Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

The southwest is a place with high mountains, dense forests and rugged terrain. The process of quelling the She'an Rebellion sounds simple, but it actually took a long time.

Zhu Youjian, who was far away in the capital, knew nothing about the war in the southwest, but he only had a general idea of ​​it.

After receiving information from Xu Bengao that Zhu Xieyuan was preparing for a decisive battle and that Mu Qiyuan's sudden death was caused by poisoning by his mother, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief and was no longer concerned about what was happening in the southwest.

Zhu Youjian was very confident about how Zhu Xieyuan fought, because he knew that the She'an Rebellion in history was quelled by this man. Moreover, the Ming army was stronger than the southwestern chieftains. The most difficult part of suppressing the rebellion was not fighting, but the terrain and logistics.

As long as we can manage the army and logistics well, even if there is a minor defeat in the war in the southwest, it will not affect the overall situation.

Zhu Xieyuan's ability had been verified when he pacified Sichuan, so Zhu Youjian had no worries about him.

So after seeing Zhu Xieyuan preparing for a decisive battle with the She'an rebels, Zhu Youjian nodded secretly and ordered Zheng Shiyi, the commander of the Jinyiwei who sent the intelligence:
"All matters concerning the southwest are entrusted to Zhu Xieyuan, assisted by Fu Zonglong and Yuan Chonghuan."

"I will have the cabinet issue an order to make this clear once again."

"You need to tell Xu Bengao to assist Zhu Xieyuan well. Apart from military law and military achievements, don't interfere in other matters."

Zhu Youjian still trusted Xu Bengao, but he repeatedly stressed that Jinyiwei should not overstep their authority by relying on their status as the emperor's close ministers.

If he knew that Xu Bengao had planned to replace Zhu Xieyuan with Yuan Chonghuan in Guiyang, he would probably dismiss Xu Bengao immediately and replace him with someone else.

Unfortunately, the southwest was too far away, so Xu Bengao could not report such a matter to the emperor, and Zhu Xieyuan could not afford to lose face by telling the emperor that he could not suppress his subordinates. Therefore, the three people's struggle for the leadership of the rebellion could only become a dispute between them.

However, Zhu Youjian was quite supportive of Yuan Chonghuan being transferred by Zhu Xieyuan to temporarily serve as the governor of Yunnan. He felt that Zhu Xieyuan recognized Yuan Chonghuan's ability and that Yuan Chonghuan could serve as the governor of Yunnan in the future.

After all, after Mu Qiyuan died, Mu Tianbo, who inherited the title of Duke of Qian, just turned ten this year. The post of Yunnan's general soldier could only be taken over by the governor of Yunnan.

Yuan Chonghuan has experience fighting in Liaodong, so if he is given charge of both military and political affairs, he should be able to do the job.

Regarding the handling of the sudden death of Mu Qiyuan, the Duke of Qian, after Zhu Youjian saw that Mu Qiyuan was poisoned to death by his mother, Madam Song, he guessed that the responsibility for Mu Qiyuan's sudden death mainly lay with himself.

Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. If Mu Qiyuan's actions had not the potential to bring disaster to the Mu family, why would his mother poison him to death?
After sorting out this idea, Zhu Youjian was also quite satisfied with the way Zhu Xieyuan, Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Bengao dealt with the governor and inspector of Yunnan involved in the case.

The Yunnan governor cannot escape the responsibility for Mu Qiyuan's affairs. Yu Cheng, the Yunnan governor who is against Mu Qiyuan, has to take him down just to appease the Mu family of Qian Guogong.

After all, the imperial court asked the censors to supervise the local areas, but did not say that they would force the local officials to rebel. As a censor, Yu Cheng must have done something wrong, otherwise Mu Qiyuan would not have insisted on killing him.

From this incident, Zhu Youjian saw that the power of the imperial censor was too great and that he had intervened in too many areas, to the point of exceeding his authority:
"Mu Qiyuan is the Duke of Qian and serves as the general. If he makes a mistake, he should be dealt with by the governor who is in charge of military affairs."

"Yu Cheng, as the imperial inspector, mobilized the generals of a town without authorization, which almost caused chaos. Even if his intentions were good, his methods were too crude."

"If Madam Song had not been sensible and decisive in dealing with Mu Qiyuan, there would have been chaos in Yunnan."

Zhu Youjian was very dissatisfied with Yu Cheng, and felt that Xie Cunren, the governor of Yunnan, was incompetent. Such a big thing happened in his jurisdiction, but he, the governor of Yunnan, seemed to be out of touch.

This made Zhu Youjian feel that Xie Cunren was irresponsible and unfit to be the governor. Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with Mrs. Song's decisive treatment of Mu Qiyuan. After asking the eunuchs around him and learning that Mrs. Song was from the Xining Marquis Song family, Zhu Youjian said:
"The Song family has taught their daughter well. When the memorial from the southwest arrives, I will send a Ruyi to the Song family as a reward."

"Also tell the Queen to prepare some items as rewards for the Song family's wives."

The reward to the Song family of Xining Hou was the heart of the nobles of Anjing City. At the same time, it let them know that he appreciated Mrs. Song's sacrifice of her relatives for the greater good.

Zhu Youjian also generously rewarded the Duke of Qian's Mansion for decisively dealing with Mu Qiyuan:
"Select 500 acres of land near Tsinghua Garden and grant it to the Duke of Qian to build a mansion."

"I want the world to know that as long as the Ming Dynasty exists, the Mu family of Qianguogong will always be closely connected with the country."

"Also, allow Mu Tianbo to inherit the title. When the situation in Yunnan and his physical condition allow, have the Mu family send someone to send him to the capital to study."

"Let the queen select a princess of the right age from the royal family and arrange a marriage for Mu Tianbo."

Since there was no princess of the right age, Zhu Youjian could only choose a princess from the royal family. There were so many princes in the Ming Dynasty, there must be someone of the right age who was willing to marry his daughter to him.

After all, seeing that the fiefdoms were about to be divided, there must be many princes who were willing to marry into the Mu family. Not only could they gain the Mu family's experience in governing the local areas, but they might also get help and send troops to help them establish fiefdoms.

After Mu Qiyuan's sudden death, the Mu family must have been willing to marry into the Ming royal family to consolidate the status of the Duke of Qian.

With this arrangement, the matter of the southwest was finally settled. Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief and continued to focus on the matter of Shaanxi immigration.

In order to relocate the disaster victims in Shaanxi, not only do we need to organize the disaster victims in Shaanxi, we also need to find a place to accommodate them and make preparations along the way.

Chen Qiuyu, the Shaoqing of the Imperial Household Department, had already investigated the route for the victims to be relocated, and decided to use the original post road for the time being.

The highway from Yansui to Cangzhou is also under planning, and the goal is to straighten the road as much as possible and shorten the migration route.

The prefectures and counties along these post roads and highways had previously been designated as martial law areas along with Shaanxi. Zhu Youjian ordered the governors of Shanxi and Baoding to dispatch troops to guard along the way to prevent sudden chaos during the migration of disaster victims.

As for the destination Cangzhou, Zhu Youjian ordered the Navy Office to build a camp to temporarily accommodate the victims. The port of Cangzhou was also being expanded to handle more food and people.

Ship food from overseas and relocate the victims away from here.

Due to the myriad of affairs, Zhu Youjian allocated another million taels of silver from the inner treasury, and used up all the gold and silver that the royal family should have received this year.

Such a large amount of money needed to be used for a specific purpose. Zhu Youjian asked Shuntian Bank, Sihai Bank and Sihai Grain Bank to be responsible for the transfer directly from the account.

At the same time, he planned to arrange a minister to be responsible for inspecting along the way.

Zhu Youjian had no choice for this minister who was equivalent to the governor, so he summoned all the ministers to nominate talents.

The other thing they discussed was the August selection of officials. As August was approaching, all the vacancies of senior officials in the court and the localities had to be filled. (End of this chapter)