Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 863 Lianzhou Riot
The chieftain of Qin clan, located somewhere along the coast of Lianzhou, owns the largest pearl pond in Lianzhou and has great power... Today, he was taken to jail by a street police chief and became a prisoner for real.

The head constable naturally did not really lock him up for a few days. He took him to the jail for a formality, and after he agreed to pay the injured waiter for medicine and some benefits, he released him. After all, the native official was an official of the Ming Dynasty, so he should be given some face. Moreover, the compensation paid by the chieftain was a lot of treasures, and the waiter and the shopkeeper were so happy that they couldn't wait to get the benefits. As a mere head constable, why did he have to be such a disgusting villain and lock up the native official for a few days and nights?
But after being released from prison, Tusi Qin's face turned purple, as if he had suffered a great humiliation. He was a Tusi of a clan, but he was imprisoned in public... How could he survive in Lianzhou in the future?
Although these chieftains were subservient to the imperial court on the surface, they were like local emperors who had the final say in their own territories. Although this chieftain Qin studied Chinese studies and wore Chinese clothes on weekdays, he was dismissive of the imperial court and encouraged his fellow tribesmen to exclude the Lianzhou officials. He believed that he and his tribesmen were the masters of Lianzhou. Now, he was squeezed out of money and then given a face by a few imperial constables. How could he swallow this anger?
But he had read a few books, so he knew that it was not advisable to fight against the enemy with an egg. Now in Lianzhou City, the government had the most power, and outside the city there were the armies of Cao Guogong and Zhou Wang Zhu Su. If he killed people in anger to vent his anger, the Ming army, which had found a reason, would be able to completely crush his chieftain in an instant. If he wanted to vent his anger and take revenge, he could not use such an irrational method.

"It must be done beautifully, so that the imperial court will not know who did it. At the same time, it must cause enough trouble, and it is best to make this so-called market collapse and disappear..." After the rage, Qin Tusi calmed down. He returned to his tribe, did not eat or drink, and thought for a long time. He really came up with a vicious plan...

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In the middle of the next month, Zhu Su and Li Wenzhong had already moved their troops to the jungle north of Lianzhou.

There was nothing major going on in the market. Because of the lure of benefits, more and more Tuzu chieftains chose to settle in the market. Once they settled in the market, the imperial court could intervene in the chieftains' tribes by sending tax officials, which was equivalent to planting an official among the chieftains. The government's control over the chieftains' tribes naturally increased. Things were going so smoothly that Zhu Su no longer needed to pay too much attention, so he and Li Wenzhong focused their attention on the training of the army.

The army under Li Wenzhong was nominally stationed to guard the southwestern border, but in reality, it was preparing to attack Annan and take back the old Annan territory in the future. It was an offensive army. Naturally, they could not be as lazy as ordinary garrisons, and daily training was indispensable.

When it comes to training troops, Li Wenzhong regards Zhu Su as an expert. After all, in the past, the Zhouwang Guards that Zhu Su personally listed and trained had been proven in many battles that Zhu Su's training methods had indeed trained an elite force.

Therefore, Li Wenzhong also consulted Zhu Su about the training of the army. After thinking about it, Zhu Su believed that Annan had a complex terrain, with many mountains and forests, which was very different from the Central Plains. If the army wanted to be successful in Annan, it should first be familiar with the hills and mountains. So Zhu Su proposed the "training" method to Li Wenzhong, suggesting that the army be trained in the nearby mountains and forests, so as to get used to the complex battles that might occur in Annan in the future.

Li Wenzhong agreed with this, and the two hit it off. On the second day, they led the army to move to the mountains and began "training" according to Zhu Su's advice. Now the training has begun to show results. The Ming army, which was always panicked and lost in the mountain jungles at the beginning, has now been able to be orderly and obey orders.

On the same day, Zhu Su and Li Wenzhong also received an urgent letter from Xie Jin in the city.

"A riot broke out in Lianzhou City?"

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The story begins with the chieftain of the Qin family returning to his old nest in disgrace, and beginning to seek revenge on the imperial court.

Although there were many Tusi in Lianzhou, to be honest, they did not pose much threat to the imperial court. First, Lianzhou had many mountains, forests and rivers, but little arable land, and could not support too many people. The local Tusi had poor farming techniques, and many of them even still used slash-and-burn farming. With a small population, there was naturally not much threat.

Second, there are a large number of Han chieftains, most of whom are close to the imperial court and have always been estranged from the Tu people. If there is a conflict between the imperial court and the Tu chieftains, the Han chieftains will definitely stand on the side of the imperial court.

It was precisely because the chieftains of Lianzhou were not a big threat that Zhu Su chose Lianzhou as a test field for the court to strengthen its control over the chieftains in the southwest. Because even if the chieftains of Lianzhou were forced to rebel, it would be effortless for Li Wenzhong to pacify these mobs with only tens of thousands of troops stationed here. The chieftain Qin was also well aware of this. If he openly wanted to go against the court, he would inevitably die and his clan would be exterminated.

But after thinking about it, he came up with an idea. He had lived in Lianzhou for generations and knew every aspect of this place in detail. He knew that Lianzhou was a place where many ethnic groups were mixed, and the children of each tribe had always acted on their own, but now many of them were gathering in the city, so there would be a lot of friction.

Also, because the Han chieftains such as the Ye family secretly entered the market with the help of the government without telling other chieftains, they seized the opportunity and took a lot of market share. The other chieftains had long been resentful of them, that is, the government.

The chieftain surnamed Qin came up with a vicious plan to stir up conflicts among the ethnic groups and trigger riots in the market.

He first let his trusted clansmen spread into the market, pretending to be guests, merchants, and laborers, and tried every means to stir up conflicts between the various ethnic groups, between the various ethnic groups and the Han people, and between the chieftains and the government. In short, no matter how big or small the matter was, he would just slowly stir up the muddy water that was buried under the surface, with the mentality that dripping water can wear away a stone.

Under his planning, the tribesmen living in various corners of the market have caused the relationship between the various ethnic groups to become increasingly tense by spreading rumors, intentionally inciting, and directly and indirectly participating.

Although Xie Jin, Wang Dabin and other government officials were trying to maintain order in the market, they could only do so on the surface and did not realize that some of the quarrels and fights in which the Qin clan members were involved were part of their conspiracy.

Quarrels and conflicts between different tribes and ethnic groups were common in the past. The people of the Qin tribe did some odd jobs, and the group they participated in had conflicts with other groups. This behavior was so covert that it was difficult to detect the deeper purpose behind it.

(End of this chapter)