Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 658
Song Zhipu, Chen Hanhui, and Ke Xiaqing, three cabinet scholars, walked into the warm cabinet together.

Zhu Yihai sat on the warm couch, flipping through the memorial.

The three of them greeted each other when they entered.

"The three lovers come to sit on the couch."

The couch was very big, much bigger than the ordinary kang, and there were couch mats on it. The room was very warm. The emperor greeted the three with a smile. .

The three daughters were all in the palace. Chen Hanhui's daughter also gave birth to the fifth son of the emperor, King Jin, and the mother regarded her son Guijin as a noble concubine.

The three bowed and saluted, but did not kneel down.The emperor didn't like to kneel at every turn, and even restored the Tang Dynasty system of sitting at the court meeting, instead of standing on the bench, let alone kneeling.

In private, there is even less etiquette.

"I just brewed a pot of tea, and I came here to taste how it tastes. It was given to me by Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou, Yunnan. Pu'er tea is said to be from a tree that is hundreds of years old. It has been aged for more than 200 years. It is said that in the 14th year of Hongwu, Mu Ying, Fu Youde, and Lan Yu led 30 troops to conquer Yunnan. Pay tribute to Taizu, and there are some reserves left, and now there are only a dozen yuan left, and now pay tribute to me."

Song Zhipu and the three of them are also familiar with the emperor, so they are not so polite here. Song smiled and said, "I don't usually drink Pu'er, but usually I drink it for ten years. I haven't drunk it in the past 300 years. Can I drink it?"

Chen Hanhui continued: "I heard that Pu'er tea is made and stored in a special way, but it can be preserved for hundreds of years, and some even grow golden flowers, which are very rare. The golden flowers also have a unique flavor and the effect of prolonging life."

Zhu Yihai did know that the golden flower of Pu-erh is actually a kind of fungus, which can be encountered occasionally in aged teas, and it is a match made in heaven. When the fresh leaves are thick and old and the tea exudate is thick, and there must be a specific kind of bacteria in the tea raw materials, there is a very small chance of forming in the old tea.

It is indeed a rare tea treasure, and its golden flower is also a kind of beneficial bacteria, which does have some effect on regulating blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipids.

When Mu Tianbo fled from Kunming City, he never forgot to bring those Pu'er heirlooms with him, especially the thirteen cakes of tea, which are very rare, so this time he brought all of them to the emperor.In addition to the thirteen cakes that were said to be handed down from Mu Ying who personally picked and made tea back then, there were also Pu'er that was picked and made by Duke Qian of the past dynasties, and he also gave away a lot.

There are also [-] cakes of new Pu'er made by him from the tea picked by himself.

Zhu Yihai doesn't particularly like Pu'er, he thinks the taste is strong and oily, and if he drinks too much, he may even feel uncomfortable in his stomach.

Of course, it's good to have a drink once in a while.

He opened a cake of old Puer made by Muying, which has been around for nearly 300 years, and it actually produced golden flowers, which is considered a winning prize.

"Mr. Guizhou still wants to continue guarding Yunnan, right?" Ke Xiaqing said.

Mu Tianbo was the same age as Zhu Yihai. His father, Mu Qiyuan, died suddenly in the first year of Chongzhen. In the same year, Mu Tianbo, who was only ten years old, became the Duke of Qian, and served as the general who conquered the south, attacking Yunnan.

Because he was too young, although he succeeded as the general officer of Yunnan and was given the seal of General Nan, the affairs of the general army in Yunnan could only be taken care of by the governor of Yunnan, and the affairs of his mansion were presided over by his mother Mrs. Chen and the housekeeper Ruan brothers.

Mu Ying, the ancestor of the Mu family, was once the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and later restored his original surname. In the 14th year of Hongwu, he conquered Yunnan with Lan Yu and others, and stayed in Yunnan after the settlement.

Although the emperor later planned to send the Zhu family to guard Yunnan, they were unsuccessful. On the contrary, the Mu family had a stable position in Yunnan and their prestige was growing. In the end, the court had to compromise. Town Yunnan.

Mujia Town in Yunnan is actually somewhat similar to Wei Guogong Xu Da's descendants guarding Nanjing.

They are all guarded by military duties, not suzerains and vassals who are enshrined as kings. However, unlike the Wei family in Nanjing, the sky in Yunnan is high and the emperor is far away, and there are many chieftains. It is very special in Yunnan.

In the last years of Chongzhen, Mu Tianbo had grown up and came to power, but at this time, Daming was riddled with holes, the officialdom and the Internet benefited his own interests, and many chieftains rebelled. Zhang Xianzhong re-entered Sichuan and threatened Yunnan.

Mu Tianbo recruited officers and soldiers and chieftain troops to go north to prevent the western army from entering Yunnan, which led to a rebellion instead. Finally, the chieftains such as Shadingzhou were used to quell the rebellion, but the front door refused the tiger and the back door entered the wolf. , launched a rebellion and seized Kunming, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to flee all the way, almost to Burma.

In the end, it was Zhu Yihai who transferred troops from Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan to Yunnan to assist in countering the rebellion, and then reused Yang Weizhi, Long Zaitian and other Han officials and local generals in Yunnan. After fighting for two years, he finally recovered Kunming, Chuxiong, Dali and other places, captured and beheaded Sha Dingzhou and his wife put down the rebellion.

However, after the turmoil in Yunnan, it became more turbulent, and the chieftain was extremely powerful.

The prestige of Mu Mansion dropped drastically.

In the Ming Dynasty, although the Mu family was not a vassal, it was actually a local vassal. It guarded Yunnan for generations, and indeed made great contributions to the town, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was almost reduced to a burden.

According to the official statistics of Yunnan’s land, during the Wanli period, the Yunnan Dusi had more than 15 mu of occupational land, more than 110 million mu of military farmland, and the chief secretary had more than 180 million mu of official and private land, and the three items added up to more than 300 million mu.

The Mu family court granted more than 1000 hectares of land before and after, and actually owned more than 8000 hectares of land. By the end of Ming Dynasty, they even actually owned more than 100 million mu, accounting for a quarter of the official land.

There are also a large number of reclaimed lands that have not been registered, a large number of famous lands, and occupied military and official lands, and merged private lands.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mu family's burden on Yunnan even exceeded that of the vassal palace in the mainland. Because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, they also had the position of chief military officer in Yunnan, so it was more convenient to do things.

Zhu Yihai was actually very dissatisfied with Mu Tianbo.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, they could neither lead troops to the north to serve the king, guard the central government, nor stabilize the local area. They also extorted violently and extorted a large-scale chieftain rebellion. What is the use of soldiers?

Not to mention that their home is the Yunnan Fanzhen.

The vassals of the Ming Dynasty have all been withdrawn, and the Mu Mansion in Yunnan must also be withdrawn.

At the beginning of the suppression of the rebellion, Zhu Yihai also promoted Mu Tianbo to be the admiral of Yunnan, but now that the rebellion has been suppressed, the Mu family is the first target that the court will deal with next.

Mu Tianbo's visit to the court this time was also for various activities, and he paid tribute to the emperor a lot of gold, silver, tea, horses and precious stones, etc., in order to continue to maintain his status as the world town of Yunnan.

But how is this possible.

Even Yang Weizhi, the governor of Yunnan who made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion, and Long Zaitian, the general soldier of Yunnan, all went to Shangshu to strongly demand that the Mu family's farmland should be investigated, and the soldiers and civilians should be returned to the government to pay for food. The power to levy village rent.

It is even proposed to dismiss the Mu family's hereditary general who conquered the South and transfer the Mu family away.

"I plan to call Mu Tianbo back to the court, change his title to Marquis of Yelang, give him Yinqing Guanglu Doctor Wen Sanguan, and make Zuo Sanqi a regular attendant to accompany him, how about that?"

"good!"

"What about the Mu family's land and manor in Yunnan?"

"According to the previous suzerain vassal regulations, Mu Tianbo will be given [-] mu of land. In addition, Mu's males will be given [-] mu each, and the rest will be taken over."

Not to pursue Mu Tianbo's other crimes, but to recall him to the court, which is considered preferential treatment.

It was also given to a marquis, which was regarded as recognition of the Mu family's hard work in guarding Yunnan for more than 200 years. Although the Mu family has merits and demerits, the merits cannot be denied.

At least the Mu family didn't surrender, and this was the fundamental reason why they received preferential treatment.

Otherwise, like Wei Guogong, the Xu family and other honorable ministers, regardless of whether your ancestors are Wei Guogong or Baoguogong, since you surrendered to the Qing and actively acted like a dog, you completely betrayed the glory of Ming Dynasty and your ancestors, then the title of title was even given to you before. There is no need to keep the fields and houses.

"Please go to Yunnan to serve!" Song Zhipu asked aloud.

Song Zhipu's resume is actually pretty good. In the first year of Chongzhen, he was a Jinshi, selected a scholar from the Imperial Academy, and went through the Second Division of Military and Criminal Affairs. , Household Department Zuo Shilang and other staff.

When he was Shaoqing, his father was the censor of Zuoqin Capital, the fourth rank at that time, and father and son were ministers in the same hall.

The two list Jinshi were born on the right track, and their resumes are good. The Shu Jishi of the Imperial Academy has also done two subjects, and he has also done work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They walked very steadily and well, and they were all official positions that were both clear and expensive.

His political achievements and official reputation are good, let alone Zhu Yihai's three years as chief assistant.

And he is now in his 40s.

Having won the holy family again, it can be said that the future is bright, but he still offered to take a foreign job.

"After the chaos in Yunnan, great governance is needed."

Now the governor of Yunnan was transferred from Sichuan, and he did not perform well there. The governor Yang Weizhi is from Shaanxi, neither Jinshi nor Juren. Resisting the enemy, being brave and knowing the strategy, is praised by the prefect.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he led Xiangyong to cooperate with Sun Chuanting many times to block the invasion army. In the 13th year, he was recommended for special use.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he successively served as the deputy envoy of Yunnan and sub-inspector Jin Xiaocang Road. After the rebellion in Shadingzhou, Wu Bikui, the Tuzhi County, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and captured many places one after another. After moving the town of Chuxiong, he was an important hero in the pacification of the Yunnan Rebellion.

However, because Yang Wei knew that he was not of a proper background, Li Gande, the governor of Yunnan, and Li Qiaoran, the inspector, both looked down on him. During the quelling of the rebellion, there were many conflicts between the two sides. After the quelling of the rebellion, the conflicts between the two sides became more intense.

It is said that once Li Gande and Yang Weizhi quarreled fiercely. Yang Weizhi, who was in a hurry, took off his official hat and smashed Li Gande. Li Gande's face was covered with blood, so he asked the standard camp to arrest Yang Weizhi and kill him, which almost triggered another mutiny in Yunnan. Long Zaitian pleaded for mercy, so he didn't cut him down, but kept him in prison all the time, and even reported to the court that he wanted to deal with him.

Li Gande and Li Qiaoran are both in Beijing, and Yang Weizhi is still locked in the Governor's Yamen prison in Kunming.

Li Gande is a native of Sichuan. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen. Because of the loss of Huguang, he was demoted to serve in front of the Sichuan Governor Wang Yingxiong's army.

After the mutiny of the Sichuan army, he was represented by Wen An as the governor of Yunnan.

The suppression of the Yunnan rebellion is also credited.

But the governors were at odds and even fought, which was serious.

Therefore, this time Yunnan must be fully rectified.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to release Yang Weizhi from prison, worship him as the governor of Yunnan, and I wish to be the governor. Your Majesty will appoint another inspector, and another inspector, secretary, and re-appoint the admiral and general soldier of Yunnan, and comprehensively rectify the administration of Yunnan officials. To restrain chieftains, restore local stability, and collect taxes.” Song Zhipu, the chief minister, was willing to give Yang Weizhi the governorship, and he was willing to give up the governorship when he went to Yunnan.

"The situation in Yunnan is relatively complicated, especially the chieftain's power is strong. Now that the rebellion is over, the place is restless. Going to Yunnan is not easy!"

"The minister asked himself to take up a post in Yunnan because he knew the complicated situation in Yunnan."

Zhu Yihai thought for a while, "I originally wanted to stay in the court and lead the cabinet for three years, but since Aiqing has this determination, I am willing to support it. Yunnan is indeed too chaotic now, and we need a senior, prestigious and capable person." ministers to go."

"In this way, I will grant Qing the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the governor of Yunnan, and Yang Weizhi will be the governor of Guizhou. Li Qiande and others will not have to return to Yunnan. I will give you three years to rectify Yunnan, okay?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. I will let you down the saint!" Song Zhipu said gratefully.

In the past three years as the first assistant of the court, he has indeed been under great pressure. Now he is taking this opportunity to go out and be a governor, so that he can experience himself, show his ability, and make political achievements. No more burdens.

Ke Xiaqing and Chen Hanhui also asked to be released.

(End of this chapter)