The natives had never been submissive to the imperial court. The natives in Kunming were slightly better, after all, they were from the more prosperous areas of Yunnan. Most of them were Miao people, but the Miao people were divided into raw Miao and cooked Miao.
Cui Daru had explained these differences to Xiao Heng and his friends on the way. When he brought it up again, Cui Daru frowned and added, "The unripe Miao people almost always live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and are rarely willing to come out and interact with others. The cultivated Miao people have already integrated well with us Great Zhou people, but... after all, they are of the same lineage, so it is difficult for them to cheer and welcome us."
Su Yao and Xiao Heng had already made preparations.
Yunnan was in such a mess that even the general was in collusion with the Mu Palace. This shows how corrupt the government was. Moreover, these natives were closely related to the Sheng Miao people. Just as Mr. Cui said, they were imperial envoys who came to fight against the Sheng Miao people. How could these natives be nice to the imperial envoys
Sure enough, from a distance, some people started throwing stones and other things at this side, and occasionally someone would shout at them to get out.
On the three small dirt slopes, children were swiftly cursing and throwing things. Some officers with hot tempers had already become angry: "I really don't know how the Governor of Yunnan governs the area! Look at the arrogance of these natives?!"
Su Yao raised his eyebrows, reached out to take the telescope handed to him by Ruan Xiaojiu, and saw that Liao Jingxu, the Governor of Yunnan, was still talking slowly with the people next to him in the flower shed in the distance, and he ignored the situation here.
She and Xiao Heng exchanged a glance, and Xiao Heng smiled: "It seems that you are planning to give us a warning."
They came with the heads of more than one hundred officials from Zhaotong, and Kunming welcomed them with such an attitude, telling them that they were not welcome and rejected.
Xiao Heng looked back at Tang Yuan and Su Rong and said, "Retreat the guards and do not attack the civilians!"
These natives are indeed difficult to educate, but given the current situation, if they are touched, then first of all their own people will be in trouble. Although Kunming does not have a chieftain system, there are many natives doing jobs big and small. If they conflict with the natives, it will be a bad start and arouse the indignation of the people here. It will then be even more difficult to subdue the natives, not to mention that at that time everyone in the court will think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is incompetent.
Just as Su Rong agreed, a stone flew from somewhere and hit an officer on the head with a thud, causing the officer's head to be broken and bleeding.
Not to mention the officer who was furious, even his comrades could not keep calm and someone cursed immediately.
Fortunately, Su Rong arrived on horseback in time. He took a look and ordered the military doctor in a deep voice to come forward and treat the patient. At the same time, he pressed his hand to signal the soldiers to stay calm.
Cui Daru knew this trick without asking, and immediately said: "This is just an old trick to sow discord. Don't fall for it."
But it won’t work if we don’t suppress the arrogance of these people.
First, it would affect the mood and morale of the soldiers on their side. They were bullied to the point of being incompetent, and Xiao Heng couldn't protect them. How would they feel
Secondly, it also encouraged the arrogance of those people.
Cui Daru touched his beard and looked at Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng had already raised his eyebrows and said a few words to Tang Yuan. Then, Tang Yuan rode forward, avoiding the stones, rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and shouted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's guard of honor has arrived. How can the officials in Kunming do things! They actually allow strangers to bump into the guard of honor of the imperial envoy! Lord Liao, have you finished talking to your brother-in-law? If you have, His Royal Highness summons you here!"
Tang Yuan has been guarding Guizhou for decades. He has fought in many battles in Guizhou and has done many such challenges. When he shouts, it is loud enough for people to hear clearly even in the noisy crowd.
Therefore, everyone looked at Lord Liao and his brother-in-law.
This is incredible! Why did Lord Liao come to welcome the imperial envoy and bring his brother-in-law with him
Lord Liao, who was accompanying his brother-in-law, had a dark face. Of course, he was not in collusion with the Mu Mansion, otherwise he could not be the governor. However, this did not mean that he liked Xiao Heng to interfere in Yunnan's military and political affairs. He had to let Xiao Heng know that if Yunnan wanted to quell the rebellion, it still had to rely on him as the governor.
It was naturally him who instructed people to spread the word to the natives that the imperial envoy had arrived, in order to catch Xiao Heng off guard.
The first effort is powerful, the second is weaker, and the third is exhausted.
If Xiao Heng made a fool of himself as soon as he arrived, how could he have the face to command a provincial governor like him.
However, after Tang Yuan yelled at him, he could no longer pretend that he hadn't seen what happened here, so he straightened his clothes and walked forward to solemnly lead the officials to salute Xiao Heng: "Your Highness, I, Liao Jingxu, the Governor of Yunnan, and the officials of Kunming, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May Your Highness be blessed with good health."
Xiao Heng ignored him and waved his hand. Su Rong came forward with a group of people from the back team. At this moment, he stood out from the crowd and stood between Liao Jingxu and other officials and the imperial guard of honor.
Liao Jingxu glanced at those people and frowned for a moment.
Su Rong was already shouting, "You failed to welcome the emperor and neglected your duties. Is this how you serve the country?! These people are traitors of the Mu Mansion! Following the orders of the traitor Mu Tong who killed his father and brother, the thieves of the Mu Mansion failed to assassinate His Highness, and have now been captured by His Highness!"
He pointed at the leader of the team and looked around at everyone with a cold face: "This man is extremely vicious. He worked with Mu Tong to assassinate the old chieftain and hunted down Miss Mu San and the grandson of the Mu family. All the people present should also know what kind of crime this is and what kind of traitors these are. Now, Your Highness, for the old chieftain, for the Mu family, and for the people of Yunnan, kill this evil thief!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to respond, he swung his sword and slashed at General Yang.
This action was so swift that people present had no time to react. General Yang's head had already been chopped off and rolled at the feet of an official. The official was so frightened that he never thought that this imperial envoy would kill people as soon as he arrived!
Liao Jingxu's face was also as black as the bottom of a pot.
He arranged for the natives to block the road and cause trouble for the prince, and the prince then brought up the fact that the old chieftain was assassinated by Mu Tong, and said that the traitor who killed the old chieftain was caught, and killed the evil villain for the natives.
It was also a show of force, but compared to breaking one's head, this show of force by killing someone was far more shocking.
Liao Jingxu and other officials were silent for a moment, but the imperial envoy's guards were very excited, and someone shouted, "Your Highness is wise!"