Hearing what Yuan Hao said, Mei Si's face turned dark immediately: "So, is the White Horse Court forcing me to rebel?"
Yuan Hao smiled: "You can give it a try and see if the Longbai tribe and the Chama tribe will risk their lives to rebel for your Qionghe tribe."
Meisi was extremely angry and turned around to leave, but as a big chieftain, he calmed down. If he really turned around and left, he would probably have to engage in a war. But could he bear the consequences?
The reason why he delayed going down the mountain for a few days was because he wanted to wait and see if Baimayuan would be like before. In order to calm the trouble, he investigated the temple priests in the small street temple, returned the escaped slaves who killed the family owner, and finally gave them to him.
I had some benefits, but who knew that what was waiting for me was a huge army pressing down on me.
Are the White Horse Courtyard really not afraid of risking their lives? Are they really not afraid that the black gauze hat on their heads will be taken off? With a cloudy and uncertain face, Mei Si is sitting on the stove, simply not knowing what to do.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that as long as the White Horse Court was ruthless, there was really nothing he could do. No matter whether the new Abbot Zhao could keep his black hat or not - that was something that could only be discussed later, and before that
, if you really use weapons, you will definitely not be able to save your life!
What should I do? Meisi looked at Yuan Hao's smile and was speechless for a long time. After a while, she suddenly said: "I want to see Abbot Zhao."
Yuan Hao shook his head: "Abbot Zhao is in Songfan."
Zhao Ran is currently at the Governor's Mansion in Western Sichuan, discussing the affairs of the three ministries with Governor Xia.
Regarding Governor Xia's question, Zhao Ran replied: "There are three handling principles. First, the White Horse Court will not interfere in the affairs of the three tribes. We are still willing to commit to this; second, the White Horse Court should focus on supervising the issue of people's conversion. This
Firstly, we can no longer let it go; thirdly, Baimayuan does not recognize the slave status of the three tribesmen, this is to follow the Ming Dynasty law, and at the same time it is for the future development of Songfan."
Xia Jidao: "I agree with Abbot Zhao's three points. It is indeed time for the three departments to be resolved. The previous expedient measures must not continue. That is not our long-term strategy for naturalizing Song Fan. I
The only concern is whether it will affect our military affairs on the Baihe front line and the Daxue Mountain front line."
Zhao Ran said: "I only need a thousand sergeants, which will not put any pressure on the Baihe front line. In fact, what I use these one thousand sergeants to show is determination. I clearly understand the attitude of the Ma Yuan. I don't think the Qionghe Department dares to take action."
.I’m afraid that if the three groups are connected, the turmoil will be greater. It’s easy to understand why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.”
Xia Ji smiled and said: "There are many people who understand the truth, but not many people are willing to act according to the truth. As long as you keep your commitment to the autonomy of the tribe and people unchanged, in this great interest, even if they know that they
Even the next person to be stabbed may not have the courage to stand up before the knife hits him."
Zhao Ran thought for a while and couldn't help laughing: "What the governor said is absolutely true. I have not put any pressure on the Longbai tribe and the Chama tribe. At the same time, I insist on promising autonomy for the tribes and people. In this case, these two tribes may not dare to
Those who stand up openly are at most inciting the Qionghe tribe to come forward behind the scenes."
Xia Jidao: "I believe Mei Si is not a fool."
"Thank you Xia Du for your support!"
"On this point, Du Jian Yuan and I support you. When do you plan to finish all three movies?"
"This year, take down the Qionghe tribe first. Cut the remaining two divisions into pieces with a dull knife and take your time."
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Meisi was pacing back and forth in his large wooden house, with a thick cashmere blanket under his feet, and he was thinking about the conditions for Yuan Hao to come out.
On behalf of the White Horse Court, Yuan Hao made him a condition, a condition that was less difficult for him to refuse. But to accept this condition, he would have to completely bring the entire Qionghe tribe under the rule of the White Horse Court and give up his control over more than 8,000 tribes.
The power to kill and seize all sentient beings.
Baimayuan's conditions are: as long as Meisi allows the Daomen inspection team to enter the mountain, convert the faith according to Daomen's wishes, and naturalize all the people under the rule - including Meisi himself, and allow the people to come and go freely, Baimayuan will promise
Continue to guarantee his title of chieftain and his autonomy over the Qionghe tribe.
At the same time, Baima Yuan is willing to expressly confirm that all the mountains, forests and acres of the entire Haizi Mountain belong to the big and small heads of the Qionghe tribe. As for how to divide it, it is up to Meisi and these dozens of headmen to decide. Of course, all the output of Haizi Mountain is
Taxes must be paid.
Meisi could see that as long as he promised to convert to Baimayuan and free the slaves, he, as chieftain, would almost be holding an empty title, and the so-called tribal autonomy would gradually become empty talk as time passed.
What really moved his heart was that the White Horse Court clearly confirmed that he and the Big and Little Touhou people owned the entire Haizi Mountain. As soon as the deed was issued, Mei Si believed that he would be able to get at least half of it, and his life would be worry-free for generations to come.
Of course, this condition is not as good as maintaining the status quo, but seeing the Ming army sharpening their swords and about to attack the mountain, Yuan Hao only gave himself one day to think about it, and he really couldn't think of gathering a crowd to fight.
Gritting her teeth, Mei Si summoned all the more than 20 tribal leaders to discuss it all night.
He asked everyone two questions.
Without the emergence of Abbot Zhao, could the Qionghe tribe continue to be autonomous? Could the Ming Dynasty tolerate the large and small heads of the Qionghe tribe to be autonomous from generation to generation?
If the Longbai Tribe and Chama Tribe are asked for help, will these two tribes fully support the Qionghe Tribe against the Ming army as they promised, instead of coming up to grab a bite from time to time until the Qionghe Tribe is defeated as they did in the past hundred years?
Kawabe swallowed it completely?
None of the leaders could answer these two questions, and there was silence.
No one knew how to answer until the envoys sent to communicate with the Longbai and Chama tribes came back and reported: "Danmu Toast and Wanqiu Toast said, please hold on to the Qionghe tribe and don't compromise with the Baima Court.
We are all one body and have always been a family, and they will never sit idly by and ignore it."
"Did they agree on when to send troops?"
"Danmu Toast said that as long as we persist for seven days, the Longbai tribe's army will arrive. Please free up the Chonghua River Valley for the Longbai tribe to garrison."
"What a thief! What did Wanqiu say?"
"Wanqiu Toast said that he has sent an envoy to Tianhe Palace to complain to the Dao Sect. The Chama Army is also preparing..."
"Why are you hesitating? What conditions does he want?"
"It's also the Chonghua River Valley..."
After a long time, Meisi stood up and said to everyone: "If we can't keep our power, then we will choose to keep our wealth."
So, the leaders immediately began to argue, which mountain col belongs to my family, which forest belongs to my family, that pasture has been occupied by my family for a long time, and that piece of cultivated land has been cultivated by my ancestors but is now temporarily fallow...
On November 1, the second anniversary of Zhao Ran's appointment as the abbot of Baimayuan, Mei Si and Yuan Hao reached an agreement at Xiaojie Temple, and Baimayuan officially brought more than 8,000 people from the Qionghe tribe under its rule.
The conversion supervision team sent by Baima Yuan was stationed in Haizi Mountain to assist the people of the Qionghe tribe to convert. They overthrew all the more than ten sacrificial temples in the mountain and built a new small temple. Taoist priests were sent from Xiaojie Temple to guard it.
The small street temple confiscated more than a hundred statues of various "Taoist" gods, and confiscated hundreds of sacrificial objects with logos on them, all of which were burned. Three tribal wizards who worshiped the "Taoist" shouted slogans that they could not understand.
, jumped from the peak of Haizi Mountain and died as a martyr, and more than ten young witches were taken away by Baimayuan.
Throughout November, more than 6,000 people from the Qionghe tribe came down the mountain to become naturalized. These people will be divided into dozens of villages that will be established soon. There are still nearly 2,000 people who do not want to leave their homeland. They are in Baima.
Under the supervision of the court, employment contracts were signed with the chiefs of all sizes, and they were transformed from slaves into hired workers to help these chiefs manage their industries in the mountains.
In order to commend the achievements of Meisi, the chieftain of the Qionghe tribe, Zhao Ran asked for instructions from Tianhe Palace and granted Meisi an ultimatum. Meisi suddenly transformed into an ultimatum Taoist priest in Baimayuan.
On this day, the number of naturalized people under the rule of Baimayuan reached 60,000!