A few days after the Lunar New Year in the third year of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, what happened in Beijing, Zhu Jishi is still unclear, he is busy collecting loyalty, and at the same time has a headache about the three provinces of southwest Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou.

Although the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou are close to Guangdong, the base camp of Zhu Jishi, they are placed in a small position by the Zhu Ming Group - but then again, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou are indeed not as important as the three provinces of Liangjiang and Guizhou. The former is the land of fish and rice, and it is also the production area of important export commodities such as silk, tea, and porcelain, and the industry and commerce are extremely developed. With the land south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Ming's finances will be greatly relaxed, and it will also be able to bring a large amount of foreign exchange income. In addition, Nanjing is the former capital of Zhu Ming, and getting Nanjing means that Zhu Ming has the foundation of the emperor - with the foundation of the emperor, the hearts of the people of the Zhu Ming Group will be stable, if the country is established in the two Guangzhous, in the eyes of the Chinese, there is not even a situation of partial peace, after a long time, how can the people's hearts not disperse?

At the same time that Zhu Ming and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were breaking through in the north and south of the Great River, the situation in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou was also undergoing earth-shaking changes. Guangxi has always been an important stronghold of the Heaven and Earth Society to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and the power of the Hong brothers has always been very great. When Zhu Jishi raised troops in Guangdong, the Hong brothers in Guangxi responded one after another. The Manchu Qing Dynasty's troops in Guangxi were also relatively weak, and they were unable to exterminate the Tiandihui rebel army that was blooming everywhere, and Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, and Lao Chongguang, the envoy of Guangxi, were unable to resist at all, so they could only retreat to the provincial capital Guilin. By the end of 1848, when the Taiping army had captured Beijing and the false news of the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty reached Guilin, Zheng Zuchen and Lao Chongguang were completely desperate and unable to support themselves, so they could only send envoys to Guangzhou to ask for surrender. Although Guangxi is now full of mountain kings who dominate one side, it has finally fallen into the hands of Zhu Ming.

And the news from the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou gave Zhu Jishi a headache. These two provinces also had a great uprising in the last months of 1848! A Hui leader named Du Wenxiu in Dali, Yunnan Province, launched an uprising at the end of October 1848 and captured the city of Dali. Self-proclaimed Generalissimo of the President. Took control of a large territory in southern Yunnan Province. A few days ago, he sent an envoy to Guangzhou. Seek to be crowned governor of Yunnan.

In the same month, there was also an uprising in Zunyi, Guizhou, and a younger brother of Zhu Jishi, named Zhu Guangfu, also emerged! Originally the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, in 1848 in Zunyi raised troops to respond to Zhu Jishi, occupied Zunyi, Xingzhou, Xinkai and other cities, called himself Ming Pingxi Gong, a few days ago also sent people to Guangzhou to Zhu Jishi to call the minister, ask for the title of Pingxi Gong. Yungui Administrator...... Is this guy a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang or a descendant of Wu Sangui?

In addition, there was good news from Hubei, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hubei in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who was entrenched in the De'an Mansion, sent the champion Long Qirui to Nanjing to ask the emperor to return to him.

As for Sichuan, there is also good news, according to Han Si and Liu Ronglai, a Shanxi businessman named Qiao Zhiyong went bankrupt and bought an official of the Chongqing prefect. After taking office, he secretly sent someone to ask Han Si to surrender, acting as an internal response. told the Ming army all the deployment of Qishan's troops in Chongqing Prefecture, and then bribed the regimental training of Chongqing Prefecture and launched an uprising in Fuzhiba County, cutting off the retreat of Qishan's Chengdu Eight Banners. forced Qi Shan's soldiers to commit suicide in defeat. At the end of December 1848, the army of Han Si marched into Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. As for the bannermen of Chengdu Mancheng and the officials loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they had already run away and went to Hanzhong in advance.

However, after all, Han Si only had two armies of 60,000 people, and he could not control Nuoda's Sichuan Province at all, so he had to control a few key cities and adopt a strategy of appeasement in most areas. Whether it was the Manchu magistrate or the Hui party, as long as Kenna returned, the Ming Dynasty would recognize their status.

Zhu Jishi also nodded at such a strategy, as Zhu Ming's territory continued to expand, it was more difficult to carry out effective governance like Guangdong's - Zhu Ming did not have enough cadres, but a province like Sichuan could not help but put it in his pocket. Otherwise, Hong Xiuquan might have sent troops in! Let the locusts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom scrape the ground in Sichuan for a few years, and this vitality will not be restored in a few decades.

Moreover, Sichuan is the land of abundance, and the degree of wealth is almost the same as that of Guangdong before Zhu Ming took over, and the tax revenue of well salt alone is no less than 2.5 million taels a year! After taking control of Sichuan, if the "show talent as an official and the government goes to the countryside" is not implemented for the time being, Sichuan Province will have no problem paying about 8 million taels of taxes to the Ming court every year. If you include the minting income of silver and copper dollars issued by HSBC in Sichuan, Sichuan Province can contribute at least 12 million yuan to Zhu Ming every year.

"There are at least 12 million in Sichuan. Even if Xiucai is an official and the government goes to the countryside, the taxes that Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces can pay to the imperial court every year will not be less than this amount, and this does not include the tariffs of the Jiangxi Customs, and Anhui can also be equal...... In this way, in three years after the recovery, our finances will be greatly rich. ”

Chen Jijie, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, is probably the happiest person during this time, with Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Sichuan, the three cash cow-like provinces, the finances of the Ming Dynasty are not only relaxed!

"Over there in Guangxi, why don't you let Zheng Yanping go to appease you, or you have to seal a bunch of titles again." Zhu Jishi turned the topic back to military affairs. "The Guangxi army has also expanded a little, and an army can be formed, the governor of Guangxi...... Zuo Xiang, military advisor, do you have the right candidate? ”

"It's better for a scholar to be the governor of Guangxi." Zuo Zongtang recommended Lu Peifang, the current chief scholar of the University Scholar's Office.

"Who is the university scholar for?"

"You can let Luo Ruzhai do it, he was born as a Jinshi, his Confucian skills are not under the Lu University scholar, and he is known as a cheap name, and he is the only one who presides over the Liangjiang Imperial Examination." Zuo Zongtang said again.

Luo Bingzhang is a native of Guangdong, but he is not a "Cantonese party", he belonged to Pan Shien's Pan Party when he served for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Zuo Zongtang now recommends this Guangdong Confucian who has just defected to Zhu Ming to be a university scholar, obviously for the Liangjiang imperial examination, and at the same time to show goodwill to the Liangjiang Shi Doctor group.

"Let Luo Bingzhang be a scholar." Zhu Jishi really couldn't think of a better candidate than Luo Bingzhang, "What to do with this Du Wenxiu and Zhu Guangfu?" ”

Luo Zenan shook the paper fan and said: "Your Majesty, you can crown Zhu Guangfu as the general of Pingxi, and send troops to take Guiyang; Du Wenxiu was appointed as the prefect of Dali, and Lao Xinjie (Lao Chongguang) was appointed as the governor and admiral of Yunnan, and he commanded Guangxi to train the army into Yunnan. ”

Hearing Luo Zenan's suggestion, Zhu Jishi was slightly stunned, this self-proclaimed Pingxi Gong, Zhu Guangfu, who is in charge of Yungui, is most likely a Xibei goods, is it a bit too big to make him a general of Pingxi? And Du Xiuwen's strength is not under Zhu Guangfu, but there is only one prefect of Dali, and he also let Lao Chongguang oversee the army into Yunnan...... Is this to deal with Du Wenxiu?

Luo Zenan thought about it and said: "Du Wenxiu is a bit famous, he is a talent and fame, many family members were killed in the sectarian conflict in Baoshan in Daoguang's 25 years, and he went to Beijing to sue the emperor in 26 years, but because the situation was chaotic, there was no result, he raised troops in Baoshan mostly to avenge personal revenge, and although this person has a reputation for showing talent, he is not a famous believer." After Lao Xinjie pacifies Yunnan, the king can recruit this person into the court as an official, and he must not let him become big in the local area. As for Zhu Guangfu, if he really has the ability to calm Guizhou, the king might as well treat one or two kindly...... This kind of gang boss, after all, has the ambition to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, which is different from Du Wenxiu. ”

This was originally a religious issue, although Zhu Guangfu was mostly a pretended descendant of Zhu Ming (or not, Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of descendants), but after all, he still has the ambition of restoring his sight, and he belongs to the united front with Zhu Ming and has no religious conflict. Moreover, Zhu Jishi's power far exceeds that of Zhu Guangfu, and the position of the supreme leader of the Zhu Ming Group is indisputable at all, so it doesn't hurt to let Zhu Guangfu feel free in Guizhou for a few days for the time being. But Du Wenxiu is different, he and Zhu Ming have nothing to do with each other, but the leader of the sect in Dali, and the basis he relies on is not the strength of the gang with the purpose of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, but the strength of the sect that is self-contained. If it is allowed to grow in Yunnan, it is very likely to turn Yunnan into an independent kingdom of the Du family.

"Just according to the military advisor." Zhu Jishi thought for a moment, and still accepted Luo Zenan's suggestion, "Strategist, go back and personally draw up a will for Du Wenxiu, just say that King Gu wants him to be the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the Ottoman Empire, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire also leads the position of caliph, and the holy city of Mecca is also within the territory of the Ottoman Empire."

Also, is there any news from Beijing? (To be continued......)