"Doesn't my father appreciate Tang Taizong very much?"

In the Wuying Palace, in the face of Zhu Di's angry inquiry, Zhu Gaoxu opened the topic with a friendly smile.

"My appreciation doesn't mean I want to be him."

Zhu Di understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant, that is, let him have the same open mind as Li Shimin, but Zhu Di also knew that he could not become Li Shimin.

In the face of Yu Yan's pedantic performance, he couldn't be tolerant of Li Shimin's tolerance towards Wei Zheng.

"You can't be him, of course, but you can't just kill them, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu chuckled, he didn't think it was a pity that he was killed, but he didn't like to waste.

"If you hate him, it's not bad to exile him to Yunnan and send him to teach him."

"As for Che Shu, Yuan Fu, Yu Shiji and others, they naturally want to kill, and not only do they have to kill, but they also have to implicate more people."

"The officials who were implicated were all seized of their posts and assigned to Yunnan to teach Confucianism, along with their relatives."

Yu Yu is nothing more than upright and pedantic, and his sin does not lead to death, but Che Shu's group of people who were pushed out must die.

The former is a personal issue, the latter a political one.

"What are you going to do?"

Zhu Di didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to have such an abacus, but when he calmed down, he also felt that it was a little inappropriate to kill Luo He directly, after all, no one knew better than Zhu Di himself whether he committed a crime or not, he was just simply disgusted.

As for Che Shu and others, Zhu Di didn't do such a big thing as Zhu Gaoxu thought, he just wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and not affect the temple.

"It is also good to take this opportunity to clean up a group of inactive officials and officials, as well as wealthy households in Beijing."

Zhu Gaoxu said this sentence with a smile, which made Zhu Di can't help but glance at him sideways: "Don't make things too big, it won't end well." ”

"Father, rest assured, son knows it."

In response, Zhu Gaoxu also slowly got up and prepared to leave, but he didn't think that before he could act, Zhu Di said:

"I recently came to see the sand table in the southwest, and I feel that if there is only one road to Yunnan, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control it."

"Therefore, I took a look at it, and I am going to promote the Guizhou Xuanwei Division to the Political Envoy Division, and set up the Inspectorate Department and the Capital Division, what do you think?"

Zhu Di suddenly proposed the establishment of a province in Guizhou, which was a surprise to Zhu Gaoxu, after all, in history, Zhu Di decided to set up a province in Guizhou after pacifying the Tian clan in Sizhou, and now the Tian clan is preparing to set up a province before it is pacified, and the time is more than ten years in advance.

However, it is inevitable that Guizhou will be established as a province, and Guizhou's population and cultivated land potential must also be developed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu also said after thinking for a moment: "There were originally two hundred and twenty-five in Guizhou, and after several years of suppression by my grandfather, there are now one hundred and ninety-seven, among which Shuixi An's (Bijie), Shuidong Song (Guiyang), Sizhou Tian (Tongren) and Banzhou Yang (Zunyi) are the largest, also known as the four major toasts. ”

"Under the rule of these four Tusi, there are hundreds of thousands of people, as few as 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, and as many as 50,000 or 60,000.

In the historical chapter of the Ming Dynasty, the four major toasts of Guizhou are definitely a chapter that cannot be crossed.

From the Sizhou Tian clan in the Yongle period of the early Ming Dynasty, to the Battle of Banzhou in the Wanli period, and then to the Lu'an Rebellion in the Apocalypse.

The former does not have much space in history, and that is because it faces the Ming Dynasty, which is thriving in national power.

It took only a few months for Gu Cheng to pacify the Sizhou Tian clan, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it took more than 20 years to face the rebellion of the Banzhou Yang clan and the Hao clan, the An clan, and the Song clan.

The rebellion of the Yang clan in Banzhou was still controllable for the Ming Dynasty, but the rebellion of Lu'an made the situation worse for the Ming Dynasty at that time.

After defeating the Ming army in the Battle of Nurhachi Salhu, Yu Chongming, An Bangyan, and Song Siyin raised troops to coerce the Tusi rebellion, which lasted from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen period, which greatly restrained the Ming Dynasty's national strength in the southwest, so that the Ming Dynasty had to deal with Nurhachi in Liaodong on the one hand, and the peasant uprising in the interior on the other, and had to put down the rebellion of Hao'an.

If the Ming Dynasty had not pacified them, but let them survive to the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty would have a headache for a long time, after all, these four toasts are not comparable to the small toasts of Jinchuan and Jinchuan.

Their strength is strong, and their population is numerous, and it is difficult to pacify.

But in other words, if they can be pacified, the amount of cultivated land and population of the Ming Dynasty will definitely increase, and there is no problem in supporting at least one Guizhou Sansi, and Zhu Di also understands this truth.

"I want to start with the Sizhou Tian clan, but I don't have any reason."

Zhu Di's thoughts are very clear, and he still chooses to start from the Sizhou Tian clan near Hunan, as in history.

"It is certain that the southwest will change the land and return to the stream, and more than ten big Tusi in Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Sichuan must change the land and return to the stream, and if they are unwilling, they will send troops to quell the rebellion, as for the reason or something, just find one at will."

Compared with Zhu Di who still wanted to find a reason, Zhu Gaoxu directly chose to create a reason, after all, only the victor can write history.

Later generations have a few people who are aware of the Ming Dynasty's efforts to drive seedlings and expand industries in the southwest, don't they all think that there have been Han people living in the southwest since the beginning of the Han Dynasty?

But in fact, the southwest territory of later generations was laid by the Ming Dynasty, but the process of laying it was very bloody.

"We must continue to change the land and return to the stream, but we can't blindly squeeze the toast."

Before Zhu Di could react, Zhu Gaoxu became conservative again.

"The imperial court's tax requirements for the southwest Tusi are not low, and the burden borne by the Tusi is also very heavy, and the original land reform and return to the stream cannot effectively reduce the burden, so the Tusi also have a resistant attitude."

"In that case, why doesn't the imperial court choose another way?"

Zhu Gaoxu said his thoughts conservatively, and continued according to this question:

"Give Tusi two choices, one is to hand over the military power, hereditary local officials, and raise the salary."

"The other is to retain the military power, but to accept the transfer of the imperial court to garrison in other places, and give up the population and governance rights under his rule."

When Zhu Gaoxu's conservative policy was said, Zhu Di immediately looked at him in surprise, because Zhu Gaoxu's policy was much more radical than the Ming Dynasty's land reform and return to the river.

Therefore, the appeal of the Ming Dynasty to change the land and return to the river is nothing more than to abolish the Tusi system in the southwest ethnic minority areas, and change it to the direct rule of the officials appointed by the imperial court, and implement the same local administrative system as in the mainland.

The specific implementation of the policy was to abolish the privileged position of the Tusi and bring all the land and population that were originally under the jurisdiction of the Tusi under the direct control of the imperial court.

At the same time, the imperial court carried out a series of reforms in these areas, such as changing the land ownership system, redividing administrative divisions, and implementing a new tax system.

In many places, the land reform was not complete, and the former Tusi was appointed as the Tu Prefect and Tu Zhi Prefecture, and he still controlled the population and soldiers, but the tax quota was increased.

When he arrived at Zhu Gaoxu, he directly asked Tusi to give up his political power or military power, and he could only choose one of the two.

In this way, his policy is much more radical than Zhu Yuanzhang's.

"If you want to do this, I'm afraid the toast in the southwest will not want to."

Zhu Di was made conservative by Zhu Gaoxu's radicalization, and couldn't help but worry: "At present, I am still preparing to pacify Annan......

"So the kid is not going to attack the southwest toast now, but to come gradually." Zhu Gaoxu responded:

"The reason why two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses are stationed in the southwest is to prevent the Tusi rebellion."

"If the whole army can be equipped with firearms, then the pass stone fort in the hands of the Tusi will not be an obstacle, and once the army is opened, it will be able to uproot the stubborn Datusi one by one."

"Once the Southwest Tusi is completely pacified, then the imperial court only needs to maintain 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Guizhou, Huguang and other places, and transfer more troops to Duogan, Sanxuan Liuwei and Annan."

"That's just as well." Zhu Di originally wanted to refute it, but when he thought of the battle deduction topics he had seen at the National Defense University these days, and after seeing the power of naval artillery, coastal defense artillery, siege artillery, and field artillery, he felt that it was not difficult to change the land and return to the stream.

The emergence of cannons and arquebuses has made the progress of Daming science and technology for nearly two hundred years, but the corresponding southwest Tusi Pass and stone fort still maintain the style of this era.

It was not difficult for the Southwest Corps to attack Luchuan, and the reason why it was delayed for so long was because the bowl mouth gun and Hongwu iron cannon could not quickly break the walled fort in Luchuan.

But if you pull the cannon on the Bohai Sea to the southwest, not to mention the siege artillery, even the field artillery can easily take any city and walled fort in Luchuan after a few days of shelling.

Of course, the premise is that the number of artillery pieces is sufficient, otherwise a single few artillery pieces may have to be shelled until the Year of the Monkey.

"When are you going to change the land in the southwest and return to the mobile hands?"

After Zhu Di figured out Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts, he asked about the time to do it.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu also knew that he could not delay, and now the strength of the Southwest Corps lies in the existence of Mu Chun, Qu Neng, He Fu, Gu Cheng and others.

Now although he has transferred Li Jinglong, Sheng Yong and others to the southwest, their ability is not as good as the old ministers of the original Southwest Corps.

While this group of old ministers can still fight, they must be allowed to bring out a new group of young and strong generals.

"Five years later."

Zhu Gaochu looked up at Zhu Di and said the approximate time, and Zhu Di only knew what Zhu Gaoxu was thinking when he heard it: "Are you going to let this group of students from the National Defense University join the battlefield of changing the land in the southwest?" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu didn't hide it, after all, there was no need to hide it in the face of Zhu Di, now many people want to see their father and son jokes, but their father and son don't let this group of people get their wish:

"If the Duke of Qianguo and the Duke of Cao can bring out a group of young and strong generals, then the Ming Dynasty can prosper for another forty years."

"Forty years is too short, the two of us together are enough." Zhu Di grabbed his beard, but Zhu Gaoxu was a little embarrassed after hearing it.

Fortunately, in Zhu Di's opinion, he and himself seem to be able to live to be more than sixty.

Zhu Gaoxu has no doubts about whether Zhu Di can live to be more than sixty, but he is a little worried about whether he can live to sixty.

"I'm not going to die in front of the old man, am I?"

Thinking that he had shared so much work for Zhu Di, and that he was not as often against Zhu Di as Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu couldn't help but doubt that the old man would live longer in this life.

But before he could think about it, he heard hurried footsteps from outside the temple.

The father and son looked at the palace gate at the same time, and after a while, they saw a military attache appear at the palace gate, panting and not forgetting to do it:

"The governor of the right army, the governor of the palace, and the governor of the same army, Wu Zhong has an urgent report, please play Your Majesty!"

"Come in and play!" When Zhu Di heard that it was the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, he had a bad premonition and motioned for Wu Zhong to enter the palace to report.

Wu Zhong also bowed in return when he heard this, and then walked into the Wuying Hall to hand out the urgent report, Wang Yan, who had been standing in the corner without speaking, stepped forward to take the urgent report and sent it to Zhu Di without thinking.

At the same time as Zhu Di opened the emergency report, Wu Zhong spoke: "The platform Luo Miao Puliang rebelled, and Yazhou, the capital of Qiongzhou, was invaded by the Japanese and repelled. ”

Before the topic of changing the land and returning to the river was over, the Luo Miao rebellion broke out, which made Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di look at each other.

However, after reading the emergency report, Zhu Di was not in a hurry, but said: "Since Cao Guogong has led the army to recruit Luo Miao, then the Right Army Governor's Mansion only needs to pay attention to the war, and there is no need to worry about the occurrence of Japanese pirates in Yazhou. ”

"The minister ......" Wu Zhong responded, and then left the Wuying Hall under Zhu Di's instructions.

After he left, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu: "How is the preparation of the fleet to go to the South Seas?" ”

Seeing Zhu Di asking about this, Zhu Gaoxu also gave an answer after thinking about it between breaths:

"Originally, there were forty treasure ships, one hundred three-thousand-material warships, and one hundred horse ships, but now it seems that they need to be increased."

"Another 500,000 will be transferred, and at the same time, another 15,000 navy troops will be recruited, and 50 warships will be built with 3,000 materials, 10 treasure ships from 5,000 materials, and 100 horse ships."

"In this way, the establishment of 35,000 people in the navy will be full."

Zhu Gaoxu said, and at the same time gave the specific strength of the Ming Navy in the future.

Counting the treasure ships, warships and horse ships left in the Whale Sea, the Ming Navy has a total of 35,000 people, 60 treasure ships, 170 warships, 240 horse ships, and a total of 480 combat logistics ships.

This scale is twice as large as the scale of Zheng He's trip to the West in his previous life, but it should be.

After all, Zheng He's fleet in the Western Ocean only retained a certain number of defenders and ships in various official factories, but Zhu Gaoxu wanted to arrange seven permanent naval guards in the Whale Sea, the Eastern Ocean, the South Ocean, and the Western Ocean to protect the overseas interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"You can do it."

Zhu Di got up when he heard this, and it seemed that he was not going to continue to talk to Zhu Gaoxu about other things, after all, the two of them were very busy with government affairs.

Their father and son don't have the energy of Lao Zhu, not to mention that Daming's workload is much higher now than Lao Zhu's time, even if Lao Zhu is resurrected, he has to work for nine hours a day, not to mention their father and son.

Even if it is evenly divided, each person has to work for four and a half hours, so except for some days when there are fewer performances, their personal time is still very small.

Although Zhu Di always went to the Dajiaochang and the National Defense University, he still had to manage politics on the way.

The repetitive life made him feel bored, but as soon as he thought of his ascendancy, he could only continue to prove that he was ten million times better than Zhu Yunwen.

"The retainers retired ......"

Zhu Gaoxu left, and Zhu Di also walked to the side hall.

Not long after, Zhu Gaoxu returned to the East Palace in a golden chariot, but as soon as he got off the car, he saw a happy Yishuha waiting for him at the palace gate.

"Your Highness!"

"Why are you so happy?"

Yishaha came forward happily, Zhu Gaoxu was still curious to ask, but he didn't want Yishaha to be stunned by his next sentence.

"The crown princess is overjoyed!"

Yishaha's face was full of excitement, and he didn't know that he thought his daughter-in-law was pregnant.

"Bad joy?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, and only after a moment did he realize that she was pregnant.

"Is it that easy?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect that he would reap the fruits after two months of hard work, and his mind was also blank.

In his previous life, he was still a happy single dog in his thirties, and seeing that his colleagues around him might not be able to conceive children after a few years of marriage, he thought that it was still difficult to have children.

Now, it doesn't seem that very difficult.

"Let's go, the former dormitory!"

After Zhu Gaoxu reacted, he happily took Yishuha to the front dormitory.

The two of them almost trotted all the way over, and they didn't know that they thought something national had happened.

When he ran to the former dormitory, Guo Yan was still sitting and playing the guzheng, which made Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly walk into the palace.

"His Royal Highness Chitose ......"

The female officials were embarrassed, but Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously: "Isn't it happy?" Why did you play the guzheng again? ”

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that the female colleague who was happy in his previous life was uncomfortable, so he was a little worried about Guo Yan.

"There's nothing uncomfortable after the joy, it's just that it's a little uncomfortable when it's happy."

Guo Yan's smile was bright, and his eyes were crooked like a crescent moon.

Zhu Gaoxu sat aside and stretched out his hand to touch her abdomen: "How many months?" ”

"The imperial doctor said it should be a month and a half." Guo Yan stretched out her hand and put it on Zhu Gaoxu's hand, she could feel that Zhu Gaoxu cared about her sincerely this time, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

If she can give birth to a son, then her position as the crown princess will be really stable.

"Then I should not give birth until September next year, right?" Zhu Gaoxu didn't know much about this, Guo Yan shook his head: "The imperial doctor said that it should be born around August, and September is already full-term." ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the smiling female officials and eunuchs in the hall, and said generously:

"Ten times per person in the East Palace, in addition, you asked the female medical officer to be transferred from Liaodong to be responsible for the production."

"The slave has already given the order." also lost Ha as a return gift, which made Zhu Gaoxu very satisfied, and at the same time turned back to comfort Guo Yan:

"Although the matter of childbirth is dangerous, there are also many female medical officers trained in Bohai and Liaodong, and they have dealt with many difficult labor surgeries in Bohai and Liaodong, and you can rest assured that your physique is good."

"Yes......" Guo Yan felt happy at the moment, Zhu Gaoxu had also cared about her before, but none of them could compare with this time.

"Has the news reached Wuying Hall and Qianqing Palace?" Zhu Gaoxu asked Guo Yan, and Guo Yan nodded.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Zhu Di and Queen Xu appeared in the former dormitory.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu sat aside, while Queen Xu had a smile on her face and kept sharing her experience with Guo Yan.

Looking at that picture, Zhu Gaoxu also went from being happy at the beginning to being calm now, but Zhu Di watched him calm down and pulled him aside.

"I just got the news from the big church, and the third child was tortured enough."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochu and talked about what happened to Zhu Gaosui during this time, but Zhu Gaochu stopped: "If you want to let him out, Dad, you should wait." ”

"It's less than three months, how much do you think he can change?"

"If he can hold out until now, it means that there is nothing left, in this case, it is better to let him continue to stay in the Great Sect, at least so that the capital can be more peaceful."

Zhu Gaoxu said that there was nothing wrong with this, after the confession of Shi Gusheng, the head of the Zhao Palace, the Zhao Wangfu did not come out of the news about the palace.

Now that Zhu Gaosui is locked up in the Great Church, not to mention how it is for the people's livelihood, it is a good thing for the court alone.

When he grows up sensible, it will not be too late to let him out, anyway, he took the initiative to ask for a postponement.

"You're ruthless."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochu and couldn't help but shake his head, after all, Zhu Gaosui always ran behind Zhu Gaochu in the past, and the two brothers had the best relationship.

Looking at it now, not to mention that Zhu Gaosui has changed, he has to change Zhu Gaosui as well.

Although this is a good thing, when he thinks of Zhu Gaosui's hardships, Zhu Di is always a little reluctant.

"Gao Xu."

Before the father and son finished talking about Zhu Gaosui, they heard Queen Xu's voice, so they returned to the main hall.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu walk out, Queen Xu also got up and walked to him, persuading him to care about Guo Yan during this time.

Zhu Gaochu still listened to Queen Xu's words, so no matter what she said, Zhu Gaochu nodded along with her.

Seeing that he was obedient, Queen Xu finally confessed: "Don't have sex with Yan'er in the past few months, don't you have two Fengyi in the East Palace, just call them." ”

"If it's not enough, I'll choose a few more for you when I choose a concubine for your father in March next year."

"There's no need for a mother, my son just needs to be as good as he originally said." Zhu Gaoxu was embarrassed, if Empress Xu really chose dozens of beautiful women for him, he might not be able to hold it.

The month and a half of having sex with Guo Yan has already made him feel mentally exhausted, and now that he is finally pregnant, he is ready to rest for a few days.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu also looked at the silent main owner Zhu Di on the side.

He also admired this old man, obviously there were so many concubines when he was in Beiping, but in addition to Zhu Gaojiao, who had died young, and Chang Ning, who was still alive, he was able not to give birth to children with other concubines.

If he hadn't known that this old man changed people and turned over the brand every day, Zhu Gaoxu would have wondered if he had ridden too much and couldn't survive.

Anyway, Zhu Gaoxu can't do this concentration......

"What do you think I'm doing?"

Zhu Di, who was furious by Zhu Gaoxu, glared at him, and before Zhu Gaoxu could respond, he was scolded back by Queen Xu.

"Your Majesty should also pay attention to moderation, the signs have been turned too often recently."

"I'm just trying to be fresh, if you like it, then you're the only one, Sister Xu." Zhu Di made Queen Xu blush as soon as he opened his mouth, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Yan.

"Don't say this in front of Gao Xu, such an adult is not ashamed."

"Hehe...... " Zhu Di smiled, and Empress Xu could only nod to Zhu Gaoxu awkwardly when she saw this: "You guys rest early, let's go first." ”

When she said this, she didn't notice that it was still noon, and hurriedly walked out of the front bedroom, and Zhu Di also chased after her happily.

"My mother and Your Majesty have a very close relationship, you can get used to it if you look at it more."

"The concubine is envious of His Majesty's ability to express it so directly."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said to Guo Yan, and Guo Yan also looked at Zhu Di and Queen Xu who had gone away with envy.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say, but just led Guo Yan to the side hall and sat down, and at the same time asked Yishaha to take the music to the front dormitory to deal with it.

(End of chapter)