After playing a prank, Zhao Ran felt a little relieved and returned to the training office easily. Unfortunately, if he wanted to hang out in the Taoist Shifang jungle, he couldn't feel happy for the time being, so he could only endure it.
The conflict between him and Dong Zhikun is open and transparent. This matter is not only known to all the Taoist Shifang Jungle people in Long'an Prefecture, but also to many Taoist temples in the surrounding Baoning Prefecture, Tongchuan Prefecture, and Du Prefecture.
The higher-ups of Xuanyuan Guan also heard about it.
Zhao Ran really wanted to find a dark corner and beat these two people up a thousand times or simply let them disappear from the world, but if he really did that, he would be ready to withdraw from the system of Shifang Jungle.
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Song Zhiyuan had woken up from his hangover and was chatting with visitors in the room. When he saw Zhao Ran coming to the door, Song Zhiyuan let out a laugh, pointed at Zhao Ran's nose, and said in a displeased manner: "You are really calm!
I heard from Zhixing that you arrived late at night last night, and if it were even half a day later, I’d like to see how you end up!"
Zhao Ran quickly apologized and said: "The prison hospital forgives me, the prison hospital forgives me. Junior brother came late, which made the prison hospital worried."
After Song Zhiyuan's anger subsided, he said to Zhao Ran: "Come and see the Lu Supervisor of the Jingshou Palace in the capital."
Zhao Ran hurriedly went over to inspect his head: "Xiaodao has seen the Lu Supervisory Academy."
Song Zhiyuan introduced to the middle-aged Taoist priest on the side: "This is Zhao Zhiran, Zhu of Junshan Temple. He was under me when I patrolled Wujiyuan. I watched helplessly as he started from sweeping the house, and in eight years, he became a
Blessings from Junshan Temple."
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "If it hadn't been for the support of Senior Patrolman, I might still be sweeping the house now."
Lu Supervisor smiled and said: "What a terrifying young man. At your age, I was still reciting sutras in the sutra hall every day and thinking about how to pass the assessment next month."
The three of them laughed and talked for a while before Lu Supervisor took his leave.
After Lu Supervisor left, Song Zhiyuan said: "This Lu Supervisor came from Qingyang Palace in Kuizhou, and later served as the meditation master of the Sutra Hall in Xuanyuan Temple. I got along quite well when I went to Xuanyuan Temple. He went there three years ago
He moved to the capital and was appointed as a high-ranking official in Jingshou Palace. He also held the post of the capital minister the year before last. Last year, Yun, the old supervisor of Jingshou Palace, resigned due to his old age. Xuanyuan Guan retained him and became the abbot, and he was promoted to the supervisor."
Zhao Ran knew that the Jingshou Palace in the capital had always been relied upon by Xuanyuan Guan, and the supervisory courtyard of Jingshou Palace had a say in the entire Sichuan Province. Li Yunhe, the supervisory courtyard of Xuanyuan Guan, and Zhao Yunlou, the governor, had all done
Pass the prison courtyard of Jingshou Palace in the capital.
Song Zhiyuan added: "This Lu Supervisor is quite straightforward. Please get closer to him when you have time."
This was to pave the way for Zhao Ran, and Zhao Ran agreed wholeheartedly. When Song Zhiyuan was on patrol, he had some utilitarian intentions in promoting Zhao Ran, such as helping his niece Song Yuqiao re-enter the teacher's sect, and preparing himself to be the supervisor of Wujiyuan.
Exchange, etc. But after the fall of Zhang Yunzhao, now he is sitting in a high position in the prison of Yuyang Palace, Baonyeong Prefecture, and his mentality is different from that of back then.
He knew that at his age, he could achieve this position and there was no possibility of reaching a higher level, so he had some expectations in his heart, hoping that Zhao Ran and Zhao Zhixing could come out and take care of the Song family in the future.
.Of course, he values Zhao Ran more among the two.
Zhao Ran asked about the content of this major meeting, and Song Zhiyuan knew everything. He had just come out from the high position of patrolling Xuanyuan Temple, and he knew a lot about the inside story.
In addition to rewarding achievements and punishing crimes, one of the most important contents of this major meeting was to discuss how to incorporate the large area of newly occupied land west of Baima Mountain into the Ming Dynasty.
There are three Xia Kingdom strongholds on this land: Longbai, Chama, and Qionghe. Surrounded by the rare Red Plains grassland, it is a good place to raise military horses. According to the original practice of the Ming Dynasty, one guard or a thousand were set up in a newly occupied area.
Households should be organized as military households and be integrated into Songfan Guards as a whole.
Songfan Guards is a war zone. It is actually the Ming Dynasty’s collective name for the many first-line guards established in this war zone. It does not exist in the imperial court. Perhaps real Songfan Guards may be set up to govern in the future, but
There is currently no unified formal regulation of these health centers, and they are all under the control of the Governor-General's Office in Western Sichuan.
But in this battle of Baima Mountain, the reason why the Ming army was able to win was because of a key factor that played a role - Nei Ying. This Nei Ying was not sent by the Ming Dynasty, but came from the three villages mentioned above.
The foundation of the Xia Kingdom was the Eight Departments of the Party. In addition to the Eight Departments, there were many vassals in many areas, descendants of mountain people, forming large and small tribal groups. The chieftain system was implemented, and the chieftains managed the local area on their own.
Ministry people.
The eight-year-old Battle of Baima Mountain really put Xia State through a lot of hardships. In the first few years, it could maintain its offensive, but later on, it was just barely able to maintain its offensive, and it was no longer able to continue. Without him, the consumption was too huge.
Especially starting from the end of last year, many logistical support could not keep up, so the tens of thousands of Xia troops stationed around Baima Mountain began to harm the surrounding tribal mountain people, especially the above-mentioned three villages.
Sanzhai suffered deeply for a year and couldn't bear it anymore. Chieftain Longbai, Chieftain Chama and Chieftain Qionghe gathered together to reach a secret agreement and decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. After making arrangements with the Governor-General's Office of Western Sichuan and Daomen,
After two months of back-and-forth negotiations, the director finally reached a secret agreement to support the Ming army in occupying Baima Mountain.
With the approval of the Lushan General Viewpoint and the Nanjing Cabinet, the Governor-General's Office and the Promotion Office agreed to the conditions of the three ministries, allowing the three ministries to continue their autonomy after surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time expelled the Buddhist temples and rebuilt Taoist temples.
Now that Baima Mountain has won a great victory, the Ming army has stationed on the line of Baihe and confronts the Xia army across the river. Baihe is a fast river and is known as a natural danger. It is difficult to conquer in a short period of time. To be honest, with the south of Xia State, it is difficult to conquer.
The battle on the front line basically could no longer be fought. Not only the Xia Kingdom was exhausted, but the southwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty that had supported the war for eight years were also exhausted.
The meaning of the Lushan General View and the Nanjing Cabinet is that the war is over for the time being, and plans for the future will be made after it is consolidated.
So, now the question arises, how should the newly occupied Hongyuan Grassland, Longbai, Chama and Qiong Rivers be managed?
Regarding this issue, the Lushan General Outlook and the Nanjing Cabinet did not reach a resolution and argued over it for more than half a month.
Opinions vary, some are moderate, some are radical, and they are basically divided into two groups.
The first is to follow the original promise and allow the three tribes to be autonomous. Only Taoist priests will be sent to the three tribes to spread the blessings of the Three Purities and urge the people of the three tribes to convert.
The second is to tear up the original agreement, forcibly dissolve the chieftains, return the natives to their hometowns, establish military households, and set up guard stations to implement military control.
The two opinions were at loggerheads, each with its own reasons, and looking left and right you couldn't tell whether it was wrong. The general view and the cabinet could not form a unified resolution, so they simply left it to Xuanyuan Guan, the Governor's Office of Western Sichuan and the Daomen Promotion Office.
, let them give suggestions first - after all, this area will still be managed by Sichuan Province in the future.
Therefore, in this major discussion, Xuanyuan Guan is preparing to solicit the opinions of various palaces for consultation.