Ye Xiaotian and Li Shifu were almost driven out of the mansion by Governor Zhang, and as soon as they left the mansion, they saw that the entourage who accompanied them to Mercury Mountain was already waiting outside the mansion, and this kind of efficiency was really breathtaking.

According to the imperial court's policy of "subduing raze to raze", as long as the chieftain submits to the imperial court, the official position and territory can be hereditary, and he can establish a government office in his own territory, administer independently, and manage the cultivation and taxation of the village step by step; Recruit and raise the generals and soldiers; Establishment of civilian personnel.

Therefore, although the soldiers sent by Zhang Zhifu were wearing Ming military uniforms, they were actually Zhang Zhifu's private soldiers, and Zhang Zhifu sent nearly 100 people to go to Mercury Mountain with Ye Xiaotian and Li Shi, and these two people were equivalent to two envoys sent by Zhang Zhifu.

From the perspective of official position, Li has a higher level, but since this matter is led by Ye Xiaotian, then he is the leader of course. Li Shi had no intention of competing with him in this matter, this trip to Mercury Mountain was more auspicious, who was responsible for the greatest risk, and he wished that Ye Xiaotian would bear it.

Ye Xiaotian always felt that Governor Zhang was in such a hurry to send them away, not because the Mercury Mountain was already so urgent, but because Governor Zhang was worried that after he learned about the situation in the Mercury Mountain, he would cry and cry his mother and refuse to go.

Ye Xiaotian took six of his own guards and more than 100 men and horses out of the city, he rode in the same car with Li Experience, and asked very sincerely: "Li Experience, where is this Mercury Mountain, what happened there, and I hope to give you advice." ”

It's no wonder that Ye Xiaotian doesn't know, the information is not convenient in this era, Ye Xiaotian hasn't even seen the map of Guizhou Province, even if he has heard of some places, he may not be able to figure out the direction, let alone the mercury mountain that he had no impression of before.

This is true geographically, and the same is true in humanities, for example, he is already known to everyone in Huxian County. But in Tongren, except for some well-intentioned people, most people have never heard of his Ye Xiaotian's name, and not everyone cares about the change of officialdom.

Li experienced such a thankless errand in vain, and he was not troubled, but after all, he also had to go to Mercury Mountain, and there were some things that Ye Xiaotian knew in his heart, and it also saved him from not knowing the depth and causing any trouble to affect him, so Li Shishi still told Ye Xiaotian the truth.

This mercury mountain is located between Shiqian and Tixisi. Tixi Division belongs to Tongren Mansion, and Shiqian Division belongs to Shiqian Mansion, so this mercury mountain is actually at the junction of the two provinces. Mercury Mountain is rich in dansha. Dansha can be used as pigments, medicinal materials, and mercury, which is an extremely important mineral.

During the Warring States Period, there was a widow Qing in the Bashu area, and because the family owned a Dan sand mine, she was rich enough to rival the country. Even Qin Shi Huang treated her very politely, and specially built a "Huaiqing Terrace" for her.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the fuse of the war between Sinan and Sizhou, the two Tian envoys, was to compete for a Dan sand mine. Emperor Yongle took the opportunity to send troops to intervene, thus splitting Sinan and Sizhou into eight prefectures, weakening the power of Tian's Tusi, which shows the huge profits of Dan sand mines.

In fact, the output of mercury shander mine is not very large. But for the local small toast, this is no less than a mountain of gold, but the ownership of the mercury mountain is now a confused account. The reason for the lack of attribution is unclear. Because the women of the Tusi family also have the right to inherit, some territories are often transferred with the marriage of women.

Ordinary people or Han officials have other women in addition to their wives, that is a concubine, the status of concubines and wives is equivalent to the difference between master and servant, concubines are private property bought by the family, while Tusi is not, he can marry multiple wives, just as the emperor can marry multiple concubines.

Although the status of these ladies is inferior to that of the main wife, it is far from being comparable to the concubines, they have great rights and freedoms, and they are not much worse than the Lady of the Palm Seal, to say the difference, that is, the heirs of the Lady of the Palm Seal have the right of priority inheritance.

Whether it is Mrs. Zhangyin or other ladies, they are all from noble families, and in order to reflect her nobility, they will marry many things, including the land she inherited, so there are often some territories that are poured between different toasts, and when they are upside down, they become a confused account, which is exactly the case with Mercury Mountain.

When Ye Xiaotian heard this, he secretly frowned, and said for a long time, it turned out to be a "family property dispute", as the saying goes, it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, this kind of thing is the most difficult to decide, no wonder Governor Zhang also felt a headache, and wanted to solve this matter as a reward for distributing silver.

Li Cheng frowned, and said reluctantly: "There are two toasts on the side of Mercury Mountain, one is the Zhan family and the other is the Yang family. ”

Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, and suddenly remembered Zhan Ning'er, but many families in Guizhou have been inherited for thousands of years and have branched out, such as the An family, and now there are at least more than 20 Tusi surnamed An in Guizhou, although the ancestors are all one family, but now their respective positions may not all be sent by the Shuixi clan.

Although the history of the Zhan family is not as long as that of the An family, and there should always be five or six Tusi surnamed Zhan, I don't know if the Zhan family mentioned by Li Experience is Zhan Ning'er's family. Ye Xiaotian interrupted Li Shishi's words and asked, "The exhibitor that Brother Li is talking about is the exhibitor who is known as one of the Eight King Kongs?" ”

Li Cheng sighed: "Exactly, if it weren't for such a tricky character, why bother with the prefect." ”

Ye Xiaotian was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect that the Zhan family was where he was going, maybe he would have a chance to meet Ning'er, she didn't realize anything when she was around, but she hadn't seen her for a long time, Ye Xiaotian really missed her a little, so she said diligently: "Li experience, please continue to talk." ”

Li said: "On this side of Mercury Mountain, there are also two toasts, one is the Guoji family and the other is the Yu family. ”

When Ye Xiaotian heard about the Guoji family, his heart moved again, Guoji's family? It can't be the family of Gokigron, if it's really him, then the road is narrow. It's just that seeing that Li Shi was already a little impatient, Ye Xiaotian didn't interrupt him this time.

Li said: "If you want to talk about the cause of this dispute, it is too early, it is said that more than two hundred years ago, at that time, the Mercury Mountain still belonged to the Yu family, and the Yu family had only one daughter in that generation, who married the Zhan family, so this Mercury Mountain was used as a dowry and returned to the Zhan family.

After another few decades, the descendants of the Guoji family had only one daughter in that generation, and she became a female toast. This female toast did not get married, but recruited a surplus. So, the little son of the Zhan family joined the Guoji family, and the Zhan family took the mercury mountain as a dowry, and since then it has returned to the Guoji family.

Twenty-eight years ago, the Guoji family married their daughter, and this mercury mountain was transferred to the Yang family as a dowry, and the head of the Yang family had already married a lady of Zhangyin before, who belonged to the Zhan family and had a son with him. After the death of this lady of the palm print. Only then did Xu Xian marry the woman of the Guoji family, and the woman also gave birth to a son for him. Not long ago, this Yang Tusi passed away, so the problem comes......"

Ye Xiaotian heard that his head was already as big as a bucket here, and he couldn't tell the difference between so many messy relationships, so he asked blankly, "What's the problem?" ”

Li said: "Yang Tusi died of a violent illness and did not leave a will, as a son-in-law, his two sons have the right to inherit, of course." The eldest son is here, so naturally the eldest son should be appointed to inherit his position as Tusi, but his second son also has the right to divide the land, not to mention that the current Mrs. Zhangyin is the biological mother of the second son. Of course, he has to fight for the good of his own son. ”

Ye Xiaotian was still confused, although he couldn't remember so many complicated relationships, he still barely remembered that the Guoji family and the Yu family belonged to the Tixi Division of Tongren Mansion, and the Zhan family and the Yang family belonged to Shiqian Mansion on the side of Mercury Mountain. Now the two sons of the Yang family are fighting for family property, and the Tongren Mansion is a!

Li Shi listened to Ye Xiaotian's question, and said twice: "There are many questions. First of all. The eldest son is the heir of the Tusi, and in the territory of this Yang Tusi, the Mercury Mountain produces the most wealth, and he is of course reluctant to give it to his half-brother.

But Mrs. Palm Print is the biological mother of the second son, and she tries her best to help her own son fight, the eldest son is raised by the current Mrs. Palm Print, and now his father's bones are not cold, he can't be disobedient and unfilial, and he is reluctant to hand over the mercury mountain, so he turned to his mother's uncle's house for help.

The maternal uncle of the Yang family is the Zhan family, of course the Zhan family has to help their own nephew, and besides, this mercury mountain is still their Zhan family who originally married to the Guoji family as a dowry, and now they have fallen into the Yang family, of course they are qualified to ask.

But that second son belonged to the Guoji family, and of course the Guoji family also had to help his nephew. Besides, this mercury mountain was directly sent to the Yang family by the Guoji family, so what reason is there not to let the nephew of the Guoji family inherit it? As a result, the Yang family, the Zhan family, and the Guoji family had disputes, and at this time, the Banzhou Yang family inserted another pole......"

Ye Xiaotianqi said: "What is the matter with the Yang family in Banzhou?" ”

Li said: "The Yang family in Shiqian Mansion is a branch of the Yang family in Banzhou, although there has been no contact for a long time, after all, they are the same ancestor. Now that the two brothers of the Yang family are in dispute, the Banzhou Yang family feels that this is a good opportunity to intervene, so they take the initiative to mediate as the main house. ”

Ye Xiaotian read the words, calculated for a long time, and said: "I understand, there are the Yu family and the Guoji family on this side of the Mercury Mountain, and there are the Yang family and the Zhan family on the other side of the Mercury Mountain. The two brothers of the Yang family had a dispute, and they found their uncle to help with the fist, the eldest found the person surnamed Zhan, and the second person found the surname Guoji, and the Yang family in Banzhou came uninvited to join in the fun, isn't that so? ”

Li Shixin said happily: "Ye Xiancheng is really smart, this is the case. ”

Ye Xiaotian said angrily: "That's the matter of our Tongren Mansion!" This dispute belongs to the Yang family on the side of Shiqian Mansion, and our Tongren Mansion is also the Guoji family, so the prefect will let the Guoji family withdraw? If the Guoji family doesn't agree, then let the Guoji family do things alone, why should Governor Zhang insist on interfering? ”

Li Shi coughed and said slowly: "Because, there is also a Tixi Yu family here." ”

Ye Xiaotian said suspiciously: "Didn't the Yu family marry out the Mercury Mountain as a dowry two hundred years ago, and now what does it matter to his Yu family?" ”

Li said: "Well, it's complicated to say, the upper toast has jurisdiction over the lower toast." Just like Governor Zhang is the lord of our Tongren, the toasts of all counties and counties in Tongren must obey his jurisdiction, but some small toasts may not belong directly to Governor Zhang, but are attached to other big toasts, and those big toasts are then attached to Governor Zhang, do you understand? ”

Ye Xiaotian has been in Guizhou for a long time, and he understands this a little. This kind of relationship is a bit similar to the Western feudal vassal system, which is divided into feudals and subordinated to each other in turn, and the subordinate relationship only exists between the two adjacent noble ranks, and cannot be subordinated beyond the ranks.

That is to say, you are my feudal lord, I am his feudal lord, he is only responsible for me, I don't need to pay attention to you, but I am responsible for you, and I don't need to pay attention to the more powerful Tusi than you belong to. This relationship is clearly illustrated by a medieval European proverb: "A vassal of my vassal is not my vassal." ”

Li experienced seeing Ye Xiaotian nodding, and said with a smile: "You understand, Tixi Yujia is the lower Tusi of Tongren Yu's family, nominally, the land of Tixi Yu's family belongs to Tongren Yu's family, although Tongren Yu's family does not have direct ownership of Mercury Mountain, but whoever owns Mercury Mountain should be his subordinate toast, do you understand?" ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "Understood! ”

Li said: "But now the Yang Tusi family, who is in control of the Mercury Mountain, does not belong to Tongren Mansion, but to Shiqian Mansion, how can they fulfill their subordinate obligations?" This problem was originally no problem in the era of Sizhou and Sinan and Bafu, anyway, everyone is the same master - Tian.

At that time, the Mercury Mountain belonged to you, and it was up to you to offer offerings to the master of the Tian family, but now that the Tusi of each province is gradually out of the control of the Tian family, and the Tongren Mansion and the Shiqian Mansion have their own ownership, this account must be calculated clearly. So, the Yu family also wants to take advantage of this chaos to get the mercury mountain back, do you understand this time? ”

Ye Xiaotian looked at Li Shi directly, and there seemed to be an old monk chanting scriptures in his ears: "Once upon a time, there was a mountain, there was a temple on the mountain, and there was an old monk in the temple. The old monk told the story to the little monk: Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple on the mountain, and there was an old monk in the temple......"

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