When the Imperial Council voted, Liu Yan could actually have a "better" choice.
That is to say: in principle, he agreed to split up the large families who migrated to Jiangxi, and expressed his support for the emperor. He also emphasized that this matter should not be done too hastily, and that it must be handled step by step, steadily and carefully, and then kept wrangling on specific policies.
In this way, the emperor could either let him go or treat him as nothing, and he could retire smoothly no matter what.
And after retirement, he can still gain the reputation of "Zhichen" and win praise from Jiangxi's wealthy families and their in-laws.
But Liu Yan didn't do this.
After Chen Dong expressed his support, Liu Yao immediately decided to support it and guided the cabinet ministers to put aside their concerns.
Such an approach would mean that Liu Yao voluntarily takes the blame and bears the huge pressure of public opinion.
The wealthy families in Jiangxi would not scold the emperor, but would only hate three people: one was Liu Yao, who was the leader of the officials, the other was Wei Liangchen, who supervised the matter, and the third was Li Bing, who initiated the matter.
This old minister, who was upright and upright in his youth, has not forgotten his original intention after many years of lying down.
Since such a big thing has happened, why should you be so cautious next time?
When he went to work the next day, Liu Yao changed his style.
Unless there are major issues of serious disagreement, he no longer votes every day and finally assumes his responsibilities as prime minister.
A few days later, Liu Yao was wearing a newly sewn official uniform, walking with a breeze and became energetic, completely different from the old and miserable person before.
When your mentality changes, your spirit will naturally change as well.
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Another imperial meeting, today we mainly discuss military affairs.
Li Bao spoke on behalf of the Privy Council and said: "According to the information gathered from the chiefs of various ethnic groups in the southwest, as well as merchants and our country's spies, the barbarians in the eastern part of Dali, known as the Thirty-Seven Barbarians, were already strong in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.
, he also asked to marry a Tang Dynasty princess and wanted to make a marriage..."
"The thirty-seven tribes of barbarians are all from the Wuman tribe of the Cuan clan. They are very united internally and rarely attack or annex each other. Instead, they invade foreign lands, divide the excess tribesmen, and establish tribes in the newly acquired lands."
"The Luodian Kingdom in the south of Juzhou (Guizhou) was built by the Yu Ya tribe of the Thirty-seven Barbarians, who split their tribesmen and operated for hundreds of years."
"The Ziqi Kingdom in the far west of Guangxi was built by the Maitreya tribe of the Thirty-Seven Barbarians, who split their tribesmen and worked for hundreds of years."
"The Shicheng County of Dali is home to the Thirty-Seven Barbarians. They are one with Luo Dian and Zi Qi. More than ten years ago, the Thirty Seven Barbarians rebelled against Dali. Luo Dian and Zi Qi also sent troops to help.
.Of course, Ziqi had not yet established the country at that time, and was nominally subordinate to the former Song Dynasty."
"Yang Zaixing's new army has been training for a year and requested to send troops in the winter to destroy Ziqi. But after I send troops in the Ming Dynasty, the thirty-seven barbarians of Dali and even the Naluodian Kingdom are very likely to raise troops to cause chaos.
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"A single move can affect the whole body. You must have a complete plan before starting the fight. If Yang Zaixing cannot send troops all the way, we must let Lin Chong lead his troops south to Juzhou (Guizhou)."
"Lin Chong went south, and the grain road was too far, so he had to ask the barbarian chieftain Song to help transport grain. But although the Song family has surrendered, it is not known whether he will betray him or not. If the fighting on the front line is busy and the Song family suddenly rebels, Lin Chong's troops will be in danger
If there is no supply of troops and supplies, everyone will die there."
"Luo Dianguo and Ziqi State must fight at the same time. Before fighting, the Song family in Juzhou must be eliminated. This is the strategy discussed by the Privy Council."
Zhang Guangdao, on behalf of the Ministry of War, said: "It is necessary to immigrate to Juzhou, and at least 30,000 to 50,000 people must move there."
Ju Ming said: "The population in central Sichuan is too dense, especially around Chengdu, where there are many wealthy and powerful families, and it is very problematic to spread the land among the people."
Liu Yao had governed Sichuan for a period of time. He was no longer afraid of being infamy. Anyway, he had no worries about debts and no itchiness when there were too many lice. He immediately suggested: "Send a governor to strictly inspect Sichuan's acres of land. The wealthy families who maliciously conceal their land will be punished."
We will split them up and move some to Juzhou. Then we will conscript all the criminals in Sichuan, and even those on death row will be pardoned, and all of them will be moved to Juzhou for farming."
Zhang Boring said: "Sichuan alone is not enough. Including the criminals in Huainan, 50,000 people must go there. These immigrants went to Juzhou, and military control was implemented in all villages. Baojia was established in each village, and the militia was trained by the chief of Baojia. During busy times,
Farm, train in leisure, and serve as a soldier in war.”
Ju Ming said: "It is necessary to send more medical doctors from the south, and sufficient medicines to prevent heatstroke and miasma should be prepared."
Qian Chen said: "In the next few years, part of Sichuan's transfer payments should be allocated to Juzhou."
"Official roads and post stations should be built along the way from Sichuan to Juzhou," Qin Hui added. "Although the imperial court ordered the barbarian tribes in southern Sichuan to build roads, I'm afraid many tribes were disobeying them. The imperial court wanted to send troops to immigrate, so it was just an excuse.
As long as there are troops stationed for protection, the Ministry of Industry can send people to supervise the construction of official roads and post stations along the way."
Huan Guo said: "The envoy sent by the Ministry of Rites to Annan to inquire about the crime has returned to Beijing two days ago. According to the envoy, the leader of Annan and the civil servants have a good attitude and are very respectful to our envoys from the Celestial Dynasty. They also said that they will come to Beijing to pay tribute next year.
Please seal it."
"But Annan's relatives and generals treated our Chinese envoys very badly. They even deliberately provoked us with words and tried to provoke a war between the two countries. Once our Ming Dynasty sends troops from Yongzhou and Juzhou, will Annan take the opportunity to kill Yongzhou?"
"I suggest that before completing the immigration in Juzhou, Annan must be conquered. We can invite the three countries of Champa, Zhenla, and Jinte to cooperate with General Yang Zaixing to send troops, and agree on a date to attack from all sides!"
Zhang Shuye said: "This plan is very clever."
Huan Guo also said: "The Thirty-seven Barbarians have rebelled many times, and Dali is tired of suppressing it. In the future, when we attack Luo Dianguo, from Qi State, we can also ask Dali to send troops to attack the Thirty-seven Barbarians, and involve the Thirty-seven Barbarians in the rear.
The strength of the barbarians. If Dali refuses to send troops, we will have an excuse to attack Dali."
Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Hu Shangshu has good tricks."
Huan Guodao said: "Although I don't understand military affairs, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the vassals, and those vassals can be used just right."
After years of hard work, today's Daming Center has become extremely efficient.
There may be factional conflicts in private, or there may be secret corruption, but as long as there are major military and state affairs, all important ministers will actively offer advice and suggestions.
Especially after the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, Ju Ming's authority reached its peak again, and both civil and military officials also gained confidence.
The ministers basically no longer objected to the emperor's orders, and even if they raised objections, they were very tactful.
The attitude of civil servants towards the expansion of territory has changed drastically. As long as there are no financial problems and no big wars are fought every year, they are willing to actively cooperate.
Because the era name has been decided, "reviving China" means recreating the Han and Tang Dynasties, which is the emperor's determined goal.
Military generals are willing to fight because they want to achieve meritorious service and be promoted, but civil servants want more. Because they have read history books and know countless stories of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Who doesn't want to create a lasting legacy and leave a name in history?
In particular, the officials of Honglu Temple became more and more temperamental when they went abroad as ambassadors.
This time the envoys returned home and complained about the bad attitude of Annan's relatives and military generals. Most of them were exaggerated. Maybe the Ming envoys were causing trouble themselves and wanted to imitate the envoys of the Han and Tang Dynasties and try to make trouble everywhere - they wanted to be Ban Dingyuan!
Civil servants often looked at maps of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, imagining that the Ming Dynasty would regain those lost territories. They imagined that a thousand years later, they would become famous officials in the history books, no less generous than the famous officials of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
The imperial meeting went very smoothly, and everyone spoke freely to check for any omissions.
Ju Ming finally made a decision and said: "Over the Inspectorate, send a left deputy censor of the capital to go to Sichuan with the royal flag to review the details of the father-in-law's land and the tenant's land. If there is a powerful family who colludes with the officials and conceals the land, they will be demolished.
They migrated to Shibian, Juzhou."
"Obey!" Chen Dong accepted the order.
Ju Ming also said: "The Ministry of Punishment selects criminals and takes them to Shibian, Juzhou. In Sichuan and Huainan provinces, prisoners who have been imprisoned for more than five years, as well as death row prisoners and exiled prisoners, are all taken to southern Sichuan to wait for immigration. If prisoners who have been imprisoned for less than five years, if
If you are willing to immigrate to Juzhou, you will no longer have to go to jail. If the criminal officials involved in this major case in Jiangxi are willing to immigrate to Juzhou, they will all be pardoned. Officials with minor crimes can continue to serve as officials in Juzhou."
"Yes!" Pan Lianggui accepted the order.
Zhu Ming continued: "The Ministry of Industry is ready to select a group of military officers to be responsible for supervising the construction of official roads and inns to Juzhou. The conditions there are relatively difficult. As long as you go there, you will be promoted to one level and receive generous monthly payments.
allowance.”
"Yes!" Qin Hui took the order.
Ju Ming continued to issue various orders:
"The Ministry of Household Affairs, together with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, will make arrangements for immigration. Sufficient money and food must be reserved in advance for next year's migration from Sichuan. It is scheduled for next winter when the army will move the people to Juzhou."
"The Ministry of Rites selects envoys from Honglu Temple to inspect the Jizhou prefectures under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou again. It also takes along the craftsman from the Ministry of Industry and the agricultural officer from the Ministry of Revenue to explore the terrain along the way. See where it is most suitable for building official roads.
Where is the best place to build a city and where is the best place to farm."
"The Ministry of War has prepared ordnance and distributed it to the young people among the immigrants. It must ensure that the Juzhou militia has sufficient armor."
"Once he immigrated to Juzhou, he immediately changed Juzhou to Guizhou. Lin Chong served as the commander-in-chief of Guizhou, and his military rank was upgraded by two levels. He is now a marquis, and he will be granted an additional 300 households. Once he has established a foothold in Guizhou, he will be granted another
Three hundred households, three hundred households will be added to the list, and their parents will be granted official titles."
"Yang Zaixing should not attack Qi State in Yongzhou. He must conquer Annan by force before immigrating to Guizhou. The Ministry of Rites immediately sent an envoy to Yongzhou to discuss the time with Yang Zaixing before heading to Champa, Chenla, and Jinji Kingdom to make an appointment.
Okay, let’s attack Annan from all sides together.”
"When the immigration from Guizhou is completed, the Ministry of Rites will send people to Dali and order Dali to send troops to attack the Thirty-Seven Barbarians."
"After the immigration was completed, Lin Chong conquered the Luodian Kingdom from Guizhou, and Yang again conquered the Ziqi Kingdom from Yongzhou. The barbarian tribes in southeastern Sichuan, Xiangxi, and Guangxi must send troops together. They are not required to send too many troops. Each tribe will send troops according to the situation.
Dozens of people can do it, or hundreds of troops can be sent out. Anyway, we must send out troops to follow, so that they can appreciate the majesty of the Great Tomorrow Soldiers!
After the strategy was announced, all the ministers stood up and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
The scale of the war in the next two years was actually not large. Only 12,000 regular troops were dispatched, and the garrison troops would not be used too much.
However, the preliminary preparations were extremely complicated. The main task was to immigrate to enrich Guizhou, which involved various departments from the central to local governments. It also required bringing in chieftain tribes and ordering various vassal states to send troops.
The three kingdoms of Champa, Chenla, and Golden Teeth would probably go crazy with joy. They have been at war with Annan all year round. How could they object this time with the overlord taking the lead in the siege?
By the way, Luo Dianguo, which the Ming Dynasty is about to attack, seems to have always been a vassal state of Dali, but this was ignored by the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers.
Regardless of whether Dali is happy with you or not, you are guilty of recruiting vassals privately!
According to the concept of the world and the tribute system, only the Ming Dynasty could recruit vassals.
As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Dali itself created a bunch of vassals. This clearly shows that Ju Ming was overstepping the authority of the emperor and was famous for directly sending troops to conquer Dali.
