My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 42 The army mutinied

Practice equestrian skills, review new recruits, summon ministers, and review memorials.

The emperor spent his day in such a simple way.

After dinner, Zhu Youxiao held a copy of Journey to the West and read it with great gusto.

In ancient times, there were no entertainment options.

Sticking with a young lady is too early for his age.

I don't have the ability to recite poems and compose poems.

Then there are only Ming and Qing novels that follow Tang poetry, Song lyrics, and Yuan music.

He is currently reading Journey to the West, or The Legend of Journey to the West.

Every word in this book is true to myths and legends, but the official philosophy of the Ming Dynasty is contained in every line.

"This monkey has changed a lot."

Throwing the book in his hand on the bedside, Zhu Youxiao fell asleep.

Then when he woke up the next day, without even taking a shower, Zhu Youxiao received news that stunned him.

"Tell me again, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, the Yanshan vanguard in southern Beijing has mutinied."

Liu Shimin reported to Zhu Youxiao.

"They kidnapped the eunuch Li Fei in the camp and gathered a crowd to ask for pay."

"Send an order for the British Duke, Qian Shizhen, and Sun Chuanting to lead troops to suppress them, and bring the soldiers to Nanhaizi after disarming them."

Zhu Youxiao's brows twitched when he heard that a crowd was gathered to ask for pay. As he said this, Zhu Youxiao took out the tiger talisman for troop deployment from the drawer on the dragon's desk and handed it to Liu Shimin.

"Call Cao Wenzhao and declare full martial law in Nanhaizi."

"Slaves take orders."

Hearing this, Liu Shimin quickly took the tiger charm and walked outside.

Seeing Liu Shimin leaving, Zhu Youxiao pinched his eyebrows with a headache.

His worst fear happened.

It is not easy to deal with the mutiny of soldiers.

If this is directly defeated by the deployment of troops, it will be another Jizhou mutiny.

At that time, the Qi family army left by Qi Jiguang was slaughtered with one battalion (3000 people), and the [-] Southern Xie soldiers were directly reduced by half.

The official statement given by the Ming Dynasty about this incident was that the soldiers gathered "to demand rewards and reunions," "to increase their monthly salary," and to demand "double grain."

Another famous case is the famous Wuqiao Mutiny.

On July 24, the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan.

Soon after, the old general Mao Wenlong stationed on Pidao mutinied, and Sun Yuanhua took over the rebel generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng, and Li Yingyuan from Pidao.

Kong Youde was appointed cavalry staff general, and Geng Zhongming was sent to Dengzhou Fortress.

In August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led his army to besiege Dalinghe City. Sun Yuanhua (a disciple of Xu Guangqi and an artillery expert), the governor of Denglai, dispatched Kong Youde and others to support Liaodong by land on Chongzhen's order.

On November 28th of the same year, Kong Youde and others suddenly raised troops to rebel in Wuqiao, North Zhili. The war turned back and captured all counties in Shandong. Finally, they captured Dengzhou, an important town in Shandong, and surrounded Laizhou.

Then, in order to suppress this group of people, the Ming Dynasty mobilized reinforcements from all walks of life, and it took eighteen months to suppress this group of rebels.

However, in the process, the rebel leaders, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others robbed the Ming Dynasty's artillery casting experts, gunpowder blenders and other professionals, and invested in the money.

This incident directly caused the Ming Dynasty to lose its suppressive artillery advantage against the Qing Dynasty.

From this matter, we can see two things.

The first thing: Yuan Chonghuan is too rough in handling things. You even killed Mao Wenlong. Can't you kill all his generals?The purpose of the great purge is to kill the wrong ones rather than let them go.

The second is that these people in the Ming Dynasty were really big-hearted. Generals who had already mutinied once dared to attack strategic points.

Reaching out and pinching his brow, Zhu Youxiao sighed deeply.

"Go and transport 10 taels of silver from internal funds to Nanhaizi."

"Zhang Shize, go tell Grandpa You that the main thing is to appease him and not to go on a killing spree."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Zhang Shize clasped his fists and hurriedly chased the person.

"I hope there is no one behind this." Looking at Zhang Zhiji's leaving figure, Zhu Youxiao felt a dark cloud in his heart and clenched his fists tightly together.

He had already expected that when he was training troops in Nanhaizi, there would definitely be changes in the Beijing camp.

Because the money and food here come from internal funds and are not withheld, everyone wants money, especially in the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Having received such news so early in the morning, Zhu Youxiao anxiously walked around in the lobby of the Yamen.

When Liu Shimin took the tiger talisman and brought the British Duke Zhang Weixian to the Bao Tao Guard station, Sun Chuanting and Qian Shizhen had already completed the preparations before the Bao Tao Guard was dispatched.

After verifying the authenticity of the tiger talisman and receiving the order, the three people quickly led their troops and horses towards the Yanshan vanguard station.

In the station of Yanshan Vanguard.

In front of the commander's tent, the admiral eunuch Li Fei was tied into a ball with a rope and hung on the mast.

"Let me go, I really don't get your military pay."

The one who was beaten was Li Fei, who had a bruised nose and swollen face and looked down with a constipated expression.

What a pity, he has only been in office for a long time, where does he get the opportunity to be greedy for money?

He is the newly appointed admiral eunuch. The previous admiral eunuch was killed during the palace purge at the beginning of the month because he was Wang An's godson. He was also present at the time and watched Wei Zhongxian and his godfather Liu Shimin being beaten to death in front of the Qianqing Palace. There were so many eunuchs who usually held high positions.

At that time, his godfather Liu Shimin saw that he was strong and knew a few words, so he asked him to become an admiral eunuch.

After he arrived here, he kept in mind his godfather's lesson and did not dare to be greedy for money, so he spent every day practicing calligraphy in the camp with nothing to do.

As soon as he arrived at the camp this morning, he was blocked by the soldiers in the Chinese army's tent.

The soldiers didn't know where they heard it, saying that the emperor had set a new standard of military pay. They would eat as much as they wanted every day and get two taels of silver a month.

Then these Qiu Ba people came to him to ask for it. What's more, they said that he had taken the money and would not give it to the soldiers.

He said that he didn't get it. Military pay was under the control of the Ministry of War and had nothing to do with him, the admiral eunuch.

But the soldiers just didn't believe it.

If you say you take it, you take it.

In the end, I don't know which bastard shouted "Hit him!".

The situation that was still under control suddenly changed.

Two of his followers were killed on the spot.

Fortunately, these big-headed soldiers still had some sense and knew that he, the admiral eunuch, could not be killed, so they tied him up and hung him on the mast.

More than 3000 Leopard Tao guards cheered and surrounded the mutinous military camp. The British Duke Zhang Weixian, wearing ancestral armor, led the way.

Looking at these soldiers gathered together, Zhang Weixian was filled with gloom at this moment.

He also wears the title of Left Governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion. He has the responsibility to inspect the Beijing camp on behalf of the emperor, although he does not come on weekdays.

Those civil servants, after they have made meritorious deeds, when they share the credit, it is good for them to give you [-]%.

But if something goes wrong, you will be blamed.

If soldiers mutiny today, or gather together to demand pay, someone will definitely impeach him.

"Damn it, someone wants to impeach me again, but I have a lot of lice on my head and I'm not itchy. Nowadays, I'm not the kind of ignorant person. Three generations of my family have been with the emperor every day. You can impeach me as you please. "

Looking at the messy camp, Zhang Weixian couldn't help but think.

The Zhang family has been impeached since the early years of Zhengtong, when the emperor was still a child.

In the first year of Zhengtong, Zhu Jingmen ascended the throne, but the young master was suspicious of the country. In the early days, it was actually okay for Empress Dowager Zhang to be in charge, and she could suppress the gradually expanding bureaucracy.

But during the period of Empress Dowager Sun, San Yang was completely relaxed. As a literati, Yan Wu and Xing Wen were instinctive. These three people created a mess in the court. The first British Duke Zhang Fu was impeached and could not even go to court. In the end, he simply He stopped going, and it was not until the eighth year of Zhengtong that Zhu Jingmen came into power, and Zhang Fu could return to the court.

"Everyone put down their weapons!"

"Hey, who are you?"

Seeing Zhang Weixian's arrival, the two idiots glanced at each other. Seeing that the other person was wearing armor and dressed very boldly, they immediately puffed up their chests and said.

"You guys, are you getting our military pay too?!"

Hearing what the pawn said, Zhang Weixian whipped up his whip and whipped him over.

"When I take your military salary, who do you think you are?!"

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