The Ningxia Wei mentioned by Chen Dao actually refers to the area of Ningxia Town, which is today's Yinchuan area. In Ningxia Town, in addition to Ningxia Wei, there are several Wei, such as Ningxia Qianwei, Ningxia Zuotunwei, Ningxia Right Tunwei, Ningxia Zhongtunwei, etc., which have no affiliation with each other and are all under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Dusi. In the surrounding area of Ningxia Town, there are several guards such as Ningxia Pingyu, Xingwuying, Lingzhou, Ningxia Qunmu, etc., which together form the northern gateway of Shaanxi Dusi and prevent the invasion of the northern Mongolian tribes.

Due to the remoteness of Ningxia Town and the complexity of the military-political relationship, the Ming court specially set up a Ningxia governor in Ningxia Town as the highest local military and political governor.

Today, Ningxia Governor Dang Xin was very unhappy, because he heard someone come to complain, saying that Ningxia Wei's soldiers were harassing the people and robbing the people's property, and Ningxia Weidu commanded the envoy Bi Chengen and even robbed a people's daughter as a concubine.

"Call me!" Dang Xin commanded his subordinates.

The city of Ningxia is not big, and after a while, Bibai, who has the title of deputy chief soldier, rode a horse to the governor's yamen. He dismounted outside the yamen, threw the horse to his guards, and then strode into the yamen and came to the court of Dang Xin.

"Your Majesty, please see the Governor." Bow and salute.

Dang Xin sat behind the public case, looking at the tall beep like a black tower, and was very unhappy.

This Bibai was originally a small Tatar chieftain, but because of a conflict with the big chief of the tribe, he led his troops to defect to Ningxia officers and soldiers and became a general. Because of his strong martial arts and brave combat, he made many military exploits, and his official rank was constantly promoted, and he finally became the hereditary commander of Ningxia Wei.

Two years ago, Liang Wenmeng, then the governor of Ningxia, felt that Bibai's power was too great and was worried that something would happen, so he asked the imperial court to give Bibai the title of deputy commander-in-chief, as a condition for him to leave the army. Since Bibai's position was hereditary, after he left his post, his eldest son Bi Chengen inherited the position and became the commander of Ningxia Wei.

Although nominally retired, Bibai is still in power. Because Ningxia Wei was the most powerful among the Ningxia guards, Zhang Jizhong, the chief military officer of Ningxia, had also become an empty shelf, and he could not control the situation in Ningxia Town at all.

After Dang Xin took over as governor of Ningxia, he tried to weaken the power of Bibai in various ways, but with little success. In many cases, the things around Ningxia Town still need to rely on Bibai to solve, and Dang Xin really can't do things better. What made Dang Xin even more annoyed was that some time ago, the imperial court sent a royal historian named Zhou Honghe to inspect the border affairs of Ningxia, and he didn't know what soup this old man was poured into by Bibai, but he actually attached great importance to Bi Jiajun, and after returning to the imperial court, he praised Bi Chengen and Tu Wenxiu, Bi Yun and others under Bi Bai as generals, and suggested that they should be reused, which made it difficult for Dang Xin to curb Bibai's forces.

A month ago, the police in Lintao and Hezhou in Gansu Province reported that they had been invaded by the Tatar Ministry. Dang Xin had always distrusted Bibai, knowing that the discipline of the Bijia army was corrupt, and if he sent them on the expedition, he might take the opportunity to plunder the people's property, so he rejected Bibai's request.

Bibai couldn't get support from Dang Xin, so he turned to Zheng Luo. Zheng Luo was worried that there were no soldiers to send, and when he saw that Bibai took the initiative to ask for help, how could it be unreasonable, so he immediately agreed to Bibai's request.

Dang Xin had no choice but to let him go, but as he expected, Bibai drove away the Tatars, and by the way, he also ransacked the people along the way, making people resentful.

"Bibai, this time your ministry is going west to Lintao, how did the official explain to you before leaving?" Dang Xin asked with a calm face.

"The governor has repeatedly told us not to disturb the people." Bibai replied.

"Did you do it?" Dang Xin asked.

"I have asked the dog to strictly control the soldiers, and my department has not committed any offence against the people along the way." Bibai replied without blinking. Of course, he knew in his heart what his subordinates had done, but he didn't care, so he blatantly pretended to be stupid in front of Dang Xin, and he expected that Dang Xin would have nothing to do with him.

Dang Xin didn't expect Bi Bai to be such a scoundrel, this is simply talking nonsense with his eyes open. So many people have brought the lawsuit to the governor's yamen, and Bibai can say that Qiu has not committed such a crime.

"You put ...... ...... "Dang Xin wanted to scold "fart", but felt that it was not appropriate to say such foul words in his own identity, so he swallowed the latter word back vigorously and said: "Do you dare to say that you are asking for what kind of dog you are, Bi Chengen robbed the people's daughter as a concubine on the way to the west, and you don't know about it?" ”

"Robbing? No, I also saw my son's new concubine, she and my son are in love, and there is no reluctance. Bibai said.

"This woman has already promised to marry someone else, and there is a marriage contract. Now that the marriage contract is in my hands, can you still deny it? Dang Xin slapped the table with a crackling sound, he was really angry.

Bi Bai was very unimpressed with Dang Xin's actions, but he still had to pretend to be on his face, he lowered his head and said: "So that's the case, but the officials don't know about this matter." ”

"As an official of the imperial court, robbing the people's daughters, worship, how do you say this matter should be punished?" Dang Xin grabbed a handle and bit it.

"He deserves a heavy penalty." He said, "When the subordinate goes back, he will be severely punished with 20 military sticks to set an example." ”

Dang Xin said: "Don't wait for you to go back, the official has already sent someone to call him." Since you said that you want to beat 20 military sticks, you can arrange for someone to carry out the execution. ”

"This ......" Bi Bai was dumb for a while, he didn't expect Dang Xin to be so tough.

As soon as he entered the lobby in a daze, he heard Dang Xin ordering to the left and right: "Come on, drag Bi Chengen down and take 20 military sticks seriously." ”

"Your Excellency...... Father! What's going on? The second monk couldn't touch his head, and when he saw his own father standing aside silently, he couldn't help but shout.

Bibai's face changed suddenly, and he had a heart attack, but he couldn't find the reason. The matter of the 20 military stick was said by himself, originally just to perfunctory Dang Xin, but who expected to be caught by Dang Xin. Now, he couldn't say anything against it, so he could only watch as the servants on both sides pulled Bi Chengen down, and after a while, the sound of execution and Bi Chengen's call came.

Dang Xin wanted to attack the father and son of the Bi family, but it was not a matter of one or two days. The father and son of the Bi family control the soldiers and horses of Ningxia Wei, and they have some power, but Dang Xin is convinced that Bi Bai does not dare to do anything with him as a governor. After all, there are other guards in Ningxia Town, so is it difficult to dare to rebel?

This time, the Bijia army marched westward, and Dang Xin did not approve of it. Now that he has caught the crime of harassing the people, if he doesn't punish the father and son of the Bijia family well, won't these people be even more lawless in the future?

The twenty military sticks went down, and Bi Chengen's ** was beaten to the point that his skin was broken. The officer carried him back to the court and threw him on the ground. Bibai watched his son's tragic condition from the sidelines, and felt distressed, but he was very deep and knew that he needed to be patient at this time, so he still stood still with an indifferent look on his face.

"Bi Chengen, do you know why this official beat you?" Dang Xin sat behind the public case and asked arrogantly.

"I don't know what I do." Bi Chengen replied. The matter of robbing people's daughters is commonplace for Bi Chengen, who would have expected that Dang Xin would beat him for such a thing. He is also a dignified commander, and it is really a great shame to be beaten like this.

Dang Xin pointed and bowed, and said: "This is the result of my discussion with the deputy commander-in-chief, and it was the deputy commander-in-chief who proposed that you should be heavily punished with 20 military sticks." ”

"Dad, is that so?" Bi Chengen looked at Bi Bai in wonder.

Bibai nodded to his son, and did not explain the reason before and after, he bowed his hand to Dang Xin and said: "Bibai Xie Governor teaches the dog a lesson, if there is nothing else, the lower official will leave with the dog first." ”

"Go, after you go back, take a good look at the behavior of the soldiers on your western expedition this time, and those soldiers who harass the people must be held accountable." Dang Xin said.

Bi Chengen was beaten, but he didn't know what was going on, seeing his father's attitude, he also knew that he couldn't turn his face with Dang Xin. He reluctantly stood up, saluted Dang Xin, and then limped out of the governor's yamen with a bow.

Outside the yamen, a family member of the Bi family had already greeted him, lifted Bi Chengen on a soft stretcher, and returned to Bifu. Bibai rode his horse beside the stretcher, his face pale.

"Dad, what's going on today?" Bi Chengen asked while lying on the stretcher.

He said: "Dang Xin used the topic to play, and wanted to use this to warn my father and son. ”

"What does this surnamed party want to do? When we were on our way, he was in a dilemma with us, and exchanged our horses for those who were lacking, and withheld our wages. Now you dare to do it to me, doesn't this take my family in your eyes? Bi Chengen said indignantly.

He said: "At the beginning, Liang asked Meng to be his father, just to weaken the power of our Bijia army, but he didn't dare to come openly. This Dang Xin went further than Liang Wenmeng. I have been born and died for the imperial court, and have made so many military exploits, and the imperial court is now going to unload the mill and kill the donkey. ”

"Damn, the court won't let us get better, and we won't let the court get better, if we get in a hurry, we'll turn it back!" Bi Chengen said viciously.

The people who carried the stretcher for Bi Chengen were all loyal members of the Bi family, and the education of the father and son of the Bi family was to be loyal to the Bi family, not to the imperial court. Such rebellious words, the father and son of the Bi family have said many times in the past, and this time Bi Chengen threatened to rebel, and the family members did not feel strange or panicked at all.

"It's not time yet." Bibai said, "Ningxia Town has more than one of our guards, we can't make the climate alone, we have to wait." ”

"Then wait a little longer, when the time is ripe, I must kill Dang Xin and avenge today's revenge!" Bi Chengen said through gritted teeth. (To be continued.) )