There were five or six miles away from Zunyicheng, and the city walls of Zunyi could be seen, and the advance team suddenly stopped.

After waiting for a while, someone ran to Gao Jin and told him in a very low voice that General Zhang invited Gao Jin to go ahead. Gao Jin nodded without comment, and immediately followed the man to the team. Soon after, he came to Zhang Miao who had already dismounted.

"Prince, Zunyi Mansion is ahead. Should I send a few brothers to explore the way first?" This time, the negotiator on the surface was Zhang Miao. After all, his identity was right-ministered, and he was considered to be a high-ranking and powerful person in Gao Jin's army. It is legitimate to represent Gao Jin's troops in this negotiation.

But no one expected that Gao Jin actually came to Zunyi City, and he disguised himself as an ordinary personal soldier in this way. He originally opposed Gao Jin's decision, several important figures in the rebel army, especially Zhang Miao, Lin Niangzi and others, but Gao Jin convinced them with some words.

Gao Jin told everyone that although he did not have much hope in this negotiation, he could understand the situation of various forces, including the true intentions through this negotiation. In addition, the location of Zunyi Prefecture is important. If Gao Jin's troops open up the Guizhou road, Zunyi will not be able to get around in any case.

He went to put on makeup and could learn about all aspects nearby. At the same time, he could also take this opportunity to take a good look at the geographical location of Zunyi Prefecture to prepare for the rest.

As for safety issues, Gao Jin told everyone not to worry about it. This was a four-party negotiation. Although it was in the territory of the Qing army, the negotiation was not only Gao Jin's forces, but also the other three forces. Everyone's forces are almost the same at the moment, and no one dared to take the blame for the world and do anything recklessly.

In addition, Gao Jin was disguised and no one knew him, so the risk was even smaller. Once there was a problem, Gao Jin could use this to escape Zunyi and return to his control area, so there should be no risk when he went there this time.

In this way, Gao Jin convinced everyone, and then pretended to be a personal soldier and hid secretly in the team. Now, seeing Zunyi Mansion being in front of him, Zhang Miao couldn't help asking Gao Jin what to do next.

"No need to do this." Gao Jin said calmly: "We have already arrived here, and sending people to explore the way will make people underestimate our troops, and let people raise their flags and enter the city openly."

Zhang Miao hesitated for a while, but nodded quickly to agree to the arrangement and then explained. At this time, Gao Jin reminded him that he would be an ordinary personal soldier from now on. When will everything be decided by Zhang Miao? Don’t let people see the flaws. As for the title, you should pay attention to it. Just call him Prince just now. Once someone knows about it in the city, it will be a little more risky.

Zhang Miao hurriedly said yes. Seeing that the team continued to prepare for progress, Gao Jin returned to the queue just now and followed the team like other personal soldiers.

Half an hour later, Gao Jin and his group arrived at Zunyi City Gate and had long seen that the Qing army in their team had been strictly guarded and waiting, and there was an official who seemed to be a civil servant waiting at the city gate.

After coming forward to contact, I learned that the civil servant was the governor of Zunyi and was ordered by Guizhou Governor Liu Yinshu to welcome them. After a few conversations between the two sides, the atmosphere at the city gate eased a lot. Since they were here to negotiate, there were not many people in Zhang Miao's team, only a hundred people, which was also discussed in advance by all parties.

The Zunyi Prefecture personally led everyone into the city. As for the placement, the place had been arranged long ago. It was located in the city. In addition to a large mansion, there were several bungalows for Zhang Miao's subordinates to temporarily live in. The place was also not far away from home.

As the main figure in the negotiation, Zhang Miao naturally moved into the house, and most of the personal soldiers entered the nearby bungalows, which could be protected around the house. As for Gao Jin himself, he also entered the house as Zhang Miao's follower. After a while, Zhang Miao sent the Zunyi prefect out of the door, and returned to the hall and saw Gao Jin sitting there waiting.

"Prince, according to the prefect, the rest of the parties have arrived, and our troops are the last one to arrive." Zhang Miao bowed the first time under Gao Jin, and then he preached.

"Who is Zhao Hongcan coming from? Is it Guo Yong?" Gao Jin asked.

Zhang Miao smiled and shook his head and said, "How is Guo Yong willing to come? The person who came to him was a deputy general and Zhao Hongcan's confidant. He seemed to be a rank master. He didn't know what the specific name was."

"Where are the toast and the headman?"

"The one who came was Tian Rentong, the descendant of the Tian family, and there were several other leaders." Zhang Miao replied.

There were originally four major chieftains in Guizhou, and it was the existence of these four major chieftains that formed the current territory of Guizhou.

These four chieftains are the Shui Dong Song clan, the Shui Xi'an clan, the Sizhou Tian clan, and the Bozhou Yang clan.

These four chieftains have a long history. The earliest one, such as the Shui Xi'an family, can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, while the ancestors of several other chieftains existed as early as the Tang Dynasty. These chieftains controlled local governments in Guizhou for hundreds or even nearly thousands of years, and were local emperors throughout the dynasties.

During the Ming Dynasty, several major chieftains were appointed by the central government as Xuanwei Office, and were on par with the officials sent by the court, and even more powerful than the court in terms of real power.

But as the saying goes, it is said to be prosperous and declining. Among them, the Tian family in Sizhou was destroyed during the Yongle period. As for the Eastern Song family of Shui and Yang family of Bozhou, the only ones that survived were the Xi'an family.

Unfortunately, the Shuixi'an clan died after the death of the last head of the family more than 20 years ago. Emperor Kangxi then stopped attacking, causing the Shuixi'an clan to die in the long river of history.

The four major chieftains disappeared one after another, but instead, some small chieftains and heads continued to appear, continuing to firmly control the local government like their ancestors on this land.

Among them, we must mention the Tian family of Sizhou. This ancient Tusi family was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. The descendants buried their surnames in secret, changed from Tian to Liu, and hid in a foreign land. After nearly two hundred years, the Tian family was restored until the early Qing Dynasty. Then, the legend of a "golden duck" was blocked and the opportunity to return to the hometown yamen and reopened.

During the Kangxi period, the Tian family produced a character, which was Tian Rentong mentioned just now. This person passed the military juren and became an official. Then, he borrowed the power of the Qing court to gradually make his family revival. After more than ten years of operation, Tian Rentong's power in the local area gradually became larger, and his special identity of Tian family could receive support from all local parties in Guizhou, which gradually became a climate.
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