Father can be an enemy to the country

"After His Highness made such an analysis, the general felt confident." Mu Ying said sheepishly: "Originally, I came to fight for His Highness, but I didn't expect that Your Highness would have to give the general some advice."

"Hahaha, Brother Wenying, come on, I'm just talking on paper, I can't compare with you." Lao Liu waved his hand with a smile, and asked: "What forces are there in the city now?"

"Nai Ye, Mu Kui from the east and west of the water." Mu Ying replied: "To put it bluntly, they are the wives and uncles and brothers of Aicui and Song Qin. They add up to twenty or thirty, and they don't listen to anyone else. That's called A leaderless bunch.”

"Then who is most promising to succeed Ju Mu?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"They are the same as us Han people. After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother." Mu Ying said: "Normally, the two sons should succeed, but their sons are too young, so it is probably the brothers. Take over."

"This is not a strange thing. Ai Cui is the successor of his elder brother." Mu Ying added.

"What is the attitude of these people towards Daming?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.

"They must be very respectful on the surface." Mu Ying replied: "No matter who becomes Ju Mu, they still expect the imperial court to appoint them as a consolation envoy."

After a pause, he was not sure and said: "But I will speculate that there may be serious differences within them, otherwise it shouldn't be like this."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded in agreement and said, "Normally, they should be scrambling to show their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty to win our support. But now they have put all their business aside. It is obvious that there is internal disagreement about whether they should continue to help. We have different opinions on attacking King Liang."

"What His Highness said is absolutely true." Mu Ying said with deep understanding, "But at this time, no one should dare to propose seeking refuge with Prince Liang."

"Of course, the death of Aicui Song Qin has blocked the way for the pro-Yuan faction to defect to King Liang again." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "But they can turn to support the neutral faction to suppress the voice of the pro-Ming faction."

"That's right." Mu Ying raised her palms and praised: "I have talked with several Mu Kui at the end, and they all said that they strongly support the imperial court. But most of the other Mu Kui advocated staying out of the matter, saying that many people in Guizhou City are now talking about , the two chieftains lost their lives just because they got involved in the dispute between the two countries, so they should not continue to get involved."

"This statement is nonsense!" Zhu Zhen spat: "When your leader was poisoned, shouldn't you just focus on revenge? Are people in the West and the East so cowardly?"

"The general also asked them, and they said it's not that they don't intend to take revenge. It's just that Puding Chieftain is not weak and has the Yuan army as his backing. None of them can take revenge with their own strength. They have to elect Ju Mu first." Let's take everyone together to take revenge." Mu Ying said with a bitter smile.

"Good guy, if you can't choose Ju Mu emotionally, they can't do anything." Zhu Zhen laughed and scolded: "Are they all the same?"

"Maybe these Yi people are just the same." Mu Ying said speechlessly.

"It seems that our top priority is to help them secure that... giant tree." Zhu Zhen now knew what to do.

"Indeed." Mu Ying agreed.

"Do you have a favorite candidate?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"I only arrived a few days earlier than His Highness." Mu Ying said with a wry smile, "I haven't fully recognized my name yet."

"Then let's talk about it when we get there." Zhu Zhen drank the wine in his glass, patted his butt and got up and said: "Let's go to Guizhou."

~~

Guizhou was called Juzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but the name was changed in the Song Dynasty. It is a plain area sandwiched between the Shuixi'an clan, Shuidong Song clan, Sizhou Tian clan, and Bozhou Yang clan. The land is fertile and the climate is suitable. , it is also the intersection of several Tea Horse Roads. There is no doubt that it is the most valuable piece of land in the whole of Guizhou.

Therefore, all major chieftains were interested in competing for Guizhou City. During the Yuan Dynasty, the eighth Shunyuan Xuanwei Division was set up here, and Shunyuan City was built to govern the Shuixi, Shuidong and Qiannan chieftains. Although it was just an inconspicuous earth city, Guizhou has had a city since then and has officially become the center of the entire region.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Ai Cui, the Shuixi Xuanwei envoy, and Song Qin, the Shuidong Xuanwei envoy, returned to the Ming Dynasty. Boss Zhu combined the two chieftains into the Guizhou Xuanwei Division and set up their headquarters in Shunyuan City. And because the name Shunyuan came from the Yuan Dynasty, it was renamed "Xuanwei Sicheng, Guizhou".

At this time, the city head of Guizhou was covered with black and white spiritual flags, and there were various paper figures and horses everywhere, like a huge mourning hall.

The senior officials of the Shuidong and Shuixi families were all wearing black robes and blue cloth buns, waiting outside the city for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to arrive.

In any case, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent his son, and it was said that he was the only prince in the Ming Dynasty to express his condolences, which gave them both families face.

The two families had gone through many dynasties, and no prince had ever personally visited a remote place like theirs. Therefore, even though it was a funeral, the two families still welcomed the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Chu with the most solemn etiquette.

Two thousand barbarian warriors dressed in black and white 'charwa' lined up on both sides of the avenue. When distinguished guests arrived, they blew trombones and suonas to welcome them.

The Yi people in Guizhou City also poured into the streets and went out of the city to watch. Who doesn't want to see the majesty of the Ming Prince with his own eyes? You can only watch it once in eight lifetimes. If you miss it, you will have to wait another eight lifetimes.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not disappoint them. The Yi people saw thousands of Ming army cavalry with bright armor rumbling in.

The Yi people usually see Yunnan horses the most, which are about the same size as donkeys. How have they ever seen such a majestic and tall war horse like the Ming army? Thousands of war horses marched in neat steps on the loess-paved road, making the road tremble.

Look at the Ming army on horseback, wearing shining silver armor and silver helmets with red tassels and phoenix wings on their heads. They are all tall, mighty and heroic. They are really nothing more than heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals.

They also saw His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was surrounded in the middle. They saw him wearing a luxurious dragon robe, a black gauze hat with vertical horns on his head, and riding a huge black horse. It looks so majestic that no one dares to look at it.

The people of the Yi tribe had their eyes opened, and they thought that the dragon species was really different and could grow to such a big size. Only such a giant horse can carry his strong and burly body, right?

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When His Royal Highness King Chu came closer, the senior officials of Shuidong and Shuixi all knelt down on one knee, put their hands on their chests and saluted, saying they would sincerely welcome His Highness.

Zhu Zhen glanced around the crowd, and Fang was slightly disappointed and said: "Everyone, please get back on your feet."

After everyone stood up to express their gratitude, a Yi girl in costume presented a bowl of wine.

The leader of the group, the old man, said in relatively fluent Chinese: "Han people treat guests with tea, while Yi people treat guests with wine. Your Highness, please dismount and drink this bowl of welcome wine."

Hu Xian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness does not need food from outsiders."

Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "The guest does as he pleases."

After saying that, he got off his horse, took the wine bowl from the girl's hand, and drank it all in one gulp.