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

Chapter 930 Post-event treatment
Ma Ye is dead. He was a third-rank commander of the Ming Dynasty, the only foreign relative of the Ming Dynasty, and an ambitious man who wanted to expand beyond the borders. He died simply in a ruin outside the city of Guiyang.

His death was as light as a feather, without even a trial. Zhu Su was too lazy to even choose another auspicious day to kill him. After Mrs. Shezi made it clear that "no punishment is needed, only the head is needed", Zhu Su immediately gave the order to behead the beast.

Ma Yeyuan also thought that he was full of wisdom and his ability matched his ambition. However, within just one day, his gamble went bankrupt and his plan was shattered; he thought he had done a clean job, but was accused by a group of inexplicable witnesses; he thought that at least he could save his life with his status as a royal relative and his eloquence, but unexpectedly, even the kind-hearted Crown Prince wanted to kill him; he thought that with his position, he would definitely die a blazing death, and at least he should have a sumptuous last meal.

However, he did not expect that it was just an ordinary soldier of King Zhou's guard who took him to a deserted place, pressed him on the grass, drew the knife from his waist and killed him.

In fact, it was not until he took off his head that the soldier realized that the place he chose was too random. When he pressed his head into the grass, it was stained with a lot of feces and other dirty things...

When Jiang Li came here, Liu Shuzhen naturally returned to Guizhou with him. Song Qin was surprised to see his wife was safe. Liu Shuzhen conveyed to her husband the emperor's commendation of Shuidong. After learning that Ma Ye was killed at lightning speed, Song Qin was also very surprised and admired the decisiveness of Zhu Biao, the regent prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Su was busy providing pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers from Guizhou Wei and Shuixi West. In the last contact, although the fighting between Shuixi and Guizhou Wei was very short and they were quickly separated by him and his people from Shuidong East, it still caused a certain number of casualties.

If these casualties are not properly handled, it is likely to become an irreparable scar between the Shuidong region and the Guizhou Guard stationed here. Guizhou Guard is the military guarantee for the Ming Dynasty to control Guizhou, and the Shuixi region is one of the large number of Yi Tusi tribes in Guizhou... If the two sides always have such a grudge, it will undoubtedly be very detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's national integration.

Therefore, Zhu Su chose to treat both sides equally. While giving Guizhou Wei a large amount of compensation, he also gave Shuixi West a similar amount of compensation. At the same time, he put all the blame on Ma Ye. It was because Ma Ye's crimes were extremely heinous and unforgivable. He wanted to use the sacrifices of Guizhou Wei and Shuixi West to achieve his own fame, which led to this situation...

When two parties have a common "enemy", the affection between them often grows rapidly. Through scolding Ma Ye, the affection between Guizhou Wei and the relatives and friends of the fallen in Shuixi West grew rapidly. The two groups drank together at the same table in the wine shop in Guiyang City and scolded Ma Ye, which also became a scene in Guiyang City during this period. The Yi people and the Han people scolded each other, and the scolding was so fierce that spit flew.

Anyway, Ma Ye’s head is still hanging on the gate of Shuixi Village. Could he come back to life and bite their birds?
At the same time, the abandoned market in Guiyang City also began to be rebuilt under Zhu Su's supervision. Originally, the market was not as convenient as the coastal market, but there were many precious goods in the mountains, so there were still some merchants. But after Ma Ye's disturbance, the Guiyang market, which had finally started, has become quiet again.

If the market wants to prosper, poor transportation is a big problem. Civilian exchanges, commercial exchanges, popularization of education, and everything else need the support of transportation.

If we want to ultimately promote national integration, in addition to trading houses, we should also focus on road transportation.

However, Guizhou is mountainous, and building roads requires a huge price. In the past, the First Emperor built a straight road, which is still in use today, a thousand years later. Successive dynasties have never had the courage to open up new roads... This shows how difficult it is to open up roads in the southwest.

Fortunately, Zhu Su also had some plans for the situation in Guiyang. When Zhu Su was feeling quite troubled, Song Qin and Liu Shuzhen from Shuidong and Mrs. Shezi from Shuixi came to Zhu Su together and said that they, Shuidong and Shuixi, would take on the responsibility of building roads around Guiyang.

At the order of the court, they had gone to Yingtian to meet the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty with Jiang Li, who had "found out the truth". The Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced to Jiang Li's killing of Ma Ye and asked Mrs. Shezi "how will you repay me?" Mrs. Shezi replied: "I hope my descendants will never dare to cause trouble." She also expressed her willingness to "carve mountains and dig through dangerous places and open post roads."

Zhu was overjoyed and immediately rewarded Mrs. Shezi and Mrs. Liu Shuzhen. It is hard to say that the two of them were able to "understand the emperor's intention" so well without Zhu's prior hints.

The scale of this post road was very large, and there was no need for the court to requisition manpower, money and food. Shuixi and Shuidong agreed to lead the tribes to build two post roads with Pianqiao as the center. One went west, passed Guiyang, passed Wusa, and reached Wumeng; the other went north, passed Caotang and reached Rongshan. Nine post stations were set up in Guizhou, including Longchang, Luguang, Guli, Shuixi, Shexiang, Jinji, Geya, Guihua, and Bijie.

These two post roads crisscross Guizhou, opening up channels to Sichuan, Yunnan and Hunan. Once completed, they will surely promote exchanges between the ethnic groups in the southwest and the Han people in the Central Plains, promote the southwest economy, stabilize the southwest political situation, advance the development of education in the southwest, and make the connection between the Ming Dynasty and the southwest closer.

As long as these two post roads are completed, it will be better than the imperial court stationing 100,000 troops in the southwest.

"The Shuixi and Shuidong tribes are truly noble in opening the post road. This is a great thing that will benefit the present and future generations." Zhu Su was also very happy. With the post road, the market would be able to develop rapidly, thereby promoting exchanges between the southwestern tribes and the Central Plains and southern regions. The Ming court would also be able to legitimately extend its hands into the power structure of each tribe, and gradually realize the transformation of the southwest into a prefecture-level city with a relatively gentle means.

"Your contributions will surely be recorded in the history of China and admired by future generations." Zhu Su said with a smile. "I promise that the Ming Dynasty will not treat Shuixi and Shuidong unfairly. After returning to the court, I will mediate for the two tribes..."

"Your Majesty, the King of Zhou, His Majesty and His Majesty the Crown Prince have promised to treat the people of Shuixi and Shuidong as one with the Han people." Liu Shuzhen said with a smile. "Your Majesty even gave the son of Shezi's sister a Han surname and allowed him to study at the Imperial Academy. In the future, if the people of our two tribes are successful in their studies, they can even become officials in the court."

"This is already a great favor. Not to mention being recorded in history..."

"By the way, Your Highness, you have also changed Sister Shezi's name to a very elegant one."

"The prince thought that the transliteration of the word Shezi was too simple and unsuitable to be recorded in history books. Therefore, he ordered that in the court records, Shezi's sister's name be changed to 'Shexiang'. Although the pronunciation is similar, the meaning is very different."

"Your Highness, do you think my sister's new name is good or not?"

(End of this chapter)