"Before the inventory of two governments and one state, there were only more than 400,000 mouths, but now 620,000 mouths have been found."

"Previously, there were only more than 2.2 million mu of cultivated land, but now more than 2.8 million mu have been found."

"This is still the case in only two prefectures and one state, what is the situation in the whole of Sichuan?"

Layue tail, looking at the content of Jian Yi's play, Zhu Di in the Wuying Hall was like gunpowder, as if it would explode in the next second.

In front of him, Zhu Gaoxu, Xia Yuanji, Guo Zi, and Huang Fu sat on chairs, quietly waiting for him to finish venting.

In the past half a year, he has accumulated too many emotions, and it is good to be able to vent.

"According to Jianyi's words, this inventory will take at least a year and a half, and it is conservatively estimated that the number of mouths in Sichuan will not be less than 2.6 million, and the cultivated land will not be less than 13 million mu."

Zhu Gaoxu calmly said about the general situation in Sichuan: "Not counting the population that moved in from the Tusi, the increase in the population of Sichuan is about 600,000, and the increase in cultivated land is at least 2 million mu. ”

"It can be seen that the population growth of Sichuan is mainly due to the inability of the imperial court to manage the local people."

"In the southeast of Sichuan, in the middle of Qianzhong during the Tang and Song dynasties, the population that the imperial court can control now is only more than 100,000 military households under the rule of Wei."

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, unfolded the southwest map hanging in the Wuying Hall with his own hands, pointed at Guizhou with a command pole and said:

"From the topographical point of view, the whole territory of Guizhou is mountainous and hilly, only a small number of plateau basins, and there are rivers such as Wujiang River, Beipan River, Yachi River and so on, known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". ”

"From the map, Guizhou is located in the north of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, east of Huguang, north of Sichuan, west of Yunnan, south of Guangxi, can be said to be an important passage from the two lakes to the southwest.

"Whether it is a merchant envoy or an army, if you want to go south to Yunnan, without passing through the Guizhou region, you can either go straight to Yunnan through the Bashu region, or cross Guangxi from the Huguang region, or go north and south from Anbei by sea."

"Of course, you can bypass Guizhou by taking these three routes, but except for the last sea route, the other two roads will lengthen the route and supply distance."

"I've calculated this distance, if you start from Wuchang, the northern route will be 400 miles more, and the southern route will be 700 miles more."

"Therefore, once the imperial court controls the Guizhou region, it means that there is a stable strategic fulcrum that can control the southwestern provinces, which greatly shortens the supply distance, and is of great help to control and stabilize the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou region."

"However, Guizhou's geographical environment and ethnic distribution determine that it is not easy to control and manage the Guizhou region."

"Because of the rugged terrain and the large number of local people, a small number of people moving in will not only not be able to sinicize the local area, but will be transformed by the local people."

"In the past thousand years, they were able to hold here mainly because relying on the stone fort was enough to resist thousands of troops, but now that the imperial court has field artillery and siege artillery, the stone fort of the Tusi is no longer as strong as before, so if they want to clean up the Guizhou region, the imperial court also has the advantage of the imperial court."

"Blindly allowing Guizhou to engage in Tusi autonomy has saved the cost of local governance, but in fact it has increased the hidden dangers of local security and hindered the development of the local economy and people's livelihood, so it is necessary to strengthen the direct and unified management of the local area by the imperial court.

Zhu Gaoxu's meaning is obvious, that is, the Guizhou region will definitely be completely reformed and returned to the stream, but the ministers also have their own worries about this.

Hearing this, Guo Zi, the head of the household department, got up and said slowly: "What His Highness said is reasonable, but if you want to carry out a comprehensive reform of the land in the local area, I am afraid it will cause a rebellion of all the Tusi. ”

"Since the fourth year of Yongle, the imperial court has only changed the land to the small and medium-sized toasts, and it has been a whole trouble until now, if you want to do it to the four major toasts of An, Tian, Song, and Yang, I am afraid that it will plunge the local area into a long-term war."

"At that time, even if the local area is taken, how many people and how much arable land can the imperial court get?"

"Therefore, the minister thought that if he wanted to take the local area, he could increase the setting up of local guards and increase the population to imperceptibly."

After all, Guo Zi is a secretary of the household department, and there is no problem in analyzing the situation from the perspective of finance and economy alone, but this kind of answer has the feeling of handing over the problem to future generations.

"No way!" Zhu Di interrupted Guo Zi when he heard this, and at the same time stroked his beard:

"If I look at all dynasties, all of them have the strongest military strength when the dynasty is strong, and the weaker the military strength will be."

"Right now, the imperial court is strong, if you don't take advantage of the current time to solve these four major toasts, then they will inevitably make chaos in the future, can the imperial court suppress them at that time?"

Zhu Di's thinking is the same as Zhu Gaoxu's, otherwise he would not have sent troops to solve the Tian family's toast, which is the most powerful of the four major toasts.

If it weren't for the lack of siege ability, maybe Zhu Di would have sent troops to solve the other three toasts after solving the Tian family toast in history.

Now that Zhu Gaoxu has made up for the shortcomings of the Ming army's siege, the stone fort in the southwest can no longer form an absolute obstacle to the Ming army, so Zhu Di will naturally take a big step forward and prepare to solve the four major Tusi of Guizhou in one fell swoop.

"Set up three divisions in Guizhou, and at the same time recruit officers and soldiers from Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places, and then transfer direct soldiers and horses from the Beijing battalion to participate in the encirclement and suppression, I don't believe that the bones of this group of Tusi are so hard!"

At this moment, Zhu Di was still worried about his Xu sister's affairs, and at the same time, he also wanted to do something to increase his merits.

In the case of not being able to march north, he will naturally choose to aim at the southwest, after all, there are famous Hongwu generals such as Mu Chun, Li Jinglong, Gu Cheng, Sheng Yong, He Fu, Qu Neng, etc. in the southwest, as long as the artillery and firearms are sufficiently rationed, there is no situation where the battle will be defeated.

"Right now, how many soldiers and horses in the world are equipped with firearms?"

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaochu didn't think twice when he heard this: "In recent years, the center of gravity of the imperial court has been in the north, followed by the southwest, and finally on the sea. ”

"There are twenty firearms guards in the north, sixteen in the capital, seven in the navy, twelve in Yunguichuan, and six in Annan."

"The proportion of firearms in each guard is different, but it is basically about fifty percent, and the artillery of each guard on land is a fixed twenty field guns and five siege guns."

"If you want to attack Guizhou Tusi, the number of firearms guards in the southwest should be increased to at least eight, reaching twenty."

Zhu Gaoxu made a suggestion according to the situation in the southwest, and Zhu Di nodded when he heard this, and asked at the same time: "How many artillery pieces are in stock, and can you equip eight guards?" ”

"Enough!" Zhu Gaoxu nodded without thinking.

Although in recent years, the ordnance bureau outside the customs was mainly naval guns and coastal defense artillery, but an ordnance bureau also rose in Nanjing, and the output could reach 500 guns per year.

However, because the firearms guard belongs to the whole guard, and the military salary and food are distributed according to the Bohai Sea, the maintenance cost is not low.

At present, the maintenance of 61 firearms guards and nearly 350,000 professional troops make it difficult for the military cantonment of the Governor's Office of the Sixth Army to support the seed grain, and additional funds need to be allocated from the household department every year.

In the case of the Governor's Office of the Six Armies, under the maintenance of the existing guard system, maintaining at most 56 firearms guards is already the limit.

Fortunately, now that the Sichuan Metropolitan Division is implementing the new policy, the original eleven guards will be abolished and replaced by six firearms guards.

Although this is the case, the seed grain income of the Sichuan Metropolitan Division will disappear, but at the same time, the household department also needs to allocate a fixed amount to the Governor's Office of the Sixth Army.

"Twenty firearms guards, how many can participate in the battle?"

Zhu Di knew that the border areas of Yunnan were in turmoil, and the provincial Tusi also needed firearms to deter them, so he directly asked Zhu Gaoxu how many troops he could mobilize.

"There is no problem with transferring twelve." Zhu Gaoxu replied, Zhu Di and Guo Zi also made a simple calculation.

The twelve guards were sixty-seven thousand two hundred, all of whom were soldiers.

If these 67,000 people participate in Guizhou's land reform and return, then unless the four major Tusi are united, they will really not be able to deal with them.

"Recruiting toast is still based on temptation."

Zhu Di stroked his beard, and Zhu Gaoxu also said: "According to the different strengths, they are awarded the left and right pillars of the Zhengyi Pin, and the scattered ranks of the Zhengwupin Xiao Cavalry Captain can be hereditary and cut down from generation to generation." ”

"For example, if the four great Tusi are willing to accept the appeasement, then the imperial court can award them the martial arts of the Zuozhu Kingdom, at least for fourteen generations of descendants."

Zhu Gaoxu's statement seems to have increased the burden on the imperial court, but it actually lightened the burden.

According to the Zhengyi Wuxun Yulu annual rice of 480 stones, the money is 288 guan, even if it is hereditary for 300 years, it is less than 150,000 stones, 90,000 guan.

But if the four Tusi cavalry rebelled, take Yang Yinglong's rebellion as an example, the money and food spent would be enough to deal with dozens of big Tusi.

"I'm afraid that this alone will not be enough to make them accept the appeasement."

Zhu Di frowned, and Zhu Gaoxu also added: "Naturally, it won't be just that, except for the hereditary martial arts, they can keep half of the local acres, and the rest is enough to be handed over to the imperial court, and the same is true for the military attachés under their command." ”

"That's good, but we'll have to see if they're willing to accept it." Zhu Di nodded.

In his opinion, it is not bad for the army to send troops, and it is good to leave a hereditary martial artist and half of the cultivated land for this group of toasts.

Without the army, they can squander the annual output of their arable land, and their lives will be more comfortable than they are now.

However, Zhu Di also knew that for the toasts who were accustomed to being the emperor of the soil, they would never easily give up everything they had now, unless they had no way out, otherwise they would never accept appeasement.

Fortunately, Zhu Di didn't expect them to accept all the appeasements, if they really accepted all the appeasements, then the situation in Guizhou would be ugly.

"Don't make a noise about this matter for now, wait until the new policy in Sichuan is almost implemented, the twenty firearms guards in Yunguichuan are ready, and the grain and grass are mobilized before we start."

"In addition, Huguang also trained three firearms guards to prevent Tusi from attacking Huguang's territory."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di said to Guo Zi: "The money and grain of the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies need to be replenished and surplus of two million yuan every year. ”

"This year's Yellow Book Returns don't need to be played for the time being, so let's put it on hold for a while."

"The minister commands." Guo Ziying responded, and Zhu Gaoxu did not interrupt.

In his opinion, the data of Daming provinces are obviously distorted except for customs and Shandong, even if they are reported every year, it is estimated that there will not be much change, which can be seen from last year's situation.

Rather than this, it is better to wait for the Sichuan New Deal to be on the right track at the end of next year, and then report in a unified manner.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent, but Zhu Di talked with Xia Yuanji, Huang Fu and others about the governance of the Wusong River and the Yellow River.

Due to Zhu Gaoxu's intervention, the governance of the Wusong River was two years earlier than in history, so the flooding of the Wusong River that should have occurred during the Yongle period did not occur, which indirectly saved millions of stones for the imperial court.

But even so, Wu Songjiang's governance work is not so easy, at least judging from the reports of Huang Fu and Xia Yuanji, it still has to consume several years of money and food in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asks to see you."

When everyone was discussing state affairs, the eunuch on duty at the door spoke, and Zhu Di responded: "Xuan"

"Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and healthy......"

Not long after, Li Zhigang walked into the hall to make a move, and Zhu Di also got straight to the point: "Something to play." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Fangyuan, the governor of North Korea, sent his courtier Pu Shanyan to the court."

Li Zhigang explained the problem, and then explained: "Pak Sanyan said that the imperial court had close trade with Japan, so that many Korean merchants had no trading opportunities. ”

"In addition, in the northeast of his country, I am entrenched in the territory of his country by the Erwei Jurchens of Jianzhou, and I ask Your Majesty to transfer them."

He explained the North Korean problem clearly, but Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu when he heard this.

He has not been involved in the affairs of North Korea, and Zhu Gaoxu is operating it, so he is naturally not ready to interfere.

"The last time North Korea sent envoys, I told them that it was my country, not Korea's land."

"In addition, Korean merchants no longer have the opportunity to participate in trade, so they can join the private trade of the imperial court with the West, and now it is Japan that does not do business with Korea, not that the imperial court does not allow Japan to do business with Korea."

In the face of the Korean state, Zhu Gaoxu did not have a good face, otherwise he would not have let the second guard of Jianzhou take root in Helan Mansion, and at the same time stationed two firearms guards in Dingliao to monitor the movements of North Korea.

As long as North Korea dares to attack the second guard of Jianzhou, the two firearms guards of Dingliao Mansion will immediately cross the Yalu River, so that Li Fangyuan knows how his father taught his unfilial son a lesson.

"Your Highness, the land of Helan Mansion is barren......"

"There is not an inch of land in the Celestial Empire!"

Li Zhigang also wanted to persuade Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaochu directly interrupted his dissuasion, and continued:

"You answer them like this, if they can find historical information that ruled this land before the Celestial Empire, then the imperial court will give them this land."

"Three months later, the imperial court will send Zheng He as an envoy to Kaicheng and let them welcome it well."

Zhu Gaoxu's categorical words made Li Zhigang have no choice but to do diplomatic work, and Zhu Di also asked Li Zhigang when he saw this:

"How are the preparations for the tributary banquet of the imperial court?"

The tributary banquet, which has been prepared since Zheng He's return last year.

It is said to be a banquet, but in fact it is a big military parade to show the strength of the tributary countries.

"A concrete square of 500 acres has been laid to the east of Qilin Gate, and a long two miles, one zhang high, divided into three layers, a waning moon-shaped viewing platform, can accommodate 5,000 people to sit and watch."

Li Zhigang respectfully returned the salute, and at the same time said: "The day has been set for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. ”

"At that time, 267 local officials from 25 countries and at home and abroad will participate in the banquet."

Most of the 25 countries in his mouth are the Nanyang countries, and the Tusi are mainly the Tusi of the southwest and the Tusi of the Qinghai-Tibet region.

"This is the most ......"

"Your Majesty!"

Before Zhu Di's words were finished, an excited shout sounded outside the hall, attracting everyone's attention, and at the same time, the eunuch on duty at the palace gate also said: "Your Majesty, Muyang Bo Hulun asks to see you." ”

"Pass him in." Hearing that it was Hu Lun, and his voice was so excited, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

After the news of Timur's eastward invasion came at the beginning of the year, Zhu Di instructed Song Sheng to actively prepare for the border.

Now, a year has passed, and there is no news, which makes him a little unpredictable.

Hu Lun was in charge of the West Factory, mainly targeting foreign intelligence, so his arrival made Zhu Di worry that something was wrong in the west.

"Your Majesty! Good news! ”

Hu Lun entered the Wuying Hall and shouted good news while making a gesture.

His demeanor made Zhu Gaoxu feel relieved, and Zhu Di hurriedly asked, "What good news?" ”

"The brothers from the west have absconded from Samarkand back to Bessanbali, and the Belostbali mission has just arrived in the capital with the news of Bessanbali."

Hu Lun hurriedly took out a thick stack of letter paper from his sleeve, handed it to Wang Yan, and said in an excited voice: "When Timur led his army to invade the east, he contracted malaria on the road, and Yu Tara fell seriously ill and died. ”

"After the incident, his subordinates secretly transported Timur's body back to Samarkand, blocked the news, and installed Timur's grandson Haril as Khan."

"When the brothers in the west heard the news, they wanted to send the news, but when the eldest grandson of Timur learned the news, Ma Heima, led his army to fight for the throne, and under the fighting between the two sides, our people had no way to escape."

"It wasn't until the intensity of the fighting eased a little in May that we managed to escape, brought the news to Beshbali, and returned to the capital with the envoys of Beshbali."

Hu Lun excitedly talked about the information he had obtained, but Zhu Di was stunned, and while he was relieved, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Although he knew that Timur's goal was to lose Bali and Warat, he also hoped that Timur's brain would be hot and he would really lead his troops to attack Gansu.

At that time, he can also justifiably lead the army to Gansu to fight against this so-called lame Great Khan, so that he can know what is the co-ruler of the world.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

When Li Zhi heard the news just now, he couldn't wait to congratulate Zhu Di, but Zhu Di was a little melancholy.

"The death of Timur is a good thing for us, but it is also a bad thing."

Zhu Di had Zhu Gaoxu's explanation of the Eurasian steppe, and naturally knew that Timur's death was good or bad for the Ming Dynasty.

"When Timur was alive, the Hu people in Hezhong and Mengchi were still able to stay in the local area under his checks and balances, but now that the Hezhong region is in turmoil, many Hu people will naturally move east and return to Mobei in order to seek peace."

"If this matter is used by Warat in Moxi and Beshbali in the Western Regions, it will not necessarily be a good thing for us."

Zhu Di explained, and Li Zhigang and the others also looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

However, Zhu Di at this moment actually doesn't know what to say more than them.

After Zhu Gaoxu's explanation, he knew that the Ming Dynasty should seize the opportunity to launch an offensive against the Tatars and Warats in Mobei before the Hu people moved eastward.

However, now that my sister Xu is sick, she really can't leave the south.

If he ordered the general to order the troops to march west, although it would be fine, he was still not at ease.

"Stand down."

Zhu Di was a little irritable, so he raised his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat.

"The ministers retired ......"

Although he didn't understand why Zhu Di was suddenly irritable, the ministers still returned the salute respectfully, and then slowly withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Gaochu and Wang Yan were not among them, so after the ministers left, Zhu Gaochu said: "Is my father worried about my mother?" ”

"Well......" Facing his second child, Zhu Di has nothing to hide.

"Your mother is seriously ill, and I can't leave her, but if they don't take this opportunity to clean up Arutai and Mahamu in the north, I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up after a few years of strength."

"If your father is worried, then the minister is willing to go for your father." Seeing Zhu Di's hesitation, Zhu Gaoxu immediately made a gesture and said that he was willing to take his place in person.

It's just that as soon as he said this, Zhu Di immediately couldn't sit still.

Although he did not think that Zhu Gaochu's personal expedition could solve the problem of the Mongols, Zhu Gaochu's impression in the Battle of Jingjing was too deep, and no one knew what the result of Zhu Gaoxu's personal expedition was.

If he really cleaned up Mobei, wouldn't it seem that he was very useless?

Originally, he had a bit of Li Yuan's feeling in government affairs, if Zhu Gaoxu fought more and more military exploits, then he would really become Li Yuan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di coughed a few times and waved his hand; "I still have to go in person, the court can't do without you."

"That's it, let's think about this matter again, you should return to the Spring and Hall first."

Zhu Di drove Zhu Gaochu away, but Zhu Gaochu didn't say anything when he saw this, nodded and left.

However, after he left, Wang Yan, who had not spoken, said tentatively: "Why didn't Your Majesty let His Highness send troops, if His Highness sent troops, then the matter of the Northern Expedition should be captured." ”

Faced with Wang Yan's question, Zhu Di didn't know what to say, he couldn't say that he was worried that Zhu Gaoxu would clean up Mobei as soon as he came out, so he could only fight rabbits in Mobei in the future.

The sequelae of the Battle of Jingyan made Zhu Di worry that until now, whoever led the troops to the expedition with him could do it, but Zhu Gaoxu couldn't.

"You help me pass on Zhu Neng, Meng Zhang, Wang Yi, and Qiu Fu to the south."

In the end, Zhu Di did not let Zhu Gaoxu take his place to conquer in person, but was ready to ask Zhu Neng and the others to go south to discuss the matter of the northern expedition.

"The slave takes the command."

Wang Yan guessed Zhu Di's thoughts, but he didn't expose him, but just according to what he said, he summoned Zhu Neng and others in the north.

(End of chapter)