The ninth day of the fifth month.

The first recital in Guizhou was sent to the center.

The first stop of Xiang Wenyao's Liping Mansion ended in defeat.

The reason why Liping Mansion was picked was because at the end of the eighth year of Jingtai, the Dongmiao Rebellion occurred in Liping Mansion, and Jingtai was completely pacified in the middle of the ninth year.

Dong Miao's thirteen thieves pretended to be pigs and other false names, and robbed Liping Mansion, Duyun Mansion and other places, Xiang Wenyao pacified in time, captured 620 people such as pigs and slaves, beheaded 4,790 people, and captured more than 5,500 women.

The "dry" in this person's name is the transliteration of the word "boat" in the name of the Miao people.

The word "put" in the middle is the honorific word used by the Miao people who speak the Huishui dialect, which means "father", and is often used as the honorific title of the village elder.

And "pig" is also the transliteration of the word used in the person's name, which means "ancestral drum".

It was supposed to be a big victory.

But in the ninth year of Jingtai, the year when the stars were shining, he couldn't even fight.

Look at the merits of Fang Ying, Wang Yue, and Chen You, and then look at the merits of Tao Cheng, Li Zhen, Ou Xin, and Xiang Zhong.

The key item Wenyao also left the tail of his hand, and did not take advantage of the situation to change the land and return to the stream, but only quelled the rebellion, and the credit was one layer worse, and he did not write about it.

This time, I revisited the old place and attacked the thirteen places in the Liping Mansion again.

The result was a feather.

Hundreds of people were lost in the battle, but the hearts of the army were shaken, and they were afraid of the barbarian conquest.

At the same time as Xiang Wenyao asked for sin, he asked the center to urge Tao Cheng to enter Guizhou quickly.

"Go and get the cabinet ministers."

Zhu Qiyu put down the report and added: "Xuan Fei Fan's visit." ”

And let people find the history of Guizhou.

Guizhou Benyi, all the way to the city, all around.

The ghost country of Guroshi.

Southwest Han Yi Qi, Wuling Zhuban County.

Yuan Zhi Bafan, Shun Yuan military and civilian condolences to the envoys, in order to restrain them.

Taizu both restrained Chen Youliang, the military power was far away, Sinan Xuanfu and Sizhou Xuanfu took the lead in attaching, that is, the order was guarded by the old official world, and it was twenty-five years old.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Guizhou Xuanwei Aicui and Song Mongols and the female governor of Puding Mansion came and returned successively, all of which were hereditary to the original officials.

Guizhou was included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty, starting from the third year of Hongwu, and the fifth year of Hongwu, officially named Guizhou Xuanwei Division, under Sichuan.

In the eleventh year of Yongle, Sinan and Sizhou were killed for revenge, and Taizong ordered 50,000 soldiers to be sent to Beijing. It is divided into eight prefectures and four prefectures, and the Guizhou political envoy is set up, and the chief official is subordinate to the seventy-five points, which belongs to the household department.

This place in Guizhou, from ancient times to the present, is a place of Yi people.

Emperor Taizu seized the deer in the Central Plains and established the Ming Dynasty, so the Yi people and Miao people in Guizhou entered the court to pay tribute, but they only set up a Xuanwei Department to control it, and they did not control it.

In the eleventh year of Yongle, Sinan and Sizhou Tusi fought against each other, and Emperor Taizong seized the opportunity to forcefully penetrate the Central Plains forces into Guizhou and vigorously promote the transformation of the land and return to the stream.

This Sinan and Sizhou are talking about Sizhou Tian, one of the four major toasts in Guizhou.

The Wujiang River runs through the land of Sizhou.

The land of Sizhou is the throat of Hunan to Yunnan, such as Zhenyuan a state, known as "if you want to base Yunnan and Chu, you must occupy Zhenyuan; If you want to get through Yungui, you must first guard the town".

From the end of Hongwu to the beginning of Yongle, Sinan and Sizhou Erxuanwei Si had grudges and killed each other because of their struggle for land.

In the eighth year of Yongle, Sizhou Xuanfu made Tian Chen join Huang Xi, who was originally the deputy envoy of Sinan Si Xuanfu and later changed to the prefect of Chenzhou, to attack Sinan, kill Sinan's brother of Tian Zongding, and send the foundation of his ancestors, and kill his mother's corpse.

Tian Zongding then appealed to the Ming Dynasty, so Emperor Taizong sent 50,000 troops to exterminate Sinan Tusi.

Later, Taizong abolished the Sizhou Xuanwei Division under the pretext that Tian Zongding killed his mother.

At this point, Tian's Sinan and Sizhou's two major consolation divisions were declared extinct.

In the eleventh year of Yongle, the Guizhou Chengxuan Political Department was officially established.

In the second year, Sizhou Mansion, Liping Mansion, Xinhua Mansion, Shiqian Mansion, Sinan Mansion, Zhenyuan Mansion, Tongren Mansion and Wuluo Mansion were included in the scope of Guizhou Province.

From the eleventh year of Yongle to the present, the land reform has been carried out slowly and orderly, and the results are outstanding.

Last year, 100,000 Han people moved into Guizhou, lived together with mature seedlings, and all Guizhou was exempted from taxes for one year, and the people were peaceful......

I am fascinated by it.

Yao Kui and other officials came from the government office and entered the palace to salute.

The eunuch served herbal tea, and the courtiers thanked him.

It was too hot and the wooden air conditioner came in handy.

"Guizhou was defeated in the first battle."

Zhu Qiyu showed the secret performance to the hundred officials, in fact, the cabinet's report was a few hours earlier than the emperor, because it was a small defeat, there was no need to hold on to it, so he didn't mention it.

"Your Majesty, Xiang Dufu defeated the dry pig last year, and he is quite experienced in the war against Miao, so it is better for you to give him a while longer to see the after-effects." Chen Wen said immediately.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "It's just a small defeat, it's nothing." ”

"I have been looking at Guizhou's archives since I received the report."

"This Guizhou has never belonged to the Han land, and I only know it."

"In the past, it was always said that there were two capitals and thirteen provinces, but in fact, there are many places in these thirteen provinces that do not belong to the Han region."

For example, most of Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Fujian, these are not Han lands.

"Your Majesty, the essence of my China lies in the Central Plains, in the south of the Yangtze River, those places are barren land on the border after all, and I am developing step by step, I believe that in the near future, Guizhou will become the mainland like Guangxi."

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Chen Wen: "Chen Qing, what do you think I fought the battle of Guizhou for?" ”

Chen Wen was slightly stunned.

In fact, most of the people in the court are against the emperor's conquest of Tusi, including the people, and Fan Sheng's voice is not small.

The battle of ploughing Guangxi seems to have achieved remarkable results.

But I haven't calculated it in detail, the emperor is in Guangxi, and he threw in seven million taels of silver, and I'm afraid that the follow-up construction will need 10 million taels! Twenty million taels of silver! A year of finance in the Ming Dynasty!

The soldiers suffered more than 100,000 casualties, while the natives of Guangxi died nearly 300,000!

A war almost razed the territory of Guangxi and set it back by 50 years.

If it weren't for the large-scale construction of houses in the north, the center would not allow logging in the north, and Guangxi would have become a logging land and a prosperous business.

Otherwise, it will take at least 50 years for Guangxi to regain its vitality.

Therefore, Taizu and Taizong were so strong that they had never conquered Tusi by force.

Guy is a bottomless pit that burns money, it's pure chicken ribs, and when it comes to it, it's a bone stick, no meat.

"Your Majesty wants to expand the living space of the Han people, and it is to take the land of the native people as the land of the Han people, and seek benefits for future generations."

Chen Wen held back for a long time and said nonsense.

"Chen Qing has made remarkable achievements in Yunnan, and he has intersections with the natives and officials in Yunnan."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Say what you think in your heart." ”

"This is the Heart Cultivation Palace, not the Fengtian Temple."

"It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, I won't hold a grudge against you."

"It's just a discussion, let's talk."

In the eighth year of Jingtai, when the Guangxi Tusi was swept away, the DPRK and China were united and made great achievements.

Now, the courtiers feel that it costs a lot to pacify Guizhou, and it is better to be uneven, so the center is slack, and the local government is not strong.

Chen Wen put down the teacup and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty asked the minister to say, and the minister said a few words of sincerity." ”

"When the Guangxi Tusi was razed the year before last, the center thought that it would not cost much money, but in the past two years, money has been invested in Guangxi like flowing water."

"And Guangxi is hot and poor, and it is a poor and remote country."

"Your Majesty has invested tens of millions of silver, Guangxi has only developed a logging industry, and other industries have made no progress, and when the north is completed and there is no need for timber, Guangxi will have no livelihood, and it will return to its original shape at that time."

"The same 10 million silver, invested in the three provinces of Anhui, Huai and Wu, will return hundreds of millions."

"Your Majesty wanted to use Guangxi to share the population pressure before, but the natives of Guangxi went out of the mountains, resulting in the population of Guangxi not decreasing, but increasing!"

"You are tax-exempt again, and you have made great efforts to change the lives of the people, and the center spends money like running water."

"And the newly incorporated Guangxi does not provide Hermes-Epitek with living space, and it is even inferior to the original Tusi-governed Guangxi."

Chen Wen didn't say a word.

Guangxi, which is governed by Tusi, pays taxes every year.

To put it bluntly, Tusi is a kind of tax package system, in which the center appoints local officials, who collect local taxes and then pay money to the Ming Dynasty.

There is no difference from the local grain chief system, each is in charge of its own affairs, and the center only needs to pay taxes.

After the emperor turned Guangxi into a direct government, the tax could not be collected, but instead put money into it.

Now that we are financially abundant, what will we do when we are in a tight state of austerity?

"Yao Qing, I see that you want to stop talking, say it." Zhu Qiyu looked at Yao Kui.

Yao Kui knelt on the ground: "The old minister thinks that what Chen Shilang said is very true, the rule of Tusi has advantages and disadvantages, but in fact, there are more advantages and fewer disadvantages. ”

At the end of the day, it's about money.

The toast system, the center can receive money every year.

It doesn't have to invest so much, so the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

"Zhuqing, who still has ideas? Say it all. ”

The courtiers were gossiping, all saying that it cost a lot to plow and level the toast, so it was better not to fight.

"I ask Zhuqing, why can the pigs rebel in the Dongmiao Rebellion in Jingtai in the eighth year?"

Zhu Qiyu asked and answered: "In the final analysis, it is to dry the pigs to have money and food, where does their money and food come from?" ”

"It's for the center to collect taxes, and it's collected! The court received a small head, and he took a big head, so he was very rich. ”

"Tusi has soldiers, money and food, why don't you rebel?"

Chen Wen immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, you can't look at the problem like this, even if it is in the mainland, where is there no rebellion?" It has nothing to do with whether it is toast or not! ”

"Okay, let's just talk about the Miao chaos in Huguang, how many cases are there a year? What a day has it stopped! ”

"The center decreed that in the land of the Han barbarians, build city walls and use fortresses to protect themselves, but the result was that they rebelled every year and were attacked and killed every year."

"No matter how much you suppress it, you can't suppress it, and you rebel every day."

"Is this possible in Handi?"

"The Shandong rebellion was wiped out in a snap of a finger, and there is no possibility of a recurrence, isn't it?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Guangxi has been ploughing for more than a year, but there is a large-scale rebellion? ”

Chen Wen wanted to speak and stopped: "Your Majesty, you are hanging with money, and when the logging industry goes out of business, Guangxi will be in chaos." ”

This is the truth, people's hearts are insufficient, and if you want to be completely peaceful, you must develop sustainably.

The people must always earn money.

At the same time, you have to earn more tomorrow than you do today, so that the people will not rebel.

"Chen Qing can see things clearly."

"I think, why should the people rebel?"

"At the end of the day, it's poor."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Why do Guangxi barbarians have resistance to the Ming Dynasty, because they are afraid of being taxed. ”

"People are stupid, paying taxes to Tusi is not called paying taxes, and paying taxes to Daming is equivalent to killing their parents, and they don't share the sky."

"Chen Qing, Yao Qing, what Zhu Qing said is right."

"I pacified Guangxi, it was a loss-making transaction."

"Use this money to invest in Jiangnan and return hundreds of millions, but Jiangnan is mine, why is Guangxi not my land?"

"I, the Han people, have always been passive in opening up new lands."

"From the Warring States period to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the center of gravity of the world has always been in Guanzhong."

"It wasn't until the land in Guanzhong was desertified and occupied by Hulu that it gradually moved south and moved to the Central Plains."

"Also because of the war, Jin Zuo moved south, only to develop Jiangnan, in the Three Kingdoms period Jiangnan is like a poisonous miasma, full of primeval forests, difficult to survive."

"It wasn't until the Southern Song Dynasty that the economic center of gravity shifted south again and shifted to Jiangnan, and Jiangnan became the richest place in the world."

The development of the Great Southwest is also passive and resistant. Day by day, it moved westward step by step, and was forced to develop the great southwest.

"This time, I took the initiative to develop the two Guangxi and the southwest, which is to give future generations a place to live."

"It's true that it's a loss now, but in thousands of years, it's a blessing for all generations."

"There is a way that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and I am willing to be this predecessor."

The courtiers heard it, and the emperor's determination was unshakable.

From ancient times to the present, no one wants to be the predecessor who planted trees, I will do it!

"Your Majesty." The courtiers bowed.

"Zhuqing, have you read Bian Yong's letter? If I want to control Annam, I must actually control Yungui before I can continue to advance south. ”

"The Battle of Luchuan, why did you lose your troops and lose your generals, but you can't completely defeat it."

"In the final analysis, it is the Han soil of Yunnan Africa!"

"In Sichuan, give it a try, how many small countries in Luchuan can be destroyed by the Great Tomorrow Army?"

What can a courtier say?

"I read Xiang Wenyao's report that the generals have no heart to fight, do you know why?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Chen Wen saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks there are three reasons: first, the local generals are related to the barbarians; Second, the Guizhou army is in the first training, and it is afraid of war, and it still needs to be tempered; Third, the generals will not see the benefits of winning the war. ”

That's a very real thing.

"Is my reward less? Let's just say that those Guangxi soldiers, how many soldiers have accepted three or four concubines? Zhu Qiyu was very depressed.

Chen Wen said: "Your Majesty, the benefits of exchanging your life, you can't have a life to take a lifeless flower, and the soldiers are naturally afraid of war." ”

Zhu Qiyu was silent.

The courtiers were very dissatisfied with the emperor's lavish rewards.

thinks that such a reward will not only not inspire the spirit of war, but will make the warrior afraid of war, and want to run back to enjoy it when there is too much money, rather than throwing his life on the battlefield.

It's just too much for the soldiers!

They don't dare to fight anymore and want to go back and enjoy it.

In fact, the system that has been passed down from ancient times to the present day may not be very good, but it is effective.

As a result, they were smashed in one go, and the old law was replaced by a new law, and after some years of implementation, it was found that the old law was not good for the old law, the new law was not as good as the new law, and even the new law was not as good as the old law, and it was impossible to change it back.

"Your Majesty, lowering the reward at this time is not a solution."

Wang Fu said: "Let's open up sources and reduce expenditure, it is better to let the soldiers spend all the money, and if you don't have money, you will naturally want to go to the battlefield to work hard." ”

Open a gambling stall in the army!

Why did the Mongolian army fight bravely?

It's just that the Mongols spend money when they have it, and they are not good at managing their finances, and their military salaries are quickly spent, so they have to put their heads on their belts and go to the battlefield to work hard.

However, Zhu Qiyu has banned gambling.

Ma Wensheng, who had not spoken, said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about a different way of thinking." ”

"Say."

The eyes of the courtiers all looked at Ma Wensheng.

"Weichen thinks that this batch of soldiers is not good, and another batch of soldiers can be replaced."

Ma Wensheng slowly spit out two words: "Smoke!" ”

The strategy of drawing Ding has been used since ancient times.

Treat those large nations that have just been conquered, after the conquest, they will draw their males and go out to fight, and over the years they will turn a large nation into a small nation, and in a few years, the small nation will become the Han nationality.

Zhu Qiyu trained more than one million Guangxi soldiers, and used Guangxi soldiers in battles everywhere, resulting in the rapid sinicization of Guangxi soldiers and their rapid decline.

"Weichen has two strategies, please accept it!"

Ma Wensheng said respectfully: "First, to clean up the barbarians in Guizhou, you can suppress them with one hand and caress them with the other, and the center will open preferential policies, buy the toast, and recruit the barbarians." ”

"Second, use the Guangxi barbarians to attack and kill the Guizhou barbarians, then use the Guizhou barbarians to kill the Yunnan barbarians, and then use the Yunnan barbarians to level the foreign barbarians."

It's a poisonous ploy.

How did the Tatar Qing control Mongolia, draw ding, marriage, and Huangjiao.

The Tatar Qing emperors all believed in the Yellow Religion on the surface, but the Manchus did not believe in it, and the Mongols believed in evil nature one by one, and finally found that their Tatar Qing emperors did not believe in it at all.

"Your Majesty."

"Weichen thinks that His Majesty can give more titles."

"Whoever is willing to disband the armed Tusi shall be given knighthoods, and shall be given land, dwellings, and money, and the people under them shall be turned into barbarian soldiers."

"Then use brute soldiers to conquer other Tusi, and over time, form the Guizhou army, and then use the Guizhou army to plow Yunnan."

Ma Wensheng explained: "In Guizhou, the army is mixed with the Guangxi army, so there will be no rebellion. ”

There was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Ma Wensheng's most ruthless thing is that he has made the title worthless.

"Your Majesty can give you a lord, there is no need to give a lord."

Ma Wensheng was worried that the emperor would misunderstand him: "The local officials who surrendered moved into the city with their clans, and their family assets were not taken by a penny. ”

It is not possible to give a lord of the Liujue, and the knighthood of military merits is the ancestral system of Taizu.

Zhu Qiyu found that the policy of his ancestors was so wise that he could see through the people's hearts, and he changed it like this, and he was afraid that he would have to change it back in the end.

After changing the circle, I found that the stupidest thing was myself.

Chen Wen spoke: "Your Majesty, Ma Siqing's plan is very good, the title cannot be lightly awarded, and a number of special titles can be given to distinguish it from the title of the national dynasty." ”

These ministers don't want to trample the nobles under their feet all the time.

The local officials are almost completely sinicized, they also read the scriptures and the righteousness, and they also participate in the imperial examination, how can they not know what the title is!

If you want to give, you will give true.

Can't do it.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that a knighthood can be set up and given to all the surrendered local officials."

Before Yao Kui finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu knocked on the case and said in a cold voice: "The title cannot be lightly awarded and cannot be changed." ”

The value of the Ming title lies in the less, in the hereditary.

This is a golden signboard that cannot be removed casually.

"Your Majesty, how about giving more military attachés?" Chen Wendao.

Zhu Qiyu pinched his nose: "Yes!" ”

The military attaché is also hereditary.

"According to the size of the official position of the local official, the official will be promoted to three levels, and the position of military attache will be given."

It's a big deal to spend an extra amount of money on the finances, and when Yungui is calmed down, it can be eliminated again.

"Ma Wensheng, write down your strategy, let the cabinet check it, send it to Guizhou, and act according to your law."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Add one more, the natives who surrender voluntarily will be exempt from tax for life!" ”

"What?"

The courtiers exploded in an instant.

"Your Majesty, what good is it for us to plow Guizhou?" Yao Kui was anxious.

Geng Jiuchou knelt on the ground: "Please think twice, if Guizhou doesn't collect taxes, what if Guangxi doesn't collect taxes?" Does Hunan accept it? Will Hubei accept it or not? The world does not suffer from few, but suffers from inequality, and if you want to do it, you will act in unison, and you and I will not be separated. ”

He rolled his eyes, the emperor's typical bowl of water was uneven.

They are all Ming people, why are there few Han people and many Yi people? Why!

"Besides, how could those natives believe the Hub's words?" Baekyu hit the nail on the head.

The most hated by the natives is the Ming Dynasty.

Daming is in the Turen, but there is no half of credit.

The emperor's typical hot face sticks to the cold ass.

"I thought that tax exemption would allow the natives to be naturalized quickly." Zhu Qiyu was anxious to level Guizhou.

"Your Majesty, as you said, the people are poor and afraid, as long as you can make Guizhou make money, they will naturally be naturalized, and they can't be in a hurry." Yao Kui replied.

"That's it, no more taxes."

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who still has Pingqian's suggestion?" ”

The courtiers breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor's ingenuity, sometimes it was a surprise, sometimes it was a fright.

Geng Jiuchou chuckled: "We have been dealing with toast for hundreds of years, and toast understands us, and we also know toast." ”

"As long as the Guangxi soldiers rush to Liping Mansion, Xiang Governor Fu buys ripe seedlings, and ripe seedlings lead the way, and Liping Mansion can be peaceful."

"The difficult thing is that the Yang clan of Banzhou, the Xi'an clan of Shui, and the Song clan of Shuidong, these three major Tusi, have 4,000 miles of land, hundreds of thousands of troops, and occupy a geographical advantage, so it is extremely difficult to pacify."

That's to the point.

There are more than 1,000 toasts in Guizhou, and they control 4,000 miles of raw land.

Liping Mansion belongs to the land of Sizhou, which has been taken down in the eleventh year of Yongle, and has been included in the Han Dynasty for decades, and it is still difficult to completely flatten it, which shows the difficulty of pacifying the other three major Tusi.

"Go on."

Geng Jiuchou said: "Weichen thinks that with Duyun Mansion as the boundary, the Tusi forces in the eastern provinces will be leveled first......"

Without waiting for Geng Jiuchou to finish speaking, Bai Gui said: "Weichen thinks that he should fight the most difficult Banzhou Yang clan first!" ”

"Take the hardest place first, and then slowly plot the rest."

"The land of Gusi Prefecture has been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the internal strife in Tusi is not the plague of ringworm, if our army first settles this place, it will inevitably startle the snake, and its three major Tusi will definitely be alert, and it will not be easy to steal the city at that time."

Baekyu's opinion is that the first hit is the hardest.

So as not to startle the grass and snakes, it will be very heavy.

"The Guangxi soldiers have not yet arrived in Guizhou, and they still don't understand the geographical environment and climatic factors of Guizhou, how to fight?"

Geng Jiuchou defended: "It is easy first and then difficult, and with the power of the national dynasty, it is not a matter of time before the three major toasts of Banzhou, Shuixi, and Shuidong are leveled." ”

"And ......"

Geng Jiuchou kowtowed and said, "Guangxi Barbarian, can you really be so honest?" ”

"It's better to fight with one stone and kill two birds with one stone."

Geng Jiuchou was even more ruthless, wanting to kill hundreds of thousands of Guangxi soldiers through the Battle of Pinggui, and then kill Guizhou, killing and wounding millions of people.

Bai Gui sneered and said, "Your strategy, even a three-year-old child can see it, but Guangxi can't see it?" ”

"What about it?"

Geng Jiuchou asked: "My Ming Dynasty has provided for their families to be wealthy, they all marry wives and have children, and they are loyal to the country, what's wrong?" ”

"Aren't you afraid that the Guangxi soldiers will stop and refuse to fight?" Bai Gui laughed at Geng Jiuchou naïve.

Geng Jiuchou laughed at Bai Gui's ignorance.

Arguments with each other.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Chen Wen.

Chen Wen kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, barbarians are also people, they can't be driven at will, they do it knowing that they will die, they are loyal ministers, not barbarians." ”

"But the minister thinks that the consumption of Guangxi is inevitable."

"Although the minister is in the ministry, he has also seen the cabinet chapter, these Guangxi barbarians are in the south of the Yangtze River, they are traitors and criminals, and they do all kinds of evil, and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has a chapter every day, and even Ou Xin is about to be assimilated by the barbarians."

"Therefore, Guangxi Man must be consumed!"

After Ou Xin was made an earl, he completely let himself go.

He actually took more than a dozen concubines, and he was still happy on the march, and allowed the Guangxi soldiers to burn, kill, and plunder in the south of the Yangtze River, and even slaughtered civilians to make meritorious contributions.

"Your Majesty, even though Ou Xin is your favorite general, what he has done has exceeded the duty of a courtier." Yao Kui was also dissatisfied with Ou Xin.

The courtiers criticized Ou Xin.

"Go, put Ou Bo into the palace and whip him ten lashes!"

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "Send someone out of the palace again, go to the army to hang Ou Xin, whip a hundred whips, and don't care whether you live or die!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The courtiers knelt on their knees.

Dealing with Ou Xin is just a trivial matter.

"Guangxi barbarians are still so unscrupulous in the army, if they are allowed to return to the fields to be farmers, they will inevitably harm the locality." Geng Jiuchou said in a loud voice.

Baekyu surprisingly didn't refute.

"But Fang Ying has already placed these Guangxi soldiers in the three prefectures of southwest Guangxi, and these lands originally belonged to Annan."

Zhu Qiyu said: "If you are rashly recruited back to China, I am afraid it will cause waves." ”

Obedient and obedient.

The courtiers heard that the emperor was going to consume Guangxi Man's mind.

"Your Majesty, there are still millions of natives in Guangxi, and these natives can be conscripted into the army and consumed in Guizhou."

"In this way, Guangxi is the territory of my Han people."

"And the Guangxi soldiers in the three prefectures of southwest Guangxi were sent to Annam to be consumed."

Chen Wen is really ruthless.

In one breath, millions of Guangxi wolf soldiers are gone.

Zhu Qiyu spit out a breath of turbidity: "Living Lang, everything today is not allowed to be recorded." ”

"Zhuqing, today's discussion is rotten in the stomach, don't declare it to the public."

"The battle of Pinggui, try to consume the natives!"

Zhu Qiyu changed his tone for the first time.

It used to be an indoctrination of barbarians, and it has begun to bear fruit.

However, the court was not worried about outsiders, and insisted on using the method of smoking.

"Where cavalry is needed, transfer the Mongols south from Rehe."

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "Since you want to smoke Ding, you will carry it out to the end, and all ethnic groups will smoke it." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Courtiers bowed.

The strategy of nobility has become a strategy of depletion of the population.

War, although it burns money, can balance domestic contradictions, on the one hand, it is manufacturing, manufacturing military products, can improve productivity; On the other hand, it is consumption, which consumes not only military products, but also human lives.

If there are fewer people, the carrying capacity of the land will be higher, and you will be able to feed your children.

"Then the easy first and then the difficult, give Banzhou, Shuixi, and Shuidong enough time to prepare."

Zhu Qiyu made a decision, and suddenly remembered that there was another person in this hall who was not a courtier.

Cowering in the corner shivering.

"Fei Fan, did you hear everything?" Zhu Qiyu looked over.

Fei Fan trembled and cried, "Your Majesty, the students didn't hear anything!" ”

"When I heard it, I heard it, you are a Han Chinese, and you are from a big family, and you will enter the court as an official sooner or later, and you and I are standing in the same trench."

The courtiers also realized that there was a person kneeling in the corner.

They all thought they were eunuchs.

The courtier's cold gaze frightened him.

"Come here." Zhu Qiyu beckoned.

Fei Fan came over tremblingly, and heard something amazing, the emperor's words would consume millions of people, which was really terrifying.

"Your Majesty!"

Fei Fan crawled over and kept kowtowing.

"I said it, it's okay."

Zhu Qiyu pointed at Fei Fan: "It's him, the black oil that was discovered, he is the head of the Fei family in Lead Mountain, proficient in scriptures, poetry, and miscellaneous studies, and he is a lifter, and he will participate in the imperial examination next year." ”

The courtiers could see that the emperor valued this Fei Fan very much.

The popular mirrors in Beijing today are imitated by him, and after the emperor travels, the palace will be replaced with glass windows, which he presided over.

I don't want to be a lifter, I don't bother with the imperial examination, and I lose my mind by playthings.

Some people sneer at him, some people think that this person uses the side door to seduce the king, and some people think that this person is a great talent.

"Back to Your Majesty, the students built a furnace to boil black oil, and from the black oil boiled a new oil, which is easier to burn than black oil, and it is difficult to extinguish and burns for a longer time."

Gasoline?

Zhu Qiyu asked what color.

"It's cyan, much clearer than black oil." When Fei Fan talked about professional knowledge, his speech speed increased, and his expression became confident.

This new oil burns for a long time, and the taste is much stronger than that of black oil, at least it will not burn out a foul smell, and the taste is acceptable.

"Where's the dregs that came out?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, this thing can be used to bridge the house, prevent water leaks, etc." This is a new usage that Fei Fan came up with.

History books record that in the pre-Qin period, the Chinese used black oil to repair houses.

Repair a house with asphalt?

"Can it be used to build roads?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Fei Fan was stunned: "The students didn't think about using it to build roads." ”

"You can give it a try."

Fei Fan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, as far as the students know, Da Ming doesn't seem to have this kind of black oil." ”

Some of the courtiers were familiar with ancient books, and the ancestors had long used black oil, such as the fierce fire oil used in war, and the black oil used for lighting.

But the production is scarce and the taste is stinky, it's true.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of a question: "Fei Fan, can the kind of oil you said burn all the time?" ”

"Yes, it should be possible, right?" Fei Fan didn't understand.

"Send someone to fetch it!"

Zhu Qiyu thought of what kind of oil it was!

Kerosene!

That's leached kerosene!

It's useful!

Feng Xiao immediately asked the eunuch to fetch it.

The courtiers looked at the babbling emperor and were a little confused.

"Go get another glass bottle and a wick." Zhu Qiyu asked people to pick it up.

After waiting for a cup of tea, the eunuch hurriedly fetched a bottle of cyan oil.

The courtiers were already impatient, thinking that this was a waste of time, there were a lot of official affairs in the government office, discussing Guizhou affairs, and after the discussion, they should go back to busy.

"Pour it into a glass bottle, dip the wick in it, light it, and I'll see."

Fei Fan also understood what the emperor was going to do.

The emperor commanded, and he came to do it.

Soon, a flame ignited on the wick and illuminated the main hall.

The courtier's eyes suddenly lit up: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Kerosene lamps!

Lighting is a big problem that affects the progress of civilization.

Human beings have been overcoming darkness, from the earliest lamp oil, to candles, to electric lights, it is the process of conquering darkness.

Why doesn't Zhu Qiyu watch the recital at night, because the candles are too expensive, too much to light, very wasteful, and dangerous.

This is in the Royal Palace, there is something illuminated.

What about the folk?

Why is it sunrise and sunrise? Because there was no money to buy candles, kerosene lamps perfectly solved the lighting problem.

Let the people afford to use the lights, and the night will no longer be a problem.

Geng Jiuchou fanned it with his hand, and there was no smell of black oil.

Yao Kui pushed away Geng Jiuchou, who was in front of him, quickly walked in front of Fei Fan, and asked excitedly, "You said this thing can burn all the time?" ”

"It can be burned for a long time, longer than black oil, and it can't be extinguished with water." Fei Fan said.

Yao Kui felt dry in his mouth: "What about the cost?" How much does such a pot cost? ”

"If you have black oil, there is almost no cost."

Rumble!

The entire Heart Cultivation Hall exploded directly!

Lighting problems!

It's a problem that stumps people all over the world!

Especially these readers, their eyes are burned.

One of the reasons why it is difficult for people to have readers in their homes is that candles are too expensive!

I had to work in the fields during the day, and I could only read books at night when I was free, but I found that there were no candles, so I couldn't read at all.

But this kerosene lamp is worthless.

All the people in the world will be able to afford the lamp!

In fact, in the place where black oil is produced, it has been used as lighting, but the disadvantages are great, one is that the oil burns too fast and the cost is high; The second smell is too smelly, easy to be poisoned, and unsightly.

The people used it spontaneously, and the center did not know about it.

But it can't be promoted at all, because Daming doesn't produce this thing.

Poof!

Yao Kui knelt on the ground and roared: "Your Majesty's feat, like a flint person taking fire, illuminates the Ming Dynasty!" ”

All the ministers knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.

The Suiren clan, why can he be included in the discussion of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, because he drilled wood to make fire, illuminating the way for mankind to the future.

Kerosene lamp, let the lamp enter the homes of thousands of people, how can it not be the Suiren clan in the world!

This tea time is worth the wait!

"But Daming doesn't have black oil."

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands: "There is no black oil, where is the lamp." ”

"Hit!"

Yao Kui said excitedly: "Where there is, let's fight wherever it is!" Thousands of miles away, conquer this place! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister does not support your use of foreign troops, if you go to war for this lamp, Weichen is willing to personally take charge of the army and fight for you!" Yue Zheng kowtowed.

The ministers are obviously on top.

I forgot the records in the ancient books, Daming has this thing, and I used it very early.

"But I don't know where it is, maybe it's in the west, maybe it's in the south." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

"No matter where it is, Daming must accept its soil and collect its black oil!" Yao Kui made a loud noise.

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Qiyu laughed and looked at Fei Fan: "This oil is refined by you, so take your name for this lamp." ”

Fei Fan was flattered and was about to thank him, but he found that there was a cold chill behind him, and those courtiers were staring at him coldly.

He immediately said: "Although Weichen boiled this oil, he didn't know how to use it, but His Majesty's words woke up the person in his dream, and the work of this lamp is all thanks to Your Majesty!" ”

Nonsense, can Zhu Qiyu give such a prestigious thing to others?

What the emperor lacks most is that his prestige has fallen to the bottom, and he just uses the skills of the Suiren to flaunt himself and improve his prestige.

"You're being honest."

"That's it, you have a great job in boiling this oil, so give a silver talisman."

Zhu Qiyu was also polite: "It was named Jingtai Lamp, and the people were asked to collect black oil and refine it into lamp oil." ”

Long live the courtiers.

The discovery of kerosene lamps was purely accidental.

"By the way, what about the dregs that have been drained?"

The eunuch took it with his hand.

Zhu Qiyu walked out of the main hall, picked a place, and asked Fei Fan to do it himself, heat the asphalt, flatten it, and press it into a road.

I waited for more than an hour before it was cool.

During this time, the courtiers were discussing where the oil came from and asking people to extract it.

When the eunuch entered the palace to report, it was already cold.

Zhu Qiyu went out with the courtiers and was just about to step on the asphalt road, but Feng Xiao knelt in front of the emperor: "Emperor, don't be in danger." ”

"Fei Fan, you go up and take a walk."

Fei Fan walked around with a hard face, and found that there was no danger, and his feet were hard and quite comfortable.

It's just three feet out.

The courtiers went up and walked around, and found that this road was a good thing.

Zhu Qiyu asked people to splash water on it and smashed it with stones, although it was as good as ever, at least it was better than the folk gallop.

"Your Majesty, if you build a gallop road on this road, and the horses run on it, not to mention saving horses, it can also shorten the transmission distance, this thing will be of great benefit to the country!"

Yao Kui was excited again.

Crawling on the ground excitedly, he said a lot of words, describing the emperor as three emperors and five emperors.

"Yao Qing is not excited, Daming has no black oil."

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands again!

Yao Kui walked over on his knees and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you got the guidance of the immortals in your dreams, did the immortals ever tell you, where is the black oil?" The old minister is willing to personally lead the troops and take this place for the Ming Dynasty! ”

This old man is dying of excitement, isn't he?

Zhu Qiyu helped him up: "Yao Qing is not excited, I do know where it is, the problem is, it is too far away from Daming, how to transport it back?" ”

It's easy to know that there is!

Yao Kui was so excited that he was about to promise again.

But some courtiers reacted, and the emperor always said no, then the Ming Dynasty must have it!

As long as you go back and look up the classics, you will definitely find them.

So give Yao Kui a look and ask him not to promise, the emperor will take it seriously.

Yao Kui didn't care: "The old minister wants to find black oil for the Ming Dynasty, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can use the lights, and the whole country will pave this kind of road!" ”

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "All the ministers are worried about the country and the people, and I know it." ”

"Fei Fan also said that there is no cost for this thing."

"It's nothing more than manpower and material resources, how much manpower and material resources have been used in the Ming Dynasty's cultivation of the road, and it has been repaired every year, and a huge amount of silver has been thrown into it."

"If you use this kind of road and repair it once a year, I think it's cost-effective."

"The most important thing is that the horses can run on this kind of road, which can speed up and facilitate the central jurisdiction."

"At the same time, there are many benefits to strengthening local ties and strengthening business activities."

"But here's the problem, Da Ming doesn't."

Your Majesty, are you here again?

It is recorded in the history books that in the pre-Qin period, the people used this thing to wipe the house and waterproof, how can it be said that there is none?

Moreover, Chen Wen said that there are still oil wells in Sichuan, are you excited and confused? Just drill into the emperor's trap?

"Okay, it's true, but the reserves are small."

"Think about it, if you want to build the road of Daming to the village, how many of these things do you need?"

"How much does it take for the 60 million people of Daming to use all the lights?"

"Even if Da Ming has it, it's not enough."

Zhu Qiyu said back: "Let's just say Guizhou, I want to use this thing to build all the roads in Guizhou, you say, Guizhou can still rebel?" ”

What stands in the way of the Great Tomorrow's soldiers is the terrain!

Yao Kui knelt on the ground: "The old minister is willing to take charge of the army for His Majesty and look for black oil!" ”

"Good!"

"Yao Qing, I'll leave this matter to you!"

"I entrust the safety of Daming to you!"

"Repair in Gyeonggi first, build all the roads in Gyeonggi, and then build the roads from the north to the south."

"When I return to Luan from Nanjing, I will take this black road back to Beijing!"

Finished!

Yao Kui was dumbfounded.

You are giving me a task, this is urging me to die quickly!

"Yao Qing, can you complete the task?" Zhu Qiyu asked him with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still doesn't know where there is black oil!"

"When you go back to check the history books, you will know where there is, and this is called stone paint in Mengxi's pen talk." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

Suddenly, Yao Kui was stunned: "Stone paint? Is this black oil? Is this oil? ”

"That old minister knows where it is!"

Yan'an Mansion!

Mengxi's pen talk clearly records that there is oil in the territory of Dun and Yan, and it is said that 'Gaonu County produces fat water', which is also.

And, the concept of oil was proposed.

Yao Kui didn't expect that this black oil was stone paint, which was oil.

The local oil is produced at the water's edge, mixed with sand and gravel spring water, and slowly flowed out, and people dipped the oil with pheasant tails and collected it into clay pots.

"Notes on the Book of Water" mentions that there is also a special "spring water" located in Nanshan in Yanshou County, Jiuquan, whose water is as fat as gravy, its color is yellow first and then black, shaped like condensation, it is extremely bright after being lit, but it is not drinkable, and the locals call it "stone paint".

"Wei Shu Western Regions Biography" says that there is a substance like "paste" flowing out of the mountains in the northwest, so rich that it can flow out for several miles into a stream, and it is shaped like a Daigo, but it smells very stinky.

It's about the country of Guizi.

"Yuanhe County Chronicles" also added that in the southeast of Yumen County, Suzhou, one hundred and eighty miles, "stone fat water" is produced.

This is talking about the Yumen Oilfield.

In Sichuan, oil is mixed with salt mines, and needs to be extracted from salt wells together with salt, also known as "well oil".

This is the oil production machine that Chen Wen saw in the mine.

That's not to extract oil for use, it's to throw away the oil for the purpose of extracting salt.

"Please bring the map to Grandpa Feng!"

How does Yao Kui feel, this place is in Hami!

That's right, Yumen is closed in Hami.

Sure enough, in the territory of Hami.

However, Hami has been incorporated into Gansu and belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Yao Kui drew inferences: "Your Majesty, do you mean that the origin of black oil is in the west?" ”

"That's right!"

"Under the rule of Hülegü, there is a huge amount of black oil!"

"There's more black oil there than seawater!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I will possess it!" ”

"The old minister is willing to drive for His Majesty and take the land of black oil for His Majesty!" Yao Kui felt that he could enter the Temple of Literature with this merit.

"Zhuqing, you seem to have forgotten one thing."

Zhu Qiyu reminded faintly......

(End of chapter)