Song Zhipu, Chen Hanhui, and Ke Xiaqing, three cabinet bachelors, walked into Nuan Pavilion together.
Zhu Yihai sat on the warm couch and read the memorial.
The three of them came in and said hello together.
"Three beloved ladies, please come and sit on the couch."
The couch was very big, much larger than an ordinary kang, and there were couch mats on it. The room was very warm. The emperor smiled and greeted the three people. These three were Conglong Yuanxun when he started the army, and they are still his father-in-law.
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The three daughters are all in the palace. Chen Hanhui's daughter also gave birth to the emperor's fifth son, Prince Jin, and the mother regarded her son as a noble concubine.
The three of them bowed and saluted, but did not kneel down. The emperor did not like to kneel frequently, and even restored the Tang Dynasty system of sitting at court, instead of standing, and there was no need to kneel down.
In private, there is even less etiquette.
"I have just brewed a pot of tea. Let's have a taste. The Pu'er tea was given to me by Mu Tianbo, Duke of Yunnan and Guizhou. It is said to be tea leaves from hundreds of years old trees. What was sent was picked, prepared and stored for storage.
It has been aged for more than 200 years. It is said that in the 14th year of Hongwu, Mu Ying, Fu Youde and Lan Yu led 300,000 troops to conquer Yunnan. After Yunnan was pacified, Mu Ying stayed in the town and made a tea from the tea leaves he picked with his own hands.
After criticizing Pu'er, some were given as tribute to Taizu, and some were stored in storage. Now there are only a dozen pieces left, and now they are given to me as tribute."
The three of Song Zhipu were also familiar with the emperor, so they were not so polite here. Song smiled and said, "I usually drink less Pu'er, but I usually only drink it from ten years ago. I haven't drunk it in the past three hundred years.
Can I still drink it?”
Chen Hanhui continued: "I heard that Pu'er tea is produced and stored in a special way. It can be preserved for hundreds of years, and some can even grow golden flowers, which are very rare. The golden flowers also have a unique flavor and the effect of prolonging life."
Zhu Yihai did know that the golden flower of Pu'er is actually a kind of fungus, which is occasionally encountered in aged teas. It is a match made in heaven. Under the premise that the tea is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, dry on the outside and moist on the inside, the tea will have more fruits or
When the fresh leaves are thick and old and the tea exudate is thick, and there must be a specific kind of bacteria present in the tea raw materials, there is a very small chance of it forming in the old tea.
It is indeed a rare treasure among teas. Its golden flower is also a kind of beneficial bacteria, and it does have some effect in regulating blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipids.
When Mu Tianbo escaped from Kunming City, he did not forget to take the ancestral Pu'er tea with him, especially the Thirteen Cake Tea, which shows how rare it is. This time he brought them all to the emperor. Except for the Thirteen Cake Tea, which was said to be Mu Tianbo's
The tea that Ying personally picked and made has been passed down, and the Pu'er that has been picked and made by the Dukes of Guizhou in the past dynasties has been handed down. He also gave a lot of it as gifts.
There are also 108 new Pu'er cakes made by picking tea himself.
Zhu Yihai doesn't particularly like Pu'er. He thinks it has a strong taste and is oily. Drinking too much may even cause some gastric discomfort.
Of course, it's good to drink it once in a while.
He opened a cake of the old Pu'er made by Mu Ying for nearly 300 years, and it actually bloomed with golden flowers, so he won the prize.
"Does the Duke of Guizhou still want to continue to guard Yunnan?" Ke Xiaqing said.
Mu Tianbo was the same age as Zhu Yihai. In the first year of Chongzhen, his father Mu Qiyuan died suddenly. In the same year, Mu Tianbo, who was only ten years old, inherited the hereditary title of Duke of Guizhou and served as the general to conquer Yunnan.
Because he was too young, although he succeeded him as the Chief Military Officer of Yunnan and bore the seal of General of the South, the affairs of the Chief Military Officer of Yunnan could only be handled by the governor of Yunnan, while the affairs of his palace were managed by his mother, Mrs. Chen, and the housekeepers, the Ruan brothers.
The ancestor of the Mu family, Mu Ying, was once the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and later restored his surname. In the 14th year of Hongwu, he and Lan Yu and others conquered Yunnan and stayed in Yunnan after it was pacified.
Although the emperor later planned to send the Zhu family to guard Yunnan, they were unsuccessful. Instead, the Mu family's position in Yunnan was stable and their prestige was growing. In the end, the court had to compromise, and the Mu family, the Duke of Guizhou, inherited the title of chief military officer of Yunnan.
Town Yunnan.
The Mujia Town in Yunnan is actually somewhat similar to the descendants of Wei Guogong Xu Da who guarded Nanjing.
They were all guarded by military personnel and were not vassals with the title of king. However, unlike the Wei family in Nanjing, Yunnan was far away from the emperor and had many chieftains. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court did not actually have much control over Yunnan, so the Mu family
It is very special in Yunnan.
By the end of Chongzhen's reign, Mu Tianbo had grown up and assumed power. However, at this time, the Ming Dynasty was also riddled with holes. The officialdom was self-serving and many chieftains were rebellious. Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan again and threatened Yunnan.
Mu Tianbo mobilized officers and soldiers and chieftain troops to go north to prevent the Western Army from entering Yunnan, but in the end it triggered a rebellion. Finally, he used Sha Dingzhou and other chieftains to quell the rebellion, but the tigers were resisted through the front door and the wolves were invaded through the back door. After the chieftain Mengzi put down the rebellion, he actually stayed in Kunming.
, launched a rebellion and captured Kunming, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to flee all the way, almost to Burma.
In the end, it was Zhu Yihai who dispatched troops from Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan to Yunnan to assist in suppressing the rebellion. He also used Yunnan's Yang Weizhi, Long Zaitian and other Han officials and local generals. After two years of fighting, he finally recovered Kunming, Chuxiong, Dali and other places, and captured and executed them.
Sha Dingzhou and his wife put down the rebellion.
However, after this chaos, Yunnan became even more turbulent, and the chieftains became extremely powerful.
The prestige of Mu Mansion has dropped significantly.
During the Ming Dynasty, although the Mu family was not a vassal, it was in fact a local vassal town. It guarded Yunnan for generations, and it was indeed a meritorious service. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was almost reduced to a burden.
According to Yunnan's official statistics on land, during the Wanli period, Yunnan's Dusi owned more than 150,000 acres of occupational land, more than 1.1 million acres of military farmland, and the Chief Secretary owned more than 1.8 million acres of government and civilian land. The three items added up to 300,000 acres.
More than ten thousand acres.
The Mu family was granted more than 1,000 hectares of land by the imperial court, and actually owned more than 8,000 hectares of land. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, it actually owned more than 1 million acres, accounting for a quarter of the official land.
There is also a large amount of reclaimed land that has not been registered, a large number of land in name, as well as occupied military land, official land, and annexed civilian land.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mu family's burden on Yunnan was even greater than that of the vassal princes in the mainland. Because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, they also had the position of chief military officer of Yunnan, so it was more convenient for them to do things.
Zhu Yihai was actually very dissatisfied with Mu Tianbo.
The Chongzhen Dynasty could not lead troops to the north to protect the central government, nor could it stabilize the local areas. It also triggered a large-scale rebellion among the chieftains. As a result, the rebellions were as fast as rabbits, and they lost territory and troops. This kind of general in Yunnan
What is the use of soldiers?
Not to mention that their home is a feudal town in Yunnan.
The vassals of the Ming Dynasty have all been withdrawn, and Yunnan Mu Mansion will definitely withdraw as well.
At the beginning of the suppression of the rebellion, Zhu Yihai promoted Mu Tianbo to the rank of Admiral of Yunnan, but now that the rebellion has been suppressed, the Mu family is the first target that the court will deal with.
Mu Tianbo's visit to the court this time was also filled with various activities, and he also paid tribute to the emperor with many gold, silver, tea, horses and gems, etc., hoping to continue to maintain his status as the world's largest town in Yunnan.
But how is this possible?
Even Yang Weizhi, the governor of Yunnan, and Long Zaitian, the commander-in-chief of Yunnan, who had contributed greatly to the suppression of the rebellion, strongly demanded that the Mu family's farmland be inspected, that the occupied land be returned to the government to pay for food and serve as errands, and that the illegally occupied land be returned to the original owner and be taken back by the government.
The power to expropriate village rents.
There was even a proposal to remove the Mu family from their hereditary post of general to conquer the south and transfer the Mu family away.
"I plan to summon Mu Tianbo back to the court, change his title to Yelang Hou, grant him the title of Yin Qing Guang Lu, Wen San Guan, and make him Zuo Sanqi a permanent attendant and accompanying attendants. How about that?"
"good!"
"Where are the Mu family's land estates in Yunnan, etc.?"
"According to the previous vassal regulations, one thousand acres of land will be left for Mu Tianbo. In addition, each of the male members of the Mu family will be given twenty acres, and the rest will be taken back."
Mu Tianbo is not held accountable for other crimes and is only recalled to the court. This is already considered preferential treatment.
Even giving him a marquis can be regarded as recognition of the Mu family's hard work in guarding Yunnan for more than two hundred years. Although the Mu family has merits and demerits, its merits cannot be erased.
At least the Mu family didn't surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which was the fundamental reason why they received preferential treatment.
Otherwise, like the Duke of Wei, Xu Jia and other honorable ministers, regardless of whether your ancestor is the Duke of Wei or the Duke of Bao, if you surrender to the Qing Dynasty and actively act like a dog, completely abandoning the glory of the Ming Dynasty and your ancestors, then this title of nobility was even awarded to you before.
There is no need to preserve the fields, houses, etc.
"Please take a post in Yunnan!" Song Zhipu requested.
Song Zhipu's resume is actually quite good. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, selected as a common scholar in the Hanlin Academy, studied in the second branch of military and criminal punishment, was appointed as the official governor of Taizhou, moved to the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple, and became the censor of the Imperial Academy.
, the left minister of the household department and other positions.
When he was Shaoqing, his father was appointed as the censor of Zuoqiandu, the fourth rank of Zhengzheng at that time, and father and son were ministers in the same palace.
He was born in the right way and had a good resume. He was a scholar in the Hanlin Academy. He also did two subjects in the Ministry of Education, and also worked in the Duchayuan, and then Taipu Temple and the Ministry of Household Affairs. It can be said that he has done everything he has done.
The career path is very stable and good, and they are all official positions that are both clear and expensive.
His political performance and official reputation were good, not to mention that he served as Zhu Yihai's first assistant for three years.
As for his current age, he is only in his forties.
Having obtained the Holy Scroll again, it can be said that the future is bright, but he still took the initiative to take up a foreign post.
"After the great chaos in Yunnan, it is in need of great governance."
The current governor of Yunnan was transferred from Sichuan, and his performance there was not very good. Governor Yang Weizhi was from Shaanxi, and was neither a Jinshi nor a Juren. He was born in poverty. When there was a great famine in Shaanxi and the peasant army invaded, Yang Weizhi organized the village warriors.
He resisted the enemy, was brave and wise, and was praised by the magistrate.
In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he led the local warriors to cooperate with Sun Chuanting to stop the intruders many times. In the thirteenth year, he was recommended for special use.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, he served as deputy envoy to Yunnan, patrolling Jinxiaocang Road. After Sha Dingzhou rebelled, Wu Bikui, the magistrate of Tuzhi County, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and captured many places one after another. Yang Weizhi summoned troops to quell the rebellion, recovered many cities, and rescued Mu Tianbo.
Later he moved to Chuxiong and was an important contributor to quelling the Yunnan Rebellion.
However, because Yang Weizhi was not from a legitimate background, both Yunnan Governor Li Gande and Inspector Li Qiaoran looked down upon him. They had many conflicts when the rebellion was put down. After the rebellion was put down, the conflicts between the two sides became more intense.
It is said that one time Li Qiande and Yang Weizhi had a fierce quarrel. The angry Yang Weizhi took off his official hat and hit Li Qiande. Li Qiande's face was covered with blood, so he asked Biaoying to arrest Yang Weizhi and kill him, which almost triggered another mutiny in Yunnan. Later, he still Long Zaitian waited for mercy, so he was not beheaded, but he was kept in prison and reported to the court to deal with him.
Li Qiande and Li Qiaoran are currently in Beijing, and Yang Weizhi is still in the Kunming Governor's Yamen Prison.
Li Qiande is from Sichuan. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen and was first awarded the title of Zhongshushe. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the governor of Yunyang and later the governor of Huguang. He once pretended to surrender to Zhang Xianzhong and wiped out all his forwards. Later, he was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong and had to retreat to Guizhou. , because he lost Huguang, he was demoted and served in front of Wang Yingxiong's army in Sichuan.
After the Sichuan army mutinied, Wen An was appointed governor of Yunnan.
He also deserves credit for putting down the rebellion in Yunnan.
But the governors were at odds with each other and even fought, which was serious.
Therefore, Yunnan must undergo comprehensive rectification this time.
"I request your Majesty to issue an order to release Yang Weizhi from prison and worship him as the governor of Yunnan. I would like to be the governor. Your Majesty will appoint another inspector, appoint another Bu, and appoint him as the governor of Yunnan and the commander-in-chief of the army to comprehensively rectify the official administration of Yunnan. , restrain the chieftains, restore local stability, and also collect taxes." In the Song Dynasty, Pu was a dignified chief minister, but he was willing to serve as governor to Yang Weizhi, and he was willing to give up his position as governor when he went to Yunnan.
"The situation in Yunnan is quite complicated, especially the chieftains are very powerful. Now after the rebellion, the place is uneasy. Going to Yunnan is not easy!"
"Because I knew that the situation in Yunnan was complicated, I invited myself to serve in Yunnan."
Zhu Yihai thought for a while, "I originally wanted to keep the chief minister in the government and lead the cabinet for another three years, but since I have this determination, I am also willing to support it. Yunnan is really in chaos now, and we need someone with qualifications, prestige and ability." The ministers are going."
"In this way, I will appoint you as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the governor of Yunnan, and Yang Weizhi will be the governor of Guizhou. Li Qiande and others will not need to return to Yunnan. I will give you three years to put Yunnan in order, okay?"
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will never let down the saint like this!" Song Zhipu said gratefully.
In the past three years as the chief minister of the DPRK, he has indeed been under great pressure. Now he is taking this opportunity to become a governor when he goes out to practice himself, show his abilities and make political achievements. Then he will be able to return to the DPRK. No more burden.
Ke Xiaqing and Chen Hanhui also requested release.
