"Sir, there are 36 chieftains who were ordered to come to Kunming this time. In addition, there are fifty-seven heads and twenty-three officials..."

Yang Mingshi held a roster and reported to Yu Zhong, who was sitting in the top.

Kangxi began to rectify the administration of officials in Beijing, and the purpose was naturally to make the Aisin Jueluo family's world. However, through years of observation, Kangxi also knew that the corruption of the Qing Dynasty officials was very serious. Once the rectification began, it is very likely that many senior officials would leave their posts from then on.

Then, in order for the government's work to operate as usual, he must and must not prepare some officials in advance to prepare for the succession. Moreover, these officials who are preparing to take over must be relatively honest, otherwise, if one goes away and the other goes back and forth, the court will still be incorrect.

Ma De recommended a group of talents to the court before, although many people in the court thought that Ma De wanted to use this to promote his subordinates and expand his power in the officialdom. However, Kangxi also saw another point from this, that is, most of the officials recommended by Ma De were relatively honest and capable. In other words, the officials recommended by Ma De just met his current requirements for the officials he needed.

That's why Kangxi summoned Ma De and issued an order to promote Zhao Shenqiao as the Left Commander, and successively appointed Yang Mingshi, the former Anhui governor, as the Yunnan governor, and Fan Shiyi, the governor of Nanchang, as the Hubei governor. Although there were not many people promoted, they were all used for a little bit. Moreover, this was just the beginning.

Although Yang Mingshi has been working under Ma De for many years, Ma De rarely meets officials except for assignments or making major moves. Therefore, although Yang Mingshi and Ma De are a little familiar with Ma De, their friendship is not deep. It is even more impossible to compare with the teacher-student friendship between him and Li Guangdi. In addition, Ma De never talks about his group of men in front of outsiders, so Yang Mingshi's understanding of China is limited to legends from the outside world.

Although this perception was not as mean as the legendary because it was more or less circled in Made, Yang Mingshi was still anxious after receiving the imperial edict from Kangxi to transfer him to Yunnan. The chaos of Ha Yuansheng had spread in a short period of time. Yang Mingshi was worried that Yu Zhong would have had a quarrel with the chieftains in Yunnan because of this incident, and he was even more afraid that Yu Zhong would really get angry and do something even more in the southwest. So, soon, he stepped away from Anhui and rushed to Kunming.

However, Yang Mingshi was still late.

Yu Zhong actually ordered the chieftains and liberated officials from all over Yunnan to come to Kunming to report to him. As a result, after hearing this abrupt order on the way, Yang Mingshi, who was already very tired from the hurry to travel, was almost ill.

Ha Yuansheng had just taken eight thousand people to the territory of the chieftains and did a lot of murder and set fire. At this time, would those chieftains and other figures believe in the integrity of the government? Is Yu Zhong stupid... or is there a water in his mind? Could he be that the chieftains are all brave men who fearlessly live and die? Even so, the brave men would not go to a Hongmen banquet for no reason, right?

Unfortunately, although Yang Mingshi rushed to Kunming, he was still a little short of his qualifications if he wanted Yu Zhong to change his decision. In the end, Yang Mingshi not only failed to persuade Yu Zhong, but was also assigned by Yu Zhong to receive the chieftains and the officials were transferred.

"Thirty-six chieftains? Haha. Six Six is ​​very lucky. It seems that I am a good candidate for the title of governor!" Yu Zhong did not seem to see Yang Mingshi's dissatisfaction expression on his face. After listening to the other party's report, he laughed leisurely.

"Master Taichung, there are more than a hundred chieftains in Yunnan? Moreover, the thirty-six chieftains here are either small forces, but they dare not not come because they are too close to us... They cannot represent the entire chieftain forces in Yunnan at all. There are not many people who buy our account for those chieftains!" Yang Mingshi said calmly.

"If you don't buy it, don't buy it... Anyway, sooner or later, there will be times when they buy it!" Yu Zhong "Hehe"

He laughed twice, "Take me the roster, I want to see who is coming!"

"..." Yang Mingshi handed the roster in his hand to Yu Zhong and stepped aside and sat down.

Although it is contrary to Yu Zhong's opinion, after these days of getting along, Yang Mingshi discovered that Yu Zhong is a relatively peaceful person in normal times and rarely cares about things like vague etiquette. This is the only advantage he has discovered in Yu Zhong at present.

"Xiao Yang, this Ma Jianzan only sent a son and a leader under his command. Why are you here? And this Menglian chieftain only sent a son..." After catching the roster, Yu Zhong looked up at Yang Mingshi and asked.

"Sir, Xiaguancao's name is Binshi. You can call me Yang Mingshi or Binshi!" Yang Mingshi was so angry that he had goose bumps all over his body when he was called "Little Yang". He hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists and said.

"Hahaha, aren't you all called you? There are so many... Yes, 'Binshi, right? Then can you explain it to me?" Yu Zhong felt a little unhesitant when he saw Yang Ming's face, and he laughed dryly, and stopped joking.

"Sir, according to the investigation of Xiaguan, Ma Jianzan and Menglian are two more powerful chieftains in the Yuanjiang area. Their family heritage has been passed down for more than 100 years. The last time Ha Yuansheng was in chaos in the area where they lived. Now, it has not been long since this incident, and they must be very afraid of the government. This time, even if they did not send people, according to Xiaguan's opinion, we may not be able to say anything.

Ma Jianzan and Meng Lian finally sent their sons, so the officials thought that these two people were still a little sincere. So they counted them on the side of obeying the government's orders." Yang Mingshi replied.

"Something is true." Yu Zhong slammed his mouth, thought for a while, and then pointed to the name on the list and asked Yang Mingshi: "What kind of person is this Zhubao?"

"This... the official is not very clear about it." Yang Mingshi replied.

"You haven't seen him?" Yu Zhong asked again.

"The servant who has met the servant has been protecting him. However, the servant was busy receiving other chieftains at that time and had to deal with some affairs in the government office. When he saw that the servant who was not old, he didn't pay much attention!" Yang Mingshi replied.

"Oh... are you old? That means you are quite young? How old is that kid?" Yu Zhong's eyes turned and suddenly asked again.

"It seems like he is sixteen or seventeen years old, but it will definitely not be more than twenty!" Yang Mingshi thought for a while and replied. He was very confident in his memory. Although he had only met a few times, he was probably "departing the battle" for his father, so how could he not pay more attention?

"What about Cheng Lu, the son of Menglian Tusi?" Yu Zhong asked again with a pointing at another name.

"About twenty years old, I'm not very old..." Yang Mingshi replied.

"So, all the people who came here... Have you ever investigated? Are there any brothers or other characters on them?" Yu Zhong asked again.

"Please forgive me! The official has not investigated carefully and is not very clear about these matters!" Yang Mingshi stood up and replied with his fists.

"It's okay! There's still time left, just tell me after you check it out." Yu Zhong waved his hand and signaled Yang Mingshi without blame himself.

"The official must find out as soon as possible, but... Sir, why are you doing this?" Yang Mingshi asked with some concern.

"Haha, little... Binshi, do you think what would happen if this person protects him and Cheng Lu were the two mainland officials in the jurisdiction of Ma Jianzan and Menglian?" Yu Zhong asked with a smile.

"Sir, do you want to appoint the families of these chieftains as officials from all over the country? Then... what else do you do to change the land and return to the land? Isn't it just that everything is the same?" Yang Mingshi asked in surprise.

"Haha, the chieftain is an official position appointed by the court. However, this official position can be passed down from generation to generation. It is not very appropriate to date. But the official position is different! Although the official can also manage various races, it cannot be passed on. You said, if the family of these chieftains is first appointed as the official position, what will happen?"

"They will think you are a fool!" Yang Mingshi lowered his head and rolled his eyes, and said in his heart. However, although he thought so, since Yu Zhong had already asked, he was afraid that the governor was more famous than the old Sima De's name. Yang Mingshi didn't think that the other party was talking nonsense, so he followed Yu Zhong's prompt and continued to think down. However, after thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure out what else could Yu Zhong do in addition to further strengthening the power of the chieftain family.

"Haha, Binshi, you're still a little too upright!" He asked when he couldn't figure it out. After Yang Mingshi spoke out his questions, Yu Zhong smiled: "Actually, the reason why I appointed these people from the chieftain family as officials is nothing more than just trying to win over and crack down on a group of people."

"Strike a group of people? Sir, Yunnan has a complex terrain, high mountains and dense forests, and it has always been quite poor compared to other provinces. You can't do anything to do anything!" Yang Mingshi was a little anxious again. Although Yu Zhong had few previous records, he was enough to remember for several years every time. This time he said so "obviously", how could he not think about the war?

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, who said I was going to use any weapons?" Yu Zhong pointed at Yang Ming with a funny look. "I appointed the family members or subordinates of these chieftains to serve as migrant officials, just a signal. I will give a few more orders, that is, this governor will select outstanding talents from all ethnic groups in Yunnan to serve as migrant officials, and will specialize in managing their own affairs."

"Sir, do you want to set up an autonomous yamen in Yunnan?" Yang Mingshi seemed to understand. In recent years, Kangxi quickly established the ruling position of the imperial court in Junggar, which is now Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places by establishing an "autonomous yamen". Moreover, this method also greatly eliminated the local people's resistance, and reduced the military pressure of the imperial court in the northwest and other places. It can be said that the "autonomous yamen" is a very useful system in handling ethnic affairs. However, the northwest is the northwest and the southwest is the southwest. The situation in these two places is different.

Especially the power of the ethnic groups in the southwest is very small, and the relationship between them is quite complicated. Will the court allow them to "self-govern"? Moreover, even if they are self-government, what changes can the situation in Yunnan change?

"Who said I want to set up an 'autonomous yamen? Is it necessary to set up an yamen? First of all, there must be an official that all ethnic groups must recognize! But now those chieftains don't even recognize me as the governor, so what's the use of setting up an yamen? Moreover, even if we don't interfere, these chieftains in Yunnan will have fewer fighting and killing?" Yu Zhong asked Yang Mingshi.

"Sir, why are you selecting officials of various races?" Yang Mingshi asked.

"Haha, this official is not easy to be an official! As an official, many people will easily change..." Yu Zhong smiled and continued: "And what are officials?... Officials are officials! Only with the imperial court and the government can there be officials! No matter which tribe of the people are officials, there must be an official behind him. In other words, these officials selected from various tribes will become the link between Kunming and Yunnan!"

"Does the adults want all ethnic groups to come out to strengthen the connection between the government and them?" Yang Mingshi grabbed one of them.

"Haha, that's not wrong at all." Yu Zhong smiled.

"So what?" Yang Mingshi asked back.

"So what?" Yu Zhong didn't understand for a moment.

"Sir, you want to select migrant officials from all ethnic groups in Yunnan. Then, use these migrant officials as a line to strengthen the connection between the various races and the government, right?..." Yang Mingshi said this and looked at Yu Zhong. After seeing the other party nodded, he continued to ask: "Sir, I would like to ask you: With the terrain of Yunnan, even if these migrant officials are present, how much can the connection between the various races and the government be strengthened? Besides, what if the connection is strengthened? Since those migrant officials are from various races, they may also be family members or relatives of the chieftains.

Naturally, they will make profits for the chieftains or their own clans. At that time, they will definitely compete with each other. What is the difference between not having a resigned official? Furthermore, even if a resigned official is set, how can these people be in the same heart and virtue as the government?"

"Good words!" Yu Zhong clapped his face, "Binshi, you're very good at speaking. But I think you might have made a little mistake!"

"I made a mistake?" Yang Mingshi was stunned.

"That's right." Yu Zhong nodded, "You just heard me say that someone wants to be a resigned official, and I thought I would only promote the relatives and friends of the chieftains. You're wrong. The reason why I want to promote this boss and Cheng Lu is not because he is the son of the chieftain. But because they are the only two people of all ethnic groups who have no formal identities in Kunming. According to our words, although they are relatives of the chieftains, they are still 'white-looking,' I just want to take this opportunity to tell all the chieftains in Yunnan that I can give them a lot......"

"Just like the title of a vassal official?" Yang Mingshi always felt that he was quite smart, but now he was increasingly confused about what Yu Zhongdi means. According to the previous words, his governor should have wanted to abolish the chieftain system and replace him with a vassal official. But when he heard what Yu Zhong said just now, he felt that Yu Zhong seemed to want to give those chieftains greater power, which was obviously inconsistent!

"Binshi. You have been an official in Jiangnan. Maybe you don't know what the official positions officially enthroned by the court mean to these ethnic minorities! Do you know? Although many chieftains are separatist and do not buy the court's account, having an official position officially enthroned by the court often means higher status for those chieftains! Although I will not give these chieftains any official positions, it will still be very attractive to these chieftains if they can make a family member or subordinate an official. What's more, I'm almost giving it away for free? In order to get an official position that can show my identity, I believe that many chieftains will inevitably strengthen their connection with the government..." Yu Zhong said again.

"Sir, after all, you're still wandering around! Even if these chieftains strengthen their contacts with the government, can you abolish the chieftain system?" Yang Mingshi asked impatiently.

"able!"

"able?"

Yu Zhong's answer is too simple and too confident, and Yang Mingshi is a little unbelievable.

"Of course! As long as these chieftains are willing to strengthen their ties with the government, I will definitely give them more benefits, and in turn, the people under their jurisdiction will get more benefits! In this way, what's the difficulty of abolishing the chieftain system?" Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Sir, please forgive my subordinates for being stupid!" Yang Mingshi's confidence began to shake! Before he was shaken, what he wanted to do most was to write a memorial to Beijing and ask Kangxi to send an imperial physician to do it, and see if this governor suffered from any madness. If the people get benefits, the chieftain system can be abolished? How is this possible? Doing this can only make those chieftains more popular! The people are simple, how can they not believe in letting themselves live a good life, but instead turn to overthrow these people? Even Ma De, who is so notorious, has made the people of the three provinces of Jiangnan better in recent years. The common people don't want him to be transferred from their hearts. Could it be that the people under the chieftains are ungrateful?

"It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality! After living a good life, who would like to live a difficult life again? Besides, I am still here!" Yu Zhong looked at Yang Ming and pointed at himself with a smile.
Chapter completed!