From western Hunan to eastern Guizhou, in places with slightly more convenient transportation, the proportion of Han people actually far exceeded that of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This is not only because the Ming Dynasty continued to exile prisoners, but also because Zhong Xiang's rebellion in Hunan had a great impact.
Those fast-moving wealthy Hunan families flocked to western Hunan and eastern Guizhou with their families. The Tian family in Sizhou was able to expand rapidly mainly because they recruited Hunan refugees.
Similarly, in history, the Yang family in Bozhou was able to grow big because it took the opportunity to recruit Sichuan refugees - it benefited from a wave of dividends in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and also enjoyed a wave of dividends in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Even the area under the jurisdiction of the Yang family in Bozhou was able to recruit people in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Quota, Bozhou, Zunyi and other places have successively passed the examination for several Jinshi.
At this time, in Zhenyuan County where Zhao Ji was located, if it were changed to another time and space, Gong Suran, the first female painter of the Southern Song Dynasty, might have lived here.
My whole family escaped from Hebei!
There are no Han refugees further away, and no matter how hard they escape, they won't end up where the barbarians are.
To the west of Zhenyuan County is Jiangzhou (Kaili). The chief Wu there was very cooperative and actively provided space for the Ming army to build military depots and grain depots.
Therefore, the pioneer Ye Tie did not take advantage of him, but chose to kill the disobedient Chief Jiang, and directly sent troops to occupy Jianzhou (Majiang County) to resettle the soldiers and civilians.
Further west, it is called Houzhou (Guiding).
The chief of Houzhou also had the surname Luo. He was annexed by the Shuidong Song family during the Southern Song Dynasty, but he is still living a relatively prosperous life today.
Ye Tie led his army to Houzhou. No matter what tasks were arranged, Chief Luo handled them carefully because he still relied on the court to resist the Song family.
"If 1,500 soldiers and civilians are resettled here, will Chief Luo be willing to accept it?" Ye Tie asked bluntly.
"Yes, of course I am willing," Chief Luo bowed and asked, "I wonder how the court will arrange it?"
Ye Tie said according to the policy:
"The name of Houzhou will not be changed, only Jisizhou will be changed to Banjisi. The imperial court will arrange for a commander to come over and take charge of the Han soldiers and civilians. You will serve as the magistrate of Houzhou and take charge of the local indigenous people. You are not allowed to use troops without authorization. In case of war, you must
I was ordered to recruit native soldiers and obey the orders of the Han commanders."
"Also, let the land near the city be cultivated by the Han soldiers and civilians who migrated here."
"I don't want your land in vain. The imperial court will give you cattle, farm tools and seeds. It will also teach you how to use farm tools and how to cultivate corn and sweet potatoes."
The Luo chief immediately agreed: "I will listen to the court!"
Although he lost some rights, as long as the Han soldiers and civilians moved in, the Shuidong Song family would not dare to expand here.
In comparison, the method Ye Tie just mentioned is much more civilized than the Song family's land grabbing.
Moreover, the so-called commander Ye Tie said was not a formal position. Most of the immigrants under his rule were ordinary people, who usually worked half-farming and half-farming as militiamen.
It is similar to the Qianhu settlement in Guizhou during the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and his son digested Guizhou, they resettled the fields in key strongholds and set up large and small thousand-household offices and hundreds-household offices.
In the next few hundred years, the area expanded outwards with the farming stronghold as the center. As the Han people continued to multiply and increase, the nearby barbarians also gradually became Chinese.
Even the chief envoy of Guizhou during Zhu Houzhao's period was pitifully affected by the chieftain's cowardice.
At that time, there were two major chieftains, the An family and the Song family, one in the west of Guiyang and the other in the east of Guiyang. Not far from the city, there were barbarians everywhere.
The current An family has a larger territory than during Zhu Yuanzhang's time, and it calls itself the "Luo family ghost kingdom" to the outside world.
Its territory extends to Bijie in the west, Zunyi in the east, Xuyong in the north, and Liupanshui in the south.
After being beaten by the Ming army more than ten years ago, Sichuan continued to immigrate and expand southward. Today, the core areas of Xuyong and Gulin have been occupied by Han immigrants.
The remaining Bozhou Yang family also took the opportunity to expand its territory westward and wrested the later urban area of ​​Zunyi and its western suburbs from the Luo family ghost kingdom.
The current situation is that because the remaining territory of Luo's Ghost Kingdom is too barbaric, the Ming Dynasty, the Song family, and the Yang family are unable to capture it. And the barbarians of Luo's Ghost Kingdom cannot conquer it, so the territories of all parties have stabilized, and those barbarians
Forced to accept canonization by the imperial court.
Ju Ming adopted the method he had used in Lizhou and sealed three "big ghost lords" in one go, and then sealed more than a dozen "big ghost lords" and dozens of "ghost lords".
Such an obvious alienation and differentiation strategy failed to cause the barbarians to fight among themselves, but it actually divided the Luo Ghost Kingdom.
This time the Dali expedition took place in Jinsha and western Guizhou, and the ghost masters of Zhijin, big and small, responded to the imperial court's call and came with their troops.
"Kowtow to the Commander-in-Chief!"
The ghost masters, big and small, lay down in front of Lin Chong, kneeling respectfully and saluting.
Being so obedient is the result of being beaten!
Lin Chong pointed to the civil servant next to him and introduced: "This is Zhong Yu, the governor of Guizhou. The imperial court wants to establish a province in Guizhou, and you are all under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Province. The title of Ghost Lord will still be retained, and the territory will still be governed by yourselves, but also
We need to formally establish Jizhou County. From now on, when you go to Luoyang to pay tribute to the saints, or meet with Han officials, your status will be the governor of the state or the county magistrate."
After the guide translated, the ghost owners didn't understand, and they all stood there with puzzled faces.
Seeing this, the guide explained: "Everything remains the same, but you should address yourself as a Han official to others, and don't talk about the ghost master."
The ghost masters finally figured it out and expressed their acceptance one after another.
Anyway, it’s just a name change.
Zhong Yu, the chief envoy to the left of Guizhou, said: "It has been decided long ago that Juzhou will be changed to Guizhou. Now that Guizhou has become a province, it has been renamed Guiyang. Where is Song Wanming?"
Song Wanming, the head of the Shuidong Song clan, stepped forward quickly: "I am humbled here."
During the Southern Song Dynasty, because of his meritorious service in quelling the barbarian rebellions and his growing strength, this person was appointed by Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty as the general manager of the economic and strategic pacification envoy. His jurisdiction (nominally) not only included the entire province of Guizhou, but also governed parts of southern Sichuan and western Hunan.
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Zhong Yu took out the imperial edict and appointment documents: "The imperial court appointed you as the Right Chief Envoy of Guizhou, in charge of the indigenous people under your own rule, and also in charge of all the tribes in Guizhou Province. However, you are not allowed to gather troops without authorization. In terms of recruiting troops for war,
, I listen to the commander of the capital in peacetime, and in wartime I listen to the commander-in-chief of Guizhou."
Song Wanming was overjoyed and knelt down in front of the imperial edict: "I thank your Majesty for your grace!"
The Song family has a very high degree of Chineseization.
Although most of the barbarians under their rule could not even speak Chinese, the children of the Song family had been studying since childhood and considered themselves Han ancestors.
The other chiefs present showed envious expressions.
Jealousy is jealousy, no one dares to fight because the Song family is too powerful.
In comparison, Bozhou Yang's family is nothing.
Zhong Yu then said to the other chiefs: "If the Song family handles disputes between various ethnic groups unfairly, you can come to the Chief Minister Zuo...that is, me. Come to me to complain, and I will deal with it impartially."
The chiefs breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhong Yu continued: "Song Wanming, since you have become the right chief envoy, shouldn't some of the land in your hands be used to resettle immigrants?"
This is a political deal.
The imperial court was unable to digest Guizhou, which was full of barbarians, so it chose to cooperate with the Song family.
Not only did the Song family have to hand over part of their territory, but they also had some military power restricted. When the proportion of Han people increased in the future, many barbarians would also become naturalized, and the court would have various reasons to change their lands and return to their homeland.
This is how the Shuidong Song family in another time and space declined.
In the early Ming Dynasty, they actually controlled one-sixth of the land in Guizhou. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the actual controlled territory had shrunk by more than half. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, although the Song family was still called chieftain, they were actually almost the same as Han gentry.
Next, Zhong Yu announced the official positions of other chiefs, including the Yang family of Bozhou who lost Bozhou.
When Zhu Ming was preparing to establish Guizhou as a province, he assigned Bozhou (Tongzi) to Sichuan and Zunyi to Guizhou.
Zunyi was called Zunyi Army in the Northern Song Dynasty. Later it was renamed Zunyi Prefecture, and the Yang family inherited the local magistrate there.
This so-called "hereditary" has no real name.
The same is true for other native chiefs. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, they did not recognize the hereditary system, but they did indeed pass down official titles from father to son.
One day the conditions are ripe for reforming the native land and returning home, and the crimes of those native chiefs are caught... Humph!
In the next half month, Lin Chong led his troops to station in Guiyang and cooperated with Zhong Yu to resettle soldiers and civilians in Guizhou.
A regular army is stationed in Guiyang.
Veteran soldiers and militiamen, along with immigrants, were stationed in various strongholds to cultivate and multiply.
The various chiefs and their local soldiers did not leave, but stayed in Guiyang to wait for Bai Qi. They wanted to follow him to attack Dali!
Ye Tie, the pioneer of the Eastern Route Army, soon arrived in Guiyang.
Lin Chong asked Ye Tie to stay and rest while he sent a force south to open up the Anshun, Zhenning, and Guanling areas.
That place used to be the territory of the Luo Dian Kingdom, which had long been stripped of its title by the Ming army, and the chiefs accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.
To be continued...