After confirming that it was really the wild girl's recital, I couldn't help muttering in my heart.

Although it is true that Hu Niu is his sister, Hu Niu is also a Nanyang patrol, and her performance should be transferred to the emperor and the cabinet through the General Political Department, rather than to her brother.

However, it turned out that the song had already reached his hands, and it was definitely not the person from the General Administration Department who made a mistake, but it should be the girl who made it out of the tiger girl, I am afraid that it involves the Ministry of Rites.

Long Chizhong took the tea cup from Lin Hai's hand, and he no longer had as much restraint as he used to deal with Shangguan, so he sat on the chair generously and tasted the good tea here.

As he gets along with this senior brother more deeply, regardless of the relationship between the two, this senior brother is undoubtedly a very good Shangguan.

Although Lin Haoran behaved very strongly in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he was a left-hand waiter of the Ministry of Rites with super ability to handle things, and he never gave a face to officials or scribes who worked seriously, and even gave some rewards appropriately.

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

It is impossible for every official to win the love of all officials, and Lin Haoran has already won the love of capable officials, while incapable officials can only be afraid of tigers.

Lin Haoran didn't pay attention to what Long Chizhong was thinking, carefully read the content on the song, and finally understood why the song was sent to the Ministry of Rites.

In fact, for the Ming Dynasty, except for Mongolia in the north, the most threatening thing is not the Japanese Kou, nor the traitors who jump out from time to time such as Zhang Lian, nor the White Lotus Sect, which is not worthy of the name, but the Tusi group in the southwest.

In order to quickly complete unification, the Ming Dynasty implemented a strategy of razing and razing ethnic minorities in the southwest, that is, adopting a hereditary system of local officials, with local leaders serving as the highest administrator or the highest military governor.

Like the Mo family in Xincheng, Guangxi, they are not only the highest administrator, but also the highest military governor, and even the imperial court will not care about the justice of Xincheng, and the imperial court only keeps taxes and other matters.

It was the Zhu Dynasty that gave this kind of preferential treatment, so that the Southwest Tusi chose to submit and became a nominal member of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just a high degree of autonomy, but it's the same as raising a tiger. At the beginning, the strength of Toast was not necessarily very strong, but after more than 100 years of accumulation, it has accumulated strong strength.

In particular, the southwestern Tusi were very fond of marriages, which made it easier for them to hug each other, and even reached the point of threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court did not have the idea of "changing the land and returning to the stream" for the southwest Tusi, and Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, disposed of the two major Tusi of Guizhou and set up the Guizhou Political Envoy.

It's just that the work of "changing the land and returning to the stream" undoubtedly requires the determination and considerable financial support of the Ming court to achieve, but the emperors after the Ming Dynasty failed to do this, and the dynasty also adopted a negative way.

For example, the imperial court once carried out the reform of the land and returned to the river of Mangbu, but the following year the Tusi of Mangbu rebelled, and the prefect of the Liuguan fled with Yin, and the imperial court sent a large army to suppress it and failed, and finally the governor of Sichuan asked for the restoration of the local officials.

In the face of this setback of "changing the land and returning to the stream", Jiajing did not have the courage of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty in the past, but chose to compromise, abolish the liuguan and reset the Mangbu Tusi as the local official.

Today, the shortcomings of this southwest toast are like a tumor growing day by day, and the pressure on the imperial court to implement "changing the land and returning to the stream" is even greater.

“…… Huang Jiaxing, the local magistrate of Wancheng Prefecture, robbed the people's daughters and tortured and killed innocent people, which made people and gods angry. Now that he has been imprisoned in the Taiping Mansion, please ask the emperor to hand him over to the department and remove him from his hereditary position! ”

Lin Haoran looked at the content on it, but couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

Originally, he asked the wild girl to go to Tianzhou, Guangxi to help United Qianzhuang recruit some people, but she still caused an incident and wanted to get rid of a local toast.

"Lin Butang, the actions of the Southwest Tusi are indeed resentful, and the imperial court should really punish them severely! Xia Guan remembered that the Taiping prefect had impeached Huang Jiaxing, the local magistrate of Wancheng Prefecture, who had a rather violent temperament, and was a disaster to the local people, which was really a local evil! Long Chizhong watched Lin Haoran put down the song, and said angrily.

The Department of Ceremonies was responsible for the canonization of the clan, and the dismissal and approval of the Tusi were also examined and approved by them, so the dismissal of Huang Jiaxing, the Tutui official of Wancheng Prefecture, also had to go through the Ministry of Rites.

Lin Haoran pressed his hand on the song, knowing that the emperor or the cabinet had already moved the mind of abolishing it, so he raised his eyes and looked at Long Chizhong and asked, "Can the Tusi mission from Wanchengzhou, Guangxi arrive in Beijing?" ”

The Ming Dynasty had clear regulations on the southwestern toast, and the local toasts must regularly pay tribute to the Ming court, ranging from one year to three years, and the court rewarded rich rewards.

Although the imperial court had to spend some money, it was also a way to restrain the Tusi. Like now, if the imperial court wants to deal with a certain big toast, it is a relatively easy matter.

Long Chizhong is a very thoughtful person, and he seems to have known that Lin Haoran has this question, and when he responded: "Back to the Ministry Hall, they have arrived a few days ago, and now they are arranged to live in the Huitong Hall!" ”

"Who is the current Wanchengzhou Tuzhizhou?" Lin Haoran nodded lightly and asked again.

"Xu Dazheng!" A name was reported in the dragon pool.

"You arrange it, I want to have an interview with this person!" Lin Haoran has never been a reckless person, even when he commanded.

"The subordinate obeys!" The dragon pool immediately responded.

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

He naturally prefers his sister, but this matter is a bit tricky. It is not only a matter of the face of the imperial court, but also the reaction of Wan Chengzhou Tusi, and at the same time, the interests of the United Business Group in Guangxi must be taken into account.

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

Yes, it is natural to severely punish the local pusher Huang Jiaxing, and everyone is safe. is a war, then he has to set the tone from the beginning and push the imperial court to treat Xu Dazheng strongly.

However, things are not too troublesome, compared to the toast in Yungui and other places, the strength of Guangxi toast is weaker. Wancheng Tuzhou is not far from Nanning Prefecture, and it is only a state, and its strength in Tusi is not strong.

If the two sides really needed to use force to solve the problem, Wu Guifang, the governor of Guangxi and Guangzhou, would certainly be able to solve the problem easily, and the imperial court would smoothly implement the policy of changing the land and returning it to the river.

After a while, Lin Fu came in from outside, saying that he had a prisoner from the Criminal Department asking to see him.

The servant came in from outside, and when he knelt down, he said, "The villain greets the lord of the department!" ”

"What are you looking for?" Lin Haoran asked lightly.

The soldier's clothes obviously had a peculiar smell, and he cautiously raised his head and said, "If you return to the Ministry Hall, Lord Yang asked the villain to come and spread the word, he wants to see you!" ”

"Which Lord Yang?" Lin Haoran asked with a confused look.

The messenger immediately responded: "It's Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, the right attendant of the former military department!" ”

Lin Haoran heard that Yang Xuan wanted to see him, but he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Not only did he not have a friendship with Yang Xuan, but he also had an unpleasant experience in Tongzhou, and it seemed that he had no reason to see him.

He always felt that things were a little strange, but he responded with an expressionless face: "You go back!" ”

The officer wanted an answer, but in the end he didn't have the courage to ask again, so he got up and left.

Sun Jixiang, who was sitting next to him to help deal with some urgent documents, watched the errand leave, and sighed slightly: "This is really a hot and cold world!" The dignified Governor of Jiliao used to have many people stammering, and now he actually asked a messenger to come and spread a message to the adults! ”

"Mr. Sun, has Yang Xuan's case been decided?" Lin Haoran knew that this was the status quo of the Ming officialdom, even if the scenery was like Yan's mansion, no one cared about it anymore, but he asked Sun Jixiang.

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

He just knew that the matter of Tonghan, the leader of Duoyanwei, leading the way, couldn't be concealed after all, and this incident made Jiajing very angry, and ordered the people of the Criminal Department to put Yang Xuanyi and others in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Just like when Xu Jie broke off his relationship with his student Yang Jisheng, after Yang Bo arrived in Xiyuan, he quickly drew a line with Yang Xuan. It is rumored that Jiajing had murderous intentions towards Yang Xuan and explicitly ordered the cabinet to investigate and punish Yang Xuan.

The matter was handed over to the Criminal Department, and Huang Guangsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also knew the emperor's intentions, but there was a difficulty in this matter. Yang Xuan's strategy against Tonghan last year was to report to the imperial court, and he was also rewarded by Jiajing, if the criminal department beheaded Yang Xuan because of Yang Xuan's strategic mistake against Duo Yanwei, then it would slap Jiajing and Xu Jie's faces.

It is exactly like this, how will this case develop in the future, whether the emperor wants to kill Yang Xuan as rumored, and how Yang Xuan will be sentenced by the Criminal Department, Lin Haoran does not know in his heart.

"Back to Dong Weng, this case has been officially decided yesterday! Yang Xuan was sentenced to be beheaded, and his head was shown to the public at the border pass, and Xu Shen, the governor of Liaodong, and others were sentenced to exile. Sun Jixiang is now Lin Haoran's official staff, and he is extremely clear about these things, and immediately responded.

"I don't know what kind of crime to deal with?" Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked curiously.

Sun Jixiang glanced up at Lin Haoran, and immediately responded: "The crime of guarding is not set!" ”

When Lin Haoran heard that it was this crime, he shook his head with a wry smile.

In fact, this sin is not too big to be big, but it is also not small to say small. If not, knowing that the Mongolian cavalry had already entered, Yang Xuan would not have wandered leisurely to Tongzhou City.

It's just that Yang Xuan probably never thought that things would eventually anger the emperor, and Yang Bo also didn't take action to protect him, so that he lost his head because of this crime.

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

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, in the cells of death row inmates, there was a disgusting smell in the air.

Yang Xuan was in high spirits when he did not return to Tongzhou, and the whole person was like a thin old man, sitting in the corner of the cell with his head down, his body shivering from the cold.

He suddenly heard the movement of the door lock, so he turned his head to look over, squinted at the people who came in, and suddenly said happily on his face: "Uncle Shaozong!" ”

"Lord Yang, I don't know what you're looking for me?" Lin Haoran looked at Yang Xuan, who was judging the two of them, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, but he asked with a distant attitude.

Yang Xuan's tears immediately welled up, and he said aggrievedly to Lin Haoran: "The official is wronged!" ”

"You're not wronged! Your greatest fault is that the Tartars entered the customs, but you are still doing so nothing, causing tens of thousands of people to be slaughtered, and you are not wronged at all! Lin Haoran looked at him indifferently and replied expressionlessly.

If it weren't for Yang Xuan's major strategic mistake, Tong Han would have become the leading party, prompting the Mongol cavalry to come from the east to sack the Ming people. Although both the emperor and Xu Jie have some responsibilities for this matter, the biggest responsibility is always Yang Xuan, which is the serious consequence of his strategic mistake against Duo Yanwei.

The most important thing is that after the Mongolian cavalry entered the pass, he did not even think about making meritorious contributions, but watched the Mongols slaughter the people and loot the people's property, which can be described as a crime of one degree.

Although the punishment of the Criminal Department was too heavy for the crime of not being guarded, Yang Xuan's crime really deserved to be executed.

Yang Xuan smiled bitterly, shook his head lightly, and said, "My lord, you are not in your position and do not know what is going on!" It's not that the old man doesn't want to wipe out the Tartars, but he can't fight at all, and many of the soldiers below have already been cold to the court! In fact, the imperial court does not want me to lead the troops into battle, and the two sides have already formed a tacit understanding over the years, and we only need to defend the city. The old man served as the governor of Jiliao, and he didn't think he was competent, but he was even more loyal to the court! ”

At the end, two lines of old tears flowed.

Lin Haoran looked at him as if "a man is about to die, and his words are good", but he shook his head disapproving and said: "Since you are the governor of Jiliao, then you have the obligation to protect your family and defend the country, and you should not always shirk your responsibility." If you really have a grievance, to whom should the people who were slaughtered by the Tartars redress their grievances, and who should they blame? ”

"Old man...... Indeed, guilty! Yang Xuan seemed to wake up, and the whole person immediately became decadent, but he looked up at Lin Haoran and begged and said: "My wife was sentenced to Leizhou by the Criminal Department, Lord Lin used to be the prefect of Leizhou, and there must be some old ministries, please help the old man take care of the inside, the old man is blind when he dies!" ”

Lin Haoran glanced at Yang Xuan in surprise, but he didn't think that he was a person who was about to die, but he still thought about his wife in his heart.

Yang Xuan took out a manuscript from his arms, raised it high to Lin Haoran and said: "The old man was originally a hot-blooded scholar, and he also wanted to slaughter all the Tartars one day, but the court was already terminally ill, and Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, was just a handsome man who was good at defending the city. Throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, only the young uncle has the spirit and talent, and he only hates that the old man can't serve under the adult. This is my experience on side affairs for many years, and I am dedicated to my lordship today, firstly, I hope that my wife can take care of my wife, and secondly, I ...... Make atonement for my sins! ”

Lin Fu glanced at Lin Haoran, and stepped forward to take this heavy manuscript.

Lin Haoran sighed lightly, and turned to leave. After hesitating at the door of the cell, he took off the cloak on his body and gave it to Yang Xuan, and officially responded: "You don't have to worry about what you entrusted!" ”

If he can't let Leizhou take care of Yang Xuan's wife, then he has really been in vain in Leizhou for nearly two years.

"Thank you, sir!" Yang Xuan knocked heavily towards Lin Haoran's back.

He knew that this was the last time the two of them would meet, and when this matter was over, he thought that he was about to be guillotined, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

Lin Haoran came out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and snowflakes drifted in the gloomy sky outside.