Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chilibaoli is the Western Region.

Timur in Central Asia.

These are all countries in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, just go out from places like Shazhou.

Zhu Xuan also had a general understanding of these. He didn't want to care about Timur for the time being. After all, it was too far away. However, Chili still wanted to take it back. The Western Regions had been part of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times. There used to be It is managed by the Protectorate and other agencies.

Later dynasties were incapable, and their control over the Western Regions gradually weakened, leading to what it is now.

Zhu Xuan is capable now, and so is Ming Dynasty. He must find a way to regain it. He cannot lose it. Otherwise, it will be a pity that Zhu Xuan will still feel that he is a sinner.

But how to fight and how to recover has not been decided yet. After all, there is still a lot to be done. We cannot attack directly and forcefully. Maybe we can slowly penetrate it like we did with Tubo. Similar methods can be used.

These thoughts were quickly put aside by Zhu Xuan, who smiled and said: "If cousin Gao Xu has the ability, I will support you to fight them all."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Gaoxu said happily.

Zhu Gaosui: "..."

In his opinion, there is nothing good in fighting, but the second brother likes to fight, so he has to fight.

Zhu Xuan looked at the herdsmen who were queuing up to sign up and go to work, and ignored them. When he went back to the resting place, he saw Yan Guan handed over a report about the well-hidden corrupt officials in the naturalized areas.

Ping An needs to manage naturalization, but he also needs to lead troops to guard the Loop. There are many things he needs to do.

He could not handle many internal affairs issues related to naturalization, and most of them still relied on the officials below.

There is plenty of oil and water here, and you can make a fortune just by touching it. It's hard not to be greedy. There are quite a few corrupt officials here.

I don’t know about Ping An, that’s normal.

Zhu Xuan did not blame Ping An. After reading the list sent by Jin Yiwei, he said calmly: "Go and arrest people. After they are captured, they will be interrogated. Try to dig out as many corrupt officials as possible and catch them all. From now on, we will conduct regular inspections here, as well as in Panyu and other places." Conduct a strict investigation and use our Yingtian people to investigate."

He was also worried that the local Jinyiwei would be corrupted, collude with local officials, and conceal the truth.

If you use local people to check, you won't be able to find anything, so you have to do it in another place.

"Yes!"

Yan Guan nodded.

After receiving this order, he sent a telegram to inform Jiang Wei in Peiping, saying that this was the request of His Highness the Emperor Taisun.

How to check specifically depends on Jiang Wei's arrangement and whether Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

Next, Jin Yiwei began to arrest people in Guihua, arresting those corrupt officials.

At the same time, Zhu Xuan also arranged for a group of officials to go north to replace those who were captured, so as to ensure that the naturalized government affairs could operate normally and no problems would arise.

"Your Highness!"

When Ping An came, he knelt down in front of Zhu Xuan and said, "It is my incompetence and incompetence in governance that have led to so many corrupt officials. Please punish me!"

Knowing that Jin Yiwei was naturalized to catch corrupt officials, and what happened to Zhang Mi, Ping An had to pay attention. The first thing he had to do was to come to Zhu Xuan to plead guilty, and he betrayed Zhu Xuan's trust in him.

Zhu Xuan still did not blame, and said casually: "It is still difficult for officials here not to be greedy. It is not a big deal. You are not guilty! But you came at the right time. I have something to discuss with you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Ping An breathed out, it was good that he was not blamed.

After finishing speaking, he stood quietly aside, waiting for Zhu Xuan to discuss things with him.

"The education of naturalization should also be carried out."

"I have been observing the situation of naturalization in the past few days. Everything else has been done well, but the assimilation aspect is still a bit behind. We need to spread our culture and make them recognize us." "Cultural education, cultural invasion and Replacement is one of the best ways.”

"I want you to set up a school here."

"Find a few more great Confucians to come over and teach them relevant Confucian knowledge, such as loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, and other ideas, so that they can completely obey us."

"how do you feel?"

Zhu Xuan said.

Ping An listened, thought about it carefully, and said: "Your Highness's suggestion is feasible. I have always neglected enlightenment in my governance here. I heard that Duogan Dusi has implemented relevant enlightenment, and Guihua has been here." It has been many years and it still hasn’t been implemented, so I’ll make arrangements now.”

School education, cultural invasion, etc. are still necessary.

Let those herdsmen only see and identify with the Ming Dynasty, and they will be assimilated in the future.

"Also, there is one more thing."

Zhu Xuan thought about it and said: "Do you think there are many herdsmen who have surrendered to us now?"

Ping An said: "Not many, the number is limited. Most of them are people from Monan. They saw our interests and came to submit. But more Monan herdsmen, after getting goods from us, took them north to sell to Mobei."

He recalled the situation of naturalization, and then said: "There seem to be many herders who are naturalizing now, but not many have surrendered. Most of the others come to do business with our Ming merchants and exchange goods. Leave, there’s a lot of mobility.”

In other words, most of the herdsmen who came here were businessmen on the grasslands.

Zhu Xuan doesn't need those businessmen very much, but what he needs more is ordinary grassland herdsmen who can really come to seek refuge.

This group of people is more valuable and easier to assimilate.

As for businessmen, they are only profit-seeking and their pursuit of profits is too high. They can support anyone who can give them benefits. They are not so easy to control.

"I have another idea."

After hearing Ping An's words, Zhu Xuan analyzed the situation again and said, "This idea should make a large number of ordinary herdsmen go south and submit to us."

After hearing this, Ping An felt that it seemed very powerful, and quickly said: "Please give me some advice, Your Highness."

Zhu Xuan said: "Gather the nearby armies for military exercises here, but make it look like they are going to send troops to attack the Tatars and Oara, so that they panic."

"Wara and Tatar, that is, the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, they think that our Ming Dynasty will go north to invade, what will they do?"

He looked at Ping An and asked.

Ping An thought about it for a long time and said: "They will concentrate their forces and mobilize their herdsmen to prepare for a full-scale resistance against us."

If those regimes on the grasslands did not resist, they would all be wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.

"In addition to that, they will also concentrate food."

"Fighting requires food. People on the northern grasslands do not have as much food as we did in the Ming Dynasty. Potatoes and sweet potatoes have not yet reached them."

"If the upper-level armies of Puppet Ming and Wala don't have food, where can they get it from?"

Zhu Xuan said and asked about Ping An again.

"Collect food from herdsmen."

Of course Ping An is aware of this relationship, and continues: "While they are deploying herdsmen to replenish their troops, they may also take away the herdsmen's grain, sheep, etc."

Zhu Xuan smiled and continued to ask: "In this way, do the herdsmen particularly hate their sweat?"

Ping An finally understood why Zhu Xuan said this. (End of chapter)