Zhu Houzhao could feel that several people had their eyes on Wang Wei, the head of the cabinet, but Wang Wei stood with his arms down, nothing unusual, and he didn't seem to express any opinions.

It seems that there are also benefits to using such people as heads.

Having said that, if the imperial court wants to change the Tusi system that has never been changed, it is actually difficult to be recognized by everyone at once, and Zhu Houzhao's words have not formed a trend of crowding.

Probably they still have doubts in their hearts.

Yang Tinghe has always been calm and sober, not to mention the rest, he said: "The system of toast has existed since ancient times, and the harm of toast is indeed a fact." On the side of the couch, others are not allowed to sleep soundly, and His Majesty wants to get rid of the scourge of leading tens of thousands of toasts, and the minister thinks that it should be done. However, the Tusi are all over the seven provinces, both southeast and northwest, and the large and small Tusi, no less than thousands, dozens of ethnic groups, folk languages are not understood. Say you want to change, where to change? If you want to change, where will you change? ”

"Well," Zhu Houzhao immediately affirmed him, "Elder Yang Ge has always either not spoken, and as soon as he speaks, his head will be cleared up a lot. That's a good question, and it goes to my heart. I just told He Shangshu that today's discussion is not for the purpose of fighting a big war, as long as the goal is achieved, it is best not to fight. So this approach is very important, and the direction is also very important.

The problem of toast is complex, but no matter how complex the problem is, there are only a few ways. First of all, the direction of the imperial court cannot be changed, there is only one: changing the land officials to the flow officials, is to change the land and return to the stream. This is my wish, even if the historian does not write about my good, I will not blame, just now Yan Song said, the chief is not a good person, it is nominally part of the Ming Dynasty, it is my territory, and it is my people who live.

In the Central Plains, if the officials I have taken and cultivated myself have taken care of people's lives, I will still blame them. Why do these toasts harm the people, so they have to let it go? It doesn't make sense. Even if any of you say any truth, I will not admit it, resolutely refuse it, and even kill it! ”

The last sentence was said by Zhu Houzhao heavily.

"If you govern the country with the Tao, this is called being the master of the people and doing the right thing for the sky, if you govern the country with art, this is called winning the hearts of the people, and if the people are at peace, the world will be safe. It is to change the land and return to the stream resolutely and immutablely, I can't finish it in this life, and I have to leave a will, and I want the kings of future generations to do it. ”

The words of the Son of Heaven seem to give confidence to military attaches such as Chengguo Gong and Jingyu Hou, as long as the imperial court continues to use troops, they will have a steady stream of credit.

Cheng Guogong simply showed his attitude, he said: "The noble family lives and dies with the Ming Dynasty, and the old minister is willing to drive forward for His Majesty and pacify the disloyal ministers!" ”

"Whether it's flat or not, that comes with what I'm going to say next. The goal of changing the land and returning it to the river has been decided, and there are no more than two means used, either to requisition or appeasement. ”

Yang Tinghe quickly realized that something was wrong, "Tusi all over the Ming Dynasty call themselves ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and since they have been called ministers, how can they be appeased?" ”

This is universal self-comfort.

The reason is also very simple: they are obviously subordinate to you!

Zhu Houzhao disagreed, "During the Hongwu period, the imperial court stipulated that when the old Tusi died, the attackers would be ordered to enter Beijing, did they enter Beijing?" No, how did I hear that some toasts, when the husband dies, the wife will replace herself, what does this mean? In order to avoid disasters in the future, what does it mean to ask the court for canonization? Chop before play? Or is it a substitute for the overstepping?

In addition, the imperial court stipulated the amount of Tusi tribute, and the number of tributes was also set since Hongzhi, but the tribute expired, and the tribute was not counted, which happened frequently. It can be said that the imperial court's control over these places is far less than that of the Central Plains. Even these people themselves still have some temper, and they still have to raise troops to attack Ming, which is sometimes in orthodoxy, so won't Zhengde have it? There will be no after Zhengde? ”

"Your Majesty means ......"

Zhu Houzhao has already thought about it, "My meaning is simple, either don't set the rules, or you must implement them." ”

Yang Tinghe frowned, if it is more serious, it must be a war, and the battle will not be small, and the key means are too intense, which is easy to cause these people to jointly resist.

He was about to say something when Yan Song opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." ”

"Say."

"Yes. His Majesty said two strategies, one is to conquest, and the other is to appease. I thought it might be possible to change the story. Yan Song's mouth curled, "Change to determine the world with martial arts, and educate people with culture." The so-called martial arts, needless to say. The so-called culture and education, or appeasement, are not necessarily limited to being ministers, but to educate more. For example, when Tusi enters Beijing to attack Feng, the imperial court can make conditions and constraints on the inheritor, such as learning Chinese, Confucianism, Ming loyalty and filial piety, and Xiaojun and minister's righteousness, so that such people can inherit. ”

"I remember that in the past, there was also such a rule, encouraging Tusi to study in the country."

"In the past, it was for co-optation, but now it is for assimilation. The reason is also very simple, Tusi is a Ming official, correspondence, His Majesty sees the monarch, if he can't read words and can't make sense, then how can he do it? And if it is not followed, it will be changed to the rule of the officials, and if it is still not followed, it will be punished. And so on. ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed into a smile.

This is the method that Yan Song had secretly played with him before.

There is nothing to say about the conquest, and at this point it is a military issue. The key lies in appeasement, and the strategy of appeasement is accompanied by a number of detailed methods.

For example, if you make a certain provision for the toast, if you don't listen, you will be reassigned to a liuguan, and the liuguan will govern it, or if you resist, you will be beaten. If they all listen, it is basically a peaceful retraction.

Because there are many of these detailed methods.

Wang Hua asked, "How to understand this and so on?" ”

Yan Song saluted his seniors, "As Your Majesty said just now, the people of the Ming Dynasty are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and how the Ming Dynasty manages the officials of the Central Plains will manage the officials of the Tusi." Since the Qin and Han dynasties, has there been a generation that allowed the officials under his rule to be tyrannical and indulgent, and to be powerful? Can there be a generation that allows officials to expropriate and forcibly occupy and wantonly harsh factions? But there was a generation that allowed officials to privately build a local army and specialize in robbery and killing?! ”

After three consecutive questions, he turned to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that since the Ming Dynasty is China and Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, he should inherit the mandate of heaven, obey the will of the people, and strictly stipulate the boundaries of Tusi's actions. But I can only have one emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and I can't accommodate so many earth emperors! ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and even looked at the old ministers with a little smugness, which seemed to say, how about it, I am not just joking with a mediocre person about national affairs, right?

I really don't dare to refute the three words of the Emperor Tu, this is a major issue of principle.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if you understand Yan Song's words, but I understand. To put it more simply, that is, the court wants to govern those places well, and the Tusi who are willing to go the same way with the court, not only will I not ask for it, but I will also double the reward, and if I don't want to, then the court must also have an attitude.

I don't like the concept of the world's territory, this word makes my head swell, he received the land that is nominally the Ming Dynasty, so what do I receive? It is still necessary to figure it out, it is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and my monarchs and ministers should not spend half of their minds, since it is the Ming Dynasty, then it will be well governed, and the land should be given to the people, and the Confucian sacred school and the style of the Han family should be set up.

The Cabinet is going to do it. Set rules for the toast, open a department in the local area, and take troops. The people obtained by Kaike can be sent back to be officials, and the local officials are also officials of the imperial court, and I should also appoint them. The Tusi in various places also provided strong soldiers to the imperial court according to the scale of their own households, and they were also awarded the same title if they made meritorious contributions on the battlefield. In a word, since he is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he has to listen to the dispatch of the imperial court. When will this specific rule be set? Wang Wei, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cong, you are elders, tell me the time. ”

Wang Wei, who had not spoken, finally raised his eyebrows, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a question, please ask Your Majesty's will." ”

"Say."

"The matter of changing the land and returning to the river is very susceptible to fierce resistance from the Tusi in various places, and even causes constant wars. Even so, do you still have to change? ”

Zhu Houzhao: "If you want to change, whether it is salute first and then soldiers, or first soldiers and then salute, you must change." ”

"Then let's salute before we fight. The old minister also thought about it carefully, if the imperial court first made it easy and then difficult, small first and then large, and near first and then far, step by step. ”

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what method you use, it's the most important thing to achieve the goal.

"Who's the hardest?" The Emperor asked a murderous word.

I don't know which one is easy, which one is difficult, and how to make it easy first and then difficult, and as an emperor, he must care about the most difficult ones, and it is easy to do it normally.

(End of chapter)