Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 425 Situation in the City
"Datong mutiny? What happened?"

Qin Shao's face was serious.

If this kind of thing happened during the Zhengde period, usually the higher authorities would cover it first, and then Yang Ting and they would deal with it by themselves at the court, and finally report to Zhu Houzhao like a formality.

This is also the reason why Zhu Houzhao wanted to seize military power.

Today's Ming Dynasty has undergone changes, and many officials have been replaced. Peng Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, is now doing things in a low-key manner, and everything is listened to by the new emperor.

When Peng Ze received the question, he didn't come directly to Qin Shao, but to Zhang Cong, and the two came directly to report to Qin Shao.

Qin Shao understands that Peng Ze intends to throw himself into the city. He has a bad relationship with Wang Qiong. Even if he has ordered in the court, he will not talk about the past. Everyone can do their own things with peace of mind, but let them relax for a while It is unrealistic to not care about each other at all, and to be on guard against each other!

Peng Ze stepped forward and explained the general situation of the matter.

Qin Shao breathed out after hearing this, this Ming Dynasty military affairs is really...

It is imperative to rectify the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the situation in his dream appears.

The one who destroys the Great Ming is himself!
After Qin Shao arrived in Daming, this feeling became more and more profound.

Not only is military discipline corrupt. Officials don't do things. The biggest problem is that officials who want to do things are outdated and backward in thinking, and they can do bad things with good intentions!
Such was the case with the Datong Mutiny!
The problem of insufficient military personnel and military expenditures in various military towns has become a common problem after Xuande, and Datong is naturally no exception.

In addition, Datong is often harassed by Mongolians, and local officials are under great pressure.

After Datong governor Zhang Wenjin came to power, on the one hand, he wanted to change this unfavorable situation, and on the other hand, of course, he also wanted to gain political achievements as soon as possible. He asked the imperial court to restore the five abandoned military forts in the north of Datong, namely Shuikou, Xuanning, Heishan, Liugou, Huagou.

If these five military forts can be repaired, the defense line of Datong can be extended to the north, thereby also expanding the defense and depth of defense.

This is actually a good thing, and it is also a very realistic and correct idea in the military.

When Zhang Wenjin presented the memorial, Zhu Houzhao was still sick in the capital, and Yang Tinghe and other cabinets were in charge.

Although these people fight among themselves, they can't say nothing and do nothing. As long as they don't threaten their own interests, don't spend too much budget, and exceed their expected range, they naturally agree.

Zhang Wenjin is also a shrewd person. Knowing the situation of the imperial court, it is said that the construction of these five castles will cost at least 30 taels of project funds, but Zhang Wenjin only applied for 7 taels.

You don't need much money, and you are doing something beneficial.Therefore, after Zhang Wenjin's memorial was submitted, it was quickly approved.

There was little money and various arrangements were needed. The money actually used for the project was finally reduced to 3 taels by Zhang Wenjin.

In order to save money, all the building materials required for the project required soldiers from military households to go to the mountains to prepare.

The soldiers who were supposed to build the fort and guard it were driven into the mountains to cut wood and burn bricks.

And those overseers don't treat soldiers as human beings at all, and if someone is slack and lazy, they will beat them with whips and sticks!

The soldiers can't bear it anymore!
Their military pay has been out of reach for several years, and now they have to be transferred from Datong Town to Wubao for defense, and they have to take their families with them to carry out joint and several connections.

That is to say, if you don't perform well and die yourself, you have to bring your family to burp!
It's just that they worked hard, those newly built military forts, each with only 500 people, under the attack of those strong and large numbers of Mongolians, they did not intend to die, or they brought their families to die together!

This is no way for people to live at all, especially for men, it doesn't matter if they die, and they have to take their families with them. This is intolerable, and it breaks through the last bottom line of human beings!
If Zhang Wenjin was eager for success, then the supervisor Jia Jian was the vanguard who brought them to the forefront!
As the two soldiers were killed, those soldiers finally couldn't bear it anymore, and exploded directly, killing the supervisor Jia Jian.

Under the leadership of Guo Jian, Liu Zhong and others, they escaped to Datong and occupied Jiaoshan Pier on the Fortress.

With the response of these people, there were more and more rebels soon. Zhang Wenjin didn't know how to appease him when he encountered this situation, and it was reported that he planned to go to the capital to report something, which angered the rebels again!
The rebels went to arrest Zhang Wenjin, but Zhang Wenjin was frightened and fled directly to Daiwang's mansion.

The rebels directly besieged Dai Wang's mansion. Dai Wang had no choice but to call Zhang Wenjin out. The rebels killed Zhang Wenjin, and now they control Datong!

"His Majesty……"

Peng Ze looked at Qin Shao worriedly. The new emperor's face was really ugly. He was worried that the new emperor would be furious.

Peng Ze also started as a low-level official. He has been at the border for many years and knows the situation inside very well.

To be honest, in the early years, he was also one of those small officials who were persecuted, and he was also one of those helpless local officials.

Even now he is helpless!
The treasury of the Ming Dynasty has no money, even if it is the Minister of the Ministry of War, it is not up to him what he wants to do.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, who would not want to have strong soldiers and strong horses in the frontier, and foreign enemies dare not take half a step, but all of this requires a lot of money and food support. Where do these things come from?
It is true that some local officials occupy a lot of farmland, and there is a situation of deducting their salaries, but the salaries of those officials and military leaders are also pitiful. People in a certain position will naturally be greedy. Even if it is not right, it is still too disposable after all not enough!
This is also the reason why he used a lot of money to bribe Yang Ting and the people around him to return to the capital in the early years. The local conditions are too harsh and the job is difficult to do. Who wants to stay?

From Peng Ze's point of view, he understands Zhang Wenjin's eagerness. Even though this person is not very capable and can be stupid when encountering things, he also has a lot of helplessness!

Peng Ze, who had been on the frontier defense in the early years, naturally knew the difficult life of those soldiers!

It's just that when people stand in different positions, they often don't think so much!
For example, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were born in military households. When they really climbed to high positions, they cared about the so-called big events and the struggle for power, and they never thought of caring about the lives of the people at the bottom.

"What's the current situation in the city?"

Qin Shao asked with a cold face.

"Now the rebel army has elected Zhu Zhen, the former general officer of the army, as their leader to occupy Datong. Zhu Zhen and the rebel army have made an agreement "don't violate Zongbao, don't plunder warehouses, and don't set fire to kill people" to take office. They hope to negotiate with the court!"

Peng Ze said truthfully.

"Bingyong, grinding, I want to write an imperial edict!"

Qin Shao said loudly.

The military and political chaos of the Ming Dynasty began with the Datong Mutiny. If this mutiny is not properly rectified, this Ming Dynasty...

"Yes!"

Zhang Cong got up immediately and quickly ran to the desk, his movements were as neat as when they were discussing the topic of the tabloid in the small courtyard in the capital.

……

Datong, an important town on the nine borders.

Guo Jian, Liu Zhong, Chen Hao, Hu Xiong, Guo Scarzi and others were sitting in the tent at the gate of the city.

"Do you think Mr. Zhu will betray us?"

Guo Scarzi pointed to Zhu Zhen in a tent not far away and said.

(End of this chapter)