Chapter 050 Directly trying to lure the snake out of its hole?
Based on the information provided by Zhang Ren, there are now two suspicions about the people who may have planted voodoos on him. One is that Liu Yaojie was very dissatisfied with Zhang Ren and asked someone to plant voodoos for Zhang Ren; the other was that Guixi
Someone among the chieftains took action and planted poison on Zhang Ren.
But Gao Jingshi felt that Liu Yao, the dignified governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, should not use such insidious means to deal with Zhang Ren. This was not just a matter of identity. The key was that even if he and Zhang Ren had a dispute over the issue of establishing a county in Bazhai,
It was just "differences in work opinions", far from the level of life and death, so he was not so determined to take Zhang Ren's life.
Moreover, as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Liu Yaojie didn't know how bad it was to kill a governor of Guangxi by poisoning him? He was not afraid of how serious the impact would be on himself if the matter was exposed? That would not mean being dismissed from office.
When it's all over, you may have to pay for your life with one life, and you'll be stung for thousands of years.
From this point of view, the ones who took action were most likely the chieftains from Zuo and Youjiang in western Guangxi.
Does Guixi Chieftain have enough reasons to bewitch Zhang Ren?
Gao pragmatism thinks there should be, because the Bazhai area is located on the central axis of Guangxi. When this area was originally controlled by the Yao people who were unwilling to go down the mountain to integrate, it actually formed a buffer zone between the chieftain forces and the imperial forces: the middle
These are the Yao people. To the west are the child chieftains, and to the east are those under the direct control of the imperial court.
This is a relatively balanced state, and the toasts in western Guangxi may be satisfied with this balance.
But after Bazhai was attacked and destroyed by the imperial court, this balance might be broken at any time, because the initiative was completely in the hands of the imperial court.
If the imperial court sets up chieftain management in the Bazhai area, it will naturally be the best situation for the chieftains of western Guangxi. This means that the Bazhai area originally controlled by the Yao people was conquered by the imperial court with great efforts, but it changed hands to their advantage.
, it’s like people are sitting at home, feeling joy coming from heaven.
But if the imperial court established the Bazhai area as a county under direct jurisdiction and sent officials to manage it from then on, it would not be good for them. This means that the imperial court had a further advantage over the chieftains in Guangxi. In the past two hundred years, the imperial court had
But it was not just about using barbarians to control barbarians. In fact, before Wang Shouren came to Guangxi fifty or sixty years ago, the imperial court had always tried every means to find opportunities to remove chieftains.
Moreover, it is not difficult for the court to find reasons. Why is it that a certain chieftain's inheritance is illegal, some chieftains ignore the court's laws and use weapons without permission, etc., etc., after all, they are the court, so it is not easy to find trouble out of temper?
Although the chieftains at that time were also domineering, they still had a great respect for the imperial court. After all, if they were not careful, they would attract imperial soldiers to attack them. Although the imperial army's expeditions were not always successful and thorough, but
Even if it is not successful or thorough, a certain chieftain will definitely suffer a lot of losses, and his status among the chieftains will be greatly reduced.
There are several big chieftain families in the west of Guangxi. Of course, the Cen and Huang families are the two pillars of the chieftains in Guangxi, but the Zhao and Li families are also close behind. Others include Wei, Luo, He, Feng, etc., with great strength.
None of them are weak. What's more, the four major families, Cen, Huang, Zhao and Li, all have branches. The entanglement of their forces is simply a mess to outsiders. Without in-depth understanding, it is impossible to tell whether they are enemies or friends.
Some chieftains are not from the same family, but they are as close as one; some chieftains are obviously from the same clan, but they are like enemies.
Therefore, in the final analysis, the status of a chieftain, in addition to their rank (Tu Zhifu, Tu Zhizhou, Tu Zhixian, Tu Zhizhou, etc.), still depends on strength. If the strength is too much, the Tu Zhifu will also be criticized by the Tu Zhizhou Bully.
As for the court's attitude towards native officials' mutual quarrels... Usually you finish your quarrel first and then I speak.
This idea is easy to understand: let you consume each other's strength, and I will ultimately cover up, so as not to make one party too strong, so the court often likes to help the weak against the strong.
The child chieftains have been Chinese for a long time. Although there is no hope of being admitted to the imperial examination, it does not mean that they are stupid. They also understand the methods of the court, so the scheming ones among them usually do not use troops at will, but use various other means to achieve their goals.
Only the reckless ones among them will act indiscriminately. For example, the Cen Meng Rebellion a few decades ago started with a mess between the chieftains, and then the imperial court also sent a large army to conquer them. Even after they changed their ways, they still could not settle down. , in the end, even Wang Shouren came and came up with a measure to downgrade Tianzhou Prefecture to Tianzhou and divide part of the original Tianzhou Prefecture to other chieftains.
Although the situation in the Bazhai area now is not exactly the same as that then, the chieftains think this is a good opportunity. All the major chieftain families are eyeing this area of two to three hundred miles and want to compete for it.
Under such circumstances, the chieftains in western Guangxi naturally hated Zhang Ren, the governor who insisted on reforming his native land and returning home. It would not be surprising if some of them were bold enough to want to kill Zhang Ren. .
Gao pragmatic wanted to understand the rationale and told this analysis to Zhang Ren to see what he thought.
But Zhang Ren raised a question, saying: "Although there is an alliance and a struggle between the Tongren Tusi and the Yao people, they can be described as half enemies and half friends, but if it is as Zhizhi said, Tongren is targeting In the Bazhai area of the Yao people, why would the Yao people help them?"
This is a question, but it is not unanswerable.
Gao pragmatically said: "Is this possible? For example, the Yao people may feel that instead of letting the imperial court get the Bazhai area, it is better to let the children get it - for example, a certain chieftain secretly promised the Yao people that he would even get the Bazhai area. , and also set aside a piece of land for the Yao people to rest and recuperate. The Yao people of Bazhai suffered heavy losses this time, and it was impossible to save the entire Bazhai area. So, they could carve out a piece of land under the cover of Tongren Tusi. It is better than the imperial court renovating this place and returning it to its original state."
After hearing this, Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the influence of the reform of the native land on the children and even the Yao people is indeed great..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing his hesitation, Gao Pingshi knew that he might have some regrets, so he quickly interrupted: "I don't know what Futai thinks, if the imperial court is willing to set up local officials in the Bazhai area, it will be the most beneficial. Which family can possibly get the toast from the Bazhai area?"
Zhang Ren thought for a while and said: "In terms of geographical advantages, it is most likely that the Zhao family is located in Sien Mansion and is close to the Bazhai. However, the Cen and Huang families are the most powerful and powerful, and they are also likely to fight. And there are not many opportunities.”
When he said this, Gao Jingshi inevitably frowned, because if there is only one family that is very likely, then this family is most likely to be the murderer of Zhang Ren. But if there are three families, and Cao, Liu, and Sun come to fight for Jingzhou, then
It would be difficult to identify the real suspect.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and asked: "Are those toasts still in Guilin now?"
Zhang Ren shook his head and said: "They have gone back a long time ago. These chieftains don't like to stay in Guilin and be restrained."
Gao pragmatically thinks about it. These chieftains have always killed and robbed the local people under their rule on their own territory, taking and asking for everything. However, they are much freer than the emperors of our Ming Dynasty. They don't stay on their own land to be happy gods, but run away
Are you having trouble coming to Guilin to abide by the laws? If the governor hadn't summoned you, it might be profitable. If it were me, I wouldn't come.
It's just that after they left, it would be troublesome to continue the investigation. Moreover, Gao Pragmatic didn't know anything about the methods of cultivating voodoo, and he didn't know where to start the investigation.
After much deliberation, Gao Pragmatic felt that I might have to take some risks.
Then he slowly said: "Futai, in this case, I may need to go to Bazhai in person."
Zhang Ren opened his eyes that were sunk in the sockets: "You want to lure the snake out of the hole? This is very dangerous!"