In order to sinicize the Banzhou Xuanwei Division as soon as possible, which is now Zunyi Mansion, Li Zicheng has been traveling through Zunyi Mansion during this time, and even commanding it, but the two roads he values the most are the "Chengdu-Chongqing Ancient Road" between Chengdu and Chongqing, and the "Shu Road" connecting Chengdu to Longyou!

As the center of the whole Sichuan, Chengdu must have convenient transportation to vigorously develop, so the road construction in Sichuan will definitely be centered on Chengdu.

But Chongqing is not an ordinary prefecture city, and it can become a municipality in later generations, not only because of the economy, but also because of the terrain.

In the entire Sichuan Basin, the west is the flat Chengdu Plain, while the east is a large number of hilly areas, which are cut into fragments by many northeast-southwest trending mountains, and the geographical center of these fragments is the Chongqing Prefecture on the riverside.

If it were not forcibly suppressed, in the entire Sichuan Basin, there would naturally be two economic centers: the "Shu Land" represented by Chengdu; Chongqing is the "Badi" as the center.

Chengdu has a lot of water, Chongqing has a lot of mountains, "Shushui Bashan", has given birth to a different style, Chengdu's sister is watery, Chongqing's sister is hot......

After Li Zicheng landed in Jiangbei, it was soon the Chengdu-Chongqing Ancient Road, but he was a little disappointed, for more than a year, this ancient road has not been expanded, at least this section close to Chongqing, it is still the same as before.

What did Guo Shijun do?

During this time, the Mandate of Heaven Army was carrying out sinicization in southern and western Sichuan with a thunderous momentum, and as the governor of Sichuan Province, Guo Shijun may be busy with the appointment of officials, and he also has to consider using prisoners of war to expand the road, while the army is still there, to stabilize these areas as soon as possible.

But Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue can't be delayed!

Once the Chengdu-Chongqing Avenue is opened, it can greatly promote the exchange and complementarity of materials between Chengdu and Chongqing, thereby driving the development of the two places.

Along this ancient road, until you reach Lezhi County, you can see the kind of wide, flat cement avenue, but at the end of the avenue, there are no road builders in construction, it seems that this is an unfinished project.

Li Zicheng estimated that for the sinicization of southern Sichuan, all the road construction workers should go south.

He frowned slightly, for the sinicization of southern and western Sichuan, is it worth it to delay the development of Chengdu and Chongqing? Can we develop Chengdu and Chongqing first, with taxes as a guarantee, and then go back to Sinicize these areas, will it be better?

But Li Zicheng quickly denied this idea, and the Heavenly Mandate Army marched south, and soon it would level these mountains that the Tusi had been free from for thousands of years, like a bow and arrow that had been off the string, and there was no turning back.

Besides, after this period of time, the Mandate of Heaven Army is very likely to have a big war with the imperial court, and it is impossible to mobilize so many troops to the south for a while, and the opportunity is fleeting......

Li Zicheng shook the reins, whipped the horse, and ran along the avenue to Chengdu, more than a thousand cavalry, running, very imposing, whistling in the cold wind, there was not much dust on the avenue, the horse was extremely fast, the horse's hooves stepped on the ground, and made a dull sound.

Along the way, in addition to food and lodging, Li Zicheng did not enter the city, but just hurried up.

When I arrived in Chengdu, it was past noon, after Li Zicheng entered the city, he first asked his relatives to borrow the barracks to make a fire to cook, and he walked around the city, unlike Zunyi Mansion, Chengdu is a big city, there are many pedestrians on the street, most of them are hand-to-shoulder, I don't know whether it is the people who buy New Year's goods, or the small merchants and hawkers in the past.

What made Li Zicheng feel relieved was that although the pedestrians were in a hurry, their faces were almost full of smiles, and the joy of the New Year was completely expressed on their faces.

He did not disturb the people, walked on the main street for a while, and saw that the street was in order, so he went to the military camp in Chengdu with peace of mind.

After eating hot soup and rice, Li Zicheng let most of his soldiers rest in the barracks, and only took He Mi and more than ten people to the yamen of the provincial capital. ”

"Shijun doesn't need to be polite, get up quickly," Li Zicheng helped Guo Shijun up and said, "How is it, are you busy during this time?" ”

Guo Shijun suddenly had a bitter face, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Metropolitan Governor, let's go into the room and talk about it, it's ......cold outside."

Li Zicheng nodded, and followed Guo Shijun to the private room of the Central Government, and He Xiaomi served tea on the side.

"Metropolitan Governor, during this time, my subordinates have racked their brains," Guo Shijun complained to Li Zicheng as soon as he sat down, "Be busy, tired, subordinates will never dare to complain, but everywhere is asking for people from subordinates, and subordinates are really big...... If the Metropolitan Governor doesn't come to Chengdu again, I'm afraid the provincial capital will be hollowed out by them......"

Li Zicheng laughed, painful and happy, this should be Guo Shijun's mood now, right? He knew that the military was going well in various places, but he did not know the pacification work in the later period, so he said: "What is the situation in various places? Is the alien revolt strong? ”

"At present, the military is progressing smoothly," Guo Shijun took the map of the army, unfolded it, and put it on the square table in front of Li Zichengming, "Dadu Governor, please see, in the northwest direction, the second regiment of the seventh battalion, Zhao Guangrui's department, has completely taken the Songpan Plateau, northern Sichuan is not only connected with Longyou, but also goes deep into Minshan, cutting off the Tibetan infiltration path to the east, where the northwest of Xichuan is guarded, the status is too important, so his subordinates asked General Zhao not to rush south, first carry out Sinicization ...... in the local area"

Li Zicheng nodded, sinicization takes time, and he can't be in a hurry, so he said: "Has Songpan opened a county?" Are the local people all Tibetans? ”

"Songpan Mansion has been set up, together with the counties, one Songpan, there are twenty civil officials, and the subordinates here are already exhausted, so they will almost use clay figures to fill the number," Guo Shijun smiled bitterly, "In Songpan Mansion, Tibetans are the mainstay, fortunately, the population is not large, and the work of sinicization will not be too difficult to ......."

It's not hard! Li Zicheng secretly rejoiced that Songpan was like a nail, and after crossing the Minshan Mountain, it had penetrated deep into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and from the topography point of view, it had initially reversed the unfavorable situation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

"Shijun, at all costs, you must keep Songpan!"

Guo Shijun glanced at Li Zicheng and seemed to understand his thoughts, he nodded violently, and said: "Don't worry, the western barrier, his subordinates will never lose it, his subordinates were still a little hesitant, between Songpan and Chengdu, across the Minshan Mountain, it is too difficult to build a road...... The words of the governor strengthened the confidence of his subordinates, and when the south was settled, his subordinates went to Songpan to see if they could build a road to Sichuan or Longyou, and really embrace Songpan! ”

Li Zicheng also didn't know whether the avenue could be carved between Songpan and Chengdu and Longyou, and it would be better to open up the avenue, and if it could not succeed under the existing conditions, it would be necessary to garrison the army in Songpan for a long time.

Songpan is just leaving some hope for the future, the most critical thing now is still southern Sichuan, western Sichuan, military operations can not last too long, the army can not fight with the people in the mountains for a long time, the Ming Dynasty is the biggest enemy, we must end this large-scale military operation as soon as possible, and deploy troops on the eastern front.

The matter of clearing the Tusi will be handed over to the Eighth Battalion in the future, and the Eighth Battalion is basically not equipped with firearms, but the white pole soldiers are good at climbing mountains and mountains, and they just give full play to their strengths.

"Sejun, how is the rest of the place? Did you send a civil officer? ”

"In the land of Xuzhou Mansion and Luzhou, there are mostly Han people on the land, so the original officials were retained," Guo Shijun pointed to the marching map and said: "Especially in Luzhou, the subordinates have taken prisoners of war from Luzhou to the south, widened the original official road, passed Yongning Mansion, and then to the west, extended to Lianzhou County, and then forward, it is Renhuai County of Zunyi Prefecture......"

This is what the two have agreed on, Zunyi Mansion to the east, Yongning Mansion to the west, as far as possible to extend the avenue, until the two sides of the Chishui docking, if a bridge is built on the Chishui, it can be completely docked, so far, both sides are doing a good job.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Guo Shijun said: "The governor of the capital, his subordinates just widened the road, because there is not enough cement ......."

"It's okay," Li Zicheng said lightly: "As long as the roadbed is formed and the cement avenue is poured, it will be sooner or later!" ”

"One more point," Guo Shijun said: "Because the avenue between Luzhou and Yongning has been opened up, and the interconnection has been very close, so the subordinates have revoked the original Yongning Mansion and changed it to Yongning County, and at the same time upgraded Luzhou to Luzhou Mansion, and governed the original Yongning Mansion Yongning and Lianzhou counties......"

Li Zicheng did not object, but asked Guo Shijun to decide according to the terrain, the new Luzhou Mansion, along the river in the north, is still dominated by Han people, as for the Yongning County in the south, there will be a large number of Yi people, since it is merged into one government, personnel exchanges will inevitably increase, and promote the local Sinicization.

"In the south of Xuzhou Mansion, General Li Ji has completed the task, and after his subordinates selected officials to take office, now General Li has gone to Mahu and Wumeng in the west, and General Liu Zongmin's second regiment has basically taken Zhenxiong and Wusa, and is engaged in the aftermath work, plus the second battalion Li Guobu went south from Meizhou and Yazhou, southern Sichuan and western Sichuan, all of which can be determined in the near future, and most of them are to deal with the aftermath and pacify the work."

"Shijun has worked hard," Li Zicheng bowed his hand to Guo Shijun, "During this time, in addition to being busy, what are the difficulties at work?" ”

"Difficulty?" Guo Shijun first returned the salute, and said: "The biggest headache for my subordinates now is the lack of manpower, and they go to work in various places......"

"This ......" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "After I go back this time, I will send a group of students from Xining and Longyou to come over, all of whom are self-trained people, and there should be no problem with loyalty." ”

"These guys are young, aren't they?" Guo Shijun smiled bitterly, "Governor, these newly conquered areas not only have difficult roads, but also the people are impetuous, and the situation is extremely complicated, let them take up their posts......"

"Shijun, put them in the provincial capital or Chengdu mansion, after two years of training, they will be mature," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Send those who were originally experienced as officials in the mansion to serve in the new prefecture and county!" ”

"That's the only way," Guo Shijun nodded, "Don't hide it from the governor, the current provincial government is seriously lacking, and the subordinates are almost alone......"

Li Zicheng said: "Shijun is not in a hurry, when I return to Lanzhou, I will immediately send a group of officials to the south." ”

"There is one more thing," Guo Shijun raised his eyes and said: "The Governor of the Great Metropolis, the Southwest Tusi, has basically been pacified, but in the southwest, there is also a huge 'Sichuan Xingdu Division', if you want to conquer them together, I am afraid you will have to gather the strength of each battalion......"

Li Zicheng also knows about the Sichuan Xingdu Division, which is an institution that integrates military and government, which is equivalent to the military reclamation of later generations, in fact, it is to implement militarized management of this area, so that such an institution can threaten the security of southern Sichuan at any time, he will definitely not agree, "Shijun, this last battle, it is up to you to coordinate the various ministries!" ”

Guo Shijun shook his head, "Metropolitan Governor, I'm afraid my subordinates won't be able to command these troops, right?" ”

Li Zicheng can also personally command this small battle, but he must first clear the periphery of Xichuan Xingdusi, and the moment of the real decisive battle should be after the year, and he should be in Lanzhou, "Shijun rest assured, although I don't have the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi, I will send handwritten letters to several main generals, telling them that this battle is under your full command!" ”

"The subordinates thanked the governor of the capital," Guo Shijun has never been engaged in army battles, and has always been a civilian official, so he just coordinated the relationship between the commanders of each battalion and relied on the collective strength to successfully take the Sichuan Xingdu Division, he first nodded, and then muttered: "After this battle, the war in Sichuan should be over!" ”

"No, the war in Sichuan has not ended, but turned to pacification, and these things depend on Shijun," Li Zicheng said: "In one to two years, pay equal attention to envy and power, suppress and appease, and initially incorporate southern Sichuan and western Sichuan into the Han land!" ”