"Brother, I heard that the year before last, the imperial court made a special trip to respond to Zhu Shangshu's request and sent back the white-pole soldiers in order to deter the southwestern chieftains. Doesn't this have any effect?"

Hearing Zhong Jinwei's question, the Guizhou businessman glanced over and found that there was a big man in rich clothes sitting next to Zhong Jinwei, who must be a wealthy guest.

With the same mentality as the people of later generations, especially businessmen, it is a good thing to make friends with a rich man. So the Guizhou businessman turned around and faced Zhong Jinwei and explained: "General Qin Shizhu is very powerful, but she is in Xichuan. This

The southwest is mountainous and the roads are not easy to travel, so the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou are more afraid of Zhu Shangshu who is guarding the local area."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he suddenly realized that it was a problem with the road.

This was in the 17th century. There were many ethnic minorities in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, and they were generally autonomous. For most chieftains, they rarely built roads to allow smooth communication with the outside world. Basically, they liked to close their doors and become emperors themselves.

, this is the best.

Chieftains like Qin Liangyu, who had led armies before, knew that isolation was not the way out. Therefore, Qin made great contributions to the capital, and one of his rewards was to receive cement so that he could build a cement road to the outside world.

Zhong Jinwei thought of this and learned something again. He thought for a moment and then asked the Guizhou businessman: "Is the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou really that serious?"

"Yeah, if the situation wasn't serious, I would have gone back a long time ago. If I stay in Guangzhou for one more day, the goods will be backlogged and the cost will be higher!" Upon hearing this, the Guizhou businessman couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Zhong Jinwei stopped talking after hearing this. He finished his lunch early and went back to his room.

As soon as he entered the room, Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Baichuan who followed him: "How is the strength of the factory guards in the southwest?"

When Gu Baichuan listened to Zhong Jinwei's question while eating just now, he knew that the Duke of Guo was worried about the situation in the southwest. He had already thought about it, and now when he heard Zhong Jinwei's question, he immediately replied: "Guo Gong, there are many chieftains in the southwest, and the factory guards are relatively close.

I would say, there will be less, but there will still be some.”

After listening to this, Zhong Jinwei walked around the room twice, obviously thinking about the problem. After a while, he stood up and said to Gu Baichuan: "The situation in the southwest looks very serious. Although the actual situation is not known, it must be groundless.

It has its origin. To be on the safe side, we must strengthen our grasp of southwest intelligence."

When Gu Baichuan heard that Zhong Jinwei was about to give another order, he quickly straightened his body and listened carefully.

"First, send more factory guards secretly to the southwest to monitor the chieftains of all ethnic groups. If there is not enough manpower, you can immediately report it to the prince and ask the emperor to allocate manpower from other places."

"Second, I just had an idea. I will write a memorial immediately and send it to Beijing as a rush."

After hearing Zhong Jinwei's order, Gu Baichuan immediately agreed: "Yes, Duke of the country."

Zhong Jinwei immediately walked back to the table in the room and began to write the memorial.

Now that the north has been decided, the capital in hand is much stronger than in previous years. There are many cards that can be played against the chieftains of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. After being reminded by the Guizhou businessman just now, Zhong Jinwei had a new idea.

In his memorial, he suggested to the emperor that it would be best to send some of the Beijing battalions to the southwest. The number of people does not need to be too large, just the elite. Cooperate with Zhu Shangshu and Shizhu, the general of Qin, to solve the problem of the chieftains in the southwest as soon as possible. Otherwise, such a tinderbox will

Don't know when it will explode.

The situation of the southwestern chieftains is different from that of the Liaodong Jianlu. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei suggested that it is best to send out the special forces, that is, the Perak Brigade. If necessary, a beheading operation can be carried out to kill the restless chieftains in one fell swoop.

, less turmoil in the southwest would be best.

In this way, the cost is the lowest and it is also very effective for the ethnic minorities in southwest China.

However, in order to completely solve the problem of chieftains in the southwest, we still need to reform the local chieftain system. That is to say, the hereditary system of chieftains should be removed, prefectures and counties should be established, and the imperial court would directly appoint officials with a certain term for management.

Zhong Jinwei suggested to Emperor Chongzhen that the comprehensive reform of the native land should be carried out, preferably after the reorganization of the northern army was completed. This would enable him to have enough strong troops to quickly deal with the chieftains if they dissatisfied with the court's policy of reforming the land and returning them to the army.

The chieftain who resisted the idea of ​​returning to his native land.

Before this strategy of reforming the native land and returning it to local people is fully implemented, it is recommended to dig up the foundation of the chieftains in the southwest first, that is, the court will use the excuse to help the chieftains and provide money to build cement roads in the southwest.

As long as transportation is convenient, there will be several benefits. First, the troop deployment is smooth, and you can respond quickly to situations that arise;

Secondly, ethnic minorities will have more opportunities to go out of the mountains. When they see the outside world, they will have ideas. It will not be easy for the chieftain to fool his own tribe and people.

Regarding this, a good use is that if the chieftain wants to rebel, so many people may not follow him. This is because the knowledgeable tribal people know the power of the Ming army and will not blindly follow him.

Third, convenient transportation will definitely bring benefits to all ethnic minorities. If you want to get rich, build roads first. Once the roads are built, some tribal people will definitely become rich. Rebellion is a serious crime. If they are not forced to have no choice but to do so, it will be very difficult.

Few people will follow the rebellion.

In this way, he will not be fooled, and his life will start to get better, and who will follow the chieftain to rebel. If it really comes to that point, even if the chieftain wants to rebel, someone among the tribesmen under him might take the lead.

Tell the truth.

Zhong Jinwei finished writing the memorial, read it again, and handed it to Gu Baichuan, asking him to rush it to the capital.

Seeing Gu Baichuan turn around and go out to arrange the matter, Zhong Jinwei prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that the chaos in the southwest would not happen so quickly. Otherwise, once the several measures in the memorial are arranged, even if there is a disturbance in the southwest, it should be calmed down quickly.

In fact, Zhu Xieyuan, who was the Minister of War and was also in charge of military affairs in Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, only suffered from minor illness occasionally. However, the rumors became more and more outrageous and turned into a serious illness.

Therefore, there was no immediate rebellion in the southwest, but as soon as Zhong Jinwei's memorial came out, the court's attention was focused on the southwest.

Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind, based on Zhong Jinwei's suggestions in the memorial, to deal with the powder keg in the southwest that would explode at some unknown time.

Of course, these are all things for later, and the memorial has only been sent out now.

Zhong Jinwei arranged this matter again, and according to the plan, he left the inn and went to Shibosi on the edge of the Pearl River Estuary.

Of course, the group of them did not ride horses this time, otherwise it would be too eye-catching and inconsistent with the purpose of a private visit in disguise.

The Pearl River is full of ships, including fishing boats and cargo ships, river boats and ocean-going giant ships.

On the pier, countless people flowed. Some came to the pier to look at the goods, or were helping businessmen, and others were busy carrying goods onto and off the ship, just to name a few.

Zhong Jinwei saw the largest variety of skin colors here, including whites, blacks, and Arabs from time to time.

As a group of them walked and looked around, they suddenly saw a group of people surrounding a restaurant in front of them, pointing and pointing.
Chapter completed!