Zhu Gaoxu sent Sheng Yong to do this is really very wise, Sheng Yong has been a general for many years, he is sleek and old-fashioned, and he is good at building a good relationship with people, only the kung fu of the dinner party, he is hot with Na Rong and many other clansmen, and Ping An will only drink alcohol, and he does not like to chat with people.

Sheng Yong got closer to everyone in one night, and was recognized by many people of that clan.

At this time, Sheng Yong and Ping'an knew that in the past two years, Yang Wu and Yang Lishan had been transporting salt and sugar to this side, and had exchanged more than 5,000 war horses with Na's clan, and they had not taken any of them until now.

But from this year onwards, Zhu Gaoxu will ask for 3,000 horses a year, and he will get them in two years.

In addition, because Zhu Gaoxu wanted a large amount of tuntian, Sheng Yong proposed to buy cattle from Narong.

Narong agreed to support it.

When Luchuan was defeated, Si Lunfa compensated the Ming court with 30,000 head of cattle, most of which were from the Na family, so the pastures on that side were very developed, and a few thousand heads were still taken.

After the meeting ended, Sheng Yong and the others were arranged to live elsewhere.

When Narong returned to his room, his brothers Na Chuan, Na Jiang, and Na Hua were there, and his son Na Bang was also there.

Na Chuan hurriedly said: "Why did the eldest brother promise to give them the cow, what do these Ming merchants want to do?" ”

Najiang Nahua also nodded.

Na Rong looked at them quietly, and said slowly: "Do you think they are ordinary Ming merchants?" ”

“。。” Several people looked at each other.

"You didn't pay attention to the fact that the few people around the shopkeeper Chen all looked like they were from the military, and there were also the subordinates of the shopkeeper Chen, who were obviously the elite of the army, and they were skilled in marching, and they were forbidden to do so."

"Ahh A few people suddenly realized.

"It must be a subordinate of King Han." Na Rong said in a deep voice.

"Nabang said that after the King of Han came, he encouraged Han Dai to intermarry, and as soon as the shopkeeper Chen arrived, he asked Yang Wu to marry my Deng Rou, and there were military generals and officers and soldiers around him, and he must be a subordinate of the King of Han."

"I heard that the King of Han was in Tuntian, Xinping County, so I deliberately sent cattle to fund, and at that time the shopkeeper Chen was really excited, and I was even more sure that he was a subordinate of the King of Han."

"What are they doing hiding their identities? Akito knows how to use intrigue and trickery. "Nahua Dao.

Nabang hurriedly said: "The King of Han encouraged intermarriage, and he also expressed his support for and cohesion with our people, and his goodwill is a good thing." ”

"That soft and Yang Wu are in love, we have no reason to refuse, this is not against us."

The King of Han is now in Yunnan, and they have a good relationship with the generals of the Han Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with them.

"Let's marry Narou and give a thousand horses, a thousand, it's a blood loss." Nagawa muttered.

"You can't think like that, you have to think the other way around." Na Rong said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Chen said that he would go to Luchuan, he would definitely see Si's, and if he wanted to marry, I wanted to know, what can Si's give?" ”

Everyone suddenly thought about it, that Rong made this big move, and then Si Shi and other Tusi married with the King of Han, and the shot was small, but it fell behind, and the shot was bigger, I am afraid it will be heartbroken.

In any case, in the eyes of the Han Palace, the Na clan must have a different status.

Nabang said at this time: "Daddy still goes to Jingshi?" ”

Na Rong thought for a while: "Wait until Na Rou gets married." ”

The marriage is just a few days away, and Narong will definitely have to wait until he finishes drinking the wedding wine before leaving.

Coincidentally, the day after Sheng Yong and the others arrived, Zhao Bao, the official of the Xiping Marquis Mansion, also came.

Zhao Bao came here in January every year, and he came to Na's main three things, one was to discuss the annual tribute list of Na's tribute to the Xiping Marquis Mansion, the other was to discuss the annual tribute list of the Na's to the Ming Emperor, and the third thing was to approve the obligations of the Yuanjiang Mansion for the annual levy and transfer.

Among them, the obligation of requisition includes: sending troops, food, silver, weapons, and transportation (horses, mules and cattle)

Accompanying Zhao Bao was Pan Jinghe, the left senator of the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Department.

The senators of the Ming Dynasty were in charge of grain storage, tuntian, Qing army, post transmission, water conservancy and other matters, and were also extremely important officials.

Narong and they are also old acquaintances, and he is very happy to see them, and he also invites them to drink happy wine here before leaving.

The two were also flattered, claiming that they came in a hurry and did not bring any gifts, one took the jade pendant on his waist, and the other took fifty taels of silver as a gift.

Na Rong didn't realize it at the time, but then he thought about it, how did you bring so much silver? He also said that he was not prepared.

In the afternoon of the same day, the two sides formally met to discuss, and as in previous years, they first took out last year's gift list and then saw if there were any changes.

Under normal circumstances, there were few changes on the side of the Ming Dynasty, unless Na Rong himself proposed it.

There are very few gift lists in the Xiping Hou Mansion, and Mu Sheng does not lack anything, just for the sake of superficial work, so he receives very few gifts, which is also the foundation of Mu's establishment in Yunnan in the early Ming Dynasty, and he tried his best to have a good relationship with the Tusi.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Bao opened his mouth, he said that Xiping Hou Jue had gotten along with the prefect very well over the years, and it was not appropriate to receive so many gifts every year, so it was decided that from next year, all the gift lists would be halved.

Na Rong's face turned red when he heard this, he didn't have much to give to Xiping Hou, and it wasn't worth a hundred taels of silver.

This has to be halved, look down on me?

But Zhao Bao said that Xipinghou is also a good intention, so the prefect should not shirk.

Narong argued, but had no choice but to accept it.

Originally, he was going to talk about the gift list to the emperor, but Pan Jinghe first talked about the obligations of the Na clan.

According to the verification given to the Na clan by the Ming court, during the Jianwen period, only 4,200 stone 4 buckets and 3 liters of 6 liters of autumn grain were levied every year, and the silver per mu was 651 taels and 2 yuan and 5 cents, and the attached amount was 1214 taels and 3 cents for the difference between the two items and 1214 taels of 3 cents, as well as more than 125 taels of commercial tax silver, and 68 taels of decomposition division.

After Yuan Shi was promoted to the Yuanjiang Military and Civilian Government next year, it fell sharply because the Military and Civil Government had autonomy, including the political power within the territory and the right to mobilize troops.

Only 1,930 stone of autumn grain is levied every year, and the amount of silver per mu is 218 taels, and the other silver has declined, and the total has decreased by almost half.

But after Pan Jinghe arrived this time, he said: "The prefect also knows that our dynasty has just been reappointed as a new emperor, because of the Jingyan War, the people in the country are not happy, and the people of the Ming Dynasty have been greatly harmed. ”

"Therefore, starting this year, the imperial court needs Yuanjiang Mansion to levy 10,000 stone of autumn grain every year, and various taxes and silver such as silver per mu and the difference in the attached amount, totaling 3,000 taels."

"What" Narong was stunned when he heard it, and then he was furious.

The Ming Dynasty fought its own civil war, and I want to compensate for the losses after the war? No wonder Xipinghou is about to be reduced by half, and he is probably embarrassed to speak.

This levy is more than double that of the previous Jianwen Dynasty, and although Narong is rich, he can't stand this anger.

If you change the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, you will double it, and next time you change the emperor, won't I have to take 20,000 stones?

"Master Pan." Na Rong said in a deep voice: "We have nearly 200,000 clansmen in Yuanjiang Mansion to raise, so much silver grain, forgive the officials for nothing they can do, and ask your lord to read for the sake of our many years of intersection, and ask the lower officials to intercede with the court and the emperor on behalf of the lower officials, and help out." ”

Na Rong also obviously had a threatening meaning, and specifically mentioned that my clan has 200,000 people, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 people who can fight, don't force me.

At the peak of Silunfa, 300,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized, and the three major toasts sent a lot of troops.

Na Rong had to remind them that Yuanjiang Na clan was not easy to mess with.

"The prefect, this is the will of the imperial court, and it is not the intention of the official, the official also knows that you are more bitter, hey, so let's do it, you say a number, I will go back and explain it, and see if I can discuss it again."

Na Rong said: "It's the same as last year." ”

"This, that's too much difference."

And then he said no more.

Zhao Bao looked at it and hurriedly said: "If the prefect has any opinions, you might as well ask the King of Han." ”

"King Han?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is cheerful and reasonable, in fact, before coming, the Marquis of Xiping and the King of Han also mentioned this matter, the King of Han is resolutely reversing the heavy taxes of the Tusi, the King of Han can speak in front of the emperor, and the prefect is looking for the King of Han, maybe he can negotiate with the court."

"His Royal Highness the King of Han said, no matter the Han Tusi, they are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and all ethnic groups should be regarded as one and brothers of one heart."

"I pushed forward five thousand years in the Ming Dynasty, and it may also be a wild land, so you must have a good relationship with the Tusi, and you can't oppress them with harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

Na Rong asked, "Did King Han really say so?" ”

"Of course." Zhao Bao said seriously: "This official was on the side at the time, besides, we have known each other for so many years, when did I lie to you?" ”

Na Rong was silent, and he had already made up his mind to pay attention, and when he turned around, he would not go to Jingshi first, but go to King Han first.

——

Yunnan political envoy Yamen.

Cao Yu, the political envoy of Zuobu, was entertaining the envoys from the capital, and the envoy of the general government was Yang Dayong.

Yang Dayong has just arrived in Kunming, and he can be regarded as a revisit.

In the twenty-first year of Hongwu (1388), Si Lunfa raised 300,000 troops and launched an attack on Dingbian controlled by the Ming army.

This time he was once again sent by Zhu Di as a special envoy to Luchuan Sishi, more than ten years have passed, the seven-grade petty official Yang Dayong, and now he is the general political envoy is the fourth grade of the left general government.

Cao Yu and Yang Dayong were fellow villagers in the same year, and they were also good friends, and this time Yang Dayong came over, and Cao Yu was also very happy.

During the day, he received Yang Dayong in the yamen, and at night he even asked Yang Dayong to dine at home, which is what a very close friend would do.

But that night's dinner was only Cao Yu and him, and Cao Yu asked his son Cao Xiang to accompany him.

During the banquet, Cao Yu asked, why didn't the generals who came with you come over for a light meal?

Yang Dayong said lightly: "That's the people of Jinyiwei, don't worry about them." ”

Cao Yu didn't dare to speak out suddenly, the Jinyiwei in the Hongwu period was notorious, and finally Emperor Jianwen came to power, and the ruling left the Jinyiwei idle, and Zhu Di used it again as soon as he came to power.

Yang Dayong asked rhetorically at this time: "What about Lao Pan (Pan Jinghe), why is he not in the city?" ”

When he was in Yunnan, Pan Jinghe was also a seven-grade petty official, and the relationship between the two was extremely good.

"Senator Pan has gone to Nashi to discuss this year's taxes, hey, I-" Cao Yu then said something, a little regretting that he had drunk more wine last time.

Because Zheng Xiang had invited Yunnan civil and military dignitaries to dinner, Xiping Hou invited him a few days ago, and he also called the same person.

(End of chapter)