As the construction of roads in the five northern provinces was nearing completion, Zhu Youzhen completely handed over the construction of cement avenues to Li Changgeng, minister of communications, who only instructed Li Changgeng to survey the routes from Beijing's economy south to Nanjing and Chengdu to Fengxiang.

Zhu Youzhen's main energy is now devoted to compulsory education in the five northern provinces, and this is a completely new topic in Daming, and he must personally take charge of it; moreover, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Taxation, the fiscal revenue for the whole of last year reached a record 25 million taels, an increase of 30 percent over the year before last.

With the increase in taxes, Zhu Youzhen has the capital to implement compulsory education.

The increase in taxes is mainly due to the full collection of agricultural taxes and the introduction of industrial and commercial taxes in the five northern provinces, especially Shaanxi Province and Shandong Province, which have risen sharply in the national rankings.

What is taken from the people will naturally be used by the people.

Since the increase in taxes mainly comes from the five northern provinces, the five northern provinces will have to make profits, although this kind of income is now almost only Zhu Youzhen can understand its true significance.

Just after the Lantern Festival, Zhu Youzhen paid a private visit to Weifu, he followed the direction of Baoding, Zhending, Shunde, Daming, and Guangping, all the way to the south, he was ready to inspect along the way, and by the way went to Henan to see, consider how to cross the Yellow River and connect with the cement road in Henan Province.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen arrived at the Daimyo, Liu Lin, who had been following him, rushed to report: "Your Majesty, Jingshi Mibao, something big has happened in the southwest." ”

"Southwest? What big things can happen in the Southwest? Could it be that the natives of Sichuan have a tendency to riot, and Mu Wangfu can't suppress it? "Daming is a critical period of internal development, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to make extraneous branches.

"Your Majesty, it's not Sichuan, it's Duogandusi and Wusizangdusi, there was a riot there, the scale was not large at first, and the local detectives did not report it in time, but the riot intensified, almost involving the east and south of Duogandusi and the entire territory of Wusizang, and now the riot has evolved into robbery and massacre of the local Han people."

"Niang Xipi, these Tibetans have turned the sky upside down," Zhu Youzhen was furious, he scolded his mother rarely, "Go, go back to Beijing immediately." ”

Returning to Beijing, Zhu Youzhen finally had a complete understanding of the origin and impact of this riot based on Wang Meiyu's analysis of various Mongolian ministries when she was in Lingbei Province, as well as the information sent back by the local detectives in Duogan and Usizang, combined with his own experience in later generations.

After a sharp decline, the Warat Mongols, who lived in Moxi, had been divided into several larger tribes, mainly the Dzungar tribe, the Heshute tribe, and the Turghut tribe.

Due to the strength of the Dzungar tribe living west of the Altai Mountains and east of Yibohai (present-day Lake Balkhash), the Turghut tribe was forced to move westward to the Volga River, while the Heshute tribe, which originally lived in the Yibohai area, gradually moved southward and gathered in the Duogandusi and Uszangdusi, who believed in Tibetan Buddhism and gradually integrated with the local Tibetans.

The population of the Heshute tribe was not large, the entire tribe was less than 100,000, but they had already influenced and tempted a plate of scattered Tibetans, and the Ming Dynasty had no garrison in the local area, so the imperial court gradually gave up this land with extremely inconvenient transportation, and acquiesced in the suzerainty of the Mongols over Duogan and Uszang.

But after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he had sent a large number of interrogations to the two places, and he had been looking for an opportunity, and now, the opportunity has finally come.

From the history of later generations, Zhu Youzhen vaguely knew that this rebellion eventually evolved into a small-scale armed rebellion, which lasted until the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the three-line battle (the other two lines were the Jiannu in Liaodong and the peasant rebel army in Shaanxi), and finally exhausted the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the scale of the armed rebellion in these two places was far inferior to that of Liaodong and Shaanxi, the rebellion later spread to Sichuan and Yunnan, which objectively provided convenient conditions for Zhang Xianzhong to enter Sichuan.

Zhu Youzhen immediately convened a temporary small court meeting to discuss the rebellion between Duogan and Wusizang, and only the commander of the Ten Divisions of the Third Academy and Yuan Chonghuan, the commander of the First Army who was idle in Beijing, attended the meeting.

"Chen Qi Majesty, the Northern Expedition has just ended, the Ming Dynasty needs to recuperate, there are not many Han people in Duogan and Wusizang, besides, don't let the Central Plains go to the distant Wusizang?" As the 63rd generation grandson of the Sage Confucius, he is now concerned about popularizing the education of the sage in the five northern provinces, and he is most afraid that Zhu Youzhen will have a branch out of the festival and let this activity of popularizing the words of the sage be aborted.

"Master Kong's words are wrong, there are few Han people, aren't they Han people? They defended the territory for the Ming Dynasty and deserved the protection of the imperial court, besides, Duogan and Wusizang were originally the land of the Ming Dynasty, so how could they let foreign races run rampant? "Yuan Chonghuan followed Zhu Youzhen's side as early as when he was in Shaanxi, and he knew very well about Zhu Youzhen's ideas of governing the army and governing the country, he knew that Zhu Youzhen's convening of the court meeting was just a look, for foreign races, the young emperor would never be soft, even Beihai Province, Lingbei Province such a distant place, he did not let go, would he give up this once familiar land? Besides, if you don't fight, then what do you want soldiers to do? This Minister of Education, the original Guozi Priest Wine, is afraid that he drank too much wine last night and didn't wake up yet.

"Transferring troops from Beijing, working the people and losing money, far greater than the losses caused by the rebellion, Yuan Chonghuan, you are simply a poor soldier, such a child's play, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will be consumed in the hands of you." Kong Zhenyun blew his beard and glared, pointing at Yuan Chonghuan, ignoring the image of the master at all.

"Lord Kong's words, it seems to be untrue, the last Northern Expedition, not only recovered a large number of homeland, but also made a net profit of more than 1.6 million stones of grain, 20 million taels of silver, did Master Kong forget, without these silver taels, how can the five northern provinces have silver to popularize the words of the sage?" If there is someone in the court who knows Zhu Youzhen best, then this person is none other than Li Chunye, he knows that Zhu Youzhen will definitely send troops, but while he supports sending troops, he doesn't want to offend the people in the Government Council, so he said it lightly.

"You ......" Kong Zhenyun was speechless, thinking of the previous Northern Expedition, all of which cost money and grain, only this time Zhu Youzhen's Northern Expedition made a lot of money, that is, the implementation of compulsory education in the five northern provinces, but also under Zhu Youzhen's vigorous and resolute action, which emperor in the past, would think of implementing the words of the sage throughout the country?

"Duogan and Wusizang are both bitter cold places, and the terrain is high, and it is really inconvenient for the Han people to live there, so it is better to move the local Han people back, and the court can be regarded as having an explanation for them, if there is no land, they can be put outside the customs." The words of Judicial President Qiao Yunsheng are objectively in solidarity with Kong Zhenyun.

"Lord Qiao's words, the lower officials don't dare to agree," Cao Wenzhao counterattacked: "For example, your own children, of course smart and agile parents like them, are they missing arms and legs, or a little stupid, and their parents will abandon them on the street?" Although Duogan and Uszang are bitterly cold, they are both the territory of the Ming Dynasty, how can they be abandoned? ”

"Your Majesty, Duogan, Wusizang terrain is too high, the Han army goes out, there are many inconveniences, as strong as the Tang Dynasty, it is also difficult to conquer the Tubo at that time, if the labor division expedition is not victorious, it will inevitably lose the prestige of His Majesty." Wang Yongguang already knew that Zhu Youzhen was very powerful, the last time he opposed the reform, the ministers quarreled for a day, his voice was hoarse, and his stomach was deflated, but he still failed to stop Zhu Youzhen, and this time he spoke much gentlely.

Huang Liji came out of the class and said: "It is true that the terrain of Duogan and Wusizang is high, at the beginning of the founding of the country, it was the land of the Ming Dynasty, why is it not suitable now?" Although the Tang Dynasty did not completely defeat the Tubo at that time, the Tang Dynasty at least had the courage to march, and there were Han people in Duogan and Wusizang, which showed that the Han people could also adapt to the local terrain. ”

"However, in order to quell the riots in the two places, it is not necessary to mobilize the army, and war is not child's play, and once it starts, it is difficult to stop according to one's wishes." Kong Zhenyun, who had already relieved himself, still objected, but he no longer had the sharpness he had at the beginning, "If you send a conscription envoy, maybe you can surrender without a fight." ”

"Kong Aiqing, then I sent you as a placating envoy, and I will give you a month to solve the riots in the two places and return the Han people to a prosperous future." Zhu Youzhen is most impatient is these pedantic saints, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the birthplace of many rivers in the Ming Dynasty, the source of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is also here, without the source, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River can still be regarded as the mother river of the Han nation?

Confucian scholars only read the books of sages, but they don't understand the national conditions, they don't understand the world, and it's not their fault that they misunderstood the country, but Zhu Youzhen, who has the experience of later generations, if he obeys the construction of the wrong country, then he can't forgive himself.

Zhu Youzhen knew that although he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he only established a preliminary military prestige through the war, but he did not have much prestige in the government.

"Your Majesty ......" Kong Zhenyun looked indignant, he really couldn't say any more, so he had to look at Zhu Youzhen.

"Master Confucius, the words of a sage can only educate people who understand the way of a sage, and the people outside the country, who don't know Chinese characters, naturally can't talk about the words of a sage, and when you talk to them, you naturally have to use a different way," Zhu Youzhen retracted his gaze and sprinkled it on the ministers: "In my opinion, there is no need to discuss the question of whether to send troops or not, let's discuss how to use troops, this is a matter for the National Defense Yuan, and several members of the National Defense Yuan should take more ideas." ”

Li Chunye went out of the class again: "Back to Your Majesty, the armies of Yunnan and Guangdong have been reorganized, especially the army in Yunnan, which is also a plateau area, and the soldiers may be more adapted to the plateau climate of Duogan and Wusizang. ”

"Li Aiqing, how are the armies in these two places organized?" Zhu Youzhen originally asked Li Chunye to reorganize the armies of Yunnan and Guangdong for the sake of Burma, where the climate is humid and hot, and the northerners may find it difficult to adapt, but they did not expect to use it in Duogan and Wusizang first.

"Back to Your Majesty, Yunnan has reorganized the 19th, 20th, and 213th armies, of which the commander of the 19th army is Mu Qiyuan, the prince of Mu Wangfu, and Guangdong has reorganized the 17th, 22nd, and 23rd armies, and these six armies have all been issued with firearms."