Hearing Yuan Hao say this, Mei Si's face immediately darkened: "In this way, is the White Horse Courtyard forcing me to reveal the rod three times?"

Yuan Hao smiled: "You can try it and see if the Longbai Department and the Chama Department will be willing to sacrifice their lives and rebel for your Xiaohe Department." ”

Mei Si was extremely angry, turned around and wanted to leave, but as a big toast, he still calmed down, if he really turned around and left, I am afraid that he would only have to fight the army, but can he afford that kind of consequence?

The reason why he delayed going down the mountain for a few days was because he wanted to wait to see if the White Horse Courtyard would be the same as before, in order to calm the matter, investigate the temple of the Xiaojie Temple, return the fugitive slaves who killed the head of the family, and finally give himself some benefits, but who knew that what he was waiting for was the pressure of the army.

Are they really not afraid that the black gauze hat on their heads will be taken off?

At this moment, he suddenly realized that as long as the White Horse Courtyard was ruthless, he really had nothing to do. It doesn't matter if the new abbot Zhao's black gauze hat can be saved-that's something that can only be talked about later, and before that, if he really mobilizes the sword soldiers, he will definitely not be able to save his life!

What should I do? Mei Si looked at Yuan Hao's smile, and was speechless for a long time, and suddenly said after a while: "I want to see Abbot Zhao." ”

Yuan Hao shook his head: "Abbot Zhao is in the Song Domain. ”

Zhao Ran was in the Governor's Mansion of Western Sichuan at the moment, discussing the affairs of the three ministries with Governor Xia.

In response to Governor Xia's question, Zhao Ran replied: "There are three handling principles, first, the White Horse Court does not interfere in the affairs of the three tribes, and we are still willing to commit to this; second, the White Horse Court should focus on supervising the issue of the conversion of the tribesmen, and we can no longer let this go; third, the White Horse Court does not recognize the slave status of the three tribesmen, which is in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also for the future development of the Song Domain." ”

Xia Ji said: "I agree with Abbot Zhao's three points, the third part is indeed the time to solve it, the previous expedient measures must not be continued, that is not a long-term strategy for us to naturalize the Song Domain." The only thing I care about is whether it will affect our military affairs on the front line of the White River and the front line of the Great Snow Mountain. ”

Zhao Ran said: "I only need a thousand sergeants, and it will not cause pressure on the Baihe frontline, in fact, I use these thousand sergeants to show determination, and I understand the attitude of the Ma Yuan, I think Xiaohe will not dare to do it." I'm afraid that the three parts will be horizontal, and the turmoil will be greater at that time. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, this truth is easy to understand. ”

Xia Ji smiled and said: "There are many people who understand reason, but there are not many people who are willing to do it according to reason, as long as you keep your commitment to the autonomy of the people unchanged, under this big interest, even if they know that they are the next to be stabbed, they may not have the courage to stand up before the knife is added." ”

Zhao Ran thought about it for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "What the governor said is extremely true, I have not put pressure on the Longbai Department and the Chama Department, and at the same time, I insist on promising the autonomy of the people, so that these two ministries may not dare to stand up openly, at most they will instigate the Xiaohe Department to come out behind their backs." ”

Xia Ji said: "I believe that Meisi is not a fool. ”

"Thank you Xia Du for your support!"

"In this regard, both I and the Du Prison Yuan support you. When are you going to collect all three?"

"This year, I will take down the Xiaohe Department first, and the remaining two, cut the meat with a blunt knife, and take my time. ”

......

Mei Si paced back and forth in his big wooden house, stepping on a thick cashmere blanket under his feet, and he was thinking about Yuan Hao's conditions.

Yuan Hao, on behalf of the White Horse Academy, gave him a condition, a condition that made it less difficult for him to refuse, but to accept this condition, it was necessary to completely bring the entire Xiaohe Department under the rule of the White Horse Academy, and give up his power to kill and seize more than 8,000 sentient beings.

The conditions of the White Horse Court are: as long as Mei Si allows the Daomen Inspectorate Team to enter the mountain, converts according to the will of the Daomen, and allows all the people under his rule to be naturalized, including Mei Si himself, and let the people come and go freely, the White Horse Court promises to continue to guarantee his title of Tusi and guarantee his autonomy over the Xiaohe Ministry.

At the same time, the White Horse Academy is willing to explicitly confirm that all the mountains, forests, fields and acres of the entire Haizi Mountain belong to the small and small heads of the Xiaohe Department, and as for how to divide them, it is up to Meisi and these dozens of leaders to decide for themselves. Of course, all the output of Haizishan must be taxed.

Mei Si could see that as long as he promised to convert to the White Horse Courtyard and release the slaves, his toast would almost be equivalent to an empty title, and the so-called tribal autonomy would slowly become empty words over time.

What really moved him was that the White Horse Academy explicitly confirmed the ownership of the entire Haizi Mountain by him and the big and small heads, as long as the deed came out, Mei Si believed that he could get at least half of it, and he would live without worry for generations to come.

Of course, this condition is not as good as maintaining the status quo, but seeing that the Ming army was about to attack the mountain, Yuan Hao only gave himself one day to think about it, and he really couldn't raise the idea of gathering people to fight.

Gritting his teeth, Mei Si summoned all the more than twenty clan leaders over and discussed overnight.

He asked them two questions.

If it were not for the appearance of Abbot Zhao, would the Xiaohe Department be able to continue to be self-governing forever? Will the Ming Dynasty be able to tolerate the autonomy of the leaders of the Xiaohe Department for generations?

If they ask for help from the Longbai and Chama tribes, will these two tribes fully support the Xiaohe tribe against the Ming army, as they promised, instead of coming up from time to time to grab a bite until they swallow it completely, as they have done in the past hundred years?

These two questions were unanswerable to all the leaders, and there was silence in the audience.

No one knew how to answer, until the envoy sent to the liaison between the Longbai and Chama tribes rushed back and said: "Danmu Toast and Wanqiu Toast said, please hold on to the Xiaohe Department and don't compromise with the White Horse Temple, the three departments are one, they have always been a family, and they will never sit idly by." ”

"Did they promise when they would send troops?"

"Danmu Toast said, as long as we hold out for seven days, the army of the Longbai Department will arrive, please let us vacate the Worm Flower River Valley and let the Longbai Department station. ”

"What a thief!

Wanqiu Toast said that he had sent an envoy to the Tianhe Palace to complain to the Daomen. The Chama army is also preparing ......"

"What is he doing?"

"It's also the ...... of the Worm Flower Valley"

After a long time, Mei Si got up and said to everyone: "If we can't keep our power, then we will choose to keep our wealth." ”

As a result, the leaders immediately began to argue, which col is my family's house, which forest is my family's family, that pasture has long been occupied by my family, and that cultivated land has been cultivated by my ancestors for generations, but now it is temporarily fallow for farming......

On November 1, the second anniversary of Zhao Ran's tenure as abbot of the White Horse Temple, Mei Si and Yuan Hao reached an agreement at the Xiaojie Temple, and the White Horse Temple officially brought more than 8,000 people from the Xiaohe Department under its rule.

The White Horse Institute sent a conversionary supervision team to Haizi Mountain to assist the people of the Xiaohe Ministry to convert their faith, overthrow all the more than ten sacrificial temples that existed in the mountain, and build a new small temple, which was guarded by Taoist priests from the Xiaojie Temple.

More than 100 statues of various "Taoist lords" were confiscated from the Xiaojie Temple, and hundreds of sacrificial objects engraved with logos were confiscated and all of them were burned. Three tribal sorcerers who enshrined the "Taoist Lord" shouted unintelligible slogans, jumped from the peak of Haizi Mountain, and were martyred, and more than ten little witches were taken away by the White Horse Temple.

Throughout November, more than 6,000 people from the Xiaohe tribe will be naturalized and will be resettled in dozens of villages to be established. Nearly 2,000 people who did not want to leave their homeland signed employment contracts with the chieftains of all sizes under the supervision of the White Horse Temple, and changed from slavery status to hired laborers to help these chieftains take care of the property in the mountains.

In order to commend the merits of the Tusi Meisi of the Xiaohe Ministry, Zhao Ran asked the Tianhe Palace to award the Taoist to Meisi, and Meisi turned into a Taoist priest in the White Horse Academy.

On this day, the number of naturalized people under the rule of Hakubain reached 60,000!

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