Chen Ding is a native of Tong'an, Quanzhou, and the person who took the imperial examination in the last years of the Apocalypse, but he was unknown during the Chongzhen period, and he took the imperial examination many times, but he still did not have a high school scholar.

There are so many people in Nanzhili under Fang's original jurisdiction that they have been waiting in line for ten years to be arranged to work in the yamen.

Fang Yuan is a meritocracy, and he is not interested in these jinshi and people who have been examined by the imperial examination. And this Chen Ding didn't even get a jinshi, if it weren't for the fact that Chen Ding was Chen Yonghua's father, he wouldn't have bothered to meet him.

In the council hall of Taiwan City, Fang Yuan met Chen Ding. This is a middle-aged literati in his forties and fifties, and with him is his son, Chen Yonghua.

Chen Yonghua is a fifteen-year-old boy who was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, which makes people feel good at first sight.

Fang Yuan was going to personally test the skills of Chen Ding's father and son, so he asked the maid to pour tea and water for the two, and then went straight to the point, "Chen Juren, if you want to meet the governor, do you have any advice?" ”

Chen Ding bowed respectfully to him, "Governor Fang, pacifying Taiwan in less than three months is really a divine power, and it is gratifying." ”

Fang Yuan's face was calm and he took a sip of tea, and Chen Ding opened his mouth to pat himself on the back, which made him feel deeply disappointed, "Chen Juren, if you want to listen to compliments and sycophants, if you want to hear it, the person who is willing to say it to this governor can go from Fujian to Nanzhili, I'm afraid there is no need to come to Taiwan to listen!" ”

He mercilessly ridiculed Chen Ding's sycophancy, and Chen Ding was stunned in embarrassment, not knowing how to speak for a while.

Chen Yonghua, who was young, said loudly, "I have heard for a long time that Governor Fang is a meritocracy, but I didn't expect that it is better to see than to hear, and we are wrong to judge people with one word!" ”

Chen Ding didn't dare to speak, but this Chen Yonghua dared to confront him face to face, Fang Yuan smiled when he heard it, "Okay!" What are your fathers and sons, Ben Dou listens. ”

Chen Yongyong said loudly, "Governor Fang, it is easy to pacify Taiwan, but it is difficult to govern Taiwan!" It is even more difficult to ensure Taiwan's long-term peace and stability. ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, these days he is indeed having a headache for governing those aborigines in Taiwan, Chen Yongyong's words really touched Fang Yuan's pulse.

Fang Yuan would not be easily fooled, he smiled and said, "You are a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, and you have only been weaned for a few days?" How many days have you been reading? Know a few officials from the Yamen? It is estimated that I have never even entered the gate of the yamen, and I have never seen the documents of the yamen! But he was ashamed to come to the governor to talk about governing Taiwan and long-term peace and stability, what is the difference between this and Zhao Kuo's talk on paper? ! ”

Chen Yonghua Zhengrong said, "My father has traveled back and forth between Tong'an and Taiwan all the year round, and has dealt with the aborigines on the island for more than ten years; I traveled to Taiwan with my father two years ago, and it took me another year to travel from Taipei to Tainan, crossing 20 mountain ranges in Taichung and dealing with at least 56 indigenous communities. I asked myself, at least I was more familiar with Taiwan's customs and customs than Governor Fang. If my father and son are not qualified to talk about governing Taiwan, how can Governor Fang govern Taiwan when he first arrives? ”

He scolded Fang Yuan to his face, so frightened that Chen Ding was bloodless, and it was too late to pull him.

Fang Yuan looked at Chen Yonghua in amazement, where did he behave like a minor in words and deeds, and he was more mature than most officials in terms of knowledge, "Your father and son came to Taiwan with Zheng Sen?" Why not leave with Zheng Sen? ”

Chen Ding hurriedly said, "Governor Fang, before Zheng Sen came to Taiwan, he recruited some people from Fujian to come to Taiwan together, wanting to run and govern Taiwan. is not talented, it is the person who was chosen by Zheng Sen. I never thought that Zheng Sen would be defeated too quickly, and he wanted to flee to the north to join the imperial court. My father and son were originally from Fujian, and they didn't want to leave their hometown, so they didn't leave with Zheng Sen and stayed in Taiwan City. ”

Chen Yonghua said, "My father wanted to return to Fujian after a few days when the sea was calm, but I thought that Zheng Sen had fled, and Governor Fang would still have to govern Taiwan, so I stayed." When I saw Governor Fang execute the soldiers who had committed adultery and plunder, and posted a recruitment order, my father and I made up our minds to visit Governor Fang. ”

Fang Yuan didn't talk to them in vain, and directly informed the two of them of the Atayal tribe's request to allocate the Ami hunting grounds according to the number of clansmen, and asked the two to propose countermeasures, how should the hunting grounds of the Ami tribe be divided?

Chen Yonghua said, "According to the number of tribes, each tribe is divided equally, so that other small tribes can be supported and the Atayal tribe can be restrained." ”

Fang Yuan secretly thought that this Chen Yonghua was really extraordinary at a young age, and his scruples coincided with Fang Yuan's scruples. Moreover, his method is indeed a good strategy, which can not only justifiably curb the expansion of the Atayal clan's forces, but also unite more small clans, Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay! Tell me about your policy for governing Taiwan. ”

Chen Ding's father and son glanced at each other, and Chen Yonghua said, "Let me first talk about the general policy strategy for governing Taiwan, and there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower. The next strategy is to use razing to control razing and supporting an aboriginal clan in Taiwan to rule Taiwan, which is the easiest and simplest, but it also has the greatest trouble. Although Taiwan is nominally under the rule of Governor Fang, in fact it is under the rule of this big clan, and Governor Fang has not formed a complete control over Taiwan at all, and once the situation changes, the allies supported today may be enemies tomorrow. ”

This point Chen Yonghua secretly coincided with Fang Yuan's worries.

Just like Li Chengliang back then, he supported Nurhachi to rule the Jurchens, but as a result, he caused a great disaster and supported an enemy that could not be eliminated for the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the Jurchens or the Atayal people, as long as there is not enough checks and balances of interests and let them sit on the throne, the end will inevitably be that their ambitions continue to expand, and they will eventually take risks and embark on the road of confrontation.

Fang Yuan smiled with satisfaction and said, "What about the middle strategy? ”

Chen Yonghua continued, "The middle strategy is to take advantage of the hatred between these aborigines and make them attack each other, and the governor of Fang will send officials to check and balance the benefits, so that neither side will sit on the throne and exercise effective control. The implementation of this strategy requires considerable means, and if the checks and balances are unfavorable, Taiwan will immediately become a mess. There is still a problem with this method, that is, these aborigines will not really agree with Governor Fang's rule, and will only think that Governor Fang is the culprit who caused them to attack and kill. ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Reasonable!" What about the best policy? ”

Chen Yonghua said in a deep voice, "It is to bring these aborigines into the same control as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it is strictly forbidden to kill each other, and violators will be punished according to the Ming law." ”

Fang Yuan secretly laughed, Chen Yonghua's best strategy is really a bit nerdy, private fighting is a trend, it is due to the people's customs, how can it be said that it can be forbidden. Before the crossing, those Tibetans on the grassland had murders in private fights, and they still did not go to the Public Security Bureau, but solved them according to traditional customs. What's more, it is the Ming Dynasty, which has a very low level of civilization at present?

Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "These aborigines are fighting privately, and if they take their lives, they will be solved by traditional customs, so they won't come to report to the official!" ”

Chen Yonghua said, "Force is the passport of the most vicious people, in this world, whether it is the people of the Ming Dynasty or the aborigines, the most of the old and weak women and children are victims of force." According to my experience in field research, most of the indigenous people have no avenue for appeal, and can only be forced to accept the customs of personal fighting and the supremacy of force. ”

Fang Yuan actually agrees with this, there is no group that naturally likes to live by slashing, most people also want their families to be safe, like to live a safe and stable life, there is no need to demonize the aborigines.

It's just that the government must provide them with the necessary justice and protection, and strictly punish the good and punish the evil. If the government is unable or even unwilling to provide justice and protection, their only way is to seek justice with blood and knives.