"What Sun Aiqing said is extremely true, I have considered all of this, and I decided to let Mo Jingyu be the governor of Jiaozhi Province, and Li Weiqi should be the political envoy, and adopt the method of using razing to defeat raze." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, although it is the best policy to raze and raze, it cannot fundamentally solve the problem of the capriciousness of Jiaozhi." Sun Yuanhua said.

"Of course, this is only the first step, the second step is to set up township schools, county schools, and government schools, and cultivate the sense of belonging of the local people in Jiaozhi to the empire from an early age. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"In the third step, I decided to send Zhang Xianzhong to command 20,000 troops as the governor of Jiaozhi Province." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Why did Your Majesty send Zhang Xianzhong to go?" Sun Yuanhua asked puzzled.

"I have decided to implement a five-year repressive policy in Cochin Province to suppress any attempt to rebel against the Empire. The fourth and crucial step is to immigrate, after this war, a large number of people from Jiaozhi moved south, leaving behind a large amount of wasteland, and I had to migrate from Liangguang to Jiaozhi. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty wants to restart immigration?" Sun Yuanhua asked.

"Yes, it is only after the people of the empire have an advantage in the local area that the empire can gradually take full control of Cochin." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty, in this case, the early stage of the empire will cost millions of taels of silver dollars every year in Cochin." Yang Sichang said.

"I understand that it will cost a lot, but if the empire can have it forever, then it will all be worth it." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

After discussing with the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhang Xianzhong separately.

"Do you know why I want you to be the Governor of Cochin Province?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister is ignorant, please ask Your Majesty for instructions." Zhang Xianzhong said respectfully.

"I can see that you have murderous intentions, and you must use thunder to achieve results." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thunder Means?!" Zhang Xianzhong asked suspiciously.

"When it's time to kill, you have to kill, even if you kill a river of blood, it doesn't matter, only by killing all those who want to rebel against the empire, can Jiaozhi be stable. You have to understand that all I want is the land of Jiaozhi, and no one who has a disagreement with the empire or me can let go. Zhu Youxiao said.

"I understand." Zhang Xianzhong said.

"I give you five years, as long as you don't rebel with different intentions, I will bear you everything you do in Jiaozhi." Zhu Youxiao emphasized.

"The minister will never betray His Majesty, and the minister will definitely give His Majesty a hand loyal to the empire." Zhang Xianzhong said with a swear.

……

At the beginning of May, Sun Chuanting, Lai Xiucai and others returned to Beijing, but the army returned to the garrison. Their trip back to Beijing was to participate in the trial of the Dali Temple of the Governor's Mansion for their pit killing of 400,000 prisoners.

"Your Majesty, this is the judgment of the Dali Temple of the Governor's Mansion to Sun Dudu and others, and I also ask Your Majesty for instructions." Wang Liqian handed a copy of the verdict to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao quickly glanced through it and said, "No, the verdict is too heavy." ”

"This ......," Wang Liqian looked at the verdict and didn't know what to say.

"I said that it is permissible to commit merit to crime, and this time the southern expedition returned with a great victory, I think that Sun Chuanting and others can not count merit and punishment." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No, the minister will convey His Majesty's intention to the Dali Temple of the Governor's Mansion." Wang Liqian bowed and said.

"Let's go down."

……

According to Zhu Youxiao's intentions, the results of the trial of Sun Chuanting and others came out quickly, and Sun Chuanting and Lai Xiucai did not record merit or punish them in this southern expedition. While other generals are subject to availability.

After the verdict came out, the court was in an uproar, and the ministers of the court knew that it was Zhu Youxiao who was shielding Sun Chuanting and others. But Zhu Youxiao didn't think so, and after the trial ended, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned Sun Chuanting and others.

"The minister resigns from the post of governor of Guangzhou." Sun Chuanting bowed and said.

"Why is that?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty is willing to bear the infamy for the crimes committed by the ministers, and the ministers have nothing to repay, and only by resigning from the post of Governor of the Metropolitan Mansion can he repay His Majesty's kindness." Sun Chuanting explained.

"I don't care about these infamy, Sun Aiqing doesn't care." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, it is best for the ministers to take responsibility for this matter, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it." Sun Chuanting pleaded.

"Your Majesty, it is the minister's idea to kill 400,000 prisoners, and the minister should be responsible." Lai Xiucai said when he saw this.

"Your Majesty, Governor Sun was originally born as a Jinshi, and he can also serve as other positions in the imperial court if he resigns from the post of governor." Qin Liangyu said.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said: "Sun Aiqing, I agree with you to resign from the post of Governor of Guangzhou, and you will recuperate for a period of time, and when the time comes, I will let you take the post of Secretary of the Ministry of War." ”

"Your Majesty, this ......" Sun Chuanting immediately wanted to refuse when he heard it.

"I can't refuse, it's most suitable for you to serve as the secretary of the military department, only in this way can you better connect the cabinet and the metropolitan governor's mansion." Zhu Youxiao's tone could not be refused, and Sun Chuanting did not continue to insist.

"Your Majesty, the minister is sixty years old this year, and he is ready to return to his hometown, and I hope Your Majesty will fulfill it." Qin Liangyu said.

"Qin Aiqing, you won't resign just because of the killing of 400,000 captives, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked dissatisfiedly.

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister is really old, can no longer continue to serve as the governor of the capital, in the middle of last year, after the minister fell seriously ill, he was ready to resign from His Majesty, but last year's disasters continued, and His Majesty had the heart to go south, and the minister only dragged on for a year." Qin Liangyu explained.

"In this case, I will approve it, and the decree will crown Qin Liangyu as the crown prince and concubine, and reward a thousand taels of silver." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

"Passed the decree and transferred Yuan Chonghuan to serve as the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Man Gui to serve as the Governor of Shenyang, Hong Chengchou to serve as the Governor of Guangzhou, and Zu Dashou to serve as the Governor of Luzon." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"No."

……

In June, there was a massive earthquake on the land in the middle of the night. The earthquake destroyed the walls of the city and the dwellings, and the cliffs cracked. The earthquake was the biggest disaster of the year. Compared with the previous two years, the situation of disasters has improved dramatically, and the empire is gradually recovering from the disasters that have been going on for years. Zhu Youxiao also mentioned his new policy again.

"In the "Da Ming Law", there are a total of eighteen articles in "Marriage", but today, some of these eighteen articles are out of date, and some have been basically abandoned, so I listed "Marriage" as the ninth new deal, which concerns the entire empire and cannot be sloppy." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that folk customs should be observed, and folk customs should not be changed, and deliberately changing folk customs will only be counterproductive." Fu Yongchun suggested.

(End of chapter)