On the platform of the station, Zhu Xieyuan, Qin Liangyu and other officials in Beijing talked with Zhou Yanru. Qin Liangyu soon saw her son Ma Xianglin standing behind Zhou Yanru, and her face suddenly showed a happy look.

Zhou Yanru, who was good at observing, followed Qin Liangyu's gaze and said to her clearly: "The Loyal Marquis and General Ma haven't seen each other for almost a year, you might as well go back to the mansion to talk about your family affection first, and Senior Zhu and Anwei Tusi will be received by this official, which is also what Your Majesty meant." ”

Qin Liangyu only thought for a moment when he heard this, then said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty is sympathetic to the old body, then the old body is better to obey your fate respectfully, and tomorrow the old body will go to the palace to thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

Under the farewell of Zhou Yanru and Zhu Xieyuan and others, Qin Liangyu and his family left the platform first, got into several carriages brought by Ma Xianglin, and returned to Wu'anhou Hutong in the city.

This time, Qin Liangyu and Zhu Xieyuan went to Beijing with the surrendered Shuixi An's Tusi, firstly, to report to the imperial court on the pacification of the Lu'an Rebellion, and to ask for merit for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who conquered the Shuixi Tusi; The second is to report to the imperial court.

Whether it was Zhu Xieyuan's title of governor of the five provinces, or Qin Liangyu's official army in most of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan, they had to give the two the power to control most of the southwest in order to deal with the rebellion.

Now that the two rebellious Tusi have been quelled, there is naturally a voice in the DPRK to reclaim their authority and readjust their positions.

Compared with Zhu Xieyuan, who is in his sixties, the officials of the DPRK and China are more worried about Qin Liangyu, the governor of the southwest prefecture and the governor of Shizhu Tusi. Zhu Xie was old and frail in the first year, but he could always hold himself and not be confused by power.

But as a woman and Qin Liangyu, who is a toast, the officials in the court are a little uncertain. The Baigan soldiers under his command are already a few strong soldiers in the southwest, coupled with the allocation of resources under the control of the Southwest Governor's Office, the strength in Qin Liangyu's hands is definitely only stronger than that of Shuixi Tusi.

In addition, the former stone pillar Tusima Qiancheng was wrongfully accused by the eunuchs in the palace and died in prison. Therefore, when Zhu Xieyuan received the news that the rebellion of Hao'an had been completely pacified, the ministers of the cabinet began to suggest to Chongzhen that it was necessary to weaken the power in the hands of Qin Liangyu in order to avoid a situation in which Shizhu Tusi dominated Sichuan.

Both Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu are politically sensitive figures, and when public opinion in the court has not yet been transmitted back to the southwest, both of them have successively issued a recital to the imperial court to resign from their current positions, to show that they have no ambition to seize power.

However, Chongzhen's attitude has always been very subtle, he did not listen to the advice of the court ministers, and agreed to the resignation of the two. did not issue an edict to let the two of them take up their posts with peace of mind, but asked the two of them to take the surrendered Shuixi Tusi to Beijing for a trip.

After the New Year, the news of Jin's invasion of Guannei reached Sichuan, and Qin Liangyu ordered his nephew Qin Yiming and his son Ma Xianglin to bring 3,000 white pole soldiers to aid the Beijing Division. Although this army did not catch up with the battle with Houjin in the end, Chongzhen still ordered Ma Xianglin and 500 white pole soldiers to be left in the capital to teach the new army the experience of mountain warfare.

Therefore, when Qin Liangyu received Chongzhen's edict, he simply took his nephew Qin Gongming, his daughter-in-law and two grandsons with him, which can be regarded as visiting relatives in Beijing.

Qin Liangyu, daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi, son Ma Xianglin, and two grandsons, Ma Wannian and Ma Wanchun, all sat in the same carriage.

Seeing the family sitting together, Qin Liangyu's eyebrows finally dissipated that heroic spirit and became kind. Like an ordinary mother, she looked at her son, who was sitting opposite her, and asked.

"How's your eyes, do they still hurt? This northern diet can still be eaten habitually..."

Under this series of questions, Ma Xianglin felt a little uncomfortable, he subconsciously touched the blindfold covering his left eye with his hand, and then replied with some relief: "Your Majesty has found several doctors to show me this eye, and now it is much better than in the past, as long as you change a piece of cotton wool every day, it is basically fine..."

While Ma Xianglin answered his mother's question, he also carefully shook the hand of his wife sitting next to him, hoping to reassure her. Nine-year-old Ma Wannian didn't pay attention to his father's words, he carefully leaned in front of the glass car window, watching the new and strange scenes in the capital.

For him, this trip to the north was so interesting, coming out of the mountains that he could never see, he saw the wide and turbulent Yangtze River, the rhododendron bushes on the river bank that could not be seen at a glance, and the Central Plains where he could not see a mountain peak for days and nights...

But what fascinated him the most was the novelty called the horse-drawn railway, which ran on two railroad tracks, faster than a horse-drawn carriage, and did not bump. For him, who felt sore from riding in a horse-drawn carriage, there was nothing more satisfying for him than this horse-drawn railway.

Just when Ma Wannian was fascinated by the streets that were different from his hometown, Qin Liangyu and her son's daily routines were almost the same, she suddenly changed the topic, and asked her son cautiously: "You have also met Your Majesty a few times, in your eyes, what kind of person do you think Your Majesty is?" ”

Ma Xianglin was stunned for a moment, and thought for a long time before whispering back: "Does Your Majesty feel for your son?" Gentle, laughing, much more approachable than those clan children in Sichuan..."

Ma Xianglin's answer didn't help Qin Liangyu much, but she also knew that her son had a rough personality, he liked to rush and fight on the battlefield, and he didn't like to ponder people's hearts, so he lost an eye. Qin Liangyu changed the topic again, and stopped trying to discuss the emperor's character with his son.

The next day, in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youzhen met with Zhu Xieyuan, Qin Liangyu, and An Wei, accompanied by officials in addition to the cabinet and the military department, as well as Sun Chengzong and Mao Yuanyi.

According to the ceremonial procedures, Zhu Xieyuan and Qin Liangyu successively stated to the emperor and everyone that the experience of pacifying the Shuixi clan in the past two years, and then Shuixi Tusi Anwei sent a letter of apology to Chongzhen, and then waited for the imperial court to release Shuixi and the An family.

For the disposal of Shuixi Tusi, the cabinet has already made a decision, that is, the 48 eyes of Shuixi are divided into 12 streams, the six eyes outside the water are changed to the soil and returned to the stream, all the people of Shuixi are changed to Han surnames, and schools are set up in Shuixi, and the school-age children in the 12 small Tusi families must receive education, and the successors of Tusi must first obtain a certificate of education above secondary school in the future.

In addition, the Guizhou Propaganda Division was changed to the Shuixi Propaganda Division, and the position was still the Shuixi Tusi and Xuanwei Envoy. However, after Zhang Ruitu read these terms to Shuixi Tusi Anwei, who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Youzhen looked at the young Anwei and suddenly asked.

"Anwei, your father and ancestor disobeyed the imperial court and used swords and soldiers in vain, causing heavy casualties among civilians in Guizhou and Sichuan. Tell me how you should govern after you return to Shuixi, so as to prevent Shuixi from rebelling against the court again in the future? ”

The teenage An Wei knelt on the ground and trembled, he didn't know how to answer Chongzhen's question at all, although the two middle-aged people kneeling behind him wanted to answer on his behalf, but after all, they were afraid of angering the emperor and didn't dare to speak out.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense for a while, and Zhu Youzhen finally asked again impatiently: "Anwei, you are reluctant to answer, is it possible that your Shuixian clan's surrender is a fraud?" Do you want to deceive the army of the imperial court and then rebel? ”

Anwei was so limp as mud that he couldn't even speak. The man kneeling behind him on the left finally couldn't help but say aloud: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it's not like that. My Shuixi clan is indeed sincere to surrender to the imperial court, and has no intention of continuing to rebel, if there is a lie, please ask His Majesty the Emperor to cut off my skull..."

Looking at the middle-aged man who kept kowtowing hard and swearing by curses, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" How dare you speak up for Anwei? ”

The middle-aged man immediately replied: "The villain is sent by Lu Yong, the maternal uncle of An, and what the villain said is the truth." It's just that An is young, and it is difficult to speak out in front of His Majesty the Emperor's heavenly might, so the villain has to speak out. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked down at An Wei and asked, "An Wei, is what he said the truth?" ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, An Wei nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, what my uncle said is what Xiaochen meant, Xiaochen was a little flustered and didn't know what to say." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the throne for a long time before he spoke: "Okay, then Lu Yong sent you to tell me, how should this Shuixi be governed in the future, so that it will not become a place outside the law and rebel against the imperial court again?" If you don't say it well, I won't easily forgive you for the sin of interfering without permission. ”

Lu Yongji, who was already bruised and swollen on his forehead, had no time to feel the pain on his forehead, his mind was spinning nervously, and he said: "The villain thinks that after returning to Shuixi, he will first implement the orders of the imperial court..."

What Lu Yongji said was nothing new, but he retold the method of the imperial court to deal with Shuixi that Zhang Ruitu had just recited. His memory is really good, and he actually retold it in such a situation.

After Zhu Youzhen listened, he pondered for a while before he said in a soothing tone: "I can't imagine that in the land of Shuixi, there are people like you who are dedicated to the imperial court. Well, what you just said is good, Anwei, what do you think of your uncle's policy of governing Shuixi? ”

Whether it was a position or the two middle-aged people behind him, they were all relieved. An Wei hurriedly replied: "Xiaochen also thinks that what his uncle said is very good, and after Xiaochen goes back, he will definitely do what his uncle said." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "You are young after all, even if you go back, my clansmen will probably find it difficult to listen."

It's better to stay in the capital and study hard, learn how to govern the local education, and when you become an adult, you can go back to Shuixi to exercise the power of Tusi.

During the period when you were studying in the capital, I saw that there was a deputy envoy under the Shuixi Propaganda Envoy, and your uncle would serve as this deputy envoy, how would you manage the government affairs of Shuixi during your absence?

In addition, the reason why Shuixi is too far away from the imperial court is because the roads in Shuixi and the outside world are different and there is not enough communication, so I will set up a construction department in the Shuixi Propaganda Department to build and maintain local road traffic, what do you think? ”

Although the Lu'an Rebellion dealt a great blow to the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest region, it was also a disaster for the Tusi in Yongning and Shuixi. The Yongning region was completely changed and returned to the stream, and the warriors of the Shuixi region and the main battle faction of the An family were almost wiped out by force by the imperial court.

Especially when the official army began to arrest the people of Shuixi and sell them to Yunnan for mining, the population of Shuixi was declining sharply. The reason why Anwei was pushed to the position of Tusi is also because he was used by the clansmen as a scapegoat at the disposal of the imperial court.

Therefore, under Chongzhen's deterrence, An Wei accepted Chongzhen's suggestion without hesitation. The two An clan relatives who accompanied An Wei to Beijing, one was An Wei's uncle, and the other was just an ordinary An clan, so they naturally didn't dare to stop An Wei from accepting the emperor's suggestion on such an occasion.