Hepu County.

Zhu Biao remembered what Li Jin said before, and still felt a little shocked.

After Li Jin proposed to change the land and return it to the stream, Zhu Biao attached great importance to it, and he believed that this policy could completely calm the Tusi problem in the southwest region.

For this reason, Zhu Biao even wrote a note to Zhu Yuanzhang to report the matter.

It's just that Zhu Biao thinks that the southwest Tusi is full of barbarians and should use the way of sages to educate, so Zhu Biao plans to recruit scholars from all over the country to serve as the flow officials of the southwest Turen.

However, Li Jin raised objections.

Li Jin believes that the most suitable candidates for liuguan are not scholars, but those natives who originally lived at the bottom.

Zhu Biao dislikes these natives, after all, they don't even know Chinese characters, how can they be qualified to hold official positions?

Li Jin told Zhu Biao that now that the land reform has just been implemented, the most important thing is not to manage the Tusi well, but to give the system of the Liuguan first.

These natives are originally the bottom of the toast, have no roots, are easy to control, and are native-born locals, who can deal well with everyone in the toast.

And most importantly, to be able to give a good example to the local natives, telling them that as long as they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, then they also have the opportunity to become liuguan.

As for the issue of Chinese characters, it is completely possible to have an adjutant and find a local Han Chinese who understands Chinese characters, and the two can cooperate with each other, and they do not need to make much contribution, as long as they can spend the first three years of the land reform and return to the river.

Then the policy of changing the land and returning it to the river will gradually take root in the hearts of the people in the southwest, and only then can the ideological concepts of these local people be completely changed, and only then can the method of changing the land and returning it to the river be regarded as a great success.

Zhu Biao was persuaded by Li Jin, and he drew more than 1,000 loyal and reliable natives from the army of natives he had recruited.

Although these people are not very educated, they are very familiar with the local area, they are from the lowest level of the local people, and they also know what the lowest level of the local people need.

Because of this, the 300,000 natives in Hepu County changed their land and returned to the river, which became very smooth, although there were occasional fights, but with the help of these natives, Zhu Biao quickly quelled the riots of these natives.

Until Li Jin went south to Annan, Zhu Biao was still tirelessly dealing with the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream, until he received a letter from Zhu Di.

Zhu Biao did not have the slightest surprise at Zhu Di's occupation of Hanoi, after all, the last battle of Wadao was enough to prove the strength of the Ming Navy.

Expeditions of thousands of kilometers can destroy their country and destroy their species, not to mention that Annan is under the nose of the Ming Dynasty, with the assistance of the powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty, Annan is equivalent to being completely defenseless for the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Zhu Di invited him to Hanoi to discuss the occupation of Annan, Zhu Biao thought for a moment, and finally decided to hand over the matter to Li Jin to deal with.

Now that the land reform and return to Hepu County has reached the most critical moment, Zhu Biao does not want to leave at this time, and for the division of Annan, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Li Jin, Lanyu and others have already discussed it.

Everything can be carried out according to the previous plan, he thinks that although Annan is good, it is not as important as the southwest Tusi of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Biao wrote a reply letter and entrusted Li Jin to be in charge of this matter full-time.

Then Zhu Biao wrote a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, telling all the causes and consequences of the Annan incident.

However, in the note, Zhu Biao did not write that before the war, Li Jin planned to slaughter the Annan royal family.

Just told Zhu Yuanzhang that the royal family of Annan was killed by the rebels, and the monarch of Annan was also burned to death by Hu Jiyu, the prime minister of Annan, and Annan had no suitable heir, so he asked to incorporate Annan into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

The two letters were delivered by Zhu Biao at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

...

Ying Tian, in the study.

Since the last time he learned that Li Jin led an army of 100,000 to attack Annan, Zhu Yuanzhang always felt a little uneasy recently.

Although Jin Yiwei's statement was because there was a rebellion in Annan, and it was his cousin who ordered the troops, Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that Li Jin's purpose was not so simple.

In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang has always called Liu Bowen to him, and mentioned the matter of Annan if he didn't have anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang hopes that Liu Bowen will help him analyze and analyze, what is the situation in Annan?

After all, the miasma is rampant in Annan, and it is unknown whether the Ming army can adapt to the climate of Annan.

If there were really heavy casualties in Annan, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably be even more restless.

Although Liu Bowen guessed Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, Liu Bowen was reluctant to say more, the last time he interceded for Li Jin, it had already made Zhu Yuanzhang unhappy, and if he touched his head again, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted Liu Bowen to solve his problems, but when he saw Liu Bowen's old god there, he found that his heart was even more blocked.

"Berwyn, don't stay there with your pestle all the time, we're calling you over, not for you to stand guard."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen's eyes and nose, nose and mouth, and couldn't help complaining:

"Don't you know why we called you here?"

Liu Bowen lowered his eyes, shook his head and said:

"Qi Yu is on top, the minister really doesn't know!"

"Okay, okay, we have to say it, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Liu Bowen just didn't speak, so he simply didn't pretend, and said directly:

"To tell you the truth, Li Jin has 100,000 troops in control, and there are tens of thousands of marines in Annam, so we don't have to worry."

"We want to make an order, transfer Li Jin and Fu Youde back, you give us an idea!"

Liu Bowen didn't want to get involved in this matter, because he knew that at this moment, in fact, withdrawing troops was not the best choice.

For Annan, either don't send troops, once you send troops, there will be no turning back, after all, if the authority of the Ming Dynasty wants to be maintained, it must ensure strong combat power.

If an army of 100,000 went on an expedition to Annam, but even Annan was not taken, wouldn't this make the world laugh?

But can Liu Bowen say this? No!

Because Liu Bowen knew Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, if the 100,000 army was in Fu Youde's hands, it would not be a big deal.

Because Fu Youde is Zhu Yuanzhang's old brother, Zhu Yuanzhang knows Fu Youde's temperament and will never betray him.

And even if Fu Youde betrays himself, Zhu Yuanzhang is not afraid, after all, no matter how powerful Fu Youde fights, he cannot be Zhu Yuanzhang's opponent.

But Li Jin is different.

Li Jin Liu Bowen can't see through it, Liu Bowen believes that Zhu Yuanzhang can't see through this son, otherwise he wouldn't be so jealous of Li Jin.

took advantage of Li Jin's mistake and directly uprooted Li Jin's foundation, and even Li Jin's family wealth was confiscated.

But Li Jin's ability is not only measurable by wealth, half of the army that swept across the four seas and destroyed Wadao was trained by Li Jin.

The guns and artillery he developed were even more appalling, so frightened that Zhu Yuanzhang almost transferred troops and leveled Shanghu County.

is such a person, and now he has an army of 100,000 in his hands, and Zhu Yuanzhang has just stolen his home, how can Zhu Yuanzhang be at ease?

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang staring at his eyes, Liu Bowen sighed lightly in his heart, and still said:

"Superior, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trusts Li Jin so much and lets him send troops, there shouldn't be any problems!"

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored."

"If you didn't send troops before, you might be able to recall Li Jinqi, but now that you have entered Annan, you can't withdraw your troops so easily."

"The sword cannot be easily unsheathed, and when it is unsheathed, it must see blood, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is the sword."

Liu Bowen spoke bitterly and wanted to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to change his mind, but Zhu Yuanzhang said this coldly:

"Annan is full of miasma, a wild land, and it is extremely easy to produce plagues."

"If an army of 100,000 is contaminated with the plague, who can afford this responsibility?"

"Have you forgotten the Jinyi Guard who returned from Annan? I went to so many people, but only one person came back alive, this kind of plague place, one more day of stay is more dangerous! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the army, but what he thought in his heart, Liu Bowen was clear.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he has already expressed his attitude, and what he wants is nothing more than to let Liu Bowen express his position.

After all, if there is really an accident in the future, Liu Bowen can take the blame.

It's just that although Liu Bowen is afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, he has a bookish spirit in his heart, even if he can figure out Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions, but he is unwilling to follow the crowd.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes gradually became gloomy, Liu Bowen still didn't say a word and didn't say a word.

"Hmph, yes, yes!"

Seeing that Liu Bowen did not enter the oil and salt, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and then said:

"Do you think that if you don't say it, we won't know what's going on in your heart?"

"Since you don't want to say it, we won't force you, you go and call Li Shanchang, we have something to tell him!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was bored with himself, and planned to find Li Shanchang directly and recall Li Jin through the draft of Zhongshu Province.

In any case, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to let Li Jin take charge of the army, even if he wanted to conquer Annan again in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang could appoint Lan Yu to go, instead of letting a prefect of Qinzhou serve as the general of the expedition to the south.

When Liu Bowen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to turn around and leave, but saw Mao Xiang walking in in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the 800-mile urgent secret music sent from Qinzhou!!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were immediately taken aback.

At this time, it should be the critical moment of Li Jinnan's expedition to Annan, at this time, there are actually 800 miles of urgency, could it be that something big happened in Annan?

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Jinyiwei's words before, and his face gradually sank, could it be because the 100,000-strong army was contaminated with the plague and suffered heavy casualties?

"Pick it up now!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was eager, and he couldn't wait to take the fold, and then read it carefully.

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw half of it, the whole person's face became obscure, and even his eyes kept changing, which made Liu Bowen frightened.