"The child hasn't returned home for a long time, so today I came with my wife to greet my father and mother!"

Bai Qi took his wife Zhang and knelt down and kowtowed.

Being so respectful is not pretended, Bai Qi has no impression of his biological father. Since he was six or seven years old, Zhu Guoxiang has been playing the role of a father.

Except for the two years when he teased Song Huizong in Tokyo, Zhu Guoxiang always took Bai Qi with him to teach.

He is also a father and a teacher.

"Hurry up," Shen Yourong pulled up his son and looked at him happily, "I haven't seen him for a few years, but my son has grown taller again, and he is more heroic and strong than before." ”

Bai Qi smirked and stood in place to let his mother touch him.

Shen Yourong looked at the Zhang family again, and said approvingly: "Dignified and generous, it is really a good match for my son." ”

Zhang's salute again: "My daughter has seen my aunt!" ”

Shen Yourong took his daughter-in-law's hand and put a pair of bracelets on her, which was a gift for this meeting.

The four of them were doing homework in the garden, and Zhu Yan jumped over: "Second brother, you have come to the capital!" ”

The relationship between their brother and sister is much closer than Zhu Ming.

Bai Qi touched the top of his sister's head: "I asked the potter of Deer Horn Village to make you a pair of zodiac signs, all of which are lively little toys." ”

"Thank you, second brother. But I'm grown up, and I don't play with that little toy anymore," Zhu Yan took out the wooden fifth-order Rubik's Cube, "I'm smart, the fifth-order magic cube can be restored in the blink of an eye." ”

"I know you're smart," Bai Qi laughed, "This is my sister-in-law." ”

Zhu Yan immediately became dignified, like a little adult, and gave a blessing to the Zhang family: "Sister-in-law, ten thousand blessings!" ”

Zhang hurriedly returned the gift and took out the gift at the same time.

Everyone watched the scenery all the way in the garden, and Zhu Guoxiang asked, "How is Hunan?" Can the remnants of Manichaeism be repaid? ”

Bai Qi said: "Hunan has been beaten to a thousand holes, and the people are all thinking about stability, and they are busy resuming production and living. Even if there are a few remnants of Manichaeism, unwilling to fail and want to make trouble, they will not be able to set off any storms. ”

"That's right." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

Bai Qi said: "The child also went to appease the leaders of the Wuxi Man and Miao Yao Dong tribes, and discussed with the Hunan Political Secretary to determine. No matter which ethnic group the Han barbarians, the land outside the mountains and the valley must be paid, and the barren land on the mountain is not handed over to the field. And according to the existing population of each department, the annual amount of their tribute is fixed, and even if the population increases in the future, they will not pay more. All ethnic groups are obedient and willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Very well done," Zhu Guoxiang asked again, "Can you let the leaders of all ethnic groups send their children to study in Handi?" ”

Bai Qi replied: "It has been sent, so that the children can read and write, and the leaders of all ethnic groups are also very happy." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "When the people's livelihood in Hunan recovers a little, we will have to train thousands more soldiers and horses." First, to guard against rebellion among various ethnic groups, and second, to prepare for the future conquest of the barbarians in the southwest. These newly trained soldiers and horses can absorb warriors of all ethnic groups as soldiers, train for three or five years and then let them return to their respective tribes, and then recruit a new batch of brute soldiers. ”

"The brute soldiers will change a batch in three or five years?" Bai Qi didn't understand it for a while.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It is not very useful to let the children of the leaders of various ethnic groups study and be protons, and the real intention is to promote education. The same is true for recruiting brute soldiers, who have been a soldier in Han for a few years, and will definitely be able to learn to speak Chinese. You don't need to recruit too much each time, just send a dozen people to join the army in one tribe. In the long run, there will continue to be barbarians who can speak Chinese going home, and in a few decades, there will be many barbarians who can speak Chinese. ”

Bai Qi said: "The child understands. ”

"We must always warn the Han soldiers, don't bully those barbarians, they are all brothers when they become Ming soldiers." Zhu Guoxiang said again.

"Remember, child." Bai Qi listened carefully.

Zhu Guoxiang continued: "It is also necessary to encourage intermarriage among all ethnic groups, especially in the border area between Han and Barbarian. Local officials may give incentives to intermarried families. As long as it does not violate the laws of the country, respect the customs of all ethnic groups, even if it violates morality and morality, don't care. I will send official documents to the Hunan government at all levels for these things, and you should also keep them in mind. ”

"Yes!" Bai Qi stood up straight.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled: "Don't be restrained, just chat casually." Is there any change in Sizhou Tian's family? ”

Bai Qi said: "It seems that there is a loosening, and the trade route to Yuanzhou has been opened. ”

"The trade route from Sizhou to Qianzhou has also been opened," Zhu Guoxiang was like criticizing a disobedient child, "This Tian Yougong has always opened his mouth." I asked Zhao Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to write to him in person, and if he doesn't return to the imperial court, he should move troops! ”

Tian's ancestral home was Jingzhao, and he settled in the south in the Tang Dynasty as a businessman, and soon gained a firm foothold among the barbarians.

During the Daguan period of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Tian Yougong offered his land to the imperial court, and the Northern Song Dynasty officially established Sizhou.

Tian Yougong showed great loyalty and actively sent troops to suppress the rebellion. Even because of his repeated military exploits, he was promoted to the commander of Chengdu Fu Road, and was also in charge of the inspection of Chengdu Fu Road and Lizhou Road, and was ordered to lead troops to be stationed in Lizhou.

This guy was afraid that if he stayed away from his territory for a long time, Sizhou would be infiltrated and annexed by the imperial court, so he resigned and returned to his hometown under the pretext of taking care of his mother.

If Tian Yougong hadn't resigned, when Zhu Ming marched south of Hanzhong to Sichuan, the Song army commander he encountered would have been this person!

By virtue of helping the Great Song Dynasty, the Sizhou Tian clan continued to rise in official positions and expand its territory. It has been possessed of Youyang, Xiushan, Wuchuan, Dejiang, Tongren, Zhenyuan, Sansui, Cen Gong and other places in later generations.

After Li Bao captured Kuizhou, he sent people to recruit the Tian clan, but did not receive any reply.

After destroying Zhong Xiang last year, Tian Yougong finally relented and began to allow Ming merchants to enter his territory, and at the same time sent people to contact Ming officials in Qianzhou.

However, this person was extremely arrogant and wanted to restore his official position in the Northern Song Dynasty - martial arts doctor, Rongzhou assassin history, Zhongzhou regimental training envoy, Guizhou defense envoy, Sizhou border inspection.

Among these positions, only the Sizhou border inspection is a real position, and the others are fictitious titles that show their identity.

The Ming court can give it, but you can't take the initiative to ask for it!

Zhao Shu, the secretary of the military department, and Youzhi, the seed of the family, are all Tian Yougong's old bosses.

They wrote a letter together this year, preaching the great victories of the Ming army in Hebei and Shanxi, and advised Tian Yougong to immediately come to Kaifeng in person to dedicate his land and become a minister.

If you don't go to Beijing in person, you'll wait to be requisitioned in the future.

Bai Qi asked: "The entire south of Sichuan and west of Hunan are all counties in the Song Dynasty, and many of them are not even counted. Will you have to settle down in the future? ”

"Recruit and suppress at the same time, immigrant education!"

Zhu Ming's voice suddenly came.

Bai Qi hurriedly turned around and said, "Meet my brother, meet my sister-in-law!" ”

"Big brother, sister-in-law." Zhu Yan also shouted with a smile.

Zhu Ming patted his sister-in-law on the shoulder: "When you lead the army to build a mansion in Juzhou (Guizhou), move 300,000 Han people." ”

"Three hundred thousand?" Bai Qi was speechless.

Why was Guizhou able to establish a province in the Ming Dynasty, and gradually changed the land and returned to the stream?

The foundation is the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, so that 300,000 soldiers and civilians stayed there directly.

The descendants of these soldiers and civilians thrives around the city. The Han population became more and more numerous, and assimilated and influenced all local ethnic groups, and finally gained a foothold step by step.

Guiyang and its surroundings are typical examples, until the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, and the Han population finally reached the standard of land reform and return. Taking advantage of the Tusi rebellion as an opportunity, after suppressing the rebellion, counties were set up around Guiyang.

China's vast territory is not picked up in vain, it is the ancestors of all dynasties, and the blue wisps of the road are obtained by opening the mountains and forests.

The Ming Dynasty could not stand on the Jiaozhi, the fundamental reason was that the Han population in Guangxi and Yunnan at that time was too small. The imperial court was unable to effectively mobilize the resources of the Tusi of various ethnic groups, and once a rebellion broke out in Jiaozhi, the troops and logistics that the imperial court could mobilize were stretched. If it is repeatedly forcibly suppressed, not to mention the cost of money, food and troops, it is easy to cause chain rebellions in Yunnan and Guangxi!

Zhu Ming said: "After the Jin State and Western Xia are pacified, the contradiction between people and land in Sichuan is estimated to be more serious. At that time, Hunan and Sichuan sent troops together, and after the defeat of Juzhou, the grain transporters and soldiers stayed in Juzhou. Divide the land and reclaim it, build a government and settle down, and then bring their families to thrive in the local area. ”

"There is a lot of miasma in Juzhou, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of deaths." Bai Qi didn't dare to imagine how many of the 300,000 soldiers and civilians could survive.

Zhu Ming said: "Many doctors have been transferred from Guangdong and Guangxi to specialize in the prevention and treatment of miasma. Miasma is not a witchcraft ghost, but a disease or diseases! ”

Bai Qi sighed sincerely: "The ambition of the elder brother, the younger brother can't reach in case." ”

Zhu Ming hooked up with Bai Qi's shoulder: "If you are willing, in the future, you will lead the troops to level Dali and easily defeat all the fetters of Qianzhou." ”

At this time, Qianzhou was located in Pengshui, and a large area of land in Guizhou in later generations was nominally under the control of Qianzhou.

Bai Qi was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said: "Although you can't go north to fight the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia, if you can pacify the southwest for your father and brother, it will not be in vain to come to this world!" ”

"When the time comes, you will be named the king of Dali, and you will be stationed in the southwest for the country for generations." Zhu Ming didn't know what it meant to be arrogant.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Yourong, Zhang Jinping and Zhang changed color when they heard it, and hurriedly looked at Zhu Guoxiang, who was still the emperor.

Bai Qi was also stunned, and subconsciously looked at the emperor.

Zhu Guoxiang laughed: "What the prince said counts." ”

Bai Qi didn't dare to continue to discuss this matter, for fear that his father and brother would have a conflict because of this, so he changed the topic and said, "But I don't see the cornucopia." ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "That guy is kept in the Tiansi Prison and is accompanied by many mares. If you want it, go out of the city in the afternoon, and the pastures are in the northwest suburbs outside the city. ”

"I'm going to visit, I really miss it, and I used to feed it beans when I was a child." Bai Qi said.

Zhu Ming said: "When there are enough horses in the Heavenly Prison, I will guide the young people of Tokyo to play polo." As long as the polo is played well, the riding skills will not be bad, and then you can fight if you are recruited into the army to practice. ”

Bai Qi asked, "Brother, do you still want to drink Ma Mobei?" ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "I still want to drink Ma Beihai, go and see where Su Wu grazes." ”

"The land of the North Sea is fascinating." Bai Qi echoed.

If the Chinese officials of the DPRK heard this, they would have to worry about the use of military force.

Mobei, even with the power of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, he also beat the entire country to the financial collapse.

That's an absolute nightmare for civil officials!

(End of chapter)