After Wang Zaijin became the governor of Liaodong, he first led people to inspect the situation outside the Guan, and then wrote a letter to Zhu Youxiao, asking for a new city to be built at a location eight miles outside Shanhaiguan, also called Chongcheng, to resist the Houjin.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, a staff member who followed Wang Zaijin out of the customs, directly wrote to the first assistant party Congzhe, thinking that Wang Zaijin's city-building strategy was problematic and should be built in Ningyuan. Fang Congzhe presented the two of them and asked the emperor to decide.

Zhu Youxiao first watched the two of them, Wang Zaijin thought that Liaodong would cost too much, and if it continued, it would drag down the country's finances, so it was best to move the Liaomin into the interior, which would greatly reduce consumption. Yuan Chonghuan thought that he would build a city in Ningyuan, arrange a defense line from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, and then build a city from Ningyuan all the way to Liaodong, which was occupied by Houjin, and use the city to trap Houjin to death.

However, Zhu Youxiao has some opinions on Yuan Chonghuan's bold words, give you soldiers, horses, money and food, what kind of defense is it? Does it mean that the credit goes to you alone? And then it's to use the city to trap Houjin to death, how much does it cost, do you know?

He first brought Xu Guangqi to ask about the funds used in Liaodong over the years, and found that from the fourth month of the 46th year of Wanli to September of the first year of Taichang, a total of 1,515,723 taels (Ming Shilu) had been issued.

So much money has been spent in more than two years, and according to Xu Guangqi, the imperial court's financial revenue this year is less than five million taels.

Zhu Youxiao asked Xu Guangqi for his opinion, and Xu Guangqi hesitated for a while and said: "Wang Jingluo previously served as the prime minister's servant in the three departments of Liaodong households, soldiers, and workers, specializing in managing Liaodong salary matters. “

Zhu Youxiao had a bottom in his heart, and Xu Guangqi also recognized Wang Zaijin's strategy. At the court meeting the next day, he handed over the two of them to the ministers for discussion, but most of the ministers did not express their opinions on the grounds that they did not understand the situation, but let Zhu You take a look, but he thought about it carefully and understood that the last time the dispute between the bear king made everyone a little scared, for fear that the people he supported would eventually have problems, even if they did not implicate themselves, it would affect the emperor's opinion of themselves, a group of gentlemen who were wise and self-protecting.

At this time, Sun Chengzong came out and expressed his willingness to go to Liaodong to inspect in person to see whose plan was more in line with reality. Zhu Youxiao had already decided to use Wang Zaijin's plan, but since Sun Ge Lao was going by himself, of course it was not good to dampen his enthusiasm.

Today, there is a more important matter, and that is the issue of the southwest strategy. After relieving the siege, Qin Liangyu and Lu Qin conquered Erlang Pass and Fotu Pass, and then joined the white pole soldiers of Nanping Pass, recovered Chongqing, and killed the thief general Zhang Tong. Then recovering the important strongholds of the thief army such as Hongyadun, Guanyin Temple, Qingshan Dun, etc., until Yongning, the defeat of the extravagant Chongming army fled to Shuixi, the first year of the Apocalypse in December, Qin Liangyu completely pacified the rebellion of extravagant Chongming Sichuan.

After the rebellion was quelled, Zhu Xieyuan, Qin Liangyu, Lu Qin and others all put forward their own views on the cause of the rebellion, the process and the final treatment plan. The three agreed that although there were reasons for the expansion of his ambitions, the local officials' excessive exploitation of Tusi was the most important reason for the rebellion.

As for the handling of the aftermath, the three of them all believe that the land should be changed and returned to the stream, but there are some differences in the specific methods. Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu believed that the main thing should be to pacify, retain part of the power of the Tusi, and then set up liuguan. Lu Qin, on the other hand, believed that all the Tusi who participated in the rebellion should be killed, and then the liuguan should be set up, so that there could be long-term peace and stability.

Zhu Youxiao handed over the three of them to the cabinet for discussion, and everyone scoffed at Lu Qin's plan, thinking that the Ming Dynasty had always treated the border people with benevolence and righteousness, and paid attention to the way of benevolence and forgiveness, how could he kill all the Tusi?

Zhu Youxiao actually supported Lu Qin's view, because he thought of the ethnic policy of later generations, if the superstructure of the Turen was destroyed, then the lower Turen would be much easier to manage, and blind benevolence and righteousness would only help those people's arrogance.

So he sent the song to the early court for the ministers to discuss together, and the result was that most of the ministers believed that the court should act benevolently, and only a few ministers thought that the Tusi who participated in the rebellion should be punished to set an example.

At this time, there was a criminal department Lang Zhong who had a different opinion, he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that if you forgive those toasts, it will be tantamount to encouraging other toasts to rebel, so it is absolutely not allowed. The minister believed that all the Tusi who participated in the rebellion should be killed, and their families should be exterminated, and their family property should be returned to the imperial court, and some rewards should be given to those who did not participate in the rebellion, so that they would understand what to do in the future. ”

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed, so he promoted this criminal department named Hong Chengchou to a member of the criminal department, appointed him as the minister of the Qincha, gave him Shang Fangjian, and went to Yongning to deal with the matter of changing the land and returning to the river. and ordered Zhou Yuji to bring an artillery battalion and a baggage battalion to live with Hong Chengchou, because although Yu Chongming was basically disabled, An Bangyan still danced very happily.

Before Hong Chengchou left, Zhu Youxiao summoned him. Zhu Youxiao believed that only dead rebels were good rebels, and of course, after killing them, they would also kill a few corrupt officials to win the trust of the local natives, so that future officials would know that the natives could not be exploited casually. And asked Hong Chengchou to bring an edict to the governor of Sichuan, asking him to prepare the flow of officials, and quickly arrange it after Hong Chengchou was cleaned up to pacify Yongning.