Looking at Peng Shan, Xiao Yao knew that although this person was a dangerous person who was unwilling to be lonely, he had not done anything that was contrary to the way of humanity. At least he didn't treat human life like King Miao and make blood sacrifices, nor did he act recklessly like the surnamed Kang.

Although he and the eldest lady will return to the Central Plains soon, before that, they have to make a decision on some things, and Peng Shan may be their best helper.

Whether facing King Miao, or facing the surnamed Kang, or even facing the Witch Temple, Xiao Yao always felt that the chaos in Miao Jiang was actually caused by the single-handedly promoted by these so-called big people.

Although he joined the shadow guard this time, there will be a lot of uncertainties in the future, and the problems he faces in the shadow guard will never be less, if the matter of Miao Jiang cannot be well concluded this time, then he will face many follow-up troubles after returning to the Central Plains, the most critical of which must be the death of Kang Qincha.

I can't completely hope for Dewey and Yingwei's protection of me, the death of the imperial court's Qincha in Miaojiang means that the imperial court has lost control of Miaojiang in some aspects, which is definitely intolerable to many bigwigs in the court, so the next relevant investigation will inevitably involve themselves.

This kind of investigation can be big or small, there are too many man-made problems, if the prime minister has a tendency in it, he may be in a predicament, Xiao Yao is not afraid of the prime minister's group, but the friends around him are powerless to resist.

Since this is the case, it is best to simply make Miao Jiang's problem more complicated, and to skew the final investigation results of the imperial court. And the most important thing in this is what Kang Qincha did in Miaojiang.

According to the information he had, this Kang Qincha had scavenged so much silver in Miaojiang, and now with Kang Qincha's death, the silver and Qincha Guanfang were in his hands, and these were the opportunities he could take advantage of now.

"Little Wangye, I don't know what you think of the current situation?" Xiao Yao made up his mind and decided to invest a little money in this Peng Shan.

"Last time in the Phoenix Mountain Palace, Xiao Wang listened to Brother Xiao's lofty words and admired him very much, and now Miao Jiang is decisive, Xiao Wang has no choice but to come to the door again to ask for advice." Peng Shan obviously knew that Xiao Yao had come to Xizhou with Dewey along the way, and had also helped Dewey's cavalry to get through the arrow tower sentry, so he decided to ask himself for advice at this time, and it seemed that he had listened to what he said last time.

"The situation is changing, although the wind and clouds will meet, but it is also a change in the general trend, in fact, the contradiction between Miao Jiang and the imperial court has been a long time, this time it is just a concentrated outbreak, I don't know what role the little prince wants to play in it?" Xiao Yao began to test Peng Shan.

"Brother Xiao, although Xiao Wang is known as the prince of Peng, but in the eyes of the court officials, he is just the son of Tusi in a remote area, and he is not qualified to call himself the king at all. It's just that Miao Jiang is in chaos, Xiao Wang doesn't know where the Paradise is, and he still hopes that Brother Xiao will give him some advice. ”

Hearing Peng Shan's words, Xiao Yao immediately understood the meaning, this guy first wanted to correct the name of Miao Territory Tusi to the imperial court, that is to say, he comprehensively opposed the reform of the land advocated by many people in the imperial court, and it seems that he also hopes to obtain a social status equal to the actual rights, so naturally he wants to get the official canonization of the royal title by the imperial court.

In the past, although Tusi claimed to be the king, the administrative rank has always been the same level as the local officials who control the same area, in other words, the rank of King Peng is a governor from the second rank, which is very different from those princes and county kings in the imperial court.

Although Peng's Tusi himself controlled the appointment and dismissal of officials, the collection of finance and taxes, and even some independent armies, he still had a lot less troops than the governor of a province in the Central Plains.

The army under the jurisdiction of the governor of a province often has two parts: battalion soldiers and government soldiers, and the Jiangnan battalion in Huzhou, which is closest to Xizhou, is the battalion under the command of the governor of Jiangnan Province. The battalion soldiers are generally directly under the Ministry of War, and the governors of each province are also under the control of the Ministry of War, and various expenditures are also allocated by the Ministry of War, so the governor is only responsible for daily training, but the command and transfer power of this part of the army directly belongs to the central government.

The government soldiers are the local armed forces used by the province to maintain law and order and eliminate bandits in the territory, so they are generally led by the governor, and at the same time, a three-rank commander is set up to be responsible for daily management and training.

Then the Tusi soldiers managed by the Peng Tusi are actually equivalent to the government soldiers, and since the imperial court is not without garrisons in Miaojiang, the military forces of the four Tusi mansions have been closely monitored and suppressed by the imperial court.

At this time, this problem of Pengshan is equivalent to improving the legal status of Pengshan Tusi, which is almost equivalent to splitting the soil as the king. If such a thing happens, then Miaojiang will become a veritable vassal state from the original Tusi escrow, which means that the court has lost the right to directly interfere in Miaojiang's affairs.

The opposite sex is not crowned king, this is the iron law of the imperial court, Peng Shan actually wants to make a fuss about this, and it is really not small.

It's just that Xiao Yao hopes that this is exactly the case, if Peng Shan is content with the status quo, then what he thinks will be meaningless, the more ambitious this guy is, the more likely the situation he expects to appear will be realized.

As for what the opposite sex does not crown the king, it is a taboo thing for those bigwigs in the court, and it is about themselves.

"Little prince, if the heart is quiet, the world will be quiet, and peace of mind is a happy land, so why look elsewhere?" Xiao Yao began to lose Peng Shan's appetite.

Hearing this, Peng Shan smiled slightly, and didn't mind Xiao Yao at all for saying nothing, but put on a look of talking about Zen and Taoism, and replied: "Brother Xiao is really elegant, but Xiao Wang is vulgar, it is difficult to understand the wonder of mountains and flowing water, and it is difficult to explore the wonder of the peach blossom source, so he will hesitate here, and it is difficult to make a decision." ”

Xiao Yao naturally knew that this Peng Shan was pretending, since he had the ambition to be the king of the soil, he had already had various plans and plans, and now he came to ask himself, just hoping that he would give him some advice from the perspective of a third party.

At the same time, the imperial court now restricts the entry and exit of grain and salt and iron in Miaojiang, which is also restricting the basic living conditions of Miaojiang, and militarily it seems that it has controlled the supply of grain and grass in Miaojiang, but in fact there is a big hidden danger.

The lack of food in Miaojiang is mainly the remote tribes in the hinterland of Miaojiang, and the Peng's Tusi who sits in Xizhou is obviously not among them, so the imperial court overturned a boatload of people with such a rod, which is to push those remote tribes to the opposite side, and directly oppose the entire Miaojiang and the imperial court.

The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel.

This seems to be a military move, but it is extremely dangerous in politics, Miao Jiang is a plate of loose sand, even if the king of Miao is difficult to gather, but if you face the problem of food shortage, then this plate of loose sand will gather into a tower and unite with the outside world.

Xiao Yao believed that Peng Shan must have seen this, so he would have the above words, and he would have the intention of taking the opportunity to tear the soil as the king.

"Little Wangye, I heard that Huzhou's specialty sturgeon tastes extremely delicious, spawning in March, small fish entering the river in May, three years later, Shuoshui went upstream, re-entered the upper reaches of the river to spawn, I wonder if the little prince is willing to share it with others?"

Xiao Yao pointed out that Xizhou is in the middle of the river to the upstream of the transfer point area, if the imperial court's sailors go up the river, it will be close to Xizhou, and will block Xizhou's water transportation.

"Although this sturgeon is delicious, it takes three years to mature, and it also needs to be along the river, and it can be barely caught in my Xizhou, but the 100,000 mountains and various mountain treasures in my Miao Jiang are the favorites of all ethnic groups in Miao Jiang, nine streams and eighteen streams, and the mountains and mountains are different, so if there is a chance, Xiao Wang must take the Xiao brothers to taste them one by one." Peng Shan began to introduce the mountain treasures of Miaojiang.

Of course, Xiao Yao understood Peng Shan's extraneous voice, that is, Peng's Tusi would not rely on the river to fight hard with the imperial court, but would choose to enter the mountain and deal with the imperial court, even if Xizhou City was lost, then the imperial court would not be able to control the nine streams and eighteen mountains of Miao Jiang, but this was an opportunity for Peng's toast to take the opportunity to control the nine streams and eighteen mountains.

Now that King Miao is showing weakness, the Witch Temple is self-enclosed, and King Yao and King Dong are relatively remote, which is simply an excellent opportunity for Peng's Tusi to dominate the main areas of Miao Xinjiang. It's just that this qiē has a premise, that is, the imperial army presses the border, and even sends troops to Miaojiang.

If this is the case, the Peng Tusi will have the legitimacy to enter the four Miao regions, and only then will they be able to unite those small tribes and Tusi.

Now the imperial court has only tightened the control of the flow of goods in Miaojiang, but it has not gone that far, and the most important thing is that some people in the imperial court advocate the gradual reform of the land in Miaojiang.

Changing the land and returning to the stream, nominally incorporating the management of Miaojiang into the bureaucratic management system of the imperial court, but in fact, it is to turn raw seedlings into mature seedlings, and confiscate the rights of the Tusi of various tribes, so how can these Tusi of Miaojiang, who have lasted for thousands of years, agree.

It's just that the most important thing in this is that the imperial court is the representative of the Han people in the eyes of the Miao people, and the change of land and return to the stream means that the Han people directly rule the Miao people, so that it will directly rise to a national contradiction, and it is not a simple matter of appointing a few local officials.

The original intention of those people in the imperial court was not necessarily to improve the lives of the people of all ethnic groups in Miaojiang, but to take a fancy to the annual tax income enjoyed by the Tusi of Miaojiang.

Therefore, the imperial court will have the intention of changing the land and returning to the stream, and Kang Qincha came to Miaojiang this time to fight for this front station, but it has been made like this.

And what Peng Shan means now is that Peng's Tusi is not afraid of war, which shows that they have prepared for the worst.

Since war is inevitable, all we have to think about now is when and where to go to war.