The courtyard where Tian Binfei lives is opposite to the courtyard where Tian Miaowen lives. The door is not locked, and there are no guards in the courtyard, but no one dares to cross the line. In fact, many people in the Tian family never know what this mansion next to the ancestral temple looks like in their entire lives.

Every Tian family has worshipped the ancestral temple, but not every Tian family has the opportunity to enter the long house. It is like the White Tiger Hall that dispatches troops and generals, and it is like the center of the cabinet that gives orders. Even the naughty little kids who are not familiar with the world, who climb trees and dig bird nests, climb dog holes to hide and seek, will consciously avoid it. The family's warnings made them understand since childhood that this is the supreme place of the Tian family.

Since Tian Binfei passed away, it seemed like an invisible lock fell here, and no one had ever been in. All the servants and servants who had lived in the house had moved out of here. Tian Miaowen pushed open the door and walked into the yard. She saw a yellow leaf on the ground, rolling gently on the ground as the door opened and the wind opened, like a sleeping soul suddenly awakening them.

It had been a long time since that day, but Tian Miaowen still felt an uncontrollable sadness when she stepped into the courtyard. She stood quietly in the courtyard for a long time, letting the yellow leaves rustle under her skirt.

It took her a long time to move her steps towards Tian Binfei's study. After a long time, under Tian Miaowen's instructions, no one dared to break in without permission, so there was no one to sweep and wipe the study every day, but the room still seemed to be fine.

There are priceless treasures on the ancient shelf, and there are priceless ancient paintings on the walls, each table, chair, and stool, all of which are ancient. This set of furniture was used by the Tian family on behalf of the head of the family and has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. When the Tian family moved away from the old house, they moved here, built a study as it was, and placed in as it was.

Tian Miaowen knelt down on the futon in front of the lacquered wooden table with the relief animal pattern that Tian Binfei used to dealing with affairs, gently stroked the raised wood carving pattern on the edge of the table, remembered for a moment, and sighed softly. She touched the beads in the mouth of a small alien beast on the relief on the table, and rolled gently.

The tabletop relief is an ancient beast pattern with an ancient style. There is a strange beast on each corner, or a pair of wings on the back. It may be sharp as a dragon, and its mouth contains a wooden bead. This wooden bead is hollow and can move.

Tian Miaowen did not stroke casually, three circles on the left, two circles on the right, and one circle on the left. Every time, she chose a wooden texture on the wooden beads that matched the wooden texture on the table. When the four wooden beads were moved accordingly, two of the four flying bear-shaped legs that were carrying the tabletop under the table made a "click" sound, and each spit out a piece of wooden block the size of a palm from his mouth.

Tian Miaowen took out the wooden blocks and placed them on the table, and two pieces of wood that looked ordinary. When Tian Miaowen picked up the bronze candlestick beside her and gently pushed it in the middle of the wooden block, a miracle happened, and a cylinder was pushed out from the middle of the wooden block.

Tian Miaowen gently pulled down the two cylinders, pulled them out, bent them, and twisted them skillfully. Every time he moved, the wooden blocks in his hand changed. These were not two complete blocks. Instead, they were pieced together with mortise and tenon structures. With Tian Miaowen's movements, it was constantly dismantled and turned into a pile of strange-shaped wood.

After the two pieces of wood were dismantled, there were a bunch of so-called strange woods on the table, and Tian Miaowen began to assemble them one by one. She had learned two ways to combine this set of wood, but she had too few opportunities to use it before, so she was relatively unfamiliar.

After a long time, the pile of wood was combined into a key, a wooden strange-shaped key in her hand. She picked up the key, walked to the Box shelf beside her, took a deep breath, and inserted it into a hole that seemed to be used to decorate.

Turning it three times, the sound of heavy rails sounded on the wall next to it. The wall was like a barrier door, slowly moving to one side. Judging from the thick wall, there was a thick iron door inside the outsourced wooden board, and a row of hidden grids appeared in the iron door. A box was placed in each hidden grid.

These boxes were moved to the table by Tian Miaowen. When they opened, they felt a choking smell. Each box had medicine to prevent insects and mosquitoes. Tian Miaowen took out piles of documents from the box and placed them on the table in different categories.

The Tian family's secret spy system, commercial system, the fields secretly purchased in the Central Plains, and the mines secretly controlled by the Tian family in the southwest...

The foundation of the Tian family is actually much greater than the power it exposed to the surface. It is like a giant tree sawed off by a man. There is only a piece of tree stump as big as a millstone on the ground, but there is still a huge root system underground.

The last box Tian Miaowen did not open because the box could only be controlled by the owner of the family. The box contained connections, which were the huge connections that the Tian family used money and favors, and managed from generation to generation.

Officials, gentlemen and officials are all kinds of religions and ranks. Only when that person dies, everything about that person hidden in this box will be destroyed. Otherwise, whoever grasps these secrets will allow those people to do things for him within their ability.

Tian Miaowen didn't notice that the paint surface of this box seemed cleaner than other boxes, because the dark lattice was already very clean, and some differences were difficult to notice.

She gently stroked everything on the table. These were the accumulation of hard work by generations of people in the Tian family and the ultimate power of the Tian family. The decree of Emperor Yongle became an insurmountable natural barrier for the revival of the Tian family, but the Tian family was not disappointed. It had been accumulating strength.

The test for Tian Jiaxin has reached the last moment. With Tian Miaowen's wisdom, she already knows the only result. The process may be a little bumpy, but the ending is destined. After this assessment, there are no obstacles on Tian Jiaxin's path to the head of the family, and she can hand over the power with confidence.

"It's time to hand them over to Shishiro..."

Tian Miaowen sighed softly, her heart was empty and her brother who depended on each other was no longer alive. The goal she had fought for since childhood was finally giving up with her marriage, and she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in her heart...

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There are two government offices in Guiyang. Note that this is not an alternative property established by local officials in Guiyang, but a government office that has the right to participate in the knowledge, discuss with the news, and decide on Guizhou government affairs.

These two local government government offices, one is called Zhaiji, which is the government office of the first chieftain Xuanwei envoy in the Shuixi West. The other is called Beiya, which is the government office of the Song family of the first chieftain Xuanwei envoy in the Shuidong East. The two families have been jointly the ruling Xuanwei envoys since the early years of Hongwu and are in charge of Guizhou affairs.

What is even more coincidental is that when the envoy of Shuixi Xuanwei passed away, his son was young, and his wife, Shexiang, was ruled by his wife, and Song Qin, also passed away in the early years of Hongwu. Because the child was young, his wife, Liu Shuzhen, was ruled by his wife.

These two women became the supreme rulers of the local government in Guizhou at that time. The female rulers were more rational and had softer ruling methods. Or because of this reason, the local rulers of Guizhou at that time got along very well with the extremely strong Emperor Hongwu.

Since then, the relationship between the Song family and the court has been very harmonious. Until today, because the head of the Song family generation is a hero who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and Ye Mengxiong, the governor appointed by the court, is also a hero who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. After tearing the softness of the surface, the collision between the two was extremely fierce.

The atmosphere in the Northern Yanei was very tense. When the head of the family Song Yingming came back from the Futai Yamen, the first thing he did was to announce that he would be exempted from the position of the head of the family, and to be sent to his son Song Tiandao, and to expel him from the family. This scared the Song family's people who left the city of Guiyang very much.

Seeing that his father's face turned ashen and shone with great fire, Song Tiandao was also frightened and led everyone to kneel down and beg for mercy. Song Yingming was determined to speak unchanged and said to his son coldly: "The lawsuits of the twelve horse heads of Hongbian, Shuidong, Guizhu and other ten chiefs under his jurisdiction will be handed over to you from today. You can take care of the family business and don't let your father down!"

How could Song Tiandao not understand the father’s plan? He kowtowed in a hurry: "Father, my son understands his plan. With the child here, how can he let his father take such a risk? I ask the family tree to be removed. Leave it to my son to do the matter of saving my younger sister!"

Song Yingming slapped the table and said, "Bastard! It's so easy to die! How many years can you live for your father at such an age? If you don't take on that heavy responsibility, do you have to take on it?"

As he was speaking, the servant came to report that it was Song Jiaxin, the 14th son of the Tian family, who was two people, who wanted to see him. With Song Jiaxin's status, he saw that Song Tiandao was still reluctant to see Song Yingming. But Song Tiandao wanted someone to break this deadlock now, and his eyes lit up and said, "Hurry! Please! No, I'll go to greet him in person!"

Tian Jiaxin has already thought through it all the way. The suggestion he put forward is the best solution to ease the dispute between Song and Futai. It does not affect the interests of the Song family. As long as you understand the interests of the people, it will be a step forward and Song Yingming will be able to agree.

In addition, he had seen Ye Mengxiong before, and had been able to adjust his mentality better. When he walked into Shilutang and met Song Yingming, his expression became much calmer. As soon as Tian Jiaxin saw Song Yingming, he bowed: "My nephew Tian Jiaxin, I have met Song Shiwang!"

Song Yingming said lightly: "Tian Family Shishilang? What's the point of seeing me?"

Tian Jiaxin said: "The little sister of the Song family was imprisoned for my Dalang, and the whole family was ashamed. My nephew came here, first, thanked the Song family and the Song family for their care for my Tian family, and second, they also wanted to contribute to the rescue of the little sister out of prison!"

Song Yingming's eyes narrowed: "Shisilang is already the head of the Tian family of this generation?"

Tian Jiaxin straightened his waist and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "That's right!"

Of course, he has not officially become the head of the Tian family. Although Tian Miaowen's attitude has been clear and he has not been firmly in his position for a day, he dare not claim to himself like this, but with Ye Xiaotian's negotiations, he has also gotten his mind. If you can't make a decision, why should people talk to you? If you want to make a decision, you must be qualified. Sometimes kind-hearted deception is inevitable.

Although Tian Jiaxin has a low seniority, since he has become the head of the Tian family, he has the same status as Song Yingming. Song Yingming looked at him in surprise and said, "Please sit down with a good nephew!"

Song Yingming asked Tian Jiaxin to sit in the guest head seat and said in a deep voice: "The little girl was imprisoned by Ye Mengxiong's old man. I personally negotiated, but the old man still refused to let go. How dare I tell the plan? Can the old man let the old man release him?"

Tian Jiaxin smiled bitterly and said, "You are not as good as your uncle, you have a great reputation? It's just that my uncle cares about his beloved daughter and is a little anxious. Speaking of which, the little sister of the Song family killed someone in the street in Guiyang Prefecture. Lord Futai did not intend to make things difficult for you with your uncle. It's just that the prestige he just established is quite embarrassing to be provoked by this.

My Tian family's Dalang was killed by Wei Ye, and the Tian family was the victim. The victim came forward and no matter how ruthless the Lord Futai was, he had to consider it. After repeated mediation by my nephew, the Lord Futai was afraid of angering you, the fierce tiger in the water east, so he decided to give in. Therefore, my nephew recommended himself and plucked up the courage to be the mediator of your two old masters."

"Is Old Man Ye willing to give in?"

If it were not forbidden, Song Yingming would have been willing to fight to death. Hearing this, he couldn't help asking: "He will no longer impose a stick on his little girl? What conditions do he want?"

Tian Jiaxin said: "Ye Futai no longer makes excessive demands and is willing to release the Song family's younger sister immediately. But the court cannot ignore the dignity. He promised that as long as the uncle is willing to change the tribute to pay taxes, he can redeem the Song family's younger sister's murder for the sake of naturalization."

"Taxes are changed to taxes?"

Song Yingming was slightly moved. Tian Jiaxin followed closely and said, "Uncle, my land in Guizhou is poor and I don't rely on farming. The farming income is very small every year, and it is not important for any chieftain. This is one of them. The court knew that the situation in Guizhou was taxed according to the land acres, and the tax amount was not as high as half of the tax on the land in the Central Plains, so the burden was very small. This is the second;

The climate in Guizhou is changing, with endless wind and rain, and the harvest of fields is limited. Once the tribute is changed to grain, it may not be able to receive a few stones of grain. Instead, due to disasters, the court needs to provide relief and subsidy at all times. Why not do it? My nephew is young and has little knowledge, and he doesn’t know whether these knowledge is right or wrong. What does my uncle think?”

"Um……"

Song Yingming pondered that if the tribute was changed to taxation, the court might not get anything in terms of money, and would have to provide some supplies, but the court's control over Guizhou would become more flexible. The control over Guizhou would become stronger.

He knew very well about this, but it was not a matter of a short time. In the long run, there are too many variables. Some of today's plans are easy to change, and the future is hard to say. If this is the case, can we agree to him?

Song Tiandao is not a person who is willing to suffer losses. But today his father is going to go out and fight to the death. Now that there is a solution, he certainly hopes that his father can accept this mediation opinion and give up his plan to fight to the death. He immediately agreed: "Father, this method has not harmed me, Song. I believe that the clan members will not criticize him. Why don't you agree to him?"

Tian Jiaxin can't be the leader of the Tian family now, but once the mediation is successful today, he will undoubtedly become the head of the family. Seeing that Song Yingming was still hesitating, he made up his mind and made the decision in advance, saying, "The little sister of the Song family took action for my Tian family's grand son. The Tian family has no reason to sit idly by. My Tian family currently has 600 acres of land, and I am willing to devote it to my uncle's name to serve as a tax payment place!"

Song Yingming glanced at him, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said, "The Tian family is no longer as good as before. They are one of the four major surnames. I am also worried about the situation of the Tian family. It is my own business to save the daughter today. If you are willing to run around, your intention will come. If you plot against the little land of your Tian family, will you not be stabbed by someone!"

Song Yingming slapped the armrest of the chair heavily and said, "Forget it! Then I promised him and submitted a letter to the court tomorrow and asked for a tax. Old man Ye can't make any more demands, so I'll make another request!"

Tian Jiaxin was ecstatic and said, "That's natural! Since that's the case, my nephew will go to the Fuya party and receive the daughter of the order and send it back to the house!"

Although Song Yingming's memorial has not been written yet, since he has agreed, there is no reason to go back on his word. Ye Mengxiong will never wait until he sees his memorial before letting him go.

Song Yingming nodded and glanced at his son. Song Tiandao understood and hurriedly said, "I'll go with Brother Tian!"

Tian Jiaxin and Song Tiandao rushed to Futai Yamen. When Ye Mengxiong heard that the stubborn cow was finally willing to give in, he breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately wrote a handwritten order and asked the two to hold on to the prison to pick people up. Tian Jiaxin and Song Tiandao ran to the prison, took Song Xiaoyu out, sent back to the Beiya, and left again, it was already dusk.

The sunset was full of sunset, as gorgeous as fire. Tian Jiaxin finally accomplished this big thing and was overjoyed. He beat the horses and rushed back to Tianjiazhuang. He was about to report the good news to his son-in-law and the eldest lady, but he saw the eldest lady accompanying his son-in-law out of the yard, and there were several guards next to him.

When Tian Jiaxin saw Ye Xiaotian's face dressed in a long distance, he was stunned. When he rushed to the nearest place, he saw Ye Xiaotian's eyes swollen and tears were scared. During the battle between Song Yingming and Ye Mengxiong, the son-in-law could intervene, and he was at ease. What a big deal to make such an extraordinary person as the son-in-law cry?

Tian Jiaxin said in shock: "Son-in-law, what big thing happened?"

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.(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!