The courtyard where Tian Binfei lives is opposite the courtyard where Tian Miaowen lives. The door was not locked, and there were no guards patrolling the courtyard, but no one dared to take a step beyond Lei Chi, in fact, many people in the Tian family did not know what was like inside this mansion adjacent to the ancestral shrine for the rest of their lives.

Every Tian family has worshiped the ancestral shrine, but not every Tian family has the opportunity to enter the long house, here is like the White Tiger Hall where the troops are dispatched, and it is like the cabinet center that gives orders, even the naughty little children of the Tian family who are not familiar with the world, go up the tree to dig the bird's nest, climb the dog hole to hide from the cat, will consciously avoid here, the family's admonition makes them understand since childhood, this is the supreme place of the Tian family.

Since Tian Binfei passed away, it was like an invisible lock here, no one had ever entered it, and the servants who originally lived in the house had also moved out of here. Tian Miaowen pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard, and saw a yellow leaf, with the flow of the wind as the door opened, gently rolling on the ground, like a sleeping soul suddenly woke them up.

It had been a long time since that day, but Tian Miaowen still felt an uncontrollable sadness when she stepped into this courtyard. She stood quietly in the courtyard for a long time, independent of the atrium, letting the yellow leaves rustle under her skirt.

After a long time, she moved lightly and walked to Tian Binfei's study. For a long time, under Tian Miaowen's orders, no one dared to trespass, so there were fewer people in this study who cleaned and wiped every day, but the room still seemed to be spotless.

There are priceless treasures on the Bogu shelf, priceless ancient paintings on the walls, a table, a chair, a few stools, all of which are ancient. This set of furniture, which was used by the head of the Tian family for generations, has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, and when the Tian family moved out of the old house, they moved here and built the study room as it was. I put it in as it was.

Tian Miaowen knelt down on the futon in front of the embossed beast face pattern lacquered wood case that Tian Binfei usually handled, gently stroked the embossed wood carving pattern on the edge of the desktop, remembered for a moment, sighed softly, touched the beads in the mouth of a special-shaped little beast on the desktop relief, and rolled gently.

The tabletop relief is an ancient beast pattern with an ancient style. There is a strange beast on each of the four horns, or it has two wings on its back, or it has claws like a dragon, and it has a wooden bead in its mouth. The bead is hollowed out and can be moved.

Tian Miaowen did not stroke at random, three circles on the left, two circles on the right, and one circle on the left, each time she chose a wooden texture on the wooden beads to stop at the place where the wooden texture of the desktop coincided. When the four wooden beads were moved in accordance with this, two of the four flying bear-like legs carrying the table under the table near the main seat "clicked", and each spit out a palm-sized piece of wood from his mouth.

Tian Miaowen took out the wooden block and put it on the table, two pieces of wood that looked unremarkable. When Tian Miaowen casually picked up the bronze candlestick on the side and gently topped it in the middle of the wooden block, a miracle appeared, and a cylinder was pushed out of the middle of the wooden block.

Tian Miaowen gently pulled down the two cylinders, and dexterously pulled, broken, and twisted with both hands, and with each movement, the wooden blocks in her hands changed, and these were not two complete wooden blocks. It was pieced together with a mortise and tenon structure, with Tian Miaowen's movements. It was constantly dismantled and turned into a pile of oddly shaped wood.

After the two pieces of wood were dismantled, there was a bunch of strange wood on the table, and Tian Miaowen began to assemble them one by one. She had learned how to combine the woods in this set, but she had used them too little before, so she was rusty.

It took a long time. The pile of wood was assembled in her hands to form a key, a wooden odd-shaped key. She picked up the key, walked over to the side of the shelf, took a deep breath, and inserted it into an irregular hole in the shelf that seemed to be used for decoration.

Turn three times firmly. The sound of heavy rails sounded on the wall on the side, and the wall was like a shoji door, slowly moving to one side, judging from the thick wall, inside the outer wooden plank, was a heavy iron door, and a row of hidden compartments appeared in the iron door, and a box was placed in each dark compartment.

These boxes were moved to the table by Tian Miaowen, and when they were opened, there was a choking smell, and each box contained anti-insect and mosquito medicines, Tian Miaowen took out a stack of documents from the box and put them on the table in different categories.

The Tian family's secret spy system, commercial system, the fields secretly purchased in the Central Plains, and the mines secretly controlled by the Tian family in the southwest......

The foundation of the Tian family is actually much greater than the power it exposes on the surface, just like a giant tree that has been sawn off, only a stump the size of a millstone is left on the ground, but the ground is still a huge root system.

Tian Miaowen did not open the last box, because the box could only be mastered by the head of the family, and the box contained connections, which were the huge connections that the Tian family had operated from generation to generation with money and favors.

Officials and gentlemen, three religions and nine streams, only when that person dies, everything about that person hidden in this box will be destroyed, otherwise whoever holds these secrets can let those people do things for him within their means.

Tian Miaowen didn't notice that the lacquer surface of this box was cleaner than the others, because the dark compartment was already very clean, and it was difficult to notice a slight difference.

She gently stroked everything placed on the table, these are the accumulation of the Tian family's hard work for generations, it is the ultimate strength of the Tian family, the edict of the Yongle Emperor has become an insurmountable barrier to the revival of the Tian family, but the Tian family has not been disappointed, it has been accumulating strength.

The test of Tian Jiaxin has reached the last moment, and with Tian Miaowen's wisdom, she already knows the only result. The process may be a little bumpy, but the ending is doomed, after this assessment, there are no obstacles on the road to Tian Jiaxin's ascension to the throne of the head of the family, and she can rest assured that she will hand over power.

"It's time to give them to Shijuro......"

Tian Miaowen sighed softly, her heart was empty, her brother who depended on her life was no longer alive, and the goal she had been fighting for since childhood was finally about to give up with her marriage, and it was inevitable that there would be a trace of loss in her heart......

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There are two major local officials' offices in Guiyang, note that this is not a separate business placed by the local officials in Guiyang, but a government office, which has the right to consult, hear, discuss, and make decisions on Guizhou's government affairs.

These two Tuguan Mansions, one is called Zhaiji, which is the first Tusi Mansion in Shuixi to comfort the family. The other is called the North Ya, which is the first Tusi in Shuidong to comfort the Song family. The two families have been together as ruling proclamators since the early years of Hongwu. Co-in charge of Guizhou affairs.

What's even more coincidental is that when the Shuixi Xuanwei envoy passed away, his son was young, and it was his palm print wife Xiangxiang who ruled at that time; And Song Qin, the consolation envoy of Shuidong, also passed away in the early years of Hongwu, because the child was young, and his wife Liu Shuzhen was in charge.

These two women became the supreme rulers of the local government in Guizhou at that time. Female rulers were more rational and softer in their governance, or perhaps for this reason, the local rulers of Guizhou at that time got along very well with the fierce-tempered Hongwu Emperor.

Since then, the relationship between the Song family and the imperial court has been very harmonious, until today, because the head of the Song family's generation is a heroic man who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and Ye Mengxiong, the superintendent appointed by the imperial court, is also a hero who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, after tearing apart the softness of the surface. The collision between the two was extremely intense.

In the North Ya, the atmosphere was very tense. When the head of the family, Song Yingming, came back from the Futai Yamen, the first thing he did was to announce that he would exempt himself from the position of head of the family, pass on his son Song Tiandao, and expel himself from the house, which could scare the people and horses left in Guiyang City by the Song family.

Song Tiandao saw that his father's face was blue and bright, and he was also frightened, and led everyone to kneel and beg for pleading. Song Yingming was resolute and did not change his words, and said coldly to his son: "Hongbian has twelve horse heads." The ten long lawsuits under the jurisdiction of Shuidong and Guizhu will all be handed over to you from today onwards, you are good at taking care of the family business, don't let your father down! ”

Song Tiandao didn't understand his father's plan, so he was so anxious that he kowtowed again and again: "Father, the son understands his father's plan." There are children. How can I let my father take such a risk, ask my son to remove his name from the family tree, and leave the matter of saving his little sister to his son! ”

Song Yingming patted the case and said: "Bastard! How easy it is to die! For his father's great age. How many years can you live, if you don't take on that heavy responsibility, do you want the old man to bear it? ”

As he was talking, the next person came to report, saying that Song Jiaxin, the fourteenth lang of the Liang Sitian clan, asked to see him. With Song Jiaxin's status, seeing that Song Tiandao was still reluctant, he was not qualified to see Song Yingming, but Song Tiandao was now eager for someone to break this deadlock, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Quick!" Please! No, I'll greet it myself! ”

Tian Jiaxin has thought through all the way, and the suggestions put forward are the best solution to ease the dispute between the Song family and Futai at present, and the interests of the Song family are not touched much.

In addition, he had already seen Ye Mengxiong before, and he had been in the sea, so his mentality was adjusted better, and when he walked into Shilutang and saw Song Yingming, his demeanor was much calmer. As soon as Tian Jiaxin saw Song Yingming, he bowed: "Little nephew Tian Jiaxin, I've seen Song Shibo!" ”

Song Yingming said lightly: "Tian Family Fourteen? What is the important thing for you to see the old man? ”

Tian Jiaxin said: "The little sister of the Song family was imprisoned for my eldest brother, and the Tian family is ashamed. The little nephew is here, firstly, I have thanked the Song family and the little sister of the Song family for their love for my Tian family, and secondly, I also want to contribute to the rescue of the little sister from prison! ”

Song Yingming's eyes froze: "Fourteen Lang is already the head of the Tian family of this generation?" ”

Tian Jiaxin straightened up and said without humility or arrogance: "Exactly!" ”

Of course, he has not officially become the head of the Tian family, although Tian Miaowen's attitude has been very clear, he has never sat firmly on the throne for a day, and he does not dare to call himself like this, but with Ye Xiaotian's negotiation, he also opened his mind, you can't be the master, why should people talk to you? If you want to interrupt, you have to be qualified, and sometimes well-intentioned deception is inevitable.

Although Tian Jiaxin's seniority is low, since he has become the head of the Tian family, he has the status of being on an equal footing with Song Yingming, Song Yingming glanced at him in surprise and said, "Virtuous nephew, please take a seat!" ”

Song Yingming invited Tian Jiaxin to sit in the guest position, and said in a deep voice: "The little girl was put in prison by Ye Mengxiong's old horseman, and the old man personally negotiated, the old horseman still refused to let go, how dare the virtuous nephew say anything, let the old horseman let him go?" ”

Tian Jiaxin smiled bitterly: "How can the little nephew have your uncle's big face?" It's just that the uncle cares about his beloved daughter, and he is a little anxious, speaking of which, the little sister of the Song family killed people on the street in Guiyang Mansion, and Lord Futai has no intention of embarrassing your uncle, but the prestige he has just established is quite embarrassing to be provoked by this.

My Tian family was killed by Wei Ye, and the Tian family is the bitter master. The bitter lord came forward, no matter how unsympathetic Lord Futai was, he had to think about one or two. After the little nephew's repeated mediation, Lord Futai was also afraid of angering you, the Shuidong Tiger, and decided to take a step back, so the little nephew Mao recommended himself and mustered up the courage to be the mediator of your two bosses. ”

"Ye Lao Pifu is willing to give in?"

If it is not a last resort. Song Yingming was willing to tear a fish and break the net, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking: "He doesn't inflict cane punishment on the little girl anymore?" What conditions does he want? ”

Tian Jiaxin said: "Ye Futai no longer makes excessive demands, and he is willing to immediately release the little sister of the Song family, but the dignity of the court cannot be ignored, he agreed." As long as the uncle is willing to change the tribute to pay taxes, and use the work of naturalization to atone for the murder of the little sister of the Song family. ”

"Pay taxes instead?"

Song Yingming was slightly moved, and Tian Jiaxin followed closely: "Uncle, my land is barren, and I don't rely on farming, and my farming income is very small, which is insignificant for any toast, one of them; The imperial court knows the situation in Qiandi. Paying taxes according to the acres of land has never been as good as half of the tax on the fields in the Central Plains, and the burden is very small.

The climate of Qiandi is changeable, the wind and rain are excessive, and the harvest of the fields is limited. On the contrary, due to disasters, the imperial court also needs to provide relief and subsidies from time to time. Why not? The little nephew is young and knowledgeable, and he doesn't know whether these insights are right or wrong, what does the uncle think? ”

"Hmmm......"

Song Yingming pondered, if the tribute is changed to pay taxes, the court may indeed not get anything in the silver money. And there will be some supplies, but the imperial court's control over Guizhou will become more flexible, and its control over Guizhou will become stronger.

He knew that very well, but it was not a one-time thing. In the long run, there are too many variables, and some of today's plans are easy to say. If such a condition is possible, can it be agreed to him?

Song Tiandao is not a master who is willing to suffer, but today his father is going to go out of the house and fight to the death, and now that he has a solution, of course he hopes that his father can accept this mediation opinion, give up the plan to fight to the death, and immediately speak in favor: "Father, this method is not harmful to my Song family." I believe that the clansmen will not criticize, so it is better to agree to him. ”

Tian Jiaxin can't be the head of the Tian family now, but once today's mediation is successful, he will become the head of the family, seeing that Song Yingming is still hesitating, he turned his heart sideways and made the master in advance, and said: "The little sister of the Song family is acting for my Tian family's eldest brother, and the Tian family has no reason to sit idly by." My Tian family has 600 acres of land, and I am willing to dedicate it to my uncle's name as a place for paying taxes! ”

Song Yingming glanced at him, slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said: "The Tian family is no longer the same as it was back then, it is one of the four surnames, the old man sees the situation of the Tian family in his eyes, and he is also concerned, saving the daughter today is the old man's own business, you are willing to run in the middle, and your mind will arrive, and then try to plot your Tian family's field, won't the old man be poked in the back!" ”

Song Yingming slapped the armrest of the chair heavily and said, "That's it!" The old man promised him that he would go to the court tomorrow and ask for payment. Ye Lao Pifu can't get an inch in and ask for it again! ”

Tian Jiaxin was ecstatic and said, "That's nature!" In this case, the little nephew went to Fu Ya and his party again, received the daughter, and sent him home! ”

Although Song Yingming's recital has not yet been written, but what is his identity, since he has agreed, there is no reason to regret it, and Ye Mengxiong will not wait to see his recital before releasing people.

Song Yingming nodded, glanced at his son, Song Tiandao understood, and hurriedly said, "I'll go with Brother Tian!" ”

Tian Jiaxin and Song Tiandao hurried to the Futai Yamen, Ye Mengxiong heard that the bull was finally willing to take a step back, and he was also secretly relieved, and immediately wrote a handwritten edict, telling the two to go to the prison to raise people. Tian Jiaxin and Song Tiandao ran to the prison, took Song Xiaoyu out, sent him back to Beiya, and then said goodbye and left, it was already twilight.

The sunset is full of sky, gorgeous as fire. Tian Jiaxin finally completed this big event, his heart was full of joy, he beat the horse like flying, hurried back to Tianjiazhuang, and was about to report the good news to his uncle and eldest lady, when he saw that the eldest lady accompanied his uncle from the yard in a hurry, and there were several guards next to him.

Seeing Ye Xiaotian dressed up for a long journey, Tian Jiaxin was stunned, rushed to the nearest place, and saw Ye Xiaotian's eyes red and swollen, and tears were stained, he couldn't help but be startled, Song Yingming and Ye Mengxiong are a pair of giants in the competition, and my uncle can intervene during the period, and he can do it with ease, what kind of big deal can this make such an extraordinary character like my uncle cry?

Tian Jiaxin was shocked and said, "Uncle, what's wrong?" ”

: Sincerely ask for commuter passes, recommended tickets!. (To be continued.) )