Yang Cong really didn't expect that he would receive a younger brother as soon as he ran to the southwest. Although Ma Jiude was at a low level in the imperial examination, it didn't matter much. Anyway, except for the Cabinet Grand Secretary who had requirements for the imperial examination, other officials did not have any rigid regulations.

The so-called "heroes do not care about their origins", such as Hu Zongxian and Hai Rui, famous officials of the Jiajing Dynasty, were not well-known, especially Hai Rui, who did not even pass the Jinshi exam, and they became famous officials in history.

Sometimes a person's achievements are not determined by an exam. A person's achievements mainly depend on his character and ability. Many people may not be very good at taking the imperial examinations, but once they enter the officialdom, they can make a fortune.

Of course, Ma Jiude can't be considered a success at this moment. The magistrate is just a fifth-rank local official. In Yang Cong's opinion, this guy still has a lot of room for improvement.

It would not be difficult for him to promote people. For example, this time, he has already used Yong'an Prefecture as a place to station troops. At that time, as long as the Annan incident achieves a successful result, he will be able to promote him to the level of prefect.

There is a reason why he accepted Ma Jiude so readily, mainly because he doesn't know much about the Southwest.

For example, what are the military sources in the southwest? Where are the military forces more powerful?

For example, why is the southwest so poor? What methods can be used to change the current situation of poverty and backwardness in the southwest?

He came to the southwest not as Xia Yan and Yan Song imagined, but to seek death. He had many ideas.

As the saying goes, "One official will benefit the people." He not only wants to solve Annan's problem, but also hopes to change the poverty and backwardness of the southwest.

Ma Jiude did have some tricks. After Yang Cong chatted with him for a night, he felt a sudden enlightenment.

For example, in terms of military sources, although Ma Jiude had never led the troops, he knew quite well about the soldiers in the southwest. After all, pirates and Japanese pirates have been causing trouble in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty over the years. As the magistrate of the prefectures by the sea, he had to be ready to resist the invasion of pirates and Japanese pirates at any time.

He believed that the garrisons of the Dushiwei Office were not very good, whether in Guangdong, Guangxi, or in Yunnan, the most combat-effective one in the southwest was the private soldiers under the chieftains from all over the country, such as the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, the elephant soldiers in Yunnan, and the local soldiers in Sichuan, all of which were all fierce.

These people basically regard war as a way to make money. As long as the court is willing to spend money, they can work hard for you.

For example, why the southwest is so poor? It is actually very simple. It is because there are too many mountains and too few fields in the southwest. The entire southwest is almost "eight mountains, one water and one branch of fields". The arable land area only accounts for 10% and I can't eat enough to eat, so how can I get rich?

The issue of military source is easy to talk about. Yang Cong felt that this battle would probably not be able to fight. As long as he put on his posture, Annan Mo would probably be so scared that he asked for peace.

How to solve this poverty problem?

The entire southwest has at least tens of millions of people. There is no land. How to solve the problem of eating and make the people rich? He is not so arrogant that he thinks he can support tens of millions of people.

He is not the kind of person who acts as a mighty person in office, and leaves after his post, and does not care about the lives and death of the people. Since he has come to the southwest, he hopes to achieve some achievements so that the people in the southwest can live a good life.

He also wanted to rush into the cabinet with his political achievements in the southwest. It would probably not be enough to just make Annan surrender. After all, there are two mortal enemies Xia Yan and Yan Song in the court, who are trying every means to stop them.

Of course, he had no time to consider the people's livelihood issues in the southwest, because his main task was to deal with the Mo family in Annan instead of governing the southwest. He must deal with the Annan problem first. Otherwise, even if Jiajing did not deal with him, Xia Yan and Yan Song would slander him and make him lose fruit.

How to solve this Annan Mo’s problem?

It's very simple, that is, first put on an offensive posture and threaten it, and see if Annan Mo comes to ask for peace. If it comes to ask for peace, then it's fine. If it doesn't come, give them some colors.

Of course, it is not enough to scare others for 10,000 or 20,000 people. At least one hundred thousand people will be able to achieve it. He is not short of this food and salary.

The next day, he issued a conscript order to Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan.

The Sichuan Dusi was ordered to recruit Shizhu, Xiyang, Shiyedong and other Xuanfu Departments, Xuanwei Departments, and the chief officers of the lawsuit to come to Yong'an Prefecture to listen to it;

The Guangxi Dusi was ordered to recruit Anlong, Shanglin, Sien and other Xuanfu Departments, Xuanwei Departments, and the chiefs of the Silang soldiers to come to Yong'an Prefecture to listen to them;

The Yunnan Metropolitan Department ordered Meng Gen, Meng Yang, Cheli and other Xuanfu Departments, Xuanwei Departments, and the chief Xiang soldiers came to Yong'an Prefecture to listen to them;

At the same time, he ordered Yu Dayou to lead the naval fleet of five southeastern provinces to Fujian to transport the remaining 10,000 elite troops in the garrison, food, grass, silver and other supplies, to prepare for the troops stationed in Yong'an Prefecture.

In Yong'an Prefecture City, he and Ma Jiude led the 10,000 elite troops from the Southern Zhili Tunwei who arrived in the early stage and the five thousand laborers recruited to divide the area in the south of the city and built simple walls and roads to prevent conflicts between soldiers from all over the country when they arrived.

In this way, after nearly a month of busy work, the grain in Yong'an Prefecture City had accumulated like mountains, and the wolf soldiers in Guangxi had arrived. They were stationed in designated areas. The 20,000 guards in Nanzhili were also stationed around the granary. The entire Yong'an Prefecture City suddenly became a military city. Every day, there were various commands of practice from morning to night, which was very lively.

Immediately afterwards, he submitted a memorial to the court, asking the Zhejiang Direct Inspector Hu Zongxian to be the governor of Guangxi, and to assist him in handling the matters in Annan.

By the way, Hu Zongxian is his confidant, not Yan Song's confidant. Can Xia Yan and Yan Song make Hu Zongxian the governor of Guangxi? You must know that the governor must at least be the right assistant censor of the fourth-rank official Censorate, and Hu Zongxian is only a seventh-rank official Censor.

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Hu Zongxian's qualifications and achievements are enough. Zhang Yue, the left censor of the Censorate, will definitely not get stuck. The main problem is that at the cabinet level, can Xia Yan and Yan Song make Yang Cong's confidants be promoted so easily?

Yang Cong naturally considered this, so he specifically explained in his memorial that the reason why Hu Zongxian was recruited as governor was to let Hu Zongxian go to Annan to promote his power.

This is a very good saying. In fact, it means going to Annan to recruit others or declaring war with them. The Ming Dynasty usually uses this trick to foreign enemies. Recruiting surrender first. If you surrender honestly, forget it. If you don’t surrender, then start a war!

This is not a good job. When the Zheng family of Annan came to the Ming court for the first time to complain, Jiajing ordered Huang Wan, the Minister of Rites, to go to Annan to surrender Mo. As a result, Huang Wan was so scared that she pretended to be sick and dared not go. Jiajing was so angry that she directly removed Huang Wan.

To put it bluntly, this is just an errand on the waistband. You may be killed by an angry enemy every minute. If you don’t have any courage, you really dare not go.

Xia Yan and Yan Song discussed it over and over again, but decided to let Hu Zongxian die.

Because they are also afraid, they are not afraid that Jiajing will force them to go to Annan, and it is basically unlikely that the Cabinet Grand Secretary will go to the enemy country.
Chapter completed!