The war in Liaodong made Zhu Youxiao very happy, the difficult situation has finally changed, at this stage, there is no need to worry about the situation in Liaodong, which makes Zhu Youxiao feel very fulfilled, Nurhachi swept the northeast, and then swallowed the Central Plains, it should not happen after his appearance.

In September, the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in the north have almost been harvested, and the grain problem in the north has been alleviated. However, there is still a gap between Zhu Youxiao's hope to be able to eat enough, and now the common people still only eat two meals a day, and Zhu Youxiao's hope is that the common people will eat enough three meals a day, and it is best to eat meat every day. Of course, Zhu Youxiao can only think about working hard, and it would be good if he could solve it in five or ten years.

Troubles are always accompanied by Zhu Youxiao, and at the end of September, there was unfortunate news that Sichuan's luxury Chongming had rebelled. Originally, Zhu Youxiao felt that if he no longer mobilized Hao Chongming to fight in Liaodong, he would not have an excuse to enter Chongqing, and there would be no more use of the military parade to kill the governor Xu Keqiu and more than 20 military and political personnel. Who would have thought that this extravagant Chongming would still rebel, it seems that the officials at the grassroots level are indeed a problem, and they must think of ways to solve it, otherwise it is not a good thing that the people will rise up to rebel as soon as the wind blows. Especially in the next few years, the Xiaoice River will be active, drought and waterlogging will continue, and without a stable popular heart, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

Since there is turmoil, then you have to send troops, in history the imperial court has mobilized troops and horses from all over Guizhou and Sichuan to quell the rebellion, but the result is repeated, until the Chongzhen period was completely eliminated.

According to intelligence, this time Yu Chongming quietly and scattered 20,000 horses and horses arrived in Chongqing, and took advantage of the fact that on 15 September, when Chongqing Governor Xu Keqiu was giving a banquet to his subordinates, he took it by surprise and quickly defended the governor's yamen. These officers and soldiers would not have fought so badly, but they had no choice but to scatter as birds and beasts.

Zhu Youxiao decided to kill chickens with a knife this time, to surround in a large circle, to fight a decisive battle in a small circle, and then encircle and suppress in pieces, and then implement the reform of the land and return to the stream in the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan, and completely abolish the Tusi, tribe, and head system, and all obedient leaders are concentrated in the provincial capital to raise them, and they can collect rent, run industries, or do public affairs according to the regulations, and they can stay in their hometowns if they really want to, and they can disarm all weapons they have, and they are not allowed to have private arms, and they must abolish the slavery system they have. All servants must have personal freedom, rent is set by the government, and security is the responsibility of the government's police force. The simplest disposition of the chiefs who disobeyed these arrangements was to kill them, divide their lands and property, and give them directly to their slaves and servants. Of course, these policies can be implemented, not announced, otherwise the Tusi, headmen, and leaders of these provinces will rebel together, and that is not something that Zhu Youxiao can afford.

Nearly ten years have been spent on the counterinsurgency of Luxury Chongming in history, the main reason is that on the one hand, Luxury Chongming is really cunning, and this guy has escaped, on the other hand, the number of Ming troops in the rebellion is too small, and every time it is a defeat battle, although it is a victory every time, but Luxury Chongming has not broken his muscles and bones, and he still has the ability to fight again, so that Luxury Chongming made a mess in Sichuan, and the people were not able to make a living. Later, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, killing Sichuan into a river of blood, which had a certain relationship with the rebellion of Luxury Chongming, the rebellion lasted too long, and Sichuan's manpower and material resources suffered heavy losses, so that it was not until the early Qing Dynasty that there was a large migration of population of "Huguang filling Sichuan".

Zhu Youxiao decided to set up a large encirclement once and for all, and Sun Chengzong was in charge of this encirclement, mobilizing the troops of several provinces near Sichuan, Guizhou, southern Shaanxi, and Huguang, and training troops while marching in, not rushing to attack, but just slowly encircling it. To this end, Zhu Youxiao allocated 4 million taels of silver from the inner treasury and 4 million taels of silver from the household department, and Huguang was responsible for raising grain. Hunan is responsible for the supply of the troops in Hunan and Guizhou on the southern front, including all food, weapons, and other materials, while Hubei is responsible for the supply of materials for the troops in the north. Zhu Youxiao strictly ordered all ministries not to disturb the people, since the imperial court allocated money, it must be bought and sold strictly according to fair prices, and anyone who disturbs the people without reason will be severely punished.

Zhu Youxiao summoned the cabinet and the six books for this purpose, and now the cabinet members have changed a lot, Sun Ruyou retired successfully, and Zhishi went home to retire, Zhu Youxiao also gave him a title, and he went very happy. Fang Congzhe was impeached because of the imperial history of the Donglin Party, and in order to protect himself, Zhu Youxiao also added the title after he resigned twice, so that he happily went home to retire. Then Ye Shigao served as the first assistant again, Han Yi was still the second assistant, Sun Chengzong was a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the military department, Xu Guangqi was a cabinet bachelor, and Liu Yixie, the new Zhu Guozhen. The others are Zhu Guozuo, the secretary of the household department, Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry, Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Ji, the secretary of the criminal department.

Zhu Youxiao plus these cabinets, six books a total of 12 people, now here even if they are the core decision-makers of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why Zhu Youxiao summoned these people is to prevent those officials and Qingliu from messing around in the court anymore, what to appease, appeasement and suppression, etc., and these people are easier to convince.

When Zhu Youxiao gave a detailed introduction to the rebellion of Yu Chongming, the first assistant Ye Shigao should be the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that such an unkind minister will kill him to set an example for future generations, so as not to be followed by others, and his crime will be unforgivable, but Your Majesty is not using too many soldiers." ”

Zhu Youxiao had considered Ye Shigao's appointment as the first assistant, and his purpose was to promote the opening up of the Ming Dynasty to the outside world, this person was quite familiar with Western affairs, and his mind was relatively easy to accept advanced objects, and from the fact that he was able to associate with the missionary Matteo Ricci and become friends, it shows that this person was not conservative. Secondly, this person is the leader of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youxiao is ready to use spiritual shackles to trap him from the commanding heights of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and let him fight the disciples and grandchildren of the Donglin Party, in fact, it is to provoke the Donglin Party to fight, so as to reduce his own pressure.

The second assistant Han Yi also expressed the same meaning.

Sun Chengzong said: "To treat such a small night, we must use Mount Tai to suppress the momentum, slaughter chickens with knives, cut grass and eradicate roots, so as not to repeat it repeatedly." The minister thought that he had to be wiped out with one blow, and he must not let it slip through the net and eliminate the future troubles forever. ”

Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, and Zhou Jiamo also expressed the same meaning.

Zhu Guozuo, the secretary of the household department, said: "Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's blessing this year, the grain harvest in Shaanxi and Gansu is good, and the living conditions of the people are better than last year. If Your Majesty wants to make a big move, I hope to use as much grain as possible from Huguang, so that the people will not suffer. ”

Zhu Youxiao deeply felt that this person loved the people, so he said: "I have decided to allocate 4 million taels of silver from the Inner Treasury and the same amount of silver from the household department, to purchase grain from the Huguang region, to purchase medicine from the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and to pay the soldiers enough military salaries, so as to promote the economic development of the surrounding areas while quelling the rebellion, and thus solve the problem of poverty among the people, so as to solve the contradiction between war and development." ”