Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1021 You still have to go

Zhu Zhen and the three princesses had just settled in Suzhou when they received an urgent order from Boss Zhu to be recalled to Beijing.

At this time, the people who stayed in the Dian Prince's Palace had also reported the situation in Kunming to Zhu Zhen. Knowing that the matter was serious, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to leave Miaoqing and Liu Li to take care of Run'er, and he rushed back to Nanjing at night.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he went straight to Wuying Palace.

"Lao Liu is back?" Upon hearing Eunuch Wu's message, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head from the pile of memorials and took off his reading glasses.

"Yes, Father." Zhu Zhen responded.

"You don't stay home as soon as you go out," Zhu Yuanzhang complained angrily while rummaging through the imperial case: "Don't you know that your parents at home are worried about you?"

"I know I was wrong." Lao Liu hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I had to go back to Beijing a long time ago, but it turned out that Run'er was pregnant. I didn't want to be bumpy on the road, so I stayed in Suzhou first."

"Oh, really? Make sure the people below take good care of her." Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy when he heard this, and threw a few memorials to Lao Liu: "You read these first before talking."

Zhu Zhen took it and looked at it. They were all memorials reporting rebellion from Yunnan.

"In the sixth month, the tribes of Ussa, Wumeng, and Mang surrendered and rebelled again. They gathered more than 100,000 people to attack the city of Ussa."

"Unification is just conquest by force. There is still a long way to go before complete pacification." Zhu Zhen said softly.

"In July, Guangnan surrendered and rebelled again, gathering 80,000 people and occupying Guangnan City."

"Yang led his troops to attack Kunming Bazi again. In order to transport food, the defenders blocked the attack with 10,000 troops, resulting in 3,000 casualties. Even our old soldiers died. Then the rebels attacked Kunming City, and Yunnan was shocked..."

As he spoke, he raised his voice and said: "Thanks to our boasting in the first half of the year, we boasted that the unified Yunnan was in the sky and on the earth, but in the second half of the year, we did something like this, which slapped us in the face!"

"In August, Pu'an and Lin'an rebelled again."

"Hehe, you and I have thought of getting together." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile and said, "We have already done this."

"Mu Ying has returned to Kunming to relieve the siege." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "But this does not change the rotten situation in Yunnan!"

"But the bullshit of 'The world is at home' has been blown out," Zhu Yuanzhang said distressedly: "Now it is in chaos again. Do you know how many people have seen our joke?"

"What's going on in Kunming now?" Zhu Zhen asked softly.

"In September, chieftain Yang Ju made monstrous words to confuse the public, fabricated rumors about the army leaving Yunnan, incited forty-eight chieftains to form an alliance, gathered 200,000 troops to capture Songmeng Prefecture, and killed more than 100 Songmeng governors and garrison troops."

"If anyone makes a joke, send him to Yunnan to see how many others dare to make a joke." Zhu Zhen said coldly.

"But this can't solve Yunnan's problems except for being angry." Boss Zhu said and sighed: "We are really worried now. Yunnan will not continue to be corrupt, right? It will consume too much of Ming Dynasty. If this becomes a burden to the country, then what is the point of regaining Yunnan?"

"Completing unification is the greatest significance!" Zhu Zhen said categorically: "Besides, Yunnan has been disobedient to the king for more than six hundred years. During these six hundred years, the chieftains have been lawless and arrogant. Now the court must establish rules to allow them to obey the king. ization will definitely cause a strong backlash, which is inevitable.”

Then he encouraged his father and said, "As long as we deal with it properly and survive this period, everything will be fine." "Well, since you are so confident, I will leave this matter to you." Zhu Yuanzhang waited When he said this, he couldn't hide the sly smile in his eyes.

"No, I..." Zhu Zhen said with a bitter face: "My wife is still pregnant."

"You don't need to give birth to the child, and there are so many female doctors taking care of it. You just mess around and do whatever you have to do." Zhu Yuanzhang said nonchalantly: "Besides, you are also responsible for Yunnan reaching this stage."

"What responsibilities do I have?" Lao Liu called out to Chong Tian Qu and said, "Father, you can't blame me randomly."

In fact, he does have some responsibility. Whether it is when handing over to Yunnan officials or reporting to Boss Zhu, he has a very tough attitude towards the chieftains and barbarians. It is impossible not to have no influence on the decisions of the imperial court and local governments. Of course, anyone who is not a fool will definitely admit it at this time.

"As the King of Dian, if something happens in Yunnan, you have no one else to blame." Unfortunately, Boss Zhu was not a reasonable person. He waved his hand arrogantly and said: "This matter is settled. We appoint you as the imperial envoy to governor Yunnan. Admiral Military and political affairs, restraint in civil and military affairs, do things for convenience, kill first and then report!"

After a pause, he raised his voice and said, "We only have one request: to stabilize Yunnan!"

"What the hell..." Lao Liu wanted to scold his mother after hearing this.

"What did you say?" Zhu Yuanzhang pulled his face.

"My son is saying that Yunnan alone cannot solve Yunnan's problems. It must rely on the strong support of the imperial court." Zhu Zhen's mouth twitched.

"You clearly only said three words just now." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lao Liu and snorted: "Whatever support you need, except for giving money, we will agree."

"First of all, all the soldiers and civilians who entered Yunnan stayed in Yunnan and settled down." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "Those who are married will have their wives and children go to reunite, and those who are unmarried will marry locally within a time limit. Anyone who can do this will be rewarded with cattle fields. Housing, tax-free and exempt from labor for ten years!”

"Of course, married people can also ask for a mistress. As long as they can handle it themselves, they can enjoy the same rewards!"

"Now there are more than 350,000 troops and civilians in Yunnan," Zhu Yuanzhang calculated after hearing this: "If they all start families locally, this will be 350,000 households, accounting for almost 20% of the population of Yunnan."

"Twenty percent is not enough. To establish a stable political power, the number of Han people must exceed half, so a large number of immigrants from the mainland must be immigrated!" Zhu Zhen said solemnly:

"However, Yunnan currently does not have the conditions to accept large-scale immigrants. It is more appropriate to set a small target of 500,000 households in five years."

"Half a million households in five years?" Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief. Among the "Hongwu Great Immigration" that easily cost millions, this population was nothing. It's just that immigrants in the past have moved between provinces in the interior. This is the first time that people have moved collectively to the frontier.

"Yes, considering the actual situation, the migration of 100,000 households to Yunnan every year should become a national policy and be implemented unswervingly for twenty years." Zhu Zhen said decisively: "In this way, in twenty years, Yunnan will be on par with Jiangxi Huguang is no different and will always be a part of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Well, let's move it five years and see." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly and agreed to Zhu Zhen's request.

"Also, please ask Father to keep Brother Wenying in Yunnan to work with me." Zhu Zhen made the request again.

"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You don't need to tell me, we also plan to keep a general to guard Yunnan, and Wenying is indeed the best candidate."

(End of this chapter)