The affairs of the southwest are a major matter in the DPRK, but the focus of each person's attention is different.

The ministers were more concerned with the official position than with the extravagant rebellion.

For the rebellion of Extravagant Chongming, in their opinion, it is too far away from them, and it will not affect the capital in their lifetime, nor will it affect them.

In this regard, Zhu Youxiao did not think about changing them. Instead of putting that effort into it, it's better to do what you have to do.

However, a new question has also emerged in the Ming officialdom, that is, who is Sun Chuanting.

This time, the imperial court set up a governor of the southwest, in fact, many people have begun to focus on it.

This is a governor's yamen, with great power, and at the same time, he will participate in the counterinsurgency, which is an opportunity for meritorious service. Once the counterinsurgency is completed, you can take this opportunity to be promoted.

And one of them is more eye-catching, this person is Sun Chuanting.

An ordinary military selection division of the military department, he was suddenly promoted to the military department squire, and the right hand of the Metropolitan Inspectorate. This position seems to be a bit of a military overseer.

Although he was not given a clear official position, he was only allowed to use it in the governor's yamen, but this was enough. Once the southwest is pacified, he will definitely be promoted.

No one knew why, so rummaging through Sun Chuanting's information became something that everyone had to do. It's just that no one has found anything useful.

Sun Chuanting, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Jinshi and the first, awarded the Yongcheng County Order. Entered Beijing to serve as the chief of the seal inspection of the Ministry of Officials, and later became the military selection of the Ministry of War, and then there was no more.

There is nothing strange in the whole resume, the only thing that makes people feel strange is that someone seems to be secretly promoting him, from a county order directly to the Beijing Division, and then he actually entered the Military Selection Division of the Ministry of War, this time it is one step to the sky, and he is a squire of the Ministry of War.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Many people are inquiring about Sun Chuanting's news, but for the people from the Yamen of the Ministry of War, it is easier for them to get close to Sun Chuanting, so many people take the opportunity to get close.

This made Sun Chuanting tired of it, and he couldn't work hard.

Although the imperial court had new arrangements for Sun Chuanting's position, he had to wait for Yuan Keli to officially take up his post after entering Beijing before he could report under Yuan Keli's name.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting can only stay in the military department now, but now he has no way to continue to stay.

The one at the door who delivered the documents is the seventh today, right?

Sun Chuanting shook his head a little helplessly, he naturally knew what these people were thinking. It's nothing more than hoping that they are developed and can promote them.

Sun Chuanting wanted to tell them that it was useless to do so. Because he didn't know why he was promoted.

But I don't know if I don't know, Sun Chuanting is still very excited about being promoted, after all, this is a good thing.

In addition, this time he was going to the southwest to participate in the counterinsurgency of the imperial court, which was an opportunity for him to learn, and it was also an opportunity to show his talents.

Now, when he thinks of the people who are close to him one after another today, Sun Chuanting naturally can't be happy.

Should I take two days of sick leave?

But before he could move, someone walked in outside.

The person who came was a eunuch.

This makes people even more hesitant.

Many people know him, this is Chen Hong, the eunuch close to His Majesty today.

Sun Chuanting couldn't help but hesitate a little when he saw Chen Hong walking towards him, but he still walked over.

The moment he saw Sun Chuanting, a bright smile appeared on Chen Hong's face.

Compared with the people outside, Chen Hong obviously knew more, he knew that this Sun Chuanting was a person that His Majesty paid attention to, and he had been concerned for a long time.

Chen Hong had long known that Sun Chuanting would be reused, and things were as he expected, Sun Chuanting was indeed reused.

Chen Hong smiled and said, "Lord Sun, Your Majesty has summoned you. ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned, does Your Majesty want to see me?

For the current majesty, the courtiers in the court have different ideas and evaluations.

Many people regard this majesty as the king of the Ming Dynasty and the savior of the Ming Dynasty; Many people think that His Majesty is a faint monarch, and if he continues like this, he is likely to become the king of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are some things that you can't say, you can only think about them in your heart. But there are no secrets in officialdom, and such a culture has been circulating for some time.

Speaking of which, Sun Chuanting has not been in contact with His Majesty, and he doesn't know what to say. As an official with a position, Sun Chuanting still prefers that His Majesty is Mingjun.

His Majesty stopped the construction of the palace, and at the same time was very frugal, and there were only three women in the palace, and nothing else.

However, there are also some things that people can't look down on, such as appointing Wei Zhongxian, believing in the demons in the palace, and not being merciful enough to officials.

As for these, Sun Chuanting actually has reservations. After all, those who stepped down led by the Donglin Party went a little too far, embezzling bribes and framing courtiers.

Some people also said that it was Wei Zhongxian who framed those people, but Sun Chuanting felt that it was not necessarily all framed.

He has been an official in Daming for several years, and he knows what Daming officialdom is like. Those officials who are ostensibly incorruptible. Behind the scenes, it doesn't have to be what it looks like.

Chen Hong saw that Sun Chuanting was in a daze, frowned slightly and said, "Lord Sun, Your Majesty summoned you?" ”

At this time, Sun Chuanting came back to his senses, and he also reacted violently, His Majesty wanted to see him.

He hurriedly said: "Gonggong Chen, I don't know what His Majesty summoned me?" ”

"That's not something we slaves can know." Chen Hong said with a smile: "If there is nothing to do, Lord Sun will follow our family into the palace." ”

"Okay, Grandpa Chen." Sun Chuanting nodded in agreement.

Sun Chuanting was summoned by His Majesty to Xiyuan, and the news that Chen Hong had personally come to deliver the word quickly spread.

All of a sudden, the military department became even more lively, and many people secretly regretted it, why didn't they have a good relationship with Sun Chuanting earlier?

In the West Garden.

Zhu Youxiao was escaping the heat, and he was just holding the ice cube.

It's almost autumn, why is it still so hot?

Didn't you say that the Ming Dynasty was going to be cold? Where did all this cold air go?

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao suddenly missed the air conditioner and ice cream. However, the saltwater popsicle is also quite relieving the heat, and I asked the palace to make some milk popsicles another day.

"Emperor, Sun Chuanting is here." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao's side and said respectfully.

"Let him in." Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong, nodded, and put down the ice pack in his hand.

It didn't take long for Sun Chuanting to walk in from outside.

He saluted respectfully and said, "Ministers and grandsons, see Your Majesty." Long live my emperor, long live long live. ”

"Get up." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

Zhu Youxiao looked Sun Chuanting up and down, Sun Chuanting was still very young at this time, he looked quite energetic, and his whole person was full of spirit, which made him very satisfied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "I came over with Aiqing today, because I want to talk to Aiqing about something." I asked Aiqing to go to the southwest this time, I wanted to hear Aiqing's thoughts on the southwest. ”

Sun Chuanting didn't expect His Majesty to find him for this matter, and he suddenly felt a little confused, he really didn't know what the situation was.

Sun Chuanting didn't understand why he went to the southwest, and he didn't know about the questions asked by His Majesty.

In Sun Chuanting's view, even if someone prefers to go to the southwest, most of them will let themselves go to gold.

You must know that the governor of the southwest is Yuan Keli, who is an old minister, and if His Majesty wants to ask about his views and practices on the southwest, he should ask him, not himself.

But why did you ask yourself?

But since His Majesty asked about his head, he definitely couldn't hide.

People who really want to go gilding. At this time, it will definitely be exposed, but Sun Chuanting is not, after getting this appointment, he has already done a lot of homework.

So Sun Chuanting took a step forward and said: "The minister thinks that it should be suppressed and appeased at the same time, first suppressed and then appeased, and at the same time the officials in the southwest should be severely punished and the rule of officials in the southwest should be clarified, so that it can be stable." ”

Glancing at Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Go on." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The southwest has been chaotic since ancient times, and it is a place of barbarianism, and the local people are not civilized. Therefore, it is more difficult to be appeased, especially if there is an ambitious person like Hao Chongming. ”

Therefore, the minister set a strategy of suppressing first and then appeasing, and wiped out all the extravagant Chongming and others. First, these ambitious people can be eliminated, without whom no one will make trouble and rebel; Second, it can also deter the southwest and let them know that if they dare to be disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty, they will be dead! ”

Glancing at Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao had no expression on his face, but he was very satisfied in his heart.

Sure enough, he is a capable person, he looks at the problem from a very appropriate angle, and he has a good grasp of the means, as long as he can do things smoothly, this is the frame of a generation of capable ministers.

If it weren't for the fact that Sun Chuanting was too young, too young, too young, and too light in prestige to deter the officials in the southwest, he would be the governor of the southwest this time.

But it's good to come back from the southwest, and you can reuse him yourself. You can also let him accumulate some experience, and I believe that he will be more mature and capable by then.

Sun Chuanting continued: "After the extermination is completed, you can appease them on the spot, and include all those who are willing to surrender and sincerely surrender into the household registration of the Ming Dynasty, so that they can become the people of the Ming Dynasty." At the same time, the Tusi system was abolished and the land was directly changed to the stream. ”

Zhu Youxiao agreed in his heart, Sun Chuanting is going to do a big one, but it is exactly what he wants, he wants to do this.

The last time the Ming Dynasty reformed the land and returned to the stream was in the Wanli period, when Yang Yinglong rebelled.

In the eighteenth year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong, the Xuanwei Division of Banzhou, rebelled, and the Wanli Emperor sent an army of 240,000 to quell the rebellion in the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, and Yang Yinglong committed suicide.

This battle is one of the three major expeditions of Wanli, the battle of Banzhou ended, the Ming army divided Banzhou into two, and placed Zunyi and Pingyue two mansions.

This time, after pacifying the southwest, he also has to change the land and return to the stream.

It seems that Sun Chuanting is indeed prepared, and what he said is to the point.

Although it is only a general framework, once you have determined the path, it is much easier to move forward in detail.

With a guiding ideology, it's easier to follow.

Zhu Youxiao said with a gentle smile: "Aiqing continues." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chuanting agreed and continued: "The minister has read some old files of the Ministry of War about the southwest, and Liu Xixuan, a scholar in Guizhou, once wrote to the imperial court:

"The local people in Yunnan and Guizhou have been exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and their lives are miserable, but the local Tusi has also oppressed the people, and the people are all angry.

It shows that at that time, not only were the Yimin exploited by Han officials, but even Tusi was also "coveted" by the officials. ”

In this way, the Yimin people can't survive, so naturally they give an ambitious person like Yu Chongming a chance. They pushed everything to the imperial court and rebelled with their subordinates. ”

Therefore, the minister thought that if he wanted to solve this problem, he must first clean up the officialdom in the southwest and clarify the rule of officials in the southwest; At the same time, the land will be changed and the people will be transformed into Han; Scholars were sent to the southwest to preach and educate. In this way, the southwest will inevitably return to our Ming orthodoxy after a few decades. ”

Looking at Sun Chuanting, who was talking eloquently, Zhu Youxiao sighed.

In fact, Sun Chuanting in history was a very long-term strategist, but when he met an impatient Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't give him a chance to retaliate at all.

Emperor Chongzhen in history was very anxious, he felt that the Ming Dynasty was finished, and he wanted to restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, the more urgent it is, the more unable it is. Sun Chuanting is a victim of this kind of character that the more anxious he is, the more unable he can do things, and he is not the first and not the last.

If he gave Sun Chuanting a chance and put him in the southwest, Zhu Youxiao dared to guarantee that ten years later, the southwest would definitely be a different world.

It's just that it's impossible, and you still have to re-elect people.

All of a sudden. Zhu Youxiao thought of a person, and this person was Chen Qiyu.

Speaking of which, Chen Qiyu is also a talented person who understands military affairs, and he was still bouncing in Luoyang a few days ago.

If King Fu's affairs are over, he may be able to consider a promotion for Chen Qiyu.

Where is the right place to go?

The Southwest may be a good choice.

Zhu Youxiao felt that this idea was very good, and Chen Qiyu would definitely be grateful to Dade.

When Zhu Youxiao thought of Chen Qiyu, Chen Qiyu didn't know at all.

At this time, he had already arrived at Baihualou, sitting in a box on the second floor, with a pot of wine in his hand, and took a sip from time to time.

There were no women in the room, only Master Li Fang stood behind him.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Li Fang walked quickly to the door, stretched out her hand to open the door, and saw two strange men outside the door. So he asked, "I don't know what the two of you are called?" ”

The people outside didn't speak, and in a flash, a person's face was revealed, which was Zhao Zhu, the general post of the General Administration.

After seeing Zhao Zhu, Li Fang knew that the person he was waiting for was coming. He slightly moved out of the way, allowing them to walk in from the outside, and at the same time retreated behind Chen Qiyu.

Chen Sihai walked into the house, glanced at Chen Qiyu who was sitting, and said, "But Lord Chen of Luoyang County?" ”

At this time, Chen Qiyu naturally couldn't sit anymore, so he quickly stood up and saluted: "It's this official." I don't know what to call it? ”

"The General Administration Department inspects the Division, Chen Sihai. You may not have heard of this yamen, because it was newly established. This official is four products. Chen Sihai said slowly, and at the same time finally added his grade.

Of course, this is not to show his grade in front of Chen Qiyu, but to report his grade to do things.

is four products, this is not low. You must know that the general political envoy of the General Administration Department is just the third product, and the left and right general politics are the fourth product. It can be seen that Chen Sihai's official position is high, and he is definitely the top-ranked figure in the General Administration.

"Xiaguan has seen my lord." Chen Qiyu hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Chen Sihai nodded and said, "Okay, get up." ”

After Chen Qiyu stood up, Chen Sihai asked, "You are on the question book and the secret recital?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's Xia Guan." Chen Qiyu agreed.

There is nothing to hide in this matter, Chen Qiyu originally wanted to make a big deal about it, so the other party naturally wanted to say it when he asked.

Chen Sihai nodded and said, "Do you know what Your Majesty said? ”

After listening to Chen Sihai's words, Chen Qiyu had a bad premonition in his heart.

Because the courtiers rarely involve His Majesty in private conversations, let alone that they are not familiar with him. So since he mentioned His Majesty, there must be something to say.

Chen Sihai didn't wait for Chen Qiyu's answer, but said directly: "After your secret music arrived in the capital, Lord Zhao of the General Administration Department took your secret music into the palace and presented it to His Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty said that day, you will definitely go to the inscription, so that you can tie your affairs with the secret music system, so as to persecute the court and your majesty, and let the court and your majesty severely punish King Fu and the officialdom in Jiangnan."

"At that time, Lord Zhao asked His Majesty if he wanted to take you down. His Majesty said that the dignified Luoyang magistrate of the imperial court wanted to impeach a vassal king, and he actually wanted to use such a way. So where can the people sue if they are wronged? In what way are they going to do it? Why should there be a tantric system, so that His Majesty's will not be deceived. ”

"Your Majesty asked me to bring you a word, you have to believe Your Majesty, since Your Majesty has used the secret system, no matter what it is, you will not care, so this time Your Majesty let me come."

"Originally, the envoy wanted to come in person, but the secret system had just been established, and there were too many things, and the envoy had no time to separate, so I was allowed to come."

Listening to Chen Sihai's words, Chen Qiyu didn't say a word, but his heart was like turning over the river and the sea.

He seems to have taken the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Today, His Majesty's great courage and determination are indeed incomparable to himself!

After Chen Sihai finished speaking, Chen Qiyu said: "Lord Chen, when you return to Beijing, can you bring a copy of the fold to Your Majesty?" ”

Chen Sihai glanced at Chen Qiyu, nodded and said, "This is naturally no problem, but there is one thing you must know, Your Majesty has issued an order to strictly prohibit the secret use of official scripts together." Because the post stations of the imperial court were transmitted back and forth, it was also necessary to use personnel and spend money and food. ”

After listening to Chen Sihai's words, Chen Qiyu said with a wry smile: "My lord, the lower officials are already embarrassed. ”

"Then we won't talk about it." Chen Sihai nodded and said: "This time, your impeachment of King Fu and the prefect of Henan Mansion is very important to both His Majesty and the imperial court, so let's talk about the situation." ”

"If you know that there is a premise for tantric music, then it can't be a hearsay. Do you have any proof? ”

Chen Qiyu nodded and said: "Regarding the evidence of the prefect Liao Zhong, there are several cases in the hands of the lower officials, and there are all human and material evidence, all of which can prove that he was corrupt and took bribes. ”

"Regarding Liao Zhong's concubine receiving gifts, no one in the entire Luoyang City does not know. He is downstairs now, probably looking for a girl again, and he will bring it back if he sees it, and then marry him directly and go home as a concubine. ”