Li Dingguo didn't pay attention to such a boring victory. Instead, he asked lightly. It sounded like showing off, but in fact it was just a habit.
"This is the eighteenth this year, and it is also the largest one." Guerrilla shook his head and said:
"These people don't have long memories, and they dare to attack you even if they hear your name."
"Everyone wants to trample on celebrities to get to the top. This is the quickest way."
Li Dingguo said casually: "Besides, I only brought a few thousand people, isn't this just bait?"
This is true.
After the Ming Dynasty gave up the tributary chieftains such as Meng Mi, Meng Yang, and Mubang in the past few years, some chieftains on the border were eager to make moves and jumped between the two countries.
Without him, I rely on the terrain to seek benefits.
Li Dingguo just wanted to force them out and eliminate dangerous factors.
Obviously, the Han family in Meng Ding Mansion is definitely the most powerful group.
After a sudden attack took over the Han family's home base, the whole of southern Yunnan was instantly shaken. The most powerful and farthest Menggen Mansion (now Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar) also sent people to pay tribute.
Zhu Meng, the ruler of Yunnan and Guizhou, finally let Li Dingguo, who had been in power for more than half a year, return to Kunming.
The actions during this period greatly enhanced the prestige of the Yunnan court, and even Li Dingguo's prestige surpassed that of Prince Mu's palace.
Speaking of Prince Mu's mansion, after finally taking advantage of Mu Tianbo's prestige, the mansion returned to the hands of his family.
However, although Mu Tianbo restored the title of Duke of Guizhou, he did not restore the status of the world town of Yunnan.
Without him, with the decline of Yunnan military households, the strength of Prince Mu's Mansion as the hereditary Yunnan General Soldier has long ceased to exist.
Furthermore, after the cleanup during the founding period of the People's Republic of China, hundreds of thousands of military households settled down and settled down, and the proportion of Han people in Yunnan continued to increase, exceeding three million.
And who would have thought that more than 300 years ago, this was still the Dali of Zuo for 300 years?
Because there was no use value, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to leave Yunnan and settle in Beijing.
After all, in a sense, he was also the emperor's elder brother-in-law. He also bore the title of Duke of Guizhou and was a representative of the old nobles.
The scenery and respectability are still there.
He is not good at military affairs either, and he is quite good at romance.
Stepping into Kunming City, Li Dingguo felt that the place was becoming more and more prosperous, and the oncoming shouts made him feel like he was in another world.
He was not used to the long period of clearing out the chieftains.
Due to the large-scale organized migration in the early Ming Dynasty, almost all people in Yunnan Prefecture were Han Chinese, and the Mandarin of the people in Kunming City was even more standard than that of Li Dingguo.
It’s not surprising that you can occasionally hear some Nanjing accent.
"control--"
After dismounting and entering the house, Li Dingguo patted his sleeves and walked quickly, meeting Zhu Meng who was getting stronger day by day.
As the commander-in-chief of Yunnan and Guizhou, Zhu Meng focused on the suppression of bandits in the two provinces, but he did not need to go out in person, so he gained a little weight.
"Dingguo, you did a good job."
Zhu Meng patted his shoulder and laughed: "In the past six months, you have added five county towns, recruited ten thousand troops, and crushed more than a dozen chieftains. You have made a great contribution."
"The newly appointed governor is happy, and the chieftain surrendered. This is a great political achievement."
"Dingguo doesn't dare to take credit. If the commander hadn't been behind the scenes, how could he have accomplished such a feat?"
Li Dingguo cupped his hands and said from the bottom of his heart.
Along the way to the war, we almost never worried about the shortage of food, grass and troops, and they were replenished in time, which was the most important thing in the war.
"Okay, you and I are not outsiders, so don't be polite."
Zhu Meng shook his head and laughed.
Then the two sat down facing each other, feeling a little emotional for a moment.
Li Dingguo became leaner and leaner, and his skin became much darker, but he was still very energetic and heroic.
"Dingguo, from Guizhou to Kunming, we have three or four years to go, right?"
"There should be." Li Dingguo thought for a moment and agreed: "It was the second year of Shaowu, this year is the fifth year, so it must be the fourth year."
"You have become a Marquis, and now you are messing with those toasts. Although it is difficult to move up to the next level, it is still feasible to add some annual salary."
Zhu Meng chuckled and said: "Yunnan has been in chaos for a while, what do you think should be done next?"
"This?" Li Dingguo looked up, a little confused.
"Logically speaking, this is something the governor of Yunnan should ask about, but you are also the commander-in-chief of Yunnan, so you should be aware of it."
Zhu Meng encouraged.
"Tongzhi, I heard that many people in the yamen talked about reforming the country and returning it to the local people, as if once the chieftains were eliminated and the system was changed to the local government, Yunnan would be in great control."
"But in my opinion, military households that are both soldiers and farmers are still suitable in Yunnan. They just need some modifications."
Li Dingguo said sincerely.
"Oh? Tell me in detail."
"Although Yunnan is large, it only consists of a few places such as Yunnan Prefecture, Guangxi Prefecture, Chuxiong Prefecture, and Dali. The rest are just hills and ravines, barren places, and smoggy land. It is simply not suitable to build a county."
"But the chieftains are half-hearted and greedy, and cannot be relied upon. For example, when Sun Kewang entered Kunming, there were many chieftains watching."
"Therefore, only military households can make Yunnan stable, especially in places far away from Kunming."
"Yes, what you said makes sense." Zhu Meng nodded, touched his chin and said, "But the military household system is no longer viable, and the reform must be reported to the court."
"Dingguo, I will leave Yunnan Province in early September and return to the capital. I will leave the affairs of Yunnan to you. Although Sun Kewang is leaving, don't relax."
Li Dingguo opened his mouth, but finally nodded.
He has matured a lot over the years and knows that Zhu Meng cannot be retained.
Unlike him as a marquis, Zhu Meng, as the governor of the two provinces and Duke of Xuan, had an amazing influence and would never stay in one place for too long.
Moreover, for nobles like them, the most suitable place can only be the capital city and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to retire.
Looking at the north, Li Dingguo suddenly thought of Gao Yigong again. He might have been boringly counting sands when he was the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province!
Things in the world are unpredictable. The Western Army and the Chuang Army have all disappeared, and he is actually working for the Ming Dynasty.
According to the court's practice, I might have to be transferred out of Yunnan, so which province should I go to?
In Beijing, the adjustments to nobles from all over the country are already proceeding in an orderly manner.
Dukes such as Zhu Meng and You Shiwei, who are in charge of one side, must return to Beijing and transfer their posts.
The reason is simple, just to remove their influence.
For example, Zhu Meng, as the ruler of Yunnan and Guizhou, most of the chief officers of the county patrol battalions in the two provinces were submitted to him for appointment. Although he quickly stabilized the place, he established unparalleled influence.
For example, in the early Ming Dynasty, after Tang Heping pacified Fujian, most of the hundred and thousand households in Fujian came from his old tribe.
For example, after Xu Da took over the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, his old troops served in Liaodong and near Beiping, which contributed a lot to Zhu Di's rebellion.
The existence of the military household system could quickly stabilize the place, but it also made the nobles in the early Ming Dynasty powerful, which had both advantages and disadvantages. When the heirs could not control it, they could only eradicate it.