"Okay, Eunuch Chen." Sun Chuanting nodded and agreed.
The news that Sun Chuanting was summoned to the Western Garden by His Majesty and that Chen Hong personally came to deliver the message quickly spread.
Suddenly, the Ministry of War became even more lively, and many people secretly regretted why they had not established a good relationship with Sun Chuanting earlier.
In the Western Garden.
Zhu Youxiao was trying to escape the summer heat, and all he needed was some ice.
It’s almost autumn, why is the weather still so hot?
Didn't they say that the Ming Dynasty was going to be cold? Where did all the cold air go?
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao suddenly missed air conditioning and ice cream. However, salt water popsicles were also quite refreshing. He would ask the palace to make some milk popsicles some other day.
"Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting is here." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao and said respectfully.
"Let him in." Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong, nodded, and put down the ice pack in his hand.
Not long after, Sun Chuanting walked in from outside.
He saluted respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, I, Sun Chuanting, pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor."
"Get up." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.
Zhu Youxiao looked Sun Chuanting up and down. At this time, Sun Chuanting was still very young and looked quite energetic. His whole body exuded a spirit, which made him very satisfied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "I asked you to come here today because I have something to discuss with you. I am sending you to the southwest this time because I want to hear your thoughts on the southwest."
Sun Chuanting didn't expect that His Majesty would look for him for this matter. He was suddenly confused and he really didn't know what was going on.
Sun Chuanting didn't understand why he went to the southwest, nor did he understand the questions asked by His Majesty.
In Sun Chuanting's view, even if someone recommended him to go to the southwest, it would most likely be for him to gild his reputation.
You must know that the Governor-General of the Southwest is Yuan Keli, a veteran minister. If Your Majesty wants to ask about his views and practices on the Southwest, you should ask him, not yourself.
But why did I have to ask myself this question?
But since His Majesty has asked me this question, I can't hide away from it.
Anyone who really wants to gild his reputation would definitely be exposed at this time, but Sun Chuanting was not like that. After receiving this appointment, he had already done a lot of homework.
Sun Chuanting then stepped forward and said, "I believe we should adopt a dual approach of suppression and appeasement, suppressing first and then appeasing. At the same time, we should severely punish the officials in the southwest and clarify the administration of the southwest. Only in this way can we achieve stability."
After glancing at Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Go on."
"Yes, Your Majesty. The southwest has been in turmoil since ancient times. It is a place of barbarians, and the local people are not civilized. Therefore, it is quite difficult to pacify them, especially when there are ambitious people like She Chongming among them."
"Therefore, I have formulated a strategy of suppressing first and pacifying later, to completely eliminate She Chongming and his ilk. Firstly, this will purge these ambitious individuals; without them, there will be no one to cause trouble and rebellion; secondly, it will deter the southwest, letting them know that anyone who dares to disrespect the Ming will die!"
After taking a look at Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao had no expression on his face, but he was very satisfied in his heart.
He is indeed a capable person. He has a suitable angle to look at problems and handles things very well. As long as he can get things done smoothly, he will be a capable official.
If Sun Chuanting was not too young, too inexperienced, and too weak in prestige to intimidate the officials in the southwest, he would have been the governor of the southwest this time.
But it's good that he's back from the southwest. I can use him more and let him gain some experience. I believe he will be more mature and capable by then.
Sun Chuanting continued, "After we have completely wiped out the rebels, we can recruit them locally and include those who are willing to surrender and sincerely surrender into the Ming household register, making them citizens of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, we will abolish the chieftain system and directly transform the chieftains into commoners."
Zhu Youxiao agreed in his heart. Sun Chuanting was planning to do something big, but it was exactly what he wanted, so he wanted to do it this way.
The last time the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of converting native peoples into Han people was during the Wanli period, when Yang Yinglong rebelled.
In the 18th year of the Wanli reign, Yang Yinglong, the Xuanwei Commissioner of Bozhou, rebelled. Emperor Wanli sent an army of 240,000 and put down the rebellion in the 28th year of the Wanli reign. Yang Yinglong committed suicide.
This campaign was one of the three major campaigns of the Wanli Emperor. After the Battle of Bozhou ended, the Ming army divided Bozhou into two parts and established two prefectures, Zunyi and Pingyue.
This time, after pacifying the southwest, he also wanted to carry out the policy of converting the natives into officials.
It seems that Sun Chuanting was indeed prepared, and everything he said hit the nail on the head.
Although it is just a general framework, once the path is determined, it will be much easier to move forward in detail.
With a guiding ideology, the rest will be easy.
Zhu Youxiao smiled gently and said, "My dear, please continue."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chuanting agreed and continued, "I have read some old files of the Ministry of War on the southwest. Liu Xixuan, the Guizhou Provincial Education Commissioner, once wrote to the court:
"The local people in Yunnan and Guizhou suffered from the exploitation of corrupt officials and their lives were miserable. However, the local chieftains also exploited the people, and the people were all angry.
"This shows that at that time, not only were the Yi people exploited by Han officials, but even the chieftains were also exploited by officials."
"As a result, the Yi people could no longer survive, which naturally gave opportunities to ambitious people like She Chongming. They blamed everything on the court and led their men to rebel."
"Therefore, I believe that to resolve this problem, we must first clean up the bureaucracy in the southwest and clarify the administration of officials there. At the same time, we must reform the natives and convert the barbarians into Han Chinese. We must also send scholars to the southwest to spread our influence and educate the people. In this way, the southwest will surely return to the orthodox rule of the Great Ming within a few decades."
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