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Chapter 947 Another Conspiracy
Chapter 947 Another Conspiracy
"This is a good move, but no one in the court can recognize it. No wonder Your Majesty disdains to discuss state affairs with us. You are asking for humiliation!"
Gao Panlong was reluctant to criticize his colleagues for being idle, but he had to express his frustration. As an important official in the court, and a person who wanted to contribute to the country and had ideals, it was very uncomfortable to be excluded from the decision-making level.
But looking at his colleagues around him, he could not blame the emperor for being mean. If he had a choice, he would not want to work with these people. They had neither strategic vision nor tactical ability. They were full of tricks and always focused on other people's mistakes, fearing that they would suffer losses.
"Brother Cunzhi, why don't you say a few more words so that I can understand clearly." Wang Zai Jin was not angry after being insulted, and still pursued for explanation.
This Dali Temple official was always different from others. He neither clung to the emperor nor made close friends with other officials. He kept to himself and kept himself clean. But whenever he spoke, he had a basis for his words and would never fool anyone.
"It's getting late, and I'm starving. I don't have the mood to talk about this."
But Gao Panlong is not indifferent to worldly matters. He just doesn't want to engage in intrigue and oppression with his colleagues. Today, these few people are not too annoying, so he just acts like a rogue.
"Hey, Brother Cunzhi, this is not a gentleman's behavior! Well, I'll treat you at Qipan Street!" Wang Zai Jin was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed. It was a big gain to be able to hear the Dali Temple Minister extorting money for food and wine in person.
"Well, let's not go to Qipan Street. There is a Nanyang barbecue restaurant on Dongzhan Street outside Chaoyangmen. The grilled whale meat there is quite famous. I have been craving for it for a long time. But it is quite expensive. If Mingchu treats us today, we can enjoy a feast for our guests!" Since he had already been shameless once, Gao Panlong decided to go for broke and booked the place.
"Tsk tsk tsk, if you don't ask me for help next time, I will not let you off easily! Let's go, call a carriage to East Station Street. But if you want to eat whale meat, you have to tell me something first, right?"
Wang Zaijin pouted and despised Gao Panlong's blackmail. But driven by curiosity, he still wanted to find out what happened in Yunnan that made the emperor want to take ruthless action against the Duke of Qian.
"Let me ask you first, why did His Majesty send Yuan Keli to Yunnan to serve as the Governor-General of the Southwest?" If they wanted to call a carriage, they had to go outside the Meridian Gate. The four of them were walking and chatting.
"Reforming the system of native officials is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and it involves more than just one province or one area. Naturally, we have to send trusted people to be able to give orders as if they were our own arms." Wang Zaijin answered such a simple question without even thinking, and he was sure it was correct because it was the consensus in the court.
"That's true, but not entirely. If we talk about governing the local area, Yuan Yingtai is a little better, but Yuan Keli is better in commanding the army. It can be seen that Your Majesty has long been prepared to use military forces in Yunnan." However, Gao Panlong did not completely agree with this view, because the focus can be clearly seen from the dispatch of personnel.
"... Could it be that Your Majesty thinks that the Mu family has rebellious intentions?" Once this layer of window paper was pierced, Wang Zaijin immediately thought of the most likely scenario. And it was not a blind guess. During the Longqing Dynasty, Mu Chaobi, the Duke of Qian, was imprisoned in Nanjing by Emperor Jiajing until his death because he was suspected of rebellion.
"It is impossible for the Mu family to rebel, but with the Mu family in Yunnan, the reform of the native system will encounter great resistance. Your Majesty calculated this result and sent Yuan Keli to Yunnan to preside over it.
If Mu Rui had thought of this, he should have taken the initiative to clear the land and actively persuaded the chieftains of various ethnic groups to cooperate. Although he would lose most of his family property, he could get out of it safely and maybe even continue to guard Yunnan. Unfortunately, he was in the border area and didn't understand the temperament of His Majesty very well. He also planned to use the tactic of procrastination to compete with the court. Little did he know that this would give His Majesty an excuse to solve the problem completely, and the Mu family of more than 200 years would disappear. "
Speaking of the Yunnan Mu family, most officials in the court knew about its historical context. As the only foreign family with a fiefdom in the Ming Dynasty, their royal family was not insignificant.
But that was all in the past. Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial court had tried many times to weaken its influence in Yunnan. First, it used the princes to divide power, but it failed. Later, it sent eunuchs, provincial governors, commanders-in-chief and governors to divide the political, financial and military power of the Duke of Qian, but it never worked completely.
The difficulty lies in the fact that Yunnan is too remote and has many ethnic groups. The Mu family, starting from Mu Ying, spent dozens, hundreds of years and several generations to gain a foothold in the local area, while most of the princes and court officials sent there lived in Kunming and were unwilling to leave, so they had no influence at all.
Therefore, successive emperors had to let the Mu family stay in Yunnan to guard the southwestern gate for the court. To paraphrase a folk proverb, it is like hitting a wolf with a stick, fearing both ends. They were afraid that the Mu family would become too powerful to be eliminated, and they were also afraid that there would be no one to guard Yunnan.
Of course, the Mu family also knew the emperor's mind, so the previous generations tried their best not to cross the red line and adopted a conciliatory strategy towards the officials sent by the court. They provided them with good food and drink, and gave them some silver when they had nothing to do, in exchange for better comments.
But this time is different from the past. Emperor Jingyang is not only worried about the Mu family, he also wants to carry out large-scale transformation of Yunnan and set a goal to completely transform the natives and bring Yunnan under the complete control of the court.
It was meaningless for the Mu family to continue to drag things out using the old method, and the emperor would not turn a blind eye. However, the Mu family did not seem to realize the seriousness of the situation. Instead of restraining themselves, they continued to fight with the local chieftains as before, but ignored the newly appointed governor of the southwest.
But no one expected that the emperor would take action against the Mu family so quickly. According to past practice, the officials would always fight with the Mu family first, and then each would complain to the court. Then the emperor would stand in a neutral and impartial attitude, and give both sides fifty lashes. Finally, he would take the opportunity to send a few more officials to further divide power.
Now, the emperor is standing in the foreground. Either the Mu family is finished, or the policy of changing the natives to commoners is shelved. In any case, there will always be a loser, and there will no longer be any room for maneuver.
Can we blame the emperor for not being cunning and not being smooth? It seems that we can't do that. It was that damned Mu Qitong who couldn't control the chieftains under his rule, which led to the assassination of Yuan Keli.
The emperor would certainly not be able to swallow the humiliation of having his left and right arms assassinated. If he backs down at this moment, there would be no point in talking about transforming the chieftains into officials. If a chieftain dares to do it again, ten Yuan Keli would not be enough.
In fact, Gao Panlong's analysis was not entirely correct. The key point was that he did not have a deep understanding of what kind of person this emperor was. If he knew that Yuan Keli was assassinated at the behest of the emperor himself, carried out by a secret organization called Bihu, and then framed on the Yunnan Mu family, he would probably have submitted his resignation immediately.
That's right, the assassination of Yuan Keli was a conspiracy, a grand conspiracy designed by Hong Tao and implemented by Wang Chengen. The so-called Tusi Sha Yuan's people were simply border residents in northern Annan. After the assassination, Sha Yuan and his people would be wiped out by the local army, theoretically leaving no one alive.
The purpose of doing this is to put the blame for the assassination of the court officials on Mu Qitong's head. As long as he is put in the Jinyiwei prison, he will say whatever he is told, and then Mu Rui, the Duke of Qian, will become the mastermind behind the scenes. With this charge, the emperor will be furious and it is reasonable to wipe out the Mu family in one fell swoop.
(End of this chapter)
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