"The emperor, there is something about the southwest that needs to be decided by the emperor."

"What's the matter?"

Dong Dashan immediately told Zhu Yicheng that several chieftains in Guizhou had contacted the Ming Dynasty, intending to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and also gave Ma Gongcheng a lot of gold and silver. After Ma Gongcheng considered this, he left behind gold and silver but did not dare to make arbitrary decisions, and reported the matter to the Military Affairs Office.

"When did this happen? How did I not report it?" Zhu Yicheng asked with a frown.

"Go back to the Emperor, I just arrived at the Military Affairs Office yesterday. Since I wanted to enter the palace to meet the saint, I did not report with other incidents." Dong Dashan replied quickly, and took out a memorial from his arms and handed it over.

Nodded slightly, Zhu Yicheng took the memorial and read it. This was a memorial sent by Ma Gongcheng to the Military Affairs Office. The content was basically the same as what Dong Dashan said just now, and the difference was that it was more detailed.

Nowadays, the forces in Guizhou are complicated and the forces have been formed. In this case, local chieftains and heads secretly sent people to contact the Ming Dynasty and proposed the intention of abandoning the Qing Dynasty and submitting the Ming Dynasty. They also said that they have always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Their duties were to be taken as a turn for the Ming Dynasty, so they were still ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, these chieftains and heads also made demands, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could give them some support and allow them to continue to retain their posts as local officials after the regaining of Guizhou.

The memorial also attached a letter written by several chieftains to Ma Gongcheng. This thing was written with a very literary talent. It should have been written by a scholar or a juren. It scattered nearly a thousand words, which made Zhu Yicheng secretly amused.

"Ma Gongcheng asked the minister to inform the emperor that the chieftains and the head men gave a total of 600 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and a number of various specialties. These things have been recorded for military purposes."

"It's not a small deal." Zhu Yicheng smiled. This wealth is nothing to the Ming Dynasty, but it is indeed not a small deal for bribery. Moreover, Guizhou was not a wealthy place, so it was not easy for these chieftains and heads to take out so many things at once.

"What do you think about this?" Zhu Yicheng did not make a decision, but instead asked Dong Dashan directly.

Dong Dashan seemed to have known that Zhu Yicheng would ask him for a long time, and immediately replied: "I think this matter may be done. The situation in Guizhou is complicated. Now the three strongest ones are the local Qing army in Guizhou, the Qing army in Guangxi and Gao Jin's troops. However, the land of Guizhou is different from other places, and the power of folk chieftains and heads cannot be ignored. Moreover, there are all kinds of mountains and jungles, and the mountain people are in control. Throughout the dynasties, the courts need these people to cooperate in governing Guizhou. Now, since they are willing to surrender to our Ming Dynasty, it is not a bad thing. It is better to support them appropriately to help stabilize the place after regaining its territory in the future."

Zhu Yicheng did not react after hearing this, but just sat quietly. Dong Dashan felt a little nervous when he saw Zhu Yicheng's expression. After thinking about it, he said: "But these chieftains and heads have never been convinced by Wang Hua. Relying on their power to fight against the central government, whether it was the previous dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it was still unknown whether these people really wanted to me, the Ming Dynasty, and it would be a hidden danger if they were allowed to grow up."

Hearing this, Zhu Yicheng sighed in his heart. Although Dong Dashan is a good general and a minister of military affairs, he is a soldier after all, and even Ma Gongcheng is the same. It is no problem to let them judge the situation of the war, but from a political perspective, his eyes are somewhat limited.

Regarding the strategies of the three provinces of Yun, Gui and Gui, not many people in the court really knew Zhu Yicheng's plans. Wu Sidao was one, and Liao Huanzhi might have guessed a few points, while Dong Dashan and others only knew one but not the other.

Zhu Yicheng has always asked the Ming army to occupy several important areas on the borders of the three provinces, but has never issued an order to attack. On the surface, Zhu Yicheng considered the lack of military strength of the Ming army and the complex terrain of the three southwestern provinces. In addition, the battle in the Central Plains has not yet achieved results, so the Ming Dynasty did not want to open more fronts for the time being, and concentrated its efforts to solve the enemy in the Central Plains first and then explore the southwest.

These are just superficial images. The real reasons are certainly what I said before, but more importantly, Zhu Yicheng wants to take this opportunity to reintegrate the three southwestern provinces and completely solve the previous problem of local officials. In Zhu Yicheng's view, the more chaotic the three southwestern provinces, the better, and the more people die, the better. If the tigers and wolfs can be driven away, causing local officials to collapse in the three provinces and thus lose the power to control the mountain people and the local people, then it will be extremely beneficial for the long-term stability in the future.

You should know that in the Ming Dynasty, I tried to change the land and return to the three provinces, but I never succeeded. On the real historical line, after Kangxi's death, Yongzheng also started this, but the effect was not as good as I imagined.

Even due to local rebound and other factors, mutinies broke out during the Qianlong period. The battle between Jinchuan and Jinchuan lasted for more than ten years, spending hundreds of millions of silver, and investing nearly one million people before it was suppressed. Even so, it was not completely changed. The land was changed and the land was still in a formality. After a hundred years, the local officials remained the same, and the central government still did not fully grasp the local area. This situation was not solved until after the new century.

Therefore, Zhu Yicheng made such a decision because of these things. But this thing can be done, but it cannot be said that no matter what, the three southwestern provinces have always been part of the land of China. From a broad perspective, those mountain people and even local officials are also people of the Ming Dynasty. If the world is prosperous, they will save the people from water and fire on the surface and spread the world with force and benevolence. In secret, they will be reluctant to kill each other and kill each other cleanly. Once this kind of thing is spread, what is the face of the Ming Dynasty? What is the face of Zhu Yicheng?

Dong Dashan considered the problem more from a military perspective. In his opinion, the battle of the Central Plains was basically finalized. After the Central Plains war, the Ming Dynasty next wanted to attack the northeast, northwest and southwest. The three southwest provinces are now in chaos, which is the most suitable goal.

Moreover, if the support of local chieftains and leaders could be obtained, the Ming Dynasty would reduce the pressure by entering the three southwestern provinces. It would only take a few important places in the prefectures and defeat the Qing army and basically recover the land. As for Gao Jin's troops, although it seemed a bit troublesome in Dong Dashan's opinion, it was not too important. If the Ming army could not completely annihilate their troops, it would be possible to continue driving them southward.

Zhu Yicheng thought quietly. Although he thought Dong Dashan’s idea was a bit simple, his consideration was not worthless at all. What’s more, these chieftains and leaders took the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty did not react at all, it would backfire.

Furthermore, supporting them can also make Guizhou more intense today. After all, it is not realistic to use this opportunity to completely solve the problems of local officials. These local officials can continue to this day and naturally have their own way of survival. If the Ming Dynasty rejected them, it would not only fail to achieve the expected effect, but may even push these people to the Qing army or Gao Jin's troops, which will eventually backfire.
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