Chapter 1807 Along the road of twenty years ago - Tuen Southwest
"The chieftain tribe in the southwest is quite peaceful. They are not very loyal to the court, but they don't dare to cause trouble. Uncles from the king of Shu or Min, even if the chieftains in the southwest provinces recruit them to fight, they don't dare to refuse to pay taxes.
Also pay on time.”
"Brother Emperor, actually you don't have to worry about the tribes in the southwest. The people in charge of these tribes are very aware of current affairs. Now the Ming Dynasty has repeatedly sent troops overseas and will win every battle. As long as the Ming Dynasty maintains such an invincible situation, the tribes in the southwest will not be able to bear it anymore.
Otherwise, I would never have rebelled."
"Furthermore, the tribes in the southwest are not controlled by their leaders. The smaller the number of tribal leaders, the less power they have. Major matters must be discussed by the men of the entire tribe. Now the Ming Dynasty treats these tribes quite well. Although they tax and mobilize troops, the amount of taxes is not high.
Although the transfer of troops could not be refused, there were many rewards after the war; because many doctors were sent to various tribes and helped the locals avoid exploitation by profiteers, most people were quite satisfied with the court, even if the leader wanted to instigate rebellion.
It’s not easy.” Yunzhi said.
"I know all this." Yun said.
"Since you know, why are you asking your sister?" Xian Cai said.
Hearing her question, Yun was unhappy, but it didn't show on his face. He added, "I actually want to ask if the southwest is a suitable place for people to return to their native land."
"Gongtuguiliu?"
"Of course I want to reform the country, but I won't implement it if the time is not ripe." Yun said. Reforming the country could greatly enhance the court's control over the southwest region and recruit more people to serve as corvees.
If more taxes can be collected and more people can invest in industry and commerce, of course he wants to implement the reform of the land and return it to local people.
But everything has a cost. If the cost of implementing the reform is too high, he will give up. Not to mention that the tribal leaders are definitely opposed to the reform. Even ordinary people have already lived under this system.
For at least a thousand years, there may not be support for the reform of the country. If most tribes unite to oppose the reform and become hostile to the imperial court, the cost will be frighteningly high, even enough to bring down the imperial court.
The southwest region has high mountains and dense forests, and wild beasts are rampant. For the locals, it is a road that can be walked with eyes closed. The Ming Dynasty's army may lose many people just by marching. If you include the sneak attacks that the locals cannot guard against, they will lose a lot of lives.
The loss of manpower is simply difficult to calculate. Even if you reach the tribe's village after all the trouble, it does not mean that the war is over. The locals will retreat to the forest and continue to resist. The southwest climate is humid, and people can survive in the wild even in winter.
They can also obtain food from the forest and can resist for a long time. In the 1930s, when Japan wiped out 300 people in Taiwan, the indigenous resistance army mobilized 4,000 soldiers and suffered more than 200 casualties. It took half a year and consumed a lot of supplies.
Even though Japan has such modern weapons such as aircraft and artillery, its losses are still so high. Yun does not think that the Ming army can perform better than the Japanese in the 20th century. As long as there are 100 tribes in the southwest region that resist, each tribe will have an average of one
Thousands of people, that is, one hundred thousand people. The casualties of the Ming Dynasty soldiers will be tens of thousands, and the money and food consumed is even more difficult to estimate. Yun cannot accept such a loss, and he cannot bear such a loss.
"Brother Emperor, unless Brother Emperor is willing to use up all the gold and silver he has obtained from the Hanzhou continent over the years, don't think about changing his country and returning home." Xian Cai said to Yun very decisively.
"Are the chieftain tribes in the southwest so opposed to returning to their native land?" Yun was slightly surprised.
"Brother Imperial, from my sister's point of view, it is not economical to change one's native land and return to one's hometown." Xian Cai said: "The southwest seems to be a large area with many tribes, but it is all mountains and forests, and there are not many people at all. I have been to Sichuan in the past few years.
The tribes in the five provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan and Guizhou Dusi, and the tribes in the entire southwest have at most one million people. Even if they were all repatriated, the imperial court would only get one million people, but in order to rule these one million people, it would have to send out
Officials have to send troops to station, but the taxes collected in the end may not be more than they are now, so it is not cost-effective to return to their hometowns."
"And if you want to change your native land and return to your hometown, it will cost a lot of money. Although the people of the southwestern tribe have a good impression of the imperial court, they do not want the imperial court to send exiled officials to manage it. Businessmen who go to do business with various tribes often complain about the government.
, their impression of the government is not good. If they are forced to return to their native land, most tribes will disobey or openly resist, and only a few tribes will agree." Xiancai repeated Yun's plan in different words, and finally said
: "That's why my sister said that converting one's native land back to one's native land would cost a lot. Since it costs a lot, it won't be economical even if one succeeds, so one should not change one's native land and return to one's current status."
"This." Yun thought about it again and asked: "Is there no way at all? Can the tribes close to the Han Dynasty change their land and return to their hometown?"
"If there is civil strife among the chieftains close to the Han Dynasty, or if the chieftain loses his heir, you can try something. As for treating all the chieftains, my sister has a way, but the results are very slow." Xian Cai said.
"What method?" Yun asked. As long as there is a method, even if it takes a hundred years to be effective, he is willing to adopt it.
"Tweet the grace order." Xian Cai said: "Adopt the grace order in the tribe."
"For tribes with only a thousand or even less than a thousand people, the policy remains unchanged; but for tribes with a population of thousands or even tens of thousands, let the Han people who go to these tribes for medical treatment and teaching preach the order of grace, and then preach that the Mongols would have
After the death of the old Khan, the tribe will be distributed to all the sons instead of the eldest son alone, and the sons of the leader will be encouraged to support the grace order. If it can be successful, the tribe will become smaller and smaller, and it will not dare to resist the imperial order; if it cannot be successful, it will also
It will cause rifts in the tribe and will also be beneficial to the court."
"Okay!" Yun immediately shouted loudly. "That's great! Why didn't I think of using the push order to deal with the tribe?"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the method of pushing the favor order was too good. Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the push of favor order to eliminate several vassal states without bloodshed. The son of the leader of the southwest tribe was also a human being, and he also had human emotions and desires. In the past, he did not inherit the traditions of his tribe.
Opportunities and evidence are just that. Once you have the evidence, unless you are a fool, you will never give up such an opportunity.
As for the tribe leader seeing out the purpose of Ming Dynasty's promotion of the grace order, Yun is not worried. This is not a conspiracy, but an outright conspiracy. Even if you see my purpose, you can't eliminate the other sons except the eldest son.
However, there will still be rifts within the tribe, even after the death of the leader.
"I will send an edict immediately and arrange for people to spread the edict in the southwest," Yun said. Although the matter is not urgent, Yun now does not want to wait anymore and wants to spread the edict immediately.
