Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1037 Clearing the clouds and revealing the sun

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as the Emperor agrees, the general will definitely destroy this imperial edict and will never allow any separatist forces to exist in Yunnan!" Mu Ying said solemnly.

"Okay, with Brother Wenying's words, I can rest assured!" Zhu Zhen happily patted Mu Ying on the shoulder and said: "To tell you the truth, my father asked me to govern Yunnan, and I put forward a few conditions. . One of them is to leave you in Yunnan to help me."

"That's it..." Mu Ying's expression changed and she said with a smile: "Then can the general also make a condition?"

"Transfer Lan Yu away?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

"You really made the prince guess." Mu Ying smiled bitterly and said: "But the general is not because of personal grudges, but because the man named Lan is too bloodthirsty."

"He killed 30,000 people in Dongchuan, and another 40,000 people in Wumengmang tribe. Adding in the people he killed when he conquered Dali, he has killed almost 100,000 people this year..." Mu Ying Then he sighed and said: "It's not that you can't kill or shouldn't kill, but you can't kill like him. If you let him continue like this, we and the chieftains will become undying enemies."

"..." Zhu Zhen might have disapproved of these words before. I think there is no harm in killing more rebels. If we could kill them all, wouldn't there be no more rebels?

But what he saw and heard when he returned to Yunnan had a huge impact on him, making him realize that it would never work if the knife was not fast, but killing people alone could not solve Yunnan's problems.

To put it bluntly, reforming the country and returning it to local people is certainly a path that Yunnan must take in the future, but it cannot be achieved in one step. You must first turn those native chiefs and kings into chieftains and make them submit to the Ming Dynasty and rely on the Ming Dynasty. Then slowly use it together with local officials, so that the native people can get used to the management of official officials. Only then can we talk about reforming the country and returning it to the local people, completely letting the chieftains disappear into the garbage heap of history.

These steps are all in order. The previous step is the condition for the next step. If you jump over it, you will get the egg!

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"Okay, I promise you." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and nodded: "I will find a way to do Yongchang Hou's job later."

"I have caused trouble to the prince." Mu Ying apologized.

"It doesn't matter. It is my duty to help Brother Wenying solve his problems." Zhu Zhen laughed and said seriously: "As a general stationed in Yunnan now, what suggestions do you have?"

"Back to your lord," Mu Ying pondered for a moment, and then clarified the regulations: "I think the most urgent task is to change the previous attitude of treating all chieftains as the same."

"There are so many chieftains in Yunnan. They are from different nationalities, are in different positions, have different interests, and have different attitudes towards the court. In actual contact, you will eventually find that the chieftains are by no means monolithic. Their ethnic groups often have different relationships with each other. There were feuds, and many neighboring chieftains had irreconcilable conflicts. Many chieftains were willing to side with the imperial court. Whether their purpose was to eliminate dissidents from the surrounding areas, to consolidate their own status, or simply not to rebel, in short It can be our help.”

"That's for sure." Zhu Zhen nodded. The Ming Dynasty's chieftain system was generally successful. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have basically no major troubles for more than two hundred years with a small overall investment.

"So the general suggested that we adjust our strategy to give trust to some of the chieftains who have performed well over the past year and join forces with them to deal with those rebellious chieftains." Mu Ying said in a deep voice: "We can help those chieftains who have hatred towards each other. The weak should not help the strong, so that they are always in balance, so that both sides will be submissive and not dare to have second thoughts."

"For those centrists, we should also try our best to make them remain neutral even if they are not on our side." Mu Ying continued: "Of course, after we eliminate the hostile chieftains, we cannot give these neutral ones a good chance. Eat the fruit. In a word..." "Make as many friends as possible and make as few enemies as possible." Zhu Zhen said softly.

"Yes, that's what I mean." Mu Ying nodded and said: "The current situation in Yunnan, where there are more barbarians and fewer Han people, cannot be changed in a short period of time. Moreover, most of the barbarians and native people live in the vast mountains. It is impossible to pacify Yunnan simply by acting recklessly. Yes, it must be combined with 'using barbarians to fight barbarians' to weaken the hostile forces."

After a pause, he said softly: "This is a painstaking and meticulous work that tests your patience and skills, but it is definitely worth it."

"Yeah. It's worth it if we can reduce a few rebellions and save hundreds of brothers from dying." Zhu Zhen said with deep approval.

"His Highness is always so considerate of the soldiers." Mu Ying gave a small compliment and continued: "The reason why the general suggested to Your Highness is to concentrate our efforts on dealing with the number one enemy of Luchuan Kingdom. As long as we can cleanly and swiftly kill this ascendant country, The little overlord of Central and South China and all the chieftains in Yunnan will become honest."

"Yes, it is definitely better to kill a monkey to scare a chicken than to kill a chicken to scare a monkey." Zhu Zhen smiled and nodded.

"But before killing the monkey, we must first scare the chicken." Mu Ying continued: "Simply defeating the Luchuan Kingdom once is meaningless. What we need is a big victory that can shake its foundation and bring it back to its original shape! "

"Returning to its original shape is not enough. The so-called Luchuan Kingdom must be wiped off the map." Zhu Zhen said categorically: "Any ambition who dares to split our Ming Dynasty territory will only die!"

"In that case, more troops will need to be invested. Judging from the overall strength of the Luchuan Si clan, it has far surpassed the Duan clan in Dali. It may require an army of 100,000 to 150,000 to destroy the country." Ying said slowly:

"But in that case, the troops within Sanjiang will be empty. If those chieftains take the opportunity to cause trouble in the rear, we cannot take care of both ends, which will be troublesome. So before using troops against Luchuan, we must first have a stable rear... …It’s definitely not okay to be surrounded by chaos like this.”

"Understood, let's try to stabilize the situation in Inner Yunnan first, and then concentrate on dealing with Outer Yunnan." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Is this what Brother Wenying means?"

"Yes. But we just don't use troops against the Luchuan regime first, but we can do other things against them." Mu Ying said with a sly smile:

"Si Lunfa wanted the court to confer him the title of Envoy of Luchuan and Pingmian, just like the Yuan Dynasty did. This shows that his foundation is not yet solid. There are many tribes, especially those other than the Dai, who are not wholeheartedly surrendering to him. Otherwise, there is no need for him to rely on the canonization of the Celestial Empire to consolidate his position."

"Your Highness may wish to suggest that the emperor agree to him. In this way, he can certainly achieve some goals, but also clarify his vassal relationship with the imperial court. In this way, we can poach his corners openly and re-define the territories he has occupied. The government. You can also canonize those chieftains who were forced to submit to him as native chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, in order to weaken the strength of the Luchuan regime."

(End of this chapter)