Long Wenguang said: "To talk about the Yongning Xuanfu Division, we have to talk about the She'an Rebellion.

Since the rebellion of the local chief She Chongming in the first year of Tianqi, it was not until the tenth year of Chongzhen that the rebellion was completely ended.

It lasted for seventeen years, and the land at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, centered on Yongning Xuanfu Division, was devastated and people's livelihood was in ruins. So far, only 20 to 30% of its vitality has been restored.

Originally, after the She'an Rebellion was quelled, the imperial court wanted to take advantage of the situation and return the Yongning Xuanfu Division to its original territory and establish prefectures and counties.

However, after several major discussions between the DPRK and China, many people expressed objections.

Firstly, it is because the reform of the country after the Bozhou Rebellion was not successful. It cost the country a lot of money and food every year, but there was not much profit.

Secondly, some people believe that the reason why there was chaos in She'an was because the imperial court was too eager to reform the native land and oppressed the chieftains too much.

In addition, ten years after Chongzhen, the rogue bandits and the Eastern captives became more and more powerful, and the country was seriously short of money and food, so the matter of Yongning's return to the land could only be ignored.

During the She'an Rebellion, although the She family was almost wiped out, the An family of the water system still retained considerable power.

Therefore, I believe that the current supervisory government should mainly appease Yongning and win over him, and prevent him from being used by the enemy."

The main figure of the She'an Rebellion, She Chongming, was killed in the third year of Chongzhen. Because this was a rebellion in which almost all the chieftains at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces participated, it was postponed to the tenth year of Chongzhen.

Zhu A'ao naturally knew about the She'an Rebellion, but she didn't know much about it.

Hao Guangming did find information about the She'an Rebellion, but found that there was too much content, and seven years had passed, so he did not read it to Zhu Ainao.

I was going to wait until night to study this seemingly complicated "She'an Rebellion" with Zhu Yurao.

Zhu Ayao nodded slightly after listening to Long Wenguang's words, and then asked: "Then who is the leader of all parties in the Yongning Appeasement Department now?"

Long Wenguang said: "Although Yongning has not changed its land to Guiliu, it has been placed under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou Prefecture, so the main civil servants should be the Xuzhou Prefecture.

As for the local chieftains - after the She'an Rebellion was settled, the imperial court subdivided and weakened the chieftain policy, and divided the territory that originally belonged to the big chieftains such as the She family to many smaller chieftains, so now there is no local chieftain who can be the leader.

However, in the past, the She family had a close relationship with the Shuixi'an family. Now that the She family has disappeared, it is the Shuixi'an family that has a certain appeal to the chieftains of Yongning.

As for our military generals in Yongning during the Ming Dynasty, they should be used by the Hou family as the hereditary commander of the Yongning Guards in the past.

Now the commander of the Yongning Guard is Hou Liangzhu's adopted son Hou Tianci, who once served as a guerrilla general to suppress the rogue bandits from Yang Sichang, but his efforts were in vain for several years.

Coupled with the poor livelihood of the people in Yongning and the sparse population, I am afraid that the Yongning Guards will not have many soldiers available."

After listening to Long Wenguang's words, Zhu Aao thought deeply for a while.

Soon, she noticed that there was silence in the palace, so she raised her head and said: "How should the Yongning Guards be arranged specifically? The ministers will also discuss it. If you have any good suggestions, you can put forward them."

Not everyone present knew something about the Yongning Xuanfu Division, Yongning Guards, and the Hou family, or they only had a partial understanding, and had long wanted to ask Long Wenguang, Liu Linchang and others.

Therefore, after listening to Zhu Yuluo's words, Li Yan and others immediately started talking in low voices.

The generals surrounded Zeng Ying.

Although Zeng Ying was young, after all, he grew up in Chengdu and had fought in Chongqing for half a year, so he also had some understanding of Yongning next to him.

Zhu Yasuo took the opportunity to take out her mobile phone and communicate with Hao Guangming through text - Hao Guangming spoke while she typed.

She is typing quite fast now.

However, Hao Guangming didn't have any mature ideas about how to arrange the Yongning Guards, so he found information about Hou Tianci and other members of the Hou family and told it to Zhu Yurao.

Then Zhu Ailao was silent for a while.

When talking about Hou Tianci, we must talk about Hou Liangzhu.

In pacifying the She'an Rebellion, Hou Liangzhu achieved a "wonderful victory in the southwest" and was granted the title of hereditary commander of the Yongning Guard for his meritorious service, with a thousand acres of land.

In the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, Li Zicheng's troops flowed into Sichuan. Hou Liangzhu led his troops to resist the bandits in Mianzhou, but because they were outnumbered, they fought hard and died.

Chongzhen didn't even know the news of Hou Liangzhu's death in battle, so he issued an order to deprive Hou Liangzhu of his official title, causing the Hou family to suffer unjust injustice.

Later, although Chongzhen knew that something had happened, he did not vindicate Hou Liangzhu.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, Hou Tianci came to the capital to express his ambitions. He expressed his willingness to lead the Hou family's children and Hou Liangzhu's old generals to recruit powerful troops to fight bloody battles with the bandits, avenge his father's shame and report the country's favor. Only then was he commended by Chongzhen and appointed as the commander of the Yongning Guard.

During the Qian incident, he was attacked by guerrillas and suppressed the rogue bandits from Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang praised Hou Tian for giving him elite soldiers, so Chongzhen added a rank to him and made him a commander.

Because of his meritorious service, he gained another rank and became the commander of the Yongning Guard, but it was no longer hereditary.

During the Southern Ming Dynasty, Hou Tianci respected Emperor Yongli and fought successively with the Daxi Army and the Qing Army. Many of the Hou family's descendants died in the battle.

In the end, Hou Tianci also died in the Qujing Civil War when the three kings of the Great Western Army fought against each other.

The remaining people of the Hou family were disheartened. It happened that the Qing Dynasty issued an edict, allowing the Hou family to return to their hometown as citizens and enjoy their previous fiefdoms, so the Hou family surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

From a historical point of view, although the Hou family was later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, what they did before was enough to be called loyal.

Especially Hou Tianci, who not only has good military abilities, but is also very loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Not long after Hao Guangming finished talking about the Hou family, the Chengyun Hall became quiet.

Li Yan came out and said: "In supervising the country, I thought that I could issue a decree for Yongning and summoned Hou Tianci to come to Chengdu to see him.

If he is willing to serve as a supervisor of the country, he can be made a general of the Yongning garrison and ordered to bring two battalions of troops from Chengdu back to Yongning to guard the country, so as to strengthen the hearts of the chieftains in Yongning and surrounding areas."

The existence of Yongning Guard is to suppress the local chieftains.

Although after the She'an Rebellion, the power of the chieftains in Yongning was greatly weakened.

But after seven years of training, if enemies come in the future and collude with the chieftains, these chieftains may not have different intentions.

If we want to prevent these chieftains from being disloyal, strong military garrison is the most appropriate policy at the moment.

So Zhu Yusao nodded and said: "If you have no objections, you will follow what Governor Li has said."

"I have no objection."

At this time, Zhu Ainao said again: "Old General Shizhu Qin Liangyu has been fighting for our Ming Dynasty for decades and has made numerous military achievements. I think it is appropriate to ennoble him as an exception, so I will grant him the title of Zhongzhenhou."

These words immediately stunned everyone in the palace.

Immediately, Liu Zhibo couldn't help but said: "In the supervision of the country, it may be possible to make an exception for the old general Qin, but would it be too much to make him a marquis directly?"

Zhang Jimeng couldn't help but said: "My title in the Ming Dynasty is very noble. Although General Qin has made a lot of contributions, it is not easy to directly make him a marquis. It is better to demote him to a lower level."

The others had their own thoughts and remained silent for a while.

Zhu Yucao said: "Do you know that General Qin will live a long life this year?"

Liu Zhibo had exchanged many letters with Qin Liangyu before, and he knew Qin Liangyu quite well. After hearing this, he said: "Old General Qin was born in the second year of Wanli, and he is now seventy-five years old."

Zhu Yusao asked again, "In which year did General Qin start fighting for the Ming Dynasty?"

When Liu Zhibo heard this, he sweated heavily on his forehead, but he still replied: "It should be the 27th year of Wanli, during the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Pingbo Prefecture."

Zhu Yuyao said: "Based on this, General Qin has now fought forty-five battles for our Ming Dynasty, right?

Dare I ask Liu Xunjian, how many forty-five commanders have there been in life? With the longevity of General Qin, how many years can he still fight for the Ming Dynasty?

I heard that the old general Qin led his troops to help Chongqing, but because there were few generals, he was defeated by the thieves.

Shizhu Xuanfu Division has always sent troops to help the imperial court in wars. Without thinking, he knew that the people were depleted and their wealth was exhausted.

General Qin and Shi Zhu have paid so much for the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't I grant her the title of Marquis?"

Liu Zhibo was speechless by Zhu Yuluo's call and could only lower his head and said: "I should."

With a smile on her lips, Zhu Yusao said: "After the meeting, you and Zhang Jimeng will go to the East Mansion to assist Governor Li and draft the decree for the knighthood of General Qin."

Zhang Jimeng and Liu Zhibo responded together: "Yes."

The smile on Zhu Aao's lips became wider.

In fact, she made Qin Liangyu a marquis not only because Qin Liangyu really deserved this title, but also because she needed to establish a meritorious female figure who broke the worldly prejudice as soon as possible.

Because she knew that in an environment like the late Ming Dynasty, the more outstanding female celebrities who broke secular prejudices, the smaller the gender resistance she would face when she took charge of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Standing up from the throne, Zhu Ayao said loudly: "Today's meeting will end here. After the meeting, Governor Long will also go to the East Mansion to take a look at it to avoid improper drafting of the decrees sent to all parties.

As for the generals, you should return to your camps to intensify your military training. When the autumn harvest is over, you will obey the military orders of the Supervisory Government and pacify the bandits in Sichuan and those who disobey the supervision of the Supervisor."

Hong Niangzi and the other six generals immediately clasped their fists and saluted: "I accept your order!"

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Mid September.

Long'an Mansion.

As the prefect, Zhan Tianyan was not in Pingwu County, where he was governed, but came to Jiangyou with a guard of honor and a standard camp of 3,000 people.

Long'an is located in the northwest of Sichuan. It can be said that nine-tenths of the place is covered with high mountains. Only Jiangyou County in the south is located in the Sichuan Basin and is a plain.

The Fujiang River flows through it for irrigation, and both sides of the river have become fertile fields.

Therefore, Jiangyou can be said to be the granary of Long'an Prefecture.

Now is the rice harvest season. Thinking of the huge number of bandits in Sichuan, Zhan Tianyan was worried and brought Biaoying to check.

However, his battalion only started recruiting and training after hearing that Zhang Xianzhong had entered Shu in late spring. Soon after it was formed, it could deal with ordinary bandits. If they encountered Zhang Xianzhong's troops, they would probably have to retreat.

Zhan Tianyan is already at the age where he knows his destiny (fifty). He has gray hair, looks thin, neither tall nor short.

He was walking in the fields, and although he had a group of officers and soldiers behind him, the people in the fields did not hide when they saw him. Instead, they bowed to him from a distance one by one.
To be continued...