Zhu Xu didn't know what a thrilling night the capital had experienced, nor did he know that he had a pair of daughters. Early the next morning, he summoned Li Banghua, the governor of Shaanxi and Xi.

In the lobby, Zhu Xu and Li Banghua were sitting opposite each other and were drinking tea.

The shopkeeper was so scared that he knelt on the ground and shivered. He never thought that the emperor who was high in the clouds would actually run to their town and live in his restaurant!

Thinking of the "harshness" he treated the emperor these days, he knelt on the ground, his head full of sweat, and I don't know if it was hot or nervous.

Zhang Suk knelt beside the shopkeeper, pretending to be nervous, but he was still wandering around in his heart how to rescue Chu Fuyao. Then he killed the dog emperor, the longer he dragged it, the more dangerous she became. She had to find a way.

Zhu Xu looked at Li Banghua and said, "The situation in Shaanxi is better than I expected, you are doing well."

Li Banghua was open-minded and fearless, and bowed slightly and said, "I am still exploring the governance of Shaanxi and Xi, but has not been fully formed. Therefore, I have not submitted a memorial to the emperor and asked the emperor to forgive me."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Your 'farm strategy' is more effective, good. The problem now is to find problems, improve problems, and write me a memorial as soon as possible. I want to take a look and then promote it in the southwest."

"Yes." Li Banghua said. After he said that, he was a little reluctant to speak but stopped.

Zhu Xu was curious and smiled and said, "What else can I say directly!"

Li Banghua looked up at Zhu Xu, pondered, and said, "In my judgment, the disaster situation in the southwest provinces will further aggravate, and the court will have more money and food to provide relief. I believe that we should practice cool laws to ensure the stability of the southwest!"

The smile on Zhu Xu's face slowly calmed down, he picked up the teacup, and thought silently.

The "cool method" mentioned by Li Banghua is actually to implement "military governance" in the southwest, reduce the spending of the court, and let some people starve to death or what...

This is not the first time that Zhu Xu has heard Li Banghua’s words. Some people in the court who knew the great things and saw the crisis clearly wrote a letter to him, asking for a reduction in the money and food in the southwest, and "use heavy sanctions in troubled times"!

For these adults, it was just a suggestion, but if Zhu Xu really wanted to implement it, it would definitely leave a thousand-year-old notoriety, and it was too cruel to force many people to death.

The most terrifying thing is that it will turn the southwest into a pot of porridge, so that the imperial court will spend more and more dangerously!

Zhu Xu knew history well and would never agree!

Li Banghua should be just a test now. After all, this policy is very determined for them.

Zhu Xu didn't say anything, Cao Huachun glanced at Li Banghua calmly.

The shopkeeper who was kneeling not far away thought that the "cool method" was aimed at illegal people and rioters, so he didn't care much about it.

Zhang Su was different. She immediately understood the meaning of the words of the governor of Shaanxi and Xi, which was to force everyone in the southwest to death!

She clenched her fists with her hands, frowned, raised her head quietly, and looked at the dog emperor who was facing her with cold eyes!

She had already decided in her heart that if the dog emperor dared to agree, she would kill this pair of foolish monarchs and dog officials even if she fought!

Zhu Xu did not give Zhang Xu a chance and shook his head and said, "Nearly tens of millions of people can be moved out of the southwest in the next few years. Annan and Liaodong still need people. In just five years, these two places can contribute taxes to the court. Not only will it alleviate the population pressure in the southwest, but it can also provide money and grain relief. It is not necessary to be so extreme for the time being..."

Seeing that the emperor still refused to give in, Li Banghua didn't say anything else.

He has been in Shaanxi for less than a year, but he knows the situation in the southwest well. If he doesn't respond early, it will sooner or later become a burden to the court and cannot be shaken off!

"What do you think of the toast in the southwest?" Zhu Xu held the teacup and suddenly said.

Although Li Banghua was a civil servant, he was basically leading troops on the route. Naturally, he knew the rebellion of the southwest chieftains, and he frowned and thought about it.

The current chieftain mainly refers to the Yi ethnic minorities in Guizhou, Huguang, Yun, Nan, Sichuan and other areas. As for the others, outside the border, they basically collapsed.

The Yi people are mainly two branches, led by She and An. They have caused chaos since the Tianqi period and captured Chongqing. The capital was surrounded by 100,000 troops and even besieged Guiyang for half a year. It can be said that the momentum is huge and shocked the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the third year of Chongzhen that it was suppressed, but it was not pacified and would cause chaos from time to time.

The Yi people live at the junction of several provinces, with poor mountains and bad waters, difficult to move, easy to defend and difficult to attack, basically they have to conquer several times a year to ensure stability in all regions.

But from the first year of Tianqi to the third year of Chongzhen, the court spent the expenses on pursuing these chieftains as high as 20 million taels of silver. At first, 300,000, but later soared to 2 million, 3 million, or even 5 million! In the sixth year of Tianqi, the court even forced to cut Liao pay to support the war in the southwest!

It can be seen how big a disaster this is!

Li Banghua was in Shaanxi and West, and knew a lot about these things. After thinking for a while, he said: "Emperor, the chieftain's rebellion has been a long time, and the reasons are complicated. I believe that the court should treat it differently and use both suppression and pacification. A blind expedition and suppression cannot resolve the war in the southwest."

Zhu Xu nodded. He has been thinking about the Southwest Tushita recently, which is similar to what Li Banghua thought.

A large portion of the large amount of money he gave to the Southwest every year was spent on "maintaining stability". It was too wasteful. If he could recruit and fight in Xining, it would be possible to save millions of taels a year.

Zhu Xu thought about it and said, "With Qin Liangyu, Wang Sanshan and others here, I am not very worried about military affairs. As for the requisition, who do you think is suitable?"

"Yang He." Li Banghua blurted out.

Zhu Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Yang He insisted on "pacifying" in Shaanxi, but failed and was transferred away by Zhu Xu. Then Li Jingbai was abducted, shocking the government and the country. Yang He's recovery was nowhere to be long ago, and now he has been idle in the capital.

This person is suitable, Zhu Xu said 'um' and said, "The six southwestern provinces are a game of chess, and they cannot do their own things. I plan to set up a Prime Minister of Military Affairs in the southwest to coordinate the military affairs and government affairs of the six provinces. What do you think?"

Li Banghua was stunned. Unexpectedly, the emperor had such thoughts, so he started to think about it.

The southwest is vast and has a relatively sparse population, but it is the worst hit. All kinds of things are disturbed, so we can't just wait for the court to make a decision. It's often bad things happen when it comes and goes.

However, the prime ministers of the military and political ministers of the six provinces not only control government affairs, but also hold hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Not only does they feel at ease with the emperor!

Li Banghua frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this a temporary or a regular one?"

Zhu Xu said: "Three years are one period, and the maximum is three periods."

'Three years is easy to say...', Li Banghua thought to himself that it would be impossible for three years. Then the transfer will be another person. He looked at Zhu Xu and said, "I think it's OK."

"Who do you think is suitable?" Zhu Xu continued.

Li Banghua was stunned again and then began to think seriously.

There are many suitable people, including Sun Chuanting from Liaodong, Qin Liangyu from Sichuan, Cao Wenzhao from Jiang and Su. But he didn't quite understand why the emperor asked him for his opinion. Shouldn't this matter be discussed with the court officials?

In a blink of an eye, he thought of the recent hot topic of adding cabinet assistants. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Xu.

Li Banghua felt moved and wanted to talk about the candidates to join the cabinet, including Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Shen Yongmao among the six ministries, and Sun Chuanting from Liaodong. Of course, some people mentioned Cao Wenzhao, but this was a military man and had been automatically ruled out.

Then these people could not move. Li Banghua thought carefully for a while and said, "I think Jiang Su's General Cao is more suitable."

Zhu Xu didn't know that Li Banghua had so many thoughts in his mind for a moment. He couldn't help but be surprised when he listened to Cao Wenzhao's name, "Cao Wenzhao?"

Then he shook his head and said, "I am very relieved in military affairs. I have few government affairs. There is a safe place in the southwest, so he is not suitable."

Li Banghua's heart was beating slightly when he heard the word "Old Cao". It was rumored that Cao Wenzhao was the emperor's first confidant, but this rumor was still not accurate enough.

Li Banghua was a little confused about Zhu Xu's meaning, so he could only say, "I don't know."

Zhu Xu glanced at him and picked up the teacup again.

"Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, which one do you think is suitable?" Zhu Xu said without raising his head while fiddling with the tea.

Li Banghua looked at Zhu Xu in surprise, unable to understand his thoughts. Aren’t these two people going to join the cabinet?

Li Banghua couldn't guess thoroughly, so he had to follow Zhu Xu's words and compare it, saying: "Shangshu Zhou and Shangshu Fu are both safe people. Shangshu Zhou has made great achievements in the administration of the government. Shangshu Fu has been in charge of the national treasury for many years. If he chose one... he tends to be Fu."

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and slightly clawed his head.

Nowadays, from the cabinet to the six ministries, they are generally "safe and lack of progress". Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu are all extremely low-key because of their own reasons. Although they hold great power, they are much worse in fame and official reputation.

"Well, I understand." Zhu Xu didn't say much. He still had to consider this matter in his heart.

Seeing that Zhu Xu had finished talking about his main problem, Li Banghua began to report his affairs in Shaanxi and western China, and some troubles, especially the court's policy issues. I hope Zhu Xu can solve it.

Many of Li Banghua's ideas are good, but they are a little too domineering and sharp, seemingly upright, but they will have extremely bad consequences. This is contrary to Bi Ziyan's idea, so he has been deliberately suppressing it.

Although Zhu Xu is here, this kind of "fighting" is not revealed and does not cause any harm, but the current government is not cleaned up enough. The struggles between court officials are often unyielding, and they must fight to the death. Such political struggles will harm all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

In history, Lu Xiangsheng's death was a political struggle between Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang and Yang Sichang. In the ambiguous state of Chongzhen's attitude, Yang Sichang and others directly forced Lu Xiangsheng to death, and led the Qing Dynasty to attack the mountain and east, and abduct millions of people!

Zhu Xu would never allow such a thing to happen. He stood clearly on Bi Ziyan's side and asked Li Banghua to respect the cabinet and the auxiliary ministers, not to do whatever he wanted, strictly implement the court's policies, and not to act in a general direction!
Chapter completed!