In Zhu Xieyuan's recital, he suggested that the status of Tusi should remain unchanged, and in order to increase the persuasiveness, he also cited many advantages of doing so, such as retaining the Tusi system to respect the customs of the locals, allowing them to manage their own people to save a lot of trouble, and at the same time, the imperial court did not have to spend money and grain to alleviate poverty, etc. In the end, the biggest benefit is to give the other Tusi an example, let them know that rebellion has no future, and when you are a good citizen, you can continue to work behind closed doors, and no one will care about you. The central idea is still Zhuge Liang's idea back then, that is, the local people manage local affairs to create a stable rear.

Zhuge Liang's idea was correct at the time, but thousands of years have passed, the previous direction of force is the Central Plains, the southwest direction is the rear and needs to be managed as soon as possible, and the current direction of force is to expand to the southwest. Tianqi has clearly pointed out that the future task of the southwest region is to gradually readjust the Tusi, and the principle of adjustment is that the Tusi can only manage a certain army, and cannot manage both the army and the people. The meaning of the apocalypse is to let all the Tusi's subordinates only have the army and no people to follow, so that they have no foundation and cannot leave the imperial court, and they can't do anything if they want to make trouble.

Zhu Xieyuan knew that he had made a mistake in direction, so he immediately said: "We must obey the emperor's will unconditionally, but it is not clear what to do for a while, can the two Qincha explain it in detail?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "Like Lord Zhu, we have just received the will, so it is better for Lord Zhu to make his own decision." ”

Yang Lian said: "I am a civilian official who does not understand military affairs, but in the past few days, I have seen that the surrounding areas of Guiyang have done a good job, especially the way that the army first enters the people and then follows is good. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Xieyuan turned his head and said to everyone: "In this case, I will arrange it for the time being, if you have any questions, you can raise them in front of the Qin Cha for discussion, and if the discussion does not result in a result, we will immediately ask for an order." I've always wanted to get along with the officials and soldiers, and I once talked to us privately about peace, but now that the first evil Chongming and An Bangyan are dead, I think now An Wei also wants to negotiate peace with us, but I don't know what we're going to do with him now. An Wei is now sending troops to stick to the area of Zhijin and Dafang, just to show a tough attitude, and its purpose is to get more benefits in the negotiations, I don't know what you think? ”

The original discord between the generals of Sichuan and Guizhou was to fight for merit, since the emperor asked himself to write it after other people proved that it was finally recognized by the special agency of the imperial court, the relationship between everyone eased, and now when I saw Zhu Xieyuan, I said that what Lord Zhu saw was extremely true.

Zhu Xieyuan knew that these people couldn't say anything, so he continued: "Since the emperor has divided the army into field troops and garrison troops, and the one-year period given to Qin Liangyu and Qin's general army will also expire, the general army of Qin will take the lead and start to deal with Anwei. The men and horses of the other garrison troops slowly followed up and held the key points, and if there was no chaos, the local government sent personnel to manage them, and at the same time, the troops responsible for the construction began to repair houses and roads to resettle the people. After everything is on the right track, the local government cooperates with the big iron company to organize people to work and open mines, and if the installation is smooth here, they will take him as an example to advance westward to meet the requirements of the emperor to adjust all the toast requirements. ”

Seeing Zhu Xieyuan calling his name, Qin Liangyu said: "I also agree with the emperor's idea that he wants to completely solve the problem of Tusi, thinking that when Jiannu Nurhachi had received an official position in the imperial court, he was also a Tusi, but as a result, he rebelled and made Liaodong in the midst of war for several years. If the system of taking charge of the army and not caring for the people was strictly implemented in the Tusi at the beginning, whether it was Nurhachi or Yang Yinglong, Hao Chongming and An Bangyan who came later, there would be no threat at all to those few men and horses in their hands. Master Zhu wants me to make a head, so I want to ask how I should start? Do you want to take the soldiers and horses to surround them directly first, or do you want to salute first and then the soldiers? ”

Zhu Xieyuan thought for a while and said: "The emperor wants to adjust slowly, not to exterminate them all, it must be to salute first and then the soldiers, but if you don't surround it, you can't put pressure on them, and they won't obey, even if you don't do it, others will do it first, this is indeed a troublesome matter, we can discuss this matter and then decide, does Qin Zongbing have any other problems?" ”

Qin Liangyu said: "I also want to ask Lord Zhu and the two Qincha Lords, since Tusi is only in charge of the army and not the people, then it is definitely necessary to send officials to manage it, how to ensure that the officials sent will not oppress the local people?" Although Yang Yinglong of Banzhou was extremely guilty of the crime back then, he could also be regarded as being forced to rebel by the officials, and his late husband Ma Qiancheng was also unjustly killed, how to prevent such a situation from continuing to happen? Last year, I asked the emperor such a question, but I never received an answer. ”

Zhu Xieyuan said: "How to send officials is a matter for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lord Yang is in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so let Lord Yang talk about it." ”

Yang Lian said: "This is easy to do, the emperor once compared the advantages and disadvantages of the officials sent from above and the officials elected from below, and later thought that each had its own strengths and decided to divide the officials into two categories, although this place in Guizhou is special, but it is not much different from other places, and the problem can also be solved with two official positions." Specifically, administrative officials and supervisory officials are set up in various localities, and the administrative officials are elected by the local authorities to solve daily affairs, and the supervisory officials are stationed by the imperial court or superiors to deal with special affairs and emergencies, so that there will be no arbitrary oppression of the local people. ”

Qin Liangyu has an inexplicable resentment towards the Han officials who oppressed the locals because her husband was unjustly killed by local officials, but she also knows that it is impossible for the imperial court to replace all local officials with locals, and even Tusi has to cut off their ties with the local government. Now seeing that Yang Lian said a statement about the two officials of governance and supervision, he felt that it was very reasonable, and he couldn't help nodding his head again and again, and said in his heart, this is equivalent to two people doing business together, because they don't trust each other enough, so they each have one person as the shopkeeper.

Qin Liangyu thought for a while and asked: "Lord Yang began to say that the supervisors are stationed by the imperial court, which is the way the imperial court exercises power, no one can say anything, but Lord Yang also said that the administrators are elected by the locals, may I ask what kind of election method?" ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said: "In the past, the people directly nominated people they trusted, but after testing for a period of time, they found that there were problems, so they stopped, and they were still assigned by their superiors. The reason for this is that the people directly elected by the people have gradually become representatives of big forces and big families, and such people often work against the imperial court, affecting the implementation of government decrees and causing bad influences. I have had an idea for a long time, that is, not to choose people but to choose ideas, first by experienced and knowledgeable people to come up with a three-way policy, by the people to choose which policy is most suitable, at this time anyone can do the same. ”

Qin Liangyu asked: "It is indeed better to choose an idea than to choose a person, because people will change, and no one can guess what he will do next, and the idea is clearly placed there, everyone knows it, and everyone can point it out if it is wrong." So who should be the person who came up with the idea? How can you be sure that their idea is good? ”

Yang Lian said: "It should be a group of people rather than a person to come up with these ideas, these people should have a certain amount of experience and insight, and they don't come up with ideas based on their own preferences, but ask and investigate local people from all walks of life at any time to find out the best way to bring benefits to everyone." These people all exist in the auxiliary political institutions, and I am inspecting the actual situation of the auxiliary political institutions in various places, and when the time comes, I will find a place to pilot, and if Guizhou is willing, I will try it in Guizhou, but you must first deal with the matter of the position. ”

Everyone nodded again and again after listening to Yang Lian's words, and Zhu Xieyuan said at this time: "How to set up an official, Lord Yang has already said, and everyone agrees with it, so let's discuss how to deal with An Wei and other Tusi mentioned by General Qin at the beginning, and Lord Liu is a messenger, so you will talk about it first?" ”

Liu Qiao thought for a while and said: "Originally, I didn't want to say it, but since Master Zhu wants me to say a few words, I'll tell the truth, don't blame me if it's wrong." In the first half of last year, I came to Guizhou with King Fu, and I still remember what I said about Zhao Shujiao and Zhang Jing'an. It is said that the emperor's request for the counterinsurgency in Guizhou is to take his time and not be in a hurry, and the counterinsurgency is supplemented by training the army, and there is also a more interesting saying that it is to kill as few people as possible. Originally, I didn't understand this request, but after listening to your results two days ago, I understood, it is said that you have killed tens of thousands of people, and those who have lost their relatives will be very hostile to the officials and soldiers? ”

Zhu Xieyuan's old face almost turned red after listening to Liu Qiao's words, and he also knew something about the emperor's meaning, but he was a little uncomfortable thinking that the credit for nearly ten years of hard work would be robbed by others, so he suggested that his subordinates should calm down as soon as possible. Now that I think about it, not only did I not get the gratitude of my subordinates, but I also complained about it, and at the same time, I didn't think of anything with the emperor, which is indeed a bit inappropriate. The emperor wants to adjust all the toast himself, but he wants to restore the original state, the emperor said that he wants to take his time and kill less people, but he kills more than 10,000, which is equivalent to the emperor wants to stew a pot of soup and wants to boil slowly, but he has made a stir-fry without the fragrance of soup.

Zhu Xieyuan said: "Lord Liu is right, we are too anxious, the past has passed, we won't talk about it, I don't know if Lord Liu has any good suggestions for the current situation?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "It's not too late to make amends, Lord Zhu said that An Wei had mentioned peace before, but why didn't he mention it now but waited for it?" It was because you cut down more than 10,000 people, and he was afraid that he would be cut himself. Now if the position is also slashed and killed, who else would dare to believe the words of the imperial court? If it were me, I wouldn't believe it either. My suggestion is that from now on, we must adhere to the principle of absolutely not attacking and killing people on our own initiative, and adhere to the original method of first explaining the emperor's requirements, and then squeezing it into the middle little by little, forcing him to agree to the emperor's system of managing the army and not caring for the people. ”

Zhu Xieyuan asked suspiciously: "We slowly squeeze the past and don't kill people, so we won't fight back when the people in the position kill us?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "I only suggest that you don't take the initiative to kill, but I don't say that you can't defend yourself, and if you want to cut and kill the brothers, you can also draw a knife to defend yourself." ”

Zhu Xieyuan asked: "Is there a difference between active killing and self-defense killing?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "Of course, there are, the enemy camp should be divided into two groups of people, one is the hardcore rebels who cut down the officers and soldiers when they see them, and it is nothing to kill such people when they defend themselves." The other is the coerced people, these people can be co-opted, there is no need to kill them all, increase hatred, as long as we don't take the initiative to kill people, we can't hurt them, hardcore traitors die more, and ordinary people die less is the best result. ”