Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

This also depends on the fact that the prince of the British prince gave the grandparents of the Duke of Guizhou a blow when he arrived in Yunnan.

After he led [-] forbidden troops to Yunnan, he first invited the grandparents of Qian Guogong (Mu Guogong) to watch the latest artillery test firing of the imperial court.A shell can be shot five or six hundred feet away, not only can it hit a string of wooden targets and boulders in front of it continuously, but also fire more than a dozen cannonballs in a row.

"My lord, what do you think of this new type of artillery from the imperial court? Is it good enough for the elephant array?"

The grandparents of Qian Guogong were dumbfounded in front of the boulder that turned into powder.Under the power of such artillery, I am afraid that any obstacle in front of the Ming court will be reduced to dust.

"This is still the old model at the end of last year. I heard that next year a new model that can fire shells thousands of feet away will be launched."

Seeing the artillerymen putting away the gun mounts with ease, Qian Guogong carefully asked his son.

"How many artillery pieces like this do the imperial court have? It looks farther and more powerful than the Hongyi cannons of the capital that I heard."

Zhang Zhifeng replied on behalf of his elder brother: "Each of the Galen ships sent by the imperial court to Xinyuan and Luzon provinces is equipped with sixty to eighty cannons stronger than this kind, and can exceed eight hundred. Husband.

Both the Xiamen Navy and the Guangdong Navy have replaced part of their artillery, and the Weihai Navy will replace all of them with the latest artillery next year.Those brought by our forbidden army are all leftovers from Liaodong.If it is ineffective against the upper elephant formation, it may have to wait for the latest Jingshi Yun to come. "

Mu Qiyuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Will this kind of artillery be equipped for Yunnan Dao?"

"No." The British prince said very simply.

"The emperor said that if there were no external threats to the territory of Ming Dynasty, even the capital would not need city walls. Now that Daming can build such artillery, there will definitely be stronger artillery in the future. No city wall can withstand the bombardment of artillery .”

Mu Qiyuan bowed his head and said nothing - in front of such artillery, not only no city wall can resist it, but even the fierce soldiers will be defeated.

Duke Qian asked with great interest: "Will the cannon blow up in bursts? The elephant array is usually assembled by hundreds of elephants."

The prince smiled and said: "This cannon can fire at least [-] shells in a row. I brought [-] cannons and fired them together. Let him have an elephant array formed by thousands of elephants. Grandpa, can you tell me if you can blow it up?" Has the elephant formation collapsed?"

While talking, the soldiers put away the gun mounts, and the cooled gun barrels were also tightened into the box by the soldiers. One person carried the gun mounts and the other carried the gun barrels and left together, and the two carried the empty shell boxes. The soldiers followed.

Qian Guogong's grandparents suddenly felt that they were cold from the soles of their feet to their chests, and then their brains were also frozen.

The court's firepower is so strong, Annan's provocation is courting death!But with such powerful firepower, does the Mu family still need to guard Yunnan?Do you still need the peace that the Mu family achieved through mediation between Tusi, Annan and Myanmar?

A few days later, Zhang Zhiji, the son of the Duke of England, brought the new censor of Yunnan Province and governor of Yunnan, Zhou Zongjian, to Cuihu, the other courtyard of the Duke's mansion, to meet the Duke of Guizhou.

This Zhou Zongjian was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. He made remarkable achievements when he was first awarded Renhe County.In the first year of Taichang, when the emperor had just ascended the throne, he went to the court to tell Chen Shibai, and begged the emperor to trust Xiong Tingbi regarding the military affairs in Liaodong.When the emperor returned to the capital from the great victory in Liaodong, he went to the emperor to appeal to Gu Cunren and others in the incident.

What to say about this man?

It can be said that Zhou Zongjian is a very discerning person, but at the same time he is also a person who ignores himself, only knows about the affairs of the court, and goes forward bravely.In history, he once published in Tianqi Zhongxian and impeached Wei Zhongxian for the eight words of "accused by thousands of people, but ignorant of a single word".From this, we can know his temperament and spicy writing style.

Zhu Youxiao deliberately changed Zhou Zongjian to Yunnan Dao as a censor, and ordered him to go to Yunnan with the British prince.If the Duke of Qian's government went too far, according to Zhou Zongjian's temperament, he would not tolerate the Duke of Qian's government.

However, the Mu family has been the dominant family in Yunnan for more than two hundred years, and the sprawling Mu family members all regard themselves as the local emperors of Yunnan.Not to mention being robbed of the land, family property, wife and daughter by the Duke's government, even if he was injured, maimed, or killed by the Mu family's side branches or even the servants, he could only consider himself unlucky.

In the early years, some people also filed complaints.But officials at all levels in Yunnan, even after accepting the pleadings from the people, could not see the Duke.Among the officials at all levels in Yunnan, there are some strong necks who refuse to admit defeat, but the emperor either keeps the middle school and does not send it, or reprimands it with an understatement.The former Duke of Qian, Mu Rui, was making a fuss, so he was detained and sent to Nanjing to be replaced by the Duke of Qian.Over time, the people in Yunnan had no choice but to accept their fate and not sue.

But Mu Changzuo's worries became reality when Zhang Zhiji accompanied the censor and brought people's petitions to his door.

Zhang Zhiji came to the Duke of Qian's mansion with Shang Fang's sword.Five hundred imperial guards stood in front of the Duke's Mansion, and several cannons were set up immediately.Once the news was sent inside, Duke Qian knew it was not good.He hurried to the gate of the mansion in a bamboo sedan chair, and Mu Qiyuan, who followed him, was also sweating profusely. Both grandparents and grandchildren were drenched in sweat in the midwinter weather.

"Nephew, what, what is this cannon on the rack for? If you have something to do, send someone to tell me, how can I not do it."

Zhang Zhiji pointed to the thick stack of certificates in Zhou Zongjian's hand and said, "Don't dare to let the Duke know that these are the people who have sued the clansmen of the Duke's family over the years for bullying men and women, and murdering them for money. The Duke's Mansion has always ignored the envoy's subpoena, and my nephew has no choice."

Duke Qian immediately ordered Mu Qiyuan, the grandson of the Duke's mansion, to take care of him.

"In Mr. Zhou's stack of complaints, no matter which house or person is involved, everyone will be tied up. According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", how to be punished, Mr. Zhou will come according to the law of the country. Anyone who dares to run away will be punished. When the family gets rid of the family, the father who caused the trouble runs away, and the son and wife will take the blame; the son who caused the trouble runs away, and the wife and brothers and sisters will take the blame.”

Mu Qiyuan shook his legs and immediately ordered the butler to go to work.After a noisy half a day, dozens of people involved in the case were brought to the front of the Mu residence.

Zhou Zongjian tried the case in front of the Duke's mansion.When it was updated, it was discovered that more and more people came to vote.Zhou Zongjian sent word that the members of the Mu family and servants involved in the case would be imprisoned, and the trial will continue tomorrow.

Mu Qiyuan invited the Duke of England and Zhou Zongjian to rest in "Prince Mu's Mansion".

Zhou Zongjian didn't have a good impression of the Duke of Guizhou's government, and the trial in the middle of the afternoon made him even loathe the grandparents of the Mu family.Because the ones he selected today were all people from the side branches of the Mu family to interrogate, and the ones about the Duke of Qian's mansion have not been brought out for questioning yet.

He rolled up his sleeves and bowed to Duke Qian's grandfather and grandson, "I should go back to the government office to rest, I wonder if the Duke wants to be judged in the Yamen tomorrow, or in front of Zun's mansion again? "

Qian Guogong felt that his old face was slapped by the censor.

Mu Qiyuan chose for his grandfather, "Go to the Xunguan Yamen. I will send a housekeeper there. Regarding that, the Duke's Mansion will assist Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Zongjian saluted again, turned around and left.

Mu Qiyuan was furious at Shan's heart, but Zhang Zhiji brothers were still around, so he had no choice but to suppress his anger, "The two uncles will go to the mansion to rest, it's getting late, so we don't have to run around. "

The prince shied away, "We led the troops out, so we must go back to the barracks."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, who would bother the emperor with such a thing." Mu Qiyuan tried his best to persuade him to stay.

Zhang Zhifeng took out a sign from his sleeve and said, "Look, this is the sign of Jin Yiwei. There are quite a few eyes and ears of the emperor in the army."

Duke Qian said with a smile: "The emperor and the empress are deeply in love, how can they care about such small things?"

The Duke of England bent over and said with a smile: "The Duke of the country is sympathetic, but the last general does not dare to bully the king. See you tomorrow."

The Imperial Army packed up their cannons and left with Shizi.

Back in the mansion, Duke Qian collapsed on the couch, knowing in his heart that his grandparents and grandchildren were finished.He has been ignorant of the law for decades, and maybe the hereditary inheritance of the Duke's Mansion will be broken in his own hands.

Mu Qiyuan followed behind his grandfather. For more than ten years, the authority of Duke Qian was in his grandfather's hands, and he was usually the one who was in charge.After listening to the trial for half an afternoon, he didn't understand that it would be his turn if the trial continued.

He rolled his eyes, and suggested to Duke Qian: "Grandfather, if Zhou Yushi lost the case in his hand, wouldn't he be able to try again?"

"People won't hand out certificates anymore?"

"If my grandson blows up the two censors who are judging the case together, then no censor will come to Yunnan in the future. Hmph, which of the two censors is not hesitating his life."

Qian Guogong looked at his grandson and was speechless.He held his breath anxiously and angrily.

Mu Qiyuan's mother, Mrs. Sun, had learned about what happened today in the Inner Court.When she heard that her father-in-law and her son had returned home, she hurried over from the inner courtyard.I never thought that I would hear my son talking nonsense and treason, and I thought it was a good plan.

It was already late at night when Duke Qian woke up in bed.Mu Qiyuan was still very filial and guarded in front of his hospital bed.

"Qiyuan, you can't do what you said about bombarding the yamen." At this time, Lord Qian began to regret that he had indulged his children and grandchildren too much. "The civil servants of the imperial court spare their lives. Could it be that our Prince Mu's Mansion is willing to spare their lives? If you dare to bombard the court's official mansions, you are forcing the emperor and the princes of England to let the Imperial Army bombard our mansion.

The artillery of the Imperial Army a few days ago was for our grandparents to see.well!Just looking at the ruthless speed with which the imperial army put down the An/Bangyan rebellion last year, our mansion is now facing a catastrophe. "

Qian Guogong struggled to finish this long paragraph, but he didn't have the energy to continue.What I thought in my heart was, is it time for the Mu family to be cut off?Otherwise, none of the sons and grandsons are successful?

Only he didn't expect the reason to be on himself.

Is Mu Qiyuan afraid?very scared.The [-] forbidden troops were in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou. Although the total strength of the Guizhou government was gathered together, which far exceeded the number of the forbidden army, the forbidden army was not a farming guard, but a veritable division of tigers and wolves.Especially the new artillery, it is not able to withstand it.

Mu Qiyuan has long felt sorry for the Western cannons he bought with money, which is incomparable to the imperial court's.

"Grandfather, if we can get the new type of artillery brought by the Zhang brothers, five hundred pieces. It's enough to go to Ping'an South, Eight Hundred Dadian and other places. Why do we have to look up to Zhu Youxiao's brat?"

Mu Changzuo's fingers trembled because of his grandson's anger, and he pouted again before taking a breath.

At noon on the second day, Zhou Zongjian sent officials from the Qian State Duke's Mansion to send Mu Qiyuan to inquire.Too many members of the Mu family and slaves, when the master was not present, all blamed the evil deeds they had done on the Duke's mansion.

The housekeeper was furious when he heard it, so he taught Mu Qiyuan a lesson when he returned home.

"My lord, those Mu family members, and those slaves who deserve to be cut to death, want the lord and the lord to fight their crimes for them."

Mu Qiyuan listened stupidly, and after a while he raised his head and regained his composure, looked at the butler and said, "Grandfather drank poisonous wine and went away. Grandfather said he left, and the emperor will not do it for the sake of my filial piety." The Duke's government is being held accountable."

The housekeeper cried loudly, "The old man is confused. The old man should have waited until the censor's trial is almost over, and then drink poisonous wine to resist all the charges. Only then can the son and the manor be exonerated."

Mu Qiyuan suddenly yelled: "Zhou Zongjian forced my grandfather to death, and I will never spare him."

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Mu Changzuo, the eighth grandson of King Muying of Qianning, Mu Chaobizi, Duke of Qianning, (1554-1625).

The Mu family has been in Yunnan for a long time, and their authority is growing day by day, and they respect the proposed prince.When Changzuo came out, Yang Yinqiu did not avoid the way when he was in trouble, and Changzuo beat his relatives.Wanli Gengyin Yang Yinqiu complained to the court and issued an imperial edict to take full responsibility.Because of his own illness, Zuo ordered his son Rui to take over the town.In the 37th year of Wanli, Ake, the chieftain of Wuding, rebelled, attacked Huicheng, and took the government seal with him.

Rui was arrested and imprisoned, and Changzuo returned to the township affairs.Tianqi five years, died, Sun Qiyuan heir.

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Mu Rui, son of Mu Changzuo, grandson of Mu Chaobi.

In the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), due to illness, Mu Changzuo asked the imperial court to let Mu Rui inherit the dukedom of Qianguo.

In the 35th year of Wanli (1607), Ake, the chieftain of Wuding Prefecture, rebelled, attacked Huicheng, and left with the government seal.

In September of the 37th year of Wanli (1609), Mu Rui and Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, were arrested and imprisoned, and Mu Changzuo returned to the township.Soon Mu Rui died in prison.

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In the 40th year of Wanli (1612), Mu Changzuo was dismissed due to illness, and Mu Qiyuan, the son of Mu Rui, began to serve as the commander-in-chief of the governor, and the real power was still in the hands of Mu Changzuo.

In the second year of Tianqi (1622), Guizhou Yanyan rebelled, and the imperial court ordered Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan to go out to fight. They were afraid and had many excuses.

In December of the fourth year of Apocalypse (1524), after Mu Changzuo's death, Dingmao in March of the fifth year of Apocalypse (April 1625, 4) Mu Qiyuan succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Qianguo.Mu Qiyuan was frivolous and lawless, conniving at home slaves to harm the common people, and patrolling Yu Yu arrested the offending home slaves according to the law.

Mu Qiyuan actually mobilized troops and aimed artillery at the patrol office.

In June of the first year of Chongzhen (July 1628, 7), his mother Song was afraid that her son would cause trouble for the family, so she poisoned Mu Qiyuan to death. His ten-year-old son, Mu Tianbo, inherited the Dukedom of Qian.