Wang Qi, who is the same age as Wang Ji, has never suffered much since he was a child.
He was almost dead from exhaustion after getting off the boat. If his father hadn't been by his side, he would have hired someone to carry the slide all the way. He hated the mountain road that he could never see the end of.
It's a pity that my father only allowed the women to make slides, and the men had to use their feet to measure the boundaries of Guizhou.
"Take a rest first." Wang Yuan said.
When Wang Qiru heard the fairy voice, he didn't care about the gentleman's demeanor and sat down on the ground. The soles of his feet were already blistered and his legs were trembling. He wanted the boy to help him beat his legs, but he was afraid of being scolded by his father.
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Among the adult children, Wang Qi is the one with the least perseverance. His biological mother is Xia Chan. Although he was taught by Huang E since he was a child, Xia Chan always coddled him quietly and wished that his son could enjoy the blessings of several lifetimes together.
However, Wang Qi is more powerful in the imperial examination. He is only 16 years old this year and has already passed the Guizhou Examination. Last year, he returned to Guizhou to take the provincial examination. He hired people to carry the sliding pole throughout the whole process. He did not find the road difficult at all, but he was still in the mood to enjoy the mountains and rivers along the way.
"Master, drink some water." The book boy handed over the kettle.
Wang Qi took a sip, threw the kettle aside, and lay down on the ground to regain his strength.
Huang E wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the distant mountains, and asked: "Sister Ling'er, when you left Guizhou with Mr. Yangming, did you walk all the way there?"
Song Ling'er smiled and said: "I ride a horse. But sometimes the official road is too steep, and you have to drag the horse to walk, which is more strenuous than walking by yourself."
Huang E said: "I am from Sichuan. It is said that the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and the mountain roads in Guizhou are no less difficult. It was really hard for my husband to take the exam back then."
Song Ling'er said: "Guizhou was in chaos at that time. There were fighting everywhere, and we had to guard against bandits and robbers."
Huang E asked: "After all these days, it should be coming soon."
"We just passed Qielan Mansion, it's early," Song Ling'er couldn't help complaining, "Pingyue is such a good name. It sounds nice and easy to remember. Our Grand Master Wang insisted on changing the name to Qielan Mansion."
Wang Yuan suddenly interrupted and said with a smile: "Qilan is the name of an ancient country."
Song Ling'er said angrily: "You are the only one who is knowledgeable."
After passing Qingping County, you will reach Qielan Prefecture.
The name Qielan Mansion was really decided by Wang Yuan. It used to be called Pingyuewei, which was later known as Fuquan City in Guizhou.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Pingyue belonged to the Yang family of Bozhou, and part of it was recovered during the Yongle period. When Yang Tinghe was in power, he weakened the Yang family of Bozhou again, and Wang Yuan directly upgraded it to a government when he came to power, and named it "Qielan mansion" after the local ancient country.
However, the number of Han people here is too small to completely change the country.
Therefore, the Miao chief was appointed as the magistrate, and the Miao chief was the local magistrate. Two chief officials, one Han and one Tu, governed together. The three governors were Zhenyuan, Pianqiao, and Xinglong, and Qingping, Weng'an, Yuqing, Huangping, and Mei were under the jurisdiction.
Tanwu County, the territory of the Yang family in Bozhou, Sichuan, was merged into a large area into Guizhou.
The mother and son of the chieftain of the Yang family in Bozhou are living a life of fear, fearing that they will be converted to exile if they are not careful.
There is no way, Bozhou has become a "familiar land" under the rule of the Yang family.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the area of land cultivated in Bozhou was larger than that of the entire Guizhou combined, and it attracted a large number of Han people to thrive. There were Han people and cultivated land, and all the conditions were met. As long as the Yang family in Bozhou was overthrown, the land could be restored to the original land.
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Coincidentally, the Ming Dynasty's military power was at its peak in these years, and the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition were unfavorable.
Other chieftains may be confident because there are few Han people in their territory, but the Yang family in Bozhou can only resign themselves to fate. Moreover, the patrol censor in Sichuan likes to keep an eye on Bozhou all day long, and even the Yang family chieftains take concubines.
They all checked to see if they had raped civilian girls, just to find a legitimate excuse to send troops.
Yang's mother and son have simply become a model chieftain. They run schools and teach, do little in corvee and pay little in taxes, treat the people well, make friends with scholars, and only ask for the help of scholars to say good things.
The eldest son of Chieftain Yang Xiang, Yang Lie, had not yet reached the age of ten, so he requested to be sent to the Imperial Academy in Beijing to study, and wanted to send his heir to the capital as a hostage.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, the chieftain with the strongest strength and the largest territory is now living in such a miserable state.
It is a shame that the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers refused to give in. Although they did not directly change their land and return to their hometown, they set up two camps in Bozhou - Tongzi Camp and Suiyang Camp.
Each battalion recruits 3,000 regular soldiers, all of whom are full-time off-duty soldiers. They are maintained by direct funds from the central government, and are managed by retired generals dispatched by the Ministry of War. A portion of Sichuan's annual taxes is sent directly to these two battalions for military expenses without being deported to the capital.
Although the Tongzi Camp and the Suiyang Camp only have 6,000 regular soldiers in total, they are definitely well-trained and well-equipped. The responsibility of these two troops is not only to suppress the Yang family in Bozhou, but also to control a few small chieftains in the north of E.
They are places where rebellion is commonplace, and their importance is no less important than the northern border towns.
This is really scary for the Yang family in Bozhou. Counting the Guizhou Border Guard Station, Bozhou is surrounded by people. If there is any change, they will be waiting to be repatriated.
It's really different when the country becomes stronger.
In the past, civil servants who served in the southwest had to muddle along one by one, for fear of provoking a rebellion among the chieftains. Now they like to take the initiative to stir up trouble. As long as there is a legitimate reason, the bigger the trouble, the better, in order to gain political achievements and prestige. Even the salt affairs of Sichuan
The department went to Bozhou every now and then to investigate, and they were looking forward to Yang's toast smuggling well salt every day.
With this situation, Bozhou is not far away from returning to its native land.
Even if there are no loopholes in the Yang family's mother and son, there are many branches of the Yang family, all serving as small local officials in Bozhou. Can those branch local officials ensure that all of them are law-abiding and honest? Several have been investigated and punished!
Moreover, there was no need for civil servants to take action. When Yang mother and son heard about a clan member committing trouble, they would go there with local soldiers to attack them. This has three advantages. First, it takes the opportunity to expand the strength of the main clan. Second, it does not give the Ming Dynasty the opportunity to send troops. Third,
Use this as a reason to request a reward from the imperial court.
Nowadays, Sichuan's civil and military officials have basically reached a tacit understanding, thinking about how to create trouble in Bozhou, and to send troops directly and quickly!
Within two or three years, Bozhou will go to war.
Wang Yuan passed through Qielan Prefecture, passed through Xintian (Guiding) and Longli counties, and in front of him was the city of Guiyang.
These are all places that have been reformed. Xintian County and Longli County are both under the direct control of Guiyang Prefecture. The words of the Guizhou Chief Executive are much tougher than before.
There is no way. The chief minister of the current dynasty is from Guizhou, so Guizhou is naturally a key area.
There are even some good people who want to flatter themselves. Shangshu suggested adding a right chief envoy, because Guizhou currently only has a left chief envoy. This is the only one in the country. Every province has two chief envoys, but Guizhou only has one.
It is not in line with the identity of the chief minister’s hometown.
Some officials also suggested increasing the number of candidates in Guizhou and adding five at a time.
Wang Yuan partially accepted the suggestion, but it was not for personal gain, but preferential treatment for the southwest frontier. The number of candidates for each province was increased by three in Yunnan, two in Guizhou, and two in Guangxi. As for Jiaozhi, there are fifteen quotas for each province.
The number of newly created Liaoning provinces is the same.
By the way, Jiaozhi has a Jinshi this year.
Although he was only a Jinshi at the bottom of the third list, it greatly boosted the morale of the scholars. After the bloody suppression, Jiaozhi implemented the system of dividing every family into an equal share. Now that another Jinshi has been awarded, Jiaozhi scholars began to think about the imperial examinations, and few people thought about it anymore.
Make trouble and seek independence.
When Wang Qi was about to collapse, he was finally able to ride a horse. Not long after, he saw the Guiyang City Wall.
The Guizhou avant-garde has been abolished, all military households have been converted into civilian households, and there is only one Guizhou guard outside Guiyang city.
There is no need to retain so many guard posts, because the power of the chieftains has been seriously weakened. The Song family's twelve horse heads at that time still have four big horse heads. The Shuixi'an family was divided into three, and the eldest brother was killed by the two younger brothers.
The territory was transformed and returned to its original position. The second and third sons of the An family suffered heavy losses due to years of internal strife, and each ruled more than a dozen tribes.
At the same time, there are more and more Han people in Guiyang, and they have overtaken the population in the prefectures and counties surrounding the city.
"Da da da da!"
The sound of horse hooves came from far away.
Wang Che raised his eyes and said, "Uncle is coming out of the city."
Wang Meng has been the deputy commander-in-chief of Guizhou for four years. He was able to climb to this position only because of Wang Yuan's nepotism. Moreover, he cannot be promoted to commander-in-chief again unless Wang Yuan no longer serves as the chief assistant.
This guy was followed by more than a dozen personal followers, and he was quite murderous and majestic. It looked like he was fighting a lot of troubles.
Wang Meng turned over and dismounted, patted Wang Yuan on the shoulder and said: "Erlang has not changed much from more than ten years ago except that his beard is longer. Brother, I am getting older."
Two more young men dismounted, bowed and said: "Uncle."
Wang Yuan nodded and said to his two nephews: "They are all good. They are very strong. Have you ever studied for the imperial examination?"
Wang Meng touched his nose in embarrassment: "The two boys are following me. They get sleepy when they study, so they can only use knives to kill them."
Wang Yuan asked again: "How are the arrangements for father's funeral?"
Wang Meng said: "He has been buried. He is buried on the mountainside at the foot of Chuanqing Village in Heishan Ridge. This was my father's last wish. He said that he would return to his roots after death, and Chuanqing Village is his root."
"Where's mother?" Wang Yuan asked.
Wang Meng said: "My mother is in Guiyang City. It's convenient for me to take her over and take care of her. Why hasn't my little sister come back?"
Wang Yuan said: "She is pregnant and it is inconvenient for her to travel long distances. Her brother-in-law is also an official in Shandong. As a parent in a state, she cannot easily travel."
The two brothers walked and chatted, and in a blink of an eye they were at the inn outside the city.
But I saw hundreds of hometown elders greeting me at the inn, and more villagers were coming after hearing the news. There were even a few children shouting: "The Taifu is here, the Taifu is here!"
Guizhou is isolated and does not know that Wang Yuan is the Grand Master.