Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 499 The Indifferent Zhu Youxiao (Part [-])
A wind and rain bridge with black tiles runs across the river valley with gurgling water. Zhu Youxiao stands by the bridge railing with his hands down, while Concubine Ning Luoruo and Liu Rushi are on the other side of the bridge, watching the mandarin ducks play in the water, chirping and laughing with.

They didn't dare to bother Zhu Youxiao at this time. Wang Cheng'en, the chief inspector of ceremonies, had just sent a stack of urgent reports, which required Zhu Youxiao's immediate instructions. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to take advantage of these Guizhou chieftains to deal with some urgent court affairs.

This is also the helplessness of the high-ranking people. Even if they are traveling, they cannot devote themselves to traveling in the mountains and rivers like ordinary people, and then go home exhausted and sleep in.

And I have to take the helm for the entire empire anytime, anywhere, sometimes as long as there is a little delay, a lot of things can be piled up within a few days.

Luo Ruo's family is in Guangxi, and she has already asked elder Li Mingrui privately that after touring Guizhou, she will enter Guangxi, go to Guilin and Wuzhou, and His Majesty will accompany her to meet her natal family.

Luo Ruo didn't know how to imagine how much shock this would bring to her fellow countrymen when she thought that the current Ninth Five-Year Lord would visit her relatives with her, and she would return to her hometown as a concubine.

At the same time, Luo Ruo did not expect that His Majesty would bestow such a great kindness. She thought that it would be difficult for her as the Yao family to make a bright future in the harem, but now she can accompany His Majesty alone to tour the world. Waiting for the honor is something she never even dared to think about before.

But it is also because of her gratitude and respect for Zhu Youxiao that she is more cautious now, fearing that she will make a slight mistake and make His Majesty unhappy in the slightest.

Therefore, she would rather be on the other side of the bridge now than ask Zhu Youxiao why he frowns and smiles from time to time, for fear of being called a harem meddler.

Liu Rushi looked at Zhu Youxiao's side from time to time, picked a wild fruit from his hand and threw it at Zhu Youxiao's side from time to time, but Zhu Youxiao continued talking to Li Mingrui without knowing it.

However, at this moment, heavy rain suddenly fell outside the Fengyu Bridge, and the fine raindrops seemed to obliterate the entire mountainside. At this time, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and asked Zongrong, the prefect of Kaili: "You Go and see if these chieftains are still here."

Zong Rong, the governor of Kaili, responded and hurriedly walked towards the end of the Fengyu Bridge. When he was about to take the oil umbrella from a yamen servant and go out to have a look, he saw that these raw chieftains from the vicinity of Kaili had already rushed over. They were all rushing over here.

Seeing this, Zong Rong ran back in a hurry and reported the matter to Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao replied lightly, "Understood." After that, he stopped discussing political affairs with Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen, but sat upright. , opened his legs to both sides, and Li Mingrui winked at Liu Bin after he understood.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bin came out and waved his hands. Suddenly, soldiers from the two fifth armies suddenly appeared on the roads on both sides of the Fengyu Bridge like ghosts and ghosts. He put the bayonet directly on it, and with a loud shout, it was flat in his hand.

These Guizhou chieftains who came to visit Zhu Youxiao were shocked when they saw the military discipline of the imperial army like sculptures, although they still didn't think whether the imperial army could really deal with their own in the mountains The soldiers in the village are more nimble than monkeys, but they dare not show any disrespect at this moment.

When Zhu Youxiao looked up, he saw four or five big chieftains with chicken feathers or feathers on their heads, patterned rags wrapped around their heads, and big chieftains in pretty floral dresses coming over.

These chieftains also looked at His Majesty the emperor. These chieftains have been an independent small country for many years. Inside, they are emperors and have their own set of ruling rules.

Moreover, they seldom communicate with the government, and they are self-styled and arrogant. Although they do not often burn, kill and loot the Han people on the border like the Tartars, they will also directly compete for interests among the chieftains or with the Han people.

The reason why they regard Daming as the main one is because they need to rely on Ming to gain political legitimacy, and the second is to prevent other chieftains from uniting with the imperial court to annex themselves in the name of rebellion and self-reliance.

Now that Zhu Youxiao is getting older, he has added a trace of the calm demeanor of an emperor in addition to his vigor, but he is also more familiar with showing an unfathomable look. Don't dare to be very arrogant.

Guizhou chieftains were originally dominated by the four chieftains of Shui'an, Bozhou Yang, Shuidong Song, and Sizhou Tian. However, because of the rebellion of Bozhou Yang Yinglong in the Wanli period and the Shuixi chieftain An Bangyan also followed, the later Bozhou The Yang family almost ceased to exist, the power of the Shui'an family was also greatly reduced, and the Tian family of Sizhou was reformed as early as the Yongle period, so the Long family of Panshui tended to come from behind.

Panshui chieftain Long Yinglin kept staring at Zhu Youxiao with his sly eyes, and said with a sly smile: "I heard that the emperor is here, so I'll come and see you later. Now that I see it, your majesty is indeed the real dragon emperor. The temperament is extraordinary."

Long Yinglin and the others did not know that the Ming Dynasty had occupied Siberia and controlled Nanyang at this moment, and its national power was unprecedentedly prosperous. All he knew was the rebellion by Yang Yinglong during the Wanli period. , but it also allowed him to see the corruption of the current imperial court, otherwise a small Yang family in Bozhou would not have swept the entire Sichuan and Guizhou, causing Chongqing to be affected.

Therefore, after flattering Zhu Youxiao meaningfully, Long Yinglin began to boast of his own power, saying: "Your Majesty is at the peak of spring and autumn, and it is time to open up borders and expand the country to publicize the country's prestige. Jingrui is willing to open up the southern border for His Majesty, and dedicate the Thirteen Villages in Shuixi to His Majesty."

Long Yinglin deliberately exaggerated his power to [-] soldiers, in order to let Zhu Youxiao know his own strength, and allow himself to annex the Shui'an family, and then become the largest chieftain in Guizhou.

However, the Shui'an clan had rebelled against Daming. In his opinion, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, Emperor of Ming Dynasty, should support him in annexing the Shui'an clan.

Zhu Youxiao didn't speak all the time. He waited for the purpose and needs of these chieftains to be expressed before he spoke. At this time, he was still smiling without saying a word, and just asked casually, "Who are you?"

"Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin", after Long Yinglin replied with a smile, Zhu Youxiao nodded. Before coming to Guizhou, he had already learned that the biggest Tusi in Guizhou is this Panshuilong clan. Overwhelming the trend of the Shuidong Song clan, and also very restless, they used their barbarians many times to kill other clansmen and plunder other clans' properties, extremely rampant.

However, because the imperial court had no time to look around in recent years, this made the panshui chieftain even more arrogant, thinking that he was the only one in Guizhou.

(End of this chapter)