A wind and rain bridge next to the black tiles lies across the river valley with gurgling water. Zhu Youxiao stood by the bridge railing with his hands hanging down, while Ningpin Luoruru and Liu Rushi were on the other side of the bridge, watching the mandarin ducks playing in the water and chatting and laughing.

They did not dare to disturb Zhu Youxiao at this time. Wang Chengen, the chief of the Sili Supervisor, had just sent a stack of urgent reports, and Zhu Youxiao needed to immediately give instructions. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to take advantage of the gap between these Guizhou chieftains to deal with some urgent matters in the court.

This is also the helplessness of the superiors. Even if they are traveling outside, they cannot devote themselves to traveling around like ordinary people, and then go home with exhaustion and sleep in.

And I have to take the helm for the entire empire anytime and anywhere. Sometimes, as long as I delay a little, I can accumulate a lot of things in a few days.

Luo Ruo's family is in Guangxi. She has privately asked the cabinet master Li Mingrui that after inspecting Guizhou, she will enter Guangxi and go to Guilin and Wuzhou. By the way, Your Majesty will accompany her to meet her family.

When Luo Ruo thought that the current Nine Five Emperors would visit her relatives with her, and she still returned home in glory with her concubines, she didn't know how to imagine how much shock this would bring to her fellow villagers.

At the same time, Luo Ruo did not expect that His Majesty would give such great kindness now. She thought that it would be difficult for her to succeed in the harem as a member of the Yao family, but now she can still accompany His Majesty to patrol the world alone. This kind of honor was something she had never dared to think about before.

But it is precisely because of her gratitude and respect for Zhu Youxiao that she is becoming more and more cautious now, fearing that she would make her mistakes a little bit unhappy.

So, she would rather be on the bridge than ask Zhu Youxiao why he frowned and smiled, fearing that he would be criticized for interfering in politics in the harem.

Liu Rushi looked at Zhu Youxiao from time to time, picked a wild fruit from time to time and threw it at Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao continued to talk to Li Mingrui without knowing it.

However, at this moment, it suddenly started to rain outside the Fengyu Bridge, and the fine raindrops obscured the entire mountainside. Zhu Youxiao raised his head at this time and asked the prefect of Kaili Zong Rong: "Go and see if these chieftains are still here."

Zheng Rong, the prefect of Kaili, responded and hurriedly walked towards the bridgehead of Fengyu Bridge. Just as he was about to take the oil umbrella from a yamen runner and went out to take a look, he saw that the raw tops near Kaili had arrived and were all rushing here in a hurry.

Seeing this, Zong Rong hurriedly ran back and reported to Zhu Youxiao. After Zhu Youxiao replied casually, "I know", he stopped discussing political affairs with Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen, but sat upright and opened his legs to both sides. After Li Mingrui understood, he winked at Liu Bin.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bin came out and waved his hand. Suddenly, the soldiers of the Fifth Army of the two routes suddenly appeared on the road on both sides of the bridgehead of the Fengyu Bridge. All of them were still standing still. The musket in their hands was directly bayonet, and they shouted loudly and stood flat in their hands.

The Guizhou chieftains who came to pay homage to Zhu Youxiao were shocked when they saw the military disciplines of the imperial court like sculptures. Although they still didn't think that these imperial troops could really deal with their own soldiers who were more flexible than monkeys in the mountains and forests, they did not dare to feel disrespectful at this moment.

When Zhu Youxiao looked up, he saw four or five big toast leaders wearing pretty and erotic clothes walking over.

These chieftains also looked at the Emperor. The chieftains have been equivalent to an independent small country for many years, and the government forces cannot control them, and they do not take the government forces very seriously. In their village, they are the emperors and have their own set of rule rules.

Moreover, they rarely communicate with the government, and they are self-confidant and arrogant. Although they do not often burn, kill, loot the Han people on the border like the Tartars, they will also directly compete for interests between the chieftains or with the Han people.

The reason why they worshipped the Ming Dynasty was, on the one hand, because they had to rely on the Ming Dynasty to gain political orthodoxy, and on the other hand, they were to avoid other chieftains from joining forces with the court to annex themselves in the name of rebellion.

Zhu Youxiao is getting older this year, and he adds a touch of emperor's calmness in his spirit, but he is more familiar with his appearance. Although these chieftains don't even accept the bow when they see him, they dare not be very arrogant.

The chieftains of Guizhou were mainly composed of the four chieftains of Shui Xi'an clan, the Yang clan of Bozhou, the Yang clan of Shui Dongsong clan, and the Tian clan of Sizhou. However, because the Yang clan of Bozhou rebelled during the Wanli period and An Bangyan of Shui Xi'an clan also followed each other, the Yang clan of Bozhou almost disappeared, and the power of Shui Xi'an clan was greatly reduced. The Tian clan of Sizhou was changed to the land as early as the Yongle period, so the Long clan of Panshui had a tendency to come from behind.

Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin stared at Zhu Youxiao with his smooth eyes, and said with a sly smile: "I heard that the Emperor came here, so I will come over to see you. Now when I see that Your Majesty is worthy of being the true dragon emperor, and his demeanor is extraordinary."

Long Yinglin and others did not know that the Ming Dynasty had occupied Siberia and controlled Nanyang at this moment, and its national strength was unprecedentedly prosperous. All he knew was the rebellion of Yang Yinglong during the Wanli period. Although the court spent a lot of money to quell the rebellion, it also allowed him to see the corruption of the current court. Otherwise, a small Bozhou Yang family would not have swept across the entire Sichuan Guizhou, causing Chongqing to be affected.

Therefore, after flattering Zhu Youxiao in a meaningful manner, Long Yinglin began to boast about his own power and said, "Your Majesty's prosperity in the spring and autumn is the time to open up the border and expand its territory and promote its national prestige. I, the Panshui Long family, was willing to open up the southern border for Your Majesty and offer it to Your Majesty the Thirteen Villages in the West."

Long Yinglin deliberately exaggerated his power to 100,000 soldiers, in order to let Zhu Youxiao know his strength and allow himself to annex the Xi'an clan, and then become the largest chieftain in Guizhou.

The Shui Xi'an clan rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao should support himself in annexing the Shui Xi'an clan. Even if he does not support it, he should be afraid of his own power and have to support it.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything. He waited for the toasts to express their goals and needs before he spoke. At this time, he was still smiling without saying a word, just asking casually: "Are you?"

"Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin", Long Yinglin replied with a smile, and Zhu Youxiao nodded. Before coming to Guizhou, he had learned that the largest chieftain in Guizhou is the Panshui Long clan, which is vaguely overwhelming the Dongsong clan of the Shui, and is also very restless. He used his barbarians to kill other clan members and plunder other clan property many times, which was extremely rampant. However, because the court had no time to look west in recent years, the Panshui Tusi became more arrogant and arrogant, thinking that he was the only one in Guizhou.

Zhu Youxiao didn't speak anymore. According to his years of experience, it was difficult for such a person who felt good about himself to wake him up through words. A chieftain regime, who was slightly raised in Guizhou, wanted to hijack and use him. Zhu Youxiao felt that it was more ridiculous at this time.

"Your Majesty", Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin shouted without a smile, while Zhu Youxiao continued to read the analysis of the situation and strength profile of the chieftains in Guizhou prepared by Li Mingrui. For Long Yinglin, he continued to take a ignorant attitude. When Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin saw that the Emperor Zhu Youxiao was so cold to him, he felt a little annoyed, so he ignored the superficial rituals of the monarch and ministers, and shouted again: "Your Majesty!"

At the same time, Long Yinglin couldn't wait to stand in front of Zhu Youxiao, and directly pushed Li Mingrui, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and Wang Chengen, the chief of the Sili Supervisor, to one side, and pulled Zhu Youxiao, who was about to walk to the other side: "I heard that Your Majesty has appointed Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, as the Marquis of Zhongzhen, who has been hereditary, and my Panshui chieftain also made merits for the court when he pacified Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou. I wonder what title will Your Majesty give me?"

"Uh", Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Long Yinglin, the chieftain of Panshui, actually asked him for an official position because of Qin Liangyu's title of marquis.

However, Shizhu Tusi is different from Panshui Tusi. Although Shizhu Tusi has a certain military strength and can even affect the political structure in the local area, namely the Sichuan-Gui area, at least the people in power are loyal to the court and do not take the opportunity to expand their strength. They lose their troops almost every time they go on a war for the court.

The Panshui Tusi was obviously different. It was because in the late rebellion of Bozhou Tusi Yang Yinglong, he took the initiative to attack Bozhou Tusi and Shui Xi'an and took the opportunity to strengthen himself. In recent years, he has obviously annexed other Tusi to strengthen himself by taking the opportunity to strengthen himself. It can be seen that his ambition is quite large.

Therefore, it was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to grant him an official title, so as to give him the rightful qualification to abolish other chieftains. The chieftain of Shizhu was to give some comfort to the chieftains who were still standing in the court when the land was changed. For chieftains with vicious expansion such as Panshui chieftain, it was like a malignant tumor. Zhu Youxiao would not keep it, so he had to exert the majesty of a big stick!

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao exclaimed in surprise and asked, "What title do you want me to grant you?"

Long Yinglin, Panshui Tusi, was a man with great ambitions and no strategy. He did not understand Zhu Youxiao's tone to see Zhu Youxiao's true meaning. Seeing that Zhu Youxiao asked him directly what title he wanted to be awarded, he thought that His Majesty, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was really afraid of his Panshui Tusi's strength and was as unscathed as Bozhou Tusi was awarded the imperial court when he grew up.

So Long Yinglin said loudly: "Qin Liangyu is just a woman and can still get a loyal marquis. My Panshui Tusi made a stable Guizhou for the court and made a lot of efforts. How can I not get the position of a Duke of a country and learn from the Mu family in Yunnan to be your Majesty for Yongzhen of Guizhou."

Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen were shocked when they heard this. They did not expect that this chieftain named Long Yinglin would suddenly say such a shameless word.

"The Mu family in Yunnan? I don't think about it. Can he compare the Mu family in Yunnan? Mu Ying, the ancestor of the Mu family, was the adopted son of Taizu, the founding father. He fought on the battlefield for many years and made a lot of battles before he was sent by Taizu to Yunnan in Yongzhen. An ignorant little chieftain who had never read the record of Taizu had the courage to compete with the Mu family."

Even Liu Rushi, who was beside him, couldn't help but complain secretly, and looked up at Zhu Youxiao to see how he dealt with Long Yinglin's unreasonable request.

Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen also looked at Zhu Youxiao. Naturally, they did not agree with the fact that Long Yinglin was really a Duke. It was beyond the rules for the title of Qin Liangyu. Fortunately, the Bai Gan Bing really made outstanding achievements. It not only quelled the She'an Rebellion, but also worked hard to quell the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan during the Jiajing period and the Longwan period against the Tartars. In addition, Qin Liangyu himself was noble and honest, so the court officials could understand it and some martial experts could accept it.

But if Long Yinglin was really sealed as the Duke of the Shui Tusi, the world would be in chaos. Not only these southwest chieftains, but even the generals who had outstanding military achievements in the military system Ruchang Yanling, Man Gui, Zhao Lujiao, Mao Wenlong, Cao Wenzhao, Fu Dahai, Gu Sanmazi and others would probably have any objections. It was understood that the current military ministers were indeed not as good as those of the founding ministers, but no matter how they were, they were better than a small chieftain.

Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen believed that Your Majesty knew the importance of this famous weapon in the court. However, now Long Yinglin has made it clear that if he does not grant him a title, he must consider the feelings of his 100,000 barbarian soldiers. With the existing court forces in Guizhou, it is probably difficult to compete with the barbarian soldiers of Panshui Tusi. For local stability, the two of them were not sure whether Your Majesty would wave his hand and really agreed to Long Yinglin. After all, the precedent for the Wu father and son to be kings is.

"Come!"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly shouted, and Liu Bin, who was wearing armor, stood up directly: "The last general is here!"

"Put this person down and chop it down! It's a ruthless thing to dare to touch my body. You will also take thirty military sticks afterwards. When you see this, you should kill me as a guard officer immediately, no matter who he is!"

Zhu Youxiaochu shouted, and the general of the Fifth Army, Liu Bin, couldn't help but thrust his chest and shouted: "Yes!"

Although Liu Bin is a graduate of the first term of the Royal Military Academy, he has a relatively cowardly personality. He is more like a scholar. He has worked in the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guard Center for many years and has hardly participated in any wars. Because he is old and the Fifth Army is a combination of most military organs. Except for Jiao Lian, who was transferred to the deputy general of the Fifth Army and the three expanded brigades under his command, they are all non-combat units. Liu Bin is good at coordinating and organizing these complex non-combat units, and has a calm and restrained personality, so he became a general officer.

This also led to his failure to kill Long Yinglin immediately because of Long Yinglin's pride today. What's more, he directly killed a chieftain without his orders in front of His Majesty. After all, this would be arrogance, but Liu Bin would not defend himself. After all, he nodded and then executed Zhu Youxiao's order naked, and brought two guards to him and directly grabbed Long Yinglin's shoulder and twisted it backwards.

Long Yinglin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the emperor who seemed to be unattended but did not like to talk suddenly wanted to kill him, as if he had completely forgotten that he had said that he had 100,000 barbarian soldiers under his command.

Li Mingrui also looked at Long Yinglin in surprise. He didn't expect that His Majesty would decide to kill Long Yinglin directly. This made him remember that on the way to Qufu with His Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan was too arrogant and was killed directly by His Majesty because he was too crazy.

The same is true now. Once Your Majesty ignores you now, it is not really a way to do it, but a murderous intention to behave against you.
Chapter completed!