After the Great Dynasty was changed to a biennial meeting, many important ministers were able to return to Beijing.

Because it is already a common practice, there is no need for Zhu Houzhao to make an order one by one, they will clearly state this matter in the above recital, which probably means that the emperor and his ministers see that the day is coming, and I will leave to meet you.

Some people will add something else, such as: Your Majesty, we have recently produced something good here, and it can't grow in Beijing, so I'll bring you one for you to see.

Zhu Houzhao's instructions every time are: People can come, and they are not allowed to bring things.

Now that Yan Song is from Guizhou, he can go to Beijing, and he is basically not a bad person.

However, the emperor has been obviously concerned about this security situation recently, and important officials of the imperial court in Sichuan, Guizhou, Liangguang, Liaodong and other frontier places have entered the palace one after another to see the emperor.

The Tusi system mentioned by Yan Song does not only exist in Guizhou, but also in Guangxi, Sichuan, Liaodong, Gansu and even Xiangxi.

Toast, the title of the chieftain, is not just one or two, but there are a thousand or so.

This amount was actually intentional by the imperial court, and its effect was somewhat similar to the Tui'en Decree implemented in the early Han Dynasty - the smaller the Tusi were, it was better than one large Tusi in one province.

Of course, some of the more than 1,000 toasts are big, some are small, some are proud of the court, and some have to gnaw a piece of meat from the court. So the reality is quite complicated.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because of the strong national strength, the policy of expansion was implemented in the northwest, northeast, southwest and south directions.

But after all these hundred years, it's hard to really take these things out and look at them in detail - in fact, many emperors may not be willing to take them out.

“…… From full expansion to full contraction, it is still less than 100 years. I don't want to revisit the past, but now that the past is gone, I don't need to talk about it again, but I want to talk about the future today. ”

Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is subject to basic moral constraints, Jiaozhi, Hetao, Hami and other regions, you can say that you take it back, but don't go into details about who lost it, otherwise wouldn't it make the ancestors lose face?

“… This time, the Marquis of Jinglu won a great victory in the northwest, and I made up my mind to expand the cities in Hami and Xizhou (Tulupan), and attract the Han people, and the Ming Dynasty would implement real rule. Otherwise, people write a few sentences, say two long live, and send us away, we feel that Siyi is a guest, but we don't know that people still laugh at Daming is just a better hypocrisy.

I have also been thinking about why the Han dynasty has always been able to fight remote areas, but they can't hold them, or they can't hold them for a long time. The point is that those places are not suitable for farming. But in today's Zhengde Dynasty, this problem should not exist, the Han people are hard-working, smart and witty, in addition to farming, isn't the business also doing well? Haimao confirms this. And since sea trade can enrich the national treasury, why can't the trade routes on land be? ”

The emperor has already set the direction for the future.

The words are full of tendencies to use soldiers.

This is actually very unpopular among the literati.

According to the situation of this year's treasury, even if two battles have been fought in a row, it is still not a problem to have two more local wars this year.

And it didn't impose any additional pay.

It really has to be used to a large extent, and the 500,000-strong army will be organized.

In this situation, it was also difficult for them to prevent the emperor from using troops.

But Wenchen has never been the lord of 'fear of things', hearing the emperor say this, He Jian, the head of the household department, has panicked, "Your Majesty, the remote places on the border have always been controlled by the chieftains of the barbarians, and there have been ancient precepts during the Han-Hun dispute, saying: The land is not wide enough, and the number of people is not strong, since the ancient Buddha." What is the use of such a land minister? If you insist on doing so, it will lead to a rebellion by the border people, resulting in constant wars and a waste of national strength! ”

Zhu Houzhao was still relaxed, "He Shangshu don't be in such a hurry, I said so many places in one breath, and it doesn't take a year to finish it, let alone directly send a large army to kill it, otherwise our monarchs and ministers don't need to discuss it today, just order the transfer of troops." The reason why the Cabinet and the six ministries were convened today, as well as the dignitaries of the DPRK and the Central Committee and the local dignitaries, was to divide them into different categories and adopt different strategies for different localities. The strategy here is not only the method, but also the time. Rest assured. ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The minister is thinking, Your Majesty's intention today is to clarify the specific relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Quartet. ”

"Yes, that's understandable."

"That's not all about conquest, is it?" He Jian asked in a trembling voice.

Yan Song added: "Some of the toasts themselves learn Chinese characters and Xiao Han rites, and their hearts are towards the imperial court, meaning to belong to the Central Plains. So, of course, not all of them will be conquered. ”

Zhou Shangwen also said: "Also, the imperial court's control over some areas is still there, and there may be no need for a large army. For example, Liaodong. ”

Generally speaking, many people feel that the Ming Dynasty lost control of Liaodong after the abolition of the Nuer Gandusi, but this is not the case.

Nuer Gandu Division is essentially a pacification institution, not a military institution, and the abolition of it does not mean that it does not control the guards there, in fact, until the Wanli year, the control of the Liaodong Capital Division has always existed.

Otherwise, what kind of courtier of the Ming Dynasty was Nurhachi? It's not that the situation is stronger than people, and I have to bow my head.

However, the guards in the area of the former Nuer Gandusi are indeed more like the Tusi system, that is, the imperial court uses chiefs to reflect the rule over the local area.

When taxes and troops are really to be levied, the problem arises. If you give money, maybe you can do it, but if you don't give money, some guards will ignore you.

And the reason why Zhu Houzhao had to trouble these people was because it was indeed these nominally Ming courtiers in the southwest and northeast who were in turmoil.

There is the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Banzhou in the southwest, and he himself is a big toast.

There is no need to mention the Northeast, it basically wants the life of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has this opportunity, of course he can't do nothing.

However, the Tusi system is a basic system that has lasted for more than a thousand years, and it is impossible to change it suddenly, as Yan Song said, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and the army can't enter, how to conquer? Even if the war is won, it will be difficult to rule effectively because of the lack of transportation.

This is what he said about categorization, those who should be appeased are temporarily appeased, and those who should be cleaned up should be cleaned up quickly.

It's not that it's simple and rude, and it's a tendon that wants to start a big war, in this sense, they are indeed not fooling He Jian and other old ministers.

"He Shangshu, do you understand?"

He Jian said: "Having said that, the imperial court's policy has turned tough, and border wars are inevitable after all. ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about this.

"Yan Song."

"The minister is here."

"You have been in a remote area for several years, and the advantages and disadvantages of the toast system and how the imperial court should deal with it must be in your heart. Today, the core of our Daming is here, listen to it. I will say one more thing, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, I am the Zhu family, naturally I want to open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty and cut off this threat for future generations, otherwise, do you want to be a weak lord who is satisfied in a corner? ”

The emperor's words were a little harsh, and the palace suddenly became a lot quieter.

(End of chapter)