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On September 23rd of the second year of Emperor Qianyuan of Dayei, the army of Wei defeated Lingui and captured Zhu Hengjia, king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty.

After that, Guangxi's army was divided into two groups, north and south, and successively defeated Yongning Prefecture, Shuifu, Huaiyuan, as well as Xiangzhou, Luorong, Maping (Liuzhou Prefecture), Liucheng and other important cities.

The small court of Hongguang had no intention of resisting and retreated crazily westward to Yunnan.

Even if a few soldiers and horses were left to defend the city, most of them would surrender the city or flee.

On the contrary, a small number of chieftains or Hakka local tyrants (rich families, wealthy families) who did not know the interests of the Yi army were unwilling to surrender and relied on their familiarity with the local area to attack the Yi army's logistics team, causing some trouble for the Yi army.

But on the whole, when the Wei army crossed the two prefectures of Guilin and Liuzhou, it was more like marching than fighting - wherever the Wei army went, the cities there would change their banners and return to Wei; even if a handful of stubborn resisters Yes, it will be broken within half a day.

By late October, the Tai army had taken control of the main cities and fortresses in Pingle, Wuzhou, Xunzhou, Nanning, Guilin, Liuzhou, Qingyuan, and Si'en.

Only the three prefectures of Taiping, Siming, and Zhenan in the southwest and some Zhili prefectures have not yet been collected.

It can be said that we have basically mastered the jurisdiction of the former Ming Dynasty Chief Envoy of Guangxi.

After Liu Sheng learned of this series of good news through the military telecommunications team of the Fifth Division, he discussed with the officials of the Government Affairs Council to establish Da'an Guangxi Province, and was promoted to the prefect of Hanyang and Hubei Councilor. Du Yinxi was appointed as the envoy to the left of Guangxi and the temporary governor. position.

Du Yinxi has performed extremely well since he took office as the prefect of Hanyang. A few months later, he also served as Hubei Councilor.

Although on the surface, there is only one level difference between the counselor and the chief envoy.

But in fact, among the official ranks of Da'ei, the prefect of Hanyang is the fourth rank, the counselor of Hubei is the third rank, and the chief envoy is the second rank. Therefore, Du Yinxi's promotion can be said to be three levels in a row!

In addition to appointing officials, Liu Sheng also adjusted the division of state capitals in Guangxi Province after discussions with the Military Aircraft Department and the Government Affairs Council.

There are many chieftains in the southwest area and the Yi army has not yet captured it, so they will not move for the time being. However, Huaiji, which was originally an enclave of Wuzhou Prefecture (just east of Pingle Prefecture), was placed under the jurisdiction of Pingle Prefecture.

Then Wuzhou Prefecture was placed under the Guangdong Province, and Lianzhou Prefecture, which originally belonged to Guangdong, was placed under the Guangxi Province.

In this way, Guangxi will have a coastal state capital, which can develop ocean-related industries in the future instead of being trapped inland.

In the future, Liu Sheng also planned to separate Qiongzhou Island and establish a separate province following the example of later generations.

But that should be in the future when Damei officially enters the ocean - by then the administrative divisions of Guangxi, Guangdong and even Guizhou may have changed.

Speaking of Guizhou, the Yi army's progress there was more rapid.

Guizhou, like Guangxi and Yunnan, has many toasts, so there are not many important cities, the most important of which is Guiyang, the provincial capital.

Therefore, when He Lianyue led the main force of the third division to attack Guiyang City, Damei actually took Guizhou.

The prefectures of Sizhou, Sinan, Shiqian, Zhenyuan, Tongren, and Liping in the east of Guiyang Prefecture were previously under the jurisdiction of Governor Pianyuan in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the local power was actually controlled by the chieftains, so last year they were nominally reduced to a large number.勋.

As for the state capitals such as Shuixi, Annan, Anshun, and Pu'an to the west of Guiyang Prefecture, they are mostly controlled by chieftains. Originally, the Ming Dynasty used guard posts to monitor and intimidate these chieftains, but the guard post system was corrupted as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty. , naturally it is difficult to have any effect, so most of these places are dominated by the chieftain.

Regardless of whether these chieftains were willing to submit to Da'ei in name, it would take many years for the Da'ei court to actually control these places.

It should be noted that after the Ming Dynasty acquired Guizhou, it had been reforming the country for more than two hundred years before it could achieve these achievements today.

In later history, the Qing Dynasty continued to reform the land and even intensified its efforts, but it failed to allow the court power to reach all parts of Guizhou like the Central Plains region. By the time the Qing Dynasty was over, many places in Guizhou were still controlled by chieftains.

Therefore, even if Liu Sheng has a golden finger, it will not be possible in a short time to completely control Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, places with many chieftains.

Liu Sheng's order to Helianyue was to take over Guizhou in name only - as long as the chieftains didn't know about the rebellion and didn't start a big war.

Perhaps it is because the She'an Rebellion has only been more than ten years ago, and the chieftains of Guizhou have not yet recovered their vitality. Therefore, after Helianyue captured Guiyang, the chief chieftains of Shuixi and other places also surrendered their banners, changed their flags, and nominally submitted to the Great Empire.勋.

Therefore, almost at the same time as Guangxi Province was established, Dayei also established Guizhou Province.

Compared with the jurisdiction of the Guizhou Chief Envoy in the late Ming Dynasty, the administrative divisions of Guizhou Province in Dawei have basically not changed. It is not that Liu Sheng did not want to, but based on the situation in Guizhou, the current administrative divisions of the original late Ming Dynasty are already The most appropriate (compared to the early Ming Dynasty, Bozhou was included in the Guizhou Chief Envoy Department). As for the candidate for governor of Guizhou, Liu Sheng, after discussing with Li Changwen and others, named Lu Daqi.

This person can be considered a celebrity in the late Ming Dynasty.

Lu Daqi was born in the 1598th year of Wanli Dynasty (). His courtesy name was Yanruo and his nickname was Dongchuan. He was a native of Suining, Tongchuan, Sichuan.

He was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and was first awarded the title of Xingren - this was the position with the largest number of people in the Xingren Department of the Ming Dynasty. From the eighth rank, there were theoretically hundreds of people, but they had to be filled by Jinshi.

Therefore, many officials who were born as Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty have a "pederan" resume.

As for what pedestrians do?

They are mainly responsible for running errands for the court, such as delivering decrees, canonizing titles, recruiting talents, etc. In short, it is a hard and tiring job that must be done by "young officials".

After working as a layman for one or two years, Lu Daqi successively served as director and other positions in the four departments including the Ministry of Personnel, which was equivalent to being specially trained.

After that, he was transferred to Shaanxi and Gansu to serve as a military commander, and was promoted to governor of Gansu for his ability to defeat thieves.

At this time and space, Lu Daqi served as governor of Gansu for less than a year. Li Zicheng invaded Shaanxi, and then the capital was breached. Lü Daqi resigned from his post and returned to Sichuan.

Seeing that Sichuan was getting better than before after being taken over by the Wei army, Lu Daqi simply demoted Dawei and was transferred to Nanjing to observe the government.

Liu Sheng had a conversation with Lu Daqi. He found that he had good military and political talents and was very receptive to Da'ei's various new policies.

Therefore, when considering the candidate for governor after taking Guizhou, Liu Sheng thought of this person...

October twenty-fifth.

It's early winter, and even Nanjing feels cold and chilly.

In Tianxin Hall, Lu Daqi, who was elected as the governor of Guizhou, was saying goodbye to Liu Sheng, or in other words, he was making a speech before taking office. After all, what he was going to take up was the chief administrator of a province, a feudal official, and in terms of general local governance. You must communicate well with the emperor.

Liu Sheng asked: "When I go to Guizhou to take up my post, what do you think Lu Qing should do?"

"The main purpose is to recruit chieftains." Lu Daqi said without hesitation, "There are many chieftains in Guizhou. Although there are many unruly people, but after the She'an Rebellion more than ten years ago, the local population dropped to 10 to 56, and Guiyang almost became an empty city. , both the Han people and the barbarians were severely damaged.

Therefore, I believe that even if there are still ambitious people among the chieftains, or those who do not accept the king's will, it will be difficult to cause a big chaos now.

As long as the appeasement is in place, most of the chieftains can return to Dawei, and the Han and native people can produce with peace of mind, so that Guizhou's vitality can gradually be restored. "

After hearing this, Liu Sheng nodded slightly, then said, "That's all?"

Lu Daqi raised his head and glanced at Liu Sheng, thinking to himself: This man is indeed very ambitious.

In fact, Lu Daqi came here to write several manuscripts in order to satisfy Liu Sheng, or to understand Liu Sheng's true views on the governance of Guizhou.

What he just said was conservative, but it was definitely not wrong. If Liu Sheng is satisfied, he will not say more and will govern Guizhou based on this set of policies.

Now that Liu Sheng was not satisfied, he had to make some additions.

Then he said: "I think that now is the time when the chieftains of Guizhou are weak and it coincides with the new dynasty. In addition to appeasing the chieftains and the people, I may take the opportunity to slightly speed up the progress of reforming the country."

Liu Sheng nodded again, and then asked: "Then what should be the main focus of the reform?"

This question is a bit broad. If you are not prepared, you may be confused for a while.

However, Lu Daqi was well prepared and said: "Now the chieftains of Guizhou should have been frightened by the power of our Dawei army. As the saying goes, 'A combination of kindness and power is a good strategy.' Therefore, the governor's Yamen must focus on kindness and enlightenment to implement the reform of the land and return to the countryside..." (End of chapter)