"Half of the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army voluntarily stayed in the local area, and many generals took the lead in responding to the call of the imperial court."

Spring.

After sorting out the statutes of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies, they came to Wenhua Hall to report to His Royal Highness the Prince.

At the end of the year, the queen fell ill, which alarmed everyone.

The emperor was also anxious.

Therefore, state affairs are still supervised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and at present, the emperor has no desire to personally manage the country, as if he has taken it off, which makes the ministers inside and outside the court amazed.

The father and son of the old Zhu family are indeed different.

Whether it is Emperor Taizu and the former prince, or the current emperor and the crown prince, there is no suspicion of each other.

Zhu Gaochi nodded with satisfaction.

Although the soldiers who stayed in the local area gave them a lot of preferential treatment, compared with the domestic environment, they did contribute a lot, and this is the people who carry the banner of the times.

They spread the fire in Samarkand, stabilized the foundation of the land of China, and opened up the living space of the nation.

"The imperial court can't treat them badly, and the governance in Samarkand must also rely on them, and the requirements in some aspects can be relaxed, and they can't be wronged."

Zhu Gaochi said seriously.

Daming has an advantage that later generations do not have, that is, Daming has no competitors, and there is no external suppression and targeting.

Revival in the Hereafter.

It can be said that there are many difficulties, even if you think about it, you feel that it is difficult to breathe, and you need to know that there are 164 WTO members, and China is 143 members.

Therefore, Daming is more comfortable in dealing with external affairs, and can make arrangements in line with its own best interests according to its own needs.

Early in the morning, the clerical room hung a map.

The clerks know about today's topic and will prepare in advance.

on the map.

It is the region of several major capitals and propaganda divisions in Central Asia.

The dense black dots represent the dense military household areas of the Ming Dynasty, mainly distributed around Samarkand, the area of Bukhara, and then the Tashkent region and the Balihei region.

In the farthest part of Mashhad, there are only a few forts.

"Restore local production as soon as possible and solve the problem of food self-sufficiency, otherwise the long-term supply of the mainland is not a long-term solution.

Zhu Gaochi said.

The war between the New World and Britain was the British colonial model, which mainly focused on looting, exploiting the interests of the New World and transfusing blood to the mainland.

This is the model of modern times, and the model of cooperation and complementarity in later generations has proved that it is superior to the former in terms of efficiency and stability, so when the economy of Samarkand becomes a part of the Ming Dynasty, both sides can achieve great development

In this process, economically developed areas will inevitably crush backward areas.

However, the Ming Dynasty is in the middle of the dispatch, the interior and the frontier make up for each other, regulate the direction of resources, and make up for the policy, which can solve this problem very well, but not between countries.

Hu Guang returned with Zhu Di.

Huang Huai, Yang Pu and others in the cabinet are also there.

Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu did not return, the two of them stayed over there and needed to wait for a while.

Zhu Gaochi needs a group of new officials who understand the way of economy and the ideas of industrialized social governance, so the people around him are either those who have taken the initiative to study in Beiping, or they have participated in the development of industrialization in the capital, and they are called new officials.

Hu Guang listened very seriously.

Soon he will return to Samarkand.

Unlike the mainland, the Ming Dynasty set up a governor in Samarkand, which actually managed the seven great powers, but when it was demoted to the capital division and the Xuanwei division, it was not counted as the large and small feudal states in the territory.

In such an important position, Zhu Gaochi overrode public opinion and set up governors of seven provinces, with experienced civil officials as the main responsible for governing the localities and educating the people.

Hu Guang was designated by Zhu Gaochi as the first governor of the seven provinces of western Xinjiang.

The area of the seven provinces in western Xinjiang is almost equal to most of the interior, hundreds of cities of all sizes, and a population of 10 or 20 million.

In order to govern the local area well, in the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has sent thousands of officials, but the supply is still in short supply.

"The area of the seven areas is vast, the population is scattered, and the land is barren, which is not conducive to the concentration of population, resulting in low economic development efficiency, and there are many problems.

Hu Guang said sincerely.

Such a thing can be said by Wenchen, but not by a military general.

Twenty years.

Directly seal the local area as the territory of the other party.

"Stability is more important than everything else, and the minister hopes to formulate a unified policy in the local area, even after the minister leaves, the successor can change the policy, day after day, year after year, in order to completely educate the local area."

Zhu Gaochi did not object.

Stability is an important foundation.

Both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

Stability above all else is not a political slogan, but the primary premise for governing the country.

Either way, as long as stability is maintained, then there can be development, including the great economic leap in South Korea, which has its roots in the military junta period, and the same is true for Thailand.

The same is true for the United States, which will always be those two gangs.

Opposite.

Whatever the way, as long as it is unstable, it will inevitably lead to chaos and regression.

It is also one of the reasons why Zhu Gaochi's original goal was to go south, not westward, although the south has not yet been developed, but with the same efforts, the land in the south can concentrate more people and promote economic development.

Ten points of strength, after five or six years, can only gain three or five points in Central Asia and West Asia, while in Southeast Asia you can gain more than ten points, or even twenty points.

This is created by the environment and the times.

There are benefits, though.

The advantage is that in terms of strategy, it allows the provinces of the southern part of the country, the northern part of the country, the provinces of the Western Regions, and the province of the western regions to become the hinterland, which can reduce military costs and go all out for production.

In the past few years, the rapid population and economic development of several places have been brought about by these dividends.

As long as there is no risk of war, many people are willing to move to the local area.

Afternoon.

Zhu Gaochi went back to the inner palace and visited the Xu family.

Xu is bedridden.

Zhu Gaochi was very sad in his heart, although Daming's medicine has made rapid progress, but there has been no qualitative leap, Xu's condition has not been cured in history, and today's doctors are also helpless.

The saddest is Zhu Di.

Zhu Di finally felt the pain of his father.

Zhu Di never thought that his wife, who grew up with him when he was a child, would leave him early, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, over the years, he had too little time to accompany his wife.

After a few years in Samarkand, I didn't see my wife for a day, and finally came back, but I didn't expect that there would be a world and a human separation.

"Father."

Zhu Gaochi called out worriedly.

Zhu Di's face was full of sorrow, and when he raised his head, he looked several years old, not at all the majesty of the past, but like an ordinary old man, Zhu Di will be fifty years old in less than two years.

Fifty knows the destiny of heaven.

In ancient times, the age of fifty was the dividing line, and after the age of fifty, he was considered an old man.

The timing is really fair.

When Hongwu was twenty-five years old, Zhu Di was in the prime of life, and the high-spirited vassal king had only passed fifteen years, which was really a terrible time, even if it was Zhu Gaochi, he couldn't help but sigh.

Thirty-five and fifty are like two eras, but they are only fifteen years apart.

Fifteen years.

It is said that it is a long time, but for middle-aged and elderly people, fifteen years seems to be a blink of an eye, as people get older, time seems to have entered the fast lane, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Di reined in his thoughts, got up and walked next door, and Zhu Gaochi immediately followed.

In the outer room.

After Zhu Di sat down, he regained his complexion.

Zhu Gaochi stepped forward and explained the affairs of Wenhua Palace.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Di said: "State affairs are governed by you, and you can rest assured inside and outside, but the seven places in Samarkand are really different, and it is not easy to fight, and it is even more difficult to govern." ”

Zhu Di said worriedly: "What I'm most afraid of is the minister." ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded, with a look of approval.

Between the seven regions of Western Xinjiang and the mainland, the Gobi Desert, which is thousands of miles apart, is also blocked by snow-capped mountains.

In history, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Timur, in fact, neither has the ability to solve this problem to attack each other, so later historians are very confused and do not know why Timur went east.

Based on this, a lot of speculation was born.

Some scholars say that in fact, in the name of the Eastern Crusade, they actually aimed at the land of Kipchak, and some scholars believe that after the end of Timur's last Western Expedition, the domestic contradictions could no longer be concealed, so in the name of the Eastern Crusade, the domestic contradictions were transferred.

The latter statement has a lot of voice, because it is true that the Timurid Empire fell apart and fell into civil strife immediately after Timur's death.

In ancient times, only the Tang Dynasty and Mongolia could make a leap.

The Tang Dynasty crossed the 36 countries of the Western Regions and fought with the Arab Empire opposite, while the Mongols crossed the Western Regions and marched westward.

Of course.

The environment faced by the two is different, and they are not the same.

If the Ming Dynasty is not its own industrialization reform, greatly enhance the national strength, want to solve this problem, it is also very difficult, although now solve this problem, but environmental factors, local long-term governance, is indeed easy to cause a situation of separation.

Especially when the seven places can be self-sufficient, they have more confidence to divide the territory.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi wanted to set up a governor.

Civilian-based governance.

"Erchen's idea is that the governor will serve for a term of five years, and he needs to be assessed and transferred back to the country for a maximum of ten years, while the area of the seven regions is too large, and the military will set up five major governors, and the same system of liuguan will be adopted."

The hereditary system of Mufu in Yunnan has played a very good role.

However, the geographical environment of Yunnan is different from that of the seven provinces of western Xinjiang, and if Yunnan is really imitated, I am afraid that in a few years, the seven provinces of western Xinjiang will become someone else's territory.

This is created by the environment, and it is very possible.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi did not plan to copy the model of Yunnan to the seven provinces of western Xinjiang.

"That's all there is to it."

Zhu Di knows that there are drawbacks to doing so.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, the best plan is indeed what the prince said, paying equal attention to civil and military affairs, and governing by officials.

"It's not stable over there."

"As the saying goes, it's easy to fight the country, but it's hard to govern the country, when I was here, there were still many rebel forces in various places, and when I learned that I left, the forces in various places were ready to move."

Zhu Di pointed out.

Zhu Gaochi also agrees.

Timur killed from east to west, but the forces that could follow Timur also snowballed, and even Timur's descendants became dolls of the original forces, or killed them at will.

The founder, Timur, could not hold it down himself.

The situation in Central and West Asia is very complicated.

It is precisely because of these complex factors that it has not stabilized in later generations.

There can be no development without stability.

"Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu, Erchen believe in their talents, not to mention that there are also outstanding generals such as Wang Zhen, Zhao An, Jiang Gui, Ren Li, Liu Zhen, Huo Zhen, Tan Yuan, and Li Yuan."

"As long as the local civil and military work together, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, they will inevitably be able to subdue the local area, and at the current stage, it is still mainly consumption."

Zhu Gaochi analyzed.

The abolition of the aristocracy with real power, the elimination of local valves, and the rise of the gentry landlord class, in comparison, are more atomized, and the advantage is that the whole country is a game of chess, and can concentrate forces.

In a nutshell.

The stronger the organization, the higher the development of national strength.

Then, with the advantage of population in ancient times, fighting consumption can also fight all the forces, which is also the situation of most people in ancient times.

But there are pros and cons.

When the accumulation of evils deepens, the imperial court is financially bankrupt, and the organizational ability is defeated, then the imperial court cannot take care of the locality, and the atomization of the local area, the lack of such a core as the aristocratic family, is powerless to resist the surrounding more organized forces.

It is also the reason why in the early ancient times, why the imperial court went bankrupt, and the local forces could still crush the surrounding areas, but the development of productive forces deepened, the development of civilization was strong, and the power was more decentralized.

Zhu Gaochi could restore the old system in the seven provinces of western Xinjiang, give more rights to local generals, and form an early pattern, but the harm was that it was very easy to divide the territory, and in the end, it was too big to lose.

In fact, I am not afraid of problems.

If there is a problem, you can manage the problem, and the most feared thing is to ignore the problem.

When one problem is delayed, two problems, three problems, when the problems are piled up, the problem cannot be solved, and it becomes the fuse of the country.

Some scholars in later generations proposed that the Ming Dynasty died in Wanli.

The idea is that during the Wanli period, decades of neglect of government led to a concentrated accumulation of problems, and finally made the party struggle uncontrollable, forming a dead knot of contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, and there was no room for relaxation between the two sides.

The late Ming Dynasty was not only a matter of economic bankruptcy and land annexation, but also a more terrible political infighting.

This kind of political infighting has brought the greatest harm, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad.

What's more, there are already many problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Ming is bound to die, but in the period of death, too many accidents and the formation of an ownerless pattern in various places, and even the infighting left behind, it is really amazing, even if it is less, it will not die in the world.

Wanli used the world's social affairs to gamble with the officials, which is really incomprehensible.

Arrogant.

Zhang Juzheng did too well.

It wasn't until the big failure in Liaodong that Wanli panicked and quickly changed his attitude, but it was too late at this time, not only the pattern of the imperial court, but also his life path came to an end.

Apocalypse is a very smart child.

From not understanding at first, to seeing the factions clearly, figuring out the relationship between officials, and then beginning to emerge, it is a pity that he died too early.

As for Chongzhen.

Throughout his life, he didn't even understand the relationship between officials, in other words, he didn't understand how politics should be operated at all, and stayed at the stage of ordinary people, such as a kind of naïve perception that whoever does it will do it.

Everyone understands the truth of who does it, and it may be that to implement this, it is not just a matter of knowing this sentence.

So Zhu Gaochi seems.

The danger of the emperor is great, because the emperor is hereditary.

But the emperor can't be absent.

Stability is more important than everything.

So how to grasp the degree is the key.

Fen Qi has been martyred for several generations.

Then if the successor is not Qin Shi Huang, if he is replaced by another Yongjun, it only takes one generation to defeat the Qin Dynasty.

Even if it is the result of seven Ming monarchs, it can be defeated by one faint monarch.

For example, the God of War Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Directly let the sun rise, just as the sun rises, the Ming Dynasty falls from the sky, cuts in half, retreats from external expansion in all directions, and regresses greatly in the pattern of the world, even if he does nothing, it is better than what he does.

The hypocrite cannot solve all these problems, and the hypocrite will also have drawbacks.

However, mastering the degree and balancing the pattern of the court is the inevitable direction of history, whether it is willing to change or not.

Zhu Gaochi analyzed the situation in the seven provinces of western Xinjiang and his layout in the seven provinces of Xinjiang.

Zhu Di already understood his son's thoughts.

In fact, Zhu Di couldn't understand his eldest son.

The eldest son's practice in Beiping or the capital not only strengthened the monarchy's power, but also delegated a lot of power, whether the son was brainwashed by civil officials, or had ideas that he didn't know, Zhu Di didn't know.

It's just that.

Zhu Di believes in his eldest son and has no suspicion.

What's more, over the years, the eldest son has done a good job, and in the dead of night, Zhu Di also thought about whether he could do everything that his son did, and came to the conclusion that he couldn't.

Zhu Di's ability to govern the country, Zhu Di has read all over the history books, and no one can match it.

Some fathers will suppress it.

Royal selflessness.

However, at this point, Zhu Yuanzhang is not like this, and Zhu Di has no intention of changing, so not only because of his wife's illness, but also for the sake of the world, Zhu Di has no idea of taking back the prince's imprisonment.

The environment makes all the difference.

Zhu Gaochi was very satisfied.

No matter how many ideas you have, if you don't have a platform to display them, it's just a fantasy.

Only the crown prince of the Hongwu Dynasty and the prince of the Yongle Dynasty can let go of governing the country, and the real prison of the country is not good in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, nor can the Qing Dynasty in history.

After explaining the recent charter to Zhu Di, Zhu Di had no opinion, Zhu Gaochi left.

Looking at the back of his eldest son, Zhu Di couldn't help but be distracted.

The son is too capable, and there is pressure to be a father, Zhu Di often thinks about how future generations will evaluate their ancestors and grandchildren, and who has contributed more.

You can't be a father, and the gap between your son is too big.

Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaochi is still Zhu Gaochi's father Zhu Di, Zhu Di thought about it, and he couldn't laugh more and more in his heart.

Shaking his head, Zhu Di no longer thought about these messes, and returned to the inner room, now in his eyes, he only has his wife on the sickbed, hoping that the Xu family can get better, and he can't pretend to be anything else.

Xu Miaojin came to the palace from the Xu Mansion.

Since learning that the queen was sick, the entire Xu Mansion panicked, Xu Miaojin regarded the Xu family as his mother, and it can be said that since he was a child, he was his sister who took him.

The twenty-eight-year-old eldest girl, the young lady of the Xu Mansion has not married yet, and there have been many rumors.

There are those who say that the emperor is greedy for his sister-in-law, and there are also all kinds of things that say that Miss Xu Fu and the prince have indecent feelings, royal affairs are always one of the favorite topics of discussion among the people, and the more lace news spreads, the more it can't be stopped.

Xu Miaojin ignored these remarks, but rarely showed up, wrote poems and paintings all day long, and was a well-known talented woman in Beijing.

There are fewer female officials in the palace.

The original sedan chair was also rarely used, except on special occasions, mainly began to be replaced by mule carts, because mules are particularly quiet animals and are not easily frightened like horses.

So after Xu Miaojin came to the palace, he took a mule cart.

The little hand lifted the corner of the curtain, revealing a delicate face, under the beautiful bangs, the big eyes that flickered, like the elf-like Zhong Xiu, revealing the aura of youth.

Miss Xu is famous not only for her talent, but also for her beauty.

If it weren't for the fact that the threshold of the Xu family was too high, people were worried about being insulted, and the threshold of courting relatives had already been broken by the children of various families, and it was not until these years that the turmoil gradually stopped.

After all, Miss Xu is already twenty-eight years old.

The children of this age are basically married, who dares to propose to let Miss Xu be a concubine? Even if it was a continuation, he didn't dare to speak.

Xu Miaojin was not disappointed, but breathed a sigh of relief.

Every time I come to the palace, the palace changes.

Some places have become desolate, others have been repaired, not only chandeliers have been installed, but also bright glass, and the straights have been paved with stone bricks and covered with cement.

There were shallow marks on the cement floor, Xu Miaojin was very curious, but he still met his nephew prince, who told him who played the role of strengthening friction and could prevent skidding.

Xu Miaojin's big eyes were a little confused.

As if nothing could bother his nephew, the prince, I really don't know what he has in his head.

Xu Miaojin has never been able to forget the spring tour in Beiping.

In those years, under the organization of his nephew and prince, the children of various families in Beiping began to travel activities, and when he and Guo Cailian were in Beiping, they also participated twice, which was particularly different.

As if he had forgotten all his troubles, he still reasoned with himself.

What kind of person is a social animal, must often participate in social activities, in order to avoid negativity, otherwise behind closed doors alone, the longer the more negative it becomes.

"Time is so fast."

Xu Miaojin muttered to herself, and Yinling's weak voice softened the hearts of others.

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

The sound from the front frightened Xu Miaojin hurriedly lowered the curtains, retracted like a child who had done something wrong, and cowered in the corner with anxiety, not forgetting to put her skirt together and pack it up.

"Ahh

"She's here."

Zhu Gaochi rode a horse, followed by several eunuchs.

Seeing that there was no movement in the mule cart, he thought that Xu Miaojin was reluctant to contact people, Zhu Gaochi seemed to be a waste of this aunt, but when she was young, she was more lively, and the more she grew up, the more introverted she became.

Since this is the case, Zhu Gaochi did not disturb the other party's "tranquility", and after saluting, he left directly.

(End of chapter)