Since the Lantern Festival, the emperor has also summoned his courtiers, and Zhengde has seen the ministers with diligence, and it is almost rare to see the ministers for two or three days in a row. However, there are not too many people like this, almost crowded with the Qianqing Palace, and most of them are still looking for whoever is involved.

Today is different.

In fact, Yang Tinghe was right, the original intention of the Son of Heaven was to fundamentally reshape the frontier policy of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is said that in the past, they almost lived together together, then this discussion is to make this matter clear, the attitude of the emperor, and the attitude of the court.

This is actually a huge benefit.

The country has a clear external tone, as long as it persists for three or five years, the courtiers will have a concept, and if it persists for ten years, the people will know what kind of country they are in, and if they persist for twenty years, the concept of a martial and powerful nation will be engraved in the blood of many people.

Just think about it, a person should admit in twenty years that since he was sensible, everything he has seen and felt is powerful, so it is difficult for this entire generation to accept that he will be weak again.

On the other hand, if it is not clear, it is not only the imperial court is not clear, but also the officials in charge of specific affairs, they do not have a basic principle of dealing with foreign-related incidents, everything is waiting for the decision of the Son of Heaven in Beijing, sometimes some people also conceal some things and do not report, others do not know the attitude of the Son of Heaven, even if they find out, they do not know whether to sue or not, everything is messy, this is really a low governance ability, and it does not show the so-called prosperous situation.

As far as Yan Song is concerned, he knows that he has a place in the emperor's heart, and he has been studying for many years, so it can be regarded as a pride in life to have such an opportunity to be promoted, and he has done this thing in history, so he has always been extra attentive.

The Son of Heaven sat upright, the ministers stood solemnly, and all eyes were on him.

The thin face and dark skin have become the capital of his many years of experience at this moment.

At some point, a voice rang out.

"Toast, fetters also. Bondage, Ma Luotou also; 縻, 牛纼也 (pronounced zhen, four sounds, meaning the rope that leads the livestock), the purpose of the four yi such as the cattle and horses are bound, this is the original meaning of the bondage, since the Qin and Han dynasties have been handed down to the present. The southwest Yi of Qin, the king of Dian of Han, etc., all came out of this. I can also chase the Qin and Han dynasties as far as the Tusi system, and the Tusi officials have consolation, appeasement, appeasement, solicitation, etc., and the people used are all the chiefs of the Tusi. However, during the Qin and Han dynasties, the local chieftains were only slightly restrained, mainly to co-opt them so that they would not have different intentions. It was gradually strengthened in the Tang and Song dynasties, and it was not until the former Yuan and our Ming Dynasty that there was a relatively strict management and rule.

I Ming Dynasty Tusi set up, originally from Huguang, Wu Yuan, Sizhou Tian ghost father, Taizu before the Yuan Yuan official granted, and then the Yuan in various places placed in the comfort, pacification, in charge of the division of the subordinate has been surrendered, over the past 100 years, the Ming Dynasty has been in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Huguang and Shaanxi seven provinces all over the Tusi, a total of more than 1,000 large and small Tusi, the Northeast Yuan Nuer Gandu Division, the Northwest Yuan Guanxi Qiwei, there are also a little similar to the Tusi system. ”

As soon as he said this, the basic concept was there.

Zhu Houzhao interjected at the right time, "Look, Da Ming just asked these toasts to be fenced off." ”

Yan Song bowed his hand to him, and then continued, "Tusi has its historical reasons, the Qin and Han dynasties were sparsely populated, and the land was not as extensive as it is today. At that time, it was a by-law to accept but not rebel, and to rebel and abandon but not chase. However, since the Tang and Song dynasties, the southwest gradually prospered, and in the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that Yang Yi Yi Yi and two said, Yang is Yangzhou, and the benefit is Chengdu, and the remote people are also widely blended with the Han people, and even once the Central Plains is in chaos, the local area will stand on its own. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and Nanzhao, and in the Song Dynasty, Dali and Western Xia.

Therefore, the minister dares to be sure that only by continuing to strengthen local control while being strong can we avoid the division of the frontier and damage the national prestige of our Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty!" Wang Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, and he said worriedly: "Yan Weizhong's words may be reasonable, but as he said, the Tusi system has been around for thousands of years, and the chieftains of various places have dominated their lands and their people. ”

Zhu Houzhao was unmoved, "Wang Shangshu, aren't we here today to solve the problem of 'fierce resistance' you said?" I gave an order, I didn't want to supervise its implementation, but I resisted it fiercely, such a place can also become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, can such a courtier also be called my loyal minister? ”

"Not bad! The minister has been in Guizhou for several years, and has personally seen Guizhou Xuanwei Si'an's clan, Banzhou's Xuanwei Si'an's Yang clan, Sinan's Xuanwei Sitian clan, as well as Sichuan Mingzheng Xuanwei Sijia's clan, Jianchang Luoluo Xuanwei Si'an clan and other Tusi, their jurisdictions are either hundreds of miles or hundreds of li, and they have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, so they are often arrogant and arrogant and dominate one side.

Don't you hear that when the orthodoxy was in Luchuan Pingmi, the Si Si clan was comforted, according to the border hundreds of miles, expanding the land and killing and plundering the people, and it took eight years for the imperial court to be pacified. Lijiang Tu Governor Mu Shi, the territory is hundreds of miles round, the beauty of the palace, intended to be the king!

There are also many toasts who abuse the local people and do everything. Safari drinking, shooting people for fun. And when he saw that his wife was beautiful, he killed his subordinates to take his wife. With such debauchery, corruption, and evil, do I want to send such beasts as officials? ”

Yan Song's words were more or less loud.

Mainly, those places are the only ones he has been to.

He said that it was so, who would dare to say that it was wrong? You haven't seen it, people have seen it.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao himself also has some understanding, the so-called Tusi rule, in fact, is somewhat similar to serfdom, the local people and livestock are not much better than the basics, not to mention that the feudal system in the Central Plains is dark now, compared with those people, at least people are people who can walk upright, and some areas treat people as livestock, bending over to carry people, which is normal.

And in Zhu Houzhao's heart, or in his original education, those places are our territory, and those people are also our compatriots, they have suffered like this, should they indulge in words like "Shengshi" and "Holy Monarch", and ignore them completely?

Taking a step back, even if he doesn't care about expanding the territory and expanding the territory for eternity, he just does this thing well, then it will be a great merit, right?

Thinking of those cruel facts, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but breathe a little fast, and his eyes began to change, "I have always said that the policy of benefiting the people is not to retreat from the danger, but to stick to it, this matter is a great thing in Zhengde, and what is so terrible about the thousands of toasts, I will do a little this year, and a little next year, will it be possible?!" Oh, I don't believe in this evil! ”

(End of chapter)