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The tentative decision to focus on the chieftains of Guizhou is to Fu, which is the basic direction of Guizhou governance set by Liu Sheng, Li Changwen and other military ministers after several discussions.

The reason for this is not only because there are many chieftains in Guizhou and they are too powerful, but also another important reason is the "She'an Rebellion" mentioned many times by Lu Daqi.

As far as the late Ming Dynasty consisted of the three dynasties of Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen (Emperor Taichang was only one month old, not counting), the Ming Dynasty's military worries, in addition to the rising Nongming army, were the Liaodong Jiannu and the southwest chieftains.

Because it was the Jiannu who later entered the Pass and took over the world, many people have ignored the trauma caused by the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion to the Ming Dynasty.

Here, the She'an Rebellion lasted from the early years of Tianqi to the early years of Chongzhen. It lasted for about ten years. The Ming Dynasty successively invested hundreds of thousands of troops and countless supplies of grain, grass and other materials, and almost turned Guiyang and other places into white ground. put down.

It can be said that if there had not been the She'an Rebellion, the Ming Dynasty would have sent about 200,000 more troops to Liaodong, and it is very likely that the Jiannu would have been suppressed during the Tianqi Dynasty and not given a chance to become powerful.

Of course, this is only a possibility - the fundamental reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was its own decay. Even if there had not been the rebellion of the slaves and the southwest chieftains, there was a high probability that it would have perished in the mighty peasant uprising.

Although the enemy's invasion of Guizhou did not expand the war and did not last too long, it did cause some damage to the local people's livelihood and economy.

Therefore, Lu Daqi said that the main purpose of governing Guizhou is to appease the chieftains and restore people's livelihood, and Liu Sheng agreed.

However, he also believed that this was a good opportunity to advance the progress of the reform of the country. The main obstacle to the reform was the influence of the chieftains. Since the chieftains were weak and the Wei army was now in great power, they should take the opportunity to speed up the reform of the country. flow.

But the degree must be grasped.

Therefore, after Lu Daqi finished speaking, Liu Sheng bluntly told him, "Now is a good opportunity to promote the reform of the country, but even if it is based on kindness and enlightenment, we still need to grasp the degree and try not to let Guizhou suffer another chaos."

This is exactly what Lu Daqi thought - why did the She'an Rebellion in the Ming Dynasty start? Isn't it because the local officials used too much force to reform the Tuguiliu movement, which gave the chieftains a sense of crisis and gave opportunities to ambitious people like She Chongming?

In fact, in Lu Daqi's view, Guizhou is a place with dangerous mountains and rivers, and many products but not abundant. Even if the imperial court returns to the country, it will not gain much, so there is really no need to waste too much manpower and material resources on this matter.

However, the man in front of him was the founding emperor of Damei, and he was very ambitious. He was determined to promote the transformation of Guizhou into a native land, so as a minister, he just had to do it with his heart.

Fortunately, this person also knew the importance and specifically asked him to exercise caution. In this way, when he took office as governor of Guizhou, he would not be under so much pressure when administering the government and could do it calmly...

After Lu Daqi exited Tianxin Hall, Liu Sheng left the dragon chair and came to the large map hanging on the large screen on one side of the hall.

By later definitions, this is an administrative map.

In addition to Da'e's current control area, it also includes some surrounding areas.

As can be seen from this map, in addition to Southern Zhili and Northern Zhili, Dawei now also includes Huainan, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian, a total of ten Four provinces, as well as parts of southern Shaanxi.

Compared with the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, parts of western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning, Mongolian grasslands, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Guanxi Qiwei (roughly equivalent to the Qinghai area in later generations), Uszang, Yunnan, Annan and Myanmar are missing.

If calculated based only on territorial area, the territory Damei currently owns may not be half as large as that of the Ming Dynasty in its heyday.

However, the Ming Dynasty did not possess the Mongolian grasslands (mainly Monan Mongolia) or the Annan and Myanmar regions for a long time. As for the Uzang area, it has always been ruled in name only, and no troops have been stationed to control it.

By the time of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty only included four more provinces: Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Yunnan than Damei today.

Looking at the map at this time, what Liu Sheng was thinking about was where Damei would attack next.

On the Qinglu side, Liu Sheng was not ready to take action for the time being.

According to information from Xunfengwei, since the death of Huang Taiji and Fulin's succession, the four auxiliary kings including Dorgon and Haoge were actually in charge of the military and political affairs of the Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention Daishan and Jierhalang among the four auxiliary kings, Dorgon and Hauge will definitely not be able to deal with them. After all, Fulin's succession was a compromise between the two of them who fought for the throne to no avail. Therefore, the two must now be engaged in a fierce factional struggle.

Liu Sheng was worried that if the Yi army attacked, the two would put aside their internal struggles and work together to fight against the Yi army.

Therefore, what he most hoped for was that civil strife would break out among the Qing captives, and that Damei would send troops to seize Liao territory when the Qing captives' strength had just been weakened and had not yet recovered.

Even if there is no civil strife among the Qing captives, Dawei can still send troops when one party has just won and has not yet firmly grasped full power.

In addition, compared to Qinglu, Liu Sheng was more wary of Dashun.

Although Dashun is based on the peasant army, and Li Zicheng does not look like someone who can achieve success, his team was honed after more than ten years of fighting, and they are both Han forces, so their potential is actually greater than that of Qinglu.

In addition, in the past two years, Henan, Shandong, Hubei and other regions have still been hit by disasters year after year. Natural disasters in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi have actually decreased. Although they are still not as good as the "good weather", they have given the people a breather. machine.

In addition, seeing that the Shun army was suppressed and unable to move in these three provinces, Li Zicheng began to pay attention to people's livelihood and issued many policies to restore people's livelihood.

It is absolutely impossible to say that the Shun Army can separate the northwest like Xixia in the past.

But Liu Sheng still didn't want to give Shunjun a chance to correct his mistakes and grow.

Therefore, if Damei mobilizes troops again after spring plowing next year, there is a high probability that they will choose to attack Li Zicheng and capture the three northwest provinces.

As for Yunnan, if it is still not possible to recover from this winter to next spring, it is estimated that it will have to wait until after the autumn harvest next year - it is often not the enemy that causes losses to the army, but the climate.

Therefore, Da'ei would only use troops against the southwest in autumn and winter unless necessary.

The northwest and northeast are just the opposite. It is best to use troops after spring plowing.

If they choose to send troops to Liao land after the autumn harvest and delay it until winter, the Qing captives will probably laugh.

"Your Majesty, Shao Jiechun has arrived." A eunuch entered the palace to report.

"Let him come in," Liu Sheng said, returning to the dragon chair.

Soon, Shao Jiechun was brought in.

He glanced at Liu Sheng who was sitting on the dragon throne, bowed his head to the sky, and said loudly: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Shao Jiechun came here this time to conduct a briefing before taking office.

However, although it was not the first time for him to see Liu Sheng, he was still filled with emotion when he saw Liu Sheng again.

It's not that he laments that Liu Sheng changed dynasties in just a few years, nor that Liu Sheng is young and majestic, but that he laments his own experiences. (End of chapter)