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After talking for a long time, the guide of the Yi nationality said: "General, the local Mu Kui, speaks bad things about the Datong army everywhere. He said that the Datong army is coming to kill all the Yi men, rob all the Yi women, and take away all the Yi children as slaves. "

Huang Yao gritted his teeth and said, "These bastard chieftains are playing the old trick of deceiving the people again!"

In the land west of Shui, there are no counties and guards.

The supreme ruler is An Shi, the Xuanwei Envoy of Guizhou.Below it is divided into several "Zexi", such as Zhijin County in later generations, which is called "Duoyou Zexi" at this time.

"Zexi" means "the place where the warehouse is located" in Yi language. Each Zexi has a warehouse, which is the money and grain storage center in that area, and then evolved into an administrative center.

For each Zexi, the Xuanwei envoys will appoint local officials.Those in charge of affairs are called "Mu Kui", those in charge of government affairs are called "Mo", those in charge of sacrifices and wars are called "Bu", and those who lead craftsmen are called "Gou".

Below Zexi, there are tribes whose leaders are called "Tumu" (Mukui, Mo, Bu, Gou are all served by Tumu).

That guy An Rupan is in charge of Thirteen Rivers and 48 Mesh.

Huang Yao thought for a long time, and then summoned the generals and said, "We can't keep advancing. To go to Shuixi City, we have to go over mountains and ridges. I don't know how many sneak attacks we will encounter along the way. Even if we can annihilate the main force of the enemy and successfully occupy Shuixi City, these Yi people There will also be troubles in the rear. After we arrived at Jinjiyi, we immediately dispersed the troops. A group of 500 people escorted missionaries to contact the Yi tribes, and preached policies to the tribal leaders and Yi people."

It may seem absurd to discuss the policy of dividing land with tribal leaders, but it is actually completely feasible.

Because the leaders of the various tribes of the Yi nationality, they are not the owners of the land, but the managers of the land!Let's put it this way, Tumu does not own the land, but has the right to use and manage the land.

Wumeng Department.

Lu Ahuan is worrying about this year's harvest, the harvest is bad, and the consolation envoy is going to fight again, so he can't gather so much food to hand over.

His native title is probably similar to the county magistrate or the mayor.The size of the land is about the same as that of a county, but the population within its jurisdiction is comparable to that of a large town in a wealthy area (slaves are not counted as people).

"Ada (Father), the Han soldiers are coming!" Lu Tiande rushed in panting.

Lu Ahuan was so frightened that he immediately stood up: "Call together warriors to defend our village!"

They have no self-protection ability at all. Their population is small, and they were transferred to Shuixi City.Shuixi City is An's old nest, and now there are [-] troops gathered there, waiting for Huang Yao to attack the city.

"Dangdangdang!"

In the stockade, the iron plates were beaten, and the knocking was very rapid.This message expresses the urgency, not only the tribal men want to join the war, but also the tribal women have to take up arms.

Many clansmen gathered quickly, and there were only more than 200 young and middle-aged men left, and the rest were all recruited to Shuixi City.

Lu Tianxiang, who was only 15 years old, also came forward with a bow and arrow, and a short knife stuck in his waist.This strange woman who was named a first-class wife by Kangxi has now been betrothed to An Kun, and will go to Guiyang to get married when she is 16 years old.

It is logically difficult for a girl like her to marry Xuanwei Shi's legitimate son, but she can't stand the fact that she is beautiful and well-known for her martial arts.

Lu Ahuan glanced at the people, feeling that he was still not sure about guarding the village, and ordered again: "Call the slaves here too. Tell the slaves that as long as they guard the village, those who have done meritorious deeds will be restored to freedom!"

Not long after, hundreds of serfs, both men and women, also gathered here.

Some of these slaves were plundered, and some were descendants of slaves. The Yi people in Shuixi still practiced serfdom.

And their land, in principle, all belong to Xuan Weishi, that is to say, belong to An Rupan.What Mu Kui and what Tumu are all helping An Rupan manage and manage the land.

The original Tumu were all descendants of Tusi.

The eldest son of the chieftain stayed with him to inherit the family business, and the rest of the sons were thrown to various places as Tusi, which was similar to entrusting the sons to manage the land.Gradually, Tumu can also be hereditary, just like princes who actually own the land bestowed by Zhou Tianzi (Tasi), but are only land managers in name.

The slaves who were summoned were very excited. They didn't know the prestige of the Datong Army, they only knew that if they won the battle, they would be free again.

Regardless of men or women, all guard the main roads in the village, waiting for the Datong army to come and attack.

Unexpectedly, the five hundred troops were several hundred meters away from the stockade, and the whole army stopped moving.

A guide of the Yi nationality was sent to shout: "Who is the local Tumu? Our army is not here to kill and rob. Please come out and talk about big things."

Lu Ahuan hesitated for a while, he didn't want to fight either, and was going out to talk.

Lu Ahuan said to the Yi guide: "The Han people are cunning, and I can't go out easily. You let the Han army officers come outside the stockade, and I go outside the stockade too. We don't lead soldiers on either side, so we sit there and have a good discussion."

"Ada, I'll go with you!" Lu Tianxiang said.

Lu Tiande said: "Ada, I will accompany you too."

Lu Ahuan ordered: "Ah De stays in the stockade. If an accident occurs, immediately lead the troops to fight out. A Xiang will talk to me. You are very skilled in martial arts and you are a girl. The Han officers will not be on guard. If you see me Clenching your right fist, you immediately draw your sword to subdue the Han officer."

Chapter 507 [Brothers]

The officer who came to Wumeng to preach the policy was Zhang Shihe, a nine-year veteran of Chongzhen.

He didn't bring any soldiers with him, only Yi guides around him.Such great sincerity surprised the father and daughter of the Lu family. They felt that the Han officers in front of them were very different from the Han officers in the Ming Dynasty.

The Han officials of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to come to the Yi village at all, and the only few times they were sent to kill them.

Zhang Shihe cupped his hands and smiled: "Lu Tumu, I have admired your name for a long time. My surname is Zhang. Zhang Shihe is a missionary officer in the Datong Army."

"Zhang Xuanjiao, I have admired him for a long time." Lu Ahuan can speak Chinese.

Because the Wumeng tribe is also a horse breeding ground in Shuixi, the Wumeng horses produced here are quite handsome.Since he was more than ten years old, Lu Ahuan has followed his father every year, taking the Wumeng horse to pay tribute to the local Mu Kui, and often assists in escorting the war horse to Guiyang.

An Rupan asked his son to marry a woman from the Wumeng Tribe, also with the intention of winning over, mainly for Wumengma.

Lu Tianxiang looked at Zhang Shihe very boldly, thinking: These Han people are really white, don't they bask in the sun?

Lu Tianxiang has long legs and a pretty face.It's just that the skin color is darker, darker than Zhang Shi and the soldier.As far as her skin color is concerned, she looks a bit like a North African black, like a descendant of a long-term mixed race of black and white, but her facial features are indeed an oriental face.

Zhang Shihe smiled and said, "Lu Tumu, let's sit and talk."

Zhang Shihe sat on the ground with no weapons on his body.After he sat down like this, he couldn't even escape easily, the Lu family's father and daughter could chop him to death with a single knife.

However, they didn't dare, there were five hundred fellow troops down the mountain.

Not only the father and daughter of the Lu family dared not, but also the nearby villages did not dare.Because the village is young and strong, most of them were recruited as soldiers and are currently stationed in Shuixi City. The Datong army can easily break through the village.

Lu Ahuan also sat down. He has a straightforward personality. Since Zhang Shihe is sincere, everyone should sit down and have a serious talk.

Zhang Shihe glanced at Lu Tianxiang and said with a smile, "Do you two know about the Datong Army?"

Lu Ahuan nodded: "I heard this year that you captured Bijie and Chishui and drove away all the Han soldiers there."

Zhang Shihe asked again: "Do you know His Majesty the Emperor of Datong?"

"Is it the Han emperor?" Lu Tianxiang asked.

In the Wumeng mountain area, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and they belong to the land under the jurisdiction of the chieftain. They know that the emperor has changed, but they don't know who became the emperor.

Zhang Shihe said: "Your Majesty's surname is Zhao today, and the name of the country is Datong. Your Majesty was originally just an ordinary person. He was oppressed by the government and had to bring the poor to rebel. Your Majesty knows the hardships of the poor. Willing to fight for the emperor. His Majesty also said that all ethnic groups in the world are brothers and sisters. Han people are human beings, Miao people are human beings, Tong people are human beings, Yao people are human beings, and Yi people are human beings. There should be no war between ethnic groups. , should love each other."

While Lu Ahuan was surprised, he was dubious: "The emperor of Han really said that?"

Zhang Shihe nodded and said: "Your Majesty only has three concubines, one of whom is a woman of the Yao nationality. The soldiers of our Datong Army are not only Han, but also Miao, Tong, Qiang, and Yi. Warriors of all ethnic groups train together , eat and live together, and fight together. Regardless of each other, they are good brothers. If anyone oppresses because of their ethnicity, they will be punished and demoted, and at worst they will be expelled from the army."

Lu Tianxiang said: "The Han people are cunning and are used to cheating. Who knows if what you say is true or not? There are rumors in Zexi that the Han people want to kill all the Yi men, rob all the Yi women, and arrest all the Yi children." Be a slave."

Zhang Shihe smiled and said: "If you two don't believe me, you can send a few warriors to our army to have a look. The Datong Army in Sichuan also recruited Yi people from southern Sichuan when it expanded its army. In a short period of time, what have Yi people done? He can command ten soldiers. There are also many Guizhou soldiers. They fought with Governor Zhu Xieyuan and surrendered early to follow His Majesty the Datong Emperor. These Guizhou soldiers were all slaves, including Yi people, Miao people, and children. One of them has already become a general. Not a general like a chieftain, but a general of the Datong Army, and he commands thousands of Han soldiers."

Lu Tianxiang was surprised: "The general of the Yi people, instead of commanding the Yi people, can actually command the Han soldiers?"

Zhang Shihe said with a smile: "In the new dynasty of Datong, there is no distinction between ethnic groups. Everyone is brothers and sisters. In this case, why can't the Yi general command the Han soldiers? In my Datong army, there are not only Yi generals, but also a Han woman." General."

"Can women of the Han family be generals?" Lu Tianxiang became more and more curious, and asked while sitting cross-legged on the ground.

The Yi people in Shuixi belong to a patriarchal society, and women are not allowed to participate in wars unless there is an emergency.Mrs. Musk in the early Ming Dynasty, as well as Lu Tianxiang in front of her, both took over the military and political power in place of her son after her husband died. The same is true for Shi Jie and Qin Liangyu. All power belongs to the son.

Zhang Shihe said: "Your Majesty once said that in terms of personality, all people are born equal, and men and women are naturally equal. Men can be generals, but why can't women be generals? In my Datong court, there are not only female generals, but also female civil servants." One of the female officials has already become the prefect, do you know about the prefect?"

"I know," Lu Ahuan nodded, "The mansion of the Han people is bigger than Zexi of the Yi people."

Xiaohong has indeed been promoted to the magistrate, but it is impossible for men and women to be truly equal.

If Xiaohong was a man, with her qualifications and achievements, she might have reached the third rank.But he has been an official for so many years, and now he is only promoted to the magistrate, and he has attracted countless gossip.If Zhao Han hadn't personally ordered it, she wouldn't even be able to do it.

Zhang Shihe said to Lu Tianxiang: "If the Wumeng tribe submits to the imperial court, the girl can lead troops to fight, and can also be a civil servant to govern one side."

Lu Tianxiang's eyes lit up when she said this, and she almost agreed on the spot, but when she heard her father coughing, she quickly shut up and didn't speak.

Lu Ahuan asked: "Is Zhang Xuanjiao here to recruit the Wumeng tribe?"

"No," Zhang Shihe shook his head and said, "It's just that there are too many rumors about the Datong Army in Shuixi. General Huang sent us to the Yi tribes to explain to the Yi people what the Datong Army looks like. We don't kill people indiscriminately. , and will not snatch women and children. The Yi people have the custom of capturing slaves, but the Han people do not, and the Datong army will not arrest slaves. After the Shuixi chieftain is wiped out, the people of all tribes of the Yi people will be the people of His Majesty Datong.”

Lu Ahuan remained silent, he was a little disbelieving, afraid of being deceived by the Han people.

Zhang Shihe said: "Although the drought in Shuixi this year is not particularly serious, as far as we know, in order to fight the war, An's chieftain sent people to various ministries to collect food, and even forced the Yi people to serve as soldiers. Is there enough food for the Wumeng tribe? From now on, we will be one family, brothers and sisters, if the Wumeng tribe does not have enough food, we can borrow food from the Datong Army."

"Can you really borrow food?" Lu Ahuan was moved.

Zhang Shihe said: "Of course. Since we are brothers and sisters, isn't it normal for relatives to borrow food? Lu Tu didn't believe it, so he sent some people down the mountain. I didn't bring much military food this time, but I can still borrow food." Make some."

In order to judge whether Zhang Shihe spoke, Lu Ahuan really sent more than a dozen young men to the Datong military camp at the foot of the mountain to borrow food.

More than a dozen young and strong, how many times can they carry back to the mountain?It's just a few stones of grain.

Lu Ahuan had been sitting outside the gate of the village waiting, seeing the hundreds of catties of grain moved up the mountain, he was immediately moved beyond measure.

The Datong Army is really good, and they can borrow food.

On the other hand, Shuixi Chieftain, even if there is a natural disaster, it is impossible to lend them food.Not only that, but the more natural disasters encountered, the more ruthless the chieftain urged the food.

In addition to urging food, there are corvees.

Every tribe and village has corvée assigned by the chieftain.The Wumeng tribe mainly raises horses for the chieftain, and there is a quota of tribute every year.When the plague was prevalent, too many horses died, and the Yi people in the Wumeng tribe had to pay back.If you can't pay for the war horses and can't produce food, you have to sacrifice boys and girls and go to the local leader of Zexi as slaves.

Whether it was the Shui'an family or the Shuidong Song family, uprisings broke out every now and then.The Yi, Zhuang, and Miao people could not bear the oppression of the chieftain, so they had no choice but to rise up, and even joined forces with the Han people to rebel.

More than once, the chieftain couldn't suppress the uprising, so he could only ask the Ming court to send troops to suppress it.

In the eyes of the people of all ethnic groups, the imperial court and the chieftain belonged to the same group, and they were all big villains who exploited and oppressed them.

Although the Datong Army only lent a few hundred catties of grain, it made Lu Ahuan very happy.He took Zhang Shihe's hand and said: "Those who are willing to borrow food are friends. Yi people never treat friends badly. Let's go in and drink."

Zhang Shihe said: "It's not friends, it's brothers, it's a family."

"Hahaha, yes, it's brothers, it's a family," Lu Ahuan pulled Zhang Shihe up, "Brother, let's go to the village to drink, and after drinking, we will be a real family."

Zhang Shihe said to the guide of the Yi nationality: "You go down the mountain to report the news, and say that I went to drink in the Yi village."

Lu Ahuan dragged Zhang Shihe into the stockade, and said to his son: "We're gone, we're gone, the ones down here are friends, not our enemies. Take out the good wine I've treasured!"

The Yi people who gathered urgently dispersed one after another.

But those slaves were very disappointed. If they could not fight, they would not be able to regain their freedom.

The wine jar was taken out, there were no appetizers, and it was poured into a large bowl for dry drinking.

"Brother, drink this bowl and taste the good wine we brew!" Lu Ahuan enthusiastically said.

Zhang Shihe's scalp felt numb all of a sudden. This was not the popular rice wine, but the distilled wine brewed by the Yi people. It looked like it weighed a catty.

Moreover, the other party seemed to let him dry it out!

Zhang Shihe held his big wrist in his hand and started to drink. After drinking less than half a catty, he was so choked that he wanted to vomit, and his head was already dizzy.

"Hahahaha!"

Lu Ahuan laughed, thinking that the Han people can't drink, but the Yi warriors can drink.

Lu Ahuan raised his hand and pressed the wine bowl: "If you can't finish it in one gulp, then take your time. I'll make brother get drunk."

Zhang Shihe, as if he had received an amnesty, praised in a dazed way: "Good wine!"

Chapter 508 [Eliminate Middlemen]

There were only a few sips left of that big bowl of wine.

Zhang Shihe felt that he was drunk, but not completely drunk.The body began to lose control, and the tongue was a bit loud when speaking, but the ability to think still remained in the brain.

"Brother...Brother," Zhang Shihe and Lu Ahuan hooked their shoulders together, and said drunkenly, "Shuixi Chieftain, this time it's...it's over, don't help...help them fight the war."

However, Lu Ahuan became more and more sober after drinking, and immediately complained: "I am not a chieftain, but a native of Wumeng Mountain. How can I be willing to fight? There is no benefit in winning. At most, I can grab a few slaves and get dozens of catties. Grain. If you snatch more food, you must donate it to those Mu Kui. If you are found hiding it, you will be punished. But when the young and strong in the village die, there is a shortage of manpower for farming and grazing. Although I am not as smart as the Han people, I can count This account. Not worth it, not worth it."

Zhang Shihe picked up the bowl and took another sip, put down the bowl without knowing how heavy it was, and made a bang bang sound, and continued: "Over there in Guiyang, the army of Tu... Most of the chieftains have probably been surrounded, and only Shuixi City is left." On the other side, there are...some chieftain soldiers. Brother, don't...fear...fear the chieftains, we just...make decisions for the Yi people..."

boom!

He threw his head on the table and fell asleep directly.

God is sorry, the distilled wine brewed by Wumengbu is definitely above 50 degrees, and it may even be 60 degrees.

No wonder Lu Ahuan said that this is his treasured wine.

Someone dragged Zhang Shihe to rest, and Lu Tiande came over: "Ada, do you really want to help the Han people fight?"

Lu Ahuan was noncommittal: "Let's talk."

But Lu Tianxiang said: "Ada, I think this Han is very good, and so is that Han emperor. The An family can't even defeat the Han soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. These Datong troops are even stronger than the Han soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

Lu Ahuan drank the rest of the wine and sighed: "Of course the Han soldiers are powerful. As long as they don't kill all the Yi men and women, we don't have to fight the Han soldiers. An Bangyan was so powerful back then. , rebelled with She Chongming, and was beheaded by the Ming army. The current An Rupan can't be compared with An Bangyan."