After the matter was discussed, Ma Guerhun sent Xia Xun out respectfully. If the respect he showed originally was just that he had to bow his head under the roof of others, but the respect at this time was from the heart, who would think that
The God of Wealth is an outsider, so I wish I could invite him to my home and pay tribute to him.【】
The fur trader Pu La had received orders from Magulhun and did not dare to be careless. He wandered around Hada City and collected all the best firefox skins from various houses. Xia Xun did not
You're polite. After promising Magurhun such a huge benefit, you should take something from him. If you don't even accept this small offer, I'm afraid Magurhun will think too much.
According to Magulhun's wishes, all these top-grade fox skins were taken away by the tribe. The leader of their tribe was his younger brother Peishit Mur. Since then, his younger brother has made up 30,000 households.
He is the capital of the tribe and cannot return to the tribe often, so now he only has the title of leader, and the actual leader of the tribe has become him. Now he is also in charge of Hada City. He has great prestige and authority among the tribesmen, and he is asking them to contribute.
A few pieces of leather goods are just a matter of words.
The dignified Governor Xia Xun couldn't behave in such a poor and evil manner, so he still made a careful selection. Ma Guerhun was a great connoisseur and his eyesight was better than him. In the end, he chose four fox skins of the best quality.
Ask someone to wrap it up.
Ma Guerhun accompanied Xia Xun all the way out, and was walking forward chatting and laughing. Suddenly, there was a noise in front of him. Dozens of people came towards him, with a few tied up at times. They walked through the market in a swagger, attracting many merchants and traders.
All looked sideways.
"Master Magulhun is here, Master is here, hurry up, hurry up, please seek justice, these black sheep, we must punish them severely today!"
When the barbarians saw Magurhun, they immediately jumped up for joy, grabbed the tied up tribesmen, and rushed towards Magurhun.
Magulhun was startled and asked, "What are you doing?"
One of the men complained: "Sir, it was them, Digunai and a few people who stole my sheep, and we caught them on the spot! I have been paying attention since I lost two sheep last time, hey! They got an advantage.
Sure enough, it's here again, sir, please tell me what to do!"
When Magur heard this, he was angry and cursed in his heart: "You bastard without eyes! Are you accompanying the Han official before you come to my place? You can't talk about this nonsense among the tribe later? You have to beat me in front of him.
my face!"
Magur was so angry that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. The several tribesmen who were tied up in various ways lowered their faces and said: "Stealing the neighbor's property, Digunai, how can you guys do such a scandal? Hmm! A scheming tiger,
Take some of them down and have their legs broken as punishment!"
The tied men gritted their teeth and said nothing, with a look of shame on their faces. It was obvious that they were caught red-handed stealing property from their clansmen, and they felt ashamed. If they said they stole three or two sheep, their crime would not be discounted.
Legs, it's just that in a clan, the clan leader is the supreme ruler, and the judicial power is in his hands. He can punish him lightly or severely as he pleases, and he can only consider himself unlucky.
"Wait a minute!"
Xia Xun looked on with cold eyes. Seeing this scene, he hurriedly stopped him with words. Magurhun turned his head, and the anger on his face turned into a flattering smile: "Master, there are always unworthy descendants in every family. There are thousands of people in the family.
It is unavoidable for a householder to do some rogue things occasionally, but being caught by the Lord of the Ministry just happened to make me feel very ashamed..."
Having said this, he glared hard at the tribesmen who had no vision, and said politely to Xia Xun: "If Master Tang feels that this is not appropriate, I will expel them from the tribe after punishment.
Let them fend for themselves."
He just said that he would break the legs of these sheep thieves. These people gritted their teeth and refused to beg for mercy. As soon as he said this, several of them turned pale. The leader Digunai was the first to kneel down and kowtow.
Begging for mercy: "Sir, Digunai has done something wrong. If you want to be beaten or killed, it is up to you to deal with it. I just ask you to have mercy on us. Please don't expel us from the clan. Please have mercy, sir!"
Several people kowtowed as if they were pounding garlic, obviously they were extremely scared.
They are nomadic tribesmen outside the Great Wall, who are very different from the original farming people. The living environment here is relatively harsh. Hunting, gathering, farming, trade, and plundering, none of them alone can meet their survival needs. These things need to be combined
Only by joining together can we make a living, so we are extremely dependent on the group.
In the Han nation, which was originally based on farming, people heard the sounds of chickens and dogs, never interacted with each other from old age to death, and did not delay people's life. It was even regarded by some as the most elegant ancient pastoral life. But here, leaving the tribe and leaving other people's lives
Cooperation and help are the only way to die. They were exiled for this crime, and other tribes would not accept them. They and their whole family, old and young, could only be kidnapped as slaves, or they would slowly die.
This is the reason why the leader of a clan has the power of life and death over his clan members. Otherwise, who would take your clan leader seriously if he could live well? Only for this reason, expelling him from the tribe would be equivalent to condemning his whole family.
If they are punished with the death penalty, they will be fine with their own death, and they will also be dragging down their parents, wives and children. How can they not be afraid?
Xia Xun smiled at Ma Guerhun and said, "Don't be anxious, let me ask him."
Xia Xun stepped forward and asked the kneeling people: "You know clearly that it is shameful to steal people's property, and you will be severely punished if you are caught. Why are you still stubborn?"
Those few people didn't know his specific identity, but they also knew that even Lord Magulhun wanted him to act with dignity. If he would relent, his family would have a way to survive. Nadigunai kowtowed to him and cried:
"My lord, Digun is an upright man, and he doesn't want to do such a shameful thing. It's just...
The Tatars came here a few days ago, and we couldn't escape. All the cattle, sheep, property, and even felt bags were robbed. It was okay for Digunai to eat grass and tree roots, but the elderly mother was still young.
The child... Sir, the villain was confused for a moment and did something wrong, which angered Lord Magulhun. If the Lord is not happy, just whip us to death. I just ask that you don’t drive my whole family away!"
"I see……"
Xia Xun was silent for a moment, then turned to Magurhun and said: "Master Magurhun, I would like to ask a favor for them, exempt them from punishment, and don't expel them from the tribe. They steal the tribe's property,
He is indeed guilty, but his crime is unforgivable and excusable! During this Tatar invasion, some beacon passes along my border were damaged and are now being repaired. Since these people have committed crimes, let them build beacons.
, repair the pass to atone for your sins. Since the punishment is a small crime, my place only provides food and does not pay wages."
Xia Xun glanced at the overjoyed Digunai and others with a smile, and then said to Magulhun: "Their families should also go together, and those who are strong can build beacons. Women, cook a meal for everyone.
Mending clothes is also a job, and it is not a crime for his family. Their family members go to work, and I pay the wages. This can also relieve his family's temporary worries.
As for the future... Lord Magulhun will need a lot of people around him in the future! In addition, I don’t know how many such families there are in your clan. If anyone is willing to work for me and rely on their own strength to make a living, I will welcome them.
Lord Magulhun, if there are such tribesmen, you can count them later and send them all to me!"
When Ma Guerhun was called "Sir" by him, he immediately became a little excited. There was no reason not to agree. Besides, these tribesmen who had been devastated by the war were worried that they could not be resettled. Now that they could find a place to eat, wouldn't everyone be happy?
? As for what Xia Xun said that he "will need a lot of people in the future", Ma Guerhun understood it and hurriedly agreed. He glared at those people and said, "If the Lord had not shown mercy,
My heart, I can never tolerate you today without thanking you, sir!"
Digunai and others wept with joy and knocked their heads on the ground so hard that their scalps were bruised as they thanked them so much.
At this time, there were already three floors of lively people gathered around. Xia Xun turned to everyone and said loudly: "I have mercy on you and punished Digunai and others for stealing the clan's property. The reason is that they
Doing this means losing your livelihood. In order to support your parents and raise your children, you do not always tolerate those who commit crimes. You must remember this!"
Xia Xun took a few steps and said again: "I have asked you just now that the reason why they have no livelihood is the result of the Tatars invading and plundering our border people. You are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and you deserve to be protected by me.
The protection of the Ming Dynasty army! A few days ago, the governor has sent troops to launch a surprise attack on the Ugu tribe of Tatars who invaded our border. The result I want is: the Ugu tribe who brazenly invaded our border people will disappear from the grassland!
"
Xia Xun's words were loud and domineering, and there were a lot of discussions everywhere.
Xia Xun added: "The merchants doing business in Hada City come from all over the world. There are also Tatars among you. You can spread the words of my governor. Whoever dares to invade us will be punished ten times.
If one time is not enough, they will beat him again until he is convinced! Of course, anyone who is willing to do business with us in a harmonious manner, as long as he shows his sincerity, we will welcome him! However, if he wants to take advantage, then
Just come! When friends come, we have wine to entertain them! When enemies come, we have bows and arrows to serve them!"
The chatter around stopped, and the merchants of all races gathered around looked at Xia Xun with something different in their eyes.
Xia Xun came to Magur and stood next to his little niece Temuer. She was looking at him with her big blinking eyes and said: "I have heard about your sister. This time,
I want to completely eliminate the Wugu tribe. All the captives and rescued slaves of this tribe will be brought back. I hope that I can rescue your sister this time! From now on, we will
We will not allow similar things to happen again. When the enemy comes again, unless they step on the corpses of our soldiers, they will never insult the people of Ming Dynasty!"
Lutemu bit his lip and asked: "What guarantee do you use?"
Ding Yu, the commander of Dingliao Guard, slapped the sword on his waist and shouted: "Use my sword!"
Xia Xun said: "Girl, as your uncle said, there are always unworthy descendants in every family. There are hundreds of families in the same family, and it is unavoidable to have a few scoundrels occasionally. Liaodong's 150,000
Of course, officers and soldiers will inevitably produce a few scum, and Shen Yong is a scum, but you won't be inferior to our countless brave soldiers in Liaodong just because of this scum, right?"
Xia Xun patted Ding Yu on the shoulder and said: "My General Ding has already answered you. Use our swords to guarantee it! Use our lives to guarantee it! If we can't do it, then..., I will pay him compensation."
Here you go, let me be your husband!"
Everyone around burst into laughter, and Ding Yu said in embarrassment: "Master Bu Tang..."
Lutemu pursed his lips and said: "If you can't do it, then you are a coward, a coward, no one cares about him!"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Oh? So, if you can do it, you are a warrior and a great hero, so why don't you want him? Haha, General Ding, if you want to win a beauty, you have to work hard! I decided,
In the next battle, I will send you troops!"
The laughter everywhere became louder, and Ding Yu became even more embarrassed. He blushed and said: "Master Bu Tang..."
Xia Xun's face darkened and he said, "What? You, a descendant of a noble family and a dignified general, are just like Shen Yong, timid to fight the enemy?"
Ding Yu puffed up his chest and said proudly: "How can a junior general be afraid of war? If the department wants to use troops, just send the junior general to fight, and let him have thousands of troops and hordes of tigers and wolves. What's the point of fear?"
Xia Xun suddenly turned from anger to joy, and said to the girl: "Here, you heard it, my general Ding, is this oath so powerful?"
Forget it, the girl was a child of the grassland, with an unrestrained temperament, and she blushed at his teasing, but when she took a sneak look at General Ding, who had always been at odds with her, it seemed that... she was indeed more pleasing to the eye!
After this incident, the relationship between the two parties seemed to be more harmonious. Digunai and others, who were released by Xia Xun's intercession, went back to relocate their families. Then they had to deal with those who had suffered from the military disaster and had their daily necessities robbed. They were in a dilemma.
The tribesmen in Jingjing reported to Kaiyuan City together. Ma Guerhun sent Xia Xun ten miles away before returning Yiyi.
As soon as Ma Guerhun's people left, the young imperial envoy said to Xia Xun: "Those thieves who stole the clan's property, the clan does not care what they did, and let their clan elders deal with them. In order to excuse them, we have to
Recruit them to build the Fengsui Pass. Just ask the local garrison soldiers to do these things. Transferring them to them will be another expense!"
"Young envoy, please take a longer view."
Xia Xun smiled and said, "How much does it cost to build a beacon? That's only a few dollars. Next, I want them to have more, but... it's limited to stability and wealth. The court can make them rich, but it can't give them independence.
If they want to have wealth, they must follow my plan and gradually give up the power that should be owned by the state.
The various tribes in Liaodong are currently uncivilized tribes. The tribal chiefs have administrative and judicial functions. With the development and growth, these functions will inevitably evolve in the direction of people and officials, people and the court. Therefore,
, who holds the judicial power and how to exercise it is a crucial issue."
Xia Xun turned around, glanced at Hada City with a deep gaze, and said solemnly: "You said, what their chief can give to their people is not even as good as what a landowner can give to long-term workers and tenants. Their people don't have to
Only the chiefs and tribes who rely on them can survive. Then... what will be the situation in Liaodong?"
: For some reason last night, I couldn't sleep all night. I didn't go to sleep until early in the morning. I didn't wake up until ten o'clock. It was strange, so I coded a little later today. You guys have been waiting for a long time. Don't forget it.