After confirming that it was really the memorial from that wild girl, I couldn't help but murmur in my heart.

Although it is true that Huniu is his sister, Huniu is also a patrol minister in Nanyang. Her memorial should be forwarded to the emperor and the cabinet through the General Affairs Department, not to his brother.

However, the memorial has already been handed over to him. It is definitely not the fault of the General Affairs Department people, but it should be the matter caused by that girl Huniu, which may involve the Ministry of Rites.

Long Chizhong took the tea cup from Lin Hai. He was no longer as reserved as before when dealing with Shangguan. He just sat on the chair and sipped the good tea here.

As he got to know this senior brother more deeply, regardless of their relationship, this senior brother was undoubtedly a Shangguan who was easy to get along with.

Although Lin Haoran behaved very strongly in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he was the left minister of the Ministry of Rites with super ability. He never looked down upon officials or scribes who worked seriously, and even gave some appropriate rewards.

Especially during the period when Lin Haoran was in charge of the Ceremony Department, incompetent officials were quickly exposed, but capable officials showed up one by one, resulting in the efficiency of the entire Ceremony Department being much higher than before.

It is impossible for every official to win the love of all officials, but Lin Haoran has already won the love of capable officials, while the incompetent officials can only fear him like a tiger.

Lin Haoran didn't pay attention to what Long Chizhong was thinking. He read the contents of the memorial carefully and finally understood why the memorial was sent to the Ministry of Rites.

In fact, for the Ming Dynasty, apart from Mongolia in the north, the most threatening thing was not the Japanese pirates, nor the traitors like Zhang Lian who jumped out from time to time, nor the misnamed White Lotus Sect, but the chieftain groups in the southwest.

In order to quickly complete the unification, the Ming Dynasty implemented the strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians against the ethnic minorities in the southwest in the early Ming Dynasty, that is, using the hereditary native official system and allowing local leaders to serve as the highest administrative chief or the highest military officer.

Like the Mo family in Xincheng, Guangxi, they were both the highest administrative chief and the highest military officer. Even the court had no involvement in the judicial affairs of Xincheng. The court only kept matters such as taxation.

It was the preferential treatment given by the Zhu Dynasty that made the southwestern chieftains choose to submit and become nominal members of the Ming Dynasty.

It is just a high degree of autonomy, but it is equivalent to raising a tiger to make trouble. At the beginning, the chieftain's strength was not necessarily very strong, but after more than a hundred years of accumulation, he has accumulated very strong strength.

In particular, the southwestern chieftains like to marry each other, which makes it easier for them to stick together, even to the point of threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

It was not that the imperial court had no intention of "returning their native land to the locals" for the southwestern chieftains. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, disposed of the two major chieftains in Guizhou and established the Chief Envoy of Guizhou.

It's just that the work of "reforming the land and returning it to the local people" undoubtedly required the determination and considerable financial support of the Ming court to be realized, but none of the emperors after Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty could do this, and this dynasty also adopted a passive approach.

For example, the imperial court tried to reform Mangbu, Sichuan, to return local officials to local officials. However, the following year, the chieftains of Mangbu rebelled, and the official prefects fled with their seals. The imperial court sent troops to suppress the rebellion but failed. Finally, the governor of Sichuan petitioned for the restoration of local officials.

Faced with the setback of "reforming native officials and returning to local officials", Jiajing did not have the courage of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty in the past. Instead, he chose to compromise, abolishing the official officials of Liu Dynasty and reestablishing the chieftains of Mangbu as native officials.

Today, the shortcomings of the southwestern chieftains are like a tumor growing day by day, and the pressure on the imperial court to implement "reform the soil and return it to the locals" is even greater.

"...Huang Jiaxing, the local official of Wancheng Prefecture, robbed civilian girls and tortured and killed innocent people. This move made people and gods angry. Now he has been imprisoned in Taiping Mansion. Please ask the emperor to hand him over to a competent authority and remove him from his hereditary local official position!"

Lin Haoran looked at the contents of the memorial and couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

Originally, he asked that wild girl to go to Tianzhou, Guangxi to help the United Bank recruit some people, but she still got into trouble and actually wanted to get rid of a local chieftain.

"Lin Butang, the behavior of the chieftains of the southwest is indeed disgusting. The court should severely punish them! I remember that the Taiping prefect once impeached Huang Jiaxing, the local magistrate of Wancheng Prefecture. This man's character

It is quite excessive, and it is a harm to the local people, and it is actually a harm to the local area!" Long Chizhong watched Lin Haoran put down the memorial and said angrily.

The Department of Ceremony was responsible for the canonization of vassals, and the dismissal and approval of chieftains were also reviewed and approved by them. Therefore, the dismissal of Huang Jiaxing, the chief official of Wancheng Prefecture, also had to go through the Ministry of Rites.

Lin Haoran put his hand on the memorial. Knowing that the emperor or the cabinet had already considered the abolition, he looked up at Longchi and asked: "Has the chieftain delegation from Wanchengzhou in Guangxi arrived in Beijing?"

The Ming Dynasty had clear regulations on the southwestern chieftains. Chieftains from all over the country must pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty court regularly, ranging from one year to three years, and the court would reward them with generous rewards.

Although the court has to spend some money, it can be regarded as a way to restrict the chieftain. Like now, if the court wants to deal with a certain big chieftain, it is a relatively easy thing.

Long Chizhong was a very thorough person. He seemed to have known that Lin Haoran had asked this question, so he immediately responded: "Report to the Ministry Hall, they have arrived a few days ago, and now they have arranged to stay in the Huitong Hall!"

"Who is the current governor of Wancheng Prefecture?" Lin Haoran nodded lightly and asked again.

"Xu Dazheng!" A name was announced in Longchi.

"Please arrange it, I want to have an interview with this person!" Lin Haoran has never been a person who acts recklessly, so he said it as an order.

"I obey your orders!" Long Chizhong responded immediately.

Lin Haoran watched Long Chizhong leave and picked up the ginseng tea on the table, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

He is naturally partial to his sister, but this matter is a bit tricky. It involves the court's face, the reaction of chieftain Wan Chengzhou, and the interests of the joint business group in Guangxi.

Huang Jiaxing, the local magistrate, must be severely punished, but he needs to control the development of the situation and determine the true reaction of Xu Dazheng, the local magistrate of Wancheng Prefecture, so that he can accurately make the next move.

If it is peace, naturally he will severely punish local magistrate Huang Jiaxing, and everyone will be in peace. If it is war, then he must set the tone from the beginning and push the court to treat Xu Dazheng toughly.

But things are not too troublesome. Compared with the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou and other places, the strength of the chieftains in Guangxi is weaker. Wancheng Tuzhou is not far from Nanning Prefecture, and it is only a state. The strength among the chieftains is

Not too strong.

Once the two sides really needed to use force to solve the problem, Wu Guifang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who was also the governor of Guangxi, would be able to solve it easily, and the imperial court would use this to smoothly implement the policy of returning native land to exile.

After a while, Lin Fu came in from outside and said that there was a police officer from the Prison Department of the Ministry of Punishment who wanted to see him.

The servant came in from the outside, and he knelt down and said: "I pay my respects to the Lord!"

"What do you want from me?" Lin Haoran asked calmly.

The servant's clothes obviously had a strange smell. He raised his head cautiously and said, "If you want to go back to Lord Butang, Lord Yang asked me to come and deliver the message. He wants to see you!"

"Who is Mr. Yang?" Lin Haoran asked in confusion.

The officer immediately responded: "It's Yang Xuan, the former right minister of the Ministry of War, Governor of Ji Liao!"

Lin Haoran was stunned when he heard that Yang Xuan actually wanted to see him. Not only did he have no friendship with Yang Xuan, but he also had an unpleasant experience in Tongzhou. It seemed that he had no reason to want to see him.

He always felt that things were a little weird, but he responded expressionlessly: "Go back!"

The guard really wanted an answer, but in the end he didn't have the courage to ask again, so he had to get up and say goodbye.

Sun Jixiang, who was sitting next to him to help with some important documents, watched the officers leave and sighed slightly: "This is really a treacherous world! The dignified Governor Ji Liao used to fawn over so many people, but now he actually wants a officer to come and deliver a message to you!"

"Mr. Sun, has Yang Xuan's case been judged?" Lin Haoran knew that this was the current situation of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. Even though the Yan Mansion was so prestigious, no one cared about it anymore, but he asked Sun Jixiang.

After all, his energy is limited. He has to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and pay attention to the movements in the court, but it is impossible to care about the situation of a prisoner all the time.

He just knew that the fact that Duoyanwei leader Tong Han led the way could not be hidden after all. This incident made Jiajing furious and ordered the people from the Ministry of Punishment to imprison Yang Xuan and others in the jail of the Ministry of Punishment.

Just like when Xu Jie broke off the relationship with his student Yang Jisheng, Yang Bo quickly drew a clear line with Yang Xuan after visiting Xiyuan. There were rumors that Jiajing had murderous intentions towards Yang Xuan and ordered the cabinet to investigate and deal with Yang Xuan.

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The matter was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and Huang Guangsheng, the Minister of Punishment, also knew the emperor's intention. However, there was a difficulty in this matter. Yang Xuan's strategy against Tonghan last year was to report to the imperial court, and he also received a commendation from Jiajing. If the Ministry of Punishment was against Yang Xuan because of

If Duoyanwei made a strategic mistake and killed Yang Xuan, it would be a slap in the face for Jiajing and Xu Jie.

Just like this, Lin Haoran had no idea how this case would develop in the future, whether the emperor wanted to kill Yang Xuan as rumored, and how Yang Xuan would be sentenced by the Ministry of Punishment.

"Reporting to Dong Weng, the case was officially decided yesterday! Yang Xuan was sentenced to death, and the owl's head was brought to the border to be shown to the public. Xu Shen, the governor of Liaodong, and others were sentenced to exile." Sun Jixiang is now Lin Haoran's official staff, and he is very concerned about these things.

Clearly, respond immediately.

"I don't know what crime to punish?" Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly and he asked curiously.

Sun Jixiang raised his head and glanced at Lin Haoran, and immediately responded: "It is a crime of failing to defend!"

When Lin Haoran heard that he was sentenced to death for this crime, he shook his head with a wry smile.

In fact, this crime is neither a big crime nor a small crime. If it were not the case, Yang Xuan would not have strolled to Tongzhou City leisurely even though he knew that the Mongolian cavalry had already entered.

It's just that Yang Xuan probably never expected that the matter would eventually anger the emperor, and Yang Bo also did not protect him, causing him to lose his head because of this crime.

But he still couldn't understand why Yang Xuan, a dying man, wanted to see him?

In the Penal Department Prison and the cells of death row inmates, the air was filled with a disgusting smell.

Yang Xuan no longer had the same high spirits as when he was in Tongzhou. He looked like a skinny old man, sitting dejectedly in the corner of the cell, his body shivering from the cold.

He suddenly heard the sound of the door lock, turned his head and looked over, squinting at the person who came in, and suddenly said with joy on his face: "Young Uncle Zong!"

"Mr. Yang, I wonder what you want from me?" Lin Haoran looked at the completely different Yang Xuan in front of him and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, but he asked in a distant manner.

Yang Xuan's tears immediately welled up, and he said aggrievedly to Lin Haoran: "It's unfair to be a lower-ranking official!"

"You are not unjust! Your biggest fault is that the Tatars entered the country, but you still did nothing, causing tens of thousands of people to be slaughtered. You are not unjust at all!" Lin Haoran looked at him indifferently, looking expressionless.

responded.

If Yang Xuan hadn't made a major strategic mistake, how could Tong Han have become the leading party, prompting the Mongolian cavalry to come from the east to loot the people of the Ming Dynasty. Although the emperor and Xu Jie both had some responsibility for this matter, the biggest responsibility still belongs to Yang.

The election was the serious consequence of his strategic mistakes against Duoyanwei.

The most important thing is that after the Mongolian cavalry entered the pass, he didn't even think about committing a crime and meritorious service. Instead, he watched the Mongols massacre the people and loot the people's property, which can be said to be a crime plus one.

Although the Ministry of Punishment considered the sentence to be too harsh for the crime of failing to defend, Yang Xuan's crime did deserve to be executed.

Yang Xuan smiled bitterly, shook his head gently and said: "Sir, you are not in your position and don't know what's going on! It's not that I don't want to wipe out the Tatars, but that I can't fight at all. Many of the soldiers below have already become disillusioned with the imperial court.

! In fact, the imperial court doesn’t want me to lead troops into battle. Over the years, the two sides have already formed a tacit understanding. As long as we defend the city, it will be a great achievement. I am appointed as the governor of Jiliao. I think I am not qualified for the job, but I am loyal to the imperial court!"

At the end of the sentence, two lines of tears flowed down.

Lin Haoran looked at him as if "a man is about to die, but his words are also good", but he shook his head in disapproval and said: "Since you are the governor of Jiliao, you have the obligation to protect your home and country, and you should not always shirk it.

Responsibility. If you really have a grievance, who should you redress your grievances to and who should you blame for the people who were massacred by the Tatars?"

"I... am indeed guilty!" Yang Xuan seemed to suddenly wake up. He immediately became decadent, but he looked up at Lin Haoran and begged: "My wife was sentenced by the Ministry of Punishment to guard the border in Leizhou. Mr. Lin used to be the prefect in Leizhou.

I guess there are still some old men, please help me take care of my wife, I will die in peace!"

Lin Haoran glanced at Yang Xuan unexpectedly, but he didn't expect that he was a dying person, but he was still thinking about his wife.

Yang Xuan took out a manuscript from his arms, raised it high to Lin Haoran and said: "I was originally a passionate scholar, and I also wanted to kill all the Tartars one day, but the court was already seriously ill, and the Minister of the Ministry of War

Yang Bo is just a handsome man who is good at defending the city. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only the young uncle has the spirit and talent. I just regret that I can't serve under you. This is my experience of foreign affairs for many years, and I dedicate it to you now.

One is that I hope you can take care of my wife, and the other is... to atone for my crimes!"

Lin Fu glanced at Lin Haoran, then stepped forward to take the heavy manuscript.

Lin Haoran sighed softly, then turned and left. He hesitated at the door of the cell, then took off his cloak and gave it to Yang Xuan, and responded formally: "No need to worry about what you have entrusted!"

If Leizhou could not take care of Yang Xuan's wife, then his nearly two years in Leizhou would have been in vain.

"Thank you, sir!" Yang Xuan knocked hard on Lin Haoran's back.

He knew that this was the last time the two of them would meet, and after this incident was over, he thought that he was about to be sent to the guillotine, and tears rolled down his cheeks.
Chapter completed!