Zhu Zhihan wanted to understand the details of Jiuxiwei through Tan Fengxuan, but in Tan Fengxuan's opinion, what the nobles of the Shu Domain wanted to know was not secrets, but history that they could show off.

The acropolis of Jiuxiwei was on the side of a mountain in the northwest of Cili County (Note 1), which controlled the passage of the Tujia people in and out of the mountain. Like many of the border guards set up in Huguang against the barbarians, the main enemy of the Jiuxi Guard was the barbarians in the mountains, and guarding the important cities in the interior was only a secondary task. For this reason, Jiuxiwei not only built the acropolis at the junction of the barbarians and the Han, but also fought barbarians or widows in the previous conquests of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the five Acropolises, the Jiuxi Guard also commanded four guards of the Thousand Households.

Anfu is located in the southwest of Lizhou;

Lizhou is located in the city of Lizhou;

Malaosuo (Note 2) is located in the southwest of Cili County, close to the Tusi of Xiangxi. Qianhu was originally a Han Chinese, but the Han people and the barbarian officials were different from each other except for the ethnic groups of their ancestors, and the rest of the external characteristics were almost the same: the father died and the son succeeded, and the generations guarded. In addition, Malao was originally at the junction of the Han and barbarians, and the Han Shiguan was almost the same as the barbarians for three hundred years, so the Malao was also called Malao Tusi locally.

Tianping (Note 3) is a local official attached to Hongwu during the year, and the hereditary surname is Qin. The city is in the northwest of Shimen County, there is a circumference of 380 zhang, six feet high earthen city, control the eighteen Tusi in and out of Jing, Li, Song, Yi Chong.

Jiuxiwei is a lineman who has fought in battle.

DURING THE JIAJING PERIOD, MALIAO AND XIANGXI YONG, BAOTUSI, SANGZHI TUSI AND OTHER TUJIA PEOPLE FORMED A HAN-TU ALLIANCE, WENT TO ZHEJIANG TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PIRATES, PARTICIPATED IN THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF WANG JIANGJING (JING), MADE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WAS COMMENDED BY THE EMPEROR AS "THE FIRST MERIT IN THE SOUTHEAST".

During the Wanli period, Yang Yinglong rebelled in Guizhou, and Jiuxiwei was conscripted into Guizhou again. Tan Fengxuan's uncle's Li family played a general soldier.

Since the Chongzhen years, there have been continuous wars, and the Huguang battalion has drawn a lot of soldiers from Jiuxiwei, mainly the Han army of the two thousand households of the Acropolis and Lizhou and Anfu, about 1,000 people before and after. In this way, except for the Jiuxi Acropolis, the garrisons of Lizhou and Anfu were basically withdrawn.

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"My uncle once said to the prince: If the thief crosses the Yangtze River, and the prince of Huayang does not want to hunt Changde in the south, then come to our Jiuxiwei to take refuge temporarily. Tan (Note 4) and Li are both loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they will fight to protect the blood of the Heavenly Family. But if we want to defend Lizhou City, Jiuxiwei has no soldiers! In addition, the city of Nali Prefecture collapsed in several places, and he asked the feudal division for materials and silver, but he has not been seen until now. According to what the lower officials can see, there is definitely no hope for the materials and silver! ”

When Tan Fengxuan said this, he was lying side by side with Zhu Zhihan on the bed in a side hall behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall. They both drank a lot of wine, and the two were drunk. The side hall he is in is Tan Fengxuan's yamen and bedroom.

The firewood in the hall burned very strongly, making Zhu Zhihan's drunkenness rush to his head for a while. He squinted at the wisp of spider silk hanging from the beam and asked:

"How did you come up with that name? Like a child of Taoism. ”

"My father said that my mother went to Wudang Palace to worship the gods once, and then there was me." Tan Fengxuan replied with a smile, and then added: "Tomorrow, when you go on the road, you can see Wudang Palace." The palace is more than ten miles south of Lizhou City, and I heard that it was repaired by the old prince of the old prince. It's a pity that Taishang Laojun didn't stop it, and it collapsed ......"

"Nanjia Changde?" Zhu Zhihan struggled to open his eyelids that did not obey the call, and asked loudly: "If the thief crosses the Yangtze River, he will inevitably take Lizhou; After taking Lizhou, he will inevitably go south to Changde. Li Zhou to Changde 200 miles, there is nowhere to defend. If Li Zhou can't hold it, how can Changde hold it? If Changde can't be kept, where can it be kept? ”

"How can a thief be so powerful? Can you count cities in a row? Tan Fengxuan shook his head in disbelief.

"Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?"

"It's very familiar, I've seen it when I was in Lizhou Academy!"

Zhu Zhihan's most familiar work is the Three Kingdoms. After all of them have seen the Three Kingdoms, then there is a common language.

"Liu Xuande won Lingling, and sent Zhao Zilong to take Guiyang, Zhang Fei to take Wuling, and in a blink of an eye, the four counties captured the three counties. In the end, Guan Yunchang was sent to replace Zhang Fei and attack Changsha. Zhuge Liang asked Guan Yu to bring 3,000 soldiers and horses, Guan Yunchang looked down on Huang Zhong and said that he only needed ......"

"Five hundred knife players!"

Tan Fengxuan smiled easily after saying the correct answer: "What's wrong?" Brother Tai is from Changde, is there an old Huang Zhong in Wuling City? ”

"It's because there is no old Huang Zhong!"

Zhu Zhihan turned over and sat up, his eyes fixed on Tan Fengxuan.

"What do you say about the battle of the four counties in the Three Kingdoms? In the blink of an eye, the four counties were captured! What does this mean, it shows that there is no danger to defend in the land of Huxiang! As soon as the Northland cavalry comes, they can hit Guiyang City in a blink of an eye! Further south, is Shaoguan, Guangdong! Don't forget, there is a battalion of elite cavalry in the thief camp called 'Three Walls', and the daily journey is 800 miles! ”

Tan Fengxuan is a person who understands. He was drunk by Zhu Zhihan's words, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare, and the sweat suddenly came down.

"Brother Tai's meaning, is Xiangyang and Jingzhou unable to hold it?"

"It depends on whether the officers and soldiers are willing to defend to the death. There is a mausoleum in Chengtianfu, which is the ancestral tomb of today's son. From the perspective of this son, the thief will definitely take down Chengtian and dig up the ancestral grave of today's son! If you want to inherit the sky, you must first seize Xiangyang and Jingzhou. Nanyang is lost, and Zuo Liangyu of Xiangyang is unreliable. A month ago, Ben Gongzi went to visit the Liao King of Jingzhou, and they were all secretly preparing to flee from the city...... However, even if they defend the lonely city of Jingzhou, the thieves can still bypass Jingzhou and cross the river. At that time, Li Zhou bore the brunt of the ......"

Zhu Zhihan drunkenly gossiped one sentence at a time, and Tan Fengxuan finally understood.

He said with a sad face: "It turns out that Brother Tai is here to take the Huayang King Yizong back to Shu on the order of the prince of Shu!" If the prince leaves, then the court will not care about the life and death of us natives! ”

Zhu Zhihan said that Tan Fengxuan's misunderstanding was wrong: "The son of Shu is benevolent, righteous and virtuous, and he is concerned about the safety of the people of the clan of Huayang Kingdom, so he ordered my son to come to inspect." When this son came, the prince summoned me twice, and asked me to pass on the message to the prince of Huayang: the Son of Heaven died in Sheji, and Zongfan was martyred and sealed the country! ”

"Then the prince of Shu is not allowed to hunt in the west? According to the opinion of the lower officials, the prince is old and sick. The small wall of this Lizhou city is broken, if the prince wants to stick to it, I am afraid it will be very difficult......"

"Then it's up to you Jiuxiwei to speak." Zhu Zhihan reminded Tan Fengxuan with a smile.

Seeing that Tan Fengxuan didn't express his position in time, Zhu Zhihan cheered him up and said: "I have tens of thousands of soldiers in the Shu Palace, have you heard of the victory in Changping Mountain?" As long as our Shu army sends 500 sword players and recruits thousands of Ding Zhuang from Lizhou, this Lizhou city will definitely be able to withstand tens of thousands of thieves. At that time, your Tan and Li families will lead the Han army of Jiuxi Domain to fight outside, and you will not worry about the thieves and not retreating! In the future, the court will reward meritorious deeds, maybe the two of you will send a few more general soldiers! ”

"What Brother Tai said is very true! The eldest husband can't make a name for himself in the field, so he will make a name for himself on the battlefield! Tan Fengxuan's wine strengthened his courage, slapped the bed and bounced up, raising a puff of dust: "I don't know how Brother Tai wants us Jiuxiwei to speak?" ”

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THE CURRENT KING OF HUAYANG, ZHU ZHIYU (HUI), IS THE SON OF ZHU FENGJUN, KING OF ANHUI, THE ELDEST GRANDSON IN THE 22ND YEAR OF WANLI, THE ELDEST SON IN THE 30TH YEAR, AND THE 43TH YEAR OF THE TITLE, AND HAS BEEN ON THE THRONE OF THE COUNTY KING FOR 27 YEARS.

In the first two years, there was a drought in spring and a flood in autumn, a large area of harvest in Wangzhuang in Lizhou, and the Zonglu of the Huayang Domain for several consecutive years was not settled, so Zhu Zhiyu cheekily wrote a letter to the suzerain of Shu to ask for money.

However, after a long letter, there was no reply.

At the end of last summer, Zhu Zhijun received the bad news that the King of Shu and the King of Taiping were poisoned by his own brother King Fushun. After this funeral, there are many places to spend money, the old lord's mausoleum funeral, the new lord's palace reward, which one does not cost money? How can there be any money left to reward this branch side vein who has almost been swept away?

Just when Zhu Zhiyu broke off his thoughts, things suddenly took a turn for the better.

In late November last year, a merchant from Shu came to Lizhou to buy green cloth, and brought a handwritten letter and a newspaper to Huayang Wangfu by the way.

Zheng Changshi informed in the letter that the prince of Shu was very happy to learn that Zhu Zhihuan, the king of Huayang, was obedient and humble in Lizhou, and deeply supported the people, and hoped that he would continue to work hard, carry forward the family motto of "benevolence and sage" of the king, wash away the shame of his ancestors, take root and blossom in the land of Lizhou, and firmly hold the foundation passed down by his ancestors. For this reason, the prince and the future princess decided to send a clan envoy to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to the Hua Domain, who was in difficulty.

The newspaper that came with the letter gave Zhu Zhijun a clear and intuitive understanding of the grand occasion of Shu Shizi's ascension to the palace and his own image.

The delighted Zhu Zhijun immediately circulated this letter and the newspaper to the Lizhou clan, and soon the heavyweight clan jointly asked to see him. They demanded a ceremony at the county king's mansion to congratulate the prince of Shu who had ascended the palace in Chengdu and presented a congratulatory table.

One is to express to the suzerains of Shu their unswerving desire to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors for more than 200 years, so as to win more assistance from the suzerains of Shu in the future chaos;

The second is to convey a signal to the government and people of Lizhou: the Huayang branch also has roots, and it is not an exiled rebel son of the Heavenly Family, and it should not become the target of the local government's surveillance and discrimination, and become a victim of the local government's shortage of money and food!

The suggestion of the Hua clan is exactly what Zhu Zhiyu wants.

His ancestor, Zhu Yueyi, the first generation of Huayang King, was relocated to Huguang in the first year of Hongxi with the stigma of disloyalty and unfilial piety. First migrated to Wugang, and then moved to Lizhou in the middle road.

After the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the population of Lizhou decreased sharply, and the four sides were barren, and the imperial court had no choice but to reduce the government to a state. Zhu Yueyi dragged his family to the city, and there was no palace in Lizhou, so he had to temporarily live in the dilapidated state office, and the state government was rebuilt on the site of the former grain warehouse. Zhu Yueyi had no choice but to commit herself to the barn for several years.

Eight years later, Zhu Yuexi, who was only forty-two years old, died in shame and indignation, and after his death, he had to leave a nickname of "mourning".

What does the nickname mean?

The law said: The early death of middle age is called "mourning"; Violation of the brush is not called "hidden".

EVEN THE BURIAL OF YUAN ZHIWEN IN THE GRAVE HAS TO MAKE A FINAL CONCLUSION ABOUT HIS LIFE EXPERIENCE: "YING WAS KNIGHTED EARLY, AND THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN VIOLATED HIS FATHER'S RELIGION AND PLOTTED TO KILL HIS RELATIVES...... Migrated to Lizhou, and ...... with the whole clan"

Disloyalty and unfilial piety are synonymous with low character and despicable in famous religions. So Zhu Yueyi's descendants have lived in Lizhou for more than 200 years with the big hat of their ancestors.

They actively married with the local gentry, sang harmony with famous scholars and Confucians, revered Buddhism, donated bridges to build roads, and even paid half of the silk rent to help the victims. All of this is not only out of the urgent need for Zhu Yuexi's descendants to improve their image, but also out of their own sense of guilt. Now that the princes of the Shu clan have affirmed them, it means that the two historical tasks of recognizing their ancestors and washing away their stigma are expected to be completed during Zhu Zhiyu's reign.

This will be a great thing to write into the genealogy, of course Zhu Zhiyu will not refuse!

However, Li Zuocai, a famous man in Lizhou who was good friends with Zhu Zhijun, and the great-grandson of Li Rugui, a native of Lizhou who served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household in the Jiajing Dynasty, changed Zhu Zhijun's decision.

Li Zuocai said, the world is in turmoil, and at the beginning of Shu Shizi's ascension to the palace, he needs support from Xiaozong. If Hua Fan can make this support more high-profile and more public, then Shu Shizi will definitely thank him again in the future. A mere remote wish, where can you see the great sect of the Shu Domain?

Because of this, Zhu Zhijun decided to take advantage of the arrival of the envoy of the prince of Shu to move the grand and grand welcome ceremony to be held outside the county king's mansion, not only to invite the gentry of the government to participate, but also to let the people of the whole city see it!

On the afternoon of the first day, Xiao Tan of Anfu sent someone to report to Zhu Zhilu, saying that the envoy from the sect sent by the prince of Shu had arrived. He left the messenger overnight, and inquired about the envoy's details and hobbies. When the prince was ready, he sent the messenger himself.

When Zhu Zhijun heard this, he hurriedly ordered the people of the county prince's mansion to mobilize, and ordered the eunuch Gao Fu to personally greet the clans and let them act according to the plan tomorrow.

However, in the evening, when everything was ready, Li Yuanliang, the commander of Jiuxiwei, came to the door in person to ask for a meeting, bringing news that he did not expect.

Note 1: The Jiuxi Wei Acropolis is in Jiangya Town, Cili County.

Note 2: The general location of the Ma Liao Institute is in present-day Zhangjiajie.

Note 3: Tianping Institute, the city is in today's Shimen County, Suojie Township.

Note 4: The founder of Jiuxiwei was Tan Tianlin, a general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, so the surname Tan is the surname of Jiuxiwei.