Although Qin Liangyu knew that when discussing politics in such a court, it was better to hide her identity. If it is a battlefield competition, these more than ten scholars standing in this Wenhua Hall can spare them even if they are all tied together. But if she plays officialdom, she can't even deal with half of it.

But as the governor of the Southwest Governor of the Ming Dynasty, she really couldn't bear to throw out the elite officers and soldiers who had finally survived the sea of corpses and blood by the half-old men in front of her in a few words.

As the leader of the White Pole Soldiers, Qin Liangyu certainly knew how rare elite soldiers were. In the first battle of the Hunhe River that year, the elite of the Baigan soldiers and the Qi family army were buried between the white mountains and black waters in Liaodong. After so many years of training, the white pole soldiers in her hands still have not recovered the strength of the strong army that defeated the elite of the Eight Banners several times in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, and as for the Qi family's army, it has never been heard of since.

Since ancient times, the elite of an army refers to those survivors left behind after repeated bloody battles, they are the bones of the entire army, and they are also the soul and courage of the entire army.

As long as there are these elites in the army, under their leadership, the whole army will become stronger and stronger. But if an army loses them, it is equivalent to losing its backbone and soul, and you can never see such an army as your solid support, and expect them to fight to the end in an unfavorable situation.

When the Tusi of the two families of Hao and An rebelled, the officers and soldiers of Guizhou and Sichuan were indeed some useless waste. But in the course of several years of war, especially during the siege of Guiyang, when only a few thousand of the hundreds of thousands of Han people survived, the meaning of the war for the local people changed.

Originally, this was just two big toasts who were carried away by power, and wanted to take advantage of the bad situation of the Ming Dynasty's successive defeats in Liaodong, and wanted to divide Sichuan and Guizhou to establish a state, and become a local emperor.

The Ming Dynasty even owes salaries to the border troops on the nine sides, and it is even less concerned about these guards in the southwest, who seem to be in no danger. How could the officials and soldiers in the southwest and Guizhou fight hard for the sake of the imperial court and those ferocious Tusi soldiers.

But when these Tusi soldiers raised their butcher's knives against the Han people, the Han people in Guizhou and Sichuan immediately forgot their resentment against the imperial court and regarded those rebellious Tusi as their worst enemies.

After all, all the court wants is money, and these natives even want their lives and those of their families. It became a natural thing for the people of the southwest to take the initiative to join the official army and wage a resolute struggle against the rebellious Tusi.

Under such continuous battles, the cowardly officers and soldiers who had fled when they heard the wind finally became little by little the sergeants who dared to fight against the barbaric native soldiers. The emergence of the Southwest Governor's Mansion and the Southwest Military Academy has greatly promoted the combat effectiveness of the Southwest Armies and the New Army.

Originally, it was necessary to borrow the troops of Yunnan Tusi to block the attack of the native soldiers of the Shuixian family. But last year, the Yunnan Tusi could only watch the battle from the side, and with the armies of Guizhou and Sichuan alone, they had already fought the Shuixi clan to beg for mercy.

Although for Qin Liangyu, the disbandment of these armies will undoubtedly improve the status of the white pole soldiers in the southwest. But for the state and the imperial court, it is really not a good idea to disband these armies and send them everywhere to Tuntian.

Qin Liangyu finally proceeded from his heart and put forward a proposal against Zhu Xieyuan, "... Although the two Tusi of Hao and An have gone, as Master Zhu said, the situation in the southwest has not improved now, and the conflicts between the people of all ethnic groups at the bottom have deepened.

Except for the fertile soil near Chengdu, the rest of Sichuan is mountainous and flat. And Guizhou is even more known as the sky has no three sunny days, and the land has no three miles of flat.

If most of the armies in Guizhou and Sichuan were broken up and placed in Tuntian, each major road, there would be no more than 100 people in each place, and as few as 10 or 20 people. They are separated by mountains, and they are alone in a situation where it is difficult to connect with each other.

And those natives originally grew up in the mountains, and the mountains and forests that were insurmountable in the eyes of the officials and soldiers were regarded by the natives as thoroughfares. Our army is scattered everywhere, but the natives can gather through the mountains and forests.

Once some of the natives are resentful and raise troops to rebel again, then our military cantonments scattered in Guizhou and Sichuan will not only fail to hold the significance of holding the main roads, but will be cut off by the natives because of the dispersion of forces, and they will be eaten everywhere.

At that time, where will the imperial court mobilize its troops to quell the rebellion in the southwest? ”

Although Qin Liangyu's proposition made Sun Chengzong and Mao Yuanyi nod secretly, several ministers in the cabinet obviously didn't listen.

"Mrs. Qin's words are a bit alarmist, Yongning and Shuixi have been beaten by the imperial court and are about to be wiped out, where are the toasts in Guizhou and Sichuan that are still on their status? Even if there is, isn't that also a toast loyal to the imperial court? ”

"Yes, now Guizhou and Sichuan have been dilapidated by the two families of luxury and An. Even if the Tusi rebelled, a ruined Sichuan would not be enough to support them against the imperial court.

The most important thing now is what Master Zhu just said, to move the Han people into Sichuan and Guizhou, and to guard the key roads and passes, so as to prevent small conflicts in the local area..."

Hearing that several ministers were refuting Qin Liangyu's statement, Zhu Youzhen finally coughed and interrupted the ministers' speeches.

"Okay, I just want to hear today, and there is no need to argue about your views on the governance of the southwest after the war. Loyal Marquis, you go on. Since you are not in favor of dispersing the army into various military cantonments, what is your idea? ”

Qin Liangyu cautiously glanced at Chongzhen sitting on the throne from the corner of his eye. The previous argument did not seem to irritate the young emperor, and he still had a gentle smile on his face, but the ministers who had been criticizing her just now suddenly fell silent.

Qin Liangyu quickly retracted his gaze and continued without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the rectification of the armies in the southwest should continue. Select the elite of each army to enter the new army, and then stationed in several key points in Guizhou and Sichuan. If something happens, the new army can support each other and send troops to quell the rebellion.

The rest of the army was divided into two divisions, and those who were old and infirm or could not continue to go into battle to kill the enemy, as Lord Zhu said, were divided into the places where they were to rush. and the other sergeants became garrisons, stationed in all the great cities, on the main roads, to protect the channels and logistical passages for the new army..."

After listening to Qin Liangyu's proposal, without waiting for others to speak out, Zhu Youzhen suddenly got up and said, "I have already heard all your opinions, so let's end today's meeting first." Governor Zhu and the Marquis of Zhongzhen have a tiring journey, so they might as well go back and rest first, and I will set up a banquet for the two of them at Diaoyutai tonight. ”

The officials in the hall had to swallow what they wanted to say, and bowed to Chongzhen. Qin Liangyu was a little dazed, she was originally ready to meet the criticism of these ruling ministers, but now she seemed to have made mental preparations in vain.

Before Zhu Youzhen walked to the apse, he whispered a few words to Wang Chengen beside him, and walked into the passage to the apse without looking back.

He had just wiped his face and hands with a warm towel in the apse, and Wang Chengen had already brought Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong over.

Zhu Youzhen instructed the eunuch on the side to bring towels and cold drinks to the two, and after they breathed a sigh of relief, he said to the two: "I called the two gentlemen over, in fact, I want to draw a conclusion about the matter in the southwest.

The two gentlemen should know that now there is a lot of uproar outside because of the punishment of the relatives of Shaanxi, the accidental injury of the people in Chengcheng, and the Nanjing scientific expedition case, and I don't want to add another matter of southwest governance to quarrel with them. If the quarrel continues, the court will not have to do anything.

In addition, the political changes that have taken place in the country after Kinjin also need us to deal with them carefully, and I hope that the southwestern affairs will not distract the energy of the General Staff, so we should also draw conclusions earlier.

Therefore, by inviting these two gentlemen, I am showing them my attitude. My attitude is that it is correct to move Han people into Sichuan and Guizhou and change the proportion of the local population, but it is necessary to determine the bearing capacity of the resettlement area first, and then move the population.

I agree with the opinion of the Loyal Marquis that the various armies and meritorious soldiers recruited in the process of quelling the Rebellion of Hao'an cannot be completely abolished, nor can they all be dispersed in the fields. So, what is the opinion of the two gentlemen? ”

Sun Chengzong hadn't said anything yet, and Huang Liji had already preemptively said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are in favor of remittating the population to Sichuan and Guizhou, and they can recruit displaced people from Shaanxi and Henan to reduce the burden on the local population.

The minister also thought that what the loyal marquis said did have some truth, but the minister still did not approve of doing what the loyal marquis proposed.

First, the expenses of the imperial court were too great, whether it was to repair the mausoleum of the first emperor, build roads and water conservancy facilities in various parts of the north, or to provide relief to the victims in various places, and to supply the needs of the border army and the new army, the household department was borrowing money to live.

The minister thought that this court could not always rely on borrowing money to survive. This not only makes it easy to develop the habit of officials to spend lavishly, but also makes the court subject to those merchants. Although the harm is not obvious now, it will be difficult to say in the future.

Second, Sichuan, Guizhou and the Central Plains are separated by mountains, and the connection with the imperial court is far weaker than elsewhere. If there is a relatively strong force in Sichuan, as long as a few passages into Sichuan are blocked, the imperial court will have to spend countless forces to quell the rebellion.

In the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, the important thing is not whether there is a strong force in Sichuan and Guizhou to suppress the localities, but to eliminate the possible emergence of a dominant force in the two places.

Therefore, the minister thought that Lord Zhu's proposition was the most suitable suggestion for the imperial court at present. Although the loyal marquis is loyal to the imperial court, after her, who can guarantee that Sichuan will be able to produce another loyal marquis? ”