"Long live my lord, do you want to make Xianglin and Yiming the military and civilian commanders of Shuixi and Shuidong?"

After hearing about the official position conferred by Zhu Youjian, Qin Liangyu did not immediately bring his nephew to thank him, but asked a question.

Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded: "That's right, they are the military and civilian commanders of Shuixi and Shuidong... I don't intend to implement any reform of the soil and return to the flow, what I want to do is to reform the soil and return to the defense! And

It is not to change the chieftains into those rotten military guards, but to change them into military guards who can actually manage things and have someone to take charge of them, just like the chief soldier of the Mu family in Yunnan.

From now on, in Guizhou, the Ma family and the Qin family will be like the Mu family in Yunnan, hereditary and always in power!"

Zhu Youjian's flatbread is really beautiful, big and round, with fragrant sesame seeds all over it.

However, Qin Liangyu and her five nephews are not stupid. Of course they know that the territories in Shuixi and Shuidong are not comparable to the Mu family's territory in Yunnan.

In fact, Guizhou cannot compare with Yunnan... It has always been said that the land in Guizhou is never three feet flat, the sky is never sunny, and the people are not worth three cents of silver. How can it compare with Yunnan, which is rich in products and has a vast territory?

Shuidong and Shuixi are just

Part of Guizhou Province, the official name is Guizhou Xuanwei Shisi - one Xuanwei is divided into two families, with Wujiang as the boundary, the east is called Shuidong, and is ruled by the Shuidong Song family. The west is called Shuixi, and is Shuixi'an

The clan has ruled the territory for more than a thousand years.

Of course, although Shuixi and Shuidong are not as good as the Mu family's territory in Yunnan (the farm owned by the Mu family in Yunnan accounts for about one-third of the cultivated land in Yunnan), they are better than the Ma family's territory in Shizhu.

It's too strong.

As for Qin Liangyu’s natal family, although there are four tiger generals, they do not have ancestral land. The current Qin family in Zhongzhou is a very special existence. They are said to be generals, but they do not have a large number of servants. They are said to be chieftains, but they do not have hereditary inheritance.

's territory.

The Shizhu of the Ma family is actually a small piece of land, which cannot be compared with Shuidong and Shuixi. If it is exhausted, an army of 10,000 people will be dispatched. If the army needs to be expanded, the population of Shizhu cannot support it. It must be

Spend money to recruit soldiers.

In fact, the 10,000 people of Shizhu's army cannot be afforded by Shizhu's local economy, but they have to fight to support war.

Shizhu's White Army is actually a bit of a mercenary. However, this mercenary is very loyal to the Ming Dynasty and will not accept bribes from other forces.

In order to quickly deal with the Shuixi'an clan and digest the Shuidong Song clan's territory, Zhu Youjian planned to divide the Shizhu army into two, with Sun and Qin respectively in charge, and then go to Shuixi and Shuidong to become feudal lords.

There are currently at least 10,000 Sichuan warriors working for the Sun and Qin families. If calculated on a household basis, there are at least 5,000 or 6,000 households in eastern Sichuan providing warriors for the Shizhu Army.

There are also a large number of civilian households under the jurisdiction of Shizhu Tusi. These households have been ruled by the Ma family since the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be said that their ancestors have been with the Ma family for generations, and quite a few of them are even relatives of the Ma family.

If Shizhu soldiers and civilians were organized and moved collectively to Shuixi and Shuidong, at least two upper-class groups with thousands of households would be able to suppress the old Ansong and Song clans in Shuixi and Shuidong?

Once the Ansong and Song families are suppressed, the She family will of course be in a dead end and will not be able to make a splash. In this way, Zhu Youjian can arrange the begging soldiers he brought to Yongning, Zunyi, Guiyang, Chongqing Wei and other places to serve as new recruits.

Military household.

Yongning is the territory of the She family. It is now under the control of the government and the army. Some Han people have been moved in to "garrison generals", but there is still some land where beggars can be placed. Zunyi and Guiyang suffered heavy losses in the battle between She and An, especially

It was Guiyang Prefecture and several nearby guards who lost three to four hundred thousand people in one go. It can be said that the ground was completely wiped out. Zhu Youjian happened to be there.

A new Guizhou Guard was established in Zunyi. The population loss in Zunyi is not small. It is also possible to cut off part of the land and establish a new Guard. As for Chongqing Guard, it is not Chongqing Prefecture, but is located in the southwest of Chongqing Prefecture and governs Shizhu, Youyang.

There are two Xuanwei Divisions and several Cave Divisions. After Shizhu Ma's family moves away, Zhu Youjian can send his begging soldiers in.

As long as Zhu Youjian can use his begging soldiers to capture the four guards of Yongning, Zunyi, Guiyang, and Chongqing, and then let the Ma and Qin families capture the two guards of Shuixi and Shuidong, and then move the King of Shu away

And arrange for a confidant to be the prefect of Chengdu to take over the Wangzhuang of the King of Shu. Then Sichuan and Guizhou will basically be under control.

After that, Zhu Youjian can further rectify the solid Tusi and Tusi territories on the ground in Sichuan and Guizhou, and develop towards Yunnan, which has a vast world... If Zhu Youjian remembers correctly, on the ground in Yunnan

There are still many unreliable chieftains, and there is still a lot of reclaimable land in Yunnan. For the Ming Dynasty, which is about to face a continuous drought, taking advantage of the disaster to migrate the population south is actually the only way out!

Yunnan and Guizhou, two provinces with a relatively small population, especially those with a relatively small Han population, can be an important direction for heading south. If arrangements are better, a population of two million can be filled.

Of course, if we want to fill so many hungry people from the Central Plains into the southwest in an organized manner, it is definitely not possible to establish a state capital by converting the land back to the locals.

The most feasible solution is the military household guard station left behind by our ancestors!

Although the old military household guard was full of shortcomings during the Chongzhen period, the current Zhu Youjian is no longer a king who pursues perfection.

In his opinion, although the military household system left by his ancestors had many flaws, it was still useful...at least on the borders of the country and in newly opened lands, military household guards had to be used to guard it.

Even the Nine-Border Army House, which seems completely rotten to outsiders, in Zhu Youjian's view, is still the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Nine-Border Army House cannot bear all the expenses of the Nine-Border Army, without this part of the food, in addition to

Except for the three towns of Jiliao and Xuan, the rest of the Jiubian Army towns cannot be maintained. Because Datong, Yulin, Ningxia, Gansu, etc.

The military towns of Su, Guyuan, and Lintao cannot rely on the transfer of food from the southeast to maintain military supplies... It is indeed very difficult for military households to farm for the country! But without their hardships, the Ming Dynasty's northern Xinjiang would have retreated long ago.

It went to the northern border of the Northern Song Dynasty. Moreover, Yunnan and Guizhou, where transportation was inconvenient, were also unable to maintain it.

In addition, wasn’t the source of soldiers recruited by the Ming Dynasty still the military households in the fields?

Therefore, the seemingly decayed military household system was still the pillar of the Ming Dynasty until the Chongzhen period.

Of course, Zhu Youjian still had to find ways to improve and rectify the military household system left by his ancestors so that it could serve the Ming Dynasty for many more years.

"Long live my lord," Qin Liangyu looked at Zhu Youjian and said word by word, "Do you want our Qin and Ma families to suppress Shuixi and Shuidong?"

Zhu Youjian nodded: "Mrs. Ma, please don't refuse. If you have any difficulties, please tell me directly and we will find a solution together."

Qin Liangyu said: "Long live my lord, there is only one difficulty, that is, Shuixi is very difficult to fight!"

Zhu You asked: "Is it because the mountains and rivers in the west are high and the roads are dangerous?"

"No," Qin Liangyu said, "it's because the chieftains are unwilling to work together. Of course, the Qin and Ma families are loyal to the court, but the other chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are worried and don't want to see the An and Song families perish.

, afraid of following in their footsteps.”

"They must perish!" Zhu Youjian lowered his face, "We have lost millions of soldiers and civilians, how can we not perish?"

Qin Liangyu nodded: "If your majesty insists on destroying the An and Song families, then please partially restore the official land of the Sitian and Boyang families to appease all the chieftains. The Sizhou Tian family died in Ertian civil strife, and the Bozhou Yang family

The family just resisted the imperial court to protect themselves, and did not do anything transgressive until their demise. The families of He'an and She were completely different.

If His Majesty wants to win over the southwestern chieftains, a broad marriage promise is not enough. He must also lift up the Tian and Yang families. If he can find their descendants, make them commanders, and give them some territory, the southwestern chieftains will be completely at ease.
Chapter completed!