Escorted by more than 100 soldiers and horses, Mu Zhe entered Jinguan City.

This is actually not the first time he has come to this important city of Sichuan and Shu, as one of the several people in power of the Mu clan in southern Yunnan, he had come here on behalf of his family a few years ago to discuss and communicate with the people of the Tang Sect.

It's just that after three years, I went back to Jinguan City, but everything here has become so unfamiliar.

The towering walls were full of scars and a little embers burning, and the streets and houses in the city were even more shocking.

Too many corpses are still stacked haphazardly on the side of the road, and reddish and blackened blood can be clearly seen in the ditches in the city...... All this is telling him what kind of bloody storm this big city of Sichuan and Shu is experiencing.

Looking at everything here, the last bit of self-restraint of the wooden rut has been shattered.

When they were in southern Yunnan before, when they learned about everything that happened in Sichuan and Shu, the Mu family was still very unimpressed, thinking that even if it was really the Dayue Emperor who came to Sichuan and Shu, it would be wishful thinking to unify the various forces in Sichuan and Shu, and they and the Long family would inevitably intervene.

But soon, their determined mood was shattered by the continuous astonishing battle reports.

In just a few months, southern Sichuan was quickly unified by the imperial court, and then decisively sent troops to the north, before they could react, what threatening words did the Han court not expand anymore, and a more shocking news also spread back to southern Yunnan - the Mu clan of Sichuan and Shu was completely defeated in a head-to-head confrontation, and then even their own base camp Huayang could no longer be defended.

At this point, the Mu family knew that it was too late to speak cruelly, and it was impossible for the Han people to be coerced by them anymore.

Even the Huayang Mu clan dared to take it directly, how could they stop because of the words of the Yunnan Mu clan thousands of miles away?

Even, there is another saying in the clan, that is, to take advantage of the opportunity to make friends with the Han court. It's just that many people still expressed opposition at that time, so it dragged on for a few more days.

Then, the Sichuan Shu Dragon Clan was also defeated, and even Kuizhou failed to hold it, and it is said that the Kuizhou Dragon Clan was almost wiped out!

After feeling the strength and ruthlessness of the current imperial army, the Mu clan in southern Yunnan finally began to panic, and immediately decided to send Mu Zhe to express his submission, hoping to form a good alliance with the court and protect his family.

Mu Zhe still agrees with this decision in the clan, but he still has some doubts about the strength of the current court, and feels that everything is a coincidence, or it is because of the power of other tribes in Sichuan and Shu.

However, after he had been to Huayang, met Mu Heng, and listened to him tell everything about his failures, this view changed completely, and he really had a little awe of the Dayue court.

And today, when he entered Jinguan City, saw such a bloody scene, saw the corpses of many people in the Tang Sect that he was familiar with still hanging all over the city, and looked at the murderous patrol soldiers and horses who walked by him from time to time, Mu Zhe really had a sense of awe for the imperial court.

This choice made by my own family could not be more correct!

"His Majesty the Great Tusi of Kunzhou, Southern Yunnan, has experienced the official Mu Zhe and seen His Majesty the Emperor......"

When he was officially brought to Sun Ning, Mu Zhe became extremely respectful and cautious, bowing to the ground and saluting, how could he still despise the court officials before.

Sun Ning sat upright, and after receiving his great salute, he said lightly: "Get up and speak." "It has set up the aura that a king should have.

After the other party got up cautiously, he asked again: "Since it is your Mu clan who intends to pay tribute to the imperial court, why didn't your big Tusi come to see me in person, but only sent you a small experience official to see me?" ”

If it was before, Mu Zhe didn't bother to answer this question, but at this time, he could only deal with it carefully: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please forgive me, it is true that the situation in southern Yunnan is not very stable, and he can't do without the big toast, so he asked the minister to come and express his submission on his behalf." ”

"Oh? Is it because the Duan and Higher Tusi clans in southern Yunnan want to move stupidly? Sun Ning asked very clearly.

Somewhat similar to the distribution of power before Sichuan and Shu, southern Yunnan is also governed by Jufang Tusi, and the three largest forces are the three parties of wood, duan, and high that have been inherited for hundreds of years.

The Duan clan is the co-owner of the entire southwest two hundred years ago, and the main clan of the small country of Dali can be said to be the most deep-rooted and luxuriant in southern Yunnan.

The Gao clan was once a subordinate of the Duan clan, and when it was the most powerful, it was able to take the position of the Duan clan as a minister, and almost took the position of the Duan clan, although it did not succeed later, but in terms of power and fame, it was not inferior to the former.

Then when Dayue rose and unified the world, the Duan Gao family was forced to be vassals, from the lord of the country or something, to the local Tusi, and the Mu clan who rose later.

This Mu clan was specially promoted and cultivated by the imperial court during the Dayue Taizong Dynasty to balance the new forces of the Duan Gao family.

It is under the deliberate cultivation of the imperial court that the Mu clan has developed rapidly in just over a hundred years, and has even overwhelmed the Duan Gao family and become the largest Tusi in southern Yunnan, a real local emperor-like existence.

However, the two Duan Gao families, who were originally beautiful, are no longer the opponents of the Mu family.

But obviously, these two families do not intend to be subservient all the time, and there are small frictions between the three parties from time to time, so it can be said that the situation in southern Yunnan at this time is more complicated than that in Sichuan and Shu.

Of course, it is impossible for people to know these internal situations in southern Yunnan outside the southwest, and Sun Ning has paid more attention recently to grasp the general situation, and the specific details are still unknown.

But even so, this sentence is enough to make Mu Zhe a little nervous: the emperor is so concerned about southern Yunnan, could it be that he has already begun to fight the idea of fighting there, is he going to use troops against southern Yunnan after the unification of Sichuan and Shu?

However, he still replied decisively: "Your Majesty's candle shines thousands of miles, it is indeed that the Duan Gao family has misdeeds from time to time, for the Taiping of southern Yunnan, the Great Tusi has to sit in Queensland in case of accidents." ”

"Well, the situation in southern Yunnan doesn't seem to be very peaceful......" Sun Ning seemed to say meaningfully, and then the words changed again, "But I am still very pleased that your Mu clan can show loyalty to the imperial court at this time." Tell me, what are you going to do for the court next? ”

Obviously, just verbally expressing surrender could not satisfy Sun Ning, what he wanted was more sincerity from the Mu clan.

Mu Zhe was actually prepared, and immediately said: "Southern Yunnan is not rich, but in order to express my loyalty and reverence to Your Majesty, my Mu clan is still willing to offer 100,000 taels of gold, 300,000 taels of silver, 200 pieces of various jade, and 50 beauties......