Yang Shiqi also admired Wang Ao, and Zhu Qizhen did not want Wang Ao to stay in Sichuan.

Because he could imagine that Wang Ao would definitely resist him in Sichuan.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qizhen understood that Wang Ao was an unkind person.

Naturally, he is not allowed to be in key places.

However, what Zhu Qizhen said cannot be wrong.

Compared with Songpan, the situation in Guangxi is more serious. After all, Guangxi is adjacent to Yunnan and Guizhou.

Of course, in this era, it does not mean that there are no direct roads from Guangxi to Yunnan. They are just small roads and cannot pass large armies at all.

Even smuggling is difficult.

But for many toasts, it is not too difficult.

After all, to the people of the Central Plains, it is a mountainous landscape, but they have long been used to it.

Once the trouble in Guangxi gets bigger and involves Guizhou, things will be difficult to handle.

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty is wise, but Wang Ao is the commander-in-chief of Guangxi?"

"No." Zhu Qizhen said: "The suppression of chaos in the southwest is different from that in Luchuan. It should be divided into seven parts politics and three parts military. It requires the people of Guangxi to fear it with power and the people of Guangxi to obey it with virtue. Therefore, the focus is not on

Militaryly, Wang Ao took office as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He sent a general to serve as general and the chief military officer of Guangxi. He treated him with authority and Wang Ao cherished him with virtue."

Yang Shiqi said: "Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi? This official position did not exist in the imperial court before. I wonder what your Majesty thinks the authority of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is?"

Zhu Qizhen was slightly shocked after hearing this. He had not thought that the famous governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in later generations would not have this official position in this era?

However, it was not that Zhu Qizhen had nothing to do and wanted to be appointed governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but he felt the necessity of solving the Guangxi problem.

The reason is very simple. Where does Guangxi’s military, food and salary come from?

It can't be transported from Beijing. If it really has to be transported thousands of miles away, the freight cost will exceed the value of the grain itself.

Therefore, the food and salary for the Guangxi war must be raised nearby.

Among Guangxi's neighboring states, only Guangdong has the ability to provide food and wages.

It’s not that Huguang is poor, it’s that Huguang’s grain has to be transported to Yunnan and Guizhou. As for Yunnan and Guizhou, they don’t have grain themselves. Even in the late Ming Dynasty, Guizhou’s annual grain tax was only 70,000 to 80,000 shi, which was simply incomparable.

A county in the south of the Yangtze River is not even as good as a large county in the north.

This is because the grain taxes in large northern counties are quite large, amounting to thirty to forty thousand dan.

Therefore, not only now, but for a long time to come, it has been a common practice for Guangdong to pay Guangxi.

This is also true today.

It is for this reason that Zhu Qizhen decided to let Wang Ao hold the title of Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and take charge of the two provinces.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said: "Let Wang Ao be in charge of Guangxi and transfer food and wages. The direct person in charge of food and wages in Guangdong will be Wang Ao. He will coordinate the supply of military supplies between the two provinces and appease the people after the war."

Zhu Qizhen thought about it carefully. He originally intended to let the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi have authority in future generations, but when he thought about it, he suddenly understood something. He was led astray by his own memory of his previous life.

Not bad, but it's a little crooked.

The official positions after the Ming Dynasty were all based on the victory of the civil servant group over the Xungui group.

In other words, these official positions themselves usurp the rights of military commanders.

If this arrangement is really followed, what is the difference between the governor and the supervisor? No matter it is just a difference in name.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen immediately made several discounts. He did not even allow Wang Ao to have jurisdiction over the frontline soldiers. Of course, there was one thing that Zhu Qizhen understood.

Many times, power is not what is written in plain text.

Many powers do not need to be stated, they naturally exist.

No matter who is fighting on the front line, they will not offend the officials behind them who supervise the transportation of grain and grass. And the officials who supervise the transportation of grain and grass may not necessarily have no troops. After all, these civilians and the soldiers who escort the grain are not invincible after they are given weapons.

It's just that in this situation, the front line is led by honorable ministers, and there are civilian officials in the rear to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Zhu Qizhen wanted to try this model. If it really works, most of the Ming Dynasty's military use will be like this model in the future.

Of course, this model was not pioneered by Zhu Qizhen.

But this is the reality.

During Emperor Taizong's several Northern Expeditions, those who supervised the transportation of grain and grass were all civil servants, namely Xia Yuanji, who was as famous as Jian Gong. It's just that this big boss had no holiday, otherwise his authority would still be higher than that of Sanyang, but he died in the fifth year of Xuande

Already.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen also discovered that under Taizu Taizong's methods, the Fifth Army Governor's Office had lost many of its functions. It could even be said that the Fifth Army Governor's Office did not have the ability to launch a war independently.

There must be cooperation from the Ministry of War.

Otherwise they won't be able to handle the food, grass and baggage.

This is just a kind of check and balance of power.

Zhu Qizhen was a little confused about this. In his opinion, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, as the highest institution of the military, should have a war system.

Can bypass the cabinet and have the ability to preside over war.

Because without this ability, it is impossible for civil servants to cut off their hands in the military, especially in terms of logistics.

But if the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion really has this ability, Zhu Qizhen himself may not be able to sleep well.

Yang Shiqi said: "I understand, but I don't know who your Majesty would like to be in charge of Guangxi?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, do you have anyone to choose?"

Yang Shiqi said: "I think it is better to choose a familiar person than to choose a mature one. When General Wuxing was in charge of Jiangxi, he cooperated with Wang Ao tacitly. Now when I go to Guangxi, it is better to choose the two of them."

Zhu Qizhen said: "General Wu?"

Zhu Qizhen had an impression of him. Although he had never met Wuxing, he knew that he was originally a general in the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. In the first month of the 10th year of Xuande's reign, he came to Jiangxi in an emergency and has been in charge until now.

That's right, it was when Xuanzong died.

It was the general ordered by the Empress Dowager.

Zhu Qizhen immediately felt that Wuxing was credible.

Zhu Qizhen was quite convinced of the Empress Dowager. At that time, there was an uprising in Jiangxi, with as many as 30,000 people, but Wuxing put an end to it in one fell swoop.

Loyalty can be relied on. Ability is also good.

If it weren't for Wuxing's inexperience in dealing with large-scale scenes, Zhu Qizhen would have preferred Wuxing for the Battle of Luchuan. After all, a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people was not something Wuxing's experience in suppressing bandits could handle.

However, it is enough to deal with the war in Guangxi.

After all, there is not much difference between the chieftains in Guangxi and the more bandits they are.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I will ask the British Duke before deciding on this matter."

In fact, Zhu Qizhen had already agreed in his heart, but he still reminded Yang Shiqi like this.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to establish a clear distinction between civil and military affairs. In terms of military affairs, Zhu Qizhen relied on the British government, and in terms of civil affairs, Zhu Qizhen relied on Yang Shiqi.

Zhang Fu is very sensible and does not mention a word about civil affairs.

But Yang Shiqi no longer has this consciousness.

Perhaps Yang Shiqi felt that as the chief minister of the country, although he did not have the title of prime minister, he had the status of prime minister. In particular, the Empress Dowager relied heavily on Yang Shiqi, which made Yang Shiqi's authority grow from the 10th year of Xuande to the present.

Even in the system of the Ming Dynasty, at least in the system of the early Ming Dynasty, there was no superiority between the cabinet academicians and the six ministers, but a check and balance relationship.

But Yang Shiqi has actually broken this delicate relationship.

The authority of the cabinet has been greatly increased. In the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet was transformed from the emperor's secretariat to the real administrative center. Yang Shiqi, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Juzheng and others took the greatest credit.

Yang Shiqi didn't know if he understood Zhu Qizhen's subtext. Maybe he did. He just pretended not to understand. Then he said: "Your Majesty, although the floods around Beijing have receded, there are still no harvests in many places. Although warehouses have been opened for relief,

, providing relief through work, but if things continue like this, the people will probably have a hard time next spring when there is a lean period."

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he solemnly asked: "Is this really true?"

Yang Shiqi said: "Of course I dare not deceive Your Majesty."

Zhu Qizhen looked sad for a moment and said: "It is my fault that the people suffered this disaster."

The self-blame in Zhu Qizhen's heart is also real.

In Zhu Qizhen's heart, flood fighting and rescue operations are a model for future generations, but now this flood has made Zhu Qizhen know how cold and cruel the reality is.

The city of Beijing, the most benevolent place at the feet of the Emperor, has nearly a thousand people dying in the flood. What is it like outside Beijing?
Chapter completed!