Hepu County.
The vigorous campaign to reform the country and return it to the local people is in full swing throughout Guangxi.
Whether they are chieftains living in Shiwanda Mountain or in remote corners, they must accept the arrangements of the Ming army and move to Guilin, Nanning, Hepu, Guigang and other places to live.
The Ming army resettled land for these natives and promised them not to collect any taxes for three years.
Nearly a million natives came out of the mountains in a mighty manner and accepted the orders of the Ming army.
It's not that these people have never resisted, but the consequences of resisting are extremely miserable.
The second most powerful tribe in Shiwandashan, the Nakalan Tribe was originally a large tribe that was as powerful as the Mengxiao Tribe.
Just because they accompanied Ruan Xiufeng south to attack Hepu County and lost nearly 10,000 young men, the Nagorno-Karabakh Blue Department was very resentful towards the Ming Dynasty.
After receiving the order to move the Ming army, Nakalan flatly rejected the Ming Dynasty's request and even detained the Ming Dynasty's envoy.
At that time, the Ming army, with the support of Meng Xiao, had firmly occupied the transportation artery of Shiwandashan.
Seeing that Nakalan was so ignorant of promotion, Li Jin did not hesitate at all and directly ordered the Ming army to attack in an all-out manner, eradicating the roots and leaving no one behind.
Soon, under the leadership of the Mengxiao people, the Ming army quickly arrived near Nakalan. Before Nakalan could react, the Ming army launched a surprise attack under the cover of night.
In just one night, the Naka Blue Tribe, an extremely powerful tribe in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, was eliminated from the mountain.
The camp was burned, the tribesmen were wiped out, and the large tribe of nearly 100,000 people quickly perished under the attack of the Ming army.
This battle completely alarmed all the tribes in Shiwandashan. They understood that the current Shiwandashan could no longer stop the Ming army. If they continued to take chances, the outcome could only be death.
The natives of Shiwandashan were afraid. They honestly accepted the arrangements of the Ming army, and then walked out of the mountains in groups and rushed to the location arranged by the Ming army.
There, they will start a family again, but at that time, the person who will manage them will no longer be the chieftain, but the official who was trained by Zhu Biao.
Although the people suffered heavy losses in the battle of Hepu, the floating officials were natives, so Ruan Xiufeng did not embarrass them. Now these floating officials come in handy.
After Li Jin settled the matter of reforming his native land and returning to his hometown, he chose to return to Annan. After all, Li Jin was now the envoy of Annan and no longer the prefect of Qinzhou. Annan was the area that Li Jin should have jurisdiction over.
However, Li Jin's return to Hepu was not without gain. He immigrated some of the natives from Guangxi to Annan.
These people were assigned to Hanoi and Haiphong Port. These two places will be the areas that Li Jin will focus on developing in the future. The natives will settle here, which will greatly enhance the local guarding force.
In the future, when the number of immigrants in these two places exceeds 300,000, Li Jin feels that these two places will be impregnable.
Now that there is not such a large population, Li Jin can only temporarily strengthen the local guards to avoid riots.
After Li Jin returned to Annan, Zhu Biao devoted himself wholeheartedly to reforming the land and restoring order in Hepu County.
For Zhu Biao, reforming the land and returning it to local people is the top priority in Southwest China. He not only wants to do a good job in reforming the land and returning it to local people in Guangxi, but also popularizes it in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.
However, just when Guangxi was in full swing and began to reform the country, Mu Ying led an army and trekked long distances from Yingtian.
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Hepu County County Government.
Mu Ying, who looked tired, was extremely excited the moment she saw Zhu Biao.
"Your Highness, you are okay, you are really okay!! Great, such great news!!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, Mu Ying and Zhu Biao have known each other since they were children, and their relationship is also very good.
During this expedition, Mu Ying was worried that something might happen to Zhu Biao, so she marched non-stop, regardless of the physical strength of the army, and marched every day.
Not only was Mu Ying physically and mentally exhausted, but her soldiers were also extremely tired. If Mu Ying's prestige hadn't been so high, all of her soldiers might have mutinied.
Mu Ying naturally knew that marching like this was a taboo in the army, but the prince's safety made him suffer in his heart.
He deeply understood that once something happened to Zhu Biao, the world would change tomorrow.
The original marching distance of more than two months was shortened by Mu Ying to one and a half months, and the soldiers lost a lot of weight.
Fortunately, after Mu Ying entered Guangxi, she received good news. The Hepu rebellion was put down and Zhu Biao was safe and sound.
Although she had heard the news, the moment she saw Zhu Biao, Mu Ying couldn't help but check up and down many times to make sure that Zhu Biao was not hurt in any way.
"Brother Mu, I'm fine. There's really nothing wrong with me."
Zhu Biao saw Mu Ying's nervous look and said with a smile:
"When there was a riot in Hepu County, I was still discussing things with Li Jin in Annan!"
"Only this time, the people of Hepu County suffered."
After Mu Ying heard Li Jin's name, the smile on her face slowly faded, and then she said to Zhu Biao:
"Your Highness, where is Li Jin now?"
"On the order of the emperor, I came to arrest Li Jin and return to the capital. This time Li Jin made a big mistake. The emperor will definitely punish this person severely."
"What? Father wants to take Li Jin back?"
After hearing Mu Ying's words, Zhu Biao couldn't sit still, stood up and exclaimed:
"Master Li has made great contributions in putting down the rebellion this time. If it weren't for Master Li, this suppression of the rebellion would not have been so smooth."
"Besides, what does this turmoil have to do with Li Jin?"
"No, Brother Mu, you can't arrest Li Jin, I don't agree!"
"Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as your disagreement. I have the emperor's decree in my hands!"
Mu Ying refused to give in. Although she had a good relationship with Zhu Biao, Mu Ying felt that Li Jin deserved death for putting Zhu Biao into danger.
This time, he insisted on arresting Li Jin.
