In the study of the Hanwang Mansion, Xu Cailiu, the shopkeeper of the Liyuan Garden, burst into tears. He lamented and choked and said, "The younger brother of Caomin is not even close. When Caomin saw his old mother, he didn't know how to explain it. When he was about to go, Caomin once dissuaded him, but he really didn't expect that Meng Yangtusi was so bloodthirsty and rude..."

Zhu Gaoxu patiently listened to him crying, and then asked: "Meng Yang's jade mine supply is interrupted, how much does the Shen family lose?"

Xu Cailiu still had tears on his face, but he immediately answered: "There are many people dead in the mine, and the Shen family must be polite and appeased. In order to open the mountain and mine, the money we invested in over half a year will be lost. There is also the warehouse workshop built in Qianhu House in Tengchong and Yongchang Prefecture City is vacant, and the people hired and the mules and horses purchased are no longer used at this time.

At the beginning of this year, my owner bought a whole street of land in Caihaizi, and the newly opened jade shop was out of stock; the business negotiated with merchants from all over the country would also be shelved. If Mengyang jade ore cannot be re-supplied, let us earn back the capital, and the Shen family will not be bankrupt, and it will be almost the same as emptying."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded seriously, but did not comment.

At this moment, people reported to the commander of Yunnan, Cao Long, to ask for a meeting, and Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to invite him into the study. Soon, Cao Long and three other officials walked in and met him. The merchant Xu Cailiu quickly bowed and asked him to the side and stopped interrupting.

The commander of Yunnan Metropolitan Cao Long complained with a look of anger and shame, "Your Highness, you were there at that time. The Si family said it well, didn't he sign the covenant in public? Now, he turned his back on his face and killed all the officials and generals of the Dushi Department. There are so many chieftains in Myanmar who see it. How can our Yunnan Metropolitan Principle maintain the prestige? How can we maintain the situation? The way of thinking is too arrogant, and it is unreasonable!"

Zhu Gaoxu let Cao Long curse Si there without interrupting him.

Cao Long continued: "The officials will write a memorial to the capital today..."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he finally spoke: "Don't be impatient, so of course we have to report this matter to the court immediately! But our Yunnan is too far away, and sometimes we don't need to wait for the orders issued by the Ministry of War.

Cao Long was stunned after hearing this.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the Chaoyang outside the two windows on the east side, stood up and said, "Today is the first day of the New Year. Unfortunately, I have decided to review the guards. Since you are here, follow me to go through the motions first, and then let's meet with someone together."

Cao Long clasped his fists and said, "The lower official is in accordance with the order of His Highness the King of Han."

Zhu Gaoxu called the eunuchs, Wang Gui and others in and helped him put on a pair of armor. He took off the sword from the desk and hung it, picked up a wide-eave iron helmet and put it on.

Surrounded by the Yi Guard, Zhu Gaoxu and several others rode their horses to the south of the schoolyard. The schoolyard was very noisy, with shouts one after another, and nearly 10,000 soldiers who were doing exercises were trained everywhere, with a huge momentum.

Zhu Gaoxu and others were stationed in the north of the school ground, near the wall of the royal palace. At this time, the drums on the school ground sounded "rumble...". First, the nearby infantry gathered together, and amid the shouts of "standing attentively" and "step in line", the formation of the quadrons walked past Zhu Gaoxu.

The general riding a horse in front of the stairs clasped his fists to Zhu Gaoxu and shouted, "Hello!" There was a loud noise in the crowd, and the soldiers neatly lifted the cherry gun, held the wooden handle in both hands, and looked sideways at Zhu Gaoxu with his fists and saluted.

"Crack and Crack..." The neat footsteps and the horizontal and vertical formation made the guards look very majestic. Cao Long and several officials from the Ministry of State, Xu Cailiu and others all showed admiration.

The departments stopped practicing, and the infantry and cavalry lined up to pass Zhu Gaoxu's horse, then arranged on the school ground, gradually forming a huge infantry and cavalry formation. Then they played music and sang, and more than a hundred people danced shield dance in front of them.

After reviewing the guards on duty, Zhu Gaoxu and his accompanying people entered Duanli Gate again. At this time, Cao Long and others stopped complaining, and they seemed very silent.

Everyone came to the main hall of Chengyun Hall. Zhu Gaoxu didn't even take off his armor and sat on the upper seat. He turned around and said, "What Cao Duzhi said in the study early in the morning is very reasonable. Meng Yang Si Si's barbaric behavior was to challenge the prestige of Yunnan Duzhi and trample on the face of the Ming Dynasty court!

When the envoy Cao submitted a memorial to the court, he must make it clear that if this matter is delayed, the chieftains who were waiting and watching would feel that the Ming Dynasty was weak and could be bullied! According to Taizu, the three Yunnan officials given to him today, as long as you inform the Han Palace and the Xiping Hou Mansion, you can first dispatch troops to quell the rebellion and then report to the court."

Cao Long lowered his head and thought.

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Cao Du Envoy?"

Cao Long hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness the King of Han is reasonable."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "There is no need to hesitate about this matter. I believe that the army should be mobilized immediately and prepared to use troops against Meng Yangsi."

Cao Long was worried, but Xu Cailiu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, war had nothing to do with merchants and they didn't need to pay military expenses.

At this moment, people reported that the envoy of the Diao family of the Luchuan Military and Civilian Xuanwei Department arrived. Cao Long and others looked dazed, as if they had just understood that after the incident in Meng Yangsi, Zhu Gaoxu was ready to deal with it.

The envoy of Diao came forward to pay homage.

Zhu Gaoxu said, "The Ming Dynasty court, Yunnan Dusi was very pleased with the loyalty of Diao, and had long been supportive. However, the Si family was arrogant and disrespectful, disrespectful to the king and unreasonable, and regarded etiquette as nothing. Si family planned to rebel against rebellion during the Hongwu period. Although the court was kind, although he drove him out of Luchuan, he still enfeoffed him in Mengyangsi.

The Ming Dynasty court always valued loyalty the most. First, since the Si family was enfeoffed in Mengyang, and later discovered the jade mine, he still divided the profits with it. Unexpectedly, I was greedy in my practice, betrayed my faith and killed our military and civilian officials. I intend to use troops to Mengyangsi and to transfer Luchuan military and civilians to follow the orders. Can you please obey the orders?"

The envoy asked, "If I could drive away the Si family, I wonder if the Luchuan military and civilian Xuanwei Department would have the profits of Mengyangsi jade ore?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and said, "Didn't I just say that the court intends to support Diao? Of course, Diao will take over the Si family's jade mine territory."

The messenger hurriedly bent his waist very low, thanking him very much.

Zhu Gaoxu proposed that the chieftain's profit sharing was changed from 800 taels of silver per year to 800 taels of silver or a mine pit every year; the jade ore mined by the natives was designated by the merchants designated by the Yunnan government to buy the jade ore.

The envoy quickly returned to Luchuan. After reporting, he still came to the main hall of the Han Palace to sign the alliance.

...The next day, the envoy of Si's clan arrived in Kunming and brought more than 20 captured Zhao Ping and other soldiers to show their sincerity. They brought letters of defense to what happened in the Mengyangsi mine.

Si's statement was that the soldiers of the Ming army slaughtered villagers in the local area, which aroused anger. Xuan Wei ordered Sixingfa to be unaware of it, and a military general led his troops to besiege "Da Ming City". After Sixingfa learned about this, he immediately rescued Zhao Ping and others, hoping to rebuild it with the Han Palace, and re-discuss the matter of sharing profits for jade ore.

Zhu Gaoxu wrote a letter to reprimand Meng Yangsi for being betrayed and ordered them to hand over the criminal generals, and refused to request to amend the alliance. At the same time, he communicated with Mu Sheng and asked Cao Long to order the troops were drawn from local garrisons to prepare for war.
Chapter completed!