Luxi City has been occupied by a large number of Miao people. The Ming envoy Geng Huaiyuan and others were taken to the residence where they lived as a ceremonial hall. They found that in addition to Miao soldiers and soldiers, there were some women on the street. Young women just showed their faces. In the Ming Dynasty,
The mainland was not surprised either. The problem was that a woman was actually wearing a pleated skirt that was short to the knees, with her bare legs exposed in the broad daylight. Geng Huaiyuan’s followers whispered contempt for the “barbarians” while feasting their eyes on them. Geng Huaiyuan, however, reprimanded sternly:
“See no evil, see no evil!”
A group of several people settled down in the ceremony hall next to the government office, waiting for the "King of Miao" to receive them.
There was a classmate of Geng Huaiyuan who was accompanying him. The two had similar personalities. Although he failed in the examination, he was conceited and thought he had a lot of knowledge. This classmate was named Zhao Xiang. He was even worse than Geng Huaiyuan. He was just a boy, and he was not even a scholar.
However, if it weren't for my friendship with Geng Huaiyuan and getting a job with him, I would have been able to farm at home.
There are so many people in the world that it is not easy to get in and out of the Duke of Ming Dynasty. Even so, Zhao Xiang still feels sorry for Geng Huaiyuan: "The courtesy of the Duke of Cheng is just a show, otherwise how could he be called Geng
Brother, come to a place like this yourself?"
Although Geng Huaiyuan was usually arrogant, he was not a man who spoke openly. After hearing this, he hurriedly looked outside the door and said in a deep voice: "We brothers can just talk about this in private, but we will never say it in front of Duke Cheng Guo.
Okay. Now what’s going on with this place?”
Zhao Xiang sighed: "Brother Geng is loyal to Duke Cheng, but he turns a blind eye and only allows Brother Geng to send envoys to the barbarians... Look at those people outside the door, with weird headdresses and jumping up and down barefoot. Even if we have all kinds of reasons, how can we deal with them?
Said?"
Geng Huaiyuan felt the same way when he heard it. When he sighed together with his classmates, they both felt a sense of superiority in a tacit understanding.
…
The Miao people were obviously not as barbaric as Zhao Xiang and others imagined. They also had many ideas. Geng Huaiyuan first sent an official document, but before they met, a fierce dispute broke out within the Miao king. When the old man and the leaders of various tribes and
After the interview with the Ming Dynasty, the internal differences became even greater.
During the long dispute, Bai Fengjiao gradually understood the leaders' intentions.
The main conflict between the Miao people in Laershan and the Ming court was that the court wanted to control the Miao people who ruled this area, educate them from "raw seedlings" to "mature seedlings", and serve and pay taxes. The method was to set up chieftains within them
However, in the process, conflicts intensified, leading to armed confrontation. The old man and others originally wanted to destroy the government rule in the Miao territory. Unexpectedly, the government strongholds in the Miao territory became vulnerable.
As for the Miao soldiers, they quickly raised their troops and succeeded. They took advantage of the situation and went out to rob the city. After entering the territory of Chenzhou Prefecture, they seized a large amount of property and could not control it, so they continued to rob prefectures and counties, and tried to capture Chenzhou Prefecture City many times.
It was not until the official army suddenly occupied Luxi that the Miao leaders came to their senses. Later, when they got the opportunity, they hurriedly retreated to Luxi, ready to withdraw to the Miao territory at any time.
Their "strategic intention" is very simple, which is to strive for Miao autonomy; and the personal interests of the leaders of various ministries are also very important, including the need for power and wealth.
The problem today is that although they have destroyed the government rule in the Miao territory and actually gained the right to rule the Miao people, they will still face retaliation and suppression by the officers and soldiers at any time. That is to say, what they have gained may be lost at any time. They now want to
What they want is to keep their current income and the land in the Miao territory; no one wants to go too far and want to stay in Chenzhou and rule the Han people.
Many leaders knew that they had looted Chenzhou and committed major crimes, which may have angered the government and also created a sense of fear.
Geng Huaiyuan brought a conciliatory attitude, and some leaders such as Long Dachong wanted to take this opportunity to negotiate with the government in order to obtain recruitment and appeasement from the government.
But other people think that the matter is not that simple. The imperial court will not give up so easily and will definitely settle accounts in the future. The imperial government will deceive them and then re-enter the Miao territory and take away everything from them. If the dangerous terrain around Laer Mountain had not blocked the Ming Dynasty,
The Miao people are likely to face a massacre like annihilation by the North Korean army; this kind of thing has not never happened since the Tang and Song Dynasties.
These patriarchs believed that the Han officials could not be trusted, and suggested that they help the Han army who rebelled against the imperial court to contain the government troops. Anyway, it was passive resistance, and it was better to be able to hold off for a day, than to fight against the government troops in the mountains and forests of the Miao territory.
...Bai Fengjiao finally understood that "Father" and the clan leaders had never really wanted to improve relations with Zhang Ning and other Han people. Their repeated goodwill was just to use the Suzaku Army.
She likes the culture, clothing and etiquette of the Han people, but it does not mean that the Miao tribe leader is interested in them. Therefore, a marriage may not be possible... She suddenly realized that although she was usually free and others followed her, she was actually living in a difficult place.
Within the high wall beyond.
So, will the things that Zhang Ning promised to Zhang Ning in private as an envoy become "broken words" due to the changes in the decision-making of the clan leaders?
Bai Fengjiao couldn't help but feel very ashamed. At this moment, Bai Kui suddenly ran in excitedly, looked around, and said with a smile: "I just heard the news from Erman that Zhu Ning came to Luxi to meet with the king.
.”
"What?" Bai Fengjiao asked hurriedly, "He has arrived?"
Bai Gu said: "He was arranged to live in a house in the east. Perhaps the king is worried that he will meet the official messenger at the hotel."
Bai Fengjiao thought to herself: When the official army invaded Luxi and the Miao army that invaded Chenzhou Prefecture was almost in danger of annihilation, the Suzaku army restrained the official army, which allowed us to survive by chance. I think there is nothing wrong with the Miao people in Zhu Ning.
; Now that he has come to the Luxi League, will he be killed because the leaders want to be recruited by the court?
She felt a little confused in her heart. In addition to always feeling that she couldn't help Zhang Ning, she couldn't help but feel a lot of sympathy for him. She remembered Zhang Ning's words when watching the flag-raising in the Suzaku Army, the whole world regards us as
sinner……
This man has really been abandoned by everyone, and even the Miao people whom he regards as allies may betray him.
"Do you know where he was placed?" Bai Fengjiao thought about it and asked her attendant Bai Kui, "Take me to meet him..." She then explained, "We received very good hospitality at Zhu Ning's place, and now
When he comes, he should be polite and move around."
"When will Miss come over?" Bai Kui looked at her clothes up and down.