Zhang Yifan listened, thought for a while, and then said in that categorical tone: "Father, when the imperial court conquers the southwest, it must not compromise with Tusi, thinking that Tusi will let him have a hereditary territory if he returns to the imperial court, absolutely not!" ”

"Oh?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his brows furrowed, and he immediately asked, "What is the reason for saying it so absolutely?" ”

On the other side, when Li Shanchang heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart. Sure enough, I guessed it right, this big colt is a hardliner in the face of foreign races, yes!

You must know that when they discussed just now, the agreement reached between them and the emperor was that in order to deal with the remnants of the Mengyuan entrenched in the southwest, it was necessary to win over the local Tusi, as long as the Tusi returned to the Ming Dynasty, they would be allowed to be hereditary, and they would listen to the Xuan or not.

But now, as soon as the big horse opened his mouth, he directly vetoed this practice, which obviously violated the emperor's will, and did a great job!

Li Shanchang thought so in his heart, he was very proud, and he held back the happiness in his heart, looked at Zhang Yifan, and saw how he continued to be a demon?

I really don't understand military affairs, I think it's a game! If that's the case, who wants to compromise?

At this time, he saw Zhang Yifan with a serious face, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "Father, now the imperial court is strong, so the southwest Tusi will be forced to return to the imperial court." However, my father thought about it, this is because the court is strong, and the toast will be soft. If the imperial court is not so powerful one day, will these toasts, who are like local soil emperors, still obey the will of the imperial court? ”

This matter, in fact, is not absolute. For example, Qin Liangyu, the most famous female general in the late Ming Dynasty, was the wife of Tusi, who led the stone pillar soldiers to fight for the imperial court in the south and north after Tusi died.

However, this is just an example, and Qin Liangyu is actually Han. Therefore, he had the idea of being loyal to the monarch and serving the country, and taught his son to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country.

The real toast, or rather, the vast majority of toasts, is as Zhang Yifan said, when the court is weak, they don't listen to the court's orders, and even rebel.

It is said that the Ming Dynasty was dragged down by the war in Liaodong, which means that these people did not see the chaos of the Southwest Tusi at all.

In the three major expeditions of Wanli, there was a Tusi rebellion, and the later Lu'an Rebellion was to restrain the grain, grass, materials and troops in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for several years, and then the Tusi Rebellion in the southwest has been rebelling one after another. The last Shapu Rebellion did not end until after the Southern Ming Dynasty, when it was suppressed by the troops of Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, who returned to the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Actually, it's not, after Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there are actually clans that continue to erect the banner of the Ming Dynasty and insist on the southwest, but in the end, it was also plagued by the local Tusi.

Like all of the above, others don't know, but Zhang Yifan is clear, because of this Tusi policy in the early Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many disasters have been left for future generations, and I don't know how much brains have been hurt by changing the land and returning to the stream.

Now Zhang Yifan has traveled to the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he has enough right to speak to influence the Ming policy, how can he not try his best to oppose this Tusi policy!

As for what Zhu Yuanzhang cares about, Zhang Yifan is clear. Therefore, the reason for his persuasion directly hit the nail on the head of Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, it will affect the survival of the Ming Dynasty, old man and classmate, do you still care?

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard his words, he immediately fell into deep thought, obviously, he didn't think about this matter from this perspective before.

And Li Shanchang was also taken aback when he heard it. He knew Zhu Yuanzhang, and as soon as he heard Zhang Yifan's persuasion, he immediately knew that this reason would definitely move Zhu Yuanzhang.

But for him, Ben was also expected.

Zhu Di was the only one who listened to it and was a little dissatisfied. This brother-in-law, how can he always feel that his juniors must not be able to compare to his father! Don't you know the saying that blue is better than blue?

He looked at Zhang Yifan a little unpleasantly, thinking about letting this brother-in-law see his ability!

Zhang Yifan saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking, so he opened his mouth and said: "Father, now at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, my military strength is at its peak, and there are many famous generals, it is really a good time to expand the territory. If you compromise with the enemy at this time, it will leave hidden dangers for the Ming Dynasty, and it will be even more difficult for the future generations to keep the king! ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, stared at him, and said solemnly: "Do you know that the terrain in the southwest is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and the mountains and mountains are even more restrictive to the terrain. As a local force, Tusi has a decisive impact on which side it falls! When the imperial court cleans up the remnants of Mengyuan, and then cleans up the toast alone, it won't be so difficult! ”

The implication of his words is actually to tell Zhang Yifan that fighting a war is not as easy as you think, and whoever you say can be destroyed. Those toasts are not easy to deal with.

As a result, after Zhang Yifan heard his words, he showed a trace of disdain, and immediately replied loudly: "Father, the credit of the court should not be taken lightly. If I promise the toast now, and then regret it later, can other toasts and fanbangs still believe in me in the future? This is not advisable either! ”

Speaking of this, he said in a very firm tone: "Toast, the local chicken and the dog, as long as the strategy is right, it is easy to solve the toast!" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately became a little angry, and pointed at Deng Yu, the Duke of Weiguo, and said, "You ask Deng Qing to see, is the toast a local chicken and tile dog?" ”

If Zhang Yifan speaks now, the credibility will be very high, after all, there are political achievements in Xiangshan County, but in terms of actually leading the troops to fight, Zhang Yifan has no experience at all, he is only 20 years old, just talking about everything in vain, who believes it?

No, even Deng Yu, a famous general of the generation, said with a serious expression after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "The big horse has never been to the southwest, where the roads are steep and the traffic is extremely inconvenient. In a head-to-head battle, the imperial court officials and soldiers are not afraid of any enemy, but in the high mountains and mountains in the southwest, miasma poisonous insects, if they are enemies with the Tusi army as a local, if they do not fight hard with the imperial court, the battle situation is unpredictable! ”

Zhang Yifan listened, and said with a smile: "I know this, so I said, only by adopting the right strategy, those toasts are just chickens and dogs!" ”

When Deng Yu heard this, he was a little curious, as a famous general with troops, he wanted to know what good way the big horse would do in a war that even he felt was not easy to fight?

So, he immediately asked, "Dare to ask the big horse, what is the right strategy to use to turn those toasts into local chickens and dogs?" ”

Everyone else pricked up their ears and wanted to hear what Zhang Yifan answered. Because they can't think of a way to beat the local toast as a local chicken and tile dog in that kind of terrain?

I only heard that Zhang Yifan didn't face his question directly, turned his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then said seriously: "Father, my son, I heard that the territory under the jurisdiction of the Tusi in the southwest is actually mostly serfdom, not only does not have its own grain fields, but is also enslaved by the Tusi, and life is extremely hard. In this case, isn't the imperial court implementing the law of returning grain land to the public? As long as the imperial court treats the people in the Tusi jurisdiction equally, and promises that after returning to the imperial court, they will also be able to share the grain fields and live a better life than before. Will they still follow the toast against the imperial court? ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

No one expected that Da Concubine's strategy against Tusi was not about how to use military power to fight the Tusi army, but to politically disintegrate the Tusi internally.

This is an idea that they have never thought of. For a while, everyone was thinking about this matter according to the line of thought mentioned by Zhang Yifan, and no one spoke.

Zhang Yifan saw that they were all thinking, so he continued: "The reason why he is afraid of toast is not because he has people under him. And those serfs are definitely the overwhelming majority of the number in the Tusi territory. As long as they are deprived of their wealth, given to them some of it, and improve their lives, will they refuse to live a better life than before? ”

"From another point of view, the imperial court has decided to promote the law of returning grain fields to the public, so the imperial court has laid down the territory of Tusi, so it is natural to implement the law of returning grain fields to the public, tell them in advance, let them believe that the imperial court will indeed do something, will they not be submitted?"

When Zhang Yifan said this, he raised his voice a little, both emphasizing and concluding: "Therefore, Erchen thinks that the difficulty of conquering the southwest is actually to win the hearts of the people. This people's heart is not the heart of Tusi, but the people's heart of ordinary people, who account for the vast majority of the population. The imperial court has a strong military backing, and it is not too difficult to do this! ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, a smile already appeared on his face, nodded and said: "Yifan's words are reasonable, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Tusi is not terrible, as long as it affects the hearts of the people in the southwest, then Mengyuan and Tusi in the southwest are not afraid!" ”

No one understands the importance of the phrase "whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world" better than Zhu Yuanzhang.

He was able to stand out from the crowd at the end of the Yuan Dynasty by winning the hearts of the people.

At the beginning of the turmoil, Zhu Yuanzhang was strict with military discipline, and always attached importance to military discipline and strictly implemented it. In this regard, there is a very famous saying: It is better to oppose Hu Dahai than to destroy military discipline.

You must know that Hu Dahai is one of his most famous generals, and he also recommended Liu Bowen and others, who are Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates who attach great importance to.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a good hand in this regard, and as soon as he was reminded by Zhang Yifan at this time, he immediately had an idea.

If he can easily solve the enemy, he will definitely not compromise with the enemy. As for treating everyone equally, the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang has always been an attitude of treating everyone equally.

For all ethnic groups, as long as they can serve the Ming Dynasty, they will not be considered their origins. For example, Mongolia has always been the most important enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but the original county commander of Panyu County is not the Mongols; There is also an army composed entirely of Mongols in the capital camp of the Yongle Emperor.

On the issue of how to deal with the Southwest Tusi, with Zhu Yuanzhang's affirmation of Zhang Yifan's proposal, there is no suspense about the countermeasures to this matter.

As for how to do it, Zhang Yifan doesn't care, with Zhu Yuanzhang's ability, he will naturally make proper arrangements.

Li Shanchang saw that this matter had come to an end, and although Zhang Yifan was strong, he was recognized by the emperor. And he also has brains, and feels that the method proposed by Zhang Yifan is indeed a desirable way.

I'm afraid that this toast strategy will not affect Zhang Yifan. As soon as he rolled his eyes, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, what should the Goryeo envoy do?" Goryeo not only used the name of the Mengyuan era, but also killed my Ming envoy like the Wa State, if the Goryeo envoy is put back, how will the Wa envoy deal with it? ”

This imperial meeting was mainly to discuss the pieces found in the study of the former prime minister Hu Weiyong, and there was a stack of them, which was related to military affairs, involving Tusi, Goryeo, Wa and Mengyuan, and so on.

At this time, when Zhang Yifan heard this, he was a little surprised: "Goryeo also killed our Ming envoy?" ”

He remembered that a few years after this Goryeo, Toutie dared to attack the Daming Tielingwei, and there were only about 50,000 troops, but he turned around halfway, and ran back directly to change the dynasty, and North Korea replaced Goryeo.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan didn't have a good impression of Goryeo, but at this time, he also heard that Goryeo had killed the Ming envoy.

When Li Shanchang heard his question, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "Goryeo had already surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, but the previous King of Goryeo was killed, and the current King of Goryeo not only colluded with Meng Yuan and used the name of Meng Yuan, but also killed the envoy sent by my Ming Dynasty to buy horses. ”

In February of the 10th year of Hongwu, the current king of Goryeo, Wang Yu, was canonized by the Northern Yuan as the left prime minister of the eastern province and the king of Goryeo.

However, Goryeo stepped on two boats, and at the same time paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and asked for a seal, but after Zhu Yuanzhang learned that King Gongchou was killed and the Ming envoy was killed, he was even more suspicious of Goryeo, and the envoy was detained and not canonized.

If in the original history, in the eleventh year of Hongwu, the Northern Yuan Emperor Aiyu Zhili Dala (Zhaozong) died, and the Ming Dynasty also released the detained envoys of Goryeo, Goryeo resumed the use of the Hongwu era name.

But on this plane, Emperor Mengyuan Aiyu Zhili Dala did not die when he was thirty-nine years old, and the Ming Dynasty, because of the matter of the Wa Kingdom, because of the matter of killing the Ming envoy, was sprayed by Zhang Yifan, which affected the Goryeo side, and also killed the Ming envoy, therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the Goryeo side.

At this time, when discussing these things in front of the emperor, Li Shanchang took advantage of Zhang Yifan's presence and brought up this matter again.

In fact, at this time, Goryeo was a great force influencing Liaodong.

is a bit similar to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty wanted to conquer the remnants of the Mengyuan in Liaodong, so he wanted to win over Goryeo, which is why in the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang finally released the Goryeo envoy.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Meng Yuan is the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, in the Wuying Palace, in the face of the Goryeo question thrown by Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang was also interested in knowing what Zhang Yifan meant, so he looked at Zhang Yifan and asked: "Yifan, this Goryeo is not comparable to Toast, what do you think?" ”