"My Ming Dynasty has a total of sixteen commanders and envoys. I will hand over to you the most important and complex Huguang!"
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head to take a sip of tea and continued, "The Huguang Du Commandery Department has thirty-four guards, forty thousand-household stations, seven ritual guard departments, three herding stations, and hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers.
I leave everything to you!"
"My lord, thank you for your grace!" Chang Sen knelt down and kowtowed.
"No need to thank you yet!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "No need to thank you either! I use you not only because you are my uncle, but more importantly because I value your talents. Of course, if you fail me, you will be wronged.
This emphasis cannot be evaded by national law!"
Hearing this, Chang Sen's shoulders suddenly shook.
"Huguang is different from the inland Central Plains. The situation is a bit tricky and cannot be generalized to the Central Plains provinces!" Zhu Yunxi said sternly, "Half of Huguang is a land of plenty like Wuchang and Changsha, a prosperous trade province. The other half is
Han barbarians live together in the high mountains and dense forests. Although there is fertile soil and convenient water conservancy, it can never become another granary of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Moreover, the folk customs are fierce and the chieftains are unruly, which has always given local officials a headache. When you go to Huguang, you should know in your mind what you should do in terms of military and political matters. In fact, what I want is very simple, that is, to find out the Ming Dynasty's guard station
How many soldiers are there, how many can fight, how many farms are there, how many people are there, and how many old evils are in the army!"
"More important than military affairs is civil affairs!"
To this day since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the old man's original concept of emphasizing military force over civil affairs has been adhered to. Each province has a chief envoy department, a censorship department, and a general command envoy department. These are the local minor three departments.
In addition to the military affairs, the Metropolitan Command and Envoys Division also manages a series of civil affairs such as the land and population of all the guards under its jurisdiction, criminal proceedings, and even commercial trade.
"When the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were immigrants from Jiangxi to fill up Huguang." Zhu Yunxi added, "It took thirty years to gradually restore the vitality of Huguang, but I think it is still far from enough." As he said, he stood up and walked to the hanging
In front of the map of the world on the wall, he pointed to the places marked on it and said, "In Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, business is booming day by day!"
"Both the local government and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the brochures given to me said that because cotton and silk are so profitable, the cultivated land in these places is decreasing day by day! In ancient times, the number of people in Changshu and Shu was enough for the world, but now the people of the Su-Shu generation no longer like to grow food.
Well, what if there is a food shortage one day?"
"In recent years, the imperial court has relied more and more on Xiangbei, north of Changsha, and the two granaries in the Hanjiang Plain. But in my opinion, it is far from enough. Besides, there is no shortage of rivers in Huguang. The climate is pleasant, fishing and farming are possible, and it is such a large area.
If a place always hangs like this, isn't it like holding a golden rice bowl and begging for food?"
"When you arrive in Huguang, you have to take care of military affairs, and you have to take care of immigration. I have already issued a decree to pardon all the lowly people in the world. This is not a small number of one or two hundred people, there are tens of thousands of people in the Zhili area alone!
"
"They don't want to go to sea, so they can only be resettled in Huguang! So I gave you the official position of a former military governor. The immigrants were placed under military control, but they were not assigned to the guard station under your rule, but were given citizenship directly.
!”
"A commander-in-chief lasts for five years. Within five years, the imperial court will immigrate 600,000 people. Huguang is a hundred times better than other places. First of all, there is no shortage of water conservancy, and there are lakes everywhere. It does not require large sums of money and food support from the imperial court. If there is water, there will be water.
Fishing, there are various products on the mountain, even if it is a bit bitter, you will not go hungry..."
The young emperor stood in front of the map and pointed at Fang Qiu energetically. For a moment, Chang Sen's vision was a little blurry. There were mixed feelings in his heart, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or a little indescribable.
Today's emperor is full of confidence and calmness in his brows. His gestures and gestures are full of majesty and majesty.
The imperial grandson who once wiped his tears in private to his uncles has really grown up now.
The emperor who once needed the Supreme Emperor to hold his hand and walk onto the throne is now a true emperor.
He doesn't need anyone anymore!
Even if there is a need, what you want is a minister, not...
"As the saying goes, people without long-term worries must have short-term worries. It is a good thing that business in Zhejiang and other places is prosperous. It brings a large amount of cash to the court every year, but after all, silver is not food and cannot be eaten directly!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "In the future, the Yangtze River
All grain used in the middle and lower reaches must be taken from Huguang, especially Zhili, and even Gyeonggi."
"Therefore, the land of Huguang must become a land of plenty for our Ming Dynasty. It must be densely populated and prosperous with all industries... Do you hear clearly what I said?"
Chang Sen was stunned, quickly kowtowed, and said in fear, "Your Majesty, I am... I suddenly heard so much about civil affairs matters that I can't remember them for a while." He said with some shame, "What if?
Leading troops in battle, I will return..."
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Hmm, it's a bit too much to leave so many civil affairs matters to you at once!" After saying that, he turned back to sit down, took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry, I know you have you."
It’s a difficult time, so I’ve chosen a few helpers for you.”
Then, he put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile, "Yu Xin, the former right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was promoted to the right political councilor of the Chief Secretary of Huguang. Jin Chun, the former right councilor of the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province, was transferred to Huguang. The Ministry of Household Affairs gave Shi Zhongjian Yi, and Tongcheng County Magistrate Hu
I'm waiting to be transferred to your Commander-in-Chief Department!" As he said that, Zhu Yunxi smiled again, "These people are the candidates I have carefully thought about. They are all rare young talents in the court. They are talented people.
people!"
Having said this, Zhu Yunxi stood up and helped Chang Sen up, "I know you may still have doubts in your heart, and there are still things you don't understand. Go back and ask your master! I asked you to go to Huguang to act vigorously and resolutely."
"My lord, your liver and brains have been wiped out to death..."
"Haha!" Zhu Yunxi laughed and interrupted the other party, "I ask you to do things, not to die. You military ministers are always ready to die. It seems that you can't do anything good, and you can only apologize by dying!"
Chang Sen laughed a few times and said, "This... I have all grown up in military law since childhood. The so-called military law means failure or success!"
"Two points!" Zhu Yunxi held out two fingers, "First, prepare military affairs. Second, civil affairs!"
"I obey the decree!"
These two points put a lot of pressure on Chang Sen. He had been in the military camp all his life and was very comfortable dealing with the big soldiers, but he also had to manage local government affairs. He was really the leader and the leader.
Suddenly, he remembered something.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, in the land of Huguang, the mountains and forests are densely populated, the people are fierce, and... those chieftains..."
Zhu Yunxi knew what he wanted to say.
The people in that place were difficult to control. If the force was too small, it would not work. If the force was too strong, the officials would be killed and the family would hide in the mountains.
Not to mention official duties, in recent years there have been incidents of rectifying villages and counties to fight against the officers and soldiers. There are also chieftains, which are also a headache for the court and local officials.
"You have so many soldiers, how can you live without food?" Zhu Yunxi glanced at him indifferently.
"But Chen..." Chang Sen said, then paused.
He is the commander of Huguang Dudu, the commander of Yindu, and the former military commander of the Fifth Army Dudu Mansion.
He could manage and organize the army, but he did not have the authority granted by the emperor to mobilize the army or even command the army to fight.
This chapter has been completed!