March in the sixth year of Taishi.

The famous Jinyiwei rode his horse and rushed into the palace quickly, and arrived in Beijing on the front line.

With the success of the Northern Expedition Army entering Beijing, the Ming Dynasty won a comprehensive victory in the battle situation in the north, northwest and Liaodong.

Wuying Palace.

Fang Shiyu looked at Xu Huizu with a dark face and chuckled, "The Grand Commander took dangerous moves to intercept the cavalry of the Tatar Oirat, drove them back to Helin, and bumped head-on into the pursuit of the Northern Expedition Army. The two armies merged and chased to Wulianghai, and all the troops surrounded and annihilated them."

After Fang Shiyu said that, Xu Huizu said, "The frontline war has benefited. How does Your Highness plan to effectively rule the grassland tribe? If you let it go, it will eventually make the grassland out of the control of the court again. If you want to, what should you do?"

Xu Huizu said absent-mindedly.

Chang Mao said: "It is good to maintain the original state of the grassland in the south of the Mo River. However, if it is in the north of the Mo River, the imperial court is indeed unable to push the defense line to the north. It cannot rely on the capital city to control the grassland. We should still find other ways to control it."

"I have considered the Grassland in the North of the Demon Region and the Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions for a long time. So far, I have only thought of a good idea. According to the Tang system, the Protectorate was established, and the six Kingdoms of the Demon Region, north of the Liaohe River, and outside Jiagu Pass were divided into four Protectorate Offices."

"The six countries in the Western Regions were assigned to the Anxi Protectorate, the Mobei Grassland was designated as the Anbei Protectorate, the Monan Grassland was designated as the Dingbei Protectorate, and the Liaohe River was designated as the Liaobei Protectorate. The four Protectorate, all of which were subject to the control of the Seventh Army Governor's Office. Each Protectorate has the name of the left governor, managing military affairs, and managing taxation and government affairs."

"The Protectorate's Office is the chief official, and is controlled by the Grand Governor of the Seventh Army Governor's Office, and the Right Governor is controlled by the Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet. The civil and military divisions are divided and there is no subordinate to each other."

"The central court is responsible for reclamation and development, resource allocation, center of gravity transfer, and people's migration until county management can be established."

"The four major protectors divide the marginal areas that the imperial court cannot control, and the left and right governors will serve as the left governor for ten years. The nobles of the Seventh Army Governor's Office will take turns to serve as the left governor."

"The right governor is finalized by the chief minister of the cabinet and the Minister of Personnel. The final candidate for the left and right governor is defined by the imperial edict. Only in this way can the results of the battle be preserved."

Fang Shiyu thought for a long time, but he did not have a loyal and filial godson, so the relationship between Mu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang was completely unreplicable.

What Fang Shiyu can do is to concentrate power in the court and in the hands of the emperor as much as possible. To this day, it has become inevitable that civil and military divisions will be divided and not interfere with each other.

Fang Shiyu naturally could not allow the Protectorate Mansion to become a one-man ruler. In that case, it would undoubtedly be a vassal state around him that could retaliate against his power at any time, which was the lesson of the past.

However, during the Tang Dynasty, neither transportation nor army could compare with the current Ming Dynasty. The separatist vassal states and threatened the central government had already planted the root of disaster.

Although the ten-year term is not short, according to the current situation, five years are too short. I have just taken office and have not done anything, so I will be leaving the office. This is not in line with the basis of long-term effective and stable development.

As for how to prevent the major procuratorates from rebelling and forming a situation of the Tang Dynasty's vassal states, Fang Shiyu's response was also very simple, increasing military investment in the mainland.

Although it will cause a certain degree of excessive military expenditure, the people trained by the army have also trained countless second- and third-tier soldiers for the empire.

Education that everyone is a soldier is still beneficial.

In this era of ice and fire, the absolute combat effectiveness of the Central Army is guaranteed for a long time, and the Central Army does not need to have the strength to face all the Protectorate's Office at the same time.

As long as the Protectorate has the military strength to crush both Protectorate at the same time and maintain a stable situation, it will be easy for the court to disrupt someone's power in the Protectorate.

Catching tigers and slapping flies, there are many nobles in Huaixi in the Ming Dynasty, and more nobles will appear in the future. The four major protectors are all fat places.

Nor will they give up the ten-year term they can fight for.

Chang Mao said: "Then this great governor has become a fat man."

Shrugging, Chang Mao didn't care. In his impression, the Chang family could eat bones, not the one who drank soup.

What's more, Lan Yu served as the Grand Governor of the Seventh Army Governor's Office. Eighty percent of the people in the entire Seventh Army Governor's Office were related to their relatives. It would be much more troublesome to deal with the matter here than the Wenhua Palace.

Fang Shiyu said: "The Grand Governor not only needs to have the ability to convince the public, but also have a view of the overall situation. Of course, there are all these people here, but the left governor of the local Protectorate's Office."

"I have already decided on the first left governor of Anbei Protectorate, I have decided to decide the candidates, Dingbei Protectorate, Anxi Protectorate, and Liaobei Protectorate, and I will decide for you to vote."

"Except for the Anbei Protectorate, all the other three Protectorate Offices are voted for by the Seventh Army Governor's Office." Fang Shiyu's face was calm, and he directly robbed the left governor of the Anbei Protectorate Office of the Anbei Protectorate Office to be appointed and removed.

In this way, whoever is the left governor of the Anbei Protectorate and manages the military power there is completely the emperor's intention. Whoever the emperor wants to let go can directly avoid and ignore the Seventh Army Governor's Office.

As for Anbei Protectorate, now it is a cold place and needs relief from the court to have opportunities for development. But from a strategic perspective.

The grassland in the north of the desert can directly enter the Liaobei Protectorate north of the Liaohe River to the east, and the Anxi Protectorate to the west, and border the entire line with the Dingbei Protectorate to the south.

The emperor controlled the Anbei Protectorate and completely restrained the other three Protectorate, which could greatly avoid the problem of separatist rule of the feudal states.

Although everyone has ten years of term, they are all officials who take office and get rid of their wool. After getting rid of the wool, they will finish their jobs. They will finish their jobs after getting rid of the wool. They will not know who will go to the family next time, when will they go to the house, and when will they go to the house?

This is also Fang Shiyu's confidence. He accidentally held the Anbei Protectorate in his hands. No matter whether the court and the Protectorate could no longer play, they could invade both sides and quell the rebellion.

The location of Anbei Protectorate is like a sharp sword hanging above your head.

A real place for four battles.

Naturally, dividing the grassland into two protective palaces was also the result of Fang Shiyu's careful consideration. If it weren't really unnecessary, he wanted to divide the grassland into three or even four.

In order to curb local military surplus.

"The left governor of the three major prophets' offices voted to decide?" Chang Mao was moved and said in shock.

Fang Shiyu smiled and said, "What the court wants is that the four areas of the Protectorate can develop, and what I want is the stable development of the Protectorate. The court only collects 20% of the taxes for all the Protectorate, the remaining 30% is used for development and 50% is used for military expenditure."

"As for how to spend this military expenditure, the Ministry of War will have a limit on the army of the Protectorate, but there will be no audit to count it!" Fang Shiyu sneered. He had already said this very clearly.

The government only has 20% of the finances of the Protectorate's Office, and 30% is used for investment and construction. The remaining 50% of the military expenditure is the final say of the left governor. Should he use it to truly form an army or to enrich his personal pockets?

Fang Shiyu naturally prefers to let them enjoy their own pockets.

The military strength of the Protectorate does not need to be very strong, it is enough to maintain local rule. On the contrary, if they are strong, the central court will still be worried about preventing them.

As a result, Fang Shiyu really doesn't believe that anyone can develop an army stronger than the central court in the Protectorate's Office.

After all, the emperor acquiesced to the Protectorate's greed for local finances. At this time, don't be greedy. When will it be?

There is no way, the grassland cannot implement the county system in the mainland, at least not now, and the power of the Protectorate will threaten the court. Fang Shiyu is not in a hurry to develop the Protectorate so well. As long as it is developing, it is enough!

Only in this way can we ensure that the threat to the court of the Protectorate is reduced.

"Lan Yu is about to return and continue to perform his duties as the Grand Governor of the Seven Army Governor's Office, so Duke Liang will not participate in the voting. I have issued an order to leave General Ping'an in Anbei Protectorate and serve as the first left governor of Anbei Protectorate."

"I will ask the cabinet to vote for the right governor later. You will discuss all that I want to say."

After saying that, Fang Shiyu stood up and left Wuying Palace.

The rules have been decided. Fang Shiyu is too lazy to care about them as time goes by.

When they go to the Protectorate's Mansion to live, more and more people will beg for food. After all, the court has been vigorously cultivating farmland and encouraging immigration to guard the border.

A hundred and eighty years later, the four major Protectorate Offices were abolished, and all the officials in the court were appointed, which would gradually be put on the agenda.

Fang Shiyu, who left Wuying Hall, did not rush back to the inner court, but turned around and walked towards the large courtyard on the other side.

Inside Wenhua Hall.

Yang Yu and Xia Yuanji were together and sighed, "Your Highness, the food shortage in Yunnan and Guizhou has also erupted, and the court will not be able to hold on."

The moment they met Fang Shiyu, Xia Yuanji and Yang Yu seemed to have found a buyer who had found a burden and told Fang Shiyu directly about the food shortage in Yunnan and Guizhou.

"It's so terrifying. Jiangnan has no harvest, and the whole world is short of food." Fang Shiyu snorted. The importance of Jiangnan is self-evident.

If it weren't for the Jiangnan destiny, it would be impossible for the surrounding tribes to invade the south, and they would not have the courage to invade the south. However, because the Jiangnan destiny was not enough, they had to take risks.

Yang Yu said: "Your Highness, Mr. Muchun, Xiping, submitted a letter, hoping to purchase some food from Siam and Aceh to alleviate the problems in the Yunnan-Guizhou region."

After looking at Xia Yuanji, Fang Shiyu said, "Does the Xiping Marquis' Mansion have no money? If you can buy food, just give it money." Fang Shiyu's eyes were calm.

What is money? Although Fang Shiyu tried his best to restrain the super bad seals of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, there were still countless treasure banknotes that were wandering overseas.

Twenty vassal kingdoms in Australia, Africa and India are still using the imperial court’s Daming treasure banknotes as their only currency.

The Ming Dynasty treasure banknote is the only currency.

The Ming Dynasty Baochao has been rushing hard to wipe her butt to the hot stuff now, and it is not without reason.

The individual's heart is hard, and if everyone around them is willing to use it, they will naturally follow the trend.

"It's not a problem to give money, it's just that Siam, Zhan Po, Lancang, and Angkor, they asked the court to give a guarantee agreement before they were willing to sell the grain to the Marquis of Xiping."

Yang Yu said helplessly.

If you use money to buy grain, this is certainly not a problem. In the eyes of officials of the Ming court, is it still a problem that can be solved with the Ming Baochao?

If you are afraid, you will be afraid that some things will rise to a point where they cannot control them.

Upon hearing this, Fang Shiyu was slightly stunned and hesitated: "Please guarantee agreement? What does it mean? Tell me and listen." Fang Shiyu, who was interested, sat down on the chair and rubbed his earlobes and said.

The envoys of the four countries have already stayed at the State Guesthouse. Chen Di, the Ministry of Rites, sent the message that the four countries are united and hope to ask for the court's guarantee to non-aggression treaty."

"Non-aggression treaty? Look, is the Ming Dynasty so aggressive?" Fang Shiyu was obviously stunned. The Ming Dynasty took over the east coast of the Southeast Peninsula, which was enough to control any wars that took place in the entire South China Sea.

Perhaps the Ming Dynasty could not compete with the coalition forces of many countries at the same time and abandoned many overseas places, but the South China Sea and the East China Sea must be controlled well.

Although it would be uncomfortable to lose overseas places, it would be the worst. Fang Shiyu could not allow that country to drive their troops on the inland of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Chen Di, Fang Shiyu said, "You went to meet them? How did they say the original words?"

Chen Di shrugged and said, "Your Highness, I am not from Weichen. I can't handle the education matters this day, so how can I handle other matters?"

"The person who met with the envoys of the four countries was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. He went to mediate again today. According to the words of the four countries, it should be because the court established the Jiaozhi Governor's Office and embezzled the entire Li Dynasty."

"It makes them feel like they have lost their lips and their teeth are cold."

Chen Di said nothing.

Zhan Po? The entire Zhan Po is not as big as a governor of the Ming Dynasty. No, in terms of the size of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it can only be regarded as a palace.

Siam is on the west side of the Southeast Peninsula, Angkor is on the south side, and Lancang is on the middle. Among them, Siam has a better geographical location and the strongest military strength.

Although Lancang was a little weaker, the exchanges between Lancang and the Ming Dynasty had never been cut off. To be precise, the exchanges between Lancang and Huaxia had never been cut off.
To be continued...