Mr. Wong's concerns are not the thoughts of a minority, and most cabinet members believe that a military that is not under civilian control is unacceptable to them.

After the change of Tumubao, the civilian officials finally brought the Ming army under their jurisdiction. They were obviously unwilling, and the military attaché took this opportunity to establish a southwestern capital and once again break away from the control of the civilian officials.

If it weren't for the fact that the General Staff of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was in the hands of civilian officials, Huang Liji and others would probably have attacked on this, and the General Staff Headquarters, which put forward the plan of establishing the Southwest Governor's Office, would have other motives.

On this kind of major issue of right and wrong with literature and martial arts, even Xu Tianqi and Li Tianjing remained silent and did not stand on the emperor's side.

In this situation, Zhu Youzhen also had to make concessions. Huang Liji and other cabinet ministers also believed that the military and civil affairs of Sichuan and Guizhou needed to be unified, and that the three provinces of Yunnan, Guangdong, and Hu, which supported the counterinsurgency, should also be placed under the jurisdiction of the counterinsurgency commanders.

Therefore, the cabinet proposed to appoint a capable official governor of the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Hu, to be responsible for quelling the rebellion and administering the southwestern governor's office.

Zhu Youzhen finally compromised: "Okay, I agree with the decision of the gentlemen to establish the post of governor of the five provinces to quell the rebellion, so who do you gentlemen think can hold the post of governor of the five provinces?" ”

After some discussion, most of the cabinet members, including the first assistant Huang Liji, suggested that Zhu Xieyuan take up this post.

The reason is that when Yongning Tusi Chongming rebelled, tens of thousands of soldiers from each side broke through 41 prefectures and counties, and surrounded Chengdu by land and water. At that time, the king of Shu ordered Zhu Xieyuan to govern the army. With the tactic of "thieves stop me, thieves stop me move", lure the enemy deeper, defeat the enemy army, and relieve the siege of Chengdu.

It was under the command of Zhu Xieyuan that the armies of Sichuan and Huguang drove Yu Chongming out of Sichuan. However, later, the officials of Sichuan and Guizhou competed for merit, and Zhu Xieyuan returned to his hometown to guard the system because of his father's funeral, so the extravagant Chongming, who joined the Shuixi Tusi An Bangyan, became huge again.

Zhu Xieyuan had the ability to command operations, was familiar with the counterinsurgency generals in Sichuan and Huguang, and was also familiar with the leaders of the rebel army, so the cabinet considered him a suitable candidate.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen said: "I have no objection to Zhu Hengyue's appointment, but I have two requirements, first, Zhu Xieyuan is fully responsible for the command of counterinsurgency and is in charge of the military and political power of the five provinces. He could decide how to quell the rebellion, but the specific combat operations must be based on the opinion of the Governor's Office in the Southwest;

Second, the Society appointed You Shiwei to establish the Southwest Army Military Academy, and at the same time concurrently served as the Propaganda and Education Director of the Southwest Governor's Office, taking charge of the military discipline and army reorganization of the Southwest Rebellion Army, and recording the meritorious contributions of the Southwest Rebellion Army. No one is allowed to interfere with the missionary work of the Southwest Governor's Office. ”

After discussing for a while, Huang Liji and others agreed to the emperor's conditions and reached a compromise between the two sides.

The cabinet maintained the tradition of civilian control over military generals, and the emperor also fulfilled his wish to establish the Southwest Governorate and the Southwest Army Military Academy.

Zhu Youzhen then continued: "I am the Ming Dynasty to govern the ethnic minorities in the border areas, and most of them are governed by Tusi and Miwei. This model is certainly advantageous at the local level, but for the imperial court, there is a lack of an institution that generally controls the policies of ethnic minorities in the frontiers.

Therefore, I intend to set up an ethnic affairs committee to manage the cultural and educational affairs of ethnic minorities, and this body will be directly under my orders.

In addition, a national school was set up in Beijing and Chengdu to recruit students from various Tusi tribes to enroll, and all students who obtained the first class of ethnic schools did not have to go through the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and could directly inherit the position of Tusi official. ”

The cabinet ministers did not pay much attention to the emperor's proposal, after all, they did not pay much attention to the cultural and educational issues of Tusi, and the emperor's request was still approved.

Before the dissolution of the cabinet meeting, Zhu Youzhen put forward the last request, "In the future, the statement that the Liao people will guard the Liao territory, and only the Ming people will guard the Ming territory."

The responsibility of protecting the land cannot be pushed to the people in the border areas, otherwise it will only make the people of Liaodong deviate from Germany. It is the duty of the state to defend the homeland..."

Shanglin Yuan is divided into four departments: good husbandry, fan breeding, Lin Heng, and Jia vegetable. The Good Shepherd Department raises cattle, sheep and pigs, the Department of Breeding and Education raises geese, ducks and chickens, the Forestry Department plants fruit trees, flowers and trees, and the Jia Vegetable Department grows melons and vegetables. The garden is located near Beijing, east to Baihe, west to Xishan, south to Wuqing, north to Juyongguan, southwest to Hunhe, with the left and right supervisors in charge.

After the cabinet meeting, Chongzhen hurriedly had lunch, and rode the red wind to lead people to a village in the southwest of the capital.

This Zhuangzi has been assigned to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences along with the villagers, and Wei Liangqing has already received the decision that Chongzhen will come to inspect here this afternoon, so he took people to wait at the three-way intersection of entering Zhuangzi just after noon.

When Chongzhen's team left the Xuanwu Gate, Liu Jingting, who was waiting in front of the Xuanwu Gate, rode on a horse to follow the team under Chongzhen's signal.

When the emperor's team left You'anmen, Wu Huai ran to the end of the team to inform Liu Jingting to come to the front of the team, and the emperor wanted to talk to him.

Liu Jingting rode his horse to the front of the team, and after Chongzhen and him pulled a little distance from the team, Zhu Youzhen said to Liu Jingting, who was one horse behind him: "Is Mr. Liu still used to doing it in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

In response to the emperor's inquiry, Liu Jingting replied sincerely: "Back to Your Majesty, although the minister obeys His Majesty's orders and tries his best, but the minister's ability is insufficient after all, and this position of chief writer is indeed not enough."

Although His Majesty's implementation of the vernacular language is beneficial to the people in the market to know about national affairs, the majority of the people in the world want to understand the policies of the imperial court and will take the initiative to buy newspapers to read the news.

Many of the gentry in these places were disgusted with the Times News, and they all wrote in the vernacular, believing that this kind of writing was vulgar and unliterate, and most of them were market slang, which was really difficult to wait for the elegant hall.

Many editors in the Times also suggested that newspaper news should be written in the vernacular, and that it would be better to restore the old system for commentary, so as to increase the influence of the Times among the gentry and Confucian students. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to answer, first calmed down for a while, sat down a little restless Chifeng, it was rare to leave the place surrounded by the four city walls, and under the temptation of the green grass in the suburbs, it wanted to run around with its temperament.

When Chifeng calmed down a little, Zhu Youzhen said to Liu Jingting: "Promoting vernacular writing, punctuation, writing from left to right, simplifying characters, and natural science knowledge are all important tasks of the Daming Times.

However, what you said is also reasonable, all the vernacular language is used at once, and some gentry will not be able to accept it, and the Daming Times can use a small number of ancient texts as a comparison at its discretion.

But what I want to tell you today is not this, I have already heard that you have done a good job in establishing the Daming Times branch in the provinces. In particular, the investigation report on the salt industry in Lianghuai is very detailed and in-depth.

I now want to give you another important task, maybe you want to put aside the work of the Ming Times for the time being. ”

Liu Jingting owed a little on the horse, and said without hesitation: "But please ask Your Majesty to command, and the ministers are only driven by Your Majesty's orders." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced back at him and said gently: "I plan to set up a propaganda department to be responsible for propaganda to the people and the army of the Ming Dynasty. The content of the propaganda is similar to the content of your training of the propaganda committee members of the Beijing Battalion and the New Army, and perhaps the content is a little more. ”

Liu Jingting asked a little ignorantly: "Propaganda department? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the road ahead and said without squinting: "The propaganda department is the department in charge of propaganda, and the so-called propaganda is the transmission of information, through the dissemination of information, so that the recipients of propaganda can accept and support our views, so as to achieve our goals." ”

Liu Jingting barely understood what the emperor meant by the propaganda department. He couldn't help asking, "Then Your Majesty, after the establishment of the propaganda department, what is the first task?" ”

"One is to publicize the defense of Huayi to the people, the second is to publicize the truth of defending the country to the army, and the third is to publicize the meaning of the cultivator to have his land." Zhu Youzhen explained to Liu Jingting.

Before arriving at Zhuangzi, the two talked about what kind of propaganda methods should be adopted after the establishment of the propaganda department.

Half an hour later, on a small hill at a three-way intersection, Chongzhen saw Wei Liangqing and others standing at the intersection waiting to greet them.

Zhu Youzhen ended the conversation with Liu Jingting, and after accepting the salute of Wei Liangqing and others, he asked Wei Liangqing to lead the way and guide the team into Zhuangzi.

Chongzhen came over today to see if the sweet potatoes hidden in the cellar a few years ago had successfully wintered. In addition, I want to know what crops will be planted in the Beizhili area in previous years.

On both sides of the road before entering the village, Chongzhen saw the green wheat seedlings on both sides, and couldn't help but ask Wei Liangqing: "This should be winter wheat, right?" ”

Wei Liangqing on the side hurriedly nodded yes, and when Zhu Youzhen walked to the edge of the field and squatted down to take a closer look, he realized that these wheat seedlings that looked a little imposing in the distance looked short and thin when they looked close. The dwarf wheat seedlings look about as tall as the weeds that grow in the spring.

Wei Liangqing seemed to see Chongzhen's disappointed look, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now the wheat is still in the green stage, as long as you loosen the soil well and apply some fertilizer, it will grow fast in April." ”

Zhu Youzhen let go of the wheat seedlings in his hand, turned back to Wei Liangqing and said: "Last month, I performed a field ceremony at the Xiannongtan, but when I traveled today, I found that it seems that the fields on the side of the road are not planted, and there are not many fields for planting winter wheat, what is the reason for this?" ”

Wei Liangqing immediately said to Chongzhen: "Back to Your Majesty, in addition to sorghum, rice, wheat, and corn all need to be sown at the end of March or April. Otherwise, the temperature is too low and it is easy to hurt the seedlings.

Originally, the area of Beizhili was also suitable for planting wheat in the south of the capital, and since the beginning of Wanli, the winter of Beizhili is getting colder and colder year by year, and there is often a cold spring, and the place that was originally suitable for planting winter wheat is often reduced or the harvest is lost.

Therefore, everyone began to stop planting winter wheat, and this village can continue to grow winter wheat because of the good terrain. The other Zhuangzi have probably given up planting winter wheat. ”