The war comes from Dingguo, and the politics follows Mingxun.&1t;/p>

This is a political agreement reached by the United States and Qiongfan, and even the top leaders of the Allied Forces, including Liu Wenxiu. It is also a criterion for all forces to support Li Dingguo to serve the king and replace Sun Kewang's position in the Zhu Ming system.&1t;/p>

The first half has proved to be correct. Li Dingguo did a great job in military command and comforting the king. His prestige and relationship in the Xiying system have been fully revealed. However, from the moment the Allies entered Kunming City, except for military operations, everything will obey Li Mingxun's command behind the scenes.&1t;/p>

There are two purposes: one is to take into account the overall situation and the interests of each vassal, to achieve a balance of the strength of each vassal, and to avoid the situation where the Jin vassal state dominance. The second is to avoid political turmoil in the southwest and factional loss.&1t;/p>

The former is the political consensus of various vassals, while the latter is mainly aimed at Li Mingxun. Li Mingxun himself believed in the enlightenment of Dingguo, but did not believe in the ability of Dingguo. At that time, people called him Xiying. He was expected to be good at governing politics and Dingguo could use troops. In fact, this is the same in reverse. He was expected to not use troops, and Dingguo was not good at governing politics.&1t;/p>

In the original history, Li Dingguo rescued Yongli completely forcing Liangshan to take political adventures. He had no other way out and had to save Jia and seize power. Although with Bai Wenxuan's secret help, Li Dingguo succeeded, but lost all of Guangxi. His successful seizure of power was more due to God's will. However, after defeating Sun Kewang and mastering the overall situation in the southwest, Li Dingguo's shortcomings were fully exposed. His ability to control the court, faction was simply not comparable to that of the ambitious people of the same era as Sun Kewang and Zheng Chenggong. The result was that Li Dingguo, who had mastered nearly 200,000 troops in Xiying, did not carry out organized resistance during the large-scale attack of the Qing Dynasty. It was not until Mopanshan's desperate counterattack that he had initially achieved results. The strength enhancement brought by his annexation of Qin Fan did not play any role at all. He almost handed over the Qin Fan and the Southern Ming soldiers to the Qing Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Obviously, this is not what Li Mingxun hopes to see. Dingguo has no political talent, so major events cannot be handed over to Dingguo.&1t;/p>

In June, Li Mingxun ate watermelon around the stove in the hall.&1t;/p>

The conditions in Yunnan are really too difficult. The supply from Guangzhou is seriously insufficient. Li Mingxun's office lacks candles. In desperation, he could only light the fire as a lamp. In June, there was a stove in the room, which was really hot. When Li Dingguo hurried in, he saw this scene.&1t;/p>

Li Dingguo threw a stack of secret letters to Li Mingxun and said, "Look at me, brother-in-law, we have only been in Kunming for half a month, and these people can no longer bear their temper."&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun did not open the secret letters, but just glanced at the first secret letter on the surface in the fire, which was Jin Weixin. Jin Weixin was from Yunnan. When Xiying entered Yunnan, he was appreciated by Li Dingguo as his strategist because of his talent and knowledge. He was not a general and had no official position. However, this was nothing in the Allied system. After the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, Jin Weixin went to Taipei Political Academy to study for a year and a half. After graduation, Li Dingguo, in accordance with the customs of Qiongfan, gave him the Jinshi origin in the name of Yongli, and directly awarded the position of governor of Guangdong, and transformed into the first civil servant in the Jinfan system.&1t;/p>

Seeing that Dingguo was so stanced, Li Mingxun knew that these letters must have been sent by civil servants and generals in the Jin vassal system. He asked the King of Jin to follow the example of Qin vassal Sun Kewang, conspiring to take the position under one person, and monopolize the power of the southwest. Li Mingxun then picked up the letters and threw them directly into the stove, squeezing the flames vigorously.&1t;/p>

"You...what are you doing?" Li Dingguo hurriedly went to grab it, but he couldn't get one or two complete seals if he burned his hand.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun wiped the sweat from his face: "These people trust you secretly out of loyalty to you, and there are so many people that they can't be killed in one go. You and I will use it in the future. Now that I have dismantled it, I always have a grudge in my heart, it's better not to read it."&1t;/p>

Seeing Dingguo sitting down helplessly, Li Mingxun asked: "What will happen to the court?"&1t;/p>

Today's court meeting was from morning to late at night, with the purpose of setting up several major events, one of which was the official title. What disappointed everyone was that neither the generals who made contributions in the king's service nor the Qin vassal officials who expressed their loyalty to the emperor received any additional titles. Li Dingguo even stated at the court meeting that if there is no additional title in the civil war, the fire will not be promoted.&1t;/p>

Of course, this policy was advocated by Li Mingxun. Dingguo actually intended to use titles to win over people in the Qin vassal system, such as Wang Shangli, Wang Ziqi and He Jiuyi. These people held military power, and using titles to win over was the cheapest way, and at most it was for a duke and marquis. The reason why Li Mingxun opposed it was that if he gave these dukes, he would give titles like Bai Wenxuan in the future. The duke was nothing, and giving titles would be even more divided. In the original history, Dingguo promoted the titles more frequently after he welcomed Yongli to Kunming, which was also one of the reasons for his later failure.&1t;/p>

Of course, there is no title, but there is still authority. Li Dingguo took charge of the government affairs as the vassal lord of Jin vassal vassal lord, and actually replaced Sun Kewang's position. At the court meeting, it was clearly announced that Shu King Wenxiu opened the vassal vassal and prepared to attack Sichuan in the north. In terms of the cabinet, because Wu Zhenyu was dead, the only civil servants in the court who still had qualifications in the court were Lin Shizhang, Zeng Ying and Wen Anzhi. Zeng Ying had retired and was playing with grandchildren in Taipei, regardless of the common things. Lin Shizhang was in his 80s and was overwhelmed, while Wen Anzhi was still in the Kuidong side. None of the three could serve as the auxiliary position of the cabinet, so the auxiliary position was simply empty. However, Qiongfan, Jinfan and Shufan suggested that Ma Jixiang enter the cabinet to assist in the government. Of course, this was also what Li Mingxun meant.&1t;/p>

Ma Jixiang is a complete treacherous minister, but that is for Zhu Ming, or for Zhu Ming's civil servant group and imperial power, Ma Jixiang is not lacking in talent. It is rare to see such a good dog that is "a dog in front of the foreign vassal gate, let a few bites" and Sun Kewang uses him. In history, Li Dingguo uses him, and now Li Mingxun also wants to use him to take care of the emperor and restrain civil servants.&1t;/p>

Of course, in order to take full advantage of the emperor and the court, he still created a six ministries and a group of great scholars, most of whom were recommended by Ma Jixiang. In order to protect the emperor's safety, Li Mingxun also instructed Li Dingguo to give Mu Tianbo real power. This Duke of Qian was a minister who was hereditary to guard Yunnan when Zhu Ming was in Jianguo. He was also the only person he trusted now by Emperor Yongli. Finally, he authorized him to go to Dawen to report anytime and also took charge of the Imperial Guard.&1t;/p>

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The failure to promote titles and the opening of the Shu king was an important measure to restrict the Jin vassal. The former restricted the increase of the prestige of the King of Jin and the dependence of various factions on the Jin vassal, while the latter laid the foundation for the distribution of troops, horses, money and food in Yunnan and Guizhou.&1t;/p>

"It is already a fact that the King of Shu opened the vassal state. I don't know how many soldiers and vassal states my righteous brother is going to give Wenxiu." Li Dingguo asked. This was not decided at the court meeting. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this required Li Mingxun to make a decision. It was not decided in advance because Li Mingxun and Li Dingguo needed to test Liu Wenxiu by helping to serve the king. At present, the result is still good. Liu Wenxiu was as upright as ever and did not have much ambitions.&1t;/p>

This is also Liu Wenxiu's usual style. When Sun Kewang was in charge of the southwest, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo presided over the main battle against the Qing Dynasty. Liu Wenxiu was responsible for the Sichuan direction and once recovered all Sichuan except Baoning, but did not achieve the two famous kings that deserved great books. In fact, the contribution should not be underestimated. However, unlike Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu did not have many direct descendants. He relied on prestige. Every time he went to the expedition, Sun Kewang dispatched his troops, and he commanded any troops. In the battle between Guangdong and Guangxi, Liu Wenxiu came to Guangdong to participate in the war, and brought with him the old Xiying subordinates, but there were only more than 10,000. In Guangdong, after several years, after experiencing elite troops and reorganization of the army, Liu Wenxiu still had less than 7,000 elite troops under his command. This is considered the direct descendant of the Shufan.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun said: "Qi Sansheng, Di Sangen, Yang Wei and other seven troops will be handed over to his command."&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun took out the prepared list and handed it to Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo took a look and understood that these soldiers and horses were all Zhu Ming's old subordinates, not the Xiying faction. They were originally stationed on the borders of Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou and Sichuan. The total number of people was 40,000. Of course, the combat power was just that, which was similar to those ordinary green camps of the Qing Dynasty.&1t;/p>

"I mean, first reorganize the army, then go to Sichuan in the northern expedition." Li Mingxun said.&1t;/p>

Li Dingguo had no objection to this. He was increasingly supporting Li Mingxun's elite military strategy. He trained and organized an elite army far beyond those mixed troops. In recent years, Jinfan was in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the army was only 50,000. If he followed the Qinfan style and expanded 100,000, 150,000 would be no problem.&1t;/p>

"What about the remaining troops in the territory?" Li Dingguo asked again. The so-called remaining troops belong to the Qin vassal lineage in the Xiying faction, with a total of about 20,000.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun said: "Let him take his family out of Yunnan and Guangzhou, join Jinfan and then reorganize it."&1t;/p>

This is an explanation for the Jin vassals. The Jin vassals cannot get nothing. The annexation of some soldiers and horses is not considered to be very powerful for the Jin vassals. What restricts the Jin vassals is not the military but the finance. There are 20,000 soldiers and horses plus the Qin vassals that were captured before, and at most 10,000 people can be reorganized. Li Dingguo was not afraid of these people having any unfair intentions. When he went to Guangzhou, he would divide the fertile land and beautiful houses. Most of the soldiers would become the people. If the soldiers were gone, it would be easy to remove the power of generals.&1t;/p>

"What about the vassal state?" Li Dingguo asked.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun said: "The whole province of Yunnan can be used by the Shufan, but the Dianjing is the place where the emperor is, and it is not suitable for the Shufan to take over. What I mean is that Ma Jixiang is the Minister of Revenue to manage the taxes of Yunnan for the Shufan. The Shufan entered Sichuan and the restoration land was dealt with by him. How about it?"&1t;/p>

This is also a solution. This time, Jinfan made the most efforts. In theory, Yunnan should be the territory of Jinfan. If Liu Wenxiu was given, Jinfan would be completely in trouble. Moreover, Liu Wenxiu had no civil servants and did not even have any counselors to take action. Let those generals master the place, but there will be a big trouble. This is the lesson of the past. At the beginning, Jinfan entered Guangzhou, Huizhou and other prefectures, and military generals governed the place, which caused many problems. Fortunately, Qiongfan sent someone to help, and Jinfan also sent to the United Front School to study. It was better since last year.&1t;/p>

"If this is the case, I'm afraid the civil servants will take the opportunity to seize power again." Li Dingguo said vigilantly. Ma Jixiang could not control the entire Yunnan alone. If the administrative team in Yunnan was asked to choose, they would definitely choose some traditional scholars and officials to do it.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled: "It's not true. In the United Front School, many children from Guangdong and Guangxi have not yet found jobs, so they can be used by Yunnan. As for the gentry in Yunnan, it is enough to send their children to study at the United Front School. If there are many territories in the future, they will naturally have their official positions."&1t;/p>

Li Dingguo remembered that when Xiying entered Yunnan, he opened a vocational school and obtained dozens of Jinshi, but he had no official position, so he had to promise them that after restoring Huguang, he still had to do this. The United Front School is not short of graduated officials. You should know that Guangdong and Guangxi are the two vassal areas. Whether it is the newly acquired Jinshi or the old Qiongfu, nepotism is a common problem. Jinshi is now enrolled in school, graduated and appointed children of the vassal family, and Qiongfu is generally the same. In the past ten years, the rising children of industrial and commercial masters of the Qiongfu have graduated from the United Front School, but they have no jobs to join. This time, it is a chance to recover Yunnan.&1t;/p>

"I am afraid that civil servants will rebound." Li Ding National Highway.&1t;/p>

The rebound of civil servants is inevitable, but they have to look at it separately. Local gentry will not rebound. At least the Allies recognized their interests and gave them the possibility of continuing to take power. The real rebound was the ministers in the court. After the Anlong incident, there were not many ministers in the court. However, because they wanted to form the imperial framework, they had to get another batch. Of course, Li Mingxun supported it, especially in the later period, Ma Jixiang, in accordance with Li Mingxun's instructions, built the imperial position perfectly. Not to mention the six cabinets, even the governors of each province were rewarded. Even the governors of Henan and the governors of Huguang were all set up. This was not enough. They also revived the two capital system and created another six Nanjing Ministry of Finance. The purpose was to promote talents!&1t;/p>

In fact, it is a lie to promote talents. The key is to empty local power and take over administrative power. All civil officials in prefectures and counties in Yunnan Province are promoted. Those who should enter the cabinet will enter the cabinet, those who should enter the six ministries will join the six ministries, and those who should be governors will become governors. If there are no officials in the local area, they will naturally be dispatched as governors. Young people who graduated from the United Front School will take charge of the local area. This method can only be thought of by traitors like Ma Jixiang. Moreover, Ma Jixiang only gives officials but not power, let alone money. In the face of the country, these civil servants and officials who claim to be loyal ministers and righteous men should solve their livelihood problems themselves. In the end, the chaos in Kunming City was caused by chaos, and seven or eight second-rank officials could be killed by bricks. Outside Kunming City, those old men who reclaimed land at the foot of the mountain valleys were mostly self-reliant governors and governors.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!