Father can be an enemy to the country

After leaving Puding Fort, Zhu Zhen inspected Pu'an Village again. Because of its important geographical location, the Ming Dynasty also established Pu'an Guard here, stationed with an army of 3,000 people.

Of course, the prince must treat everyone equally and solve the marriage problems for the bachelors in Pu'anwei.

And there was no need to call, the leader of the Pu'an Department was waiting in front of him.

Because Pu'an tribe did not hide in the mountains like Pu'an tribe, but still lived in Pu'an village. Living next to the Ming army.

It's just that the original leader of the Pu'an tribe, Dangxiong, was seriously injured in the battle last year and died not long after he returned. Now it is his son Pingxiong who serves as Ju Mu.

Young people are more aware of current affairs than old people, and they know better who their subordinates are today. Moreover, the situation of the Pu'an Department is not good... In the battle last year, although they did not lose as much as the Pu'an Department, they also lost nearly half of their men, and they also brought Ju Mu into the mix.

Pingxiong was young and could not control the situation at all. The status of the Public Security Bureau was shaky and he was about to be demoted from the overlord to an ordinary chieftain, so he took the olive branch thrown by the prince and refused to let go.

Zhu Zhen was busy walking all the way, focusing on urging the chieftains to build roads where there were no Ming troops. Where there were Ming troops, in addition to urging the chieftains to build roads, they also had to pull fiber and protect matchmakers.

Until I left Qujing and came to Songmeng Prefecture...

Because there are basically no natives in the entire Songmeng Prefecture.

Although the government has not been restored, the garrison in the state city has been directly upgraded from a hundred households to a garrison, and a fully loaded five thousand troops are stationed here!

Chen Jun, the commander of Yunnan Zuowei, respectfully welcomed His Highness back to Yunnan outside the city.

"We won't go into the city for now. Let's pay homage to He Zhizhou and Tang Baihu before we talk." Zhu Zhen said with a solemn expression.

"Yes." Chen Jun led Zhu Zhen to a hillside not far from the city gate by the road.

There are a lot of new tombs there, and the tombstones all face the direction of their hometown.

Chen Jun led Zhu Zhen to the two largest steles and saw the words written on them:

‘The tomb of He Zhizhou Baqiang, the former Song League member of the Ming Dynasty’;

"The tomb of Ba Youfang, the former member of the Tang Dynasty Song League in the Ming Dynasty".

The monuments erected by warriors are not beautiful, but their roughness has a strong sense of solemnity and solemnity, which makes them look more impactful.

Zhu Zhen offered incense to the deceased, burned the paper, and then stood in front of the tomb, lost in thought.

"The brothers are all good, and none of them was a coward in the end." Chen Jun whispered from the side: "When we collected the bodies from them, not a single body was intact..."

Zhu Zhen nodded and sighed: "Such a tragedy must never happen again..."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" Chen Jun said hurriedly and angrily: "Kunming Zuowei is always ready. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be shattered to pieces!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw several cavalrymen with red flags on their backs, galloping from the direction of Yunnan.

Deng Duo hurried forward to intercept and interrogate him, and soon ran to deliver a letter.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.

"Urgent report from Kunming," Deng Duo handed over a military report.

Zhu Zhen took it and took a look, and saw that it was a report from the Yunnan Dusi - it was said that the barbarians in Yongchang Prefecture elected the former local official Gao as their leader on the grounds of "not being considerate of the masses", and seduced King Silun of Luchan to send tens of thousands of troops to attack. As a result, the city of Yongchang was destroyed, the whole Yongchang Guard army was wiped out, the commander Wang Zhen was captured alive, and Silun sent all his troops to raid the city..."

After he quickly read it, he clenched the military report into a ball and said through gritted teeth, "Here it comes again?! It's so lawless!"

After speaking, he composed himself and said to Chen Jun on the side: "Commander Chen, I have to go back to Kunming quickly. I won't bother you this time. I'll see you again next year!"

"Yes, your Highness, just rest assured, there will never be another trap!" Chen Jun responded hurriedly.

"Okay." Zhu Zhen patted him on the shoulder and warned: "You have to remember something clearly."

"Please give me your instructions, Your Highness." Chen Jun listened attentively.

"First, Songmeng is located in the middle of the post road from Qujing to Kunming. Its location is very important. Moreover, Songmeng Bazi is ranked the sixth largest in the whole of Yunnan and is a famous 'granary in central Yunnan'..."

"Really?" Chen Jun was a little surprised, but he had never heard of the title 'Dianzhong Granary'.

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded. He estimated that the name of Songmeng's "Dianzhong Granary" has not yet been heard, but it doesn't matter, he will build it himself.

"So in the future, Songmeng will be our key area for immigrants from the mainland. The first batch of immigrants will arrive as soon as next year. You must take the initiative to make preparations, such as building a number of houses first, preparing farm tools, etc...." He put his hand on Chen Jun's shoulder and warned:

"The frontier is no better than the hinterland, with barbarians everywhere. If we don't change this situation, we will be like a tree without roots and water without a source, unable to take root in Yunnan."

"So the importance of immigrants cannot be overemphasized. Immigration is the key to our ability to take root in Yunnan. Therefore, we must protect them and provide them with help as much as possible, and we must not bully them."

"Yes, I understand." Chen Jun nodded.

"You understand, you have to tell the soldiers again and again, let them love the immigrants and help them as much as possible. After helping the immigrants settle down, your life will be much easier, and you will no longer be as isolated and helpless as you are now. You will If this thing is done, it will be a great achievement, and I will definitely ask you for credit."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will remember it!" Chen Jun agreed again.

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After telling Chen Jun, Zhu Zhen flew to Kunming.

Although he was in a hurry, when passing by Dabanqiao, he still stopped and paid homage to the soldiers who died in the resistance war last month.

Looking at the blood-stained stone bridge, as well as the military camps and battlefields left on both sides of the bridge, Zhu Zhen once again felt the great responsibility.

The bad situation in Yunnan must be reversed as soon as possible. Otherwise, how can we build roads, set up officials, and immigrate people? Without a safe environment, nothing can be accomplished!

Zhu Zhen buried the grand blueprint of opening up new territories in his heart. Now he just wants to do a good job in Yunnan first!

He held a garland of white chrysanthemums in both hands, hung it solemnly on the railing of the Big Banqiao, then turned around and mounted his horse, heading straight for Kunming City.

On the way, I met Feng Cheng, Xie Xiong, Pan Yuanming and others who came out of the city to greet them.

"Welcome the prince back to Kunming!" Feng Cheng hurriedly led the crowd to dismount and kneel down on one knee.

"Everyone, please get up." Zhu Zhen rode on the horse and said seriously: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it back to the city."

"Follow your orders!" Seeing the always cheerful prince with no smile on his face, Feng Cheng and others felt their hearts pounding. The secret passage is broken, and it seems that there is no way to escape after being scolded.

Fortunately, His Highness still saved face for them and did not scold them in public. Everyone was secretly grateful, got up and mounted their horses in response, and surrounded His Highness as he returned to his loyal city of Kunming.