The situation in the southwest changes day by day.
In the past, the native people and Miao people who had lived in the mountains all their lives, with the generous wages from the imperial court, also left the mountains one after another and went to the construction sites started by the imperial court.
The chieftains, who have been hereditary for hundreds of years, are naturally not happy.
Even though they knew that the imperial court was determined to completely abolish the chieftain system, they still wanted to try it to see if they could retain the power that had been passed down for hundreds of years.
But on the other side of the distant ocean, it was a different scene.
Everyone is looking forward to different changes.
No one will stubbornly want to live the original hard life.
So, those Indians began to try to learn simple Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Then these Indians magically discovered that as long as they could speak a complete sentence in Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
Those who are rich and generous will recruit them to work, and then give them some shiny white salt.
Later, these people stopped giving salt and meat.
But they began to try to teach those stupid tribesmen to produce the snow-like salt themselves, and taught them to use the pine needles on the mountains to smoke the prey they hunted in the mountains and grasslands.
Those Ming people with exquisite clothes and sharp weapons are like the best gift given to this land by God.
Anyway, the Indians in the western part of the American continent firmly believe that Zhu Yunwen and others are the most beautiful gifts given by God and are God-given messengers.
In the valley leading to the west coast, a road is connecting from the grassland to the coast.
The messengers sent by God wanted to build a legendary city on the coast and a dock connecting the other side of the ocean.
As a result, the elders of the Indian tribe contacted their fellow tribesmen throughout the western plains and headed from the depths of the grassland to the seaside.
Probably wanting to make the God-sent messengers happy, the elders of these Indian tribes actually mobilized more than 5,000 people to start working for the God-sent messengers in a short period of time.
They do not ask for food and clothing, but they only hope that these God-given messengers can teach them more things.
"For these natives to want to learn more, this can be considered a good thing, but we still have to be careful not to teach them everything."
Standing on a mountain on the west coast that is far farther than the sea, Zhu Yunwen looked at the sea where local materials were being used to build a city and a dock, and whispered softly.
Sun Chengcheng stood beside him and looked back at the gravel road leading to the grassland in the mountains.
"At most, they will only be taught the most basic construction skills. Furthermore, with our current manpower and capabilities, we are completely unable to achieve more skills."
Zhu Yunwen nodded: "What we lack most right now is smelting, forging and cement production. We don't know when the court will be able to send these people over."
"What are you worried about, Master?"
Sun Cheng asked in a low voice.
Because Zhu Yunwen has not yet been recognized by the imperial court for his political status, he has always been addressed as a son.
Zhu Yunwen smiled faintly, looked back, clasped his hands together and looked at Sun Cheng: "Do you know why these natives are so convinced of us now?"
"Because we have no ill intentions? And then we lead them to live a good life?"
Sun Cheng frowned slightly and speculated in a low voice.
Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "These are secondary, and the most important thing is that we brought something they have never seen before. But once there is no new thing brought out, they will start to question us."
Sun Cheng's face condensed and he said in a gloomy tone: "We brought a lot of gunpowder, but we have never used it!"
What he meant was very straightforward.
As long as the native Indians dare to make any move, the gunpowder they brought from the Central Plains but have never been used will teach these Indians what the truth of the world is.
"Let's organize the local army and name it the Yin and Shang Yimin Army."
Zhu Yunwen spoke calmly, and inadvertently confirmed that the original inhabitants of this new continent were all from the Central Plains.
In fact, after they first came into contact with the native people on the prairie, they began to investigate the origins of these people.
It's just a pity.
There are no historical records of the native people here, so there is no substantial evidence to prove that the native people here are the survivors of the Yin Shang Dynasty in the legend of the Central Plains.
But there is no evidence that these people are indigenous to this continent.
For the long-term peace and stability of the New World, Zhu Yunwen did not mind filling in the distant blank history for these people.
Sun Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to do, Master?"
Zhu Yunwen smiled coldly: "Let our people teach the children of the local people how to become qualified Ming people. As for their parents..."
War is one of the fastest ways to reduce population.
The idea of training the native Indians into an army had long been formed in Zhu Yunwen's head.
By training Indians into armies and allowing them to wage external wars, the Ming Dynasty continued to expand its territory in the New World, thereby weakening the external population and the adult population of internal Indians.
This is something that cannot be explained clearly.
But it must be implemented clearly.
Sun Cheng's eyes flickered, but he did not express any objection.
After all, even with the help of the Indians they first came into contact with, not all the native tribes on this continent were willing to join the Ming Dynasty.
There are still many tribes that are unwilling to change the status quo and prefer to maintain the original pattern, or even hope that people like them will disappear.
Sun Cheng was just a little worried: "What if these locals who temporarily surrendered to us are unwilling to start a war?"
"Tell them that we and they need more land and a safe site so that we can teach them how to grow rice and wheat without worrying that others will take it away."
Zhu Yunwen's eyes turned to a piece of fertile land near the river bank at the foot of the mountain.
Rice and wheat brought from the Central Plains and preserved by wax seals are now planted there.
Sun Cheng nodded.
Sun Cheng was not very interested in the fate of the native people in the New World.
Now he just wants to complete the early construction of the New World, and when the imperial court comes, he can return to the Central Plains safely.
Zhu Yunwen didn't care either.
Even if everything we do now fails, the imperial court will take care of everything.
I just want to make more contributions when I return to Beijing. If I fail, it will not affect my contribution as the first person to discover the New World in the Ming Dynasty.
…
Compared with some two people in the New World, they don't regard the natives of the New World as the same thing at all.
Zhu Yunxi, who led the army to leave Beijing and took charge of the Ming Dynasty to completely eradicate the chieftain system in the southwest, was thinking about the future of the natives and Miao people.
The imperial court could not abandon the southwest forever, nor could it sit back and allow the chieftain system to exist for a long time.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has stepped into its prosperous age, it must no longer tolerate the chieftain system.
The people in the southwest are simple and honest.
The toast masters are hateful.
This is the situation that Zhu Yunxi currently hopes to establish on the southwest border.
For this reason, people from all over the southwest began to pull out the people from the southwest chieftain's territory to work for the imperial court.
Zhu Yunxi was ready to make a small push forward in the current situation.
"Respecting the decree of the Emperor Taisun who oversees the country in the Ming Dynasty, all lands that are subject to the Xuanwei Division, the Xuanfu Division, the Appeasement Division, the Recruitment Division, and the Chief Justice Division, regardless of past inheritance regulations, should be divided equally according to the number of people in the division.
, the chief officials of each department must obey the emperor's orders and benefit the people, and must not obstruct or disobey orders."
Zhu Gaochi stood on the high slope of the river embankment outside Yongshun County, paying careful attention to a group of chieftain soldiers not far away.
Beside him were a thousand soldiers and horses led by Zhu Shangbing.
He was really worried that the chieftains of Yongshun Xuanwei Division would completely break the originally restrained situation because of this grandson's order.
The issuance of this land equalization order really touched the hearts of the southwestern chieftains.
Zhu Gaochi's eyes quickly passed over the faces of the people of the Yongshun Xuanwei Division who were full of doubts, and looked at the group of Yongshun Xuanwei Division officials further away who were guarded by chieftain officers and soldiers.
The imperial court has always measured acres of land, and will not include the land in the Southwest Tusi territory within the measurement range.
This also led to the fact that the imperial court did not know how much land there was in the Southwest Tusi.
But according to the situation within the Central Plains.
In those prefectures and counties directly governed by officials transferred from the imperial court, large areas of gentry and officials could occupy people's land, so the situation in the southwestern chieftain territory must be even more shocking.
Will the Peng family, which Yongshun Xuanweisi has inherited for hundreds of years, suddenly rebel against the decree?
Zhu Gaochi was really worried.
He now only has soldiers and horses from Qianhusuo brought by Zhu Shangbing.
As far as he knew, Yongshun Xuanwei Division had many chieftains and soldiers.
Peng Tianbao is now furious.
The imperial court's order to equalize land at this time undoubtedly hit his target.
Just by taking a look at the people on both sides of the river embankment who were completely excited after the confirmation, Peng Tianbao understood that the court's move was really effective.
At the foot of the mound of earth beside the river embankment, countless Yongshun Xuanweisi people cheered and waved the tools in their hands.
However, as the cheers grew louder, Peng Tianbao's heart became heavier.
"Grandpa, my grandson heard that the man is the Crown Prince Yan of the imperial court, and the one beside him is the Crown Prince Qin, and there are only a thousand officers and soldiers around them, why not..."
Peng Tianbao's eldest grandson Peng Zhong suggested in a low voice from the side, staring dimly at Zhu Gaochi and others on the river embankment in the distance.
His father, Peng Tianbao's eldest son Peng Yuan, immediately shouted.
"In full view of the public, you actually want to do something like kill an imperial envoy! Are you going to ignore all the members of my Yongshun Peng family?"
Peng Yuan was frightened in his heart, even with the power of the Peng clan, they could keep the more than a thousand soldiers and horses of the imperial court and the two princes of the clan.
But when the time comes, the court will definitely be furious.
The anger within the court and the pressure within the clan may even make the court give up on completely abolishing the southwestern chieftain system, and instead mobilize a large army specifically to annihilate them, the Yongshun Peng clan.
The Peng family members present silently divided into two groups.
Some people supported Peng Zhongde's proposal to directly detain the two clan princes sent by the imperial court so as to use them as conditions for subsequent negotiations with the imperial court.
But some people feel that it is not yet time to completely break up with the court. In other words, even if the Yongshun Peng family wants to do something, it cannot be done openly.
"How confident you are."
After a while, Peng Tianbao spoke calmly.
A smile immediately appeared on Peng Zhong's face.
But Peng Yuan glanced at his son with a gloomy face, then looked at his father, and said anxiously: "Father! Even if we want to keep these people, we can't do it. As long as we don't come forward, no matter how we deal with the court in the end,
There is always room for change.
Once we are found guilty of treason, hundreds of years of inheritance and foundation of the Yongshun Peng family will be completely lost."
Facing his son's persuasion, Peng Timbao also seemed extremely difficult and hesitant.
But in the end, he still looked at his grandson.
Peng Zhong immediately whispered: "Our people are all in the city. It only takes a stick of incense to take advantage of the chaos and surround the people in the court. In an hour, we can wipe out all the soldiers and horses of the court and capture those two people alive. Then we only need to send people to blockade them."
At several mountain passes, it would be difficult for the imperial troops to enter."
"I'll think about it again, let me think about it again..."
Peng Tianbao murmured in a low voice, still having trouble making a decision.
Seeing his grandfather like this, Peng Zhong also knew that he didn't know how to urge him now, so he just frowned and stared at the other side of the river.
across.
Zhu Gaochi turned to look at Zhu Shangbing beside him: "Let's go, let's go to the Peng family and read out the order again."
Seeing that Zhu Gaochi always had a tense face, Zhu Shangbing waved to the surrounding officers and soldiers to escort them to the bottom of Yongshun County.
He stayed with Zhu Gaochi and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't worry, the brothers we brought this time have all experienced the Northern Expedition before. Not to mention, the gunpowder we brought this time will work.
With the Peng family’s few chieftain troops and horses? As long as our troops’ formation remains stable, it will be enough to sustain us for a few hours.”
Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes: "What about a few hours later!"
Zhu Shangbing whistled softly: "Then it depends on whether the Peng family dares to eat our big piece of meat. If they really want to kidnap you and me and threaten the court, then let them Peng
The chieftain's old nest in our family must have been destroyed by cannon fodder."
Having said this, Zhu Shangbing immediately shut up.
Some things cannot be said too much, lest the secret be lost.
Zhu Gaochi, however, hummed twice.
The mountains in the southwest are high and the roads are far away. Can the more than a thousand people of my own really survive until the army led by Brother Xi can sneak attack the Peng family's Tusi City lair from behind?
He was not worried about the power of the imperial army, he was just worried about whether his side could withstand the attack of the angry Chieftain Peng if there was an actual uprising, and waited until Zhu Yunxi and his men came over.
The people on both sides of the river embankment had no intention of continuing to work at this moment.
It was a big deal for the imperial court to re-level the fields in Yongshun.
Zhu Gaochi, escorted by Zhu Shangbing, walked towards the Peng family officials from the Yongshun Xuanwei Division who were waiting under the city gate.
At this moment, the imperial court had directly revealed its swords and guns.