zongxi, but also did not agree with Huang Zongxi to touch the steam engine again.

In this way, Song Yingxing, who was originally only involved in the research and development of the steam engine and assisted, could not do it, so they waited for the Xingguo Gong to go back in Jingshi.

After Emperor Chongzhen told these things, because he knew that the Shu side would definitely be able to pacify the thieves, it was up to Zhang Mingwei to decide for himself, whether to continue to lead the troops to the land of Yungui to suppress the thieves, or to return to Beijing to re-promote the steam engine.

Because he knows that what Zhang Mingwei cares about most is actually the promotion of science and technology. And this steam engine is the key to it.

After reading this letter, Zhang Mingwei decided without hesitation: return to Beijing!

So, he told the situation, and regardless of Sun Chuanting's surprise and incomprehension, he recommended Sun Chuanting as the governor of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, and Guangxi, and the general leader of the thieves in Yunnan and Guizhou.