Regarding major military and political affairs in Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao is now basically in a state of complete decentralization.
Except for the general direction and the strategic deployment of the Ming army, all other matters were decided by Xiong Tingbi.
Even the governor Hong Chengchou did not have the power or capital to sway him.
Because this was the power given to him by Zhu Youxiao, and Xiong Tingbi was supported by him.
Xiong Tingbi was outside Shanhaiguan, and now he was almost keeping his promise.
Several consecutive great victories against Jiannu, coupled with his full support, eradicated most of the generals and warlord families.
Therefore, Xiong Tingbi's power is very great, much greater than that of previous managers.
And he is an extremely aloof, extremely self-centered and extremely irritable person.
He is indeed an expert in dealing with slaves, and he does have outstanding abilities and abilities.
But Zhu Youxiao is the emperor, he must look at it from an overall perspective and pave the way for development.
If Liaodong was completely transformed into a monolithic society, it would be very detrimental to him, the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, before exterminating the Jiannu slaves, Zhu Youxiao secretly wanted to slowly take back the power, or divide it.
Of course, this is without affecting the overall strategic situation.
Zhu Youxiao was not so stupid as to start cutting off his hands and feet before the Jian slaves were exterminated, but certain constraints and oppression were still necessary.
He stationed Li Songping's army in Liaoyang City, in addition to suppressing the deep-rooted generals and warlords in Liaodong.
It also has an important role, which is to tell the generals in Liaodong, including Xiong Tingbi, that the imperial court still has sufficient power to control the outside world.
This is not because he does not trust Xiong Tingbi. In his position, this is a necessary measure.
Back then, Li Chengliang was just an ordinary general, but relying on his military exploits and reputation, he had accumulated a prestige that even the imperial court was afraid of.
Including the Guanning warlord in history, it was also caused by Emperor Tianqi trusting Sun Chengzong too much and giving him great power and support.
Can you say that Sun Chengzong is disloyal?
But it was such a loyal minister, a loyal minister who wanted to exterminate the slaves and worked hard, but he planted the biggest disaster for the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youxiao spent so much effort, killed so many people, and eradicated so many causes of trouble. How could he let Liaodong continue to be in a state of almost autonomy that only listened to orders but not propaganda?
Li Rusong's garrison in Liaoyang was only the first step. Zhu Youxiao now wanted to strengthen the influence and control of the imperial court, or the imperial power, in Liaodong.
He wanted to directly control the entire Liaodong Dusi army in the name of preparing for war and hoarding military supplies.
The base location he planned was naturally the most suitable for Liaoyang where Li Rusong was stationed.
Liaoyang is not only the capital of Liaodong Dusi, the largest and most prosperous city outside the Pass, but also the fulcrum for future attacks on the Northeast.
It happened that this year's autumn taxes had not yet been collected, so Zhu Youxiao planned to use the tax grains from Liaodong, Zhili, and Shandong as the first batch of military grain reserves to be shipped to Liaoyang.
In order to achieve the purpose of decentralization, the person in charge of this matter naturally cannot be Xiong Tingbi. Governor Hong Chengchou is the most suitable.
After planning all this, Zhu Youxiao didn't waste any time and directly asked the Supervisor of Ceremonies to start drafting the imperial edict.
The Ministry of Household Affairs provided 200,000 taels of silver as a construction fund for the military reserve base and was fully responsible for this matter.
Li Rusong's Zuowei Army Town and Jinyiwei are responsible for the defense of the military storage base.
After the military storage base is completed, all military food and material supplies for the troops stationed in the area east of Jinzhou will be distributed uniformly by Liaoyang.
The governor manages logistics, manages the military, and his own army controls the most important military supplies. Such a three-legged situation is what he wants to see.
As long as they control the military pay and food and have their own troops, no matter what little moves or ideas the generals in Liaodong want to make, they can't make trouble.
In order to avoid the occurrence of things like sky high and emperor far away, cutting corners, or official corruption.
Zhu Youxiao also specially dispatched Gu Bingqian as the imperial envoy, responsible for supervising the construction of military storage bases and strictly controlling quality and expenditure.
After making these arrangements, just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, another piece of bad news arrived in the capital.
Looking at the memorials from the governor of Yunnan and the Duke of Guizhou, Mu Changzuo, Zhu Youxiao frowned.
A large-scale chieftain rebellion broke out in Yunnan, and Mu Changzuo was ambushed and defeated in his first battle to suppress the rebellion.
Mu Changzuo originally thought that these chieftains and leaders were just a rabble like those who rebelled before, so he didn't take it to heart.
At the first opportunity, he mobilized the garrison of the Yunnan Prefecture Guard Station and his own soldiers to carry out the campaign.
But he did not expect that these chieftains had already colluded with each other, and the imperial court's policy of returning natives to the countryside had twisted them into a unified force, far beyond what the small forces in the past could compare with.
Since he already knew the outcome, Zhu Youxiao was not interested in the course of the war and directly threw Mu Changzuo's memorial aside.
In fact, Mu Changzuo lost his troops and generals, and Zhu Youxiao was still secretly happy.
The influence of the Mu family in Yunnan is too great. In name, they have guarded the imperial court for generations, but in fact they have divided themselves into kings.
In that area of Yunnan, many people only knew about Prince Mu but not about the Ming Dynasty. Now that his strength has dropped sharply, it is a good thing from the overall perspective.
After reading the memorial from the governor of Yunnan, Zhu Youxiao had a solid foundation and a rough estimate of the strength of the rebel forces.
In addition to the chieftains and ethnic minority leaders in the province, the three autonomous Xuanwei bureaus, such as Mengyang, Babaidaidian and Laos, also responded to the rebellion.
Mubang's Xuanwei Division is also ready to make a move and is waiting and watching. Once the imperial court is unable to suppress the rebellion, Mubang is also very likely to participate in the rebellion and want to separate one side.
The three Xuanwei bureaus of Burma, Cheche and Dagula also began to disobey the orders of the government and Mu Changzuo.
Zhu Youxiao quickly asked the eunuch to find the map of Yunnan and began to study it carefully.
Mu Changzuo lost nearly 4,000 soldiers in the first battle, and half of his own soldiers and servants. As the Duke of Guizhou, he did not have enough power to suppress the rebellion in a short time.
Moreover, there are so many rebel forces and ethnic minorities involved, and the terrain in Yunnan and Central and South China is extremely complicated. This battle is much more difficult than his personal expedition to the southwest.
Such a protracted war that consumes money, food and national strength is not what Zhu Youxiao wants to fight.
But it would be impossible not to fight. Once the imperial court does not suppress it immediately and re-establish its prestige, those Xuanwei Divisions will stand against the Ming Dynasty one by one.
And those chieftains in the southwest who were already dissatisfied with the imperial court because of the policy of returning natives to locals would not let go of such an opportunity.
Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath. He didn't expect that because of his arrival, the direction of history would be completely different.
This battle must be fought, and it must be suppressed quickly with thunderous force. The national power of the Ming Dynasty could not afford to drag out such a war.