On the morning of the second day of the eighth month of the second year of Chongzhen, in the imperial study of the East Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen listened to the congratulatory words of several important ministers of the court, looked down at the good news and recitals sent by Zhu Xieyuan, and then looked up at several important ministers of the court, and then said thoughtfully:

"It has been nearly ten years since the Extravagant Rebellion caused disaster in the southwest, and it has been nearly ten years since the Yunnan-Guichuan-Huguang land was in turmoil.

"Although the Hao clan and the An clan are located in the southwest, and their chaos is not enough to threaten the Beijing division, their chaos is protracted, involving the troops and material resources of several southwestern provinces, and its harm is not less than that of the northwest thieves.

"I roughly calculated, since the apocalypse, until today, the imperial court has spent thousands of dollars on the construction of the army, and if all the financial resources of this army are used in Liaodong, even if it is a captive, it has already been pacified!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at several important ministers, and then said:

"I said this, and I wanted to know my mind.

"Since ancient times, rewarding merit and punishing the guilty is the way to govern the country. Zhu Xieyuan is peaceful and stable in the southwest, and his meritorious achievements are outstanding, compared with the new marquis of the year, I think it is more than that!

"In addition, Qin Liangyu's hand blade is extravagant and Chongming, and Hou Liangzhu's troops slashed An Bangyan, which is not comparable to the skill of ordinary slashers!

"Zhu Xieyuan asked for the title of Lord for these two of them, I think it's okay, what do you think?"

After Emperor Chongzhen finished saying these words, he first set a basic tone for today's imperial meeting, that is, to reward meritorious officials.

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for any reaction from these people, and immediately continued: "Now, the An family's lineage has been extinct, and the land west of the water has also entered the territory. Zhu Xieyuan please follow the precedent of Liaodong and Dongjiang, and reward the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions to the war with the land suitable for cultivation in the west of the water, so as to change the land and return to the stream, set up a government and set up guards, set up liuguan, repair Tunbao, expand the post road, and Yongding in the southwest. ”

It's another sentence like this, "I think it's okay, what do you think?" ”

You, the emperor, have said it's okay, what do you want these ministers and ministers of military aircraft to say?

Li Guoyi and Xu Guangqi looked at each other, and both of them went to see the British public Zhang Weixian.

After all, Zhang Weixian is the only minister of military aircraft in Beijing now, and he is also the most respected prince in the circle of honors and nobles in the two capitals, and he is still the metropolitan governor in charge of the governor's office of the five armies.

Seeing the two ministers looking at him, Zhang Weixian also knew what they meant.

In his heart, he sees it this way, if he simply echoes the emperor, then what does the court want these ministers to do, and what is the difference between doing so and the clay puppets placed in the temple?

However, the young emperor in front of him had already said so, if he didn't agree or agree, what else could he say?

For him, a man with the title of Duke of England, every growth of the noble circle of the noble class was a division of the power position of their old noble family, which was not what he was happy to see.

It's just that the current situation is in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen found many excuses in the north and south of the capital to deprive dozens of princes and ears of titles, get rid of dozens of princes and uncles' families, and vacate so many positions, isn't it just to one day return for the meritorious men who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty?

Mao Wenlong's so-called victory in North Korea was only a capture of 12 beylers in the end, and after the first war, he had to be named the Marquis of Andong, and by the way, Liu Xingzuo, who returned anyway, also got a Pyongyang Bo.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen's intention to re-emphasize military force is very obvious, these old men who have been floating in the sea for many years in the court, where can they not see the emperor's thoughts?

Therefore, although Zhang Weixian was not very willing in his heart, he was still not ready to compete with the young Emperor Chongzhen on this issue.

"Your Majesty! Rewarding merit and punishing the past is the way to govern the country in ancient times, and the famous people of the court are also set up for meritorious officials!

"At the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, the imperial court set regulations for rewarding military merits, and there were precedents to follow on the left side of Dongjiang Town and Liao Town.

Zhang Weixian finished saying this carefully, paused slightly, looked at the emperor's face, saw that the emperor's face was as usual, and then continued:

"It's just a national weapon, and although it can't be stubborn, it can't be given indiscriminately. A little indiscriminate, not only can not motivate talents to forge ahead, but it is enough to corrupt customs, thinking that the court knight reward is light! Only by being cautious and working hard can we succeed quickly with the after-effect of the figure!

"This is a little bit of the minister's opinion, please Your Majesty to see it!"

Zhang Weixian said so much, in fact, there is only one meaning.

That is, Zhu Xieyuan and others have indeed contributed to pacifying the southwest, and it is not impossible to be knighted, but it is not impossible to be knighted, but it is expensive to be rare, and it cannot be too high to be knighted, and there are not too many people who are knighted, because whether it is high or too much, the court's famous knight reward is not worth much.

The meaning of these words is not wrong, and now this Emperor Chongzhen also approves.

After Zhang Weixian said this, he opened a small opening for Li Guowei and Xu Guangqi to speak.

Li Guoqi looked at the emperor and saw that the emperor nodded unconsciously after listening to Zhang Weixian's words, so he said: "The imperial court divides the land and grants land to the meritorious soldiers for the world, which is the ancestral system of the dynasty!" Who?

"Meritorious soldiers, if they are rewarded with gold and silver, the national funds will be scarce, and if they are rewarded with the world, the name will be light, and only if they are given the newly acquired land, they will not be damaged in the country and beneficial to themselves!"

Speaking of this, Li Guowei looked at the emperor, and then said: "Therefore, the minister thought that Zhu Xieyuan's Shangshui West Aftermath was sparse, and he strongly advocated the granting of land with military merits, the military cultivation to resist wages, the people's cultivation and grain transportation, the promotion of cultivation by Tun, and the strategy of gathering people by cultivating are the best policies to stabilize the southwest in the west of Dingshui!" ”

After saying these words, Li Guoyan finally said: "As for what Your Majesty said about rewarding the world, the minister thinks that since Zhu Xieyuan has asked for the title of Hou Liangzhu and Qin Liangyu, Your Majesty might as well grant him what he wants, and seal these two people!" ”

Li Guoqi and Zhang Weixian both finished speaking and expressed their attitudes, and Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal and turned his attention to Xu Guangqi, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Guangqi is still very upright, neither like ordinary literati doctors, nor like ordinary literati doctors who despise martial arts, so he still admires Zhu Xieyuan for leading a group of general generals in the southwest to calm down the extravagant Chongming and An Bangyan who have been in turmoil for many years, and he knows that he has no ability.

Therefore, there is nothing to say about the reward and punishment of the southwest generals this time, on the contrary, he has some opinions on how to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the land of Yungui.

I only heard Xu Guangqi say: "The minister has three strategies, Your Majesty Mingjian!"

"First, Guizhou and even Yunnan and Burma do not suffer from landlessness, but no one is really suffering! The Extravagant Rebellion lasted for many years, and there was no other reason for it, and there were few Han people!

"Now that Lu'an is dead, Yungui is determined, this is the time when a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, and a hundred industries are waiting to be lifted! And the ministers heard that the land of western Qianxi, eastern Sichuan and even northern Yunnan, the war before and after lasted for nine years, the lives of the people were devastated, and the household registration did not exist one in ten, saying that the white bones were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crow for a hundred miles, it seems that it is not an exaggeration, and the court wants to Chang'an here, and the best strategy is to immigrate!

"Therefore, please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to the world, move the people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang to have no land and no job, and fill the clouds in the west!

After saying this, Xu Guangqi looked at the emperor and saw that the emperor nodded, so he continued:

"Second, the southwest realm is all deserted and less educated. First, there was Yang's anti-Banzhou, then there was Lu's anti-Lin Zhou, and then An's anti-Shuixi. Why? It's a big deal!

"The minister heard that there is a certain number of people in the southwest, and there are only seven out of ten people who are in charge of lawsuits, and for hundreds of years, there has been no opponent, why not? It's weak!

"Those who are big are the ones who are strong, and those who are weak are the ones who are preserved. It's not that he's rebellious, but loyal and obedient!

"Today, the luxury of the death and the southwest is rough, Your Majesty wants the land of Yunnan, Guizhou and Miao to be stable for a long time, in addition to the immigrants of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and fill it, please ask Your Majesty to the remote Miao Barbarian land, open up the land and reward the meritorious Tusi Guanzuo, and order Tuen his father and brother and son, divide its big and small, and turn it into zero, so that its size is dimensional, light and heavy, so that for a long time, it is easy to be safe if there is nothing to do, and it is easy to control it if there is something.

"Third, in the minister's shallow view, Yungui Yi Miao rebelled uncertainly, all because the guest soldiers gathered and dispersed, they came if they had something, and they went if they had nothing to do, and they couldn't stay for a long time!

"Now Your Majesty wants to Yong'an in the southwest, if you follow the ancestral system, you can do everything you can to confer meritorious Han people in the tuntian of Qianxi, because of the size of the merit, for the rank of the official, from the command to the general small banner, all to the military merit grant the field as the world's business, and then prohibit its private trading, so, do not wait for the solicitation and the account is self-real. In less than three years, the southwest can be determined and Yong'an! ”